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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News critiques Oklahoma City graft in the old school board case. It notes federal involvement, laments state officials' inaction, and argues graft spans multiple boards. It urges officials to purge crookedness and rewards integrity in public service.
A quotation attributed to Benjamin Constant decries governments that justify aggression as self defense. It argues such rulers cloak expansion as defense, cite premeditated hostility, and glorify subduing victims, noting repeated historic patterns from Napoleon to Hitler and ongoing future abuses.
Chicago Red Cross official James B. Forgan argues that Britain's wartime safety measures cut fatalities more than bombing killed. He notes thousands trained in first aid nutrition and sanitation and many cars removed from roads, suggesting U S could save lives with similar health programs.
The piece notes a decline in public aid under federal programs, with February aid totaling 14,996,000 down from 18,024,000 a year earlier. It discusses unemployment, wartime relief, and the uncertain path to lasting economic remedy. It also touches on education plans, human error, and postwar global responsibility.
The article argues Germany will eventually adopt democracy after a long period under military monarchy. It notes freedom has rarely existed except briefly after the last war and predicts a future shift from rule by a single leader to rule by the people as society progresses.
Sunday School lesson portrays the young Saul who persecuted Christians and later becomes a great missionary. It stresses hope for earnest people to turn toward truth and higher ideals. The piece cites Luke and the Acts account of Paul to illustrate triumphs over bigotry and religious prejudice.
The Committee to Defend Political Prisoners urged federal action under the Lindbergh kidnapping law against Kansas City police who escorted Oklahoma communist party secretary Robert Wood and his wife from Topeka to Oklahoma City for a speaking engagement. Wood, free on $15,000 bond pending appeal, faced earlier conviction on criminal syndicalism charges.
Dean Phillip Leininger, 78, of Fair Plains district near Stillwater, completes his 33rd year on the Payne County board. A farmer and clerk, he has served 39 years in public school governance, elected repeatedly since 1904 with no campaign effort.
Pawhuska April 29. Osage wood carvings by Mrs Juanita Harrison Shackleford have been rated among the best of such work by Rene d Arncourt of the Museum of Modern Art New York. D Arncourt called the red cedar and white pine figures the best typical Osage figures. A group of her pieces including warriors was sent to the Philippines for lectures on American Indian art.
Rudolph Fischer, who as a child was kidnapped by Comanches near Palo Duro canyon and grew to live among the Redmen, died at his Apache home at age 91. Born to German parents in Gillespie County Texas, his tale recalls early 1900s frontier life.
A brief article notes vitamin K's role in blood coagulation and its importance for humans and chicks. It lists rich sources such as alfalfa kale spinach carrot tops cabbage tomatoes and liver and encourages using natural greens over grass-based supplements. It also questions the limited awareness of kale locally.
Lucyle Richards, a 31 year old rodeo star, was charged with murder in the shooting of ranchman Frank L. Dew at his Houston apartment. Dew, 48, a noted cattleman and rodeo official, died from his wounds after an argument. Grace Collins was present, and Richards claimed Dew requested her not to visit him while she prepared to sail for England as Royal Air Force instructor.
Hugh Hassell 77 a Texas Oklahoma financier who took up golf after age 50 and became three times senior golf champion of the United States died of a heart attack at Dallas Country Club where he had lived 35 years. He learned yesterday his Hale Halsell grocery partner had died at the Hale home in McAlester and friends say the news troubled him. He was a First National Bank director in Dallas owner of the Durant bank and held cotton oil mill interests in Texas and Oklahoma.
Forty winks on a street car led 68-year-old Jose Morom Morgan to ride from El Paso into Mexico after missing his stop. A Mexican citizen with no $10 passport, he cannot return and plans to stay in Juarez for the rest of his life, saying life there will be cheaper in his old age.
Reports from Paris say German occupation authorities aim to recruit young Frenchmen for work in Germany through the Fritz Todt labor organization. In the Paris region alone there are about 200,000 jobless. The public dollar bought 7.84 gallons of gasoline in 1940, up from 3.36 gallons in 1920, an increase of 44 gallons.
In East End London a two square mile industrial island suffers bomb damage yet residents return to two room homes with no baths. Landlords still collect full rent despite partial destruction, prompting legal help from the Pilgrim Trust Civilian Advisory Bureau led by Stella Penley. the service offers free legal advice and representation, seen as a model for postwar social services.
The Texas Senate voted 13 to 14 with two pairs to block a proposed 2 percent income tax as part of the omnibus tax bill. Earlier they kept alive the idea with a vote 21 to 8 to not kill it, while continuing to modify the bill to fund pensions, aid programs, and government functions.
Mrs. W. J. Allen a longtime Ada resident who moved to Dallas in 1924 died Saturday morning in Dallas from a heart attack. Survived by five children Joe R. Allen Ada Vern Clapton San Antonio Borden McComb Cecil Murphy Fort Worth and Julian W. Allen Dallas six grandchildren. Funeral plans were pending in Dallas with services expected today or Monday.
Ron Stephens state WPA administrator authorizes multiple county projects across Oklahoma. Funds include Okmulgee water line extension 2248, Beggs and Henryetta school improvements, Muldrow and Lexington street works, McAlester sewage extension, soil conservation in Jackson county, Ft. Sill Indian School and Kiowa Hospital work, Buffalo street improvements, and other building upgrades totaling substantial sums. The note closes with an unrelated line about whale skin thickness.
Senator Thomas proposes an amendment to authorize Osage relinquishment of mineral rights needed for the Hulah dam and reservoir on Caney river in Oklahoma. The civil functions bill would provide 630000 for next fiscal year, with past allocations totaling 453100. Tensions exist between the War and Interior departments over land held in trust for Osage Indians.
Mrs. Dean Roberts of near Sulphur sustained a broken nose and minor cuts when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Tom D. McKeown of Ada near the cement plant on Highway 12 late Saturday. She received treatment at a local clinic and was released. McKeown escaped with a bruised leg and shock.
Berlin dispatch reports the Greek flag flying with the Nazi swastika atop the Acropolis in Athens. The German observer notes civilian movement below the ruins and motorized German vehicles in the streets, describing threats and mass crowds.
The report estimates a need for 13 000 more city traffic officers doubling the state force and 1 000 more traffic engineers to meet minimum requirements. It cites 80 000 restaurants nationwide and notes 24 states account for 85 percent of highway department obligations.
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