Ada Weekly News history and consolidation notes
The Ada Weekly News history outlines its publication in Ada Oklahoma and its consolidations with the Ada Weekly Democrat Pontotoc County Enterprise Ada Star Democrat and Ada Evening News. It lists mail rates and post office classification information.
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ADA Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ncaronan
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada- Star-Democrat
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Ada Evening News
NATO Law
ADA Weekly
Japan Hunger and War Readiness Questioned by American Visit
An American teacher recounts Japan’s severe shortages from coal to bread and declares a nation with hardship and little say in government cannot sustain war with a wealthy power. The piece contrasts hardship with faith and resilience amid looming conflict.
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Japan
America
Zworykin advances television with electronic image system
This NEA Service profile notes Dr. V K Zworykin of RCA Camden New Jersey as a pioneer of electronic television. It details his iconoscope and kinescope inventions and mentions his later work on an electron microscope enabling deep views into matter.
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Dr. Zworykin
RCA Manufacturing Company
Camden, N. J
Merseyside Raids and Oklahoma Highway Support Notice
An editorial contrasts Merseyside bombing deaths with historic naval disasters, then endorses Governor Phillips and the highway commission plan for a southeast to northwest Oklahoma state road linking Broken Bow to Antlers and Ada to Clayton, arguing it boosts defense and regional growth by connecting New Orleans, Denver and Seattle routes.
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Phillips
State Highway Commission
Oklahoma
Broken Bow
Antlers
No. 3
Arkansas
Texas
Ada
Clayton
New Orleans
Denver
Seattle
Lawmaker Seeks Referendum on Farm Land Purchase Bonding
James B. Witt of Tillman County urges a bill to let the school land commission borrow from the federal government and lend to state farmers to buy land. He favors a down payment to reduce taxpayer risk, arguing full financing is bad business and shifts risk onto the public.
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James B. Witt
Tillman County
School Land Commission
Cheese plant for this region urged by speaker
The speaker argues a cheese plant would boost farming profitability in Murray and surrounding counties by providing a ready market for milk and daily cash for farmers. He notes Sulphur already has a plant and emphasizes the importance of practical knowledge for legislators when discussing such proposals.
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Murray
Oklahoma
Community leaders praised as elections avoided
The piece suggests Allen and Stonewall will save pennies by not holding elections and expresses hope that current officers are satisfactory. It adds views on civic service and mentions women’s patience with children versus husbands.
Oklahoma Induction Slashed to 886 in April May
Oklahoma City March 25 Forty years after the first-year quota was 9 365 the Eighth Corps Area at Fort Sam Houston Texas informed Major Don Welch Oklahoma state draft director that only 886 Oklahomans would be inducted in April and May General Donovan area commander telegram explained the reduced requirements to 800 white men and 86 negroes to be inducted by June 1 The telegram offered no reason for the cut but left open the prospect of later drafts as replacements and deferments end of school year students possibly shifting access to further calls.
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Oklahoma City
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Don Welch
Richard Donovan
Oklahoma
Donovan
Welch
Italians Confess Mechelli Is Lost
Rome reports that British forces occupy Neghelli Ethiopia after fascist troops abandon the town. Italians claim to hold off attacks in Jijiga and Cheren while British advances in Yavello are repelled with heavy losses. British air raids near Sirte Libya cause casualties.
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Rome
Neghelli
Ethiopia
Jijiga
Cheren
Eritrea
Daily War Bulletin
Yavello
Canada raises output to over 600 military vehicles daily
Reports indicate Canada has boosted production to exceed 600 military vehicles per day, reflecting expanded defense manufacturing capacity and sustained industrial output to meet security commitments. The increase signals a broad effort across facilities to accelerate delivery timelines and bolster strategic readiness.
Texas Anti Strike Bill Nears Action
Governor W Lee O Daniel seeks action on a new anti strike bill in the Texas legislature after his first proposal was ruled unconstitutional The measure would make it a felony to restrain workers ban near labor disputes and carry penalties up to two years in prison A House committee chair said the panel may consider the new bill while a Senate panel also scheduled a hearing On the floor the governor urged re submissions of provisions including 60 days notice of strikes in national defense industries and limiting pickets to two per business location
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Austin
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
W. O. Reed
Dallas
House Committee
O’daniel
Gerald C. Mann
Senate
Local social notes record visits and church revival
Mr and Mrs Harvey McSpadon of Roff visited the McSpaddens here Sunday. Auston Crockett and sons James and Gene saw friends of O J Driver. Ted Scroggins hosted a youth party Saturday night. Mrs Bill Wear and son Jimmy did business in Ada Monday. Sherman visitors Maxine and Patsy Ann Rambin called on city friends Sunday. John Webster and Dora E Horn of Ada attended church Sunday night. John Lewis and Jackson couples visited Elsie Tuttle in hospital over the weekend. Monday morning the junior class led an assembly with Rev Rice and Rev Stevens presenting talks. The juniors performed a quiz and music. the group praised the juniors. An audience enjoyed a Baptist revival sermon by Rev Stevens and a Konawa negro quartet. The quartet returns Friday for more music and invites all to attend. The revival continues at the Baptist church this week.
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Harvey McSpadden
Roff
Cecil McSpadden
Auston Crockett
James
Gene
O. J. Driver
Ted Scroggins
Bill Wear
Jimmy
Ada
Ben Rambin
Maxine
Patsy Ann
Sherman
Friends of
Our City
John Webster
Dora E. Horn
John Lewis
Jackson
Elsie Tuttle
Grant Brown
Rev. Rice
The
Methodist Church
Rev
Stevens
Baptist Church
Konawa
Oklahoma Man Reported Arrested in Batavia
Rep Monroney requested a state department inquiry into the arrest of Faubien Bowers of Tulsa in Batavia Java. Relatives say he left Japan February 28 and is reportedly held aboard a Japanese or Dutch ship. Bowers studied at the University of Oklahoma and taught English in a Japanese college.
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Washington
State Department
Batavia
Java
Monroney
D.okla
Faubien Bowers
Tulsa
Japan
Bowers
Emily Bowers Brook
University of Oklahoma
France
Oil output and car registrations rise across states
Daily U S crude production rose by 8 675 barrels to 3 685 380 in the week ended March 22 per Oil and Gas Journal Kansas up 9 550 to 216 000 eastern fields up 1 480 to 117 200 Illinois up 445 to 325 625 Louisiana up 6 500 to 304 570 Oklahoma up 3 475 to 402 150 Texas up 6 615 to 1 366 775 California fell 16 000 to 610 250 Michigan up 1 780 to 37 945 Rocky Mountain area up 1 920 to 100 380 East Texas up 200 to 374 375 New passenger car registrations in 1940 rose 29 percent over 1939 totaling 3 992 232 units.
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Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
Eastern
Illinois
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Michigan
Rocky Mountain Area
East Texas
Early High Yield Corn Varieties Favored by Oklahoma Farmers
Oklahoma agronomist C B Cross urges planting early maturing corn suited to local conditions to boost yields. He cautions against large late varieties, recommends Sorghum for western areas, and notes soil erosion and drought demand short season types and careful seed selection within river bottom and upland zones.
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Stillwater
C. B. Cross
Oklahoma A
M. College Agronomist
Oklahoma
Agricultural Experiment Station
Cross
Funk
Reid
Oklahoma Silver Mine
Agronomist
New Mediation Board Formed to Protect Defense Output
The new national defense mediation board began in Washington urging labor and management to prevent production interruptions at Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem Pennsylvania and at International Harvester McCormick Works in Chicago. CIO unions struck both plants as Dr Clarence A Dykstra chairman urged public support for a non political impartial effort to keep mine mill and factory output flowing. The board has no power to enforce settlements.
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Associated Press
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem
International Harvester McCormick
Chicago
CIO
Clarence A. Dykstra
United States
Dykstra
Award Granted In Favor Of Daughter
A federal district court jury awarded $1,900 to Mrs. J. L. Mason as administratrix of Luther McGahey estate. McGahey died in 1930 in a collision with a truck operated by Leverton and Company. Mason sought over $25,000 in damages. the verdict totaled $1,576.52.
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Federal District Court
J. L. Mason
Luther McGahey
Coal County Farm Security
McGahey
Leverton and Company
WPA to Furnish Clerical Help Funds
Administrator Ron Stephens announced WPA will provide the Oklahoma Health Department with 5 to place wording properly but summary: WPA to furnish clerical help funds.
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WPA
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