Ada Municipal Airport Leased to Local Fliers Ada Flying Service
Clarence Rawls owner of Ada Flying Service signs a contract with the City of Ada to operate the Ada Municipal Airport formerly Chauncey Field. The city retains control of administration while Rawls handles hangar rents and port operations. He pays $50 monthly rent, with revenue from hangar and administration buildings staying with the operator. Arbitration settles disputes.
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Clarence Rawls
Ada Flying Service
Ada
Municipal Air
Chauncey Field
Ada Municipal Airport
Rawls
Lookn
City Rawls
The
Central Airlines, Inc
Honag
One Enumerator Finishes Ada Census Assignment
Mrs. Marlon E. Castleberry, Ada census enumerator, is the first in Pontotoc county to complete an Ada district. She finished in four days as one of 19 enumerate rs for Ada. Citizens in apartments or duplexes missing enumeration should contact the Ada office to request an enumerator. Paul Henderson, district supervisor, says multiple families in one dwelling may cause oversights and asks notification ASAP. Floyd Adkisson of Chickasha, Oklahoma, has filed a patent application for a hay baler regulator attachment with 22 bale sizes to aid farmers and avoid conflicts with highway weight statutes.
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Marlon E. Castleberry
Ada
Pontotoc County
Castleberry
Chickasha
Oxla
Floyd Adkisson
Heat Verdern
Adkisson
Weather Oklahoma cloudiness rises with warm temps and strong winds
Increasing cloudiness and warmer with strong southerly winds tonight and Friday. Winds may reach 35 mph or more, with a low in the 40s tonight and highs in the 70s Friday.
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Oklahoma
Easter Season Observances In Ada Churches
Ada marks Holy Week with Maundy Thursday services across churches. Friday joint Ministerial Alliance service runs 12 noon to 3 pm at First Presbyterian, eight ministers lead. Sunday features cantatas at First Christian and Easter Alleluia, with schools closing Friday for holidays.
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Ministerial Alliance of
Ada
First Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
St. Joseph Catholi Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Ministerial Alliance
East Central State College
Bids on Sewage Bond Issues to Be Received April 17
The city will receive bids April 17 at 2 pm for sanitary sewer extension bonds totaling 920000, following a council vote approving the issue 1072 to 177. Bonds mature 55000 annually for three years then 55000 each year until paid, with final installment 40000, sold to the lowest interest bidder. bidders must include two percent of bid in cash or its equivalent. The council may reject any bids.
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E City
Eight-year-old Admits Start of Major Wilmington Fire
An eight-year-old boy admitted starting a $750,000 blaze that destroyed a lumber yard and 18 homes Sunday night in Wilmington. He said he mimicked torching Indians from cowboy films, soaked a broom in kerosene, ignited it, and fled as flames spread. Police chief Wadman will confer with Judge Ellwood Melson to decide action, with the boy’s name undisclosed.
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Wilmington
Del
Harvey J. Wadman
Wadman
Ellwood Melson
Family Court
Cnnd
McCarthy Enters Not Guilty Plea
McCarthy arraigned on a charge of past for a false and bogus check. He pleaded not guilty before Percy Armstrong with bond set at 2900 and a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 17. Sheriff’s deputy Miers said a $250 bogus check was given to Bob Morgan months earlier.
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M. M. McCarthy
McCarthy
Percy Armstrong
Justice of the Peace
Ernest Miers
Bob Morgan
Miers
Oklahoma City
Valley View Hospital audit details 1949 figures
A complete audit of Valley View hospital by Albert W. Cory and assistant CPA covers assets of 379,529.10, charity patients 524, meals 186,568, medical costs 110,685.09, staff wages 183,089.93, medicine 34,738.79, housekeeping 13,955.90, utilities 8,334.85 and total operating expense 301,925. Public access is allowed. report filed on site.
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Valley View Hospital
Albert W. Cory
Iroy Melton
Wendell Thomas
L. H. Harrell
Eessay Ronl
CPA
Cotton Allotment Revision Seeks Farm Appli cations
New cotton legislation sets minimum 1950 acreage allotments based on three options. Pontotoc county PMA chair Henry Little urges cotton farmers to file by April 22 1950 for possible allotment adjustments and to obtain forms at the county PMA office. Farmers with current allotments need not apply.
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Henry Little
Pontotoc County
PMA
Lite
Act
Luxury Goes To The Dogs In Burbank
Reginald Odegaard, a 30 year old power company employee and hobby designer, builds dog houses in stucco with a sun dock roof that detaches for cleaning. Each unit features a bedroom and living room, a plate glass picture window with a window box, and miniature car pets plus one inch square Cagstones at the front.
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Burbank
Rainstorm Shoes Drenched Drying Tips
A reader asks if two rainstorms can drench shoes at room temperature and whether they should avoid heat sources like radiators or fires. Advice notes air dry in a well ventilated area, blot excess moisture, and resist direct heat which can damage materials.
4-H Health Tests Slated Saturday
Health examinations for 4-H boys and girls will be held Saturday at the city county health office in Ada. Dr C C Canada was in Oklahoma City for a health meeting last week, so exams were not held then. At least one participant from each division should be sent, with Pontotec county winners advancing to the state health contest. Read names include Francis Cedar Grove Oakman Colbert Bebee Galey Summers Chapel Yeager Stonewall Jesse Billish Koff Fitzhugh.
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Ada
3. C. Canada
Oklahoma City
Pontotec
Francis
Cedar’ Grove
Oakman
Colbert Bebee
Galey
Summers Chapel
Yeager
Stonewall
Jesse
BiiLish
Koff
Fitzhugh
Five Districts Report School Levy Wins and Appointments
Five more school districts reported to the county superintendent that the 15 mill levy passed. Egypt recorded 14 votes with Tommie Cooper appointed to the school board due to ineligibility of the elected man. Stonewall had 157 votes with Earl Craddock newly elected. Homer 43 votes with Victor Hyngs reelected. Fitzhugh 3 votes with C. C. Seaman reelected. Lovelady 15 votes with John Sanders newly elected.
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Egypt
Plead Not Guilty Here Turned to Johnston County
Two Ardmore men Arthur L Hall and Edward Andrew Colbert were arraigned in Johnston County on second degree burglary and related charges for breaking into Elizabeth's Minnie's Car Hop on North Broadway. Bond set at 5000 each, they were released to the county sheriff for questioning in a separate burglary case. Both have prior criminal records including terms in Oklahoma and Texas prisons.
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Johnston County
North Broadway
Percy Armstrong
Arthur L Hall
Edward Andrew Colbert
Ardmore
Elizabeth's
Minnie’s
Hall
Colbert
Everett Stewart
Stewart
Jess Lea
State Crime Bureau
Cecil Smith
J. D. Gaar
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Texas State Penitentiary
Moving Oklahoma patrol HQ from Coalgate to Durant
Oklahoma City April 6. Public safety commissioner Paul W Reed said the highway patrol District 3 headquarters will move to a site south of Durant on U S Highways 75 59 and 76 in a developing resort area. A detachment will remain in Coalgate. Date not set. Also Walberg a 1 year old former county treasurer was released after Feb 9 traffic crash near Norman suffering jaw fractures and broken fingers.
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Oklahoma City
Coalgate
Durant
Paul W. Reed
Public Safety
U. S
Reed
WLW
Walberg
Wahlberg
Norman
Central Airlines Officials Tour Ada with Service Details
Walter Oblrich and Grave Pryor, Central Airlines representatives, tour Ada to explain schedules, passenger rates, and services. They distribute route maps and a flight timetable, noting Ada as a strong stop with growing passenger and airmail business this period.
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Central Airlines
Aca
Col’ Airlines
Ada
Walter E Oblrich
Rave Pryor
Keith Kale
Adans
Ohtrich and
Pryor
Lattimore Attacks McCarthy and Missouri Political Killings
A Kansas City dispatch reports that C Lattimore accused Senator McCarthy and charged Binaggio and Gargotta, Kansas City political and underworld chiefs, with being shot dead in a Democratic club, as police probe their activities and Governor Forrest Smith orders a full police search. The incident, tied to Missouri power struggles, recalls Tom Pendergast remnants and James Pendergast battles for control. Governor Smith's intervention underscores the political stakes in the northside.
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Kansas City
Aples Binaggio
Tom Pender
Jayho
Kane City
Udeself
Binaggio
Teinaggio
Truman Road
Charles Carrotta
Truman
Gargotta
Forrest Smith
Jefferson City
Missouri
Pendergast
James Pendergast
James M. Pendergast
Tom
Livestock Larceny Tied to Calves Theft
Ada city reports nine month general fund income at 191 692 76 up 1 000 45 from last year. Water rentals lead receipts at 114 748 95 followed by garbage service 25 004 and parking meters 22 480 50. Municipal judge says 54 March cases with total fines of 142. Cash fines list drunkenness 176 traffic violations 173 fighting 80 drunk driving 60 reckless driving 30 disturbance 10 and driving without license 10.
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Ada City General Fund
General Fund
Luther Hall Pleads Not Guilty. Another Charged in Goat Case
Luther Hall stood mute in Ada arraignment on larceny of livestock with a $1000 bond and April 10 prelim. Walker Hisle said Taylor Ralston is held in Seminole County and to be brought to Ada for arraignment. Probes traced a car used in calf theft. a calf was recovered southwest of Konawa. Ralston faces Seminole County pig theft charges. eight pigs allegedly taken across two months.
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Luther Wall
Percy Armstrong
Walker Hisle
Taylor Ralston
Seminole County
Ada
Hisle
Clyde Jackson
Byng
Ian
Ernest Jers
Jackson
Miers
Seminote County
Hall
Ralston
Hile
Konawa
Laborite Wins in Sheffield Voting
Labor candidate Sir Frank Soskice won Neepsend division in Sheffield with 22,080 votes, reducing the opposition to 8,365 for James P. Hunt and 729 for E L Moore. Voter turnout was 63 percent, below the 84 percent in February national elections, widening the governing party’s margin to four seats.
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Sheffield
England
House of Commons
Neepsend
Sir Frank Soskice
Britain
James P. Hunt
E. L. Moore
Kaiser Deputy to Norman Mitchell appoints Kaiser as deputy
Norman Mitchell county superintendent appoints Harry Kaiser deputy to the county superintendent. Kaiser replaces Mrs. Darmeda Ryan who is granted a leave of absence after seven years as deputy. Kaiser is the son of Clyde and Mrs. Kaiser of Ada Route 3. He started work April 1 and is a Byng high school graduate of 1947 who played basketball and baseball. He attends East Central State College and played on the college baseball team last year.
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Harry Kaiser
Norman Mitchell
Kaiser
Darmeda Ryan
Ryan
Clyde Kaiser
Ada
Byng High School
Byng
East Central State College
Burglar Robs Central Methodist Mission in Sydney
A burglar entered the Central Methodist Mission and robbed it, ignoring the ipscripton ator at the door. Minutes later two policemen arrested him on a park bench where he was counting his loot.
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Sydney
Central Methodist Mission
Chambers Will Not Be Prosecuted
Washington reports no further government action against Whitaker Chambers for perjury. The Justice Department has offered no official statement and officials say the matter is closed. Chambers and Alger Hiss’s long dispute over alleged prewar Soviet spy ring activity in Washington formed legal history, culminating in Hiss being found guilty of perjury and sentenced to five years, with an appeal pending.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Tony
Justice Department
Chambers
Alger Hissover
Hiss
New York
State Department
Lattimore Denies Being Communist Spy in Senate Hearing
Johns Hopkins professor Owen Lattimore called McCarthy's charges base and contemptible lies and vowed to sue for defamation. He testified before the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee denying any affiliation with the Communist party while condemning McCarthy's methods as a reign of terror against government officials.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Senate
Johns Hopkins
MelCarthy
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
State Department
Lat Limore
Abs Fortas
Paul Porter
Communist Party
China
Far East
J Suzi
Ranger
United States
Wisconsin zen+ator
Joseph McCarthy
Johns Hopkins University
United Nations
Afghanistan
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U.S Department of Aggrcglture
Cuba
Guantanamo Bay
J. A. Lane
Anadarko
C. Lattimore
Sen. McCarthy
Binaggio and
K. C
At. Dopking
Luther Hall
Laborite
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