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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
5
Notice of resale of real estate for taxes lists numerous parcels with section township ranges and owners. The long roster shows delinquent totals and due amounts for properties in various sections, with dates of sale ranging from 1910s to 1939 and names such as Oliver, Chism, and Walker appearing repeatedly.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Northeast Oklahoma to acquire for 35000 dollars the Southwest Missouri railroad line from Baxter Springs Kansas to Picher Oklahoma. The deal covers 5.56 miles of mainline and 4.17 miles of sidings, with bankruptcy approvals in place to preserve rail service for local shippers.
Oklahoma City reports the National Safety Council awarded Oklahoma the Southern region safety honor for the second consecutive year. State Safety Commissioner J M Gentry credited statewide cooperation, civic and veterans groups, and national council support for reduced traffic deaths from 8655 in 1936 to 687 in 1937 and 508 in 1928, with economic losses dropping from 46,041,329 to 35,191,086 in 1938.
Tom Marks county agent at large from Oklahoma A and M college visited Pontotoc County Tuesday. He joined J. B. Hill on a terracing demonstration Tuesday morning and later toured farm women's clubs with Mrs. Jessie Morgan, home demonstration agent, in the afternoon.
The Oklahoma House today passed measures authorizing leasing college lands for gil drilling, allowing cities to audit books with state examiners, and deducting part of firemen pay for pension funds. A ban on salaries after three months' absence was approved, along with historical and flag observances. Education committee backed retirement systems for school employees with 5 percent teacher contributions, and constitutional amendment proposals advanced. Also approved was a bill easing bar exams for University of Oklahoma law graduates.
In New York on April 3 7 a Catholic priest was summoned from Palm Sunday services to talk for an hour with an elderly couple held hostage by a 28 year old ex convict Joseph Naumo and two accomplices. After a tense standoff with police, Naumo surrendered to the priest urging mercy and heart for the old couple.
Moscow reports a new agreement between the Soviet Union and Japan extends to 1999 governing the annual opening of Siberian fishing pots. Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov and Japan’s Shigenori Togo signed after protracted talks. The deal enables Japanese vessels to fish in Soviet waters by April 10 when the season begins.
According to Henry Py Schweinbere chairman of Pontetoc County Red Cross and Dr J D Hart president of the Central District Dental Society Laird of Ada has been asked to act on the disaster relief committee of the Pontetoc county chapter in disaster relief work.
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