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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
2
A recent survey shows Ada’s housing market shifted from plentiful options last July to a tightening market. Desirable houses are rented, rooms and duplexes scarce, while workers in defense areas and traveling salespeople boost demand. Brisk home buying and growing trailer housing signal rising occupancy and possible garage conversions.
A Western Defense and Fourth Army poster shows Pvt. Duard McFarlin in three poses with a bullet imagery and captions urging silence. The image, produced about a month, circulated nationwide after McFarlin, son of Mr and Mrs Jim McFarlin, was named best dressed at Camp Robinson before returning to his Arkansas camp.
The Ada county health department reports that milk distributors meet Grade A requirements for the sixth time in five years. Licensed Grade A raw milk dairies include Ada Jersey Dairy Cowden Dairy Hicks Dairy and Watson Dairy. Grade A pasteurized milk licenses cover Cogdy Dairy and Steffens Dairy.
The department reports improvements in cleanliness and sanitation over recent months while maintaining established standards and procedures.
Washington July 10 The war department listed four Oklahomans among 177 American soldiers missing in action in the European theater. T Sgt Geo W Barnett Sulphur Flight Officer Delbert D Long Wewoka 1st Lt James M Montgomery Jr Maud and T Sgt Fred A Sneed Dale are named among the missing.
Joe Holmes of Muskogee was appointed by Governor Kerr to the state board of education in Oklahoma. He replaces Dan Procter of Ada who resigned after being elected president of the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha.
Oklahoma City July 1. Frightened and defeated ex-convict Austin Harrison sits in a jail cell as investigators press a year long hunt for Highway Patrolman James Long’s killer. Police say Harrison signed a confession but County Attorney George Miskovsky will not charge him without solid proof. Norma Jean Cowan who saw the killer under a park street light identified no one in Harrison’s favor.
Hazel Marie Jacoby of Enid hopes to join the WAACs and serve with the Rainbow division, believing the family legacy from World War I supports her goal. Her father R. V. Jacoby and uncles served together in France, and Brig. Gen. Collins invited her to Camp Gruber for Rainbow events as she awaits her 21st birthday to activate enlistment.
Washington July 10 The War Food Administration announced the suspension of cotton marketing quotas for the 1943 crop and indicated that no quotas would be in effect for the 1944 crop The decision was based on official estimates that the cotton acreage was about eight million acres under the 1943 AAA allotment
Oklahoma City reports the state pardon and parole board will consider clemency for J. D. Fast Jr., the Muskogee slayer who killed Banker L. W. McClean in 1937 after being refused a loan. Fast has served six years of a life sentence and pleaded guilty. The hearing drew attention from McLean’s widow, penitentiary staff, and local Muskogee supporters.
Major Herbert Turner of the United States Infantry, wounded in North Africa, visits Oklahoma and reflects on the campaign. He recalls witnessing the invasion, notes German soldiers as capable, and praises Eighth Army tactics and equipment while emphasizing morale.
A suspension order prohibiting Arthur W. and Arch Campbell from selling gasoline for 15 days September 1 to 14 was issued by the OPA in Topeka. They allegedly sold gasoline without coupons. the case was heard by I Treiman, regional OPA hearing commissioner from St. Louis.
Batteries using plates of pure lead show minimal self discharge, losing about 15 percent of capacity per year when stored idle.
A June 1 survey shows Oklahoma harvest acreage at 12,611,000 acres, about 2 percent above 1942. Wheat output projected at 32,044,000 bushels vs 57,370,000 in 1942. corn 32,742,000 bushels. oats 21,996,000. barley 4,750,000. all hay 1,994,000 tons. Irish potatoes 2,881,000. peaches 168,000. pears 99,000. grapes 2,900 tons.
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