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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
5
The Ada Weekly News argues shipments of lubricating oil to Japan risk aiding a war effort. The piece questions official motives behind aiding Japan and warns that industrial policy in Oklahoma may hinder defense needs and future prosperity. It notes boll weevils, crop prospects, and diversification as factors in local agriculture.
The lesson cites Paul and Peter Epistles to show allegiance to Jesus over leaders and stress the Gospel as the source of salvation. It contrasts Apollos’ eloquence with Paul’s rugged preachership and urges faith in Christ as master, not in any man. The broader wartime notes discuss British bombing plans, soil conservation, home defense, and political critiques.
The writer notes that several rural schools have shrunk from forty or fifty pupils to about a dozen, reflecting farmers moving to towns and farms being combined. An arriving letter from California mentions a Pontotoc County man selling out and planning a return, praising his judgment.
Chicago reports show a bumper 1941 corn crop forecast with potential record yields due to favorable weather and hybrid seed. Prices around 74 cents a bushel remain high, bolstered by demand for livestock feed in wartime. Government loans on the 1940 crop have drawn down as producers redeem stock.
Payne county reports a case of streamlined justice where a man pleaded guilty by long distance call from Shawnee after fleeing the state. He paid 18.50 for the fine plus 35 cents postage, then 6 cents more. county attorney settled accounts and closed the case.
The Federal Loan Agency announced a 425 million dollar loan to Great Britain backed by collateral. The loan, authorized by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with Roosevelt’s approval, funds British purchases of war supplies from the United States. Repayments total 15 years at 3 percent interest, with possible extension and security via British insured earnings.
Charles La July 22 Officials of the Gulf Refining company today considered a wildcat prospect in Louisiana. The report notes exploratory digging and potential for new oil yields near the state coast.
The House approved and sent to the Senate an amendment to the wheat marketing quota act. If enacted, it lets farmers sell without penalty their normal production even from excess acreage, with advocates saying it helps farmers with excess acreage or crop failure. Representative Rizley notes it protects farmers facing excess acreage and crop failure.
Berkeley coed Lois Morling awoke at 4 10 am to an apparent stranger at her window but police found no trace. She quipped I must have been me I was looking at. The piece closes with a note on a separate tax figure of 450 million dollars in emergency general taxes.
In Los Angeles a local parachute maker Harry P. Trusty faces a money-back claim for his Life Saving Mechanism. Demonstrations with dummies failed as parachutes did not open, with Trusty alleging incorrect ripcord length and a faulty design used by the company.
Roy Adair outlines how the Pontotoc County Home Defense Unit formed from American Legion input and England study. The unit aims to protect civilian life and essential services, augment existing defense forces, and involve every loyal citizen in civil protection activities during modern warfare.
Oklahoma City July 22 The state board of equalization will hear protests August 5 and 6 regarding ad valorem valuation increases for 34 counties. An intangible property total of 382,781,693 is set for review with notices to the 25 farthest counties first. Tulsa leads with 117,137,172, then Oklahoma and Washington. other county totals are listed.
First action of the federal department of agriculture defense board of Oklahoma will be a report July 28 on production of vegetables poultry dairy and pork in the state. J Carl Wright chairman said county boards would complete surveys by Thursday. The report will go to Secretary of Agriculture Wickard and include statistics on canned tomatoes and beans. State and county defense boards are composed of representatives of federal agricultural agencies.
More than 800 people attended the first Pecan Grove homecoming southeast of Ada gathering former residents from Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and Tennessee. Officials elected A W Oliver president and Charley Shockley secretary planning an annual event on the second Sunday in August and an acre of watermelons for the 1942 celebration. An arbor was also planned as part of the reunion site. Attendees enjoyed visiting speeches music and hearty county dining.
Ernest Back and county FSA staff supervised a liming demonstration on Charles Auten's farm south of Ada along Highway 99. Fifteen observers watched alternating 35 foot strips in an alfalfa field, with lime applied to some plots and others left untreated. Ada Lime Company supplied lime and a spreader, and more spreaders may be bought for Pontotoc County through cooperative use.
Friday night at 8 at Stonewall the Pontotoc County Home Defense organization hosts a general meeting with speakers patriotic music and readings. Roy Adair unit director says similar gatherings have been held in other county communities.
In Groton Connecticut on July 22 the Electric Boat ship yard adopted a family of humming birds. The mother father and two babies rest in a tiny nest hangs from a rod in the fabricating shop amid submarine building and defense work.
Marriage licenses issued to S B Brumley and Nancy Watts of Maxwell, Troy Shackelford of Stratford and Margaret Eddye Krueger of Maxwell, Moises Hernandez of Dallas and Jamie Baker of Ada, J L Stover and Mary Clayton of Ada. Memorial Day race fate linked to war. Fuel tests boost aviation gasoline power. Airmail expansion pilots new plan. Civilian aviation participation doubles.
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