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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News editor praises the state highway commission for taking over more roads but warns against punishing some counties. It notes that travel numbers alone do not indicate importance and emphasizes considering road conditions and future potential. The piece supports expansion while urging careful evaluation and fair treatment.
The piece contrasts Athens and Sparta focusing on citizen primacy versus state power. It traces how mass education shifted power toward the common man, notes rise of dictatorships in Italy and Germany, and warns the U.S. trends toward ruler-centered governance. It also urges cotton production improvements through manure use and fertilizer for higher yields.
The lesson urges daily watchfulness and faithful attitude like at New Year. It cites Luke 12 35 48 and the master idle wait for the knock, urging readiness for Christ's return and for daily duties amid wartime duties and defense training efforts. It notes Britain must land troops to restore independence and outlines engineering defense training programs to speed war effort.
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a 1937 North Carolina law imposing a 250 dollar annual privilege tax on firms displaying samples in hotels or rented homes to obtain retail orders. Justice Reed said the tax discriminated against interstate commerce. The decision aligns with reviewing Florida music copyright statutes and ASCAP concerns while noting other concurrent cases.
Kansas editor William Allen White, chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, says his sole aim is to keep the United States out of war and opposes repeal of the Johnson Act. He calls convoys with British or American ships unnecessary and notes he has never heard war as an objective in the group’s discussions.
Senators Wheeler and Truman described the financial history of Alleghany Corp as a prime example of reform failure. The report discusses the railroad holding company and the push for self reform facing political and corporate scrutiny in Washington.
A Texas case ends with a district court verdict awarding the state two Hastings field tracts in Brazoria county valued at millions. Judges may review. tract two remains under state claim as defendants receive tracts three through five. The state plans to argue further Friday before Judge Ralph Yarbrough.
Tulsa civic leaders dispute Oklahoma City’s claim of 236 conventions in 1941, arguing their list covers only large meetings and counts participants not spectators. Oklahoma City ranks third nationally behind New York and Chicago, while Tulsa disputes the method.
Washington dispatch notes that key domestic issues will compete with defense matters when the new Congress convenes January 3. Expiration dates loom for Roosevelt's monetary powers and the stabilization fund, and the soil conservation program ends January 1 1942 unless renewed. Also pending is the limited window to reorganize the executive branch by January 21 1941. Apportionment of House seats based on the 1940 census will follow 60 days after the new session. In Gainesville a worker was stripped, burned, and hospitalized. parents and siblings traveled from Ada to his bedside, as his condition was reported serious though no bones were broken.
Duncan high school band earned a loving cup trophy after weather prevented several district bands from traveling to Lawton. Lawton festival sponsors hosted a dinner for the visiting Duncan group, who faced travel risks yet competed and were honored with the trophy.
T. J. Reeves a lifelong Stonewall resident suffered severe burns Tuesday at a Walnut Bend Texas oil field when natural gas ignited while he assisted in wiring light bulbs atop a derrick. He fell twenty feet into flames and ran to water as witnesses described. He was treated in Gainesville and later moved to a Fort Worth hospital where his condition was reported improving.
Tishomingo residents hope Spring Creek water line will meet the Christmas deadline as rains slow progress on the two year project. Atoka reports debt reduced to 92,136.69 with steady payments and city improvements including paving and water line upgrades.
Tishomingo city schools extended holiday break ending last Tuesday due to a severe flu outbreak the worst in a decade in the county. All Christmas programs in the schools were canceled.
A committee in Lehigh reports 105.50 in contributions and 82.03 spent on a cemetery cleanup. Officials say forming a cemetery association is being considered.
A Christmas cantata titled Chimes of the Holy Night will be presented Sunday night at 7 30 o clock at the Baptist church in Coalgate. The event is announced as a special Christmas program for the community.
A blaze heavily damaged the First Presbyterian church in Wapanucka, reported as the oldest church in the city. Firefighters arrived after the flames had gained headway and could not prevent extensive destruction.
The British blockade has cut feed supplies and weakened Denmark’s ability to ship live hogs and pork to Germany. Danish pork exports in the first six months of German occupation averaged about 22 million pounds monthly versus 35 million a year earlier, with virtually all exports going to Germany.
The report notes that tires underinflated by six pounds reduce engine power by 13 percent, and underinflation of ten pounds nearly 25 percent.
Otto Groff of Duncan operated a local amateur radio to relay Christmas messages from the U S Marines on Guam to relatives in Virginia and the Dakotas. The Guam station's signals traveled about 7 500 miles, marking a first for a Duncan operator to reach Guam.
Albany New York December reports that the state employment service acts as an industrial detective finding jobs for unemployed workers. Director Richard C. Brockway says barbers and artists prove adaptable for airplane plants due to manual dexterity, aiding assembly and delicate control board work.
In Holdenville Oklahoma on December 23 Up reports eastern Oklahoma Indians revive archery using sinew bowstrings and dogwood arrows. Contests run long with tribes from Hughes Seminole Muskogee Okfuskee and McIntosh counties. prizes include chickens turkeys geese and pheasants. Stanley Smith of Holdenville promotes the revival and crafts bows and arrows as a hobby.
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