Officers In School Here In Ada
FBI agent Gentry of Oklahoma City taught the first Police and School course in Ada with sessions scheduled biweekly through early November. Ralph Hood also taught Juvenile Control. Instructors include Claude Thompson and state patrol members. Local police, Sheriff Clyde Kaiser, City Marshal Reynolds, and Sheriff Johnny Phillips attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spot Gentry
FBI
Oklahoma City
Ada
Gentry
Ralph Hood
Dad Lester
Clyde Kaiser
Claude Thompson
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Johnny Phillips
Coal County
Mr. Reynolds
Roff
Nylon hosiery dream fades as shortages loom
The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers warned that even with 3,500,000 dozen pairs forecast for Christmas, less than one pair per woman may be available. Rayon supplies will be tighter as war production yarn allocations end, risking overall hosiery stocks through spring and into next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Hosiery Association
Food shortages may not end soon says Truman
President Truman cautioned Americans that food shortages and rationing may linger longer than expected. He pledged to help feed war torn areas to the limits of our strength and suggested some items could return to rationing after Japan's surrender. Arrangements for Europe food requests through January 1 depend on financing plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Japan
Europe
Mysterious Flash Near McAlester
A mysterious flash followed by an explosion was reported southwest of McAlester at dusk Monday. Witnesses at Antiers saw and heard it, but no wreckage was found. Leon R. Calonkey described it as a rocket like streak with a magnesium flash and a long misty smoke trail ending in a burst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Antiers
Phillips U Enrollment Surpasses 600 at Phillips University
Registrar C. Lappin reported enrollment above 600 with exact figures not yet available at Phillips University in Enid on September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
C. Lappin
Phillips University
Ada high graduate joins Olsen Johnson show on six month tour
Cpl Fred L Matthews son of Mrs Lucille Matthews Ada is traveling with a famous show after serving overseas. In Heidelberg he reports his dance band is touring with Olsen Johnson's Sons of Fun for six months, rehearsals ongoing, 25 cast and 20 band members, 15 USO girls, and music director Al Arkus from Oklahoma. He expects to be home next year and asks not to mail Christmas parcels yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Matthews
Ada High
Ada News
Lucille Matthews
East Eighth
Ada
Heidelberg
Germany
Olsen & Johnson
Sons of Fun
Hellza Poppin
al Arkus
Matthews
Marcels
Soldiers Return Boosts Big Six Football Prospects
Glad-handing veterans and draftees fill practice fields as Big Six coaches ready for Saturday games. Bernard Stransky reports for Nebraska. Low ell Pickett helps Kansas State coach Chauncey Simpson prepare for Minnesota. Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska hold next week open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sam
Bernard
Stransky
Nebraska
Lowell Pickett
Tiger
Chauncey Simpson
Bengals
Minnesota Gophers
Minneapolis
Lud Fiser
Kansas State
Albert Carr
Missouri
Fiser
Wildcats
Oklahoma Sooners
George Kerbo
Millard Cummings
Kerbo
Pacific
Navy
Joh Capron
Iowa State
Cyclones
Northwestern
Evanston
Kansas
Texas Christian
Wayne Hird
Hird
Oklahoma
Rev Shackelford Now At Fort Bragg
Mrs L E Shackelford former First Methodist Ardmore church secretary joined her husband Chaplain Captain Shackelford now stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina He served 28 months in METO He asked for release from the army with no action yet He was pastor at Tishomingo before entering service He expects at least three months duty at his present post
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmoreite
L. E. Shackelford
First Methodist
Ardmore
Shackelford
Fort Bragg
N. C
Rev. Shackelford
Ada
Tishomingo
Ancient Romans used shorthand in 63 B C and trade
A brief note says Romans employed shorthand as early as 63 B C. It also forecasts North Africa will need imports exceeding 100 million dollars within six months, excluding wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
North Africa
Patterson To Higher Post
President Truman selects Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson to replace Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war. The move signals broad changes at the War Department with Stimson nearing retirement and other top officers anticipated to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Robert P. Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
War Department
John J. McCloy
George C. Marshall
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Henry H. “Hap” Arnold
Army Air Forces
Kansas City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patterson
Capitol
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Buck Goodspeed Dominates Two Events at Shawnee Rodeo
Buck Goodspeed of Wetumka won calf roping with a 15.4 and steer roping with a 20.1 at Shawnee Rodeo. Amye Gamblin and Pat Parker placed in calf roping, while H D Binns and Dick Truitt took other roping honors. Brec riding went to Nubs Martin with Ada riders in close pursuit. Marvin Shoulders claimed the bull riding title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Shaw
Stonewall
Pendleton
Ore
Buck Goodspeed
Amye Gamblin
Byers
Tex
Pat Parker
Pawhuska
Clyde Brown
Tulsa
Goodspeed
Kiwanians Enjoy Ranch Barbecue at Lazy D Picnic
Jack Smith of the Lazy D ranch hosted a Ladies Night barbecue for Ada Kiwanis with 62 club members plus wives children and friends. The event featured Hereford beef cakes salads cookies buns 175 ice cream bars Jersey cream and boating supervised by Rex Morrison. Smith and ranch owner Mr Delaney invited the Kiwanis club and families back next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smith
Lazy D
Kiwanis
Jack
Ada Kiwanis Club
Rex Morrison
Mr. Delaney
Kiwanis Club
Norbla Oil No. 1 Gaar well in Pontotoc county
Morning papers report the Norbla Oil company No. 1 Gaar wildcat test located a quarter mile north of Gaar corner in western Pontotoc county. The well sits at 2 566 1 2 feet in Arbuckle and awaits logging after an electric run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbla Oil Company
Gaar
Gaar Corner
Pontotoc County
Arbuckle
Bebee Field
Francis
Ashland No. 1
Haney
Roosevelt Letter Reveals Elliott Affairs Details
A Roosevelt letter to Ruth Goggin Roosevelt was read by the House Ways and Means Committee as it resumed a probe into Elliott Roosevelt business dealings. The letter notes radio stock recovered in settling Elliott debts and shows actions by Jesse Jones and John Hartford related to involved loans and tax deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional Committee
Elliott Roosevelt
House Ways and Means Committee
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
Elliott
Jesse Jones
Commerce
John Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Hartford
Texas
Jones
Ruth Goggins Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Truman says Japanese war lords removed from Korea
President Truman announced that Japanese leaders are being removed from Korea as the United States and allies aid in building a free and independent Korean nation. He noted some leaders stay temporarily for technical reasons while Koreans assume responsibilities for a liberated, sovereign state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Korea
United States
China
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Seoul
Legion Convention Plans Announced
CHICAGO Sept. 18 The American Legion's national convention in Chicago will run four days from November 18 to 21. What is billed as a business delegate meeting may become a full pre war style gathering of veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Legion
Old Timer Returns as Gophers Prep for Missouri
Minnesota coach Bernie Bierman rushes season preparations as Jim Shearer, letterman in 1939 and 1940, reappears in the Gopher lineup. The former quarterback is set to be discharged from the Army Air Corps this week ahead of Saturdays opener with Missouri in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Gophers
Bernie Bierman
University of Missouri
Jim Shearer
Gopher
Army Air Corps
Russia May Have To Open Her Books To Get Any U S Loan
Washington observers report that Russia may need to trade concessions and open its financial books before a U S loan. Stalin was said to tell lawmakers Moscow seeks a six billion dollar loan to repair postwar damage and raise living standards. Congressional reaction mixed between cautious scrutiny and skepticism about the size of the aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
U.S
Washington
United States
Stalin
Moscow
House
Rep
Colmer
D.-Miss
Pepper
D.-Fla
Congress
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
International Monetary Setup
Bretton Woods
International Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Clere Booth Luce
R.conn
Uncle Tee
Owen
Pleven Promises Expanded Food and Coal Rations in Winter
French finance minister Rene Pleven pledged higher food and coal rations, saying the government aims to provide rationed bread free of charge this winter, modest heat, and gradually increasing supplies as prices rise. He noted a shift from hopeful talk to realizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rene Pleven
Molotov Signals Interest in Italian Colonies and Med Foothold
Moscow pressed for a foothold in the Mediterranean while voicing interest in Italian colonies. Molotov avoided exact demands on Italy and Yugoslavia, but urged Croat and Slovene territories to pass to Yugoslavia.
All POWs Evacuated From Hokkaido Camps
Allied prisoners of war and civilians on Hokkaido were evacuated and began returning home. Authority said 1,600 to 2,000 personnel were moved by plane and ship under Maj. Lyman B. Sutter’s 24 man team at Chitose naval air station. Lt. Col. James P. Devereux was the most prominent released prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ominato Anchorage
Japan
Hokkaido
Frank Jack Fletcher
North Pacific Fleet
Lyman B. Sutter
Long Beach
Calif
Los Angeles County
Eighth Army
Sutter
Chitose Naval Air Station
Tokyo
James P. Devereux
Wake Island
British Protest Signed Against Atomic Bomb Use
A group of 31 Britons including preachers writers musicians and teachers signed and circulated a protest against using the atomic bomb on Japan. The document calls the bomb a deliberate violation of sacred human life and accuses the allied nations of hypocritically claiming war crime trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Japan
Churchill
Commons
Presidential Citations To Fifth Regiment Units
Presidential citations were awarded to two units of the Fifth Regiment First Cavalry Division by Maj Gen. William C. Chase. The second squadron received the insignia for holding Los Negros in the Admiralties on Feb 19, 1944. Troop A earned its decoration for rescuing a beleaguered unit in the Leyte mountains in late November 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Admiralty Islands
Philippines
First Cavalry Division
William C. Chase
Los Negros
Admiralties
Leyte
Ex-German Liner Bringing Troops to New York
The former German liner Europa sailed from Southampton with a U S navy prize crew aboard and 4500 American soldiers headed home from the war. Most passengers were eighth and ninth air force personnel due for discharge. Docking in New York is expected late next Sunday for prize proceedings and transfer of ownership to the U S government before Bayonne refitting to carry 10000 troops.
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Southampton
Enz
Europa
New York
U. S. Navy
Eighth
Ninth Air Force
Bremerhaven
Federal Court
U. S
Bayonne
N. J
Wainwright backs long U S occupation of Japan
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright told a National Broadcasting interview that the United States should occupy Japan for about 20 years. He urged depriving Nippon of any industry that could turn to war making and recounted abuse in Japanese prison camps to illustrate mistreatment of Allied prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
United States
Japan
Morgan Beatty
Corregidor
Hope Abandoned Harold Todd Believed Dead Navy reports no survival
Mrs. Etta Mae Todd receives notice from the navy that Harold O. Todd, carpenter's mate 3/c USNR, is dead from enemy action on July 30, 1945. He was aboard the cruiser Indianapolis which was sunk with heavy loss of life. his parents are Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Todd of Busby Addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Mae Todd
Busby Addition
Navy Department
Harold O. Todd
USNR
Todd
Indianapolis
B. H. Todd
Busby
Higashi Denies Orders On Prisoners In Tokyo Press
San Francisco dispatch reports Prince Higashi Kuni faced more than 100 allied reporters in Tokyo denying any orders to kill American airmen or mistreat prisoners. He said as home defense minister his role was to shoot down raiding planes and offered vague answers on wartime actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
Naruhixo Higashi-Kuni
CBS
M Mutual
Tokyo
Home Defense
Sgt Colvin Expected Home Soon From Overseas
Sgt Clifford Colvin, overseas 37 months, is due in the United States this week. A letter to his brother Clovis says he is at a Naples separation center awaiting transport and may sail around Sept. 12. Colvin, a Horace Mann graduate with a B S from East Central, entered service in 1940 and served with the 45th Division. He coached in Nebraska before rejoining the army in 1942 and seeing action from North Africa to Casablanca and Naples. Cameron College enrollment at Lawton totals 225 with 10 World War veterans registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Colvin
States
Clovis Colvin
Colvin
Naples
Italy
Horace Mann
East Central
Nebraska
North Africa
Casablanca
Limits Off Construction For Nation
Reconversion Director John W. Snyder announced the lifting of all restrictions on construction of private homes and other buildings effective October 15, and outlined a six-point program to speed the industry. The WPB said its L-41 order will be revoked Oct 15, removing limits on stores offices hotels apartments and public works. Bowles urged Congress to authorize price limits on new dwellings to curb a potential price spike. The six points cover material supply, hoarding controls, price caps, mortgage lending, industry cooperation, and housing advisory services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Snyder
Snyder
OPA
War Production Board
Bowles
Chester Bowles
Congress
Senate
Inter-agency
WPB
Office of Price Administration
Federal
National Housing Agency
William H. Davis
J. A. Krug
John B. Blandford, Jr
Three Cars Stolen In Oklahoma Area
Three cars were stolen Sunday and Monday in Oklahoma with no trace of a green 1940 Ford. Harold Smith’s car disappeared from Stratford after 9 p.m. Monday. A 1941 Chevrolet was taken from Coalgate Monday night and another 1940 Ford from Tishomingo Sunday night. A truck on Rennie Avenue was prowled. a hydraulic jack and tools were taken. Police report all license numbers and details filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Thomas
Harold Smith
Stratford
Coalgate
Tishomingo
Lee Statler
Rennie Avenue
Oklahoma
Fanfare Marks Birth Of Lad In Cleveland
In Cleveland on September 18 a 19 year old mother Anthony Sisi gave birth to a seven and a half pound son. The father far younger rushed a fire alarm as police and firefighters arrived for the dramatic delivery. Both mother and baby were reported doing nicely at Fairview Park hospital. The father remained home with another child born 13 months prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Anthony Sisi
Aloysius Nestor
Nestor
David Offutt
Dominic Sisi
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Young Adan
Cpl
Fred Matthews
Occupied
Fi. Bragg
Meto
Shawnee
Norbla Test
Wildcat
Dallas
Sen
Legion
Old Timer
Minnesota
Uncle Joe
Ask Venezia Giulia
Mediterranean
V. M. Molotov
Tripolitania
Molotov
Yugoslavia
Venetia Giulia
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungry
Britain
Marshal Tito
Edward Karelj
Monfalcone
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Island
Wainwright
Jap Private
Hope
Harold Todd
Higashi
Sgt
Lawton
Cameron College
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