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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
8
Pontotoc County Welfare reports July 1944 figures for Old Age Assistance 1,328 recipients in the county receiving $33,776 total. Aid to Dependent Children: 409 recipients in 172 families receiving $5,749 total. Aid to the Blind: state total 1,900 recipients receiving $55,243. Pontotoc County had 36 recipients totaling $1,090.
Local farmers in Tupelo proceed with pond building using available tools as big machinery delays persist. John Hogue has already built four ponds with a three foot rotary Fresno and others including Ben Hair Elmer Teel Clifford Hacker work on terraces and ponds while AAA pays 15 cents per yard for dirt removed. Jack Downward of Centrahoma awaits delivery of a tractor buldozer and wheel scraper later in the month. Clarita Cotton Improvement Club to receive free classing.
The Clarita club, aided by the Bureau of Marketing Service, promotes Delta Pineland cotton to fetch top prices. Last year 82 percent of their cotton measured 15/16 inch or longer. Officers include W. J. Burns president and Dennis Daniels vice president. The Nelson farm hosts a cotton variety test. CATTLE SHIPMENT HEAVY in Oklahoma markets shows over 34 000 head sold last week and 7 500 on Monday, signaling strong early marketing and likely easing future drops.
New York reports the army will ship about 20 million dollars worth of athletic equipment overseas in 1944. Lieut. Col. Henry W. Clark, head of the new athletic branch, says the program expanded after a 1943 policy shift. Since the war began, roughly 20 million dollars of gear have been sent, with over half the total dedicated to athletic equipment.
The drab pile of tin cans on East Main Street has been removed. Boy Scouts and city workers hauled away and repurposed the cans to block erosion and keep the area clear for Ada residents.
Four Indian tribes Osages Pawnees Cheyennes and Otoes will be represented at a four day pow wow starting Thursday at the Otoe sub agency near Ponca City. Oliver Plumley pow wow manager announced the event.
C H Hailey, county agent, spent annual leave arranging 306 Oklahoma farm workers to help Wyoming farmers harvest hay. Workers left Atoka McAlester and Muskogee by train with return guaranteed by Sept 20. State Extension Service coordinated the effort to support the war effort.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a $5.37 million "textbook conspiracy" suit against 19 publishers and Oklahoma officials. The action, filed under Gov. Leon C. Phillips, claimed a conspiracy to control textbook adoption and sales but failed to substitute a new relator after Kerr became governor.
NOWATA Okla Aug 19 Missouri officers released four youths after questioning them in connection with the Barton county Mo sheriff Roy Patterson and deputy Charles Heady slayings. The four youths were arrested in a car near Nowata and said they came from Poplar Bluff Mo seeking harvest work.
Dr James L Anderson said to be the seventh doctor to examine R T Daniel Jr 83 a Texas and Oklahoma oil man and millionaire as his son seeks a ruling of incompetence. The doctors found physical defects and partial paralysis but the man remains mentally alert. Daniel lives alone in the Seminole hotel and is reportedly a prisoner of “designing persons.” He laughed and joked during the examination.
Missouri authorities cleared three Oklahoma convicts of any link to the slaying of Sheriff Roy Patterson and his son Sam. The suspects Frank Sears Dale Branscum and Donald Beene were said to fit the description but were not the wanted men after questioning. Beene was captured in Skintook Oklahoma and the others near Sperry Oklahoma.
Sgt Clarence K. Lancaster of Ada is listed as missing since May 19 and reported a prisoner of war by a War Department message. He served as a wing gunner on a bomber, based in Italy, and trained at Sheppard Field Lowry and Muroc. His parents Mr and Mrs C L Lancaster of West Twelfth Avenue have two other sons in service.
Beef Improvement H L Griffith of the Rofs neighborhood bought a registered Hereford bull this week to use on grade Hereford cows. Farmers are buying better bulls from county beef breeders as the supply of registered beef cattle grows. Hay should be cut earlier for tender stems and more leaves, and cured without sunburn to preserve vitamins.
County farmers and ranchers are culling cow herds now as market conditions favor current cattle. They report cows ready for market are in good condition now and removing them preserves grass for breeding stock and calves.
Registered A as breeders of Pontotoc county are feeding and fitting a county show herd for competition at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City September 23 29. Four breeders exhibit ten head total with one breeder limited to four head. Classifications allow strong county representation. Final selections and nominations will be made this month.
George Bain of Allen and Truitt Younes of Fitzhugh lead county tests of cotton varieties including Acala 8 B L Deltaping 14 Stoneville 62 1 10 Stoneville 2 B Roldo Rowden 41 A Hi-Bred Acala 65 66 18 Acala 892 Ambassador and Oklahoma Triumph 92 11 Final results will reveal yields and best adapted varieties for the county.
A new material named Ammate is now on the market for killing trees and brush. It can be sprayed on foliage at 1 pound per gallon of water and can also kill trees by girdling and applying dry Ammate to the girdle. For brush control the foliage may be sprayed or, if sprouts regrow, Ammate helps eliminate them from roots. County ranchers and farmers are conducting demonstrations, and a small quantity is kept in the office for demonstration purposes.
Farmers in Pontotoc county are urged to overseed pastures with big hop clover this fall. The clover grows tall like alfalfa, requires lime soil up to 2 tons per acre, and is broadcast after sowing existing grasses. It is sown at two pounds per acre and has performed well westward in the state.
The article argues that postwar dairy demand will be strong for at least two years, possibly five, with dairying deemed a safe, important and balanced farming practice. Central food needs highlight ongoing dairy shortages and the industry’s secure future.
Poultrymen facing feed shortages in hot summer weather are advised by Dr. Robert Penquite poultry specialist at Oklahoma A and M College to rely on alfalfa products to supplement green feed for their flocks.
The excerpt notes that good green feed grown on rich soil, if given daily, provides sufficient vitamins and valuable protein for poultry. It mentions alfalfa on the farm allows production of alfalfa meal, with five hundred pounds of well cured green hay supplying meal for 100 hens for
Kansas City Southern announces full use of a two way radio system along its 560 mile main line from Kansas City to Shreveport. The lightweight carrier system sends weak waves picked up by trackside wires, enabling in train and dispatch communication and potentially expanding nationwide.
Rep. Sammy Weiss says the Army Navy classic may be staged in a major eastern city with public access this year, reversing two wartime restrictions. He cites British morale boosts and suggests the event could raise war bonds sales and aid both service academies' funding.
Stonewall schools will open on Monday morning August 28 under Superintendent D D Duke. All buses will run that day and enrollment occurs that morning with books available at the drug store Monday afternoon. Buildings are in good repair and the faculty list for the new year is complete.
The Ada post-war planning survey moves forward with an agriculture committee meeting at 4 pm. Nine committees were approved at a noon Chamber of Commerce luncheon and will file resource data with the State Planning and Resources board, in cooperation with the University of Oklahoma and A and M College. The survey aims to select an employment and consumer demand committee to be named by the Junior Chamber tonight.
The army lists sixteen Oklahomans wounded in European and Mediterranean theaters. Names include Raymond B. Christian, Billie Cowan, William Cragg, Ralph Frisby, Cleo Morse, Charles P. Murphy Jr., Pert G. Robertson, Ben Rosales, James M. Smith, John A. Stewart, John J. Sweeney, Harvey D. Tipton, Ladie V. Wallace, Rudolf O. Anderson, John L. Bare, Alfred B. Zimmeren, with home towns Oklahoma City Muskogee Shawnee Norman Anadarko Tulsa and others.
Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman will accept the Democratic nomination for vice president on Thursday night August 31. A 200 seat speaker’s stand will be set up in front of Barton County courthouse, and Truman’s birthplace house will be kept open for sightseers. A dinner at the American Legion building will precede the program.
Berlin radio reported that Col. Gen. Paul Hausser commander of the German Seventh Army was wounded in fighting in the Dives river area as his forces fall back toward the lower Seine after heavy losses in the Falaise pocket. The report places the action east of Falaise and southeast of Caen during the Normandy fighting.
Classified ad notes higher yields for invested funds in Ada News. Financial guidance highlights smarter budgeting and longer term deposits. Readers are urged to compare options and seek secure rates offered by local banks.
Hubert Byrd, former East Central State College student and East Central Journal staffer, began work at Tulsa University to finish his degree while handling college publicity. He previously reported for The Tulsa Daily World in summer, wrote for the Daily Oklahoman, and edited the Journal’s Tiger Rag column.
American Seventh Army troops thrust through German defenses into Grenoble, a major rail hub in the French Alps, with French interior forces providing support. The advance places Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch’s spearhead within about 240 miles of the southernmost Allied gains, as towns including Digne and Gap fell en route. Encirclement of Marseille continued and Toulon remained hotly contested along the coast.
First livestock entries arrive for the Oklahoma state fair to run Sept. 23 to 19. Manager Ralph Hemphill says C. M. Caraway of Delcon Texas will show 12 shorthorns and Charles T. Bates and sons of Ada will bring 11 Angus. The piece notes the height of activity with a line on air and hawk imagery.
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