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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
7
Notices cover final accounts and distributions for the estates of Walton and Alleman, hearings set for July 1942 and 1943, and public actions including quitclaim and heir determinations in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Also includes notices of revival motion and a minor rights petition for majority.
Mary Arthur administratrix seeks court approval for distribution of Sol Arthur estate and determination of heirs and discharge of administratrix in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Hearing set for July 19 1943 at 11:00 A M in Ada county courtroom. Any interested party may appear and file written exceptions. Dated July 28. Moss Wimbish county judge.
Senator Mead and Representative Cellier introduced legislation to suspend the $5 automobile use tax until January 1 for passenger cars. The measure targets rationed motorists calling the tax a pay as you don’t go levy. Also noted, one thousand Czechoslovakian air pilots are now serving with the Air Force.
Mr L Reed of Centrahoma visited his daughter and family. Mr and Mrs L H Nickell visited Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Poe and children visited Mr and Mrs H P Toby Sunday. Mrs Cecil Hallam visited her parents Mr and Mrs H P Toby Sunday. Mr and Mrs R C Correll of Los Angeles visited relatives here last week. Mrs H H Lillard visited relatives here Sunday.
List of Sunday and Tuesday visits among families in Lexington and surrounding areas. Guests include the Hewett, Peterson, Williams, Newby, Isaacs, Deatherage, Jamar, Bray, Cole, Ragland, and Danner households, with several farm and home demonstrations noted.
Mr and Mrs Nate Thompson visited Mr and Mrs C M Sliger Shay evening. Mr and Mrs Steve Sullivan were also mentioned in the social note.
One That Didn't Get Away spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Couch. Mr. Sulli van is leaving this week for California. Mrs. Sallie Walker and daughter Nona Fay visited Mrs. Leard of Stonewall Monday night. Misses Eddie B. Mary Joe and Jessie Lee Richardson visited Miss Ada Melville Sunday. Miss Lorice Walker spent Sunday with Miss Lorice Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. Couch and Mrs. Cook visited in Stonewall Monday evening. Orel Leslie transacted business in Ada Friday. Mrs. Harris and children visited Mrs. Hobbs Sunday. Burt Cupps and daughter Delma shopped in Stonewall Saturday. Hugh Barnes of Canadian visited his mother and other relatives and friends here last week.
The Young Peoples League elected officers including Sponsor Mrs. Vada Lillard Assistant sponsor Mrs. Evelyn Scroggins secretary Evangle Bandy song leader Juanita Kaiser group captains Bobby Nance and Mrs. Evelyn Scroggins. Numerous local residents visited friends and relatives across Ada Byng Oil Center Hom er and surrounding areas with Sunday visits and weekend social gatherings.
The House approved extending the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact from two to four years after next Sept 1. Rep Boren introduced the resolution and Senator Thomas said he would seek Senate action tomorrow. Roosevelt praised the accomplishment in oil and conservation.
Mrs Ed Hunter Jr near Ada demonstrates tomatoes larger than Walter High towers claim, showing three massive examples weighing 14 to 138 pounds and measuring up to 16 inches around. She notes two varieties grown in one patch, with almost a bushel of green fruit remaining on the vine.
The War Department lists 267 prisoners of war, including seven Oklahomans held by Japan. Names: Corporal Lewis G. Andrews Pryor. Pvt. Homer R. Bailey Ardmore. Pvt. Kenneth C. Black Heavener. Pvt. Ben F. Davis Fort Towson. Pvt. Lloyd W. Kuhn Nowata. Pvt. Dennie C. McClung Locust Grove. Pvt. William R. Richards Cartersville.
Mrs Harry James said through her attorney she seeks a Mexican divorce by tomorrow in Juarez to free swing band leader to wed film star Betty Grable on July 4. Divorce suit to be filed in Mexico civil court today. they arrived from Los Angeles and parting as friends.
Churchill forecasts intensified Allied measures against the Axis, arguing Germany Japan and Russia will face escalating pressure. He declared the Ruhr battle would spread across Germany and urged unconditional surrender by the Nazis and fascists.
A war bulletin notes on March 27 American planes bombed and strafed Ugali on Rendova’s northeast coast destroying a building and starting another fire. The night landing aimed for surprise, with officials here noting the attack likely occurred near noon Washington time. Rendova is a rugged, 20 mile long island south of New Georgia in the Solomons with limited harbor and difficult terrain.
J Willis Stovall a paleontology professor at the University of Oklahoma is employed as a geologist by an oil company in the northwestern states this summer continuing his scientific field work outside academia.
NEA Service traces Sicily as a historic strategic prize linking Africa and Europe. It notes repeated conquests by Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Normans, and others, plus Garibaldi’s 1860s role in unifying the island. Emigration to America shaped a diaspora of 200,000 between 1897 and 1906, with land held by 1,025 powerful lati fondi families and vast estates tilled by Sicilian peasants.
Legislation by Senators Lucas and Green would require war and navy to provide absentee V mail ballots for service members overseas with write in options for president, vice president, senator and representative. Commanders would ensure all troops can vote while ballots and candidate lists go to leaders. Civilian Americans abroad would receive regular absentee ballots.
James Marquis Hedrick a former second lieutenant who worked in a war plant was held on 1500 bond for failing to register for the draft. He pleaded innocence at arraignment after his arrest following a warning from the FBI. He served as a state highway patrol clerk at Atoka before leaving the army April 16.
The destroyer escort U S S Newell, named for Lieut enant Commander B Bruce Newell killed in the Solomons battle on Oct 26 1942, was launched at Consolidated Steel Corp shipyards. Sponsor was Mrs Eleanor Davvis Newell of Coral Gables Florida, with her two sons Johnny and Bruce Jr and others in attendance.
Yugoslav guerrilla fighters in Herzegovina and Montenegro reportedly repulsed a 40 day German offensive and launched a counterattack. They cut the Sarajevo-Ushitz railway and forced German troops to retreat in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yugoslav casualties were 2000, while German losses were claimed higher than that.
Interior Secretary Ickes hinted the government may operate the nation’s coal mines for an extended period until owners and the United Mine Workers sign a contract. He appointed Carl Newton as federal director of mines and began forming a long-range overseeing body for war-vital coal diggings.
Hinton Community Creamery faced a 50 dollar fine plus costs after pleading guilty to offering misbranded butter. Judge Carl Traub ordered 2,907 pounds of butter withheld for reprocessing by the state health department due to suspected fat content below the legal minimum and packaging underweight.
Oklahoma students from many public schools and colleges tour the paleontology museum at the University of Oklahoma each year to view fossil remains of animals from the state's geologic past. Time passes quickly and soon summer will return.
First Lieut Julian J Blais of Fitchburg Mass with five crew survived a fog bound patrol flight off Greenland. After dodging icebergs the B 25 touched a 300 foot reef and crashed breaking the right engine. They escaped through a jammed escape hatch and were rescued three days later by a coast guard ship.
Captain Pyle announces Homer FE Garrett and Homer W Sharp as detachment student commander and adjutant of the 343rd College Training Detachment. Garrett from Borger Texas and Baylor football alumnus, Sharp from Waco Texas and A&M ROTC veteran, assume duties supervising retreats inspections ranks and student conduct on and off post.
Private Harold N Fisher of New York recalls soldiers from the last war as better checkers players than today's troops. He toured army camps, later becoming a three time national champion. His feat includes beating 22 checkers and five chess players at once across multiple boards.
Archbishop Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago urges a deep understanding of world ills, frank admission of past mistakes, and willingness to sacrifice national advantage beyond justice limits. He stresses evaluation of problems, frankness, and shared responsibility.
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