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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
4
A long discussion on homelessness and migration asks who should help such families facing job loss and moving in search of work. It notes debates over tax exempt securities, wartime alliances, and postwar planning, urging preparation for a peaceful economy and social support.
The House sustained President Roosevelt's veto of the Logan-Walter bill, killing the measure for this Congress. Roosevelt argued the bill would cause chaos in government operations and favor constant litigation. Senate approval had been narrow, and two thirds were unlikely. The veto message included Attorney General Jackson's analysis and noted potential impact on defense functions.
An English airplane factory reportedly completes a plane in about two hours, yielding 12 planes daily, with many similar plants on the island. German bombing has damaged none, suggesting Britain will have ample planes for defense and offense soon. Steel and some parts are shipped from the United States.
Oklahoma farmers turn to turkey and poultry crops to lift finances. Raisers learn care, feeding, and marketing while other sidelines like irrigation water for gardens extend profits. The practice helps grow winter supplies and bank accounts.
The piece notes poultry and egg exports as a small, fluctuating factor and highlights North Western Arkansas as a main cash crop area. It praises the community’s generosity toward the twenty most needy families and celebrates the East Central Education association’s upcoming Ada meeting, reflecting local civic and educational spirit.
Christmas bonus checks totaling $320 were distributed Wednesday to employees of Anthony's department store. Length of service and regular salary determined each check, with the gratuity shared by those with six months or more. The annual bonus is noted by manager W. J. Dillon Jr. at the Ada store.
With mechanized forces, mechanics become as vital as soldiers. As defense aims are met, the country will boast numerous trained mechanics. The piece emphasizes farmers also needing mechanical skill, noting the line Stay with the heaven Son never sets, and suggests changing the spelling of son to son preserves the meaning.
The president argues for arming America quickly and aiding Britain without monetary disputes. He says no war has been won or lost for lack of money and stresses broad American support for immediate defense amid the current world situation.
Campbell testified he drove from Shawnee to the post office on the day the trial was set and found a note telling him to leave town. Arthur Baker, a Ardmore grocer, saw a slender dark man near Hughes before the shooting and noted a resemblance to Laseman. Myrtle Crow recalled her brother Bob Adams bringing a man calling him Leonard to her home that morning.
In Libya the British push forward, the exhausted Italian rear guard yields, and captured prisoners funnel toward Egypt. Along the road they pass monuments the Italians raised to Mussolini, with inscriptions such as Those who stand still are last.
Reports claim sea serpents exist in large numbers but are actually just regular sized sea snakes.
Oklahoma City reports a crowded field of possible candidates for 1942 governor and other state offices. Figures named include Governor Phillips, James E. Berry, Ray Weems, Robert Kerr, Louis Ritzhaupt, Andy Singleton, E W Smartt, C C Childers, Carl Sebring, and Ran dell Cobb. The lineup could shift as the two year horizon narrows and races begin to form.
Peter Satko outlines a plan to set aside the Eagle river valley near Juneau as a cooperative homestead for economic stability. He envisions a model community with a school church stores and a dock for seven children after sailing the Ark of Juneau to Alaska.
The high command reported Italian fliers bombed oil supplies and harbor works at Port Sudan and other east African points. In Albania, renewed fighting between Italian and Greek troops continued in the south as Greek troop concentrations faced machine gun fire from Italian aircraft.
Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of Consolidated Oil, warned that crude stocks are too small and demand will rise in 1941 as more cars hit the roads and defense needs expand. Bureau of Mines data show U S crude stocks at 261 million barrels on Dec 7, with east of the Rockies supply under two months. Oil news notes brisk movement of light fuel oils in the Mid-Continent and several new discoveries across Kansas Texas and Louisiana fields.
Dr Sidney H Babcock former president of Oklahoma City University board of trustees will become superintendent of the Mangum district of the Methodist church January 1 He is pastor of First Methodist Church Woodward and was named to the post by Bishop Charles C Selecman He succeeds the late Rev D B Doak The Dominion of Canada is almost as large as the entire European continent.
British forces driving into Libya with Italian troops pushed from Egypt near Bardia. The offensive, now in its 10th day, relies on complete surprise and close-quarters combat as armored units advance west of Bardia and from Egyptian camps to seal the Italian border base.
Apparent low bids on nine State highway projects totaled 462 037, with bidders including G. E. Keck Fairview El Reno Construction Lee Pool Smith Brothers Ottinger Brothers Joe L. Pool Standard Paving Co. and others across Cotton Stephens Jefferson Cleveland Pottawatomie Lincoln Grant and Grant counties.
In London on December 18 the undersecretary of foreign affairs told the House of Commons the Ethiopian revolt against Italian occupation appears to be making progress. He added Britain will aid Emperor Haile Selassie and all Abyssinians willing to fight the occupiers.
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