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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
6
Chicago Times reports from Montevideo that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun may have landed in Argentina and are on a German estate in Patagonia. The dispatch cites sources in Buenos Aires and mentions possible sanctuary sites for Nazi leaders, with Argentines and officials cited as possibly aware.
A state department spokesman said the U S embassy in Buenos Aires will investigate reports that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are in Argentina. The Chicago Times correspondent described a submarine arrival and a German estate in Patagonia, while Argentina has pledged to refuse harboring Axis war criminals.
John W. Boehr, extension dairyman from Stillwater, led dairy schools in Allen, Ada, Vaness and Stratford for 4-H and FFA youths. The program covered feeding, care, and records for growing heifers, with 57 registered calves shown at a spring Dairy Show and tours stressing summer care, breed guidelines, and fall-show preparation.
Warren Lewis Willis Brents and John Hopkins use the G I Bill for schooling this summer at East Canal. Lewis as a biology major seeks a B S degree and remains in school. Hopkins plans to pursue physical education or biology plus a Masters at Oklahoma University. Brents, with cafe work income, hopes to start a business in Ada after 38 hours of college credit and failed to qualify for Bakers and Cooks training. All three have medical discharges and no overseas service.
Saipan July 17. Charlotte Ann Fegan a Red Cross worker from South Bend Indiana and Pfc Anan White of Sulphur Oklahoma manned a mobile canteen near an infantry camp as four Japanese soldiers appeared. Three waved surrender while a fourth waved a white flag. White took two prisoners and Fegan and White prepared to return when the Geneva Convention forbade her from taking part in military activity including prisoner capture.
Army and navy casualties list Oklahoma names including Army Dead Pacific Pvt J D Hamilton Route 7 Spiro Pfc L H Jantz Custer City Pfc J F Lipe Webbers Falls Pfc B R Wagner Route 6 Tulsa Army Wounded Pacific Pvc J H Barnes Route 1 Muldrow Pfc G D Reid Broken Arrow Pic W H Zollinger Buffalo Navy Dead GM 3/c J C Carl Paden Navy Wounded Pic K L Albert Talihina Sgt C E Argo Wewoka Pfc O J Austin Altus Sgt P J Baron Henryetta Cpl H E Brown Tulsa Pvt J C Cantrell Britton Cpl J D Doty Marlow Pfc J O Eaton Stilwell Pfc H M England Oklahoma City Pvt K F Freeman Bartlesville Pvt R C Haney Duncan
Oklahoma City bid day opens for nearly 1 million dollars in summer maintenance contracts. The largest project covers 13.55 miles on State Highways 59 and 59-A in McClain and Pontotoc counties with an estimated 208 598 dollars. Garfield and Carter counties are included. Governor S err commits to equitable road construction across the state for the next 18 months.
Frederick July 17 Deposits in Tillman county five banks at close of business June 30 totaled 10122946.65 dollars believed to be the highest in the county history.
Farm Security Administration offers veterans loans to buy land and improvements with 40 year terms at 3 percent interest. A Pontotoc County committee will review eligibility. loans target veterans unable to obtain other financing. Applicants visit the Ada FSA office to locate farms and obtain appraisals. program includes operating loans for equipment and supplies.
Oklahoma officials predict the watermelon season will move to markets within two weeks with prices near 1.60 to 1.75 per hundred, higher than last year though total shipments may be below 1944 levels due to weather and disease. Inspectors last year handled about 1,600 carloads.
Alla Nazimova, 66, famed stage and screen actress, will be buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale after a brief private service in the Little Church of the Flowers. The funeral, without religious rites, will include a poem reading by John Beal, followed by cremation. Interment will be in a preselected plot.
A notice notes higher returns on vested amounts in the Ada News Classified Ads. Details outline investment terms, eligibility, and payout structure for readers considering long term contributions.
Lt. C. W. Doty of Sioux City Iowa runs a German POW camp near Ingolstadt with firm discipline. He oversees about 5100 prisoners including SS officers and directs compulsory church services and outdoor chapels. A soccer game between German and Hungarian POWs entertains, while escapes are rare and punished sharply, with two Germans shot after escape attempts.
Cpl. John L. Ramsey 21 of Tulsa was crushed and burned to death when a tractor truck he rode as a passenger left the highway, struck two trees, and demolished a house porch. Ramsey, on furlough from Tonopah Nevada, was thrown under the wheels, which kept turning after the vehicle stopped. He resided at 2442 East Third Street Tulsa.
San Diego correspondent reports Roman Springer a 50 year old seaman first class at Camp Kearney has the largest family attributed to a service man in this war with 14 children. His wife Mrs Springer 40 of Winona Minnesota confirms the count after a brief dispute over the number.
Ardmore school principal J Burr Stout has received an Oklahoma board of education scholarship to George Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee, announced on July 17.
The War Manpower Commission announces May total job replacements nationwide reached 952 098 through the United States Employment Service. Veterans accounted for 69 600 openings, up 400 from April. Overall, May was four percent higher than April and fourteen percent above May last year. Eighty five percent of replacements filled essential or essential-need roles, per WMC.
Governor Kerr signed 18 pardons and four paroles as well as restorations of citizenship and a commutation. Notable clemency actions include pardons for Ditmore and Shepherd and paroles for Taylor Bruton Meeks and Gariepy, with one parole revoked after arrest in Chicago.
Governor Kerr will appoint a seven member state textbook commission after returning from the southern governors meeting in Mobile Alabama. Five terms have expired and two members remain. the board must be named soon as adoptions have expired. Members listed include M Z Thompson Ada C S Storms Waurika Jeff Henden Madill W J Bacon Sayre E H McDonald Vinson and A Dean Scott Yale with A L Crabbs as state superintendent.
Tulsa Oklahoma July 17 workers at the OPA admitted difficulties in ration point planning for a second annual picnic. An OPA committee forwarded menus to a delicatessen shop offering two options, one at 1.25 dollars with luncheon meat, the other at 1.70 dollars with fried chicken. Workers preferred fried chicken.
The Peoples Political Council adopted unanimously a resolution praising Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault for his magnificent contribution to China's war effort. The retiring commander of the U S 14th air force, famous for leading the Flying Tigers, has also served as Chiang Kai Shek's air chief of staff.
The CPA authorized licensed chiropractors to certify extra food rations for medical reasons. The move, part of simplifying illness rations, aids liberated prisoners, Axis internees and others needing additional food to restore health. OPA notes rising dietary deficiencies among returning people.
The 360 foot Harmonic passenger liner carrying 255 aboard was destroyed by fire at Point Edward near Sarnia Ontario with many injured. Aitchison of Canada Steamship Lines said no lives were believed lost. Passengers and crew escaped via cables into the St. Clair River as the docks and top deck burned. Hospital in Sarnia treated numerous burn victims including a Detroit woman aged 72 and others from Buffalo and Detroit.
A cloudburst sent fourteen cars of the Union Pacific City of Los Angeles off the tracks near Dunlap Iowa. One diner car fell into the Boyer river with three aboard. two other cars derailed. Justice Frank Murphy rode but was unharmed. About 200 passengers aboard with only minor injuries reported.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission will urge the State Board of Equalization to raise assessments in 36 counties where the valuation to actual value ratio lagged behind the state average of 47.3695 percent. Counties below the average include Comanche 39.9 percent Garfiled 44.09 Grady 42.29 Kay 46.39 and Pittsburg 42.8 percent.
Oklahoma bought 179 737 000 in war bonds 181 per cent of the state quota in the recent seven th war loan drive The state war finance committee said 50 582 945 of the total was E bonds 112 per cent of the original goal Coal county led with 389 348 in bonds 256 per cent Potta watomie 4 128 726 234 per cent Cimarron 410 046 222 per cent.
John W. Snyder a 49 year old Arkansas Missouri banker is named by President Truman to be director of war mobilization and reconversion succeeding Fred M. Vinson Snyder previously led the RFC and federal loan administration He and Truman long time friends served as reserve officers in summer camps together Snyder will oversee civilian participation in war to peace shift and surplus property control through the new post
City officials in Ada received a telegram from Senator Elmer Thomas confirming two fund allocations totaling 8792 and 2200 to finance surveys to determine modernization needs for water and sewage disposal. The results will guide future improvements as older sections show deterioration while growing areas strain existing facilities.
Rex A Leavitt of Gunlock Utah fired a mortar at Luzon missing his target by 200 yards and hit a Japanese ammunition dump. The dump exploded and burned for three hours after the ask to return to the original target was misunderstood.
Anadarko reports the second annual Caddo county rodeo will begin Friday and run for three days, showcasing local competitors and planned events across the county fairgrounds.
Tulsa July 17 Aberdeen Angu s cattle show and sale set for October 16 and 17 postponed due to transportation restrictions a repeat show will be substituted for 1946
The Oklahoma free state fair will be held in Laogee from July 30 to October 17 with no livestock exhibits from outside the state, the association announced.
Vinita on July 17 announces Sam Cobb a veteran police officer has been selected as city chief of police by the city council.
Bishop No. 2 Newland in Hunton lime near Colbert shows gas potential estimated at 12 to 14 million cubic feet after Viola plug back. Allied Oil and W T Shelton plan a wildcat test two miles west of Lulu, drilling on a John Fitts structure with a 1 800 acre block and geologic work by R A Graddy. Garvin countyDryden and Pennington No 1 Murr report shows and Wilcox zone readings with three shows before reaching depths near 2,500 feet.
Pfc William Hartigan of Independence Missouri explains he is too short for the Truman honor guard chosen from the 137th infantry of the 35th division. The guard requires heights of five eight to five ten. Lt Col George T O Connell will command. After the Augusta visit Truman heads to a C 47 bound for Berlin for the Big Three talks with Eisenhower arriving to greet him.
Capt. Edward J. Sandberger of Baytown Texas, awaiting reassignment at an Army Air Forces rehab center in Miami Beach, describes how his Liberator made a crash landing on an Adriatic island. He notes the nose gunner was injured and the tailgunner escaped unharmed.
Lieutenant Max Augustine and Corinne Pauly wed as a baritone performed a song he composed at sea five weeks earlier titled God Gave Me You. The couple from Aurora were joined by family and friends in a ceremony reflecting a naval theme.
Lefty Clark, a negro, was arrested Saturday by city police and charged with possession of one gallon and one pint of corn whiskey. Jeffery Williams, also a negro, was arrested Saturday and charged with possession of cheap beer. Williams posted a $10 bond. Clark posted a $20 cash bond.
Norman July 17 Lt jg Kathryn Maisonneuve, a graduate of two navy gunnery courses, will teach theory classes in the ground school at Norman naval air station. The change ends the all-male status of the ordnance and ground school gunnery departments, previously resisting Wave instructors.
ANADARKO July 17 UP The first annual Caddo county shorthorn cattle tour will be held Thursday. The one day itinerary includes seven farms.
Lawton officials and the Pioneer Club prepare for the annual celebration marking the city’s founding anniversary on August 3. The event honors Lawton’s history as it approaches its 44th year.
Apache Indians prepare a two day dance ceremony near Boone to honor two tribesmen who have returned from overseas duty. The event spans Wednesday and Thursday and reflects local recognition of servicemen.
Grady county cattlemen association outlines tentative plans for a beef cattle and pasture tour in early August. The event aims to showcase local pastures and cattle practices, reaching members and interested attendees in Chickasha and surrounding areas.
A manuscript attributed to Homer is said to be written in gold on serpent skin and kept in a library at Constanopie in Istanbul. The claim highlights an extraordinary artifact tied to ancient epic lore.
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