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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1950
Page
6
The article notes duck supplies are higher and prices lower this season, with ducks averaging five to six pounds and fed to ensure clean skin. It covers roasting and carving methods, stuffing suggestions, and cooking tips for a roast duck, including a detailed carving sequence and serving guidance.
Senate leaders prepare a test vote on a Fair Employment Practices Commission bill as Senator Lucas of Illinois aims to block debate with a cloture petition. Southern members doubt 64 votes exist to end discussion, risking defeat this session and prompting pleas to rally support.
An AP report states Sister Mary Sebastian Bittman, 48, of St Benedictine Heights hospital Guthrie, died in a car crash about ten miles west of Sepulpa on slick highway. The two-vehicle collision involved ambulance driver Billy Ray Owen. he escaped harm as traffic moved past the wreck. Anon notes list state fatalities and patrol statistics for the period.
June 1949 saw fifty marriage licenses issued in Pontotoc county court clerk office the highest in ten years. Licenses ranged from ages 15 to 72 with varied origins from Pontotoc county and several out of state areas including Oklahoma and Garvin.
Oil firm announces No 1 Rogers in Seminole county near Byng is staked with Wilcox test depths 3 695 to 3 705 feet. Boren test ongoing. Wedge out potential noted. Nearby activity includes Bouse Showalter No 4 Bray and Walker No 1 drilling at 1500 feet. Capshaw and others test L A Bergman well for Viola.
SAN DIEGO Calif July 10 Navy begins revealing activities as a four ship convoy is readied at the port to carry troops and equipment to Korea. In port today are the escort carrier Badoens Strait the transport General AE Anderson a cargo ship and four destroyers with heavy gear arriving from Camp Pendleton Marine Base.
Instructions detail making raspberry jelly and jam using currants and pectin. Includes juice extraction in cheesecloth, precise sugar and pectin use, and methods for bottled and powdered pectin plus orange rind marmalade, yielding several glasses of jam and jelly.
A Norman man, aged three, sends a confession letter to the highway patrol about a speeding incident. Lieutenant Jack Roberts states no official action will be taken.
Washington July 7 The shooting war nears Korea and reports say American farms and factories remain capable of feeding arming and fueling a fighting nation. Government says no freezes or price controls yet inflation looms manpower may become scarce and mobilization could be needed if Korea war widens.
The Oklahoma National Guard announces renewed enlistments to reach 45th Division strength, needing 616 officers and enlisted personnel. Enlistees will train at North Fort Hood in August for a 16 day encampment, then return to units. Contact local warrant officers at the armory for enlistment details.
Pontotoc county draft records reveal 2400 men registered with 334 aged 19 to 28 classified 1-A. Board clerk George Latta, chairman Jim Couch, and members W E Harvey and Walter Mayer outline exemptions, deferments, and a likely start 80 days after state go ahead. Local boards await instructions and readiness remains high as veterans often hold 4A.
A bold brown squirrel stormed the Sherry-Netherlands lobby in New York for over two hours, evading bellboys and clerks. An animal expert finally captured it after the creature leaped onto several staff members, injuring one man with a cut lip and prompting a parade of witnesses.
In London on July date George's nephew, the Earl of Harewood, appeared as a music critic candidate. The event occurred in the morning under Lord Rothermere's oversight, with attention on the royal lineage and press influence in arts criticism.
In Tokyo Lt. Gen. George E Stratemeyer says FEAF and ground forces halted North Korean advances. He reports 41 Communist planes destroyed, 123 tanks knocked out in 15 days, allied losses of 20 planes and five transports. Nine American airmen killed, five wounded, 12 missing. He notes fuel and ammunition shortages, promises round the clock strikes and broader bombing once weather permits. Three B 29 groups are en route. Stratemeyer says jet planes are not too fast for action and defends losses of F 80s, F 82s, and F 26s.
Roy Burrough 52 of Rt 2 Ada died Saturday night at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was a retired drilling contractor after long work with Champlain and Shell Oil. He moved to a stock farm near Ada and had lived in Oklahoma about 45 years. Services set for Thursday at 2:30 from Smith Funeral Chapel with burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Survivors include widow Grace Burrough daughter Mary Faye Burrough and three sisters Mamie Hollaway Trudie McManus and Lola Kennedy.
A Tennessee keeper escaped from custody while hounds failed to track him to a car. Charles Benning, about 30, jailed for house breaking and larceny, is at large after guards reported he walked off his post.
Recruiters are available seven days a week from 8 to 4 30 at the federal building recruiting office. Sgt Drennan requests contact at 1403 or 3830-W for easy reach. Army Air Force recruiters Sgt Charles Hodge and Sgt Ferrell offer constant availability at the post office building. Ceilings on enlistments are removed and quotas have ended.
Three people died and 32 were injured when a car and a Greyhound bus collided near Greenville. The bus overturned in a corn field, splitting open, as the driver from Indianapolis claimed he was traveling at high speed. Victims include Bessie Arp and Ebien Hobbs, with Victor Bilyeu the car driver.
The foods school, set by the City-County Health unit, has been postponed until Monday August 14. Mills Garrison says the school was due to start tonight and notes similar schools have been scheduled for new vaccine or food safety measures for loaders and handlers.
In Tokyo on Tuesday July, North Korean forces pushed toward Taejon, within 20 air miles, as a lost U S battalion escaped a trap and first American war deaths from Red aggression were confirmed. MacArthur reported new advances by the North Korean First and Third divisions, with engagements near Chochiwon, Chunchon, and Umsong. Allied air strikes, including napalm, halted momentum and showed slipping enemy morale despite continued attacks on multiple fronts.
An X ray microscope can reveal interiors of objects by light that normally cannot pass. The device can peer into steel like a clear candy bar, allowing unseen details to be viewed.
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