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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1950
Page
4
Local Ada papers announce consolidation of the Ada Weekly News and The Ada Evening News with Fontotor County Enterprise and Ada Star. Public notices list publication routes and subscription rates for various regions and mail terms.
This piece argues that many traffic accidents stem from a common mental quirk causing aggressive highway behavior. It notes even mild, polite individuals can become hazards behind the wheel, urging courteous driving and fair conduct to prevent danger.
An editorial argues the Korean War, though small in battlefield casualties for the U S, is large in human suffering. It notes nearly 20,000 U S deaths and heavy losses by North Korea and other UN nations, and highlights the enormous money cost of modern war and its impact on public funds and infrastructure.
Observers mark Oil Progress Week from October 15 to 21 noting oil’s vast impact on transportation, farming, medicine, dyes, and flight. The piece extols petroleum’s role in enabling internal combustion engines, contrasts with steam, and praises oil workers while hinting at wavering reader interest in distant Greece.
The Chickasha Express editor George Evans argues against Jo Ferguson’s claim that Oklahoma must become a two party state to attract industry. He notes examples from North Carolina Tennessee Alabama Arkansas Texas show one party states can sustain industry, but warns Ferguson must offer stronger arguments for GOP control while highlighting how effective Democratic governance has fostered industry and tax fairness.
The senate crime committee released a letter dated June 17 1949 from Philadelphia assistant police superintendent George F Richardson naming Harry Nig Rosen as a crime kingpin. It links him to Siegel's death in Los Angeles and connections to Capone’s Chicago syndicate as well as other major gangs from New York to Miami and Las Vegas. Richardson denied yesterday's testimony as the committee questioned Philadelphia witnesses.
W M Memillan urged Arkansas and Louisiana postmasters to reject media claims about the $551,999,999 deficit and second class mail fates. He noted Hoover Commission findings on potential savings through new rates and modernization, while defending postal workers and urging organizational overhauls. John Wanamaker’s historic bid to run the Post Office as a private enterprise is recalled.
A Community Chest appeal urges Ada to join in funding city budgets and youth welfare. The piece extols vigor as a sign of a good place to live and notes the Chest’s quiet work for babes, youth, and the hungry. A South Carolina banker hosted a bank robber of 30 years to learn robber methods for prevention.
About 100 contestants entered today for the 1950 world championship all girl rodeo to be held October 18 to 21 in Tulsa Oklahoma at the fairgrounds pavilion. Trophies and cash prizes totaling $18 000 will be awarded for calf roping blue ribbon roping bareback riding bull riding and barrel racing.
Quotes from Mildred Lucey and Parnell Thomas contrast public morals and espionage with personal life. The remarks mention McCarthy, Hollywood dining booths, a side door for affairs, and reflections on the federal penal system. Dean Acheson is cited on a separate proverb about blood and ink.
In Tulsa on October 17 a two year old boy Kenny Simmons wandered from bed. His parents found him in night clothes after an all night search. Police located the child around 1 a m near home, suggesting he unlocked the front door.
The census bureau reports a total U S population of 152 271 000 as of September 1 including 576 000 in the armed forces overseas Civilian population totals 159 817 000 with 78 000 service members in the continental U S amid the ongoing wartime mobilization.
In 1947 the U S Army announces a buildup in Berlin. The Sixth Infantry Regiment is being recreated and units assigned to garrison duty in the former German capital. Spokesmen say personnel will be drawn from other American units in Germany and new units organized in Berlin by next Monday, with full-strength replacements later.
Altus area reports heavy greenbug infestation on 1951 wheat. Jackson county farm agent Leonard Solomon notes damage in early fields and expects frost to help, though some farmers may need to spray. Moisture remains adequate but more rain would help, he adds.
PAWHUSKA Okla Oct 14 Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dillon S Meyer predicts full citizenship for about 450000 Indians over the next decade or more, noting many remain wards of the government. Speaking during a weeklong Oklahoma tour he urged a cooperative program between the Indian service and tribes to prepare them for citizenship. A second item notes a home remedy: rub onions with dry table salt before washing to remove odors.
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans a closer look at Universal Military Service proposals as a substitute for selective service. UMS would require 18 year olds to enter armed forces after basic fitness checks, then serve 21 months with a post service reserve callability. Universal Military Training would train youths at 18 without combat duty until the post training period.
Oklahoma City October 14 both gubernatorial candidates presented new program bids. Republican Jo O Ferguson urged an administration alert to successful business principles and citizen control, while Democrat Johnston Murray proposed a recreation and tourist conference to expand industry and push early 1951 legislation. Murray forecast tourism becoming a $200 million annual cash crop within his four-year term, via letters to industry figures and needed laws ready for the 1951 session.
Oklahoma's crime rate shows gains in the first half of this year from the same period last year per FBI data. Larceny theft, car theft, burglary, and robbery rose nationally flagged rates while murder, non negligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault fell. Tulsa mirrored these statewide trends with higher larceny theft, car theft, burglary, and robbery totals but declines in murder, non negligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault.
In Ardmore Oklahoma in October 1917 the Oklahoma chapter of Automobile Oldtimers was formed at Lake Murray lodge. It unites dealers with 25 years in business. Sam P Hale of Ardmore was elected president with vice presidents Guy Belt Bartlesville Joe H Edwards Alva Ted Holcomb Duncan G B Malloy Wewoka and C L Severin Oklahoma City Tom Cooper named secretary treasurer. The first convention is set for next May at Lake Murray.
Berlin reports 12,088,745 votes for the Communist National Front with 51,187 against. Interior Minister Karl Steinhoff hails near unanimous support as 98.44 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, with 15,443 invalid and 35,544 opposed ballots. Critics allege fraud and voter suppression.
A garbled item reflects a column with jumbled phrases about a society woman robbed, an Indiana grandmother hosting a large dinner, and observational quips about aging, marriage, and machinery. It reads like a fragment from a humor page with stray reflections on travel and trucking.
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