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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
3
Food specialists urge victory gardeners to store greens in 3 quarts per family member. Spinach and other greens like mustard chard turnips and beet tops are canned or frozen. Prepare with tender greens wash thoroughly steam can or freeze and follow proper pressure processing or blanching guidelines.
Oklahoma State horticulturist Fred LeCrone outlines storage rules for Irish potatoes. Dig when soil reaches about 90F, avoid sun exposure, and move to shaded areas promptly. Emphasizes harvesting care and warns immature potatoes spoil quickly. for full guidance, request leaflet No. 36. Also notes moles affect gardens and advises trapping over poisoning.
Mrs. Jessie Morgan county home demonstration agent centers a June program of canning schools and food preservation demos. A June 15 one day conference at East Central College features an 11 oclock talk and pressure cooker guidance. The effort, begun in March, has run countywide with 20 schools and over 600 women participating, aided by 30 volunteers.
STILLWATER June 2 A. Bieberdorf of Oklahoma A and M College Entomology reports moles are generally beneficial rather than injurious. Stomach contents show a diet of animal prey including earthworms grubs cutworms wireworms crickets beetles spiders and centipedes.
Secretary Morgenthau told a Kingston audience that the September drive will seek the largest individual contribution in history to cover the nation’s needs beyond the seven billion dollars in bonds. He said future funding will rely on voluntary payments and payroll savings with four months without drives. The ceremony awarded Kingston the treasury flag near Morgenthau’s Hudson Valley estate.
Mrs. Morgan reports widespread canning in Pontotoc county with 38 farm homes visited and 200 pressure gauges tested. Home clubs, 4 H youths, and land sales or war bonds support the drive while 20 canning schools train volunteers for safety and efficiency.
The Pontotoc County Odd Fellows and Rebekahs with Boy Scouts and Cubs co sponsor a June war bonds and stamps drive. A patriotic program featuring music readings dance pantomimes and a playette will be staged in Allen Francis McLish and Ada with events at 8 30 pm on listed dates and a June 29 Ada program followed by an auction to finish the bond quota.
Federal car tax of 5 dollars due by July 1 is payable at post offices. The payment covers the fiscal year beginning July 1 and yields a windshield sticker. Stickers are yellow and available at local and nationwide post offices.
County Agent Curtis Floyd reports War Production Board rulings easing red tape for farm machinery. Purchases up to 25 dollars per item require no farm rationing committee approval. higher values need approval. Bruno Mayer moves tractors and bulldozers to build ponds with AAA support, work on farms near Centrahoma and Coalgate. contact W. T. McEntire for pond building. C. F. Stiles checked boll weevils last week.
Field of extra early cotton yields eight live weevils per 500 stalks, a high percentage as they emerge from hibernation. Mr. Stiles notes the field acts as a weevil trap and plans are underway for weekly insect checks by ten 4-H club boys to gauge pests affecting corn.
The article, by Martha McPheters of Oklahoma A&M, notes freezing vegetables preserves quality close to fresh. It cites asparagus English peas string beans spinach and sweet corn as particularly suitable and stresses quality harvest time freezing speed blanching cooling moisture proof packing and immediate freezing in a locker for best results.
Twenty five years ago East Central State College hosted a Students' Army Training Corps unit. The program led by War Department orders into a regime from 6:40 a.m. to 10 p.m. included drills academics meals and inspections. The list names Ada area enrollees and their hometowns reflecting a wartime college community.
Washington reports a new propulsion system gives U S warships greater range and striking power with up to 35 percent less fuel than any other navy. High pressure high temperature steam drives destroyers since 1934 and now powers battleships like North Carolina and Washington, reflecting American ingenuity and domestic industry.
Pontotoc county pledges to exceed its share for the Democratic victory fund with county chair Jack Conn announcing a target rise from 600 to about 1000 dollars. Donors can claim dinner tickets at the Skirvin Hotel Oklahoma City Monday afternoon ahead of the Monday victory dinner honoring Governor Kerr.
Harry A. Trower of Bartlesville Oklahoma vice president of Phillips Petroleum Co won 65 000 in a 100 000 damage suit in Jackson county circuit court against the M K T railroad. The verdict followed a two hour jury deliberation over injuries from an October 28 1934 collision six miles north of Riverton Kansas. He claimed a severe brain injury fractured hip and knee and lasting income loss with two months unconsciousness.
Tulsa report shows District Judge Leslie Webb criticizing parole oversight after sentencing Henry Deck 23 to five years for burglary. Deck, paroled last December after five years of a 12 year term, had no evidence of lawful employment. Webb urged closer parole supervision to prevent recurrences.
Fort Sill will posthumously award the Silver Star to Pvt. Ruben W. Dunlap Pocasset for gallantry in Tunisia. His widow Mrs Lawell Dunlap will receive the medal from Col Kenneth S Perkins at 4 PM during a Station Complement review. He fired a machine gun under heavy bombing to cover his unit until killed by bomb fragments.
Pontotoc county citizens had their driving licenses revoked for one year by State Safety Commissioner J M Gentry after conviction in Ada county court for drunken driving. Emory Manuel 35 Ada and William Clair Dickey 39 Ada were named along with arresting troopers Cy Killian and Harold Wagen. A separate six month suspension was issued for Robert Doris Bowles 31 Wewoka after a reckless driving arrest. A third case reports Hugh Wayne McCumber 30 Seminole fined 41.80 and facing a one year license revocation after a drunken driving plea in Seminole. Ova Junior Ayers 18 Shawnee received six months for running a stop sign and speeding in Oklahoma City.
Pontotoc County schools receive a tuition voucher totaling 1972.82 for the last semester. Ray Stegall, county superintendent, announced the payment covers 7200 school days attended by 122 Indian students in public schools. Eligible pupils must have one quarter or more Indian blood and belong to a Five Civilized Tribe.
Second Lt. Dominick J. Germano of New York City died in a Ft. Sill hospital after a plane crash during a training flight. First Lt. James W. Hoffman of Fort Thomas Kentucky was seriously injured in the same incident as the field artillery liaison plane plunged into the Wichita mountains wildlife refuge after takeoff.
A portion of state highway No. 3 near Stonewall saw a coal truck collide with a seated passenger car in heavy rain. Reckless driving charges were filed Tuesday against Ed C. Northrup of Coalgate by Highway Patrolman Cy Killian after seven people, including Mrs. Bob McInnis, were injured and treated at a local hospital.
Congressional tax leaders after a meeting with Secretary Morgenthau said they will push to enact a tax bill this year to meet President Roosevelt's request for 16 billion dollars in revenue. Doughton indicated early hearings could start two weeks before Congress reconvenes with no firm figures yet, and provisions would take effect after January 1, 1944. The dialogue included Finance Committee figures and Treasury officials.
London reports say Germany may halt raw material allocations to U-boat yards unless U boats prove more effective. Grand Admiral Doenitz granted three months to deliver results as Rear Admiral Raeder shifts to new decoy and attack tactics amid rising losses. Voelkischer Beobachter cites elastic construction adapting to Allied defenses.
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