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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
2
Relman Mor reports from New York on American morale and strategic options in Korea after months in Asia. He notes a slow, grinding war with high cost, the potential need to pull back, and continued pressure by sea and air. Koreans seek independence, and Japanese sentiment bonds to the region shape regional responses as the war drags on.
Hong Kong dispatch reports that Communist China could field about 12.9 million troops by year end 1981 based on current mobilization, with a regular army of five million and an estimated two million more in coming year. The mobilization drive, announced December 12, calls for workers and students to join military training.
A Tuesday night low dipped to 14 degrees with no moisture in sight to break the winter drought. Tuesday's high reached 89 degrees, far below Christmas Day's 101, while Hobart reported 12 and McAlester 19. The statewide forecast predicts slightly warmer conditions in the northwest and mild improvement by Thursday.
Joan J. Allen, former Enid mayor, died at his home after a long illness. Allen served as mayor through 1884 and was a longtime member of the Oklahoma Masonic lodge, achieving 32nd degree Mason status. He retired in 1944 as vice president of a savings and loan firm.
The piece argues that the Korean War shifts the wider war outlook, with Red China threat looming and India, Indonesia, and the Philippines uneasy. It highlights seven battle‑hardened American divisions in Korea as crucial to training a Digger army, praising the GI as resilient, adaptable, and battle‑tested since World War I.
Severe cold and subfreezing temperatures hit a wide area from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Readings dropped to 35 below zero in Decorah Iowa and 10 below in Chicago and Milwaukee as the arctic air mass pushed south toward the Gulf states with no immediate relief seen.
Glenn McCarthy's teenage daughter Glenna Lee eloped with George Pontikes, son of a Houston shoe repairman, in Waco after a Rice-Baylor game. Justice Nash Oliver officiated. both families declined comment. An affidavit claimed Glenna was over 18 and Pontikes 15, conflicting with other reports of ages. Glenna attended the wedding as an honor attendant to Mary Margaret McCarthy Richards.
Bangkok reports the government approves a 200 ton rice sale at a special price to India to aid families affected by the recent Assam earthquake. The move aims to ease shortages and support relief efforts across the region.
Washington dispatch outlines U S Army and Navy recalls of reserves for March and spring duty. Army mobilizes 7 504 junior officers from National Guard and reserves with groups reporting February 5 and March 18. also releases 350 dental and 415 medical officers. Navy recalls reserve officers including V 12 graduates and ROTC volunteers as part of wartime expansion. exemptions and deferments noted.
Local Methodists join nearly nine million members in nationwide mid century prayer for peace. Announcement from Asbury Methodist Church outlines urgent call to unite of prayer amid grave world crisis. The Methodist Episcopal Church board urged pastors to gather in prayer for God to avert war and seek lasting peace.
Oklahoma's 1948 state pig estimate was reported at about 656000 head, roughly 10000 more than 1947 and the highest since 1948, according to federal state reporting service data. The figure indicates continued growth in hog numbers across the state under the federal program.
Norman shows a dramatic population increase as the Dec 27 era data reveals a 136 percent jump from the prior census, placing it in a 25 000 figure range. The new count reflects a marked expansion since ten years ago, with the 1945 census cited as a baseline for comparison.
In mid January the Jin Infantry Division's officers and 45th Division staff prepared for federal service. The 31st Battalion reports to Fort Jackson on January 16. A dog named Tuffy misses his family in Muskogee but finds comfort. Salyer family plans move to Leeds. Three officers from the 120th Medical Battalion transfer to Brooke General Medical Center. Capt. Barbour, Gust, and Pedigo reassigned. An accidental injury at barracks involves Laninsky, who will return to duty after healing. Private Woods seeks five day emergency leave for his wife’s delivery in Pawhuska, while pneumonia affects mother and child.
Ren Morris a Democrat from Oklahoma aims to endue in the new Congress his effort to transfer over 7,000 acres in the old Fort Reno remount station to the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes held in trust. He expects Senate action on a House approved bill this session. The land and buildings were transferred to the Agriculture Department after a prior act left the project unused. A&M officials told committees they want to continue the land program.
McALESTER Okla Dec 27 UrbanAn assistant county attorney and the municipal judge here will swap posts. Jen 2 Hope now judge will resign and become judge Gotcher will take private law practice in McAlester while also assuming part time municipal judge duties.
In Darwin and across Northern Territory Australia authorities note multiple uranium deposits from Rumminale to Ferguson River and Alice Springs area. gov rewards paid to discoverers amid claims of 180 mile exploration corridor near a famed 1888 show site.
CSLO Norway, Dec. 27 Fi Tr gye Lie said last night that a United Nations failure to stop the communist attack on South Korea would doom UN forces aims there or any other piece. The United Nations secretary general declared that UN forces would not give up in Korea, even though it might mean war with Red China. The radio address urged a unified, free Korea under a government chosen by the people, rejecting outside pressure from any ideology. He said if the attack on the Republic of Korea is not repelled, there will be no basis for further aims and peace in Korea. The secretary general urged a solution that creates a wind of peace for a free Korean people and the United Nations.
Fry sells the Ready Mix Concrete Co established by Roy Fry at the start of December. Tom O'Dell will become manager in late January. O'Dell is division engineer of the Duncan district for the state highway department, with 26% years there. Botts Hulme runs several plants in the state with headquarters at Chickasha, and operations at Chickasha Elk and El Reno.
Karen Key Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keirh Marshall, shared Christmas with both sets of grandparents and two great grandparents. The gathering included E. L. Hendren of Ponca City, 92 years old, and extended family from Ada, Oklahoma City, and Lubbock.
In Duncan Oklahoma a flash fire in the garage apartment of the home of George L Page 68 killed the oil company president. Firefighters spent an hour bringing the blaze under control Page slept in the building and apparently fell asleep while smoking. Page a Mississippi native who moved to Duncan in 1921 helped found and led a petroleum company Survivors include his wife Mildred Gitts of Wichita Falls Texas and two children Catherine and Nancy Funeral arrangements incomplete
Soviet Tas news agency reports a dam project on the Iske river near new Sofia. Three peace plants are to be built on the cam. A 1 535 acre impounded reserve is described. Promet completion aimed for 1955.ments of linen are used on Py imran carr travel re on Py imran carr.
Washington reports discuss why allied bombers have not destroyed major hydroelectric dams on Manchuria and North Korea borders. The piece notes military opinions, risks of Russian pretext, and potential strategic effects on supply, transportation, and downstream areas, with quotes from Representative-elect Alfred Sieminski and Pentagon sources.
Clarita residents host relatives from Levelland Randolph Wichita and many others while several lines report holiday visits. A Christmas car crash near Hawthorne Nev. killed a baby and seriously injured Mrs Piearcy. Poultry house fire at Clarita destroyed the building with livestock saved.
In Detroit a would-be thief targeted Dorothy Kozo as she returned from a grocery. She struck him with a half gallon milk carton, splashing his head. At near zero temperature the milk froze instantly, forcing the robber to flee without gaining any money.
A new food preservation process called somization sterilizes without heat and aims to keep foods fresh. Brazil and Colombia supply about 30 percent of the coffee used in the United States.
Christmas Day births mark holiday activities at Valley View hospital with three newborns a girl for Mrs Lundgaard a girl for Mrs Griffin and a boy for Pauline Love. Six patients remained hospitalized on Christmas Day, twice last year, as seven carolers visited the hospital during the season.
Jimmie Chambers, son of Vel and Mrs. Chambers, is ill at the home of Sherman Chambers with mumps. Floyd Linn, Murray College student, visited in Tishominga with the Linn family. Numerous relatives from Sims, Bluford UL, Francis, Lakeland, Weleetka, and Ada area gathered for holidays and gatherings including slumber parties and family visits. Notable names include Mabel Caperton, H L Ray, Julius Conley, Noel Hooks, Charley Hooks, Oletha, Odean Sherrel, Jake Howery, Finis Logan, Lloyd Stettler, and others enjoying holiday time and health updates.
Akron forecast suggests a bumper rubber band production boom with more than two billion bands produced, signaling a strong market outlook for the rubber band industry. The report highlights the growing demand and the scale of manufacturing in the sector.
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