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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
1
The Office of Price Administration announces red point value for margarine rises to 3 points per pound starting Sunday, while fat pork items regain 1 point per pound. Red stamps Y5 Z5 A2 B2 C2 D2 and blue stamps H2 J2 K2 L2 M2 will be valid, securing 50 total points for February.
House Foreign Affairs chair proposes a four word addition to the oath of office to legalize a fourth term oath. The issue arose after Chief Justice Stone added So help me God to the presidential oath at Roosevelt’s inauguration. President Roosevelt repeated the oath word for word.
Sir John Anderson told parliament Britain spends about 57 million dollars per day on the war equating to roughly 21 billion dollars a year.
A brief classified note highlights increased yields for investments tied to vested Ada funds. The item outlines higher returns on a revised plan and directs readers to contact the Ada News for full terms and enrollment details.
Cloudy and warmer tonight with occasional light rain in central and east Oklahoma and southeast Kansas. Lows 25 to 45 with warmer readings toward the southeast and little temperature change. Thursday brings more light rain in the east with patchy sun in the west.
Allied columns press toward Clark field near 13 prime airstrips less than 10 miles from front lines as Major General Oscar Griswold directs operations around Bamban and Capas. Camp O’Donnell ruins reveal grim POW conditions with thousands dead and sparse facilities.
Russell Brines returns from a two year Japanese prisoner of war camp in the Philippines to report on a military prison camp now a mass graveyard. He describes the scene and the conditions observed by his team.
Four of nine crew members aboard a navy patrol plane are missing after a crash in Jamaica Bay during an operational flight from Floyd Bennett Field. The navy says one missing member is presumed dead and names are being withheld.
Heads of the armed forces gave a secret war report to Congress in a three hour session at the Congressional Library auditorium. Gen George C Marshall Admiral Ernest J King War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Forrestal spoke as backers claimed a boost for national service. Representative Wadsworth said the talks did not mention the measure but did not hurt support for work fight or jail.
United States B 29 bombers attacked Iwo Jima and nearby Japanese air defenses from the Marianas today as part of a larger push on Honshu. About 100 aircraft in four formations faced stiff Japanese opposition with one B 29 lost. the operation follows recent Nagoya factory strikes and signals heightened bomber tempo in 1945.
The United States calls on China and Yugoslavia to resolve internal conflicts. Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew issued two statements urging rival factions in both countries to reach agreements, highlighting these troubles as major Allied concerns for Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
London January 24 Prime Minister Churchill will be asked in parliament tomorrow whether Allies are prepared, if Germany uses poison gas, with sufficient machines and gas to deluge Germany in the same manner.
Allied warplanes harassed German convoys moving from the Ardennes toward Russia as RAF Spitfires and Tempests hit packed troop trains. American First and Third armies pressed through snow in Belgium Luxembourg while German withdrawals rumble eastward amid heavy losses.
Sixteen new U S senators from both parties pledged to Roosevelt their support for forming a United Nations to preserve peace. Led by Fulbright and Smith, the freshmen urged rapid alliance, demilitarization of Germany, and active U S participation in decisions shaping liberated nations, with only minor dispute over phrasing.
Delaney of Ada Oklahoma, flown to Rochester for treatment after an abdominal operation, is improving slowly. Associate Byron Sledge accompanied him. The report also notes orderly conditions on the Silesian frontier with emphasis on German forces.
A leader states support for the ration list if it speeds wartime goals, signaling a stance tied to aiding the war effort against Japan and Germany.
Russian forces captured Oppeln the Upper Silesia capital and took Kalisz near Breslau after heavy fighting. Advances continued toward Poznan and Brieg as Stalin reported a sixth winter offensive, with bridgeheads and street battles in Silesia and East Prussia.
Charles Thompson was named president of the Chamber of Commerce replacing C H Massey. W O Smith became first vice president Harvey Lambert second vice president Wendell Thomas treasurer and Elmer Kenison secretary with Edith Hord continuing as secretary. Officials discussed city streets and county roads and upcoming projects.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the commons Britain faced great difficulty in arranging exchanges of civilian internees and prisoners of war with Japan, signaling a bleak outlook for a Jap British prisoner swap.
Stockholm reports the Nazi brain trust orders all fit men to remain at posts and fight the advancing Russians. Berlin grows more critical as refugees stream west, with Volkssturm battalions formed and civilians released from jobs. Refugee carts trail tanks as Germans doubt the Russians can reach Berlin.
Funeral services are set for Clyde Burk 31 a noted Ada rodeo performer and four time calf roping world champion. The service will be held Thursday at 3 p m at Comanche with attendance planned by rodeo fans from Pontotoc County. Burk died from injuries at the Western Livestock Show in Denver Colorado this week.
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