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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
7
Police Captain Vincent Harris reports about 400 automobile tires flattened with an ice pick in Overbrook suburb. He says the act appears to be the work of someone irritated by cars parked overnight.
Sam Dew county treasurer of Pontotoc County Oklahoma announces a sale of county acquired land on May 12 1941 at 9 a m in the courthouse. Bids have been submitted for each tract including Commercial Addition Allen City Lot 1 Block 25 with a $1.60 bid by C M Means. Purchasers pay cash and cover advertising costs with approval by the Board of County Commissioners.
The Rev. Emiel Deprietere learns from uncensored letters from Europe that Belgian relatives in the German occupied center of Belgium face food shortages, ration stamps, and harsh penalties. Reports describe bone meal sold for food, scarce eggs and butter, and long lines at stores. One Belgian girl in Antwerp was jailed for joking with a German soldier.
Walter D. Fuller of Philadelphia, president of Curtis Publishing, told editors that public opinion can mobilize air power and sea might but warned the nation lacks full support for defense. He urged clarifying tax, inflation, price, and strike issues and said defense costs should be funded gradually by broadening the tax base.
Union Valley forms an independent softball club with B M Stephens as manager Jude Chaffin as assistant manager and Carl Stephens as secretary treasurer. Over 20 local youths show interest. Nearby, Union Valley grade team beats Ahloso 12 to 10 for fifth straight win. A picture show, The Girl of the Limberlost, set for Friday with 5 cent admission.
Mrs Ruth McClure 20 of Watonga Oklahoma died in an auto truck collision four miles north of Canyon Texas with four others injured. State patrol credited a parked truck without flares as the obstruction. Driver John Ray Dillar is charged with negligent homicide in Canyon County Court.
In Plymouth Indiana Earl Deacon reports an unfair exchange turned robbery as thieves in a truck stole four calves from his farm and left behind three Barred Rock hens.
Local notes report improving Sunday school attendance at Union Hill amid rain and measles as families extend recovery wishes. Community updates include births, visits, and social calls among residents such as the Bottoms new baby girl born April 9, and gatherings with Archer, Yancy, Jones, and Raymer families across nearby households.
Sunday school services at Oakman Baptist and Pentecostal churches drew crowds. The six weeks test ranked top students. Oakman 4-H plans Ada rally. 30 members expected. Garden progress amid rain. many visits and family events noted. A baby was born to Mr and Mrs W A Lee. many neighbors attended gatherings and visits. A free film shown Friday morning at the school. Rev Fred Williams spoke after Sunday school.
An Harmon county old timer told the SAGE BRUSH BLOOMS forecast that sage brush in bloom proves winter is over and frost is unlikely. He claimed he has never seen sage blooms touched by frost and says his indicator guides Oklahoma farmers.
An overnight guest at Charleroi jail showed appreciation for police by dropping a 25 cent tie on Chief Pete Bege's desk as he left the lockup. Bege returned the money.
Madison Wisconsin producers yielded 370 million pounds of cheese in 1939, a record and 53 percent of the U S supply, with condensery products at 940 million pounds or about 28 percent of the nation's total. It marked the second largest output in Wisconsin history.
A wartime poem urges American mothers to donate Red Cross garments for war torn regions. The piece contrasts safe home life with children at risk abroad and appeals to universal duty and humanitarian aid.
Local Ada readers note a stream of visitors and transients from Oklahoma City Fort Smith Kansas City Tulsa Holdenville Atoka Bromide Wewoka Stonewall Guthrie Frederick visiting or transacting business in Ada and area. Names include S J R Anspaugh D K Tolson Russell Taylor Ray Finnigan Louis Gluckman Jr Moody Latimer Leonard Robertson Jimmy Braly Sam Davis Paul Corbin E C Peay George Parrish and others with several attending the 89ers events in Guthrie.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Witherspoon left for New Orleans after a Seminole visit. Ada resident Jerry Vaughn attended the 89er celebration in Guthrie. O Benton Browning visited in Oklahoma City Tuesday.
Community notices report visits and travels of residents including O L Lowery Grace McDaniel and families. A death in Greencastle Indiana from a train accident is announced along with survivor details. J E Jinks is named Quin ton Oklahoma school superintendent designates duties for the coming year. A Missouri conservation fund item notes a dollar in a shotgun shell left with a deer carcass near Van Buren.
Stillwater April 23. Frank B. Cross of Oklahoma A and M college warns that careless pruning can kill healthy trees. He urges harmony with grass, warns against de-horning and top-cutting, and stresses high trunk, non overlapping roots, and avoiding planting under utility lines.
Navy recruits may enlist in the Naval Reserve as apprentice seaman for aviation mechanic or machinists mate. Ardée Oklahoma recruiter M. F. Ferris announced. Recruits from this district transfer to San Diego for regular recruit training and then to schools nationwide for specialists training or general service.
The report states the typical household comprises 4.3 individuals, highlighting a precise decimal in family size data. This figure underscores a measured breakdown of household composition used in the census or demographic study.
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