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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
1
Thirty two candidates spoke at the first campaign meeting in Allen. More than 200 residents from Allen and nearby Ada gathered at Main Street for the July 9 primary election buildup. L. D. Mosier and his Oklahoma Drifters provided music to open the event.
Friday marks the last grace day for purchasing 1940 vehicle license tags. After May 31 penalties rise sharply, with fees doubling in some cases, and seizures or heavy fines possible if bought items are not renewed. The article also covers local political campaign events and candidate remarks amid sheriff and county attorney races.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority approved summer pilot training for 30 students at East Central State College in Ada. Arch M. Wallace announced the program, with primary ground and flight instruction starting June 15. Eligibility requires at least one year of college work and ages 18 to 25.
Denver May 29 A man describing a lack of place in the present day set up spent his last 20 minutes smoking on a fourth floor hotel window ledge and leaped to death in view of shoppers. Paul Bennett 37 unemployed since losing a Casper Wyoming grocer clerk job 18 months ago left two notes in his room one addressed to his parents expressing relief and happiness before ending his life with the line there hasn’t seemed to be a place for me in the present day set up.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart, former Austrian Nazi leader, announced from London that he has assumed supreme authority over civil government in the Netherlands. He said Dutch law remains in force where possible and that Dutch authorities should continue, but all Dutch interests must be subordinated to the German struggle for existence.
Letters show local response to the American Red Cross appeal for a 10 million dollar relief fund for Europe. Donors urge giving, supporting Bible portions and New Testaments, and stressing faith as a wartime weapon. S. C. Boswell notes contributions are coming in without a formal drive.
President Roosevelt moved to seek about 750 million dollars added to the 1.182 billion defense fund. General Marshall informed a House subcommittee that more anti tank guns a new light machine gun extra mechanized gear and other weapons are needed. The plan also calls for 1 800 new aircraft and advanced anti aircraft batteries to counter dive bombers.
A Popolo correspondent in Switzerland reports that French General Maurice Gamelin is said to have killed himself following high command orders. Gamelin was removed after the Sedan breakthrough and replaced by General Weygand. Nazi dive bombers harassed ports as the 9th army collapsed in the German advance.
Con tractor Guy F Atkinson said the main embankment of the Denison dam would be built on the Oklahoma side of the Red River. Governor Phillips warned the federal government against Oklahoma side construction without compensation for damages from flooding. Most of the $8.228 million embankment lies in Oklahoma, while the power plant and outlet are on the Texas side. Oklahoma owns the river to the south bank.
War department plans to call all air corps reserve officers into active duty to meet expansion needs. Over 2,000 officers including pilots and observers asked to serve a year. Navy also expanding training for naval reserve enlisted men ready for active duty in emergencies. Training periods range two weeks to a year starting July 1.
Three U S warships Vin cennes Truxton and Simpson headed to Lisbon to join the Atlantic Squadron for protection of American interests abroad not to convoy merchants. Roosevelt plans to pick up Americans in the British Isles and refugees from Bordeaux Lisbon Genoa.
Paris Soir reports the Belgian royal children arrived in Lisbon and are expected to stay for the duration of the war. A Lisbon dispatch says they left Cahors by automobile last Sunday.
Leslie McDonald reports burglars stole items from his Pawhuska Oklahoma sandwich shop including boiled ham beer cigars orange juice soda popcorn potato chips and two aspirin tablets in a playful yet factual inventory of the missing goods.
A British source says Belgium has practically no oil stocks left and its iron and steel industries have been wrecked, indicating Germany gained little economically from Belgium's capitulation.
A contemporary remark notes how wartime mobility blurs lines between neutral sleep and waking in occupied Germany, illustrating the rapid, jarring shifts in European borders and control during ongoing hostilities.
Paris dispatch reports the Belgian parliament will decide Friday on Leopold III's status as king of the Belgians, with the outcome shaping his future role and the monarchy.
After a department store sale, Mrs. Cather Harp arrived home late in the afternoon bedraggled and empty handed following an unsuccessful counter attack. Spring ushers in robins and magazine salesmen in the meantime.
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