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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1945
Page
2
Rex O Morrison says Ada schools opened smoothly with rising enrollment citywide. Preschool grades spread enrollment over a week easing pressure on teachers and bookstores. By week end most class schedules were adjusted and all schools planned full schedules by Tuesday.
Oklahoma Governor Kerr reports witnessing Japan's surrender in San Francisco and expresses shared joy across Oklahoma. He recalls talking with veterans including Lt. Merle Lansden and Lt. Jim Lucas, notes return home desires, and reflects on postwar plans and civic rebuilding.
East Central officials report a decided increase in college enrollment as classes begin today with more beginners enrolling. Despite a teacher shortage, college aims to fill posts while older veterans and returning war workers shift into the labor field.
The University of Oklahoma starts an in service program with Ada as a regional class center. Classes meet Tuesdays from Sept 18, two courses offered, each two hours per semester, total eight hours a year. Health and Safety Education runs year long. Improvement of Pils' Study in first semester. Prof. Balyeat directs.
Cpl W V Tate with the engineers writes from Luzon recalling his youth selling papers at the Ada Evening News. He notes the thrill of selling as a boy, remembers lines at the News office, and contrasts past experiences in Germany France Belgium Switzerland Portugal with his current posting in Luzon after the war. He hopes for a copy of the Ada paper.
OPA rationing details list stamp validity and allowances for fats meats sugar and shoes. Red stamp values V2 to Z2 remain valid through September 30 lines note continued 2 points per pound of used fats. Sugar stamp details Book four 38 valid through December 31 for five pounds. Stamp 37 bypassed. Shoes Book three airplane stamps 1 2 3 4 valid indefinitely and no cancellation planned.
The speaker reflects on how easily one drifts into a mental fog and the need to regain clear sight. They express a wish for providence to grant common sense to recognize the fog and exit it, plus the resolve to stay out of it.
A local investment ad highlights enhanced returns on vested sums, promising higher yields for customers who commit funds. The notice outlines terms for periods of investment, minimum amounts, and projected profit ranges.
In 1944 1619 American POWs were packed into the Oryoku Maru hold in Subic Bay and Dec 15 16 bombings sank the ship. Less than 350 survived the voyage, many dying in holds or during transfers. Rescues and brutal conditions followed as captives endured brutal discipline, hunger, and forced labor before reaching Korea and later Kyushu.
Cupt. Rex O Morrison introduces Ada schools new and returning teachers. Ivan Cromer heads attendance AOU graduate engineer from Oklahoma U, Emma Weatherly joins Ada High Commercial Department, Arthur Harrison to teach chemistry and chorus, Daisie Britt and Norma Lee O'Neal reassigned, Annie Belle Perry returns as speech teacher, Neva Kennon becomes Washington principal, Finis Morrison to grade coordinator after war, Burka Standridge to math at Junior High, Burke praised for service, Miss Hibbard and Alley among Willard staff, Captain Howard Rice back as Glenwood principal, Paul Burgess joins as Ada High math teacher and coach.
John Cordray of Ada, brother of D B Cordray, was arrested in Tucumcari New Mexico on Sunday and to be returned to Ada to face charges of conjoint robbery. The pair reportedly drank with W Thompson near Lawrence August 27 and fled after taking Thompson s keys and his 1941 Chevrolet pick up. The vehicle was found in Ada on West Fourteenth Street and one suspect was arrested. Cordray eluded capture until Sunday. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser planned to pursue Cordray Tuesday.
City police logged 43 arrests over eight days, the busiest period in months. Most inmates occupied the city jail, with drunkenness leading offenses followed by disturbance, then possession of liquor, concealed weapons, reckless driving, burglary and speeding.
Pickpockets with a conscience steal money from victims and drop it into mail boxes. Postmen deliver the bills and owners can recover social security cards licenses and other papers but money rarely returns to the victims.
Ruth Option leaves Stonewall as superintendent and moves to Glenwood to lead primary work. Mavis Williams, from Vanoss and Beggs, will teach at Willard. Esther Callihan brings varied experience from Parkersburg Penn to Fox and Fittstown and Irving. Lucille Petty will teach Music at Irving with prior posts in Center Kiowa Davenport Pittsburg and Durant.
Mrs Mary Hughes Simpson volunteers at Ada High School aiding service member Paul Denny stationed in the Pacific. She will assist in physics classes and carry out duties but will not engage in advanced atomic work.
Washington reports a rough reconversion path with steps to aid the transition. Officials urge continued war bond purchases, saving waste paper fats oils and tin cans, and supporting civilian workers as coal lumber and nursing shortages strain postwar needs.
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor announced West Point will revert to a four year academic program with expanded aviation instruction for all cadets. The current senior class will graduate next June after three years, while the third class splits into two groups for three and four year paths respectively.
A four engined B 29 from Gulfport Army Air Base crashed seven miles south of Wedowee Alabama last night. The aircraft exploded on impact and the blast was heard for miles. Sheriff G B Payne identified the bomber and confirmed the casualties.
A new seacoast fire-control radar developed at MIT for the army signal corps promises to revolutionize coastal defense. It detects vessels beyond 25 miles, distinguishes ships as separate light dots, guides night fire, and even identifies class. The system magnifies to reveal ship turns and can track markers. it can detect birds in flight.
Joseph J. McCain, manager of the Oklahoma City social security office, says dependents of deceased Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel may be entitled to Social Security benefits. He notes many are unaware and urges visits or writings to nearest office in Ardmore Enid Lawton McAlester Muskogee Oklahoma City or Tulsa for information.
Weather turned pleasant and cool across Oklahoma with spotty showers overnight. Oklahoma City recorded .14 inch of rain at the airport and .04 at the observation station, while towns such as Waynoka Alva Frederick Shawnee and Antlers noted light totals. Further north in Kansas a warm spell gave way to cool air with lows in the 45 to 53 degree range after a high near 96 to 98 degrees.
Francis schools opened Monday with R. G. Duke named superintendent after A. J. Brock resigned from the post. Duke previously served as principal. Mrs. Hudson joins the faculty to teach math and science while Brock returns to the insurance business and has not chosen a new location.
Derivatives of common salt are used in producing air planes tanks jeeps synthetic rubber and gasoline. These compounds play a key role in sustaining military supply lines and industrial output during the war effort.
Adjutant Van Dee presents Ada Salvation Army annual report recalling prewar stigma and postwar acceptance. The group aided hungry, housed and clothed residents around the clock, with August relief spending at 477.29. They seek a 20 percent funding increase and a 4000 dollar campaign budget starting September 25, as they took over United Charities duties.
In Bixby Oklahoma two youths using mail order whistles created a panic by stamping ground to imitate tracks of a mountain lion. Wheeler Hoyle a local barber hunter said the boys roamed the countryside blowing blasts and avoiding capture. State Game Ranger Ed Hines later declared the tracks to be those of a mountain lion.
Capt. Walter N. Wray a former sports official and Ada businessman is in terminal leave awaiting November 11 final separation. He served since 1942, spent 90 days in Camp Atterbury Indiana hospital for explosion injuries, and traveled with an MP unit that guarded German prisoners in Africa before moving to Europe. His unit helped traffic control around the Battle of the Bulge area as the war ended. He has not announced future plans and is visiting friends.
Oak Avenue Baptist church celebrated its Homecoming and 41st anniversary with 736 in Sunday school. Four members joined by letter and one baptized as offerings totaled 11 460 for a building fund amid calls for more auditorium and educational space. About 300 attendees shared lunch on Irving school grounds as the Girls Choir of Seminole received praise.
Washington officials said meat rationing could end October 1 if supply runs justify it though no date was set. OPA actions aimed to smooth cattle flow to packing plants and Bowles backs de control. Sugar fats and oils remain uncertain though.
The Allies expect to try up to 400000 Germans for war crimes, led by a mass Nürnberg trial of at least 24 top Nazi figures including Goering and Ribbentrop. Trials may begin in late October or November, with follow up prosecutions by local courts for Gestapo and SS members and other conspirators.
Mrs Jonathan Wainwright spoke with her husband by telephone for the first time in four years from Hamilton Field California where General Wainwright arrived after imprisonment in a Japanese camp. Their son Capt Jonathan M Wainwright relayed the call reporting the general looked well despite evident hardship. The two planned a Washington meeting on Monday.
Oklahoma servicemen receiving honorable discharges at Camp Chaffee last week include T/Sgt Lloyd E. Brandon Ada Pfc Brewer Grady Antlers Cpl James E. Martin Allen T/Sgt Roy Brent Antlers Sgt Gerald N. Wegher Coal Gate S/Sgt Joseph L. Ennis Coalgates Sgt Orel S Huckleberry Konawa Sgt Gene D Archer Konawa S/Sgt Porter L Morgan Konawa Pic Walter Wise Konawa Cpl William A Thompson Maud Pvt Otis A Wells Maud S/Sgt Jack W Carter Sulphur.
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