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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1948
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News announces publication details and mail rates for subscribers, listing office hours, editorial staff, and territorial coverage. It mentions consolidated operations with local publishers and provides subscription costs and contact addresses.
A letter argues that public schools and higher education underemphasize fundamentals like grammar, spelling, and arithmetic while stressing intangible skills such as environment adjustment and social responsibility. The writer suggests teachers integrate subjects and use holistic teaching, noting cross‑disciplinary cooperation is needed to produce well rounded students.
An editorial argues that Pris country has little bloc voting due to economic mobility. It notes farmers, skilled workers, and public officials often span generations, enabling individuals to move between economic strata. The piece expresses hope blocs do not form and stresses national unity and opportunity for all to live and be happy.
The passage notes English’s breadth allows slow expression but misreading is common. It warns readers may misinterpret a sentence and politicians can twist phrases to mock opponents. It argues for agreeing on words in their ordinary street meaning despite lacking a solution.
A chain store promotes large cash orizes to poultry raisers to boost type birds and meat yield. The note follows praise for 12 to 13 week broilers weighing three to four pounds as the most delicious and economical choice, though tastes vary. A reader fears continued southern presence of a violator will raise egg prices.
The issue signals a shift in American history as drafts for army navy and air forces emerge in peacetime. If permanent force levels rise volunteers may fill ranks and civilian life will adapt, while policy aims to prevent wars but power politics may keep the nation involved abroad. The public faces costs and sacrifices as the nation moves beyond its prewar contentment.
An opinion piece criticizes Wallace for shifting from seed corn industry success to radical political advocacy. It contrasts his praise of Soviet Russia with harsh domestic policy critique, accusing him of opportunism and poor grasp of economics and governance, urging silence at Wallace rallies and endorsing Stevenson or Jimenez as better Texas leaders.
Ada public schools today opened full classwork after nine months of prep. Teachers held meetings focusing on the Air Age conference and enrollment updates show a week of readiness and a larger anticipated total than last year, with students arranging classrooms and schedules as new enrollments came in.
Oklahoma records its worst Labor Day weekend highway toll with a pair of fatal crashes. Victims Lloyd Edward Walu eight and Virgil LaFovers thirty five died in separate incidents on state highways. Officials credit statewide patrols and police for keeping deaths lower earlier, noting 1945 highway deaths total 318 despite the weekend toll.
City police report 17 weekend arrests across six counties per station records. Drunkenness led with seven victims, four curfew violations, three cases of drama and disturbance, and one each for reckless driving, drunkenness, and hit‑and‑run. A hit and run driver struck two vehicles before fleeing the scene.
Miss America preparations fill Atlantic City with a Mardi Gras boardwalk parade and 55 entrants vying for honors. Preliminaries for Bliss America begin as Miss Oklahoma Donnie Briggs arrives. Tulsa figures and chaperone Banfield noted amid camera attention. An unrelated note mentions a four-intensity bactericidal lamp and a general claim about wives' tolerance.
A wartime bumper of new and used auto trades faces a government crackdown as price controls fade. Dealers and manufacturers curb supply, pushing rents, trade ins, and bird dog tactics into the black market. The era of shady rackets and forced extras may end as controls collapse.
A national survey by the American Automobile Association shows late model Fords up 65 percent over list price and other makes rising 42 to 65 percent as supply tightens. Finance companies balk at high prices, dealers plan selling pauses, and the market may only normalize when new car output meets demand. A return to price controls is discussed but judged unlikely.
AP observer Destry Vackenze notes a global social upheaval with Europe leaning toward middle-of-the-road governance. He cites Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Britain moving toward constitutional monarchy as signs, while former colonial powers trend toward independence, suggesting a broad shift in political systems and the balance of power.
Lula B. Johnson, a longtime Ada schoolteacher praised as a scholar and church participant, took a flight Monday with remarks that it was wonderful. Former student JR Stubbs recalled her lifelong interest in progress and flying, noting her vitality despite age and her status as a celebrated educator.
New York announces a new fire alarm system to curb late night alerts and reduce overstress on firefighters. The system will limit bell ringing to stations in the area where a fire is reported, with testing planned for night hours. City officials say the move aims to ease cardiac hypertension among fire crews and aligns with school week timing.
Ada teachers attended an All-Age conference opening Monday. Superintendent Morrison opened with views on Air Age education, stressing its role in aligning schools with the modern world. A DC-3 flight from Chauncey Airport offered free aerial sessions, piloted by Parker and Hayes, with 43 of 312 teachers participating.
U S officials plan to reopen immigration sites for Germans in the Reich after a seven year pause. About 25 987 Germans will be eligible for admission each year, with registration of applications in Germany and Austria beginning soon. Con sut offices will select from waiting lists, aided by forms registered in Switzerland, as displaced persons from postwar Europe form a major prospective group. Congress has authorized admitting about 205000 such refugees over the next two years.
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