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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
1
The nation’s rail transportation system returned to private operators as War Secretary Stimson ordered the seized lines back to owners at midnight. President Roosevelt announced a wage settlement with raises across the board, but Senator Wheeler warned of ongoing manpower shortages and drafted workers hurting the railroads’ war effort.
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports Lance C. Wade, RAF fighter ace with 25 enemy planes destroyed, died January 12 in Italy when a small communications plane spun to the ground. Wade, 27, from Renlaw Texas, lived in Tucson Arizona, and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with two bars.
The interstate commerce commission reports that a 1943 wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line near Rennett North Carolina killed 72 and injured 187 due to inadequate protection for derailed cars. It says crew failure to provide flag protection and inspect the train allowed a collision with a northbound train. Military personnel were among the victims.
Pontotoc county singing convention to meet Tuesday at the Pen church. Cherry horse leads at 7 30 with Seventh and Rushing as president C T Lawson as vice president and Geneal Horton secretary treasurer. Public urged to attend.
Oklahoma City January 19. The state has more cash than it can spend this fiscal year unless the legislature returns. A new surplus reached 812015 with the month's transfer to the general revenue fund and could top nine million by June 30. Governor Kerr favors debt payoff. lawmakers must decide whether to spend or save.
A quartet from the 307th Training Group won the Sheppard Field barber shop quartet contest in Wichita Falls Texas. Members included Bob Miller Honolulu Hawaii Harold B Wasseman Rosebud Texas Jack C Ewing Helena Oklahoma and Clifford Bundy Enid Oklahoma. They sang Good Night Ladies and received $50 in defense stamps plus a cup for their unit.
Six Oklahoma soldiers are reported missing in Mediterranean and European theaters. The list includes First Lieutenant Leonard V. Penrod of Tulsa and S Sgt Harry B. Bankston of Tulsa along with T/Sgt Ernest L. Kindy and Cpl Garland Van Pelt from Alva and Webb City respectively and S Sgt James C. King Jr. of Tulsa. The war department statement notes the missing status amid ongoing combat operations.
Pon totoc county Fourth War Loan quotas are 87 percent of the Third War Loan. Ada district takes $885 720 of a $1 072 000 county total. The Stonewall committee will assist in nearby districts and raise the Stonewall district quota for Jesse Owl Creek and Union Valley.
James D. Parish Oklahoma City convict whose death sentence was stayed by Gov. Kerr died today in the state penitentiary hospital. He had been condemned for the hammer slaying of W. R. Benningfield, a 60 year old state land department employee, during transport from a prison camp to a doctor. Parish was arrested near Shawnee after hitch-hiking to a hospital and had swallowed caustic acid earlier.
Ada voters face a spring election with a city primary on March 21 and a run off on April 4. Registration and candidate filing run March 1 through March 19 with many residents newly relocated or returning from war plants. Campaigning must pick up soon as nine weeks remain before the primary.
Charles E. Wilson announces 1944 aircraft program to raise combat plane output by 50 percent from 1943. Total airframe weight to exceed 1 billion pounds, with over 100000 planes scheduled and emphasis on heavy bombers Fortresses Liberators and related models.
The weekly influenza tally shows 1,791 cases versus 3,313 the prior week, and Dr. G F Mathews, state health commissioner, says the epidemic appears to be waning. Most regions report declines except the southeast, and Tulsa welcomes home inspector Mrs. Robbie Dee Wade from Ada with her family.
Tito announced Yugoslav partisans trapped a German motorized division near Lipovac with 400 vehicles. A second division aided the relief effort toward Jajce as heavy fighting continued in Tuzla, Gacko Nevesinja, and eastern Bosnia with German Chetnik actions elsewhere.
To save gasoline trucks will not collect paper Saturday. Cubs and Boy Scouts will call at homes to collect paper and take it to local schools. Residents on outskirts may bring paper to the nearest school. those not contacted may phone 808 or 209-W for directions. Proceeds from waste paper sales this month fund framed Hoffmann pictures for hospital rooms.
Hollywood reports four bears on tour became five then six then five again after a cub birth on the train. One cub died at once and was buried on the desert. Rose Kress nursed the surviving 7 ounce twin with milk and bourbon, but it also died. Movie people had kept bears for studio rehearsals.
Soviet forces on the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts launched twin offensives to break German lines and relieve the siege, with advances reported as battles widened across the thickly fortified region. German broadcasts acknowledged reverses while praising waves of tanks and infantry. Front dispatches noted gains in Ukraine and advances toward Rovno amid harsh weather.
Bill Miers remains at large as sheriff deputies pursue him after he was charged with assault with intent to kill in the Percy Armstrong justice of the peace court. The alleged attack followed a construction site dispute at the Hazel-Atlac glass plant with Joe Maier. Authorities checked Miers home without result.
Rep. Coffee urges immediate Justice action against Vivien Kellems of Westport Conn for refusing to pay December income tax and for statements aimed at harming wartime bond drives. Kellems appealed at a luncheon for businesses to withhold postwar reserves and hoard funds, arguing tax rates are confiscatory.
Maj. James H. Howard of St. Louis a former Flying Tiger who battled 30 Nazi fighters for a flaming half hour over Oschersleben to protect a formation of Flying Fortresses is praised by fellow pilots as a one-man airforce. The 30-year-old, six-foot-four hero becomes America's first air-hero veteran of both Pacific and European theaters, rivaling Cmdr. Edward H. O’Hare in dramatic exploits. The lone pilot's identity was uncertain for a week as Mustang crews refrained from claiming the victory.
NBC reporter David Anderson in Stockholm said Stockholm papers report Adolf Hitler sent semi official representatives to Ankara to discuss separate peace with Russia. Anthony Eden told the British house of commons the Soviet Polish border issue is difficult and delicate and government seeks a friendly settlement with Moscow and the Polish government in exile.
Allied forces led by Lt Gen Mark W Clark crossed the Garigliano at three points near Suia Capua Argento establishing bridgeheads amid heavy fire. British actions complement Cassino probing American French forces while German defenses IX VII across the Gustav line. Canadian and British units face counterattacks as Navy shells four enemy harbors along the Dalmatian and Albanian coasts.
U S Ambassador Harriman awaits a Russian reply to Washington's offer to negotiate with the Polish government in exile in London. Harriman's prior London service as lease lead expediter and his ties to Poles aid his potential role as intermediary.
Culbert L. Olson former California governor launched an unofficial fourth term draft movement in Washington on January 19. He predicted California delegates would vote on the first ballot for Roosevelt and Wallace, urging continued leadership through the war and transition to peace. James C. Quigley of Nebraska echoed confidence in a western victory for Roosevelt.
Physicists argue the Appleton layer near the atmospheric stratum may reach about 1600 degrees Fahrenheit, revising earlier estimates.
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma voted yes while Senator Moore opposed the amendment as the Senate rejected a Clark Mo. proposal to strike from the tax bill a requirement that labor unions and other non profit organizations file annual financial returns with the treasury.
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