Hitler's Berchtesgaden Retreat Destroyed by Bombing
Report from Berchtesgaden notes Haus Wachenfeld on the Obersalzberg estate is wrecked after Allied bombardment and fires set by SS troops. The famed 30 by 20 foot parlor window and dining rooms are gone, with art treasures likely hidden in the mountains. Locals say Goering frequented the region, while Hitler has not visited since 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Haus
Bavaria
Hans Wachenfeld
Frau Therese Anschauer Scheffau
Schellenburg
Obersalzberg
Haus Wachenfeld
Frau Scheffau
Marshal Goering
Himmler
Goebbels
Heydey
Coal County Men Listed Among Wounded In Action
Army and navy casualties announced through the OWI list Oklahoma men: Navy dead Donald D. Davidson Tulsa. Navy wounded R L Sayre Oklahoma City PM 2/c R L Smith Kinta. Army dead Europe J E Appleman Alva M J Baker Noble E C Bates Plunkettville W T Bellflower Bixby Lee O Rutledge Frederick C E Zerbest Sapulpa. Army dead Pacific Arthur L. Mason Altus Charles D Akins Bennington Dual Autry Spiro Luchion Bacon Dennis M L Cammack Oklahoma City Edward M Childers Coalgate Carnegie Jefferson D Gallope Tupelo A F Gooch Oklahoma City Donald E Gotcher Tulsa F H Grassman Hennessey David R Harris Centrahoma Marion Hutson Cache Sam Jacobs Pierce Bill Jance Hugo L T Jones Dewar J F Kirk Picher C F Konopacki Lawton A P Latham Durant R G McBride Lamont K F Stehr Lawton R M Walker. Army wounded Pacific J Holt Vian Coy D Overall Hollis Wilbur A Vickers Picher Army missing Europe John Crites Atoka S C Dunn Waurika Jack M Givens Mangum Army missing Pacific Wallace Montgomery Ardmore Wilford G Nash Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
OWI
Oklahomens
Donald D. Davidson
Tulsa
Darrel Selby
Comanche
R. L. Sayre
Oklahoma City
R. L. Smith
Kinta
T. H. Wilkinson
Guymon
J. E. Appleman
Alva
M. J. Baker
Luchion Bacon
Dennis
M. L. Cammack
Edward M. Childers
Pearl Childers
Coalgate
Carnegie
Jefferson D. Gallope
John W. Gallope
Tupelo
A. F. Gooch
Donald E. Gotcher
Hollis
Wilbur
A. Vickers
Picher
John Crites
Atoka
S. C. Dunn
Waurika
Jack M. Givens
Mangum
Glenwood coach honored by track team gifts
Wayne Vickers, Glenwood Little Olympics coach, received six packages of cigarets a free lunch a billfold and cigars from his team Friday. The Glenwood squad won both A and C divisions while Irving took the meet overall though Glenwood finished second by 33 points.
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Wayne Vickers
Glenwood
Vickers
Irving
Molloy Joins KVSO Ardmore Engineering Team
John C. Molloy son of Mr and Mrs M B Molloy of Ada now works as an engineer at KVSO in Ardmore and plans to stay in Oklahoma long term. He has done government electronics work across 23 states since the war began and once worked in Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Molloy
M. B. Molloy
Ada
KVSO
Ardmore
Oklahoma
John
Tulsa
East Central College
Credentials and security at UNCIO limits access and travel
The article describes strict credential checks for entering restricted UNCIO zones and plenary sessions. It notes army guards, bus escorts, and double car protection for Molotov, plus attendees slipping out on buses. Frustration grows as some delegates avoid army transport. Frisco presses to soothe critics with new facilities and free lunch at the Veterans building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNCIO
Opera House
Molotov
Frisco
San Francisco
Press Club
Veterans Building
State Department
Army Peeved After Leaks From Hearing On Demobilization
Washington May 7. The house military committee battles leaks as it probes the army’s demobilization plan. Members seek details on point values and how 1,300,000 of 2,000,000 will be selected, plus draft-call plans and order of factors like service length and combat record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
May
D.-Ky
Germany
War Department
Europe
Pacific
Pacific Theater
United States
Sugar Supply Major Worry
The House food investigating committee summoned top sugar experts to a secret session to avert a potential mid summer shortage. Dr. Dennis A. Fitzgerald and Dr. Joshua Bernhardt testified on the government sugar program stockpile and crop outlook as open hearings begin Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Flieger
Washington
House Food Investigating Committee
Ace
House
Dennis A. Fitzgerald
War Food Administration
Joshua Bernhardt
Agriculture Department
United States
Cuba
OPA
Youth Center General Council Elected by Ballot
The Youth Center held its first general election to form a 15 member council from four student groups. Senior High School and Horace Mann divisions each earned representation based on total center membership. Top vote getters include Mary Little Jeanne Duncan Alfred Sugg Andy Anderson Bette Fentem and Jack Fentem.
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Youth Center
Center
Horace Mann
Mary Little
Jeanne Duncan
Alfred Sugg
Andy Anderson
Bette Fentem
Jack Fentem
Jean McClendon
Charles Fidler
Bob Scott
Betty Stegall
Bill Beavers
Iaa
Lou Mackin
Nadine McDowell
John Gay
Horace Mann Junior High
Larry Coventon
Bobby Jobe
Worst Prison Camp Of All Turns Out To Be Oswiecin
Moscow reports to Western readers that the Oswiecim concentration camp in Poland caused over 4,000,000 deaths, with victims from multiple nations. The extraordinary state commission blames Himmler and details gas chambers, crematoria, experiments, and mass sterilization as Nazi crimes.
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Oswiecin
Moscow
Europe
Osweicim
Poland
State Commission
Oswiecim
Bela Fabian
Hungarian Independent Democratic Party
Erfurt
Germany
Russia
France
Belgium
Holland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
Occupied
Krakow
Auschwitz
Birkenau
Monowitze
Goleshsua
Yavishowitz
Mneidachs
Blekhammer
Woman Killed In Auto Crash Near Ada
Mrs Betty Jean Keith 19 of McAlester died after a two car collision seven miles east of Ada at midnight Saturday. Three companions were treated and released. Keith, wife of Sgt Don Keith, Overseas since 35 months, was thrown from the car and died minutes after hospital arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Keith
McAlester
Naval Munitions
Ada
Keith
Delaware
Robert Leonard Dryman
Helen Greenwood
Frank Wilson
Dept
James Goodwin
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Don B. Keith
Eighth Army
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
States
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Bruner To Speak At College June 21 22
Teachers in East Central district may hear Dr. Herbert B Bruner Oklahoma City Schools superintendent speak during Post War Education Conferences in a college auditorium June 1 22 His talks aim to sharpen insight into future elementary and secondary school programs with shop talk to follow for educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central
Herbert B. Bruner
Oklahoma City
Bruner
Sailor Rescued From Ocean After Remarkable Swim
In Santa Monica on May 7 an unidentified sailor was pulled from the ocean by Patrolman Malcolm McMartin. The rescuer quoted the swimmer as saying he would reach Tokyo if necessary, after a dramatic Pacific-crossing effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Malcolm McMartin
Tokyo
Pacific
Alderman Meyers Falls Ill at City Hall Visit
Milwaukee on May 7 Alderman Fred P Meyers grew weak and lay on a city hall cot a health department doctor prescribed pills. While he rested Alderman August J Abe an undertaker entered the room and Meyers joked about the unexpected meeting.
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Milwaukee
Fred P. Meyers
City Hall
Health Department
Meyers
August J. Abe
Abe
Smoke flavoring gains popularity in foods
Smoke is becoming a popular flavoring for foods including cheese, game, oysters, salt, and turkey, as producers increasingly use it to enhance taste.
Coalgate Man Has One Leg Broken
T. P. Crim a Coalgate businessman was treated at Valley View hospital Sunday for a broken right leg below the knee after a fall while working with horses. He returned home after treatment and runs an abstract and insurance business in Coalgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Crim
Coalgate
Valley View Hospital
Senate panel rejects Murray Missouri Valley bill
Senate commerce committee refused to advance Sen. Murray's bill creating a Missouri Valley Authority. A three member board would oversee flood control irrigation navigation and power in the basin with a plan already authorized by Congress. The measure heads to the irrigation committee for 60 days then the agriculture panel for a similar period.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Murray
D-Mont
Missouri Valley Authority
Overton
D-La
Senate
Irrigation Committee
Agriculture Committee
Missouri Valley Basin
Congress
Commerce Committee
Missouri Basin
Kashgar Governor Crucified in 1924 After Reward Scandal
Ma Ti-T'ai former military governor of Kashgar China rewarded soldiers for service by giving wives from his harem. He was crucified in 1924 reflecting turmoil and punitive action in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma_ Ti-T’ai
Kashgar
China
Goebbels Body Not Found Reported in Berlin Ruin
A Moscow dispatch cited by Reuters claimed unconfirmed reports that Joseph Goebbels and his family were found dead in an air raid shelter near the Reichstag in Berlin amid ongoing air raid damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebbels
London
Reuters
Moscow
Joseph Goebbels
Reichstag
Berlin
Greater returns for amount in vested-Ada News
Classified ad notes higher yields for invested amounts in Ada News, highlighting opportunity for readers to grow funds through vested deposits and revised payout terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Escaped convict arrested in Ada Oklahoma
Talmage Parson, who escaped Yadkin Prison Camp North Carolina on October 10 1944, was captured by Oklahoma Highway Patrol in Ada. He waives extradition and waits for delivery to North Carolina authorities. Parson 32 used alias William Lee Hill with fake IDs. He had been serving 25 to 30 years for robbery with firearms and was found driving without a license. He worked for Times Publishing Company Chicago and claimed prior finger print checks in Arizona and Oklahoma.
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Talmage Parson
Yadkin
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Ada
William Lee Hill
The
Times Publishing Company
Chicago
Arizona
Portal To Portal Pay Is Approved By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court rules coal miners are entitled to portal to portal underground wages in a 5-4 decision led by Justice Murphy. The Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation, serving 900 workers in Virginia, appealed after a federal circuit ruling favored pay for travel time to and from the mine.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Murphy
Justice Jackson
Eo Ppe
Frankfurter
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Virginia
Fourth Federal Circuit Court
Food Preservation School and Local Demonstrations
A two day Food Preservation Refresher School at the East Central Home Economics Department featured Miss Martha McPheeters leading canning freezing and brining demonstrations. Attendees included new Home Demonstration Agents FSA workers and other officials with plans for future events announced by Norma Brumaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morgan
East Central Home Economics Department
Martha McPheeters
McPheeters
Lemna Maloney
Norma Brumaugh
4-H Clubs Receive Summer Work Instructions
4 H clubs were given directions this week on tasks for summer including garden work which is late.
Seed Treatment for Peanuts Boosts Yields
County Agent C H Hailey urges farmers to treat peanut seeds to fight disease and improve germination. He cites 1943 North Carolina data showing an average 150 pound per acre yield increase on 40 000 acres with treated seed using Arasan or 2 percent ceresan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Dairy Feeding and Grooming School Held For Boys
Arrangements set for a special school on Monday May 14 at the fairgrounds for boys who have dairy heifers. The event aims to teach hoof trimming horn shaping and clipping with demonstrations throughout the day to help youth fit and groom their animals.
Arrangements for May 15 Dairy Show at Ada
May 15 arrangements set for night of May 14 with P C McGalliard of the A and M College Dairy Husbandry Department in charge and John W Boehr assisting. Early entries show enthusiasm with Milking Shorthorns, Holsteins and Jerseys from Thompson Bros Jesse and others, including Berace Miller and Dr Ed Granger, Ada, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.C. McGalliard
A. and
M. College
John W. Boehr
Extension Dairyman
McGalliard
Central Dairy Show
Ada
Thompson Bros
Jesse
Bernace Miller
R. D. Cozad
Billy Joe Martin
Clifford Palmer
Bud Forehand
James Frederick
Ed Granger
Gilbert Wheelock
Pleasant Hill
Bobby Jones
Stratford
Poultry farming notes on breeding stock handling
After brood season end, clean and store brooders and equipment. Mark promising cockerels with leg bands for future use. Cull and remove roosters not fit as breeders. Sell over-fat lazy and non producing hens to save feed and labor.
Start Graveling of County Highway
County Commissioner Rae Thompson begins graveling a road three miles south of Stonewall. The route runs west and south to the new state highway and serves a mail and school bus route. Thompson aims to complete the work in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Thompson
Stonewall
Thompson
Expensive Tarts at James I Era Dinner Entertainments
The article notes John Hay, Earl of Carlisle, served costly tarts at James I era dinners. The small tarts cost about ten pounds each and were made with bergrease and musk, described as magisterial and pearl liveried.
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John Hay
Earl of
Carlisle
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Wallace R. Montgomery
Wilford G. Nash
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Theodore Roosevelt
Palm Court
Palace Hotel
City and Press Club
N. D. Welty
House Committee
William F. Arbogast
Occupied Territories
Youth Center General Council
MVA
Stillwater
Pontotoc
Willis Young
Pontotoc County
John Hatch
Bee County
Texas
Hatch
NEA
Gaar Corner
J. D. Gaar
Edith Jackson
Ethel Varnadore
Maddox
Opal Maddox
Beulah Payne
Leah Abston
Gaar
Morgan
C. H. Hailey
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