War bond auctions held in sport events this week
Three war bond auction sales occur tonight and additional sales are planned for Wednesday Thursday and Friday nights with further rural district announcements possible before week’s end.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
1
Monday Sales and Totals for Multiple Types
Monday sales figure 10 500 00 shown with total to date 223 656 25 Other types show 184 423 25 bringing total to 539 216 62. Overall Bend’s goal is 1 054 000 00 with current total 762 872 87.
County Bonds Drive Boosts Total as Ada Lands Auctions Loom
Investment of 184 425 in other types of bonds lifts the county total to 762 872 while E bonds lag with 10 500 more. Ada Lions host a sale at Happyland Kiwanis at Summers Chapel and events at Fittstown Community Sales Barn Pecan Grove Steedman Colbert Lions and Sunshine. Norman C. Mitchell acts as auctioneer with J C Hynds as speaker Friday night. The Oklahoma State Bank handles bond purchases for Sunshine auctions offering numerous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onight
Ada Lions Club
Happyland
Kiwanis Club
Summers Chapel
Fittstown
Ada
Steedman
Colbert
J. C. Hynds
The
Lions Club
Norman C. Mitchell
Sunshine
Oklahoma State Bank
Senate Rejects St. Lawrence Seaway Amendment
The Senate voted 56 to 25 to exclude the St. Lawrence seaway from the Rivers and Harbors bill despite President Roosevelt urging action. Senators Aiken Langer and Vandenberg supported the amendment after days of debate, clearing the way for final passage of the $500 million measure. In other notes, Marchmont Schwartz, All-America Notre Dame back and former Stanford coach, moved to Tulsa to open a regional office for a company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Roosevelt
Aiken
R.-Vt
Langer
R.-N.d
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Tulsa
Marchmont Schwartz
Notre Dame
Stanford
Wichita
Kas
Stettinius and Team Testify on Liberal Foreign Policy
Edward R. Stettinius Jr and six prospective aides told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a reorganized State Department aims for a liberal forward looking foreign policy. They outlined plans to carry out their duties if confirmed amid limited questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Congress
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Joseph C. Grew
Archibald MacLeish
Nelson Rockefeller
W. L. Clayton
Stettinius Outlines Five Goals for Postwar Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Stettinius told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee five main objectives to guide postwar policy. He urged quick approval of six staff nominations including Grew and Nelson Rockefeller to regroup department operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Germany
Japan
United Nations
Congress
Grew
Nelson Rockefeller
Archibald
Arnold Says Germany Not Crumbling Despite Allied Bombing
Beverly Hills Calif Dec. 12 Gen Henry H Arnold says he dislikes over optimism about Germany s defeat He notes Allied raids on factories yards canals ball bearings and fuel plants and adds some formations saw no planes for months yet Germany was still fought tough He warns of a long war with Japan while believing Japan s air force can be knocked down with time and planes He points to Japan s industrial area centered on one island making bombing easier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Berlin
Arnold
Japan
Cold Holds Its Grip Across State In Weather Notes
Weather observer W. E. Pitt recorded Tuesday morning as a near duplicate of the prior day with a high of 37 and a low of 20 degrees. Sunshine Monday afternoon failed to moderate temperatures, and the same trend continued on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Pitt
Tuesay
Weather Shifts as Sunshine Returns Across Oklahoma
The Associated Press reports milder conditions arrive as temperatures rise in most sections. Forecasters expect tonight and tomorrow to see lows 20 to 25 degrees, with lingering cold wind from the weekend. Shippers anticipate moderate conditions west, north and east with lows 25 to 29, south warmer, minima 28 to 32, Oklahoma City at 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Mercury
McAster Last Nint
Oklahoma City
U S Proposes Firm Control of German War Industries
London dispatch reports American aims to abolish German war industries and curb Reich aviation while preserving civilian drug and medical needs. Ambassador Winant allegedly presented memoranda to the European Advisory Council as part of a joint Allied plan. Britain also submitted its own German industry proposals, with Russia and France awaiting guidance from Paris and Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Parris
London
U. S
Germany
Reich
John G. Winant
European Advisory Council
Winant
Roosevelt
State Department
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Morgenthau
de Gaulle
Marshal Stalin
Soviet Union
First Army Near Duren Front Advances in Roer Valley
American First Army infantry and tanks moved within a half mile of Duren capturing six fortified villages and reaching the Roer River on a 1 000 yard front opposite Hurtgen Forest. The Seventh Army broke through the Maginot Line, advancing over six miles to Seltz near the Rhine and seizing dozen Rhine towns amid heavy fighting. Civilians flee Duren as U S forces prepare to establish along the Roer west bank before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
First Army
Duren
Roer
Hurtgen Forest
U. S. Seventh Army
Maginot Line
Seletz
Rhine
Karlsruhe
Seltz
Palatinate
Cologne
Mariaweiler
Courtney H. Hodges
Haven
Roer Pier
Julich
Merken
Merode
Gey
Roer Bank Derichweiler
Hurtgen
First
Obermaubach
Supreme Headquarters
Strass and
Schopaoven
Normandy
Seventh Army
Bavarian Palatinate
Haguenau
Longer Hours For Tokyo War Workers
Japanese workers at a Tokyo war plant pledged to work 108 1 2 hours weekly from 7 30 a m to 11 p m seven days a week to boost production by about 0 86 percent. Domei noted engineers are turning to wooden boring machines with the body and pulleys fashioned from hard wood and iron used only for the shaft and chucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Japanse
Domei
Federal Communications Committee
Senate study flags slow sale of surplus war goods
Senate investigators say Treasury surplus property sold slowly. Three month report shows August sales 6.5 million of 44 million stock, September 9.7 million of 53 million, October 13 million of 59 million. Subcommittee hearing on disposal practices noted potential faster sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Treasury
Small Business Committee
Treasurys
Correction clarifies Lt. Hathaway lineage far from a casualty report
Corrected information identifies Lt. Allen Hathaway as the older son of A. L. Hathaway a longtime Pontotoc county teacher now at Pepps New Mexico. His younger brother W V Hathaway serves in the U S Navy and his widow Miss Lahrue Gant works in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Hathaway
A. L. Hathaway
Pontotoc County
Pepps
New Mexico
W. V. Hathaway
U. S. Navy
Lahrue Gant
Oklahoma City
Evacuation from Tokyo Reported as War Moves
Berlin radio says 20 000 non essential workers planned to leave Tokyo today amid total city of 7 000 000 population. The report notes wartime evacuations and ongoing military actions in the Pacific theater with reference to Japanese events and Allied coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Tokyo
Transocean
Marianas
Pfc Raymond Maples Killed in Action in France
War Department reports private first class Raymond Lee Maples was killed in France on September 19, 1944. The Ada Oklahoma area soldier was 23 and part of the Maples brothers who suffered multiple losses in the war. Survivors include Amos Maples and wife in Oklahoma City, Lyfloris Maples in San Francisco, and Jessie Mae Glover in Bishop, California, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Amos Maples
Pfc
Raymond Lee Maples
France
Maples Brothers
Maples
Pontotoc County
Ada
Latta
Owl Creek
Oklahoma City
Pfc. Maples
J. N. Maples
Calvin B. Maples
San Francisco
Calif
James Maples, Jr
Tarawa
Pauline Loveless Maples
Amos W. Maples
Lyfloris
Big Boy) Maples
Jessie Mae Glover
Mishop
Red Tanks Battle Into Suburbs of Budapest Today
Soviet forces drove toward Budapest from multiple axes with gains up to seven miles, seizing Varesy haz and Szada northeast of the capital. Malinovsky's Second Ukraine Army extended the front toward Bratislava and Vienna, while German garrisons suffered higher casualties in close combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Bratislava
Vienna
Veresegyhaz
Szada
Rodio Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Red Army
Paris
Algiers
Budapet
Malinovsky
Szob
Hont
Dregelypalank
Varsany
Balassagyaarmat
Superforts Hit Tokyo With Fourth Incursion At Night
Tokyo radio reported American B 29s dropped incendiaries in two or three places in Tokyo during the evening. The broadcast claimed one or two raiders came from the Marianas via Izu Shichiro islands and fled toward the southeastern sea after attacks. Berlin radio noted 20 000 non essential workers were evacuating Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Marianas
Izu Shichiro
Nippon Radio
Berlin
Ormoc Is Captured After Desperate Japanese Stand
General MacArthur reports the Ormoc defense in the Leyte campaign has been crushed. U S Doughboys of the 77th and Seventh divisions link up south of Ormoc and annihilate the 26th Nipponese division in a trap. Thousands of Japanese troops and their supplies are captured or destroyed as American forces push northwest toward Corrigara bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Ormoc
Leyte Island
77Th
Douglas MacArthur
Yamashita Line
77Th Division
Corrigara Bay
BCC
George Thomas Foster
Tacloban
al Copking
Leyte
Camotes
Mrs Denton Recovers After Narrow CO Poisoning
Anna Denton, who narrowly escaped carbon monoxide poisoning last Friday, is reported to be improving rapidly after being found unconscious at her son B. D. Denton's farm home south of Ada. She remains in a local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Denton
B. D. Denton
Ada
Weather Report for Oklahoma and Kansas
Oklahoma fair tonight and Wednesday with rising temperatures. lows 26 to 30 statewide. Kansas generally fair with warming trend. western lows 25 to 28 and 20 to 24 in the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Lawrence Project
By Bob Blanks, Jr
Oather Harp
Darwiss
By Douglas B. Cornell
United Nations Organization
Gen. Arnold
Bavarian
Lt. Hathaway Son of
Kaparees
By Eddy Gilmore
Garrison
Mrs. Denton
Ada Evening News
Ada, Oklahoma
Pontot
Atoka Cor
R.F.D
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