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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
4
A columnist describes watching city pedestrians and reflects on social contrasts from a worn tire to a hopeful child, then shifts to critique life insurance marketing. They note life insurers hold only 12 percent railroad investments and that new business in ten months fell 22 percent versus 1937, urging clearer public messaging amid government programs.
City officials proposed an income tax for Philadelphia government but nearly repealed it as opposition grew. The piece argues for consolidating services and simplifying taxes across federal, state, county, and city levels to reduce burdens on working people and avoid bankruptcy. It advocates exclusive governmental duties and taxation to each level to curb the patchwork system.
The piece argues that cultural exchanges ease diplomacy as Alf Landon and U S delegates learn Peruvian dances. It cites Newark New Jersey allowing policemen with flat feet after a star printer’s feat. It asserts excellence over form in performances and sports, stressing results over method.
The piece reflects on the Christmas message of Gods great love drawn from Matthew 2 1 12 and urges readers to embody love and gentleness amid world conflict It contrasts Nazareths humble birth with ongoing hate and calls Christians to live with faith hope and sacrifice while recognizing religious liberty and the privilege of open Bibles and Christmas observance.
A reflective piece notes friends and enemies shape life and suggests accepting others’ flaws. It mentions a sensational Michigan trial where a former Oklahoma man is acquitted by claiming insanity, with lawyers proving sanity. The article muses about America claiming polar, lunar, or Martian territory, warning others may grab land first.
Some French observers who have seen two American football teams in action view the sport as a form of war rather than play. They argue it is a harsher clash than European conflicts, though still a superior kind of war.
The Carolinas peach growers map plans for an advertising campaign to boost demand for the coming season. The note praises Georgia and Carolinas peaches but blames weak advertising for limiting demand compared with other regions.
Oklahoma City December 19 UPI The state school lands commission approved an experiment to erect a $2,000 house on a 380 acre Johnston County farm south of Ada to raise rental income. Tenant now paying 360 a year would agree to 600 with a house. The depletion fund, used for soil and conservation work, would fund the project about 215,000 in the fund remains.
Gene Ford, director of the Atlas high school band, was elected president of the Southeast district of the Oklahoma band association at the all-state band clinic at Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater. Ada high school band members Maynard Russell Hicks Smith Gus Zorn Bobby Baubluts and Bobby Kroninger were named to the all-state band.
Over the weekend the Ada court clerk issued twelve marriage licenses eight on Saturday and four on Sunday. Named couples include Raymond Haze and Mozelle Barnes both of Ada AT Lasater with Al ine Pardue Ada. A L Lewis Jr and Phyllis Sinnett Ada Macon Harper Stonewall Opal Morrison Stonewall Walter Warren Atoka Virginia Faudtee Atoka Sam Blankenship Ada Netie Price Ada Perry Allen Ada Ruby Ruth Fennell Ada Jurman Johnson Oklahoma City Thelma Isbell Oklahoma City Clyde Revell Stonewall Jane Hall Stonewall and two couples requested secrecy.
Charles C. Moore waived preliminary hearing Monday before Justice A. W. Oliver on drunken driving charges and was bound over to district court. Moore, arrested October 15, pleaded not guilty and is free under $1,000 bond. Ed Reeves of Ada faced a related drunken driving count after a traffic mishap last week. he also pleaded not guilty and was released under $1,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for January 5.
The item provides a Q and A style prompt from the Oklahoma Patrol concerning when a holder of a physician's license must report a change of address, noting the need to notify upon any change.
The text explains that changing address or name requires written notice to the state safety commissioner within ten days. It states holders of a valid chauffeur's license do not need an operator's license. It notes contacting the county agent to apply for a driver's license and mentions upcoming cash income statistics with the December crop report.
Oklahoma road tragedies left eight dead over the weekend. Notables include Roy Homer Prather of Fort Cobb who died from injuries after losing control downhill near El Reno, and Mark Henry a 24 year old Oklahoma City mail truck driver killed when struck by a Santa Fe freight train. Mrs Ethel Delong 43 of Oklahoma City died when a car en route to California overturned near Pecos Texas while she planned a Christmas reunion with her father. Other fatalities include Thomas Yearby 45 Love county Indian, Julia Ann Coleman 15 and Darlene Coleman 5 in a crash near Oklahoma City, A W Campbell 78 of Oklahoma City in a crash at El Reno, Anna Page 78 of Joplin Mo who died from injuries in a December 4 crash in Tulsa, and James Ford 35 who died when a car overturned near Oklahoma.
The agriculture department estimated 1938 corn production at 2,542,238,000 bushels and wheat at 840,801,000 bushels. This contrasts with last year’s corn at 3,651,284,000 bushels and 1937 wheat at 875,876,000 bushels. Final production estimates cover all major crops with omitted statistics indicated.
President Roosevelt opened a week of Christmas observances with a Boy Scouts of America message urged acts of kindness toward others. The White House planned a national Christmas tree ceremony in Washington and Mrs. FDR would host a party for 36 children at the New York Women’s Trade Union League.
Oil Journal reports a 31 483 barrel daily increase in production for the week ending December 17, averaging 3 274 586 barrels daily. Oklahoma leads gains at 16 500, while East Texas rises 202 to 371 598 and California adds 8 650 to 671 750.
Thirteen of twenty crewmen remain on the encrusted Patterson wreck off Cape Fairweather as rescue efforts struggle with 30 to 45 mile per hour winds and heavy seas. They report enough food for about three days and plan air landings if conditions permit. Two crew members died when the ship grounded on December 12.
Miami Beach, Fla. Dec 19 The bodies of Charles S Rye 50 a United States Steel Corp official of Pittsburgh Pa and his six year old daughter Dorothy who had been missing since they started on a fishing trip Thursday were found in Biscayne Bay today Identification was made by Charles A McCaleb of Elmhurst Ill a brother in law An airplane pilot sighted the bodies afloat near the Miami Beach shore across the bay from where the empty motorboat washed ashore yesterday He notified police and circled over the spot until a harbor patrol boat recovered them.
A new streamlined locomotive capable of 125 miles per hour was unveiled in Erie. The unit pulls 15 sleeping cars and represents two years work by General Electric engineers with Union Pacific. It has a 5000 horsepower steam turbine plant and uses a closed cycle to conserve fuel and water.
A patrol report cites a fatal crash in Harm on county where a 10 year old wooden bodied car with pasteboard windows killed a four year old girl. State Safety Commissioner Gen try warns drivers face obscured vision and wooden bodies are unsafe, noting similar deaths in Beck ham county and urging steel bodies for safety.
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