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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
5
Ronnie registers at Pueblo University with Dr. Woodrow Wesley York and later flies south to confront a group of men, triggering gunfire. In Washington Andre Girardeau confronts a bitter plan reversal as a mysterious authority cautions him to follow orders.
Andre travels to Pueblo New Mexico to infiltrate the university and uncover a bomb sight plot. He watches for a crutch bound operative, navigates the Dude College milieu, and notes Dr. York and Senorita Montoya amid tension and danger.
Ronica Bailey and Inspector Sheridan Starr pursue five aliens who shoot at Starr while patrolling near Pueblo. Bailey lands her plane at her father's ranch and joins the pursuit, observing the arid landscape and a tense confrontation as Starr confronts the fugitives.
A New York dispatch surveys London during nightly bombardment showing busy Oxford Street and Knightsbridge stores. Despite air raids, Christmas shopping continues with varied wares from ready to wear to sports gear and art supplies, while displays adapt to blackout rules and shelter needs.
Pontotoc county draft boards anticipate meeting their quotas with volunteers for the next call issued Friday January 3. District one has 27 men to fill with 21 volunteers so far while district two needs 29 and has 21 volunteers, but officials expect sufficient help by January 3.
Fort Sam Houston Texas December 24 9th U S infantry holds Christmas party with the Liscum bowl a 90 pound 20 gallon silver relic from Boxer rebellion history. Col W H Robertson presides as officers and men toast valor deeds from 1855 to present and honor Col Emerson H Liscum.
The 35th division national guardsmen from Missouri Kansas and Nebraska mobilized at Kansas City to begin a year of army life at Camp Robinson Arkansas. Maj. General Ralph E. Truman said 10 000 to 12 000 guardsmen are mobilized with about 10 500 more to join by February. The vanguard moves in late this week or early next week and all units must be present by January 7. Kansas supplies nearly 4 800 troops. 1 400 from Missouri’s 138th infantry were mobilized in St. Louis and five other cities, marking the first peace time mobilization since 1916. Guardsmen may stay at home for meals and sleep until departure, allowing Christmas and New Year with families.
A classified ad notes higher yields for invested amounts in Ada News. It highlights better value through vesting plans and prompts readers to compare rates offered by local agencies.
The army contracted 3000 trucks each weighing about 1700 pounds to move a machine gun or an anti aircraft gun with a crew at speeds exceeding 55 miles per hour.
Ernest O. Thompson, a current member, is chosen as chairman. He predicts 1941 will be the oil industry's best year since 1937 and urges keeping production within the federal bureau of mines' demand estimates. Lon A. Smith retires. Olin Culberson becomes commissioner after a summer election.
In Manchester a night long German air attack clustered on the industrial city injuring at least unknown casualties after bombs hit two public air raid shelters including one crowded with about 500 people. Fires and a wrecked cinema followed as rescue parties cleared shelters and trapped hotel guests several hours after the raid began.
Guthrie reports Lucille Mulhall, famed as the original cow girl and praised by Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, killed in an automobile truck collision near her Mulhall ranch. Dean Breezley also died. Mulhall’s brother Charles injured. family members injured.
A broken rail derailed 14 cars of the Union Pacific City of Los Angeles eastbound near Julesburg Colorado. At least four passengers Mrs H M Ridgway Sandra Croft Esther H Croft and Wright H Prickett Jr were injured and hospitalized in Julesburg and Chappell. Two more pullmans remained on track and two pullmans were off the rails with no injuries reported. Philip Heitzman and Alma L Barnes were unaccounted for but可能 on another eastbound train.
The palatial yacht Noparo once owned by Barbara Hutton is being refitted as a naval auxiliary in a Boston shipyard. Officials say the 115 foot vessel was turned over to the government for one dollar and will serve with a crew of 23. Built in Kiel Germany in 1926 the Noparo joins the navy.
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