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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
1
The column weighs New Deal opposition to taxes and NRA, plus a baseball note on Babe Ruth’s strong start for Boston. It also muses on US credit for farmers, Britain’s wartime preparations, Easter weather trends, and Ada area interscholastic track meet forecasts with high school participation.
Earl Brumley abruptly changed his plea to first degree manslaughter and received 7½ years in McAlester prison. Two co-defendants, Whitey Jamison and Lloyd Jackson, were sentenced to 10 years and a duplicate larceny sentence respectively. The case also touched on Bert Lewis’s shooting at Fittstown and left other district court matters unresolved.
City police launch a drive to stop speeding reckless driving and other violations. Strict enforcement includes two hour parking penalties and red tag risk for double parking. Taxi firms face possible license revocation. stop sign runners will receive police court notices.
The Oklahoma House passed a bill authorizing an additional deputy sheriff for Pontotoc County to handle rising calls from oil activity. The measure, championed by Reps. Deaton and Kerr, passed 86 to 20 and goes to the Senate. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser noted funding gaps keep the new position from being filled before July 1.
Grand jury in Ardmore, Oklahoma accuses W. J. Barnett and N. S. Barnett of removing and destroying records from the American Bank and Trust in Ardmore during Barnett’s earlier tenure as state bank commissioner. Charges filed by county attorney Potter before Justice Alis S. Barnett.
A Pontotoc county agricultural department employer distributes corn hog checks totaling about 16000 dollars. Hundreds of owners receive payments, many as third payments under 1934 production control agreements with federal farm authorities.
Scottsbluff Nebraska Dr J O Wyrens a physician hurriedly became a veterinarian when his wife returned home to find their Angora cat gasping He used an X Ray machine surgical instruments and chloroform to remove a threaded needle from the cat’s throat.
Classified ad highlights investment returns and value for money. Mentions options and deals promising solid gains for buyers seeking efficient spending and reliable yields.
Little Rock April 16. Suspension of Penal Superintendent S L Todhunter followed by resignation of L Acklin head warden at Tucker prison farm. Acklin quit after state penal board named Tom Cogbill of Cummins prison farm in charge during probe of fiscal affairs. Comptroller Griffin Smith reported penitentiary sinking fund bonds issued in Todhunter's name and sought explanations for old warrants with no apparent records.
District Judge Enloe Vernor ruled that the Royal Neighbors of America is not a fraternal insurance company and ordered the group to pay Oklahoma state 116116 in back taxes and penalties.
Sid White, attorney for W. J. and N. S. Barnett, announced in Oklahoma City that he will advise his clients to surrender and post bond regarding felony charges filed in Ardmore.
Tulsa April 16. Prospects for a fruit crop in northeast Oklahoma improved as another forecast freeze failed to materialize with the temperature at 41 degrees. County agent W A Conner said there should be a good fruit crop this year as plums pears and apples are heavily budded though peach buds are lighter than last year.
In Poplar Bluff Missouri on April 16 the Ozarks region escaped serious fruit damage as temperatures fell to 30 degrees. Horticulturists note fruit at its current stage can withstand 28 degrees, limiting potential losses.
Springfield Missouri reports Pi-Dry atmosphere kept fruit trees safe from major damage as temperatures dropped to the freezing mark and light frost formed in the area.
Paris April 17. Evidence against conspirators in a Soviet espionage ring led to the release of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz after sixteen months in French prisons. The plot was described as the largest uncovered in France since World War II.
Harmon Underhill was found guilty of larceny of domestic animals and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary. The day also saw guilty pleas in the murder case of Edgar Sherrill and not guilty verdicts for Lloyd and Buddy Mayes in a firearms robbery. The Buck Gamill robbery case progressed toward a jury while defense witnesses placed him in Maud the night of the crime.
Oklahoma City April 17. Speaker Leon Phillips hit back at Governor Marland over threats that non payable warrants could trigger closures if the 2 percent sales tax fails. Gov Marland warned banks could be affected if warrants are invalid. A special depository board meeting followed. Deadlock remains over sales tax and school funding as lawmakers consider revenue bills and a one cent gasoline tax option to bolster highway funds.
A local NPITQ chapter will organize in the district proration offices of the city hall building Friday night at 8. All interested in the oil industry are invited to participate in forming the new chapter. A previous meeting discussed benefits and a committee found the local organization feasible. The proration offices occupy the southwest corner of the second floor of the old city hall.
Holdenville April 12 four persons were injured three critically in an auto collision near Atwood high school ten miles south of here. Students Zelda Blackburn Dwayne Black and Thurman West suffered severe injuries while Homer Leaser of Holdenville sustained a brain concussion.
W M Prater an elderly blind man near Frisco pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner W C Edwards to possession and offering for sale unstamped untaxed whiskey. He cited bootlegging to support his elderly mother and expects to post 3000 bond. Three others from a tourist camp raid on highway 19 near Ada face similar charges. Buck Morris Jewell Humphrey and Doris Allen held 27 half gallon jars of whiskey. Doris Allen recently bonded on a prior internal revenue charge.
Washington April 17. UP Secretary Ickes authorized a May daily average crude oil production of 2,561,200 barrels versus 2,527,300 in April to boost gasoline output. State quotas updated with Oklahoma up 6,900 to 500,200 and Texas up 11,900 to 1,332,900 among others.
In Fort Worth on April 15, jail guard Charles B. Miller shot during an escape attempt at Tarrant County jail. Prisoner Melvin Bowes was killed, fellow inmates Clarence Billingsley and James Lawrence Kirk wounded, eight others from two cells freed before the incident ended.
Oklahoma City April 12 The Oklahoma House approved a one percent sales and service tax limited to July 1 1937 with an emergency clause. Gov. Marland warned a $12 million deficit if the bill fails and that school financing without the tax is impossible. Senate action and conference likely before adjournment around April 20.
E W Vancourt Creek Nation attorney, 58, was found shot in his Eufaula home. A note requesting notification of his Memphis wife was found near the body. He died from a calibre pistol bullet. John T Brimrose Jr, his law partner, found the body. Vancourt was a Natchez native who had just returned from Washington and wished to be buried in Memphis.
Three prisoners will be transported by wheel to McAlester State Penitentiary from Pontotoc County jail today. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser said will Harris faces district court for guilty plea to attempted burglary and two other prisoners begin sentences. Earl Brumley starts seven and a half year term for shooting Bert Lewis at Fittstown. Leonard Hudgins gets five years after larceny of an automobile. Gerald Gamill receives five years for hold up of Weir Drug Store.
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