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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1941

Page

5

Another Man's Wife by Donna Ashworth

Lita Damson, famed dancer, chafes under her marriage to Jerry Lane in New York high society. She meets Ken Richards, a Southern dreamer who promises a quiet life away from the spotlight and declares love, while Ruth Eustace and a party swirl around them.

Lita Damson Erry Lane New York Jerry Lita Ruth Eustace Ken Richards Ken Ella Ruth Awita Jer Darling

Ex-Warden Lawes Retires From Sing Sing After Fifty Years

OSSINING N Y July 7 On a bleak winter day 21 years ago Lewis E Lawes became Sing Sing warden. Now at 57 he retires after 36 years in New York State prisons and 21 at Sing Sing. He resigns effective July 16 to begin pension and post retirement work writing and lecturing. During his tenure 36 750 prisoners passed through Sing Sing with only two violent escapes.

Ossining N. Y Hudson River Lewis E. Lawes Sing Sing Prison New York State Sing Sing John A. Lyons State Commissioner of Correction

Draft Volunteer Sought In Killing

In Oklahoma a 20 year old draft volunteer who fled army duty is being hunted after a gun duel fatally wounded Deputy Sheriff George Flute during a disturbance at Flute Springs near Stilwell. Flute died after being shot in the abdomen chest and hand as he tried to arrest the man who escaped into the Cookson hills.

Stilwell Cookson Hills George Flute Flute Flute Springs Here Mack Bean Fort Bliss Tex

FBI Mobilizes Local Police For National Defense Drive

J Edgar Hoover says FBI will spend 16 million dollars next year for crime prevention and defense work. The plan coordinates federal state and local police, trains 8,000 chiefs, 150,000 John Laws, and builds local defense mobilization through quarterly conferences and regional schools.

FBI John Laws National Defense Police Force Peter Edson NEA Washington J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Army Navy Marine Corps National Defense FBI Technical Laboratory FBI Mobilization For National Defense Bureau

Carroon Family Tragedy Shocks Oklahoma Driver

In a crash on Highway 66 near San Antonio Harold Carroon, 37, and wife, 32, die. Their son Richard, 6, mourns a lost pet fox terrier while unaware his parents are dead. He is hospitalized with back injuries and will return to Shelbyville, Illinois for funeral services. A San Antonio neighbor, Mrs. Kingsley F Poor, is seriously injured, and her husband is less seriously hurt.

San Antonio Tex Richard Carroon Harold Carroon Tulsa Okla Here Richard Shelbyville Carroon Spartan School of Aeronautics Rroon Kingsley F. Poor Harlandale

Record Made With Tanker Construction

Chester, Pa July 7. The Atlantic Refining tanker W. C. Yeager, 19 205 tons, is launched marking a war emergency built tankers program. Built at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, it ships from Philadelphia to Texas ports to ease eastern oil shortages. It is the sixth large tanker Atlantic has completed in three years with 154 761 barrels capacity. Sun plans 70 new tankers this year and next as 50 tankers are pooled for Great Britain. An official warned no shortage unless fleet is reduced.

Chester Atlantic Refining Company W. C. Yeager Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Philadelphia Texas Atlantic Company Atlantic Sun Shipbuilding Great Britain

Sunflowers Carried Into Kansas on Santa Fe Trail

Seed carrying sunflowers rode eastbound wagons along the old Santa Fe Trail bound for Kansas. Muddy wheels marked the journey as travelers moved seeds and plants into new lands.

Kansas

Five County Officials Start New Terms

Five county officials began new terms Monday. Re-elected commissioners George Collins Ross Morris and Elmer Chandler were sworn in by County Judge Hoyt Driskill. Also starting new terms were County Treasurer Sam Dew and County Superintendent Ray Stegall. The commission named W. F. Morriss chairman in its first meeting.

George Collins Ross Morris Elmer Chandler Hoyt Driskill Sam Dew Ray Stegall W. F Morriss

Stimson Urges Tougher Laws On Import Duties

Secretary Stimson urged Congress to authorize the treasury to remove import duties on any article certified as useful for national defense. Opponents argue the plan could give the administration a free hand to alter tariffs at will. The proposal says duties may be waived on goods imported by government departments or agencies, raising concerns of broad treasury control over tariffs.

Washington Stimson Congress The Treasury

Desert ace hides under Arab disguise to evade Germans

A 22-year-old South African Tomahawk pilot, shot down near Cyrenaica, escaped German patrols by disguising himself as a veiled Arab woman with a camel. He trekked 100 miles across the Western Desert, hiding for six days at a waterhole before rejoining his squadron, earning a rousing welcome as the “glamour queen of the desert.”

Godfrey H. P. Anderson RAF Western Desert Desert Johannesburg Cyrenaica

Soldier Charged In Slaying In Texas

Wichita Falls Texas July 7 Paul Wells 38 held on murder charge after Harry A Glenn shot to death while confronting a prowler in shrubbery Wells claimed Fort Sill staff sergeant status Tulsa resident and wife and child at Lawton Glenn chief clerk for Continental Oil Company was shot as a gunman looted a nearby home A chase followed with Wells wounded in the ankle and Johnson linked to the robbery and slaying in a later statement. Authorities say a separate petroleum consumption figure is noted.

Wichita Falls Texas Paul Wells Harry A. Glenn Wells Fort Sill Okla Tulsa Lawton Glenn Continental Oil Company E. F. Hall Houston Hall Lillian Nina Carlton Amarillo Miss Hall Z. D. Allen C. G. Johnson Johnson Ed McDonald

Oldest Oil Fields Revived In Pennsylvania For War Output

Bradford Pennsylvania reports a revival of its ancient oil fields as war demand boosts prices from 1.68 to 2.75 dollars per barrel. Old wells are cleaned, new wells drilled, and repressuring in the Bradford area lifts daily output to 38 081 barrels, half of Pennsylvania’s total 74 100 barrel daily production across several states.

Bradford Pennsylvania New Pennsylvania Oil Com New York West Virginia Ohio

Lightning Tragedy Hits Mexican Theater Kill Count Rises

In Guadalajara on July 7 a lightning strike triggered a panic as 2,000 people packed into a crowded motion picture theater. The building caught fire and collapsed, leaving at least 85 dead and 11 seriously injured. Fire and rescue crews battled the blaze and the casualty toll grew.

Guadalajara Mexico

City Theater Tragedy Strikes During Severe Storm

A violent wind and rainstorm caused a theater disaster as firemen police and soldiers helped move bodies to the city morgue. Thousands of anxious residents flooded the morgue seeking missing relatives while some families were reported to have perished. The lights failed before a lightning strike near the stage triggered a panic sending balcony patrons to the floor.

Catholics in Germany protest restraints on faith

A pastoral letter by the Catholic bishops of greater Germany protests restraints on free expression of faith and church life. It declares that the existence of Christianity in Germany is at stake and warns that forces seek to dissolve the union between Christ and the German people.

Berlin Catholic Bishops of Greater Germany Germany

England Counts 95 Thousand Plus High Earners

England has 95 750 people earning more than 10 000 dollars annually. The figure highlights income distribution and economic strata within the country.

England

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BY Donna Ashworth White House Henry Schlensker Lewis Lawes Famous Sing Sing Head Department of Justice Juneau Alaska Honolulu Hawaii San Juan Puerto Rico Hoover United States National Police Academy FBI Academy Albany N.Y Atlanta, Ga Baltimore, Md Birmingham Ala Boston Buffalo Butte Mont Charlotte N.C Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver, Colo Des Moines Detroit Mich el Paso Grand Rapids Huntington W. Va Indianapolis Ind Jackson Oklahoma City Omaha Neb Philadelphia, Pa Phoenix, Ariz Pittsburgh, Pa Portland, Ore Richmond, Va St. Louis Cal San Francisco Savenah, Ga Seattle Wash Sioux Falls S. D Shrinefield Ill Washington, D. C Frank T. Baughman Teo M. A. Carroon Tyler, Texas Shelbeyville Africa Ada News Defense Machines of America
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