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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1952
Page
6
Washington officials revise outlook on civilian shortages with claims of easing conditions in 1952 but warn against rapid decontrol. Mobilization director Wilson notes optimism while Fleischmann orders metals outlook survey to clarify supply and demand shifts amid high prices and taxes.
New Prime Minister Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha announced a 30 day Parliament suspension and launched a reform drive to purge government corruption. He prepared for talks with Britain on the Suez Zone while Fuad University remained closed after a student sit in.
In Hyden Kentucky two coal miners Sollie Smallwood and Kelly Collins were arrested after a dynamite blast damaged a Garrard Coal Company mine road in Leslie County and a fire hit the Henson and Crawford Coal Company mine in Clay County. State police say the act aimed to intimidate non union miners. Both men deny involvement.
Gene C. Chapman 23 of Ada wed Betty Lou Brown 25 of Ada. Vaskon White 26 of Roff married Ila Faye Jones 21 of Roff in two local nuptials.
A divorce action ends ties between Gordon L Mardis and Grace Mardis. Grace Mardis formerly Mozingo resumes her former name as defendant.
Britain selects Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, a veteran of wartime operations, to serve as high commissioner of Malaya. The 53 year old general replaces Sir Henry Gurney who was killed last October and faces dual political and military aims against Communist terrorists in Malaya's rubber and tin regions. Churchill personally chose him for the tough post.
Mrs. Gerald Koontz hosted the Cedar Grove home demonstration club during the February gathering. President Mrs. Esther Canada led the session on draperies and glass curtains with Miss Martha Mote, HDA, in attendance and several members sharing on materials, hanging methods, and window considerations.
Konawa Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a chick to broiler program. About 50 chicks will be given to 20 4 H and Future Farmers of America members on March 8. A dressed broiler show is planned for May 17 with five birds per entrant and a post show auction to fund project costs. Prizes of 20 12 5 and 5 dollars will be awarded. committee includes Dr. W Austerman W S Damron Rev John Eppler George Ennis. Participants should contact committee members or advisers.
Under Secretary of Labor Michael J. Galvin told the National Democratic Club that President Truman would seek re-election and the Democrats would win no less than 36 percent of the popular vote. He forecast the party picking up six or more, possibly twelve, Republican Senate seats.
An aide to General MacArthur says the general suggested in a note to New Hampshire backer Senator Colburn that he support Taft. The aide cites “circumstances” but provides no details. MacArthur will not make a public announcement now.
In Mexico the cities of Tijuana and Mexicali lie in Baja California’s lower region along the Pacific coast. The statement places both urban centers within the same state and notes their location in the peninsula’s northern area.
In Korea near the Yalu River American Sabre jets claimed two MiG-15 kills and damaged five others as about 250 Red fighters pressed southward. Capt. Jack C. Schwab and Maj. Donald E. Adams with Capt. Alvin R. Moorman shared credits.
Candidate list for Ada City Council race remains unchanged in total as one withdrawal and one new filing occur in Ward 3. E Pink Norwood withdrew. Wayne M Roberts filed to represent Ward 3. others already filed include Russell Smith Charles T Bates Ben L Morrison William G Harris James Thompson Otis Fountain and Ed Halverson. Filing ends March 8 at 5 pm per Julius Hanson county election clerk.
Houston report says a bride of under two weeks identified her husband Charles Huffman 24 as an armed robbery suspect from Kansas City. Huffman climbed down a ladder from a roof he helped repair and surrendered himself to four detectives amid tense moments.
Sir Thomas Beecham conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London ends the remaining American tour because of arthritis. A spokesman states he intends to return to England when travel is feasible and health allows.
In a Leap Year stunt, 55 year old Charlie Buckshorn of South Miami proposed again to his former wife Edna during a shortwave radio link with Covington, Kentucky. The pair used a W4RBQ receiver and a W4CIM patch to connect, Edna sending a playful plea from her red pajamas.
Oklahoma State wheat prospects look strong for March says agronomist Dr. A. M. Schlehuber though weather remains a key factor. Factors supporting a big crop include a good start, recent moisture, low greenbug pressure, and a potential yield near 80 million bushels on 6.14 million acres, with a price around 2.17 per bushel but drought in southwest and northwest could lower statewide averages.
An Australian officer designed jellied gasoline rockets known as napalm and they were used in combat for the first time in Korea in February. Flight Lt. John Smith from Newcastle devised the weapon after pilots reported difficulty dropping from safe altitudes. The initial target, a Communist barracks, was gutted by the fires.
U S military intelligence officers report an outbreak of bubonic plague sweeping areas in China around Peiping and Canton. Pentagon comments say Soviet claims of U S biological warfare are propaganda to divert attention from conditions in China.
The Communist Peiping Radio said North Korea faces a serious plague epidemic. An urgent Chinese National Medical Association call for volunteer anti plague workers accompanied the first team leaving by air yesterday, three days after the appeal was issued.
The 1952 Red Cross fundraising campaign in Pontotoc County begins Monday with about 300 volunteers contacting citizens to reach a $13,000 quota. S. C. Boswell leads the drive. local chairmen organize residential and rural canvassing with schools and businesses aiding. Sanford Ayres and Manley Maddox share personal ties to disaster relief, reflecting the Red Cross work beyond disaster services.
Three Pittsburgh judges split over a $1000 life policy payment to the mother of Cpl. Andrew Beley of Pittsburgh. The ruling centers on a war clause in the policy stating liability does not apply "in time of war" amid Korea War debates and a nondeclared conflict.
In Long Beach California on March 1 5 year old Candy Rankin reached into a candy machine in a beauty shop while her mother waited for a hair appointment. Firemen responded to extract her arm and no candy was obtained.
Mexico's Lower California saw its population nearly triple in the decade from 1940 to 1950, reflecting substantial demographic growth and migration patterns in the area.
The Ada Chamber of Commerce Retail Division announces a 12 month promotions calendar led by Jess Young. Key events include Spring Window Unveiling on March 17 with a guessing contest, Graduation Day on April 28, Straw Hat Day May 1, Sports Day May 5, Pelican Day July 23 with clearance sales, Back to School August 18, Fall Window Unveiling September 8, County Fair September 11–13, Red Tag Sale October 22, Christmas Lay-Away November 2, and a December 29–31 end-year sale with a 1953 start date planned for spring window unveiling and a 60-day lay-away period.
Ada Dairy Products reports price cuts across Ada Allen Byars Fittstown Fitzhugh Roff Harden City Konawa Seminole Stratford Stonewall and Vanoss. Cartoned quarts of homogenized milk fall from 26 to 23 cents, some stores at 22 cents, other milk prices decline less and no price difference now between homogenized and pasteurized milk.
Police fired in the air to disperse about 250 Tunisian nationalists marching from the Halfouine Mosque toward the European quarter. Stones hit officers, one policeman was injured, and ten arrests were made as several arson cases were reported in the past 24 hours.
Police have no leads in the theft of a 500 pound safe from LaVerne V. Redfield's 15 room Reno mansion. The missing cash is about $300,000 with another $1,000,000 in securities later found overlooked in a suitcase. Redfield said only he and his wife knew the safe’s discreet location behind suitcases in a front bedroom closet.
Beginning Monday the local Internal Revenue Office will open daily from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm through Saturday March 15 the last day to file without penalty. One staff member will serve the first week with more personnel the second week to help taxpayers prepare returns.
C O Hunt county registrar releases updated Ada precinct registrar list ahead of City Council election set for March 18 registration open through March 8. New registrars include Mrs Myrtle Martin at 122 East Seventeenth and Miss Adrianna Vreeland at 817 East Fifteenth with several replacements across wards and precincts.
Theodor Liebstedt, freed from a 1949 refugee camp, found an 1813 document in a second-hand desk. The paper certifies Theodor Liedstedt and his wife donated wedding rings to the Prussian fatherland during the Napoleonic era. The note references Glogau in East Germany and a namesake relative.
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