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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
8
Allison Topping and Barry Fielding endure a grueling six day jungle trek toward a Guatemalan chicle plantation led by Renaldo the attorney. A venomous bushmaster attack and Renaldo’s swift gunfire save Allison as they near the estancia.
Allison insists on running her father's chicle plantation despite warnings from Barry Fielding and her father's attorney Aluerte Barrios. The group endures a mule ride to the plantation, where a venomous snake strikes the animal and Allison faints in Barry's arms.
Barry and Jose cross into Quiche territory seeking fast silver from a guarded market. In the highlands they meet the Quiche chief after a dangerous trek and a warning about white men. Renaldo’s friendship yields cautious talks as night falls and plans await morning.
About 100 residents met Governor Kerr as tensions rose over floodgate operations at the Grand River dam. Clarence Griffith urged holding the 735 foot contour for flood control, claiming water releases at 750 feet caused land loss. Kerr pledged support to landowners between 735 and 765 feet and promised aid. Perry Porter said damages from reservoir waters would be reimbursed as surveys proceed.
Local salvage officials urge residents to collect scrap metal as the War Production Board warns of continued demand to fuel the war effort. They note substantial scrap remains available and urge participation after recent screenings of Desert Victory highlighted steel use in shells tanks planes and equipment.
Twenty eight farm buildings from an Ardmore area air base site will be removed to government owned land in Mayes county. The structures built by the Farm Security Administration in 1941 and now unoccupied will be moved to a 1 500 acre unsettled Mayes county tract near Pensacola. The land housing the buildings, about 900 acres, has been taken over by the Army Air Forces.
New York dispatch reports Chamberlains from the royal palace completed a tour of Japanese war plants as part of a national drive to spur armament production. Tokyo broadcast quoted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries president Shintaro Motoyoshi as overwhelmed with emotion by the royal visit.
Dispatches report the engagement of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm to Princess Feodora of Reuss with a Potsdam palace wedding at Cecilienhof. Hubertus has obtained a divorce from his first wife Baroness Von Humbolt-Rachroeden, whom he wed in 1942.
A German radio report quoted Tokyo advices that Jose Laurel, interior commissioner on the Philippine executive council, was shot in the back while playing golf last Saturday. Laurel is hospitalized with a non dangerous wound, according to the broadcast recorded by the Associated Press.
Poultry producers in Coalgate will pay a premium of one cent per pound for roosters from June 7 to June 12 under Rooster Round-Up Week to cut feed use and market surplus birds. Oklahoma growers spend about 1.6 million dollars yearly to feed 600000 roosters, with half a million lost each summer due to fertile eggs. The plan, backed by the State Junior Chamber of Commerce and the State Board of Agriculture, aims to market surplus males after breeding season and improve egg quality.
Jasper Kennedy, a local farmer in Olney, reports a nearly new complete baling equipment set unused for two years and ready to sell. Two potential buyers were quickly connected, illustrating a sturdy demand for idle farming gear.
The article urges liberal use of mulches to save labor in home gardens. Mulching preserves soil moisture around vegetables, moderates temperatures, and controls weeds, reducing cultivation. Suggested materials include old hay straw cotton burrs and decayed grass clippings. Apply after long season vegetables emerge and are cultivated.
G B Callaway reports oats on land treated with superphosphate last fall show double the yield. He bought raw rock phosphate to apply under his peanuts. AAA official Mr Tucker says a carload of superphosphate was unloaded for farmers to use on legumes and pastures with spreading costs as the only farmer expense.
East Central State College operates a placement bureau for students seeking teaching positions. Dean W. B. Morrison reports the bureau reviews scholastic records and teaching experience, files confidential memoranda, and uses envelopes of references for future calls and recommendations. The bureau has functioned in its present form for 13 years with high placement success.
June 7 Syracuse reports officials of the International League Cyracuse chiefs ran an ad before yesterday’s doubleheader offering parking for bicycles horses and buggies despite a pleasure driving ban.
Ada authorities warn residents after multiple thefts from Victory Gardens. Police chief Quinton Blake says watchers are posted citywide and anyone stealing vegetables will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Burgess Steed, college band director, organized a band from cadets of the Army Air Crew detachment at East Central State College. The ensemble plays daily for retreat and performed in a review honoring Governor Kerr. Several tentative summer programs are planned. Ada residents may soon hear the cadets perform.
The War Department released the names of three Oklahoma soldiers killed in action among 286 U S troops. Pvt Paul L Kahnert of Ponca City Pvt James R Redin of Gracemont and Tech Fifth Grade Edgar T Tharp of Reed died in North Africa.
Gearfield county jail undergoes a remodeling project totaling 10277 dollars after relocation to the courthouse top floor. In AnadarKo services are set for Henry G Ware a Kiowa tribal figure and former all state basketball player who died in National City California.
Oklahoma City June 7 The American Legion foresees forming Parolee Supervisory and Welfare Councils by mid July to aid paroled prisoners. Local councils will include Legion representation, civic groups, churches, welfare groups and judges to help with employment guidance and reintegration while the Legion only initiates meetings and does not seek clemency.
A Lawton hotel key was returned from North Africa after 14 soldiers found it near a German tank and mailed it to manager A. R. Pool with a note stating the desert find and a joke about carrier pigeons. Pool wonders how the key traveled so far.
Roy L. Nester of Allen and Velma Lance of Ada receive marriage license. Bailey F. Gallahar of Roff and Ohma Ruth Smith of Ada are granted a marriage license.
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson said April arms output rose 7 percent from March with gains across major munitions. Aircraft totaled 1.649 billion dollars, about one third of total output, while bombers rose 18 percent and navy fighters near 50 percent. Overall April showed better balance since Pearl Harbor, though some items overperformed and others lagged.
Evangelist William A. Carleton spoke twice Sunday morning and again at 8 30 in the evening to large crowds at Oak Avenue Baptist church. The day added 27 new members, totaling 44 for the first week of the revival. Monday sermons focus on Job and moral choices with daily services at 9 30 am and 8 pm through the week.
The Ada area received 2.10 inches of rain by Sunday morning after four days of precipitation totaling 2.94 inches. Friday through Sunday recorded 0.24 0.57 2.10 and 0.03 inches with Sunday afternoon warmth reaching 84 degrees and a 67 degree night. Oklahoma thundershowers were reported with Muskogee at two inches and Tulsa McAlester Waynoka also seeing rain as showers were forecast for Monday.
General Charles De Gaulle labeled Petain an evangel of decadence and Laval's Vichy regime a traitor band. The criticism came during a mass 2,000 strong rally in Algiers organized by the De Gaullist groupe combat, active since last November after Allied landings in Africa.
Miami June 7. American Legion members recall Private Fred Barbee missing in the Pacific. They aid Mrs. Scott Barbee by constructing a new three room house after her possessions were wiped out by a recent flood.
County commissioners reported repairs to county roads and new bridges after floods. Work on mail routes will finish this week with grading and filling of washouts starting late this week or early next. Many bridges remained but approaches washed out. crushed rock will fill the gaps. Power equipment is ready for reconstruction across sections. Mail routes were the first to be built after the flood.
Oklahoma City June 7. The calendar committee of the state board of regents will consider abolishing the three semester plan at a special meeting later this month. The program aimed to give 18 to 19 year olds extra college time before service, but new draft laws complicate the schedule for the 1944-45 year.
The local rationing office now offers the official trade point tables for meat fats fish and cheese. Ben L. Morrison chair announces tables for dealers and consumers with compact versions for easy use. All produce regardless of form carries the same point value per pound unless noted.
The Supreme Court upheld the 49 cent per bushel penalty on wheat produced beyond AAA quotas and either sold or consumed. The decision, in a one sentence order, affirms a DC Circuit ruling and supports Lemke's challenge on behalf of farmers in Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan and Kansas.
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell said after conferences in Washington that the allied leaders' plans would satisfy demands for strong, aggressive and immediate action. He spoke in Cairo en route to his post in China, India and Burma, where he commands U S forces.
The U S post office undertakes its largest mailing operation distributing 120 6 900 copies of War Ration Book 3 to households nationwide as part of wartime controls.
The article states that roughly one third of sunlight hitting a water surface is reflected back, with the remainder entering the water. This proportion highlights surface reflection effects and energy balance at aquatic boundaries.
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