Al Nabors Dies At 71 In Ada Oklahoma
A C Al Nabors 71 longtime Pontotoc county resident and former sheriff died Monday at 316 am after a year long illness. Born July 12 1874 in Oxford Mississippi he lived in Ardmore Pontotoc and Ada and worked as a stock dealer. Surviving are three sons Lee John Cokie and Edd Nabors Ada one daughter Cleo Hearn Fittstown three sisters Roxie Hammond Isa Cowan Minnie Treece and six grandchildren.
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A. C
al” Nabors
Oklaoma
Indian Territory
Oxford
Miss
Alvord
Wise County
Texas
Ardmore
Nabors
Kate Thomas
Derwood
I. T
Pontotoc County
Roff
Blue River
Royal Arch
George
Lee
John Cokie
Edd Nabors
Ada
Cleo Hearn
Fittstown
Roxie Hammond
Isa Cowan
Minnie Treece
MacArthur Visits Penal Colony on Palawan Island
General MacArthur's sixteenth Philippines tour stop focused on the Swahig penal colony at Palawan Island housing alleged collaborators. He also visited Puerto Princesa where the remains of 139 U S Marines tortured by Japanese captors were found, with 89 identified. The party then toured the air strip as Brig Gen Earl W Barnes led a bomber command tour.
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Don Starr
MacArthur
Swahig
Palawan Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Manila
Puerto Princesa
United States
Earl W. Barnes
13Th Bomber Command
Car Theft Suspect Captured After Long Hunt
Highway Patrol units based in Ada joined with three other patrol groups and county officers from Pottawatomie and Seminole to pursue a man suspected of stealing a car in Maud. The search near Asher along the Canadian River bottom lasted about four hours before the suspect was apprehended late Sunday afternoon by cross-county officers.
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Highway Patrol
Ada
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Maud
Asher
Selective Service Boards Send Men Into Army Service
Draftees from local selective service boards were sent to military training last week. Board No. 1 lists Bill W. Wood and others who went to Camp Chaffee Arkansas, with transfers via Oklahoma City on June 5. One enlistee, John R. Turley, entered navy after Eddie Test. Board No. 2 sent Elmo W. Escoe and six others to Camp Chaffee for army training.
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Selective Service Boards
Jack Lloyd
P. L. Gassaway
Bill W. Wood
Clarence O. Wilson
Orel C. Barnes
Seidel A. Lee
Raymond Sloan
James D. Rea
James E. Brown
Harold J. Wages
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Oklahoma City
Arkansas c .P
John R. Turley
Board
Eddie
Navy
Elmo W. Escoe
Richard C. Newland
Keith P. Hudson
Troy A. Williamson
David O. Holloway
Fred R. Bunyard
Paul Kranning
No. 2
Fort Smith
Vested Ada News Classified Ads Highlight Amounts
Classified listings in Ada News show various vested sums and prices for items and services. The notices list values for vehicles furniture and utilities with brief descriptions and contact details.
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Great
Ada News
Maj Putnam and new wife honeymoon in California
Maj George Palmer Putnam aged 57 and Margaret Haviland 36 honeymoon in southern California after an informal garden wedding in San Marino. Putnam, former publisher and army intelligence officer, was previously married to Avia Earhart who disappeared in 1937. The couple wore uniforms. ceremony officiated by Capt Willard Learned.
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San Marino
Calif
California
George Palmer Putnam
Margaret Haviland
USO Mobile Unit Executive
Michigan City
Ind
Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Miss Haviland
Alice McConaughy
Willard Learned
Air Forces
San Bernardino
Army
Hamburg Aftermath: City Straddles Ruins and Recovery
Hamburg remains partly intact and partly ruined after heavy bombing. German soldiers move freely among Allied observers as docks, railways, and flak towers cling to life while St. Pauli and eastern districts show scorched damage. Population has fallen from 1.9 million to about 1.2 million, with stark contrasts in living conditions and food.
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Hal Boyle
Hamburg
Reich
St. Paul
St. Pauli
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Holland
Two Boys Fined On Loitering Charge
Two boys were arrested and fined 5 dollars each by the city police on loitering charges near East Tenth and a curfew violation. Over the weekend police made 10 arrests, bringing monthly totals to 34, signaling a busy period ahead. Agnes Williams and Jeffrey Williams, both negroes, were arrested for fighting and each posted a 20 dollar cash bond as one used a pocket knife and the other a razor during the altercation. Also listed were three white men arrested for loitering in negro town during the same weekend, with arrests at 3 am.
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East Tenth
Agnes Williams
Jeffrey Williams
Negro Town
No Place Like Home Amid Ongoing House Shortage
The house shortage has convinced many people that there is no place like home. The piece reflects housing market strain and the enduring appeal of homeownership.
Wedding Triumph for Gabreski and Cochran at Prairie Du Chien
Lt Col Frances S Gabreski and Kay Cochran wed at Our Lady of the Angels chapel after war delays in Europe and the Pacific. Gabreski, once a missing and prisoner ace, returned home May 21 and the couple had planned to marry in Hawaii before wartime interruptions halted the ceremony.
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Prairie DU Chien
Pacific
Europe
Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels
Frances S/ Gabreski
Kay Cochran
Ace
Miss Cochran
Col
Gabreski
Germany
Hawaii
Japan
United States
Ada Man Surrenders Four Beer Licenses in Ada
Ada authorities report Guy Looper surrendered licenses to operate two beer stores and had surrendered a third. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser Chief Lester Mayor Guy Thrash and County Attorney Val Crawford signed papers dismissing prior charges. Joe Chivers surrendered the Shamrock Buffet package house license closing four Ada beer spots.
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Guy Looper
Ada
Dudley Lester
Looper
Clyde Kaiser
Lester
Guy Thrash
Val Crawford
Joe Chivers
Chivers
Hudson Charged After Downtown Ada Fight
Charles Hudson faces assault with a dangerous weapon charges after a downtown Ada fight last week. Police Chief Dudley Lester said Hudson was released from county jail after making bond. Another man in the fight was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Charles Hudson
Ada
Dudley Lester
Hudson
Red Cross Plans 150 Percent Increase in Pacific Help
Basil O Connor said American Red Cross workers in the Pacific theater will rise from 2,400 to over 6,000 in six months. He spoke after a 20,010 mile inspection tour of the Philippine and Pacific areas and pledged every possible service to soldiers, sailors and marines until they return home.
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Washington
Red Cross
Pacific War
Basil O’connor
O’connor
Pacific
Four More German Generals Captured
Wiesbaden Germany June 11 Four German generals and other officials and scientists wanted by the Allies were captured by occupation forces in a 24 hour period ending Sunday noon The arrests include General Walter Musshoff former chief of the welfare division of the German air force Lt Col Juedeich former chief of the German psychological warfare board Conrad Von Schubert former observer for the foreign office in Ukraine and Dr Max Rendschmitt longtime Berlin city architect.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
12Th Army Group
Walter Musshoff
Air Force
Col
Juedeich
German Psychological Warfare Board
Conrad von Schubert
Foreign Office
Ukraine
Croatia
Max Rendschmitt
Berlin
Negro charged with slaying Tulsa woman
In Tulsa Oklahoma on June 11 a 33 year old black man was charged with murder in the rape slaying of 20 year old Mrs Panta Lou Lilies the latest victim in a Tulsa district terror series. Police say Leroy Benton was taken to Kansas City for lie detector tests after he allegedly made and retracted an oral confession.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Panta Lou Lilies
Roy Hyatt
Leroy Benton
Kansas City
Schwellenbach Plans Sweeping Labor Dept Reforms
Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach to reorganize and consolidate U S labor functions. USES to be brought into the department. NLRB and NWLB under Labor. War Production Board units move to Labor. Apprenticeship and In Plant Training expand. WMC to cease. top posts reshaped as CIO AFL weigh in.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Washington
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Spade
Roosevelt
Truman
Perkins
Schwellenbach
United States Employment Service
Congress
Unemployment Compensation Commission
National Labor Relations Board
National War Labor Board
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
WMC
McNutt
Philippines
Army
Navy
National Mediation Board
Department of Labor
Children’s Bureau
Federal Security Agency
U. S. Public Health Service
U. S. Office of Education
Department
Schwellbach
Department of Law
Daniel W. Tracy
Robert C. Smith
Miss Perkins
Valley View Hospital Reports Record May 1945
Valley View hospital records show May 1945 as a record month with 337 admissions, 60.5 average daily patients, maximum 71 and minimum 49. Six new beds were added. In May the operating room handled 69 resid and 130 minor operations, totaling 199. Five months into 1945 show higher activity: admissions 1,220 versus 1,017 in 1944. 168 babies born, up 33. 640 operations, up 88.
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Valley View Hospital
Valley View
Has Sad News For Hay Fever Sufferers
Chicago reports advise hay fever sufferers to avoid roaming north for relief. University of Michigan allergist Dr Buen aventure Jiminez warns moving to higher latitudes offers no immunity as pollen exposure shifts. He urges diagnosis and home treatment to combat pollens.
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Chicago
North America
Buenaventure Jiminez
University of Michigan Allergist
Jiminez
Commissioners In Salaries Control Oklahoma Counties
Oklahoma City June 11. The attorney general ruled that excise boards need not approve county employee salary raises. county commissioners hold sole power in affected counties. The bill allows a 10 percent pay hike for deputies clerks and other staff, excluding Carter Garfield Kay Pittsburg Okmulgee Pottawatomie Seminole Muskogee Tulsa and Oklahoma counties.
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Oklahoma City
Carter, Garfield, Kay
Pittsburg
Okmulgee
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Muskogee
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Bangs Disease Program Available for Farmers and Ranchers
The Bangs disease testing and vaccination program is now available to farmers and ranchers through a state agriculture department and the U S Bureau of Animal Industry. The program is free to owners and those interested should contact the county agent.
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State Department of Agriculture
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Eisenhower Receives Freedom of the City of London
Gen. Eisenhower arrives in London to receive the Freedom of the City and the ceremonial sword once borne by the Duke of Wellington. He will speak at the ceremony and depart for Washington next Monday after meeting leaders in Frankfurt.
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London
Eisenhower
Duke of Wellington
Washington
Frankfurt
Britain
Russia
United States
Motorcyclist Fractures Skull After 500 Mile Ride
Ollie Dewey Burroughs of Denver claimed a 500 mile nine hour ride to Watonga Oklahoma ended when his motorcycle went out of control. He was thrown from the machine about two miles south of Watonga on U S Highway two. The highway patrol said he suffered a fractured skull after the crash on Sunday.
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Watonga
Okla
Ollie Dewey Burroughs
Denver
Highway Patrol
Burroughs
Here
U. S. Highway
Meteorite Strike Timing and Cold Weather Comment
The piece notes that daytime meteorites mostly arrive in the afternoon while nighttime falls mostly before midnight. It adds that last winter’s cold weather seemed to linger in some areas as if kept in storage, lingering into the present.
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Earth
County meeting to organize fair group and crop notes
County Agent C H Hailey reports a Saturday meeting for township members elected to the county fair association to elect officers and form committees. The bulletin urges mung beans as soil builders and home grown protein feed era. spraying guidance for pecan casebearer eggs in Pontotoc County is given with two spray formulas and step by step mixing instructions.
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C. H. Haeley
County Fair Association
Bulletin
Grasshopper Control Mixture Instructions for Field Use
This guide explains a bait formula combining coarse bran five pounds with white arsenic or Paris green half a pound and molasses thirty two pints. Mix dry with bran, then add two quarts water and molasses, blend thoroughly, add more water to a moist crumbly mash. Broadcast thinly near plants late evening. severalApplications may be needed.
Mungbeans as Seed and Forage Explored by Oklahoma A and M
Bulletin from the Oklahoma A and M College experiment station reviews fifteen years of mungbean field and feeding tests. It covers varieties planting and harvesting methods yields of seed and forage and feeding value for dairy cows swine sheep chickens and turkeys.
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Oklahoma A. & M. College Experiment Station
Gardens and crops report from county Extension Office
Mrs Jessie Morgan notes county gardens in the north east and west show about a third of normal. Early plantings fared better after rain. fall garden planning urged for July and August. Summer vegetables listed include okra cowpeas sweet potatoes peanuts and beans plus tomatoes peppers melons and squash. Advices on cherry tree spraying and camphor shrub planting follow with notes on camphor as a US source.
Canning Sugar Tips and Home Pest Advice
Readers learn to stretch canning sugar with corn syrup and honey while avoiding molasses and brown sugar to protect flavor. The note promotes using five pounds of sugar for the most fruit and offers pest control steps for closets, plus a contact at the Extension Office for leaflets on home canning and preserving fruits.
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Court House
Fitzhugh Home
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