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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News argues that history grades the life lessons behind events rather than isolated facts. It emphasizes integrating history with English and social studies to show how ideas drive nations and lasting impacts from slavery, war, and governance.
Congressman Jack Nichols urged a Muskogee graduating class that powerful forces in the executive branch seek to abolish Congress. He warned of court decisions and a White House dominance, arguing Congress must reclaim constitutional prerogatives to thwart moves toward fascist or communist systems. He noted decades of deference to the White House and urged renewed legislative vigor. The piece ends with remarks on naval shipbuilding materials and quantities.
J Kenneth Galbraith resigns as deputy price administrator in a clash with Lou R Maxon. Brown cites policy while hinting at further personnel changes as the OPA faces internal strife over price controls and labeling policy.
Hundreds of American soldiers who fought in North Africa arrived Memorial Day at Valley Forge. An 11 car hospital train moved in before dawn, the wounded joked with onlookers as ambulances ferried them to the new Valley Forge General Hospital two miles away, many missing limbs.
Eleven airmen die in a Flying Fortress crash on a West Texas peak near Pyote. The wreckage was found near a 5000 foot summit after contact with Rattlesnake Bomber Base. victims include Second Lieut Frank M Jones Jr and a radio instructor.
Washington June 2 Rep. Arends of Illinois was elected Republican whip to succeed the late Englebright of California. Tulsa June 2 Williams Brothers Corp of Tulsa announced it won the army navy E flag for construction of a pipeline at an undisclosed location outside the United States.
Oklahoma City June 1 reports Supreme Court opinions on multiple cases. The Eagle-Pickeree and Smelting Co. vs Odine Loyd and the state industrial commission proceeds. award sustained. A. C. Markley vs B A Ott Pittsburg County reversed and remanded. Utley vs District Judge Rowe writ of prohibition granted. Several other cases affirmed or remanded including Grand River Dam Authority v Zelda Gray and Continental Casualty v Marguerite Lolley.
Washington reports that dependency will be nearly eliminated by year end as 22 of 100 fathers will remain deferred due to family needs. Family head inductions start August 1, with navy standards easing possibly delaying effects. Inductions of about 300,000 monthly may force further lowerings in physicals or ages in 1944.
Soviet midday communiqué reports two major German counter attacks in the Lisichansk sector along the Donets were repelled with heavy losses. Russians claim to have held new western bank positions as German reports on Smolensk and Kuban fronts show limited activity.
James F. Byrnes, newly named director of war mobilization, pledges to unify civilian and governmental forces for a coordinated home-front war effort. He cites production milestones, including the 100,000th aircraft and plans to double the fleet and speed merchant ship construction. He urges officials to set aside disputes and work as a team.
A Mid-West Wool cooperation buyer from Kansas City Mo is in Pontotoc county purchasing wool clip. He pays growers a percentage of the eventual price after grading the wool and submits the remaining funds. The buyer ships the wool to Kansas City, avoiding growers transporting it elsewhere.
U S Navy reports more than 400 Japanese troops killed on Attu when three U S columns moved toward Chichagof Harbor Saturday night. Mopping up continued Sunday as Army troops cleared pockets of resistance. officials said organized enemy resistance was broken.
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in Parliament that 514,993 Empire service members have been casualties in the first three years of war. He listed 92,089 killed, 226,719 missing, 107,891 prisoners, and 88,294 wounded with breakouts by region including United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Joseph Charles Galligan 59 was found dead at the foot of a hotel stairway after bystanders misjudged him as asleep. Coroner says Galligan likely died from a fall. In North Africa two Oklahoma soldiers wounded include Pfc Paul H. McAlister and Pvt Samuel R. Murphree.
A thriftier message urges citizens to purchase war bonds rather than ostentatious displays of wealth. The appeal frames bonds as a patriotic duty and a smarter financial choice during wartime.
Corbin, Bates and Glen Smith returned from Calgary with top Aberdeen Angus stock. Bates bought ten head to add to a herd southeast of Ada. Corbin added a premier Canadian cow to his herd. Smith added a bull to his herd near Ada. Bates has moved his Angus herd from Tishomingo to the Charlie Auten farm near the old airport, adding barns and land.
Backers of stiff anti strike legislation win a House vote 211 to 163 to bring up the Smith Connally bill for immediate consideration. The measure faces two hours of debate and unlimited time for amendments as war agency heads oppose the bill while proponents point to current coal strikes as justification.
Henry Ford was elected president of Ford Motor Co. at an adjourned shareholder meeting in Detroit after the death of Edsel Bryant Ford. New officers include Charles E. Sorensen as vice president and treasurer B J Craig as vice president and treasurer H L Moekle as secretary and assistant treasurer and H E Schlechter as assistant secretary and assistant treasurer. Directors elected include Henry Ford Henry Ford II Benson Ford Charles E Sorensen Mrs Eleanor Ford Harry H Bennett M L Bricker B Craig and R R Rausch. New directors include Mrs Edsel Ford Bennett Bricker Craig and Rausch. Bennett Bricker and Rausch join the board with production duties in the Rouge plant and other policy roles.
Oklahoma City June 1 The highway commission reports 14 traffic fatalities in May, down from 35 a year earlier. Over January–May, deaths totaled 103, down 55 from 1942. Of May deaths, two drivers eight passengers four pedestrians, three school children among them. Tulsa had one fatality Oklahoma City four. others on rural roads. Four deaths occurred in daylight. Excessive speed caused six deaths and driving on the wrong side five.
Rep. Lyle Boren assails secrecy around the Hot Springs food conference. He cites reports that proposals include a move toward collective farming in developing nations and adoption of international grade standards to restrict marketing and business.
Mrs. Nora Miller, 58, was killed and Mrs. Clara Elkins, 50, suffered serious injuries in a grade crossing collision with a Rock Island freight train. Otto Schmidt, 50, driver of the pickup, had lacerations. Authorities said Schmidt did not see the last car of a string coupled to a switch engine just clearing the crossing.
Firemen recovered a seven pound antenna weight that fell from a Flying Fortress bomber and crashed into a house. It pierced two bedroom walls and ended in a garden near Mr and Mrs Lee Reynolds as authorities urged reports of any low flying aircraft and identification numbers.
Oil and Gas Journal reports U S weekly crude production fell by 14 685 barrels to 3 982 015 with decreases in California Kansas and Louisiana. Eastern and Rocky Mountain regions rose modestly while East Texas remained unchanged at 339 300 barrels.
The notice lists marriage licenses for several couples: Carlos A Mashburn and Eula Violet Smith of Seminole. William Sugg of Ada and Nell Dean Johnson of Lawrence. Raymond Floyd Vick of Sherman Texas and Dell Marie Turner of Ada. W D Wixom and Ruth Kelly, both of Roff. A separate line notes a news style wrinkle from G W Young at Ohio Wesleyan University about not capitalizing names of Hitler Mussolini or Tojo in stories.
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