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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
2
Cattle Tests and Treatments Reported in Harden County
Bangs and T B tests sponsored by L B Alexander of Harden City cover 80 head of cattle. Four Bangs cars tested February 13 with Ada jan handling at reasonable cost. S E Patton in Stonewall treated 20 head for cattle grubs amid heavy infestation. a practical countywide program urged for health safety and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Alexander
Harden City
S. E. Patton
Stonewall
Insect Expert to Visit County for 4-H Talks
C. F. Stiles, extension entomologist from Stillwater, will visit January 24 and 25 to speak with 4-H clubs and adult farmers. He will cover the 4-H insect manual, collection study, insect control, and insecticide use, plus garden pest control for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Stiles
Stillwater
Terraces Planned by Local Residents and Builders
Emery Threlkeld Ike Gilmore Jr and W R Corbin plan to build home bulldozers for small dam work up to 5 or 6 feet. The article also offers egg-hatching guidance: hold eggs no longer than two weeks, keep at 40 to 55 degrees, maintain slight humidity, and turn daily before incubating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Threlkeld
Ike Gilmore
Eegi
Pickett
W. R. Corbin
Egypt
Early Chick Brooding Tips for Safe Hatchlings
Guidance for poultry managers to obtain reliable stock early, sanitize the brooder setup, relocate to clean ground if portable, ensure a dry warm house, regulate temperature, and supply ample feed hoppers and water fountains during the brooding period.
Papa's Shoe Stamps Move Across Families
The War Production Board relaxes low cost shoe production rules to boost women and children's footwear output. Manufacturers may shift to any prior price line but cannot introduce higher priced styles. Some firms may continue low cost lines like the $2.95 shoe as supplies of women's and children's shoes improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stevick
Washington
Zan
War Production Board
Penalty Starts For Safe Car Tag Buyers January 31
About 2100 automobile owners in Pontotoc county must buy their car licenses this week or pay a penalty that accrues quickly. Tag agent A H Thornton notes the penalty takes effect when the office opens Monday morning January 31. Eight clerks can process roughly 25 applications per hour, so lines move quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
A. H. Thornton
Thornton
Reading on Rise Here With War Background Tops
Ada public library usage grows since January as older readers favor war background works and younger readers seek soldier memoirs. Popular titles include Carlson Under Cover and They Also Ran by Stone. Willkie One World remains on waiting lists. Librarian Elizabeth Willis notes more compact new books due to paper shortage and about 1,200 children hold library cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Carlson
Taylor
Stone
Apostle
Asch
Cval
Douglas
One World
Wendell Willkie
Elizabeth Willis
Walter Winchell
National Demo Organization Is Free of All Debt
The Democratic national organization reports it is solvent for the first time, with Edwin W. Pauley noting a 1943 deficit turned to a credit balance. Receipts mainly from Jackson Day and Washington Day dinners totaled 247000 from other sources 40000 and 6275 from women's groups. The 1944 campaign fund goal is 3000000 with state quotas set by delegates and past presidential results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic National Organization
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Yugoslav Partisans Attack Rail Line in Croatia Front
Yugoslav liberation army communique reports intensified partisan attacks along the Budapest Zagreb Split rail corridor and fierce fighting in Croatian mountains. Algiers radio cites heavy German divisions tied to the effort, while Tito’s force size is estimated around 300,000 with new volunteers daily joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson O’quinn
London
Budapest
Zagreb
Split
Adriatic
Croatia
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Algiers
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Jap Torpedoes Not Worrying Tanker
The tanker W. S. Rheem, commanded by Capt. G. A. Johnson, dodged two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine and survived a third blast that set oil ablaze. Despite deck damage and flooding, crew extinguished the fire and continued to discharge cargo. After repair, the vessel went 5,500 miles to a base and remains in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. S. Rheem
Navy
War Shipping Administration
Rheem
G. A. Johnson
Alameda
Cal
Ada USO Club Opening Set
The Ada USO Club prepares for a public opening Friday Jan 28 with a gala dress rehearsal and a preview for Junior Hostesses. The following night the Armed Forces opening will be held for the public with a later program to be announced. The Harrises provided the building rent free for a year and the American Legion has moved in for weekly meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Uso
USO Council
Adans
Sam Harris
Harrises
American Legion
Legion
Former Ada Girl Dies in Joplin This Drug Arrival
Charlene Hefner eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hefner of Joplin Mo died after penicillin shipment arrived too late to treat spinal meningitis Urgent Red Cross appeals and air shipped doses were sent from Boston and Chicago Charlene born 1935 in Ada Oklahoma survived by parents a sister Roberta and grandparents Mr and Mrs M Hefner of Mangum Oklahoma Charlene attended East Central State College in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Charlene Hefner
Charles Hefner
Joplin
Hefner
Flossie Howard
B. A. Howard
West Sixth
Roberta Hefner
Gary
Mrs. M. Hefner
Mangum
Fittstown Group Names New Officers
The W. S. C. S. of Fitts town Methodist church met Tuesday with Mrs. W. P. Starks. New officers for the year include Mrs. M. T. Burke as president and Mrs. Starks as vice president, with secretaries and treasurer named and Mrs. Barclay Martin welcomed as a new member. In Tennessee, tired soldiers, mud covered, relax in a mobile U. S. O. unit and watch the movie Stormy Weather by projectionist Mrs. Waterman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. C. S. OF Fittstown Methodist Church
W. P. Starks
A. W. Oliver
J. L. Delaplain
America
M. T. Burke
Burt Hursh
Wallace Wigley
Earl Moore
Bruce Turner
Barclay Martin
Tennessee
Estimate Cites Vast Sea Value Since Columbus
An estimate puts the total value of the sea explored since Columbus at not less than 18 billion dollars. The claim frames maritime wealth as a long-term reckoning of oceanic resources and exploration.
Rommel Named Inspector General for Europe Defense
London dispatch says Adolf Hitler appointed Erwin Rommel as inspector-general for defense of Europe, with Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt possibly reassigned to southeastern Europe for a temporary period. The move hints at tighter Nazi control while Von Rundstedt may return to western anti invasion duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Greene
London
Adolf Hitler
The
Daily Express
Desert Fox
Erwin Rommel
Europe
Rommel
Germany
Karl von Rundstedt
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Express
von Rundstedt
Fritz von Mannstein
Russia
von Mannstein
Gera
Nine Oklahoma Soldiers Added to Missing in Action Roster
The War Department announced nine Oklahoma soldiers are now listed as missing in action in Europe and the Mediterranean. Names include Sgt Richard W Brown Sgt Harold Owens Tech Sgt John R Elder and others with hometown ties to Oklahoma City Milburn and Tulsa among listed relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
War Department
Richard W. Brown
R. R. Brown
Harold Owens
Tech
John R. Elder
Lillian Fern Elder
Heavener
Dan G. Gardner
James T. Gardner
Milburn
Tenvis H. Jackson
Eula M. Jackson
Carter
Bedford B. King
Madie W. King
G B
George B. Murry
John Y
Tulsa U
Irvin Sumpter
Mes
Lena H. Sumpter
Ramona
Milange
Mediterranean
Pfe
Colyounger Gaston
Effie Gaston
Wilson
Rationer Goes Carless in Postwar Fuel Move
New York January 22 P OPA Regional Administrator Daniel P Woolley heads rationing in five states and the District of Columbia but cannot replace his car. He sought a smaller 1942 model to save gasoline and reduce usage, yet the Manhattan rationing board denied the request saying the present car was adequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carless
New York
P— Opa
Daniel P. Woolley
District of Columbia
mid-Manhattan
Canners Seek Relief in Canned Veggie Rations
Washington January 22. Canners press the CPA to remove or lower point values for vegetables as home canning soaks up demand. They cite high home canning rates and pantry stock, while OPA officials indicate no plan to lift vegetables from rationing for some time despite many appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
CPA
OPA
Dr Moseley Appointed President of University of Nevada
Dr John C Moseley 51 former dean of students at the University of Tennessee is named president of the University of Nevada succeeding the late Dr Leon W Hartman. He will take office July 1. Moseley a Rhodes scholar earned A B from Austin College in 1912 and LL D in 1936 and previously led Central State Teachers College in Edmond Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
John C. Moseley
University of Tennessee
University of Nevada
Leon W. Hartman
Moseley
Austin College
Sherman, Tex
Central State Teachers College
Edmond
Okla
Geraldine Gaar Receives Gold Medal for Five Years 4-H Work
Geraldine Gaar of the Byng 4-H club reports five years of work with Mrs. Jessie Morgan in Byng Oklahoma. She details sewing, cooking, gardening, clothing, and home tasks, including 445 hours of club work and 58 quarts canned, with meals and field labor shaping her record. The medal will be awarded at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Gaar
Byng
Byng Club
Jessie Morgan
Patrol Radio Saves Life of Small Lad
Doctors credited a two way radio in a highway patrol car with saving five year old James Welch son of Taft and Mrs Welch of Tulsa after he fell from a car on U S Highway 66 near Vinita. Trooper O L Nickerson transported the boy to Claremore and a emergency operation was done at once with a doctor and two nurses ready. The doctor said the boy has a good chance to recover and would be moved to a Tulsa hospital tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremigre
Okla
Doctors Tonight
James Welch
Taft Welch
Tulsa
Vinita
U. S. Highway 66
O. L. Nickerson
Nickerson
Claremore
Endorse Gasoline Coupons Plea In New Rating Books
Washington officials call motorists to stamp car license numbers and registration states on coupons to prevent illegal sales. The Office of Price Administration says starting Feb 1 gasoline books will carry the notice urging endorsement to protect riders and curb the black market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Oldest GI John Westervelt Promoted in Army Rank Rise
Santa Ana California January 22 John Westervelt 75 said by the army to be its oldest GI was promoted today from staff sergeant to technical sergeant noted in Santa Ana dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
John Westervelt
Army
G. I
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