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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
1
Oklahoma Governor Kerr heads to Washington to seek federal flood relief for farms roads and urban damage. He cites estimated flood losses between 32 million and 51.6 million and will be joined by eight other states and several governors in pressing for swift reconstruction aid.
Oklahoma City May 26. Jack Nichols resignation rumors sparked a flood of names as potential candidates for the Second District seat. If Nichols leaves to join private aviation, a special election will be called by Governor Kerr. On the GOP side E O Clark of Stigler is expected to run again in 1944 after a close previous race.
Allied forces hammered Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria with 400 aircraft, destroying 23 axis planes and targeting docks rail yards and bases. In Europe an RAF saturation raid blasted Dusseldorf with an estimated 500 bombers, causing heavy damage and marking a fourth May saturation attack.
In Idabel Oklahoma a district court jury found Bert Miller and Sam Murchison guilty of murdering James Roden a 23 year old soldier during a pie supper on April 27. Both received life imprisonment after rejecting self defense pleas. Roden home on furlough from Greensboro North Carolina intervened when Miller allegedly abused a boy and was shot with Murchison’s alleged encouragement.
A classified notice explains a financial opportunity highlighting higher returns on vested Ada funds. It outlines minimum investment, eligibility, and potential benefits without guaranteeing results. Readers are urged to consult the offering documents and local authorities for full terms.
Lawrence Waterbury, renowned polo star who helped bring the International Cup to the United States, died at his Palm Beach home last night. He also held the international racquets championship in 1906 and 1915.
House and senate conferees forged a PAYG income tax plan aimed to take effect by July 1. The bill would cancel a year's liability for those owing 50 dollars or less and reduce 75 percent for others with the rest paid in two installments. A 20 percent withholding on taxable wages and quarterly payments for nonwage earners and top brackets are required. Leader optimism followed as Congress eyed swift passage and presidential approval.
The war labor board backed changes to improve conditions and added benefits for coal mine workers while delaying a $2 a day wage rise. Agreement hinges on portal-to-portal pay and negotiations resume within 15 days. UMW leaders cautiously welcomed moves toward settlement as talks resume in Washington.
Rain fell in parts of Oklahoma with forecaster predicting more showers. Waynoka recorded .92 inch, Enid .45 and Oklahoma City .23, pushing May totals higher though Vinita and Miami reported much larger rainfall in the flood area.
A report notes that Berryllium copper is taking the place of bronze and steel in many military applications. The shift aims to improve strength, lightness, and performance across weapons and machinery.
The Corsair fighter, first Navy plane with a 2000 horsepower engine, is described as decisively superior to all Zero models. Admiral Nimitz says Pacific actions, notably Guadalcanal, show the Corsair excels in interception, maneuverability, climb, speed, firepower, and armor. It uses a Pratt and Whitney engine with a Hamilton standard propeller.
United States forces cleared Chicagof Valley on Attu Island as part of a three area Japanese defense. Navy reports say heavy bombing and strafing supported the advance and a second major position around Chicagof Harbor was targeted.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled a motion for rehearing in Rex Beard's death penalty case for killing Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Willis during an attempted jail break at Abilene's Taylor county jail. The court upheld admission of Beard’s prior convictions. Beard confessed to fatally shooting Willis on February 12, 1942 when cuffing him. Hardened lava makes good paving and building material.
President Roosevelt disclosed that through March 31 Russia received about 1.04 billion dollars in planes tanks motor vehicles ammunition ordnance and water craft and led in actual fighting gear among lend-lease recipients. Britain followed with 881 million while total lend-lease exports since 1941 reached 7.105 billion with 700.9 million in air and sea deliveries.
The CIO United Rubber Workers executive board met to back a plea for return to work after a wage ruling by the War Labor Board. More than 51,000 idle workers, including 2,000 at General Tire and Rubber, halted production across Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich plants, with losses estimated at 14 to 15 million in war materials.
Harry Goldman testified in White Plains that he saw Hannah Williams Dempsey and Woodall asleep in Mrs. Dempsey's Manhattan apartment bedroom after a party. Goldman said Woodall wore trousers and shoes off while Mrs. Dempsey lay covered in bed.
Washington May 26 The House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on HR 2766 by Rep Monroney to lift replanting restrictions for flood inundated areas allowing crops to be planted without affecting 1944 quotas. In Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and Illinois hundreds of acres could be replanted in cotton.
An emergency board recommended an 8 cent per hour pay increase for over a million railroad workers, below unions’ 20 cent demand. The rise, retroactive to February 1, aims to address wage inequalities without triggering rate hikes, and covers 73 worker classes.
A reflective line notes sunlit contrasts across the far north. It pairs Attu in the Aleutians with Maine as daylight shifts, underscoring a continental perspective on the sun’s arc over North America.
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