Public Notice in Ada Oklahoma Court Case 1944
Public notice issued in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Conda J Driver sues for title to North 115 feet of Lot 5 Block 3 Capitol Hill Ada. Defendants include Gertrude Chandler Wiscorps banks and city bonds. Respond by Oct 27 1944 or face judgment. Ada court clerk Della Bedford seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Cunningham
Otice
State OF Oklahoma
Gertrude Chandler
F. J. ‘Amos
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Conda J. Driver
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Towi
Capitol Hill
Ada
McNey
Della Bedford
Jewell Ford McArthur
Orton Attys
Chester B. Williams
Pontotoc
Mrs Frank Knox Presented Medal
Assistant Secretary John L Sullivan awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to Mrs Frank Knox at the American Legion convention in Chicago. He praised Knox as a top Navy secretary who elevated the service from third to the world’s foremost fleet in ships planes and personnel. He credited Knox with foresight and decisive preparation for America’s entry into war.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Navy
Sullivan
Halleck Attacks FDR Foresight In Kansas City Speech
Rep. Halleck of Indiana criticized Roosevelt’s wartime decisions before 350 Republicans in Kansas City. He asked why the president did not focus on bomber production instead of political strategy and urged a leader able to say no to Churchill and Stalin when necessary.
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Kansas City
Halleck
R-Ind
Pacific
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Winnie
Joe
Allied broadcasts to bombard Axis citizens disclosed
The Office of War Information announced that Allied successes will be broadcast every 24 hours to Axis citizens using the world's most powerful short wave transmitters.
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Cincinnati
Office of War Information
Local Residents Visit Ada and Area on Sunday
Ada residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Luton of Ada greeted H P Toby at their home last Sunday. Dorothy Hallam arrived from San Diego where she worked in defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda Bryan
Ada
Kenneth Sawyer
Happyland
Lake Nealy
Sherman Estes
Houston
Texas
C. O. Workman
Martha Donaway
Tulsa
Philip Donaway
California
S. P. Atchison
Lorene Peterson
E. C. Jamar
J. R. Newby
Henry Jamar
Cora Danner
Florene Ward
Butler Hughes
W. A. Ballard
Bertha Newby
R. P. Peterson
Bettie Hughes
Laura Ballard
Bertha Lou Odom
Wynona Isaacs
Miss Isaac
Ellen Anglin
Missouri
Pvt
Hughes Wood
Dessie Golden
Oil Center
Buel Bray
Art Lance
E. C Jamar
Weekend Visits Link Ada Families Across Towns
A flurry of Sunday visits tied Ada residents to nearby towns and families. Names include Lee, Kaiser, Massey, Berryman, Scroggins, Coventon, Caton, and Cecil among others visiting relatives in Ada and surrounding areas. A recurring pattern shows extended family gatherings across multiple households Sunday and Tuesday nights.
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W. A. Lee
Enos Lee
Jack Maunger
Watie Stephens
Wright Hart
Ada
Ella Hart
Granny Maunger
Verlie Anderson
Clyde Kaiser
Pfc
Junior Lee
Tampa
Fla
Betty Joe Lee
Inez Brown
Monroe Lee
Jessie Lee
Francis
Belle Lee
Kenneth Wilson
Elmer Lee
Jerry Berryman
Lila Lee
Thelma Walton
Tunah
Tex
Marion Rose
Byng
A. M. Cecil
W. J. Guess
Elmo Coventon
Angie Wright
Jesse Duvall
George Carter
William
Going Rough And Hot On Peleliu
REMBERT JAMES reports from Peleliu Island where Marines under Col. Lewis B. Puller push through brutal terrain and heat. TNT blasts a Japanese cave. stretcher bearers are summoned as advances vary from 75 to 300 yards daily.
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Rembert James
U. S
Peleliu Island
Palau
Navy
Peleliu
Col
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
Saluda
Puller
Lieut. Dave Davis Among 45 Oklahoma War Wounded
War Department released names of 45 Oklahomans wounded in action in Europe. The list includes Lieut. Dave Davis of Durant and many others from towns such as Tahlequah, Muskogee, Ardmore, Claremore, Shawnee, Stillwater, Lawton, McAlester, and Tulsa with ranks from private to lieutenant colonel.
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Washington
War Department
Felix M. Adams, Jr
Vinita
Harold Anderson
Tahlequah
Eugene A. Arnold
Addington
Tech
Hiram B. Bourland
Altus
German E. Brockman
Jet
Joseph W. Carney
Mary Carney
McAlester
Lloyd J. Cox
Muskogee
Frank Crabtree
Anadarko
Montey Crumpler
Fort Cobb
Clifford A. Custard
Jr. Page
Dave Davis
Carolyn G. Davis
Byron B. Dickinson
Claremore
John H. Doxsee
Muldrow
Steven J. Kochy
Henryetta
Charley McClendon
Bennington
Merton E. Munson
Mary M. Munson
Lawton
George D. Newell, Jr
Earlsboro
Carol L. Orum
Paul Orum
Claus T. Orum
Darrel Sides
Red Oak
James E. Simpson
Eldorado
Elmer J. Smith
Aylesworth
Elmer E. Stephens
Porum
Clarence H. Stevens
Dorothy N. Stevens
Jacob S. Stevens
Wapanucka
Joy O. Thomason
Birch Thomason
Route 3
Lonnie L Thurman
Picher
Thomes E. Wilkins
McLoud
Moses Winship
Rosa Barker
Fort Worth Visitors Noted In Local Visits
Mrs. L A Anderson returns home after visiting her mother and relatives. Mr and Mrs Calvin Paxson and others from Homer visit Mrs Jack Scott. Wanda Collins stays with Anna Murphy. J B Sliger visits from Camp Walters. Keeble Bennett visits Stonewall. A miscellaneous shower honors Mr and Mrs Alroy Scott at J A Scotts home with many guests listed.
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L. A. Anderson
Fort Worth
Texas
W. A. Scott
Calvin Paxson
Calvin Reese
Jimmie Brogden
Homer
Jane
Jane Sliger
Keeble Bennett
Stonewall
Reece
Marietta Scott
Effie Murphy
W. E. Scott
Oklahoma City
Jack Scott
Alroy Scott
J. A. Scott
Wayne W. Murphy
Ira Rose
Delbert Thompson
Sherral
W. S. Aikins Jr
Woodrow Horton
Nannie Barnes
Buck Scott
J. A. Anderson
Jude Chaffin
Bokchito Captain Receives Silver Star for Action
Captain Clovis D. Heard of Bokchito Oklahoma earned the Silver Star for prompt and gallant action in clearing enemy gun positions on the Italian route his battalion planned to use last December. The Army announced the award today.
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Washington
Clovis D. Heard
Bokchito
Bryan County
Okla
WAVES May Go Abroad As Recruitment Ends
Navy women soon face limited recruiting as WAVES SPARS and Marines near full quotas. By end of November WAVES expect 75 000 enlisted women while SPARS reach 10 000 enlisted and 1 000 officers. Marines had 17 994 women last June. Compromise bill allows assignment to Western Hemisphere outposts and moves to the White House.
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Washington
Navy Service
WAVES
SPARS
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine
Western Hemisphere
Rep. Smith
Marines
White House
Circular Ballot Appeal Reported In 1944 Election
A Chicago soldier in Poplar Bluff, Sgt Gene Metz, received a ballot application and a circular urging Roosevelt’s re election from Edward J Kelly chair Cook County Democratic party. The letter lists Truman as VP nominee and explains voting by marking Democratic. Metz questioned legality and noted his own ballot arrival.
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Poplar Bluff
Chicago
Roosevelt
Edward J. Kelly
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Cook County
American Republic
Eldon W. Palmer
Gene Metz
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Illinois
Metz
Palmer
Cavalry Fights On Foot in Pacific Jungle Operations
Col. Marion Carson, returning from eight and a half months in the Southwest Pacific, says dismounted cavalrymen function as efficiently as regular foot soldiers. He describes the first cavalry division’s rapid action in the Admiralties, landing, establishing a foothold, and rooting out Japanese forces in jungle terrain.
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Washington
Marion Carson
United States
Southwest Pacific
First Cavalry Division
Admiralty Islands
Japan
Carson
Prisoners Look To Future Victory For Germany
In Romorantin France on Sept 16 a column of 20000 defeated Nazi troops arrived at American prison camps along the Loire. Some scouts still talked of future battles while others sought info on whiskey provisions and Harvard correspondence courses. The march exposed the dwindling, exhausted German force.
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Hal Boyle Romorantin
France
Germany
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Harvard
Loire
Orleans
Beaugency
Mer
Erich Elsner
A. J. MacNab, Jr
Burlington, VI
Ben Wiese
Abbott family business manager dies of brain tumor
Harry Abbott Jr. aged 50, brother and business manager of film comedian Budd Abbott, died yesterday in Los Angeles of a brain tumor. His wife Elsie survives.
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Los Angeles
Harry Abbott, Jr
Budd Abbott
Elsie
Subcommittee urges independent probe of Pearl Harbor attack
A house naval subcommittee urged an immediate congressional investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack arguing a military inquiry would be biased and that the nation should learn for itself what happened at the Pacific base on December 7 1941. The panel led by Representatives Herbert Cole and Hess sent recommendations to Naval Chairman Vinson and Military Committee Chairman May.
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Washington
House
Naval
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Base
Herbert
Dla
Cole
N. Y
Hess
Ohio
Vinson
D-Ga
May
Danish Police Interned by Germany Amid Danish Strikes
German radio in Denmark said 1 700 Danish police will be interned in Germany after strikes tied up most urban areas. The broadcast reported Danish patriots protested the suppression of the Danish police and declared emergency. It also said the Amalienborg administrator died from wounds in a gunfire exchange with German marines.
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New York
Paris
Germany
Denmark
FCC
Christian
Amalienborg Castle
Ards
Travel troubles to continue through war’s end
Washington dispatch reports J. Monroe Johnson, defense transportation director, told editors travel disruptions will persist until Japan hostilities end. He thanked newspapers and public information media for aiding warning and transportation efficiency and urged continued cooperation.
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Washington
Japan
J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
Associated Public Information Media
United States
Cranston Williams
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Johnson
Oklahoma City approves emergency taxi trips from McAlester
The corporation commission issued a six month emergency taxi permit to A. Minyard of McAlester for 150 mile trips to Muskogee Tulsa or Oklahoma City to aid sick persons or service personnel. Minyard operates 14 vehicles and sought the permit during wartime for urgent travel needs. If peace arrives cars would not be readily available for months.
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Oklahoma City
Corporation Commission
A. Minyard
McAlester
Minyard
Muskogee
Tulsa
Oklahoma farmers report steady harvest progress amid labor shortages
Oklahoma crop and weather bulletin says cotton and corn harvests advance despite a labor shortage. Cotton opening rapidly and picking general but urgent plea for pickers in main counties. Seeding of fall grain continues, pastures improved, and forage crops being cut with binders across the state.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tanks May Operate in Peleliu Battle
Aboard the U S flagship off Peleliu Island Palau September 20 tanks may be employed to speed the final American push through Pelelius northern end after the Japanese center ridges fall First Marine division troops mop up eastern swamp while central ridges resist steady bombing and shelling has knocked out enemy artillery Seabees push reconstruction of the field Army troops clear Angaur save pockets remain in northwest and southeast Phosphate island main enemy force retreats to northwest hills
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U. S
Peleliu Island
Palau
Peleliu
First Marine Division
Angaur
Phosphate Island
Three to four million man army after war, Sen Thomas says
Senator Elmer Thomas predicts the United States will need three to four million servicemen immediately after the war and at least two million for five to ten years. He spoke at a Democratic National Committee press conference and endorsed Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket.
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New York
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma Officials Explore War Education And Property Revenue
Lt Col Jay Dykhouse will visit Ada Oklahoma with the Eighth Service Command and state education leaders to urge high school students to stay in school, build health, and understand war aims. Gov Kerr outlines $6,000 for foreclosed property audits and a state department of education revenue from oil and gas leases totaling about $904,980 in 1944.
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Jay Dykhouse
Eighth Service Command
U. S. Army
State Department of Education
Oklahoma
Ada
Local Women Complete Overseas Kits For Servicemen
A group of local women finished packaging 576 overseas kits for servicemen on foreign shores, completing the first quota. Materials took about a month to assemble amid supply delays, with next materials for a new quota uncertain. Clubs and churches contributed, including cigarettes sewing kits playing cards soap and other items for mailing.
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Red Cross
Biggest Business Of State To Be Investigated Now
Investigators will audit the Oklahoma State School Land Commission receiverships in the coming days. The five member panel oversees a $65 million fund created by federal aid and holds over 2 million acres, likely the state's largest oil and gas rights lessee. The department has sold and rented farms, issued loans on agricultural property, and uses most revenue to finance schools.
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Oklahoma City
State School Land Commission
Marshall County
Walter Marlin
Madill
Robert S. Kerr
Sileauust
Iron
John Rogers
Kerr
Commission
Walter Martin
Oklahoma County
Frank Carter
A. L. Crabb
Superintendent of Public Instruction
C. C. Childers
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Marlin
Ges
School Land Commission
Oklahoma
Statehood
Military Situation Serious In China
In Chungking the Chinese cabinet spokesman P H Chang said the military situation in China is very serious due to Japanese efforts to cut China in two. He pledged strong defense of Kweilin and nearby strongpoints while noting U S air strikes. Despatches indicate Nelson Hurley and Chiang Kai Shek work on plans to mobilize China’s industrial potential for the joint anti Japan effort. Nelson plans to return to Chungking later to push operational phases of the program.
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Chungking
CPA
China
P. H. Chang
Kweilin
Khangs
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Donald M. Nelison
Patrick J. Hurley
Chiang Kai Shek
Nelson
United States
Roosevelt
Japan
Starr named liaison agent between VA and ESD on GI Bill appeals
Dwight K. Starr, former appeals referee for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, is named liaison agent between the Veterans Administration and the Commission to handle appeals of war veterans on unemployment claims under the GI Bill of Rights. Starr is a Tonkawa attorney and son of Mr and Mrs James H Starr of near Tonkawa.
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Chester B Williams
Moss Wimbish
Busby, Harrell , Trice
Fdr
Oakman
Galey News
Sooners
OWL
Ada News
Charleston
S. C
Thomas A. Matthews
Matthews
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ike Armstrong
Drake University
Armstrong
Ike
Sen. Thomas
South
England
London
Joe Marsh
Newill
Prentice C. Lackey
P.C
Brewing Industry Foundation
P. C
Lackey
Balawng Industry Foundation
Onlanoma Committee
Col. Dykhouse
Frisco
Frisco Lines
Rae Wy Ae
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