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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1948

Page

5

Five Year Dairy Program Gains in Pontotoc County

The Pontotoc County five year dairy program begun in 1346 nears completion with two more buildings slated. New loading chutes, a grafter all weather road, floodlights over yards, and safety breeding chutes enhance operations at the Fairgrounds barn. Matt Summers oversees care. feeding includes oats, linseed meal, bran, barley, corn, beet pulp, alfalfa hay, sawdust, and oat straw to maintain a strong dairy herd.

C. H. Hatley Fairgrounds Avex Matt Summers

County Dairy Bulls to Visit for Breeding Program

Pontotoc County dairy improvement program plans bring Hallmark Farms bulls from Kansas City and Milwaukee bred stock to town. Bulls from Milking Shorthorn and Holstein lines will travel through Missouri and Oklahoma before returning to Waterloo for the national congress. Youth participants receive breeding service for a small fee while adults pay more. health certificates and veterinary checks accompany the arrangement.

C. FB. Hailey Crystal Standard Primate Mallmark Kansas City Nations Topeka Kan Tulsa Oklahoma City Waterloo Town National Congress Pentatoc County Guernsey Pontator County

Most Paying Projects Pass By Ada Council Protests

Ada’s paying program moved forward as protests were reviewed by the city council. Projects across east, south and southwest Ada faced protests. some were dropped if they lacked support. Next, bids will be sought for valid projects while several districts report partial completion or stand by paving work and street restorations.

Ada Ity Council Rennie Constant Avenues Stockton Johnson Avenues Oak Avenue Townsend Avenues Belmont Broad Gm Belmont Volyes Masissippeis Avenue Mssissippi Highland Avenue Mensa Street Sippi Valley View Hospi

Queuille Forms French Cabinet Amid Coalition Shifts

Premier Queuille announced a new French cabinet with five socialist ministers among 15 posts. Socialists take key roles including interior and labor, while Robert Schuman becomes foreign minister. De Gaulle calls for a national election as pressure mounts in Paris.

Babis Beni Queuile Queuille O Mance Presier Robert Schuman Catholic Popular Republican Movement Fare Veich Quertille Charles de Gaulle Ha de Gaulle Toulon Paris Her Frome France

Turtle meat and long-lived turtles in old shipping lore

Giant land turtles once carried on sailing vessels provided fresh meat during long voyages. These animals could survive for months without food, a fact noted in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Keeping War-Potential Trade From Russia Very Real Part Of U S Policy

Dewitt Mackenzie argues that maintaining restrictions on trade with Russia and its satellites is essential to U S policy. He frames it as defensive, aiming to limit Soviet war potential while preserving democratic unity and avoiding appeasement. He notes practical wartime trade limits and the paradox of aiding peace while restricting armament-linked commerce.

Russia U. S Dewitt MacKenzie Karelem Marsha Britain Kelow Europe

Russians Claim Shat Fired At Berlin Memorial

Berlin dispatch reports Russians charging a shot was fired at the Soviet war memorial in Berlin at midnight. British authorities quote a sentry firing at a shadowy figure across the street as protests disrupted the monument’s commemoration.

Berlin Torox Berliin Baclin

Sark Shirts Natives Forge Bark Garb in Inland Belin

A fragmentary note describes interior Belin natives making shirts and hats from tree bark. The bark is shaken in water then beaten to pliability. Sound effects and curtain sand beds are mentioned, with unclear action of being driven over or walked on.

Belivia

Oklahoma Medical School admits 64 freshmen in 1948 class

Oklahoma University declares sixty four freshmen admitted to its medical school class of 1948 in Oklahoma City. The term starts September 20. Applicants totaled 7,100. 263 were accepted from 39 counties. Seventy eight percent of the class hails from Oklahoma, with diverse hometowns.

University of Oklahoma Scroll of Medicine Oklahoma City Ersity Pat Fol University Oklahoma Johnny Morgan Moors Daisy E. Moore East Ninth Street Ada East Certrol Jarre Leot Mellovern Deetor MoGotera Wewoke

Burch Opens Talks on Public Fishery Development

ARDMORE Sept 13 Oklahoma officials gathered for a council meeting to discuss public waters commercial fishing development. Clarence Burch announced a $490000 state parks project and the group prepared recommendations for the 1945 legislature. Senator Gary James Springter and a Stillwater representative outlined proposals to streamline legislative procedures and improve appropriations reporting.

Ardmore Oris Clarence Burch State Planning and Resources Board Oklahoma Legislative Council Burch Raymond Gary Madi James Springter Stillwater Barth

Insurance Managers Head To Conferences For Training

Don Overton, manager, leaves Tuesday for St Louis for a four day conference with Prudential Insurance Co. Loretta Debouch, assistant supervisor, travels to Dallas today for two weeks of training. Tressa A Oliphant, office supervisor, leaves Sunday for Dallas for a supervisor conference returning September 23.

Don Overton St. Louis Prudential Insurance Co Loretta Debouch Dallz Tressa Oliphant Dellas

Air Force Day Exhibit Planned in Downtown Ada

The Aca Composite Squadron prepares a big Air Force Day exhibit for downtown Ada next Saturday. A jet plane is being assembled for display and the squadron will host activities all day. The Ada organization reports 143 members with five new recruits, and the group is part of the 2552 Air Force Reserve Center at Tinker Field, now under the Fourth Air Force in Orlando, Florida.

Aca Axit Bros Pringisal S Disevasion Air

Okmulgee Doctor And Leader Dies

Dr Roy A Die 48 prominent Okmulgee ontimetrist and civic leader died after a three month illness. Survived by wife Juanita daughter Janis and two sons Wendel and John. Services will be held at Okmulgee Freibsteian church.

Roy A. Die Olanulzee Bierman Okamulgee Ant Ctor Oitahorca Association of Ontometists Berg Juanita Janis Wendel John Okmulgee

Oklahoma Faces Run On Teachers Shortage Says Official

Oklahoma City reports a looming teacher shortage as questionnaires sent to schools will reveal how many teachers are available. The survey, handled by the statistics superintendent, aims to gauge staffing as the opening weekend ends and schools begin.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Br. Oliver Modge

Formulas For All Things Except Inheriting Cash

A humor essay on money, inheritance, and schemes to obtain wealth. It critiques chasing cash through birth, marriage, or luck, recounts a newspaper boy’s failed attempt with an elderly widow, and notes Harvard’s vast endowment as the foil to personal fortune. The piece mixes anecdotes with reflections on money’s elusiveness.

Brance Paradise White House Epover Jad Harvard Callage

President to Seek Record Peacetime Spending Plan

Washington report says President Truman will submit the largest peacetime spending program in U.S. history with a projected minimum budget of about 45.0 billion dollars for fiscal 1950. Officials warn Congress may need to raise taxes to avoid a wartime-like deficit, even with post-election decisions delayed until December.

U. S Charles Molony Washington Trusaan Ther Anothet Grint “Cole Congress Otto Truman Anary GOP Thomas B. Dewey Burne Rene Seema Suiciak Mary Weil Harves

States Righters Claim 45 Votes In Election Fight

Atlanta dispatch reports the States Rights ticket of Thurmond and Wright claim 45 electoral votes from six states and two additional slates on the general election ballot from four others. Herman Talmadge’s Georgia victory bolsters the party’s cause as Truman curtails southern campaigning leading to strategic appearances.

C. W. Gilmore Atlanta Tacay Jabantly Truman Herman Telmadge Georgia Funends States Rights J. Strom Thurmond Pierding L. Wright Louisiana States Rights Party Board of Elections State Supreme Court Tourmond Mississigny Annes Mentuchy Texex Arkansas Herman Talmadge

Former U S Adjutant General Dies in Massachusetts

Charles Briges, 75, retired adjutant general of the United States Army from 1928 to 1935, died today after a short illness in Sandwich Massachusetts. The obituary notes his long service and prominent role in the Army, with the affected personal and locality details mentioned in the fragmented report.

Sandwice Mass Ene Charles Brieges United States Army Rylwiece Peter Place Chase

Miss Hillhouse Teaches Venezuelan Camp School

Miss Julia Hillhouse visited Venezuela for 32 weeks with Bill and Sid Hillhouse of Creole Oil, then returned to Ballas to teach. She will teach Arades children of company employees at a mountain camp near Caracas, with nine month cycles and a three month vacation.

Julia Hillhouse Casterm Venezuela Bill Sid Hillhouse Creole Oi Company Miss Hillhouse Ballas Miami Fls Venesuela Vensiuela Caracas Arades U. S Img Bristow Miss Milhouse Rar Brothers Create Woody Huddleston Horace Mans Highachenl Sooner Ciichoma University

Boston Larceny Charge In Paper Heist On Beacon Hill

Boston terms frame a municipal court complaint against Charles A. Waite auditor of the American Unitarian Association for larceny of Welte newspaper. Andrew Propper, Bostonian of 2 Joy Place, alleges Waite stole his paper after an earlier assault with a stick occurred on Beacon Hill. Waite denies the theft, claiming Propper assaulted him first. The case is slated for next Friday’s paper.

Boston Beacon Hill EL Promper Joy Place Charles A. Waite American Unitarian Association Welte Propper Frank We Waite

Taxi radio operator charged with unlicensed transmitters

Oklahoma City September report states George W H Wyatt, a Shawnee taxi operator, is charged in federal court with operating two unlicensed radio transmitters in Viewry Cap Co cabs that interfered with Yellow Cab Co radios. The article notes one leg is stronger and longer, a non sequitur detail.

Oklahoma City George W. H. Wyatt Shawnee Viewry Cap Co Yellow Cab Co

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