Supreme Court Invalidates 1871 Old Georgia Insurrection Law
The Supreme Court ruled the 1871 Old Georgia insurrection law unconstitutional, reversing a Georgia high court decision. The 5 to 4 ruling held the statute violates the 14th Amendment protections of liberty, speech, and assembly in Angelo Herndon case. Justice Roberts wrote for the majority. Justice Van Devanter dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Angelo Herndon
Cincinnati
Justice Roberts
Justice van Devanter
McReynolds, Sutherland
Butler
Georgia Supreme Court
Herndon
International Labor Defense
Gibson Again Overlooks Oklahoma County Mineral Survey
W. H. Gibson, Pontotoc county Supervisor for the state mineral survey, now also oversees Hughes county work. R. N. Callum and Lee Byrd join the team. two others receive raises. State supervisor R. C. Beckstrom praised Ada support and local cooperation during a weekend visit. Gibson had earlier assisted when the survey began in Pontotoc, later serving in Hughes.
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Pontotoc County Mineral Survey
Hughes
W. H. Gibson
Pontotoc
State Mineral Survey
Hughes County
R. N. Callum
Lee Byrd
R. C. Beckstrom
Tulsa
Ada
Gibson
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Old Age Pension Suit
Washington April 26 The supreme court agreed to review a test case challenging the constitutionality of the old age pension provisions of the federal social security act. Justices postponed a final ruling on unemployment insurance and related state measures, with some observers predicting a combined decision later. Fifteen opinions were read in a two hour session.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Angelo Herndon
Cincinnati
Ada pioneer builder Dill F. Coleman dies at 59
Dill F. Coleman 59 a Ada Oklahoma builder and longtime resident died at his home 129 South Mississippi Friday afternoon He came to Ada in 1903 and helped construct many early buildings He survived by his widow two sons Ollie and Carl a daughter Myrtle a brother C B Coleman of Oklahoma City a sister Mrs Frank Madden Ada and grandchildren Mrs Farlo Wyatt Betty Lee Coleman Clyde Barker Tawanah Patricia Betsy Ann Coleman Interment at Rosedale Cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge
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Dill F. Coleman
Ada
South
Mississippi
Criswell Funeral Home
J. C. Curry
First Methodist Church
Rosedale
Coleman
Ollie
Carl
Myrtle
C. B. Coleman
Oklahoma City
Frank Madden
Leo
Crawford County
Ark
Oklahoma
Elizabeth King
Eastern Star
Farlo Wyatt
Ochelata
Betty Lee Coleman
el Paso
Clyde Barker
Stroud
Tawanah
Ada Hosts Fourth District American Legion Convention
Ada welcomed about 1000 attendees as 32 posts gathered for business and entertainment. Milt Phillips outlined state and national plans, auxiliary leaders reported activities, and Rayford Corvin won the district oratorical contest before a postparade disruption from an April shower. Val Crawford presided as Norman Howard Post No. 72 hosted.
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American Legion
Auxiliary
Ada
Legion and
Phillips
Milt Phillips
Oklahoma City
Hope Reed
Vinita
L. L. Little
Dilton
Ada Builds Boom As Woolworths Expansion Opens New Space
The Ada item notes Woolworths at 104 West Main nearing completion with a 45 percent larger sales floor, new display fixtures and a renovated interior. Also in Ada plans new Valley View Hospital footings start, plus McLellans store remodel and First Baptist church Sunday school addition planned for May 1.
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F. W. Woolworth
West Main
Ada
Woolworth’s
Homer Ballew
Valley View Hospital
Commonwealth Fund of
New York City
McLellans
First Baptist Church
Skeletal injury eyed in Lowe death near Antlers
Pushmataha county attorney Joe Stamper said he is reviewing a Dr. C W Connally theory that a fractured skull, not drowning, caused Sidney Lowe 45. Lowe's body was recovered from the Kiamichi river with a 20 pound stone around the neck and bruising around the skull.
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Antlers
Joe Stamper
Pushmataha County
C. W. Connally
Sidney Lowe
Lowe
Kiamichi
School heads named Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Education Association announced appointments of superintendents for multiple districts including Duncan N L George, Wewoka D E Phillips, Marlow John C Fisher, Sallisaw Henry L Peck, Checotah J L Russell, Howe Charles Page, Wagoner James L Prince, Davenport John M King, Ames Howard Gauthier, Buffalo L M Foster, Eufaula H A Lucas, Spiro ID No 2 O W Jones.
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Oklahoma City
The
Oklahoma Education Association
Duncan
N. L. George
Wewoka
D. E. Phillips
Marlow
John C. Fisher
Sallisaw
Henry L. Peck
Checotah
J. L. Russell
Howe
Charles Page
Wagoner
James L. Prince
Davenport
John M. King
Ames
Howard Gauthier
Buffalo
L. M. Foster
Eufaula
H. A. Lucas
Spiro Independent District No
O. W. Jones
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Ada News notes a classified ad claiming greater returns for the amount invested in vested plans. The snippet hints at financial incentives or investment schemes and urges readers to consider the potential gains.
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Ada News
Allen unit to move drills to Ada armory
Orders move Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 180th Infantry National Guard from Allen to Ada for economy. Units retain personnel and payroll. Ada armory rent free offers space, training rooms, storerooms, and safer storage. Allen unit organized 1931. Lt Wayne M Roberts commands. Lt Otho Butler serves. 25 enlisted in Allen.
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180Th Infantry
National Guard
Allen
Ada
Wayne M. Roberts
Roberts
Otho Butler
Big Fishing Year Promised in Southern Oklahoma
The region expects a record fishing year as streams and lakes remain stocked. Durant’s hatchery adds 108 ponds with 85 to open this year, and Hughes Crossing on the Blue River drew 200 anglers last Sunday. New rules require licenses for residents 16 and older at 1.25 dollars, with exemptions for certain pole line methods. 60 day residency grants eligibility for a resident license, and zones limit trot lines to ten hooks. The bag limit sets 25 game fish per day, with no more than 10 of a single species, and size minimums of 8 inches for bass and 5 inches for crappie.
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Oklahoma
Jack Finks
Durant
Hughes Crossing
Blue River
Gas Masks Of War Yield Taste Removing Magnet
Gas masks developed for war show a magnet that extracts bad tastes and odors from food and drink. John W. Hassler of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company described the taste magnet to the American Chemical Society, using the same carbon as gas masks.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Chapel Hill
N. C
American Chemical Society Today
John W. Hassler
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Tyrone
Activated carbon and wart treatment from chemical findings
The article explains activated carbon as porous particles with surface attraction used to remove unwanted flavors from syrups juices and alcoholic beverages and to adsorb quinine from solutions. It also notes a wart absorption method using sodium hydroxide followed by diluted hydrochloric acid to coagulate proteins and remove the wart with minimal scarring.
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Hassler
John R. Caldwell
Ohio State University
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Caldwell
Allen teachers re elected by unanimous board vote
Allen board of education re elected the entire faculty for next fall by unanimous vote. Superintendent Lloyd R. Watson announced the action as the district considers building a six room high school unit with offices showers sanitary facilities and 150 lockers.
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Board of Education of
Allen
Lloyd R. Watson
Watson
Lowell V. Turner
Ernest Walker
Elmor Hendrickson
Smith-Hughes
Leroy “Bony” Matthews
Death calls for Mio Wade Smith
Mrs. Novie Smith widow of Wade H. Smith died Thursday afternoon at Melrose New Mexico and was brought to Ada for funeral services at 2 PM at Keith Funeral Home with Rev J C Curry officiating. Burial is in Franks Cemetery. She spent most of her life in Jesse and nearby areas and is survived by her husband parents and three daughters and a son. The family moved to New Mexico years ago due to tuberculosis and she did not fully recover.
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Novie Smith
Wade H. Smith
Melrose
New Mexico
Ada
Keith Funeral Home
J. C. Curry
First Methodist Church
Franks Cemetery
A. J. Jones
Jesse
Marland Grants Clemency To Nearly 1 100
A survey of clemency records shows Governor Marland freed 1 082 convicts, including 717 to McAlester Prison and 290 to Granite Reformatory, with 148 full pardons. Thirty eight paroles revoked among those freed and 115 prior revocations bring total revocations to 153. Pardon and parole attorney Fred Cunningham calls for a larger parole force noting Kansas uses 22 full time staff to cut inmate totals.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
McAlester Penitentiary
Granite Reformatory
Fred Cunningham
Oklahoma
Cunningham
Kansas
Homer News: Club Activities and SchoolEvents Reported
The Homer club held its regular meeting with 14 members and 3 visitors enjoying quilting and luncheon. New member Mrs Hill welcomed. Sunday school attendance was 54. Students prepare for grade entertainment on April 20 and eighth grade graduation April 30. Girls softball tournament results favor Homer over Oakman and Bebee, with final 5-8 and trophy on April 28. The boys beat Bebee 5-8 with a homer by Quincy.
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Homer Club
Hill
S. C. Little
Walter Eaton
Ada
John Collier
Billy V. Blackburn
Bernice Hallam
Verna Mae Rains
Billie Lou Smith
Georgia Higdon
James Conner
Warren Quincy
Kenneth Ragsdale
Seneca Alexander
Glenn Weathford
Leonard Raney
McCall’s Chapel
Conway
Homer
Oakman
McCall Chapel
Bebee
McCall's Chapel
Bebee Lassies
Rebee
Blackburn
Collier
Quincy
Cotner
Farm Legislation Delayed by Roosevelt Economy Plea
Washington April 22 Congress eyes delaying major farm laws as Secretary Wallace and Chairman Jones cite the president's economic plea. Tenancy aids crop insurance and the ever normal granary may be altered or postponed while funds for loans and relief are debated.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Jones
D., Tex
House Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Texan
Federal Land Bank
W. S. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Treasury
Rep. Taber
N. Y
Alfalfa Defies Growth in Turkish Goat Pasture
Creep ing alfalfa taken from a stony goat pasture in northern Turkey has been successfully transplanted according to AP dispatch from Washington. The report notes the plant's unusual resilience and potential for agricultural use.
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Turkey
Washington
Bevels to Pen To Serve Four Year Sentence
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser took Ted Bevels to the state penitentiary at McAlester to begin a four year term for the slaying of Mann Stokes on August 10, 1936. Bevels did not pursue an appeal as time expired. Stokes, 55, was fatally shot while seated in a roadside melon arbor north of Ada. Bevels had been wounded by Stokes years earlier in another county. Henry Ford comments on the F O B letters.
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Clyde Kaiser
McAlester
Ted Bevels
Mann Stokes
Bevels
Stokes
Ada
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Muskogee
Americanism Committee
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Young Egypt
Pontotoc County
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Woolworth
South Broadway
Dr. C. C. Morris
H. E. Morris
Dr. Morris
Louis Gluckman
Twenty-Second Street
Southwest Gas Company
West Thirteenth
Court House
C. H. Hodges
Gardena Avenue
Sunnyside
W. A. Alexander
East Seventh
Leo Henningan
Twenty- First Street
Belmot Avenue
Fink
Lloyd Watson
Mio
Wade Smith
Fairview
Okla
A. E. Robinson
Byron Ray
Bison
Harry Randall
J. Howard Lindley
Robinson
Ray
Ringwood
Homer News
Keith Funeral Chapel, Inc
Ada, Oklahoma
Middle West
Great Plains
H. L. Westover
Department of Agriculture
Westover
Christ
Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry
Hyannis
Neb
Sand Hill
Nebraska
Alfalfa
Henry Ford
First National Bank
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P. A. NO
G. J. Morton
S. K. Grant
Norris
EK. Martin
B. C. King
R. W. Simpson
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