Notice of sale in partition in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc County Oklahoma sheriff will sell at public auction on January 11, 1944 at Ada Court House the E2 of SE4 of Section 30 and SW4 of SE4 of SW4 of Section 19 Township 2 North Range 4 East for cash and not less than two thirds of the appraised value 270 dollars. The sale follows a 1943 district court decree in the matter of Tea A Ne now McKinney et al v Jeff D Neal et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
State OF Oklahoma
Tea A. Ne
McKinney, Et al
Jeff D. Neal
Oklahoma
Clyde Kaiser
W. N. Hughes
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma on January 10 1944 at 10 AM the sheriff will sell at Ada for cash the described lands to satisfy a 1943 foreclosure judgment of 1182.65 plus interest and 68.40 plus interest and 118.26 attorney fees. The sale begins with the northwest quarter of southwest quarter of Section 11 Township 3 North Range 8 East minus rail and highway rights of way. If needed further parcels include northwest quarter of southeast quarter of Section 26 Township 5 North Range 6 East and southwest quarter of northwest quarter of Section 27 Township 5 North Range 4 East less certain areas. Mineral interests and oil and gas leases may affect the properties. Witness Clyde Kaiser Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Boggan
District Court
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Julia May Smith
Wayne Wheelock
Smith Trust Estate
A. T. Bogum
Maida Francis
Aeenaro
Ontotso
Ada
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Clyde Kaiser
W. N. Hughes
Kerr, Lambert and Conn
State OF Oklahoma
Enoch Chapman
E. Chapman
Bellah Chapman
Manda
Choate
Manda Choate
Capitol Hill
Lot
Manda Choats
Rising Rate Of Flu Is Called Normal
A U S public health service spokesman called the rising influenza cases a normal seasonal increase after reviewing the week ending Nov 27 figures. He noted 1941 saw five times more cases with no serious epidemic then and said there is no evidence of a 1918 scale outbreak now. London reports show 376 influenza deaths in large British cities that week, but officials see no reason for alarm.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
London
Britain
Health Service
Ashington
Denison Power
Ickes
Oklahoma
Texas
Red River
Southeasternlahoma
U. S
Denison
Altus-Lagert Irrigation
War Food Administration
Warreduction Board
Fort Gibson
WFA
Raymond Stevens
WPB
Arkansas
Goodrich Rubber
Lanning and Resources Board
Miami
Goodrich Rubber Company
Goodrich
Little River Project
Federal District Engineer’s Office
Little River
Seminole
Pottawatomie
Cleveland
Norman
Pearl Harbor
Enid
Army Air Corps
Byng Teams Win Cage Games From Wolf High School OK
Byng high school boys and girls teams defeated Wolf on Byng’s court with girls winning 58 to 38 and boys 23 to 21. Wolf’s Falkenberry led girls with 34 points. Weingartner led boys with 11. A Byng junior high also beat Ada junior high 33 to 18.
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Byng High School
Wolf
Byng
Wolf Girls
Byng Girls
Falkenberry
Weingartner
Byng Junior High
Ada Junior High
Tells Why He Used Knife On Tax Man
Witnesses for Lowery M. White testified in a federal court in Kansas City that he hurried his wife from a physician's office when a federal tax collector halted them. The miner said he warned the man and cut him when the officer refused to release. The jury began deliberations after instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Lowery M. White
Gretna
Agra
Jimmy
Nadean
Robert E. Shouse
Norton
Nathan
Tulsa Reinstates City Vice Squad After Protests
Tulsa reverses move abolishing the vice squad after civic, religious and military groups protest. Police Commissioner Thomas Munroe had shifted duties to the detective bureau and many arrests lacked warrants, drawing criticism from Municipal Judge Tom Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Thomas Munroe
Munroe
Detective Bureau
Tom Shaw
Ministerial Alliance
Chamber of Commerce
City War Council
Rommel Launches Full-Scale Drive Against Yugoslavs
Marshal Erwin Rommel’s axis forces open a major offensive against Yugoslav liberated territories with a blow into Prijepolje the Tito headquarters claimed. Tito’s partisans counter with a Croatia offensive killing 300 Germans and capturing booty.
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Rommel
London
Erwin Rommel
Prijepolje
Osip Broz
Tito
Croatia
Greece
Albania
Austria
Sarajevo-Travnik
Sarajevo- Mokr
Mokro-Tuzla
Bosnia
Imotski-Duvno
Livno-Grahovo
Hercegovina
Slavonia
Moslavina
Cazma
Zagreb
Mihailovich's Men To Fight Partisans
The Zurich report to Dagens Nyheter says Gen. Mihailovic’s Chetniks will oppose Tito’s partisans as enemies of the Yugoslav government in exile. Tito’s group declares a pro Yugoslavia government in opposition, led by Dr. Ivan Ribar with Tito chairing a defense committee. Mihailovic denies collaboration and vows to defend the exile government. King Peter denounces the Ribar Tito provisional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Zurich
Dagens Nyheter
Draja Mihailovic
Josip Broz
Tito
Kingeter
Ivan Ribar
Mihailovic
Chetnik
Peter
Milan Nedic
Nedic
Cairo
Ribar
Marines On Murderer's Row Dominate Vila Stand
Marines nicknamed Murderer's Row pipe through Vila on Kolombangara island for a second 1943 victory. The unit, steadily raking the Jap garrison, forced evacuation as Staff Sergeant William Frank reports from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Georgia Island
Vila
Kolombangara
Count Ciano Rumored Slain
Reuters reports from the Swiss Italian frontier claim Count Galeazzo Ciano Mussolini’s son in law and former foreign minister was shot by a firing squad for high treason in northern Italy. The reports, unconfirmed, note his 40 year life rising with fascism and falling as Italy’s regime collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Duce
Ciano
Azis
Vatican
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sallzburg
Germany
Poland
Openings In Work At Ration Boards
Opportunities for clerical work with the war price and rationing board office serving this area are open. Nolen W. Dyer civil service secretary at the local post office announced. Interested non war workers should contact Mr Dyer for information and application blanks. Completed applications should be mailed to the Director Ninth U S Civil Service Region New Federal Building St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
Nolen W. Dyer
Civil Service
Dyer
Ninth
U. S. Civil Service Region
New Federal Building
St. Louis
War Schools Colorado Springs Housewife Cooks Improve
Colorado Springs report notes wartime rationing forces thrift in kitchens. Mrs. Philip Crowlie of Huron South Dakota, described as the OPA's typical housewife, says women must be better cooks to avoid waste and spoilage amid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Philip J. Crowlie
Huron
S. D
OPA
Quartermaster Corps Setting Coming Fashions
Washington report on how the Quartermaster Corps influences civilian dress through new materials and designs for uniforms. It notes lightweight trench coats replacing heavy overcoats, five harness sateen fabrics, and innovations from plastics to new styles. Army workers face Thanksgiving on the job with 35 cent cafeteria meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett Washington
Quartermaster Corps
QMC
South Pacific
Tropics
Florida
Aleutians
Kiska
Missouri
Christmas Staffing Falls Into Skeleton Office Schedules
Workers learn that Christmas will feel like a regular Saturday as most offices run on skeleton crews with several departments fully staffed to meet essential needs.
Aged Woman Is Traffic Victim In Coalgate
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane, 92, was killed at 7:30 pm in Coalgate Oklahoma by an automobile in front of her home. Highway Trooper Buck Cook said she wore dark clothing and mist was falling. The driver Jack Holland, 27, said he was blinded by an approaching car. he was not held.
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Coalgate
Okla
Elizabeth Jane
Oklahoma
Buck Cook
Jane
Jack Holland
Holland
Two Men Arrested In Liquor Case
Frank Hulsey and W D Gowers were arrested Sunday by sheriff deputies after five quarts of tax paid liquor were found at the Bel Haven tourist courts. Hulsey pleaded antiquity to possession of intoxicating liquor before County Judge Moss Wymbish. The liquor, imported from Mexico, was deemed intoxicating after undersheriff Walter Huges checked several sources.
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Frank Hulsey
W. D. Gowers
Sheriff’s Force
Bel- Haven
Hulsey
Moss Wymbish Ane
Mexico
Walter Huges
Support Both Sides Law Tells Commons
London dispatch reports British Minister Richard Law told the Commons that the war policy favors Yugoslav resistance. He said the Partisans led by Tito receive more support than Mihailovic forces, citing greater resistance to the Germans. Law offered no details on a provisional Tito government or its relation to King Peter’s government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Josip Broz
Tito
Richard K. Law
Commons
Yugoslavia
Law
Draja Mihailovic
Peter
Lify
Trainmen Strike Delayed by Mediation Board Request
ATLANTA October 8. Trainmen of the Atlantic Birmingham and Coast railway postponed a planned strike set for 11 p m. The delay came at the urgent request of the national mediation board. The walkout involved about 60 workers protesting a four cent an hour wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Mediaton
Georgia
Alabama
Attitude Divided Over Whipping At Girls School
Oklahoma City. The state board of affairs debated whipping as punishment at Tecumseh State Training School. Chairman Virgil Browne opposed whipping, while H A Hewett and Mrs. Calvert supported it. Mrs Mabel Bassett is investigating reports that about 20 girls were whipped severely. Superintendent Creighton Burnham defended the practice as a last resort.
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Oklahoma City
Dec
Tecumseh
State Board of Affairs
Virgil Browne
H. A. Hewett
George E. Calvert
Parent Teacher Association
Mabel Bassett
Browne
E. W. Smartt
Smartt
Ada Cafes Improve Dish Washing and Sterilization Practices
The county health sanitarian notes significant improvements in Ada cafes and fountains since new sanitation rules began on July 1. Utensils are thoroughly cleaned and sterilized either by hot water immersion at 186 degrees Fahrenheit for two minutes or chemical chlorine solutions.
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Ada
County Health Department
Bill to promote war bond sales killed by House panel
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 11 to 10 to table a bill authorizing paid newspaper ads to promote war bonds. The plan would have spent up to 30 million dollars, to be distributed among second class newspapers, while opponents cited Treasury objections and voluntary ads as adequate. Proponents argued ads would reach rural communities. the committee signaled the bills are stalled for the session unless reversed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Phe House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D.-N.c
Senate
House
Coughton
Treasury Department
Department
Cannon
D.-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Seven Oklahoma Prisoners Of Nazis Reported
Washington December 6 war department lists seven more Oklahomans as prisoners in Germany. They are T Sgts Cecil L Brooks Ellsworth Cundiff Edward G Miller Sgts Fred H Nabors Sgts William Stanczyk Jr Pfc Victor L Starkey and Pvt Kenneth Wood.
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Washington
War Department
Germany
Cecil L. Brooks
John W. Brooks
Roosevelt
Ellsworth Cundiff
Ann Lee Cundiff
Stigler
Edward G. Miller
Leota M. Miller
Webb
Fred H. Nabors
Imogene C. Nabors
Tulsa
William Stanczyk Jr
Swannie D. Stanczyk
Kiowa
Victor L. Starkey
Jane M. Stary
Guymon
Kenneth Wood
Bill Peters
Pauls Valley
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Et al
Plaintiffs
Della Bedford
Seal
Wolf High School
Frye
Thompson
F Sales
Sawyer
Jared
Johnson
Rice
Playe Burk
Ff Pennokee
Robinson
F Badley
F Kaise
Ae Weingartner
Weatherford
Pf Winters
Asas
G. Kaiser
Ee Hiller
Cecil Deaton
Eieee
P. Kaiser
Ee Smith
Chapman
Ee Childers
Sweet
Williams Barbre
Falla Desioniea Desnd
Hamrich Mathis
Says
Mihailovich
Los Angeles
Maurice W. Price
War Shipping Administration
Price
Persian Gulf
Munda
William §&. Frank
Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
Associated Press
New Georgia
Kula Gulf
Frey D. Brown
Durant
Uncle Sams
Navy
Army
Pentagon
Ada News
Brown
Hewett
Mrs. Calvert
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