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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
6
Census notes a shift to more women than men in the postwar United States due to higher male death rates and the war’s toll on young men. Projections show females outnumbering males by under a million in 1980 with marriage trends rising during wartime but declining as veterans return.
Peaman First Class Richard J. Peel, 32, who had been on Saipan, flew home on crutches to comfort his leukemia stricken daughter Diana Lou 3 as doctors had warned she had days to live. Peel, wounded by shrapnel on his destroyer, was located June 8 in a field hospital and traveled 8 000 miles to be with her.
Petty Officer Jess A Millican reports from the Pacific that the warship has been named in honor of the Punxsutawney Spirit. The crew painted the name on gun tubes and praised the hometown newspaper, with Millican the sole Punxsutawney sailor aboard the LCT craft.
Chicago trucking operations, partly crippled by a work stoppage that began Friday at midnight, slowly resume as soldiers accompany some drivers on early runs. The action is the second stoppage in a month and was ordered by the Office of Defense Transportation to safeguard food and vital war goods.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told lawmakers and jurists that soldiers believe peace can be met with the same resolve that crushed Nazi Germany. He praised Churchill and Roosevelt, noted Allied unity, and warned the hard task of commanding to send troops into battle with inevitable losses and profound grief.
Dr Don Householder pastor of Trinity Methodist Church denounced Gen George S Pattons Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum address as a public profanity of Gods name. He urged the general to remember his moral obligation to American youth after praising his war achievements.
Beech Aircraft Corp and Cessna Aircraft Co directors announce a merger plan subject to stockholder approval. The exchange is one Beech share for three Cessna shares, creating a combined company with 1.1 million authorized shares and potential 2 to 15 place aircraft under one distributor system.
The Congressional Medal of Honor, posthumously awarded Lt. Donald J. Gott, 20, bomber pilot, was presented to his mother in Fargo Oklahoma in the first ceremony of its kind there. Maj. Gen. Robert B. Williams spoke as 500 witnesses saw the medal placed on Mrs. Gott before taps. Gott died when his bomber exploded after attempting a controlled landing to save a wounded crewman during a Saarbruecken raid on November 9, 1944. He and the wounded crew member perished. co-pilot and Gott stayed aboard to assist. Includes notes on related honors and future awards for other Oklahoma servicemen.
At an Aleutians base on June 16 Rear Adm. J H Brown Jr and his chief Capt. Leonard S Newhinney waited to greet Vice Adm Frank Jack Fletcher. A Mitchell fighter landed in fog and Brown rolled in gravel while Newhinney dove into a ditch before Fletcher arrived.
Shawnee Brown director of extension at Oklahoma A and M College was named Oklahoma chairman for national farm safety week July 22 to 28 approved by Maynard H. Coe head of the farm division at the national Safety Council. Civic clubs farm organizations and state and federal agencies will take part in the state program.
Scientists announce a breakthrough in imaging as so called X ray eyes pass through metal ten inches thick. The development promises new applications in inspection and defense research.
The 86th Black Hawk division, first Allied unit from Europe to return, will receive a grand New York welcome tomorrow with ships, harbor bands, and 14 289 troops passing the Statue of Liberty aboard four navy transports. They will head to Camp Kilmer after a brief orientation, then redeploy to home stations.
Mary Lee Hargis fourteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Roy Hargis of Nashville Ark formerly Ada died Saturday at Sherman Texas after an extended illness Funeral services and burial will be at Sherman Tuesday at 1030 am Mary Lee was born in Ada the family moved to Okay Ark soon afterward and later to Nashville Her father is an honorably discharged veteran She is survived by her parents a brother Benny Leroy Hargis an aunt Miss Bernice Hargis two uncles Carmen Hargis Ada and Sam P Hargis US Navy and grandparents Mr and Mrs Lee Hargis and Mrs Irene Emerson of Ada
The Woodrum committee is expected to recommend universal peacetime training as part of postwar policy. Enacting the plan remains uncertain as the House and Senate confront lengthy debates and political risk ahead of elections.
Norman June 18 Stewart Harral University of Oklahoma director of press relations was named director of the School of Journalism succeeding H H Herbert as part of a board approved rotation of departmental heads. Herbert will remain as journalism professor. Harral keeps press relations post. Other appointments included William S Smith to Art and L Lucas to Geological Engineering. New chairmen: J T Self animal biology Pritchart English M Wardell history Howard Larsh plant sciences A B Adams economics.
Washington witnesses a thunderous welcome as General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives from Europe. He rides through streets to the Capitol to address Congress with his wife and son nearby, amid cheers from thousands and a grand military escort.
Harry Clark Platter, an early Waples Platter Wholesale Grocery employee, died in Dallas, Texas, after a long career starting from Denison in 1884. He retired three years ago but remained connected to the office. funeral services and burial were held Monday in Denison.
In hot weather a worker exerting effort may perspire heavily and lose as much as five gallons in a single day warning workers to take precautions against heat illness.
Elmer Williams 46 formerly of Ada died from an oil field explosion while working near Coyle and living in Guthrie. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2:30 PM from East Main Church of Christ with burial at Memorial Park. Survived by widow Verda, two daughters Millard Pierce Illinois and J W Lawrence Kendall Field Fla, a son H C Si Williams in the armed forces, parents Bud and (Mrs.) Williams, four grandchildren, six brothers Ben Lone Grove Olen Savannah Drexel Ada Mack Bakersfield Calif and Cather Williams in Italy.
In Wiesbaden in June 187, workers unearthed hidden crypt remains of Reichspresident Field Marshal Von Hindenburg and rulers Frederick the Great and Friedrich Wilhelm I. The operation also recovered Hindenburg’s wife, treasure including jewelry, battle flags, a Pope Pius II sword, and a painting from the Uffizi. The caskets had been concealed by Nazis to shield from the advancing Russians.
The Supreme Court invalidated a deportation order against Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, in a 5-3 decision. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion with Justice Jackson not participating and Chief Justice Stone writing a dissent joined by Justices Frankfurter and Roberts.
Pvt. Charles Y. Wadena 22 of Naytahwaush Minnesota stationed at Camp Gruber was found dead in Walker Creek east of Muskogee when his jeep overturned. A passerby saw the windshield in the road 20 miles east of Fort Gibson and found Wadena face down in about eight inches of water. Trooper Fain Henderson reported on the discovery.
An article notes that two inner tubes contain enough rubber to manufacture three heavy army gas masks, outlining material efficiency for defense equipment.
Mrs Zora Roper widow of H C Roper died Sunday at 11 45 a m in Ardmore while visiting a daughter Mrs Rhoda Graham. Born in 1867 in Jackson Mississippi she lived in Indian Territory then Pontotoc county47 years Bebee community until 1918 and later at 801 East Thirteenth. She belonged to First Methodist church and Order of the Eastern Star. Survived by four daughters Mrs Belle Hughes Mrs Rhoda Graham Mrs Pearl Blanford and Mrs Lena Lockhart and six sons plus 40 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
Dr Walter W Isle of Palo Alto California has been appointed president of the Eastern Washington College of Education in Cheney Washington effective September 1. He formerly led Southwestern Oklahoma State Teachers College now Southwestern Institute of Technology Weatherford and served on the State textbook commission. He held superintendent roles in Ponca City Wewoka McLoud and other towns and once coached girls basketball state champions. He has taught at San Mateo junior college the University of Oklahoma Colorado State College and Stanford University. For two years he directed educational services for the Western regional office of price administration in San Francisco serving colleges and schools across five western states.
Oklahoma City report states two new probation officers Henry Tyler and Campbell LeFlore appointed to supervise paroled prisoners and reformatories. Tyler to become chief probation officer July 1 under a new system. Chief Justice Gibson to name a successor to Olivier Fraker on the pardon and parole board when Fraker resigns June 30.
Soviet controlled Berlin radio announced Col. Gen. Nikolai Bezarin, the Russian military commander in Berlin, was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident yesterday. The broadcast, verified by BBC, gave no further details. Berzarin led foreign correspondents on a tour of Berlin about a week earlier.
The text notes that reducing meat allows a strict vegetarian to eat as much as before and about as much as others. It highlights how limiting meat intake can maintain overall consumption levels for vegetarians.
Congress plans a recess as lawmakers wrap up a busy session with a raft of legislation pending. Leadership notes final measures include budget adjustments and policy targets across several committees.
Tulsa June 18 Federal Judge Franklin Kennamer upheld a civil service commission order withholding 10 800 in U S road funds from Oklahoma over alleged Hatch Act violations by Highway Commissioner France Paris He noted reluctance and hinted the penalty was too severe The case moves to the Tenth Circuit in Denver with Attorney General Cobb appealing for review Gov Kerr defends Paris saying no pernicious political activity occurred.
The 86th Blackhawk division, first to cross the Danube in the southern Germany offensive, returned to America on its way to fight Japan. Four transports brought 14,289 veterans to New York, raising total arrivals to over 20,000. They moved to Camp Kilmer New Jersey for processing and furloughs before duty resumption.
Charles W. Board resigns as director of the Oil and Gas Division of the Oklahoma state school land department effective July 1 after 14 years in the post. He calls for department reorganization adding an oil well finder and a mapping staff. Governor Kerr asks for written recommendations. Board is a former state senator and constitutional convention member.
President Truman nominated 12 major generals for temporary promotion to lieutenant general. The list includes Leroy Lutes Robert Charlwood John Edwin Hull Ennis Clement Whitehead Matthew Bunker Ridgeway Alvan Cullum Gillem Troy Middleton Willis Crittenberger Nathan Farragut Twining Charles Philip Hall John Reed Hodge and Raymond Stallings McLain. Additional promotions raised 12 brigadier generals to major general and 48 colonels to brigadier general. Charry Vauban was nominated for brigadier general.
P R H Hunt of Warehouse Point Conn visited Henry J Kaisers Swan Island Shipyard seeking big wages. He earned 15 20 for two days work at week end. board cost 14 02. federal tax 1. other deductions 17 cents. He refuses to cash a one cent check noting it cost too much.
Washington reports Lt Col Joseph Edward Kennedy of Tulsa promoted to colonel. Richard Shelby Dugger of Tulsa and Robert McKinley Barr of Konawa advance to first lieutenant. Lt James Frederick Tannid is called to active duty.
Oklahoma is among ten states to receive the first merit award from the Office of Price Administration for efficiency in wartime price controls. W. T. Burton, state price administrator, was informed today.
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