Ada Oklahoma Weekly News Consolidations and Postal Info
The Ada Weekly News details its history of consolidation with The Ada Weekly Democrat and Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star Democrat. It lists publication schedule and mailing rates including per month and yearly options. The notice notes entry as second class mail matter with offices in Ada Oklahoma.
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Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada- Star-Democrat
Ada
ADA Weekly
Okla
Peace Comes Again as World Learns to Live in Peace
The piece reflects on a world at peace after WWII, noting the failed empire ambitions of Germany, Italy, and Japan. It credits the Allies for halting totalitarian conquest and mentions the atomic bomb as a grim safeguard. It urges nations to cooperate to preserve the peace won at great cost.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Japan
Stalingrad
United States
Pacific
Charlie McCarthy
MacArthur
Free Economy Critique of Meat Controls and Government Bureaucracy
The author argues three years of meat denial while cattle numbers rose 30 percent. Bureaucrats in Agriculture OPA and Food Administration hindered sale slaughter and distribution, despite public demand and army needs. A free market is praised as more effective than heavy government control.
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Department of Agriculture
OPA
Food Administration
Shawnee Citizen Urges Local Industry Growth and Ada Horse Center
A Shawnee letter urges residents to build industries using native resources as capital from elsewhere grows scarce. It argues Oklahoma towns must develop industry and intelligence locally. It also forecasts Japan’s defeat and MacArthur’s use of modern warfare, and notes the Ada-based Quarter Horse Association moving its headquarters to boost breeding and stock expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee News-Star
E. E. Stephens
Shawnee
Oklahoma City
New England
New
Oklahoma
Quarter Horse Association
Ada
Bahamas Settlers Face Pathetic Push to Stay in U S
The writer condemns Bahamian migrants who favor remaining in the United States over returning to island life. He argues life here is easier, cites returning service members as evidence, and suggests letting those who dislike the U S government stay while others depart.
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Bahamas
United States
Nations Have Part in God's Plan
The essay argues God has a plan for individuals and nations and that human effort matters. It links Joseph and Paul to the idea that suffering and planning serve a larger purpose, urging modern planners to combine efficiency with consecration to divine aims to feed a hungry world.
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Joseph
Paul
God
Israel
Egypt
Josephs
Pearl Harbor blame and wartime school openings
The article reflects on President Truman’s Pearl Harbor remark and defends the American people while criticizing military preparedness. It notes ongoing school openings in the county as thousands of students return to classrooms and older high school boys prepare for peace rather than war.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
MacArthur
Truman
Army
Navy
Sugar Shortage Blamed on Moonshiners Across Regions
Eastern magazines connect sugar shortages to illicit moonshine operations while local chatter in southeastern Oklahoma jokes that the sugar shortage has even ended the moon.
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Oklahoma
Army Lowers Points Needed for Enlisted Discharge
The Army lowers the discharge threshold from 85 to 80 points for enlisted men under a new system. Points accrue from months of service, overseas service, dependent children, campaigns, and various awards. Credits resume for service after May 12, 1945, and officers' discharge points will be announced later.
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Army
James Marlow Washington
United States
New Guinea
Philippines
Germany
John Jones
Hawaii
Jones
China Moves Toward Democracy Amid Transitional Crisis
In Chungking talks, Communist and Nationalist leaders show preliminary progress toward constitutional democracy. Chiang Kai-shek, while one party rule remains, signals calls for an assembly and possible inclusion of Communist delegates, marking a pivotal step in China’s transition from Manchu rule to a democratic goal.
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China
Dewitt MacKenzie
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
National Assembly
Chiang
Kuomintang
Sun Yat Sen
They'll Not Laugh At Him Any More
Roy Willcockson, a Tulsa high school graduate and ROTC student at Rice Institute, rose from being called a dreamer after winning a prize for an atomic power essay. He predicted powerful compact engines and double airplane efficiency with atom power. He won a Westinghouse scholarship. father is Mrs. Ida Willcockson.
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Tulsa
Okla
Roy Willcockson
Japan
Atom Power
Westinghouse Electric Co
Willcockson
Rice Institute
Houston
Texas
Navy
Ida Willcockson
Claremore Woman To Be Tried For Slaying Husband
Claremore Oklahoma September 4 Mrs Minnie Wilson 47 charged with murder in the death of her 49 year old husband Ralph Wilson a Douglas aircraft worker at Tulsa will go on trial in district court next month. Mrs Wilson pleaded innocent yesterday before Peace Justice William H Fry and was returned to the county jail to be held without bond she was represented by H Tom Kight a former state legislator from Claremore Wilson's body shot through the head was found May 18 in a yard of junked automobiles on the farm near Claremore.
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Claremore
Okla
Minnie Wilson
Ralph Wilson
Tulsa
Here
Many Oklahoma Schools Face Fire Hazards, Says State Marshal
State Fire Marshal T J Ellis warns fire risks persist in public schools across the state as term begins. He cites bad flues wiring gas leaks stored combustibles inward opening doors and inadequate escape routes as key hazards requiring immediate fixes.
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Oklahoma
C.Y
T J. Ellis
Ellis
U S M C Procurement Division Activated in Southwest
Activation of a new southern procurement division of the U S Marine Corps places Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Texas and New Mexico under a Dallas Texas headquarters. Atlanta wartime headquarters of the 12 state southern division will direct a southeastern division. Oklahoma City remains district headquarters with Tulsa as a sub district.
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Tulsa
Okla
U. S. Marine Corps
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Dallas
Tex
Atlanta
Oklahoma City
Ada High School Cougars Schedule and Ticket Details
Football season features eleven games with six at home starting September 14. Lions Club sponsors season tickets with sales beginning at Tuesday meeting. Contaho mas Pep Squad will run a citywide sales campaign beginning September 10. Adult tickets are 3.05 dollars and school tickets 1.65 dollars, each covers six admissions.
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Ada High School
Cougar
Midwest
Ada Lions Club
Lions
Contahomas
Midwest City
Pauls Valley
Seminole
Henryetta
Holdenville
Lions Club
Yanks Find Reds Have Dairen Port In Full Control
U S Seventh fleet forces entered Dairen Manchuria and found the port completely under Russian control and largely undamaged The landing party was photographed by Russians and the city showed red flags while civilians and Japanese residents reacted with restrained astonishment as Soviet forces advanced
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John Grover Dairen
Manchuria
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Guam
Wake
Corregidor
Evans
Hubbard
Yellow Sea
Mukden
Dairen
Chester C. Wood
Seventh Fleet
Hill-Girt
End of draft drive fades among House committee
A House military committee poll shows most members favor retaining selective service for a few months to replace veterans and ensure occupation troops. Antidraft legislation remains bottled up while volunteer enlistments and occupation needs are reassessed. A subcommittee led by Chairman May accelerates a measure to boost volunteering with higher overseas pay.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House
Senate
May
D-Ky
Huge Cache of Black Market Food Stuffs Found
Brussels reports Belgian police and a Canadian army unit raided a luxury hotel building at Campine and uncovered a hidden system of false walls and a secret room containing a cache valued at 200000 francs of tea coffee cereals tomato juice canned milk chocolate and ur signals.
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Brussels
Canadia Army
Otel
Campine
Cowat
Oklahoma and the American vastness in color and water
Gov Kerr extols the United States as a vast land inviting travel from Oklahoma City to Amarillo and across the Southwest. The piece highlights water's power, the Grand Canyon’s creation, hydroelectric potential in Oklahoma, and references wartime figures and reflections on trains and California.
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America
United States of America
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Needles
Califoria
San Francisco
California
Oklahoma
Mississippi
New England
Great American Desert
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Boulder Dam
Los Angeles
Great Desert
Yammamoto
White House
Washington
Masaharu Homma
Wainwright
Corregidor
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
Lewis C. Beebe
John Pugh
Thomas Dooley
H. Carroll
de L. Coon
Richmond
Marquis James Plans Return to Oklahoma for New Book
Marquis James, who left Enid for the East and wrote two Pulitzer biographies, will return to Oklahoma to release The Cherokee Strip. Miss Billy McPherson, Oklahoma City book store manager, helped persuade him after a New York trip by her and his publisher. He will spend two days in Oklahoma City with his daughter Cynthia.
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Oklahoma City
Marquis James
Enid
Oklahoma
Cherokee Strip
Billy McPherson
James
New York
Cynthia
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