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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News reports a territorial trade notice and fees, dated for public record. It notes transactions and territory-specific charges, with references to local departments and post entries.
A Oklahoma small manufacturer considers how experts in Washington assist business with government, noting risks of bribery and favoritism. The piece warns that any favors from officials, big or small, can blur lines between honest and dishonest conduct and risks personal or legal trouble.
Analysis shows Oklahoma paid over 56 million in road user taxes for the 1948 fiscal year but received about 310 million for road work from the federal government, leaving a balance of roughly 6 million. The piece argues the federal share is small and warns citizens that states must send more to Washington to gain funds.
Oklahoma state government collected and spent large sums with total outlays near 228 million last year, up from 823 million previously. Welfare and education consumed substantial shares, with about 96 million for welfare programs and over 360 million for education. Highways ran near 50 million as a major but smaller portion of overall costs. City park officials may delay pool closure until weather justifies it, a prudent plan amid cooler fall conditions.
A preview shows East Central College nearing completion of a new library on campus. The modest structure will expand to serve three thousand students and support future growth, housing books and periodicals and central to campus activities. A formal opening is anticipated with excitement for the education of local students and future generations.
A column by J F Nicholson of the Talihina American urges building a direct highway from Ada area toward Clayton and central Oklahoma to connect Talihina and eastern towns with central markets. The piece argues better roads boost commerce, cattle and vegetable growth, and future power development, noting many Oklahoma roads currently head into Texas or Arkansas. It stresses civic engagement, voting responsibly, and reflects on honesty in sports and society, ending with a caution about how we treat chickens.
A leading life insurance company reduced government bonds and boosted holdings in public utility and industrial bonds, with a small rise in real estate mortgages. The move suggests limited slackening in demand for government securities but implies firms balance holdings to match perceived income certainty.
For businesses with Saturday paydays in 1949 there will be 53 paydays instead of 52, increasing payroll costs. The extra Saturdays raise the income tax burden for large corporations and shift more of the tax load onto employees.
Oklahoma City August 22 The state board of pharmacy faces district court action in Mere Sank 24 over claims that Muskogee drug stores lack registered pharmacists on duty. Powhatan a Muskogee druggist says more than 30 stores endanger the public by not maintaining qualified personnel. He seeks a court order to revoke retail licenses of stores without on duty registered pharmacists. The board disputes the charges and notes inspectors found few violations.
PINEDALE WY Aug 22 Rodeo cowboy Cotton Lee of Fort Sumter NM bettered the rodeo record held by Dick Truitt of Stonewall OK when he timed 15.5 seconds to win the steer roping event. Errett Shaw of Stonewall collected 4008 as top money winner in steer roping with five steers in 99 seconds overall. Second money of 3400 went to Chome Webster Nowata whose average time was 219 seconds.
Frank McConnell pastor of the Church of the Nazarene spoke to the Lions club at Kanawa on Friday. He discussed the vendal issue to be voted on in Oklahoma on September 27 and led the Fontater county unit of the United Orux in presenting Ascussion of the teste Waser in taist form. A new process for esolime large glecter¢c machines was described as revolutionary as hydrogen cooling in the wweaoties.
Junior Chamber of Commerce members spent Sunday repainting street markers across the southeast city quarter. The city provided materials while Jaycees supplied manpower. Volunteers, including Lewis Watson as committee chairman, completed aluminum posts south of Mf street with numbers and avenue names.
Detroit August news tells of Ernest Gillam a cancer patient who after appealing for work received a life changing offer from a wealthy local philanthropist. The donor promised a permanent job after arranging treatment with a renowned doctor and cures, ensuring Gillam would not settle for mere temporary relief.
Ablose School will begin the fall schedule with enrollment on Aug 29, per J C Treas. Teachers will be Mr and Mrs Treag and Mrs Troy Melton. The school has improvements since last year, including building painting, gas furnace, a 12?cnt deem treeze unit, and new library books and an encyclopedia set added to the library.
Four polio victims remain in a local hospital ward at Valley View Hospital. Several patients were discharged over the weekend as polio cases show signs of downgrade in this area. AP reports three Oklahoma deaths related to polio over the weekend, bringing the statewide fatality to 37 for the season. Wilma Jean Gish, 12, died in Alva after Friday admission, and Berman Moravec, 22, of Waukomis, died in Bad late Saturday after admission to St. Mary’s.
Leavenworth Kansas August 22 A 33 year old former navy private and war veteran Frederick W Wade, convicted of rape, hitchhiked from Farmome Washington to return to Leavenworth federal penitentiary. Wade had been released in 1947 on a writ of habeas corpus after beginning a two year sentence, a Supreme Court ruling later reversed. Wade served time for a court martial in Germany and was repeatedly reduced by clemency actions before eventually being remanded to prison.
Newspapers and residents, including many ordinary Mexicans, oppose city planners push to plant cactus along a central mall street. The Paseo de la Reforma renovation turned the sidewalks into traffic lanes, removed benches, and moved bronze statues of national heroes farther away, angering those who valued shade and civic art.
A county traffic update explains new Uniform Traffic code rules for drivers entering through highways from side roads. Drivers must stop at entrances and yield to highway traffic. violations carry a fine from 3 to 25 dollars.
Oklahoma moves into toll road field with a four lane toll super-highway proposal from Indiana to Cleveland, funded by revenue bonds and RCC support. Governor appoints a five member commission to study feasibility, with potential location selections and bond selling to finance construction. Estimated cost about 200.9 million dollars. Other states advance toll networks including Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Jersey, and Ohio.
In Omaha in August 2044 Deputy County Attorney Robert Bfe Gowan questioned a witness about a shooting. The witness hinted at recognition and previous defense testimony in a murder trial, but could not recall many details.
Viola Gilley reports Loyd Gilley, a boy from Ada, missing after church services on Sunday. A thorough search by officials and neighbors traced him to the Bethune home where he had climbed into a car bed and fallen asleep, then was safely returned to his mother.
Royal Canadian Air Force officials said two Dakota planes joined a third aircraft in a search over northern Manitoba for a Canso seaplane missing with about 20 people aboard. The Canso left Churchill last night, last radioed from the Budsens Bay area, and the search aircraft included crews and support staff.
A bizarre scene from Sunatra, Java, and Borneo shows a male horsbil cementing his mate inside a hollow tree while she rears their young. While imprisoned, the female is fed by the mate with food pellets wrapped in skin, highlighting unusual animal behavior in a forest habitat.
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