Sheriff Sale Notice in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma Cities Service Oil Company sues Zoe Arrington Wiley and others in 1944. The sheriff will sell parcels in Ada at 2:00 PM on April 1 to satisfy a 164.08 plus 150 attorney fee judgment with mineral rights reserved for the plaintiff. The sale excludes oil gas coal and other minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Cities Service Oil Company
Zoe Arrington
Zoe Arvington Wiley
Zoe Arringtonsley
Caid
Zoe Arrington Wiley
Pontotoc
Towit
Ada
Clyde Kaiser
State of Oklahoma
W. N. Hughes
Cvn Ae Ne Ee
Bechar camp guards not executed as reported
The French commissariat announced that a previous report claiming four Bechar Colomb camp guards were shot after dawn was false. The guards had been convicted of murder and brutality during the Bechar Colomb camp operations in North Africa under Vichy rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
French Commissariat of Information
Bechar Colomb
North Africa
Oldest Public Building and War Material Facts
The White House is described as the oldest public building in Washington. The Washington Monument reportedly cost $1000. Allied troops in England reportedly receive most beef and mutton from Uruguay and Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Washington Monument
England
Uruguay
Argentina
Salesmen Wanted for 800 Rawleigh Consumers Route
Want ads seek salesmen for a large Rawleigh route of 800 customers in Memphis Tennessee. No experience required to start. Permanent full time position with big refits and a large potential. Apply to Sleigh's Dept OKC 3 104 Memphis Tenn dated 2 23 lt w.
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Rawleigh
Memphis
Tenn
Oakman fifth six weeks tests and community notes
The Oakman report details top scorers in the fifth six weeks tests including Jessie Fern Bryan and William Carter tied for second and third. Perfect attendance names and perfect spelling certificates are listed. The Red Cross quota was oversubscribed with thanks to contributors including Oakman women’s club. A 15 minute KADA program is planned March 24. 110 trees planted and 254 pecan seeds sown by pupils, each dedicating a tree to a soldier. Boy Scout troop grows with 12 members and a March 24 Roundup at Oakman invites public attendance. Several visits and weekend stays are noted among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Fern Bryan
William Carter
Glen Jay Anderson
Mary Florence Lee
Billie Bryan
Joyce Coventon
Tex Seymour
John Kaiser
Stanley Lillard
Betty Sue
Mary Lou Kaiser
John Howard Coventon
Dwayne Coventon
Virgil Boudy
Gale
Dale Cecil
Wayne Lee Lillard
David Boudy
Cecil Coffee
Evelyn Stevenson
Jackie Lamb
Robbie Leeds
Jamnita Foxx
Virginia Bandy
Gale Cecil
Virgil Bandy
Pauline Coffee
Marlene Higdon
Leon Rogers
Vander Cecil
Mary Florence
Red Cross
Oakman
Nance
Oakman Women’s Club
Kada
Byng
Homer
Colbert
Francis
Flossie Gaar
Ada
George
Inez Brown
Davis
Jess Berryman
Zela Richardson
Seminole
Eed Lamb
J. N. Caton
Jimmy Caton
Village Notes on Visits and Family News
Moisture remains ample as residents share plans for a victory garden. Ada visitors include Mrs Walter Deghton and Mrs Bettie Sandifur's Madill relatives. Courting neighbors and kin such as Kathryn Stephens and Mary Nell Hagar swap Sundays and Monday dinners.
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Lester Henry
Walter Deghton
Ada
Kathryn Stephens
Mary Nell Hagar
Lola Mae Haggatt
Gladys Falters
Nicoma Park
B. M. Stephens
Dean
Phillip
Jeff Byrd
W. G. Gentry
Yeager News Social Roster Of Weekend Visits
Annie Louise spent Saturday night with Joetta Wood. Elbert Griffin visited J B and George Gray over the weekend. Rex and Mrs Jackson visited Mrs Jewell Jackson Sunday. Francis Wood and family stayed with Luke Drake family Saturday night. Wanda Brown visited Freta French Sunday. Bonnie Parnell and Daisy Crumly stayed with Mr and Mrs Petty Friday. Willa Dean King visited Yeager School Monday. Baxter Gray visited Jack Gray of McGee over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeager News
Annie Louise
Joetta Wood
Elbert Griffin
J. B
George Gray
Rex Jackson
Jewell Jackson
Francis Wood
Luke Drake
Wanda Brown
Bonnie Parnell
Daisy Crumly
Mrs. Petty
Willa Dean King
Yeager
Baxter Gray
Jack Gray
McGee
Local Visitors Reported in Wilson Community
Mr and Mrs Dewey Stone and family visited Mr and Mrs Fur ther Coffee Sunday. Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith and family visited Mrs Lucy Walker Saturday. Mrs Dillbeck visited Nancy Smith Sunday. Mrs B F Gurley is reported to be ill this week. Mr and Mrs Hubert Price visited Tom Price Sunday. Luther Arter is here on furlough visiting relatives and friends. Noble Walman visited Tom Price Sunday. Virginia and Eugenia Hooser visited Mary Welker Sunday.
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Wilson News
Dewey Stone
Thomas Smith
Lucy Walker
Dillbeck
Nancy Smith
B. F. Gurley
Hubert Price
Tom Price
Luther Arter
Noble Walman
Virginia
Eugenia Hooser
Mary Welker
Gas stove priority urged for Portland family with ill wife
The Portland office of Price Administration notes an application for a gas stove priority. The appeal states the family has always used a wood stove but the wife is now ill and cannot fetch wood, creating hardship for heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Office of Price Administration
Private Soldier Has Plans For Post War Germany
Private Robert B. Hickey of St. Petersburg Florida explains a postwar plan to keep Germany weaponless by occupying force for 20 to 50 years. He proposes using 18 year olds for occupation duties and continuing education for soldiers while abroad. He serves delivering mail at the Anzio beachhead and worries about aging out of education if the war lasts long.
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Edward Kennedy
Hal Boyle
Anzio
Pvt
Robert B. Hickey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hickey
Pacific
Volturno
Germany
America
Army and Navy Have Best Radio in World says McKellar
Senator McKellar declares the army and navy operate the best radio in the world and can cope with axis spy stations. He disputes La Follette's claim to FCC prowess and notes war agencies asked to handle monitoring. FCC figures describe hundreds of illegal transmitters detected since 1940 and cooperation with Latin American nations uncovering clandestine circuits.
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Washington
McKellar D
Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Atlantic
McKellar
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
LaFollette
FCC
Radio Intelligence Division
Germany
Pearl Harbor
la Follette
War and Navy Departments
E. K. Jett
Appropriations Committee
Jett
Axis
Latin America
United States
Chile
Brazil
Latin American
Seizing Hungary Shapes Danubian Front in War News
Washington reports Senator McKellar seeks two measures to control TVA funding and federal patronage. Meanwhile DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes Germany's seizure of Hungary as a strategic move to secure the Danube gateway, protect Ploesti oil, and brace for Red Army advances, with Balkan sentiment volatile.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Senator McKellar
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
McKellar
David E. Lilienthal
Senate
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Germany
Hungary
Balkans
Finland
Fuehrer
Russia
Balkan Peninsula
Hitler
Danubian
Romania
Ploesti
Bessarabia
Rumania
Crimea
Europe
Danube
Black Sea
Reich
Rhine
North Sea
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Balkan
Oklahoma gardeners plan one day course on home vegetable growing
Stillwater Oklahoma gardeners gather for a one day short course to expand the family larder through home vegetable production.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A classified notice notes enhanced returns on vested amounts in Ada News. The item outlines new terms for investments and eligibility, with emphasis on secure custodial handling and expected yield improvements. The notice invites readers to review details at the Ada News office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Jennifer Jones Seeks Reno Divorce From Robert Walker
Hollywood star Jennifer Jones says she will seek a Reno divorce from actor Robert Walker on incompatibility grounds after six years of marriage. They separated last November and Walker will not contest or seek custody of their two children. Jones plans to base residence in Nevada when film work allows.
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Hollywood
Greenwich Village
Jennifer Jones
Reno
Robert Walker
Nevada
Walker
Robert, Jr
Michael
Miss Jones
Phyllis Isley
P. R. Isley
Tulsa
Okla
New Attack On Government By Executive Order
The House banking committee sharpens its critique of government by executive order over surplus war materials. Rep Patman insists disposal should be by law not presidential decree while Republicans press for legislating the Surplus War Property Administration.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Roosevel
Rep
Patman
Tex
Roosevelt
W. L. Clayton
Rep. Smith
Ohio
Kunkel
Pennsylvania
Harrison Wins Charlotte Open by One Stroke
Harrison wins the Charlotte Open with a 275 total to capture $10,000, edging Jug McSpaden by one stroke. The Army sergeant from Greensboro keeps his lead through a closing 73, with Byron Nelson and Craig Wood following at 279 and 281 respectively.
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Charlotte
N. C
Dutch” Harrison
Dutch
Philadelphia
Jug McSpaden
Harrison
Army
McSpaden
Greensboro
Army Air Forces Station
Arkansas
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
Sam Byrd
Detroit
John Bull Vanquishes German Fire Dragon
London’s National Fire Service units, reorganized after the Battle of Britain, coordinate a rapid mobilization as German incendiaries threaten the capital. An Area Headquarters maps fires, shifts equipment, and directs Subdivisions to contain multiple blazes with minimal activity in the control room.
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John Bull
Tom Wolfner
National Fire Service
London
Jerry
Blue England
National Fire Service Organization
Ministry of Home Security
All England
Engand
Division B
Ottawa pupil wins county rural spelling contest title
13 year old Miami Virginia Crow of Ottawa school district 35 spelled quotient correctly and won the county rural school spelling contest sponsored by the Miami Daily News-Record.
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Miami
Virginia
Crow
Ottawa
Miami Daily News-Record
Ardmore War Dog Tiny Dies In Line Of Duty
Tiny the Great Dane, a longtime Ardmore mascot for local children, died in service to the U S Army the War Department informed owner Clyde F Ross former County Judge. The dog enlisted February 1943 and served on the west coast. Also noted is Art Smith of Fort Wayne Ind credited with the idea of airplane sky writing.
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Ardmore
Tiny
War Department
Clyde F. Ross
Art Smith
Fort Wayne, Ind
State Supreme Court Opinions Passes In Oklahoma City
March 22 reports list several affirmations and reversals from the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Cases include Wetzel v Evans in Payne County affirmed and Pemberton trustee v Longmire reversed and remanded, with others affirmed or vacated with directions.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Art Wetzel
Chas. M. Evans
Payne County
J. F. Smith
Otis Kious
Agnes P. Kious
Pottawatomie
Shell Oil Co
C. L. Tate
Carter
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co
J. E. Foster
Allen Welch
Wylie Snow
State Industrial Commission
M. D. Pemberton
Philmore Corp
W. M. Longmire
Oklahoma
Ruth Gaines
Josie Gaines
Ottawa
Charlene Hight
Claudel Hight
Elva Jane Green
Elnora Hight
Adolph Hill
Martha C. Kimble
Texas
Pleasure Drivers Poisoned OPA Agents With Sugar Fuel
In Washington on March 21, reports state some pleasure drivers arrested by OPA agents in national forests “got even” by adding sugar to the tanks of the agents' cars. The sugar reportedly gummed engines and disrupted operations during hearings on the 1944-1945 agriculture department supply bill.
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Washington
OPA
National
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Navy to Succeed Marriages Leader Lutes After 25k Weddings
Aunt- Uncle Sam drafts R. H. Lutes to the navy concluding a three year era of peace justice. Lutes claims to have performed over 25,000 marriages for out of state couples including movie stars and celebrities. His wife will succeed him in his duties.
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Cupid
Yuma
Sam
R. H. Lutes
Dan Cupid
Navy
Lutes
Two Questions For WFA Head Pose Sharp Problems
Washington reports focus on OPA policy as senators question rationing scope. Milk may be added to lists and butter possibly separated from meat, with discussions highlighting storage levels and potential temporary removal to ease distribution.
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WFA
Washington
Marvin Jones
OPA
Maybank
Jones
Taft
Ohio
Houston
CPA
Campbell Family Goes All Out To Win War
The Campbell family of Leakesville Mississippi with nine members serving in the armed forces. Jeddie Campbell was inducted, joining Pvt Houlton Sgt Zaiual Yale Seaman Alvis and several Lieutenants. The family farm near Leakesville has been turned over to a local family. Sgt Zmal Yale Campbell is reported missing over Germany since February 25.
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Poplar Gluff
Campbell
Leakesville
Tmiss
Jeddie Campbell
Darron T. Campbell
Malden Army Air Base
Here
Uncle Sam
Houlton Campbell
Zaiual Yale Campbell
Seaman
Alvis Campbell
Brutius Campbell
Para Lee Campbell
Gwendolyn Campbell
Aurie Campbell
Campbells
War Department
Zmal Yale Campbell
Germany
Woman leaps seven-foot fence into army depot in Shreveport chase
Deputies Gordon Kennedy and Joe Leslie report a negro woman fleeing her husband after an argument jumped a seven-foot fence and landed inside an army freight depot near Shreveport, avoiding injury as a guard witnessed the leap. Ada News Want Ada.
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Shreveport
Gordon Kennedy
Joe Leslie
Here
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