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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
3
A county official announces the August list of blue stamp foods for the food stamp program. Items include fresh pears apples oranges plums prunes and other basics such as corn meal flour and dried beans. Merchants are urged to post the bulletin and enforce the approved list to support surplus sales and farmers.
Allan D. Davis 28 year old Oklahoma A and M College teacher will fill the new field secretary post for the state Junior Chamber of Commerce if released from his college contract. Wilburn Payn states the role includes traveling to towns to promote Oklahoma industries as part of a statewide advertising campaign by Oklahoma Inc. Davis, on the A and M faculty since 193? and a 1937 B S in animal husbandry with a master's in animal nutrition, will lead efforts to promote locally produced products.
Oklahoma City July 29 The test case by Kingfisher county farmer W M Johnson challenging the 49 cent a bushel penalty on surplus wheat was postponed again to August 15 as pending legislation in the Senate could relieve the issue. U S district attorney Charles E F Dierker said a bill passed the House and awaited Senate action. Johnson produced 709 bushels on 113.9 acres, above an allotment of 177.9 acres, with 216 bushels deemed excess and taxed at 49 cents.
Columbia University specialist Mrs. Paul Kosak returned from South America after studying Lina Medina the Peruvian Indian who bore a son at five. Tests support the reported age and she is above normal intelligence. the child is two and described as normal and well developed.
Roy S. Johnson 51 longtime president of Federal Land Bank in Wichita since 1937 died of a heart attack while vacationing with his wife in Alexandria Minnesota. A Newkirk Oklahoma native he led regional banking groups and held multiple mortgage titles with survivors including his widow a daughter and three sons. C G Shull would become acting president of the bank.
James Monroe Cosby 68 died Sunday morning at a local hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 30 pm from Smith Funeral Home chapel with Rev Milo Arbuckle officiating burial at Rosedale Cemetery. A retired farmer he had been ill briefly and is survived by two daughters Hazel Brumley of 230 East Second and Jessie Clerk of Stamford and two granddaughters.
A glider team achieved an altitude of 52 400 feet marking a new high for unpowered aviation. The feat showcases advanced soaring techniques and escalating performance in sailplane records.
Maneuver-bound soldiers of the 45th division will swim in White Rock Lake near Dallas next week despite a Dallas minister’s protest that swimming nude would be a disgrace. Captain Tom Johnson defends the plan saying MPs will rope off traffic to keep prying eyes away.
County agent C H Hailey urges 4 H and F F A boys over 14 to attend a 2 pm Saturday meeting at Convention hall in Pontotoc county. The session explains the civilian defense setup and the role of the boys in home defense and related preparations amid the international situation.
Pine Bluff Arkansas July 28 Harvey C Couch 63 head of Arkansas Power and Light and Kansas City Southern Railway was reported very low today at Couchwood his summer home on Lake Catharine near Hot Springs. Family members were summoned to his bedside over the weekend. He had been in ill health for more than a year.
Governor W Lee O Daniel announced he would take the oath of office as United States senator at noon August 4 He outlined travel to attend his daughter's wedding and farewell gatherings in Fort Worth Houston and Washington before the oath time.
A large Army bakery at Jackson barracks New Orleans began mass producing cured bread for two weeks keeping edibility. Eleven hundred soldiers bakers from six camps joined to produce 225000 pounds daily in a 500 foot long oven setup. First loaves ship August 5 with 24 to 48 hour curing for September maneuver through central Louisiana.
The national safety council reports 133000 people killed in home accidents, 140000 with permanent disability, and 4710000 with temporary disability. Poor judgment and poor housekeeping are cited as common personal and mechanical factors.
Oklahoma City July 29. Financial troubles deepen for Earl Wayne Whitney of Wewoka and Oklahoma City. The Keyokla Oil Co. sues Whitney for accrued income taxes 1936 37 38 totaling 6536.06 with penalties as his oil holdings in receivership fail to cover debts of 101000. Court orders require payment of 14000 and 8000 to his second wife Mary P. Whitney while first wife Idythe S. Whitney received half of her estate in an earlier divorce.
Bluefield Virginia temperatures climbed above ninety prompting the city to offer free lemonade on downtown streets. Secretary Ed ward A Steele of the chamber of commerce organized a six girl team to serve residents as heat records were set. In related notes Cleveland county reports Voss and Melton linked to a robbery were arrested by Abilene police after a municipal incident.
Deputy Sheriff Andrew T. Cole faced a wild pursuit as a wife tailed her husband to compel service of divorce papers. After stalling Sunday, she timed a Monday arrival, halted his car, and backed away, later securing the divorce.
Oklahoma City July 29 Two young men from Oklahoma City were held on armed robbery charges after being captured asleep in a ravine four miles north of the city. John Voss 25 and Homer Melton 17 plus two others previously fled Abilene Texas and were tied to a tourist court robbery in Norman with $77 taken.
New York July 28 reports a Battelle Memorial Institute study showing adding one tenth to one half of one percent bismuth to stainless steel enables twice as fast machining and a quarter reduction in costs. The alloy remains resistant to corrosion. welding is not hampered.
P pr. Bada Penn Reeves, 65-year-old retired physician, died yesterday at the home of a brother, Dr. John S. Reeves, after an illness of several weeks. Before statehood he was licensed by congress as a physician in the Choctaw Nation and practiced several years near Hugo. He later practiced in Ardmore and McAlester before moving to Tulsa in 1930. He retired last year. Survivors include his widow, a daughter, his mother and a sister.
U S crude oil output rose by 182 990 barrels to 3 865 365 for the week ended July 26 the Oil and Gas Journal reports Texas led gains up 197 340 to 1 428 610 with East Texas up 71 945 to 367 965 Kansas 2 900 higher to 241 950 Michigan 990 to 41 520 and eastern fields 600 to 112 100 California slipped 2 000 to 638 250 Oklahoma 6 300 to 415 450 Illinois 930 to 332 540 Louisiana 8 260 to 312 355 and the Rocky Mountain region 1 870 to 107 070.
The state regents prepared to ask the attorney general if Art Rutledge a 20 year old Ada college student must pay non resident tuition to study at the University of Oklahoma medical school His parents live in Denison Texas and he has lived with a relative in Ada while attending East Central State college His medical school admission was approved but listed as a non resident The regents also appointed three members to create uniform non resident classification rules for all colleges under their control.
Dr. John G. Hervey resigns as dean of Temple University law school to become dean at the University of Oklahoma. The 41-year-old native of Hillsboro Texas joined Temple in 1930 as associate dean and professor of law, later achieving the rank of assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
A German embassy member in Washington, Kurtz Fritzschig, was admitted to the United States today after being denied entry yesterday. He flew to Brownsville and spent the night in Matamoros, crossing the Rio Grande to reach the border. Immigration officials offered no explanation and referred the matter to Washington for review. He carried a large diplomatic pouch and later commented that somebody slipped up.
Judy Garland, 19, became Mrs. Dave Rose, 31, orchestra leader and composer, in Las Vegas with her mother and stepfather present. The couple traveled from Hollywood to the ceremony, described as a film stars wedding.
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