Hearing on final account and heirs for J W McBride estate
Ollie McBride as administrator seeks final settlement and distribution in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. A hearing is set for May 11, 1944 at 10:00 AM in Ada County Court to determine heirs and approve discharge. All interested parties must appear and show cause. Dated April 15, 1944. Moss Wimbish, County Judge. 4-20-3tw (SEAL)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
State OF
Oklahoma
7. W. McBride
Ollie McBride
J. W. McBride
Ada
Moss Wimbish
Hearing on final account in McKinley estate set
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma Fawn McKinley administratrix of Ben K McKinley deceased has filed a final account and motion for distribution and discharge The hearing is fixed for May 8 1944 at 10 90 A M in the Ada county court house all interested parties must appear to show cause why distribution and discharge should be granted Dated April 17 1944 Moss Wimbitsh
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ben K. McKinley
Fawn McKinley
Ada
Moss Wimbitsh
Bartlesville Attorneys for Plaintiff Named
Lewis and Harris listed as attorneys for the plaintiff in a docket entry dated April 27, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis & Harris, Bartlesville, Oklo Attorneys
Notice of Settlement of Final Account in Mayhue Estate
G C Mayhue Sr administrator of Catherine Pauline Mayhue deceased presents final account and petition for distribution in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Hearing set for May 18 1944 at 10:00 A M in Ada Court to settle the account and distribute estate to entitled parties. Interested parties may file written exceptions and contest the petition. First published April 30 1944 in Ada Weekly News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
State OF
Oklahoma
Catherine Pauline Mayhue
G. C. Mayhue, Sr
Ada
Deer Breaks Through Greenhouse Glass in Salt Lake City
Mrs. Keith Sorensen watched in amazement as a deer leaped through one end of her greenhouse in Salt Lake City, dashed along flower boxes, turned and fled, breaking more glass during the escape.
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Salt Lake City
Keith Sorensen
Britain to Loan China 50 Million Pounds in Aid and Military Gear
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced Britain would loan China up to 50 million pounds and supply military equipment on a lend lease basis. The agreement reflects London's aim to extend aid and support to China in the current international context.
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Britain
China
London
Anthony Eden
Eden
Coyote Pup Harvest Yields Varying Tomes Across Hennessey
In Hennessey the coyote pup harvest started late but produced solid counts. W. M. Summers and son found 38 pups with all mothers identified, while od cereer and Albert dug out nine pups from dens. Homer Enix collected 18 pups from three dens and Finis Webber took six.
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Hennessey
W. M. Summers
Od Cereer
Albert
Homer Enix
Finis Webber
Quiet title action involving Cherokee and Chickasaw heirs in Pontotoc OK
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma District Court, Tri Rhynes sues heirs of Lena Cravatt and related defendants to quiet title to land surveys in sections 25 26 27 28 34 35 township 1 north range 7 east. Petition filed April 28 1944. defendants must answer by June 15 1944 or judgment by default. Court Clerk Della Bedford. Thompson and Braly attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Oklahoma
Maud Brents
Naomi Sanders
James Richard Couch
Aaron A. Couch
Richard C. Couch
Eva Couch
Katie Couch
R. T. Couch
District Court
Pontotoc County
Bessie L. Thomas
Ada
Della Bedford
Jewell Ford
Ohoma
Irl Rhynes
Lena Cravatt
Robert G. Brady
I. W. Choctaw
James N. Ross
Gladys Ross
Lee Woods
Robert G Brady
J. W. Choctaw
Tri Rhynes
F. Robinson
Seal
Thompson and
Braly
Plif
Oakman church gathering hosts Virgie Massey program
A Sunday night program at Oakman Y P L drew a large crowd with singing before the talk by Mrs. Virgie Massey. Attendees included Mrs. George Carter and son William, Mrs. Vada Lillard, and Miss Geneva Cecil. Many local residents were mentioned visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns.
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Virgie Massey
George Carter
William
Vada Lillard
Geneva Cecil
Gaar Corner
Ted Lillard
Linver Lillard
Elmer Scroggins
Oklahoma City
St. Anthony Hospital
J. M. Nance
Bobby Ray
W. H. Nance
Holdenville
Orel Dryden
Edward Berryman
Dale Cecil
Virgil Bandy
Evangle
Virginia Bandy
Elmer Scro
William Carter
Charley Carter
Jim Williams
Francis
Marion Scroggins
L. L. Lillard
A. M. Cecil
Harve] Crawford
L. C. Blankenship
Allen
University of Oklahoma to admit 200 reserve trainees
Dr. G L Cross, acting president, said officials of the Eighth Service Command notified by letter that 200 seventeen year old reserve army trainees may be assigned to the university. No other details were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
G. L. Cross
University of Oklahoma
Eighth Service Command
Reserve Army
Cross
Rawleighs Want Ad Seeks Successor in North Pontotoc
Want ads announce sales position to replace D C Blackhawk for Rawl eigh Route serving 1500 families in North Pontotoc County. Dealer Faulk notes 281 year in business. White today. Rawleighs Dept OKD-3-SAS Memphis Tenn. May 4.
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D. C. Blackhawk
Rawleigh
Pontotoc County
Faulk
Rawleigh’s
Dept
SAS
Memphis
Tenn
Exact D Day timing shown as precise and planned
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie explains that D Day timing is set with precision though subject to change for emergencies. He notes land and amphibious operations use meticulous schedules and paratrooper drops, with coordination across fronts to avoid haphazard action.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Sicily
H. K. Hewett
U. S
North African
Richard C. Steere
Steere
Kentucky Derby Entry List Set for 70th Derby at Churchill Downs
Louisville May 3. 18 three year old horses set to enter for Saturdays 70th Kentucky Derby with expected post around 4 45 p m central war time. Broad Grin led Derby trial winners as Stir Up faces doubt over Derby distance amid a crowded field and speculation over entries.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky
America
George Poulson
Los Angeles
Payne Whitney
Good Goods
John Gaver
Bread Crin
Ever
W. C. Davis
Rockwood
Stir Up
How- Boy
J. W. Maggio
American Eagle
Mississippi Bases Flood Situation Tightens Across States
Flood waters of the swollen Mississippi River receded to Cape Girardeau Missouri last night while threats remained in the midwest and southwest. In Texas toll rose to eight dead thirteen injured and one missing after torrential rains hail and heavy winds. The Neches River in East Texas was three miles wide in places. Government forecasters warned serious flood conditions also.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Cape Girardeau
Texas
Neches
Flooding Threat Across Texas and Missouri Rivers
Weather reports warn of heavy rainfall along the Trinity Brezos and Sabine rivers and many streams in Texas causing anticipated livestock losses. In western Missouri the Osage River breached its banks after more rain, with danger spanning 300 miles from the Kansas border to its confluence with the Missouri.
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Trinity Brezos
Sabine
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Former Aircraft Warning Tower Collapse Injures Farmer
In Salisbury Connecticut Bert Clark, working alone, toppled a disused aircraft warning service observation tower. He freed his pinioned leg with a crowbar, finished moving the structure, and then tended his garden and asparagus patch before agreeing to see a physician for two broken bones in his ankle.
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Salisbury
Conn
Aircraft Warning Service
Bert Clark
Clark
Navy Ensign James S McKelvy’s Wartime Service Revealed
Three service veteran James S McKelvy from Ardmore and a Penn State alumnus is described as having served in the Marines Army and Navy during the war. He was honorably discharged by the Marines and drafted by the Army before receiving a Navy commission at Fort Bragg North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Penn State
James S. McKelvy
Ardmore
Navy
Army
Fort Bragg
N. C
Bathing beauty on bus sparks Tucson protests
In Tucson Aziz the figure on a city bus drawn in a scant swimwear to promote war bonds drew complaints from the mayor and the city ministerial association. The bus company modified the image twice, first a modern bathing suit and then a gay 90's style suit after renewed protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Aziz
Cat wedged on radiator prompts humane society rescue
In Chicago Dr. L B Schwartz heard a squeak from his car and found a gray alloy cat wedged on the radiator. The Anti Cruelty Society removed the cat, which was unharmed except for a mangled front paw after about 15 minutes of driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
L. B. Schwartz
Anti-Cruelty Society
Know Your Hospital Special Children's Accommodations
Hospital explains its child ward for twelve and under with seven beds and 1322 admissions to date. About half are charity cases funded by donor contributions. The annual drive runs May 7 to May 13 to support financially unable families.
Methodists Call For $25 Million Postwar Crusade
Kansas City dispatch reports Methodists seek a $25,000,000 postwar reconstruction program titled a crusade for Christ. Five goals include international peace, rebuilding church properties, evangelistic campaigns, stewardship, and greater Sunday school enrollment. Funding split cites $14M for foreign missions and $9M for home missions plus $1.5M for allied churches and societies. A six month drive begins Jan 1, 1945, with approval by 752 delegates needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Committee of 21
World Council of Churches
Church
Bureau of Research
American Bible Society
Eigit
Paul B. Kern
Nashville
Obituary Lt Wayne W Putnam Aviator Dies In Crash
Lt. Wayne W. Putnam of Ada died in a Mississippi plane crash. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. from First Presbyterian Church with Rev. M. S. Epperson, Rev. Milo Arbuckle and Rev. Carl Wilhelm officiating. Burial at Rosedale Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Surviving family includes widow, son, parents Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Putnam, sister Mrs. A. F. Bazemore, and brother Lee Putnam.
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Wayne W. Putnam
West Fifteenth
Ada
Mississippi
First Presbyterian Church
M. S. Epperson
Milo Arbuckle
Carl Wilhelm
Rosedale Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Eli Goforth
Lee Nabors
Babe McFarland
A. J. Brock
American Legion Service
Janet Hendryx dies at age 4 in Ada Oklahoma
Janet Hendryx four died Tuesday at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m from the Church of God in Ada with Bro L O Cooper officiating. Burial will be in Holdenville. Smith Funeral Home is in charge. Surviving are her father Oran Hendryx of Stonewall two sisters Phyllis Ann and Elizabeth two brothers Glenn and Dickie grandmother Mrs Sarah Wright of Stonewall.
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Janet Hendryx
Church of God
Ada
Bro
L. O. Cooper
Holdenville
Smith Funeral Home
Oran Hendryx
Stonewall
Phyllis Ann
Elizabeth
Glenn
Dickie
Sarah Wright
KinDrick Funeral Services Held for Ada Area Man
Funeral services for J. L. Kindrick aged 75 who died at his home west of Ada were held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Ada Missionary Baptist church with burial in Memorial Park Smith.
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J. L. Kindrick
Ada
Ada Missionary Baptist Church
Memorial Park
Smith Funeral Home
Mrs Maude Kilpatrick Dies At Home
Mrs Maude Kilpatrick aged 51 died at her home 621 West Eighth. The brief notice provides limited personal details and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Kilpatrick
West Eighth
Kilpatrick Funeral Held For Burley Kilpatrick
Funeral services were held Thursday at 4 p.m. at Asbury Methodist Church with Rev. Harvey Human officiating. Burial followed in Rosedale Cemetery under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Joe Jared, T. H. Haley, E. W. Bonner, Harvey Baker, Otis Fountain and Earl Thomas. Surviving are husband Burley Kilpatrick two sons Cpl Earl Glenn Kilpatrick Camp Campbell Ky and Cpl Eugene Kilpatrick overseas father H. L. Cassidy three sisters Mrs P E Parker Mrs Roy Sneed Ada and Mrs Arthur Baker Hermosa Beach Calif a brother A M Cassidy Ada.
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Asbury Methodist Church
Harvey Human
Rosedale Cemetery
Criswell Funeral Home
Joe Jared
T. H. Haley
E. W. Bonner
Harvey Baker
Otis Fountain
Earl Thomas
Burley Kilpatrick
Cpl
Earl Glenn Kilpatrick
Camp Campbell
Laval Says French Must Fight Allies
Pierre Laval and the Vichy regime in Madrid outline a five point program to regulate civilian personnel and services as France could enter active military operations. They reiterate strict respect for the armistice with Germany while warning Frenchmen to treat the Allies as invaders if operations begin.
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Madrid
Pierre Laval
Youth training seen cheaper than crime in La Junta
District Attorney John Mabry urged taxpayers to fund youth programs after a murder trial in La Junta Colorado. One youth was convicted of murder and given life in prison while a state’s witness credited the program with deterring him from joining a robbery that sparked the crime. The program received 400 dollars from citizens and cost 1000 dollars to try and imprison the other youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Junta
Colo
John Mabry
Hague Convention Guides Vichy on Occupied French Actions
In a statement on occupied French soil the Vichy regime claimed public officials must follow the Hague convention. It states French authorities must forbid participation in battle and abstain from cooperation with invaders, maintaining only minimal relations to protect local interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Stillwater Begins Survey for Community Development Plan
The city launches a resources survey to aid returning service men with employment. Questionnaires were mailed to groups of employers professionals and business men, led by Roy T Hoke as chairman of the planning board’s men’s division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Roy T.hoke
Manly
Future Planning Board
Tornadoes Strike Over Oklahoma and Kansas Sunday
Several tornadoes were sighted in Oklahoma and Kansas on Sunday with no injuries. A twister damaged a home and barns near Pratt, Kansas, where resident Mrs. Robert Rolf sheltered in a storm cave. Other funnels were seen near Welch and west of Wichita with no damage reported.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Kansas
Robert Rolf
Pratt
Kas
Rolf
Welch
Wichita
Milton
Muskogee
Oklo
Administrationites Triumph in Two State Primaries
Roosevelt era critics faced setbacks as administration stalwarts Senator Lister Hill in Alabama and Senator Pepper in Florida won renomination contests. Dewey gained delegates in South Dakota while Gurney held renominating lead there. South Dakota’s primary also showed 239 pledged delegates for Dewey toward the 530 needed at Chicago.
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Associated Press
Florida
Alabama
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Lister Hill
Claude Pepper
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Stassen
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Chicago
Senate
Hill
James A. Simpson
Birmingham
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Pepper
Eg J. Ollie Edmunds
Gurney
A. C. Miller
Gurny
Miller
I c
School Lunch Plan To End May 15
Oklahoma City May 3 The state and federal school lunch program will end May 15, cutting 51 state employees from their jobs. The administrator said the staff covered district and state offices plus supervisors aiding districts. The program cost about 63 240 dollars plus federal reimbursements. nine cents per meal is allowed by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Board of Public Welfare
E. D. Sullivan
State Board
Sullivan
Naval depot signs 89620 checks in field operation
Clearfield Utah Lt J T Schriver disbursing officer signed his name to eighty nine thousand six hundred twenty checks before a check writing machine began operation at the Clearfield naval supply depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Utah
J. T. Schriver
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