07 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
1
Leaders in Pontotoc County discuss the National Scrap Bank drive set for October 11 to November 15. Guy Belt outlines urgent needs and centralization of scrap piles, with targets for fats, tin cans, paper, and tin tubes to boost wartime reserves.
A bloc of over 100 congressmen from petroleum states urged an immediate crude oil price rise of at least 35 cents per barrel. They warned of a petroleum shortage threatening the war effort and civilian economy and urged action by the Economic Stabilization Director and Price Administrator.
U S carrier planes joined British forces to strike Nazi supply routes off Norway in a bold raid. Allied forces hit several large merchant ships, including an 8,000 ton tanker, as two German planes shadowed the fleet and were shot down.
Allied forces forced a crossing of Italy’s Volturno river and seized Aversa and Maddaloni north of Naples as part of a broad advance through the coastal plain. U S reserves aided the push toward Lago di Patria while Montgomery’s Eighth Army fought near Termoli on the Adriatic coast.
The Senate approved a proposal to create a medical commission to re evaluate Army and Navy physical standards allowing induction of thousands of men classified as 4-F. The effort would empower five physicians to review health requirements and could shift work from plants to the armed forces.
A string of unseasonably cool temperatures hit Oklahoma with a 43 degree minimum, the coldest since spring, following 74 degree highs. Frost potential hovered as readings fell to the thirties in parts of the northwest while other towns reported 36 at Wayne and 42 to 44 elsewhere.
Allied fighters and fighter bombers pressed a sustained air offensive on Germany with strikes in France and the low countries. Typhoons near Paris claimed two Junkers 88s and two Fieseler Storch planes. Other raids hit communications, factories, and military sites, destroying locomotives and an oil refinery near Ghent. Six Allied planes were reported missing after the day’s operations following the RAF raids on Frankfurt and nearby cities.
O F Martin, longtime local postal employee, retires after a career of 253 years credited across Bartlesville Tulsa and Joplin post offices. He spent 18 years in Bartlesville before serving in Tulsa and Joplin, Missouri.
The senate foreign relations committee approved W Averell Harriman for the post as ambassador to Russia. The announcement comes with Harriman set to assume diplomatic duties amid ongoing East West tensions.
A survey notes that seven hundred ninety three distinct rose species are documented in scientific literature, reflecting the plant family's diversity. Researchers track classification and naming across genera and geographical regions.
Allied reports say Australian troops penetrated into New Guinea's Ramu valley near Madang while American air and sea pressure tightens the Solomons blockade. Gen Marshall congratulated Gen MacArthur on tactics and speed that opened new air bases in northeastern New Guinea.
The Schoolmasters club, led by Rex O Morrison Ada superintendent, will meet at the Aldridge hotel at 7:30 p m. The October program features Dr A Linscheid president of East Central State college as speaker with musical features. Attendees should notify Ray Stegall county superintendent and club secretary of attendance.
Senator Reed of Kansas reports planned action by Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas lawmakers to coordinate the Office of Price Administration and the Solid Fuels Administration on coal production pricing and manpower. They cite midwest fuel report findings and seek regional authority to avoid Washington trips.
Oklahoma City October 6 The state supreme court ruled in a probate case that an uncle is a third degree relative, a first cousin is fourth degree, and a second cousin fifth degree. Since Charles N. Humphrey died intestate with no wife parents or siblings, the uncle should receive the entire estate.
A historical note references Pontiac as an Ottawa chief and mentions that high altitudes lengthen human digestion time.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to proclaim the legal independence of the Philippines as a separate self governing nation as soon as feasible. He outlined steps for mutual security economic adjustment and rehabilitation to support the islands as an independent nation within the postwar order.
Former Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers told the Philadelphia Record that the government may need to assume tire and rubber goods manufacture to prevent interference and bickering in the rubber program. He reiterated his resignation and said the Baruch report’s big job is done, noting some firms divert manpower from tire production to other uses.
Tulsa citizens show a high cash average as deposits in Tulsa's National banks hit a September record of 225,610,464. With a city population around 200,000, this equates to about 1,128 dollars per person, per Tulsa clearing house association report.
A ministry of economic warfare spokesman said Germany is registering men age 59 for military service. These men will not be called up now, but the action signals Hitler is scraping the bottom of his manpower reserve.
The Senate adopted a substitute to the Wheeler bill to force evidence of indispensability for non fathers with occupational deferments. It requires written employer statements for deferments and sets up a medical commission to lower physical standards. The vote also included Taft’s amendment on ages and inductions. The piece notes past auto speed records and Saar population trivia.
Washington reports a 1.6 million drop in the labor force between August and September as students returned to school. Unemployment fell to a record low with 800 thousand jobless, 200 thousand below August and 900 thousand below September 1942. Total employment stood at 52.5 million, down 1.4 million from August but up 100 thousand from a year earlier.
Montana forest fire underscores dangers of improper campfire use. Officials urge campers to follow burn bans and clear areas, stressing firebreaks and water on hand to prevent wildfires.
If your activities are curtailed these days and you crave adventure try a grocery store cigar. Some folks are just too polite to be up to something bold.
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