Aviation and faith themed Ada weekly page overview
A 1939 aviation safety roundup highlights rising passenger miles and strong public trust in air travel, crediting pilots and mechanics amid a shift from mail contracts to passenger services. The Sunday School lesson examines true greatness, contrasting worldly ambition with Christian love as taught by Jesus and echoed by John the beloved.
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Air Transport Association of America
Edgar S. Gorrell
Air Transport Association
United States
Gorrell
NEA
James
John
Zebedee
Jesus
Cotton allotments urged to avert Oklahoma’s cotton state extinction
Tom Cheek of the state Farmers Union warns that Oklahoma risks losing its cotton status as 1939 acreage fell to 494 percent of precontrol averages, with 900000 acres unused and production collapsing. The Cotton Council backs full planting and a broadened county committee role to reallocate unused acreage. A Chickasha Express comment notes the difficulty of measuring progress beyond material signs.
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State Farmers Union
Tom Cheek
Oklahoma
State Cotton Council
Cheek
Chickasha Express
Cotton Should Not Be Neglected in Grady County
Grady county residents urge planting all cotton land in the county to the crop to meet federal program allowances. They note acreage declines in Pontototal and neighboring counties, urge terracing, manure, and fertilizer to boost yield per acre, and stress that surplus demand and prices could rise with increased production. They also comment on naval and aviation needs, prodding support for smaller craft to police shores.
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Grady County
Pontotor
Europe
Healthier life in America outpaces Europe in wartime era
The 1938 U S general death rate stood at 10.6 per 1000 and infant mortality at 50.9 per 1000, the lowest in U S history, while European health prospects lag. American scientists enjoy freedom to pursue humanitarian work, with public cooperation essential to sustain gains in disease prevention and longevity.
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Atlantic
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Thomas Parran
Business Outlook Brightens Says Hanes and Oklahoma Dealers
John W. Hanes, ex under secretary of the treasury and leading business figure, foresees a sustained period of improved business, higher production and employment. Oklahoma traveling salesmen report renewed retailer and manufacturer confidence, noting low money earning power and shifting risk toward ventures with better returns. They expect better conditions in 1940 and beyond, despite past ups and downs since 1920.
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John W. Hanes
United States Treasury
Oklahoma
Ada WPA paving deadline prompts quick action
The Ada paving project led by H. S. Moore under WPA authorization must begin before July 1 or lose the chance for cheap paving. Two blocks paved and work on East Tenth toward Mississippi Avenue proceed, but some property owners along Mississippi block progress. The piece notes calls for budget-conscious fiscal restraint and criticizes Congress, Roosevelt spending, and political calculations while urging timely street improvements and broader civic responsibility. It also touches on German Reich affairs and European travel, then comments on American citizenship value and milk as Finnish troop morale fuel.
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H. S. Moore
Ada
WPA
Roosevelt
East Tenth
OCAA
Mississippi Avenue
Mississippi East
House Appropriations Slashes Roosevelt Budget Figures
The House Appropriations Committee cuts federal executive offices by 2.14 million and trims the maritime ship construction fund by 7 million, denying funds for the national resources planning board and reports office. It also targets the federal works agency with a 15.4 million cut and proposes eliminating 3.1 million for government promotions. A housing funding ban restricts projects to U.S. citizens only.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Planning Board
Reports Office
Frederic Delano
Resources Board
Independent Offices
Maritime Commission
White House
House
Federal Works Agency
United States
Britain Rejects Zone Plan Spurs Enforcement Talk
In Rio de Janeiro on January 15, an inter-American neutrality committee met after Britain's rejection of a 300 mile safety zone. Proposals included barring warship supplies and repairs in Pan American ports, stopping merchant ships, banning submarines, and forming a Pan American neutrality code. Charles Fenwick urged unified enforcement while Brazil's Getulio Vargas said belligerents must respect the zone, as Britain warned of sanctuary for German ships and potential internment of German vessels.
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Rio DE Janiero
Great Britain
Britain
Charles Fenwick
United States
Pan- American Union Governing Board
Fenwick
Interna
Bryn Mawr College
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Americas
Panama
London
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Stark Outlines Funds to Complete Navy Expansion Plan
Admiral Harold R. Stark told the House naval committee that 1 276 000 would be needed by 1945 to finish current and proposed construction of 145 warships and new aircraft. The chief of naval operations said 1 300 000 000 would cover 77 new combatant ships plus authority to start 19 more and to build 49 additional if funded. Stark said the budget was set before the European war and world conditions changed, adding the navy would seek funds for all authorized ships regardless of expansion bill passage. In Parcell, Okla, Mrs. Tom McNeely 46 died from shotgun wounds inflicted by her husband who then shot himself.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
House Naval Committee
Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Stark
Romania Receives German War Supplies Amid Oil Trade
German shipments to Romania continue despite war with Britain and France. 70 Heinkel bombing planes and 70 pursuit planes join anti-tank guns and ammunition already delivered under Skoda contracts. German experts supervise submarine construction at Galatz while diesel engines and periscopes support the Romanian shipyard.
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Lloxd Leheras
Washington
Germany
Rumania
Balkans
Great Britain
France
Skoda
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Galatz
Bolshevists
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