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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1948
Page
5
A toxic weed named bladderpod Glottidium Wesienrum is spreading northward through Oklahoma pastures, deadly to cattle that graze infested land. Oklahoma A and M College botanist Dr. Featherly reports the plant’s unique pod and summer frost vulnerability, with no satisfactory remedy yet.
Cpl Clifford F Little Bt 2 Ada appears in Julian Thompson's Warrior's Howl bang a three act comedy directed by Miss Jo Bangs. He serves at the headquarters detachment Kyoto Honshu Japan returned to army in Oct 1946 after training at Perrinfield and Fort Bragg. His parents Mr and Mrs Bagot W Little reside at Woodward county farm bureau meets Oct 22 with annual meeting planned.
Body of Alvie K Griffith to be returned for burial after heroic actions in Europe. Medal award includes Bronze Star with V device for heroism, Purple Heart, and multiple campaign and service decorations. Griffith, a paratrooper who fought in Normandy and Holland, risked his life holding a road block under tank threat before being fatally wounded in Holland. His mother, Susie Griffith of 512 West Twenty-first, received official notice of the honors and impending homecoming.
Kansas City October reports nine year old Beryl King of Garber Oklahoma claiming the junior Hereford grand champion steer Bereford weighing 1,100 pounds. Judges noted the boy’s agility guiding the steer through the ring as he stood among mature competitors for the Royal Livestock Show crown.
Patching of Ada streets proceeding as city workers resume asphalt repairs on East Fourteenth toward Norris Stadium and other streets. Weather remains crucial as dry, moderate temperatures enable seal coating and patching, with crews using an asphalt heater and planning to replant cracked concrete where needed.
Picher Oklahoma October reports describe Storm and helper John Carmack trapped six hours in a cave-in at Golden Rod mine No. 3 two miles south of Picher. Storm was pinned under debris but not buried. Carmack freed and both men exited to Picher hospital with bruises and rest until Monday for X rays.
BAY SHORE N Y October Sen Robert Wagner a Democrat fromWy was reported missing to state police today by his son Robert F Wagner Jr State police said the younger Wagner reported his father had wandered from the security home at Islip toward New York City search efforts were halted at Jamaica N Y no sign was found Wagner has been in declining health rumors of quitting politics had circulated but he had said he would stay in public life
Henryetta Okla Oct 16 The Fitzhugh 4 H club reorganized and elected officers for the coming year Lester Smyth assisted, Jerry Young chosen president Jerry Watson vice president Bobbye Sullivan secretary Mary Jo Thomas reporter Joyce Thomas song leader Phyllis Hart social chairman Members split to enroll girls and boys Miss Juanita Floyd enrolled the girls and B SAith enrolled the boys There were 26 members 32 boys enrolled Henryetta Oct 16 Rev A Gerald Whittie of Henryetta elected president of the seventh district of Oklahoma Christian Church
Sormrel B. McGytire who enlisted without revealing his background in the Bebeekt fields, became a weekly hero at Camp Hood Texas. He climbed an 85 foot base pole before the Second Armored division to replace a broken halyard. McGaffee enlisted in April 1948 and serves in the Seventeenth Armored Engineer Battalion. He is the son of Jobingom McGaffee of Ada and his wife Frances of Ada. They reside in Killeen with two children. He holds the Bronze Star medal with two bronze stars for wartime service in the Pacific theater.
Paris October 8 France announced a partial devaluation of the franc. A finance ministry communique said imports and exports will be priced monthly at a medium rate between 14 francs per dollar and the free market rate. The dollar exchange rate becomes the key for computing all currencies. The move, approved by the IMF, would imply about a 22 percent devaluation versus currencies like the pound and Belgian franc. Some experts expect higher prices for some goods.
Oklahoma Progressive party leaders stated they distribute thousands of printed circulars urging write in votes for their candidates. A state supreme court ruling allows progressive electors on the general election ballot, though election officials warn that write in notes could mutilate ballots. The party backs Mem. AL Wallace for president.
Dewey traveling to Owosso Mich today urged creation of a cabinet rank department of social progress to coordinate scattered federal welfare agencies. He said welfare services are lavishly spread and urged unifying them under one roof to improve the lot of the people while Truman urged a welfare department but faced no action.
Orlando officials reported a joint army navy air force plan to fund ROTC students at fifty million dollars yearly. Brig. Gen. McConnell announced federal tuition and books plus thirty dollars weekly for two years, with a two year active duty and four year reservist service obligation. The plan, submitted to Defense Secretary Forrestal, faced two objections. The convention also opened ARA to air force reserve enlisted members. Brig. Gen. McCarty was elected president.
CARE RARTMAN reports 19 Marshall Plan nations project an $8 billion 1948 effort with a target to reduce dollar deficits by $2.6 billion from last year and raise production. The plan envisions $4.289 billion in American aid and a $509 million intra European trade push, presented by Harriman to speak at Chateau De La Muette. Oklahoma reports 33rd polio death of year Velma Austin of Apache due to acute anterior poliomyelitis, with cooler weather eyed as a shift in disease spread.
Greek War Minister George Stratesi warned that army morale would decline if aid to communist guerrillas by Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia continued He commented on an earlier assessment by U S Ambassador Henry G Kraddy who said Greek military actions against guerrillas were unsatisfactory and urged closer cooperation with the American aid mission Grady refused to discuss mutinies or the alleged government restraint on the ant guerrilla campaign noting soldiers’ reports of rebels shifting to other mountains if presses eased Marshall arrived in Athens as US concerns over commitments and timing surfaced and a spokesman signaled a cautious approach before any further high level visits
Wallace arrives in Dalton Georgia delivering fiery speech attacking a white and black racial order and a powerful corporate monopoly he calls the devil’s instrument. He rails against Herman Talmadge and accuses supporters of Ku Klux Klan backing him as he tours the South ahead of the election.
GOP national committeeman Lew Wentz predicts Oklahoma will vote Republican in the November 2 election. He cites Dewey and Stassen tours through the state and urges support for congressional candidates to back the party ticket. He stresses Dewey’s likely presidency and the need to elect allies in the Senate and House.
Hera Clyde Stanard, 73, a former Shawnee mayor, died in Gunnison, Colorado, Friday. Funeral services will be held in Shawnee. location and time not yet announced. Stanard was traveling with E. Bolton and two Seminole, Oklahoma friends when found dead.
Oklahoma City reports a new federal act altering juror exemptions. Jurors 60 and older will be excused only if age causes infirmities, while state juries remain unchanged. The first impact appeared in Oklahoma City in the Joseph Varga trial on Many Act charges under Judge Eder S. Vaugat. In Minco Oklahoma workers earned part of the writ and the horn tooters and drummers spent two days in cotton fields, bringing in 2014 pounds and yielding $53.28.
In Oklahoma City, a federal judge ordered school boards to pay Negro teachers the same as white instructors, ruling discrimination by race violates the 14th Amendment. The decision, issued as a guideline for future cases, follows testimony that Black teachers earned far less.
Capt. Benjamin Flowers Raff is among 27 officers in a seven week radar electronics course at Fort Bliss. The program, run under the supervision of the artillery school, trains in various electronics fields. Flowers is the son of Mrs. Anna Sheffield of Raff and formerly attended a business college in Oklahoma, joining the National Guard in December 1936 and later serving 37 months overseas.
The Lexington Confederate Monument appears intact after two relocations since 1865. In the latest move the stone shaft was broken into 12 pieces and placed on the grounds of the new county courthouse.
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