Tearing Up Old Surface On North Broadway Ada
The H. S. Moore Construction company begins removing asphalt over the old concrete base on North Broadway from Main to the Frisco tracks. A six inch concrete layer will be laid to restore a smooth driving surface. Work also covers the block between Twelfth and Main as traffic is diverted while resurfacing proceeds. Moore moves equipment this week and crews will use hand tools for tearing up.
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North Broadway
Main Street
Ada
H. S. Moore
Twelfth and
Main
Tenth Street
Moore
Dozen Issues Stirring Up Congress
Dozen controversial items confront a returning Congress in 1945. The Senate honors late Senator Hiram Johnson, while leaders await President Truman’s urgent policy priorities. Topics include Pearl Harbor probes, atomic secrets, tax cuts, demobilization, peacetime draft, unemployment, wartime controls, foreign bases, government reorganization, surplus property, social security, and water power projects.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Hiram Johnson
Calif
Truman
Capitol Hill
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
House Military Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
United Nations
Security Council
Pacific Islands
House Expenditures Committee
Lindsay Warren
Bushwhacker Leads 10 in Mara thon Handicap at Washington Park
Ten horses entered the Mara thon Handicap at Washington Park led by Bryan Wise's seven year old Bushwhacker. The two and one sixteenth mile turf race carries a $10 000 added purse and is set for today in Chicago.
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Chicago
Bryan Wise
Washington Park
Oklahoma Weather Warms with Near 100 Degree Highs
Generally fair conditions continue in Oklahoma with continued warm temperatures this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Highs near 100 degrees and dry skies are forecast across the state as a heat wave persists.
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Oklahoma
Driver of Cattle Truck Burned In Highway Accident
Lonnie Manuel age 17 suffers second degree burns and is listed as fair at Valley View hospital after a cattle truck overturned two miles east of Tupelo. He was driving for Wickham Packing Co en route from Hugo to Ada when gasoline on his clothing ignited. Wife uninjured. One cow killed three injured. Truck and trailer nearly total loss.
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Lonnie Manuel
Valley View Hospital
Wickham Packing Co
Tupelo
Manuel
Ada
Manuels
North Ash
Hugo
Johnson Warns of Disarmament Move
MEDICINE PARK Okla Sept 4 in an address to 100 members of the Sixth District League of Young Democrats Congressman Jed Johnson warned against disarmament He said possession of the atomic bomb and strong military forces would be far more persuasive to the potential enemy 10 or 15 20 or 100 years hence than anybody s signature on any dotted line The district league holding its annual convention yesterday reelected D A Segrest Comanche chairman Mrs Helen Yanda El Reno was elected vice chairman and Milton Stiner Lawton secretary treasurer
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Medicine Park
Okla
Sixth District League of Young Democrats
Jed Johnson
District League
D. A. Segrest
Comanche
Helen Yanda
Bartlesville Woman Named Oklahoma State Auxiliary President
A Bartlesville woman, Mrs Edwin S Dunaway, is elected the new president of the Oklahoma state American Tegon auxiliary at the state convention. Other officers include Mrs O B Grimmett Altus first vice president Mrs George Redman Alva second vice president Mrs John Martin McAlester historian Mrs J Sam Johnson Edmond chaplain Mrs Robert Ferguson Ada parliamentarian and Mrs George Demke El Reno secretary treasurer.
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Oklahoma City
Bartlesville
Edwin S. Dunaway
American Tegon Auxiliary
D. A. Craig
Muskogee
O. B. Grimmett
Altus
George Redman
Alva
John Martin
McAlester
J. Sam Johnson
Edmond
Robert Ferguson
Ada
George Demke
el Reno
Enrollment Boosting School Totals Here
Ada schools report growing enrollments across grade junior and senior high levels as classes begin soon. Officials say every room will be used and detail tuition fees for non resident students in line with state rulings.
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Adta
Rex O. Morrison
Supt. Morrison
Ada
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Board of Education
Truman to Send Comprehensive Message to Congress
President Truman will send a lengthy message to Congress on Thursday as lawmakers return to their first peacetime session since 1941. Senate leaders said the address will be read aloud over several hours and accompanied by separate documents. Barkley McEllar and Rayburn attended the White House briefing but the president did not show them the message.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
White House
Barkly
Barkley
McEllar
D-Tenn
Rayburn
House
OPA Checks Here On Several Items In Pontotoc County
A textile survey conducted by volunteers for the War Price and Rationing board in Pontotoc County runs since Sept 1 and ends by Sept 10. Principal items checked include furniture and clothing. Ada grocery store assessed $25 for napkins sold above ceiling price. the enlarged price panel lists Jewel Dyer from the tire department heading that division.
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Pontotoc County
War Price and Rationing Board
Ada
Jewel Dyer
Tire
Selective Service Office Hours Differ
The Selective Service offices will not be open on Saturdays in the future. Regular eight hours office hours will be followed the first five days in the week.
Institutional Users Asked To File New Allotments
Institutional users of food items must file for new allotments with the local ration board immediately. The District OPA office in Oklahoma City plans future issuances, prompting nationwide application to ensure access before transfers. Cafes and drug stores will receive allotments from the local office this time.
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District Opa
Oklahoma City
Greater returns for amount in vested
A compact notice highlights returns on vested amounts in the Ada News classifieds. It notes the enhanced value of investments and the favorable terms for holders, urging residents to review the details and contact the office for guidance.
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Ada News
American flag raised at Wake Island after surrender ceremony
The American flag was raised at Wake Island at 1:50 PM as Brig. Gen. Lawson Sanderson and 75 U S destroyer escort personnel watched. The Japanese rear admiral Shigemitsu Sakaibara saluted along with his staff and 40 garrison troops as the flag rose, following the signing of a surrender aboard the Levy.
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Wake
Wake Island
Levy
Lawson Sanderson
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
U. S
Shigemitsu Sakaibara
Japan Rearms No More as Higashi-Kuni Declares Surrender
Premier Higashi Kuni told the diet that Japan faced enormous military losses and widespread destruction from Allied bombing. He cited a collapsed overseas empire, food shortages, and crippled ship capacity as factors forcing surrender after 1,362 days since Wake Island fell.
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Tokyo
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Japan
House of Peers and Representatives
China
Towers Succeeds McCain in Task Force 38 Command
Vice Admiral John H. Towers assumed command of Task Force 38 in Tokyo Bay, relieving Vice Admiral John S. McCain. Towers kept the carrier Shangri La as flagship while Third Fleet took over Kisarazu airfield near Tokyo. First NATS planes expected today as McCain reports for reassignment to Secretary Forrester.
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Tokyo Bay
John H. Towers
John S. McCain
Third Fleet
Towers
Shangri-La
Kisarazu
Naval Air Transport Service
Navy Department
Washington
McCain
Forrester
Reverend Stratton Called to Alva First Baptist Church
Rev. John L. Stratton of Duncan, who served ten months as chaplain with Gen. George Patton's Third Army in Europe, has been called to the First Baptist church in Alva.
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George S. Patton, Jr
Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Prague
Alva
John L. Stratton
Duncan
George Patton
Europe
First Baptist Church
August Weather Fluctuates Despite September Return to Normal
Ada area records show August with an unusual temperature swing from 99 high to 82 low and nights from 75 to 63 with 4.13 inches of rainfall. September starts hot with 100.5 degrees on Saturday followed by 95 Sunday and 97 on Labor Day as heat returns.
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Ada
Bank Bandits Rob Western Union Office in Okmulgee
Two armed men robbed the Western Union office in Okmulgee Oklahoma around midnight taking more than $90 before fleeing in an automobile. No further details or suspects were available from the highway patrol.
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Rob
Japanese War Atrocity Reports Reach Washington
The state department disclosed on September 5 that Japanese troops tortured and beheaded an American airman after parachuting into the sea near New Guinea. The report cites 240 protests over mistreatment of prisoners and vows war crimes prosecutions in Japan.
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Washington
New Guinea
Inouye
State Department
Byrnes
Japan
Europe
Hull
Stettinius
Acheson
Grew
United States
All Jap Troops In China To Give Up Within a Week
Gen Leng Hsin in Nanking predicted the formal surrender of all Japanese troops in China would occur within a week with ceremony possibly Sunday. He outlined post surrender disarmament plans and stated Japanese forces numbered 78 000 soldiers 14 000 sick or wounded and 7 800 civilians with 7 500 puppet troops in the city.
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Nanking
Leng Hsin
China
Leng
Chang Kung-Po
East Central College President to Speak at Chamber Luncheon
Dr. A. Linscheid, president of East Central College, will be the principal speaker at the Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon Thursday signaling the return of regular meetings after summer. Businessmen are urged to contact the Chamber office early Thursday to attend.
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A. Linscheid
East Central College
Chamber of Commerce
One Pound DDT Bomb Priced At Four Dollars For Home Use
The OPA set a ceiling price of four dollars for a one pound bomb containing DDT, a war developed insect killer. Production will begin late in the summer with small volume output. The dispenser carries DDT under gal pressure for household use.
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Washington
OPA
Veterans To Enter Friday In Occupation Of Tokyo
Allied plans show First Cavalry entering Tokyo Friday with General MacArthur moving HQ to Tokyo embassy. Eighth Army under Reichelberger to occupy Honshu and Hokkaido, disarming Japanese troops by Oct. 10 and deploying 130,000 troops in the area.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Tokyo
U. S
Manila
Santo Tomas
MacArthur
United States
Allied Powers
First Cavalry
Japan
Robert L. Reichelberger
Eighth
Honshu
Hokkaido
Eichelberger
Eicchelberger
Shikoku
Kyushu
Walter C. Krueger
Sixth
Kanoya Airfield
Kagoshima Bay
Korea
Calvary Division
Innis P. Swift
Admiralties
Verne D. Mudge
Moenila
William C. Chase
Fichelberger
Second Army
Krueger
John Hodge
24Th Army Corps
The Pessimist By Bob Blanks Jr
A humorous column notes a Pekingese dog and an antique chair as examples of domestic clutter and suggests home life offers little need to study wildlife. The piece reflects light sarcasm about rural iconography and everyday objects.
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N. Broadway
Johnson
Junior High
Senior High
Trice Broadrick
Ada High
A. R. Wallace
Irving
Glenos
Willard
Hayes
D. C
The
Mariana Islands
South Seas
James P. S. Devereux
Marine Defense Battalion
Devereux
Wake Marines
Sakaibara
Ford
Weke
Seventh Aaf
America
Peale
Wilkes
Sakaibera
Sanderson
Dr. Linscheid
Sixth Army
By Bob Blanks, Jr
Americas
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