Changes In Ada Schools Stegall Replaced By Miss Kennon
The Ada School District 19 board announced a new fiscal year start with school set for September 10. Miss Neva Kennon will replace Ray Stegall as acting principal of Washington school and later as grade school supervisor after Lt. Morrison returns. Ivan L. Cramer is hired as full time truancy officer and attendance supervisor for the four point Youth Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Cromer
Miss Kennon
Ada
Ada High
School Board of School District 19
Ada High School
Neva Kennon
Ray Stegall
State Department of Education
Department
East Central College
Oklahoma A
M. College
Columbia and
Peabody
Ivan L. Cramer
Buckeye
Ariz
Colberg
Oakman
Pleasant Hill
Fittstown
Citizens’ Committee
East Central
Ada High Adds Diversified Occupations Courses
Ada High will offer new courses in Diversified Occupations and Distributive Education in the coming year. Students will learn fundamentals of retail and other trades from bakery to welding. James B. Watters returned from a four week course at Oklahoma A and M College in Stillwater on supervising students who balance school and part time downtown work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada High
James B. Watters
Stillwater
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
45th Division to Be Redeployed Home to U S
Paris July 3 The veteran 45th Thunderbird infantry division received orders for redeployment to the United States. SHAEF outlined rapid transport from Le Havre and Antwerp with ships moving 1 500 men daily rising to 3 000 by August 1. The card lists units and shipping schedules as the division prepares to return home after long service in Sicily Salerno Anzio and Southern France.
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Paris
45Th
Thunderbird
Supreme Allied Headquarters
United States
Reims
Shaeff
Antwerp
Liberty
Victory
95Th Infantry
U. S
104Th Infantry
High Seas
le Havre
87Th Infantry
13Th Armored
Assembly Command
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
France
Bill Mauldin
Senators Say Fine Talk Was All of It
Oklahoma City July 3. Senators report only Sen. Ray Fine of Gore spoke for an hour at a closed senate meeting and was questioned about his wartime release from a German prison camp. A fall special session remains speculative as no decision was made.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Senate
Ray Fine
Gore
Fine
House
Robert S. Kerr
Merchants Fail To Agree On Earlier Closing Hour
About 50 Ada merchants met at a session called by N. C. Bowen to discuss an earlier closing hour for July and August but reached no consensus. Police Chief Dudley Lester urged improved policing and a new arrangement where merchants' police, paid by merchants, operate under the city force. questionnaire cards will be sent to merchants listing managers, key holders, equipment serials, and other details.
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N. C. Bowen
Retail Merchants Association
Dudley Lester
Ada
Merchants Police
Lester
Ell Merchants
No Chamber of Commerce Meetings In July And August
Elmer Kenison secretary says there will be no Chamber of Commerce meetings during July and August due to food and labor shortages and many businessmen on vacation. Meetings resume September 6 with Dr. A Linscheid of East Central College as principal speaker.
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Chamber of Commerce
Elmer Kenison
A. Linscheid
East Central College
Churchill Attlee Lead Vote Drives in London Rally
Prime Minister Churchill and Clement Attlee head last minute campaign pushes as Britains parties focus on London. Churchill spoke at Walthamstow stadium while Attlee and Labour leaders planned speeches across the city to mobilize voters ahead of Thursday's election.
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London
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Byrnes Sworn In To Office
James F. Byrnes was sworn in as secretary of state on a White House terrace with Truman and officials present. He pledged to uphold foreign policy and will consult with Cordell Hull and Edward R. Stettinius Jr as he leads the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Byrnes
Richard S. Whaley
Court of Claims
White House
Hull
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cordell Hull
Congress
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Organization of the United Nations
Senate
House of Representatives
Charles G. Ross
United Nations Security Council
Yanks On Allied Control Council In Berlin
The American delegation of the allied control council reached its Berlin headquarters today and will work with other powers to divide the city into three occupation zones. The party left Halle at dawn and was halted for checks by Russian patrols as lines are not yet fixed. Americans said Russians were extremely cooperative in this first move into former Soviet territory.
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New York
Allied Control Council
Berlin
NBC
U. S
Roy Porter
Halle
Elbe
Medal of Honor Given Posthumously to Oklahoma Soldier
Private Harold G. Kiner of Enid Oklahoma will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for shielding comrades from a German hand grenade during a Siegfried Line assault near Palenburg Germany. He died October 2 leaving a widow Mrs Emily Edith Kiner and mother Mrs Elsie Pauline Kiner. The award will be presented to the widow.
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Washington
Pthe War Department
Harold G. Kiner
Enid
Okla
Kiner
117Th Infantry
30Th
Palenburg
Germany
Jesse L. Leonard
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frank Thasatt
Minersville
Leonard
Aline
Emily Edith Kiner
Elsie Pauline Kiner
Oklahoma Casulaties List from Pacific Area
Pacific Area casualty lists show Oklahoma names among Navy and Army dead and wounded. Dead include L A Burrill Oklahoma City J E Douthitt Commerce D O Gentry Oklahoma City J E McGaughey Wewoka P M Neighbors Tulsa C J Taylor Broken Arrow W B Tyler Oklahoma City Pfc T F Burgess Plunkettville H R Eslick Route 2 Henryetta Lt W R Fanson Mountain View L G Lamb Route 2 Fletcher A M Sanders Oklahoma City J M Scott Norman L L Williams Route 1 Mangum. Wounded include J R Barrick Henriettta Lonnie Keith Bradl ey D E Moch Bartlesville K E Nelson Memo Charley M Gee Mountain View E A McGee Oklahoma City J R Revels Oklahoma City Bobbie Rozzell Kaw City R D Strickland Oklahoma Elias Tom Jr Route 1 McCurtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Pacific
T. F. Burgess
Plunkettville
H. R. Eslick
Henryetta
W. R. Fanson
Mountain View
L. G. Lamb
Fletcher
A. M. Sanders
Oklahoma City
J. M. Scott
Norman
L. L. Williams
Mangum
W. K. Gettings
Frederick
J. A. Grubb
Bobby G. Hahn
Bluejacket
Charley Jones
Henrietta
R. F. McGee
Stilwell
E. A. McGee
J. R. Revels
Bobbie L. Rozzell
Kaw City
R. D. Strickland
Okemah
Elias Tom, Jr
Route 1
McCurtain
Correspondents Rally for Berlin Assignment
One hundred forty newspaper correspondents from many nations arrived in Zehlendorf today prepared to cover events in Berlin. They traveled in 70 jeeps with trailers ahead of the U S Second Armored Division as alerted since mid May to be ready at a moment's notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Zehlendorf
U. S. Second Armored Division
Navigators Graduating From Oklahoma Naval School
Clinton Oklahoma July 3 sixty four navigators will be graduated tomorrow the first class since the United States naval air navigation school began operations here April 9. The school was transferred from Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Okla
United States Naval Air Navigation School
Shawnee
Lt Col Sherwood Awarded Silver Star And Croix De Guerre
Lt Col Joe Sherwood son of Mr and Mrs J H Sherwood Ada and former East Central college football player receives two decorations in two languages He earned the Silver Star for gallantry December 18 1944 during a bombing mission over Germany leading his flight and downing enemy aircraft He also received the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star for exceptional service in efforts to liberate France He is currently stationed in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Sherwood
J. H. Sherwood
Ada
East Central College
United States
Germany
Sherwood
France
North Carolina
Hopkins Will Not Attend Big Three Conference
White House press secretary said Harry Hopkins is ill and cannot accompany President Truman to the planned Big Three conference in Europe. An exchange of letters regarding Hopkins future will be released later. Hopkins recently traveled with Roosevelt to Tehran and Yalta.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
Truman
Europe
White House
Charles Ross
Ross
Mr. Truman
Hopkins
Berlin
Roosevelt
Tehran
Yalta
Pontotoc County War Bond Drive Exceeds Goals
Pontotoc County reports daily progress from the Seventh War Loan drive begun May 14. County bonds totals after payroll deductions through July 7 show Series E at 4,537 dollars for the day and overall totals surpassing quotas with Series E and other issues contributing to a grand total of 1,585,958.64 toward a combined quota of 1,159,000.
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Pontotoc County
Pontotoc
Blockade of Japan Tightening Presses Australian Advance in Borneo
Manila July 3 elements of Australian infantry broke through fierce fire and oil blasts to seize part of Balikpapan and nearby Balikpapan airfields as Japanese artillery and air cover attempted to halt the push. Lt General Morehead declared the operation a strategic success while MacArthur’s communique placed Seventh Division forces about two miles inland along the shore.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Borneo
Balikpapan
Sepinggang
Managar
Balikpavan
Leslie J Morehead
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Seventh Division
New Guinea
MacArthur
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Sevinggang
Big Three To Meet In Potsdam Near Berlin
CBS correspondent reports troops entering Berlin in rain marking a formal occupation. He notes the Berlin district command will bring engineers signal troops hospital and quartermaster for a substantial presence ahead of the planned Potsdam talks.
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Potsdam
Berlin
New York
CBS
Richard C. Hottelet
Second Armored Division
Holmes Killed by Freight Train in California
Kay J. Holmes of Ada Oklahoma a guard at the Tipton prisoner of war camp was killed when struck by a freight train near Tulaire California. Officials report Holmes may not be registered with local draft boards and information on his service is incomplete. The News seeks further details about this Ada man and his military status.
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Ada
California
Tulaire
Calif
Kay J. Holmes
Okla
Tipton
Cpl. Holmes
Japanese actions in Shanghai target German firms and nationals
Chinese press reports state that 110 German firms in Shanghai were closed and over 1,700 German nationals were interned in a camp on the city’s western outskirts.
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Chungking
Pchinese
Shanghai
Enemy Rushes His Defenses During Pacific War Preparations
San Francisco July 3. Japanese forces rush defense plans from Singapore to Kyushu as Allied landings loom on the China coast. Canton residents form storming parties, while Tokyo claims air raids on Kyushu and promises new fighter planes to counter B 29s.
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San Francisco
Singapore
Home Islands
Canton
Indo- China
Kyushu
Domei Agency
China
Hong Kong
Radio Tokyo
Ute Indian Leads As Yanks March Into Berlin Center
Private First Class Harvey Natchees of the Ute Nation led the first American soldiers into Berlin center, entering Unter Den Linden with hero status and a Silver Star. He described eight miles of destroyed streets and civilians queuing for bread, while occupying forces and banners marked the city’s fall to Allied forces.
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Berlin Center
Berlin
Second Armored
Unter den Linden
Harvey Natchees
Ute
Ihrendorf
London
Tiergarten
Kaiser’s Palace
Natchees
Utah
William Schnellbeck
France
Margaret Titze
Sheepshead Bay
N.x
Potsam
Communist Party
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Red Army
United Nations
B 29 Strikes Oil Centers in Japan as Air War Intensifies
Guam July 3 B 29s hit Maruzen oil refinery 35 miles from Osaka in a third week raid with 50 planes. The drive followed yesterday’s 600 aircraft fire raid. 117 square miles of urban areas were burned. Nimitz announced ships sunk or damaged and 37 planes down, as crews report fuel center destruction and aerial operations extend from Nippon to Formosa.
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Leif Erickson
Guam
Japan
Maruzen
Osaka
Nippon
Malaya
Maruten
Cpl. W. H. Power
Carrollon
Chester C. Gibbons
Hayvard
Calif
Nimitz
Andy Levick
Bethel
Kan
Twenty-first Bomber Command
Moji
Sasebo
Shimonoseki
Nobeoka
Shimotsu
Honshu Island
China
Kyushu
Sakishima
Formosa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Air Wing One
Okinawa
McDuff Plans Democratic Rally With Guest Not Disclosed
Seminole Okla July 3 oil field equipment dealer and state Democratic figure Fred McDuff will host a Friday night party rally inviting about 300 key state members. A dinner will be served by the American Legion ladies auxiliary. McDuff says the event aims to keep party work active in the off year. He did not name the nationally prominent personnel expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole
Okla
Fred McDuff
American Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
McDuff
Bombers Knock Out 90 Percent of Formosa Alcohol Output
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports Philippine based heavy bombers have crippled about 90 percent of Formosa alcohol production while tightening the blockade in the southwest Pacific. The action targets fuel sources amid broader strategic pressure in the theater.
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Japan
Southwest Pacific
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Court Affirms Jenkins Conviction in 1941 Manslaughter
The criminal court of appeals affirmed W. C. Jenkins's first degree manslaughter conviction in Okfuskee county for the August 1941 death of Roy Bradburn. A 15 year sentence, imposed in 1941, remains stayed pending appeal. The Supreme Court denied disqualification requests for two judges.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
W. C. Jenkins
Okfuskee County
Supreme Court
Creekmore Wallace
Bert B. Barefoot
Court of Appeals
Lawrence L. Jones
Bristow
Jones
Dick Jones
Inkins
Roy Bradburn
Doyle
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State Department
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Fifth Infantry
44Th Infantry
United Kingdom
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Attlee
Scripps Howard
Los Angeles
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Bruce
Bill
Yanks
Ada News
Col. Sherwood
Holmes
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Jenkins
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