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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
4
The Ada Evening News lists a public business office line for inquiries and circulation questions. Contact details appear in the newspaper’s masthead for readers seeking information or service assistance.
A devotional line from Genesis 2 7 describing God forming man from dust and giving him life through the breath of God. The verse frames humanity as a living soul created by divine act and breath.
The piece argues Oklahoma must choose between lower taxes and reduced road programs and state institution improvements or maintaining taxes to fund federal road funds and essential building projects. It notes overcrowded colleges, little new construction for 15 years, and the need to expand educational facilities to match postwar demand.
The island Mindoro lies west of Leyte and Samar and could serve as a crucial staging base. Holding Mindoro would split the Philippines, enable access to Manila, and allow air and sea strikes into Luzon or southern targets. Control of Mindoro would reduce Japanese island defense and open routes toward China.
A quirky observation links the difficulty of city laundry with a potential shift in grapefruit consumption. The piece questions who dares squirt juice on lapels when dry cleaning is hard to obtain, implying a broader change in dining habits amid laundry shortages.
A column assesses Archibald MacLeish publically as deputy secretary of state for cultural relations. It highlights his humanist philosophy, calls for diplomacy that elevates ethics over technology, and notes war’s impact on national virtue and leadership.
Senor Antonio Icaza’s testimony in the Tommy Dorsey trial clears up the Balcony Battle tale. He returns to Panama with a promised perjury trial risk if he reenters the United States. The episode disrupted the trial, saved California taxpayers money, and set a tone for postwar media coverage.
The article notes New York hosts its poultry show during a live fowl shortage with 2000 potential broilers and fryers present and accounted for showcasing the event.
A new town near Prague restricted settlers to teetotalers non smokers and vegetarians. A two foot high food warmer helps Superfortress crews on long flights by keeping pre cooked meals hot at high altitude. The insulated cabinet holds meat vegetables soup fruit juices coffee bread and fruit.
The Senate approved Joseph C. Grew as undersecretary of state by 66 to 7 and confirmed five assistant secretaries to modernize the department for wartime tasks. Clayton, MacLeish, Rockefeller, Dunn, and Holmes were named to key posts, with debate over loyalties to Roosevelt policies and Atlantic Charter implications.
Ada Council No. 10 invites all council Masons to attend the December 21 meeting at 7 30 p m for the annual officer election. Carl F Curley NT Master presides and urges full attendance. Chanukah, Fast of Lights, coincides with Christmas as a midwinter Jewish festival of gifts and customs.
Local classified column highlights boosted value for listed ads with improved rates. Readers note higher returns on investment through targeted placements and longer display windows, while merchants seek clearer pricing to attract customers.
AP war analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports fighting along a 70 mile front with the German counteroffensive aiming to cut the American First Army southeast of Aachen. The Aachen sector is pivotal as Duren and the Cologne Plain flank the Ruhr industrial region. Hodges' forces contest, counterattack, and patrols reach Duren.
Vice Adm. John S. McCain announced that day and night carrier raids over Luzon Island forecast what would befall Japan. He said Philippines was cut from the Japanese Empire, and with enough fighters, they could take the empire. The operation, praised by Adm. Halsey, used Hellcat planes to immobilize the Japanese Air Force across Luzon airfields.
Four Red Army columns pounded toward Kassa in eastern Czechoslovakia with forces from Malinovsky and Petrov driving from multiple directions. Soviet units breached several German defenses as part of a broader 80 mile front, with Senya village reported fallen and routes through Slovakia harassed by partisans.
Lexington reports Marine Sgt Bliss Robert Reynolds 46 of Indianapolis died in a car and navy bus crash. He was assigned to the Purcell Naval Air Gunnery School.
Robert R. Fitzgerald, former state clemency officer, appealed to the criminal court of appeals from a Carter County bribery conviction. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Gas turbine aircraft engines delivering up to 10000 horsepower are forecast for the next decade. A turbine of this strength would supply more energy in a single unit than all four engines of the B 29 Superfortress, signaling a major leap in aviation propulsion.
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