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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
6
Barry Fielding journeys into Guatemala to seek a Quiche quicksilver mine. He is drawn into a deadly ritual when the tribe condemns a local girl to death on a blood oath. Despite appeals, outsiders cannot halt the ancient rite or save the doomed girl.
Barry and Jose seize two mules during an Indian departure toward the Cave of the Winds. They ride through forests and reach a safe camp by a cascading stream where Barry, feverish and weakened, confesses malaria as the peril they face before the tale continues.
Barry Fielding and his Mexican guide Jose reach Quiche country seeking support for American silver. After an attack on a girl and a death sentence, Barry falls ill with malaria. Jose nurses him in a cave with Atabrine and broth while planning to return to safety and press his claim.
Seven members of the House Agriculture Committee urged President Roosevelt to create a single food administrator with full powers. They left the White House without clear support, promising Byrnes to discuss next steps before action.
Oklahoma Supreme Court opinions announced in Oklahoma City cover multiple cases from various counties. Decisions include affirmations, partial alterations, and remands with directions across Tulsa Craig Cotton Ottawa Grand River etc.
New York June 15 The Japanese diet began a three day session to approve laws backed by Premier Hideki Tojo and the imperial rule assistance association after a propaganda campaign. Tojo to address the diet with no questions allowed.
Berlin reports twenty five ballast laden ships reached Gibraltar escorted by the British battleship King George V the aircraft carrier Formidable and U S naval units watchers at La Linea Spain saw the convoy drop anchors at 10 am yesterday no allied confirmation yet
STILLWATER Oklahoma June 15 The Southwestern Regional land tenure committee revived a study on the effects of land tenure on soil conducted by experiment stations in Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Texas and Oklahoma Observations from a recent two day meeting were discussed at the gathering
Ada physician Major John B Morey is featured in Look magazine page 50 in a two page spread on battlefield medical care. The image shows him using a stethoscope to check a wounded airman in a mobile hospital near New Guinea.
Five Oklahomans held as prisoners of war by axis powers were identified by the War Department. The internees include Pfc. Robert F. Chamberlain of Woodward and Pvt. Robert L. Guernsey of Tulsa, both reported in Japanese camps, along with Pfc. James A. Mayes of Weleetka and Pvt. Jay Rye of Washington, interned by Japan and Germany respectively, and Pvt. Leslie E. Dalrymple of Jones listed as interned by Germany at Steag 5b.
The Santa Fe forecast that half a billion bushels of the 1943 U S wheat crop may be piled on the ground due to a severe grain car shortage. With 49 million car movements planned, 6 thousand grain cars short, and limited foreign box cars, storage space at interior markets remains limited as harvest approaches.
CHICKASHA June 15. Victory gardener Ed Goodrich showed a root stomach turning mix, a plant with potatoes beneath and tomatoes above. He claimed he simply planted a potato piece and let nature surprise skeptics.
Oklahoma Governor Kerr freed Roland Pursell of Atlanta Georgia a former Royal Canadian Air Force flight lieutenant who had been sentenced to three years for burglarizing a cotton county farmhouse and stealing meat Pursell had been offered reinstatement to the RCAF as a flight lieutenant if released.
U S crude oil production rose by 24 625 barrels to 3 971 220 for the week ended June 12 the Oil and Gas Journal reports gains in Kansas Michigan and Oklahoma while California and some other regions show declines including Illinois Louisiana and Texas with mixed regional changes.
Jack Dempsey and his wife Hannah Williams faced a decisive move as their divorce and separation counters were sent to a Supreme Court referee in White Plains New York. Referee J Addison Young vowed to decide promptly after the May 25 start of the trial. Dempsey denied striking his wife but admitted minor altercations with others in the kitchen.
Thomas D. Peet a Tulsa paper company salesman was gored by a bull at his farm near Broken Arrow yesterday suffering a punctured lung and remains in serious condition today.
In Washington on June 14 the U S Public Health Service described a new, unidentified disease with high mortality but limited spread. Dr R E Dyer testified the agent has been isolated in animals and progress is expected to reveal the cause. First found in New Iberia Louisiana with 17 cases and eight deaths mostly among nurses.
Washington June 14 Many of the more than 2 800 000 men rejected by the armed services for physical disqualifications may be reclaimed as a result of lowered standards delaying the induction of fathers, testimony before the house committee indicated today. Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey said lowered navy standards might postpone the drafting of fathers three or four months. Since then the navy has dropped its requirements. Although official indications have been that the drop was not sufficient to produce enough reclaimed men.
On Attu in June, Allied troops fought at Holtz Bay under constant Japanese fire. Casualties were light though the fighting was fierce as snipers and machine guns guarded approaches while Navy ships and jeeps moved supplies and wounded to safety.
Hints of delaying father-draft beyond August 1 noted by Hershey and McNutt as talks suggest most physically fit fathers could serve. By June the armed forces target 9.2 to 10.9 million in uniform with inductions down after December, leaving a pool of about 8 million family heads to meet quotas while farm fathers remain deferred.
In Spartanburg South Carolina on June 14 a water proofed jeep used as a transport messenger carrier amphibian was submerged and operated successfully in tests at Duncan Park lake. The vehicle moved around the lake bed at a moderate speed while the driver kept his head above water.
A Domei dispatch reported by Tokyo said a Sunday earthquake moved through the Japanese archipelago, felt on Honshu where Tokyo lies and on Hokkaido, with no damage reported. The broadcast was aimed at foreign listeners. Rent it with a News Want-Ad.
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