Corn Project Draws 4-H Boys in Ada Area
Ada Kiwanis backs a certified seed corn project for Pontotoc county 4-H boys to spark interest and profit. Each entrant gets a gallon seed to plant an acre and must pledge to produce as much corn as possible, exhibit 10 ears at the county fair, track expenses, and deliver 30 ears to join the club banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Kiwanis Club
Pontotoc County
C. H. Hailey
Dad
Billy Hunt
Lewis Holland
James Ray Hunt
Billy Joe McNair
Robert Phillips
J. C. Pederson
T. J. Richardson
Kenneth Standfield
Jack Troutman
Carroll Pedersen
Guy Walker
T. L. Welker
Conway
Vivian Cruison
Muriel Glenn Deaton
Volley Deaton
Crabill Nickell
Hart
Buell Smith
Joe Glasco
J. W. Glasco
A. B. King
Shelby Rogers
Clifford Williams
Harley Harrison
Lovelady
Ray Fulkerson
Henry Barton
Jim Barton
Cecil Chapman
Delbert Gerloff
Elton Looner
Oliver Taylor
Allen
Tom Watson
Odys Davis
Floyd Emerson
Johnny Rown
Happyland
H. D. Ragland
Billy Joe Carpenter
Ernest Jr. Traxwell
Cedar Grove
J. M. Nance
Roy Williamson
Troy Williamson
Fitzhugh
H. P. Nance
Wesley Beasley
Junior Hatcher
Don Jones
J. W. Lance
John Wade Mackey
Raymond Martin
W. A. Odom
Don Standridge
Orean
Dean Wingard
Phillip Webb
Kenneth Webb
Willis Young
Francis
Don L
Jackson
Charles Auten
Pete Phillips
J. L. Scroggins
William Brady
Laxton
R. G. Harris
William Brady, Jr. Hackett
Joe Lynch
Herbert McDonald
Samy McDonald
Floyd McNeill
Illy
Royce Phillips
Farmer Brown Receives Aerial Farm Planning Tools
Pontotoc county farmers in the AAA program receive an aerial photo and a farm plan folder for each co operator. The packet includes farm maps with field acreages, legal descriptions, an AAA handbook, 1941 plan sheets for cotton and wheat, and possible program payments.
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Pontotoc County
Farmer Brown
AAA
County Aaa
Oklahoma Aaa
Land Bank Loans Popular With Pontotoc County Farmers
Nearly 230 Pontotoc County farmers and stockmen use Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner long term loans totaling over 499000 dollars. The Pontotoc Farm Loan association organized in 1947 functions as a cooperative credit system for refinancing farm mortgage indebtedness with service offices in Ada and local routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank
Ema Warmack
Ada
Pontotoc National Farm Loan Association
Pontotoc Association
Federal Land Bank
Tary Warmack
Land Bank Commissioner
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
Feeding project teaches 4 H boys market livestock
More than 100 head entered in a commercial feeding program led by county agent C. H. Hailey to develop grade livestock and teach boys to finish stock for market rather than win shows. The plan reaches beef, mutton, and pork groups, with sales inspected by commission men at Ada fairgrounds and packing plants. each boy receives a check after sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Ada
Mattress Parade Aids Low Income Families In 1940s Campaign
Pontotoc county farm families received 1631 free mattresses under a surplus disposal program run with the surplus commodities corporation and home demonstration agents. Since 1940 the project trained volunteers to make mattresses, with 50 cents per mattress in 1940 and 75 cents this year to cover costs, and more than 700 mattresses produced in 1940 and over 2,000 applications handled in early 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Surplus, Commodities Corporation
Extension Division
AAA
Jessie Morgan
Dessie Reiley
Lula
Maudie Lamb
Happyland
Morgan
Choate
Luxembourg Premier says Luxembourg resists Nazi control
Prime minister Pierre du Pont declared Luxembourg is strongly resisting efforts to organize the duchy under the Nazi regime. He spoke on departure from New York for London, noting the government in exile and Grand Duchess Charlotte in Montreal. Also mentions the alewife, a herring family fish.
High Speed Found At Fault In Many State Fatalities
Oklahoma City reports that Walter B. Johnson, DPS commissioner, links high speed to recent crashes. Incidents include a Tonkawa wreck where a body was found 200 feet from the crash site, a dad of 12 killed near Afton helping a stalled motorist, and eight Tulsa youths injured near Sapulpa after a high speed loss of control. Johnson orders patrols to enforce safe speed limits.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Walter B. Johnson
Department of Public Safety
Tonkawa
Afton
Tulsa
Sapulpa
Johnson
Alcatraz Inmates Sentenced In Death Of Fellow-Convict
Henri Young, an Alcatraz inmate, was sentenced by Federal Judge Michael J. Roche to three years for involuntary manslaughter in the knife slaying of fellow convict Rufus McCain. The sentence adds to 15 years Young already faces for a Spokane bank robbery. The jury cited terrible prison conditions.
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San Francisco
Henri Young
Alcatraz
Michael J. Roche
Young
Rufus McCain
The
Pine Bluff paper resumes after labor walkout
The Pine Bluff Commercial published its eight pages as scheduled after a breakdown in negotiations with Local 447 of the International Typographical Union led to a morning printer walkout. Publisher E. W. Freeman announced an agreement was reached and the 16 printers returned to work at 2 p.m., allowing publication to proceed. The terms were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
E. W. Freeman
International Typographical Union
Car Crash Claims Lawton Woman En Route to Fort Sam Houston
Mrs. James M. Dean Jr., 22, of Lawton Oklahoma was killed when her car skidded and struck a bridge in a rain storm near Jacksboro Texas. She was alone and en route to Fort Sam Houston to join her husband, a lieutenant with Headquarters Company, 38th Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksboro
Texas
James M. Dean, Jr
Lawton
Oklo
38Th Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Armed cruiser Voltaire overdue and lost say Admiralty
London reports the 13,301 ton British armed merchant cruiser Voltaire is overdue and considered lost. The Admiralty board announced the finding tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Board of the Admiralty
Oklahoma panhandle to be surveyed for Folsom remains
Norman May 3 The Frank Phillips Foundation of Bartlesville Okla announced a 3000 gift to fund a new Oklahoma panhandle survey seeking Folsom man remains. Dr Forrest E Clement of the University of Oklahoma will direct the cooperative project with the WPA and university officials.
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Norman
Oklahoma Panhandle
Frank Phillips
Clements
University
WPA
Panhandle
Draft Headquarters Calls Deferral For Student Physicians
Washington May 3 The selective service system ordered deferment of medical students likely to become doctors to prevent a national shortage. Local boards were urged to ensure physician needs are met without pulling practicing doctors from communities. Hershey noted a 9 000 officer need across services and warned there are no replacements for withdrawn students. Internes could receive medical reserve corps commissions to avoid active duty for a year.
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Washington
Pto
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Office of Production Management
Army
Navy
Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
Murray County Leads State In Safety Record Rise And Fall
An Oklahoma safety lead shifted across the state in April as Murray County regained the top spot after a Garvin County fatality. The report notes no traffic deaths in Murray since June 2, 1939, with civic leaders planning a June 2 celebration in Sulphur and officials watching statewide progress in Adair Cherokee Marshall and others through early 1941.
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Oklahoma
Altus
Jackson County
Greer County
Murray County
Garvin County
Murray
Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
Adair County
Cherokee
Marshall
Walter B. Johnson
Ex Night Club Operator Convicted in Slaying
District court jur y convicted E. L. Kester former night club operator of the killing of George Blalack at the night club on March 6 and fixed his sentence at life imprisonment in Bartlesville Oklahoma on May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Oklo
E. L. Kester
George Blalack
Oklahoma Interscholastics winners announced at Norman meet
The 37th Oklahoma Interscholastics crowned champions across sports and activities. Notable titles include Paul Darrough in tennis singles and Darrough with Walter Moore in doubles from Classen, Betty Sue Cover in girls singles from Ponca City, and Classen’s team triumphs in golf and archery.
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Norman
Okla
Paul Darrough
Oklahoma City
Darrough
Walter Moore
Tulsa Central
Centerview
Capitol Hill
Sasakwa
Charles Coe
Harry Cummins
Enid
Chickasha
Interscholastic Press Association
Tulsa School Life
Rogers and Webster
Seminole
Webb City
Jenks
Antlers
Tulsa Roosevelt
Newkirk
Young Adan Making Fine Music Record
Sam Sanders Ada high senior has earned superior ratings in multiple meets including the state interscholastic at Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater. A pianist and clarinetist, he also stars in speech and acting, with a one act play winning district and state honors and planning a national meet in Bloomfield New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Sanders
Ada High
Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
O.B
Young Sanders
Tahlequah
Ada High School
Sam
Bloomfield
Reynolds Looms As Next Chairman Of Military Affairs
Washington May 3 Reynolds, senior Democrat on the Senate Military Affairs Committee, appears certain to become chair in line with seniority despite protests over his British aid criticisms. Republicans reportedly favor tradition while some Democrats align with Reynolds, leaving steering committee to resolve the chairmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Washington
Senate
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Britain
Administration
Thomas
Utah
North Carolina
Yank Airmen See Modern Air War
The War Department reported that junior Air Corps officers are being sent to Britain as military air observers. Some fly in British planes, others travel by commercial ships, to study combat training and aircraft performance for use in expanding U S air forces. The experience will aid training of future combat squadrons and enhance American aviation prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Air Corps
England
Atlantic
Army
Britain
London
WPA Rehabilitation Fund Is Requested by Great Plains
Representatives from North and South Dakota Kansas Colorado and Oklahoma met at the call of Rep Carl T Curtis to seek funds for WPA rehabilitation of flood and drought damaged areas. A delegation will visit the budget bureau to explore adding broadened authorization to the emergency relief bill and relax WPA regulations to free relief labor for rehabilitation.
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Washington
Great Plains States
WPA
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Carl T. Curtis
R.-Neb
Budget Bureau
House Appropriations Committee
Curtis
Ex Sheriff Charged With Drunk Driving
Bennie Hill former sheriff of Okfuskee county was charged with drunken driving after a collision injuring 9 year old Robert Allen. Hill pleaded innocent at arraignment before Judge W A Blackbird and was released on 500 dollar bond.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Bennie Hill
Okfuskee County
Robert Allen
Hill
W. A. Blackbird
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Soil Conservation
Arkansas
Louisiana
Louis P. Merrill
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
Miait Aviuch
David Gray
Gray
Ice
Ada News
Public Safety Department
Phillips
Young Adan
Coalgate
W. O. Lawrence
Local
Railway Express
Wewoka
Coal County
Curtis Floyd
Esther Pearl Halbrooks
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