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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1952
Page
4
The Pontotoc County Central Committee endorses Senator Robert S. Kerr for President. The native Oklahoman is praised for experience, decisiveness, and public service as Governor and U S senator. Endorsement notes Kerr's strength, courage, and clear stance on legislation and policy. The timing of the Democratic Convention is uncertain.
Congressman's demand for a larger portion of bean soup follows a price rise at the congressional restaurant. Michigan bean growers shipped free beans, yet the eatery won’t lower price or increase serve without ham hock. The capitol debate draws wide attention as wind jokes surface.
Senator Robert S. Kerr notes the late Henry Garland Bennett, longtime head of Oklahoma A and M, earned joint congressional tribute and Truman praise for the Point Four program. The letter highlights Bennett’s life of service, world peace work, and the nation’s recognition.
The article discusses Republicans divided over General Eisenhower as a presidential nominee due to uncertain stances on domestic issues. It contrasts him with Senator Taft, noting Taft’s clearly expressed positions and past votes. It suggests conventions have chosen leaders with limited records to avoid internal opposition.
The Oregon Journal quotes President Raymond Walters of the University of Cincinnati warning of a calamitous decline in young people entering teacher training colleges. The piece notes improved salaries yet shorter training years and hours, and suggests classroom discipline and parental expectations may drive potential career declines in education.
A historical column reviews postwar disarmament efforts led by Britain and France and Japan’s evasive compliance. It notes the rising cost of arming, hunger from diverted production, and the U N Assembly push for a new disarmament program excluding Russia. It argues humanity should redirect effort from weapons to food and seek peaceful living.
A column argues unanimous juries can shield criminals yet enable wrongful convictions as illustrated by Frank Costello. It highlights the need for better protections while noting no clear remedy. Edmon Low visits Pontotoc, praising rural progress and farm life improvements. The author speculates on future Oklahoma governance under Charlie Rushing.
Cal Tinney lampoons National Husband in the Kitchen Day with a comic warning to husbands. He imagines men fleeing to the timber while wives smile, and jokes about the chaos of cooking, mislabelled jars, and the prospect of men taking over kitchen duties on January 27.
Hollywood veteran Jack Mulhall, aged 57, reflects on his TV film work after a silent era stardom. He recalls a Yo-yo career arc from Edison Company days to top salaries, then a slide, now busy with Columbia serials and TV films while valuing the grind of steady work.
Oklahoma City December 19 Rev W H Bill Alexander announced plans to take a year off from his pastorate at First Christian Church to work for the Republican National Committee. Named party chaplain at the San Francisco meeting, he said he would travel to Washington next week and return to ministry afterward. He left for San Francisco yesterday after the announcement. He cited a desire to advance what he called Christian America and noted Eisenhower Taft and Stassen leaders had urged speeches for them.
General Walter Bedell Smith, director of the CIA, said Russians pay black market prices to obtain American magazine copies. He noted they pay 31.50 per page for America on the black market as they seek to learn about the outside world. He spoke at a dinner sponsored by New York publishing and civic groups.
A British poll shows Sunday edging Saturday as the preferred day of the week with 33 percent of votes praising its relaxed, “do as you please” atmosphere. Saturday follows at 26 percent, while Blue Monday trails with 32 percent choosing last place. The survey also notes travel and cooking tips: Alaska Highway requirements include a license, six tires, $100 cash, and insurance. and a date filling recipe suggests using sliced dates with sugar lemon juice and salt for cookies or chocolate cake layers.
In the weeks ahead, business faces several tough trends. Corporate profit reports will show declines from 1950 due to costs and taxes, retail sales may lag last year's abnormal start, and industrial output could slip further before recovering with defense demand. Unemployment may rise as production falls, while wholesale prices trend downward, delaying purchases until shortages push prices higher.
In Ismailia Egypt British troops scoured Arab quarters after the shooting of 52 year old American born Roman Catholic nun Sister Anthony at the convent garden near St Vincent de Paul. A private requiem was held and a public mass planned with burial at the Moasear garrison military cemetery.
Four men who trekked through deep snow to aid an ailing woman and her son at a remote Sewtooth Mountains gold camp near Rocky Bar have become marooned themselves. Mrs Gene Jack and her child were found safe in Boise after a week snowbound. An Air Force unit from McChord Field directed the mission but left the rescuers behind as helicopters and planes returned to base. Authorities plan to involve the State Aeronautical Department or Civil Air Patrol to recover the stranded men.
Evacuees begin returning home after the worst flood in 14 years as light intermittent rain was forecast for Southern California. Cleanup continued with typhoid inoculations in Los Alamitos, debris removal, and silt clearance. Water drained rapidly from lowland areas while most evacuees in Artesia, and zones in Reseda and Canoga Park returned home.
Aberdeen Angus cattle buyers gathered in Miami Oklahoma for Sunbeam Farms annual sale. Sixty high quality cattle offered, Black Cap Bessie 6th eyed as potential top seller with hopes to surpass a 27000 dollars high for a heifer. Auction begins at 1 p m with three auctioneers, expecting total sales nearing 250000 dollars. Prospective bidders include W G Mennen Edward Marcus Lee D Butler Tom Slick Otto Nevis and others.
In debate over the start of the war between Japan and Nationalist China negotiators weigh two dates. The Sept 18 1931 Mukden Incident and the July 7 1937 Marco Polo Bridge clash both frame reparations and recognition in sharp ways.
In Ardsley New York an eighteen month old boy named Pau b Lippi accidentally hanged himself with a venetian blind cord. The child was playing when the cord became tangled and the blind lowered, causing his death. Separately the unpaid principal on World War I debt to the United States as of July 2 1950 stood at 11 434 794 809 dollars.
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