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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1944
Page
3
Emperor Hirohito’s rescript at the 86th regular session of the Japanese diet urges total effort to repel the enemy. He praises the army and navy for destroying the powerful foe and calls ministers to submit fiscal year 1945 budget plans amid ongoing wartime measures.
A campaign to hire hundreds of office workers for the Army Service Forces in Washington D C was launched. Clerks, typists and stenographers are sought. Apply through the civil service representative at the U S employment service Ada Oklahoma this week. Transportation housing and salaries are offered with benefits including vacations sick leave counseling and recreation programs. Hiring follows war manpower commission regulations. Mrs Ruth E Smith is available for conferences and information.
Mayor LaGuardia and officials inspected city meat markets at dawn to gauge a meat holiday planned by about 10 000 city butcher shops in protest of OPA ceiling prices on meat but not livestock. A boycott of black market meat was urged. 600 to 700 markets were expected to open.
Oklahoma land men and brokers flooded the market during the Christmas holidays as two late oil fields and several testing wells spurred heavy trading. Major strikes near Hobart and Moore triggered wide acreage deals with prices rising from 25 to 100 dollars per acre and larger blocks near Moore extending five miles.
Vernon and Mary Ewing establish a religious community in southeast Oklahoma’s hill country. Members will observe a single law to love one another and will share all things in common as the early disciples. The farm is titled in the name Jesus Christ.
Paul Yount announced his resignation as district farm security administration supervisor to become assistant state extension poultry specialist at State College Miss starting January 1. He is a 1938 Oklahoma A and M College graduate who previously supervised the A and B experiment station poultry arm in Stillwater.
Oatley Anderson of Chickasha will retire January 1 after 41 percent years in the local furniture business. In Blackwell, five postwar improvements will go to voters in a February bond election including an airport site, a water softener facility, sewer work, a swimming pool and a park program.
Haileyville marine Tolly Stevens, en route home from Saipan, suffered a fractured jaw in a boxing match and was hospitalized in Hawaii. The incident occurred as he prepared to return to the United States.
O E Zink secretary manager of the Enid Chamber of Commerce and former head of the retail merchants association resigns effective January 1 to enter business for himself in Dodge City Kansas.
For the first time in Oklahoma history two women from the same county will serve in the legislature. Grace Michelson of Commerce and Mona Jean Russell of Picher, both Ottawa County, will take seats when the 1935 session convenes January 2.
Friday night court of honor planned in Troop 4 meeting room at First Christian church. Bobby Ray Hudgens Ryan Vadie Smyth Billy Stephens of Troop 4 expected to earn Second Class badges. Dale McKay Life badge. Bill Drummond Life badge. Delbert Marshall First Class. Clarence Oliver Life badge possible. Milburn Friday afternoon awards included First Class to Gene Alberson Clyde McCreary Norman Goodman William Williams and Second Class to Edgar Jones Morris Ellis Charles Kite Maynard Fresch with Frank Gann Tenderfoot. New members include Melvin Pidgeon Frank Gann Voga Jackson Normen Randolph. Tishomingo Scribe Gene Crowder reports seven registrations. new members Roy West Bobby Dale Clark Melvin Lamb Jack McKeever Billy Hamilton Buford Hamilton Teddy May. Wapanucka names Loyd Wayne Treas Billy Redbern. Oakman adds Donald Ray Davidson. Vaness lists J. E. Crisp J. L. Crisp Billy McDaniels Jack Griffis. Bill Murray joins Troop 26 Nav’er school. Presbyterian church donates food baskets for two needy colored families on Christmas Day. Hoping Gene Crowder Giles Siglin Nelson Hood reach First Class before December 31. John Turley and Bob Mullins to be Saabe Scouts by year end.
A new cold wave hit the Midwest with subzero temperatures across the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin Iowa and northern Illinois Indiana and Michigan. Chicago logged seven below zero at 8 a.m. and Rockford Illinois reached 22 below as the coldest on the map. Forecasters expect the chill to drift southeastward with diminishing intensity.
The Chicago crime commission today released its year end findings showing crime in the city increased during 1944 while penalties for offenders decreased. The report highlights shifts in enforcement and punishment as overall crime trends rose.
Only five days remain to register Pontotoc county's participation in the Sixth War Loan. Officials urge residents to purchase E bonds as part of the regional effort.
The county reports a running total of 1 380 447 36 in bonds with 9 231 25 in E bonds and 343 093 75 in other types. Saturday investments of 5 231 25 in E bonds left the county about 29 000 short of the 372 000 E quota.
Veterans using the G I Bill to buy homes won t face a 20 percent unborrowed funds requirement for occupancy. OPA rent regulations had barred eviction for purchasers without the 20 percent payment, but this was set aside today for G I purchases.
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser after a conference with Admiral Nimitz said there will be no difficulty coordinating the British Pacific Fleet with the American navy. He noted adequate docking facilities where needed and anticipated supporting General MacArthur in the northward drive, with a soon meeting planned. Also, over 200 state insurance men are expected at the Oklahoma Life Insurance Association's annual sales congress.
Gasoline ration coupons B-4 C-4 and fourth quarter expire on December 31 the OPA announced. Few B-4 and C-4 coupons remain outstanding as local ration boards halted issuance last August. Fourth quarter coupons for trucks taxis and buses were issued for fourth quarter only and their invalidation prevents leftover coupons from being used illegally.
An Associated Press survey reports 356 violent deaths over three Christmas days, similar to 1943. Highway accidents led with 212 fatalities. safety chiefs estimate 275 motor vehicle deaths for mid Friday to today. California, with 45 fatalities, leads states. Pennsylvania 27. New York 22.
The OPA reports civilian tire supplies for January will fall well short of December. Passenger tires drop to 1.8 million from 2.0 million, small vehicle tires to 216 thousand from 286 thousand, and heavy truck tires to 110 thousand from 120 thousand as military demand rises.
In Newark New Jersey Donna Smith kept yawning waiting for Santa Claus. Her yawning led to a jaw dislocation that required an ambulance. Doctors reset her jaw and by Christmas dinner the soreness had disappeared.
A lighthearted get together ends in tension as friends depart and tensions rise at home. The incident highlights how a pleasant gathering can sour once participants return to their separate lives.
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