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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
3
NEA Service notes arms export debates echo 1914 17 when the United States faced embargo battles. It recalls Hitchock's 1914 proposal and German protests, the shift in law by 1939, and private U.S. firms selling war supplies to Allies before the embargo. It covers Sabotage incidents and industrial shifts shaping policy.
EL PASO ILL Oct 16 UP An experiment that may revolutionize corn farming neared its first trial year end on an unsprayed test field. Machinery planted rows 20 inches apart with 18 inch hills and a single kernel four inches deep. Pfister led the trial, predicting yields of 125 to 145 bushels per acre with lower costs.
State Superintendent A L Crable and State Auditor Frank Carter face a morning conference as Crable files 689600 in claims, expecting the 11500000 school appropriation to cover costs. He plans to press payment until funds run out, possibly by December, or withdraw and refile with pared estimates.
Berlin cheers Commander Prien and the U boat crew for sinking the British battleship Royal Oak at Scapa Flow. British estimates praise the submarine feat amid air raid damage reports, signaling a notable morale boost and strong wartime rhetoric.
Moscow weighs moves with Finland and the possibility of a Turkish Soviet accord. Reports claim German offensives on the Western Front were halted with local night skirmishes while French forces threaten the Saarland. Berlin says many prisoners taken as Germans advance on west fronts. Turkey and Soviet Union discuss straits and war policy as diplomats conclude talks in Moscow.
Senator Bilbo announced after a White House meeting that the president will provide relief to farmers in 24 states hit by floods and droughts. He said 20 colleagues backed a minimum $50,006,000 need and urged distribution by the surplus commodity corporation WPA and Farm Security Administration.
Bilbo warned that conditions were especially bad in Mississippi Texas Kansas New York Ohio Nebraska Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Florida and the far west. He said it would take a couple of million to save Mississippi alone. Crops in 31 of 84 counties were absolutely destroyed.
W J Allen longtime Ada resident died Sunday at his Dallas home 4132 Stanford Funeral services were held Monday and burial followed in Dallas He moved to Ada when the town began operated a livestock and transportation business later shifted as autos replaced horses Surviving wife three daughters and two sons include Joe and Julian Allen and daughters Fannie Clepton Roberta McCombs and Martha Louis Murphy The family moved to Dallas about 15 years ago His health had declined for several years.
Joe Bryan, former college president, visited Greenwood College in Green wood Texas on Sunday for graduate day ceremonies. He plans to return later this week.
Atlantic City reports 60 840 deaths from accidents in eight months of 193y with total fatalities around 60 840. Auto crashes caused 15 080 deaths, factories and construction 10 800, rail and other public accidents 10 000. Overall deaths near last year due to a rise in home incidents.
Springfield, Oct 16. Gov Horner backs oil conservation as a source of tax revenue for higher pensions and urges oilmen to reach a quick accord. He may call a fall special session if a workable plan emerges, preferring production controls that truly conserve resources and avoiding a rushed bill.
Oklahoma City Oct 16 Gov L C Phillips, a foe of federal oil control, gears up to oppose the Cole Bill now in Congress. He plans a Fort Worth speech before the Independent Petroleum Producers association, with aides W J Holloway and Charles Ory. He will explain how the bill could affect Oklahoma's oil industry and speak at Sayre an open forum on Wednesday.
T Max Bedacht, self described member of the communist party’s governing committee, refused to tell the Dies committee whether he had traveled on false passports for five trips to Russia between 1919 and 1932. He could not recall many trip details or the identities of companions. Amid questions on communist philosophy, Chairman Dies pressed him to state if he would support the United States in a war with Russia, but Bedacht said there is no war and offered to answer hypotheticals.
Oklahoma City October 16 Gov Philips reaffirmed belief that Thurmond pardon was justified. A. L. Thurmond Jr., son of a city banker, was pardoned after serving seven months of a two year manslaughter term for a hit and run automobile incident.
Twenty two Oklahoma cities joined to resist Southwestern Bell Telephone’s statewide rate hike. Mayor Claude Frensley will lead, each city contributes one dollar per business line and sixty one cents per residence line to raise fifteen thousand dollars for legal expenses. Hearing before the corporation commission starts Thursday, with a decision not expected until early next year. The group may take the case to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
Mrs Jessie Morgan home demonstration agent says rabbits threaten orchards in fall and winter. Rabbits target young trees but may girdle older ones. Protection methods include wrapping trunks with heavy paper burlap or fine mesh material. Some orchardists paint trunks with lime sulfur and fish or linseed oil, applying high as rabbits reach. repeat two or three times in winter and early spring.
Mrs Lewis F Baker and a Chicago companion were hospitalized with injuries after an El Paso crash that killed Baker's husband. Olaf Baker of Miami Oklahoma and another passenger also suffered cuts and bruises when a rear wheel dropped off the car on the Carlsbad highway east of El Paso, causing the vehicle to overturn twice.
The Supreme Court agreed to review antitrust litigation brought by the government against Midwestern oil companies and Chicago milk dealers. Lower courts had delivered adverse decisions, and the court also consented to review a contempt charge against Amalgamated Utility Workers, an AFL affiliate.
Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc faces alleged violation of a National Labor Relations Board order. Arguments in the milk case are scheduled for November 13 in response to a government motion to expedite the litigation.
TACKSON Miss Oct 17 Rapid and thorough development of Yazoo county s Tinsley oil field seemed assured as new operators moved in and drills prepared for tests. Two wells completed, two new wells drilling, permit on another, and new entrants plan early operations. D H Byrd of Dallas flew to confer with Plains Producing about starting two wells in two weeks and testing in the Bolton area.
CHICAGO Oct 17 4F Fred Snite Jr infantile paralysis victim and bride Theressa Larking 25 Dayton Ohio travel with parents and advisers to spend winter. A Dixie Limited special car was prepared for the “boiler kid” who spends most of his time in a steel respirator. Suite 29 wore a portable respirator when not in his iron Tung Suite.
A new mystery disease causing brief paralysis but not death is a form of dysentery linked to water supplies. Researchers note it is distinct from amebic dysentery and may spread via contaminated reservoirs after heavy rain. The illness often goes untreated as people mistake symptoms for stomach upset.
Shawnee begins a government food stamp program for low income families. Two groups receive orange stamps worth 1.50 per week per member with blue stamps for 0.30 per week per member. Orange stamps redeemable nationwide. blue stamps only for groceries. The program targets Shawnee and similar plans extend to Potawatomi County relived roll areas.
Washington October 1 17 Sentiment favors ending the special session after quick action on neutrality bills. A AP survey shows 46 senators including Lez of Oklahoma say no need to stay to the regular meeting. Twenty four favor adjourning or staying only through the emergency. Roosevelt urged limit to neutrality revision and then adjournment. Clarinda Iowa segment features Harold Olson noting Eskimos desire ice boxes for summer perishables at Bethel Alaska trading post.
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