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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1941
Page
2
Department guidance urges home gardens to provide year round vegetables and fruit. It cites a five person family needing 40 to 50 cents daily in produce, and notes Oklahoma gardens yield about 199.48 dollars worth per year with planning, manure, fencing, and early seed orders.
The 160th Field Artillery Band moves to Camp Barkeley Texas Abilene area. Personnel transport heavy gear under Pvt Herbert E Orwig guard. Troops set up tents rehearse new march and resume routines amid dust storms and improving facilities.
It was listed as 24 degrees for Ada on Sunday night but observer W E Pitt says it may have been a degree or two colder. A weather shelter shook in high winds and the minimum thermometer fell to 5 degrees before the 7 am reading. The 7 am reset then set the official low at 24 degrees, while Oklahoma City's minimum stood at 21 degrees. Pitt estimates Ada's real low was likely 22 or 23 degrees.
Washington county officials seek a 12 midnight closing for beer taverns night clubs and public dance halls with Saturday nights at 1 a m Sunday morning. County Attorney Robert N Neptune and Sheriff William A Ford told managers owners and operators to comply to curb disturbances. Also noted are contracts let for 1161 bombers and 421 fighters to Brewster for the U S Navy and allies.
The War department contracts show civilian gas mask production in the United States is far behind Europe. Britain moved quickly in 1938 distributing masks to nearly 40 million people while U S plans focus on non combatant masks for limited military use and coastal areas would get first attention in a crisis.
David Gray announces a supplementary cotton program for Pontotoc county farmers. Eligible growers reduce acreage to earn cotton stamps redeemable for finished goods, with caps by farm and family. Applicants must file by June 15 1941 and programs run alongside existing conservation and parity efforts driven by wartime needs.
Defense industries expand requiring skilled workers in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Employment Service conducts a survey to measure available workers, skills, and training readiness for jobs in aircraft, shipbuilding, and related trades. The goal is orderly placement and reduced delays as工 defense work grows.
The State Department announced Milton K. Wells of Bristow Oklahoma will become third secretary of the U S embassy in Lima Peru. He will serve in dual capacity as vice consul at Callao Lima and as third secretary of the embassy.
A local classified ad notes higher value refunds for funds vested with Ada News. The notice explains investment growth tied to principal and timing, urging readers to compare rates and terms before renewing or reallocating assets.
Friday evening the Francis Eastern Star honored William H. Powell with a luncheon and program. Powell has been elected Grand Master of the Oklahoma Masonic Lodge and is a member and former patron of Francis Chapter O E S. He and Mrs. Powell recently visited Washington DC and eastern states, with highlights including Alexandria Lodge in Virginia and the Robert E. Lee home. Guests and performers included Jean Y. Guilliams, Becky Brown, Paul Salter, and Marianne Dale, with numerous local and out of town attendees from Ada Tecumseh and Medford.
A bulk gasoline plant and warehouse owned by Salyer Oil were razed by fire of undetermined origin in Oklahoma City. The blaze damaged the Exchange avenue viaduct and disrupted telephone and electric service. Damage was about 200000 dollars. several firemen were lightly injured. Gasoline in six tanks totaling 72000 to 90000 gallons burned.
British editors praised the call for all out aid to democracies while Axis outlets denounced Roosevelt as dragging the world into war. Berlin and Rome labeled the address as provocative and a step toward a world war with the axis, and Tokyo called it a banner for democracies against totalitarian powers.
Two men died in Oklahoma weekend crashes. Glen W. Carson, 36, of Oklahoma City, crashed his car into a tree near Vian on U.S. 64, alone in the vehicle. Clifton Leroy Duncan, 27, of Oklahoma City, was struck by a truck on an Oklahoma City street. the driver Harold J. McGill, 24, said he was blinded by approaching headlights.
Lawton Oklahoma citizens form a Better Lawton group to hold regular open meetings. The group makes recommendations to city administration on needed measures. This week they urged passage of a city ordinance to ban loudspeakers in the downtown area.
The Oklahoma State Board of Equalization, seven veteran state officials led by Gov. Leon Phillips, C. C. Childers, and Frank Carter, must estimate revenues from existing taxes within 20 days under a new budget balancing amendment.
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