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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
4
A collage of wartime diplomacy and moral teaching on rejecting the Prince of Peace. It links British moves near Turkey to potential Balkan shockwaves with a parable about the vineyard and Jesus as cornerstone. The column urges informed voting on March 11 amendments and notes Oklahoma weather, schools, and music programs amid national strain.
The writer argues government bonds will be taxed like private securities, pushing investors to seek higher returns and potentially raising government bond rates. They caution that tax-free securities will fade as older bonds mature, while debtors and savers face higher or lower incomes under the new policy.
Residents plan to buy automobile tags on the final day to join crowds and avoid missing the deadline. Officials urge timely purchases to prevent delays and penalties.
FFA judging Tuesday results rank Maysville Stroud Lexington Pauls Valley and Caddo in order. High individual was Lloyd Boatwright with 424 points. 4 H judging lists Pontotoc Hughes Johnston Cleveland counties led by Willis Young Oliver Taylor and Hampton Holt. Individual high point winners include Henry Hole Oliver Taylor Marvin Wolf Paul Heatley Willis Young Dayton Rose tied for fifth.
The Frisco Firefly passenger train struck a 1929 sedan at a downtown crossing in Chelsea Oklahoma killing four occupants and injuring a fifth. The dead were Theodore Smart 32 and his 16 year old wife Billie Johnson 6 Montgomery Johnson 4 and Smart's mother 70 at Vinita hospital. Patrolman Jack Rollins said the car moved onto the tracks as the train traveling 65 to 70 mph hit it. The car was hurled 50 feet and parts lay along the right of way.
Maxwell McDonald son of Mr and Mrs J L McDonald of Fitzhugh completed training at the U S Naval Station Pensacola and is now an ensign awaiting active duty. He worked in a local grocery meat department while earning toward graduation at East Central State college and previously boxed in Golden Gloves and A A U tournaments.
The Oklahoma Works Progress Administration will renovate 49 armories and headquarters as guardsmen of the 45th division are on duty. A $49,498 fund will cover repair work with about six workers per site including the Ada armory north of the city.
Texas reports 95 660 producing oil wells, up 72 in a week, via the railroad commission. Weekly production averages 1 304 479 barrels per day, 22 921 below the Mines Bureau March forecast. Tulsa and Oklahoma figures also cited with Kansas down slightly.
The Oklahoma extension service introduces Food and National Defense bulletins urging dairy rich diets. It recommends a quart of milk daily per child and a pint per adult, plus half a pound of butter weekly and a pound of cheese monthly, with two to four milk cows for families of varying size. It covers cow care, feeding, milking, cleanliness, housing, and cooling to maintain milk supply.
The Summit No 2 Whitaker and nearby wells stir Ada region memory of early oil activity. Senora Oil deepens No 1 Hickman in Bebee field to 75 barrels daily while Colbert area readies No 1 McCurry drilling as equipment arrives.
The courthouse records project moves from the Oklahoma Historical Society to the state records commission with county commissioners as co sponsors. Louise Evans serves as foreman and Flossie Roberts as reporter as they review county clerk files and court records to build a permanent official county history.
In Abilene Texas March 1 Major General W S Key announced the transfer of 10 500 troops of the 45th Division from Fort Sill Oklahoma to Camp Barkeley as a demonstration of strategic mobility. The move was completed without incident and serves as training showing the division can relocate over 200 miles with much of its motorized equipment.
Federal agents and Fort Sill authorities conducted raids in Lawton seizing 20 gallons of non tax paid liquor and arresting 20 people. Charles E. Dierker, U.S. district attorney, said the operation targeted bootleggers selling corn whisky to soldiers.
Oklahoma entomologist F A Fenton warns that canker worms will swarm with warm weather, attacking blossoms and buds on apple and elm trees. He advises placing sticky bands two to four feet high around trunks and around all plants within 200 feet to curb spread, and to inspect bands to prevent dead insects from bridging the trap.
Chicago report by Robert Goldenstein notes defense industries are drawing rural youth into urban jobs as the war emergency deepens. Dr. Samuel A. Stouffer predicts a flood of farm boys entering smaller city defense plants, accelerating population shifts and reshaping American labor supply.
J Howse 65 a longtime Hugo jeweler died after a long illness. Surviving family includes his widow and seven daughters Rubye Howse now a Chile missionary Mrs J B Pratt Pauls Valley Mrs A Hopkins Durant Mrs John Burrows Mrs Ben Herman Ann and Virginia Hugo.
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