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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
7
Foreclosure notices list multiple parcels in Ada and Pontotoc County. Auctions set for May 13 27 1935 at 2:00 PM at the South Front Door of the Pontotoc County Courthouse for properties tied to Emma L. Nelson J H Stephens Mrs J H Stephens The Texas Company Orra A Newton and others with judgments ranging from $888.04 to $2 277.13 plus interest costs and attorney fees.
Foreclosure sale of the described land in Pontotoc County Oklahoma to satisfy a judgment from October 22 1934 for 55 dollars with 10 percent interest plus costs and attorney fees. The sale takes place May 27 1935 at 2 PM at the south front door of the Pontotoc County Courthouse Ada Oklahoma.
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser will sell at public auction on May 2, 1935, the Ford Addition parcels in Ada including Lots 11-14 in Block 1 and 9-12 in Block 4 plus other described tracts to satisfy a foreclosure judgment of $16,237.11 with interest, plus $1,000 attorney fees and costs, held by P A Norris against multiple defendants. The sale of Lots 13 and 14 in Block 1 Ford Addition is subject to a first mortgage of $2,500.66 to Oklahoma City Building and Loan Association and to unpaid taxes.
The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill to designate township roads as county highways, enabling county commissioners to fund improvements. The measure also repeals a prior act limiting gasoline tax funds for debt retirement and makes road poll tax enforcement optional. The tax is set at two days' work or five dollars, replacing four days or nineteen dollars as before.
Boosters for The Institutional Highway asked for state highway No. 9 to connect eight state institutions from Reed to Stigler. A meeting in Anadarko heard assurances from highway commission members that the group would receive their share of planned road building, with about 250 delegates present.
Harvard authorities report ongoing research in southeastern Tibet after Gordon Bowles finds a remnant race he links to the progenitors of American Indians. He notes a likeness between their facial features and the buffalo nickel portrait, describing convex noses high cheekbones thin lips and red tinged skin. Bowles suggests migration from Tibet through Siberia across the Bearing Sea to the plains.
In Los Angeles on April 24 the perjury heart balm case involving Hungarian actresses Sari Fedak and Vilma Aknay and writer Ernst Vajda moves forward. Fedak was acquitted of perjury in a $250000 breach of promise suit Aknay had filed against Vajda. The state may proceed against Aknay, unclear after the verdict.
Classen high school captured multiple titles at the East Central meet in Oklahoma City, sweeping the one act play and several speech contests. Ada High earned four second places with Wayne, Sulphur, Blanchard and Wewoka also winning honors.
Kansas City April 24. Mrs. Louris Sherard of Chickasha Oklahoma reunites with her daughters Mabel Arlene Sommer 17 and Evelyn Marie Sommer 15 of Eudora Kansas after ten years of separation. A newspaper appeal prompted a friend of Mabel in Audora to connect them.
Glenn Cunningham and Glen Dawson, two top distance runners, will renew their rivalry at the Drake Relays in Des Moines on Saturday. Drake officials finalized arrangements for the showdown, a three quarter mile race, aiming to test against the world record of 2:00.6 set by Jules Ladoumègue in 1951.
New York April 24 Directors of Consolidated Gas Co of New York declare a 25 cent dividend on common stock. A similar dividend was ordered three months ago.
Ada high school swept the literary events at the East Central Interscholastic meet, totaling 62 points to lead. Wewoka, Horace Mann, and Sulphur followed with 44 28 and 28 points respectively, while Holdenville Wynnewood and others earned smaller marks across contests in spelling bookkeeping and home economics.
French and German veterans who faced each other in the last war will hold private talks in Paris on May 5 as the National Union of Combatants votes to enter discussions with veterans of other nations. Henri Pichot, president, urged frank but prudent dialogue amid warnings against Germany’s prestige policy.
NOVATA Okla April 24 Vigilantes of pioneer days may be revived to capture modern cattle thieves. Ranchers say cars and stock trailers replace horses while cooperation could stamp out rustling. Recent thefts reported to the sheriff. OKLAHOMA CITY April 24 A youth tied to the Stratford bank robbery last June was to be taken from Galveston to Pauls Valley for formal charges.
D. D. Duke, superintendent of Stonewall schools, has been reelected for the next school year. Stonewall will close May 10 after nine months of work. The high school enrollment is 227, with about 30 seniors, a record high, and growth expected from nearby oil developments.
Will Harris, a Negro, pleaded guilty to attempted burglary of a college building and asked to be sent to McAlester penitentiary "right now." Clarence Pate, white, faced second degree burglary charges for taking engine parts from the Choctaw Cotton Oil mill. bond set at $1,000 with trial on April 19. Several residents from Ada and nearby towns appear in transmission-style lists of names.
Buck Morris Jewell Humphrey and Guy Morris faced three separate federal cases for un stamped and untaxpaid whiskey found at a tourist camp west of Ada on Highway 19. Each case carried a $3000 bond not yet posted as they pleaded not guilty before U S Commissioner W C Edwards on Wednesday.
Durant April 19. George W. Thompson 74 was burned to death after being trapped on the second floor of a burning house one mile east of Durant. Five others fled in night clothing. Thompson and the Charles Roff family recently moved here from Roff Oklahoma, a town led by a family member.
The victim, father-in-law of Charles Roff Jr., lived with the family at their home. Charles Roff, born and raised in the town that shares his family name, figures in the period’s records.
Russell Boley 18 confessed to shooting his parents and setting their farm home on fire after pouring gasoline over the bodies. The signed confession was admitted into evidence at his preliminary hearing by County Judge L A Foster amid defense objections.
Mrs. Joe G. Roberts of Portersville Alabama endorses Black-Draught as relief for constipation and bilious headaches. The ad touts the remedy as refreshing and effective and urges others to try it.
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