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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
2
In a bustling New York setting, reporter Mary Franklin briefs editor Ladd on an inquest story while tracking Duke Martin's ruthless moves. Clem Shirtey and Jack Burden mingle with high society as Mary navigates danger, romance, and shifting loyalties.
A county wide birth registration drive seeks to record all births to aid legal age and future questions. Registrar Miss Phyllis Dealfenbaugh notes 176 deaths and 432 births registered from January to August, with many unregistered children yet to be counted. July births listed for numerous Ada, Atwood, Stonewall, and nearby areas, along with a long death tally for July.
George Pate, a long-time resident of what is now Pontotoc county, was 62 when he recalled Saturday how the local site shifted from native grass to corn and cotton, then to a thriving town. He contrasted today’s fast moving, highly organized rodeo with the older cow puncher days on the range.
The first of three clinics held at Lula school by the City-County Health unit drew good attendance. Fifty received diphtheria treatment and 203 took typhoid immunization. The diphtheria skin test was administered to 14 people.
In July Pontotoc county Red Cross educators trained 129 people in first aid water safety and nutrition. Certificates were issued to teachers and many students including senior and intermediate swimmers. Instructors included Emma Gregg Ruth Price Mickey McBride and others governing the courses and exams.
Washington Aug 12 About 1500 lost American Passports are scattered in Dur tope and possibly in the hands of spies. Officials believe many are in Moscow while others circulate with foreign travelers. The passport division led by Mrs Ruth Shipley and abroad service officers seek recovery and destruction of documents to hinder espionage amid wartime secrecy.
A 35-year-old Oklahoma City pharmacist was arrested as part of an investigation into a statewide patent medicine and electric treatment operation. Assistant County Attorney John Eberle said the suspect claimed 2100 patients. Deputy Turmer seized glass gadgets and an electric box device sold for 120 dollars. The man denied posing as a doctor and said his firm, formerly in Lawton, moved to Oklahoma City. The arrest followed complaints from old age pension recipients and was led by State Welfare investigators.
Oklahoma plans two state textbook depositories from January 1. Dale Boren of Wewoka, brother of Congressman Lyle Boren, was issued a charter for a depository. The Jasper Sipes depository, run by Willis Smith, has held the state contract since 1914. Boren listed J. K. Meier of Wewoka and B. B. Malone of Tulsa as associates in a school supply business. Smith questions room for two depositories but calls it a private business matter and notes the governor’s stance. The state depository earns a 16 percent commission on books sold in the state. Textbook companies consign books to the depository, which then ships to retailers.
Oklahoma A and M football entry for 1939 notes backs will be light yet plentiful. Nine candidates vie for two flank positions in Lookabaughs backfield. Pete Rivers at 175 pounds and 6 feet 1 inch leads as left half, with several sophomores and juniors contending for roles in a crowded backfield.
Oklahoma traffic fatalities for the first ten days of August total seven, mirroring a similar period in 1938 and prompting renewed state patrol warnings. Nationally, summer fatalities rise, but Oklahoma shows a dip in June and July. through August 10, 1939, fatalities are 245 for the year, with 28 deaths at this time last year. The patrol reports 354 arrests in July for drunken or reckless driving, while assisting nearly six thousand motorists, issuing over fifteen thousand warnings, and organizing first aid and safety education efforts.
The Agricultural Department forecasts this year’s corn crop at 2,459,888,000 bushels and wheat at 7,31,432,000 bushels based on conditions as of August 1. Compared with last month, corn is down from 2,570,795,000 and wheat up from 716,055,000.
Langley Field Virginia reports a Douglas B-16A bomber crash killing two officers and seven enlisted men. An Army attack plane also went down near Fort Monroe with Second Lieutenant C T Murrell and Private Amelia Lenzen bailing out and escaping injury. A board of inquiry investigates both incidents as officials withhold detailed causes.
Marie Zingg joins the City County Health unit staff as a public health nurse and will undergo a three month training period. In Pontiac Michigan, John Hunkle, sole registered voter in precinct 29, votes and is described as the “boss” of the 29th. Three names were removed from the registration rolls for noncompliance.
Oklahoma City officials announced the State Highway Commission approved a four lane diagonal highway to give the city a northeast traffic outlet. The project awaits federal approval before construction, with a start possible after January 1. The route runs from northeast 63rd street and Eastern Avenue to U.S. Highway 66 southwest of Arcadia, north of Witcher, featuring 24 foot concrete lanes separated by 20 feet. The commission also seeks to withdraw the 7.5 mile Kenawa cut off from the 1939 program to shorten Highway 48 between Seminole and Ads.
CCC Camp Superintendent Konaye outlines how erosion wrecks civilizations from Antioch to China and explains dust storms and soil depletion in the United States. He highlights Oklahoma's 27 soil conservation districts as a hopeful response with farm-by-farm plans and renewed faith in sustainable farming.
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