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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
3
A Farmington Country Club spring opening sets the scene as Ann recalls a dramatic reunion with a stranger claiming to be her father. The tale unfolds with family legends, a chorus girl mother, and a daughter named Jean Ann Marshall discovering a hidden past.
Ann meets her newly found father John Marshall after learning she is his daughter and envisions a future with Ken Richards while Sally acts as a steady confidant. The family reconciliation unfolds as Ann debates moving to Richmond and embracing a formal welcome from Ken’s mother.
In Farmington Ken Richards and Ann face a rekindled rival as Janet Carstairs arrives. Ann, once confident, battles fear amid hints of past engagements, decrees, and possible marriages as Janet asserts herself at the club dance. Sally warns of further complications.
A year after two unmasked men robbed the Ada Railway Express office and fled with 5000 dollars from a 5500 bank shipment, no clues have surfaced. Police, sheriffs, state officials, Railway Express, and possibly the FBI have pursued leads with no results. Local witnesses describe the attack but no suspects fit the description. The case remains Ada's most baffling crime with serial bills circulating nationwide.
The United States disclosed two heavy cruisers were sent to Brisbane Australia on a training cruise as part of an aid pledge to Soviet Russia. The move follows a larger squadron’s March visit to Australia and New Zealand and comes amid shifting Russo Japanese tensions and potential use of American ships to transport supplies to Russia.
Funeral services for 82 year old Charles Decatur Murphy of Ada were set for Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Oak Avenue Baptist Church. Rev. Milo Arbuckle to officiate under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.
Washington August 5 A new senator ODaniel D Texas sought floor time to speak against the Taft amendment to the selective service act. Leaders said time was short as the vote was set for 1 p m The measure would extend service six months for selectees and one year for guardsmen and reservists ODaniel who has a son in training at Camp Wolters Texas did not state how he would vote on 18 month extensions He later voted against the Taft amendment in his first Senate vote.
Nettie Ahrenhoer sterbaeumer, along with her brother, once co champion for the longest city directory name, says she is no longer a champion after marriage. A reporter sought her appointment for a picture, but she declined.
A 12 year old boy sobbed his sorrow after slaying eight year old Goldie Janice Bacon and wounding her mother Mrs Homer Bacon. County officials said he took his foster father’s shotgun after saying others lied about him and fled toward the bacon home.
Frank S. Hogan, a 39 year old assistant to Thomas E. Dewey, accepted Tammany Hall's designation for district attorney. Hogan helped Dewey jail James J. Hines, a Tammany leader charged with policy racketeering, while Hines now works as a Sing Sing gardener. He is a Democrat not a Tammany member and plans talks with Christopher Sullivan after his formal introduction.
Mrs. Armitage recalls a porch ambush in which a man fired a gun striking Beulah in the chest and fatally wounding Goldie Janice in the front yard. Beulah warned, then the shooter fled as the victim died within minutes.
A Coast Guard patrol plane with three crew vanished today on a routine patrol west of the Farallon Islands about 25 miles from San Francisco. Naval and other search efforts were launched to locate the missing craft and crew.
Coast Guard planes and a large flotilla of boats immediately began a search for the bi motor Amphi Bian. The plane was to report every 15 minutes and return to its station if radio failed. Aboard were Pilot Leonard L Stonercock aviation machinists mate first class Fleet D Hancock mechanic and John C Gill radioman. The same crew regularly takes the ship out on coastal patrols.
Secretary of State Hull said he expected direct assurances from Vichy that France would reject axis demands for military concessions in French African territories. Aubergine is another name for egg plant.
The $3.206 billion defense tax bill cleared the House 369 to 30 and moved to the Senate with discussion of potential changes. Senator George said the Senate may not reinstate the joint filing requirement and could adjust income tax brackets to broaden the base. Treasury experts to explain the bill, two weeks of public hearings to follow. Roosevelt urged reducing exemptions for singles from 300 to 750 and for married from 2000 to 1500.
As it passed the house yesterday the bill would virtually triple taxes for lower and middle income groups by a graduated surtax system starting at five percent on the first dollar of taxable income and rising to seventy five percent on incomes of five million dollars and more.
Pontotoc county officials and civic spokesmen traveled to Oklahoma City to contest a blanket 5 percent statewide assessment increase proposed by the state board of equalization. County Assessor Bill Bevers and County Attorney Si Freeman led the defense as hearings began, while the county budget request to the excise board waited on final assessment figures.
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