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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1951
Page
4
Public notice of consolidation between The Ada Evening News and The Ada Weekly News with Pontotoc County and related postal rate details. Includes entry at Ada post office and reference to trade territory mail rates and telephones for business office. The item reflects directory and publication history rather than a single event.
The article argues Americans must Harvest and store water to avert floods and droughts. It urges building reservoirs to hold water near where it falls for crops and urban use, noting demand east of the divide is high and western streams run dry without storage. It warns the effort will cost as much as major wars and calls for decisive, widespread action.
Local Red Cross manager Harriette Schroeder outlines the flood disaster sweeping Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. She notes massive property damage surpassing a billion dollars and widespread human hardship requiring urgent national aid and a special Disaster Relief Fund Campaign endorsed by President Truman for at least five million dollars.
Why do states amend or draft new constitutions every few years. The US federal constitution endures, yet states continually push changes. Reasons include embedding legislation in constitutions, misinterpretation by underqualified judges, and a belief that old is not good. Constitutions should be fundamental to meet human needs, requiring little change.
Will Durant is quoted urging not to think we are worse off than forefathers. The note adds that while Durant has a point, everyone must worry and work to improve conditions. It argues progress comes from concern and effort, acknowledging forefathers also worried about their times.
A reader asks why Russians and Chinese are not given English spellings of their names and remarks that some Orientals use long strings of consonants, noting vowels seem missing in their names.
The article argues that minor personal factors shape major events. It cites leaders like Stalin Wilson and Sam Houston to illustrate how health, mood, and small choices could alter wars, treaties, and national destinies. It reflects on how rested, well-fed individuals can influence historical outcomes.
The idea of building small retirement colonies for the aged includes three room homes with modern utilities, a recreation hall, reading rooms, and access to good water near a town or spring. Proponents see companionship and use of spare time as benefits for retirees on comfortable incomes.
The text traces how labels like Goldbug conservative and progressive shift in meaning over time, reflecting how party associations taint terms. It argues against personalizing words and linking them to disloyalty or disfavor, noting changes from financial stances to left or right politics and the pejorative framing of peace.
Former Lehigh coal miner turned cabinet member and ambassador Pat Hurley now resides in New Mexico. The Albuquerque Journal editorial praised his testimony in the McArthur hearings and suggested New Mexico gain from his public service, while noting local political debates about his return to office. Webworms threaten pecan and walnut trees, with other pests spreading to shade trees. experts are uncertain why outbreaks occur but advise early control efforts.
Minneapolis writer Cal Tinney argues WW Two proved women in Wacs Waves Spars and Marine support roles can excel behind the lines. He speculates on future drafts, jokes about 4-F status, and envisions wives and husbands serving together in defense, urging unity and practical roles in any future conflict.
The army's rotation brings 116 more Oklahomans back from Korea over Sunday and Monday. Navy transport ships dock in Seattle with 78 Oklahomans aboard. St Haward E Woodford will dock in San Francisco Monday with additional Oklahoma passengers. National Geographic notes U.S. auto license plates are valid in many European nations under a UN accord. Mrs W A McElroy and daughter visited Ada for shopping Saturday.
Bayreuth Germany July 30 The Wagner festival returns to life after 1944 with Wilhelm Furtwaengler conducting Beethoven's Ninth for an audience of 135. Parsifal opens tonight as the festival runs through August 26 with 1600 attendees and sold out tickets. Allied high commissioners McCloy Kirkpatrick and Francois-Poncet attend the reopening reception. Niedungen ring to be performed twice.
Two British defense teachers, Com. Frank H. Austin and Maurice Evans, will serve as consultants for Oklahoma A and M’s first Central Technical Training School opening Monday. The two week basic course serves workers from 20 midwestern states and these instructors later work as civil defense trainers in their home regions.
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston criticised House price control amendments as contradictory and unenforceable. He demonstrated how proposed parity calculations would raise costs and distort pricing across dairy, eggs, fruit, and tobacco, arguing the public deserves to understand the impact before final votes.
The National Congress of American Indians re elected Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice N B Johnson as president for a ninth year. Frank George Nespelem Washington was named first vice president and John Shaw Fairfax Oklahoma joined the executive council. The group urged expanded vocational training for Indians in high school and more adult education on reservations along with scholarships and more Indian nurses and welfare workers.
Harold Graham of Ada a former Ada high school band director and musical instrument dealer served as an assistant Lt with the Japanese American unit in World War II. He was the first Allied soldier across the Arno river leading a patrol of the unit during a bold rescue of Americans trapped in the mountains. He remained with the unit except when wounded and hospitalized.
Oklahoma City July 28. Arguments on whether the state supreme court should take jurisdiction in an Osage county school board dispute will be heard next Wednesday. The court previously refused to rule on which group is the legal Burbank district board. The Osage county treasurer refused to pay warrants from either faction until clarified. District Judge Hugh C. Jones suspended the original three member board after a grand jury directed ouster and appointed another board.
The Voice of America quotes an eye witness in Frohnau east Germany describing 490 foot wooden ladders, icy conditions, and frequent fatalities from mine collapses and accidents. Miners haul ore in buckets sacks and knapsacks with heavy loads, while ore moves to Freiberg and Leningrad for Soviet use amid strict security and sabotage reports.
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