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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
2
An analysis argues that communism seeks to exploit religious fervor in the East. It discusses Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism within Soviet strategy, noting tensions with Muslim and Christian communities. The piece cites surveys and claims about religious demographics and potential impacts on anti communism efforts.
The Eagle-Picher plant may close as several hundred workers lose jobs. Reports indicate facility shutdowns and a ripple effect through related districts and industries. Union talks continue with cost concerns cited as a major hurdle.
A noted strong man attempts a 282 mile run with obstacles. He faces a locked wheel, gas station interference, frightened bystanders, and railroad holds. His wife supports him with supplies as traffic snarls, trains, and delays test endurance. A later note cites education officials about child dangers with matches.
The Ada Summer Playground program shows growing enrollment with 105 boys at Erving, BY at Washington, and 30 at Glenwood as the season expands under the Ada Community Chest funded effort. Activities include baseball battles, terrapin racing, and supervised games for underprivileged youths, with supervision by experienced adults.
Rockland Ontario reports a rare birth of twins born 47 hours apart to Mrs. Tucien Cleroux, a market gardener’s wife. Dr. W. C. Tweedie delivered the first girl weighing six pounds at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, then returned after a nurse was arranged. At 6:30 p.m. Friday the second twin, a seven pound boy, arrived. The Cleroux couple, in their early 80s, have two older children. Dr. Tweedie noted the mother recovered well and was advised rest.
Fred G Cowles aged 83 marks his birthday as publisher of the McAlester News Capital since 1960. He shows strong health and continues a daily 8 am to 5 pm role, with a 64 year career in newspapers dating back to Linden Michigan where he began as a printer.
Dr. B. G. Ross will conduct the annual Pontotoc county milk survey Monday through Saturday to rate the area for the U S Public Health Service standards. Five Oklahoma cities achieved top ratings last year with Ade leading over Muskogee Norman Seminole and Shaversee. The survey assesses sanitation across dairies and pasteurization plants to determine compliance percentages and county rating.
The State Department of Agriculture launches a campaign to eradicate cattle ticks in the state. Legislators approved 25900 dollars to fund chemical charging vats. John Mehargis leads the effort with support from Senator Virgil Merliock. Hailey, the county agent, notes about 46 private and community vats exist in the county and urges owners to contact his office to be notified of vat charging dates. Several vats can be charged in a day.
Angry members of the House Un-American Activities committee pressed a textbook review, targeting 77 colleges including Wooster College, to root out propaganda. Rep. McSweeney denounced the move. Chairman Wood said no formal decision existed and that educators’ academic freedom would not be censored. The survey, to gather information on schoolbooks, proceeds amid objections and debate. In Muskogee Oklahoma, county officials announced legal hunting of dogs chasing livestock after multiple complaints from Bristow.
Flora McReynolds promotes a national teacher seal blending the tree of knowledge with a globe. Seventeen states weigh adopting the emblem as NEA officials acknowledge state associations’ freedom to choose emblems. The design aims to symbolize the teaching profession and its global reach.
A 45-year-old student from Coffee, Mo, escaped injury when his small plane dove into a wheat field two miles west of Aurora during a cross country flight for a private license. He had landed to visit relatives after the incident near Springfield Airpt.
In Birmingham area a mob dragged crippled miner William Henry Rochester 42 from his bed three weeks after a beating in a case tied to a neighbor, Bill Hamnes 39, and threats of more violence. Sheriff Holt McDowell notes the investigation continues amid other hooded figure incidents and a Ku Klux Klan meeting reports.
Portetoe county will have one less rural elementary school when fall activities resume due to reorganization legislation. Black Rock fails ADA and will be annexed to Allen while Laughtine near Rott and Fittstown may operate next year if they file for isolation. Horseshoe protests a planned annexation to Roff and faces a required ADA shortfall.
Twelve year old Nae Bethe Stoneman daughter of TC and Mrs Stoneman of Sulphur died at Cripelad Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City after contracting polio. Three other polio cases and a possible fourth were reported from Sulphur. Philip Gray, his brother David, and Dianne Adams, daughter of Dorothy L Adams, are named. Dianne had stayed with her grandmother in Davis and visited Sulphur last week. fear that David, two, may also contract polio.
Ben L Morrison director of rural education extension represents East Central district at the annual outdoor meeting of public school superintendents held at Camp Redland Park Lake Carl Blackwell Stilwater June 145. Officials proposed preschool conferences this fall with three program types rural small high school and large high school across Purcell Paoli Wewoka for large high schools and six high schools in Garvin and Seminole counties. Attending college instructors from Oklahoma universities and state colleges included Balyeat Foster Petree Graves Cates Brown Fort Steuart and others with Morrison and Jake Steart among organizers.
Vacant lot owners face fines for tall weeds and grass. City officials warn that after repeated notices, noncompliance will lead to enforcement. Police court penalties may follow for those who neglect mowing.
A report from the Lambert Kerr farm near Ablosa describes constructing a temporary welded steel wire and sisal silo for grass and legume silage. County Agent C. H. Hatley notes the system can store silage for two to three days, reducing feed costs and providing succulent dairy cattle feed.
HAL ROVER advises veterans returning to Europe to visit old foxholes with a buddy. He recounts going with 47 war correspondents on an American Overseas Airlines tour and stresses sharing memories to lessen pain. He suggests considering a wife’s role and coordinating with American Graves Registration to honor fallen comrades and seek permissions for cemetery visits.
Volunteers from Sulphur First Baptist Church and WLM group baked and served meals at Vet Hospital to honor fathers. about 323 patients received Sunday dinner. Committee led by Mia Evelyn BicGehes. Five-year sentence handed down to Marvin D. Cox in separate dynamite case involving nitroglycerine sticks found after a February downtown incident. bomb did not explode.
County records show a supply of federal liquor selling stamps for the fiscal year ending June 0. A list of 1,080 stamp holders in the state, compiled by the United States Brewery Foundation, is forwarded to law enforcement. Retail stamps cost 27.50 dollars and wholesale 140 dollars, with numerous Ada area residents named as stamp holders and dates of issue.
Ada Sipuel Fisher, a Black woman from Chickasha, Oklahoma, is enrolling at the University of Oklahoma law school after a Supreme Court ruling fined the state to either provide separate instruction or admit her. The state previously set up a temporary branch of Langston University to comply, but Fisher pursued admission to the white university, joining other Black students in preparation to study in Norman.
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