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Ada Evening News (Newspaper) - March 31, 1940, Ada, Oklahoma To. My of mwek.02 Inch i Feth. City which 9i.e, u. I. Right to april. Mmn.1 ,,r. Wirt. Much rn.,. Justification Mere . Weather fair sunday increasing cloudiness monday continued a fld. 37th year no. 13 the Ada evening news Dally february average net paid cd real attorn 6463 Membert audit Bureau of circulation Ada Oklahoma sunday March 31, 1940 twelve guiding principles urged for education plans Twenty four pages today including 8 pages comics Price 5 cents the copy Oklahoma City. March 30 map a twelve guiding principles for developing a permanent and adequate financing program for Oklahoma Public schools were adopted today by the Oklahoma educational association finance committee. A. L. Crable state superintendent of Public instruction said the committee Felt any program would have to follow the principles to be satisfactory. Ada got its Start fifty years ago members of the committee include Joe k. Holmes Muskogee chairman Crable Clyde m. Howell Secretary of the Oklahoma educational association Bruce Selvy Enid Dan Procter Ada g. T. Stubbs Durant Harry Simmons Wewoka j. Carl Conner okla Niv Ersary of the first settlement homa City a. O. H. Ses Phant Tulsa and f. I in4ha,t ii ?ow1 at. La 4 4i about that Date in the year a. Ramsey of the state department of Edu j 1890, j. K. Reed brought his a twas about May i 1890, that Jeff Reed settled Iii what was to become Ada May i will be the fiftieth an we be More say germans nazis Promise a More explosive documents soon by Louis Lochner Berlin March 30.�?�?ger cation. A briefly the principles Are i. Those who accept the responsibility for developing an adequate finance program for Oklahoma Public schools should approach this problem with the sincere purpose of guaranteeing the stability and Security of free Universal education of a High Quality regardless of Cost except As limited by the possible revenues of the state and the approval of the people of such a program. A an adequate educational Active War predicted Churchill flays neutrals attitude horse and Wagon to a Stop in in Dian territory and decided he would establish a Home and a general store Here. He and his family had left Texas about three weeks before that time looking for a new place to live and they found it Days a gentleman or lady with just North of the site where the poised Pencil and patient pad will Irving Ward school building now await your answer to the door stands. I Knock. It will be the census mrs. Reed who now lives at taker eager to get your answers 715 South Stockton said that1 to the 1940 questions and compile they left their Texas Home in the 16tb decennial statistical a Early part of april and that the Stract of America trip required about three weeks a a wednesday thursday and Fri Turkey reported ready to let allies use Dardanelles census taker s Knuckles Black sea is Start working this week i quote of Supply for Germany British warships could choke off red Aid to nazi forces Uncle Sam wants to know what you Are All about. He will begin asking you this week. Sometime within the next few by Drew Middleton wan of i Quot ,rki1 auc4ud London March 30. A Ltd amp Auu i Inree Weens a i a he ure after program must provide a Board Winston Churchill first lord of so she estimated that May i was a of last week about 70 of the it h diplomatic Blitz offering of opportunities from the admiralty coupled a new the Date on which they arrived. En4it Era ors attended a special jog of 16 documents about a1 the kindergarten to the colleges warning of intensification of the Here. I training school in Ada learning in mph ii mph r,r0., , ii How to win friends and influence 4 a a in cacs warning u i Mien so Capon of me. Ini poll i Ipuru a a and universities for cultural pro War tonight with the significant although a great Many shifts f 1 f tonight in fess ional and vocational develop hint that Britain scarcely could of boundaries establishments contemplation and prom Merit. Be expected in the future a to and disestablishment have oct so. A Tsi �?T0re exp e Sensat 3 in democracy free uni take As a matter of course inter curved since that time the Reed visa Educ ton Muf rank near rotations of neutrality which store of 1890 was actually the a Uhi a Nch up prove an not at the top of the list of give All advantages to the Daggres Hub around which Ada grew. Bilbo to the effect he was mis services offered the people by the sort i the Reeds lived there u Sam he was mis Staater a 4 the belligerent speech Broad 1912. In that year they moved Dup or 5 a Eree educational opportune cast to America and elsewhere i away from the City to a farm speaking of the Doc Hies to meet the needs of All j recalled the first lords Declara where they stayed until 1920, c i come. Children of a j the people of of Tjon 0f january 20 in which he when they came Back to the City spokesmen would not commit Lahoma is one of the first and called on Europe s anxious non. As most Ada Riti Yon themselves As to precisely what most fundamental responsibilities Trais to 0 n the Allice in a innit of the town of it it Nam a statesmen would be named in the of our state and form one of Thea a a the War Aea not Reeds daughter Ada forthcoming release although first claims upon any and All Gem tank to a in led end at least the cite the go a Coltof the a Ethe taxable s too upon of Ada each the agent ,0by�fthe xxx fat will pro a a Quot Assn Reaf United states ambassador to vide adequate finance a1 support a vigorous Dros Cut Ion of the Paris William c. Bullitt. For education must take into a d that ii. Of d i bullitt mentioned count first taxation that will r and the disclosure that the mar us d aha yesterdays White Book made creat a fairly Stabla Revenue in t,ghtenn3thmr3rstrarg6x m 10 j0i1c5 i of if Hwn Montc an adequate amount to provide siran Glenoid people and undoubtedly also acquiring that a this is going to Hurt More than it does a o us Diu no Wincn aaa grew i a ver 30�?zof these nose counter the Reeds lived there until Pontotoc county and t a the rest Are from adjoining coun ties. Bright and Early begin the pavement pounding and Bell ringing which the Federal government intends to use for the purpose of getting the needed information. Some wag suggested not Long ago that you have Tea and crumpets on hand when the enumerator comes and that might not be As funny an idea As it was intended. Just put yourself and the questioner into As comfortable a position As possible and relax. There Are going to be Many questions yes. The patriarchal Uncle however sees to it that the extracting of facts is As painless As it can be made and the Cen sus takers already n a t u r a Fly courteous were further instilled with chivalry during the schooling at the presbyterian Church Here. Census Law has Teeth but if some obstreperous citizen should staunchly refuse to cooperate and decide not to reply to the questions in the Friendly spirit in which they Are asked the census Law has Teeth providing a Fine for the recalcitrant. There was a lot of argument about the income question. But Secretary of Commerce Hopkins says that you May if you like not answer the financial interrogation directly but fill it out on a Blank and mail it to Washington. However remember that the census takers Are sworn to secrecy anyway. They Are not going calling to pick up neighbourhood gossip but to put together a dramatic Story of americans Progress a How it has grown in size and wealth and activity and intelligence and education and in almost every Field of its endeavours. By Robert j. Parker or Bucharest March 30.�?ct a Turkey was represented in usually Well informed Balkan diplomatic quarters tonight As must every Neia 01 us endeavours. A a a Reo to pundit passage and surely you want to in lab a old f reach w>arshlp8 be left out of the play anyhow Tough the Dardanelles to choke looked at in this larger Light i 2�?o Germany s Supply line from it All Cerine in Coom i Russia in the Black sea. It All begins to seem quite pleas ant. Do your stare of the answering. Then when the final figures Are r e i e a s de and headlines scream a the population of the United states is you can proudly Point to the figure and say Well i see i was mentioned in fessed no knowledge of the pro the newspaper be moment regarded As close to the French embassy Here reported moreover the Turkey had agreed to place her naval bases at Trebiz Ond Samsun and sin Ope at the allies disposal for use As contraband control bases. Official circles in London pro file paper tonight a up of 16 documents said to have an adequate amount to provide �?o8�?olen their stranglehold on Ltd the educational program desired Germany by Way laying Scandin Tel Len doa Avian Ore ship and by greater a my Tell jul Ichii been taken As spoils of Conquest from the vaults of the Warsaw foreign office purported to quote bullitt and u. S. Ambassador to London Joseph p. Kennedy at length the quotations being at continued on Page 2, no. 4 famed prosecutor i # Han a activity in the Pacific against shipments or raw Quot materials from Mexico to Vladivostok from where they can find their Way to Germany. Some quarters saw a distinct funeral services today for Pioneer Ada resident it rum runner cases Veteran of Louisiana trials aids offence at it. Smith relation Between court hmm As i Date Tiei Tau Vartev Section that a time has been on Friday Xor an extent Cert s outside but it is a changeable funeral services will be held ally Viitel the Treasury annual this afternoon at 2 30 of clock from �787�?~firesnnnnh?ng4 the first methodist Church Hev. I of if ref a�us3�?T071j20�. We a. B1ackbum officiating Bur first fiscal year of the Lal will be in Rosedale cemetery. I a for Ifoma a a Jones and her husband Vul Muruin in., March fit i Var expend lure for he w b. Jones came to Ada from put a four men were killed and j Fol ending tonight totalled Sulphur Springs Texas in the fort a a at u on Nam 3,000 about $�?�.267,392, fall of 1902 and have made their i w e id a March 30. Too against revenues of �1,049, Home Here since to to is 188 000 a bout $4,196,852,000 de-1j she leaves or. Jones two sons last of City s three elective offices to be filled by tuesday run off contest Oil Well blast fire in Illinois fatal to four oklahoman killed and four other persons seriously burned in Accident Centralia 111., March 30.�? Pryor faces Lea in race for works commissioners Post the last of the City a three elective offices will be decided tuesday when voters go to the polls to choose Between two candidates for the office of commissioner of Public works and properties. One of the men is incumbent j. H. Pryor the Only one of the three City officials who failed to get a Clear majority in the first primary two weeks ago. The Yuul a Lucil Vav i it ii ecu a1 in i a a Quot of four other persons were burned candidate is Coleman c. Seriously today in the worst Oil. A who ran close behind Pryor Well explosion and fire in the j a be primary. Three years of the current Illinois Pryor had a plurality but not polish diplomats in Washington Paris and London made in late 1938 and the first half of 1939. The f ascribed to bullitt the conviction that America would a a a finish the War on the Side of the allies to Kennedy a Promise to put pressure on the British to s lend Money to Poland. President Roosevelt by indirection was declared to have fostered an american War psychosis in order to help the allies in the coming i _ bullitt1 to Moo invt Firtl Chat get Whf handled i general spite a 35-per cent a income tax Meaders to Netols Pau is Vahey Boom 7 Quot a majority in the election which x5uii111 to. Top any further Brit w to handled the recent Louisiana and other head Hahn a and run t Moc t in o a j i safely re seated Rill raw Frh a us attempts at appeasement political scandal trials at new or taxes Are animated g new Medico Las vegas. Seared when a pocket of Escap-1mtely re seated blah Crawford As denied in Washington leans will Aid in prosecution Here Churchill s assertion Sellers of to Lorencka United and exploded at these reports were wholly next month of Federal charges be drawn into this St of ill in Hantl. R Texas and the Well West of Centralia the denied by official Washington that an Arkansas liquor com a there is to nerf for a a of headers of Ada id Par a i Woje Jyh Quot Smi he about 19 nevertheless German officials pan and some of its officers and less she wishes it so and vat ers of Okemah Mead-1 years old and Dave Hardin both expressed themselves today As employees conspired to transport a we have no Ona Rel a a w u Kfir completely satisfied with the of a Amor from wet Arkansas to ii Tatian of the jananeseennl6 or few Many Veare in he Unher frets of their Surprise move. And dry Oklahoma and Kansas. Ski x Barish wish to a 3"y Quot h6r Church let everyone know that compar _ the company southwestern i confine War in. A ked to the Vintage material that distilled products inc., of West than i German i 3nd a t is in the offing yesterdays White Memphis and the individuals con is no d t j9 _1 Addoul Loihl Milf tit Book was a cheap a a noted with it were indicted by a \ seek was a a the Rusf a a Viii Iii in they also let German news Rand Jur it a which since it began asserting a fall in a a a or j papers have a Complete digest of investigating alleged illegal trans Westem font and today Quot al�1 06l1cf8l fun flt Duc editorial comment and news re-1 port of Lac for into dry states last Ironi and to aay also Wii Vii i Usu Luv ports from the United states december has indicted approx with the result that the after mately v0 Persic it a is on various noon press from the United Rui Truon a charges. Quot the Southwest times record fifteen new school Board clerks named county superintendent announces results of recent school elections fifteen new school Board clerks were named last tuesday in annual school Board elections county superintendent Ray Stegall reported saturday after 49 of the 55 districts had been reported. Ain urn Ware Jones or Las vegas j seared when a pocket of Escap-1 do Ruiu As ?l0�c i Ile a ignited and exploded at a a a a Riceton Virbert Ole is a re extend old Chamberlain As commissioner of new clerks include m. H. Finance and accounting. Phillips. Rocky Chapel Joe new interest was Only mild in the comb it Stonewall w. O. Rogers Al Campaign and observers predict Hart v. P. Glover pleasant and de red of in a i de a comparatively Light turn Hill r. A. Sliger owl Creek a. All on a 0 Tulsa out. In the first primary a rec a Bryant Cedar Grove m. U word vote of More than 5.000 was j Poindexter Latta Sam Hunt vim i of of Tai to to Spital a few registered As the sunday movie Vanoss James Holkum Fitz a the Gay cd ply dins question was tossed into the Cam Hugh Jack Henderson Lula e. Fra in to Sbet of flame set pain to spice the ballot. B. Atchison Galey Beds Thomp the Well and a House. No such hypodermic was in Sony Parish Chapel Amos bran of Hominy okla. Charles in states with the result that the a. Afternoon press blazed with tonight there was a a Rumor american reaction to the Docu am Ricou it attaches that Sev ments. The achtau Sogabe for in Era temp nil residents who were i _ i. A rms finn in Trio a icon can inn Ltd Western front and today also thus far nothing has happened on the sea or in the air a he went j Oklahoma City March 30 0rv�?~r�?zt _ a a. A a i a do apportionment of $2,500,000 it More than a million Ger in tax collections to the state Man soldiers including nearly general fund will be made Early Belr divisions and a in april j. D. Carmichael chair Mored divisions Are drawn up Man of the Oklahoma tax com ready to strike at an hours no Mission said today. The others burned in the Sud j evidence last week As the two Den intense Flash of the explosion men waged their rather quiet stance had the banners in Quot a Posi Ion to give a a sensational ? Ead a to strike at an hours no Mission said today. A America tremendous Imbres in format Ion bad before a Lee a along the frontiers of Carmichael said the Transfer Sion of War guilt documents a a jury Friday. Of Bourg Holland and Bel-1 because of Spring income tax col just when the a a Vintage san Fps District attorney c. R. Barryg1 sections probably would be the is coming was not disclosed of tonight for Washington d. C., at any moment those Neutral heaviest of the year facials shrugged their should there he said he would attend i counties May be subjected to it will fall far Short of wiping when asked and said a it takes t f annual c,1nf.lrence of District i a steel and fire out the a Quot rent deficit he said Wels it she realized the danger time to sift and translate even Orneys with the attorney Gen and the decision rests in the however which will total about j of an explosion when she smell so Maumau a try Era # hands of a haunted Myrh d a. Or non non her Cha 41____ a were Joe Butrick of Hominy and Carl Lycette of Avant okla., also Oil workers and or. And Don Conway e. E. Young Roff pm and Floyd Brewer Mccall Campaign Pryor running on his Chapel. Eme fing new Nebraska Well continued on Page 2. No. 3 use Ada news classified ads. Childish arms Welcome Soldier father things a Doc rare Atrev d eral. Hands of a haunted morbid be a $5,000,000 by the time March pay the grand jury returned 13 and i my who to their eternal shame Rolls and school Aid claims Are a Iti Onai secret indictments yester the German people in their be-1 met. Day and then recessed indefinitely a after informing District judge j Heartsill Ragon it had not com i plated its work. Announcement that Rogge would enter the Case was made Falls City. Neb., March 30. Today by assistant District actor j a ibo in an attempt to Cement Ney Duke Frederick. He did not off Oil and water in the Hunton amplify his statement that the As j Limestone at a depth of 2.281 feet Cement was pumped into the Pawnee Royalty company a r. H. To ice discovery Well Here today. The Cement must set for 72 hours before it can be determined whether the attempt was successful. It was believed drilling toward the Viola Limestone could be started wednesday. The Viola is expected to be encountered at 3,000 feet. The Well had been producing about too barrels a Day before copied by the other families. Mrs. Stow saved six persons from injury. Familiar with Oil Wells she realized the danger stows and two continued on Page 2, no. 6 de the escaping Gas. Running upstairs. She warned the other families in the House enabling them continued on Page 2, no. 5 continued on Page 2, no. 7 Shaw ousted from vice chairmanship minority member unseated on corporation Board Oklahoma City March 30. A . A tip a a. S. Shaw minority the firm decided to Drill deeper member lost the vice-chairman-4. Ship of the corporation commis Roth 4nfrs r1 am a a1 Sion today when Reford Bond vested Ada news classified ads and Ray o. Weems majority 7 Quot members teamed to unseat him. For. Jul. _ Bond and Weems elected i tip a a a i Weems vice chairman. Shaw was in charge of commission affairs during Bond s recent extended illness. I weather l i Oklahoma fair sunday increasing cloudiness monday continued mild. A a in Kansas fair sunday in creasing Cie Diness monday continued Mill he comes up for re election this year and the majority members Are backing w. J. Armstrong. Chief conservation officer against him. Tile majority named Bennett Bond Chickasha who has been in the department to succeed ask probe of nazi War reports rep. Fish demands investigation of charges record As a contractor and City old clerks re elected include tit. Official and Lea on the assertion h. D. Chandler Byng George mrs. R. W. Stow formerly of changes should be made in the Wood Mclish o. E Gray Cen Kilgore Lex. City a water and Street department ter Oather Floyd Egypt j n Butrick had been employed policies. _ Caton Oakman r. C Rosi Ham Only this morning at the Well,1 in a wider sense the City a run Pyland r. E. Russell Black which was being completed in off primary serves merely As a Rock e. L. Walton Denny j the Back Yard of the House cd a a a to. Eppler. Homer t. L Coley Pickett m. M. Summers Colbert j. W. Chaffin Union Valley w. H. Barton Lovelady l. O. Cobb lightening Ridge n. P. Jones Dolberg Clarence sweat Laxton g. H. Mcdonald Jesse o. S. Whitson Union Hill Willie Cochran Sunshine o. H. Neighbors Worstell Lawrence Walker Lawrence h. S. Farris Steed Man w. E. Miller Ahloso j. Nabors Blue Mound s. F. Steed Yeager h. M. Galey Summers Chapel r. E. Tilley Walnut Grove e. M. Jackson Jones Chapel m. W. Autry pleasant Valley t. A. Hoosier Wilson j. E. Shropshire Brookhaven j. H. Mcmanns High Hill j. W Booth Beebe o. M. Kreuger posed agreement with Turkey. It was said however that if it is True it will be a Strong boost to the Allied diplomatic offensive in the Balkans and an important Aid to tightening the Allied Block Jade of Germany informants Here reported the turkish decision was reached Ata British French turkish Mili a tary conference a few Days Goat Allevo although such action is contrary to the Monteux convention of 1936 to which Turkey was a party. That convention stipulated that the Dardanelles would be closed to warships of belligerent nations except when they were serving under league of nations mandate or helping a victim of i aggression under a Mutual As i distance pact concluded within the framework of the league to which Turkey was a party. A Way for Turkey to get around this however was explained by Deputy Petko stain off of the foreign affairs committee of the bulgarian chamber of deputies who told the Sofia newspaper Slovon that Turkey would a let herself be forced to fail to prevent British warships from crossing the strategic Dardanelle As a Black sea nation Bulgaria is vitally interested in this possibility. Turkey might satisfy formalities other persons indicated by voicing a protest against passage of the Allied warships and having this protest a duly filed in the archives of the league of be moment stated flatly that Turkey would give the Green continued on Page 2, no. 2 son booked after Mother s murder Washington March 30.�? a rep. Fish . Said tonight that he would demand a a Complete investigation of the German White Book and would seek in pachment of ambassador William c. Bullitt a if the facts ,. In a radio address Abc fish Maxwell said that president Roosevelt and a bullitt owed the american people a a categorical and detailed answer to every charge made in the Book. It was no answer he said a to raise the Hue and cry of a propaganda or to Sprinkle a few grains of Salt on its the paper made Public by Germany yesterday purported to be documents seized in the polish foreign office and were described a no a by German officials As showing a resident of Pontotoc county withe United states part in a bring til he recently moved to Pocas ing the War. Set died suddenly about 2 of clock asked about them at his press saturday morning at the Home conference president Roosevelt of a sister mrs. Alsman Here. James f. Wilson former Aden Dies stricken fatally while visiting sister in Ada James f. Wilson 39, who was Washington March 30.�?cp neighbors suspicions aroused by the seclusion of mrs. Bessie Catherine Howard and her son for 16 Days led to a police investigation today and the discovery of the 66-year-old woman a body stabbed and with the Throat Cut in her bedroom. Her son 23, who detective lieutenant George Darnell said was found in the House was booked for investigation. Parnell said he had in one pocket a pistol wrapped in a woman a undergarment and in another $988 in currency. Coroner Magruder Macdonald estimated mrs. Howard had been dead at least three Days and pro Bably longer. Beside the body Lay a blood stained butche knife. A every first floor window in the House was barred with shutters j and All the doors were locked Darnell said but Howard admitted the police As soon As they identified themselves. Arkansas and East Texas John Oklahoma Mayberry rate partly Cloudy with in lid temper expert who resigned. Natures sundae and monday. It also discharged three pm a a West Texas fair with High Clovees mrs Winfry t r cloudiness sunday and monday. Flora e Tollman in the motor a Margaret Jenkins rushed across a London England Railroad station with out stretch Little change in temperature. Carrier division and miss fran f. Arms to Welcome her father Home. The meeting shown above took place just after Jen Mon continued y it diatom�?�0&Quot a he r3ilroad rate Eurott 0n furlough from the ens ish Al shins forces in France. Photo radioed from Sun amp a sted that All propaganda from Europe be taken with several grains of Salt. Bullitt the ambassador to France also used the Salt phrase in denying conversations attributed to him. Blanchard Man Dies of Accident injuries Oklahoma City March 30. A 27, Blanchard died Here tonight of injuries suffered when a swinging Crane rushed him against the Side of a freight car at Blanchard. Honaker employed by a paving company had helped unload Rock from the car and was sweeping it out when he was struck. Funeral services will be held at 3 of clock this afternoon from the Chapel of the Keith funeral Home with burial in Rosedale cemetery. Or. Wilson is survived by mrs. Wilson and a son Maurice of Pocasset a daughter Pansy my ree Wilson of Ada and two Sisters mrs. Tichie Alsman of Ada and mrs. Sharp of Purcell. He grew up in the county was employed for 12 years at the Cement Plant and More recently has been farming. He became ill thursday while in Arkansas on business and was returning to his Home and had stopped Here when the fatal attack came. A i use Ada news classified ads. The i Pessimist some folks re so of fashioned they still worry because they can to meet their Bills. Mrs. Oather Harp sat a her husband is As close As a sunday movie election

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