Schools Adjust to Enrollment Variations as Year Opens
At the midway point of the first week, East Central State College inventories smooth classwork after a big enrollment rush. Ada high school football fever rises as Mid west City visit looms. Rex O Morrison notes readjustments in public school grades with third grade up to 284 from 200, second grade up to 312 from 246, while second grade dips from 283 to 261. Officials expect all awkward spots to clear and normal pace to resume by week’s end.
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East Central State College
Ada High School
Midwest City
Rex O. Morrison
School Hot Lunch Program Discussed County meeting sets plan
The hot lunch program for the new year will operate similarly to last year. Attendees included Mrs. V. N. Overand and Mrs. Jess Duvall, with representatives from 18 county schools. They reviewed aid forms and noted more schools may participate this year led by Norman C. Mitchell.
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V. N. Overand
Jess Duvall
Norman C. Mitchell
Jaycees Resume Weekly Meetings In Ada
Ada Jaycees plans a first post hiatus meeting at 8 pm in the Jaycee Hall Convention Hall. Fresh program focus includes out of town efforts and several pending projects with refreshments at close. Officers C Russell Smith Jack Edwards and Erwin Hovis reported success in organizing a Shawnee Junior Chamber with about 30 local businessmen present.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee Hall
Jaycees
Ada Jaycees
Shawnee
Bourland Sees Rising Activity in Justice Court
Bourland, newly named justice of the peace, reports business picking up with several criminal and civil cases pending. He has no constable yet but expects an appointment soon after marrying his first couple last week.
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Franklin Bourland
John Lunsford
Bourland
Chief Petty Officer Van Reunites With Wife On Ada Visit
Chief Petty Officer Allen F. Van, en route from San Francisco to Ada, spots a passing train and later finds his wife aboard the same line. The couple, both long separated by service, spend a 30 day leave in Ada before his return to a submarine base in California. Van holds a Presidential Citation from Admiral Nimitz after three years in submarine duty.
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Allen F. van
Ada
San Francisco
Dallas
Texas
Madill
Van
Chester Nimitz
California
Vanoss District Fair Showcases Broad Exhibits
The Vanoss district fair opened Tuesday and runs today with numerous exhibits in youth club and adult divisions. FFA instructor T. E. Jones notes live stock crop and poultry judging underway led by Elmo Kingery C. H. Hailey and J. C. Bull. Rainy weather reduced crop displays but pastures are lush and livestock look exceptional. Jones says Vanoss will compete strongly for prizes in nearly all classes.
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Vanoss
T. E. Jones
FFA
Elmo Kingery
C. H. Hailey
Mr. Comstock
J. C. Bull
Jones
Raymond Hutchins
Vaness Ffa
Power Contract To Be Signed This Week
J. D. Willoughby says Oklahoma Portland Cement officials were to meet city commissioners to sign a new contract for power to operate the water works. The prior contract expired April 7 1945 and was not renewed. once signed the cement company will supply power to the water system.
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City of Ada and Cement Company
J. D. Willoughby
City Seeks Restart of Main Street Stop Lights
Ada plans to resume operation of Main Street stop lights as Mayor Guy Thrash reports a new cable contract in progress. Material delays hold completion, with expectations the wires will arrive in ten days to two weeks and reduce hazards as traffic increases after V J day.
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Ada
Main Street
Guy Thrash
Sheriff Seizes 700 Delinquent Tax Warrants for 1944
About 700 1944 delinquent personal tax warrants, totaling over 11000 dollars, were handed to the sheriff to collect or declare uncollectible. Most delinquents in Ada have paid. others have not acted. The sheriff's office will pursue further steps as needed, with all collected funds returning to the county treasurer.
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Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Force
Sheriff
Ada
Mrs. Robert McRay Taken By Death
Ada resident Mrs. Robert McRay dies after long illness at granddaughter Lois Jean Chestnutt’s Oklahoma City home. Funeral at Holdenville Memorial church Thursday 4 p.m. burial in Holdenville. Former Red Cross secretary and church secretary, born February 28 1888 in Centerville Tennessee. Survived by two daughters Lois McRay Chestnutt and Mary Katheryn Grisso and two grandchildren Lois Jean and Neva Ray Chestnutt.
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Robert McRay
Ada
Lois Jean Chestnutt
NY 14Th
Oklahoma City
Holdenville Memorial Church
Holdenville
Mr. McRay
McRays
Wetumka
Ration Board Warns Institutional Users
The Pontotoc county ration board warns 20 percent of institutional users have not registered for the current food allotment. Files move to the district office September 17 and cafes and drug stores must report to receive allotment without delay. After November 1 future allotments come from Oklahoma City district office.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
U S Forces to Leave Mediterranean Theater by 1946
General McNarney announced that the Mediterranean theater of operations will be abolished December 1 and American troops remaining in Italy will join United States forces in the European theater. He hopes to withdraw all U S forces from the Mediterranean by April 1, 1946 except for 35 600 occupation troops, with occupation possibly lasting three years or more.
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Rome
United States Army
Mediterranean
Italy
United States
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
U. S
Jap Black Dragon Leader List Shows Postwar Target in Tokyo
General MacArthur orders dissolution of the Black Dragon secret society and places seven leaders on a wanted list. Ryuhei Uchida Col. Kingoro Hashimoto Seigo Nakano Toyo saburo Kikuci Koki Hirota Tak etor Ogata Genchi Kato feared as semi official terror group with army navy backing and influence in war ministry.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
Japan
Black Dragon
Ryuhei Uchida
Col
Kingoro Hashimoto
Seigo Nakano
Toyosaburo Kikuci
Koki Hirota
Taketor Ogata
Genchi Kato
Pearl Harbor
Black Dragon Society
Army
Navy
War Ministry
Far East
France Outlines Demands On Italy Peace Treaty
France presents its views on a proposed Italian peace treaty at the foreign ministers conference. It seeks border rectifications around Labrigue and Tante, guarantees for home rule for French speakers in Aosta, a mixed Italian trustee system for colonies, and the Fezzan claim. France also pushes for Trieste under international oversight and restitution for war losses, while warning on eastern Libya and Eritrea. Russia remains noncommittal as Yugoslavia seeks Trieste leverage.
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Flora Lewis
London
France
Italy
Labrigue
Tante
Roga
Mediterranean
Aosta
Rome
Trieste
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Fezzan
Lake Chad
North Africa
Pierre Laval
Tunisia
Libya
Eritrea
Egypt
Udan
Russia
Ital
Moscow
Balkans
Army demobilization plan defended before Senate
Undersecretary Patterson told senators the army will discharge 6,000,000 men by July 1 and reach a strength of 2,500,000 by mid 1946 under the point system. He rejected a call for a special demobilization watchdog and said demobilization is the army’s task. Patterson noted Stimson was unavailable and Marshall abroad. He added no men with more than 45 points are being sent to Pacific occupation forces, leaving most combat veterans in Europe.
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George Hansard
K. W. Pierce
Roy Merritt
West Fifteenth
Ed Haley
Jack Bell
Washington
Patterson
Senate Military Committee
Johnson
Congress
Stimson
George C. Marshall
S Nator Bridges
R-N.h
Pacific
Europe
New Industries Featured On Ada Chamber Luncheon Program
Ada Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon will feature new industries with speakers Bob Threlkeld of Threlkeld Pickle Co and Roy Fry of Fry Ready Mixed Concrete Co. Elmer Kenison, secretary, says other Ada businessmen may join the program.
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Ada
Chamber of Commerce
Bdridge
Bob Threlkeld
Threlkeld Pickle Company
Roy Fry
Fry Ready Mixed Concrete Company
Elmer Kenison
Australian brides sail home with US servicemen on Lurline
More than 750 Australian brides of American servicemen depart Brisbane aboard the Matson liner Lurline bound for the United States. The ship also carries U S Army combat troops Navy personnel and merchant mariners returning home.
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Brisbane
United States
Matson Line
Lurline
United States Army
Navy
President Calvin Coolidge Write History of United States
Calvin Coolidge authored a concise history of the United States totaling about 500 words. The piece surveys early settlement through the nation’s development, highlighting key events and figures in a reflective, presidential voice.
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Weather swings as heat returns with warm nights
The forecast shows rapid changes from a cool fall feel to heat with a high of 90 and a low of 73 on Tuesday. A brisk 2 a.m. breeze did little to ease the warmth, making overnight covers unnecessary for many.
Mitsushima camp recalled as blackest hole by freed POWs
Lt Harold Van Wormer of Battle Creek Michigan recounts life in Mitsushima camp Nagano prefecture after liberation with 306 others. He notes dire cold bare shacks and ragged clothing while morale remained surprisingly resilient. Prison guards nicknamed The Phantom were blamed for abuses including a death by club. Five evacuees became stretcher cases with illnesses including infantile paralysis and tuberculosis.
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Yokohama
Harold van Wormer
Battle Creek
Mich
Mitsushima
Nagano
Amboina
Dutch East Indies
William E. Lane
Levenworth, Wash
Corregidor
Heard Resigns Insurance Post in Ada
Ralph C. Heard resigns from a state insurance post in Ada and will stay as secretary until his successor is named. He plans to join an insurance firm in Tulsa after leaving the board. Heard previously worked for the Southwest Gas company and moved with his family to Oklahoma City on appointment.
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Ralph C. Heard
Ada
Robert S. Keir
Julsa
Heard
Southwest Gas Company
Insurance Board Post
74 year old Mason becomes night student at Central High
Philadelphia reports James C. Mason, once a hod carrier on Central High School construction in 1894, is now 74 and enrolled as a night student at the same school taking courses in English and mathematics.
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Philadelphia
James C. Mason
Central High School
Tojo Death Attempt Stuns Tokyo War Crimes Roundup
Tokyo reports say American occupation authorities widen actions against Japanese leaders and nobly pursue war criminals. General Tojo reportedly attempted suicide after receiving a blood transfusion and penicillin, while Masaharu Homma fled to his home. Heinrich Stahmer, German ambassador, was captured.
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San Francisco
Sugiyama
Japan
Home Islands
Army General Staff
Koiso
Tojo
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Heinrich Jane Stahmer
Stahmer
Hitler
Nanking
Joachim von Ribbentrop
T. Suguki
Yokohama
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CPO
Ration Board
MTO
SSS
Roto Island
Guam
Jap Secret Society
MacArthur
Sen. Johnson
Insurance
Adan
Tulsa
Gen. Homma
Pennsylvania
Hideki Tojo
Homma
John A. Archinal
New Guinea
Philippines
Roger Egeberg
South Euclid
Ohio
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Eichelberger
U. S. Army Air Corps
Japanese War Department
42Nd General Hospital
University of Maryland
Elizabeth Gunby
Salisbury
Birdie Gorsuch
Baltimore
Elizabeth Nameless
Washington, D. C
Rebecca Schmidt
Green
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