Ada Weekly News editorial review and war outlook
The Ada Weekly News reprints Coalgate Record Register editorials on farm shortages due to feed and rainfall, state mineral resources, Governor Kerr’s open governance, and Allied war progress. It notes U S bomber output, rail and production efforts, Teheran talks, and a hopeful 1944 victory outlook with mentions of Patton and Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
United
Hitler
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Pearl Harbor Two Years Later Under U S Offensive
Adm Chester W Nimitz oversees Pacific fleet raids from Pearl Harbor as US forces rebuild and strike across Marcus Maury Wake and the Gilberts. The harbor shows repairs and new workshops while warnings of possible enemy strikes remain.
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Charles H. McMurtry
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
mid-Pacific Marshalls
Marcus
Maury
Wake
Gilberts
Hickam Field
John Rogers Airport
Oahu Island
United States
Robert C. Richardson
Army
Hawaiian Department
Fifth Army Seizes Key Mountain Positions In Italy
Allied reports say Fifth Army captured dominating features in a 25 square mile area overlooking the road to Rome as heavy fighting continues on Cassino Monte Camino and Monte Maggiore. British and American units push along the Moro river with tank actions amid floods and fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Fifth Meer
Rome
Italy
Moro
Monte Camino
Monte Maggiore
Adriatic
Tenth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Moro River
Sangro
U. S
15Th Air Force
Eleusis
Kalamaki
Athens
Pearl Harbor
Albert Kesselring
Cassino
Mignano
Garigliano River
Filignano
Mount Maggiore
Eighth Army
San Leonardo
San Vito
Orsogna
Casoli
Garigliano
Fifth Army
No Draft Cut Soon Say War Manpower Chief
Washington says there is no draft call reduction before the end of February. The WMC shows revised manpower needs for July 1944 to 66.3 million in total with 1.5 million more in labor than in 1944. Army size projected at 11.3 million by next July 1, with gains offset by expected losses.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Armed Services
McNutt
WPB
William Haber
Captain Crain in Gilberts Describes Awful Battle Experience
Captain Wendell Crain son of Ada residents A J Crain and Mrs Crain wrote of the Gilbert Islands fight in the Southwest Pacific calling it the awfulest thing he witnessed. He reported marching through the Gilberts safe and late last March was promoted to captain a Marine hero who earlier on Guadalcanal led a party that destroyed an enemy radio station killing 22 and capturing one.
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Wendell Crain
A. J. Crain
Ada
Gilbert Islands
Southwest Pacific
Crain
Louise Pappas
San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Aircraft Company
Gilberts
U. Marines
Guadalcanal
Adan
Gowers Denies Arrest In Liquor Raid Details
W D Gowers says he was not arrested in the liquor raid and that officers only asked him to come in for information. Frank Hulsey faced possession charges. he rented a cabin on Gowers' property and Halsley was absent during the find of five quarts of tax paid liquor. County officials later said Gowers posted bond after making contact. Benjamin F Carter 34 faces burglary car theft and forgery trials after leaving a note to Santa Claus and sawing his way out of custody.
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Paul
Jesus
W.E.G
W. D. Gowers
Frank Hulsey
Gowers
Halsey
ST. Helens
Ore
Benjamin F. Carter
Santa Claus
Carter
Ada Cougars Produce No All-State Players This Year
Ada High School Cougars did not place any players on Oklahoma’s All-State team this season. The article notes several Ada juniors and seniors, including Elvan George and Bob LeMoss, contributed to a tough schedule with five wins, five losses, and a tie, while other area teams supplied multiple all-state selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada High School Cougars
Elvan George
Atlas
Cougars
Paul Graham
Shawnee
Ralph Oliphant
Holdenville
Gene Bradney
Henryetta
Joe Cooksey
Adan
Pauls Aley
Cm Meason
Ardmore
Johnny Juett
Durant
St Arnold
Guthrie
Coner
New York Stock Exchange Eyes World Market Expansion
The New York Stock Exchange plans postwar expansion to rival London as an international securities market. Emil Schram says the objective is mobilizing private capital for world reconstruction and enabling foreign corporations to list on US markets, with a focus on free capital flow to America and overseas projects while complying with laws and currency stabilization.
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Bernard S. O’hara
New York
London
New York Stock Exchange
Emil Schram
Exchange
Schram
Reconstruction Finance Corp
The
Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
North American
Far East
Europe
South America
State Department
Amsterdam
Stock Exchanges
Gepositaries
Legion Sponsors December War Bond and Stamp Sale
The American Legion plans December sales of war bonds and stamps to fund World War II efforts. W G Stigler is state chairman. Ada committee members are Abe Pollock W M Manuel and D R Pike. Pontotoc county quota is 130000, up from 100000 in November. Oklahoma department commander Fred Tillman urges posts and legionnaires to unite for success.
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The
American Legion
W. G. Stigler
Ada
Norman Howard Post
Legion
Abe Pollock
W. M. Manuel
D. R. Pike
Pontotoc County
Fred Tillman
Oklahoma
Christmas Trees Scarce Inventory Shrinks in Denver Yard
R M Sealock eyed the blue spruce he planted in his yard, but after buying a smaller scraggly tree he returned to admire it and found only a stump.
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Denver
R. M. Sealock
Recruits at Portland Induction Center Speak Up
In Portland Oregon recruits at the armed forces induction station were asked their names and service choice. One man declared I am Wild and want to join the pave. Another stated I am Wilder and asked to be put in the marines.
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Portland
Ore
Armed Forces Induction Station
Wilder
New York Dairy Herds Enrolled in Bang’s Disease Program
More than 12 300 New York state dairy herds participate in the Bang s disease control program as state officials report ongoing vaccination and testing efforts to curb the disease among dairy cattle.
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New York State
January 1944 political campaign set to open
Washingtondispatch previews a historic start to the 1944 campaigns with the Republican National Committee meeting January 10 11 in Chicago to choose the convention site and date and the Democratic National Committee meeting January 22 to do the same plus planned Jackson Day banquets. Observers doubt any move on a fourth term will be discussed before the last minute.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Jack Stinnett Washington
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Frank C. Walker
Ambrose O’connell
Bitter fighting in Yugoslavia as axis troops push front
A Tito communique from London reports heavy combat along Yugoslavia’s irregular front with fresh German and Bulgarian reserves. It says two Austrian divisions are en route and Polish French and Russian POWs are used to reinforce Nazi ranks, with Chetniks fighting alongside invaders amid clashes in Slavonia and the seizure of Cacini on the Zagreb Osijek railway.
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London
Yugoslavia
Josefp Broz
Tito
Austria
Draja Mihailovic
Slavonia
Cacini
Zagreb- Osjek
Sheriff Warns Of Mail Thieves And Check Forgers
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser warns of active mail thieves and check forgers in the state in cooperation with federal agents. The alert covers checks for armed services, Social Security, agricultural programs, and old age aid. He urges caution for recipients, secure mailboxes, prompt reporting of address changes, and verification of identity and endorsements to prevent loss.
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U. S. Secret Service
Post Office
Clyde Kaiser
Kaiser
Air Force drops record 6400 tons on Nazi targets in November
Maj. Gen. Fred L. Anderson said United States Eighth Air Force bombers delivered a record 6400 tons of explosives to German targets in November. He reported to war workers that Flying Fortresses and Liberators had the Luftwaffe reeling but cautioned that Germany was not knocked out yet.
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RAF
Royal Air Force
Britain
Hitler
London
United States Eighth Air Force
Fred L. Anderson
War Workers of America
Sugar bowls banned in Philadelphia eating houses
In Philadelphia the use of sugar bowls is forbidden in public eating houses even in normal times.
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Philadelphia
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