Ada Weekly News and Ada Evening News History Note
Record notes the Ada weekly and evening papers consolidated with Pontotoc County Enterprise in 1912 and with Ada Star Democrat in 1919. It lists publication details for Ada Oklahoma including weekly Thursday issues and mail rates.
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Ada
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada- Star-Democrat
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly News
Okla
War Bond Drive Promotes Victory and Safe Investment
A public message urges buying all possible United States bonds in the Sixth War Loan Drive. It argues bonds are key to victory over Axis powers and Japan, highlight safety and liquidity, and promote long term savings for retirement, asserting bonds outlast market swings and offer security.
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United States
Hitler
Pacific
Toto
Public schools should stay local not federal says editor
Joe Croom of the Okmulgee Daily Times argues against federal control of schools. He cites Oklahoma figures and warns federalization would threaten local autonomy while urging communities to finance schools locally through homegrown effort.
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Joe Croom
Okmulgee Daily Times
Oklahoma
Stubbs
Community Church
Washington
Oklahoma City
U.S. Lend-Lease Food Shipments In July 1944
In July 1944 lend-lease food shipments totaled 522.85 million pounds, down from 1.21 billion pounds in July 1943. The United Kingdom received 52 percent, Russia 39 percent, with the remainder sent to smaller nations.
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U. S
United Kingdom
Russia
Christians Fight Evil With Faith and Perseverance
The sermon argues Christians are not immune to evil yet can endure through righteous living. It cites Psalm 4 5 8 Luke 4 4 John 6 35 Romans 12 1 2 13 12 14 and notes trials confirm life’s spiritual worth, with faith sustaining amid fear, persecution, and war.
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William E. Gilroy
Jesus
Europe
Asia
Voters urged to guard democracy beyond the November 7 vote
The piece stresses high Oklahoma turnout but warns that real power must remain with the people after the election. It urges removing unnecessary regulations and keeping government responsive. It ends with a jackrabbit tale from Oklahoma’s pre statehood era.
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Oklahoma
America
Autumn Woods in Full Color Invite Quiet Contemplation
The piece celebrates peak fall hues across woods and fields from modest to crimson. It suggests staying in one elevated spot to savor the changing lines as the sun moves, and notes a cool day with a fire and roasted marshmallows can enhance the scene.
War damage to European ports underscores costs of conflict
The narrator laments German destruction of Europe’s finest ports delaying recovery for generations. While acknowledging the Allies face limited access to usable harbors, the tone emphasizes the long-term toll of wartime devastation and the burden on future generations.
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Europe
Ada Native Lt Hawkinson Dies in France
First Lieutenant Frank Hawkinson, Ada native and son of Mrs. Marguerite Hawkinson, died September 28 from injuries in a Chartres France plane crash. Born October 13 1918 in Ada, he attended local schools and Ada High School, studied music in Chicago Pomona College and East Central College Ada, and served as bombardier instructor after enlisting January 1942. Surviving are his mother and numerous relatives in Ada and beyond.
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Frank Hawkinson
Marguerite Hawkinson
Chartres
France
Ada
American Conservatory of Music
Chicago
Pomona College
Pomona
Calif
East Central College
Air Forces
California
Texas
South Dakota
Atlantic
Hawkinson
Robert Wimbish
Robert J
Moss Wimbish
Walden Wimbish
U. S. Navy
San
Draft Board Quits in Protest Over Pardons for Draft Dodgers
Woods County Selective Service board resigns, led by Chairman K P Aitken, citing parole of draft evaders in penal institutions. The four members resign effective November 1, directing their protest at parole practices and protections for those convicted of draft evasion. They credit the fault to those who parole and shield these individuals after law enforcement actions.
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ALVA
Woods County Selective Service Board
K. P. Aitken
Russell L. Floyd
Fred R. Heckman
George Redman
Clive E. Murray
Selective Service
U. S
National Selective Service
Woods County
Joe Jared Dies After Stroke in Ada
Joe Jared a blacksmith and preacher and longtime Ada resident died at a local hospital around 12 45 p m today after suffering a stroke at work this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Smith Funeral Home. He lived at 227 West Fifth.
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Joe Jared
Ada
Smith Funeral Home
West Fifth
Tishomingo Marine is Reported Dead
Three Oklahomans were reported dead and one wounded by the Navy department today. The dead are Pfc. James A. Hallmark of Tishomingo, Pfc. Boyce L. Jones of Putnam, and Jesse Albert Tribbey of Medford. Wounded is Pfc. William L. Hodges of Shawnee.
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Washington
Navy Department
James A. Hallmark
USMCR
Tishomingo
Boyce L. Jones
USMC
Putnam
Jesse Albert Tribbey
USNR
Medford
William L. Hodges
Shawnee
Fire damages at Alamo tourist courts claim light loss
Firemen battled a blaze at the Alamo tourist courts north of town for over an hour on Monday. The fire started in a front building used as a filling station, destroying scrap lumber and minor items. Prairie hay stored nearby survived as crews kept the fire from spreading. Fire Chief Ed Haley said the damage would not be charged to the city department since the building lay outside city limits.
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Alamo
Ed Haley
M E Pastorate Assignments From Tulsa Conference
Local M E conference in Tulsa assigns pastors for the coming year. Rev Virgil Alexander to Ada First, Rev Harvey Human to Ada Asbury, A W Oliver to Fittstown, J C Curry district superintendent, and various other appointments including Littlejohn to Roff Circuit and Sifford to Pickett. Navy and Army chaplains listed among the personnel.
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Eastern Oklahoma Methodist
Tulsa
Virgil Alexander
Ada First
Harvey Human
Asbury Church
A. W. Oliver
Fittstown
A. D. Gregory
Stonewall
Edward Sifford
Pickett
J. M. Littlejohn
Rofs
Durant
J. C. Curry
Ada Asbury
Tishomingo
C. M. Rosser
Army
S. B. Baker
Leonard W. Cronin
L. L. Bowles
J. C. Patterson
L. E. Shakleford
T. M. Robertson
Bonner Earl Teeter
Navy
M. C. Holt
Louis Ralph Patterson
City Officials Return From Water Supply School in Texas
Ada officials led by Mayor Thrash returned from Austin after a three day water supply and sewage disposal school attended by 530 people from four states. Col Conrad spoke on army training methods, while demonstrations showed water analysis and metering. Discussions covered low Southwest rates, pipe quality, and loosening of materials rules for under $10,000 projects. Attendees included Ada’s Mayor Thrash and council members Ed Martin Ray Martin and George Toles.
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Austin
Tex
Glenn ‘Conrad
Eight’ Service Command
Army
Ada
Guy Thrash
Southwest
Tom Miller
Colorado River
Good Pine
Thrash
Ed Martin
Ray Martin
George Toles
It's Different In Philippines Now Finds Schedler
Associated Press correspondent Dean Schedler reports from the Philippines with Gen Douglas MacArthur during the American invasion. He describes how it feels to be on the winning side and recalls coverage of the Bataan battle and his departure from Corregidor before its fall in May 1942.
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Dean Schedler
Associated Press
Bataan
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Allies Hold Philippine Capital Under Protective Skies
Dispatch from Tacloban Lexington describes American forces in Leyte Island capital, noting American air power dominates the skies and ground while conditions differ from early war days in Bataan and Corregidor. The report contrasts present aerial superiority with past shortages and Japanese threat.
Returning to the Philippines with powerful force after defeats
The piece recalls ships unloading along a beach as Navy carrier planes back ground fighting with dive bombs and strafing amid strong antiaircraft fire. Filipino civilians cower in Tacloban while American soldiers are greeted with gratitude after prior defeats at Bataan and Corregidor.
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Dean Schedler
Tacloban
Leyte Island
Philippines
24Th Infantry
Bataan
Corregidor
Uncle Sam
United States
Japan
Russian on Trial For Working With Nazis In France
Boris Theodossienko a White Russian faces trial in Paris for alleged collaboration with Germans during the occupation. Prosecutors say he worked with Todt Construction and sought to form an anti Bolshevik Russian corps to oppose the Germans while posing as a French Forces of the Interior major. The case follows the death sentence for editor George Suarez and broader collaboration prosecutions in Occupied Paris.
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Paris
Boris Theodossienko
George Suarez
Suarez
Aujourd’hui
Socialist Populaire
Theodossienko
France
Germany
Russia
Todt Construction
Canton Project To Be Completed
Oklahoma City, Oct. 23. Chairman Don McBride said he was informed by Congressman Jed Johnson that the Canton flood control and irrigation project in Blaine county would be completed immediately after the war. The plan calls for irrigation features in a 13.87 million dollar project around a dam on the north Canadian river near Canton. Construction started before the war but halted by the war production board. Johnson, who chairs a subcommittee on appropriations, will address the National Reclamation Association in Denver on irrigation developments in the Great Plains, including Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Don McBride
State Planning and Resources Board
Jed Johnson
Canton
Blaine County
McBride
Johnson
North Canadian
War Production Board
National Reclamation Association
Denver
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Arrest Godsey For Stealing Airplane
Samuel W. Godsey a 24 year old man was held for Oklahoma City authorities on charges of stealing an airplane and wrecking it. Police arrested him after he applied for work at the Marin shipyards in Sausalito California. He claimed he rented the plane rather than stole it.
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San Rafael
Calif
Samuel W. Godsey
Oklahoma City
Godsey
James Doyle
Sausalito
Marin Ship Yards
Doyle
Oklahoma
Tioga
Texas
Marin County
Farmers Not Worried About PAC Says Truman
Madison Wisconsin October 24 Senator Harry S Truman Democratic vice presidential nominee said the Political Action Committee activity for the Democratic ticket has no adverse effect on farmers. He added farmers are waking to the fact the best friend they have is in the White House. When asked about isolationist sentiment in the Midwest he replied not because they know his view.
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Madison
Wis
Harry S. Truman
Political Action Committee
White House
Truman
Middlewest
Greater returns for amount in vested
Classified ad note highlights Ada News vested investments yielding higher returns. Details include increased yields and return options for readers considering long term placements in local market funds. Investors are urged to review terms and compare with standard savings options offered by area institutions.
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Ada News
Death toll may reach 200 in Cleveland gas disaster
Coroner Dr Samuel R Gerber estimated that as many as 200 people may have died in the Cleveland East Side gas storage explosion and fires. Official counts put the dead at 99 with over 100 missing and hundreds homeless as Red Cross and city officials plan rehabilitation.
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Cleveland
Samuel R. Gerber
East Ohio Gas Company
Gerber
Stanley Orr
Cleveland Red Cross
Lausche
Case School of Applied Science
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Two Oklahomans Among Rescued
Eighty three American POWs were rescued from a torpedoed enemy transport in the Philippines after being sheltered by guerrillas. The group includes Second Lt. Eugene P. Dals of Enid and Second Lt. Paul S. Snowden of Sapulpa, among others.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
John C. Playter
Joplin
Eugene P. Dals
Enid
Okla
Paul S. Snowden
Sapulpa
James K. Vann
Russians Capture Highway Center Inside Germany
Soviet forces report deep penetration in East Prussia with Goldap seized 18 miles inside German territory and a broad offensive along the provincial front. Moscow also claims advances near Salmijarvi at the Finnish border and Arctic approaches to Kirkenes. Far south, victories near Baja and Nyiregyhaza bring Russians closer to Austria and Vienna as Belgrade and Sambor are cited in Yugoslavia.
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Berlin
East Prussia
Goldap
von Hindenburg
Szolnok
Savoukoski
Pelkosenniemi
Finland
Arctic Circle
Kuisenjoki
Niemen River
Tilsit
Moscow
Insterburg
Konigsberg
London
Salmijarvi
Stalin
Red Army
Germany
Suwalki
Memel
Augustow
Russia
Arctic
Norway
Kirkenes
Murmansk
Archangel
Austria
Vienna
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Sambor
Belgrade
Nyiregyhaza
Szechoslovak
Baja
Danube
Niemen
Napoleon
Alexander
Prussia
Elbe
Ada Round-up Rodeo Delights 1000 Fans At Fairgrounds
Large crowd estimated at 1000 witnessed Sunday rodeo events at the Ada fairgrounds. Zeb Colbert won top money in professional calf roping with 25.1 seconds, Fred Owens 25.4, and Charles Lawrance third. Clarence Marcum claimed steer roping in 23.2 seconds. Eight year old Top Jimmy Rutherford competed in calf roping. The grand entry featured over 100 mounted riders and guests from nearby states.
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Ada
Fair Grounds
Zeb Colbert
Fred Owens
Charles Lawrance
A. K. Shanahan
James Coppage
Julian Trippe
Tommie Summers
Paul Hardee
Manahan
Marcum
Clarence Marcum
Clark Vinson McIntire
Jimmy Rutherford
Oil Center
Dotty Sugg
Harmon Ebey
Harrison Land
Babe Shipley
Chickasha
Charles Auten
United States
Arkansas
Konawa
Navy May Have To Shoo Deer and Elk
Washington reports the navy may fire on deer and elk if ordered to defend Hope Idaho farms. Farragut naval base trainees are ready to act after Rep. White requested help to curb surplus wildlife damaging gardens and orchards.
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Washington
Navy
Hope
Idaho
Farragut
Rep. White
D.idaho
White
F. H. Kelley
Soldier of News From Home Quote by Gen Joseph Westiwett
A brief line reflects on the role of correspondence from home for soldiers and the value of news sent by loved ones. General Joseph Westiwett is cited as a source of this sentiment.
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Joseph
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French Press Service
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