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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
4
Editorial department of Tre Ada Evening News lists a 5.00 price for a 3 section issue. No additional context or entities provided.
An Oklahoma Press editorial cautions that Mexico may face renewed instability as it moves from a Diaz Huerta dictatorship to a socialist program. It criticizes rapid political shifts and suggests democratic government suited to northern Europe origins. It expresses hope Mexico keeps peace and avoids Russia Germany or Italy style rule.
A Sunday school lesson on Mark chapter fourteen recalls Mary’s bold anointing of Jesus, Judas’s betrayal, and Peter’s denial. It urges personal self‑examination about devotion, betrayal, and steadfast faith, affirming that Christ goes before us to Galilee and strengthens our resolve.
City beautification committee notes Ada lawns and parking in possibly the best condition in history thanks to owners efforts. Normal weather will repair lawn and shrubs, and upcoming annuals promise real garden beauty. Trees thought to be beyond recovery fifteen years ago show rapid recovery and pruning, though several fine old trees were removed.
The article notes Russia looms east of Europe as a pivotal factor for peace. France must ally with Czechoslovakia to counter Germany, yet faces risk from the Spanish border where Germany and Italy hold sway. Stalin, opposing fascism and defending a non fascist buffer, pressures Hitler to be cautious near Czechoslovakia.
The four Quints, famed from medical history and public attention, face ongoing guardianship challenges as planners outline a social development path. The aim is to integrate them into a near normal life with careful handling of their unique status and world.
State highway authorities warn that signal crashers rate highly in downtown Ada. They stress 190 percent observance by drivers and pedestrians for real safety. Another factor is motorists racing to a go signal and failing to stop when it changes.
Farm units grow larger in southwest counties due to motor power and machinery while small farms remain in other areas. Movement of families alters business, schools, and banking. In Ada the United Confederate Veterans camp once was large, now veterans numbered 115 on state pensions, with memory of fallen comrades shaping Memorial Day observances in Pontotoc County.
Hoover urges action on the pavement boy problem in America citing 3,000,000 youths lacking constructive occupation. He contrasts democratic hesitance with dictatorships that recruit youth early, warning that discontented placeless youths invite demagogues and gang influence, per NEA Service.
The oil industry downturn touches Pontotoc and nearby counties with drilling curbs and layoffs. Reduced production lowers royalty incomes, endangers field payrolls, and threatens tax receipts for Ada and Pontotoc counties, delaying six planned wells and wider development until market conditions improve.
Opinion notes humor in a high school seniors' paper and defends rough political banter. It contrasts ridicule with calls for thick skins in public life while referencing Bund speech claims about German influence, Lincoln, and disbarment proposals, then comments on stormy season and deaths in Oklahoma.
The president will lay aside the government reorganization bill for now allowing a likely early end to the session. Bitter opposition revived the measure, while opponents threaten to stall the spending lending bill to pressure the president. House members, pressed by campaign needs, seek return home and avoid further delay.
The Mexican revolt led by Cedillo collapses with few deaths. Followers must surrender arms and abandon the cause. The captured leader avoids execution and will be exiled. Cedillo's forced landing finds no food or water as 7,000 soldiers pursue him, marking a low impact failure unlikely to spur further upheaval.
The Peter Levine case ends with a dreadful outcome. Sympathy goes to the parents who have shown dignity and courage. The incident reinforces public concern about human cruelty and violence becoming a troubling chapter in modern civilization.
Belated summer follows cold and rain in spring as the calendar shows the July 12 primary only six weeks away. There is no runoff this time, so nominations will be settled on the first vote. The piece urges careful consideration of candidates and voter participation to select the best person for each office.
Local residents and visitors frequent Ada through the week with trips to Shawnee, Rogers, and Hot Springs. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weir en route to Rochester for medical care, J.B. Peters and Mrs. Harbin in Ada for business, and Admiral C. R. Berry stopping by Ada on his way home from San Diego in the spring.
A note from NUMBER THREE sites at Shanghai in August 1937 claims university premises were used by Japanese troops for quartering and military offices. It states airplanes were stationed on campus and a runway was built on an adjacent golf course converted into a military airfield. Several buildings were damaged and looted during occupation. Japanese control persisted for nine months despite resumed hostilities and protests by the American embassy and consul general in Tokyo.
A distressed father secluded in his apartment waited for word from kidnappers who demanded ten thousand dollars in small bills packed in a shoe box. Authorities noted dawn ransom attempts, a route map, and a short signal before the boy’s fate remained unknown after a full day without contact.
Obituary notices for Fleeta Ashabranner 55 of Stratford Barbara Scott 21 of Ada Anna Dyer 55 of Oale man and Mary Pitt 79 of Hickory record death dates May 26 to May 28 with funeral services at Criswell Funeral Home and local cemeteries. Surviving relatives listed include spouses children and siblings with burial in McGee Rosedale Steedman and local cemetery sections.
Lottie Louise Hickey nine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman B. Hickey, died Monday night at home 703 West Nineteenth. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 PM from First Baptist Church with Dr Morris officiating. Burial in Rosedale Cemetery, Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. Survived by parents a sister Anna Mae and two brothers Herman Jr and Paul Dean. Barbara Louise Lillard four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lillard Ada Route 4, died Monday. Funeral Tuesday 3 PM from home with Rev Tom Jerty officiating. Burial Five Mile Cemetery, Keith's in charge. Survived by parents two sisters and a brother.
Joseph Norman Leard pleaded not guilty at a Tuesday arraignment in A. W. Oliver justice court on a drunk driving charge. He waived preliminary hearing, was bound over to district court, posted $1,000 bond, and was released. The complaint states he drove intoxicated from two miles east of Pontotac county line on highway 3 to just east of Stonewall city limits. The arrest was by the highway patrol.
G. W. Shelton of Fittstown pleaded not guilty in justice court to selling a cow and two heifers to Dave Dunham with a bill of sale for property he did not own. A preliminary hearing was set for June and bond was fixed at $1,000, which Shelton had not posted by Tuesday.
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