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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
3
Judy confronts love and duty as Dwight Campbell’s memory haunts her aboard the Enterprise while Jack Hanley offers steadiness. A late-night call shatters expectations, thrusting Ward’s sacrifice and naval life into sharp focus for a debutante drawn between loyalty and passion.
The Oklahoma News, Scripps-Howard daily, suspended publication today leaving Oklahoma City with the Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma City Times. The newspaper had operated over 32 years and cited rising costs and unprofitable operation as the reason. Lee Hills and Charles Nicholson will stay with Scripps-Howard. Dismissal pay will be provided to all released employees.
Byng high school girls basketball team lost once this season to a rival, ending a long win streak that included three state championships and nearly 200 straight victories. Coach Bertha Teague has directed steady improvement for a peak defense of their title, with district play starting next week in Maud. The team has faced tough statewide opponents to test readiness and identify the strongest state rivals.
Secretary Ickes said Congress will show how government will meet ethical problems in the coming years by handling the reorganization issue this year. He noted Congress’ prior refusal to grant authority to reshape executive departments and warned of a crisis in social and economic orders beyond party lines. He spoke during remarks at a meeting on school administration improvement.
Greensboro Pennsylvania reports a four week old infant, Robert Hadlee, saved after 98 hours of artificial lung ventilation. Firefighters from the Undalator squad, led by Stanley Hatlee, alternated shifts to provide life sustaining breath via a hand pump, despite doctors initially losing hope.
T J Chambless was appointed tag agent for Fontetoe county by the Oklahoma tax commission. The check surge is expected Monday. Chambless succeeds Mrs Cula Meharg and has long resided in Ada, serving as mayor and in the cotton business. Information came via John Boyce McKess, state senator, or Pontotne county.
Muskogee Oklahoma February 24 A 17 year old Ada college student Marion W Hibbard was sentenced by Federal Judge Eugene Rice to seven years imprisonment for sending extortion letters to RW Simpson an Ada oil man Hibbard pleaded guilty at arraignment He was indicted shortly after his arrest at Ada where he attended East Central State Teachers College The letters threatened death to Simpson and his family unless 75000 was paid The youth will serve his sentence at the federal reformatory at Reno Oklahoma More than a score of other persons who pleaded guilty to grand jury indictments were also sentenced by Judge Rice
Rep. Herbert Branan of Muskogee denounces President Roosevelt's income tax plan on state and municipal employees and bond proceeds as a threat to state sovereignty. He warns federal taxation could extend to wells, industries, and water departments, arguing it would erode state power and undermine constitutional balance.
Chicago voters face a mayoral primary tomorrow after four candidates expressed confidence in victory. Nash predicts Bayard J. Kelly will win every ward, while State's Attorney Courtney is favored citywide. Republican managers for Dwight H. Green and William Hale Thompson anticipate strong showings.
Dallas today reports Aloco Oil company completed a large farm-out deal with Texas Company making Aloco the biggest single operator in Yoakum County Texas. Aloco receives all of Texaco acreage in Yoakum County plus 17 producing wells over about 16 000 acres. The cash payment totals 656 000 dollars with an overriding royalty on the table.
In Tulsa on February 27 Arthur Johnson, 44, a sporting goods clerk, faced a murder charge for the January 14 shooting of Dr. G Waine Tight in a downtown shop. The defense prepared a self defense plea as a jury was selected in about 40 minutes in District Judge Prentiss Rowe's court. prosecution did not seek the death penalty.
The second annual Southeast Oklahoma Junior Livestock Show surpassed 400 entries with expectations near 500 animals. FFA chapters from Vanoss Stratford Allen Panhandle Valley Calvin and Prague boosted totals, featuring 58 barrows six steers and nine lambs. Premiums exceed $1100 set by Ada Chamber of Commerce and local merchants. Judging will separate FFA and 4-H, with grand champion awards in each division. The event gathers participants from most of the Southeast counties and will be held at the Ada fair grounds north of Ada.
Twenty county grade school basketball clubs contested remaining first round games at Homer gym. Tournament runs Friday afternoon and night and Saturday morning with finals Saturday night. Three divisions Bee jing girls, class A boys, class B boys. Thursday night results include Lovelady 15 over Egypt 22 and Summers Chapel 3 over Steedman Maxwell 13.
The U S Geological Survey chief Hugh D Miser reports America's oil stockpiles could fuel motorists for 2000 years with known reserves and shale potential indicating larger future supplies. He also notes coal deposits could cover petroleum needs for 2000 years. Fairview opens a new municipal light plant serving 398 rural miles. Ponca City lowers electric rates saving 27000 dollars yearly with a new 13 kilowatt price for one dollar starting March 20.
District court proceedings stretched into Friday with multiple cases in progress. A jury ruled for the city in the $50,000 Harbolt estate suit over a 1931 East Twelfth Street crossing accident.
Oklahoma dairy hosts announce district spring herd shows March 2 to 31 with officer elections and arrangements. Ayrshire meetups in Okeene Ponca City and Tulsa. Guernsey in Enid Ardmore. Holstein in Fond Creek El Reno Claremore. Norman Holstein event March 17. Bartlettsville Muskogee Durant Hobart Fairview Perry Chickasha Ada schedule listed.
A heart attack felled 48 year old David Verdery of Ardmore as his car veered onto the wrong side of highway 18 and plunged into a shallow bar ditch north of Stratford at 7 30 Sunday morning. Finis Cardell nearby found Verdery unconscious at the wheel. The engine died in the mud and Verdery was pronounced dead a few minutes later as the highway patrol investigated the scene.
The U S supreme court affirmed a federal district court ruling upholding Oklahoma law that maintains separate school systems for negroes and whites. Willie Eva Simmons, a black taxpayer, challenged the law and the bond issue for a white school, seeking to block the $275,000 bonds and broader provisions allowing boards to issue bonds for white schools and taxing black property owners to retire them.
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 27 UPI The large departmental iron bill sits for one last round of trimming to drop from 10,800,000 as it heads to the senate tomorrow. Senate chair Duffy and House chair Holliman with Budget Officer Owen consider further reductions beyond two weeks of hearings. A final committee session tonight will be closed.
Stillwater February 27 Special Oklahoma A and M Extension Service selects Ellendale Royal Maid a Garfield county Jersey owned by R W McMillen to represent Oklahoma at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Only 30 head chosen from the United States and one from Oklahoma will compete in a show of dairy breeds. The prize cow has a butterfat record of at least two pounds per day and will be shipped at World’s Fair expense. Royal Maid is daughter of the proven sire Royal St of Oaklands and McMillen has cooperated with the extension service since founding his herd.
In Everton Missouri T A Maney uses spelling to cue his dog Bodmer to herd cows into the barn during milking time. The dog obeys even when the prefix m i k is used, except when Bodmer is to roundup the daily herd.
The district court entered its second week of civil term as Aug C Harkins sues Sim Branum for damages to seven to eight acres of corn from salt water near East Jesse field while testimony proceeds. A jury awarded Deamer Howard 303.23 for a dog value plus 12.30 damages in his case against C J Tine. Another verdict favored the defendant for F L Vanzant against Oklahoma Big Company tried Saturday.
Soute Bend Ind Feb 27 Doctors who would not be quoted by name said James William Miller four days old starved because his esophagus was not developed fully enough to let food pass from his mouth to his stomach. They said such cases occur roughly once in 2060 births. The child, first born son of a WPA truck driver, died in a hospital last night.
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