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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News is published every Thursday with a yearly rate of 31.00 in advance. It notes editorial and business office contacts and lists postal terms and class matter information for Ada Oklahoma.
An editorial urges one last week to complete the Fifth War Bond drive. It notes a quarter of a million dollars remains and stresses patriotism and pride should push every resident to buy bonds. It warns against complacency as the war continues and casualties rise.
City commissioners Bevers and Willoughby select Guy Thrash to succeed Mayor Bill Crawford, who resigns to become assistant U. S. district attorney in Muskogee. Crawford praised as lovable. Thrash praised as civic-minded leader for Ada and the region.
The piece urges followers of the Lord to reclaim powers of science and industry for humanity, imagining a peaceful world turning weapons into plows and ships into air, while noting wartime rumors about Norway and political shifts, and urging patience for the Normandy offensive. It references leaders like Montgomery and discusses legal shifts in fire insurance.
Secretary Morgenthau warned at a Philadelphia navy yard ceremony that Germany and Japan may tempt the US with fake capitulation. He urged victory and said any surrender must be total and final. He cited naval bond funding and noted congressional allocations for fleet expansion. Admirals King and Nimitz framed ongoing, heavy fighting and projected power into the Japanese empire.
In a Kiwanis meeting Harvey Lambert outlined support for tuberculosis work in Pontotoc County and proposed school and teacher screenings funded by seal campaigns. Separate Washington report notes Democrats push for a strong foreign policy plank and potential uses of military force to end aggression.
The United States and Mexico establish a permanent agricultural commission to boost cooperation in research, regulatory work and exchange of experts. Secretary Wickard says the model will raise wartime production, support farmers, and deepen cross border trade and welfare.
East Central State College will hold enrollment for the August session on Thursday afternoon July 20. Recitations start July 21 at 7 50 am with classes meeting twice daily six days a week and ending August 10. Enrollment fee is four dollars per semester hour with a maximum of five hours. courses include biology English history methods psychology home economics sociology and economics. Instructors listed are Louis Boswell B Molloy Dr Edward Davis Luther G Edge Mrs Elsie Porter and C R K Cox.
Floyd M. Fernald of Leonia New Jersey school board and district clerk warned he would resign if the board raised his $1,080 salary by $200 annually. As finance committee chair he urged colleagues to stay within the budget.
Odell and Joy Linton of Coalgate were killed in action on the Italian peninsula. Cpl. Odell Linton died January 28 at an advanced observation post. Roy Linton, serving with a battalion, was killed in action May.
Floyd Hague ICC permit agent in Enid imposed a 7 am embargo on wheat shipments into the city with special permits for elevators that can unload cars quickly. About 2,800 loaded wheat cars remain, and 363 cars arrived today for a total of 9,073 since June 6 amid labor shortages on railroads and terminals.
Next year's plans aim to increase participants in the community health workshop at East Central State college. The program, sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction, State Health Department, and the college, uses the delegate method to reach every district, inviting each county to send delegates who will become local leaders.
Lt. Hayden G. Haynes Ada is back on duty after a slight wound in action over France on June 7. He is hospitalized in Scotland after invasion service as a glider pilot. An East Central college athlete, he was commissioned at Lowry Field in 1942 and overseas last September.
Mrs. John McKay of Stonewell received a telegram from the War Department notifying that her son, George Colbert, has been missing since June 11. He was a bomber pilot who had served in Ireland and England. He was unmarried and resided in Stonewall before enlisting.
FLAGSTAFF ARIZ July 4 Twelve of the 14 coaches on the westbound Santa Fe Chief piled up on a downgrade near midnight. Five dead and 26 injured, as the engine and tender left the rails and overturned. A Pullman car struck by the wreck adds to the toll with possible six deaths. Rescue squads removed bodies from crushed cars and deputies report a woman still inside a stateroom.
The English minister of health maintains a white list of towns free of slums. There are 33 towns currently on the list.
A note states that primary training aircraft use 220 horsepower motors. The sentence highlights engine power as a defining feature for the trainer fleet.
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