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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
3
Ada Boy Scouts led by T. O. Cullins completed a multi day trek from Ada to Oklahoma City arriving in Stratford Purcell Norman and finally Oklahoma City. They faced sore feet but enjoyed ball games and comfortable housing before a May 31 welcome home.
Major Joseph F. Battley told a conference of state draft board advisers in New Orleans to avoid extreme zeal in pressing every man 21 to 35 into training. He urged liberal deferments for civilian work and warned against disrupting national functions while citing England’s early war demilitarization as a cautionary example. The meeting began a series on occupational national registration with Vernon T. Sanford of the Oklahoma Press Association in attendance.
Local boards will be set up on each campus to speed college registration. A faculty member will work with the county election board secretary to run a campus registration board and go into operation on October 16, registration day.
Civic organizations and women's clubs are asked to prepare to aid compulsory military service registration on October 16. County election board secretary Joe Bryan says the board may need cars or clerical help. Students under 21 or over 35 not subject to registration. State hospitals and penal institutions will register eligible charges upon release. Vol II conscription regulations are being mailed to county boards, with two copies for each precinct.
Two people died in weekend Oklahoma traffic accidents AP reports. Maxine Stewart 23 of Guthrie died after being hit by a taxicab while crossing an intersection. Hortense Williams 25 of Taft was killed when the truck she rode in overturned near Coyle. Clarence Mabery 18 of Oklahoma City died from injuries after a bicycle strike with a train on Sept 19.
Dr. A B Cox of the University of Texas predicts 1940 cotton sales will rise by 60 million dollars over last year. He says government policy has blocked U S cotton from foreign markets and that a larger crop with a four year peak price will lift total income above the past three years. Domestic use and national defense demand will drive consumption.
The government sued the American Petroleum Institute and 22 major oil firms for unlawful monopoly and price fixing under the Sherman Act. Plaintiffs seek dissolution of the institute and an injunction to bar the firms from acquiring oil reserves, arguing the group dominates crude supply and harms independents. Defendants include Atlantic Refining, Gulf Oil, Shell, Socony Vacuum, Standard Oil affiliates, Union Oil, Texas Corporation and about 300 subsidiaries.
Vanoss 4 H club shows well at the county fair with members placing second and third. Coaches Mrs. M. C. Allison and J. R. Crockett prepared exhibits sent to the state fair. Notable exhibitors include Robert Cummings Billie Neane Norvell Thelma Troutman Jack Troutman and others.
Boston dispatch reports Rhode Island Democrats renominate U S Senator Peter Gerry for a fourth term. Massachusetts Democrats back Roosevelt third term drive while Bay State Republicans call for practical defense measures and an end to one man government.
One hundred horses in Okmulgee county are stricken by equine sleeping sickness, county farm agent Se well Skelton reports. An earlier outbreak two years ago killed many horses in the county.
County Agent C. H. Hailey says Pontotoc farmers cooperate with the AAA soil program using Austrian winter peas and triple super phosphate issued as grants. About 42,500 pounds of peas and 100 tons of phosphate were ordered. 800 checks are ready for cotton farmers as parity payments flow in. The Pontotoc exhibit will enter Muskogee fair after display in Oklahoma City, with the Muskogee event running September 29 to October 5.
Ada poet Welborn Hope accuses ulterior motives in Jennie Harris Oliver’s Oklahoma poet laureate appointment. He targets Kenneth Kaufman’s September nomination, calls the honor a sham, and says the move was an escape from draft and a vulgar publicity stunt.
Oklahoma City police arrest a 38 year old former resident as a suspect in the Ada $5,000 Railway Express robbery. A stolen Salt Lake City car aided identification. The case follows a daylight Ada office heist that surprised bystanders. Fire study proposal to London firemen sent to army officials for review.
Atoka Oklahoma September 30 chance settled a Democratic sheriff nomination in Atoka county when a jar draw declared Oscar Folsom the nominee after both candidates John C Shoemake and Folsom received 1750 votes each. With no opposition Folsom will be the next sheriff following a county recount and state supreme court ruling.
Ed Webster a snake fancier reports clothes thefts during boardinghouse stays in Alabama Indiana North Carolina Pennsylvania and South Carolina. He now protects belongings by placing snakes in his closet and posting beware of the snakes signs as a deterrent.
The Emergency Hospital in Pasadena held a children’s day with thirteen young patients seen or brought in during four hours. Causes included falls on stairs and bicycle crashes into pedestrians.
The article notes that the first printing press on the American continent was installed in Mexico around 1540. The move marked a landmark in colonial media and literacy, influencing information distribution in New Spain and beyond.
An illustrated pattern feature describes collarette No. 351 priced 5d or 10 cents in three sizes. It shows a seal skin circular collarette with back rounding and front tabs, plus a high collar. The cloth shirt waist closes at the front with a box plait and a pointy back yoke, with modish neck and shoulder boxplaits and machine stitched wrist bands.
Oklahoma A and M College economists forecast stronger consumer demand for farm products in the last half of 1940 than the first half. Five months into 1940 state farmers earned about 45 million dollars from marketings, slightly below 1939, with crops offsetting livestock. Government payments push January to May totals higher than last year.
Mrs D C Payne notes the November 1899 Delineator issue as a guide to early winter women’s fashion with illustrations. Advertisements include Fay Stockings Cruelty cures from Altenheim Dispensary, corset claims from Michigan Corset Co, dancing skeleton and Maude Adams portraits, and a feature by LaFayette McLaws on Girls Interests and Occupations.
Oklahoma City reports the 39th annual State Fair closed with 277,887 attendees, the largest closing day total since 1937, boosted by mild weather. Hydro Future Farmers of America won the all round state fair trophy, beating Norman. trophy presented to Hydro’s Charles Hogan. Health conference winners were Homer Tomlinson and Jerelyn Fast, both scoring 98.2.
About 250 Masons attended District No. 38 in Ada at the Ada Masonic Lodge. Principal speaker was Thomas G. Cook of Buffalo, grand master of the Oklahoma Grand Lodge. Distinguished visitors included Claude A. Sturgeon Muskogee Grand Secretary Charles H. Everett Ardmore past grand master M. M. Bramlett Ardmore Mason ic Homes board member Wm. H. Powell Francis deputy grand master H R Moag Greensboro NC past grand patrol Tecumseh and Wapanucka district deputies J Gard Duncan Dr W W Groom Indian Consistory secretary.
A classified ad item explains how investors can gain greater returns on vested funds. It outlines steps to allocate assets, expected yields, and cautions about long term commitment and risk management.
Workmen bailing down and drilling into Viola lime at the No 1 Norman and Fleming well in section 13-5-4. Viola lime reached 2 474 feet with pipe set midweek as tests continue.
Oklahoma Governor Phillips began a conference tour in Washington to push for stronger national defense and more defense industries for Oklahoma. He planned meetings with Midwest governors, Roosevelt defense council members, and a scheduled talk with the president tomorrow. Lieutenant Governor James E. Berry temporarily assumes the governorship.
President Herbert Johnson of Sapulpa announced at a meeting of the Oklahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce the appointive list of committee chairmen. Americanism Dr. B. O. Sellen Tulsa agricultural Allen D. Davis Stillwater Christmas activity Don Roland Blackwell city beautification Don Boydston Okmulgee civil identification Vern Butler Enid fire prevention Andy Bean Bristow governmental affairs Paul Washington Oklahoma City trades promotion Ralph Neely Oklahoma City youth welfare T. G. Rice Okeene.
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