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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
5
Ada Mirror reports on prom preparations, garden work, and campus events. Ada High lists student activities and community notices including flower beds, landscaping under Ray Harris, and a vivid sketch of spring events from theater to Nab Khunrd equipment displays and college drills.
Asbury Church and Methodist Sunday School conduct a week of visitation evangelism with teams visiting neighborhoods each evening. Joe Pater Sunday opens Holy Week services at 7 30 pm as revival activities merge into a final Easter observance.
About 600 people who study weather as a hobby are listed by the U S weather bureau as cooperative observers. The program enlists amateur forecasters to collect data for national weather services and climate records across communities.
Roy Kevalow of Lions shares how Europe saw Lions clubs start in Stockholm and Paris, highlighting service over self and unity. He notes French curiosity gives way to acceptance, urging members to build not destroy, with remarks from G Puterbough and civic groups in Oklahoma.
Adverse weather reduced attendance but 177 joined Sunday School and many attended preaching led by Bil Wilson Jr. of Ada. Quartet members Jim Sullivan, Bob Wright, and Gene Lewis performed. An offering funded two heaters for the ham bakeery. Visitors included Rainbow Girls and sponsor Mrs Harve Buller Sr.
The 381st Composite Squadron of the Aur Forte reserve will hold a regular meeting Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Elks. Capt G Harris will be an instructor with Cok T M Enlinks discussing air regulations and promotion requirements for officers. The weather is unfavorable. Lula High School postpones its junior-senior play to Tuesday. Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans underway.
Washington April 6 The air force announced orders for 23 more long range B-36 bombers and five additional B-47 jet bombers. One cancelled order for 43 B-54 four engined bombers redirects funds to new buys. The B-36s extend range to 10 000 miles and bring total to about 100 aircraft. The B-47s, fastest with a 500 mph class speed, add to another two existing models with ten in production. Eighty percent of heavy bomber groups will gain extra aircraft to boost capability with minimal personnel changes. The B-54 designation is tied to a new piston jet design derived from the B-60 concept, with test flights not yet underway.
Congress weighs involvement in baseballs reserve clause dispute and its reach under interstate commerce. The hearing may consider whether sports are subject to federal antitrust and civil action rules while noting Gardella and other suits. Testimony could include major sports figures as witnesses on April 14.
Four year old Michael Rector remained resting comfortably in a hospital today after severe burns covering about 70 percent of his body. Two donors provided skin grafts using patches from their inner thighs, bringing the total donors to eight. Doctors expect no further grafts from donors at this time.
April 4 report from Union Pennsylvania describes a cow with a wooden leg in Howard Martin's bicyded brown Suse herd. After an accident damaged Crip's leg two years prior, an artificial limb allowed the cow to calve a bull five months later and become a high producer. Martin notes passage to pasture with the herd and grazing in cornfields. the article also mentions managerial change and a machine for removing casings in mine cars.
Senator Pepper lauded the North Atlantic security treaty as a stern step toward peace. President Truman hailed the pact as a shield against aggression and stressed Western resolve. The signing ceremony set for 2 p.m. included 12 Western nations with U.S. entry pending Senate ratification and public debate on defense costs and commitments.
Bangkok dispatch questions whether Ho Chi Minh leads Viet Nam toward Communism or acts as a patriotic leader. Observers note his influence over about 15 million people, with France claiming he is Communist while others compare him to George Washington. Vietnam reportedly tightens control through Soviet-style discipline, while Hanoi resists French attempts to reclaim Indochina.
Two persons died Sunday in Pittsburg County Oklahoma raising the year’s highway fatality toll to 122, with Warren Kolpa Kilpatrick, 52, a Black funeral home worker, killed when the car he rode in failed to navigate a curve on U S highway 370. Edward E Johnson, 27, of Savanna, an employee at the naval ammunition depot near McAlester, died when his car overturned on U S highway 63 south of McAlester.
The Supreme Court issued opinions on several Oklahoma cases including Oklahoma Railway Co. v Ida Heres in Oklahoma County, Thames Rodgers v. PL Blair and State Industrial Commission, and Commissioners of Land Office v Joan F Reynolds in Marshall County, all affirmed. Alfred Otto Parduo n and Bernice Rodman in Oklahoma County also affirmed.
Ford Motor Co announced price reductions across its lineup from 12 to 30 dollars on cars and up to 120 on Mercury models with Lincoln and Cosmopolitan down 100. The move positions Ford alongside GM and Willys Overland as the industry trims prices in postwar efforts to broaden mass market appeal. Chrysler Corp faced renewed scrutiny to follow suit amid a wave of cuts by rivals.
Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley past president of the National Federation of Music Clubs died in Dallas while attending the federation convention. Her body was found in a hotel room and an inquest verdict returned death due to natural causes. She was 73 and widow of a noted American composer. Her home was New York City.
The report notes elephants taxed to fund state needs, with eight amnas per head levied long ago. The elephant died, but the tax persisted for years. Now both Layla and Ratkot states join the Suarashtra union, and the levy has been raised by one and a half cents.
The carry-over session of the United Nations general assembly opens tomorrow at Flushing Meadow. The agenda may include new items such as Mindszenty case, Bulgarian clergy, and Indonesia issue. Delegates may discuss the North Atlantic treaty and Africa’s Indian treatment, with Israel’s membership vote pending. Dr Herbert Evatt urges big power cooperation and reiterates UN primacy.
Senator George Fears that country may be pressed to garrison Western Europe as the North Atlantic security treaty signs. He backs mutual aid but warns the United States should provide only surplus military supplies initially and may face higher military costs. He suggests 15 months without rearmament pressure and notes possible reservations in the Senate.
Cromer of Ada will defend his title as 30 top players from across Oklahoma compete at Tulsa for the state checker championship. The event marks the Oklahoma Checker Association’s second Tulsa-hosted state contest, with the last held in 193%. The field is wide open and two days of play are expected.
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