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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1945
Page
3
The City of Ada flew a long charity mission dropping 10 000 pounds of rations medicines and fruit juices to seven PoW camps in Japan via parachute. After 14 hours aloft the crew endured 30 hours without proper meals and observed widespread destruction in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright arrived at Hamilton Field San Francisco after being discharged from Honolulu on a C 54. He spoke of surrender to Japanese forces with grim satisfaction and recalled Bataan and Corregidor artillery bombardment. He saluted and thanked supporters amid a hero’s welcome.
Washington dispatch reports General Wainwright prepared to recount the Corregidor last days and subsequent prison horrors in a pitiful report. Timing to the war department or nation remains undetermined as he rests today awaiting the full account and possible identification of responsible Japanese.
M B Molloy 72, head of East Central College English and longtime tennis coach, remains an active tournament player. Since starting tennis in 1892, he has coached and inspired many Ada players, taught by example with agility and rhythm, and continues to influence youth at Mayhue Courts and beyond.
Veterans of Foreign Service members pursuing a local VFW chapter held a well attended meeting last week and announced another session this Thursday night with speakers. Enthusiasts, many returning from overseas WWII service, are forming memberships as officers election approaches in about two weeks.
London report says Hermann Goering was believed cured after a sodamint sleep aid caused him to nap. A War Crimes aide described his prior intake of 20,000 paracodeine tablets and a 40 daily habit. Doctors tapered the dosage and used phenobarbatol at night.
Before the Second World War the United States' physical assets were estimated at more than 350 billion dollars, reflecting extensive wartime industrial capacity and material reserves accumulated in the prewar period.
Oklahoma announces a sweeping highway program with 40 new top rank projects costing about 20 million dollars. Ben T. Childers says plans will be drawn within 18 months, aiming to finish most before Kerr leaves office in January 1947.
Washington reports suggest Emperor Hirohito could abdicate or be removed from the throne as General Douglas MacArthur leads Japan's postwar reform. The plan includes a regency for Prince Akihito, dissolution of the Zaibatsu, and a constitutional revision to transfer power from the emperor to the people.
More than 90 new cadets enrolled for the next semester at the Claremore point Bean academy and will report on September 19, Col. K. S. Perkins announced today. Graduation exercises for five college seniors and 24 high school students will be held next Thursday morning.
A historical note describes observing the sun before dawn and after dusk with atmospheric refraction bending rays to show a pie shaped disk as the sun peeks over the horizon.
The OPA lifted slaughter limits today allowing slaughterers to kill as much livestock as they wish. The move aims to increase meat for civilians and may signal an early end to rationing, depending on how the bill grows. Bowles warned the nutrition of distribution depends on continued controls.
Washington September 11 1948 the Veterans Administration reports only one of 1 483949 lapsed policies has converted to peacetime forms Gen Omar Bradley plans New York talks with insurers on new incentives including designating any beneficiary and decentralizing to state offices
Fournes Lions Club members kicked off ticket sales at the Tuesday noon meeting attended by about 50. They reported selling 200 of the season tickets for home Cougar games and aim for 250 before the Midwest City opener at Norris Stadium. Jess Young led in sales. The club plans an education program for new members and notes a recent charitable act paying a boy's dental bills.
Heavy damage from a transport overturn on a downgrade at the State 55 44 intersection near Sentinel Oklahoma. Firefighters from Clinton Naval Air Station controlled a blaze after tanks burst releasing over 3000 gallons of gasoline. Lt Roy M Blankenship of the state highway patrol estimated damage at 10050 dollars.
Four teenage boys admitted burglary after being arrested in Ada by the police. They were held by Sheriff Charley Gilliam of Tishomingo and charged with breaking into the Howell home at Wapanucka. Investigators traced stolen items including gas heaters chairs a sewing machine bedstead rugs and a cedar chest to the suspects and two.
In Tulsa Oklahoma the egg market melts under price drops of 11 to 12 cents a dozen while milk industry bottlenecks persist. Buyers and firms report demand for resumed dairy deliveries more milk products and more vehicle supplies are needed to restart pre war service.
The Oil and Gas Journal reports weekly crude oil production fell to 4 525 750 barrels daily for the week ending September 8. Texas drop to 1 889 500 barrels led declines across most regions except the panhandle. Minor gains occurred in Illinois and New Mexico while Oklahoma and the Rocky Mountain area posted increases.
The navy reports 253 ships sunk or damaged around Okinawa, with 30 ships sunk and 223 damaged. Major losses include 16 battleships 13 aircraft carriers three heavy cruisers two cruisers and 67 destroyers. About 836 Japanese planes were destroyed amid overall campaign casualties near 10 000 including about 5 000 dead or missing.
In 1804 the Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton duel marked the end of formal dueling in civilized America, ending a years long practice among gentlemen and prompting a cultural shift away from lethal personal combat.
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