Native Grass Seed Shortage Hurts 1940 Demand
Native grass seed supply in 1940 falls short of demand though purity percentages have improved for bluestem switch Indian grass and hairy rama. Hot August weather reduced seed viability on some species while experiments show minerals boost calf gains and bone meal based rations improve yields. Farmers urged to select high quality seed and supplement herds with mineral mixes to support cattle gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Balanced Diet Helps Prevent Many Diseases
A proper mineral balance improves livestock feed efficiency and helps prevent diseases in cattle and sheep. County agent C. H. Hailey notes calcium and phosphorus are the minerals most lacking in Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma Experiment Station recommends mineral feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Oklahoma
Oklaoma
Farm Plan Sheet Aids Operations
Pontotoc county farmers are urged to use the farm plan sheet to maximize benefits from the 1941 AAA program. May 1 1941 is the final date to file. Local AAA committeemen will assist farmers in preparing plans covering soil building payments crop classification and land use with guidance on new program provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc Cuunty
AAA
David Gray
Ats
Gray
Farm Youngster Makes Mark As True Expert in Veterinary Surgery Field
A Oklahoma rural tale follows Ruth Kerr, a Byng high school senior, who saves a pig by amputating and stitching a gored incision after a cow attacks the pig. Ruth plans to become a nurse, while the incident highlights her resourcefulness and veterinary skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cole
Cole
Route 4
R. T. Kerr
Ruth
Byng High School
Kerrs
Procter cites Kansas and Nebraska figures on Oklahoma schools
Ada school chief C Dan Procter outlined inequities in Oklahoma education at a City Chamber of Commerce address. He compared district wealth, county assessments, and per pupil costs to Kansas Nebraska and other states, urging equalized assessments and state aid for poor districts to ensure adequate opportunities.
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Procter
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
C. Dan Procter
Ada
Oklahoma Education Association
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Canadian County
Cimarron
McCurtain
Nevada
This One Mightve Worried Solomon
Artemus Knuckles sued in a justice court to recover a pig taken from his yard and confiscated on a neighbor’s farm. His lawyer David Hoge cited a similar case by Judge Martin L. Pigg, based on an Indiana Supreme Court opinion. The matter was settled out of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Artemus Knuckles
Justice of the Peace Court
David Hoge
Hogg
Sullivan Circuit
Martin L. Pigg
Pigg
Indiana Supreme Court
John G. Berkshire
William Moberly
Knuckles
British Hold Ex Yugoslav Premier
Cairo March 22 Former Yugoslav Premier Milan Stojadinovic has been handed to British authorities by Yugoslavia for safe custody. He was placed in detention in British territory under undisclosed conditions amid fears he could head a German puppet government in Belgrade.
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Cairo
Egypt
Milan Stojadinovic
Stoyadinovic
Stojadinovic
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Britain
Stavadinovic
Record Income Tax Take Surges in Early March
Washington reports a record first twenty days of March with 1 139 384 637 dollars in income tax receipts. compared to 621 448 616 the year before the surge hints the full year total may surpass the 33 909 000 000 forecast by about 500 million. excess profits taxes contributed 81 910 713 dollars of March tax receipts with projections the year ends around 160 000 000 from that source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Mortgage Filing Takes Ten Days In County Clerk Office
In Tishomingo on March 22, Lena Thomas, deputy, notes a $16 000 mortgage filing spans about 170 pages for Public Service company refinancing. County records require a filing fee of $28 21, a task seen as lengthy but routine for the county clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Public Service Company
Lena Thomas
Stratford City Election Yields Clear Races
Stratford voters turnout was strong with several unopposed candidates. Bill Carlton won third ward trustee, A. D. Moore ran unopposed in ward two, Ralph Gillespie was nominated in ward one, Frank Griffin won in ward four, and Ira Phillips was reelected city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Bill Carlton
Third Ward
A. D. Moore
Ralph Gillespie
Frank Griffin
Ira Phillips
Patrolman Ralph Thompson To Be Transferred To Tulsa
Ralph Thompson, longtime patrolman in Ada for three years, will transfer to Tulsa on April 1. His Ada tenure is noted as the longest service by a patrolman in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Thompson
Ada
Tulsa
Thompson
Pontotoc County Ramps Up Tree Planting in 1939 40
County Agent H. Hailey reports 2,900 trees planted in 1939 40 with 2,600 more orders this year. The AAA soil building program pays up to 15 dollars per acre for tree planting. Oklahoma City forestry division offers seedlings below production cost, with 1,000,000 trees available but several species sold out. E A Guinn of Ada was an early order, trees delivered and planted. Planters urged to act quickly to secure desired species before exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
H. Hailey
Hailey
Orel Busby
AAA
Division of Forestry
Oklahoma City
E. A. Guinn
Route 5
Ada
State Man Held Under Draft Law
Alvis Raymond Henry an Oklahoma City laborer, 33, held on 10000 bond after arrest on federal charges of failure to register under the selective service act. Paul Showalter said Henry refused registration citing beliefs and responsibility to his wife and three children. Henry, native of Pottawatomie county, is charged under a fugitive warrant from the southern district of California where he lived until recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
March
Alvis Raymond Henry
Paul Showalter
U. S
Henry
Showalter
Pottawatomie County
California
WPA Sign Fuss Fails to Close Local Food Stamp Office
WPA workers in the food stamp office remained on the job Saturday despite state officials' vow to pull them off over a dispute about the WPA sign. County issuing officer Jim Whitehead said he had heard no action, noting the sign had been posted and torn down twice under welfare department orders. Business continued with $3,500 in food stamps issued in five days, including $2,049 orange stamps and $1,780 blue stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Whitehead
Whitehead
State Department of Public Welfare
WPA
Hunt Substitutes For Materials Used In Defense Program
Washington reports the defense program prompts a new conservation unit within the Office of Production Management to develop substitutes for aluminum tungsten magnesium nickel and zinc. Robert E. McConnell will head the agency which aims to move reclaimed strategic materials into industry and advance experiments across telephones refrigerators automobiles and appliances using plastics rubber and copper where viable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Robert E. McConnell
Office of Production Management
OPM
British Agent May Visit Here to Aid Iron Campaign
A British government representative may visit Ada within the next week or two to support the Iron for Britain campaign. Local drive leaders note that better weather could boost efforts as scrap iron shipments continue, including 15 tons donated by W. A. Delaney Jr. and a large iron boiler from W. L. Elder of Konawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Britain
W. A. Delaney Jr
W. L. Elder
Konawa
County Youth May Yet Get In Army
Curtis Floyd Thomas a Lula youth was sent to Oklahoma City on March 11 for induction but was returned home due to an enlarged tonsil. After tonsil removal last Saturday the draft board will reappoint him to report April 3 to fill the vacancy created by his initial rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Floyd Thomas
Lula
Uncle Sam
Thomas
Oklahoma City
Draft Board
Pat Murphy
State
Murphy
George L. Rice Taken By Death Funeral Today
George L. Rice 43 a traveling sales representative for the Oklahoma Portland Cement Co died at his Ada home Friday night after illness since September. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 pm from Criswell Funeral Home with burial in Rosedale cemetery. He came to Ada in 1907, was secretary and sales manager of the cement firm, and leaves a widow two sisters and a brother. Pallbearers named.
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George Lee Rice
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
South Rennie
Criswell Funeral Home
Rosedale
George Rice
Ada
George L. Rice
Louisville
Kentucky
Rice
George
East Central
Vanderbilt
Oklahoma
Buick
Henderson
Dayton
Ohio
Cement Company
M. O. Matthews
Corinne K. Stegall
Warren Beck Rice
Paul Alderson
Bruce Ligon
Charley Bobbitt
Harry Hager
Eddie Roberts
Byron Sledge
Altus Project Seeks Heavy Duty Truck Driver
The U S civil service commission announces an open competitive exam for a truck driver heavy duty at the Altus project bureau of reclamation in Oklahoma. Pay ranges from 4.00 to 6.75 daily with March 28, 1941, filing deadline. six months experience required. obtain forms from Nolen Wyer in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Altus Project
Bureau of Reclamation
Altus
Oklahoma
District Headquarters of
Civil Service
Kansas City
Nolen Wyer
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Feceral
Ada
Dental Trailer Visits County
A state health department dental trailer has toured Pontotoc county schools over the past week checking children’s teeth. The mobile dentist office visits Homer Conway Livelady Latta Lawrence and Laxton to screen and refer for treatment as needed, sponsored by the Ada Business and Professional Women’s Club with state matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Pontotoc County
Homer School
Conway
Livelady
Latta
Lawrence and
Laxton
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Ada
Cal Dentists
James Stewart Enlists in Army at Fort MacArthur
James Stewart, 1940 Oscar winner, joins the U S Army after quitting film salary of 13000 monthly to serve for a year. He passes the physical with 46 others, takes the oath amid photographers, hopes for air service due to flying experience, and boards a bus for Fort MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James Stewart
Uncle Sam
Stewart
Fort MacArthur
Fire Claims Farm Home and Car in March Week
Thrifty John Mikulenko lost his farm home and a new car in a fire last week. After recovering from severe burns on his hands and face, he returned to the site and found a fruit jar amid the ashes containing $50. A bank offered to redeem the scorched bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Tex
John Mikulenko
Me 109 Speed and Range Reported in Tests
Tests show the German Messerschmitt Me 109 reaches 354 miles per hour at 16 000 feet with a range of 450 miles at full speed about one hour and fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messerschmitt
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Ane
Virgal Lloyd Chambers
Nick Chambers
Connersville
J. D. Dunlap
John Parnell
Karl Wright
North Ward
Atoka
V. S. Cook Lumber
City Lake
Tom Kilmer
City
O. P. Slack
Board of City Commissioners
Ruth Kerr
Poland
OEA
Colorado
Missouri
United States
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Butch
Janet
Lester, Jr
East 12Th
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South
Stockton
Dudley Preston Net
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