Lt. Hathaway Killed in Action With Patton's Troops
Lt. Allen Hathaway, a liaison pilot with General Patton's command, was killed in action after 135 missions overseas. He grew up in Pontotoc County and Roff Oklahoma, and his family in Pipp New Mexico and Roff still maintain ties to the area. The exact cause or manner of death was not disclosed in a War Department telegram to his wife, the former Miss Lahrne Fant, now residing in Oklahoma City.
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Allen Hathaway
Oklahoma City
Roff
Patton
Hathaway
War Department
Lahrne Fant
Pfc Thompson Recovering From Wounds Near Le Mans France
Pfc James N Thompson of Ada is convalescing at the 318th Station Hospital England after wounds near Le Mans during the advance toward Brest. A machine gunner, he fought through the St Lo campaign with his unit and is expected to make a full recovery.
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le Mans
France
Brest
James N. Thompson
Ada
England
Thompson
St. Lo
Thompcon
Live Christmas Tree Practice Urged By Ada Garden Club
Ada Garden clubs advocate starting this year the use of live Christmas trees with roots preserved in a bucket or container. After Christmas they can be set out and cared for, becoming evergreen reminders of the season and forming a hedge where space allows, enjoyed by children and parents for years.
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Ada
Coldest Winter Reading Yet At 20 Degrees
The area woke to an early Monday morning low of 20 degrees, the coldest reading of the winter so far. Sunday topped at 37 degrees, marking the season’s lowest daytime high.
Ada Citizens Debate War Time Street Repair Funding
Letter to the Ada News discusses postwar street repair needs and urges Ada County and city officials with local business groups to back a substantial road program. The author references government budget projections under four wartime scenarios and notes costs rising with ongoing conflict in Europe and the Pacific.
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Ada
Evening News
Oklahoma
Ada News
W. H. Ebey
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Budget Bureau
Ainst
Germany
Japan
Europe
Pacific
America
New Inexpensive Postal Notes To Be In Use Soon
Postmaster General Walker announces a contract for 100 million Postal Notes and aims to have them in all 1 575 first class post offices by about January 1 1945. The notes will be cashable at any post office and issued in eleven denominations from 1 to 10 dollars with a 5 cent handling fee.
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Walker
Postal Service
United States
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Rotterdam
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OS Rand
Geilenkirchen
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