War Price Board halts action on tire and gas applications
Harry B. Hager, general chairman of the local War Price and Rationing board, announced that the tire and gasoline panel will take no action on applications at executive sessions. The move comes after strain from constant requests and will limit handling to regular weekly meetings. Grade 3 tires are no longer rationed and few new tires can be issued. many applicants must seek used tires or recaps.
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Harry B. Hager
Hager
Reed B. Harmon
March of Dimes Booths Set in Ada Downtown
Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers will open booths on Main Street Ada starting Thursday to collect donations for the March of Dimes drive. The $1500 quota targets by February 1 with yardsticks distributed to schools and businesses countywide to boost the county’s contribution. Local theaters begin passing plates January 25 and aim to surpass last year’s $1600 excess.
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Ada
New Move Seeks 25000 Dollar Pay for Congress
The National Planning Association proposed raising congressional pay from 10000 to 25000 dollars per year and adding retirement benefits. Lawmakers feared the plan could revive past pension drives and jeopardize modernization efforts.
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Washington
Congress
National Planning Association
Management
Agriculture
NPA
A At
Cig
Wnd Armas Maloney -Conn
FDR May Propose 48 U S Delegates In World Council
President Roosevelt may counter Soviet demands for broad representation by proposing 48 U S delegates, one for each state, in the world security assembly. The plan faces Russian insistence on unanimous Big Five votes, while talks with Churchill and Stalin loom.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
World Security Assembly
General Peace Organization
Churchill
Stalin
Vandenberg
Mich
Germany
Japan
Connaly
Tex
Dumbarton Oaks
Brazil
U. S
General Assembly
British Empire
United States
Great Defeat Declares Soviet Offensive Near Warsaw
The report says Soviet forces advanced to the eastern outskirts of Czestochowa about 15 miles from German Silesia, with Moscow stating 22 miles from Czestochowa. Berlin claimed heavy German losses and the Russians pressing toward Kraków as two major offensives push across Poland.
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Warsaw
Czestochowa
German Silesia
Moscow
Lublin
Red Army
War- Saw
Polish Republic
Krakow
Poland
Berlin
County commissioners debate postwar road funds
Kerr urged patience and warned that nearly 4,000,000 dollars from the federal postwar road program could aid the county. He said the panel must either approve a plan without tax increases or find an acceptable substitute. Some commissioners favored restricting funds to maintenance, but Kerr urged reading the bill.
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Kerr
Mrs. Hunt Hosts Son and Grandson Guests
Mrs. Helen Hunt at 223 West Thirteenth received a visit from her son Dewitt Bradburn of Oklahoma City and her grandson Cpl. Thomas Bradburn stationed with the Army Air Forces in Montgomery Alabama. Hunt's condition is reported improved.
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Helen Hunt
West Thirteenth
Dewitt Bradburn
Oklahoma City
Cpl
Thomas Bradburn
Army Air Forces
Montgomery
Alabama
Seek To Hold Price On 1942 Wear Line
Action to cap prices for women and children's underwear night wear and bathrobes at 1942 levels. Producers must keep items within 1942 price lines and absorb some rising labor and material costs while maintaining garment quality.
Mrs. Joanna K. Reed 78 dies at local hospital
Joanna K Reed 78 died Tuesday night at 10 40 in a local hospital Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at First Methodist Church with Rev Virgil Alexander officiating Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge Survived by four daughters Ada Reed Hemler Anna Reed Bowers Magdaline Brundridge and Josephine Erwin four sons Earnesteed Major Elbert G Reed Earl L Reed and Edgar Reed 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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Joanna K. Reed
First Methodist Church
Virgil Alexander
Rosedale
Criswell Funeral Home
Ada Reed Hemler
Anna Reed Bowers
Magdaline Brundridge
Josephine Erwin
Earnesteed
Elbert G. Reed
Earl L. Reed
Edgar Reed
Funeral services for F. Joe Stafford held Thursday
Funeral services for F Joe Stafford 801 West Tenth will be at 4 p m Thursday from Criswell Funeral Chapel with Rev Alexander presiding burial at Memorial Park pallbearers include Frank Meaders Ed Hunter L Warr H J Huddleston Clarence Massey Henry Mar cum John Smith C N Russell R A Herndon Walter Buckbee L A Ellison and Omer Potter Surviving are widow Ada a son William L Stafford Camp White Ore grandson James L Stafford Ada two sisters Sallie A Vaughn Wetumka and Etta Roberts Ada two brothers Will Stafford Wetumka and Marvin Stafford Shawnee
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F. Joe Stafford
West Tenth
Criswell Funeral Chapel
Alexander
Memorial Park
Frank Meaders
Ed Hunter
L. Warr
H. J. Huddleston
Clarence Massey
Henry Marcum
John Smith
C. N. Russell
R. A. Herndon
Walter Buckbee
L. A. Ellison
Omer Potter
F. J. Stafford
Ada
William L. Stafford
Camp White
Ore
James L. Stafford
Sallie A. Vaughn
Wetumka
Etta Roberts
Will Stafford
Marvin Stafford
Shawnee
Coventon Child Carol Lynn Dies at Age Seven
Carol Lynn Coventon seven daughter of Kennard and Mrs Coventon of 826 East Fifth Ada died this morning at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Smith Funeral Home. Survived by parents a sister Sally Lou Coventon and grandparents Ben F Coventon and Walter E Black all of Ada.
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Carol Lynn Coventon
Kennard Coventon
East Fifth
Smith Funeral Home
Sally Lou Coventon
Ben F. Coventon
Walter E. Black
Ada
Must Have That Mileage Record For Supplemental Gas Rations
Local rationing board officials stated that motorists must present a mileage ration record with their supplemental gasoline application. New forms and ration books replace the old tire rationing feed list. Without the mileage record, a motorist cannot receive a B or C supplemental ration and should apply for a duplicate if lost or destroyed.
British gains cut off German pockets near St. Vith
Allied forces sealed out remaining German pockets to the west and reunited Bradley’s 12th Army Group. The First Army’s advance pressed toward St. Vith, with the 1st, 3rd, and 9th Armies reassembled amid drifted snow as the 30th Division neared Recht and cut toward the rail crossroads.
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Omar N. Bradley
Thirimont
Faymonville
St. Vith
First Army
Old Hickory
Leland S. Hobbs
Recht
Oklahoma Sailors Marines Wounded in Action Names Revealed
The Navy Department released the names of seven Oklahoma service members wounded in action. Marines listed are Pfc Roy Bishop Jr Medford Cpl Francis H Bruce Deer Creek Pfc Chester A Swan Pickett Prairie and Pfc J P Taylor Durant. Sailors named are Seaman 1/c Kenneth Wayne Holland Sapulpa Gunner's Mate 2/c Jack Larue Lewis Stroud and Seaman Wm Rufus Pullum Eula.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Navy Department
Roy Bishop, Jr
Medford
Francis H. Bruce
Deer Creek
Chester A. Swan
Picket Prairie
J. P. Taylor
Durant
Kenneth Wayne Holland
Sapulpa
Jack Larue Lewis
Stroud
William Rufus Pullum
Euaula
Officials urged to curb civilian car use at Capitol
In Washington Rep Barrett reports unused manpower in government fleets with 667 civilian cars. he notes 600 plus drivers are nonessential. In Stillwater Oklahoma fire chief J Ray Pence, 51, found dead at his station after years of ill health. Also a brief note on von Rundstedt withdrawal and Ada News classified ads.
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Washington
Jan
Barrett
R.wyo
Capitol
Peace
The Serviceman's Income Tax Special Provisions
Five key provisions affect servicemen including deferment of filing dates, possible tax payment pauses, a $1500 exemption for service pay, specific service related income and expense items, and issues from war separations. Detailed rules cover where and when to file, who may qualify for deferment, and which allowances are taxable or non taxable.
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S. Burton Heathner
Ada Evening News
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S. Burton Beath
NER
American Samoa
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Kingman Reef
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Philippine Islands
Canal Zone
Sand Island
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Peale, Wilkes
Pribilof Islands
Puerto Rico
Navassa
Seranilla Bank
Swan Islands
Brannan Foresees No Postwar Farm Depression
Oklahoma City January 17 Charles F Brannan assistant secretary of agriculture told the Oklahoma Farmers Union that postwar days will not bring farm distress seen after World War I He predicted a dust bowl avoided by scientific knowledge and limited new acreage The department aims to keep postwar production high and find markets for surpluses He said production after the war will not reach wartime peaks and farmers will focus more on soil building as the convention closes with officer elections.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Brannan
Oklahoma Farmers’ Union
Brannan
Agriculture Department
Farmers’ Union
Sixteen European Capitals Freed From Axis Alliance
The Associated Press reports sixteen European capitals liberated by Allied forces including Rome Wilno Paris Bucharest Brussels Monaco Luxembourg Sofia Helsinki Tallinn San Marino Riga Athens Belgrade Tirana Warsaw Other capitals still under Axis include Budapest Oslo Prague Amsterdam Copenhagen and Berlin Three French African capitals Algiers Tunis Rabat were freed during the war and Addis Ababa was liberated by the British from Italian rule.
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Associated Press
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Italy
Wilno
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France
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Romania
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Belgium
Monaco
Luxembourg
Sofia
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Tallinn
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Greece
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Tirana
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Poland
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Hungary
Red Army
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Karl von Rundstedt
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