Pontotoc County Forms Integrated Civilian Defense
Pontotoc County completes official civilian defense setup with eight divisions and a special detach ment under County Judge Hoyt Driskill. The volunteer unit aligns with state and national drives, featuring field generals, a GHQ, chaplain, and detailed division staffing for intelligence, transportation, fire, law and order, technical aid, life conservation, and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Roy Adair
da Ta
LaGuardia
New York City
Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Hoyt Driskill
G.H.Q
G.h.q.—General Headquarters
America
Legion Marine
Electric Company
Electric
Police Department Reserve
Salvation Army
Foe
Cavalry
B. Maxwell
Fittstown
D. Allen
E. Roff
F. Stonewall
Pontotoc County Nears End to Most Judgments in History
Pontotoc County Clerk Tom Grant said only six judgments remain against the county treasury, with four to be paid by June and 320.94 dissolved by year end. Five local cases include three claims a right of way and one warrant, plus a federal judgment on erroneous taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Grant
Pontotoc
Grant
District Court
Federal District Court
Oklahoma
Defense Needs Open Positions and Examinations
The Civil Service commission announced exams for industrial specialists with salaries from 2 600 to 5 600 and for farmer fieldmen to aid the agricultural adjustment program. Applications must be filed by August 7, 1941, with further details available from Glen W. Dyer at the federal building in an unspecified location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Conservation Associations
AAA
Glen W. Dyer
Civil Service
Federal
Tenancy Reform Aimed To Protect Cities And Farms
From a 1940 report the text argues farm tenancy harms cities by driving land loss and migration. It cites 3.5 million farm title transfers 1930 37 with 1.5 million due to foreclosures and stresses lease improvements and tenant purchases to stabilize farms, conserve land, and reduce urban relief pressure. It notes 13 000 tenants bought farms via federal loans up to 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
Asphalt Surfacing For Konawa Road
Forty Seminole county men will gain six months of work and five miles of asphalt surfaced highway will be built from a project by the work projects administration starting July 22. The Konawa road begins at the north city limits and runs toward Maud with gravel drainage structures. Estimated cost is 23 428 including 12 247 WPA funds and 11 181 county participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Seminole County
Work Projects Administration
Maud
Brazil Faces Oil Shortage Driven by War Impact
Brazil struggles to import oil as European war disrupts transport. Government moves to gasogene and alcohol fuels, mandating 10 percent of vehicles run on gasogene or wood-gas. Agriculture ministers plan alcohol use in machinery. Brazil's sugar industry yields 109 million liters in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Bahia
Mexico
Venezuela
Carlos Souza Duarte
Pontotoc County Citizens Form Rehab Advisory Committees
Pontotoc county citizens were appointed to advisory committees to assist in the U S Department of Agriculture rehabilitation and tenant purchase programs. Er nest O Back announced the appointments made by E Lee Ozbirn with subcommittees named for tenant purchase debt adjustment and rural rehabilitation. Pontotoc already has eight new farm owners financed under the tenant purchase program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
United States Department of Agriculture
Ernest O. Back
Farm Security Administration
E. Lee Ozbirn
C. H. Hailey
Ada
Harry E. Morris
Phil McLachlan
Roff
Adolphus M. Pharr
Stonewall
Joseph H. Little
Stratford
J. O. Abney
West Twelfth
John C. Wingard
Joe Auten
Francis
J. S. Standfield
Mr. Pharr
McLachlan
Mr. Little
Abney
Little
Auten
Wingard
Stendfield
Hailey
Morris
Suit Against Wyatt Authorized By County Officials
County commissioners Saturday morning authorized the county attorney to file suit against T. H. Wyatt for amounts he allegedly raised while buying county claims during the 1938 grand jury investigation. The action follows a petition from last week asking for the suit. Wyatt had testified in the trial of a commissioner indicted by the grand jury that he increased claim amounts to avoid discounts for county workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Wyatt
Grand Jury
Wyatt
Weevil Range Tops Recent Winter Survival, Mississippi County
U S department of agriculture records indicate large numbers of boll weevils survived winter and emerged this spring. In Pontotoc county fields checked show 30 to 65 percent infestation, with an expected county average near 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
C. H. Hailey
Pontotoc County
Hailey
Greater Milk Output Drive Encourages Dairy Farmers
Ada county farmers push a dairy expansion with a planned cheese plant. Extension agents urge higher milk output to meet demand for cheddar, evaporated, dry and fluid milk. Recommendations cover pasture, silage, hay, grain, minerals, management, sanitation, breeding, and home milk use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Extension Service
Oklahoma
Pecan Grove Adopts County Attorney as Ward and Names Him Freeman
The Ada Oklahoma court grants custody to the Pecan Grove community for Silas Freeman born January 1941. He becomes Silas Pecan Grove Freeman and is adopted by Pecan Grove with guardianship and inheritance rights, amid a Sunday reunion with music and a memorial service. About 1500 attendees expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Freeman
Pecan Grove
Silas Pecan Grove Freeman
Freeman
Pecan Grovers
Stratford
Hoyt Driskill
Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Ward
Silas Pecan Grové Freeman
D. D. Tilley
Terracing Demonstration At Konawa Attracts Farmers
About 60 farm owners gathered Thursday at the S. F. Johnson farm near Konawa to see terracing using a Ford tractor plow and team. James Lawrence county agent spoke on erosion control while a 25 member committee petitioned for Glen Kirk as Konawa district supervisor. R. E. Vickrey camp engineer presented terrace construction with team tractor and plows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Rowland
S. F. Johnson
Konawa
James Lawrence
Glen Kirk
Konawa Soil ‘Conservation District
Pottowatomie
Cargile Passes Half of Flying Tests at Ada Airport
Charles Y. Cargile of the Ada area has completed the first half of the instructor rating examinations under civilian pilot training rules. He flew to Shawnee for the flight test and will travel to Oklahoma City for the ground school written exam. Cargile, Ada native and University of Oklahoma graduate, is to join the Ada airport staff as a private pilot instructor upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Y. Cargile
Cargile
Shawnee
Oklahoma City
Ada
University of
Young Communists Back Draft Law Change
The Young Communist League now fully supports extending draft service to cover the duration of the national emergency. Max Weiss, national president, told the national council that the group shifted from opposing extensions to endorsing the Army General Staff proposals due to the gravity of the international situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Young Communist League
Saky
Max Weiss
League
United States
Army General Staff
Farms To Aid Defense Drive In Pontotoc County
4 H club members and their families in Pontotoc County are urged to donate aluminum items during the national defense collection held July 21 to 29. County agent C. H. Bailey asks 4 H club coaches to organize contributions from girls and boys, with discarded aluminum utensils brought to his office at the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
National Defense
C. H. Bailey
Hailey
Weather of Week Sees Season Highs With Record Heat
The past seven days brought a seasonal high of 103 degrees on Friday after a 100 degree day on Thursday. Rain totaled 1.3 inches early in the week, followed by cool nights, with a low of 69 Friday. Daily highs ranged from 86 to 103 and skies varied from clear to partly cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E Pitt
Living Costs Rise In Three Months To June 15
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 3.4 percent rise in living costs for the three months ending June 15. About half of the increase occurred in the last month, with food costs up 3.7 percent in 51 large cities.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Earthworms Boost Soil Health in New Study
In a new report Ada News notes earthworms enrich soil as they move through burrows, increasing nutrient cycling and soil structure. The article highlights higher yields from careful, targeted soil amendments and ongoing trials in local plots.
Lane Named New Farm Aide In Pontotoc County
Hulin A Lane becomes assistant county farm agent succeeding J Link Haws who moved to the agriculture department. A 28 year old Oklahoma native born in Stamps Arkansas he grew up in the state, attended Oklahoma A and M college majoring in soils and earned AAA administrative experience in Bryan County. Lane will help lead 4-H activities and assist agent C H Hailey while getting acquainted with farm folks and office routines.
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Hulin A. Lane
Pontotoc County
Lane
J. Link Haws
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Stamps
Arkansas
Broken Bow
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
American Society of Agronmy
AAA
Bryan County
Durant
C. H. Hailey
Laundries Named In Labor Complaints
Operators of two Ada laundries were named in a dozen labor violation complaints. W. P. Kiray and Edith Kiray faced four complaints for East Side laundry and C. E. Jones and Lowell Stalcup faced eight complaints for White Way laundry. Accusations include employees working more than nine hours daily or 54 hours weekly. Filed before Peace Justice J. D. Willough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
W. P. Kiray
Edith Kiray
East Side
C. E. Jones
Lowell Stalcup
White Way
J. D. Willoughby
Government Needs More Oil Tankers
The New York Times reports US tanker owners have been asked to turn over 100 vessels to Great Britain. A Monday conference in Washington with Interior Secretary Harold Ickes will decide delivery details, possibly 25 in the first group. If all go, the US tanker fleet could be cut by about half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
United States
Great Britain
Harold L. Ickes
Washington
Ickes
The
Times
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Friday
Ed Haley
Wyatt Okaved
Imi
Rox Falls
Soil Conservation Service
CCC
R. E. Vickrey
Charles Cargile
South Seas
T.2
Lear
Ada News
New Farm Aide
Durant Aaa
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