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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1945
Page
3
Pontotoc County reports successful alfalfa growth on upland due to lime rich soils. Leonard Young’s Fitzhugh farm shows 20 acres with two cuttings yielding 65 bales per acre and an estimated 100 bales per acre from first-year planting. The crop supports local 4 H youth in registered hog projects.
Crawford Harper and R C Colbert of Napier 4-H participate in the Kiwanis hog distribution program begun in 1941. Selected boys receive sow pigs, repay by returning two from the first litter for others. Harper's gilt farrowed 10 pigs, with one sent to Fred Brown and another to Allen Gordon. Colbert's gilt farrowed 12 pigs, two designated for other club boys this week.
A proposed pasture score card guides farmers to evaluate grazing length production palatability soil health and permanency. It lists criteria such as grazing periods spring to June and June to frost production measures, supplementary forages, soil and mulch factors, and reseeding ability to improve pastures.
Mrs Jesse Morgan Canning Time offers home canning tips focusing on fresh beans and processing times while news notes Tillman E Roberts, a 77 year old Altus resident missing since the Fourth of July. Fort Sill soldiers join officers and scouts in Craterville Park search as relatives post a $500 reward for information on his whereabouts.
Rain affects corn keeping quality and advises following bean canning rules. For whole grain corn process 65 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. for cream style 80 to 90 minutes at 10 pounds. Check milk spurts lively, not oozes. Safe practice: from garden to can in an hour.
Instructions emphasize letting steam escape for up to ten minutes and maintaining ten pounds pressure when canning. It warns that skipping processing after sealing can lead to mold, suggesting an additional 3 to 5 minutes at five pounds to sterilize air and remove air bubbles from jars.
Advert warns about bag worms attacking evergreens and recommends a saturating spray using arsenate of lead at four tablespoons per gallon of water to cover the entire plant.
Fractions outline locker capacity with 6 2 cubic feet total and one third for fruits and vegetables. About 60 quarts of rectangular cartons fit for produce, leaving space for meat storage.
Altus residents will join a wide search for a missing man as authorities organize volunteers to scour local areas and public spaces seeking any sign or information about his whereabouts.
Ada novelist Paul Hughes adds Collier's magazine to publications featuring his work. Last week Collier's ran "Dr. Sze's Buddha" set in China with principal Chinese characters. Hughes reports a novel about China has been accepted for publication.
A list of Ada and nearby town residents with ages and spouses appears, followed by a Pasadena marriage report. Dr Charles Claude Selecman aged 70 and Mrs Pierre D Mason aged 61 wed in Hollywood, Selecman noted as former bishop and SMU leader.
In a joint session address Gen Douglas MacArthur declares defense no longer national but international and urges nations to rely on collective security. He notes altered world conditions postwar and praises Filipino loyalty while commending resistance to Japan. speech draws repeated applause from lawmakers and spectators in a public school auditorium.
The navy department urges sending overseas gift parcels throughout the year. Christmas parcel mailing for army personnel runs Sept 15 to Oct 15, but navy, marine and coast guard have no fixed period. Mail by Oct 15 to improve delivery chances. vast Pacific distances and ongoing combat reduce delivery guarantees.
Washington reports 31 divisions to sail home between August and January, plus 11 others already back or en route. About 50 000 men involved, with eight divisions to remain in Europe for occupation and 18 to stay through year end. Some units slated for Pacific action. exact destination or fate to be decided.
The Navy restarts flight training for a limited group to begin around November 1. Eligible are Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve on inactive duty and 17 year old civilians who have or are finishing the last high school year. Radar training and WAVEs are also sought. details via Chief W. M. Weldon, Post Office Building Ada Room 301 Wednesday afternoon.
Allen Stanfield a U S marshal deputy arrested F S Fike near the Ada area on charges of possession of illegal sugar. Fike was released on a $1000 bond with a federal court hearing set for the next term. Stanfield has previous warrants and also arrested Buster Barcus of Wewoka for possession of four illegal fires, filed at Wewoka and released on a $1000 bond, with trial at the next federal term.
Rio de Janeiro reports the 3150 ton Brazilian cruiser Bahia was lost in a mid Atlantic explosion. The navy said the ship carried 383 men and the incident likely produced heavy casualties.
Wesley A. Brown of New York City reported to the Naval Academy at Annapolis on June 30 as the first black recruit to be appointed since 1937. He was named by Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. of New York City.
Corporal Alvin I. Clutz of Kansas City now with the U S Army at Guam replies to a delinquent tax notice with humor thanking the sender for "boosting morale of the outfit at least 50 percent." The attorney then tells him to ignore the notice and promises a supply of candy or cigars for morale boosters.
Elwood Jordan Adams, 35, from Oklahoma, and Alice Ramey, 19, of Clayburn Georgia, arrived in Oconee county South Carolina to marry. The couple faced a 24 hour wait now in effect since July 1 and passed the time at the courthouse until Deputy Probate Judge Isobel Turnbull performed the ceremony.
SHAEF reports a Munich Philharmonic concert Sunday in the American zone featuring Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream suite, Mozart C minor, and Tchaikovsky Fourth symphonies. The event, permitted by the Psychological Warfare department, marks the first postwar concert in the zone after Nazi bans on Mendelssohn.
In the British zone of Germany a week of amnesty is granted for Germans to surrender concealed firearms and explosives without punishment. The gesture follows reported nighttime gunfire at British soldiers and rising arrests for weapon concealment. Six Germans have already been executed by guillotine there for this offense.
Britain salvaged over 150000 tons of timber from bombed buildings and re f inished it into crates and boxes for essential war use.
The article explains that a snake bite with a horseshoe-shaped wound or a series of scratches does not imply poisoning. It notes that poisonous snakes usually leave two small puncture wounds where fangs puncture the skin.
The Association of American Railroads predicts a three to five month ban on Pullman cars for short runs as troop redeployments boost passenger mileage. After July 15 railroads will not assign Pullmans to runs under 450 miles, freezing about 900 cars for troop movements and easing domestic transport strain.
East Central State College hosts a visual education conference for teachers to study sound and slide films in elementary and junior high schools. The 400 reel library, second largest in the state, serves many schools at ten dollars per semester.
The Fourth District convention of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will be held in Ada on Sunday July 15. The Auxiliary will meet Tuesday night at 8 for a regular meeting at the Legion Home 230 East Twelfth. Members are urged to attend as plans for the convention will be made. The Auxiliary program includes a morning meeting luncheon business memorial service musical contest and address of department president Mrs Cragie election of district officers.
A B 29 Superfortress from Pueblo army air base exploded in the air 20 miles southeast of Pueblo during a combat training mission. Eight crewmen were killed and five were missing. Col Willis G. Carter announced a board of officers will investigate the explosion. Names of the dead and missing withheld until next of kin are notified.
Fifteen former Oklahoma highway patrolmen now in government and military service will form a guard of honor for Gov. Robert S. Kerr as he speaks at a Jefferson Day dinner in Los Angeles tonight.
British officer in Trieste reports allied authorities hold hundreds of missing persons records since Yugoslav occupation and German withdrawal. He cites Trieste’s harsh fascist history and says many missing are likely fascists. Army Diesel units double load capacity from 10 to 20 tons per truck with trailers.
A small ad notes that investments in vesting plans yield higher gains. It highlights Ada News as the source and promises clearer terms on rates and maturity. Customer inquiries directed to the classified desk for details.
Ray Stegall, who became an assistant auditor with the state department of education at the start of the fiscal year, is assigned to the southeastern district and will keep his Ada home. He will oversee 977 school districts as spending on state aid funds is tightened. Stegall, a Pontotoc County native, taught rural schools, led Latta as superintendent, and served as county superintendent from 1934 to 1944 before becoming Washington grade school principal in Ada. His residence is 1142 South Stockton.
In the Ada area weather swung between sun and clouds with frequent rain. Rain fell on more days than not, measuring .30 inch at the Ada Greenhouse gauge while July total reached 1.28 inches. A cool Fourth of July and near sleepless nights dominated, with only one night above 70 degrees and minimums from 63 to 69.
Ada resident James Crow listed among Army wounded. Navy dead and wounded and Army missing and wounded names from Oklahoma appear, including Crow family members and others from Ada Tulsa Oklahoma City Bartlesville and several towns."}
Abe Dew 56, farmer of Pecan Grove, fractured a hip after falling from a hay load at his home Friday afternoon. He was brought to Valley View hospital for treatment.
Miami veterans group raises a $1,000 fund and forms a committee to choose a winner in each theater of War.
William C Stevens a radio man second class husband of Pauline Stevens Route 1 Roff won the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing a shipmate during USS Lo action near enemy forces on October 25 He crawled through flames and debris to save the wounded man despite his own injuries He later received the Purple Heart and is hospitalized in Seattle Washington
Harry W. Diddie of 614 West Nineteenth was awarded silver wings and commissioned a second lieutenant after finishing the Big Spring bombardier school. A skilled gunner, he studied Norden bombsight use and precision bombing, entered service in November 1943, and is the son of Harry E. Diddie of DeQueen Arkansas.
Merl H. Watham, 19, son of Mrs. W. S. Watham, arrived in Ada on a 30 day leave from the Navy. He enlisted June 6, 1943, trained in San Diego, spent 18 months in the Pacific, and his brother Pfc. Raymond T. Watham is due stateside after 22 months in Europe.
Captain Ernest T. Burnett graduated from a five month tactical reconnaissance flying course at Key Field Mississippi on June 29. He will be assigned to a combat unit to fly camera equipped P 51 fighters over enemy lines and return with photographic evidence. The Key Field school is the only one of its type in the United States.
Sgt Roy Young returned to Ada after four and a half years in the army with three years overseas in the China Burma India theater. He arrived from Camp Chaffee Ark where he received an honorable discharge and plans to reside in Ada after a period of rest. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bryan Young of 413 North Townsend and the husband of Nina Beta Williams of Coalgate.
Cpl. Andrew Teel of the 45th Division has returned to the United States after overseas service. He saw numerous battles, was wounded once, and earned six battle stars along with the Purple Heart. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Teel of Route 5 Ada.
Pvt Joe Demler a 19 year old from Freonla Wis arrives home after liberation from a German camp. He weighed 70 pounds but gained 50 pounds since leaving a Memphis hospital and looks forward to 30 days of his mother's cooking. He still has drainage tubes in his back from pleurisy in German custody.
The second annual tour of the South men Association will begin tomorrow at the L. L. Gatlin ranch near Duncan Oklahoma. Cattlemen will visit 17 ranches in the one day event.
The 45th Infantry Division known as the Thunderbird will depart Europe for home in September under an embarcation schedule. Originating from Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico and Colorado National Guard units the division first fought in Sicily and later at Salerno Anzio and in southern France. It helped capture Nuremberg and aided in freeing prisoners at Dachau. Destination after homeward move unclear possibly Pacific redeployment reserve or discharge.
The Arbuckle Council announces its 1945 Summer Camp opening July 15 at Camp Simpson only, due to staffing. About 100 scouts are expected per period across three sessions from July 15 to August 4, with troops camping under their own Scoutmasters and a central staff.
A blonde 23 year old Oklahoma mother Mrs Oke mah Van Ness of Ada fainted with her ten month old baby in her arms after a 400 mile midwest heat journey. She reunited with her sailor husband Bonner Van Ness a seaman second class stationed at Treasure Island at the union station in San Francisco. The family will stay with friends in the city.
Two persons arrested Saturday in a city and county operation on alleged robbery of a juke box valued at 80 to 90 dollars. Some money recovered. Police Chief Dudley Lester said charges are pending.
A fragment notes how foot pressure on the accelerator while driving through water can affect braking. It warns that brakes may fade or perform poorly when water severely impacts the braking system.
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