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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
1
Officials in Ada hope a decision by the corporation commission will permit opening the East Tenth street crossing of the O C A A railway. The path would ease traffic, spur business district growth and possibly raise property values enough to justify paving to the east.
Oklahoma lawmakers enacted the final revenue measures including port of entry, cigarette tax extension and gasoline tax diversion, voting to adjourn sine die. The Grand River dam authority bill moved to conference. debates over housing authority and protracted fights over revenue plans follow, with two major measures remaining: departmental appropriations and debt funding.
Arkansas State figures show $1.6 million available to pay highway debt on June 4 plus current tax receipts, with potential to retire $1.5 to $2 million in bonds in six to eight months. Treasurer Earl Page and Bank Commissioner Marion Wasson project substantial debt reduction and savings on interest over the refunding term.
Orvil Ownsby arraigned before U S Commissioner W C Edwards after discovery of six and a half gallons of untax paid and unstamped whiskey on premises near Pontotoc and Johnston county. He was ordered held for federal trial and planned to post a 3000 dollar bond.
Provincetown authorities reported earth tremors on April 24 that shook houses and rattled dishes. Dr. L D Leet of Harvard described the quakes as purely local and not indicating a regional or larger seismic event.
Two Ada youths, William Soward 15 and James Bullock 14, were trapped at the bottom of an unused standpipe for nearly two hours. Ada fire department rescuers lowered them to safety after locating the source of faint cries near Eighteenth Street.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Emma Corgan Keller at the family residence 111 W Seventeenth Ada with Rev O B Lee and Rev M B Molloy officiating. She was born April 4 1854 at Anna Illinois and lived in Ada since 1913. Survived by four children Emma Keller Pearl Keller Harry Keller and Robert Keller with burial in Farmington Missouri. Pearl Frank Keller arrived from Fort Leavenworth Kansas for final services.
Plans are set for a tuberculosis eradication program in Pontotoc County with cooperation from farmers and cattlemen and the federal government. About 40 concentration points will collect cattle to minimize travel for owners, testing starts May 6 with injections first three days and checks last three days. Tuberculous cows are seized by the government and replaced, with value appraised by owners and an appraiser.
The House votes to adjourn sine die and sends the resolution to the Senate as both chambers rush major revenue bills to the governor. Committees fix dates for an election on proposed laws, redraw a gas oil tax diversion bill, and move bills on cigars and cigaret taxes. A constitutional amendment group outlines pensions and other reforms, while a livestock shipment check bill nears passage.
Former state bank commissioner LP W. J. Barnett faces indictment by an Oklahoma County grand jury on corruption charges. C R Wallace president of Farmers State Bank of Bethany is also indicted for making a false report on shareholders.
Classified ad notes offer promising returns for investors seeking value. Listings highlight affordable opportunities, potential profits, and practical steps for starting or expanding an investment plan, with emphasis on budget friendly options and measurable outcomes.
County Agent J. B. Hill examines a small black insect found boring into pecan trees in Johnston and nearby counties. Ranch owner F. E. Gillespie brought specimens for identification as Hill sends samples to state etymologist C. E. Sanborn to determine if the insect is a harmless beetle or a potential pest requiring drastic measures to protect nearby pecan orchards.
Official reports from the quake zone in Formosa indicate 3,185 people were buried and over 10,000 received hospital or first aid treatment.
The cotton processing tax faces a Supreme Court challenge as Congress debates the levy. Massachusetts Republicans attacked the tax on the House floor led by Representative Warren, who frames the fight as an anti agricultural adjustment administration effort.
A county moves to end slot machines with warrants for several operators involved in installing gambling devices. Authorities have confiscated marble and slot machines, storing nearly twenty four ready for court disposal, while merchants remain liable if machines are used for gambling. The drive aims to curb youth exposure to gambling temptations.
Vanoss school hosted a chicken fry for the Pon totoc county Schoolmasters club's final meeting of the year. attendance was best of the year as teachers and guests from across the county enjoyed two large pots of old fashioned fried chicken with coffee and bread. no formal program, but the meal sparked chatter and plans for a future gathering in a squirrel infested area.
President Roosevelt assigns over 60 existing government bodies to relief work and creates three new units including a rural rehabilitation agency led by Rexford Tugwell while outlining eight project classes such as highways rural electrification housing and sanitation. Frank C. Walker is named director of the National Emergency Council to oversee project applications.
Associate Justice William A. Pierson of the Texas Supreme Court and his wife were shot and killed by two highwaymen on Bull Creek road near Austin. Their son Howard Pierson, 21, was wounded in the arm but survived to tell investigators about the ambush and killing. Local officers, aided by Frank Haner, began a murder investigation as the family traveled to a pecan experiment station on the Colorado River.
President Roosevelt designated 43 existing agencies and created three new divisions to handle the 4 billion relief program. He will appoint a national allotment board to decide how funds are spent, with work expected for thousands of white collar workers.
Fred E. Sieb, fingerprinted as a North Carolina escapee, pleaded not guilty to murdering Buck Allen 60 in a downtown affray last Wednesday night. Held for preliminary hearing May 1. he admitted firing but said it was self defense. Sieb escaped in 1933 for forgery, arrested after a 3 000 mile chase through Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas.
K K Wing 43 of Bartlesville secretary treasurer of Phillips Petroleum Co died this morning in a Tulsa hospital after months of illness. With Phillips since 1917 he was well known in the oil business. He leaves a widow and three children.
In Rensselaer Indiana Frank Gross 26 of Demotte lay dying of pneumonia in a hospital bed yesterday yet married Mrs. Della Durante also of Demotte. Unable to speak he signaled consent and died shortly after the ceremony.
Washington April 24 The senate voted 39 to 34 against reducing the Bankhead farm tenant aid bond limit from 1 billion dollars to 100 million Bailey D NC had pressed the amendment and another to ease loans for tenants and sharecroppers but faced opposition from Smith D SC who tied his critique to the agriculture adjustment act saying the AAA bill restricts production while the tenant relief bill would open options.
A major April snow swept across Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico reviving parched farmland after four years of drought. Denver crop statistician calls it the most favorable thing in months as trains and motorists report clearer air and replenished water reserves. Some southeastern Colorado dust belt areas saw no rain yet threatening weather.
Philadelphia Tenn L H Davis an 83 year old man who often wished to die on the hour and day his wife died three years earlier died yesterday within ten minutes of the time his wife had died, as reported from Philadelphia.
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