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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
4
Joe Hills Boast for Better Livestock in Pontotoc County
A local column lauds J. B. Hill for promoting improved farming methods and livestock. Breeders travel from across the country to Pontotoc County to view herds and purchase stock, while soil conservation gains momentum. The piece credits Hill with sparking positive change and urges him to continue sharing success stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
Joe
Pontotoc
Shifting Supreme Court reshapes U S government powers
A four year quiet revolution has altered the U S Supreme Court from the Coolidge era to Roosevelt times. Justices Hughes and Roberts moved from conservatives to liberals, enabling approval of many liberal measures. A local attorney notes decisions now swing unpredictably across an imaginary line, changing expectable outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Justice Hughes
Justice Roberts
Congress
Hitler Speech Cools War Fears While Sinking Fund Drive Advances
The commentary notes Hitler’s speech was less warlike than expected and predicts no broad European war, while urging support for a sinking fund bill to shield counties from bad investments. It praises the governor’s potential signature and critiques Franco era refugees seeking new homes abroad.
Call for longer presidential terms and no third term
The piece argues for a six year presidential term and eliminating the option of a self election for a third term. It cites past presidents who pushed limits, notes Roosevelt as a potential risk to tradition, and invokes Casca by Shakespeare to illustrate reluctance to accept power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Grant
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Coolidge
Shakespeare
Casca
Caesar
Sillies, merit systems, and hints of 1948 politics
The column muses on silly fads like kissing marathons and goldfish eating, then shifts to merit systems in states and federal civil service. It praises reducing emotion in governance and advocates a hard, fact-based approach. It weighs Governor Phillips, Dewey, and Taft as political contenders with cautions about records and risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Egypt
Phillips
Tom Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Taft
Governor Praise For Legislature Despite Some Flaws
The speaker notes overall excellence in legislative work, urges more funding for certain institutions, and commends leadership in the governor's office. It cites little graft or group favoritism, and says lawmakers aimed to serve the state with sincere recognition of their task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Chamberlain remarks echo Lloyd George remarks on time
The Prime Minister’s note that extending Lloyd George’s administration worsens affairs recalls Wellington’s doubt that progress ends after Waterloo. The piece critiques conservatives’ resistance to constitutional changes while noting support for limiting presidential terms beyond eight years and a new simile about Europe’s map changing rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Wellington
Paul Works A Hard Field Sunday School Lesson
The lesson notes Paul preaching in the synagogue in Corinth as he argues that Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecy. He faces Jewish hostility, gains Gentile converts like Crispus, and stays a year and a half, supporting his tentmaking while teaching. The piece reflects on Paul’s weakness and faith, and on broader questions of national policy and practical means to achieve desired ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Jesus
Titus Justus
Crispus
Corinth
Appollos
Corinthians
Future of 4H youth and work with nature in guiding the nation
A perspective on 4H clubs surpassing a million members underscores youth learning livestock care soil preservation and crop improvement. It notes shifts in career hopes from private enterprise to government jobs and cautions about temptation, worry, and focusing on daily tasks to shape a constructive future.
Fire And Flood After Shocks In Japan Akita Coastline Changes
May 2 TOKIO A survey of earthquake zones reports 19 dead hundreds missing and hundreds of homes destroyed or damaged in Akita prefecture. The quake centered north of Tokyo caused fires floods and collapsing dams with new coastline changes around the Oga peninsula and Aikawa village. Troops doctors and nurses are aiding victims as refugees flood open spaces and towns lie in darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toklo
Aikawa
Tokyo
Japan
Funakawa
Akita
Oga Peninsula
Alita
Rookie Patrolman Hero in Big Capture at Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 2 1937 rookie patrolman Elmer Hehr credited by Police Chief Alonzo Hixenbaugh for aiding the capture of four suspected criminals including Delores Castle alias Billy Love. The four were linked to 11 bank and post office robberies in Texas and Missouri and held on 50000 bonds each. FBI said they escaped from Neosho jail on April 26 and will be moved to Missouri for hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
PLA
Alonzo Hixenbaugh
PRI
Elmer Hehr
Washington, Pa
Delores Castle
Billy Love
Tula
Okla
Hehr
Zuster
William Montgomery
John W. Fox
Pittsburgh
Dave Rogers
James Borne
Detroit
Eugene Booth
James Mulvance
Bloomfield
NL J
U. S
FBI
Texas
Missouri
Custer
Neosho
Urges Battle On New Deal Policies
Washington May 2 The United States Chamber of Commerce president George H Davis urged businessmen to redouble demands that Congress check government trends killing incentive and threatening to destroy America's foreign trade He warned that continued tax increases would raise the cost of American goods to meet world market competition and urged lawmakers to modify taxes promptly and act without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
America
Chamber
Daily Oklahoman Cartoonist Wins Pulitzer Award 1938
Charles Werner staff cartoonist for the Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times wins the 1938 Pulitzer prize in national newspaper cartooning. The New York board announced his victory for a cartoon predicting the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, published Oct. 6, 1938, on the Oklahoma editorial page. Werner, 28, joined the papers in 1935 and is married with one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Charles Werner
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
Oklahoma
Werner
New York
Pulitzer Board
The
Oklahoman
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Sudetenland
Oklahoman and
Times Art
Marshfield
Wis
Springfield
Leader and
J. N. “Ding? Daxling
Des Moines
Demo Women Demand Separate Precinct Elections
Oklahoma City's Democratic women at their convention called for separate precinct elections for men and women to end perceived male domination. President Anna B. Korn of El Reno said the fight would move to the state convention, framing the issue as justice for women who feel powerless in the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
League of
League
Anna B. Korn
el Reno
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Takes Quartet
West Virginia
U.S. C
C. Head
Jay Bee
Jay Gee
Long Lee
Avery
B. Ledberry,Co
21 Exchange Ave
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Jack Parkin
Shinies Metal
Oidshewia City
Ohishoma
CIA
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