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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
2
A government study says a guaranteed annual wage can stabilize the economy and aid prosperity. Latimer reports that with coordinated unemployment compensation the cost to employers rises little, and recommends broader benefits and tax exemptions to foster adoption.
The Federal Power Commission authorizes an 84 million dollar Texas Wisconsin Michigan natural gas pipeline with 1076 miles of line and 892 miles of branch lines, plus 23.6 million for Panhandle Eastern facilities. The project serves Detroit Milwaukee Madison Oshkosh Janesville and four Missouri towns, likely completing by fall 1948.
E N Jones president of the Southern Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association announces the pecan show will be held in the offices of C H Hailey county agent on Saturday December 7. M R Wood president of Pontotoc Farmers Union and vice president of the association will exhibit. his parish Chapel area orchard contains about 1000 trees though crop is down with higher prices offsetting lower yield. Wood has marketed 3300 pounds of native pecans plus about 1000 pounds of an improved variety at 50 cents and 25 cents per pound respectively.
OPA said sugar stamps No 9 and 10 issued for home canning are extended for 30 days. The two stamps remain valid for five pounds of sugar each through December 31, replacing the prior expiration of November 30.
A brief note explains that butchers keep straw hats on at all times to shield their faces from accidental bumps against beef, lamb, and pork in the cold storage.
A second attack in Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehudah quarter began around 9 p.m. with machinegun fire from nearby rooftops, followed by explosions possibly from road mines. Police pursued attackers toward rocky ravines as tracer fire lit the darkness. the all clear came after nearly five hours amid reports of wounded individuals and continued gunfire near the central post office.
Congressmen from both parties voice strong support for a final showdown with John L. Lewis over the coal strike. House Republicans warn of legislation to curb Lewis if the stoppage endures, while Sen Elbert Thomas suggests a warfare fund as a possible compromise.
J Y Caudle of the WAA Tulsa regional office will visit Ada December 17 and 18 to meet automotive jobbers wholesalers dealers and distributors. The WAA will offer scarce auto and truck parts with a large inventory valued at 271 million dollars as of November 1 1946.
Six radio patrolmen and two ambulance attendants pulled a man from subway tracks after a train passed. The man, Law Mitch, a 45 year old porter on the Queen Elizabeth, awoke and explained he had an overpowering desire to sleep. He was saved before another train arrived.
Ada is listed as a stop on Central Airlines feeder routes approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board. The Oklahoma based, funded and managed line serves Tulsa Amarillo via Bartlesville Ponca City Enid Woodward Pampa and other legs including Tulsa Dallas and Oklahoma City Dallas via multiple Oklahoma towns. The plan aims to lift mail passenger and cargo service with four years of effort and no official company confirmation yet.
The Good Neighbors club of Union Hill met at Mrs. Cunningham's home for a Christ mas program and sewing. Refreshments were served. Present were Mrs. Hurley Mrs. Daisy Jackson Mrs. Emma Jones Mrs. Kirkes Mrs. Ruby Duckworth Mrs. Lula Keeling Mrs. Velma Scates Mrs. Oma Enloe Mrs. Lela Rose Mrs. Warren Cunningham Mrs Ina Haynes and Mrs Cunningham. The next meeting will be at Mrs Ina Haynes home on Wednesday December 11.
Whales cannot breathe underwater and must surface to inhale air, a process similar to humans holding breath.
Ada reports four burglaries Thursday and three more in Stratford Friday night. O A Bayless owner of the Stratford drug store says merchandise was taken and a safe lock broken but he could not access the safe Saturday. Linvell General Store and O T Garage suffered larger losses with safes opened and cash registers robbed. Bayless notes only small change taken, no drugs lost.
East Central band director Paul Enix reports new officers for the ensemble. Donald Hatch from Ardmore is elected president and leads the band as a violinist, flutist, saxophonist, and arranger. Ada’s Joe Reed becomes vice president and trombonist. Reba Nell Bethel from Ada, secretary, plays french horn, piano, and sings, also active in Epworth League. Additional appointments include Jim Drake as business manager and Eldon Chowning as librarian. Lowell Neal from Konawa remains drum major.
OFFICERS SEARCHING FOR MISSING MAN STROUD Okla Nov 30 Officers today continued their search for Harve Neally 50 Pitcher mine operator whose weighted clothing was found in Deep Fork river south of here yesterday Lincoln county Sheriff Andy Orr said it had been definitely determined that a body found near Stanton Mo Thursday night was not that of Neally Mrs Neally identified the clothing as that of her husband.
Governor Kerr approved a 10000 allocation from the contingency fund for food and maintenance at the Oklahoma State Veterans Hospital in Sulphur for the rest of the fiscal year. The request came from the hospital superintendent and the soldiers relief commission.
War Secretary Robert P. Patterson told a national mobilization conference that the United States must ask Congress in January for a deficiency appropriation of 369 million dollars to cover occupation expenses for the first half of 1947. Of this sum 105 million is for the rehabilitation and resettlement of 620000 displaced persons in Austria and Germany. He noted 3 million had already been returned home from American zones, but many more remain homeless.
Sharon King admitted entering the Wright Funeral parlor drunk and climbing into an empty casket where an arm appeared and a snore was heard. Judge Krause fined King $10 and warned him to avoid such places, joking he might have been embalmed.
Floyd Stewart a 36 year old farmer was killed in a late yesterday airplane crash near his home nine miles south of Moline Kansas His father Jess Stewart helped recover the body from the wreckage The plane did not burn Survivors include his wife and three daughters aged 13 9 and 1
The state school land commission will receive bids on oil and gas leases for 11 tracts across four counties Caddo Cotton Grant Harper. Tracts totals include 153.64 acres in 1-6N-12W and 158.16 acres in 4-6N-12W in Caddo. 160 acres in 33-3S-10W and 160 acres in 16-3S-11W in Caddo. 120 acres in 36-28N-3W in Cotton. and a 120-acre tract in 34-27N-23W in Harper.
State OPA Director John N. Varnell asked to be relieved immediately so he could return to private business. He also disclosed he declined a regional executive post with the agency. He has served as state director since January 2, 1945.
A local Ada report notes 96 percent of residents buy at least one gift annually. The piece hints at greater returns for amounts invested in gift purchases.
Lake Success N Y Nov 30 AP The United States joined Soviet Russia in urging the United Nations to grant the atomic bomb top priority in global arms limitation but the two powers diverged on veto usage in a disarmament program.
Thomas Grover Kelly longtime Ada resident died Friday night after a stroke. Born November 4 1885 in Carroll county Arkansas he served Fort Smith and Ada in electric utilities for 37 years rising from laborer to district manager. Survivors include wife Florence Ellen Wallace two sons Howard and T G Kelly Jr and daughter Ed Martin Ada civic leader and former Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis official was praised for community service. Funeral services are planned in Ada and Fort Smith with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
Cameron coal company will abandon its Cameron mine in Williams Oklahoma due to a bad labor situation. Mine Superintendent W M Stroud says the mine with 115 workers has operated over 30 years as steel tracks and equipment are removed. Headquarters are in Kansas City. Reports of closures at other Cameron mines are unconfirmed.
All-electronic color television remains in the laboratory stage, with engineers pursuing practical prototypes and potential commercial applications. The notice highlights ongoing research and planned future developments in color display technology.
Thanksgiving morning Donald Crabtree and relatives hunted for quail at 901 East Fifteenth Street. A rabbi t hawk appeared, was stunned, then released by Donald after family debate. The bird later vanished from a tree, leaving mixed feelings about its return.
Tulsa report says the Tipton Oklahoma orphanage board purchased four hospital buildings at the Frederick air base after a fire destroyed their own structures. The Federal Works Agency had requested the Frederick base for college classrooms but released the buildings to the orphanage. Orphans are now housed in Tipton homes.
Houston date: November 30. An explosion and ensuing fire enveloped three or four oil storage tanks at the Eastern States Refinery on the Houston ship channel around 2 p.m. today. The number of injured and other details were not yet available.
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