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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
1
Enrollment in local public schools remains steady with totals near last year as administrators track shifts in teacher assignments and grade levels. Reading of classwork begins next week as fourth graders and sophomores start, while overall pupil totals reach 931 for four districts and 1540 district wide, slightly above last year.
Amsterdam church council, representing about 450 churches across four nations, formally received a report denouncing capitalism and communism as unfit to secure justice and freedom. The body urged adoption of a recreated approach, without endorsing the report, and called for UN support and aid for refugees from Palestine while urging collaboration with Jewish authorities.
Oklahoma City Sept. 2 Lawrence Waters a Negro was sentenced to the electric chair for the murder of Arthur Bell a restaurant operator in Tulsa County. The criminal court of appeals yesterday changed the sentence to life imprisonment. Waters killed Bell in December 1946.
Generally fair conditions with modest warming through Friday. Forecast shows low temperatures around the 70s with highs in the middle range and a notable change in temperature expected later in the period.
The State Highway Commission plans a 60 foot concrete girder bridge on Sandy Creek about 25 miles north of Ada as part of Farm to Market road projects. Bids will open for the bridge and road work with an estimated total cost around 31,812.54 and 3.079 miles of paving drainage and travel surface beginning at SH 2 near the Country Club corner.
Ada public library board meets to confirm new appointments and the resignations of Casper Buller and Miss Hazel Whaley. Acting chair Mrs. Robert Jaques presided. permanent organization to be set after full membership is completed. City manager Mr. Wr. Flint indicated two remaining board seats will be filled this week.
Wallace and supporters filed qualification papers for a progressive party slate in Mississippi. Ken Henderson announced the nine presidential electors, with 20 state patrolmen present. Wallace spoke from Edwards after a breakfast convention, while Alabama segregation rowdiness influenced local headlines.
The Schoolmasters club will hold its first meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 8, at 7 p.m. in the Aldridge Hotel banquet room in Normal Mitchell County. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and the county superintendent announced special guests as corporation auditors of the school budgets.
Berlin reports the four-power talks on East West tensions yielded no clear progress. US General Seterus B.D. Cla seok and Russian Marshal V. Dy Sokal led sessions on finance trade and travel restraints as Berlin seeks restored city unity and free movement among zones.
Certificates for Quest Ready Certificates from the Oklahoma Vitality Commission will be presented Saturday at 3 pm to 198 Ada boys and girls who participated in the Quest of the Golden Apple summer reading lab sponsored by the Ada Library. More than 250 children participated in the program. 196 are those who read 10 or more books at their school guide level during the summer. In addition to the certificates, 34 prizes will be awarded to leaders in various fields, according to Miss Hazel Whaley, city librarian.
Oklahoma City September 2 19 road improvement projects prebid with federal aid totals. Estimates show 84 583 05 for 24 330 miles and farm to market improvements 560 134 43. State aid projects total 16 004 80. Notable items Pontotoc county farm to market road 3.019 miles Ada area cost about 31 44 and Murrey county gravel surface project near Daugherty estimated at 70 000 92.
Russell Lang, 28, claimed victory in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Louisiana as returns were incomplete. Opponent Judge Roser F. Kennon trailed with only 4% of 7,883 precincts counted and a lead of about 6,216 votes. Lang vowed to follow his father Huey Long’s path. The other race saw Blender leading Domengeaux, with preliminary returns cited from 1,765 precincts.
Gasoline trucks ignited in the same Oklahoma City location over 13 days, causing fires without damage. Fire Chief G R McAlpine and district official H W Marrs said no theory exists yet, noting gasoline spills likely ignite, but the cause remains unclear. John Boray, driver of the third truck, and F Sermons, a Mid-Continent Petroleum driver,were identified in the incident sequence.
Hollywood reports Mitchum and Robin Ford face narcotics charges with 20 year age gaps and marijuana incidents. Jerry Giesler, famed defense attorney, will represent Mitchum as RKO and Selznick announce a trial date of September 8 after a police raid described as part of a Hollywood clean up. Police say a larger ring supplies drugs to prominent industry figures and many targets remain under surveillance.
East Central freshman orientation proceeds on schedule with kickoff assembly in Science building. About 500 students attend as faculty members, student council president Eddie Moore, veterans' adviser Floyd Coates, and performers provide program. Follow up includes a one credit course and expansion of housing options for married students with children.
Fire at a Lawton Rock Crusher plant caused an estimated 15000 to 20000 dollar loss and halted operations for about a year. Firemen from Lawton and Apache saved a compressor building and several garages. W S Knox of Oklahoma City, the companys general production manager, estimated the damage while investigators searched for the fire origin after it was spotted between 1030 and 1130 pm by watchman Ed Young.
More meteorites have been found in Kansas than in Illinois Oklahoma Utah Massachusetts Washington Idaho Oregon North Dakota Nevada New Hampshire Louisiana Vermont Montana Minnesota combined.
Rural registration offices report ongoing dual age registrations though total numbers remain unclear. Local draft officials say six sites show about 138 men registered this year with Acre as the main area for activity and other rural locations expected to increase use.
A 9400 AFL truck drivers strike in New York stalled city trucking from midnight Tuesday, risking spread to 20,000 more. An embargo halted rail freight to metro area. food, perishables, drugs kept moving. Mayor O Dwyer and Gov Cuomo pursued talks. few stores short on supplies, newsprint stocks sufficient for days.
Longshoremen quit for stop work meetings as government injunction dissolves under Taft Hartley. Strike may last three months, affecting about 14000 longshoremen and 500 ships from Seattle to San Diego. Embargoes on freight to western ports, with military cargo moved separately, and unions contend over contract terms and jurisdiction.
CACHE O 17 Sept 247 Some desks will be pewed out as grade school plans to open Monday despite a fire that destroyed Taschoa Weenesday. Local churches and the parsonage are pressed into use. There is a severe shortage of books and teachers have abdtevned enough. A hot lunch facility was damaged including ranges and a hot water system.
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