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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
6
Carolyn and Robert Hale weigh dispersal of the dangerous X-9090 while Leana Sormi presses for control. Carolyn suspects Leana’s obsession with Hale as they plan relocating the device far from Schoenfeld Laboratory. Bob recalls Colorado days and orders maps for a westward transfer.
Dr. Robert Hale plans a westward move to secure Leana Sormi as a partner in science while balancing a covert love triangle with Leana and his secretary Carolyn. A letter from Leana triggers a flurry of dictation and an admission of deep attachment as Carolyn aids the plan, exposing personal turmoil and moral tension.
The War Department announced nine sites for new army camps to train a larger force, including a 50,000 acre site near Braggs Oklahoma in the Cookson Hills. The camps would hold about 35,000 troops and span 40,000 to 75,000 acres each.
The common school aid bill passed the Oklahoma Senate 26 to 14 and moves to the House. Revenue bills face a rush to adjournment with eight measures needing quick conference approval, including a $2 per barrel beer levy and a cigarette tax rise to five cents, while a two percent sales tax is reenacted. The bill targets all public school teachers and administrators, with automatic dismissal for those who join subversive groups or advocate overthrow.
Oklahoma City May 13. A senate approved bill would require every teacher from one room schools to college presidents to take an oath denying direct or indirect ties to the Communist party or German American Bund. The measure passed 32 to 0 with no debate.
A May 13 patriotic mass meeting in Ardmore urged President Roosevelt to use every means to deliver supplies to Great Britain, including convoys by sea and air. Over 1,000 attendees from southern Oklahoma communities backed a resolution calling for a complete defense program and opposing appeasers and isolationists. The measure, filed by Ardmore attorney Wilson Wallace, urged swift delivery of war materials to Britain and criticized any delay by adversaries.
London, May 12. A broad-bosomed primrose seller bombed from her street corner twice moves across London to new stalls. A wounded old man cannot move. Gina, widowed naval wife, fights fires through the night in dirty slacks and her dead husband’s blazer, aiding others as dawn breaks.
A wife places glass before her officer husband’s portrait as she recalls a German born girl serving Britain as an ambulance driver. A demolition worker speaks of the oddities of war as they uncover an 80 year old man while digging for a girl, underscoring how small details carry weight in wartime life.
The BMI announces a 33 1 3 percent fee cut in its battle with ASCAP, pledging rebates for contracts through April 1, 1942. BMI expects to operate with about 1.4 million dollars and a 600 thousand dollar broadcasting industry rebate, while Mutual-ASCAP signs a four year deal with 3 percent then 34 percent royalties.
Census Bureau data show over half of U S wholesale business concentrated in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin for 1939. Total sales amounted to 55 265 640 000 with those eight states accounting for 30 159 284 000 led by New York 14 508 479 000 and Illinois 4 998 766 000.
State investigation division reports April raids yielded three stills and 5 008 pints of liquor. Ninety seven forays into damp counties produced 37 liquor violation charges, with raids in Tulsa Creek Pushmataha Kingfisher Osage and Rogers counties.
Snow Hill Maryland residents faced service disruption when a swarm of wild honey bees nested in a farmhouse wall and chewed through the lead-in telephone wire in half. Local trouble-shooter Jerome Hen man investigated and confirmed the cause.
Tulsa May 14 The oil industry warns that tanker shortages and limited alternative transport may bottleneck shipments from gulf ports to the Atlantic seaboard. East coast daily intake totals about 1.51 million barrels with pipelines adding 17 000 from the interior. Prices may rise five to ten cents in the Midwest as new pools and drilling activity continue across Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and Texas.
May 14 Oklahoma City reports smokers and retailers beginning to pay the new tobacco tax. Cigar and pipe users, chewers, and retailers inventory un stamped stock and remit tax figures. Estimates of revenue range from 100000 to 500000 dollars.
The U S department of agriculture reports Oklahoma pastures and ranges improved rapidly in April and were in good to very good condition on May 1. May 1 condition reached 88 percent of normal, up from 78 percent in April and higher than a year ago and the ten year average.
M. B. Douglas pleaded guilty Saturday morning to a reduced reckless driving charge in district court. District Judge Tal Crawford fined him 25 dollars plus costs.
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