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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
5
M D Weaver, a railroader out of work, and relief driver Wilson Elkins kept a Chevrolet on the move for 942 hours 45 minutes over 39 days, surpassing the AAA mark of 440 12 hours. A motor valve failure ended the run in Waurika Oklahoma.
Washington May 30 The hidden dynamite carried by the smallest bugs is the virus behind Rocky Mountain spotted fever carried by dog ticks. The disease, first identified 25 years ago, threatens campers and hikers as tick infections spread. Only about one in 300 ticks is infected, but every tick can be dangerous. 97 cases have been reported this year. Vaccination is the principal preventive.
J. J. Bass, an inspector, said Ada area businesses mostly fall outside the Fair Labor Standards Act. Local retail stores laundries restaurants and barber shops are exempt while most oil industry drilling operations are covered as they feed interstate commerce. The act sets a minimum wage of 25 cents per hour rising to 30 cents after Oct 24 1939 and a 44 hour workweek unless overtime is paid. Bass’s office is in the Federal Building at Oklahoma City.
Penitentiary officials have not decided what duties Phil Kennamer will perform when the 23-year-old Tulson resumes his 25-year manslaughter sentence for the slaying of John Gorrell Jr. after a routine hospital examination. He previously worked in twine, laundry, library, clothing, records, and chaplain’s offices during prior confinement.
Warden Jess Dunn comments on Kennamer being assigned work suited to his skills in the keeper of the prisoners funds role in the chief clerk's office. Friday marks Kennamer’s 1,006th day in prison, highlighting his lengthy confinement and tenure with the Penitentiary.
The last horseback mail delivery in Stephens county Oklahoma will end July 1 as Route 4 from Duncan is extended to cover a star route area. The old pony express style ends as mail moves from buggy to saddlebags and the route grows to about 1 miles, one of the country’s longest rural routes, per Postmaster Tom Gray.
Kansas City reports the first barge test of the six foot Missouri river channel linking Kansas City and Omaha. The Socony private towboat Kansas City Socony carried 350000 gallons of gasoline, transported from Kansas City to St Louis area, equaling 44 railroad tank cars, and tied up at Leavenworth after the voyage.
J Q Hurley 24 died after losing balance while servicing a pump and falling from an oil derrick on the Brandenburg lease near Saint Louis. Survived by parents a brother Edmond a sister Delores and an uncle J F Smith. Funeral services set for tomorrow afternoon.
Chicago municipal court clerk Joseph Gill found a strange suitcase in his luggage after returning from San Francisco. A returned bag claim from New York revealed jewelry worth 35000 dollars. Gill arranged to have the bag sent to the rightful owner.
Five damage suits totaling 55 675 were filed in district court Monday over a highway crash south of Ada last Tuesday evening that killed George R Gorham and injured others. Nichols of seven miles north of Tishomingo is named defendant in all cases. facts describe Gorham as passenger in the Factor car when Nichols on the wrong side of the road collided. Claims list extensive injuries for Gorham and component losses including medical and funeral expenses. Individual suits name Ida Factor Irene Factor Harry Factor Sally Ann Wolfe and cite varying injuries and damages from 11 000 to 52 700, with Goreham’s widow seeking rest.
The article discusses cleaner greens with less dust and more fresh growth. It highlights washing for insects and foreign material, promotes wild greens as a vitamin rich substitute, and notes vitamins A B C D E G and minerals, plus high water and fiber content aiding digestion and low starch for low calorie intake.
East Texas gains a new industry as Southland Paper Mills erects a $6 million plant in LUFKIN. Fifty thousand tons of newsprint a year will roll by December, with contracts already signed by Southern publishers. The mill taps coastal plain softwood extending from Georgia to Texas, boosting local land values and promising a surge in U S newsprint supply.
Washington May 29 On the basis of school child studies in four Illinois cities public health officials report that chemical fluoridation of public water supplies to reduce tooth decay is not a far fetched possibility. The survey found fewer dental defects in Galesburg and Monmouth where fluoride levels are 1.8 and 1.7 ppm, while Macomb and Quincy with 0.2 ppm showed more decay. Officials noted another water substance may influence results.
STILLWATER May 29 A. and M. college botan y department reports Oklahoma has 38 wild plants suitable for greens or salads. Some are native, others introduced or escaped from cultivation. Weeds like poverty weed chickweed pokeweed are noted alongside oddities such as dayflower lambs quarters and pepper grass. Best cutting time is morning, a day or two after a shower.
In St Louis on May 29 the Southwestern Freight bureau heard a plea to cut certified seed potato rates from western Nebraska to southern points to counter truck competition. J A Little of the Nebraska railroad commission urged lowering rates from 35 to 80 cents per 100 pounds, noting growers prefer rail for faster seed delivery. A new automotive air clutch control was released to boost driver passenger comfort. Danny McShain of Hollywood defeated Bill Raburn in two straight falls at Tulsa, weighing 174 pounds to Raburn’s 173.
Mary Franklin and detective Chase report to Commissioner Fenelon about the Duke Jake Martin and Nick Hart. They discuss Janice French's abduction, extortion stakes, and the threat of releasing candid camera shots to her parents, as Martin and Hart push to control the situation.
In 1932 Martin launches the Dove with Nick Hart as his lieutenant and Annie, his mother, vanishes. The Duke's blackmail racket grows as he trains Bill to trap clients. Detectives seek solid evidence to arrest the crook, while Mary Franklin offers crucial witness recollections amid a fresh morgue report of a young woman found near Beekman Place.
CALLANDER Ont May 29 The Dionne quintuplets marked their fifth birthday with a birthday party. Yvonne the next to last in weight blew out four candles on her cake. The sisters shared individual cakes and a large Angel cake for the family. Marie Annette and Emilie scored three with their candles Cecile struggled with hers. Gifts included dolls birthday cards flowers and charms from across Canada and the United States.
NEW ROADS May 29 Louisiana sugar cane growers were told they might turn their crop into a new product artificial rubber. Allan Ramsey Wurtele noted that grinding sugar with acids and turpentine yielded a black spongy mass with rubber-like properties. He cited a Swiss patent process claiming 78 to 83 percent yields from cane sugar beet sugar or sugar mill waste producing rubber that can vulcanize.
Seven-year-old Lester Direks of South Bend may spend his last summer as scleroderma, a rare disease, hardens his skin and disrupts circulation. Doctors offer no cure, noting the condition as a metabolic misadjustment. The healthy boy excels in second grade while puzzled by the attention on his plight.
Five defendants face murder trials as district court opens in Pontotoc County. Romer Bryant, a Black man, pleads guilty to murder reduced to first degree manslaughter and receives 15 years. Other pleas include John Ragsdale for drunken driving, John Craven for forgery and a large docket of embezzlement and unlawful whiskey cases. A 44 man jury panel is drawn for a term expected to last two weeks.
June oil allowances keep the state total at 428000 barrels per day as allocations shift among Oklahoma fields. Pontotoc county’s Fitts field shows decline from its former peak while unclassified prorated areas gain 5100 barrels daily. Class B and Class D reductions are noted at 950, 1560, and 650 barrels respectively, with prorated areas and unclassified changes shaping the totals.
The report lists various oil barrel counts for Allen, Jesse, Hunton, Fitts Cromwell, Upper Simpson, Wilcox, Oil Creek and nearby districts. Several sites show reductions, increases, or provisional adjustments, with figures such as 5 690 for Allen and 18 000 for Upper Simpson, plus scattered changes across Dora, Tyrola, Dora and Deep Sand regions.
Sunray Oil files a 3 million dollar mortgage with First National Bank and Trust Co of Tulsa and W L Kendall as co trustee. Mortgage tax 418.08. Pontotoc county holdings taxed at 70.62. Properties cover Kansas New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma Pontotoc Caddo Hughes Stephens Seminole. Interest rate 3.5 percent. Named Pontotoc parties include Hyde Shield Jacob Shield Patterson Webb Whitney Milner Ramsey Parker Kirchner Milner Richey Anglin Archer Daugherty Gilmore Harjo Means Shield-Lee Mandy Adams McCall Fox Community Shumard.
More than 2,300 state 4-H club boys and girls opened their annual three day round up at Oklahoma A and M campus with a general assembly. Placements in the county achievement contest were named by districts as counties placed in the blue ribbon group.
Oklahoma City May 29. The state planning and resources board ordered a shutdown of work on the Fort Towson dam projects on Gates Creek east of Hugo. Funds are insufficient to finish the job and local interests cannot raise 7000 for land. Started a year ago with 18753 appropriation, most spent. Additional 5000 from the governor’s fund was cut by 3159. About 15000 more would be needed to complete the lake for recreation and flood patrol aid. Sixty one convicts assigned to the project have been returned to McAlester penitentiary.
In Budapest on May 20 the government party in Hungary secured a large majority as returns showed, with Premier Count Paul Tereky and Foreign Minister Count Stephen Ssaky among the victors. Officials estimated the government would hold about 190 of 260 seats after final results, while Nazis gained seats from three to at least 26.
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