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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1934
Page
4
A Shawnee News editorial argues teachers suffer under economic strain likening "educational sweatshops" to industrial ones. It questions when a true New Deal will recognize teachers’ service and pay, contrasting their ideals with government support amid broader labor tensions.
The piece contrasts President Coolidge and Mr. Roosevelt's styles, notes the log rolling risk, and commends federal agents and Texans in pursuing criminals. It mentions Andorra's militia plan and critiques Oklahoma relief funding disputes, urging unity to avoid Washington neglect.
Farmers in the county report varying cotton yields last year with higher production on land fall or winter manured, and on plots receiving barnyard manure. Dr. Mooring notes fall manuring improves soil fertility and moisture, while early plowing loosens soil and aids seedbeds for 1934.
The article outlines Jesus entering ministry and facing three temptations in the wilderness: using power for personal hunger, establishing a temporal kingdom, and proving divine power. It notes Jesus resists each, choosing God’s path, and later endures Gethsemane. It cites Mohammed and Christian setbacks, then warns temptations come in disguises and require early victory. It ends with a call to rely on the Father for strength and a critique of congressional spending and pacifist sentiments.
In May Roosevelt aims to wind up the civil works program as 4,000,000 workers are absorbed by private industry. The NRA codes cover industry and farm benefits total about a billion in the coming months as the New Deal machinery drives toward victory by spring, with a $7.5 billion deficit highlighted.
President Roosevelt calls Congress to legislate a federal guarantee of principal and interest on farm mortgage refinancing bonds as the first appropriations bill of 1930s begins. He signals plans for $1,166,000,000 in emergency funding and supports rail and utility sinking funds. The session debates RFC extension, post office scrutiny, patronage, and new ambassadorial nominations amid broad budget measures.
Oklahoma City judge Ed S. Vaught issued year and day sentences to five high school boys tied to a stolen ear ring ring operation spanning Oklahoma City Wichita Kansas and Dallas Texas. Three were sent to El Reno reform school for a year and a day while two received probation. The judge noted the youths are merely boys and warned against emulating outlaws. All defendants reside in Oklahoma City. The piece also notes an unconnected Bolivia Paraguay conflicto in the Gran Chaco.
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