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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
7
Multiple notices detail lawsuits in Pontotoc County Oklahoma to quiet title share heirs and adjudicate estates. Plaintiffs claim ownership of Lots 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 in Ada and seek court orders to sell estate real estate and determine heirship and partition among named heirs and defendants.
Miss Pernie Lillard of Oklahoma City spends Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Linver Lillard. Geneva Cecil stays Tuesday night with Misses Barbara and Evangle Bandy. Several families including the Kaisers and Fischers visit Bonnie Bryan’s home. William Carter ill this week with numerous Sunday callers at A M Cecil home.
Roy Woodward, a 17 year old Emporia High School athlete, is proclaimed the world’s unofficial sit up champion after performing 5,666 repetitions. Coach Alfred Smith states the feat surpassed the former record of 5,555 held by Bill Forelig at Great Lakes. It took the student five hours and a quart of milk to complete the challenge.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the guardian of Terry Haney a minor will sell at public auction on February 8 1945 at ten o clock A M at the south front door Ada Oklahoma to the highest bidder subject to court confirmation. The property is in the southwest quarter section 25 township 4 north range 5 east containing 51 2 acres with an 11 240 undivided mineral interest reserved for Terry Haney and with rights of way and pipelines. The sale is for cash upon court confirmation and is conducted by guardian Lucille Haney and attorneys Busby Harrell Trice.
The court sets January 25, 1945 at 11:00 A M for the hearing on Annie Isabelle Brown Immo thchey full blood Indian heir seeking court approval of an oil and gas lease covering 170 acres in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Notice mailed to Luster Cook US Probate Attorney Ardmore and Ada Weekly News publication arranged for one issue prior to hearing.
Stockton Calif Jan 17 Big Stan McWilliams of the College of the Pacific leads the nation as the top college scorer. The 6 3 freshman center has 254 points in 13 games and scored 20 in a 59 24 win over Mare Island Navy. The previous mark was 239 by George Mikan of DePaul.
Ada Cougars trail 6 5 in the first quarter and 31 17 at the end as Seminole edges Ada 39 28. Rea dominates rebounds while Massey tops scorers with 12 points. Ada B loses 26 22 while missing 10 free throws and notes three players out. Wewkoka game Friday free admission for Elks members.
The War Department announced the awarding of the Distinguished Flying Cross to ten American Air Forces personnel in the China Burma India theater. Recipients include Capt. Lawrence L. Caskey Enid Okla Captain Bruce E Long Tulsa Okla Captain Loy E Watkins Bartlesville Okla Lt Thomas G Bowie Tulsa Okla S Sgt James P Freeman Hickory Okla S/Sgt Eugene H Bucher Lamont Okla S/Sgt Frank B Cowan Tonkawa Okla S/Sgt Hal H Shurley Holdenville Okla Pfc Basil Chapman Pawnee Okla Pvt C L Barnett Gate Okla.
Second armored division reports a light tank near Houffalize yesterday faced 60 German cyclists who charged the vehicle in a banzai style. The Americans mowed down the attackers as Lt. Col. E. A. Trahan of Lafayette, Louisiana, speculated the Germans were drunk or crazy with the cold.
Miss Sofie Graf, 27, told Pittsburgh court she wrote down a license number following a hit and run last July because she lacked paper. She admitted the act in court yesterday.
In Columbia, Judge M. M. Mann of St Matthews wrapped up an address to the South Carolina senate by addressing the presiding officer as the foreman of the jury, signaling a light moment in a formal session.
Oklahoma's former governor Alfalfa Bill Murray visited the state capitol today carrying a large stack of brochures for his forthcoming three volume True History of Oklahoma. He travels as a book salesman.
Seven hundred U S heavy bombers hit oil plants and submarine workers in the Hamburg area shortly after 1200 RAF bombers struck Magdeburg’s oil refineries and industrial centers. Eighth Air Force Liberators and bombers attacked the Rhenania refinery near Hamburg and other oil sites, with additional strikes on Paderborn and other transport targets in northwest Germany. Air raid sirens sounded in Berlin as the operation aimed to cripple Germany’s oil production.
In New Orleans on January 17 an official report says thirty five million wild ducks are in Louisiana, but the state wildlife department cannot explain why. Maj. James Brown notes an investigation to determine what happened as experts say about 140 million ducks left Canada in fall and only a quarter should reach Louisiana, with less than five percent staying long enough for hunting.
Ada Blue Jay boys roared to a 23 to 3 victory over Konawa Junior High as every Ada player saw action. J L Day controlled rebounds while S E Hodges led with 15 points on six field goals and three free throws. The story also notes police staffing and city conditions in Ada.
Ada police chief Dudley Lester told the Lions club about creating a bureau of records with an FBI representative. He noted the department is under manned and underpaid as he leads Ada’s police on leave from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to head the force. Lester described a rooming house operator jailed for drunkenness whose record showed prior prison terms in Oklahoma and Colorado.
A shy town barber Richard Duton arrived to a hero’s welcome in Homer Newfoundland and Labrador. The procession escorted him to the Main Street shop where he will restore order to about 2000 shaggy heads untrimmed since last October after the local draft left the village without a barber. Duton came from Foosland Illinois responding to a newspaper ad per committee members who said local wives were displeased.
Paris enforces an ordinance prohibiting floor shows and other nightlife entertainment to conserve fuel and electricity, effectively ending the city’s vibrant night club scene. The measure, announced January 17, targets venues in Paris and restrains entertainment after sundown, impacting performers and patrons.
In east central Luzon plains Japanese forces are disposal dumping rice into the Agno river to deny capture by Americans. Patrols report river crossings, sleds on a crude bridge, and wholesale dumping as fuel and transport collapse. Only one Japanese plane sighted since U S forces hit the beach. movement relies on horses and human portage.
The Navy announced that United States naval firepower has risen to five times its July 1 1940 capacity with 2000 tons of destruc tion packed steel per 15 second firing run by combatant ships auxiliaries and coast guard vessels. The disclosure notes this equals 50 freight car loads of steel and does not include propellant. Norway records higher diphtheria cases relative to population since 1940.
infectious skin diseases in Norway have increased to ten, the same number as recorded in 1940. The report notes a resurgence in skin infections among the population, with health officials monitoring outbreaks and citing possible contributing factors.
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