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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
3
An Oklahoma farm column discusses tenancy stability, the value of five year written lease plans between landlords and tenants, and how long term arrangements benefit land, soil, and profits. It notes 40,000 tenant moves yearly statewide and highlights successful landlord tenant relationships and annual reviews.
The report details multiple wells around Ada and nearby areas drilling into sand and lime formations. Producers include Tom D. McKeown No. 2 Miller near 27-5-6 and several others in the Maxwell, Allen, and Byng regions. Spudding and tests continue as operators push deeper into Cromwell and Hunton formations with several cored shows.
Sted Armstrong and Laurence McElwaine of Norman Oklahoma return from a summer trek covering 7000 miles in seven foreign countries. They spent 175 dollars each including steamship fare from Panama and rode 2200 miles by bicycle through Mexico Guatemala and El Salvador before crossing to the Canal Zone aboard a boat. They said they were broke again on arrival aboard the Rio De Janeiro Maru and expect a Tulsa newspaper check for Armstrong’s reporting work.
In Burbank California the P 38 speed interceptor made its first trial flight from Union Air terminal. The twin engined warplane spans 52 feet and 38 feet long and can exceed 500 miles an hour army officers and Lockheed test pilot Marshal Headle observed. The army ordered 52 million dollars of these planes from Lockheed. The development follows the 7 hour 55 minute New York flight by Capt Benjamin S Kelsey.
Oklahoma City report states James A. Rinehart of El Reno will again serve as acting governor on Monday while Governor Phillips and Lieutenant Governor Berry are away. Phillips travels to Great Falls Montana for a National Reclamation association meeting and returns Friday. Berry attends a bankers convention in Atlantic City New Jersey and plans to return about the same time.
The farm front opens with cotton picking and ginning general as floods and boll worm damage loom. Winter wheat sowing starts, pasture improves with rain, and cattle are in good condition though hog losses rise in some counties.
Early Greeks and Romans believed bathing after dinner stimulated appetite and prompted renewed eating, with gourmets soaking multiple times to begin another course.
At one time sponges came only from the sea but now they are also produced in the north woods. Chemists make them from wood cellulose and cotton.
The article notes that many astronomers believe the Christmas star was a planetary alignment of Jupiter Mars and Saturn seen close together by the Wise Men. In a separate item Ada News offers greater returns for vested amounts in classifieds.
Surplus crops will aid millions of boys and girls with readin, writin, and arithmetic as schools reopen. The Agriculture Department will distribute carloads of fruits vegetables dairy and livestock to every state for free mid day lunches. Local depots and community groups helped supply nutritious meals benefiting low income families and boosting farm income as part of a national health defense.
The Alabama Democratic Executive Committee names Weatherford and Walter Will Bankhead as temporary successors to the late Speaker William B Bankhead. Weatherford will serve the unexpired term ending Jan 3, and Walter Will Bankhead the regular term, with resignation planned Feb 1 for a primary-nominated replacement. Florence Bankhead contemplates talks with Oil Workers President about a union contract.
Tulsa dispatch reports J C Denton general counsel for the Mid-Continent Petroleum corp to meet with the United Mine Workers union chief amid ongoing labor talks. Officials aim to discuss contract terms and labor conditions affecting operations.
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