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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
5
In Munster Indiana, the Hush team won a $25,000 prize package after a radio game show. The prize list included home goods, electronics, and appliances, with the couple crediting teamwork and luck for the win.
Dr Rutledge’s extradition case dominates reports from a hospital where poison may have claimed Hartman’s life. Attorneys argue self defense and the right to protect the home, as police investigate the alleged poisoning and lines of responsibility in a courtroom battle.
Special report from Antlers states the Randie factory will move north of the highway Jamellon site lies east of town on the Pierce estate along US 11. Goodrum, who started the plant eight months ago, says operations will continue for three years or until ash timber within 50 miles is exhausted.
A 21 year old woman reported tense circumstances after a left leg wound. Mrs Gay, a policewoman, gave an account that she did not know the gun was loaded. The incident involved a 3& caliber revolver and occurred after a young boy asked to see it. Taken to hospital for treatment.
Antlers Dee Stephenson and son Philip plan to set up a dairy plant on their reclaimed farm two miles east of Antlers on US 271 joining the Bolte program. They expect to purchase 6 months of registered dairy cows and build facilities after Arbor A Warr is completed. The piece notes Masame Skolowssa Curie as a unique world winner in the sciences.
Ellisville Mississippi report on a 2 year Navy veteran Davis Knight charged under Mississippi’s miscegenation law. District Attorney Paul Swertzinger says Knight’s ancestry, including Rachel knight as a potential negro ancestor, is central. Knight, who married a white woman in 1946, was convicted last night and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The case hinges on claims about bloodlines and the definition of white.
In Omaha on December 18 a regional committee pushed Missouri Valley Authority plans, reporting strong anti-MVA sentiment fading as many members shifted to support. The group urged passage of an MVA measure in Congress, proposing a $100,020 funding line and Washington regional offices, while denouncing irrigation waste and river basin development delays. A letter from Senator-elect Hubert H. rey and Rep. Murray signaled early advocacy for the MV A bill in the new session. The note highlights a broad effort to shape the Missouri Valley plan with political backing.
The Treasury reports a sharp rise in bootlegging during October with about 21 206 gallons of moonshine produced daily and over 709 arrests. Alabama Florida Georgia and South Carolina show the highest seizures while Coast Guard aircraft aid raids. Syndicates run several stills per county. federal efforts aim to curb the spurt though profitable schemes remain limited.
Senator Elmer Thomas argues state boards of education should control federal school aid funds and backs continuing federal school lunch programs. He supports a bill like last year's that would provide up to 300 million for states by need, noting Oklahoma would gain despite tax costs and urging federal support if local funding is insufficient.
The census bureau released figures from a sample survey showing 37.3 million families in the United States in April 1948. About 34.5 million were married couples, with 1.6 persons per family on average. Forty-eight percent had no children under 14.
Twenty nine 4H clubs held December meetings with Byng Colbert Pickett and Galey present. Topics included feeding stock in winter and controlling external parasites. Pudletins parasite control leaflets available from the county agent. Sammy Eye Wood fulfilled a 1940 dairy contract with Shannon Ford, while others plan more contracts in the coming weeks. Poultry project planning urged with housing, ventilation and chick orders for Christmas and January.
Recruit Jed Le Harlin son of Mr and Mrs Ed Marlin of Stonewall has been assigned to the Fifth Armored for six weeks of basic training. Before entering the army he worked as a construction worker and is now assigned to Company MA Ith Med Tank Ba. Fish cannot exist in the Dead sea because of the extreme sling. The first steel made in America was in Connecticut in 1791.
Christmas greetings open this note on holiday hope. It lists Home Demonstration Club project captains for 2-H clubs, including Clothing Arieliz Henry and Gardening Wanda Coley, plus improvements and food preparation leads. A holiday crafts and recipes section covers a poinsettia care guide and apricot coconut bites, banana pudding style cakes, with notes on costs, packing, and baking tips.
In wartime Navy metalsmith Jay Heath joined combat crews on Pacific islands. Now civilian mechanics at Lockheed Aircraft Service base in Burbank overhaul Pacific and Berlin Airlift transport planes returning to the U.S. after cycle reconditioning. Heath and about 65 percent of the workers trained as aircraft mechanics in the Army Navy and Air Force, applying streamlined procedures to C 5 and other transports. After overhauls fuselages are cleaned polished wings removed and reset insignia replaced by a white star with bars on a gray field. Planes return to service without long downtime, often on leave to the states. Heath notes cycle reconditioning also revived a C 54 he helped repair at Majuro Atoll three years earlier now returning for another overhaul.
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