Home Demonstration Board Discusses Improvements and Camp Plans
The Pontotoc county Home Demonstration Advisory board held its third quarterly meeting in the Business and Professional Women's club room with county president Mrs. jr. L. Story presiding. Miss Lemna Maloney outlined a Better Homes program and Exposition Day plans, emphasizing low or no cost farm housing upgrades and several concrete improvements. Reports from 17 clubs covered past work, club projects, and plans for sewing, canning, gardens, and civic activities, plus a vote on the annual county camp and Farmers week delegates.
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Pontotoc County
Maloney
Stillwrater
Local Fort Smith Pair Wed in Home Ceremony
Miss Aline Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Walker of Fort Smith Ark and Mr Robert C Poole son of Mr and Mrs N U Poole of Wynnewood were married Saturday night at 1030 in the home of Mrs O F Maury 409 S Townsend Rev Milo Arbuckle officiated in the ring ceremony in the presence of a few friends The bride has worked in Ada and now in the office of W A Delaney Jr Poole is with Continental station No 2 on S Broadway The couple reside at 409 S Townsend A second wedding occurred Wednesday afternoon April 3 at the parsonage of the First Christian church Edwin Wright of 725 E Eigoth and Mrs Georgia Leitner were married Rev Ivan J Young officiated before relatives
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A. D. Coon
Ada
A. D.D. Coon
Aline Walker
J. D. Walker
Fort Smith
Ark
Robert C. Poole
N. U. Poole
Wynnewood
Rs. O. F. Maury
Ss. Townsend
Milo Arbuckle
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
W. A. Delaney Jr
Poole
S. Broadway
S. Townsend
afLernoon
First Christian Church
Edwin Wright
E. Eigoth
Georgia Leitner
Ivan J. Young
Murray wins as Oklahoma House rejects Lake Murray name change
Oklahoma House votes down a proposal to rename Lake Murray as Lake Oklahoma. Glade Kirkpatrick's measure for a Lake Murray Commission to oversee hunting and fishing fees was killed, opposing sides arguing public access would be restricted.
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Murray
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
Lake Murray
Lake Oklahoma
Glade Kirkpatrick
Tulsa
Lake
Pontotoc County Schoolmasters Plan Final Meet at Vanoss
Pontotoc County Schoolmasters Club holds its last meeting of the year at Vanoss school on Tuesday April 23 at 7 30 PM. The event features Vanoss chicken fries and invites every member to attend with one guest, reservations due by April 20.
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Vanoss
Pontotoc
Red Phillip Beats Missions in San Antonio Debut
Beaumont Exporters defeated the San Antonio Missions 12 to 1 in opening at a new ballpark. Red Phillips pitched well for Beaumont, while Hillin Mills and teammates were hit hard. Scores show Beaumont 0260 210 340 for 12 runs, San Antonio 001 000 000 for 1.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Missions
Beaumont
Missions
Shippers
Red Phillips
Hillin
George Mills
San Ang
Phillips
York
Mills
Martinez
Payton
Post Office to Get Dressing Up
The post office and federal courthouse in Ada Oklahoma will be repainted and decorated this summer. Bids for painting plaster and related work will be opened May 9 1935. Specifications may be obtained from the post office custodian or W E Reynolds Assistant Director of Procurement Public Works Branch Washington DC.
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Post Office
Federal Court House
James W. Lewis
Lewis
Treasury Department
Public Works Branch
Washington, D. C
U. S
St. Bete
Ada
Oklahoma
Public Works
W. E. Reynolds
Texas Extends Oil Control Two Years
Governor James V. Allred signed a bill extending the railroad commission’s power to prorate oil production by market demand for two more years. The current law expires in September. He said he would also sign a gas conservation measure now before the senate.
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Austin
Tex
James V. Allred
Railroad Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Cotton loan program bears heavy risk to AAA
The AAA holds 4.27 million bales on loans at 12 cents a pound totaling 256.2 million dollars, while market prices lag and exports fall. Officials fear the program may become AAA’s first major disaster, with drastic 1936 production cuts and warehouse receipts offered in exchange for restraint. Labor unrest looms but strikes are unlikely as key industries curtail output.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA Service
Washington
AAA
Federal Farm Board
The
Farm Board
Aan
Three Western Powers End Paris Peace Conference
After 18 hours of talks on Isola Bella in Lake Maggiore, Italy France and Britain announce full agreement on major points to save Europe from war. Topics include an eastern non aggression offer, Danubian talks at Rome, air pact for quick aid, and renewed Austrian Hungarian Bulgarian armaments.
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Stresa
Italy
France
England
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Reich
League of Nations
Paris
Benito Mussolini
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Ramsey MacDonald
Rome
Austria
Germany
Geneva
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Britain
Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Great Britain
Isola Bella
Lake Maggiore
Congress May Extend Session to Late Summer
Senate Republican leaders said only one major measure has passed and Congress may stay through summer unless the administration program is curtailed. McNary predicted a mid June finish if social security NRA extension bonus and appropriation bills are rejected. Roosevelt reportedly wants the full program, while Democrats believe passing NRA and social security may suffice for satisfaction.
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McNary
Roosevelt
Congress
State
War, Justice and
War Department
Senate
House
Treasury-Post Office
Home Owners Loan Corporation
District of Columbia
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Washington
Oregon
Capitol Hill
NRA
Night session extends Ada robbery trial into late hours
The district court pushed the Lloyd Mayes and Buddy Mayes armed robbery case to a jury verdict after a long day, forcing delays in other trials. Jurors planned to reconvene for initial ballots today while several murder and burglary cases were continued or moved to later dates.
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District Court
Lloyd Mayes
Buddy Mayes
Guy Meaders
Ada
Mayes
Edgar Sherrill
Earl Brumley
Arnold Brown
James Lewis
Bill Frazier
Hermon Underhill
L. W. Williams
Robert Johnson
Buck Gamill
Emmet Pates
Jim Welch
Granville Parker
Harmon Underhill
Earl Atterberry
J. R. Drake
W. E. Drake
Unemployed Urged to Re-register for Irving Ward School Work
Rob ert Shannon of the National Reemployment Service announces that unemployed men seeking work on the Irving Ward school construction must re register within 30 days. Re registration at the NRS office Room 229 federal building will qualify them for employment on the project funded by a PWA grant and school district bonds. most labor will be secured through the NRS.
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Robert Shannon
National Reemployment Service
Irving Ward
Shannon
NRS
Federal Building
PWA
Medford Bank Robbery Suspect Faces 20 Year Term
Enid report states Joe Newton, once pardoned for a $1,000,000 Rondout mail train robbery, now faces a 20 year penitentiary term for taking part in the $4,400 Medford First National Bank robbery on April 14, 1932.
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Enid
Joe Newton
Rondout
Ill
First National Bank
Medford
Soil Erosion Chief Leads County Advisory Board Meeting
County agent J B Hill hosted a meeting of the county farm demonstration advisory committee. Major projects include terracing soil building live stock 4 H clubs and AAA. 32 000 pounds of Korean lespedera seed distributed to 298 farmers and 24 4 H clubs with 610 enrollments.
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J. B. Hill
County Farm Demonstration Advisory Committee
Hill
Dallas
AAA
Pacifist College Students Stage Strike Against War
Pacifist undergraduates and high school pupils marched and demonstrated to protest war in campuses nationwide. The walkout featured speeches, parades, and denouncements of fascism with police sometimes intervening amid scattered stunts and rain shortened protests.
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Pacifist
Associated Press
Boston
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hasty Pudding Club
Harvard
Columbia University
New York
Ohio State University
Columbus
Robert L. Lehman
Lehman
Geneva
N. Y
Roosevelt
University of Buffalo
United States
Oklahoma Students Barred From Daytime Peace Strike
Norman reporters note limited campus sentiment as University of Oklahoma blocks daytime peace strike meetings. Officials say protests may occur only after class hours, with a late afternoon or night gathering allowed. Dale Clark of the Oklahoma Daily criticizes the action as aiding war propaganda.
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Norman
University of Oklahoma
Dale Clark
Sand Springs
Oklahoma Daily
Peace strike movement gains little at Oklahoma State College
Stillwater April 12 A handful of students discussed a national collegiate peace strike but none joined. S Leroy Bradley a student wrote a letter urging interest in the movement but it drew little campus comment.
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A. & M. Stillwater
S. Leroy Bradley
Woman talked for vice president
The piece notes capital feminists discuss a woman vice president with names like Florence Allen Ruth Bryan Owen and Josephine Roche mentioned as possibilities. It quotes Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and references leaders Alice Roosevelt Longworth Mabel Willebrant and others while stressing cautious optimism about a female VP role.
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Bess Furman
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
League For
Brooklyn
Florence E. Allen
Cleveland
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
George Bass
Bureau of Narcotics
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
America
Dust settles in Ada as cold lingers despite sunshine
Ada reports lingering dust on floors and outdoor surfaces after a strong Wednesday wind. The day after a cool high of 63 degrees, the night dropped to 39 with no significant warming expected Friday.
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Ada
Missouri extends president Williams term to 1935
The University of Missouri board of curators voted to extend Dr. Walter Williams's presidency until June 30 1935 when his resignation will take effect. The action was announced in St Louis on April 13 by UP.
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ST. Louis
University of Missouri
Walter Williams
Curios and Antiques By Ferde Deer in
A well dressed woman browses a magazine rack at a local newsstand. She buys a well known magazine of questionable character and asks for a paper cover to hide it. The piece notes that young folks can find ground for dreams even amid prevailing dust storms.
Digging for ancient villages fuels local curiosity
Local archaeologist Herbert Antle urges wonder at Caddoan culture finds. He shows a prehistoric village site, a buried Indian ground, and plans a museum at the University of Oklahoma. The piece also notes war and peace views and a humorous scene of a man seeking a $3 marriage license refund after his bride fled.
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Herbert Antle
Herbert
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Legislature Debates Tax on High Speed Automobiles
A proposed Oklahoma bill would impose a special tax on cars able to exceed 50 mph. The speaker notes only a few owned vehicles would have qualified, implying heavy taxation on standard cars.
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Oklahoma
Bicycle collision injures Ada confectioner in dark night
Mr Gibson, a confectioner, collided with Dr Reeves buggy during a very dark night last week. He suffered serious bruises but was not seriously hurt.
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Ada News
Relief rolls and voter access spark bold critique
A wary argument suggests cutting relief recipients from voting while funded by taxpayers would force lawmakers to curb relief quickly, implying voting rights and public assistance are linked to policy urgency. The tone probes welfare policies and political incentives.
Local notes on gun, students, artists and street scenes
Floyd Henry boasts a sport gun with a 14 gauge shotgun engraved inlaid on a polished stock calling it genuine 23 carat gold. East Central Journalist Charles Young notes Grace George and George Grace enrolled at the college. Claud Logsdon still enjoys painting. County walls require 100 signs to curb vandalism. A teamster reuses a razor strap as a whip on mules. Speculation lingers on the Pontotoc County League of Young Democrats.
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Floyd Henry
Charles Young
East Central
Grace George
George Grace
Claud Logsdon
Pontotoc County
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