Terrific Bombing Of Jaluit Hints At Mop-Up Tactics
U S Pacific Fleet reports a 240 ton bombing at Jaluit signaling possible mop up of bypassed Japanese garrisons in the Marshalls. Nimitz announced a 284 sortie raid as crews attacked from low altitude with Mitchells and fighters, eight raiders damaged but all returned. MacArthur’s communique notes continued air blows at Wake and Dutch New Guinea, with success in the Schouten islands after 12 straight days of air activity.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Jaluit
Washington
Marshalls
Dutch New Guinea
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
Letter Results In Prison Sentence
A year and a day in prison was imposed in Oklahoma City on Paula Lena Paulus for sending an unsigned threatening letter to Brian Wyatt at a Norman base, tied to a 1943 shooting incident involving his wife Genevieve. FBI traced the letter to Wichita Falls.
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Oklahoma City
Paula Lena Paulos
Salvation Army
Paulus
Wichita Falls
Texas
Kenneth Logan
FBI
Foremen's Union Calls Off Detroit Strike Amid Air Force Setback
The leadership of the Foremen's Association of America halted a strike at 13 Detroit wartime plants after General H H Arnold described it as a serious setback to the air force. The action came within about ninety minutes of his warning that continued stoppages could allow the German air force to recover while under American blows.
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Washington
Foreman’s Association of America
Detroit War Plants
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
WLB
William H. Davis
The
Foremen’s Association of America
Washington, D. C
Association
Davis
Arnold
Germany
Detroit
United States Army Air Force
War Labor Board
U. S
Walter M. Nelson
Council For the Foremen’s Associa
British Shells Hit Monastery at Cassino Front
British artillery pounded the Redictine monastery above Cassino as the Eighth Army widened the Ravino bridgehead. German positions showed strain with fewer shells, while a German group surrendered under a white flag.
Ten Killed When Airship Crashes
A Navy training airship crashed into the hangar at Lakehurst naval station killing six officers and four enlisted men and injuring one crew member. The deadly accident occurred during a practice takeoff as student pilots failed to clear the hangar end. Names were withheld pending kin notifications.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Training Station
Fourth Naval District
Waste paper drive at Ada Junior High continues collecting
Ada Oklahoma May 17. Waste paper piles swell as Ada Junior High and five ward schools collect 30275 pounds by midweek. About 50 pupils work with volunteers, selling paper at 35 cents per hundred to fund visual education equipment. final exams are waived for participants.
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Ada Junior High
Prin A. R. Wallace
Harry Miller
Boy Scouts
A. R. Wallace
Sedition Trial In New Uproar
In Washington on May 17 federal court erupted as prosecutor Rogge opened the case against 29 defendants accused of plotting a Nazi style government. The defense objected repeatedly as witnesses and jurors faced anti dem social propaganda and calls to hatred amid courtroom chaos.
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Washington
U. S
Federal District Court
O’john Rogge
Rogge
Edward C. Eicher
Justice Eicher
James Edward Smythe
Moscow
Lois de Lafayette Washburn
Laughlin
United States
Germany
Fuehrer
Memorial Service for Pfc Alberson Sunday Afternoon
Memorial services for Pfc Edd Alberson killed in action in the Southwest Pacific on Bougainville Island will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Hill Baptist Church near Ada. Rev Reuben Anderson will conduct the service and friends are invited to attend. Alberson was the son of Rev and Mrs Johnnie Alderson of the Hickory Hill community.
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Pfc
Edd Alberson
Southwest Pacific
Bougainville Island
Hickory Hill Baptist Church
Ada
Fittstown
Reuben Anderson
Edd
Johnnie Alderson
Hickory Hill
Building Damaged By Small Blaze
Fire fighters responded to an alarm at 3 30 am Wednesday in the 900 block West Main. The blaze was controlled with minor damage. residents on the second floor escaped loss of furniture or personal items as the fire began in a southeast room and did not spread.
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City Fire Department
West Main
Oklahoma War Casualties Totals Reported by Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City reports total war casualties since January 1 reach 1 443. Army losses include 230 killed or died 632 wounded 373 missing 80 prisoners. Navy and Marine losses amount to 128 with 45 killed 47 missing 3 prisoners. Gasoline waste note mentions excessive pedal pumping at signals.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Daily
Oklahoman
Larry Allen Freed From Axis After 20 Months As War Prisoner
Barcelona May 17 Larry Allen Associated Press war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner was exchanged today after 20 months as a prisoner of Italians and Germans. He was captured Sept 13 1942 during a Tobruk raid aboard the destroyer Sich later held in Italy and Germany. Born Mt Savage Maryland he joined AP in 1933 and later reported sea battles including the Illustrious attack in 1941. He was among 900 prisoners exchanged for 700 Germans.
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Barcelona
Spain
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tobruk
North Africa
Sich
Chieti
Poland
Mt. Savage
Representative Poulson Aims Ban on Quickie Divorces
Rep Poulson of California pushes a constitutional amendment to prohibit quick divorces for the rich. He says the measure targets overnight divorces in Mexico and all divorce mills and easy marriage markets. The plan would extend to other state proceedings and outlaw temporary divorce residences. Read the Ada News Want Ads.
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Washington
Poulson
Rcalif
Mexico
German Consulate At Tangier Closed
The German consulate at Tangier Morocco was closed and sealed yesterday per a Spanish foreign ministry announcement. British permission allowed German personnel to travel by ship across the Gibraltar Strait to Spain toward Germany. The agreement also cuts Spain’s wolfram shipments to Germany and renews Allied oil shipments to Spain.
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Madrid
Tangier
Morocco
Strait of Gibraltar
Spain
Germany
Civilian automotive parts output in 1943 estimated
The article estimates civilian automotive parts production in 1943 at about 450 million to 500 million dollars. This reflects large scale wartime manufacturing shifts and regional industry contributions during that year.
Nazi Radios Talk Invasion Report From London and Berlin
European radios report mixed signals on invasion prospects as Berlin notes Rommel’s Atlantic wall checkup and commanders shift with Rundstedt named supreme anti invasion commander. Dittmar voices uncertainty while Rommel and Blaskowitz leading army groups amid looming Allied offensives.
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London
United Nations
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Atlantic Wall
Kurt Dittmar
Hitler
Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Rommel
Johannes Blaskowitz
Stilwell forces close trap on Kamaing in north Burma push
Front line dispatches report Stilwell’s Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell forces pressing on Kamaing within nine to fifteen miles, while Chinese columns from the Salween river threaten Myitkyina in a widening east west squeeze. Reports note Japanese counterattacks and heavy casualties as supply routes near Kamieng and the Mogaung valley are isolated.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylok
Joseph W. Stilwell
North Burma
Kamaing
Mogaung Valley
Salween River
Burma
Myitkyina
Stilwell
Kaming
Mogaung River
Malakawng
Kamieng
Tarongyang
Widenig
Manpin
Kamaung
Kaladan
India-Burma
Allied push in Liri valley aims at Cassino fall
Allied forces drive north into the Liri valley closing on Cassino as German defense fractures. Brit and Indian troops evict most positions, while French and American units advance toward the Adolf Hitler line and the Cassino garrison braces for possible collapse. Pignataro fell Monday night and the bridgehead over the Rapido expands to about five thousand yards.
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Eighth Army
Ravido
Richard Heidrich
Cassino
The
Rapido
Highway 6
Monastery Hill
Noland Norgaard
Naples
Liri
Cassine
Pignataro
Adolf Hitler
San Giorgio
Casilina
90Th Panzer Grenadier Division
Marshal Erall
Mediterranean Air Force
Piombino
Voltri
Santo Stefano
Pontotoc County Sets Fifth War Bond Drive Quota
Pontotoc County boards set a fifth war loan drive quota of 1 272 100 dollars with the campaign likely to start in June or July. District eight includes eight counties with listed quotas for Carter Coal Garvin Johnston Love Marshall Murray and Pontotoc among others.
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Pontotoc County
Carter
Coal
Garvin
Johnston
Love
Marshall
Murray
Horsepower Shortage Shocks Census Reveals
A census shows the nation's horse population at 9,330,000 the lowest since 1875 complicating automobile supply amid rising shortages.
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A local classified notice in Ada reports improved value for money in vested investments. The ad highlights favorable terms and potential yields for readers considering financial opportunities.
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Ada News
Pessimist recollects cheap entertainment and grocer’s profit
A nostalgic speaker recalls a five cent picture show that pleased audiences and left more than imagination, while grocers benefited from longer stays and steady crowds. The remark highlights dreary economic times and shared community experiences.
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Marine
Wesw
Lynn Heinzerling
Liri Valley
Italy
Redictine
Mediterranean
Europe
Battefield
Packard Motor Car Company
Briggs, Murray, Hudson
Gar Wood
DSM
Chauncey
USAAF
RAF
Charles C. Chauncey
Eighth Air Force
United States Air Forces
United Kingdom
Okla
Lois
Alberson
Axis
Rich
Dittmar
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