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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
6
Janet's return stirs Ann and Ken as rumors of infidelity swirl. Ann faces pressure from Sally and society while Jim Coon's New York orchestra looms, threatening Ann's secret engagement and her future with Ken. The chapter ends with a tense, unspoken confrontation brewing.
Ann confronts infidelity rumors as Ken and Janet flirt at the Kit Kat Tea Room while Ann longs for Jerry Lane. After hearing Jim Coons orchestra will perform at the Strathmore, she plans a reunion dance with Jerry, seeking honesty and a new future, even as past loyalties collide.
Reports of a century old Mexican gold treasure spur renewed digging across eastern Oklahoma. Ada locals recount multiple excavations linked to a Pontotoc County tale, with claims of two underground vaults containing gold and silver and a map in an elderly source’s possession.
Alice G. Carr American nurse long active in relief work retires after war years in Greece and the Balkans. She cites hopeless conditions, hunger, and lack of food or medicines as driving her decision. The Yellow Springs, Ohio native served with the Red Cross in Serbia Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Pontotoc County Cotton Industry Committee chair W. J. Dillon says American grown cotton leads fashion and daily wear due to new weaves finishes dyes and treatments. Sanforized fabrics shrink at most one percent and new colors keep cottons bright after repeated washing.
Oklahoma's August 1 wheat estimate shows 50.353 million bushels, down 3.119 million from July but above the state department's 41.88 million. Corn at 28.529 million, broom-corn 8,200 tons, and cotton at 537,000 bales.
Four weeks remain until Ada public schools begin on September 8. Officials prepare the schedule and take care of buildings and grounds to welcome hundreds of students. Older pupils are working while many are vacationing as August heat lingers and awareness grows.
Atoka Aug 12 a wide search is under way for James David Parrish a 37 year old McAlester convict believed to have escaped custody after leaving state work camp with W R Benningfield an employee who went to a physician. Parrish once paroled in 1941 and sentenced for grand larceny in 1930.
Melvin Jones 35, a hotel night clerk and key witness in a jewel robbery, was found dead. An autopsy ordered by County Attorney Jim Ted Robinson followed a preliminary heart attack assessment by Dr. O. C. Standifer. Suspects Charles Patterson and son Glenn Patterson remain jailed in Sayre.
Fred Hunt arrives at McAlester state penitentiary after funeral for warden Jess Dunn and pledges efficiency. Gov. Phillips backs Hunt, rejects outside interference, while Dunn break and four deaths prompt security overhaul. Hunt, famed for discipline, vows to run the institution with firm control and no prisoner escapes.
Valley View hospital will sponsor with the state health department a WPA program to train 50,000 institutional workers. Seven women start a six month course covering foods, housekeeping, labs, and ward care under Miss Ann McBride. Men may join later. candidates must be under 50 with eighth grade education and be able-bodied.
Robert Kiser, 19, died in a Oklahoma City hospital after injuries from the Purcell Indian Territory Roundup and Rodeo. He rode a steer that fell, leaving survivors his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kiser, three brothers and two sisters.
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