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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
4
Ada Oklahoma publication history notes consolidation with multiple papers from 1910 to 1919. Mentions editor and mailing options, weekly Thursday issue, and post office entry details.
Ada citizens urge fair taxes tied to real estate value amid high assessments. The piece notes Ada’s income decline since oil era, the Denison dam campaign, and a looming race between Jim Babb and Wilburn Cartwright. It links national figures to local policy and praises temperance, civic duty, and the coming Ada Firemen’s Rodeo.
The lesson contrasts ancient kings with modern statesmen, stressing that a leader’s trust and integrity affect a nation. It notes Asa as a good king who removed idolatry and strengthened the realm, while urging contemporary rulers to serve the commonwealth with virtue and follow God’s laws amid political pressure. The piece also weighs Oklahoma road planning, agricultural efforts, education, and immigration concerns against economic trends.
A spectacular eight alarm blaze tore through the Pittsburgh stockyards on Northside Island for five hours. Fire Chief Michelas Helene estimated about 100000 dollars in damage. Flames reached 100 feet high and started in a hay storage near Armour and Company packing plant. Fire units from 21 companies fought to protect the packing plant and livestock losses were limited to 15 head as cattle were already sparse. The fire caused a 19 inch buckle in a traffic bridge over Little Herrs Island as flames lit the city sky.
Sheriff W J Holcombe ordered the seizure of six slot devices after a surveyor traced the Mississippi Alabama line through the tavern on the state line. The devices were found to operate on the Alabama side and were removed amid tax collection concerns between the two states.
Tulsa data show an 8,538 barrel drop to a 3,534,187 daily average for the week ending July 15. Alahoma Kansas and Texas output shifts are noted while East Texas and Eastern fields declined. California led gains with a 23,750 increase to 626,500, and Illinois and Louisiana rose modestly amid overall cutbacks.
Millicent Miller, a former Stillwater high school girl, returns to Stillwater for her first visit home since heading to Hollywood to pursue acting. In about two and a half years she has worked as Vivien Leigh’s stand-in and appears in films such as Dark Victory Condemned Women Artists and Models Abroad Gold Diggers in Paris While New York Sleeps. She will soon return to Hollywood to stand in for Leigh in Rebecca.
Enid's Refiners defeated Duncan Halliburton Cementers 5-3 to claim the Oklahoma state semi pro baseball title. Third baseman Joe Hassler homered twice and left fielder Bruce Sloan added one, ending Duncan's three championship run. Enid had been a betting favorite entering the final matchup.
Enid earns National Semi pro tourney bid in Wichita Aug 11 23 by finishing second at the 1938 meet. If Duncan wins the title, the extra national place may go to Duncan, setting up another potential showdown for the crown this season.
In Rome on July 18 Mussolini's party chiefs from across Italy gathered to perform athletic stunts to inspire youth. Leaders were to endure four days of feats including flaming hoops, bayonet hurdles, pistol and bike shooting, swimming, horseback riding, and motor vehicle driving as part of an annual fitness drill.
Gunnison Colorado July six Claremore Oklahoma men and one Crested Butte resident were detained over the beating of prospector Phil Donaher at a nearby mining camp. Sheriff Ed Lindsley said charges would be held pending Donaher's condition. names include Hensley Emery Sullivan Sims Lunsford and Rickert. Deil retrieved help after Donaher was attacked. investigation cites Rickert being struck with an axe handle.
New York July 18 Merry Fanrney a Chicago patent medicine heiress filed another divorce suit charging Count Oleg Cassini with adultery as grounds. She says she was very upset by his new romance and will present evidence in court. Cassini calls grounds unclear and questions the timing while his mother in law comments on the split. The Countess had married Cassini ten months earlier in Washington.
The state highway commission announced two new maintenance supervisors and a series of shifts. Bennie Clark resigns as court clerk of Haskell County to oversee highway work in Pittsburg Haskell and McIntosh counties, replacing J B Sylender Stigler. Everett Clounts of Muskogee takes over as supervisor for Muskogee Wagoner and Okmulgee counties, with C Featherston of Muskogee displaced.
Admiral Harry Yarnell commander in chief of the U S Asiatic Fleet arrived at Shanghati aboard the Augusta from Tsingtao amid friction between Britain and Japan. He will turn over command July 25 to Rear Admiral Thomas Charles Hart arriving tomorrow from the United States. Yarnell has led American naval forces in the Orient during the Japanese Chinese war.
In Lynn Massachusetts on July 18 15 year old Rocco Ceviello was invited by police to park bikes in the city garage during downtown hours. The bike disappeared while he was away and a theft is suspected with authorities facing questions about the incident and the missing bicycle.
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