Direct From the Firing Line Major General Barton Letter
Ada readers receive Maj. Gen. Raymond Barton’s wartime letter dated August 20 from France. He recalls landing at Cherbourg, the break through near Perrier and St Lo, constant danger, and the enemy’s fierce resistance while urging relentless fighting to end the war. He notes soldiers’ courage and Hitler’s regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Sugg
Reymond Barton
Ada
France
Cherbourg
Perrier
St. Lo
Hitler
New Newspaper Venture by The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution buys a 1000 acre Georgia farm to study real farming and inform a forthcoming regular farm page. The venture emphasizes practical, ground-up study, not a demonstration farm, with manager background in agricultural engineering and no showy displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Constitution
Bulletin of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Kentucky
SNPA
Sharp Point Rises For Processed Ration List Foods
The Office of Price Administration raised point values for remaining rationed processed foods effective Sunday, while removing many items from rationing. New points apply to canned fruits juices tomatoes and sauces. blue tokens end after October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
War Food Administration
Pvt Phares Dies Of Typhus In India War Casualty
Mrs Ollie Phares of Portland Park received a War Department cable reporting her son Pvt David J Phares 19 died of typhus fever August 20 while in an Indian hospital. He enlisted March 29 1943 after mechanics school graduation and went overseas February 1944. Survived by mother five sisters three brothers Navy gunner brother Joe D Phares served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Phares
Portland Park
War Department
Pvt
David J. Phares
Phares
Adee
Ada
Army
Mechanics School
Joe D. Phares
Navy
Broom Corn Crop In Oklahoma Expected To Reach 18.8 Million Pounds
Federal Statistician K D Blood forecasts a 1944 Oklahoma broom corn yield of 18.8 million pounds with 100000 acres harvested. The crop should average 375 pounds per acre, an improvement on 1933–42 and last year. Early August heat aided early harvests but August rainfall slowed cutting. Colorado placed second with 16.8 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
K. D. Blood
Lindsay
Colorado
Appreciation From New Guinea Seeks Comfort for Hurley Family
T L Hurley Jr stationed in New Guinea since March sends thanks for kindness shown after sister Wy oma Lou Hurley died at 15 in a fall from a horse on August 5. He extends gratitude for flowers and thoughts, noting the loss is heaven's gain and war aims peace and freedom. Hurley, son of T L Hurley Route 5, serves in a searchlight battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
T/S
T. L. Hurley, Jr
Wyoma Lou Hurley
Wyema Lou Hurley
Hurley
T. L. Hurley
Route 5
Ada Cougars Ground Sulphur Bulldogs 32 7
Ada Cougars powered by backfield quartet Paul Hardee Jack Fentem Bryce Tomlin and Wayne Mayfield beat Sulphur 32 7 with a strong line and balanced attack. Makintubee standout returns and a late rush capped the scoring as Ada hosts Purcell next Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hardee
Jack Fentem
Bryce Tomlin
Wayne Mayfield
Ada Cougars
Sulphur Bulldogs
Adlans
Fentem
Cougars
James Rea
Elvan George
Hardee
Billy Martin
Sulphur
Sweeney
Rufus Sweeney
Thurman
Red” Auld
Ada
Auld
Cougar
Alton Taylor
Red River Valley
Joe Barnes
David Elkins
Bob Sumrall
Bulldogs
Jim Gassaway
Julian Trippe
James Presley
Orville Mackintubee
Hildred Massey
Jack Pollock
Purcell
Elkins
Peak
Mayfield
Makintubee
No Hoover Protege Not Using His Advice Says Dewey
In Spokane Dewey rejects Hoover influence claim saying he has not had Hoover's advice and is unsure where Hoover has been. He notes he has been traveling and meeting reporters after arriving from Coeur d Alene Idaho and discusses Republican aid to eastern concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Cunningham
Seattle Times
Dewey
Coeur D’alene
Ickes
Labor
Perkins
Hoover
Spokane
Wash
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Idaho
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
W. J. Anderson Dies Under Tractor
W J Anderson of Seminole formerly of Stonewall was killed Friday noon when a tractor he was plowing with overturned, wheel resting on his chest. Funeral at Seminole Church of Christ, burial in Stonewall cemetery. Survivors include wife two daughters Miss Bobby Anderson and Miss Geraldine Anderson, two other daughters Mrs Dean Wadley of San Diego and Mrs Harold Buckley of Borger, Tex., two sons Jack of Duncan and Joe in the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Anderson
Seminole
Stonewall
Seminole Church of Christ
Stonewall Cemetery
Bobby Anderson
Geraldine Anderson
Dean “Doc” Wadley
San Diego
Calif
Harold Buckley
Borger, Tex
Jack of
Duncan
Joe Anderson
Navy
Two Oklahoma Soldiers Receive Silver Star Awards
The War Department announced Silver Star awards for First Sgt. Cecil Capehart and S/Sgt. Howard D. Palmer of Idabel Oklahoma and Sgt. Wallace C. Wing of Wagoner Oklahoma. Capehart led a rifle platoon in a December Italian counterattack. Palmer directed a weapons platoon in a December 20 1943 action in Italy. Wing directed two machinegun crews during a withdrawal near Oliveto Italy on September 22. Nylon replaces silk for parachutes due to salt water resistance lack of mildew and better longevity in dark conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cecil Capehart
Howard D. Palmer
Idabel
Okla
Wallace C. Wing
Wagoner
War Department
Capehart
Italy
Palmer
Oliveto
Wing
Pontotoc County Men Among Wounded Soldiers Listed
War department lists Oklahoma soldiers wounded in four theatres of war. Names include Central Pacific Pvt. Carl J. Caveny Rush Springs and Lt. Henry N. Vanderpool Cromwell. European Pvt. Gene Choate LeFlore and Sgt. William O. Kirby Ada. Mediterranean Pvt. Eugene Cherry Holdenville and Pvt. John R. Harris Bartlesville. Southwest Pacific Pvt. Howard P. Alexander Duke and Sgt. Tommie W. Riddle Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
War Department
Central Pacific
Carl J. Caveny
Minnie L. Caveny
Rush Springs
Robert G. Ashby
Otis E. Ashby
West Tulsa
Frank I. Richardson
Arthur L. Richardson
Norman
Charles W. Mattix
Lessie P. Mattix
Nowata
Henry N. Vanderpool
Ola D. Karcher
Cromwell
Gene Choate
Ernest Choate
LeFlore
Glendon R. Couch
Lucy E. Couch
Marlow
William H. Hill
Salelie Sarah Hill
Wetumka
Kay Hughes
Belle
Durant
Marvin W. Walker
Bowden
Mediterranean
Eugene Cherry
Holdenville
Clarence E. Darbison
Ella Darbison
Milburn
John R. Harris, Jr
Lech E. Harris
Bartlesville
Theodore F. Noland
Anna Walker
Miami
Roy D. Sliger
Stonewall
Pontotee County
Southwest Pacific
Howard P. Alexander
Willie National Alexander
Duke
Tommie W. Riddle
Ollie D. Riddle
Haskell
Churchill Leaves Quebec After Second Roosevelt Conference
Prime Minister Churchill departed Quebec by train for an undisclosed destination as world leaders awaited Pacific war bulletins. Roosevelt announced that future victories would come from Gen. MacArthur in the southwest Pacific, Mountbatten in Southeast Asia, and Nimitz commanding the vast fleet to crush Japan. Both leaders stressed unanimity and quick, clear international deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Churchill
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Chester W. Nimitz
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THE
ADA Weekly News
Wm. BD. Little
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Ada Evening News
Mali
Pat Murphy
Philippines
Japan
Israel
William E. Gilroy
D. D
David
Kingdom of
America
Clayton
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Texas
Fort Smith
Paris
Wilburton
Antlers
Wister
State Highway Commission
Germany
Ohio
Buckeye
Ohid
Traiio Aviators
Castalia
India
Adans
Tomlin
Martin
Williams
Anderson
Bulldog
Meaders
Pollock
Tulsa
Wehman J. Peacock
Ralph Peacock
Joplin
Mrs. Peacock
Pontotoc County
Sgt. Kirby
Sliger
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