Estate and mortgage notices heard in Pontotoc County
Public notices announce estate actions for Ben Courtney Jr and August William Lemp. The first seeks heirs and creditors to respond to a 1944 probate petition and land allotment disputes in Pontotoc County. The second outlines Panos v. Doak et al mortgage foreclosure in Pontotoc County with a $3,033.88 debt and a resale claim. Also a final account hearing for executrix Janie Lemp regarding August William Lemp estate.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ben Courtney, Jr
Alice Davis
Nee Courtney
Rogan Brown
State of
Samuel Doak
Columbia Oil Trust
A. G. Lawson
J. Lh Meikle
John Panos
Iown
Nothwest
Range Six
Louise Flynn
Nellie G. Flynn
N. T. McAllister
Emma McAllister
August William Lemp
Janie Sue Lemp
Ada
William Lemn
Andrew J. Harden
Andrew J. Harden, Jr
Local notes from Vanoss and Oakman communities
Village roundups list illness recoveries visitors and furloughs from Vanoss Ada and nearby areas with names of residents and kin. Oakman plans a Bond Auction February 4 at 8 pm to raise funds for schools with stamps and bonds handled by banks and post office staff.
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Oakman News
Oakman
Leon Adams
Cecil Coffee
Pauline Coffee
Kenneth Coffee
Junior Coffee
Alliene Wheeler
Letha Wheeler
National Boy Scout Council
Mr. Nance
Lester Lillard
Clyde Kaiser
Allen Foxx
Bobby Nance
John
Joe Kaiser
Harry Kaiser
Sarah Carter
William
Charley Garr
Byng
Elmer Scroggins
Henry Scroggins
Harrel Crawford
Oma Jean
Geneva
Dale
Gale Cecil
Elnora Loman
L. L. Blankenship
Allen
Ella Bell
Lela Lee
Local Social Notes From Sulphur and Nearby Towns
Visits and hospitality mark a Sunday in Sulphur area with the Jamar and Wood families hosting and friends calling on Hallbrook Bray Cole and Peterson. Induction plans touch on Pete Ward leaving Wednesday for navy service. Nearby families from Davis Oklahoma City Seminole Camp Gruber and Oil Center are mentioned with various visits and greetings.
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E. C. Jamar
Hughes Wood
George Hallbrook
Dorothy Bittle
Gladys Bray
Oil Center
Etta Cole
Noreen Dethrage
Sue
Lola Bray
Lorene Peterson
Ellen Anglin
Oklahoma City
Pete Ward
Navy
Hobart Ragland
Davis
Jyde Wilson
Otha Ragland
Ott Nance
Seminole
D. M. Ward
Winston Myars
Camp Gruber
Sailor Returns From Short War Time Furlough
Memphis report says T. G. Wilder of Tulsa Oklahoma stunned Naval Air Technical Training Center officers by coming back five days into a ten day furlough. He explained his friends had joined the services, making five days long enough to visit relatives.
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Memphis
Tenn
Naval Air Technical Training Center
T. G. Wilder
Tulsa
Okla
Signage Warns Clerks From Wear On Window Displays
In San Francisco and Chattanooga a sign in a liquor store window proclaims no whisky exists and a candy shop uses dummy boxes to deter wear. Patricia Anne Greene, 10 month daughter of Mr and Mrs R Greene, has many grandparents already and will count more for a long time.
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San Francisco
Chattanooga
Tenn
Patricia Anne Greene
R. Greene
Wentz to Decide Soon About Senate Run
Lew Wentz millionaire oilman and philanthropist told Oklahoma Republicans he would decide by February 1 whether to seek the U S Senate nomination this year. He said he has been urged by citizens and that, for the first time, he has seriously considered running.
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Ponca City
P— State
Lew Wentz
U. S
Wentz
Case Restrictions On Edmond Wells
Oklahoma City January 26. P shutdown restrictions on five wells in the west Edmond field will be lifted by agreement with the conservation department of the corporation commission. Ranger No 1 will be held at 125 barrels daily, the other four at the field top of 300 barrels. Tiger No 1 was over producing and must make up 36 311 barrels according to Walker T Pound conservation officer. Operators argued excess output was understood to be allowed to supply gas to boilers in the field.
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Oklahoma City
West Edmond Field
Conservation Department of the Corporation Commission
Walker T. Pound
Pound
Fun En Route keeps sailors amused on long voyages
A 34 page pocket booklet issued by the National Recreation Association offers 57 ways to pass time at sea or in transit. The tricks require only coins pencils matches cards or toothpicks and aim to chase boredom during long hauls and waits at depots and docks. Army officials requested the edition for service members.
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New York
National Recreation Association
Army
Navy
British Seamen Volunteer for Western Invasion Push
Britain’s merchant navy was asked to volunteer for the western invasion. The National Union of Seamen reported most replies were affirmative, with only a small number unfit for duty.
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London
Britain
National Union of Seamen
Darn Those Pants Wartime Postwomen Seek Patchwork
London reports that two years into wartime, the post office began supplying trousers on request to wartime postwomen. Now many on duty by cycle ask for spare cloth bits as patching pieces.
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London
Post Office Department
Skippy the dog completes last mission over Rome front
Skippy a mongrel with an oxygen mask flew his seventh official mission with Lt. Jack Emrick from a 15th Air Force base in Italy to the Rome area. Capt. Kenneth L. Spinning, Skippy's owner, is listed as missing in action. Emrick plans to return the dog to Mrs. Spinning in New Rochelle, New York.
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Lynn Heinzerling
15Th Air Force
Italy
Skippy
Rome
Africa
Kenneth L. Spinning
Red Bank
N. J
Jack Emrick
Chicago
Spinning
Emrick
German Propaganda Distorts Fats Waller in Berlin Broadcast
A Berlin radio assertion claims Fats Waller’s music proves a cultural threat Roosevelt would import to Europe. The German monitor notes Waller’s income from jazz and classical fusion and brands his work as proof of a supposed “better culture.”
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New York
Berlin
Thomas
Fats) Waller
Roosevelt
Europe
Waller
U. S
Byng Girls Defeat Pontotoc In Close 44–42 Thursday
Byng high school girls beat Pontotoc 44 to 42 in a tight contest at Pontotoc. The game stayed close each quarter with Pontotoc leading by one after three and tied at halftime. Box score notes Pontotoc and Byng mixed plays as coach Mrs. Bertha Teague eyes rematch February 15.
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Byng
Pontotec
Pontotoc
Pontotoc High School
Denor Byng
Bertha Teague
Northern France Hammered Again
Allied bombers and fighters pounded targets in Northern France for the fourth straight day. RAF Mosquitos ended a one night lull by striking western Germany. Night raids on Northern France reported without loss. Thunderbolts hit Gilzersjen airfields in Holland and bombarded the French coast for the third straight day. American bombers targeted Leeuwarden airfield as Thunderbolt fighters swept the Zuider Zee area.
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London
France
Germany
Air Ministry
U Thunderbolts
Gilzersjen
Holland
French
Leeuwarden
Thunderbolt
Zuider Zee
Oss
Seven Oklahomans Among 338 US Soldiers Killed in Action
Washington Jan 26 Seven Oklahoma soldiers were among 338 U S troops listed as killed in action. The fallen include S Sgt Roy L Van Cleave Stonewall. First Sgt Roy E Buck Stillwater. Pfc Ivan C Coday Coweta S Sgt Calvin E Kelley El rado. Pfc Lloyd M Norris Leedey. Second Lieut Deivert L Forsythe Hastings Jefferson county killed in the Asiatic area.
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Washington
U. S
Roy L. van Cleave
Eula L. van Cleave
Stonewall
Roy E. Buck
Angie M. Buck
Stillwater
Ivan C. Coday
Clarence Coday
Coweta
Calvin E. Kelley
Chandler CAP squadron organized by local leaders
A Chandler flight of the Shawnee Civil Air Patrol was organized by Lt. Robert Brown of Shawnee and Supt. O W Davison of Chandler.
Tall Fish Story From Mountain Lake Near Ada
Ada fishermen claim a giant bass of 83 pounds 4 ounces was hooked Sunday by Joe Wallach with help from Ernest McCarty. In a ten minute struggle they pulled the fish aboard and photographed the victory and triumph of the catch.
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Joe Wallach
Ernest McCarty
Ada
Wallach
McCarty
Mountain Lake
Morgan Returns From Caribbean
Cpl. Benjamin F. Morgan Jr., 25, has returned from service outside the continental US and is being processed at the Miami Beach redistribution station for next assignment. He is a carpenter and served 22 months in the Caribbean. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Morgan of 529 West Sixteenth.
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Cpl
Benjamin F. Morgan, Jr
Miami Beach
Fla
Caribbean
Cpl. Morgan
Ben F. Morgan
West Sixteenth
Harris Finishes Flight Training at Chickasha and Transfer
Harris G. Harris Jr. completed primary flight training at W. and B. Flying School in Chickasha and is transferred to Garden City Kansas for basic training. He finished at Fitzhugh in 1941 and joined as an army aviation cadet in 1942, later inducted in January 1943 as a pilot in San Antonio. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Harris of Byars.
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Lawrence G. Harris, Jr
W. and B
Chickasha
Garden City
Kansas
Harris
Fitzhugh
Armed Forces
San Antonio
L. G. Harris
Byars
Youth Admits He Set Clinton Fires
A 20 year old Clinton youth admitted setting a series of fires in Clinton this month causing about 200000 in damage. He was held in the county jail and questioned further after residents reported seeing him flee a 7 30 p m fire scene and police arrested him about four hours later.
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Clinton
W. M. Clark
Clark
Young soldiers seek Suzie during Christmas visit
In Knoxville two soldiers arrived at Mrs. Robert Johnson’s home asking for two year old Suzie John s after learning her name from cigarettes given at a Red Cross Christmas celebration. Mrs. Johnson promised to call Suzie and the GIs invited themselves to return and asked the child to write.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Robert John
Suzie
John
Suzie John
Red Cross
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Pontotoc Cty
United States District Court For
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Mack Colbert
Guy Colbert
Granville T. Norris
Allen W. Stanfield
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklaho
Ben Courtney Jr
Ben Courtney
Della Bedford
Jewell Ford
Lester Cook
United States
Plaintiffs
District Court
State OF Oklahoma
Ohio Oil Company
Eleanor S. Wilson
M. C. Wilson
Lois Lain
Yandell E. Lain
Julia May Smith
Indian Base
Meridan
M. C G. Wilson
Clyde Katser
W. N. Hughes
Joe= Panos
Sam Dew
Pontotec County
Williams
J. L. Meikle
F. Robinson
Moss Wimbish
Vanoss
G. W. Henderson
C. C. Wilson
Ravia
Ethel Wilson
Manuel Schumard
California
P. J. Richardson
Dora Roberts
G. M. Pitt
Sunshine
Violet Nelson
Pitt
Georgia Ruth
Carl Standridge
Shawnee
W. J. Standridge
J. N. McKeel
N. D. McCauley
J. B. King
Gary Richard
Ewin Williams
Clifford
Earl Baker
Donnie Shaw
N. Nan
Billy
Alford
Sue Richardson
G. B. McDonald
M. J. Brewington
Mary Ragland
Marie Alford
James Hopkins
James Edward
Caston D. Christian Jr
Schoo
S. D. Law
S. E. Williams
Law
Capt
Fort McClendon
Alabama
Mary Sue Richardson
Marian Beth Brevington
Aline Y
Norman
Naval
University of Oklahoma
Sarah Grace Wilson
Jim Phelps
State Oflahoma
Seal
Busby, Harrell and Trice
Grace Rodgers
Eulack
Grace @ers
Nuel Chalian
Manuel Chalian
J. J. Criswell
J. Harold Criswell
Ada, Oklahome
Oklaima
Chester B. Williams
S T. Foster
Busby
Harre
Trice
American Building
Otee County
T. Foster
Harrell
Los Angeles
H. Morgan
James Banks Roberson
Jack W. Dennis
W. W. Stanfield
Ada News
Galey News
China-India-Burma
Frank Cancellare
Nea-Acme
War Picture Pool
Olive Grainer
Evansville
Ind
Jennie Tinkovicz
Fostoria
Laura Hudson
Middletown
Frances Riney
Louisville
Marie Kolebob
Edmond Wells
Ses
Fats Waller
Suva
Fiji
Solomons
G. Kaiser
Weatherford
Inters
Deaton
Chapman
F Barnett
Hinton
Henry
G Hinton
Wood
Morgan
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Florida
Frisco
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