Local families visit Ada. Stratton returns from Pacific duty
S/Sgt. and Mrs. Billy Stratton of Cyril and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stratton of near Maysville join Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McKeown of Pauls Valley in Ada for a Sunday visit. Sgt. Stratton has returned after months as a tail gunner aboard a B-24 in the southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Stratton
Cyril
Jack Stratton
Maysville
W. F. McKeown
Pauls Valley
Ada
Sgt. Stratton
Southwest Pacific
Foot specialist to relieve foot suffering in Ada event
Dr Ruth E Walters foot specialist will relieve foot suffering at Aldridge Hotel from 11 a m to 11 p m Tuesday with sessions every other Tuesday thereafter. Local notices mention residents and weekend visits across Ada and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth E. Walters
Aldridge Hotel
Expert repair service visits Ada weekend
An expert repair service on sewing machines and vacuum cleaners from Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma City spent the weekend visiting the parents of Cpl. Virgil Hurley Jr. in Ada. Miss Stella Brown of Tupelo and Emason Reed of Connerville also conducted business in Ada on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer
Cpl
Virgil Hurley Jr
William Dewhirst
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
Cpl. Hurley
Virgil Hurley
Ada
Stella Brown
Tupelo
Emason Reed
Connerville
S T Sgt Thomas Hogue to Receive New Assignment
T Sgt Thomas Hogue left Monday for Santa Ana to receive a new assignment after returning from several months of service in England. He spent a 30 day furlough visiting his wife and parents at Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hogue
Monorning
Santa Ana
England
Allen
Ada Weekend Citizen Roundup
Cordell Lee of Stonewall spent Saturday shopping in Ada. Mrs. Ethel Jones attended several interests in Ada Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Gebhart of
Stone
Cordell Lee
Stonewall
Ada
Ethel Jones
Ada Satury
Magazines for Christmas Braly's Store
Storekeeper Alvin Greer left for a California station to receive a new assignment after a 30 day furlough. He was accompanied to Oklahoma City by his wife and spent time visiting relatives and friends in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Greer
California
Oklahoma City
Ada
Festival of Christmas Music at Central College Tuesday Evening
Community event at Central College features a Christmas music festival Tuesday at 8 oclock. Admission is free. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Bob Sammons at her home 730 West Twelfth Street on December 18 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Bob Sammons
West
Tupelo shoppers to visit Ada for holidays
Western- Mrs. Roy Merritt and Miss Cleo Calloway of Tupelo, who shopped in Miss Fayrene Dupree of Douglas Aircraft Co. Tulsa, will arrive December 2 to spend holidays in Ada. Dupree is a former East Central student and worked in Dr. Linscheid's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Merritt
Cleo Calloway
Tupelo
Ada
Fayrene Dupree
Douglas Air Craft Co
Tulsa
East Central
Dr. Linscheid
Mrs. Dick Akins Ill With Pneumonia East of City
Mrs. Dick Akins, residing east of the city, is reported ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Akins
Christmas flower selection from Blue Lantern Flower Shop
Blue Lantern Flower Shop offers Christmas flower selections and orders. Call 343 to place early orders for holiday arrangements and delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Lantern Flower Shop
Ada Visit Ties Tupelo Women to Local Interests
Mrs John Charley and Mrs Maud Blanchard from Tupelo attended to business interests in Ada today, meeting local planners and reviewing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Charley
Maud Blanchard
Tupelo
Ada
Northwestern student Betty Hurley to visit Evans ton home
Betty Hurley a Northwestern University junior from Evans ton Illinois will arrive Tuesday to spend Christmas vacation with her niece Mrs Vel Bumpers at 521 East in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hurley
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Vel Bumpers
East
Radio broadcast claims Japanese defenses greet enemy planes
FCC monitors report a Japanese broadcast described by U S officials as saying Japanese fighters and anti-aircraft units gave a hot reception to enemy raiders over Nippon. The transmission suggested Nagoya as the target, a city with major aircraft plants and high inflammability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Center
Nippon
FCC
Nagoya
Japan
Christmas social notices and visits around Ada Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs Ed Nabors and daughter Kathleen visited the Hearn family in Fittstown with beer in the house. Dal's Place at 115 South Stockton noted. Mrs Bill Phillips Jr and the Canada family visited the Drivers in Francis over the weekend. Wingard of Roff attended to business in Ada. East Central Concert singers and choral groups perform at the college Tuesday at 8 with free admission. Capt and Mrs T G Kelly Jr and daughter Karen visit from Hobbs NM before Capt Kelly reports to duty in Lincoln NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Nabors
Kathleen
Roy Hearn
Fittstown
Bill Phillips Jr
A. B. Canada
Beverly Ann
O. J. Driver
Francis
J. C. Wingard
Roff
Ada
East Central Concert Singers
Horace Mann
T. G. Kelly Jr
Karen
Hobbs
New Mexico
T. G. Kelly
East Sixteenth
Oklahoma City
Capt. Kelly
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ada Commandery to Elect Officers on December 19
Ada Commandery No. 16 Knights Templar meets Tuesday December 19 at 7 30 PM for the annual election of officers. All Knights Templar are urged to attend. J Kent Smith Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Commandery No
Knights Templar
J. Kent Smith
Sewing Room Closed Till After Christmas
Mrs. M. F. West announces the sewing room at the First Baptist church will not be open this week and will remain closed until after Christmas possibly reopening on Wednesday December 27. This notice is to the women who have been engaged in making duty bags for soldiers going overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. West
First Baptist Church
Capt Walter Wray In Brief Visit
Capt Walter Wray arrived Sunday night from Baltimore to Camp Robinson Arkansas for a short visit with his son Pvt Walter Neal Wray. He and Mrs Wray will visit Oklahoma City with daughter in law Mrs Richard Wray then fly to Redlands California to spend Christmas with sister Mrs Nellie Wray and Mary Frances Wray. He is being transferred from Baltimore to Indianapolis Indiana. Mrs Wray will remain in Oklahoma City with Lt Wray's wife in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wray
Baltimore
Camp Robinson
Ark
Pvt
Walter Neal Wray
Indianapolis
Ind
Joe R. Allen Dies at 55 in Dallas Funeral Held
Joe R. Allen 55 died at his home at Seventh and Cherry Sunday at 12 15 am Funeral services were held Monday at 2 30 pm at Criswell Funeral Chapel with Rev. Virgil Alexander officiating burial in Rosedale Cemetery American Legion honors Surviving are the widow Bonnie Mitchel Allen three sisters Mrs Cecil F Murphy Mrs Borden McCombs of Ft Worth and Mrs Vern Clapton of San Antonio a brother Julian W Allen Dallas five nieces and three nephews
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Joe R. Allen
Seventh
Cherry
Criswell Funeral
Virgil Alexander
Rosedale Cemetery
American Legion
Bonnie Mitchel Allen
Cecil F. Murphy
Borden McCombs
Ft. Worth
Vern Clapton
San Antonio
Tex
Julian W. Allen
Dallas
Pvt. Leon Skidmore dies of wounds in Pacific
Pvt. Leon Skidmore of Allen California died at Mare Island naval station after wounds in the Southwest Pacific. He was 20. Funeral services planned in Allen with Criswell's in charge. Survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charley Skidmore a sister Mrs. Marie Callihan and two brothers Drexel and Kenneth Skidmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Skidmore
Allen
Mare Island Naval Station
California
Southwest Pacific
Criswell’s
Charley Skidmore
Marie Callihan
Texas
Drexel Skidmore
Kenneth Skidmore
Death of John A. Cheney in Oakland California
John A. Cheney died Saturday in Oakland California. Burial was in Veterans Cemetery San Francisco. He leaves his widow Oma Cheney and her parents Mr and Mrs J H Houtchens of 310 North Stockton Ada. The Cheneys lived in Ada for 12 years before moving west. He was a disabled World War I veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Cheney
Oakland
Calif
Veterans Cemetery
San Francisco
Oma Cheney
J. H. Houtchens
North
Stockton
Ada
Cheneys
West Coast
Colbert Rites Set After Death in Hines
Joshua Colbert of Gerty died at Hines NL on December 17. His body returns for interment with Allen Funeral Home announcing arrangements. Dora Colbert of Gerty and seven sons three of them in the armed services, two daughters Elizabeth and Lorene at home. Colbert born and reared near Gerty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Colbert
Gerty
Hines
Allen Funeral Home
Dora Colbert
Armed Services
Thomas A
George
Jimmy
South Pacific
Jessie
U. S. Navy
Dolphus
Columbus
A Colbert
Richmond
Calif
Elizabeth
Lorene Colbert
Mr. Colbert
Romanian decree ends Jewish restrictions in citizenship plan
In Bucharest the king signed a decree abolishing Jewish restrictions and paving the way for full citizenship rights for Romanian Jews. Justice Minister Lucre tia Patrascanu led the draft, cabinet approval followed, while leader William Filderman criticized the move as inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Hihai
Lucretia Patrascanu
William Filderman
Konstantin Sanatescu
Ada Man George Parrish Wounded on Italian Front
Ada business man Pvt. George Parrish was seriously wounded in the Italian front fighting. A letter to his wife says both legs and chest hurt but he is improving and hopes for eventual full recovery. He is recovering in hospital and has regained an appetite. Parrish has long been with J. G. Witherspoon Finance and an Ada Roundup club officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Parrish
Pvt
Ada
Parrish
J. G. Witherspoon Finance Company
British Praise French Russian Pact Seeks Postwar Security
London editors welcomed the new Franco Russian alliance pledging mutual military and economic aid for at least 20 years. The treaty commits fighting Germany to victory, joint postwar reconstruction, and no separate peace talks, with De Gaulle to seek ratification this week in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Daily Mail
Germany
Hitler
France
Russia
de Gaulle
British Launching Full-Scale Attack on Athens
British forces opened a major operation against leftwing Elas units in Athens, seizing a stronghold on the Athens to Kalamaki corridor, clearing Kalamaki Airport to 300 yards, and capturing Sibelias Hill. Armored units and infantry moved toward Piraeus as Elas attacked RAF HQ and Averoff Prison, housing political prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Elas
Phaleron
Kalamaki
Piraeus
Sibelias Hill
Acropolis
Col Cochran Promoted In Allied Air Command
Promotion for Col Philip Cochran of Burma fame as assistant operations officer of the first Allied airborne army under Lt Gen Lewis Brereton. The Erie Pennsylvania airman led the first air commando task force in Wingate's Burma air invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Philip Cochran
Burma
Lewis H. Brereton
Erie
Charles Orde Wingate
Heavy Bomber Assault Across German Railheads
In London dispatches, 1100 heavy bombers and fighters depart Britain to hit the German counteroffensive front. American Fortress bombers drop 2000 tons on Cologne Coblenz Mainz despite clouds. Night raids bruise Munich Ulm Duisburg with 1300 British bombers. 17 lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Allied Raid Drops 7000 Tons on German Rail Centers
U S heavy bombers and RAF planes struck Munich Ulm and Duisburg as 7000 tons of bombs hit key railway hubs. Allied fighters protected the missions as German forces pressed a lengthy advance along an 80 mile front from Monschau toward Luxembourg, with battles reported across Belgium and Czechoslovakia.
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London
U. S
English Channel
Germany
Munich
Ulm
Duisburg
R.A.F
Europe
RAF
Italy
Alps
Sailburg
Wels
Blechhammer
Odertal
Salesia
Moravska
Belgium
Monschau
Aachen
Luxembourg
First Army
Malmedy
CAP Schedules Special Meeting
The Civil Air Patrol will hold a special meeting tonight to discuss new ground work classes and a new study type aiding ground school. A motion picture will clarify difficult phases to improve understanding. All members and visitors are welcome. the next meeting will be Monday Jan 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Duemler Resigns from Anthracite Division Chief Post
Washington dispatch reports Robert F. Duemler resigns as chief of the anthracite division of the Solid Fuels Administration for War, effective December 31. He will become vice president of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal Company in New York, where he had served as assistant to the president since joining SFA in August 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duemler
Washington
The
Solid Fuels Administration
Robert F. Duemler
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Co
New York
SFA
Markets at a Glance New York Dec 18
Easy light selling across stocks. Bonds irregular rails generally lower. Cotton quiet with mill buying and liquidation. Chicago wheat mixed amid weak demand. Corn firm with cash buying. Rye firm with light covering. Hogs active 25 to 50 cents higher top 14.75. Cattle strong to 17.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Wall Street slips as market shows light selling
Stocks were broadly weighed down by renewed light selling with only scattered gains. About 1,000,000 shares changed hands led by U S Steel Chrysler Goodrich Montgomery Ward International Harvester General Electric American Can and Douglas Aircraft. Consolidated Coal hit a fresh 1944 high as occasional gains appeared in Santa Fe New York Central Southern Pacific Westinghouse U S Rubber and Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
International Harvester
General Electric
American Can
Douglas Aicraft
Consolidated Coal
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Westinghouse
U. S. Rubber
Johns
Cattle and hog markets steady to higher in Oklahoma City sale
Cattle sales totaling around 4 000 head with 1 500 calves showed slow killing classes but steady to firm prices versus last week. Beef cows and yearlings mostly 11.00 to 13.25, steers at 11. reach, hogs 1 400 head with ceiling price at 14.45 for 200 275 pound stockers and feeders firm near 9.50 to 11.20 for medium to good fat. Sheep with 600 head seen lambs steady to 2 lower and native lambs around 13.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
Money surfaces as basement flood swamps North Side home
Firemen in Chicago on December 18 found bundles of cash in a flooded basement. Fireman Frank Walthouse retrieved about 450 dollars from a hatful of bills while the homeowner alleged the son, overseas with the army on furlough, hid the money there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Side
Frank Walthouse
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Pete McCord
H. A. Puttkamer
Lawton
Blue Lantern Shop
Donald Roark
North Carolina
Essie Wilburn
Bolding Cafe
J. T. Griffin
Marguerite Hawkinson
W. T. Rawleigh
Western
Ada News
Dal’s Place
South Stockton
New Alliance
Stephen Barber
Ga News
By Howard Cowan
CAP
Cudahy Co
Francis Lederer
Gurie Bromberg - Nash - Granagh
Bob Hope
Fergrees
Manville
Illinois
Texas Gulf Sylph
Tide Water
International Shoe
United Air Lines
le Johns-Manville
United Aircraft
Kennecott Ce
U S Rubber
Woolworth Montgomery Ward
Ss Nash-Kelvinator
National Biscuit Ee
National Canon
Ceeecicnn
National Dairy
Nationa
NY Central RR
NA Aviation
North Am Co
Packard Motor
Pan America Air
Paramount Picture
Penney
Pepsi-Cola
Phillips Petroleum i
Plymouth Oil
Wu Pure Oil
Socony-Vacuum Save Ait Antonates
Southern Pacific Ee
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Standard Oil
Indiana
Studebaker Standard Oil
New Jersey
Swift & Co
Texas Company
Texas Gulf
American Airlines
American T&t
Anaconda
Arm & C
Atchison T&sf
Barnsdall Oil
Beech Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chick Cot i
Chrysler Corporation
Col Gas & Electric
Commonwealth
Curtivs Wright
N.c
Douglas Air
du Pont
General Foods
Ee Ee
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Zsoodyear
T & Ee
Zrevhound Corporation
Gulf
Scott's
East Central State College
Furniture Department
Ckest
Gluckman
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