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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
8
Ann Brown, a $15 a week shop assistant, battles with limited prospects and fashion longing. She compares herself to debutante Irene Temple, navigates a 10 cent store dresses plan, and pieces a blue material under Lola's wary eye at the Center sewing room.
Ann, living at the Center, wrestles with loneliness and ambition while uncovering a possible link to Irene Temple through a heirloom watch. She recalls Pete, a profligate father, and ponders birthright versus self-made odds as she contemplates discarding a troubling letter.
Ann recalls her father’s watch and a note to Lonely as she plans a meeting, mulls a personal ad and a bold new blue taffeta dress. With strict budgeting and shimmering hopes, she advances toward an unspecified encounter while fearing city dangers and debt.
A. E. DeMaray of the National Park Service testified before the House interior appropriations sub committee that no plans exist to convert Platt National Park in Oklahoma into a recreational area. Oklahoma congressmen led by Rep Johnson oppose any change, noting the park is the state’s only national park and local residents share the stance.
SHENANDOAH PA March 5 The earth's surface sank anew in an undermined anthracite town with cracks widening in 16 blocks. Homes and businesses settled up to 20 inches as residents heard rumbles and officials investigated old mine workings blamed for the cave-ins.
A humorous remark about an experience common in hard coal fields signals a broader, significant shift in the coal industry, capturing attention across workers and management as changes loom.
Federal grand jury indicts eight Tulsa residents in a Verdigris area liquor operation and a separate scheme shipping liquor from Sulphur Springs and West Memphis to Tulsa. Defendants face multiple counts of conspiracy and illicit liquor transport with varied bond amounts.
Kenneth Duncan of Prague won the grand championship at Tulsa with a senior Chester White. His rival Tommy Sherwin of Prague earned reserve grand in Tulsa with a senior Poland China after a here winner. Roy Brashear of Nowata won the grand champion lamb ribbon with a Southdown. Prague FFA youngsters captured four of seven hog division championships at Tulsa.
Time to apply for Citizens Military Training Corps camps with training at Camp Bullis and Fort Bliss Texas Fort Sill Oklahoma Fort Huachuca Arizona and Fort Logan Colorado Courses include basic red white and blue levels Applicants must be 17 to under 24 with good character English literacy and average intelligence For more information contact Bill Gluckman Ada for details.
Nona Coppenger four was found near Tahlequah after wandering 16 hours in rough hill country. Sheriff G C Bishop credited Northeastern State College students George Peck and Kirk Galey and Tahlequah High School student Roy Miller with locating the girl. She was warmed by her dogs and taken to her parents Ed and Coppenger. Temperature had dropped below 40 degrees. wildcat reports had raised fears.
Oklahoma City March 5 Bruce Carter new Oklahoma NYA director dismissed Hermon G Buchanan construction supervisor and Oscar M Myers general utilities manager from a Shawnee NYA project on recommendation of project supervisor Fred Lewis. Carter also added Vera Mae Carl as personal stenographer and plans to interview new HQ applicants.
Mae Murray, lauded as a fit mother by Judge George Dockweiller, wins custody of son Koran, 13, and receives 400 dollars monthly support from ex husband David Mdivani. The Hollywood star expresses vindication as the court condemns the prince for neglecting his son.
A truck rammed a school bus north of Dover killing seven year old Elwood Williams and injuring at least 15. The bus was badly damaged and several children were injured or frightened. Robert Christian, 25, Buckaroo Virginia, was arrested on reckless driving and assault charges.
A terse clipping notes greater returns or amounts vested in Ada News C. The brief mentions investors weighing yields, with references to local firms and calendar timing for a possible payout. No names, dates, or clear figures are provided in the readable portion.
General Manager T P Clonts of the Grand River Dam Authority said R K Lane would recommend sale of Public Service Co facilities in the Vinita and Pryor districts to GRDA. Lane would brief his board after talks with GRDA and Oklahoma Gas and Electric and Empire Dispo Electric officials in Tulsa.
A cryptic note presents phrases about singing in sun versus rain and a line by L. D. Spangy, followed by a quoted exchange. The passage reads like a collage of ideas and incomplete dialogue with questions from Peter and a fragmentary linguistic clue.
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