Ada Weekly News and Ada Evening News Records
The Ada weekly and evening newspapers in Ada Oklahoma share a history of consolidation with Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star Democrat, continuing publication as community papers. The editions list editorial leadership and pricing, noting mail subscriptions and second class status.
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ADA
Wm. D. Little
Oyna
Norbury
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Tigate Cmmter
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada- Star-Democrat
Ada Evening News
ADA Weekly
Okla
Marisal
Ada Sees Year-Round Poultry and Milk Market With Cudahy
A major step solidifies Ada area agriculture as Cudahy Packing Company agrees to build a large cheese and poultry plant. The venture promises steady farm income, expanded payroll, and a year-round market tied to a broad territory, with Ada sharing in the initial and growing investments.
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Ada
Cudahy Packing Company
Chamber of Commerce
Adam
Knudsen Wins Fight Over Defense Material Priorities
Knudsen asserted control over defense material priorities as head of the Office of Production Management. After a group in Washington sought to shift authority, he warned he would resign, and Congress instead passed a bill placing priorities under OPM. His decisive stand underscored his persuasive power.
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Bill Knudsen
M. O. Matthews
Washington
Matthews
Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Congress
War Labor Strikes Spur Calls for Cooperation and Defense Focus
Amid ongoing strike outbreaks in defense industries mediation struggles to pace the disruption. Proposals for a 30 day cooling off period face labor opposition, while West Coast AFL CIO efforts aim to keep plants operating. President Green urges closer industry labor unity for national defense. News also recalls the Italian stronghold in Ethiopia and the Duke of Aosta's leadership as British forces may impact Near East moves toward Suez. Oklahoma schools face budget cuts and possible teacher losses with state aid limits affecting fall reopenings.
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AFL
CIO
Willam Green
Duke of
Aosta
Near East
Suez Canal
Racial and Religious Bigotry Opposed by True Christianity
In a Sunday School lesson on May 25 Acts 11 5 18 the story of Cornelius and Peter shows Christianity as a world religion born from prejudice against race and religion. It condemns racial and religious bias, urges partnership beyond creed, and proclaims God shows no favoritism. W E G
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Cornelius
Earl L. Douglass
Palestine
Simon Peter
Joppa
Simon
Peter
Mothers Earn High School Diplomas Inspire Future Generations
Two Pontotoc county mothers celebrate high school diplomas alongside their children, illustrating education does not end with graduation. The article urges lifelong learning, praises Mrs. Hopp er and Mrs. Russell, and notes library and media resources fuel continued study amid tax and car trends affecting license revenue.
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Pontotoc County
Hopper
Russell
Army Forgets 1917 Camp Lessons and Pays Penalty
Reporter visits Camp Shelby Camp Bowie Camp Blanding and Fort Meade to question wartime cantonment planning. He notes some waste and miscalculations but praises rebuilt camps and ongoing expansion while citing chapel costs and airfield plans.
New Enrollment Opens In CCC for Young Men
Local authorities announce a CCC enrollment quota of 25 white and five colored youths with an application window May 20 to May 28 at the CCC selecting agent 213 East Fourteenth. Enrollees receive pay, room, board, medical care, recreation, and training toward postcamp discharge benefits.
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CCC
East Fourteenth
U. S
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Lease-Lend war equipment moving across Atlantic
Senator Barkley reported the lease-lend equipment seems to reach Great Britain satisfactorily and no new affirmative steps are expected to ensure delivery. He warned conditions could change after the weekend as convoys and Franco American collaboration were discussed with President Roosevelt. He noted action would be needed if Germany moved to seize Martinique or other French holdings in the western hemisphere.
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Washington
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Great Britain
Barkley
Roosevelt
Germany
Martinique
France
Government weighs nationwide scrap aluminum drive
Washington reports a possible government sponsored campaign to collect discarded aluminum ware from American homes for defense needs. Officials consider including tin and nickel, but current focus remains on aluminum. OPM studies proposals as metal shortages intensify. Local drives have occurred but officials contemplate a unified effort before proceeding.
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Washington
Pan
Office of Production Management
OPM
Built in 1904 Wrecked in 41 Ada Growth and New Laundry Home
In 1904 R E Blanks built a Main Street laundry site in Ada and Ed Hunter helped tear down later. The year also saw rapid town growth including Citizens National Bank formation Ada News becoming a daily Presbyterians First Baptists Katy Railroad completion and new city water.
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R. E. Blanks
Main Street
Ada Steam Laundry
Constant and Twelfth
Rennie and Main
Ada
East Main
Citizens National Bank
Ada News
Presbyterians
First Baptists
Katy
Harris
Katy Station
Ada Brick and Tile Company
Matthews Receives Five Year Robbery With A Weapon Term
A district court jury found John Henry Matthews guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon after a day of testimony. He was sentenced to five years in the State penitentiary for a March incident in Ada in which he allegedly boarded the Hughes couple’s car and threatened to kill them before driving off. Witnesses, including Evelyn Hughes and Pete King, linked Matthews to the event and identified him in court.
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John Henry Matthews
State Penitentiary
Matthews
Victor Hughes
Ada
District Court
Tal Crawford
Vic
Hughes
I. L. Cummings
Pete King
King
Esther Mayo
Knife attack aftermath in Ada leaves man critical
Gerald Cotton Golightly aged 23 remained in critical condition at Breco Memorial hospital after a Sunday night knife assault outside the Trocadero night club near Ada. Raymond Humphries was slashed while trying to intervene. the assailant, an 18 year old, fled with two youths and a girl in a car.
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Gerald “Cotton” Golightly
Breco Memorial Hospital
Golightly
Raymond “Spec” Humphries
Ada
Don Barton
Clyde Kaiser
Humphries
Miss Barton
Start Work on Big Muskogee Airport
Rep. Jack Nichols turned the first shovel of earth for a $750,000 military airport seven miles south of Muskogee on U S highway 64. Col. I H Edwards, commander at Randolph Field, San Antonio, described the groundbreaking as a significant start for the project.
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Muskogee
Jack Nichols
D-Okla
Here
U.S. Highway 64
Col
I. H. Edwards
Army Air School
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Tex
Hess Said To Be Writing And Talking
London reports on May 19 indicating Rudolf Hess has been writing and talking for a week. Churchill reportedly received a full report of Hess's statements. The Zeitschrift fur Geopolitik article linked to Haushofer suggests German prospects for victory are bleak amid U.S. intervention concerns.
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London
BBC
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Churchill
Hess
Zeitschrift Fur Geopolitik
Doctor Haushofer
Berlin
Haushofer
United States
Kansas Leads Oil Increase For Week
Kansas posted the largest weekly rise in U S crude output up 45 670 barrels to 3 794 405 for the week ended May 17 The gains occurred in several states with California Louisiana Michigan Oklahoma Texas and Illinois showing varied changes The same weekend court clerks issued marriage licenses to Fred Dale and La Homa Wilson Floyd Hensley and Thelma Lawrence in Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Kansas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
California
Eastern
Louisiana
Michigan
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain State
Texas
Illinois
East Texas
Fred Dale
Davis
la Homa Wilson
Wynnewood
Floyd Hensley
Konawa
Thelma Lawrence
Atoka
Bluejay Guards Yard Against Six Foot Black Snake
Neighbors on Fourteenth street and Rennie Avenue woke to a blue jay’s alarm over a six-foot black snake in a tree. The bird perched for hours on Monday morning scolding the reptile until Fred Barringer arrived with a shotgun to help.
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Fourteenth Street
Rennie Avenu
Fred Barringer
Barringer
Oklahoma Putting Men in Air Force
Primary flight training schools in California Oklahoma and Illinois helped form the newest class of Army Air Corps cadets enrolling at Randolph Field Texas. Three hundred fifty two cadets join the 30,000 pilots to be trained annually and stay at the center for ten weeks. Muskogee led with 79 Tulsa sent 55 giving Oklahoma 134 cadets. So far this fiscal year 1611 have graduated from Randolph Field.
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San Antonio
California
Oklahoma
Illinois
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Texas
Muskogee
Tulsa
Short Coal Strike Ends as UMW and Operators Reach Wage Pact
In New York on May 19 a brief work stoppage in the anthracite coal sector ended after the United Mine Workers of America and Pennsylvania hard coal operators tentatively agreed on a new wage contract. The agreement awards wage increases to about 100,000 miners and ends the stoppage pending formal ratification.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Pennsylvania
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Senate Committee On National Defense
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Fort Bragg
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Southwestern Air Field
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Hitler
Nichols
Florida
Britain
Atlantic
Uncle Sam
Si Freeman
Big Muskogee Airport
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Reptile
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