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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1944
Page
10
A faded clipping notes a historic Ada publication with telephones and postal details. The brief lists editorial and business office information as part of the newspaper's masthead and AP credit line.
A devotional line from Job 16 5 offering comfort through words and spoken reassurance to ease sorrow.
County commissioners supported by the excise board launched a three year effort to build reserve funds for a county road program in cooperation with state and federal entities. The plan aims to enable future equipment purchases and project opportunities as funding and priority arise. The piece cautions that value from timber like cottonwood could rise with future technology.
The note discusses liberated Europe, Italian and Greek tensions, and Hitler's potential hopes for Allied discord. It mentions anti cold tablets for workers, continuing bond drives, weather delaying sales, and urging timely purchases to support the war effort.
James Thrasher warns that television may bring progress and peril, echoing radio’s mixed legacy. The piece questions whether mass media will ennoble mankind or deepen folly, noting past inventions often outpaced virtue and urging focus on human character.
President Roosevelt faces a congressional bill that would grant widows and children of World War I veterans pensions for deaths from any cause. The measure, if signed, could cost billions as it expands benefits beyond service-connected death, prompting veto calls from critics.
A Yonkers fireman complained of a brutal shave that left his face cut and sore. The piece hints the barber may have endured previous customers and suggests the fireman perhaps challenged the barber with a wartime joke.
Bureau of Mines chemists find moisture helps gunpowder unite and jokes that keep your powder dry may be outdated. Parallel notes discuss shoe leather treatments for military and civilian footwear improving water resistance and wearability by about 25 percent.
Washington report notes the Big Steel decision favors CIO unions over AFL. CIO gains include wage raises for second and third shifts, vacation expansions, and severance pay, benefiting perhaps half a million workers and setting precedent for similar grants. AFL gains only vague assurance on future alignment with Big Steel.
The article outlines proposed WWI survivor pensions based on 90 days service and discharge for non dishonorable reasons. It notes payments to widows with or without children and income limits, plus conditions on marriage timing and posthumous claims. It compares to Spanish American War survivor pensions and mentions back collection concerns.
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