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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News establishes its 1901 origin with editor Wm D Little and details consolidations with the Ada Weekly Democrat Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star Democrat in 1912 and 1919. It lists publication cadence and mailing rates for the Ada area.
The president signals removal of most building material controls to speed housing. Veterans first priority is debated as supply and demand shape outcomes. Service members seek homes or rentals while education and career plans settle, with expectations of a record year for home construction.
A forward view for 1947 predicts broad prosperity if the public cooperates. It envisions jobs at fair wages, crowded schools, more capital for industry, and advances in transport, roads, and recreation, while cautioning against excessive demands.
A narrator recalls a revenue officer who hunted distilleries in rural North Carolina. He faced mob threats and deadly violence, including a woman trying to burn him out of a smoke house. The piece notes lynchings rising to six that year, all among Black individuals, and argues for lawful justice despite slow courts.
The writer notes head-on car crashes on highways echoing airspace near misses and urges safer driving. They argue drivers should find a way to avoid such accidents to improve public peace of mind on roads.
The author argues postwar demand boosts the case for diverse small industries while large firms dominated pre peace. Oklahoma lags Arkansas in industrial growth due to tax and proximity factors, and the state must create conditions to attract more industry or shift functions to manage state loads. The piece cautions that mere wishing won’t draw industry and calls for deliberate policy changes.
The piece argues President Truman faces two main goals for peace and domestic production and questions his ability to secure international cooperation and public support. It also promotes a Phillips Petroleum Griffith theatres film on Oklahoma soil and water progress and notes Oklahoma’s fiscal health under Governor Kerr with surplus funds and debt repayment.
The writer urges settling state and federal income tax obligations as soon as possible. They note many postpone until March but advise clearing small debts before year end to start 1947 with optimism.
Dr. Karl T. Compton argues that national security rests not only on military power but on the physical and moral fiber of the nation’s youth. The piece notes making New Year resolutions, acknowledging plans may fail but stresses aiming high.
Two recent student strikes ended quickly in this strike minded region as school authorities received aid from parents. The piece notes Mr Lewis and others were imagined by fathers using the hairbrush to curb ambition.
Opening day at noon January 3 for the 80th congress follows a ritual over 150 years old with calls to order by Leslie Biffle in the senate and Kenneth Romney in the house. It includes credentials checks, oath taking, and election of officers, with memorials for Bailey and vacancies noted.
Oklahoma public safety reports 482 highway deaths in the 11 months ending November 1946. The dead include 161 drivers 176 passengers 114 pedestrians 24 motorcyclists and seven bicyclists.
Three panthers escaped from crates in a rail baggage car near El Paso Texas. The animals paced the sidetrack as agent J W Callahan and a carnival trainer struggled to manage them. A dog in a crate and a barrel of fish added unease while Dr Noble Hamiter from Dallas was awaited to take charge.
The area experienced a rapid shift from cold to milder temperatures from Sunday to Monday with lows around 11 to 13 degrees and a Monday high near 49. Frigid conditions strained batteries and travel while some snow and rain melted. Ponca City logged five degrees with others at 8 to 14 degrees. A moderation was expected today as the 1947 shift looms.
The World Meteorological Organization confirms 136 degrees Celsius as the official highest temperature recorded in Azizia Libya in 1922 marking a historic extreme in North Africa.
Rep Knutson of Minnesota returns to Washington to chair Ways and Means and insists on a 20 percent cut in individual income taxes across the board. He cites an uncertain era and urges swift action while outlining plans to probe foreign trade policies and expand social security coverage. Several senators and representatives oppose a sharp cut without a balanced budget and debt payments.
Washington report notes Oklahoma influence in reorganizing act drafting Rep Mike Monroney joins forces with Sen La Follette to push the measure while potential committee shifts loom Rizley eyed for Rules chair with surplus property probe likely to continue Senate oil and gas interest framed by Ed Moore Oklahoma delegation sees gains as three Democrats defeated or retired in primaries and replacements elected Stigler aims to abolish Indian Affairs Bureau and push inquiry into UN relief funds spending
A navy chief petty officer Lowell Harrison 25 died and four other men were seriously injured when their car plunged over an embankment near Wister in LeFlore county Oklahoma. The car overturned five times. All victims were residents of Wister. Harrison was home on leave for the holidays.
Oklahoma City reports state relief recipients reached 90,992 for the month in an all time high. Over half of residents over 65 receive old age assistance with an average payment of 42.16 dollars, nearly double the two year prior average. Since May 1945, pensioners have risen by 13,159 and keep increasing.
A fire at Fort Crook near Omaha gutted the center section of a large pee agohalcomy building, forcing about 200 soldiers to evacuate. Pvt. Claude E. French was hospitalized for minor burns while helping fight the blaze. The block-long induction center housed about 500 soldiers and a boiler room central heating plant was destroyed, leaving the facility temporarily unusable. All personal property of resident soldiers was saved, a spokesman said.
London reports the death of Lady Hawkins widow of Anthony Hope Hawkins author of The Prisoner of Zenda. She was daughter of C. H. Sheldon of New York City and married Sir Anthony in 1903. The item notes his fame in the 1890s for romantic novels under the pen name Anthony Hope.
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