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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
5
Reporters reflecting on the Normandy invasion note lingering tensions between Allied chiefs. They describe Montgomer y's Caen delays, British officers humor, and French reluctance hindering early exercises. The piece contrasts wartime unity with postwar frictions observed by war correspondents.
A teacher frames forestry as woven into everyday life in Oklahoma and Obihoma areas. The piece highlights integrating forest management, native tree education, and practical resource use into students’ daily learning and local work, stressing sustainable seedling production and community ties.
Oklahoma City June 13 Old age assistance payments were linked to a $46 million building bond issue promoted by Granville Scanland and Orn J Fox. Fox pledged to defeat the bond if pension rolls were reduced while promising 100 votes from old folks and relatives. Welfare Director W Stokes said the department must curtail aid for those who can be supported by relatives to stay within budget. Fox, under legislative investigation, denied opposing the bond but said it is past his power to fight the administration if it removes old folks from aid lists. A legislative committee report on Fox’s welfare activities was to be given to Oklahoma County.
Former President Herbert Hoover denounced what he called New Era thinking that substitutes security for self reliance. He warned security robs joy in competition and invention, urging national progress through loyal, intellectual impulses. Hoover spoke at the outdoor installation of Dr. Arthur Sherwood Fleming as ninth president of Ohio Wesleyan University, during the three day commencement in Selby Stadium.
An explosion in a Nowata Oklahoma plant caused injuries to operator Charles Whitford and minor damage. The incident occurred during routine boiler operations at the 9 powdered milk facility and involved an accumulating gag in the boiler.
Weekend toll climbs to 12 deaths with 223 for the year after a truck crash south of Kiowa. A second fatal collision west of Sand Springs killed Norman Jones and Adela Skinner during a wedding journey. Three other deaths occurred in separate accidents in Morris Idabel and Bristow, with multiple injuries reported.
J T McWhirt, a T B McWhirt, Roff and Ada pioneer, died Monday afternoon at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 AM at Rot. Survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. He was 73.
Fragmentary text cites Britannica entries about buttermilk usage in America and mentions canaries and cold degrees. Details are garbled, no coherent event or subject emerges.
Washington June 13 The U S circuit court of appeals held that a congressional committee may compel a witness to answer if he is a communist The ruling sustains contempt convictions of John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo who face one year in jail and fines for refusing to disclose communist affiliation to the House Un American Activities committee Their trials were delayed by the Lawson Trumbo appeal and the decision raises major constitutional rights questions Also Beanie Baldwin commented he believes in the right to petition Congress without being asked about political beliefs.
Mrs Verda R Littleton 60 longtime Sulphur resident died in a Sulphur hospital Friday morning Funeral held Sunday from Sulphur First Christian Church Rev Frank Williams officiating Burial in Oaklawn Cemetery She had been ill seven weeks with a disarticulation Her husband C L Littleton coworker at Littleton Gentry Chevrolet Sulphur She born in Arkansas came Oklahoma 1889 Payne County Panhandle area She was member of First Christian Church and Eastern Star Surviving are husband two daughters Mrs Dayton Burnside and Mrs Joe Elder of Sulphur mother Mrs J A Ramsey Sulphur two grandsons Kenneth Elder and Bil Burnside three sisters Mrs E P Kitsutt Odessa Tex Mrs Dannie Kelley Amarillo Mrs Annie Barrett Panhandle City two brothers Ray Ramsey Sulphur Jess Ramsey Davis pallbearers listed in text but unreadable in source
In Oklahoma City on June 13 a new group formed by former leaders of the Oklahoma Education Association and Oklahoma State School Board Association began an effort to recover several million dollars held by the state school land fund. Letters to school and taxpayer groups urged votes on a permanent committee to manage the fund for school children, citing a federal grant of 5 million dollars and about 1,373,000 acres of land promised to state pupils. Officials confirmed awareness but lacked details, while the group argues the funds belong to Oklahoma children and should fund court actions if needed.
An accident six miles east of Ada at 3:30 a.m. Sunday sent four people to a level hospital for treatment. Mary Scott, Jo Hauser, Virginia West, and David Roark were injured. Roark’s car reportedly sped east, ran off the highway for about 300 feet and overturned. Trooper Glenn Clark investigated.
Wartime housing shortages for servicemen and families prompt Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson to seek 150.1 million dollars to build 7,560 homes. Overseas bases lack adequate quarters, forcing long commutes. prefabricated homes from The Moring Coops at Quantico, Virginia show promise at lower, speedier costs.
Officials examine 31 applications from Black students seeking enrollment at white state colleges where Langston University lacks certain courses. The Higher Regents review involved University of Oklahoma leaders and Langston officials. Certificates may be issued in education fields not offered at Langston, with collaboration between Langston and OU.
Curtis Floyd reports County Agent notices on bell weevil control for cotton early in square formation using dust mixtures available locally. Includes hog protein supplementation for feed efficiency and a Long Time Farm and Home program plan for Cotton County, with discussions on education access and university course offerings.
Three Chicago youths Bai T. Koutnik Bill Penechi and Edward Huttner aged about 16 17 were found in Duncan after a telegraphed inquiry by a father. They had traveled with stories of Oklahoma and said they intended to stay with their father if allowed. Police expect parents to decide next steps. youths showed no objection to being taken into custody.
Richard Griffin, a young Nickersom farmer, died when his plane crashed on Arnold Briggs farm late Saturday. Kenneth Briggs witnessed the nosedive and fire. Griffin was spraying at the time. survivors include wife and one child along with his parents.
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