Ada Weekly News history and publication details
The Ada Weekly News consolidation lineage traces from 1910 with the Ada Weekly Democrat to Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star-Democrat by 1919. The Ada Evening News and Ada Weekly News announce weekly Thursday publication in Ada Oklahoma with annual subscription and mailing terms.
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Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada- Star-Democrat
ECC
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly News
ADA Weekly
Our Inhuman Enemy
The piece condemns Japanese rulers and military power for harsh imprisonments in Hong Kong during the war. It argues Japan must be restricted to the home islands and prevented from expanding, warning against future global conflict and urging realism after the war. The writer notes some Japanese individuals may hold Christian values, but asserts that leadership shows overall disdain for other races.
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Wenzell Brown
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Frank Knox remembered as able navy secretary and statesman
The Ada News reflects on Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, a newspaper man and wartime leader who built the Navy to its peak. It praises his frank leadership and warns of postwar questions about government power, the future of the armed forces, and society. The piece notes wartime casualties and contemplates a new postwar era while mentioning rising coyote activity and livestock pests.
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Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Knox
Ada’s War Era Plan for Growth and Education
Ada outlines a multi year development program postwar focusing on industry expansion, highways, water and parks, farming reform, and aviation as a potential future phase. It calls for new plants, road links eastward, a visible water supply, and dormitory space by opening homes for students during the summer term to meet teacher shortages and growing demand.
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Ada
Pauls Life Envisions the Gospel As Sole Hope of Violence Torn World
The article argues Paul’s vision to spread the gospel as the sole hope amid war and modern forces. It notes his crossing to Europe from Asia, linking Paul’s mission to the Epistles and Philippians, urging believers to support global missionary work and read Acts with the Epistles for a full view of his impact.
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Paul
Macedonia
Europe
Asia
America
Rome
Japan
Philippi
Christ
Notice on draft boards affects 4-F and 1-C reclassifications
Washington May 3 men classified 4-F or 1-C are watching a new draft board notice about reclassification procedures. The change allows local board physicians to reclassify 4-F after medical review and directs boards to assign 2-A or 2-B when a 4-F works in essential industry.
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Washington
Selective Service
Draft Board
Liberators Attack Italian Rail Yards and Ports in Allied Bombing
Allied Liberators struck La Spezia harbor and rail yards across northern Italy with daytime raids on Castelmaggiore Fanza Parma and FaNo, plus night attacks on Genoa Piacenza and other targets. Mediterranean bombers blasted bridges near Orvieto Marsciano as fighter-bombers hit Adriatic shipping.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
la Spezia
Italy
Milan
Genoa
Livorno
Piacenza
Florence
Castelmaggiore
Fanza
Bologna
Parma
Fano
Ancona
Rimini
Orvieto
Marsciano
Rome
Adriatic
Japanese Threat Grows Near Loyang in Lunghai Drive
A Japanese column advanced within 35 miles of Loyang as forces push west along the Lunghai railway. Chinese reports say Jones operations threaten the Peiping Hankow artery while Beijing lines narrow to under 120 miles. China claims large scale mobile warfare east of the rail line in Honan to strike Japanese flanks.
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Chungking
Loyang
China
Hulao Pass
Chenghsien
Lunghai
Peiping-Hangkow
North
Anhwei
Peiping-Hankow
Honan
Zoo Adopts Eight Baby Opposums After Mother Killed
Philadelphia police removed eight infant opposums from their mother after a street accident left the animal dead. The zoo quickly took in the eight young marsupials to care for them.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
Locker Robbery Hits Florida Golf Club
Fifty lockers at a Florida golf course clubhouse were robbed. The incident caps a period of rising petty crime in the area as authorities warn residents to secure facilities and report suspicious activity.
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Florida
Swat
Missing Brother of Mrs Epperson Reported In News
Lt. David F. Rooker 28 from Chicago brother of Mrs Mitchell S. Epperson, a radio operator aboard a torpedoed ship. Survivors as of dawn reported men rescued, many officers and crew lost, Rooker not yet accounted for after rapid sinking.
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David F. Rooker
Chicago
Ill
Mitchell S. Epperson
Rooker
Germans Now Talk Of Allied Invasion On Dalmatian Coast
German broadcasts claim Allied Mediterranean offensives merge with a Western Europe invasion. They report Allied troop movements in southern Italy and fear of an Italy led assault while Tito’s partisans cooperate with small Allied units.
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Dalmatian
Ilondon
Mediterranean
Europe
Dermetian
Balkans
Berin
Germany
Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vedelit
London
Marshal Josip
Bros) Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Adriatic
Kurt Dittmar
Privates Demand KP Duty End, One Goal Shared
In New Guinea, Private Bryan Grant of Atlanta and Private Harry Glass Jr. of Grand Rapids joke about avoiding KP duty as they dream of becoming corporals. The two, once athletes and politicians, compare tales while food arrives, framing a light moment in the mess hall.
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Clen Clements
U. S
Fifth Airforce Headquarters
New Guinea
Sweden
Congress
Bryan
Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Harry Glass, Jr
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Young Democrats
Mussolini’s Train Attacked Near Bolzano
A Geneva dispatch quoted by Algiers radio says the train carrying Benito Mussolini back to northern Italy after his Berlin talks with Adolf Hitler was attacked near Bolzano by Italian partisans.
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Mussolini
London
Algiers
Geneva
Benitoussolini
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Bolzano
Lt Laddie Porter Memorialized as Outstanding Scout in Ada
The Ada feature highlights Laddie Porter born of the Porter family at 907 East Main as an Eagle Scout who attended Troop 5 under Arch Wallace and others. It notes his 1937 National Jamboree trip, his Army Air Corps training path, and family with ties to Horace Mann and East Central College.
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Laddie Porter
Ada
Harry Miller
J. Glen Porter
Eest Main Street
Mrs. Porter
Laddie
Arch Wallace
C. Dan Procter
Casper Duffer
D. R. Pike
Mr. Porter
Porter
Army Air Corps
Horace Mann
East Central
Oklahoma University
Sheppard Field
Peabody College
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Lakeland
Florida
Bainbridge
Albany
Horace Mann School
East Central College
National Suppy Company
Oklahoma City
Three Oklahomans Awarded Wartime Honors
The War Department awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses to Oklahoma natives Lt. James H. Darden of Guymon and Lt. John E. Johnston of Oklahoma City, and the Soldiers Medal to Sgt. Charley H. Hayes of Delaware, Novara County, all from the U S Army 12th Air Force. Darden earned the DFC for a July 8 1943 anti submarine mission in a B 24, continuing to attack after his plane was crippled. Johnston received the DFC for leading a September 25 1943 aerial engagement over Monti Corvina Italy, shooting down one foe and forcing others to retreat. Hayes earned the Soldiers Medal for heroism at Catania Air Base Sicily on November 18 1943, rescuing a pilot from a burning aircraft despite imminent danger of explosions.
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James H. Darden
Guymon
John E. Johnston
Oklahoma City
Charley H. Hayes
Delaware
Novara County
U. S. Army
12Th Air Force
Darden
War Department
Johnston
Italy
Monti-Corvina
Sgt
Haves
Catania Air Base
Sicily
Oklahomans Seek Halt on Overseas Farm Machinery
Oklahoma congressional delegation led by Gov. Kerr moves to stop shipment of surplus soil conservation farm machinery overseas. Rep Jed Johnson says talks with W S Clayton of the commerce department will determine next steps and possible legislation with Texas and Arkansas allies.
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Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Congress
Soil Conservation Service
Jed Johnson
W. S. Clayton
Department of Commerce
Johnson
Clayton
Teexas
Arkansas
British Empire Vows Unity At London Conference
Prime Minister Churchill greets empire premiers at No 10 Downing Street and says the British empire must stand together as a single family of nations to address shared problems. He adds that full wartime solutions are unlikely but talks must proceed to exchange views.
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London
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Mondey
Last Word Spring Frock Ad Teases New Ladies Line
The ad proclaims The Last Word for a spring frock collection, appealing to women shoppers with a fresh fashion note. It highlights the latest styles and a feminine mood, inviting readers to browse.
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