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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows The Ada Evening News and The Ada Weekly News listing advertising rates and territorial listings. Entries mention per month and per year pricing, with sections for department ads and other promotional space.
Dr A A Potter of Purdue lauds American democracy for driving invention and high living standards through a pro invention patent system. He argues free citizen initiative under democratic government spurs creativity, cites inventors and tech milestones, and calls for education that preserves liberty, rights, and vigilant governance.
The piece argues that any real shift in Russian openness requires tangible talks and UN cooperation. It warns that Russia seeks broad domination, uses vassal states, and refuses cooperation in Korea and elsewhere. Only concrete steps toward independent governments and UN effectiveness would allow cooperation.
The piece urges a respectful, merit based view of public office, warns against stigmatizing candidates, and calls voters to scrutinize integrity, background, and capability. It argues for limited or targeted appointments, voter education, and appreciation for those who serve. It also supports planning for American farmers, criticizing overreliance on federal or state bureaus and stressing farmer independence within free enterprise.
Washington May 10 weekend eclipse data may improve guided missile accuracy as National Geographic Society researchers gathered triangulation data across 932 miles from Burma to the Aleutians. Observations at Capetown Bangkok Rebun Jima and Adak faced cloud cover while Wu Mang Tenang Mt Adag dak saw clear skies. Brice Briggs chaired the committee noting triangulation could tie networks across British India Japan and possibly Korea.
Jewish sources report occupation of all of a strategic pass on the Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway. Militants seized terrain in a two day push to free traffic for the city’s 106,000 Jews, after Arab roadblocks halted food passage. Reports from Arab side not independently confirmed.
London May 10. Mrs Annie Syyumer, traveling from China to rationed England, packed three eggs in separate boxes. She dropped two boxes en route and a final box at London airport. Six eggs survived. A South African offered aid while she remained in a London hospital.
Voters in South Korea turnout high for a first self rule election as authorities report 72 killed in the U.S. zone amid communist violence and threats. Bombings and sabotage disrupt polling in Seoul Taegu and Pusan as police detain suspects and mobile patrols quell unrest. Ballots are being tallied with strong public participation despite threats.
The article outlines that the United States has not proposed a formal conference with the Soviet Union. It says discussions could occur if Moscow brings concrete proposals, though there is no ground for talks without a plan. President Truman emphasized openness to discussions but warned against assumptions of appeasement.
In Baltimore a 16 year old boy was charged with causing the death of deputy fire chief Lorenz A. Balle after he fell 26 feet from a fire ladder during a rooftop sermon. Police say Lane danced on the roof and the preacher tried to stop him as Balle descended the ladder.
The SS Wanlee with 2,200 passengers and crew survived a perilous voyage from Tientsin to Shanghai and back. Attacks, rebel activity, and a second shipwreck followed as the liner faced a rock strike near Yune Reng, a sandbar near Shanghh, and misidentifications by a Chinese naval vessel. Most passengers were ashore by May, with a later pickup and tense delays over baggage and quarrels between passengers and crew.
Idabel Oklahoma police officer Lloyd O Rear was stabbed in the arm and shoulder during an early Sunday arrest attempt. He fired at assailant Thomas Deel Lock, 25, who was shot in the cheek and later died at a Texas hospital. O Rear, briefed by Police Chief Howard Palmer, remained hospitalized with fever and chest pains as investigators described a struggle to subdue two suspects.
Oklahoma City residents report Randell Cobb, Langston University Law School faculty member and local attorney, in critical condition at Polyclinic Hospital after a cart attack at the capitol last Thursday. Cobb remained unconscious this morning amid ongoing treatment.
ALVA Okla May 10 Woods county's first traffic death of the year was one of its oldest residents John Francis Seaman 68 who had lived in the county since 1909 Seaman died last night three days after he was injured in an automobile accident on U S 230 He was the father of State senator Claude Seaman Seaman's death raises the state toll to 14
Washington May 10 John L Lewis said hard coal operators must end the United Mine Workers contract covering about 88000 anthracite miners by July 1 and seek a new wage-conference process beginning May 28 unless a later date is agreed. He noted soft coal talks run to May 30 and that bituminous talks start mid May in Washington.
Valley Forge area May 10 Reading railroad and county district attorney said they found indications of tampering with the rails that may have caused last night’s wreck killing two crewmen The company statement said cuts and bolts held the joint plate were removed intentionally the spike and rail ends moved but the rail remained in place and signaling wires were intact .
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