Vanoss FFA Boys Build A Type Farrowing Houses
Vanoss FFA members completed two A-type farrowing houses under vocational agriculture supervision led by Oscar Holt. The seven by seven foot native lumber structures include guard rails and warmth for pigs, with Judson Kirby and Haskell Kite as owners of the units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanoss Ffa Club
Pontotoc County
Oscar Holt
J. W. Mann
Floyd Tiner
Bunny Rogers
T. M. Cook
FFA
Dele Hunt
Vaness School
Judson Kirby
Haskell Kite
FPA
Horace Mann ace Neimen tops singles at Tulsa tennis meet
Dewey Allen and Ross Miller of Horace Mann surprised in doubles by beating Classen pair 6-3 6-4 to take the title while Allen fell to Gene Wilson in the singles final. Wilson beat Gerald Tucker for the singles crown as Ada and other Oklahoma clubs advanced to rounds with notable early wins and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Dewey Allen
Ross Miller
Allen
Miller
Stanley Draper
Walter Moore
Oklahoma City Classen
C. Raymond
Cox
Gene Wilson
Tulsa Central
Wilson
Gerald Tucker
Winfield
Kansas
Tucker
Drew Patty
Oklahoma City Central
Carl Mitchell
McMurray
Alien
McDermott
Douglass
Gadget and
Griffin
Chickasha
Kline
Tulsa
Caye Mitchell
Moore
Ada High School
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Jimmy Lawrance
Ada High
Crew
Muskogee
W. L. Auld
Ada
Sonny West
Price
Fort Smith
Draper
Ada High Clubs
Jack Bowman
Auld
Badger
West
Lawrance
Putty
Yor Tunglen
Freeze Damage On Farms May Be Light
County agent J B Hin reports hopeful signs from area farms after a light freeze. Some corn shows damage but outlook remains optimistic as young lespedera and alfalfa appear largely unscathed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hin
Oklahoma grain crops hope freeze slows green bug spread
Spots where the green bug in vaded grain fields have not spread noticeably, an encouraging development, and it is being hoped that the freeze of Thursday night may help curtail this destructive insect. Grasshoppers in Oklahoma are not in apparent danger of serious infestation for now, though conditions can change later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillis
Oklahoma
Vanoss Beats Fittstown 8 1 In Regional High School Baseball
Vanoss high school defeated Fittstown 8 to 1 Friday afternoon as ace Joe Isaacs struck out 13 batters. Peewee Burk homered for his third straight game while Vanoss pounded Latta and Fitzhugh. An error allowed a Fittstown run but later was not counted for failure to touch second base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Isaacs
Vanoss
Ace Moundsman
Peewee Burk
Vaness
Latta
Fitzhugh
Fittstown
Isaacs
Snyder
Abrhe Williams
Abrhe
Kid Thomas
Anniversary Of Smith Lever Act To Be Observed
J B Hill county agent attended a Stillwater meeting of veteran extension workers. Plans were laid to observe the twenty fifth anniversary of the Smith Lever Act on May 4. The act created national extension work and has influenced many years of agricultural outreach. Further announcements will follow after full Stillwater report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
Stillwater
Congress
Hill
State Boy Cashes In On Champ Hog
SAN FRANCISCO April 4 PIA Chester White hog grand champion of the interstate junior livestock show owned by Melvin Mathews Custer county Oklahoma 4 H member was sold for 150 a pound weighing 225 pounds to Shosher and Shosher for Mission Park Stores in San Francisco The auction brought 15 cents a pound to Wendall Johnson Garber Oklahoma for his champion pen of the Future Farmers of America The pen weighed 535 pounds and was bought by H Mattatt of San Francisco Johnson also won top hog showmanship honors today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pia Chester White
Melvin Mathews
Custer County
Okla
Mission Park
Wendall Johnson
Garber
Oklo
Farmers of
Homer Club Has Enjoyable Meeting
An enjoyable day was spent Tuesday April 6 by Homer club members. Mrs Homer Kuykendall was guest at noon. Gifts were exchanged in the afternoon. Members present included Lela Duke Grace Evans Susie Ellis Ethel Burch Ella Hoggatt Violet Higdon Vera Callier Willie Kuykendall Mary Tittle Faye McDaniels Lily Siner Pauline Rushing Mildred Weatherford Violet Westrope. Children Wanda Jean Weatherford Joel Carolyn Rushing Raymond Martha Sue Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Club
Homer Kuykendall
Lela Duke
Grace Evans
Susie Ellis
Ethel Burch
Ella Hoggatt
Violet Higdon
Vera Callier
Willie Kuykendall
Mary Tittle
Faye McDaniels
Lily Siner
Pauline Rushing
Mildred Weatherford
Violet Westrope
Wanda Jean Weatherford
Joel Carolyn Rushing
Raymond
Martha Sue Ellis
Gavin appeals from reducing of claim in Oklahoma case
Oklahoma City April 8 attorney T Austin Gavin of Tulsa appealed to the state supreme court from a county district court ruling reducing his fee claim in liquidation of the Exchange Trust Company of Tulsa from 2500 to 1800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Cp—T. Austin Gavin
Tulsa
State Supreme Court
Tis County District Court
Exchange Trust Company of Tulsa
Contest Season On For 4-H Clubs Rally Next Friday
4-H contest season starts with judges busy as Mrs. Jessie Morgan and E W Cinnamon tour Pittsburg and Tishomingo counties. Pontotoc rally set for Convention Hall next Friday with Friendly Home Makers serving lunch for judges. Elva Duvall urged strong club reports highlighting seven key elements and noted 32,000 coaches nationwide with over 100000 in cash prizes used to spur youth in 4-H work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morgan
Morgan
Elva Duvall
Pontotoc County
Buddy Scott Shines in Chicago Boxing Run
Buddy Scott from Ada arrives in Chicago after regional bouts and is slated to box Frank Androff, a fighter with eight Chicago appearances and seven knockouts. Scott recently defeated Jack Marshall for the Southern heavyweight title in Dallas, winning by decision in ten rounds, with judges split. In a note to The News he said, We had a lot of fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Scott
Ada
Chicago
Scott
Frank Androff
Buddy
Jack Marshall
Dallas
Marshall
Lynch Named Special Justice For Oklahoma Case
Oklahoma City April 3 Governor Phillips named Stilwell resident Joe M. Lynch special supreme court justice to hear litigation before the court involving the American Oil and Refining Co controlled by Oklahoma City oilman and hotel operator W B Skirvin Lynch will replace chief justice Wayne W Bayless to hear the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Joe M. Lynch
Stilwell
Supreme Court
Phillips
Dow
American Oil and Refining Co
W. B. Skirvin
Oklahoma City Oil Mans
Lynch
Wayne W. Bayless
Pontotoc County 4-H Boys Enter Stock Showing Program
Pontotoc County 4 H club boys plan a strong entry in live stock shows next spring with 13 members, led by E W Cinnamon assistant county agent. Seven have secured cattle including junior herefords and angus from multiple ranches and farms in Fitzhugh, Chapman, and nearby areas. Some plan to show barrows with Poland China and Chester White stock, aiming for the Southeast Oklahoma Junior livestock show in Ada in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
E. W. Cinnamon
Willis Young
Fitzhugh
Horseshoe Ranch
Corbin Ranch
Fittstown
Tommy Smith
Wheatland Farms
Chapman
Kansas
Floyd Robbins
Pecan Grove
Dr. I. L. Cummings
Cral Dear Wingard
Harold Gene Wingard
Laxton
Hilly Kirkes
Chepman Ranch
Gleat Goodwin
Chapman Ranch
Charles Auten
Cedar Grove
Gordon
Bury Gene Hawkee
Victor McKee
Barrows
Chester
Oklahoma
Ada
John Balthrop
Colbert
Guy Welker
Vaness
Hampshire Lambs
Court fight over oil firm receiver cited in Oklahoma case
Skirvin and other oil company officials appealed to the supreme court from Lucius Babcock district judge appointing BE Lester former supreme court justice as receiver for the firm’s assets. The Oklahoma corporation had been incorporated in Nevada and stockholders seek a receiver and accounting of profits totaling more than $9,740.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skirvin
Supreme Court
Lucius Babcock
BE. F
Oil work gains pace across territory with multiple wells
In the Bebee field Ross No. 2 Bray completed as a Viola lime producer, and Lake No. 3 Summers ready for completion. Senora to start No.1 Porter and Superior to locate No.2 Summers. Patsy No.2 Bates set pipe on Hunton time while Simpson Roadhouse No.1 Statler prepares for rotary. Continental completes No.3 Brown in Coal County with 54 barrels first hour and 174 second hour. Various others drilling, swabbing, and testing across Jesse, Avoca, and Saint Louis areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebee Field
Ross No. 2
Bray
Superior
Senora
No.1
Porter
Fitts
Bates
Hunton
Simpson
Statler
Swsw
Jesse Field Continental
Brown
Coal County
Chism
Barbara No
Mount
Taxpayers Urged to Claim 1938 Tax Refunds
County Treasurer Lee Daggs announced that taxpayers who paid 1938 taxes by December 6 can obtain refunds by calling his office. Several men have acted as selectors, taking a percentage, so residents are urged to claim refunds in person rather than pay a collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Daggs
Daggs
Dean
Estelle Dickson Surrenders Quietly in Kansas City
16 year old Estelle Dickson, once linked with the nation’s public enemy No. 1 couple, gives up meekly in a busy Kansas City bus district crowd. Her outlaw husband Benny Dickson died resisting federal agents in St. Louis. She faces charges of transportation of a stolen auto and possible kidnaping in Detroit. She and Benny are tied to two major robberies including the Vilton and Northwest Security Bank heists. Acquaintances say she became a skilled marksman after marrying Dickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Estelle Dickson
Benny Dickson
St. Louis
10Th
Walnut Streets
Dickson
FBI
E. P. Guinane
United States
Charles H. Thompson
Detroit
Topeka
Kas
Genexlchange Bank
Wikton
Ma- Sonalams Brookings
S. C
Benny
Estelle
He Raises His Sons to Join The U S Navy
A Pontotoc county farmer near Stratford, with gray hair, has sent his third son to join the Navy as two older boys already serve. Elvin Mitchell, 19, left for San Diego to attend Yeoman school. Carran, 28, an electrician on the Vincennes, plans to reenlist after May 12. Burch, 22, a laundryman on the Southard, faces May 15 end of enlistment with plans to rejoin. The two younger boys are 16 and 12. The father served in the Navy, including time in Chinese waters in 1911-12 amid regional trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Stratford
L. T. Mitchell
Elvin Mitchel
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Carran
Vincennes
Burch
Southard
Mrs Roosevelt Forgetful About Easter Hat Choice
New York April 7. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said she forgot her Easter bonnet. The hat shop recalls a navy blue bonnet with a lighter blue bow bought weeks ago before her lecture tour. the first lady has not seen it since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
East Central State College Names and Courses Change
Governor Leon C. Phillips signed the bill changing the names of teachers colleges and allowing regular arts and sciences courses without certificates. East Central will be called East Central State College. Teacher training continues, with new professional and general education options, and a summer bulletin will outline offerings for the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon C. Phillips
East Central State College
East Central
Ada Dedication Set for New Public Library Building
Ada will dedicate its new 353000 public library on April 23 with opening to follow. Librarian Verna Riddle announced the brick structure at Fourteenth and Rennie replaces the former city hall show fire station and crowded rear room. The project, funded by municipal bonds and a government PWA grant, features modern facilities and children reading rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Verna Riddle
Fourteenth and
Rennie
City Hall
Riddle
Idaho War Hero Returns Medal From France
Idaho war hero Thomas C. Neibaur sent the congressional Medal of Honor to Senator Borah saying the award does not fit his WPA laborer pay. He earned about $800 last year to support his wife and seven children, and questioned the timing of receiving the honor decades after his action in the Argonne Forest on October 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
John J. Pershing
Harry Woodring
Thomas C. Neibaur
William E. Borah
Argonne Forest
Neibar
Meine
Borah
Congress
War Department
Neibur
County Sues Ford and Others for 154000 Penalties
County files suit in district court seeking 154 102.12 in penalties from Ford and co defendants tied to a bond deal. The action mirrors a prior case seeking 77 051.06 to recover funds connected to former treasurer Tommy F Ford and associates. Names include Joe H Smalley R J Edwards Inc C Edgar Bonnold J E Piersol and heirs Clyde E Wallace and W E Harber. Washington had earlier filed suit for the 77051.06 amount. The case alleges overdrawn sinking funds and a paid premium on Weleetka bonds. A parallel suit by Mack of Braly seeks identical penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy F. Ford
Ford
Testorney
Carloss Wadlington
Joe H. Smalley
R. J. Edwards, Inc
Smalley
Weleetka
Mack
Braly
Interest Holds Steady In New Bebee Field Area
Interest remains steady at the Bebee field development on the southwest edge. Superior No. 1 Summers in NE NW NW of 36-5-4 yields about 220 barrels daily from the Violaime. Ross No. 2 Bray near 25-5-4 is a new producer delivering seven barrels per hour after acidizing. Summers offset to Superior test soon. Patsy No. 2 Bates in 26-27 reports Hunton lime at 3,859 to 3,870 feet with pipe set. Smeltzer No. 1 Gerry in Coal county acidized after a small oil show and good for two small producers. Woodson to drill No. 1 Goodrich in 14-5-5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebee
Superior
Ross No
Bray
Fitts
Bates
Hunton
Gerry
Coal County
H. V. Woodson
Goodrich
Bill Prepared For State School Fees
Oklahoma City April 7 Pi In an effort to relieve the financial condition of the state's institutions of higher learning Charles Duffy Ponca City pared today a bill for submission to the legislature authorizing the collection of tuition fees at all state schools. Duffy's bill would authorize boards of regents to set the tuition scale with approval of Gov Philips. The fees would apply to Oklahoma residents and out of state students with scholarships exempted. Fees would go to revolving funds to be expended at the school authorities discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Charles Duffy
Ponca City
Duffy
Boards of Regents
Gov. Philips
Oklahoma
Cinnamon Mrs Morgan Serve as 4-H Club Judges
Cinnamon and Mrs Jessie Morgan home demonstration agent and community agent served as judges for the Johnston County 4-H club contests in Tishomingo on Friday. Pontotoc county 4-H members will travel to Ada next Friday for the rally with a full program of activities arranged. Cosater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Cinnamon
Jessie Morgan
Tishomingo
Johnston County
Pontotoc County
Ada
Ada Man Chosen for Indian Guard of Honor at New York World Fair
George S. Aldrich of Ada Oklahoma named first on a 26 member Indian Guard of Honor for the World Fair in New York. The group, largely from Oklahoma and Kansas, will serve seven weeks, welcoming President Roosevelt and British royals, with expenses paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Man
George Aldrich
Ada
Queen Elizabeth
England
Aldrich
George
Cookson
Oklahoma
Nerdyess
Mississippi
A. A
Sidrich
Oklahoma City
Smallpox Cases Rise Linked to Federal Court Attendees
Ada health officials report 15 total smallpox cases with 11 traced to contacts during the two week federal court term ending March 25. Three prisoners, a bailiff, elevator operator, a witness, juror and others linked to the jail outbreak. Officials urge vaccination and vigilance, noting most cases are adults and schools are safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Glenn W. McDonald
Federal
McDonald
Ame
Hull Talks With Roosevelt Over Albania Crisis
Secretary Hull spoke by telephone with President Roosevelt at Warm Springs about Italy’s invasion of Albania and its possible impact on U S relations with Italy and Albania. The call, the second in 12 hours, weighed whether Mussolini’s march violates the Kellogg pact and how Tirana’s diplomatic representation would be affected. Reports said 211 Americans in Tirana were safe, with 233 Americans in Albania total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Italy
Albania
United States
Mussolini
Tirana
Europe
Legation
State Department
Parents Deaf Did Not Hear Screams
In Denver on April 6, baby Jo Anne Cummings, 22 months, fell into a hot water pan from a high chair. Her deaf mute parents, Raymond Cummings and Mrs Cummings, did not hear her screams as scalding water poured from a faucet. The father shut off the water and searched frantically for a doctor after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Joanne Cummings
Raymond Cummings
WPA
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Green Bay
U. S
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Mathews
Mrs. Kuykendall
Gavin
Fitts Area
Jesse Field
Avoca Pool
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
Cecil
Atlantic Refing Co
Mc Curry
Saint Louis
Magnolia. Petroleum Co
W. A. Delaney
Bruno
Ray Stephens
Copeland
Little River Area
Atlantic Refining Co
Jimmy
Earlsboro
U.S. Navy
Franklin D
Ada Library
New Home
France
County
Deal
Ross
Lake
Cinnamon
Mrs. Morgan
Cosater
Ada News
Haskell Institute
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