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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
4
Nassau Bahama Islands August 17 Edward Duke of Windsor was sworn in as governor amid a large welcoming ceremony. He pledged to aid the colony in wartime problems and to use his experience to help during his term. The duchess appeared at his side and addressed the crowd.
The State Dairy Commission reports Oklahoma produced over 51 million pounds of creamery butter last year, a small rise from 1938. In 1937 the total was under 45 million pounds, and despite earlier slow progress the dairying program is now yielding income for many farmers through dairy cows.
Tournament began Saturday in Ada after a rain delay, with Ada's athletes winning scholastic and college levels last year. Organizers say keeping the event running will uphold Ada and state tennis prominence and indicate strong local competition was present despite the delay.
The piece notes farming population loss forces sparsely populated districts to seek cost limits for per pupil spending. It suggests legislature may set a statewide cap next winter to avoid unequal spending. It also remarks on August weather and its mixed agricultural impact.
Secretary Morgenthau says the British want our old destroyers and that the United States has no harm in selling naval equipment. He notes that if Germany might win and seize the British fleet the U.S. would instead accelerate building more ships.
A short tribute describes Walter P. Chrysler rising from humble beginnings to build a vast automobile empire. It urges maintaining a public climate where ambitious youths, with or without money, can become giants in industry, commerce, or finance, preserving the American ideal.
Some men prefer long office hours to avoid going home to yard chores. The text notes the belief the business world keeps running while at home a perspiration producing lawn task awaits.
A Texas banker finally puts some money into his own bank illustrating how some directors of large corporations still invest personally. The piece notes banks are not run this way generally, though some corporations behave similarly with insider stakes.
A Scotsman warned a newspaper publisher that continued Scotch jokes would force him to stop borrowing the paper, delivering a quip about consequences and publishing habits.
Stephens County Sheriff Brooks Hervey, Undersheriff Roy Waldrip, Deputy C. M. Taylor, and Duncan Police Chief Jim Skelton were indicted by a county grand jury on misdemeanor charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Hervey resigned effective September 1, and all four were released on recognizance pending arraignment. The panel also recommended civil action to recover funds from former Sheriff Earl Russell. two Lawton residents were indicted for illegal liquor transportation. Jury recessed until August 26.
A letter from Miss Ethel Linford in England to Mrs. P. R. Whytock recalls safety amid Hitler’s air raids and rationing. Linford describes daily life, prayers, and the urge to stay put while noting some neighbors send children to Canada and possible emigration.
Gerald Hathcock was arraigned Friday on a charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon second offense and pleaded not guilty. A preliminary hearing is set for August 9 at 10 a.m. before A W Oliver. Hathcock is held without bond as the charge is a capital offense.
Oklahoma City Aug. 17 Bishop Charles C. Selecman announced two changes in Methodist appointments effective September 1. Rev John D Salter will succeed Rev Joe E Bowers as district superintendent at McAlester and Bowers will become pastor of Stillwater church. Rev John Callan will move from Stillwater to Holdenville replacing Salter.
Ada boasts the highest Oklahoma milk rating in 1939 and 1940 with praise from the U S Public Health Service for protecting the city’s milk supply. Health unit director Dr. Glenn McDonald oversees inspections, with Walker and Taylor listing county dairies, classifications, and ratings for Grade A pasteurizing plants and raw milk dairies in Ada and nearby communities.
Ada residents rally for a sidewalk superintendent club as the Smith store and office building at Twelfth Street and Rennie Avenue nears a $30 000 permit completion. Crowds gather daily to watch basement work amid rain and drizzle with amateur builders speculating on progress.
County excise board session allocates eight mills to county government and seven to the Ada school district. Ada city receives no ad valorem levy, forcing about $18,000 budget trims including water meters and police staffing. Several districts gain six or five mills as tax valuations and production revenues shrink.
Fred Mitchell of Ada’s colored section is bound over to district court on a house burglary charge. A. W. Oliver set bond at 1000 dollars at preliminary trial, with Mitchell remaining in the county jail Saturday afternoon.
Capt. R R Delhauer, former director of homing pigeons in the U S Army, heads to Washington to brief army officials on camouflaged pigeons bred to aid national defense. Crossbreeding at Chaffey junior college and March Field yields mixed color birds amid ongoing experiments. The note also mentions about 1 400 000 gasoline pumps in use across 408 000 service stations in the United States.
City reports total permits of 49 250 for June and July with 30 000 for a store and office building at the 12th and Rennie corner. Other permits include 6 000 for foundation and basement and several residential projects in quiet construction activity.
Pontotoc county courthouse displayed an upside down American flag on Saturday signaling distress. The cause remains unknown with theories ranging from wind tangling to possible saboteurs, but the issue was later corrected as conditions changed.
Pontotoc county 4-H boys and girls prepare booths and exhibits for the Ada fair opening September 11. Farm agents Mrs. Jessie Morgan C. H. Hailey and E. W. Cinnamon tour clubs to aid with exhibits ensuring equal guidance and improved county representation.
Hobart reports a multi casualty automobile crash today with three fatally injured victims named W M Parker 80 Mrs Parker 67 and Mrs Turnage Johnson 0 all Roosevelt residents. Driver Mrs Bob Parker in critical condition at Hobart hospital and others treated for injuries including Rita Godfrey Lyda Parker and Ray T Figley.
Seventeen students completed the Red Cross swimming course at East Central State College this summer. Miss Mabel Caperton taught the class and certificates were awarded to Cecilia Antoine, Carolyn Abney, Thelma Fox, Leona Fox, Dorothy Franks, Ruth Foster, Reba Griffith, Rosemond Harmon, Carol Jean Logan, Rosemond Owen, Norma Rhoades, Glendora Robbins, Virginia Schroeder, Zealand Scott, Marjorie Spence, Ethyl Stewart and Anthora Robinson. Hayden Haynes completed his course at Ardmore and Miss Marjorie Jackson finished at Shawnee.
W C Slaughter 60 of Durant died Friday night of a heart attack. He spent twenty years at Durant National Bank, largely as vice president and managing head. He previously led banks in Pontotoc and Tishomingo then Milburn as banker and merchant. He moved to Durant in 1919 and remained there until his death. Ada residents and former Durant residents recall him as a civic worker.
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