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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
5
In a New Mexico to Guaymas flight, Ronnie Bailey tries to steer a plane as Lona Montoya and Lena Montoya turn fearful, while Andre Girardeau seizes control. Ronnie leaps from the craft with a parachute as danger mounts and Wes York's whereabouts loom.
In a dramatic pursuit the autogiro crash lands near Rainbow Canyon as Wesley York and Ronnie thwart a smuggling plot. Lena Montoya and Girardeau are captured, the bomb sight recovered from an Indian drum, and a Java inspired conspiracy unraveled as Ronny declares love to Wes at journey’s end.
A reporter tests an Ercoupe after a 60 second ground school, flying from Walker Field in Ada. Jake Wolf and Bob Kelly showcase the all metal plane with a 65 horsepower engine, 120 mph top speed, and easy wheel guided control. The pilot lands smoothly after several hops, praising the aircraft’s safety and simplicity.
Report notes that Italian editors described no sense of warlike stance amid several talks with the foreign minister. Britain voices growing dissatisfaction with Japan over China policy. In East Africa Britain plans to seal off about 100000 Italian troops in Ethiopia while Germany claims 80000 tons of British shipping sunk as fuel supplies come under tanker strikes.
At Ford Rouge workers a sit down strike alleged. union spokesmen discharged while Bennett calls for evacuation of rebels. Wisconsin governor Heil dodges stones amid Allis-Chalmers clashes. Roosevelt warned of out of control scene as riots spread. Meanwhile CIO strikes affect coal and manufacturing, with mediation efforts and tentative settlements emerging in several plants.
A federal grand jury in Boston indicted Captain Ernst R. Heitzmann four officers and five crew members of the German tanker Pauline Freid rich on sabotage charges. Conviction could bring up to a $10,000 fine and 10 years imprisonment or both.
Pontotoc county farmers signing 1941 farm plan sheets will receive an Oklahoma hand book for the new agricultural conservation program. David Gray, county AAA chairman, says the handbook lists rules, soil-building practices, land classifications, allotment methods, payment rates and program aims. About 210000 copies will be distributed statewide this year.
Carlton Weaver represented Ada district at the 1906 state constitutional convention in Guthrie. He helped name Pontotoc County and served on immigration and privileges and elections committees on November 21 and December 19.
Pontotoc county 4 H members already stock calves for next year's junior livestock show. Eleven boys have bought calves and begun feeding, with about 25 more indicating intent to buy within a week or ten days. Assistant County Agent J Lin Haws notes improved calf quality. Names listed include Wills Young Paul Heatly Charles Auten Glent Goodwin Billy Kirkes Max Kirkes James Lee Wingard Billy Wingard and Roy Peterson.
Texas lawmakers move into deeper tax debates next week amid a broad omnibus bill and hearings on various tax proposals. The Senate and House committees will also weigh measures to curb strikes and protect employment, with arbitration and anti-violence bills on the agenda.
Oklahoma City March 29 Governor Phillips signed a bill reducing the first drunken driving offense from a felony to a misdemeanor. Protests by county attorneys prompted enactment as convic tions could not be obtained under the former statute. First offense now carries up to one year in jail or a $500 fine or both.
Max K Gilstrap, once a West Fifteenth street resident and Ardmore native, now writes for the Christian Science Monitor. His first story appeared March 20 examining US metal resources, with sections on an electron microscope, concrete production improvements, and a South American scientist visit. His mother lives in Claremore. He studied at Ardmore schools, the University of Oklahoma, and did work at Harvard.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sachs of Ada were injured Wednesday in an auto wreck near Seminole while returning from Shawnee. They swerved to avoid a pedestrian and the car overturned, bruising the couple. The pedestrian suffered a broken leg, Seminole reports said.
A columnist watches a long queue at the 12th street tag office as car owners rush to buy new tags before Monday. Humorous comparisons abound about procrastination, habit, and the difference between owning and not owning a car. The piece ends with a passerby joking about income tax returns.
In Hollywood on March 29 George Barbier marked 50 years in acting with a celebratory dinner. Guests including Hobart Bosworth 73 May Robson 76 next month Sissie Loftus 64 C Aubrey Smith 77 William Farnum 64 Richard Carle 69 and Joseph Cawthorn 72 recalled long theater careers and offered congratulations. Barbier 69 stood at the center as fellow veterans toasted his half century in show business.
The text credits Mrs Anne Roy All as the first woman journalist to own and edit a newspaper and the first professional interviewer of either sex, highlighting her trailblazing role in journalism.
A historian notes that human activity over the past five centuries has altered the planet far more than natural processes could in millions of years, highlighting the scale of environmental change driven by civilization.
East Central speech students scored in the Tri State tournament held in Abilene Texas last week. Mary Helen Holloway and Bruce Johnston lost to Baylor in the finals of the women's division. Holloway won first in after dinner speaking. Johnston took fourth in extemp. Swinford won in men's oratory and Richeson placed fourth in poetry reading.
H. M. Addington, chief issuing officer, released a new visit timetable for county mobile units. The routes include Roff Crumsey Robnett Hardware at 8:30 to 9:30 a m on April 14 25 May 12 23 June 6 19 and July 2. Stonewall City Hall 10:30 to 12 noon on April 14 25 May 12 23 June 6 19 July 2 16. Allen City Hall 1:15 to 2:45 p m on April 14 25 May 12 23 June 6 19 July 2 16. Francis City Hall April 14 25 May 12 23 June 2 49.
Grace Marie Cox Wilson was granted a divorce from Howard Wilson Wednesday morning by District Judge Tal Crawford. The decree restores her maiden name Grace Marie Cox. A garbled sentence about temperatures at depth was not included.
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