Ada's Bond Sale Nets $126000 For War Bonds
Ada's auction at East Central College auditorium raised $126,303.45 after a four hour sale of varied items from bobby pins to cotton seed meat cake. Lieut. Jim Lucas spoke on Tarawa as a parade and sale event drew Ada residents to support the war effort. Nylon hose, a Bible, ham and a syrup pitcher with pennies topped high bids, with several items selling multiple times while a fishing clock went for $2,000.
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East Central College
Jim Lucas
Tarawa
South Townsend
Ada
343Rd College
East Central
Swain Theater
Compromise or Else On Soldier Ballot Bill
Washington February 9. The military vote issue split between a uniform federal ballot and state control in the house. The senate passed a uniform federal ballot for service members and sent it to the house where a state controlled system prevailed. A joint conference is likely to resolve the differences, with talk of a Taft plan limiting federal ballots to states failing absentee voting. Bonds sales and war loan drive reported, Pontotoc county bonds total 873303.45 with 195697.55 to reach 1072000 quota.
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Washington
Fev
Armed Services
Senate
House
Worley
D.-Tex
House Elections Committee
Rep
Rankin
D.-Miss
Joint Conference
Capitol
Taft
R.-O
Don Hyndman
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Grew Opposes Easy Peace For Japs
Joseph G. Grew former ambassador to Tokyo warned against a sugar coated peace offer from Japan and said Americas victory in the Pacific must be complete and irrevocable.
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Washington
Joseph G. Grew
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Land grant colleges total 69 with federal support
Ada News Want Ads notes there are 69 land grant colleges in the United States that receive partial federal funding. The brief item highlights the ongoing federal role in supporting these institutions.
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United States
Ada News
Chinese Make Gains In Hukawng Valley
In north central Burma the Chinese forces advanced in the Hukawng valley clearing resistance and pushing toward Taipha Ga to open the Leo road corridor. Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia HQ said Japan still pressed allied hill positions on the Arakan front near Akyab. Royal Air Force and U S bombers targeted Japanese communications and bases while a few Japanese bombs fell on Ceylon with no damage reported.
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Hukawng
Burma
Arakan
Akyab
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Tanai River
Taipha Ga
Leo
R.A.F
U. S
Tactical Air Force
Ceylon
Britain
Indian Ocean
U.S. Air Force Bombs Rail, River Transport in China Theater
Fourteenth U S Air Force medium and fighter bombers struck French Indo China and central China to disrupt Japanese rail and river movement in support of China. Mitchell bombers reportedly sank four Japanese cargo boats on the Yangtze with two more and a large barge likely sunk. One plane was lost but the pilot is believed safe.
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Chungking
U. S. Air Force
Indo- China
Central China
Yangtze River
Veterans to Apply for Muster-Out Pay at Local Office
Discharged World War II veterans are urged to call at 125 West Twelfth from Thursday at 9 a.m. to file for muster-out pay under a new congressional act. Legion officer Harold Constant said forms will be ready and veterans need only bring their discharge. Pay ranges from 0 to 300 dollars.
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West Twelfth
Congress
Harold Constant
Legion Service Officer
Act of Congress
Yugoslav Partisans Claim Crushing Victory Near Gacko
A Yugoslav broadcast says partisans defeated axis troops near Gacko, 45 miles south of Sarajevo, with brigaded Chetniks noted. Tito reports a 20 day battle in Zlati bor, western Serbia, where more than 200 axis soldiers were killed. Other clashes were reported across the front. An ancient Roman aqueduct in Gard France is used as a bridge for cars.
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London
Gacko
Sarajevo
Zlatibor
Serbia
Gard
France
Byng School Fire Wipes Large Portion of Building
A large section of Byng school six miles north of Ada was destroyed by fire early today with over 40000 dollars in damage. The east wing and main building middle section gutted. the blaze began around 3 a.m. after a hot water heater exploded in a northeast room. The Ada fire department fought the flames as roof and ceilings collapsed and trophies, books, and equipment were lost. classes resume Monday with six rooms set for use and remaining facilities repaired.
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Byng School
Ada
Ada Fire Department
Home Economics
J. E. Teague
Russians Close In On Krivoi Rog After Treacherous Dnieper Bend
Russian forces pushed toward Krivoi Rog from three sides after breaking the Dnieper defenses at Nikopol. They reported advancing toward Kherson and Nikolaev as German strength diminished. The Nikopol bridgehead yielded heavy German losses, with 15 000 to 15 600 killed and 2 000 captured, boosting Soviet claims of large industrial booty.
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Krivoi Rog
Black Sea
Kherson
Nikolaev
Dnieser
Nikopol
Hitler
Russia
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Krovoi Rog
Iron Center
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Nikolaev-Kiev
Red Star
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Germany
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Malinovsky
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Gomel
Lucas recounts Tarawa battle at East Central college
Lt. Jim Lucas, U S Marine Corps correspondent, told a packed audience at East Central college auditorium about the Tarawa atoll fight. Dr. A Linscheid urged Fourth War Loan support, praising high salaries and bank deposits as unemployment fades. Lucas called the battle bitter and warned the audience not to expect a pretty picture.
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Jim Lucas
U. S. Marine Corps
East Central College Auditorium
Tarawa Atoll
Lucas
A. Linscheid
Bank
Linscheid
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Japs Help Put End To KC Strike By Radio Report
Six hundred union truck drivers returned to work in Kansas City ending a one day walkout over a war labor board wage ruling. The unions paused after an army officer and war labor board officials urged compliance with the no strike pledge and promised an appeal of the wage decision.
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Kansas City
War Labor Board
Tokyo
A. F. of L
WLB
Paul F. Natchman
Cassino Fight Goes On To Break Nazi Stronghold
Allied headquarters report a full scale attack around the Cassino area as U S forces press toward the Benedictine monastery on Mt Cassino and push to seize surrounding cliffs while planes bomb Cisterna and German counterattacks are repulsed.
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Yanks
Cisterna
Pontine
Berlin
Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Nettuno
Cassino
Mt. Cassino
U. S
Fifth Army
Roosevelt Leaves Door Ajar For Fourth Term Race
President Roosevelt avoided a direct answer on a fourth term, saying he had no news on accepting a nomination. Reporters noted the question remained open and he teased questions about Henry Wallace and a possible re run, while quipping about sermon text.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Henry Wallace
San Francisco
U.S. Casualties Reach 150 478 in War Losses
War department tally shows total U S casualties at 150 478 with 34 179 dead 51 292 wounded 34 746 missing and 30 261 prisoners of war. Army losses are 112 030 and Navy 38 448 including marines and coast guardsmen.
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Washington
United States
Office of War Information
Navy
Tribute marks 42 years of printing shop partners
Arch Faidley 74 Charley Doug lass 77 Sam Behm 80 and Dale Carruth 66 honored for four decades in a Chattanooga printing business with a daily noon card game. The piece notes their long partnership and daily lunch break tradition with employees. It also mentions unrelated items on beard rules in the British navy and US education plans for wartime job training.
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Hoyle
Chattanooga, Tenn
Arch Faidley
Charley Douglass
Sam Behm
Dale Carruth
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad note highlights but uncertain text about higher value returns for vesting amounts in Ada News classifieds. Readers are advised to verify terms and conditions with the newspaper office.
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Ada News
Textile plants seized in Fall River strike dispute
Tokyo radio relayed two items from Domei via Lisbon. In Fall River Massachusetts the US army took over seven textile plants last night after independent unions struck against CIO contracts. In Kansas City 100 tons of war material waited as 600 truck drivers from 41 companies walked out in protest of the War Labor Board's refusal to grant wage hikes.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Demei
Lisbon
Fall River
Mass
United States Army
Roosevelt
CIO
Kansas City
War Labor Board
Burma
Puzzle Fan Albert Luebke Wins $5,000 in Contests
Milwaukee puzzle fan Albert Luebke has earned $5,000 across several contests and holds the title of Wisconsin’s most consistent and successful contest fanatic.
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Albert Luebke
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
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