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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
2
Tips stress mending hosiery before washing and nightly washing of underwear and hose for hygiene and ready-to-wear garments. Emphasizes hanging clothes, adequate storage space, and wardrobe upkeep to save time and money. Cotton fabrics praised for comfort, dyeability, and washing quality with examples like ginghams and muslin.
The Pontotoc County Red Cross outlines plans for the annual roll call from November 11 to 30 with D J Stubblefield as county roll call chairman. Local volunteers including Mrs C A Zorn and Bill Bevers organize residential and rural coverage while Roy S McKown and Homer Peay lead publicity efforts. L G Denny to preside at the state roll call meeting in late October.
The WPA and Valley View hospital launch a mutual aid program adding 10 workers for hospital training in kitchen laundry outpatient lab and other departments to address nurse shortages. NYA will join later with about 40 East Central State College students to train six months.
Phillips Petroleum and Amerada Petroleum announce a wildcat discovery in St. Martin's parish Louisiana. The test well in the Lake Chicot area flowed 324 barrels daily with 2000 pounds pressure, 38.9 gravity, from sand between 9025 and 9040 feet, over a 10 736 foot lease block.
Tarwater faces a hearing before a U S Commissioner on a charge of falsely claiming to be a recruiting officer for the U S Army Air Corps. The complaint was filed by F B agents after Tarwater, living in a rooming house, was suspected of the claim. Wind driven generators require secure grounding to aircraft structures to avoid sparking and radio static.
Reford Bond chairing the corporation commission faces no declared opponents for the Democratic nomination to succeed himself. Observers expect a split on the commission may yield a minority-backed challenge led by W. J. Armstrong. Possible rivals include Charles B. Steele Sandy H. Singleton E. W. Sweatt Andy Payne and A. S. J. Shaw with various political factors shaping a contested battle.
Ada Rounduppers return from Durant with a $25 prize for having the most members in the rodeo parade. The riders describe a fine parade, a good show, and a hearty welcome as Durant enters the rodeo field this year.
John Cannon aged 69, chief operating officer of the Missouri Pacific railroad, died yesterday at the company hospital after an operation. He had 55 years of railroad service, including four years with the Missouri Pacific.
Oklahoma born Ernest W. McFarland rose from Earlsboro and East Central Teachers College to the U S Senate. Washington dispatchs describe his grilling of Nye and Clark on movie war propaganda and his emergence as a national figure after eight months in Congress.
Heavy rain halted operations at two drilling tests near Sandy Creek and Ada. The Crom well sand is expected at about 1 500 feet in the Crom well test, while the Thomas Hughes No. 1 Thomas inches toward 1 100 feet. Wildcat Thomas Hughes No 1 Johnson reports about 10 barrels of oil with water and gas. Burns et al No 1 Boggan to start soon and Bob Love No 1 Newland near Oakman prepares for testing with 25 barrels of natural gas.
New Orleans Sept. 15 The Navy assigns urgent need for male stenographers and seeks 200 enlistees in class V 4 of the naval reserve. Applicants must be male citizens 17 to 51 with stenography typing and general accuracy. Base pay ranges from 60 to 99 monthly with possible subsistence allowance for quarters. Full details and application methods are at navy recruiting stations or the Eighth Naval District commandant in New Orleans.
The British air ministry announced that four American volunteers in the RAF Eagle squadron are missing. Pilot Officer V W Olson of Concord Nebraska is believed killed in action. The other three are Second Aircraftsman E R Jack Sergeant E A R Thompson and Sergeant C Deges, home towns not provided.
The Civil Service Commission seeks medical officers at several grades with salaries from 3200 to 4600 annually across agencies including Public Health Service and Indian Service. Photographer and junior bank examiner roles with 1260 to 2600 and 2000 salaries are also listed, requirements vary from internships to banking experience. Applications via Nolen W. Dyer at the federal building in Ada.
General von Schaumberg announced that unauthorized firearm possession and illegal war material possession would carry the death penalty in occupied France. Paris reports say about 1,000 arrests in La Rochelle raids. Sentences for anti-national plots and terrorism continued as camps and forced residencies were used for communists.
General John J. Pershing, 81, smiled and stood erect on the Walter Reed lawn as news photographers captured the moment on his birthday. He avoided interviews but sent a message to 1,500,000 men in the new army praising American soldiers and defense efforts.
Ernest Albright of Oklahoma City filed an initiative petition to amend the state constitution to legalize whisky and hard liquors. The measure, State Question 305, would lift the liquor ban, require regulations and taxes, and direct 85 percent of revenues to old age pensions. Albright aims for 127,300 signatures in 90 days, with a goal of 200,000, hoping the governor places it on the July 1942 ballot. He will open offices in Muskogee Tulsa and Oklahoma City to campaign.
Weekend traffic in Oklahoma claimed eight lives and left eight injured. Victims include Leota Eva Wright 29 Wichita Kansas and Lillian Veal 15 Ponca City. A Tulsa boy Jimmy Covington age 7 was struck while playing in the street.
Commissioner Walter B. Johnson of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety reports a statewide check showing 55 percent of this year’s accidents involved 1936 or older model cars. He cites poorer mechanical condition and laxer driver care as factors and urges frequent checks while stressing that driver behavior largely drives highway safety despite vehicle defects. By end of last week Oklahoma had 343 highway fatalities versus 312 a year earlier.
President approval of a 196983 WPA grant funds improvements at the University of Oklahoma flying field in Norman to serve as a civilian pilot training facility. Oklahoma University and Norman city share 35627 for airfield work including landing strips lighting fencing and drainage. The plan calls for a class three airport with four 3900 ft and other runways totaling 39250 ft.
Ada mayor Bill Crawford orders strict enforcement of two hour parking in the downtown restricted area including Main Street and West Twelfth blocks. Police will ticket violators as business activity resumes after summer lax enforcement.
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