Mexico Seen as Potential Source of Oil Production
Mexico could become a major oil producer as war demands rise. Gov ernment firm Petroleos Mexicanos funds 52 new wells in 1944 amid limited current fields and several wildcat drills near Reynosa, Poza Rica, Golden Lane, and Vera Cruz, with northeast Mexico and Baja California eyed for further exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Ediger
Mexico City
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Petroleos Mexicanos
Mission
Reynosa
Tamaulipas
U. S
Ojital
Vera Cruz
Poza Rica
Aragon
Soledad
Golden Lane
Santa Ines
San Luis Potosi
Panuco
Isthmus
Tabasco
East Texas
Rio Grande
Lower California
Lower
California
United States
Monty Uses Huge Artillery Forces In France Offensive
British forces under General Montgomery push between Caen and Tiligny Sur Seulles with heavy artillery and tanks. Towns fall as infantry advances about 1900 yards in two and a half hours, Fontenay Lepresnel captured, offensive described as satisfactory. Officers joke about post lunch progress as lines press toward Tes aem reville and ridge holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Greene
France
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Tilly- Sur Seulles
Fontenay Lepresnel
Tilly
Tesaem
Reville
Civilian workers set up bivouac near camp buildings
At Camp Van Dorn civilians sought shelter in a bivouac area behind the dormitory. They brought bedrolls and blankets to escape the heat until an MP discovered the group and began hourly checks to ensure safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dorn
Miss
Hereford Heaven Association Plans Youth Livestock Emphasis
At a February meeting in Ada 24 men formed the Hereford Heaven Association to promote Hereford cattle through education and youth programs with 4-H and Future Farmers of America. The non profit group will support a January sale of up to 35 cattle, mostly heifers, and aims to raise area land values. Speakers noted the need to cooperate with local ranchers and youth groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford Heaven Association
W. A
Gus) Delaney, Jr
Hereford Heavenrticles of Incorporation
Arbuckle Mountains
Pontotoc
Love, Johnson, Coal
Murray
Carter Counties
Future Farmers of America
Ada
Hereford Association
Jim McClellan
Gerald King
Frances Hill
C. C. Buxton, Jr
United States
al Darlow
Gerald Kine
R. G. Powell
J. K. Powell
C. H. Hailey
Harmon Ebey
C. C. Buxton
Irwin Hovis
B. D. Denton
Roy Turner
Bill Likins
C. H. Massey
L. P. Carpenter
Bobby Vincent
Verne King
Lester Blair
D. E. Young
Clarence Vaughn
Orel Busby
Phil Busby
Jack Smith
Davis
Guy Thrash
W. B. Likins
W. A. Delaney, Jr
Bill Mc
B29 Development Completed Under Second Air Force
The War Department announced that the B 29 Superfortress development wrapped under the Second Air Force based in Colorado Springs with 22 bases in the Midwest and West. Training focused on crews for the big bombers first used against Yawata with Maj. Gen. Clair Street and later Maj. Gen. Uzal G. Ent leading the program. Civilian production centers and news agencies aided in secrecy and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Second Air Force
Colorado Springs
War Department
Department
Yawata
Kansas
Clair Street
Uzal G. Ent
Farm Views on Grasshoppers and Phosphate Use
Grasshoppers damage crops across the county affecting alfalfa corn and gardens. Bait with a bran mix using course bran water molasses and paris green or white arsenic, mixed dry then wet to a crumbly moist mash. Apply near crops late in the evening and repeat as needed. Rock phosphate recommended 200 to 300 pounds per acre for soil building crops. 500 pounds per acre for alfalfa. A carload arrived in Ada from Tennessee with several farmers unloading 3 to 12 tons each. Weevils require calcium arsenate dust at 5 to 7 pounds per acre when 100 weevils per acre are found. Cotton dusting should place nozzles close to plants to reach top growth. Stillwater 4H contests listed including Rural Electrification Dairy Production Victory Garden Safety and Fire Prevention Meat Animal Livestock Soil Conservation Leadership and Achievement. County 4H members urged to enter state and national contests. awards include Wash and trips to National Events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Pontotoc County
Ada
Tennessee
Z. K. McCoy
R. E. Cowling
Carl Browall
Harra] Allen
Stillwater
Evey County
Fontotoc County
Yankee ingenuity on Italian front aids war effort
Cpl. Jesse F. Hawkins of Somerset Kentucky, a master mechanic with the 3rd Infantry Division, describes using mess kit lids as inserts for bearings and old papers as gaskets in field repair work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cpl
Jesse F. Hawkins
Somerset
Soldier Jackie Wise Visits Family Before July Seventh
Pvt. Jackie Wise arrived Monday night from Camp Roberts California to visit until July 7 with his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Wise of West Seventh and other relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Jackie Wise
Camp Roberts
Calif
A. F. Wise
West Seventh
Boll Weevil Appears in Southeast Oklahoma Cotton Fields
Recent reports indicate increasing boll weevil presence in southeast Oklahoma cotton fields. In some areas the pest was found at about 400 per acre, signaling rising infestation levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Waddlington Seeks Playground Upgrade At Glenwood Park
R L Waddlington requests volunteers to improve the old folks playground at Glenwood Park. He calls a meeting Tuesday at 9 AM to plan croquet and shuffleboard facilities and asks helpers to bring hoes to clear the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weddington
Glenwood
R. L. Waddlington
Glenwood Park
Weddlington
How Oklahoma Members Voted In Final Week In Congress
Washington June 26 Following is how Oklahoma members of congress voted during the week ended last Wednesday Senate on amendments to labor and FEPC related bills with votes ranging from 21 to 45 in approval or rejection House actions included price control amendments to crude oil and a motion limiting political activity by agricultural adjustment agency employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
Congress
Senate
Thomas
Moore
Russell
FEPC
War Agencies
Maybank
S. C
HOUSE
Disney
Johnson
Stigler
Wickersham
Rizley
Monroney
Stewart
Boren
Tarver
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Star Light Absorption Said to Trigger Explosion
Dr Dean B McLaughlin of the University of Michigan proposed that light from a star absorbed by surrounding atmosphere could cause an explosion advancing a new theory in stellar physics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean B. McLaughlin
University of Michigan
Green Men in New Ships Add To Navy Tales
A fragmentary account portrays the rapid expansion of the American navy producing tales of sailors in unfamiliar seas. A commander struggles with a new vessel and asks a quartermaster how to shift into neutral, illustrating mounting shipboard challenges and humor aboard growing fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
VU. S. NA
Britain
Angel
Aeg
Sammpance
Aircrew Learn from Skippers in Carrier Tours
Thamirae. using e Roy orce is to coordinate American PR a are being taken on flights over ship ping areas so they can under stand problems of airmen and see what a convoy looks like from high in the sky. Recently the skippers started inviting fliers aboard their ships so they could learn some of the problems of the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thamirae
E Roy Orce
Besum's Mate Honors Sea Veteran Captain Lovette
Lieutenant Raymond F. Willett, 33, of Hooke Massachusetts, who began under Captain Lovette on the West Virginia, now captains a smart, clean LST. Lovette praised the ship while Willett quipped he remains an old bosun’s mate at heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Lovette
Raymond F. Willett
Hooke
Mass
Lovette
West Virginia
Willett
Lovette Chairs Rapid Navy Commissioning Flight
Lovette quickly converted civilian Bill Van Dusen Pan American Airways chief public relations officer into a navy lieutenant commander in 18 hours and sent him by plane to Britain where he reported for duty immediately despite being breathless on arrival.
Norman Alumni elect officers in Oklahoma meeting
Norman attorney T. R. Benedum was re elected as ident of the University of Oklahoma Alumni Association at the annual executive board meeting. George D Ardmore and Charles N Fawks were re elected vice presidents. Roscoe Cate plans to join the university staff as financial assistant next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
T. R. Benedum
University Oflahoma Alumni Association
George D. N. Ardmore
Charles N. Fawks
Claremore
Roscoe Cate
Maj
Ted Beaird
V. V. Nichols
Anadarko
William F. Absher
Bartlesville
James L. Robinson
Tahlequah
Joseph W. Lee
Shawnee
William V. Cox
Paul Pearson
Altus
Lylith Medberry
Clinton
Boll weevil infestations rise across Oklahoma counties
Boll weevil infestations reach as high as 85 percent in some Oklahoma cotton fields as the A M college extension urges immediate control. Measurements show 85 percent in Mc Curtain, 10 to 85 percent in Choctaw, and about 12.5 percent in McIntosh. fleahopper and fleahworm findings noted in southeast Oklahoma and south Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Oklahoma A. & M. College Extension Department
Oklahoma
Choctaw County
McCurtain
McIntosh
Feee
Choctaw
Texas
New Tires for A Card Motorists Delayed to 1945
Rationing Chief Charles F Phillips of the Office of Price Administration said new tires for A card motorists probably will not be available until early in 1945, not this fall as previously expected. He noted it will take more time than expected to supply B card motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles F. Phillips
Office of Price Administration
Phillips
Ration stamp validity updates issued by Associated Press
The report lists extended validity for various ration stamp categories including four and blue stamps for processed foods, sugar book four, shoes book three, and gasoline as well as fuel oil coupons. Indefinite validity dates are noted for several stamps with some periods extending through late 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Voice of the Sewers No! Garry backs Roosevelt at convention
Chicago public works official Tom Garry nicknamed the Voice of the Sewers publicly supported Roosevelt for a third term at the 1940 Democratic convention. He claimed he was merely projecting the mood of all states and denied using sewer pipes as amplifiers, saying he used the stadium loudspeakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Chicago
Tom Garry
Roosevelt
Illinois
New York
Garry
Mainee
Robot Bomb Sites Target Normandy From Cherbourg
W W Hercher reports from Cherbourg as Allied forces uncover at least six German robot bomb sites on the Cherbourg peninsula. The camouflaged installations feature 26 foot launching platforms, 90 foot earth extensions, tracks, storage buildings, and a north toward London orientation. Evidence shows heavy prewar bombing and limited damage from Allied strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
Cherbourg
Normandy
Great Britain
London
Unavoidable Fatal Accident Near Guthrie
Logan County Attorney Hugh J. Adams calls a highway collision that killed Loretta H. Simms near Guthrie unavoidable. Investigators identified truck occupants as soldiers from Tinker Field and handed findings to the Oklahoma City air service command. Col. T. R. Lynch said military channels would handle any criminal involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Logan County
Hugh J. Adams
Loretta H. Simms
Guthrie
Adams
A. H. Jelsma
Jack Robinson
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City Air Service Command
Col
T. R. Lynch
OCASC
Sgt Harold Rumage Home on Furlough
Another Ada soldier on rotation furlough after combat in Italy is S Sgt Harold Rumage with Mrs Rumage of Brownwood Texas arriving Sunday to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Roy E Rumage 718 East Fourteenth He served with the 636th tank destroyer unit with the 45th division and will report at San Antonio for reassignment at the end of his furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Italy
Harold Rumage
Rumage
Brownwood
Tex
Roy E. Rumage
East Fourteenth
636Th
San Antonio
Eight Oklahomans Are Promoted
Washington June 27 The war department announced temporary promotions of eight Oklahoma officers and activation of one George Thomas Grammas Stillwater advanced from first lieutenant to captain Others promoted from second lieutenants include Robert Dale Hess Boynton Ernest Eugene Rapp Enid Daniel Morton Welch Hugo Eoway ne Elbert Tilghman Lawton Leo Rice Oklahoma City Neill Sturdivant Woodard and Georges Talbert Myers listed among the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Thomas Grammas
Stillwater
War Department
Oklahoma
Robert Dale Hess
Boynton
Ernest Eugene Rapp
Enid
Daniel Morton Welch
Hugo
Eowayne Elbert Tilghman
Lawton
Leo Rice
Oklahoma City
Neill Sturdivant
Woodard
Georns Talbert Myers
English Pony Picks Up Bad Habits From Playful Yanks
Mary the English pony in England gains bad habits from American GIs in France and at Mrs. Catherine Bailey’s home. The half Exmoor half Shetland nine year old pony now nips at passing GIs until they offer gum or beer, first begging by lifting her knee then chewing with her teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
England
France
Mary
Exmoor
Shetland
Catherine Bailey
Nane
Captains Hunt Williams Lead Army Officers in War Time Roles
Capt Joseph F Hunt of Atlanta commands a service company and has 20 years in social work while claiming to look younger than his 47 years. He served in Mexico and France and hopes to return all men home alive, not a single man lost to his misjudgment. Capt A N Williams of Greenbelt Maryland heads an officers mess and answers to his wife Mary Scott Williams a former Manchester New Hampshire nurse who wears silver bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Hunt
Atlanta
Mexico
France
A. N. Williams
Greenbelt
Mary Scott
Manchester
N. H
Williams
Parkeast Hospital
New York
Jones Beach
Cong Island
Rubber outlook narrows gap between synthetic and natural rubbers
ST LOUIS June 27 UP Col. Bradley Dewey WPB national rubber director said synthetic rubber will be the controlling factor in the rubber world market and that natural and synthetic rubbers would be within a cent or two a pound of each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Col
Bradley Dewey
War Production Board
WPB
Greater returns for amount in vested
In vesting plans the Ada News notes higher yields for larger contributions. Investors are urged to compare rates and terms across providers to maximize potential gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
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Monty
Seulles
Makin, W. E. Harvey
Moss Patterson
Erwin Hovis
Elmer Kenison
Harvey Price
Midwest
Voice of Sewers
Sgt
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