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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
4
The Ada Evening News reflects on wealth dreams from colonial times to modern ages, noting war may spur marriages and young people chase fortune. It urges farmers in the region to plan a small dairy herd and edge toward a local cheese plant, while noting rains boost feed and boll weevils affect cotton fields.
The lesson stresses discipline within the church without harsh judgment toward outsiders. It argues for love over intolerance, cites temperance advocacy, and praises temperate conduct as the truest influence. It also notes Ada civic effort and warns on immigration controls and foreign trade dynamics.
Oklahoma State Public Safety reports that 233 traffic deaths occurred in the first six months of 1941, up from 206 in 1940, with a deadly Fourth of July weekend raising concerns. Tulsa County logged 20 total deaths, Hughes County 12, while only 11 counties escaped highway fatalities.
In Washington on July 15 Rep. Lyndon Johnson said he would accept the official vote tally showing Gov. W Lee O Daniel winning the Texas special Senate race by 1311 votes He praised public service and pledged cooperation with the new Texas senator to meet defense challenges ahead He noted another decision to be made a year from now and thanked supporters.
Wil liam S. Knudsen head of GM production before, riding to a shipyard inspection in Los Angeles, stopped at a railroad crossing when a jalopy rear ended his car. He and companions jumped out to assess the damage, the junked vehicle scattered parts along the pavement. Fifteen minutes later Knudsen had the metal shuffled back to a facsimile of its former self and drove on.
Oklahoma City July 15 Chairman E W Smartt said a suit for 493000 will be filed soon against oil operators for producing from capitol land not leased by the state. The well was drilled on property west of the capitol inside a leased area, the governor says it was unleased state land.
The West Point, a converted 27000 ton American merchant liner, sails from New York to Lisbon with about 500 Axis nationals and their families, along with German and Italian officials. The voyage is guarded by tight security as some passengers are released from Ellis Island and travel plans adjust for safety and diplomacy.
French planes in Syria and Lebanon and ships in territorial waters were ceded to Britain under the Acre armistice terms. Paris papers cited destruction of much munitions and aviation gasoline before signing. Some French boats and planes fled to Turkey and North Africa as soldiers and civilians faced a free choice to join the allied cause or be repatriated. Texas production figures rose across several sectors and regions.
Thirty three individuals rounded up in an FBI spy hunt were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York and ordered to trial in September on espionage charges. Six others were indicted but at large abroad in Germany and Portugal. The 33 allegedly conspired to transmit information to a foreign government and 31 faced a second count of acting as agents without State Department registration.
Tulsa dispatch reports U S crude oil production rose by 225 330 barrels to 3 874 050 for the week ended July 12 according to the Oil and Gas industry data release.
Stillwater schedules Farm and Home week replacing Farmers week at Oklahoma A and M August 5 6 7 with revised program. County women clubs must send two delegates and one from each club. Mrs Jessie Morgan urges at least one member from each club to attend. A representative from Agriculture Secretary Wickard will attend Thursday afternoon August 7.
In South Acton Mass on July 15 an explosion wrecked a 24 by 24 foot wooden powder building owned by American Cyana mid corporation. No injuries were reported though two workers died in a earlier blast. Fire crews contained the fire as small isolated powder rooms remained offsite.
The county health department released its year ending June 30 totals showing immunizations, sanitation work, maternity and pediatric services, school and preschool examinations, dairy and school inspections, and extensive laboratory testing. Notable figures include 1 200 smallpox, 579 diphtheria, 3 700 typhoid immunizations and 4 402 school children examined.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced ten engineering positions in Oklahoma including chief operating engineer of a cold storage and ice plant and engineers for heating plants with salaries from 2600 to 1680 dollars annually. Applications advised via Ada post office or Fort Sill quartermaster. Fort Sill prep notes: 4 H programs to resume as farm chores ease.
A surge in 4-H activity is expected with county schools reopening Monday as the county farm office notes a renewal of interest after a summer lull.
The state tax commission announced five new county excise board members H L Hambaugh Enid Garfield county C H Schuermann Jefferson Grant county J M Bohart Apache Caddo county and reappointed three others J E Griffith Harmon Woodward county T H Jones Atoka county and J F Heatley Brinkman Greer county.
Ada News Classified Ads notes some parking meters in 251 American cities require only a penny for operation. The brief item highlights low upfront costs and potential public revenue implications.
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