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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
4
The Ada Weekle News lists Thursday publication, entering at Ada Oklahoma as second class mail matter. The notice references a general business office and editorial department with incomplete telecommunication lines.
The Oklahoma City News ceases after more than thirty years as a Scripps-Howard paper. The note reflects on industry consolidation, indicating many cities rely on single-paper plants and that political dinners of Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln traditions no longer align with modern party stances.
The piece argues that ongoing taxation and high wages deter private investment as capital dries up and new industries stall. It states that business must see potential profit and a real chance of gain to commit funds, warning against pushing ent erprise with perpetual losses.
A column discusses Japan and China's population challenge, the Denison dam question for Oklahoma lawmakers, and the U S government sponsoring a farm hands school in Arizona. It praises baseballs century of play, then lauds Johnston County Capital Democrat staff and southeast Oklahoma farming, cattle and people.
The lesson emphasizes God's grace for all people beyond race or nationality, tracing Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10 and outlining how early Christianity confronted prejudice. It notes Peter's vision on the housetop and his shift from Jewish bias to inclusive gospel outreach, highlighting Paul’s later world-wide stance.
Tulsa March 1-4 Another pipeline blast worsens the seven day old strike of the Workers union against Mid-Continent Petroleum. A six inch line from Drumright to the West Tulsa refinery was wrecked costing over 500 barrels of oil. It marks the thirteenth explosion since the strike began and negotiations remain at a standstill. National guard reports note minor incidents in the refinery zone with several arrests for drunkenness and unauthorized entry.
Ada schools placed a full time nurse on duty Wednesday as a demonstration of the value of health services. The district will pay the nurse for the remaining two months of the term. A plan to hire a nurse annually starting next fall is under consideration. Miss Fannie Crane of the City County Health unit led the assignment for two months. A state health department nurse was to replace her and join the county health program.
Washington March 1 shows the army seeks 1000 dollars from the house appropriations committee to develop a new hard bread to replace the decades old staple used by troops in the field. Hearings on the war department discussed improving field rations and logistics.
Quartermaster General Henry Gibbons announced today that the current ration bread made from flour and water is unpalatable and hard to eat. He cited experiments with an alternative bread formed from sour, mineral oil and sale, which he said was palatable and easy to eat.
W W Flinchum sues Roy Keller for $1000 over an injury in Ada city jail on March 6 1937. Flinchum 59 a Seminole carpenter testified Keller then Ada police chief slammed jail door injuring his thumb which was later amputated. Trial before District Judge Tal Crawford began Wednesday as more cases moved through Holdenville court.
Oklahoma City March 1 federal funds restored to the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission. Chairman W R Wallace said the next aim is to remove county commissioners from county assistance boards and replace them with non salaried citizens. Gov Phillips endorsed the bill and accused commissioners of politics with welfare. Full March payments for 104000 dependents mailed. 90 percent grants restored to state by Social Security Board. Board allocated 1592447 for February and March.
Tulsa dispatch reports rising tensions in oil as crude and gasoline inventories climb. Analysts warn of potential federal control if gains persist, while Illinois output surges to 155,408 barrels daily. Prices hold steady for gasoline and tractor fuels draw attention amid spring field work slowdowns.
Hollywood report says Maxine Sullivan, a prominent Negro swing singer, received a letter of encouragement from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt after asking whether critics were right to denounce her for swinging oldtime songs into jazz tempo. The first lady wrote from White House stationery, urging Sullivan to follow her art while noting that public taste varies.
Shanghai dispatch reports foreign observers seeing signs of progress in rebuilding China's air power. Gen Chieng Kai-Shek's forces are believed to have about 150 planes at a dozen airfields, with aims to reach 500 as Russian planes and pilots reportedly continue to supply the effort.
Washington March 1 Capt Lucius Clay engineer in charge of the Denison dam on the Red river said definite recommendations on expenditures and plans would be ready about April 1 He discussed the dam with Gen Julian J Schley chief of army engineers and turned in a report asked by Congress on the Lugert Altus reclamation and flood control project near Altus Oklahoma Congress sought information on the amount chargeable to flood control in Lugert Altus project Clay said the report could not be made public before approval by the chief of engineers He estimated Denison dam would be erected on the Texas Oklahoma boundary.
Mexico City reports an unlicensed shortwave transmitter case tied to alleged German espionage. Among eight detained, Baron Hans Heinrich von Holleufer, tied by marriage to Berlin police head, faces deportation talks. Other detainees reportedly German. Pablo Garbinsky to Veracruz for deportation over falsified birth records.
London reports unprecedented peacetime defense costs boosting Britain's 1939 budget beyond 5 billion dollars. Army estimates rise by a quarter billion to a peacetime high, with manpower at 562000 and home force strength up to 185700. Naval totals for 1939 40 follow, totaling about 768 million dollars. Civil non defense spending set at 534,596,081 pounds for the year.
Clinton Long 40 and his two daughters Eunice 11 and Beverely 8 suffered severe burns in a fiery crash near Benton, Kansas. A Missouri Pacific freight train struck a bus carrying Benton schoolchildren after its brakes allegedly failed. The impact tossed the bus about 30 feet and gas tank explosions followed. The family was pulled from the wreckage and reported in serious condition.
Evelyn Jump Offield, 70, former Muskogee Public Schools teacher and private dramatics coach, died in Hollywood. She founded the Offield school for girls in Muskogee and taught actor son Jack Oakie, real name Lewis Delaney, his first dramatic lessons. The family lived in Muskogee from 1910 to 1912.
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