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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1952
Page
5
County agents urge organized neighborhood groups to prepare for grass fires during drought. Emphasizes affordable equipment, firebreaks, and immediate containment methods. Cites annual farm fire losses at 100 million dollars and notes 4-H club programs for 1953 to 1954.
About 700 regional delegates from four states met in Little Rock to press for clearer Farm Bureau understanding of rural electric cooperatives needs and warned that some Farm Bureau recommendations could threaten the rural electrification program. Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri and Louisiana delegates voted to schedule the 1953 convention in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Mattie Dangerfield, wife of Rev. Dangerfield, backs a self imposed 600 fundraising goal from colored residential districts around Fourth to Sixth streets in Hammond Heights and Napier school. J H Mayo chairs a drive for the 35000 target with five thousand to go as canvassing expands through churches.
Democratic National Committee charged Senator Joseph McCarthy with at least 18 false statements, distortions or quotations taken out of context in a 17-page critique of his speech attacking Governor Adlai Stevenson. Party leaders released a point by point analysis and highlighted eight glaring falsehoods.
Pontotoc County 4-H Beef Improvement Program sponsored by the County Agent's Office guides members in building beef herds from foundation stock. It covers foundation selection, health certification, breeding service agreements, registration, pasture and feed needs, record keeping, disease prevention, and showing at the Pontotoc County Free Fair with a special 4-H beef breeding department. Interested members should contact the county agent for assistance.
Pontotoc County 4 H runs a Farm to Market Hog Project starting December 1 1952 to reach top market weights 180 to 230 pounds. Pigs may be owned by entrants weighed at start and finish with official scales. entries due December 3. feed records required. awards and certificates for all completing members. barrows or gilts allowed. no purebred requirement.
Ten dairy owners in the county appear on the October DHIA list featuring several Jersey and Milking Shorthorn cattle. Notable entries include Sam Dew-Jersey with multiple cows totaling 65 53 46 and 39.96 pounds of butterfat, J Kent Smith with Milking Shorthorn cows at 43 and 40.32, and Howard Smith with a Guernsey at 47. Claude V Thompson Milking Shorthorn records 40 while Joe Engel Holstein shows 55. H. R. Cooper and Son Milking Shorthorn at 41.
John Henry Watkins a 10 year old from Lehigh is in Crippled Children’s Hospital Oklahoma City with serious injuries after a Halloween prank near his home. Austin King driving a truck reportedly struck him as several youths pushed him into the path of the vehicle and the wheels ran over him. The accident occurred about 9 30 Friday night.
Six portable classroom units are being built in Vancouver to accommodate schools facing large influxes of pupils. The modules can be removed quickly when enrollment levels drop or facilities are reassigned, aiding flexibility for growing districts.
Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, speaking for the Republicans, charges the Truman administration failed to train and equip more South Korean troops and rejected Chiang Kai-Shek's offered help. He says the Joint Chiefs did not refuse and accuses the president and Acheson of making the decision.
A Vienna report notes Communist fear of political laughter as life under regimes in Moscow Budapest Prague and Bucharest remains grim. Diplomats cite silent trains crowds and scarce humor while Czechoslovak editorials demand new operettas and condemn satire as traitor persuasion.
Jack Gordon resigned as Rogers County Election Board secretary stating the job was taking too much time and cluttering his office. He denied the grand jury probe into absentee voting influenced his decision, noting it interfered with his law practice after two years in the post.
Shells from the West Coast unearthed in New Mexico ruins indicate pre Columbian trade networks for coastal goods. The discovery suggests sustained exchange between distant communities and supports broader involvement in maritime commerce long before European contact.
National Geographic Society notes some Red Sea fish bite chunks from coral rock to reach small animals inside. The behavior highlights unusual feeding strategies among coral reef dwellers.
Five more traffic deaths push Oklahoma’s 1952 toll to 457 as drivers Nichols, Easley, and Seminole youths die in separate crashes. The Seminole collision involved a car and a semi near Seminole. Easley’s crash occurred on U S 75 near Corntown.
Ada ministers and the Ada Chamber of Commerce endorse Ron niley's idea for a Christmas season religious parade opening on December 1. The plan features tableaux from Isaiah to the Incarnation, with clergy reviewing plans and merchants seeking devout community impact. lighting costs are estimated per block, Santa arrival planned, and all churches invited to participate.
Three men were arrested and a fourth was involved but not located after a fight in the 300 block West Main Saturday afternoon. Max Fowler and J G Whaley sustained injuries. Dennis Ryan was uninjured. Bonds were posted on charges of fighting and disturbance as officers faced a crowd and traffic jam hindering the investigation.
Winners of a poster contest for area school children were announced by the Phil Avant Study club. Top prize went to Earlene Factor of Konawa. second place tied between Mary Jane Capps of Konawa and Sandra Clayton of Vamoosa. Viola Jefferson of Grayson placed third. Posters urged citizens to vote as a patriotic duty.
Parchment functioned as writing material in medieval times and was produced from sheep or goatskin. The process enabled written works to survive centuries, serving as the primary medium for manuscripts before paper became widespread.
Sterling D. Wages a 55 year old machinist from Little Rock Arkansas won a 50000 damage award from a circuit court jury in St Louis Missouri The verdict found negligence by Missouri Pacific Railroad over guard screen failure near a chipping machine where Wages was injured June 1 1950 losing sight of his left eye in the shops incident
Oklahoma City, Nov. 1 A 68 year old philanthropist known as Uncle Dan Vinson announced a drastic curtailment of his annual Christmas toy mission. He says the program grew too large to manage and misrepresentation on a national radio show hurt publicity. He plans to restart in 1953 on a world wide basis with continued volunteer donated toys and labor.
Canberra correspondent reports British and Australian atomic defense experts are pursuing detection methods for approaching atomic weapons hidden aboard ships. The ability to detect such threats is vital to protect shipping and harbor facilities sustaining trade.
A science note reports that over 99 percent of the planet’s air sits beneath twenty miles above sea level, highlighting the vertical distribution of Earth's atmosphere.
The Commerce Department announced 575 million dollars in federal funds for highway work starting next July 1. States receive allocations with Kansas 11,983,630 dollars Missouri 15,981,742 dollars and Oklahoma 11,002,623 dollars. Local matching will be required.
President Truman will attend a Battery D 129th Field Artillery reunion and dinner in Kansas City the night before election day. He led the unit as a captain in France and has attended semi-annual reunions for 33 years, with Mary Jane Truman and Eddie Jacobson among the guests.
John L. Lewis won a $1.90 daily wage boost for 65,000 hard coal miners after wage board action. The increase awaits WSB ruling on inflationary impact before payment begins. The new anthracite contract takes effect November 16, with soft coal miners already set at $1.50.
S J Cantrell aged 72 and Eva Thomas aged 68, both of Ada, are wed in a small Ada ceremony marking their marriage in the county records.
Reports note that up to five tropical cuckoos lay eggs within one nest and a single female incubates the brood.
London observers anticipate a costly and vivid coronation on June 2. The procession will be visible for free along the route by standing crowds, while private seats command high prices from 10 guineas, with government stands priced at 9.80 to 15.40 pounds. Inside Westminster Abbey only about 7,600 will be seated, creating limited space for peers and their robes as the event airs on television under a possible live Abbey telecast ban review.
Sgt. Jack Fincher reports from Izmir on Turkish social norms shaping interactions with American servicemen. Turkish girls grow up under strict parental and religious codes, with arranged engagements common and couples often unable to date alone before marriage.
A coroner's jury heard volunteer firefighters blame defective wiring for a fatal nursing home blaze in Hillsboro that killed 18 residents. Most victims suffocated on the third floor as 85 residents were evacuated. operators and officials urged stricter nursing home inspection laws in Missouri.
Deputy Taxation Commissioner Neale said an envelope containing 1290 dollars with a letter signed Anon. Conscientious was the largest conscience money sum he had received since his appointment last year. The record for conscience money was about 2000 dollars fifteen years ago.
Farm experts warn North Carolina requires about two million acres of improved pasture though currently there is around one million. They urge expansion to meet feed needs and support livestock production.
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