Notice to Sell County Property in Pontotoc County
County Treasurer Sam Dew announces sale of two parcels in Allen Oklahoma and nearby tracts at 9 a m on July 21 1945. Bids listed for each tract to Sam Tew with prices 2 00 1 60 1 00 and 2 06 cents. Cash in hand payment and advertisement costs are added to bid price.
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Sam Dew
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Allen
Okla
Sam Tew
Board of County Commissioners
State OF Oklahoma
Norris B. Haney
Said
Ada
North Range
Lucile Haney
Administratrix
Busby
Harrell
Trice Attorneys
Pontotoc
Zora Roper
Joseph W. Roper
Pearl Blanford
Alonzo Roper
Thompson & Braly
Auction Notice of Property Sale in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
Dew, the Pontotoc County Treasurer, announces a sale of real estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma for parcel described as SW SW NE and E% SW NE and SE NE Sec 15 Twp 2 N, R 4 E. Bid by J C Ross at 150 dollars. Purchaser pays advertising and incidental costs in addition to bid. LiAm Dew, county treasurer. 6-28-Stw.
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Sam Dew
Pontoto County
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
J. C. Ross
Board of County Commissioners
Liam Dew
Pvt Archie M Ramcier Wounded on Luzon April 10
Pvt Archie M Ramcier, 26, was slightly wounded in action on Luzon April 10. He reports in a letter that he is in a hospital in the theater, after over a year in service and seven months overseas following basic training at Camp Robinson. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A M Ramcier of Ada.
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Archie M. Ramcier
Luzon
Pvt
Ramcier
Camp Robinson
Ark
A. M. Ramcier
West Sixth
Ada
Pilot lands P-38 without wheels in belly first
Tulsa report says a P-38 fighter pilot touched down at 100 miles an hour without wheels and walked away unharmed. Army officers noted the plane was badly damaged but could be repaired and flown again.
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Tulsa
Okla
Greater returns for amounts vested Ada News Classified A
A concise Ada News Classified A item notes enhanced returns for amounts vested, signaling updated terms or schedules. Investors and participants are advised to review revised figures and potential impact on savings plans and future disbursements.
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Ada News
Oklahoma Surges With Overnight Rain Rainfall Tops City Records
Overnight storms soaked Oklahoma with heavy rain and high winds. Ada reported 2.25 inches as temperatures fell from 94 to 65 degrees, boosting July and annual totals. Central Oklahoma saw most rain with El Reno at 3.27 inches and Claremore suffering wind damage and outages in Tulsa.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Panhandle
el Reno
Claremore
Tulsa
Claremore Highway Patrol
Oklahoma City
Moore
U. S. 76
Paoli
Garvin County
Federal Weather Bureau
Chickasha
Miami
McAlester
Carnegie
Shawnee
Stillwater
Waurika
Muskogee
Bartlesville
Pryor
Ardmore
Capitol Hill
Elk City
Waynoka
U. S. Embassy In Warsaw Repaired After Destruction
The American embassy in Warsaw was wrecked and partly burned by German forces. Lt. William J. Tonesk says repairs can take about three months and is arranging quarters for Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane. The building has been looted and set afire, with floors covered in papers and furniture burned for firewood.
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Warsaw
William J. Tonesk
U. S
Arthur Bliss Lane
Tonesk
Constanze
Vistula
Eisenhower Pays Silent Tribute At FDR Grave
In Hyde Park New York on July 10 General Dwight D. Eisenhower paid solemn tribute by placing a wreath on Franklin D. Roosevelt's unmarked grave. He stood in silent prayer with Mrs Roosevelt after a brief unannounced visit witnessed by family Army officials and press.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Army
Hudson Valley
Washington
Franco in France Rumors of Franco Meeting Churchill Spread
Reports from St Jean de Luz say Francisco Franco crossed from Spain and conferred with British officials at Bordaberry while Churchill vacations at Hendaye. A Downing Street spokesman denied any planned conference. Mrs Churchill canceled a Spain visit due to weather as Col Ortega noted disappointment.
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ST. Jean DE Luz
France
Churchill
Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Spain
Bordaberry Chateau
No. 10
Downing Street
Pime
Madrid
Associated Press
Franco
British Foreign Office
London
Spanish
Julio Ortega
No Sabotage Found Enemy Directed
FBI reports 19,396 sabotage cases investigated with none enemy directed amid 45 sabotage convictions in the year. Spies convicted numbered ten. The year tied records with 13,813 convictions from FBI investigations and $16,534,436 in fines savings and recoveries.
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Washington
FBI
Justice Department
Singapore evacuated as forces prepare for allied invasion
The Batavia radio said Singapore's Swiss and Arab communities planned evacuation as the fortress city readies to resist an expected allied invasion. About 3,000 Arabs will move north to towns on the Malay peninsula in August, the broadcast recorded by the FCC stated.
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Singapore
San Francisco
Batavia Radio
Malay Peninsula
Federal Communications Commission
Midwest Angered By OWI Publication Sent To Russians
Washington July 10. Elmer Davis called an OWI article in America Illustrated badly written with misstatements to be corrected later. Omaha Chamber protested that it implied drought and poverty in the Midwest and spread in Russia. Kansan lawmakers condemned the piece as false and unfounded.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
OWI
America Illustrated
Mid-West States
O. W. Roberts
Chamber
Russia
America
Rep. Hopé
R.-Kas
Wichita, Kas
Chamber of Commerce
Ansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Utah
Hope
Davis
Kerr Urges National Unity Behind New Captain
In Los Angeles at a Jefferson Day dinner Oklahoma Governor Robert S. Kerr urged unity behind the new captain, saying national security is non partisan and peace non political. He praised Roosevelt and warned the cost of losing peace would be greater than victory.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Germany
San Francisco
Kerr
Roosevelt
First Four Amputation Battle Casualty Returns Home
Sergeant Frederic Hensel of Corbin Kentucky, the war’s first four limb loss casualty, arrived at Percy Jones General Hospital after suffering amputations from a June 2 Okinawa mine. His wife Jewel Hensel greeted him. he hopes to walk with artificial legs and arms and celebrate his 27th birthday. General Bastion notes another quadruplicate amputee was a nonbattle pilot. total war amputees reach about 12 500 with five percent double amputees. Hensel served eight years, overseas since 1944 with a tank battalion in Guam Leyte and Okinawa.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Percy Jones General Hospital
Frederic Hensel
Corbin, Ky
Okinawa
Jewel Hensel
Corbin
Salem
Ind
Army
Hansel
Joseph E. Bastion
Percy Jones
New England
Hensel
Hensei
7Th Infantry Division
Guam
Leyte
Predicting C Cable To Resign
Tulsa World reports well informed school men predict that A. L. Crabl will resign as state superintendent of public instruction within weeks. G. T. Stubbs of Durant is named as likely successor. Crabl, a target of impeachment attempts, may be shifted to Oklahoma A and M College.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ulsa World
A. L. Crabl
Lorren Williams
World Capitol
G. T. Stubbs
Durant
Williams
Crabl
Oklahoma A
M. Colege
Executed German Leaders Named by Berlin Chaplain
Berlin July 10 The Rev Peter Buchholz said Hitler personally ordered mercy denied to about 90 Germans executed at Plötzensee for the July 1944 bomb plot. He described the last words spoken to many as they faced the gallows and listed victims including Fellgiebel Hase Hoepnner Stuelpnagel Moltke Yorck Hassell Goerdeler Schulenburg Keipt and Popitz.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Peter Buchholz
Ploetzensee
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Father Buchholz
Protestant Colleague, Chaplain Poelscher
Germany
Pastor Poelscher
State Banks Urged to Exercise Care With Pension Checks
Oklahoma City July 12 State Treasurer Scott Stine warned banks to be careful when cashing old age pension checks. Federal auditors may refuse to honor unendorsed or improperly witnessed checks, risking the state paying double by splitting payments with federal funds. In one day last week 55 checks were returned for these defects.
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Oklahoma City
Scott Stine
Stine
Empire Javelin Sank In Channel
Paris July 10 The S S Empire Javelin carrying U S 15th army headquarters to France was struck in the English Channel December 28 by a mine or torpedo. Thirteen men were missing and 28 injured among 268 officers and 1 215 enlisted aboard. The ship exploded below the water line and sank after the French Frigate L Escarmouche evacuated crew.
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Paris
S. S
U. S. 15Th Arm
France
English Channel
Supreme Headquarters
L’escarmouche
Just Wild Rumor Asserts Crable
Oklahoma City July 10 State Superintendent A L Crable dismisses reports he will resign and join Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater calling it a wild rumor with no proposition ever made and no basis in fact He says it is a wild notion and nothing more.
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Oklahoma City
A. L. Crable
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Crable
Odd Fellows elects leaders at May vote
Care roll M Leonard of Stillwater was named grand secretary after a May election count. Installation set for October 16 in Oklahoma City with Everett Murphy of Kingfisher as grand master and Earl Ward of Pryor as deputy grand master.
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Guthrie
Careroll M. Leonard
Stillwater
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Oklahoma City
Everett Murphy
Kingfisher
Earl Ward
Choctaw Indian Effie Lewis Nets 132000 Oil Lease Proceeds
Effie Johnson Lewis a 49 year old Mississippi Choctaw Indian received 132222 dollars today from the sale of a lease on 110 acres in McClain County to Cities Service Oil Co of Bartlesville. The sale occurred at the office of A M Landman superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes with 51 other Indian oil and gas leases. The Grisso City Corporation of Oklahoma City formerly owned the Lewis lease and did not bid when it expired May 21.
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Effie Johnson Lewis
McClain County
Cities Service Oil Company
Bartlesville
A. M. Landman
Five Civilized Tribes
Effie Lewis
Grisso City Corporation
Oklahoma City
Grisso
Ban on transporting race horses by rail during war
The Office of Defense Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission barred rail and road transport of race horses and show animals to speed troop and war materiel movement. The ban, effective today at 5 PM CT and ending January 1, 1946 at 11 01 AM, excludes circus animals under contract and ordinary livestock shipments with affidavits required.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commission Commission
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
ICC
Johnson
Commission
European business men in shock says Stand ard Oil leader
Eugene Holman president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey said Americans dealing with European businessmen face a long recovery from war caused damage. He noted moral harm and nervous strain among Europeans, and outlined extended timelines for repairing bulk stations and warehouses with new equipment. He forecast continuing US civilian oil limits due to military needs.
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Hudson Phillips
New York
Eugene Holman
Standard Oil Co
N.J
Europe
Holman
Clippers
Great Britain
Standard Oil
Lgium
Netherlands
United States
Bug Killer Mistaken for Smoke Sparks Fire Alarm
Gwin Drug Store owner says an electric bug sprayer left on nightly produced a cloud resembling smoke. Fire trucks rushed to the scene before Gwin arrived and confirmed no fire. The incident arose from a malfunctioning spray device causing excitement but no damage.
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Gwin
Ada Singers Win Second At Duncan Fourth Of July Contest
Miss Barbara Hansard and Miss Thelma Hokey with accompanist Miss Wanda Jean Page won second place at Duncan in a Fourth of July singing contest. They received a 25 dollar bond, losing to a home town girl noted for Frankie and Johnny with twists. The Adas performed in authentic Mexican costumes before about 4000 at Halliburton stadium. A Cleveland drug store was robbed of 300 cigarette cartons and 40 boxes of cigars.
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Barbara Hansard
Thelma Hokey
Wanda Jean Page
Duncan
Adans
Airl
Sangrankie
Johnny
Halliburton
Paul Hughes Novel Laid In China To Be Published Soon
Paul Hughes new novel Challenge at Cha set in China is slated for October by MacMillan with a national launch in major magazines and ads in New York and large cities. Hughes, born 1916 in Ross, is an Ada high school and East Central State College graduate now living with his wife and son Marcus while focusing on writing.
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Cha
Paul Hughes
MacMillan Company
Atlantic
Harper's
The
Saturday Review
Asia
Americas
New York
Ada
Hughes
Ross
Ada High Aid
East Central State College
Oklahoma
Colorado
Arizona
Marcus
New York Times Book Review
Rostov
Changsha
MacMillan
Mr. Hughes
Legion and Auxiliary Convention Sunday in Fourth District
World War II veterans will have a prominent place on the Fourth District American Legion and Auxiliary convention program to be held here Sunday July 15. Election of district commander and vice commander and other posts will be featured. Norman Howard post hosts open house at the Hut Saturday evening and a dance at Aldridge ballroom. Sunday afternoon will include veterans sharing WW II experiences and Congressman Lyle Boren commenting on Europe after V E Day.
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American Leon and Auxiliary
Department
Oklahoma Department
Norman Howard
The
Legion
East Twelfth
Aldridge
Lyle Boren
Europe
Zenus Martindale Returns from Europe with 114 Points
Zenus D. Martindale of the 160th Field Artillery, 45th Division, is home from Europe with a point discharge after twenty four months overseas. He earned the American Defense Ribbon EAME Service Ribbon Silver Star Bronze Star Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster. His brother Pvt Coy Martindale remains in Germany with the Army of Occupation. They are sons of Mr and Mrs L W Martindale of Ada now McAles ter.
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160Th Field Artillery
Zenus D. Martindale
Europe
Martindale
Rome- Arno
Rhineland
Sicily
Naples-Foggis
France
Field Warns U S Faces Domestic Strife Similar to 1920s
Marshall Field III, publisher of Chicago Sun and New York, told a Portland audience that America risks disunity like after World War I. Speaking for the American Council on Race Relations, he said poor housing and unemployment were neglected then and could recur, warning against witch hunts.
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Portland
Ore
Marshall Field
Ill
Chicago Sun and
New York
America
Field
Board of
American Council On Race Relations
United States
Post
Where'd you get it answers cookin question source
A lightquip quip notes the old question What's cookin and adds the follow up Where'd you get it as a playful prompt about origin and sourcing. The line hints at intrigue over the provenance of a dish or idea in a casual tone.
Truman Leads Calm Atlantic Voyage Toward Potsdam Talks
President Truman tours a calm Atlantic voyage with Adm. Allan R. McCann commanding a two cruiser task force. Plans for the Potsdam meeting are described tentative as talks aim to lay groundwork with Germany on boundaries repatriation occupation and rehabilitation. A British escort will accompany the American ships into the British Isles for a northward flight to the conference site in the Sacred Cow aircraft.
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Adm
Allan R. McCann
Potsdam
Germany
Truman
Lawrence Truman
Owensboro
British Isles
Augusta
Churchill
Nordic Help Through Food Rations Aided Norway
Post liberation Norway sees improved food supplies due to Danish and Swedish aid. Swedes and Danes provide soup for schoolchildren, increasing health. More fish and butter arrive, civil affairs supplies progress, British biscuits issued, and food coupons now honored promptly.
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Denmark
Sweden
Local Notes From Wilson District
Mrs. Carl Wall visited the Morrison home Sunday. Mrs. Courtney Robertson of Ada visited T. A. Robertson’s home. Mrs. Sweat and her son called on Dewey Stone. The community mourns the death of Mr. Oscar Scates. School opened July 9 with 26 students. Revival begins Saturday night led by Brother Hooper of Stratford.
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Carl Wall
Morrison
Courtney Robertson
Ada
T. A. Robertson
Local residents host and visit across Oakman area
Edward Berryman returns to Virginia after visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jess Berryman. Dozens of relatives and friends from Ada Byng Jackson Holdenville Oklahoma City and other nearby towns were listed as visiting residents such as Mrs Elva Morgan Mrs Thelma Crawford and families. Eugene Covington also left for his base in San Francisco after a visit here and in Ada.
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Edward Berryman
Jess Berryman
Virginia Sunar
Barbara Bandy
Virgie Massey
Ed Crawford
Leonard Walker
Los Angeles
Calif
Elva Morgan
Thelma Crawford
Ada
Henson
Oil Center
H. L. Waters
Wayne
Stanley Lillard
Glen Jay Anderson
Bennie Darrell Hampton
Luna
William Alfred Carter
Marion Caton
Walter Walton
Jackson
Jimmy Caton
Haskell Nance
Oklahoma City
Bobby Nance
A. & M. Call Stillwater
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Owi Heed
Captain
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Brown
England
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
By Kathryn Umphrey
C Cable
Law
Seys Hitler
Muskogee, Okla
Cleveland
China
Legion, Auxiliary Convention
Zenus Martindale
Avon Products
Fittstown
Konawa
Wapanucka
Stonewall
Roff
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