Notice by Publication in Ada Oklahoma Land Suit and Estate Hearing
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma Conda J Driver sues to quiet title to North 115 feet of Lot Five in Block Three Capital Hill Ada Oklahoma The suit requires answers by October 27 1944 The filing also notes an estate proceeding for Chester B Williams deceased with a hearing October 12 1944 at 10:00 AM in Ada Pontotoc County Oklahoma The court details and filing dates are included with attorney names and official seal.
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District Court OF Pontotoc Ae Oklahoma
Conda J. Driver
Gus Cunningham
State OF
Oklahoma
Gertrude Chandler
F. J. Amos
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Wisconsin Trust Company of
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
First National Bank of
Pontotoc County
Capitol Hill
Ada
Della Bedford
Jewell Ford McArthur
Orton Attys
Flaintiff
Chester B. Williams
Pontotoc
State of Oklahoma
Sallie F. Little
Jewell Little
Lambert & Conn
Americanuilding
Jewell Lattle
Kerr, Lambert & Conn
Jack W. Dennis
James Banks Roberson
Ada Weekly News Ownership Statement and Local Notices
Statement of ownership for Ada Weekly News dated October 1 1944 includes publisher News Pub and Pty Co Ada Oklahoma editor W D Little managing editor Roy McKeown and business managers W D Little Willie Faust Little Gertrude Norrell and J F McKeel. Also notes owners stockholders and security holders none listed and a sworn statement dated September 28 1944. Owl Creek Adult Home Demonstration club notes membership activities meetings quilts canning and Red Cross donations with local social items and gatherings around Ada Oklahoma including residents and visitors.
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Ada Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotocassa
W. D. Little
News Pub and Pty. Co
Roy McKeown
News Pub. and Pty. Co
Willie Faust Little
Gertrude Norrell
W. D. Little, Jr
Okla
J. F McKeel
Loma Agnew
Owl Creek
Parker
Ira
Arthur Williamson
Bill Bennett
R. A. Sliger
Homer Townsend
Nancy Barnes
Red Cross
Scott
Alfred Horton
Camp Carson
Colo
Oklahoma City
Peggy
Howard
Ben Horton
E. A. Parker
Joe Thompson
Delbert Thompson
Jeff Ainsworth
Homer
Dan Hoover
Edith Sliger
J. H. Townsend
Houston
Union Valley
Heirs Seek Estate Determination in Oklahoma Case
In Pon Totoc County Oklahoma Neo 4202 Emaline Killcrease deceased Chickasaw Roll No 887 died intestate April 1944 seizing lands in sections 17 and 16 township 3 north range 7 east and 322 township 4 north range 3 east no administration has occurred plaintiffs claim all estate and seek orderly distribution and title quieting hearing set for November 9 1944 at 10 am Court Clerk Jewell Ford Deputy Luster Cook United States Probate Attorney for Plaintiffs
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Pontotoc County
State OF
Oklahoma
Emaline Killcrease
Reubin Frazier
Towit
Britons Press Credit Question for Troops Abroad
In London on September 27 MPs pressed whether American press fully credits British troops overseas and if censorship restrained American reporters. Alfred Edward asked if strict censorship hindered fuller accounts. Ernest Thurtle replied he was unaware of such a restraint.
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London
Alfred Edward
Laborite
Commons
Ernest Thurtle
Ministry of Information
Rumors of B 29 Raid On Iwo Jima Surface
Berlin radio claimed Superfortresses were launched against Iwo Jima on Monday. Transocean reported eight of 30 bombers damaged by Japanese defenses. No American confirmation of B 29 involvement or operation announced.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Bonin Island
Iwo Jima
Transocean Agency
Tokyo
Aircraft ferry route to Russia outlined during 1944
In the first four months of 1944 some 2200 planes used the northern Atlantic route to Russia. American ferry pilots fly from Great Falls Montana to Fairbanks Alaska where the Russians continue to Siberia via Nome or the Bering Sea.
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Atlantic
Russia
Great Falls
Mont
Fairbanks
Alaska
Siberia
Nome
Bering Sea
Conway People News Highlights Family Visits
Mr and Mrs Calvin Allison return from California defense work. Perry Wade Allison visits on furlough. Miss Morma Gene Nealy visits Byng school. Mrs Delbert Choate visits Ruth Lillard and grandparents. Mrs Dorothy Hallum visits W Hallum. Miss Joyce Nickels returns home from Ada where she was employed.
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Conway News
Calvin Allison
California
Perry Wade Allison
Morma Gene Nealy
Byng
Delbert Choate
Ruth Lillard
Dorothy Hallum
W. Hallum
Joyce Nickels
Ada
Sunday Social Notes From Wilson Area
Sunday church attendance was reported as well attended. Local families and visitors shared reports of visits and gatherings with neighbors including the Bellars from California, and multiple Arter households.
Germans Rounding Up Norway's Leading Citizens
Norwegian ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne told a UNRRA press conference that thousands of Norway's prominent citizens are being rounded up by the German occupation army and shipped to Germany as hostages. He cited a torpedoed boat off the Swedish coast with many lost and others surviving in Sweden reporting abuse aboard the vessel. He noted 250,000 Germans remain in Norway.
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Sigrid Arne
Montreal
Norway
Germany
Wilhelm Morgenstierne
United Nations
Sweden
Morgenstierne
UNRRA
L. B. Pearson
United States
Committee On Financial Control
Soviet Union
Russia
Oakman League elects officers at Sunday meeting
The Oakman News reports the league elected leaders: Sponsor Mrs. Evelyn Scroggins, assistant Miss Geneva Cecil, secretary Bobby Nance, song leader Mrs. Virgie Massey. Numerous local families and visitors are listed as Sunday guests and visits across Ada and Connerville.
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Oakman News
Evelyn Scroggins
Geneva Cecil
Bobby Nance
Virgie Massey
George Carter
William
Elmer Scroggins
Mart Massey
Jess Berryman
Elmo Coventon
Linver Lillard
Edward Berryman
Kaiser
Hazel Walling
Gussie Lillard
Richard Berryman
Inez Brown
Murray Smith
E. C. Coffee
Sasakwa
J. M. Nance
Ola Anderson
Waite Stephens
Bobby
Oklahoma City
Haskell Nance
Carl Hobbs
California
Buster Hobbs
Allen Fox
Elmer Lee
Ada
Connerville
Jim Roundtree
Dewey Higdon
W. J. Guss
Olen Veil
John Coventon
B. J. Armsworth
A. M. Cecil
Lester Lillard
Betty Mounger
Senator Reed Calls for Doubling Gasoline Allotments
Senator Reed of Kansas charges a large surplus of gasoline in the United States and asks that A card holders receive doubled allotments. He urges priority for those under two gallons a week and notes storage space challenges as civilian needs compete with military demand.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kans
Interior
Lickes
Petroleum Administration
Chester Bowles
J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
Ralph D. Davies
Sixth Texas Slate of Electors Listed
Texas voters will choose six slates of presidential electors on November 7. The Roosevelt pledged Democrats compete with anti Roosevelt Texans labeled Texas Regulars after the state convention defeat. Secretary of State Sidney Latham accepted filings for Democratic Republican Prohibition Socialist and America First elector lists.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Sidney Latham
Democratic
Republican
Prohibition
Socialist
America First
Murray Says Steel Wage Case Should Be Decided on Merit
CIO President Philip Murray told the war labor board that labor’s wage demand should be decided on its merits. He argued an office of price administration study shows the 17 cent an hour raise could be granted without a steel price increase. He urged timing for the board’s recommendation to Roosevelt by October 15 be kept, free of political maneuvering.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
War Labor Board Today
United Steelworkers
Murray
Office of Price Administration
WLB
Roosevelt
Road Work Planned In Four Oklahoma Counties
Oklahoma City announced bids will be received October 10 for 313 628 dollars of highway construction in four northeastern counties. Projects include 4237 miles on U S 60 from Fairland Ottawa county at 103 276 dollars and 3277 miles on State Highway 82 Langley to Craig county line at 59 141 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
The
Highway Commission
U. S. 60
Fairland
Ottawa County
Mayes County
Langley
Craig County
Craig-Mayes
Osage County
Shidler
Eight Report For Armed Services Induction
A group of eight men from local Draft board No. 1 reported for service at the Oklahoma City induction station. Under the selective service plan, a man is accepted for service but until he reports for induction he does not know his branch. Those leaving Tuesday included G. G. Davidson, Ray Bolin, Charles F. Brydin, Roy Henry Allen, Robert Lane Presley, Jimmie I. Matthews, Eldridge Roddy, and Elbert W. Dixson.
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Draft Board No. 1
Armed Forces
Oklahoma City
G. G. Davidson
Ray Bolin
Charles F. Brydin
Roy Henry Allen
Robert Lane Presley
Jimmie I. Matthews
Eldridge Roddy
Elbert W. Dixson
Warmth and Showers Mark Midweek Weather
An overcast sky did not prevent a 90 degree high on Tuesday with a 69 degree low. A trace rainfall of .04 inch occurred after midnight. Clouds lingered Wednesday and the forecast calls for rain Thursday with a high near 80.
Bombers Hit Switzerland Target Bridge Over River Thur
London dispatch reports American fighter bombers dropped bombs in the Canton Thurgau Switzerland this morning aiming at a bridge over the River Thur. The Swiss broadcast said there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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Switzerland
London
Thurgau
Thur
War Has Become Life-or-Death Fight Says Ribbentrop
Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop declared the war a life or death struggle in a tripartite pact anniversary speech. He warned Allies would incur enormous losses and vowed German resilience, while Mussolini and Japanese minister Mamoru Shuisemitsu lauded the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance.
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Dwight L. Pitein
London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reich
Germany
Italy
Japan
DNB
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Mamoru Shisuemitsu
von Ribbentrop
Russia
France
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Mussolini
Rome
NCPAC Accused of Following Red Party Line Today
The Dies committee opened public hearings into the CIO political action committee and NCPAC. Robert E. Stripling claimed the PAC is part of a communist blueprint to seize control by influencing a major party, aided by fronts and government officials. He cited over 80 percent of NCPAC's 141 members with Communist ties in the past decade. Further affiliations would be detailed by J. B. Mathews at a later hearing.
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Washington
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Communist Party
Dies Committee
Robert E. Stripling
Dies
CIO Political Action Committee
NCPAC
Costello
D.calif
Thomas
R.-N.j
PAC
Stripling
CIO
National Committee
J. B. Mathews
German Retreat To Riga Becomes Stampede Amid Red Drive
German retreat toward Riga collapsed into a frantic rout as Red Army armor and infantry closed in from three directions. Soviet air forces wrecked supply trucks and rail cars while estonia already liberated, and Riga faced a possible last stand or evacuation by sea.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Riga
Red Army
Latvia
Baltic
East Prussia
Red
Estonia
Fror
Hungary
Paris
Istanbul
Turkey
Paril
Turku
End In Sight On Peleliu
U S Pacific Fleet reports progress on Peleliu with Marines and Army units closing two Nipponese pockets on the island 515 miles east of the Philippines. Casualties through Sept 25 total 686 killed 406 missing and 4408 wounded among US forces. 7000 Japanese killed in 10 days. MacArthur announces Allied shipping damage in the Southwest Pacific including freighters sunk off Borneo Almahera and Celebes.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Palau
Peleliu
Philippines
Pacific
Leathernecks
81St
Angaur
Palaus
Leif Erickson
Associated Press
Umorbrogol
Amiangal
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Borneo
Almahera
Celebes
Sinatra Loses Tie And Shirt In Chicago Crowd
Frank Sinatra stopped in Chicago briefly en route from Hollywood to New York. He left his train to avoid fans, ducked into a restaurant, and was followed by excited girls who ripped off his bow tie and tore part of his shirt as they pressed for autographs.
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Chicago
Seri
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
New York
Sinatra
Cats Whiskers Serve as Sensitive Guide in Darkness
Cats rely on highly sensitive nerves at their whisker roots to detect tiny air movements and navigate in low light. This tactile system helps them judge spaces and avoid obstacles when vision is limited.
Wallace Promotes Democrat Jobs Plan at Philadelphia Shipyards
Vice President Wallace told thousands at Cramp’s shipyards that workers are more likely to gain jobs under a Democratic administration than a Republican one. He urged registration and voting Democrat, praising Roosevelt’s vision and urging support as he spoke to unions and workers. He planned another speech at Sun Shipyards in Chester.
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Philadelphia
Wallace
Cramp
Roosevelt
William Leader
Northeast District
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation
Chester
Escaped kidnappers remain at large in Oklahoma
Four convicted kidnappers who fled from Sheriff Andy Orr and Deputy W A Moore near Anadarko were still at large at noon. A reported sighting near Binger prompted a search but they were not found. The group, already serving five year robbery terms, pleaded guilty to kidnapping Meeker city Marshal Leo Marak on July 4 and were sentenced to two years in prison. Individuals named Ernie Jordan Jess Jackson Leonard Preach and Lee Skinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anadarko
Okla
State Highway Patrol
Binger
Andy Orr
W. A. Moore
Lincoln County
Granite Reformatory
Leo Marak
Meeker
Ernie Jordan
Enid
Jess Jackson
Los Angeles
Leonard Preach
Lisbon
N. H
Lee Skinner
Philadelphia
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Bledel Fol
Moss Wimbish
Busfy
Harrell & Trice Attorneys
Norris B. Haney
Lucile Haney
New York Subway
Cheen
Watie Stephens
Quitting
Ev- Ry
Ella Hart
OkLahoma Tax Commission
Emaline Killerease
Jewell Ford
Luster Cook
Plaintiffs
Wilson News
Junior Bellar
Lee Hall
Eva Stone
Opal Stephens
E. W. Deathridge
Louise Arter
Jaqueta Ann
Ed Sliger
Dollie Arter
Ada Hail
Fannie Estes
Grace Houser
Runnels
Lillie Gurley
Euel Gurley
Marzella Stone
Janetta Perryman
Ada News
Marseille
Armed Services
Cio-Pac
Communist Party of the
Ciopac
Highway Patrol
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