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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1943
Page
1
The German navy is turning out submarines faster than the Allied sea and air forces can destroy them. Despite heavy bombing of German factories, Germany continues to build sub marines while the Allies expand cargo and escort vessels. More than 100 subs are active in the Atlantic, a fraction of their total strength.
Oklahoma City January 13. Representative Weaver and co authors push bills to ban nonflammable decorations for public meetings and give quarantine powers to curb disease and prostitution. A juke box tax proposal, emergency appropriations for state offices, health department and library funding are also under debate as naval experts warn of continued submarine losses impacting wartime delivery.
Washington reports a renewed push for a national sales tax as Rep. Robertson of Virginia vows to re‑offer the plan to help fund the Roosevelt administration's 16 billion dollar tax package. The Ways and Means Committee, amid new members, aims to start pay-as-you-go talks within two weeks. Also lawmakers push a government lottery bill to raise about a billion dollars yearly.
William C. Gillespie 38 vice-president of Tulsa Broadcasting KTUL died from a skull fracture and brain concussion after a fall at his home. He was unconscious since the accident, underwent a brain operation, and received a blood transfusion two hours before his death. He was talking on the phone when he leaned on an unlatched basement door and fell down stairs.
Mr and Mrs Si Barton of Norman have moved to Ada. Si Barton will be assistant to I G Killough in managing the McSwain Kiva and Ritz theaters. He studied at the University of Oklahoma and previously served as assistant manager of the Griffith four theaters in Norman.
Registration for second semester opens Saturday January 16 in the reading room of the Administration building. First semester exams end Friday and classes resume Monday January 18. East Central college offers 174 courses across 17 departments with special courses including Post War Problems by Dr. A Linscheid and gardening and flower culture by Dr. Herring for two semester hours. An enrollment fee of five dollars is charged.
The Chinese high command announced that Sinyang, a key Japanese base on the Peiping Hankow railway in southern Huanan province, was recaptured. The communique also reported the recapture of Hwangchwan after a battle in which about 600 Japanese were slain.
The air ministry announced that British bombers struck the Ruhr for the seventh time in 10 nights. One bomber failed to return. France was also hit by daylight raids launching from the Folkestone area toward Boulogne in bright, spring-like skies.
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Jan 13 Wildlife Technician Spencer witnessed a hawk strike an office window fall two stories or more then recover consciousness and fly away in a remarkable incident at the city.
At the Ada bank annual stockholders meeting on January 12 1943 F C Norris was elected president and new directors S C Boswell W A Delaney Jr J C Norris joined the board alongside re-elected members P A Norris G J Morton R W Simpson and Ore Busby The new officers also include G J Morton executive vice president S K Grant vice president C A Acker and J E Martin cashier C C Byrne and C E Acker assistant cashiers The new president vows to continue the banking policies of his late father.
James Petrillo promised a Senate committee he would open immediate negotiations with radio broadcasters and recording companies to end the musicians ban on recording. He urged legal royalties on all records sold as a condition for lifting the ban affecting 138 000 union members. He insisted the union seeks fair pay and warned broadcasters and record makers they must provide work for musicians during the war.
United States warplanes, including B 17s, blasted Castel Benito airfield near Tripoli, destroying 34 Nazi aircraft and downing 14 more in a 75 mile running battle. German fighters avoided escort and pressed the attack, but all American planes returned to base.
In Evanston Illinois on January 13 Drs Frank Endicott and F C Rosecrance of Northwestern University issue a plan to ease the nationwide teacher shortage. They call for state wide surveys to identify openings, registration of qualified non teachers, and special summer programs for refresher training in teacher education.
Indianapolis January 13 194? Disclosure of a government program to halt the slaughter of the nation's dairy cattle came today with the appointment of Otis Kercher of Goshen Indiana as acting dairy animal conservation director for region three of the Farm Security Administration covering Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa and Missouri.
Two German raiders bombed a southeast England town at dawn killing several and wounding many. The attack targeted a coastal settlement, with casualties reported as the raid disrupted the area. Local authorities and emergency services responding to the incident.
Coffeyville Kan Jan 13 Sgt John L Braucher of the Army Air Field enlisted Jan 7 1942 passed officers examining board Sept 7 and on Jan 7 1943 received special order No 7 to report to Officers Candidate School It was on December 7 though that his girl married another fellow.
Gov. Robert S. Kerr nears completion of his official family with nine nominations under review by the Oklahoma Senate. The body previously approved R. H. Sibley for the tax commission and advanced appointments to highway and bank posts, including Ben Childers and J. Frank Martin.
George Shreeves 65 longtime night jailer at the county jail died unexpectedly yesterday following a heart attack. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
An Army board of inquiry investigates why a defective high explosive 75 mm shell fell short of its target at Fort Sill injuring two soldiers near a class of officers candidates. Pvt John J Bills and Pvt Henry M King were hurt as fragments showered the range shelter. Brig Gen Jesmond D Balmer ordered the probe.
P Sherman Johnson, a 70 year old farmer near Chickasha, was struck and knocked down by a sheep at his farm. He suffered a leg injury and doctors feared a possible hip fracture.
Brig. Gen. Laverne G. Saunders recalls a day and night near Guadalcanal in which US ships faced Japanese bombers and a 75 mm field gun. He describes sheltering in foxholes as bombs fell and ships fired anti aircraft guns, with dawn ending a brutal 12 hour barrage.
The Reds repelled German efforts to shield Nazi troops in the lower Caucasus. American and British aircraft press Axis from east and west. London reports Britain now has more aircraft carriers than at the start of the war despite losses.
Five men including Luther Holder deputy sheriff and jailer were indicted on civil liberties charges over the 1942 lynching of Howard Wash, a Black farm hand hanged from a Laurel bridge after being convicted of killing his employer. The case involved a mob of about 50 to 109 men who took Wash from the Jones county jail.
Treasury assures that any overpayments of victory tax withheld by employers will be refunded to wage earners next year. The withholding scheme takes five percent on wages over twelve dollars a week and is described as a collection device rather than a tax to help taxpayers pay the 1943 victory tax when due.
In New Guinea on January 12 a delayed report notes Lieut. Robert White of Kansas City and Lieut. Ernest Harris of Morristown Tenn. each downed multiple Japanese Zeros on their first combat mission. White and Harris attributed their success to pluck, not luck.
Josh Lee former U S senator will address the Oklahoma City chamber of commerce forum Friday on how aviation may shape civilian life after the war. He has been nominated by President Roosevelt to the Civil Aeronautics Board but Senate confirmation is opposed by his successor E H Moore of Tulsa.
A train collision in Garland killed Mr and Mrs Cleburne Walk and their year old daughter Patsy Ruth. The family, originally from Ardmore Oklahoma, had lived in Garland since last spring.
London report states seven Frenchmen accused of plotting against Marcel Dent fascist editor and collaborationist leader were executed by German forces at Tours. The incident underscores wartime tensions in occupied France during January.
The speaker voices hope to avoid future hardship but imagines a scene of drawing water from a well to heat on a wood burning stove and bathing in a galvanized tub, reflecting household daily life.
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