Transportation Corps Ready to Move Men and Supplies Into Europe
The Transportation Corps plans to move troops and matériel to Europe, coordinating depot orders with the Services of Supply, pre-stowing ships, and combat loading limits. Amphibious operations hinge on timing, priorities, and rapid unloading under attack. A separate item notes Warm Springs reservation Indians converting ration tokens into decorative bracelets and jewelry in Madras, Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transportation Corps
Europe
United Kingdom
Services of Supply
States
Madras
Ore
OPA
Warm Springs Reservation
Oklahoma City Patrol consolidates four divisions under Snyder office
Oklahoma City May 1 The state highway patrol consolidates duties from four former divisions to a Snyder office with Troopers J D Saunders and Jack Craig in charge. Durant division closed with transfers to headquarters. Veteran trooper Leedee Hunter resigns ill health, Ernest Evans also resigns to join the IRS. Herman Mansfield Stilwell rejoined after navy discharge and will be stationed there. One Illinois town driverless car injures two people in a street mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Patrol
J. M. Gentry
Snyder
Frederick
Anadarko
Altus
Hobart
J. D. Saunders
Jack Craig
Gentry
Durant
Joe Boyce
Glenn Clark
Leedee Hunter
Ernest Evans
Internal Revenue Department
Herman Mansfield
Stilwell
Navy
University of Missouri
Willoughby Becomes Commissioner of Public Works
Willoughby takes the place of J. H. Pryor as commissioner of public works and property. Bill Crawford, now in his fifth mayoral term, and Bill Bevers begin new local offices as city clerk and finance commissioner. New department appointments include W. H. Marshall as bookkeeper and Rex Reed as water superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
J. D. Willoughby
J. H. Pryor
Willoughby
Bill Crawford
Crawford
Bill Bevers
W. H. Marshall
Dick Akins
Rex Reed
W. E. Black
J. E. England
Rosedale Cemetery
City Water Office
Beavers
Commissioners
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows Origins in Shared Bunks
A compact reflection argues that many politicians align out of convenience rather than principle, suggesting that most share the same bunk and form unlikely alliances. The remark underscores pragmatic politics over ideological loyalty.
Know Your Hospital Unequalled for Wide Radius
A 1938 feature on Valley View Hospital outlines its opening date July 27 1938 the 11602 patients served and average daily census of 32.8 funded by a Commonwealth Fund grant of 239550.66 It highlights open access admissions to all finances covered by community contributions the ACS approved status and details on admissions records administration and nursing staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley View Hospital
Commonwealth Fund of New York
Commonwealth Fund
American College of Surgeons
Jeeps and Trucks Aid Soviet Advance in Balkans
Moscow dispatch reports American-made jeeps and trucks with the Red Army in Romania aiding the Balkans drive under Marshal Zhu kov. Soviet praise for U S support notes 34 medals to American officers while warning some fear a lack of invasion by Western forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
America
Red Army
Russia
Germany
Ada health department surveys milk quality across city
A comprehensive survey of Ada milk quality is underway by the local health department to assess each dairy farm and pasteurization plant. Dale Hunt of the State Health Department leads the effort with samples tested for microbes to ensure Grade A standards are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Health Department
Dale Hunt
State Health Department
R. H. Mayes
McLachlan Receives Second Promotion Overseas
Tom A. McLachlan, promoted from private first class to corporal at his India station, notes Japanese broadcasts urging revolt against Britain. He reports poor mail service but can receive the China Burma papers. Son of Mr and Mrs Phil McLachlan of Roff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom A. McLachlan
Pfc
India
China
Burma
Phil McLachlan
Roff
School Budget Approved With Teacher Raises in Oklahoma City
The board of education approved a budget of 2,954,291 dollars for Oklahoma City schools. The package includes teacher salary increases totaling 134,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Board of Education
Annual Cowpunchers Reunion Barbecue Near Addington
May 1 report notes the Fickens County Cowpunchers Association holds its annual barbecue and reunion near Addington next Saturday. The event gathers early-day cattlemen and friends for a community gathering and meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addington
Fickens County Cowpuncher’s Association
Kin of Ada Man Killed in Tex Battle Practice
Billy Rutledge of Ponca City nephew of W A Gus Delaney of Ada was killed at Camp Maxey Texas during battle practice with live ammunition. Funeral services will be held in Ponca City Wednesday afternoon. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Homer Rutledge of Ponca City and Mrs Rutledge who lives in Norman. He had worked on Delaney’s ranch near Ada last summer and had many acquaintances in the area. He was with an infantry company and was killed while emerging from a house he had been ordered to search for enemy troops when a machine gun bullet or fragment of shrapnel struck him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rutledge
Ponca City
W. A
Gus’ Delaney
Ada
Camp Maxey
Tex
Homer Rutledge
Rutledge
Norman
Delaney
Must Rehabilitate Country Churches Must Rehabilitate
Gov. Thomas L. Bailey of Mississippi urges rural revival through restoring deserted country churches alongside soil and resource programs. He notes his 24 years in public service and cites the quadrennial Methodist conference to argue spiritual encouragement and farm-based strength are linked to rural prosperity. He laments the lack of dirt farmers among delegates, highlighting rural religious decline.
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Arthur Edson
Kansas City
America
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
The
Methodist Church
Bailey
Assembly Hall
Methodist
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Half British Women in War Work Across Nation
Report shows 8,500,000 of 17,250,000 British women aged 14 to 65 are engaged in fulltime war work. The statistic highlights the scale of female labor contributing to the war effort during the period.
Ada pilot Lt Putnam dies in Jackson crash
Second Lt Wayne W. Putnam of Ada was killed instantly when his training plane crashed five miles southwest of Jackson Mississippi. Also killed was First Lt Frederick G. Grimshaw Jr. of Altoona Pennsylvania. Putnam left a wife and two year old son. Funeral plans pending.
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Wayne W. Putman
Ada
Jackson
Miss
Jackson Army Air Base
Frederick G. Grimshaw Jr
Altoona
Putnam
L. D. Putnam
Lee Putnam
A. F. Bazemore
Harve Lambert
Pontotoc County
Veteran Airman Visists Family After Year Abroad
Staff Sgt. S. K. Kelsey visits his Francis home on furlough with wife and young Sammy. He is a bombardier and navigator who entered service after Pearl Harbor and patrolled seas for submarines. He dropped a bomb on a German submarine and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for 500 hours in air since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. K. Kelsey
Sammy
Francis
Sgt. Kelsey
U. S. Army
Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Kelsey
South Pacific
Gasoline Samples Here Tested Okay
Reassuring news for motorists and dealers as laboratory tests Thursday and Friday show all samples up to standard. A traveling laboratory of the estate corporation commission tests motor fuels at outlets across southern and southeastern Oklahoma, including about 50 samples from Ada. Floyd E. Proffitt, assistant chief chemist, cites reduced adulteration due to accurate testing equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Estate Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Ada
Floyd E. Proffitt
Proffitt
Flyer's 26th Mission Moves Father to Save Mother
Staff Sgt. Everett L. Dodd of Walnut Ridge Arkansas, a Flying Fortress tail gunner, began his 26th mission after his 25th over Friedrichshafen, then flew home to aid his critically ill mother Mrs Mary Pauline Dodd in Poplar Bluff Missouri. He carries the DFC and Air Medal with three clusters and has flown over Berlin twice.
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U. S
Britain
Everett L. Dodd
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Friedrichshafen
Mary Pauline Dodd
Poplar Bluff
Air Service Command
Berlin
House Demos Split Over Ward Probe
House Democrats split over a proposal to investigate the Montgomery Ward plant seizure. Speaker Rayburn indicated a cooling off period, while some Rules members pushed for a rule change to force immediate action on Rep Dewey's inquiry. Rep Cox and Rep Smith sought to compel a meeting to advance the rule change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Montgomery Ward
Sam Rayburn
D.tex
Rep
Dewey
R.ill
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Sabath
D.-Nii
Navy
t.Cox
Rep. Cox
D.ga
Rep. Smith
R.va
Rules
Four Republicans File for County Offices in Local Races
Four Republicans entered county races including Sheriff B. H. Frick Co. Commissioner No. 2 Earlin Haskins Assessor Jack Walker and Treasurer James W. Lewis. They face no intra party opposition and will meet Democratic picks in November after July primary results. Republicans also joined several state and national legislative contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Frick. Co
Earlin Haskins
Jack Walker
James W. Lewis
Nutrition Problems Of County Discussed At Meeting
Home economic teachers and others concerned with nutrition in Pontotoc County met in the district judge's office at 10 a m Saturday. Officials from the Health Department Farm Security Welfare Department R E A and Home Demonstration department attended. A Blue Cross speaker shared experiences with nutrition groups. The group listed problems and offered control ideas and coordination plans. A follow up meeting is set for Saturday May 6 at 10 a m in the courthouse inviting all nutritionists and others involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotce County
Jessie Morgan
Monay
Farm Security
N. D. Helland
Blue Cross Plan
R. H. Mayes
Willis Young Drowned While Serving in Navy
Willis Young, 19, radar operator second class, is reported drowned at sea while in the U S Navy. The War Department telegram to his parents near Fitzhugh confirms the loss, with a letter dated April 13 mentioning his return to schooling. He had attended Oklahoma A and M for a year after Fitzhugh High School and is survived by his parents and two brothers Obra and Truitt. He was a 4 H club member and Eagle Scout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Elmer Young
War Department
Andrew Young
Fitzhugh
Young
Willis
Randell
Hawaiian Islands
Obra
Truitt Young
Navy
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Fitzhugh High School
Eagie
Entries Listed In Legislative Races In Pontotoc County
Five days of filing ended with intra republican competition for a state legislative race in Pontotoc county. Democrat Thomas P Holt of Ada is unopposed for No 1. Republican candidates John W Beard and E W Kemp also seek that seat. No 2 features Democrat Virgil B Medlock and Joe H Riddle, while Republican Jesse S Bonds of Allen competes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Thomas P. Holt
Ada
Joe Tom McKinley
John W. Beard
E. W. Kemp
Virgil B. Medlock
Joe H. Riddle
Jesse S. Bonds
Allen
Champlin Dies At His Home In Enid Oklahoma
H H Champlin 76 head of Champlin Refining and Allied interests died at his Enid home after a year of poor health due to a heart ailment. He was banker and district GOP delegate, survived by widow a daughter and a son. Born 1868 in Rockford Illinois he helped found Enid banks and Champlin refinery with 16000 barrel daily capacity.
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Enid
Okla
H. H. Champlin
Champlin Refining Company
Champlin
First National Bank
Oklahoma
Kingfisher
Cherokee Strip
D.J. Owen
Joe
Rockford
Ill
Garber-Covington
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NEA
London
Illinois
Bevers
Army Signal Corps
Carolina
Anzio
Italy
William F. Beard
Thornville
Penna
Theodore F. Sokol
Monessen
Frederick L. Miller
Maspeth
N. Y
Ada, Oklahoma
YJ. S
Balkans
By Eddy Gilmore
McLachlan
W. A. Delaney
Methodist Convention
Lt. Putnam
State Mobile Lab
Gunner
Rusty
Margaret Murphy
Indianapolis
Ind
Anzio Beachhead
Willis Young
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