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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
6
Seattle faces youth idleness by promoting Friday PTA dances in schools and organized play for older youths. The Young Women’s Christian Association hosts Saturday dances while churches offer Sunday events. A skilled youth organizer directs city wide efforts, aiming for wholesome recreation over enforced idleness.
A historical critic argues against a plan to tax nearly all war profits, noting federal and state taxes would leave little for industry to operate. The writer contends war profits should not exist but warns taxes could delay victory and urges staying out of war if possible.
Discussion centers on neutrality and European tensions as Washington weighs party leadership, the Supreme Court, WPA funding, farm legislation, defense, labor law amendments, tax reform, and the republican presidential prospects. The balance between budget restraint and expansive policy fuels the national dialogue.
The passage discusses potential legislation to restrict freezes after April first and debates whether weather and climate rules should be national matters. It notes past attempts to legislate origins of the world and human creation and jokes about Congress repealing basic economic laws while considering accelerating frost dates.
An editorial reflects on neutrality between warring nations, checks on presidential power, and Congress deciding on policy. It criticizes sinking funds waste, tax barriers between states, and cautions against federal overreach, urging careful judgment amid unpredictable events and natural forces.
The article examines Pauls missionary journeys in Acts 14 1 7 and 19 23 noting how he faced opposition from Jews and Gentiles alike. It urges tracing Pauls travels on a map and reading Acts to gain insight into his environment and mission.
The passage notes the current session as one of the best in twenty years but warns against last minute errors from hurried adjournment. It urges careful screening of measures and hopes for daytime adjournment to avoid poor bills becoming law, while predicting the senate may adjourn under a spring sun.
The writer recalls a past optimistic view of the Washington disarmament conference and notes a rise in larger battleships, armies, and bombing planes on all sides. Yet the text preserves a thread of hope in human resilience and the belief that better days can still come.
The speaker laments ongoing calls for more funds from public officials. The quip recalls a legislator’s joke about a one man office that spirals into needing successive stenographers to keep up with writing letters to and from the legislature.
A column argues that machines create overall employment shifts, not net losses, and praises Dr. Charles M. Shelden on labor and consumption. It links faith to daily life, cites a California judge ruling on lipstick affects divorce, and notes a fault line tale as a metaphor for change in society.
The piece argues for flexible appropriations tied to actual receipts rather than forecasts, noting Oklahoma's nine month income tax drop of nearly 16 percent from the prior year while inheritance and estate taxes rose 35 percent. It discusses taxes on real estate versus income and sales taxes, weather, and broader economic factors, plus editorials on President Roosevelt’s Warm Springs remarks and U.S. involvement in European issues.
The text notes that many laws remain in statute but unused, suggesting repeal is preferable yet rarely pursued. It cites Kansas banning public snake eating as obscure but likely rarely violated, and mentions other examples such as prohibiting inciting Indians to break treaties and freeing anyone from hitching a stallion near places of worship.
The quote compares countering dictators to stopping crabgrass in a cotton field. It argues that tackling one dictator prompts exits of trouble elsewhere, as a rash spreads when left unchecked. It notes that cooperation between two dictators demands multiple democracies to monitor them.
A column blends economic caution with global tensions and odd asides. It notes public improvements deserve an economic test, comments on Japan, Russia, and peaceful settlements, and laments a rotating cast of world leaders. It also trivia matches molasses pie, sorghum, and a yellow ring on a Scranton car. It ends with a stark comparison between obsolete slavery and modern institutionalization.
Oil and Gas Journal reports a 43,340 barrel daily rise to 3,445,197 bpd for the week ending April 8. Oklahoma up 30,050 to 452,250. East Texas up 14,388 to 1,390,331. Louisiana up 4,093 to 268,855. California up 4,000 to 620,500. Kansas down 13,200 to 153,800. Illinois and Michigan plus the Eastern states rise to 229,258, while the Rocky Mountain region reaches 71,460.
Oklahoma state board of agriculture passed quarantine rules to shield peach trees and alfalfa from pests. It bans import of alfalfa seed and all hay or straw from several states and infected counties, with straw allowed for packing but to be burned on arrival. Peach mosaic restrictions apply to peach trees and related stock from specified western states. Inspection certificates required, with release possible for stock from localities cleared within a mile of mosaic removal by May 15.
A proposal would make the referendum binding and require two thirds of participating farmers to approve any restrictions on 1939 farm programs. If an election is called it would occur by June 10 with July carry over around 275 million bushels and spring wheat output near 244 million bushels.
Oklahoma City April 1. The 1938 wheat crop is estimated at 46,925,000 bushels, about 20 percent below last year’s 58,322,000. Projected at 10.5 bushels per acre on ~4,469,000 acres, down from 5,959,000 a year ago. Abandonment may reduce the forecast. stocks: wheat 6,999,000. oats 5,489,000. corn 10,152,000 as of April 7.
Secretary Wallace told a senate appropriations subcommittee that if war comes or even the prospect affects the nation, farm costs will be high. He warned of using large funds to subsidize domestic consumption store surplus and maintain farm income, noting peace costs may exceed wartime in impact on agriculture.
In Philadelphia on April 19 fans from all walks of life support the Athletics to finish fifth in the American League and the Phillies sixth in the National League in a poll by a local newspaper. Last season both teams finished last with the A's at 55-93 and the Phillies at 45-105.
J. W. Thompson aged 73 died at his Mangum home after a several week illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM with burial following. He was a respected citizen of southwestern Oklahoma and the four Ada sons are among his survivors. In Stillwater Howard Pantel 19 of Oklahoma City died from a skull fracture after falling from a truck near town while returning from a college dance event.
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