County Needs Farm Labor in Pontotoc County
The farm labor shortage in Pontotoc County is acute as farmers scramble for workers. About 23 people were placed through the farm labor office last week while over 100 farmers await assignments. The waiting line includes nearly any age, and Scouts have taken on corn chopping tasks as farms offer top wages. A telegram seeking many harvest workers for northern counties was received by the farm labor board.
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Pontotoc County
Farm Labor Board
Ada
Chauffeur Joins Ada Harvest Work Amid Vacation Boost
A Dallas businessman and his negro chauffeur, idle in Ada, both take on farm labor as local authorities report widespread work shifts. Young Ada volunteers and school youngsters are sought for crop tasks as harvests surge toward last year’s high yields.
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Dallas
Texas
Ada
Eligibility For New Autos Tighter
The Office of Price Administration tightened eligibility for new 1942 auto certificates as car availability dwindles. Effective Friday applicants must show a new car will be used in essential war effort work. The list includes doctors nurses ministers and war workers. Changes also bar certificates for those driving four or more school staff. Armed forces members may sell used 1942 cars within families without a certificate. USO clubs may receive certificates.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Armed Services
OPA
Weekend Heat Wave Bakes Ada with Record Readings
Ada’s warmest weekend of the year saw daytime highs reach 91 to 92 degrees from Thursday through Sunday. Nighttime lows lingered in the low to mid seventies as the air remained heavy and still, despite forecasts of relief.
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Ada
Bard Nominated To New Position
President Roosevelt nominates Ralph A. Bard, then assistant secretary of the navy, to become undersecretary. The move vacates the assistant secretary post. Forrestal backs Bard, and Secretary Early notes a new nomination will await Forrestal's recommendation. Bard is a Cleveland native and veteran official in the navy department.
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Washington
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Roosevelt
Bard
James “. Forrestal
Frank Knox
Senate
Stephen Early
Forrestal
Early
Cleveand
Norman men inspect Valley View in Ada for Norman hospital plans
Four men from Norman acting on a mayor appointed committee visited Ada to review Valley View hospital facilities and management. They aim to purchase the old American hospital, remodel it into a modern 50 bed facility, with construction specs already in progress. They will return for further verification as plans develop.
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Norman
Ada
Valley View Hospital
Old American Hospital
John F. Bender
Oklahoma University
Odies Primrose
Guy Spotswood
Insurance On Crops Is Considered Now
Washington June 19 A bid to revive and extend the federal crop insurance program wins bipartisan backing. Leaders Fulmer Cannon and Rep Hope announce support for a 1945 plan covering wheat cotton and flax with premiums covering all losses and experimental projects on other crops.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
D-Sc
House
Cannon
D-Mo
Rep
Hope
R-Kas
Agriculture Committee
Tokyo Fearful Of Saipan Used As Base For B-29 Attacks
Berlin broadcast quotes Tokyo dispatch warning Saipan could serve as a B-29 base for shuttle bombing missions against Tokyo. It notes planes from Saipan would attack with flights over sea, avoiding Japanese interceptors, heightening fear of a bitter battle for Saipan.
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Tokyo
Saipan
Associated Press
Saipan Island
China
Berlin
Japan
Saiwan
Wallace In China Urges China Siberia Friendship
Vice President Wallace arrived in Shungking and urged closer ties between China and Siberia He quoted Hu Shin on a unified border like the United States Canada He planned talks with Chiang Kai-Shek and visits with farmers and soldiers at a tea at the presidential villa with Mrs Chiang present.
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Spencer Moosa Shungking
Wallace
China
Roosevelt
Siberia
Hu _ Shin
United States
Canada
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Vendew of Adans Killed In Action
Warren Thompson son of Mrs Iris Thompson of Tulsa reported killed in action. A letter will follow with death details. Thompson is grandson of Mrs P A Holmes and nephew of several Ada area relatives.
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Warren Thompson
Iris Thompson
Tulsa
Thompson
P. A. Holmes
G. L. Morelock
J. J. Skinner
Delia Pennington
Ada
Lancaster MIA Sgt Clarence K Lancaster Believed Missing
The War Department lists Sgt Clarence K Lancaster 19 as missing in the Mediterranean after entering service March 27 1943. Parents Mr and Mrs Claude Lancaster Ada Okla receive word while other Oklahoma men are listed as missing in European and Mediterranean theaters.
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Sgt
Clarence Lancaster
Mrs
Claude Lancaster
Clarence K. Lancaster
Associated Press
Sgt. Lancaster
Army
Ada
Stillwater
Vice President Wallace changes Moscow trip linked to naval base aims
A German agency report says American Vice President Wallace scrapped a plan to visit Chungking and is now en route to Moscow. German circles see a link between his Moscow visit and U.S. effort to gain Soviet naval bases for possible action against Japan.
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DNB
Wallace
Dengine
Chungking
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
U S crude output rises to 4.57 million bpd week ended June 17
United States crude production increased 42 000 barrels daily to 4 568 900 bpd in the week to June 17 per the Oil and Gas Journal. Gains vary by state and region with California and Texas showing large rises and Michigan unchanged. A $100 000 Australian railroad bridge project is noted as a costly engineering effort with only one train in 55 years and a reroute chosen.
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ULSA
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
East Texas
Eastern Fields
Rocky Mountain Area
Michigan
Australia
Mines and Quarries Fuel Steel Industry Across States
Mines and quarries in 21 states supply the steel industry with iron ore cooking coal and limestone ensuring steady raw material flow.
Nine Oklahomans Win Promotions
War Department reports nine Oklahoma residents receiving promotions. Harold Edgar Kuhlman of Norman rises to lieutenant colonel, Leroy Austin Ritter of Oklahoma City to major. Captains include Woodrow Wilson Jack of Amorica, Alfalfa County. Richard Huffman Graham and Chester Randall Seba of Oklahoma City. First lieutenants are Ida Katherin Madden, Hollis Garner David Farrell of Clinton, Jennie E. Jones of Lawton, and Bernice May Shultz in Army Nurses Corps. Active duty calls include Second Lieut. William Earl Skeen of Seminole and Lt. Charles Sumner Neer of Vinita.
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Washington
Navy Department Seeks Women for Civil Service Roles
Miss Nina Lemen and Mrs Alvera Duff recruit women in Ada this week for Navy Department Civil Service positions based in Washington. Applicants face a simple exam, high entrance salaries, good promotion prospects, and Navy provides travel, housing, and local lodging. Recruiters set up at 114 East Twelfth in the U S Employment Service.
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Nina Lemen
Alvera Duff
Navy
Ada
Navy Department
Washington
U. S. Employment Service
East Twelfth
Smith joins Delaney interests in Ada firm
O. Smith who moved to Ada 15 years ago with Southwest Natural Gas and recently Oklahoma manager for the firm becomes associated with W. A. Gus Delaney interests. He will connect with Graben Gas and Water and with Delaney offices here. The company has serviced gas and water in Fitts and Jesse areas and plans a major pipeline to serve anticipated industrial growth in the region.
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O. Smith
Ada
Southwest Natural Gas Company
Oklahoma
W. A
Gus” Delaney
Graben Gas and Water Company
Delaney
Fitts
Jesse
Jaycees Set Talk On TB Seals At Pontotoc Meeting
Harvey Lambert will discuss selling TB seals in Pontotoc county during the Junior Chamber of Commerce weekly meeting at 8 PM. He notes wartime work increases stress and emphasizes needed TB protection and treatment after infection. A special business session follows the talk, with Charles McMurray leading as president away at the National Jaycee Conference in Omaha.
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Harvey Lambert
Pontotoc County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lambert
Charles McMurray
Omaha
Neb
Mrs Flack to trial for daughter's death in San Francisco
Louise Flack, 28, formerly of Iola Kansas, faced murder charges in the death of her eight year old daughter Delores Flack. The state sought a second degree conviction and a jury of five men and seven women was seated.
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San Francisco
Louise Flack
Iola
Kans
Train Wreck Halts Santa Fe Route Fatalities Rise
Traffic on the Santa Fe line between Denver and La Junta resumed after a collision of two passenger trains. One dead, 50 injured, with wreckage scattered. Charles E. Edelen of Wheatheridge, Colorado, a grocery chain employee, died. Ten others, including military personnel, serious injuries.
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Santa FE
LA Junta
Colo
Denver
Charles E. Edelen
Wheatheridge
Swastika Flag Captured On Anzio Beach Returns Home
Ada officer Lt Fred Pump of an armored division captured the flag on Anzio beach Italy January 30. He was wounded next day and later returned to the United States in mid May. He and his wife Mrs Pump work at Peoples Electric Co op. He expects leave soon and had been overseas about a year. Before service he managed Community Ice and Produce in Ada.
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Peoples’ Electric Cooperative
Ada
Anzio Beach
Italy
Fred Pump
Pump
the Electric Co-Op
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Texas
Community Ice and Produce Company
Oklahoma Gov Kerr backs five state questions on July 11 ballot
Oklahoma City June 20 Gov Robert S Kerr praised five state questions on the July 11 primary ballot in a column to state newspapers. He favored retiring the state debt by mid 1945, constitutionally placing agricultural college Langston and the University of Oklahoma under boards, creating a new pardon and parole board, and adopting a run off primary mechanism to improve nominee selection.
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Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Agricultural College
Langston
Constitutional Board of Regents
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Brothers Meet On Island In Pacific
Naomi O'Brien found a letter from her two navy brothers M M Hever O'Brien and Yeo man Chalmer O'Brien on the Mariana island where Heber recovering from an operation. Chalmer learned Heber's location and the men reunited after months apart. Their mother Mrs Pat O'Brien of 117 West 22nd, Hammond job for pipeline, and Heber planned a return home for the first time since enlistment.
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Naomi O’brien
M.M
Hever O’brien
Yeoman
Chalmer O’brien
Navy
Chalmer
Heber
Mariana Group
Pat O’brien
West 22Nd
Bill
Hammond
Indiana
Jack Griffith Helps Raise Hogs for Market in Ada
Mrs. A. L. Griffith explains she funded a registered Chester White gilt for her son Jack to raise. The gilt produced ten piglets, later sold in Oklahoma City weighing 2,270 pounds total, with the herd averaging 29 pounds more per head than grade hogs at sale.
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Chester White
A. L. Griffith
Jack
Jessie Morgan
County Home
Ada
Oklahoma City
Spirit of 44: Woman Rides Through Rain to Report for Nursing School
Wanda Madden of Terry, Montana, rode 18 miles cross country in heavy rain wearing borrowed overalls and a slicker, using a horse to reach a bus and avoid missing nurse training school.
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Helena
Mont
Wanda Madden
Terry
Nurses Training School
De Gaulle May Or May Not Visit the United States
General Charles De Gaulle, head of the French provisional government, told President Roosevelt he hopes to visit the United States late this month or early next month. Officials expect Blair House lodging and full courtesies if he comes, but no formal recognition would be implied. De Gaulle seeks formal recognition, while U.S. officials expect only possible military cooperation talks.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Blair House
State Department
de Gaule
de Gaulle
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western Oklahoma Oil Boom Predicted In Frontier Counties
The Daily Oklahoman reports a deep drilling campaign to start when equipment is available across 20 western and northwestern Oklahoma counties. Estimated lease investments exceed 9 million dollars with about 2.975 million acres leased and 136 drilling blocks. Independent operator Frank Buttram predicts greater western yields than the eastern side, forecasting a potential oil boom.
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Oklahoma City
Daily
Oklahoman
Oklahoma
Claude V. Barrow
Oil Company Landmen
Wichita Mountain
Kansas Line
Nehama
Texas Panhandle
Kiowa County
Anadarko Basin
West Texas
Permian
Rocky Mountain
Alfalfa
Beckham
Blaine
Caddo
Canadian
Custer
Dewey
Ellis
Garfield
Grady
Greer
Harver
Kingfisher
Kiowa
Maier
Roger Mills
Washita
Woods
Woodward
Frank Buttram
Wasuoted
The
Former National BPW Officer to Speak at RPW Institute
A former officer of the National Federation of BPW clubs and past president of the Kansas federation will guest the fourth district RPW at the opening of the 1944 45 school of instruction at 11 a m in the Aldridge hotel. Miss Fern Bauersfeld of Topeka Kans is the speaker and former national emblem chairman. About 30 BPW members have reservations. registration starts at 10.
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National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Kansas Federation
RPW
Aldridge Hotel
Fern Baursfeld
Topeka
Kans
National Emblem
Bauersfeld
Mary West
BPW
Twin Dies After Birth for Leon Davis Family
Graveside services were held in Holdenville for Til da one of the twin daughters born to Mr and Mrs Leon Davis of Chickasha. Laura Ann the twin sister and the mother were reported in satisfactory condition. The Davises formerly lived in Holdenville and are graduates of East Central with Lela Hawthorne as a former name.
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Holdenville
Tilda
Leon Davis
Chickasha
Laura Ann
Davis
East Central
Lela Hawthorne
Advance GOP Guard Sets Chicago Move for Convention
The advance guard moves into Chicago for the June 26 Republican national convention amid jockeying for delegates. Dewey backers claim leadership with 285 pledged delegates on track to exceed Bricker’s 174. Bricker camp projects 250 to 300 on the initial roll call as Bricker HQ opens in Chicago. New York chairman Edwin F. Jaeckle and national committeeman J. Russell Sprague will direct state efforts. Bricker’s lineup includes Ed D. Schorr and Rep. Clarence J. Brown with Mayor James Garfield Stewart slated to place Bricker’s name in nomination.
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Chicago
Thomas Dewey
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Ohioan
Dewey
New York State
Edwin F. Jaeckle
J. Russell Sprague
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Councel
New York State Committee
Dewery
Ed D. Schorr
Ohio
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Harvesting to Start in El Dorado Area Late Week
Harvesting of wheat rye and oats should begin in the El Dorado area late this week if ripening continues at its present rate. Some corn is knee high, some barley has been cut and alfalfa nearly ready for second cutting.
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EL Dorado, Kas
Glass Eye Craft Secret Traced to Lauscha Family
In Germany the glass eye industry hinges on Lauscha sourced glass and a secret known by three descendants of Ludwig Muller Uri. He reportedly discovered the method in 1835 and the knowledge remains guarded within the family.
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Germany
Lauscha
Ludwig Muller-Uri
Free phone call for service members linked to USO event
USO plans a 5 pm drawing of a lucky service member for a free nationwide phone call. The event follows a 3 pm service men's picnic at Wintersmith Park for aviation students and any service member who registers at USC headquarters. Games swimming and refreshments are planned.
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Badger State
Wisconsin
Boston
Mass
USO
Wintersmith Park
USC
United States
Francis Wintersmith
Meaders Jones Receives Honorary FFA Master Farmer Degree
Meaders Jones a former Ada teacher now in Pauls Valley earned the honorary junior master farmer degree for his work as president of the Pauls Valley Kiwanis club promoting the Future Farmers of America. The award was presented at a recent FFA convention at Oklahoma A and M College. Jones is the son of W B Jones of 621 East Tenth and previously taught at Willard school before moving to Pauls Valley in 1934 where he serves as secretary of Home Security Life Insurance Co.
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Meaders Jones
Ada
Pauls Valley
Pauls Valley Kiwanis Club
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Oklahoma A
M. College
Jones
W. B. Jones
East Tenth
Willard School
The
Home Security Life Insurance, Company
Ada Chamber Sets 4 H Poultry Show Date
The Ada Chamber of Commerce announces a 4 H poultry show on Thursday June 29 at 213 East Main. Premiums of 3 2 and 1 dollars will be awarded for top pens of White Wyandottes White Leghorns White Plymouth Rock Rhode Island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks. 50 boys received 50 chicks and will return eight cockerels to cover expenses with H G Ware of Stillwater officiating.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rocks
East Main
H. G. Ware
Extension
Stillwater
Four Soldiers Die In Truck Turnover At Camp Gruber
Four men of the 1275th Engineer Battalion were killed and 12 injured when a returning truck overturned on state highway 10 inside the Camp Gruber military reservation. Names withheld until kin notified. Injured were taken to Post hospital. battalion part of the 16th Corps, Second Army, not Rainbow Division.
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Gruber
Pendin
16Th Corps
Second Army
Rainbow
Greenleaf Hill
Missouri river crest reaches Kansas City
The swollen Missouri river crest reached Kansas City with no expected overflows. Upstream lowlands were flooded while the river held or dipped slowly elsewhere. Weather officials predicted no further rise unless heavy rains occur. Kansas City read 22.0 feet flood stage, up 0.1 in 24 hours. St. Joseph 19.0 and Atchison 24.2 remained steady.
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Mission
Kansas City
Missouri
Weather Bureau
St. Joseph
Atchison
Oklahoma City Captain Dies in Texas Glider Crash
Captain Ralph E. McEwen of Oklahoma City was killed when a South Plains Army air field glider crashed near an auxiliary lance field twelve miles northeast of Lubbock Texas today.
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Lubbock
Tex
Ralph E. McEwen
Oklahoma City
South Plains Army Air Field
Lance Field
Ere
Aztec Glider Flyers Built From Stork Feathers
Archaeologists in Mexico report that ancient Aztecs constructed gliders from stork feathers and launched flights from mountain peaks into valleys, demonstrating early flight experimentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Oklahoma trio among overseas patients arrive at Borden hospital
Three Oklahomans Pfc. Charles B. Hammond Hartshorne Pvt. Frank R. Maple Oklahoma City and Staff Sgt. Burton E. Mc Manis Tulsa rode a special car of overseas patients arriving at Borden Army General Hospital yesterday.
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Chickasha
Charles B. Hammond
Hartshorne
Frank R. Maple
Oklahoma City
Burton E. McManis
Tulsa
Borden Army General Hospital
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Adans
Lancaster
War Department
Mediterranean
Margaret R. Lancaster
James K. Allen
James I. Allen
Duncan
Tech
John E. Boyett, Jr
Eunice L. Boyett
Hollis
John D. Kenreigh
James L. Kenreigh
Vinita. Tech
Blain B. Orcutt
Pauline D. Orcutt
Antlers
Bulan A. Rogers
Dora L. Rogers
Salina
Leon Sharp
Tessie Sharp
Carl L. Smith
Flossie Baker Smith
Gerald E. Tyner
Roberta M. Tyner
Armona
Charles R. Womack
Margaret C. Womack
J. C. Word
Ava Ward
Wright City
McCurtain County
Oliver E. Davenport
Marie Davenport
Seminole
George L. Korty
Ruth M
J. S
Smith
Southwest Gas Company
Graben O & W
Jaycees
T. B. and Seals Sale
Ada News
Rea Wall
Pacific
Jack Griffith
RPU
Convention City
D. Harold Oliver
U. 5
Lucky
His
P. V. Kiwanis Club
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