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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
5
Governor Phillips pledges to use veto power to rein in appropriations as Oklahoma faces a 7 million dollar general fund deficit. He notes lawmakers must set available funds and spend accordingly, with state officials helping conserve unspent appropriations and find new revenues.
Oklahoma City patrolmen E C Mc Intosh and H J Harmon stopped a couple parked with lights off near a busy highway to warn them of danger. The driver vehemently denied being intoxicated, leading to further questioning and an eventual arrest for drunken driving.
The article recalls the June 28 1919 Versailles treaty ending World War I. France and allies imposed terms on Germany, reshaping borders such as Alsace Lorraine to France, Saar reassigned, Danzig free city, and East Prussia severed. Germany lost colonies, demilitarized the Rhineland, and pledged limited armed forces.
Federal alcohol unit agents wearing military style uniforms escorted three black prisoners before U S Commissioner Roger Edward Davis. A fourth man claimed he belonged in the case and, after testimony about illicit stills, was held on $250 bond. One inmate announced he came to join the United States Army and left.
Officials from the U S Bureau of Fisheries warn the Savannah district that heavy fishing and a severe winter have severely depleted the spawning supply. They urge immediate action including closing the season until August 1 to prevent the likely collapse of the coming crop across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
A discovery reported at the American Association for the Advancement of Science states small iodine doses to pregnant women at the University of Oregon medical school ease motherhood. Doctors Zener Phatak and David note better well being before birth, fewer labor abnormalities, improved nursing, faster recovery, and better thyroid function.
Government witnesses in federal court accuse Sheriff John Baxter of Muskogee county Oklahoma of a protection payoff conspiracy with liquor dealers and runners linking Arkansas and Oklahoma. Eight of ten co defendants pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to the indictment while Dewey Stokes pleaded guilty to another conspiracy charge.
Soviet forces reported to have occupied all large towns in Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia with artillery infantry and cavalry escorts, guards posted at rail hubs, as negotiations continue for pro Soviet governments. Reports from Stockholm marked by Aftonbladet Tidningen correspondents in Riga and Kaunas.
Max B Robinson of Fenn College and the Y M C A Cleveland argues graduates must market tangible accomplishments not just degrees. Employers seek leadership, people skills, analysis, and decision making. Co operative work and early experience ease job entry and promotion.
L. E. Cash pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Peace Justice A. W. Oliver on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. A September 9 preliminary hearing was set by agreement. Cash posted $1,000 bond and was freed. The complaint says Cash tried to collect tax refunds owed to J. W. Roberts by posing as his agent.
About 495 students in 19 schools join the Civil Aeronautics Authority summer civilian pilot training program in Oklahoma. Ground schooling and flight instruction are free for college students this year, with OU and Oklahoma A and M leading with 45 spots each.
The Oklahoma Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment closed after voting to meet in McAlester next year. A. N. Christianson of Miami was reelected department commander and Mrs Madeline Melott of Oklahoma City was chosen president of the women's auxiliary. In Dallas a black-clad woman climbed the Houston street viaduct railing and told police she had used a ladder to descend and was heading home.
Oklahoma City aviation editor Bennie Turner honored with the Jerry Sass trophy for the outstanding contribution to aviation in Oklahoma in 1939.
Dr. Edgar D. Meacham was appointed dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Oklahoma, replacing S. W. Reaves who resigned.
Shawne state senator Tom Waldrop was convicted by a common pleas court of selling state jobs and received a maximum one year sentence. He denied the charges and plans to seek a new trial, according to the report with a photo.
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