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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
4
The Ada newspaper editorial argues tax reform should place property on fair cash value while avoiding overburdening homeowners. It warns against confiscatory taxation and urges careful consideration of market fluctuations and local needs, advocating balanced support for governments and schools.
The International City Managers Association reports about 35 cities making films to portray municipal activities. Costs ranged from 250 to 25000 dollars with amateur to professional quality. Detroit estimates seven million viewers. NEA.
Pontotoc county farmers who reduce cotton acreage in 1941 under AAA rules will receive shares of 25 million dollars in cotton stamps usable for US made cotton goods. The plan sets stamps at 10 cents per pound of underplanted yield, with up to 50 dollars per farm for multiple farms, and states retain 1942 allotments. The program is run by AAA, the surplus marketing administration and the extension service.
County agents urge unified defense programs stressing preservation of farmland and better fences. They note nine inadequate fences per substantial one and scarce fence posts, proposing growing own posts from waste land to supply about 5 000 posts in 20 years with AAA funding 7 50 per acre for forest tree planting and maintenance. Policy talks include possible gasoline tax rise and budget fixes to avoid new taxes.
Oklahoma City April 1. Two more administration senators join the highway fund diversion bloc as the auto license bill is debated. Duffy and Thornton propose moving 27 percent of highway funds to support common schools, offsetting general revenue deficits. Auto licenses last year brought 5.3 million dollars. schools could gain about 1.75 million. Local government revenue from ad valorem taxes has declined as autos replaced horses and wagons.
Oklahoma City April 1 Supreme court opinions issued. Trustees of the Rock Island railroad against Green Hopper in Custer county affirmed. Mashunkashey against Mashunkashay in Osage county affirmed. Dierks Lumber and Coal Co. versus Harvey Clifford McDaniel and state industrial commission original proceeding to review an award sustained. McQueen and Johnson Inc. versus John Morgan and state industrial commission remanded with directions. Dickson versus Loy in Dewey county reversed and remanded with directions. Smith Inc. versus Fatton in Pottawatomie county affirmed. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. versus Louie F. Rosamond in Pottawatomie county reversed. Burgin versus Mid-Continent Petroleum in Tulsa county dismissed. City of Shawnee versus R A Jeffers in Pottawatomie county reversed and remanded. Tulsa Cab Co. versus Warfield in Tulsa county reversed and remanded. Lawyers Lead and Zinc Co. versus Oklahoma Tax Commission in Oklahoma county affirmed. Boswell et al versus Chambless et al in Pontotoc county ..."
Turkish papers Watan Yeni Sabah and Ikdam reflect a growing belief Germany will lose the war. Editorials attribute potential German defeat to Balkan independence movements and failed Balkan campaigns rather than Allied aid or air power. England’s spring actions ahead of Berlin appear decisive to readers.
United States district judge James C. Wilson ruled that ordinary oil field workers fall under the wages and hours act because their production of a commodity used in interstate commerce qualifies as production for commerce. He rejected the view that mining activity could be exempt from the act.
Two young men who held up the Soliday Porter Jewelry shop in Sapulpa and tied the proprietor with wire escaped with four diamond rings and $11. Police tracked a red late model sedan to Okmulgee where the pair were arrested tonight.
Mrs. Glassie Kratky, 30, leads a challenge to the county tag agency system after losing her clerk job when Fred Lowe became county tag agent. She charges a 35 cent notarization fee for auto licenses, claiming power of attorney lets her bypass the state tax commission. The agency reportedly nets about $30,000 yearly.
General George C. Marshall praised the five fold expansion of the land forces saying esprit morale intelligence and fortitude are at peak. He noted military manpower rising from about 225000 to over a million and urged pride in recent achievements while acknowledging shortages in combat weapons and ongoing material gains. Marshall projected an army of high efficiency after current training programs finish.
Francis high school seniors joined by Supt A G Henry enjoyed Senior Day at East Central in Ada on Friday. Thelma Toney Marcell Melton Thomas Hogue Louise Chandler Beatrice Driver Roy Williams Cecil L ley Pauline Sales Monroe Martin were among attendees.
A satirical critique warns that vacuum sealed multiunit meals in tin cans spell the decline of the old home cooking era. It cites convenience for Mrs. Housewife, notes the can replaces multiple tasks, and predicts a future where meals come preassembled in one unit.
The Standard Oil Co of Indiana announced a five cent rise in the price it pays for crude oil in Kansas and Oklahoma. The new top is $1.15 a barrel, aligning with recent hikes in seven states. Earlier high prices had been set for Texas New Mexico Illinois Indiana and Kentucky. This marks the first change in the Kansas and Oklahoma price structure since Oct. 17, 1938.
Standard officials refuse to reveal daily barrel volumes in two states while acknowledging they are the largest single buyer. StanolindOil Purchasing sets new Kansas Oklahoma rates from 75 cents to $1.15 per barrel with a two cent differential and matches Humble Texas price increases. Increases vary by region from five to ten cents across North and East Texas Fairbanks North Houston Roslyn and Clinton. Humble hiked prices two to eleven cents, signaling a price surge in Texas crude trading.
Mangum April 1. Director Fred Pike of the Granite Reformatory cowboy band plans a new stunt for future performances. With Mangum city electrician Carl Cook, Pike will wire 40 uniforms so they light with red white and blue bulbs. Two bulbs will be on the chaps bottoms and two on the jacket shoulders.
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