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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1948
Page
5
The U S department of agriculture estimated this year’s corn harvest at 3 567 965 000 bushels, a new record, up 39 746 000 from the prior forecast. Wheat and other crops also show updated figures with year to year changes and ten year averages noted.
In Garvin County Oklahoma Phillips Petroleum reports a Mesbitt well flowing 260 barrels of 42.5 gravity crude in three hours with a 1 inch choke, near 3000 barrels daily potential while awaiting pipeline. Another No 2 Well in Garvin County yielded 1253 barrels of 43 gravity crude in 24 hours from the Second Bromide sand, with tubing pressure 1275 pounds and choke 1 1/8 inches.
Guthage A Cole of Elmore City died from injuries sustained in a two car collision seven and a half miles south of Maysville on September St. in a Pauls Valley hospital. Oklahoma highway toll rose to 267 with the death. Oklahoma City dispatch notes agriculture predicts poor winter pastures though feed stocks and water are generally adequate.
Four new naval units will begin operations next month. A submarine named Tigrome, converted into a radar picket, will be commissioned on November 1. The craft will detect hostile planes in remote Arctic waters and relay warnings before submerging. It is the first of two such pickets under a modernization plan, with Atlantic Fleet command presumed for Tigrome.
Tokyo dispatch reports 32 Japanese suspects including four generals accused of beheading 33 captured B 29 crews after a raid. Seventeen Americans allegedly murdered within four hours after Emperor Hirohito’s surrender speech. Some defendants allegedly used fliers as practice dummies for archery and ritual stabbing. others burned at a crematorium outside Fukuoka.
In Muskogee Oklahoma the murder case involving Susie Svim, a two year old Indian girl, advances with the discovery of an unidentified female figure. County Attorney Ardy Wildazon notes the video shows the victim dead or unconscious in a Muskogee hotel. Henderson, jailed eight months on a prior charge now dismissed for lack of evidence, faces murder charges. federal fugitive action filed. Gene Doug lay Turner, Henderson's associate, arrested in Tulsa region after Turner had been listed only as a witness.
The report lists several Oklahoma victims in Kansas accidents. Ernest Paul King, 32, of Clustea, died from a fractured skull when struck by a truck on a highway near Olustes. Kenneth G Brock, 19, of Utica, Okla, died when his auto left the road and overturned near Durant. Farrell Johnson, 24, died from injuries after a motorcy cle collision in Durant. Mrs. Annia B. Andre, 30, of Cones, N. N., died on highway 66 after a collision between her husband’s car and a truck. her husband Anthony J. Landre was seriously injured.
President Truman lauds federal workers in a letter read at the National Association of Letter Carriers convention. Governor Dewey and Truman emphasize civil service as the keystone of government, urging loyalty and trust in public service amidst political debate.
An appeals board to handle disputed craft cases will organize in Oklahoma City. Gov appoints four members: Dr F R Mood, M B Seibert, William T Payne, and Jack Wood, with the fifth nominee from Tulsa delaying formal appointment due to his wife's illness. Col Clive Murray notes the panel represents medicine industry and labor.
Britain's long statement accuses Soviet authorities of pressuring Western powers in Berlin, suppressing rights in the Potsdam framework, and plotting to absorb western sectors under Soviet control. The 240000-word white paper details arrests, deportations, and forced removals to the Soviet Union.
Three men robbed Beverly's Drive In near the Oklahoma state capitol, seizing more than $5,000 from a safe. Two employees were assaulted and left in a dressing room area while the trio pried open the knob and manipulated the safe. Vernon Seekles, the manager, estimated the loss between $5,600 and $6,000, with pennies later found on the scene. Police identified two workers Horace Hopkins and Barnest Jenkins as involved in waxing the kitchen floor.
In Jacksonville on October 1, the bodies of 18 year old Lorence Darby Jr. and 17 year old Winel Etheridge were found in a field with throats slit. A bloodstained knife lay nearby. Investigators say the two had dated for nearly a year despite parental objections. Police are weighing murder versus suicide while pursuing other leads.
A 2 meter manufacturer standard oil grade should always be used to prevent wear to water walls and other parts. Fires in 1946 totaled 825,000 preventable incidents in the United States, with sixty percent extinguished by fire extinguishers at small blazes.
Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Brown and many relatives from Oklahoma City, Ada, Pauls Valley, Shawnee, and Midwest City. Notables such as Rev. Sears conducting revival in Bowlegs and heart attack reports for RS. Craig and Ernest appeared amid numerous family visits across Stratford and nearby towns.
GRANITEVILLE S C James Wesley Heacom is 67 and has worked for the same company for 74 years He rebuffs critics who say he should retire noting he has no other plan He began in a cotton mill founded by William Gregg and held many roles from paymaster to shipping supervisor He values learning and once taught Sunday school at St Johns Methodist Church His portrait hangs in the mill president office alongside former leaders including William Gregg
The nation’s crude oil production reached a new weekly peak of 5 542,979 barrels daily for the week ended Oct. 2, per Oil and Gas Journal. California rose despite a strike, while Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and several states posted notable gains. Declines occurred in Michigan, Kansas, and Wyoming among others.
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt spent a birthday half day off yet kept working at the Palais des Nations. She met with Trygve Lie secretary general and briefly silenced well wishers as she planned to discuss information freedom with officials. Curtis Boettiger, her grandson, was among those invited to meet during the day.
Washington Oct 4 Twenty one Oklahoma educational institutions filed requests with the Public Housing Administration for full ownership and operation of veterans temporary war housing. As of September 15 sixty five percent of eligible schools sought transfers. approvals have gone to 12 out of 723. Facilities include war built dormitories and trailers relocated for student veterans. Transfers relieve government from net revenue rights. list of Oklahoma applicants follows with campus names and unit counts.
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