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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
1
Oklahoma City report shows Governor Phillips cutting the quarterly common school budget by 1.69 million dollars while promising to restore the funds if needed. A nine month term will be kept even with full appropriation. Expansion divisions may self fund and University of Oklahoma requests faced reductions.
Fort Towson Jan 3 Investigators slow moving after prison cook named as suspect in the New Year’s Eve deaths of Elmer and Mrs Rogers and their 4 year old son Dean. County Attorney Norman Horton and Warden Jess Dunn questioned the convict who attended church services despite earlier reports of drinking and AWOL. A physician confirmed James Glenn Rogers 8 survived by escaping with his infant brother Billie as buckshot and a slug were found in the victims. The inmate remains in custody at McAlester until the inquiry ends.
The county agricultural conservation office will accept requests for 1940 cotton allotments on farms without prior allotments. All farmers planning to plant cotton in 1940 and lacking an allotment must notify the county office by February 1. Requests then go to the state office. A C-2 reserve exists to allocate quotas to farmers without allotments who plan to plant cotton.
A dialect filled note argues against speaking on the beauty industry of Ranier, insisting caution after Christmas when New Year arrives, suggesting restraint in commentary and actions during the season.
County commissioners spent Wednesday in a contentious session over the charity fund with grocery and drug claims approved and medical claims delayed. They avoided deciding the key issue of splitting the depleted funds among the three districts, amid accusations of over spending and a lingering shortage with six months left in the fiscal year.
District Judge Tal Crawford named S. C. Boswell O F Johnson and R I Pollock as Pontotoc county jury commissioners for 1940. Boswell and Johnson sworn in. They plan to draw 200 names from the tax list to form jury panels this year.
A Tuesday night fire of undetermined origin destroyed the 12 room Konawa grade school causing over 45000 dollars in damage. Four hundred ninety four pupils lost classrooms while classes continued Wednesday in improvised spaces in the remaining building. County Superintendent Calvin T. Smith urged Seminole county schools to donate surplus books and supplies to replace losses. Ada firemen saved the high school and home economics building. The loss was estimated at 40000 dollars for structure and about 5000 dollars for supplies and equipment.
Thrash was installed as resident of the Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce for 1949 in a ceremony at the Aldridge hotel Wednesday night. A banquet preceded the installation with Dr. A Linscheid of East Central State College delivering a talk on citizenship in a democracy. Edwin Hovis reviewed the Jaycees' work, Homer Peay presented a club gift, and music by the East Central quartet accompanied the event.
Court records show a marriage license issued Wednesday to Clifford Chaddick and Mary Baxter of Okemah. The four divorce petitions listed include Lula Hodges, Dave Dunham, J H Hays, and Henry Laswell. Philippine pythons can kill and swallow a deer without breaking the body.
County commissioners postponed approval of 37 farm land tracts sold at a tax sale. They cited bidding order misunderstandings and low prices, with bids as low as $11 an acre and a ton price around $2. The panel will investigate further after concerns raised by Commissioner Ross Morris and others.
Chandler Oklahoma January 3 Physicians discussed an emergency operation to save the life of a baby girl born with brain tissue exposed. Dr J W Adams said a 25 cent piece sized hole appeared at the back of the skull and a decision on covering the brain by pulling the scalp together would be sought from the Lincoln County Medical association meeting tonight. The baby is normal in other respects.
County commissioners approved a 15 percent contract with Johnal Hurst to recover taxes on property not currently on tax rolls. County Attorney Carloss Wadlington cited an attorney general opinion supporting the arrangement and stated it can still be enacted.
Finland fights for survival as Finnish troops strike Russians near Lake Kiati and repulse a Soviet push on the Karelian isthmus. British and French notes promise aid to Finland while Italy reportedly sends troops. Nazi Berlin signals concern over Allied intervention as Germany weighs involvement.
Fire at a three story apartment hotel blamed on a cigarette tossed into a garbage chute, killing at least 18 people. Red Cross reports 114 residents. 18 dead, 24 in hospitals, 53 uninjured or slightly injured, 19 unaccounted. First warning was an explosion around 6 am, flames trapping residents as below zero temperatures aided rapid spread.
Oklahoma shivered under a storm that swept in from the northwest bringing snow and ice. Temperatures stayed in the twenties and thirties as drivers faced slick highways and state patrols aided in accidents. Snowfall ranged from Ardmore to Muskogee, with several cities reporting up to two inches.
Eighteen East Central college aviation students advance toward solo flights as instructor Prof. Arch Wallace and pilots guide final training. On Sunday Wallace completed his own solo, Tuesday saw two students, W. M. Massengale and Tommy Thomas, make their first solos after about eight hours of instruction. Each will need 36 total flight hours for a private license, with the remaining eighteen students expected to solo in the next days.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to strengthen national defense, extend trade agreements, and pursue a careful foreign policy while avoiding war. He stressed unity as democracy’s safeguard and warned against dictatorship, detailing defense increases and cautious engagement with world affairs. Washington audience watched for hints on a possible third term amid domestic policy notes.
Washington January 3 FRANK MURPHY seems set for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Pierce Butler’s death on November 16. President Roosevelt plans to nominate Murphy after Jackson’s elevation to attorney general, with Murphy joining Justices Bleck Frankfurter Douglas and Reed on the Roosevelt named Supreme Court. Murphy has been high commissioner to the Philippines and governor of Michigan.
Oklahoma City veteran judge James Davenport, 75, longtime member of the state criminal court of appeals and former congressman, collapsed and died in a hotel lobby. He had served 13 years on the appellate court and had campaigned for Congress in 1907 before later elections.
A lawyer finally receives a telephone bill dated 24 years past due. The late billing likely means the discount for prompt payment cannot apply and the case highlights issues in aging accounts and billing timelines.
Boston officials note a leap year effect as 35 couples filed marriage intentions yesterday, the first business day of 1940, compared with 20 filings on the same day last year, signaling a noticeable uptick in nuptial plans.
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