Ada Airman Norris Haney Killed in England Crash
Mrs Norris B Haney Ada received word of the death of Second Lt Norris B Haney in an England air crash August 25 He was 27 years old and left a wife two corhildren and his mother He had studied at NM Military Institute and University of Oklahoma Law School and had begun law practice in Ada He commanded his own bomber and crew in England and had previous assignments in California North Carolina and Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris B. Haney
Townsend
England
Ada High School
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
University of Oklahoma Law School
Ada
Terry
Cub
Homer Leader Names New County Superintendent
Norman C. Mitchell, longtime Homer school principal, is named county superintendent of schools by the county commissioners to succeed Ray Stegall who resigned after ten years. Stegall now heads Washington grade school in Ada. Morrison remains in army service and will return as city wide grade school supervisor and coordinator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman C. Mitchell
Homer School
Board of County Commissioners
Ray Stegall
Mitchell
Pontotoc County
East Central State College
Stegall
Washington
Ada
Finis Morrison
Morrison
State Land Office to Sell 14 Tracts of Foreclosed Land
The State Land Office will auction 14 foreclosed land tracts in the county on Tuesday October 3 at the courthouse starting 10 oclock. Tracts range from 10 to 110 acres with 25 percent cash and the rest in 25 annual installments at 3 percent interest. A list with appraised values will run in the next three Thursday issues of The Ada Evening News.
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the Land Office of the State
Woody Hunt
Ada
Ada Evening News
WAAF Spotted Home Station of Robombs
The air ministry says F O Con stance Babington-Smith of the WAAF first spotted the flying bomb model in reconnaissance photographs of the German Pennemunde site 18 months ago. Daughter of Sir Henry Babington-Smith, she joined the WAAF in 1940 and her clue spurred Allied aerial efforts that helped create spotter networks and anti aircraft defenses in the Battle of London.
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London
Air Ministry
Constance Babington-Smith
WAAF
Pennemunde
Sir Henry Babington-Smith
Wounded Private Moves Chicago Strikers to Return
In Chicago the Dodge plant walkout by nearly 600 CIO United Automobile Workers Local members ends after Pvt. Melvin Biegel, wounded in Italy, appeals for a return to work. He is brought to the meeting by Maj. John W. Cummiskey from the army air force district manpower office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dodge
Oregon joins Oklahoma in Supreme Court tax case
Oregon will intervene in the Harmon tax case to challenge or support Oklahoma’s community property tax plan that allows married couples to split income and lower tax brackets. The state plans to file briefs Monday, seeking access to the appeal led by the Treasury Department in the Harmon suit from Nowata. Oregon enacted a 1943 law modeled after Oklahoma’s provision.
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Oklahoma City
Oregon
Oklahoma
United States Supreme Court
Treasury Department
C. C. Harmon
Nowata
United States ‘Tax Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Oklahoma Soldiers Injured Across Four War Theaters
War department reports 61 Oklahoma servicemen wounded in four theaters. Listed are names from Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, European, and Mediterranean theaters, including ranks and hometowns such as Oklahoma City, Sand Springs, Picher, and Tulsa.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Central Pacific
Clinton L. Tucker
Oklahoma City
Theodore E. Tucker, Jr
Tecumseh
Southwest Pacific
Mont E. Dowell
Sand Springs
Russel J. Zupan
Velma Cheech
Picher
Alvin A. Anderson
Luther
Pete Benuzzi
Wilburton
Tommie J. Bibb
Sands
John L. Burr
Mary Oglesby
Pawhuska
Clovis D. Hines
Edna M. Hines
Miami
William T. Lyles
Mattie L. Lyles
Fox
Ayles C. Mathews
Ponca City
James P. McCain
Effie McCain
Okmulgee
Gene McEntire
Pauls Valley
Jack W. McKinster
Charles E. Moore
Otis W. More
Arizona More
Albert P. Morgan
Arnold Palmer, Jr
Idabel
Tom Sawyer
McCurtain
Noble Scott
Andy Davis
Janie Davis
Stonewall
Foster C. Eaton
Ada
Leo L. Harper, Jr
Clinton
Robert L. Harrison
Pryor
Walter F. Jackson
Tahlequah
Elmer Lucas
Houldenville
Charles Martin
Jesse Martin
Maud
Robert H. McDaniel
Woodward
Tracy A. McDaniel
Wetumka
Francis L. Morgan
Hominy
Stanley V. Morris
Bristown
Marvin J. Oliver
Leflore
Ben R. Parker
Kellyville
Johnnie C. Pryse
Leedey
Hearshel H. Ritter
Hobart
Lewis E. Spice
Lochner Reports What Siegfried Line Really Is
Berlin dispatch by Louis P. Lochner describes the Siegfried line as a dispersed fortification system built to resist air and artillery attack. He notes 50 foot deep emplacements, six inch steel, and secretive underground rooms with modern conveniences.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press
Siegfried Line
Westwall
West Wall
Bases Neutralized Make U Boats Ineffectual
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill said Allied operations in France neutralized major U boat bases in the Bay of Biscay. They described the exchange rate of ships sunk to U boats destroyed as profitable, noting subs have become relatively ineffective.
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Washington
Bay of Biscay
France
Roosevelt
Churchill
Office of War Information
Ada Welcomes War Hero Sergeant Stephens on Return
Technical Sergeant Holly Stephens son of Mrs Florence Stephens returns after 50 missions over continental Europe in the Fortress Shack Rabbit He wears the air medal with many Oak Leaf clusters for raids on Berlin the Ruhr Ploesti and Wermeanstadt His crew flew 15 missions from England before moving to Italy overseas eight months three weeks furlough with wife Mrs Martha Stephens accompanying.
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Holly Stephens
Florence Stephens
Ada
Europe
Stephens
Berlin
Ruhr Valley
Ploesti
Werner Neustadt
England
Italy
Martha Stephens
London Reels as Evacuees Return to City
Londoners streamed back into the capital amid robot raid warnings. Lord Dudley warned of possible new raids while 1.5 million had left and at least 40,000 returned Sunday night. Over 800,000 homes remain bombed. home guards stand by as reports of a renewed threat loom.
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London
Lord Dudley
Midland Civil Defense Commissioner
Kiaroutaathar
Daily Express
Former Leipzig Mayor Named Hitler Plot Leader Executed
London radio reports Dr. Karl Friedrich Goerdeler former Leipzig mayor was sentenced to death with six other conspirators for the July 20 plot to kill Hitler. The group planned a post assassination dictatorship and immediate capitulation to enemies of Germany.
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London
Karl Friedrich Goerdeler
Leipzig
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Goerdeler
Ulrich von Hassell
Rome
Count Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf
Trott Zu Solz
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Paul LeJeune-Jung
Wilhelm Leuschner
Joseph Wirmer
Doerdeler
von Hassell
Hitler
Wirmer
Germany
Transocean
Zu Stolz
Count Helldorf
Ludgwig Beck
Helldorf
Tremors Reported in Canton New York
Residents felt earth tremors at 7 26 p m lasting five seconds shaking houses and rattling furniture no damage reported immediately first shock since last Monday in Canton New York September 9th.
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Canton
N. Y
Ada Town Hall hears calls for city charter change
At the Aldridge hotel Friday night Ada residents debated charter reform. A managerial form drew two speakers praise while most attendees urged changes to the current 1912 commission structure with freeholders allowed to propose anew charter.
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Ada
Aldridge
Kenneth Ambrose
Joyce Miller
Ambrose
McAlester
Miller
Colorado Springs
R. A. Sugg
J. O. Vernon
F. R. Laird
Russell Smith
Trice Broadrick
Claude V. Thompson
R. W. Simpson
J. I. McCauley
E. E. McKendree
Erwin Hovis
Chamber of Commerce
Board changes and college enrollment at East Central
Dr. Miller is appointed to fill Mount's seat on the Ada school board as Houston Mount resigns due to urgent business. East Central college will enroll tomorrow for an 18 week term and begin classes Monday. Miss Daisie Britt leaves Ada schools for USC-Columbia training. Mrs. Tirey takes her place and becomes sponsor of the Contra Homa Pep squad. Washington ward schools report 335 pupils prompting crowded classrooms, auditorium use, and two additional teachers.
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East Central College
Houston Mount
Board of Education
O. H. Miller
Mount
Doctor Miller
Daisie Belle Britt
Aaa
USC
Columbia University
Ada High School
Tirey
Fannie Byrd Tirey
Ada High
Oklahoma University
Byng
Miss Britt
Washington
Stephens Back After Bomber Missions Across Europe
Sgt. Holly Stephens of Ada completed 50 combat missions in two theaters of operation. He served with the 18th Air Force and earned Presidential Unit Citations while flying from England and Italy. He recalls mission highlights over Berlin, Austria, Ploesti, and France with a transport to Russia raids, sharing memories with fellow Ada soldiers and reflecting on escape and return experiences. He is on furlough in Ada before reassignment to Lincoln Nebraska for a B 29 crew.
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Holly Stephens
Stephens
States
Ada
England
Berlin
Aljir
Italy
18Th Aaf
Foggia
15Th Air Forces
Russia
Austria
Ploesti
France
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Germany
Sgt. Stephens
Florence Stephens
Lincoln
Neb
Army Air Fields
Japanese Minister Urges Neutrality for Japan and Soviet Union
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu told the Japanese diet that present realistic interests require Japan and the Soviet Union to remain neutral.
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Japan
Russia
New York
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Soviet Union
Driver Crushed As Truck Load Shifts
In Chickasha Oklahoma on September 11 a load of oil field equipment shifted on a truck and crushed the rear cab where foreman John Stringer Blalock of Houston slept, killing him. Driver George W Ward, also of Houston, was uninjured.
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Chickasha
Okla
John Stringer Blalock
Houston
Tex
George W. Ward
Ward
O. B. Danner
Highway Patrol
Here
Dover Area Shelled By German Long Range Guns
German long range guns shelled Dover and surrounding coast for about four hours from 2 a.m. as Calais and Cap Gris Nez gunners kept searchlights on the Channel in anticipation of an Allied sea assault.
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Dover
England
Calais
Cap Gris Nez
Channel
Colorado Primary Seen Light In Voter Turnout
Denver predicted turnout sits near 80 000 as Coloradans prepare to vote in a two contest primary. Analysts expect about 25 000 fewer ballots than in 1942. Key races include republican secretary of state nomination and democratic designation in the second congressional district.
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Colorado
Denver
CIO PAC Faces Two Tests In Maine Election
In Fortland Maine voters head to the polls for the states first election day tests of CIO Political Action Committee strength. The governorship and three congressional seats are at stake with the PAC backing Democratic challengers to two Republican incumbents.
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Cio-Pac
Fortland
CIO
Political Action Committee
Maine
Congress
PAC
Nazi order warns suicides count as desertion in wartime
A captured Nazi order released by Allied HQ says soldiers in eastern France were told suicide is desertion. It notes two officers and a non commissioned officer took their own lives recently.
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Rome
France
Tony
Evacuate Tito's Wounded
Allied planes evacuated 10,000 wounded Partisans of Marshal Tito's Yugoslav army. Yugoslav ground forces trained at RAF schools in North Africa are already operating on their native soil with service squadrons of Yugoslav planes.
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Tito
Rome
Marshal Tito
North Africa
Gifts servicemen want for Christmas during wartime
A guide of acceptable and forbidden gifts for servicemen overseas, detailing which items to send between Sept 15 and Oct 15 and which to avoid. It lists edible tins, warm wear, practical toiletries, and compact tools, plus items not wanted such as canned goods, perishable foods, leather, electrical gear, cigars, cameras, and weapons. It notes portrait photographs, keepsakes, and sentimental mementos as valued, alongside sturdy, utilitarian gear like gloves, scarves, pocket combs, andScout knives.
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Epsie Kinard
NEA
New York
Army
Navy
G. I
Tropics
P. X
Morale boosters and compact reading for the home
Under the morale boosters heading, the article notes vest pocket size books on many subjects excluding war topics U S A maps pipes and pipe cleaners as well as boxed games of all sorts for quick personal uplift and home use.
Dorsey and Pat Dane Indicted in Hollywood Fracas
Los Angeles indictment charges bandleader Tommy Dorsey and actress Pat Dane with assaulting Jon Hall and Eddie Norris after a August 5 balcony dispute at Dorsey’s Hollywood apartment. Director Allen Smiley is also named in the grand jury presentment.
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Los Angeles
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Jon Hall
Eddie Norris
Allen Smiley
Dorsey
Hollywood
Hall
Frances Langford
Norris
Naming of Tropical Cyclones Across Regions
The text explains that tropical cyclones are called different names by region: hurricanes in the West Indies, typhoons in the Western Pacific, baguio in the Philippines, and cyclones in the Pacific Ocean. This highlights regional naming variations for the same weather phenomenon.
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West Indies
Western Pacific
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
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State Land Office
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Lochner
Dr. Miller
Change
Buddy Lawson
Holly A. Stephens
George A. Sverska
Merrell O. Burton
Jack E. Goodwin
Harry Wurzer
Kenneth Morris
John Pick
Henry Hedden
Arnold Vanderhoff
G. I. Joe
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