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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
8
NEA report from Rio de Janeiro notes rising inflation boosts Communist appeal and boosts Getulio Vargas prospects. It describes inflation estimates, currency growth, wage gains, and housing shortages fueling leftist and Vargas momentum ahead of January elections.
British forces placed all Jewish communities along the Palestine coast out of bounds to 30 000 troops amid a manhunt for kidnapers who abducted a British major and three sergeants. Authorities warned the rule may last past New Year’s Eve as tension rose in camps. The Ocean Vigour arrived in Haifa with 750 Jewish refugees deported to Cyprus for lack of immigration papers. Police and troops pressed the search for the flogging perpetrators.
A lengthy tour of the convention hall exposes rusted boilers, scattered radiators, and piles of junk in multiple rooms. Lighting failures and outdated decor contrast with a functioning rest room and the police station area, while officials note heavy repairs would be needed.
Carrie Jacobs Bond, famed lyricist of I Love You Truly and 175 songs, will be enshrined in Forest Lawn Memorial Park’s court of honor as the second immortal. She died after a heart attack at 84, with private funeral services planned January 11 before entombment beneath the Last Supper window. Survivors include two granddaughters Dorothy Jaehne and Elizabeth Walter.
Mary Ellen Maxon ten years old daughter of Edna Maxon died after finding an old pistol at home and discharging it as her stepbrother Earl Triplett tried to pull it away. Police said the bullet struck her chest in Oklahoma City.
The term welterweight denotes a 28 pound weight used in handicapping both horse racing and boxing. It highlights cross sport usage of the term and how specific weights influence competition.
A New York spoof parades a rotating cast of figures from politics, entertainment, and popular culture in a tongue in cheek list of “nomination” items. Names such as Mae West Jimmy Durante and Emily Dickinson appear amid playful jabs at public life and society during the silly season.
Officials report one of the largest cattle rustling rings in the area has been uncovered with Raymond Grubb and Buck Goodman jailed in Duncan. Hogs stolen from a Vanoss farmer were found on a ranch operated by the pair, who allegedly ran lockers under assumed names across five counties. County authorities plan to return the hogs to their owner and note the suspects recently acquired a new Studebaker truck after a deal in Ada.
The Oklahoma Highway Commission announced a Jan 11 bid setting for three highway projects in Comanche, McClain and Okmulgee counties. Estimated total costs run around 1 million dollars with funding from state and federal sources. bids already opened on other projects totaling about 2.726 million.
Oklahoma City reports the state pardon and parole board recommended clemency for Jake Strickler once head of the stolen car division who is serving two sentences for car theft. Also listed for parole are John Allen Edwards Kenneth Lamb James Wolfe Jimmie Factor Gladys Willett Edward Turk and Mike Corley with varied terms for auto larceny murder forgery and robbery.
The Oklahoma Merit System Council lists examinations on January 18 for various jobs. Applications must be postmarked by January 10. Interviewer and supervisor roles, field supervisor, employment office manager, chief of informational service, and other positions are named. Applications available at local welfare, health, or employment offices or by writing Roy A. Dillon at 606 Wright, Oklahoma City.
A compact year in review listing key events from 1946. Truman calls for strike control. U N meets in London with Spaak elected president. CIO AFL strikes expand. Russia Iran and Middle East issues appear. atomic tests at Bikini and world body developments mark the year.
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario reports a blast from molten slag pouring into snow at the Albama Steel Corporation plant. No casualties and Vice-President Holbrook calls the damage superficial.
In a damaged Yokohama house near a bombed church a small group of American GIs and Japanese Episcopalians hold services. An improvised altar, blue altar cloth, candle holders, and beer-cans for wine forge a shared church community that attracts Americans and Japanese, with self sustaining finances from small gifts and crafts.
Tulsa man Pi Lo well Tyner reported to Chicago police that a so called friendly man took a certified check for 1665 dollars to buy a new car. The man vanished with Tyner’s funds after leaving the agency with him and entering a taxicab. Police could not identify the stranger.
Eugene M. Moore a building contractor and detective story fan sat in the public library to read Sherlock Holmes. Ten minutes later his overcoat was found missing from a stack of crime stories with no clue left behind.
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