Treadwell Joins Oklahoma Group At Peabody College
T. K. Treadwell director of Horace Mann school and EC State College education professor joins a nine member Oklahoma committee at Peabody College Nashville to craft a post war curriculum for Oklahoma. The five week workshop runs July 20 to August 24 with Dr. Henry Harrap as Oklahoma curriculum consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Treadwell
Horace Mann School
East Central State College
Oklahoma
Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Edgar E. Harris
State Department of Education
Neva Kennon
Paul C. Norvell
Bartlesville High School
E. E. Emerson
Cromwell Public Schools
Elmer Petree
Henry Harrap
Dewey Meets Maine GOP to Boost Republican Senate Drive
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York hosts Maine's GOP delegation in Albany as the Republicans pursue stronger congressional representation. Wallace White and Ralph Brewster join Sen Ralph O. Brewster and Repres Robert Hale in lunch discussions on coordinating presidential and congressional campaigns. Halleck predicts Republicans will gain House control. Senate gains are harder with Wagner seat in play. Dewey's preferred nominee among several options remains undecided ahead of August 8 state committee selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willia
W. Tyler
Albany
N. Y
United States
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Maine
Congress
Republcan
Marine Group
Wallace H. White
Foreign Relations
Dewey
Ralph O. Brewster
Robert Hale
Frank Fellows
Margaret Chase Smith
Rep Ind
Republican Campaign Committee
House
Halleck
Robert F. Wagner
Republican State Committee
Women's Clubs Sell War Bonds in Fifth Loan Drive
City women's organizations raised 22599.35 in war bonds and stamps during the Fifth War Loan drive. Business and Professional Women's club led with 8193.75 in E bonds, while the American Legion Auxiliary contributed 11875 with 1876 in E bonds. Other groups included the AAUW, Christian church, and Rebekah lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Andrews
American Legion Auxiliary
American Association of University Women
The
Christian Church
Rebekah Lodge
Flying Instructor Given Life In Prison
Marana Field Arizona July 17 Second Lt. Howard E Stittsworth a 21 year old flying instructor from Wakefield Kansas was sentenced by a military tribunal to life imprisonment at hard labor for murder and violation of flying regulations after his plane dipped low over a busy highway decapitating the automobile driver during a two day trial the defendant contended his head was in the cockpit while he attempted to rectify the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marana Field
Ariz
Howard E. Stittsworth
Arizona
Wakefield
Kans
Stittsworth
Fatal wing tip collision on U S Highway 89
Los Angeles hotel manager Earl W. Nepple died when a aircraft wing tip cut through his car windshield on U S Highway 89. His wife and a second passenger were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl W. Nepple
Los Angeles
U. S. Highway 89
Tax cuts eyed after approved measures and wartime updates
Governor Kerr hails five measures approved at the primary and notes a debt payment amendment will allow tax reductions. The column also covers a prominent speech by a Black political supporter, Mrs Kerr’s convention-ready outfit debate, and wartime items on German advances, Hitler’s fate, and Japanese naval leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Navy Minister Shimada Resigns Amid Tokyo Reports
New York dispatch reports Tokyo radio announcing Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, minister of the Japanese navy, has resigned. Details on the timing and reasons were not immediately disclosed.
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Federal Communications Commission
Shimada
Hedeki Tojo
Navy
Nomura
Tokyo Radio
Japanese Homei Agency
North America
Supreme War Council
Kure
New York
Tokyo Radio Today
Shigetaro Shimada
Nine Oklahoma Prisoners of Nazis Interned
The army announced that Germany and Romania have interned nine Oklahomans as prisoners. Held by the Germans were Pvt. Robert L. Hargrove Jr., Pvt. C. Fultz, S/Sgt. Lloyd J. Freeman, Sgt. Merle J. Hasenfratz, Lt. Wilbur M. Mason, S/Sgt. W. C. Parnell, Pfc. Paul L. Stelle, Sgt. Thomas B. Wages Jr. Interned by Romania was Sgt. Lyle J. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Rumania
Robert L. Hargrove, Jr
Mary S. Hargrove
Chickasha
C. Fultz
Beulah Mary Fultz
Shawnee
Lloyd J. Freeman
Mary L. Freeman
Norman
Merle J. Hasenfratz
Tressia Hasenfratz
Perry
Wilbur M. Mason
A. J. Mason
Avant
W. C. Parnell
Mary Parnell
Wapanucka
Paul L. Stelle
Laura Stelle
Jay County
Thomas B. Wages, Jr
Viola M. Wages
Ardmore
Lyle J. Clark
Effie Clark
Ponca City
Wartime Ration Stamp Details Mentioned
The notice outlines validity dates and ranges for food and fuel ration stamps. It lists Book Four red stamps A8 to Z8, blue stamps AS to Z8 and A5, sugar stamps 30 31 32, stamp 40 for five pounds via Feb 28 1945, Airplane stamps 1 2, 10-A and 12-A gasoline coupons with area differences, and fuel oil period four five coupons valid through Sept 30 with new period one usable when issued.
Esquire Magazine Seeks Appeal In Mailing Privilege Dispute
Esquire magazine plans a new appeal to the U S court of appeals in Washington to review a district court ruling upholding the postmaster general's revocation of its second class mailing status. The decision by Judge T W Davidson stemmed from Walker's reclassification and potential obscenity findings. A separate Seattle item reports voice actor Count Gaetano Mazzaglia Cutelli, known for Porky in Looney Tunes, died of a heart attack awaiting a Vancouver train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Esquire Magazine
U. S. Court of Appeals
U. S
T. W. Davidson
Dallas
Tex
Walker
Davidson
Cabinet
Maga
Porky
Seattle
Gaetano Mazzaglia Cutelli
Leon Schlesinger
Vancouver
B. C
Brazilian Expeditionary Force Arrives in Naples Italy
The war department announced that a Brazilian expeditionary force arrived in Naples on July 16 to join Allied armies in operations on the Italian front. The unit had been in training for an extensive period, with no further details disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naples
War Department
Italy
Three Back From Poultry School
Ada Milling company Evergreen poultry feeds sent three men to Charles City Iowa to study poultry diseases at Dr Salsbury Laboratories They are Dave Atkinson W A Drake and Ralph Mitchell In the 170th class at Salsbury School of Poultry Diseases They return confident they can prescribe for poultry disease problems They reveal losses of poultry at all ages and invite breeders to use their instruction and information This service helps the local poultry industry maintain healthy flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Milling Company
Evergreen Poultry Feeds
Charles City
Iowa
German Prisoners March To Moscow
German POWs moved through Moscow on foot from rail stations in a Red Army drive back to the east. Some 57 600 prisoners marched past as Moscow residents watched in silence, with two German generals in the front group and Moscow garrison cavalry overseeing the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Wonder Child Prodigy Sidis Dies at 46 in Boston
William James Sidis, famed child prodigy who finished seven school grades in six months and graduated Harvard at 16, died at Peter Bent Brigham hospital. In recent decades he lived as a recluse and worked as a clerk until losing his job last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
P—Wwiliam James Sidis
Harvard
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Sidis
Delia Webb
Boris Didis
U S Crude Output Gained Past Week
U S crude oil production rose 30 050 barrels daily in the week ended July 15 to 4 593 600 barrels. California and Kansas posted gains while Illinois and Michigan slipped. Regional totals show rises in Texas East Texas and the Rocky Mountain area with varied state changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Aaa
East
Illinois
Louisiana
Michigan
Eastern Fields
Rocky Mountain Area
Engineers Cleared Way for Invasion
Pvt. John R. Bevenue of Sapulpa Oklahoma describes his combat engineer unit clearing 153 beach obstacles in 23 minutes during the invasion of France. He notes high casualties and that infantry could not advance until the passage was cleared. Bevenue was wounded in the right leg. Other Oklahoma soldiers named include Albert Wadlow Joseph Osburn and Lester Mullinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevenue
W. M. Bevenue
Albert Wadlow
Oklahoma City
Pawnee
Joseph W. Osburn
J. J. Osburn
Sallisaw
Lester V. Mullinks
Okemah
McConnell Named Nazarene Pastor in Ada
Rev Frank R McConnell will replace Rev Vernon L Wilcox as pastor of the Church of the Nazarene Ada He comes from Glen Park Gary Indiana where he led large Nazarene congregations He is known as a Sunday School expert and recently completed Akron district conventions He will arrive August 24 with Mrs McConnell formerly Kittie Lee Simpson of Sapulpa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. McConnell
Church of the Nazarene
Vernon L. Wilcox
Seattle
Wash
Mr. McConnell
Glen Park
Sapulpa
Brother McConnell
Spokane
Yakima
Northwest
Akron
Boll Weevils on Wane Across Oklahoma States
Stillwater report shows overall boll weevil damage declining in Oklahoma cotton fields. Only Bryan and Choctaw counties remain high with 45.6 and 20.9 percent infestation respectively. Other counties show lower levels while weather stays hot and dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Bryan
Choctaw
C. F. Stiles
Oklahoma A
M. College Extension
Stiles
Oklahoma
Bryan County
Choctaw County
Pottawatomie
Creek County
Muskogee
Logan
Merrigan Spends Leave Visiting Here
Lt. L. J. Merrigan, an Air Transport Command pilot with 16 months in the China Burma India theater, arrived Sunday to visit wife Mrs. Breedlove and her parents at 808 East Seventeenth. During a 21 day leave, he will visit his parents in Waco Texas and relatives in the Rio Grande Valley before reporting to Memphis for re assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Transport Command
China-Burma-India Command
L. J. Merrigan
H. C. Breedlove
East
Fire destroys administration building at Douglas plant
Chicago July 18. The administration building at the 33 million dollar Douglas aircraft plant in Park Ridge was destroyed in a spectacular fire. Firemen from suburban departments and Chicago brought the blaze under control after over two hours. Damages to the two story building and its contents, including the plant communications system, were estimated at 1.5 million dollars by plant manager John C Buckwalter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Douglas Aircraft
Park Ridge
John C. Buckwalter
Thrash Sworn In as Ada Mayor in Official Ceremony
Guy Thrash becomes Ada's new mayor after a Tuesday ceremony in the Convention hall. County Judge Moss Wimbish administered the oath as officials accepted the resignation of Bill Crawford, who will serve as assistant US attorney in Muskogee. Thrash, longtime Junior Chamber leader, leaves Johnson's Bakery after 15 years as sales manager to lead city administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Thrash
Ada
Convention Hall
Moss Wimbish
Thrash
Bill Beavers
J. D. Willoughby
Bill Crawford
Crawford
United States
Muskogee
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson’s Bakery
Hams and Pork Loins Back on Ration Point List
Washington July 18 War Food Administrator Marvin Jones ordered the OPA to place hams and pork loins back on ration points while making cheaper beef roasts and steaks point free. The action takes effect around August 1 with publication to follow July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Jones
OPA
Jones
WFA
Woman Injured In Auto Collision Near Ada
Mrs. Willie Abbott suffered minor cuts and bruises when a car driven by N T Abbott collided head on with a vehicle driven by Billie G McElhaney about six miles north of Ada. McElhaney, 17, was charged with violation of rules of the road in Percy Armstrong's justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Abbott
N. T. Abbott
Billie G. McElhaney
Ada
Abbott
McElhaney
Cy Killian
Percy Armstrong
Justice of the Peace Court
Flying Bombs Plant is Partly Destroyed
Three Swedes returning from Munich estimated the Bayrische Motorenwerke plant is 80 percent destroyed as Germany shifts to jet propulsion engines. Hitler's brown house, previously reported destroyed, was hit again. Stockholm reports heavy casualties in Munich raids with 6,000 to 8,000 killed and 100,000 homeless. Evacuation hampered by tangled railroads and a closed streetcar system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Munich
Bayrische Motorenwerke
Hitler
Brown House
German flying bombs strike London and south
German forces attacked London and southern regions again with flying bombs early this morning, adding to the casualties and damage after indiscriminate bomber raids on the same areas yesterday and last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tea party in England lifts wounded air corps man
Sgt. Fluty describes a sunny tea party at a vicar's home in England attended by four disabled veterans on litters. He writes cheerfully about tea, sun, and camaraderie and praises English kindness to American servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie E. Fluty
England
Sgt
Fluty
Neal Fluty
Amanda Myers
Mississippi
C. W. Emrick
Sgt. Fluty
China
Seminole High School
Army Air Corps
Ada News
F Morgan Suffers Stroke While Driving Home
Cy Morgan linotype operator at The Ada News suffered a stroke about 5 pm Monday and was hospitalized at Valley View. He, with Mrs Morgan and a son, were in a car which was damaged but no one else injured as he lost control near Ada after starting from work. Morgan previously worked for The News and The Ada Bulletin after moving from Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F
Cy” Morgan
Valley View Hospital
Morgan
Ada News
Ada
Shawnee
The
News
Ada School Opens September 4 Under New Start
Ada schools will open Monday September 4 as Labor Day ends the long summer break. Superintendent Rex O Morrison reports a teaching staff of 79 and some shifting may occur before classes begin, signaling a busy start for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Rex. O. Morrison
Morrison
Captain Crain Wounded in Saipan Battle
Mrs. A J Crain reports her son Captain Wei dell Crain was wounded in the hip during the Saipan battle on July 9 He had stated earlier he came through unscathed and is now hospitalized in the Southwest Pacific He expects to be up and about in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Crain
Weidell Crain
Saipan Island
Southwest Pacific
Bristol Out of Bounds Fight Spurs Troop Ban
London reports U.S. troops barred from entering Bristol after a midnight clash between about 200 black and white soldiers, reflecting racial tensions and security measures following the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
London
Health of youth drives progress or retrograde society
A quotation from Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey, Selective Service Director, warning that without improving youth health the nation risks a regressive mechanized society rather than advancing. The remark links public health to national progress and military readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
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E. E. Harris
GOP
Andrews
Usmc-Nea
Saipan
Tech
Don Brown
USMC
Vallejo
Calif
Leatherneck
Pacific Island
Kerr
Mrs. Kerr
Wilno
Poland
Napoleon
Russia
America
United Nations
Normandy
Berlin
Naokuni Nomura
Tokyo
Poultry
By Eddy Gilmore
Wonder
U.S
President Roosevelt
Army Signal Corps
U. S. Treasury
McConnell
Nazarene
Adam News
Merrigan
Eeese Army Signal Corps
Te Roman
Mark Clark
U.S. Treasury
F. Morgan
Ada’s
Capt. Crain
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