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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
6
New York writer Milo M. Thompson describes bomb attack experiences in London during total war. He recalls direct hits leveling blocks, the spread of destruction, and the sense of a world shaken as residents shelter in basements and assess ruined interiors.
Tulsa dispatch notes a big yet uncertain year for oil in 1940. Domestic use rose about six percent while exports fell due to war, keeping total industry activity about three percent above 1939. Advances include synthetic rubber and 100 octane aviation fuel, with resistance to federal control and steady crude and refinery output.
An account of a British soldier Tommy sparing a German boy during combat near Christmas 1914. He explained he could not kill a child. The narrative references a temporary no-man's-land truce for Christmas and a broader view that war is driven by leaders, not ordinary men. Queen Wilhelmina in exile comments on peace prospects from London.
A passage notes one person’s refusal to proceed through a perilous valley. The act prevents further marching and shifts the narrative focus to the halted journey and its implications.
The Bucharest talks between German Italian Romanian and Soviet delegates fail to reach agreement on who should control the Danube outlets. Soviet sources claim Red Army plans to occupy the Danube mouths and Moldavia west to the Siret, as Axis delegates split from Soviet representatives. Rumors of Turkish action and possible Greek invasion through Bulgaria surface as tensions rise.
London dispatch reports key workers in British arms plants used the Christmas recess to perform vital repairs and maintenance on machinery that has run flat out since the Dunkirk speedup. At one factory reportedly bombed to bits workers continued operations after glass panes were blown out, and when rain fell the women workers raised umbrellas over their machines to keep working.
Marriage licenses were issued Thursday morning from the office of the court clerk to Floyd Matthews Jr. and Dortha M Farr. Allie Pinky and Gen eva Inman. Jesse Combest and Mae Frank Shandy. Woodrow Wilson Kite and Katherine Louise Wilburn.
An extra alarm fire in the Loop office building caused about 50 000 dollars in damage. The blaze shrouded a Loop corner in smoke and drew a two hour firefighting effort for workers headed to offices.
Paris Texas December 26 Sam Giddens of Annona died in a hospital from injuries after his automobile overturned east of Paris.
Oklahoma City December 26 An enrolled member of an Indian tribe will sit as chief justice of the state supreme court next January if the court follows custom Earl Welch of Antlers is slated to become chief justice with Justice N S Corn of Taloga as vice chief justice Welch one sixteenth Chickasaw studied at Poteau Talihina Harley Institute at Tishomingo Har grove College Ardmore University of Oklahoma law school 1911 born January 27 1892 at near Wister married with three sons James Gordon Norman and Byron Welch
A League of Women Voters survey shows 140 women elected to 29 state legislatures in November, up from 130 in 28 states two years earlier. Eight women will join Congress in January and 12 will take major state offices this winter, led by Jeanette Rankin's return to the house. Republican women outnumber Democrats in legislatures, but Democratic gains are growing.
National Guard units from this area joined the Red Cross annual roll call. Fort Sill response included the 160th Field Artillery Band, batteries and headquarters across battalions with stated contributions of $2 to $17.50, totaling multiple gifts to the drive.
Senators discussed relief spending as employment grows under the defense program. Congress approved 975 million dollars for the WPA for this year but may need a supplemental appropriation to continue relief through July.
At Ft. Sill December 26 the 45th Division remaining troops decorated camps with Christmas trees lights and arts showing 12 days of rest. Eight course dinners served with turkey and chicken. Four tons turkey seven thousand pounds candy two thousand eight hundred pounds fruit cake and 966 gallons apple cider. American Legion and chambers sent cash and apples. Officers and wives joined mess tables and after dinner entertainment followed by regimental chaplains services.
Five Oklahomans died in traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday. Three deaths occurred within Oklahoma raising December total to 27 and the year to 466. The two outside fatalities were Cleo Hall of Meeker in Las Cruces New Mexico and Willard Woodrow Hulsey of Picher near Galena Kansas. In state deaths: Dennis Impson of Graham killed near Marietta, and Jesse Harris of Tulsa injured near Broken Arrow died in Tulsa. Mrs Mary Lyons of Tulsa, age 38, struck by a car that went over a curb.
Brownie Rogers a 58 pound midget rider from Poteau Oklahoma was hurt when thrown from a wild buffalo during a bare back ride in a Minneapolis rodeo He suffers a possible basal skull fracture and a broken left leg Rogers 27 years old 46 inches tall has rode buffalos ten years His real name is Roger Ben Brown born at Will Rogers ranch in Tahlequah Oklahoma He spent three months in a Madison Square Garden hospital after a prior fall.
Mrs. Cora Stover age 61 died at her home on Ada route 4 early Wednesday at 12 05 a m. Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 a m from Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Rev Blackhawk officiating. Burial was in Rosedale Cemetery. Survived by husband John L. Stover sister Effie Budal of Shreveport and brother T J Howell of Houston.
Mrs Amanda S Nordean 88 died at her home in Lawrence Tuesday night Funeral services were held Wednesday at East Hill cemetery Roff with burial there Criswell Funeral Home in charge She was born in Sweden Survived by two daughters Jennie Osborn and Lola Nordean of Lawrence two sons Charlie and Frank Nordean of Roff two brothers Alfred Anderson of Chicago and Carl Anderson of Stockholm Sweden
A government decree makes each departmental prefect the sole representative of the head of state in his district. The move was publicly noted as strengthening the central hierarchy and freeing prefects from local politics, drawing wide press attention in Vichy.
A classified ad note states higher value for invested funds in vested accounts. It highlights improved returns, potential rewards for long term commitments, and guidance on how to participate with Ada News publication.
Uncle Sam's Christmas present to the 45th division includes three train loads of more than 500 new trucks. With 900 in use now and 1,100 expected by January 15, the division marches toward motorization. Four truck types, sub transmission, field colored finishes, and 39 units per infantry regiment accompany rapid testing and deployment. Weather in east Texas mainly cloudy with slight rain in the east and southeast then fair and warmer Friday.
The Express reports Texas will open a second air corps basic school at San Angelo around February 15 with two 200 student squadrons and a 400 man air base squadron. Brady gains a five year franchise for a primary flying school at Curtis Field with 400 student capacity and 120 minimum after full operation.
Rep. Disney suggested a $20 million private built toll road between Tulsa and Oklahoma City as a defense highway. He urged state cooperation, bond authority, and property condemnation, proposing a six lane, night lit route under state plans with tolls repaying construction costs.
A potent storm area centered near Galveston brought widespread rain and blustery weather across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana. Warnings extended Gulf coast from Brownsville Texas to St Marks Florida as northwest to southeast winds strengthened with a low barometer in Texas.
New York December 26 Harold MacDonald Anderson 64 war correspondent and Sun editor died of a heart attack after leaving his office. He authored the Lindbergh Flies Alone editorial regarded as a modern journalistic classic and reprinted in hundreds of papers.
Hollywood reports the death of Agnes Ayres on Christmas Day from a cerebral hemorrhage. A silent era star with roles in The Affairs of Anatol and The Sheik, she retired with the rise of talkies and made a failed comeback attempt. Surviving daughter Maria, 15, is in Mexico City with her father S. Manuel Renchi, from whom Ayres was divorced in 1927.
Mr and Mrs W F McKeown and niece Miss Margaret Stratton of near Maysville visited Christmas day in the home of Mr and Mrs Roy S McKeown.
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