Excavation Near Latta Reveals Ancient Caddoan Village
Archaeologist H. R. Antle leads digs on T. H. George farm southwest of Ada, uncovering a pre historic village with preserved lodges, caches of arrows bones and pottery. The site linked to early Pontotoc County settlements and highlights preservation laws guiding exploration.
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T. H. George Farm
H. R. Antle
T. H. George
Ada
Pontoto
Mr. Antle
Antie
Pontotoc County
Ounty
Mississippi River
Little Sandy
Oklahoma
Latta School House
Cadet Training Camp Offers 30 Day Summer Stay
Pontotoc county youths age 16 to 27 may apply for a 30 day summer vacation at Fort Sill under the Citizens' Military Training Camp program. Bill Gluckman coordinates enrollments for this county and urges early applications with details available at The Ada News or Gluckman’s department store in Ada.
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Pontotoc County
Uncle Sam
Bill Gluckman
Citizens
Fort Sill
Okla
National Guard
MT. Cere OS
Gluckman
Ada News
Ada
Frisco Railroad Employes Meet and Discuss Community Service
Frisco Railroad employes club met Wednesday night at the Frisco station waiting room with strong attendance from workers and families. speakers included E. E. McGuire H. W. Hale R. C. Cutler W. H. Smith. The group noted last year’s Oklahoma taxes totaling 1 170 808 26 with 34 571 91 to Pontotoc county and 19 314 24 to county schools.
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Frisco Railroad
Frisco Station
E. E. Mcc-Guire
H. W. Hale
R. C. Culter
W. H. Smith
Frisco
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Ada
Francis, Sulphur, Scullin
Roff
Art Walker Dies in Texas Car Crash
Funeral services for A. J. Art Walker former Oklahoma oil man will be held at Ardmore Saturday morning friends said. Walker 52 came from Pennsylvania in 1905 to enter oil business and worked in Oklahoma and east Texas also in Indian service. He was killed instantly Tuesday night in a automobile accident at Longview Texas where he was in oil business and made his home. His widow survives.
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Tulsa
A. J
Art” Walker
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Walker
Pennsylvania
Texas
Indian Service
Longview
Police Acquire Machine Gun For City Outlaw Hunt
Bandits may plan activities in the city but police now hold a machine gun for use against Outlaws. The weapon, bought by the prior administration and tied up in officer payments litigation, has been released this week and officers report decent aim after some target practice.
Oklahoma May Get Four New CCC Camps
Washington dispatch reports Representative Rogers of Oklahoma said 34 new civilian conservation corps camps would be established in Oklahoma. He indicated the plan was under consideration by the CCC and federal authorities.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Rogers
D-Okla
Civilian Conservation Corps
Okla
Farm Column Dresses Reviewed at County Advisory Meeting
The Pontotoc county home demonstration clubs plan a better dress review at the next advisory board meeting. Dresses will be judged in three classes, house, street, and made-over. The top two in house and street will represent Pontotoc at the state dress review in Stillwater.
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Stillwater
Pontotoc County
Maxwell 4-H Sewing Exhibit Showcases High Scoring Works
Maxwell 4-H club presented a sewing exhibit featuring stocking darns patches tea towels aprons caps holders comfort protectors uniform dresses and home improvements. The pieces were well laundered and scored highly. The group is coached by Mrs Jean Kruger with guidance from Mrs Morgan the home demonstration agent.
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Maxwell Clubs
Maxwell
Jean Kruger
Maxwell Adult Club
Morgan
Ada merchants sponsor farm women kitchen contest
Merchants in Ada offer premiums to boost a one month kitchen upgrade contest for farm women. Entries must be submitted by April 27 with awards announced May 31 at the kitchen exposition day. Adult clubs will exhibit home made and other articles across nineteen active clubs.
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Ada
4 H Clubs Active In Home Improvement
Oklahoma 4 H clubs included Better housing in their program with strong youth involvement. In 1934 members improved yards with 4 61 flowers 2 583 shrubs 1 821 vines and 2 689 trees set out under the Extension Service guidance.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Pasture Revival Gains Ground Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma farmers, aided by county agents, plan more than 50 pasture tours this spring and summer. Demonstrations show 200,000 acres planted to permanent pastures with dallas grass Bermuda grass Korean lespedeza and clovers like yellow hop. Farmers pursue low-cost livestock production and home meat supply by restoring pastures across the state.
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Oklahoma
Sam _. B. Durham
Extension Service
Oklahoma A
M. College
Durham
AAA
Horace Mann Names 1935 Valedictorian and Honors Runners-up
Eleanor Waner is named valedictorian for Horace Mann high school's 1935 graduating class. Jane Rutledge is salutatorian with Grace Marie Cox and Zula Mae White as runners-up within a fraction of a point. All four have earned a place on the Oklahoma High School Honor Roll each year of high school.
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Eleanor Waner
Horace Mann High School
Jane Rutledge
Grace Marie Cox
Zula Mae White
Hor
Oklahoma Governor Proclaims National Music Week
Governor Marland designates May 5 to 11 as National Music Week for Oklahoma. He urges musical programs in churches schools prisons hospitals and homes highlighting music's religious, aesthetic and uplifting benefits.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Oklahoma
HOLG BORROWERS WAIT PAY LOANS
Oklahoma City April 11 Special The Home Owners Loan Corporation to file foreclosures in Durant Bryan county against W C Cumber and others for a 1934 loan default seeking 1986.00 plus interest and costs 2343.13 The step marks an active campaign on delinquencies with 60 days of outreach. the HOLC expects few foreclosures and stresses borrowers must meet obligations rather than be treated as Santa Claus.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Durant
Bryan County
John F. Mahr
W. C. Cumber
HOLC
Mahr
Cumber
Velma
Dust Storms Force Shifts in Crop Planning and Relief
Washington reports seven federal agencies coordinating to combat dust storm damage across Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas and Colorado. The effort includes feeding water and relief work on roads and lands, planting fast growing crops as cover, and reorganizing farm relief through CCC and drouth programs while considering pay for crop restrictions next year.
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Washington
McCarl
AAA
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Emergency Administration
Soil Erosion Service
Bureau of Chemistry, and Soils
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
Drouth
Harry L. Hopkins
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Robert Fechner
Congress
Rexford G. Tugwell
Dr C M Combs Pontotoc County Pioneer Dies
Dr C M Combs one of Pontotoc county s earliest citizens died in Clinton Oklahoma Sunday morning. He came from Kentucky in the eighties and aided Indians and settlers, helped clear a lease for Marie Hawkins, secured a post office for Center Ada before it was established and was born in Louisville Kentucky where he studied medicine. Survived by his sister Mrs J B Antle.
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C. M. Combs
Pontotoc County
Clinton
Okla
J. B. Antle
Kentucky
Marie Hawkins
Rebee
Dr. Combs
Ada
Louisville
Northern cotton mills demand aid as tax revolt grows
Boston April 15 Northern cotton goods manufacturers mobilize to seek relief from the processing tax and wage differentials. James Sinclair threatens jail over tax refusal while governors and industry leaders plan conferences to end the north south wage gap, curb imports, and raise tariffs. Three New England mills announce closures driving 3,810 jobs at Berkshire Adams Greylock Hope Mills.
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Boston
James Sinclair
Fall River Cotton Manufacturers Association
Sinclair
Charleton Mills
Fall River
Roosevelt
Tlam
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
New England
James M. Curley
Curley
Indus
Dexter Stevens
Frederick C. Dumaine
Amoskeag
Manchester
N. H
State House
Berkshire Mills
Adams
Greylock Mills
North Adams
Hope Mill
Scituate
R. I
Association
Russell Fisher
Southern
Bishop Calls For Church Inquiry
Milwaukee April 15 Defense of an American investigation into religious conditions in Mexico is contained in a new book by Bishop Francis Clement Kelley of Oklahoma. The volume Blood-Drenched Altars traces Mexican politics and culture and argues that American Christian principles should judge the case. The piece also notes local Homer events and a call to move to Homer.
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Milwaukee
Mexico
Francis Clement Kelley
Oklahoma
Kelly
Kelley
United States
Explain Method Of Securing Crop Loans
Emergency crop and feed loans up to 500 dollars are available to farmers and stockmen in Homer and surrounding areas through the $60,000,000 fund. Applications are accepted at the county agent’s office in Ada. eligibility requires inability to obtain credit elsewhere and cooperation with the production control program.
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Congress
Pontotoc County Court House
Ada
R. H. McElveen
Wichita
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
McElveen
Drouth
Dust Storm Described From Cimarron County Oklahoma
From the Cimarron county dust storm witness account by Jimmy Adams, a Arid wheat lands scene shows a red cloud racing from the northwest. A gravel river plows the ground knee deep while cars suffer damage and homes seal against silt. Citizens wear masks and seek dry bottled drinks as engines fail and washing requires seven tubs.
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Oklahoma City
Jimmy Adams
Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron County
Verdict on Gamill case ends in five year penitentiary
A district court jury found Buck Gamill guilty of robbery with firearms and sentenced him to five years in the state penitentiary with formal pronouncement next Wednesday The victims Mr and Mrs Fred Weir Ada druggists identified Gamill as the robber who took $50 At Maud witnesses placed him near a picture show the same night Harmon Underhill was convicted of livestock larceny and two year term set in state prison Several other cases were continued or resolved including guilty pleas and forgery bond forfeitures across the docket.
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Buck Gamill
State Penitentiary
Gamill
Fred T. Weir
Ada
Maud
Harmon Underhill
State
Underhill
G. C. Mayhue
Earl Brumley
Bert Lewis
Fittstown
Robert Johnson
Emmet Pates
Jim Welch
Granville Parker
Homer School Receives American Flag Ceremony
Norman Howard post of the American Legion presented an American flag to Homer school on Wednesday night. Val Crawford, past post commander, gave the presentation speech as community singing accompanied the program. Attendance and attention were noted as favorable.
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Charley Landredtth
Homer
Zera Lee Landredth
Norman Howard Post
The
American Legion
Val Crawford
Homer School
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Classified ad notes strong value for investors seeking high returns on small outlays. Prominent local firms and brokers promote affordable options with steady income potential and low risk. Offers emphasize flexible terms and quick entry for new and seasoned investors.
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Ace Mann
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Friogd Railroad
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Hughes
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Jackson
Kay
Kiowa
Logan
Mayes
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McClain Noble
Pottawatomie
Sequoyah
National Park Service
Woodward
Cherokee
Latimer
McCurtain
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Alfalfa
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LeFlore
Art’ Walker
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Dr. C. M. Combs
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