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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
3
Pontotoc county housekeeping aide at 811 West Main Ada finished a five to seven day pre-service WPA relief program. Since Feb 18 twenty eight women have served 44 homes in the district under county and city sponsorship with focus on food conservation health child care clothing mending home cleaning and improvement. MacArthur garden donations and local cooperation noted.
Sen. Robert L. Owen aging into his 87th year speaks at a banquet in Washington praising the Good Neighbor Policy and the spiritual unity of mankind. He cites Roosevelt Hull and the initiative referendum and other democratic tools as pillars of governance.
Oklahoma holiday traffic toll stands at four with no fatalities in the 1941 Memorial day period. Three killed late Saturday when their car was hit by a speeding passenger train ten miles north of Chickasha. Victims: Clarence Huckaby 35 Amber Ernest Aduddell 21 Coffeyville Kas and a sister about 18 unnamed. William Johnson 56 Stillwater grocer died after a truck collision on Highway 77 near Marietta.
More than 1,500 Texas volunteers pledged to avenge the loss of the U S cruiser Houston at swearing in ceremonies as President Roosevelt said the debt will be paid in full The message read by Rear Admiral Glassford praised the ship and its crew and urged support for new naval recruits in Texas Memorial Day remarks and in Houston and across America. A separate note from Lamberton North Carolina reports the death of 75 year old W Oliver Kinlaw on the cemetery grounds while burying his wife.
Hollywood reports the actor John Barrymore died penniless after a long illness. Only Lionel Barrymore Gene Fowler and John Decker were with him at Calvary cemetery chapel private rites expected. He praised life and his late uncle John Drew as he faded, returning to the Catholic faith.
The list details area by area of the 1058 degrees awarded in the 10th commencement. Ada Warren Jack Bates B S in geology Carl Coleman M Ed Mortimer Sharpe Faulkner M D Norris Brydin Haney LLB B S in business Marjorie Jackson B S in physical education Paul Pierce Jackson M D Hugh Glen Monroe B S in business Pauline Pitt B S in education Miss Wimbish LLB Annals from Antlers Frank Clarence Amend Jr B S in business Rebecca B Hodge M Ed Konawa Burwell Millard Bates B S in business LeNoir Bowles MEd Leonard Carl Ellwanger MEd J B Jordan B S in geology Carl David Mayfield MEd Madill Joseph Paul Lile LLB Maud Carl H Noel Rav ia Elvie Lee Sewell Stonewall Lenore Correll B S in business Herman Samuel Garrett LLB William M McWhirt B S in mechanical engineering Paul Preston Rudell B S in business Stratford Eldon Allen Davenport B S in petroleum engineering Arthur Thomas Glass B S in pharmacy Sulphur Dav Crockett Matthews LLB Charles Fred White LLB Tishomingo Milburn Bruce McAdams B S in electrical engineering Ann L Mickle B S in education
County Agent C. H. Hailey urges culling non-producers to free space and save feed as war demands more eggs. He notes loafers lower profits and stresses selecting good layers by eye brightness, comb color, vent condition, and beak and leg color in yellow-skinned varieties.
John Merighi a 40 year old retired Plainfield policeman endured forty operations over ten years and despite the medical challenges remains active in service. The report highlights resilience amid long term health battles and continued public duty at Fort Dix New Jersey.
Former Governor Jack Walton filed as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Oklahoma County just before the filing deadline. Walton, a former Oklahoma City mayor and state official, had served as corporation commissioner after his 1922 governorship and impeachment.
Eunice J. Brooks died at 104 in Chatfield Minnesota her life spanned five of America s seven wars. She was ten during the Remember the Alamo cry against Mexico and 101 as World War II began. Her husband, married in 1860, died in 1922.
The article discusses using creams to camouflage bare legs and alternatives to silk stockings, including cotton stockings, depilatories, wax epilators, and leg makeup in shades. It advises pedicure and nail care for bare legs and notes a rise in fires started by careless smokers near national parks in 1940.
WAURIKA May 30. Rodeo fans will watch world champions Clyde Burk and Dick Truitt compete June 28 in a free-for-all roping event. Burk seeks to beat Truitt for a thousand dollars as promoters John Collins brings Old Mexico cattle for the challenge. Each man must rope six wild steers and six elusive calves. both men are noted rivals yet friends off the arena.
The war department released a list naming 277 American prisoners of war held by Japan. About 200 are at Shanghai and 77 at Zintsuji Shikoku Island with most captured on December 23 1941 near Wakeland. Next of kin were notified. Oklahoma Navy men listed include Joseph Mills Bentley Marlow Robert Shores Pauls Valley and Mackie Lee Wheeler Coalgate route 4.
The agriculture department orders millions of pigs fed extra rations to fatten faster so they can be marketed earlier. With spring crops up 25 percent, packing and transport would be strained if hogs were moved only in December and January. Officials estimate December January slaughter could reach 7.5 to 8 million head versus 5.8 million last year.
Oklahoma City May 30 Senator Josh Lee said he would confer in Washington next week with price administrator Leon Henderson and war production head Donald M Nelson about stopping nationwide gasoline rationing. He argued the main aim is rubber conservation and that the government should directly control rubber and tires rather than link it to gasoline limits. He warned that rationing gasoline would not help the war effort without rubber supply action.
Rear Admiral James Laurence Kauffman is assigned head of the seventh and eighth naval districts from Jacksonville to Mexico, commanding anti submarine efforts in the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean from Miami. He arrives from Iceland where he directed naval operations against submarines and received the Navy Cross.
USO campaign in Pontotoc County gains momentum with Allen, Stonewall, Roff and Francis leaders planning aggressive drives. Farmers upgrade facilities including C A Magness’s 18 by 36 foot rock lambing house for White Leghorns. Two more cattle dipping vats are ready in Lone Oak and Gillespie Ranch, while interest rises in parasite control and herd health.
Ada and surrounding territory send many men to Fort Devens Massachusetts where USO facilities are established. Chester Caldwell mentions writing letters from the USO club and living across the street, as fundraising drives to fund a home away from home for service members begin in Pontotoc County with a total quota of 6850 dollars.
The tale centers on Pilot A. M. Ganze a policeman folded into a group of amateur pilots making a cross country hop with Greenville as a destination. Upon arrival Ganze jokes about Greensville while the cafe owner corrects him noting they are in Terrell.
Oklahoma City May 30 A Champlin Refining Company proposal seeks oil and gas leasing on the south half of a five mile riverbed along the Arkansas river bordering Pawnee county The Osage nation holds the north half of the stretch and the plan will be presented to the state school land commission Monday Secretaries Steele said
Coal county farmers are adding eighteen registered boars from Poland China Chester White and Duroc Jersey lines to their swine herds as part of the Swine Improvement program. Chester Whites come from Roy Martin Sapulpa Duroc Jerseys from Frank Lee Wetumka and Poland Chinas from Eastern A and M College Wilburton. Members and adopters include A M Graves Coalgate W T McMillan Clarita John Lane Clarita Jack Ray Clarita Lawrence Stutte Clarita Audie Hall Tupelo G B Calloway Coalgate Guy Burton Coalgate Otis O Neal Clarita. A few hogs remain and interested parties may contact the office.
County farmers plan 2000 acres of soybeans with strong stands on 24 acres near Eureka and 25 acres at Clarita. Government sets minimum price at 1.60 per bushel as harvest ready by combine. Macoupia seed available from Pas cuali for those planting soybeans.
Judge W. B. Thornsbrough of Coalgate mounts an apparatus on his mower to lay hop clover in wind rows as he cuts. He is now harvesting to save seed, urging others to follow. Two seed methods exist: scatter hay over new pasture to plant, or thrash for commercial seed.
Tipton Oklahoma May 30 The Oklahoma A and M agricultural experiment substation here is developing four strains of superior quality cotton. About 1200 acres are used for the undertaking with seven major crosses already made since 1940. Seed quality and yield are studied as crosses continue and seeds from top crops are sold to farmers.
Meandering Pecos River between Carlsbad New Mexico and Acos Texas runs farther than distance by road. The river’s winding path makes a 700 mile course despite the 90 mile road separation.
Willis Young, a Fitzhugh High School graduate and seven year 4-H member from Pontotoc County, receives an animal husbandry scholarship job at Oklahoma A&M College Stillwater to support his studies. He led in Southeastern Junior Livestock shows with a 1938 Hereford grand championship and a 1940 Southdown lamb grand championship. He is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Young on a Fitzhugh-area farm.
Here and There On State Farms reports that Alva Hobbs asked if feeding chickens anything could kill hawks that eat them. Oklahoma A and M specialists replied there is nothing recommended for this purpose. Wax vomic a is not effective, according to experiments.
The demand for bean sprouts in the United States opens a chance for a new Oklahoma specialty crop. H V Staten, forage crops specialist, collaborates with state seed men to secure seed of a hard green bean suited for sprouting, aiming to make Oklahoma a leading producer.
More than 100000 pounds of lespedeza seed planted and about 4000 acres now in permanent pasture in Cherokee county. County Agent Carl F. Neumann notes early growers can say I told you so and reports very good stands of White Dutch.
Markie Thompson of Osage Hill in Osage County Oklahoma reports four months to May 1 with 745 dozen eggs from 132 white Leghorn hens. Gross returns total 209.41 while net after feed and expenses is 129.41.
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