Ada High Honors and Awards Assembly Highlights
Ada High School held its annual Honors and Awards assembly Tuesday morning recognizing students from all classes for academic and extra curricular achievement. Special awards included Kiwanis to Bob Goins, Lions to Guy Meaders, B P W to Barbara Hansard, and Danforth to Bob DeMoss and Margie Johnson with many others noted for Citizens, Readers Digest, and AAUW art honors among seniors and juniors.
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Ada High School
Ada High
Tony Floyd
Kiwanis
Bob Goins
Wendell Thomas
Lions
Lions Club
Guy Meaders, Jr
B. P. W. Club
Barbara Hansard
Ade High
Danforth
Bob DeMoss
Margie Johnson
Readers’ Digest
George Toler Jr
AAUW
Charles Green
DAR
Ann Moore
Ada
Jack Fentem
James Olterman
Bill McDowell
Rob M.mossseer
Jack Bell
Hookkeenine
Barbara Hanerrd
Mary Kate Jobe
Tyning I
Lavelle Roberts
Jacoueline Grove
Mary Kaste Jobe
Martha Kelly
Elizabeth Bowen
Shophomore
Donald Black
Bob Anderson
Ruth Ratslaff
Yell
Jeanne Duncan
Bill Dunn
Jean McClendon
Joe McClendon
Ellen Edwards
Marjorie Lollar
Billy Reeves
Barbara Alexander
Tom Ed Duncan
Lenora Likowski
Juanita Likowsckis
Oklahoma Honor Society
William Heiman
Ruth Ratzlaff
Howard Schaer
Marjorie Derrick
Douglas Epperson
Lessie Mac Grubaugh
Alfred Sugg
William McDowell
Bill Hensley
Don Presley
Robert Mullins
John Turley
Bill Richmond
Charles Jared
Mary Willis Sledge
Ellen Frances Edwards
Billy Roberts
Sidney
Dorothy Hammonds
Betty McNair
Claud Boms
Lois Jean Baker
Jean Logsdon
Joan Burris
Joy Stone
Mary Martha Oliver
Norma Jean Roberts
Virginia Higginbotham
Maxine Cooper
Jean Roberts
Jean Thompson
Betty Gale
Malcolm Floyd
Paul Gamill
Billie Watson
Winford Laughlin
Orville Mackintabee
Dean White
Paul Hardee
Wayne Mullinax
James Rea
Arneld Bazemore
J. M. DeMoss
Roy Franklin
Joe Marsh
Orville Makintabee
Joe Garrison
Hildred Massey
Wayne Mayfield
Mildred Bevel
Jeanette Simpkins
Juanita Likowski
Lenora Sikowski
Barbara Ratzlaff
Cigar Prices Rise Amid OPA Controls and Shortages
Washington report explains how wartime price rules and tax costs pushed cigar prices up. Officials note fewer cheap five cent cigars due to higher costs, service demand, and shifts to more expensive lines, with possible new plans to boost cheap production.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
OPA
Armed Services
Doctors Fight Off Death in Emergency Hospital of Front
War correspondent George Tucker describes an Eighth Evacuation hospital on the Italian front where blood plasma sustains wounded soldiers. He notes crowded wards, shock from injuries, and a Ohio case that received ten units of plasma, highlighting volatile battlefield conditions and the lifesaving impact of plasma therapy.
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George Tucker
Fifth Army Front
Italy
Santa Maria Infante
Local groups report for service late this month
Two groups of men from draft board No. 1 will report for military training this month. A 19-man navy group departs Ada May 24 to Oklahoma City for assignment, and a 12-man crew leaves May 26 for Fort Sill. The lists include named navy and army volunteers, with age and fatherhood details.
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Draft Board No. 1
Jack Lloyd
Oklahoma City
Ft. Sill
Ada
Navy
Loyd K. Donia
Lonzo C. Cooper
Robert M. Brantley, Jr
Jimmie S. Barker
Jack C. Brown
John W. Zimmerman
Berry G. Orebaugh
Russell C. Lee
George S. Johnson
Bardy E. Shackelford
William P. McNut
Owan L. Jones
Walter L. Palmer
Glent R. Goodwin
Perry M. Farmer
Philip M. Johnston
Malcolm M. Stegall
Thomas M. Powers
Olen C. Overton
Brewer F. Simpson
Ellis Jones
Wallace Fowler
J. Frank Todd
James A. O’nee
George D. Harris
Harden H. Rose
G. T. Ennis
Joe P. Cooksey
Virgil L. Barnes
Oris W. Roberts
James E. Manning
Army
State Democrats Plump for F D R in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Democratic convention pledged its 22 votes to President Roosevelt, re-elected Kerr as national committeeman, and elected Mrs. O H Cafky as committeewoman. Delegates urged a world wide free press and heard Mark Ethridge speak for the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier- Journal
Kerr
Robert E. Hannegan
National Party
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
America
Kerr Group
O. H. Cafky
Forgan
National Convention
Life Photographer Visits Turner Ranch Near Sulphur
A Life magazine photographer spent a week at the Turner ranch near Sulphur photographing cattle horses land and the layout. He captured over 250 shots including a group photo of Latta 4-H club members George Smith and Frank Jared. Local Ada residents watched as he posed boys on a fence and shot from a water tower for a possible later article.
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Life Magazine
New York City
Turner Ranch
Sulphur
New York
George Smith
Latta
Mrs. Ella Davis Taken By Death
Mrs. Ella Davis 71 of 1310 South Cherry died Tuesday at 1 a.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the Criswell Funeral Chapel with Rev. M. S. Epperson officiating. She was born in Jasperk Arkansas and moved to Ada in 1916. Survived by one son D. A. Davis of Ada. Spronge Is Shrimp Lair More than 17 000 shrimp barnacles worms and crabs were found in a washtub size sponge fished from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ella Davis
South Cherry
Criswell Funeral Chapel
M. S. Epperson
Gulf of Mexico
Mrs. Floyd Resigns as Fittstown Postmaster
Mrs Hazel E Wilson becomes acting postmaster at Fittstown replacing Mrs Rosemary Floyd who has resigned and will move to Ada. Wilson has served as assistant postmaster for a year. Floyd’s husband Haskell Floyd joins the U S Navy. Floyd is daughter of Mrs J B Hill and principal at Fittstown high school is the Floyds’ son-in-law.
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Hazel E. Wilson
Fittstown
Rosemary Floyd
Wilson
Floyd
Ada
Haskell Floyd
U. S. Navy
J. B. Hill
C. W. Floyd
Fittstown High School
Johnson seeks pardon for state air hero Captain Youree
Rep Jed Johnson says the president should commute the dishonorable discharge of Captain Pervis E Youree of Walters Oklahoma for an incident in formation with a Braniff Airways plane. Youree earned the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal and three clusters in the Eighth Air Force in England. The appeal notes extenuating circumstances and questions the severity of the sentence.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Pervis E. Youree
Walters
Army Air Corps
Jed Johnson
Youree
Army Air Field
Ardmore
Okla
Braniff’s Airways
Eighth Air Force
England
Johnson
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
White House
Ada Man Promoted To First Lieutenant
War department announces promotions for Oklahoma residents including six promoted to first lieutenant. Ada’s Arthur Moss and Archie Braggs join Lechien Ottaway Crider Thorne McCracken among Oklahoma City Tulsa Enid Tyrone list. John Boyd Dunlop noted for early hollow tire invention. Read the Ada News Want Ads.
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Washington
Philip Earl Daugherty
Oklahoma City
Joseph Ronald Johnston
Sixteenth
Tulsa
War Department
James William Parker
Grove
Delaware County
Okla
Arthur Leroy Moss
Ada
Archie Sam
Braggs
Muskogee County
Emile Louis Lechien
Enid
Harold Edward Ottaway
Tyrone
Texas County
Jack Crider Thorne
Ralph Earl McCracken
No Teacher Shortage Here Ada Schools Report
Ada schools expect to maintain standards for another year as Rex Morrison, the city school superintendent, says there is no teacher shortage. The district sees increasing interest from applicants from Oklahoma City and Tulsa, noting Ada's good schools and higher than average local salaries as attracting qualified teachers.
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Ada
Rex O. Morrison
Morrison
Board of Education
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Seventeen Oklahoma Soldiers Missing in Two War Zones
The army reports 17 more Oklahomans missing in action in European and Mediterranean theaters. Names include 2nd Lts Alfred Autrey and Billy Barker, S/Sgt Eugene Bell, S/Sgt Beryle Corntassel, Sgt Harve Kenley, Lt Gerald Taylor, S/Sgt Herman Tushka, and others from Lawton, Ada, Durant, Tulsa, and Bartlesville among districts listed with family connections in Oklahoma.
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Washington
Alfred L. Autrey
Hiram L. Autrey
Mannsville
Johnson County
Eugene S. Bell
Grace B. Brordon
Oklahoma City
Beryle A. Corntassel
Ephram P. Cates
Kellyville
Creek County
Homer C. Kelley
Seminole
Harve C. Kenley
Ada
Louie M. LaFountain
Louis B. LaFountain
Lawton
Edward J. Phillips
Shawnee
Gerald Taylor
Richard A. Taylor
Wayne
McClain County
Herman Tushka
Kogee Knight
Okmulgee
Lake L. Maddox
Mary M. Maddox
Fort Gibson
Richard L. McCully, Jr
Mary L. McCuly
South Lewis Place
Tulsa
Donald L. Perkins
Albert Perkins
Bartlesville
Draft Board Seeks Six Missing Registrants
Local Selective Service board No. 1 requests the addresses of six men registered with the board. Attempts to contact have failed. Anyone knowing whereabouts should notify the men or the draft board. Missing include Lee Roy Batey Jesse Blaine Gray Roy Lee Clark Edward Mart Jackson Carol Eugene Brent Thurman Roles.
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Local
Selective Service Board No. 1
Draft Board
Lee Roy Batey
Jesse Blaine Gray
Roy Lee Clark
Edward Mart Jackson
Carol Eugene Brent
Thurman
Women Employed Surpass 17 Million in Wartime Drop
Census figures released show women now total 17.18 million in the labor force, rising 300000 in April mainly in agriculture, while men declined about 1.11 million over the year and working women rose about 600000. A note on a Malay Peninsula hornbill diet mentions Strychnine in seeds of Strychnos and nux vomica.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Apri
Malay Peninsula
Chinese Launch Major Offensive in Western Yunnan Front
Chinese high command says large forces crossed the Salween on May 10 in a 100 mile front to link with Stilwell's troops in northern Burma. Sky Dragons and other units supported the drive as heavy casualties were reported on both sides. Wei Li Huang leads the effort to breach southern China and connect with India via the Ledo road, while Chinese forces strike back along the Peiping Hankow railway after Japanese advances in Henan.
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Chungking
Yunnan Province
Salween River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Claire L. Chennault
Sky Dragons
Wanpahra
Burma-Thailand
Mangshih
Luneling
Yunnan
Tentchung
Tatang
China
India
Ledo
Wei Li-Huang
Wei
Henan
Yellow River
Loyang
Peiping-Hankow
Suiping
Chengshien
Girls Hit By Car Deliberate Attack Near Broken Bow
Margar et Damron 18 and Wilma Green 18 were struck while walking after declining a ride with two youths. Damron, hospitalized with leg and pelvis fractures, says the driver aimed to run them down. Green, unconscious, suffered a skull fracture. One suspect arrested. vehicle seized for examination.
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Okla
Bec
Margaret Damron
Loren Rhodes
Wilma Green
Miss Damron
Miss Green
Flames Destroy Riley Sutton Home in Sunshine Community
The Sutton residence in the Sunshine Community was consumed by a fire Saturday afternoon. Mrs Sutton was cooking when her husband noticed the roof ablaze driven by a breeze. The stove pipe likely sparked the blaze and flames spread, destroying the house except for two mattresses.
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Ae Sutton
Sunshine
Names Sought for Ada Memorial Honor Roll
The Ada War Dads seek names of service personnel to add to the memorial honor roll. Contact W. M. Massengale to include women in any branch of service, including Army Nurses Corps, as the list of about 3,700 names grows.
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W. M. Massengale
Army Nurses Corps
Noted bowler William J. Knox dies at 57
William J. Knox famed bowler and instructor and first man to roll a perfect game in the American Bowling Congress tournament died in a Philadelphia hospital at age 57. He was stricken at home after a bowling officials meeting in Elizabeth New Jersey and died five minutes after admission.
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Philadelphia
William J
Billy) Knox
American Bowling Congress
Elizabeth
N. J
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada
A classified Ada notice reports enhanced yields on invested funds tied to a vesting arrangement. It notes a revised return rate and eligibility terms for participants, along with contact details for inquiries and enrollment deadlines.
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Ada News
James McGaha Missing in Action Over Europe
Mrs. Joan McGaha of 501 East Sixteenth received a telegram from the War Department stating her husband Corporal James McGaha is missing in action. A waist gunner on a Flying Fortress based in England he earned the Air Medal in April after five missions over continental Europe.
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Joan McGaha
War Department
Cpl
James McGaha
Cpl. McGaha
England
Europe
Air Corps
Wendover Field
Utah
Oklahoma Democrats Open State Convention in Harmony
Oklahoma's Democratic gathering in Oklahoma City aims for a unified front for the 1944 campaigns. Delegates from eight districts select two each, with at large 12 voting members. discussion includes a possible fourth term for Roosevelt and a keynote by Governor Kerr.
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Chicago
O. H. Casky
Forgan
Value of Bible Is Explained to Senior Graduating Class
Delmar Owens pastor of the Main Street Church of Christ delivered the senior sermon to Ada high school class on The Supreme Value of the Bible. He listed five points about divine revelation, Jesus, the Bible’s relevance today, its problem solving power, and its fruitful results. The girls glee club sang pro and recessional numbers and Rev. Virgil Alexander gave the invocation while Rex O. Morrison announced the week’s activities.
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Delmar Owens
Main Street
Girls Glee Club
Miss Joy Ross
Virgil Alexander
First Methodist Church
Rex O. Morrison
Wek
Boy writes to Eisenhower for insignia of honor
Eleven year old Leo O Connor wrote to Gen Dwight Eisenhower asking for an insignia. He received a package with a note saying the invasion commander was glad to send him a shoulder patch worn in the North African campaign.
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Philadelphia
Leo O’connor
Dwight Eisenhower
Leo
Airspeed Indicators vs Speedometers in Aircraft
The article explains that airplanes use air speed indicators to measure speed relative to surrounding air rather than ground speed. It notes that airspeed is affected by wind and atmospheric conditions, influencing flight performance and navigation.
Auto Exhaust Carbon Monoxide Claims Three American Lives Daily
Estimate shows three Americans die each day from carbon monoxide poisoning due to car exhaust. Public health groups urge improved vehicle ventilation and CO detectors.
Valley View Fund Drive Nears Goal in Ada
Valley View hospital fund drive advances toward a $15000 goal to cover annual deficit. Robert Jordan from Commonwealth Fund in New York City visits Ada to assess campaign prospects. Total contributions reached $11915.25, short by $3087.75 as volunteers solicit downtown businesses and drive headquarters at First National Bank.
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Valley View Hospital
Drive
Robert Jordan
Division of
Rural Hospital Fund
New York City
Ada
Jordan
Commonwealth Fund
First Nation?! Bank
Senate panel backs Forrestal as Navy Secretary
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee unanimously recommends James V. Forrestal for Secretary of the Navy and gives him an ovation on his appearance. The panel acted before Knox’s successor arrived, defying the usual Q&A sequence.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Frank Knox
Maj Alley of O U Faculty Is Dead
Norman Oklahoma May 16 Major John Alley 64 senior professor in the department of government at the University of Oklahoma died of a heart attack last night. Alley who came to the university in 1911 and was head of the department of government for 32 years was with the first gas regiment the only organization of its kind in the American expeditionary forces in the first world war. Mrs Alley was on a visit at Nashville Tennessee when Alley died. They have two sons in the service Major Harry Alley with the Eighth air corps in England and Lt John Alley Camp Barkley Texas.
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Eighth Air Corps
England
John Alley
Camp Barkley
Texas
Forest fire rages in Massachusetts six towns battle flames
More than 400 Massachusetts state guardsmen joined with fire crews from six communities to fight a five mile front fire that burned nearly 4000 acres, destroyed two homes, and forced mobilization by conservation commissioner Raymond J. Kenney. In a separate item, Germany's top air ace Walter Oseau was killed in a daylight raid over Germany.
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Massachusetts
Fall River
Mass
Raymond J. Kenney
London
U.P
Germany
Col
Walter Oseau
Berlin
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Mary W. Sledge
Bette Dean
Wanda Light
Jacqueline Grove
Doris Bunch
Oleta Mahaffey
Mozelle Smith
Eunice Norman
Geneva Miller
Thelma Fidler
Edith Ryan
Dorothy Martin
Omega Leach
Betty Dearman
Patsy Smith
Atlanta
Ohio
F.D.R
Life Photog
United States
Turners
Samara
Daily
Oklahoman
Fittstown P.M
Mrs. Wilson
D.F.C
Ada Man
John Boyd Dunlop
Belfast
Stilwell
Riley Sutton
James H. McGaha
Hannegan
Oklahooma
J. M. Broughton
Robert S. Kerr
Robert Hannegan
St. Louis
Valley View
Chays Forrestal
Maj. Alley
O. U
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