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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
1
Icy roads across Oklahoma left most state highways at a near standstill as a winter mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow moved across the state Wednesday night into Thursday. Authorities urged motorists to stay off roads and watch for closures and accidents overnight.
The weather bureau issued a shipper's forecast with readings showing 5 to 10 degrees above normal in the northwest, 12 to 16 in the northeast, and 20 in the southwest and southeast.
State highway patrol reports many motorists stranded overnight as blizzards and sleet sweep southeastern Oklahoma. Snow and freezing rain close highways including U S 66 and 62 amid temperatures from 4 to 45 degrees. Cars abandoned or sheltered, with 200 to 300 people aided. trains and air travel largely halted.
Ada News Want Ads reports improved value for investments in vested plans. Details outline enhanced yields and longer-term benefits for savers, with emphasis on reliability and return stability.
Weather forecast for Oklahoma indicates snow tonight, clearing Friday. Showers east noon, colder tonight and Friday with low temperatures from 5 to 10 degrees and readings up to 25 degrees in the southeast.
Ada residents recall a five week deep snow and sleet episode starting January 10 1930 that froze the ground eight inches deep iced hundreds of waterlines and halted most travel. OG and E installed a transformer to thaw lines and later a surge of relay lines eased shortages before the next winter.
County tax assessor Charley Rushing began the annual property valuation for tax purposes as 200 visitors arrived before 11 am. Real estate valuations now require a minimum 50 percent assessment, with March 15 as the deadline, as the office handles real estate personal property intangible tax and homestead exemption applications.
Sleet and new snow dampened Ada’s day, registering about .40 inch moisture by Thursday morning. Temperatures hovered around 28 to 32 degrees as bus service resumed mid afternoon though schedules remained unreliable. Children played in the snow while streets remained slick and drivers wrestled with ice and snowbound cars.
Oklahoma City report notes the 5 cent coffee may pressure 1947 restaurant profits. Robrey Price, executive secretary of the Oklahoma Restaurant Association, says one third of state eateries could close due to rising costs and a weak economy. He cites nickel coffee as a profitless practice harming operators. A separate odd line discusses Seahorse ashes used as a baldness remedy.
Oklahoma City January 2 1947 A federal report shows December 1946 prices received by farmers rose from a year earlier but most values stayed below peaks after controls were lifted Egg prices rose to 43 cents a dozen in December 1945 and 45.5 cents in December 1946 Butter jumped from 51 cents to 82 cents per pound Wheat moved from 1.50 to 1.90 per bushel Corn rose from 1.18 to 1.46 per bushel Beef cattle 10 to 14.70 per cwt Hog prices 14.00 to 22.20 per cwt Cotton 19.8 to 27.6 cents per pound Cottonseed 52 to 140 per ton.
Walter Cletus Torbett, 28, of Tulsa, died when his auto swerved into a tree after he became ill during a drive home from Oklahoma City with his wife. Mrs Torbett was slightly hurt. Police said the death will not be listed as a traffic fatality due to illness causing the accident.
The article notes that over a million Americans visit foreign countries annually in normal times, highlighting the scale of international travel and the steady flow of travelers across borders.
Twenty three lots of modern Herefords will be offered for sale at the third annual Hereford Heaven auction at the Armory north of Ada on Friday night starting at 8 p.m. A committee of stock men selected top cattle from member ranches including Delaney Lazy D Likins Flying L and Turner ranches. The sale, featuring Hazlett and Chief Domino lines, last year topped Oklahoma sales and ranked highly nationwide.
Norwich report notes Sir Nicholas Henry Bacon 89, premier English baronet and descendant of Elizabethan essayist Francis Bacon. An ancestor, Sir Nicholas Bacon, was first to receive a baronetcy under James I era.
Central high reported no absences among 2400 students while other schools faced light attendance on the first day after holidays. A caller to WKY claimed to be superintendent H. B. Bruner saying schools would close due to 4 inch snow, then Bruner denied it and classes were held as the station resumed broadcasts. Some teachers chose not to attend after the false alert.
President Truman narrowed his public schedule to concentrate on finalizing the legislative message for the new Congress. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said there would be no news conference until next week.
James J. Maloney of Binghamton New York was sworn in as chief of the United States Secret Service today taking over from Frank J. Wils who retired after a decade leading the agency.
England during the war imposed penalties for throwing ticket stubs on streets as they were needed for paper salvage efforts.
W A Gus Delaney plans a complete dispersal of 575 cattle across 464 lots at the Lazy D sale barn in Ada with two sales days starting Friday at 10 am. Weather may affect attendance as buyers travel from afar. Beau Zento 54th and Del Zento brother top the lineup with ABC WKY and KVOO radio broadcasts. Hotels are full. sale runs 10 am–6 pm each day with lunch at noon.
Mrs Wesley Mc Donald aged 48 died from fumes inhaled from a gas stove. Her husband remained unconscious and two others were hospitalized. Nurse Mrs S A Blake aged 79 was serious but conscious and expected to recover. A minister found the trio in the Mc Donald home.
Netherlands military spokesman says artillery supported Dutch infantry overcame stiff Indonesian resistance Monday to occupy the southeastern section of Medan, the prewar capital of Sumatra, as of Jan 2.
In London on January 2 AP reports David Ben-Gurion chair of the Jewish Agency Executive warned that Britain must resolve the Palestine issue or risk a small scale war to maintain control. He later told Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones he believed a Jewish state would be created in Palestine within his lifetime.
Irgun Zvai Leumi rejects American Rep Joseph C Baldwin call for a truce and vows continued warfare to free Palestine. A military court condemns a Jewish underground member to death for an April attack on a police station in which two officers were killed. Dispatches note British openness to partition as a potential solution.
Washington reports on the eve of a Republican dominated Congress as leaders prepare for organization. Leo E. Allen predicts broad Democratic support for GOP labor measures, with strikes curbed and arbitration discussed. Party leaders planned to shape the House and Senate harmony ahead of the session.
A character describes a bleak daily routine with cigarettes and coffee for breakfast followed by an exhausted, unsatisfied day. Lunch is a sandwich and a wash, ending with insomnia. By ten, anger grows from the day’s weariness and frustration.
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