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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
8
A 36 foot city police radio tower fell at about 8 40 am in the 260 block West Thirteenth when steady winds of 37 to 45 mph snapped a source tree line and knocked the tower to ground. Police say a patrol car near the site was unharmed but the sidewalk was blocked for over an hour. Replacement is projected at $500 and a temporary outage may last about a week.
Dec meeting news from Clarita includes 55 attendees with guest Jann Holly of Coal Gate FHA and Raymond White of Ada showing films. VFW women initiated four members. next meeting set for Dec 10. Local visits include Ms Mary Hassan of Nashville and families in Clarita. many social notes and church visits.
General Motors announced a price rise across its 195 model passenger cars. President C. E. Wilson said the average increase would be something less than five percent for Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick and Cadillac.
Edwin Dudley, Antlers youngest lawyer, was called for active duty December 13 at Fort Sill and received a direct commission as a second lieutenant in the U S Army. Awaiting orders from Eighth Corps area commander at Tinker Field, Dudley trained as a lawyer at Norman after leaving service March 23, 1945 following an European theatre tour, and partnered with his father Judge Dudley and Joe Stamper in Antlers.
Antlers reports list of local men bound for pre induction exams in Nashoba and nearby towns including Olen W Simpson Fred H Johnson Marvin Bryan Herbert Savage and William J Campbell along with transfers Leland Houseworth Benne Taylor Jesse Wigbington and others. Also assault hearing set for Leacil and Wood Kirkies brothers with witnesses James Henry and Davie Rust. Vocational agriculture teacher Rev H W Young in Antlers revival and Connie Lucille Diliunty taxi driver pleads not guilty to federal liquor charges.
Dr H E Hampton Jr announces closing his Antlers clinic on December 15 to wind up private affairs by January 7 when he proceeds to active duty at Sheppard Field Wichita Falls Texas as an air force reservist. He came from an Oklahoma City area hospital and set up the clinic last Sumner. A Oklahoma University Medical School graduate, he did an internship at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis. He is a native Oklahoman son of Mr and Mrs Hollis Hampton Sr of Durant.
Glenents Patterson of Antlers has been appointed senior accountant for the state highway department district office here. The post, created by Bill Amend’s resignation, becomes effective December 1 with Earl Tucker as assistant division engineer. Patterson, A and M graduate, has served in the accounting division since 1948 and also served in the ETO with ground forces. Amend left to join a Dallas corporation after four years in the post.
Americans held about five thousand dollars in life insurance per household at the end of the period, indicating growing coverage among families. The data reflects nationwide averages and underscores rising concern for financial protection.
The government will not support egg prices next year. Bureau of Agricultural Economics warns unsteady wholesale and farm prices could clip household costs in early 1951 but lift later in the year as reduced production and smaller flocks push prices up. The withdrawal may lower midwestern ungraded eggs more than eastern graded stocks, with farmers culling hens and fewer new hatchings possible.
Philadelphia on December 5 reports a boy, likened to a Spartan, who slipped two prize reptiles from the city zoo under his clothing. Curator Roger Conant said a python and an emerald tree boa, each over a yard long, were taken and warned the snake can bite when agitated. The incident follows a cautionary bell of theft and risk.
In Manila locals and U S GIs encountered a 10 ton sperm whale from Cavite base rising to the surface. Benedicto Torres fired on it after a surprise sighting as Privates Totyka Rot and Picklesimer helped haul the whale to Manila. Officials blocked disposal near land due to pollution fears and sought a salvage option or disposal site.
Oklahoma City December 5. The February draft will take 483 Oklahomans. State selective service headquarters announced the figure as officials expressed surprise. The national call is 50,000, with prior state shares of 699 and 612. With February counted, Oklahoma has been asked for 3,234 draftees.
In Augsburg Germany a former prisoner testified that a fellow inmate was beaten after saluting Frau Rosa Ko h widow of the camp commander. Other witnesses described prisoners forced to crawl in snow and a hanging, while one said Koch watched as dogs mauled inmates. A prior inmate recounted tanning shins and shrinking severed heads to the size of a pea.
A mentally unbalanced man was declared incompetent and moved to a mental institution in Norman. He damaged Pontatan county jail, ripping plumbing, flooding a cell, and causing water damage to the courthouse on the weekend. The incident involved a young Sonnevail man described as a Negro.
A blaze in New Orleans leveled the Rex Mardi Gras parade den on Calliope and Magnolia streets, destroying floats and costumes. Damage was about $100,000 and one fireman, Henry Sauter, 31, was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and back bruises. Rex says rebuilding the floats would be impossible, but other parades will proceed.
An unusually large Ada Chamber of Commerce meeting is expected Thursday at noon at the Forum Seeting. Principal speaker J Wiley Richardson of Oklahoma City, president of the Oklahoma Turnpike Association, will discuss plans for contracts and construction of a toll road between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and broader business and civic efforts for the state.
Ramona high school girls basketball team of ten were overcome by gas fumes in the dressing room during a dedication game for the new Dewey gymnasium. Coach W F Bass said players complained at halftime and were checked by their mothers, then taken to Bartlesville Hospital for treatment.
FITISTOWN NEWS reports the July Workers Club met with Thelma Waitwell on Thursday. members enjoyed refreshments. Next regular meeting is December 14 with Ruby Eaton. The Christo party is planned for December 28 at 7:30 p m at Maye Foxs home.
Noel Wyitt of Wart Central State leads a diverse student group from freshmen to senior in a Tuesday recital. Performers sang Italian and English pieces across baritone to mezzo soprano ranges, with Estelle Wortham Mary Scott Smith Cirroll Procter and others earning praise as accompanists Estellee Worsham Carroll Thompson and Mr Watt provided piano support.
Six nations led by United States Britain and France submitted a formal memorandum to U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie calling for immediate action to stop China’s intervention in Korea. The request, also backed by Ecuador Cuba and Norway, aims to bring the issue before the 14 nation steering committee for a vote today.
Camp Polk La December 6 7 holiday plans outline a light routine for Thunderbirds. Regular training will be continued from December 23 through January 1 with one and a half hours of required morning training. The rest of the day will follow unit commander orders as soldiers visit families. General James C Styren directs the holiday program.
Army tightening utility use at Camp Polk with 9 30 p m lights curfew and daytime heating only. Reports describe tensions involving Lt James Styron and First Lt Leon Carruth amid unit miscommunications. Generals visiting Camp Cocke and Oklahoma City aides tied to planning and training amid project to reduce erosion with logs fence and drainage work.
President Truman urged the mid century conference on children and youth that the world faces grave risks from Communist China and North Korean intervention. He said the United States must unite with the free world, pursue a just world order, and undertake widespread rearmament affecting the lives of young Americans.
Oklahoma City resident Gio vanni Stoest Lomanitz, 29, posted a 23150 bond after failing to answer questions before a Congressional subcommittee probing communist activities. He must report to Washington by 9 a.m. Friday or forfeit the bond as six counts of contempt are asserted by a federal grand jury.
The final month of Oklahoma's admin aims for a busy December with dirt contracts bid as part of a $31 million turnpike funding package. Ground breaking is planned December 18 between Sapulpa and Tulsa while opposition to the toll road recedes as federal rules shape routing to avoid congested business districts.
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