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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
5
A dense OCR fragment lists land plots, sections, and adjacent descriptions from Stonewall Township and Fittstown with ADv 1943 valuations, totals, and acreages. Entries mention NW NE NE, SE SW, and various fractional interests, totals around several dollars, and multiple lot references.
London dispatch says Berlin radio reported the Germans have decided to evacuate Greece. Transocean notes the move will change the Balkan front and that Bulgarian and Russian forces are attacking in interference operations to slow the German retreat and hinder a new front.
Oklahoma City October 16. Recent rains have damaged cotton quality by about 5 percent and increased soil erosion where cover crops were absent, state crop report says. The board notes a need for 10,000 cotton pickers, mainly in the southwestern region.
An Associated Press survey finds GI ballots could swing the outcome in 11 states including New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, California and Ohio. Estimated military votes range high in New York and California, with counts from 125,000 to 350,000 possible, potentially delaying final results after Election Day.
Tulsa World farm editor R P Matthews lauds Hereford Heaven for boosting Oklahoma at the National Livestock Show in Tulsa. Mentions Roy Turner and W E Harvey with top placings, Calvert ranch and Delaney in winner circles, and a Roy Turner song delivered to the show audience.
American troops wrestled Livergano a hill town 10 miles south of Bologna as Germans defended the area fanatically. Canadian units seized Bulgaria and Gambettola near Rimini Bologna highway while more advances near Cesena and Mount Della Vacche were reported. The Eighth army tallies 10,300 prisoners since Gothic line operations began.
Pauls Valley reports Frank Dillon, Daisy dairy manager, will disperse the herd tomorrow due to shortage of help. The herd includes Holsteins Guernseys and Jerseys. A home tip notes rubbed olive oil to remove paper from varnished table tops in stiff weather.
Gov Thomas E Dewey told East St Louis crowds that the Roosevelt administration is the most incompetent government of our lives He said Maj Gen Hershey clarified his Denver remarks on demobilization showing only personal opinion Hershey said the armed forces needs and shipping limits would govern postwar demobilization decisions
Locust Grove area reports two killed when a truck overturned on a curve Sunday night. Driver identified as Ceri Delano Boshears, 36, of Springdale, Ark. His unnamed companion also died. Truck owner listed as Willis D. Shaw of Elm Springs, Ark.
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