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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1952
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News established 1901 notes consolidations with The Ada Weekly Democrat Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star Democrat through 1912. Editorial department details and pricing appear as part of early newspaper record.
The Ada Chamber of Commerce and Ada Industrial Development Corporation highlight Ada's strengths citing the Ideal Cement plant Hazel Atlas glass plant East Central State college Thomas Concrete Pipe Ada Brick Milling and other local facilities. They express optimism about landing new small industries soon and urge pride over current assets.
Sulphur Methodist men organize Monday gatherings to discuss religion and public issues over a prepared dinner. They advocate stronger religious training in schools, noting church attendance should not bar children from basic Bible knowledge and praising local school efforts.
A city chamber of commerce secretary argues expansion of retail and industrial activity should be its main aim, while moral and civic projects belong elsewhere. The piece notes Britain’s voters shifting toward Conservative governance to restore order after a Labour government, predicting further political instability and skepticism about socialist promises.
A writer urges caution about government spending on wars while proposing water management as a national improvement. He cites the New Mexico capture by bribery in the Mexican War to question honor in leadership and reflects on the difficulty of recommending candidates without full knowledge.
At an Ada Bar gathering lawyers weigh the dangers of international treaties to U S rights. Some fear ceding free speech trial by jury and property while others argue treaties require Senate two thirds approval and may not erode constitutional guarantees.
The piece praises a new agricultural program teaching youths soil classification and crop adaptation. It notes a future where produce, such as lettuce, may carry soil analyses, links soil health to community health, and warns against land depletion as the era of virgin land ends.
Editor notes that Western efforts intensify to counter Soviet influence in Western Europe. Jean-Paul David leads French counter moves from Paris with Paix et Liberte, while ICFTU and Free unions in West Berlin expand grassroots activity through underground channels. Radio Free Europe and Bias in Berlin support the campaign as unions plan a broad, international push.
Western diplomats warn Stalinists form a global, organized threat to Western life and argue for a stronger propaganda counteroffensive. The ICFTU leads a broad anti-Communist campaign to push freedom of speech and workers' rights into factories and mass groups across Europe and the Middle East.
A Sylvania Electric spokesman said a new proposal was mailed to federal mediator Ethan A. Walker to settle the month old walkout at the Shawnee plant. Plant manager C W Hosterman refused to reveal the counter proposal contents as the CIO Battery Workers Union awaits word. the union left the plant on March 17 after months of fruitless negotiations.
The quadrennial General Conference meets in San Francisco May to set policy for about 10 million Methodists. Delegates from at least five countries attend along with 70 bishops 720 delegates. Key items include a 240000 study on restructuring church operations debates over the Federation for Social Action debates over women’s full ordination and church reorganizations a proposal to appoint a US ambassador to the Vatican and funding for parochial schools and a recommendation to eliminate ministerial candidates.
Comanche oil supply firm owner Czra Rather told Ft. Worth sheriff and Oklahoma police he endured a five day kidnap robbery. He said a New Mexico financier and two companions extorted 7200 dollars in a downtown Fort Worth office, then abducted him to a house, robbery and confinement before he escaped to file a report. Rather has lived in Comanche for over four decades.
Japan’s death by own action rate rose to a record 22,622 crisis reports in 1951 for every 100000 people. Police attributed the increase mainly to economic pressures, noting many cases stemmed from financial hardship.
Sir Stafford Cripps dies in Zurich at 62 after 35 years with colitis and 18 months of spondylitis. The socialist statesman, key postwar finance minister, had suffered health issues since World War I ambulance work and quit his cabinet duties in 1950 due to ill health. Isabel Cripps at his bedside.
President Truman nominates Stanley Andrews Arkansas editor to head the Point Four program as technical cooperation administrator. Andrews succeeds Dr Henry G Bennett of Oklahoma who died in a Middle East airplane crash before Christmas 1951.
Oklahoma City sale of oil and gas leases on 23 tracts yielded 11051.33 in bonus bids. Phillips Petroleum paid 3126 for a Washita County tract, E Julian Davis offered 2754.76 for 220 acres in Pottawatomie County, Max Kelly bid on 11 Woodward County tracts, Sinclair Gas Co. bid 605.60 on two Woodward tracts, with additional tracts leased in Payne and Ellis Counties.
Washington The Civil today Paul S Badami Guy Clifford Maple and Marvin S Hatcher are eligible for appointment by President Truman as Ponca City Oklahoma postmaster. The President may appoint one of them. Badami is acting postmaster under a temporary appointment. He and nine others sought the Civil Service job.
Oklahoma City radio bid by Senator Kerr to swap controlling interest in WEEK Peoria for KTOK was dismissed by the FCC. Opposed by attorney Carmen C. Harris who argued Kerr would wield too much influence over public radio in Oklahoma. Kerr already has stakes in KRMG Tulsa and Enid Events. brother owns KMUS Muskogee and KIHN Hugo.
A small trunk once owned by Lord Nelson formed a feature of a Halifax display staged by the Navy League of Canada branch. The exhibit drew attention to naval history within the department store setting.
Candidates for sheriff court clerk county clerk and state posts listed for the Democratic primary on July 1 1953. J D Gaar Ray Goodwin Abe Holloway Claud Bobbitt Ray C Jones Gene Davis named for offices including Corporation Commissioner and Congress 4th District.
Cpl Ronald Nichols a cook in Hg Co with the 45th Division in Korea weighs 245 pounds, 65 more than when he enlisted. His National Service Life Insurance applications were refused for overweight status, despite Congress offering free government insurance. Nichols argues he is healthy and notes his extra weight kept him from feeling cold in Korea.
Wagoner County grand jury in recess awaiting volunteer information on crime or corruption. Foreman Robert G. Jeffrey said a report may be issued later. Subpoena issued for Rev. Pat Shields of Porter. Testimony from June Jeffers Wegener dealer who backed Sunday horse racing before lease revocation. Witnesses also included Rev. Al Glasgow County Commissioner Pierce Hays and Wagoner City Councilman Roy Eidson.
In Johnstown, Norma Schoulte, 6'4", scored 111 points Jan 28 leading Monona to a 132 to 12 win over Harpers Ferry, setting a national scholastic record per Steve Seman. The record follows earlier 102 point feats by Miss Overcash and others, with Schoulte totaling 3,722 career points.
R C Freeman of Montgomery county wins grand championship in the Old Fashioned Ham Show. The method involves chilling hogs on frosty mornings, salting for four weeks, washing, hanging in a smoke house, smoking two to three weeks with hickory and sawdust, then wrapping in paper to prevent drying.
Reports from Western Ontario describe an unidentified craft leaving a vapor trail and traveling above 1000 miles per hour. Canadian Air Force reserve fighters were ordered to intercept but could not reach the source, despite speeds over 450 miles per hour from the interceptors.
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