Fire Destroys Ada Grocery And Hotel Early Monday
A fire originating unknown destroyed the Dicus grocery at 223 227 West Main and damaged two nearby stores in Ada. The blaze spread to Roberts Hotel, gutting or heavily damaging 27 rooms. Estimated total damage about 55000 with merchandise and building losses, two pumps supplied water, crews worked two hours to control the flames.
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Dicus
West Main
Dicus Grocery
Ada
Frank Dicus
Diecus
Bethune’s Furniture Store
W. A. Box Grocery
Roberts Hotel
W. Brown
McSwain
War Manpower fixes ceilings on male workers in Ada area
Robert P Wood announces strict ceilings on total male employment for Ada area establishments under War Manpower Commission rules. Standards require firms to stay at January 10 or January 25 levels for less essential and essential operations. Local office will handle forms and adjustments, with Oklahoma City study guiding statewide rollout.
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Oklahoma
United States Employment Office
Ada
War Manpower Commission
Robert P. Wood
Employment Service
Oklahoma City
Army
Navy
Wood
Killed Pfc Sullivan Reported in Belgium Action Death
Pfc George W Sullivan 23 is reported killed in action December 31 while serving in Belgium. He entered the service March 1944 and trained at Camp Fannin Texas before going overseas in October. He was from Ada Oklahoma, son of Mr and Mrs G W Sullivan formerly of Ada, now Tie Oklahoma. His wife is Mrs Juanita Sullivan and they have a four year old daughter Billie. Further details to follow from the War Department.
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Pfc
George W. Sullivan
War Department
Juanita Sullivan
Billie
Union Hill
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Sullivan
Ada
G. W. Sullivan
Tie
Oklahoma
Long Banker Joe Stafford Dies at Ada
Joe Stafford longtime Ada banker died Monday at 2 45 PM in Ada hospital after a long career in south central Oklahoma. Funeral services will be announced by Criswell Funeral Home. Born in 1865 in Atlanta Georgia he came to Ada in 1908 and served as vice president of the Oklahoma State Bank here. He leaves his widow Mary Stafford Ada a son William L Stafford Camp White Oregon a 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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Joe Stafford
West Tenth
Oklahoma
Criswell Fu
Mr. Stafford
Atlanta
Ada
Blanchard
Oklahoma State Bank
Sdea
Mary Stafford
William L. Stafford
Camp White
Ove
James L. Stafford
Sallie A. Vaughn
Wetumka
Etta Roberts
Will Stafford
Marvin Stafford
Shawnee
Farms Induct More Workers as Draft To Rise
Maj. Gen. Hershey said about half of agricultural workers under 26 will be inducted by July 1. He refused to promise a new directive clarifying the farm deferment order amid questions from nearly 200 House members. He noted about 360,000 in the 18 to 25 group and defended compliance with the Tydings amendment. The pilot training cost has been slashed by funneling cadets to civilian bases, freeing 36,000 instructors for other services.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Lemke
R-Nd
Director of
Gilmer to Return to Alabama Next Fall
Birmingham report states Harry Gilmer, Alabama’s freshman Sugar Bowl standout, plans to reenroll at the University of Alabama for the next academic year.
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Birmingham
Ala
Harry Gilmer
Alabama
Duke
Food Production Goals Raised for 1945 War Plan
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones announced final 1945 agricultural production goals aligned with farmer and state official recommendations. Total crop acreage reached 363.6 million, with higher targets for flaxseed sugar beets clover seeds and small increases for potatoes tobacco and dry beans. Cattle hogs milk eggs and corn and wheat goals were adjusted to meet military civilian needs.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
WFA
Jones
Suspension Orders Protect Some Foods
Suspension orders prevent witnesses from dealing in rationed foods when those foods return to rationing. They aim to protect essential commodities in short supply from black market diversion. Expired suspensions tied to unrationed or zero point value foods are not revived when rationing resumes.
January Garden and Orchard Tasks for Growers
January guide for Oklahoma A and M College extension horticulturist Fred LeCrone outlines seven tasks for gardeners and fruit growers. Plan plowing and manure, prep soil, prune fruit trees and vines, apply dormant spray, order trees, and start seedbeds for early crops while mild days allow.
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Fred LeCrone
Truck Owners Urged To Care For Tires
The local rationing board warns the 1945 tire supply is critical as military uses 98 percent of production in the first quarter. Only two percent remains for civilians, prompting centralized inspections and emergency tire panels. Truck owners are urged to conserve tires as replacements may be impossible.
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Armed Forces
Lend Lease
OPA
Coy Kilpatrick Dies In California
C A Coy Kilpatrick former Ada resident and Kraft company employee died January 11 at his Richmond California home where he worked. Funeral services were held January 15 in Richmond. Survivors include his wife and daughter Margaret. American public paid 4212000000 in sales tax last year. Man outbuilt by plane and pilot faces fatigue and high speeds.
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C. A. (Coy) Kilpatrick
Ada
Kraft Company
Richmond
Calif
California
Margaret
Uncle Sam
Churchill backs FDR on Atlantic Charter goals
In a Commons address London January 16, Prime Minister Churchill endorsed President Roosevelt's remarks on the Atlantic Charter while stressing that unconditional surrender has limited political value. He praised Lt Gen Ronald Scobie for Greek operations and signaled a full war statement coming Thursday.
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Associated Press
London
Churchill
Roosevelt
House of Commons
Hitler
Ronald N. Scobie
Greece
William Gallacher
Rustians
Scobie
Ticholas Plastiras
March of Dimes Polio Drive Kicks Off in Pontotoc County
The March of Dimes campaign is under way with half the funds staying in Pontotoc County to aid local infantile paralysis victims. Yardsticks will be sent to every county school and books placed on Ada Main Street. Jaycees run the drive with Guy Thrash as chairman and Sam Grant as treasurer at First National Bank for larger gifts.
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Pontotore County
Pontotoc County
Ada
Guy Thrash
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Sam Grant
City Police Arrest Group For Loitering
Five Indians were arrested Monday on loitering charges in a black town area and placed in the city jail briefly. They posted $5 bonds each and were released. The arrests raise January totals to 45 with half the month remaining.
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Negro Town
Dr. A. Linscheid Taken Home From Valley View Hospital
East Central president Dr. A. Linscheid was taken home from Valley View hospital Monday after a minor operation more than a week ago. His brother Oscar Linscheid and sister Miss Emma Linscheid of Pittsburg California are with him as he regains his health.
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A. Linscheid
East Central
Valley View Hospital
Oscar Linscheid
Emma Linscheid
Pittsburg
California
War furlough limits lifted by War Department
The War Department ends all restrictions on 30 day furloughs for soldiers. General Marshall told Representative Brooks that the number of servicemen returning on furloughs will likely rise markedly in the coming months. Theater commanders may release men for one month plus travel time where feasible.
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Washington
Jan
War Department
George C. Marshall
Rep
Brooks
D-La
Sooner Missing Guymon Man Piloted First B-29
Capt. Jim Darden of Guymon Oklahoma, pilot of the first B-29 to bomb Tokyo, was reported missing in action. The war department announced the crew failed to return from a December 12 Nagoya attack and gave no further details on the fate of the aircraft or its crew.
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U. S. Strategic Air Force
Pacific Ocean Areas
J Im Darden
Guymon
Okla
Tokyo
War Department
Darden
Nagroya
Black man admits to service station robbery on Broadway
Fred Mitchell, 25, was arrested Friday afternoon by city police after signing a statement confessing to breaking into a North Broadway service station at about 1 am. He led police to 84 pennies found in a tobacco sack under his bed. 300 were missing. He had been released from McAlester State Penitentiary in 1944.
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Fred Mitchell
North Broadway
Mitchell
Sixth and Broadway
State Penitentiary
McAlester
Missing in action: Pfc James B Fretwell in German fighting
Pfc James B Fretwell, 32, nephew of Ada residents Mr. and Mrs. Wick Adair and son of Mrs. Art McCarty, formerly of Ada, now Holdenville, is reported missing in action in Germany since December 21 with a signal corps unit of an infantry division. Relatives learned the news Friday from the war department. He lived with the Adair family for eight years in youth and left a government job in Washington, D C to serve. his wife and young daughter are in the capital. The last letter was written in England. his unit sent him into combat in Germany wasn’t known to relatives.
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James B. Fretwell
Wick Adair
Ada
Art McCarty
Holdenville
Germany
Fretwell
Signal Corps
War Department
Adairs
Washington
D. C
England
Thousand Dollar Bill Circulation Rises Faster Since 1939
The data show that in this country the circulation of thousand dollar bills has grown more quickly than that of ones, twos, and fives since 1939, indicating a shift in currency usage patterns and potential impacts on monetary distribution.
MacArthur Recalls Logan Marker On Luzon Drive
General MacArthur and his escort paused near Lingayen gulf to read a roadside marker noting Major Logan, USA, was killed here in 1898. He told Lt. Col. Roger Egebert that Logan had been his father’s aide during the 1900s landings.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Logan
USA
Roger Egebert
Cleveland
Arthur MacArthur
Lin
Roosevelt Pledges Aid to Greece Rehabilitation
President Roosevelt pledges American aid in rehabilitating Greece in collaboration with allies. A State Department note to Prime Minister Nicolas Plastiras confirms the commitment as Greece seeks to conclude hostilities with free democratic processes on the civil strife issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Greece
State Department
Nicolas Plastiras
Plasteras
More Service Men Infected With Venereal Disease
Oklahoma City report shows a 28 percent rise in 1944 venereal disease cases among stationed service members. Dr G F Mathews notes 474 infections in 1944, 1 085 more than 1943, predicting 5 095 cases in 1945 without more support from organizations and individuals.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
G. F. Mshews
Mathews
U. S. Oil Production Rises in Past Week
United States crude oil output rose by 41 250 barrels daily. Kansas jumped 42 750 to 272 630 barrels, California up 1 500 to 887 750, Michigan up 1 450 to 50 700. Oklahoma down 450 to 360 750, Louisiana down 1 400 to 358 250. Illinois up 3 000 to 203 400, Rocky Mountain region up 400 to 92 800, Texas steady at 2 120 350 and East Texas at 370 900.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
California
Michigan
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Eastern
Illinois
Rocky Mountain Area
Texas
East Texas
Pfc Raymond Smith Missing in Action in Germany
Mrs. Raymond C. Smith received word from the War Department that her husband Pfc Raymond Smith has been missing in action in Germany since December 16. He entered service January 26 and served with an infantry unit. Born in Lawrence, he later lived in Ada and Dallas, with family connections in Pontotoc County and California. He and his wife and three children reside at 415 East Fourteenth.
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Raymond C. Smith
War Department
Pfc. Smith
Germany
Lawrence
Ada
Dallas
Dallas Railway Company
Man Claimed Killer Identity Disclosed as Local Delusion
Seminole County deputy sheriff murder case devolved into a wild goose chase as police detained a man at the bus station. He claimed to be the killer and caused statewide alarm, but investigators found no connection to the Seminole homicide.
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Seminole County
Shawnee
Maud
Snomac
Sasakwa
Wewoka
Ada
Mean
Seminole
Ada man skips work after vagrancy arrest
Louis Lyda about 25, 4-F, was arrested for vagrancy by Ada police after being to report to Niles Michigan for work. He returned to Ada with the U S Employment Office ticket, and is held in county jail for investigation of vagrancy. Dudley Lester notes such detainees may stay about 30 days.
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Louis Lyda
Niles
Mich
Ada
U.S
Offic
Oklahoma City
Michigan
Lyda
Fundy
Dudley Lester
Fire destroys garage and cars. bystanders, firemen respond
Fire destroyed a garage and two cars owned by W. E. Chamberlain at 717 East Fourteenth. A soldier alerted the owner who learned of the blaze when firefighters arrived as the roof collapsed and the vehicles burned. City firemen worked six fires Saturday, with five grass fires and damage to a car on West Twelfth.
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W. E. Chamberlain
East Fourteenth
City Fire Department
West Twelfth
Trucks in Fort Sill drill scene prompts midnight call
An officer and guard hear drilling from a field artillery replacement training center at Fort Sill Oklahoma and issue a loud drill command to trucks. Seventy percent of Los Angeles daylight hours are sunny.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Field Artillery
Los Angeles
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March of Dimes
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Father
Lingayen
U. S
Western Front
Raymond Smith
Killer
Adan
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