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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
1
Ada voters will decide on four bond issues totaling 768000 to fund water works sewerage and airport improvements. If approved ten mills would be added to city taxes. Amounts include 325000 for water system 253000 for storm sewers 40000 for sewage plant 150000 for airport facilities.
The CIO oil workers prepared to accept a government plan offering a 15 percent wage hike and arbitration to end multistate refinery strikes. Rejection could prompt seizure of refineries as coal shortages tighten and telephone service faces disruption. The executive board backed the proposal, pending arbitration, while most oil firms remained in dispute.
County fair judging results omitted from The News Tuesday list. Pleasant Hill School principal John Wilmouth submitted a complete exhibit with penmanship drawings woodwork stories and other work. Also omitted are F F A department results for yellow corn corn ears Irish potatoes sweet potatoes Holstein calves and poultry entries with names and locations across Ada and Allen area counties.
Ada Boy Scouts aim to collect at least 40 thousand pounds of scrap paper in a city wide drive starting at 9 a m with about 100 Scouts. Trucks will cover Ada all day and residents are urged to place prepared paper on the front sidewalk for pickup.
Oklahoma's 1945 cotton production is estimated at 327,250 bales from 1,375,000 acres by the state agriculture department. Corn yield is estimated at 20 bushels per acre totaling 29,300,000 bushels.
Dan W. Swaffar of Ada was elected Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Oklahoma. Wayne Wheelock of Ada was named Grand Principal Conductor of the Work. The state meeting in Oklahoma City drew 85 chapters and 40 councils with several Ada attendees.
Rex O Morrison reports the Salvation Army budget drive reached the halfway point with $3 000 pledged. Committees from civic clubs are urged to submit pledge cards to drive headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce office in the Aldridge building. The annual budget is set at $6 000 for the coming year.
If rain ceases, traffic moved to the 200 block of North Broadway around October 29. H S Moore, the contractor, expects one more week to finish concrete paving, with a 21 day curing period before opening the new surface to traffic.
Bids for 969287 dollars in highway work will be received Oct 16 by the state highway commission. Projects include El Reno overhead on US 61 and 81, bank protection north of Wynnewood, a Rush creek flood levee near Pauls Valley, and bridge work in Garvin and Wagoner counties. Estimated costs range from 12 900 to 295 000 dollars with several grading and drainage tasks plus bridges on multiple routes.
Major Claude M. Procter writes from Lillington North Carolina that he has returned to work at Fort Bragg heading separation ceremonies including music talks and certificate handouts. He describes notable service with Battery C 160 Field Artillery and the 32nd Red Arrow Division in Australia New Guinea and the Philippines. He earned a commendation from Maj. Gen. Frink and spent months in Winter General Hospital Topeka Kansas for a fungus condition.
The article notes no major breakthroughs as Foreign Ministers depart. General MacArthur restricts Japan’s overseas financial and business communications to approved channels and warns Nippon to stay out of Korea. Famine fears rise with rice riots, while scrutiny of former secret groups and possible cabinet resignations surface. Yoshida, as foreign minister, is named as a potential next premier.
The White House reported President Truman urged a cut of nearly 40 billion dollars from the current fiscal year ending June 30. The plan targets 28.7 billion for the Army 8.3 billion for the Navy and 2.8 billion for emergency and war related activities. Further reductions cover contract authorizations and prior year balances with a January 3 1946 review promised.
Ada area police begin an eight week police training school led by FBI agent Paul Jeter with ten officers and local officials attending. Jeter missed day two due to illness. future weeks cover detention and firearms training with a demonstration. In London, Moscow Radio says the four power control for Japan should precede a Far East consultative commission, and Molotov’s letter questions Byrnes.
London dispatch reports U S Secretary Byrnes and Soviet Molotov spar over blanket participation of five powers in European peace settlements. Byrnes says unanimity needed. Molotov cites disagreements and hopes for future cooperation. Deputies to continue work on Austria restitution and Ruhr Rhineland questions as stalemate persists.
Four cars and a caboose of a westbound Rock Island troop train overturned on a curve near Howe Oklahoma at 6 55 am today. No fatalities reported though several crew members suffered slight injuries and no passengers were believed hurt. The three rear pullmans a diner and the caboose were overturned. the locomotive and seven cars stayed on track. Traffic rerouting planned.
Spokane on Oct 3 reports off duty Capt. Lee Markwood and Sgt. Dan Mangan observing a driver anxious to leave a space. The man muttered about paying a fine, then J W Wolff announced his car had been stolen.
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