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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
1
Valley View hospital reports a series of thefts affecting critical items. Receivers and telephone handsets have been stolen, along with flashlights, ER instruments, and floor linens. Superintendent Joe Bush weighs deputized patrols to deter thefts and protect hospital service.
Washington reports a third daylight bombing of Formosa by B 29s from Major General Curtis E Lemay s 20th Bomber Command. The mission targeted military installations with no other details given. Since January 1 eight strikes have hit military and industrial targets across the Asiatic Pacific including Bangkok Nagoya Omura Tokyo and Singapore.
A former Manila Army Navy club night watchman says Japanese officers are moving from large apartments and hotels. He reports civilian movement in the port area is restricted, Dewey boulevard closed, and waterfronts enclosed by matting walls to hide damage from recent American bombings.
Oklahoma sees light rain tonight with mild, warmer air except Panhandle where lows dip to 35. Rain persists east Thursday while the west remains partly cloudy and mild. Kansas reports light rain tonight possibly mixed with snow in the northwest with lows in the low 30s. Thursday brings light rain east and central, extreme west partly cloudy, with slightly warmer temperatures.
Mrs. Joannah Reed, 78, widow of Jeff Reed and Ada area pioneer, died Tuesday night at a local hospital after months of illness. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. First Methodist church with burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survived by four sons, four daughters, 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Her family helped establish Ada when the Reed store and post office served as a community hub beginning in 1890.
Oklahoma City January 17. Attorney General Randall Cobb says the regional director of the federal security board advised that a bill to set Oklahoma old age assistance at a flat $40 monthly amount would not meet federal statutes. Cobb told Wilson Wallace the state plan must base grants on the individual. Wrenn warned that no amendment to the public welfare law is needed for increases if the commission adopts more generous standards.
A U S Sixth Army unit on Luzon Island describes the Luzon campaign as resembling the Tennessee maneuvers, noting it has been easier so far. A colonel sits by a coconut tree near his foxhole, reflecting on early training.
Oklahoma City January 17 county commissioners vote unanimously against Governor Kerr proposal to divert 6.4 million dollars of maintenance funds to match federal postwar roads money. They praise a gasoline tax bill by Rep. Carl Frix to shift one cent fuel tax toward rural school bus and mail routes. Kerr faces strong opposition at a county commissioners meeting.
S/Sgt. Jack W. Sanders reports from a German prison camp that he is "still fat and sassy" and busy with ball, reading, and cards. His parents in Dallas learn he has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious service on bombing missions. He asks his family not to worry, says he attends church, and prays for their safety until they meet again.
Snowbound residents across New England St Lawrence valley and into Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia used shovels and plows to clear 16 inches in Harrisburg and raise totals to 20. Strong winds caused drafts on highways and in cities while cold temps worsened conditions.
Allied forces renewed pressure in Europe as British troops crossed the Little Roode river and pressed toward the Roer, taking Dieteren near Aachen. US First Army moved toward St Vith as US and Allied units joined near Houffalize, while German defense north of Strasbourg faced two way attacks.
Arley Arthur Morgan a 22 year old war veteran in Tampa Florida says he may not stick with school after entering as a sixth grader only last week He was discharged from the infantry for poor eyesight and hopes his effort sets an example for other veterans who did not finish school Principal Mrs Francis Fisher says he is progressing but fears being regarded as an oddity as veterans realize the value of education and many have not yet reached the sixth grade
Word arrives that Pvt Edgar D. Lee 24 of a signal corps unit attached to field artillery has been missing in action in Luxembourg since December 17 His mother Mrs Ruby Lee of California and grandmother Eva Bennett at 117 North Johnston Ada Oklahoma are listed as kin He grew up in Ada attended school locally worked for Choate's Daily prior to enlistment The last letter to his grandmother came December 12 and another Bennett son died in World War I
ANTIOCH Calif Jan 17 Seaman First Class Leon LeRoy 18 on emergency leave recalls a Memphis flight delay caused by a dog with A priority rating ahead of him a navy gunner aboard a tanker. The dog belonging to Col Roosevelt and consigned to Mrs Roosevelt Faye Emerson required three crate tests and was bound for Los Angeles while LeRoy’s father former Antioch police chief Al LeRoy had died in December LeRoy finally boarded an army cargo plane from Newark after learning the delay was to permit the canine priority flight.
An 8th Air Force spokesman said German radio stations tried to mislead American bombers with false navigation data. The bomber "Baby Shoes" was en route to allied lines after a shell hit near Wiesbaden and was steered toward the Pyrenees until Sgt. Eugene Evans of Owensboro Kentucky quickly calculated and ignored the signal.
A classified notice notes higher returns on investment from vested Ada News ad placements. It details improved value for advertisers and suggests favorable terms for long term commitments. The item emphasizes boosted visibility and potential audience reach from extended ad durations.
President Roosevelt pressed Congress to pass work or draft legislation, signaling no more talks. House Military Committee aims to finish hearings as May expects a strong letter outlining the administration's demand for penalties on men aged 18 to 45 who refuse war jobs.
Capt Hermann Bottcher, German-born soldier who rose from staff sergeant to captain, was mortally wounded on New Year’s Eve by mortar fire on Leyte. He previously served as a major in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish civil war, with Congress granting his American citizenship for captaincy. The 32nd Division announced his death and noted his habit of harassing Japanese behind their lines.
Johann Kunze, a German prisoner of war who died at the Tonkawa Oklahoma camp, was named as one of six POWs killed by fellow prisoners in U S camps. The War Department disclosed that two others were driven to suicide and that Gestapo activity was blamed for Kunze's death.
A New York steward proposes removing odd words from menus and applying the same approach to unusual prices to improve clarity and customer understanding.
General MacArthur reports U S units have reached Moncada thirty two road miles from Lingayen Gulf while the main north south highway shows a deep penetration toward Manila. Japanese counterattacks slow progress on the left flank and positions along the Benguet foothills hold Pozorrubio as a key objective.
The War Department announced promotions for two Oklahoma officers and active duty for another. William Worthy Whiteman Jr of Oklahoma City moves from major to lieutenant colonel, George Edwin Gingerick of Enid rises from second lieutenant to first lieutenant, and 2nd Lt Walter Eugene Ramsey of Alex is ordered to active duty.
Soviet forces under Zhukov capture Warsaw after a swift outflanking push across the Vistula cutting off the capital from the west. The First Polish Army aided in the assault as Stalin proclaims a major victory that shifts the battle line from the Baltic to the Bal kans with Krakow and Czestochowa both drawn into the advance.
A sharp store clerk jeers at a customer with a quip about the war. The piece muses that if couples were as considerate after marriage as before, most troubles would vanish.
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