Ada Kiwanis hears plan for first aid training in schools
Dr. E. M. Gullatt outlined Ada public schools to receive first aid instruction this fall for senior and junior high students. Plans call for Red Cross first aid stations on state highways 48 and 19 near Ada and a later school for instructors. A Red Cross representative will visit Ada early next year to train instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada Kiwanis Club
E. M. Gullatt
Gullatt
East Dental State Teachers College
Ata
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Kiwanis
E. C. Hilyard
R. J. Evans
Adam C. W. Plumly
Ardmore
E. Farris
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma in Washington: REA funds limited for the year
John M. Carmody, rural electrification administrator, says Oklahoma faces tight REA funding with about 27 million available to lend this year. Rep. Jed Johnson had pressed for more, citing a 2.5 million shortfall. Oklahoma’s loan requests exceed current fiscal funds, while on hand sits 82 million in requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Haslet
Washington
John M. Carmody
Oklahoma
Frank C. Higginbotham
Oklahoma Municipal League
Jed Johnson
Anadarko
Johnson
Carmody
Congress
Massingale Praises Farm Forestry Drive Funding
In a letter to Elk City Mayor Blackburn Rep. Sam Massingale says the forest service told him the Works Progress Administration has funds to sustain farm reforestation work for another month. He vows to push farm forestry as a practical cooperative effort and notes the Budget Bureau may seek $500,000 in a deficiency bill to bolster the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Blackburn
Elk City
Okla
Sam Massingale
Cordell
Forest Service
Works Progress Administration
Budget Bureau
Congress
Chronology of China and East Asia Boundaries and Conflicts
A condensed historical timeline traces major territorial shifts and political changes in China and neighboring regions from 1516 through 1937. It covers Macau and Hong Kong transfers, Korean independence and annexation, shifts in Formosa, Tsingtao, Port Arthur, Manchuria, Shantung, Outer Mongolia, and ongoing Sino-Japanese confrontations culminating in proposed moves southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macao
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Annam
Japan
Tsingtao
Kiauchow
Port Arthur
Talienwan
Kwantung
Liaotung Peninsula
Russia
Manchuria
Korea
Tibet
Outer Mongolia
Sian
Germany
Shantung
China
U. S
Khingan Mountains
Shanghai
Manchukuo
Jehol
Hopei
Peking
Great Wall
Chahar
Nanking
Oklahoma rural road surfacing tops in 1936 totals
The department of agriculture reports 1,314 miles of surfacing built in 1936 on Oklahoma's 8,234 mile rural primary road system. Only Kansas and Texas built more surfacing that year. High type surfaces reached 2,884 miles and low type 3,829 miles in Oklahoma.
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Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
California
Minnesota
Tulsa Home Owners Association mourns Senator Robinson death
Vice President John N. Garner filed in senate records a resolution adopted by the Tulsa Home Owners Association expressing regret at the death of Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas.
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John N. Garner
Senate
Home Owners Association
Tulsa
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Oklahoma City Attorney Attends Oklahoma Delegation Luncheon
Charles Hill Jones, an Oklahoma City attorney, attended a luncheon of the Oklahoma delegation. He was in Washington on private legal business and was accompanied by Mrs. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hill Jones
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
John
Washington
Jones
Durant Senator Weighs Senate Run Against Cartwright
State Senator John A. Mac Donald of Durant said he had not decided whether to seek the third district congressional seat against Rep. Wilburn Cartwright of McAlester who plans to run again. MacDonald, in Washington to discuss armory funds, observed Congress in session. Rep. Phil Ferguson of Wood Ward, known as the cowboy congressman, enjoys boating on summer evenings. He co-owns a 24 foot cruiser on the Potomac with Rep. D Worth Clark of Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. MacDonald
Durant
Congress
Wilburn Cartwright
McAlester
MacDonald
Washington
House
Senate
Phil Ferguson
Woodward
Ferguson
Rep
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Potomac River
Oklahoma Senator Eyes Quick Action on Oil Pact Extension
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, author of the inter state oil compact bill, aims for swift passage before adjournment in three to four weeks. If ratified, the pact extends two more years. current expiration is September. In the Senate, the Thomas bill was ap-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
Thomas
Johnson backs farm bill while opposing cotton penalties
Rep Jed Johnson of Anadarko, chairing the house democratic steering committee, supports a farm relief measure introduced by the secretary of agriculture but rejects a Cotton penalty provision of $50 a bale. He argues such a levy would lead to lawsuits and farmer noncooperation, calling the Jones bill comprehensive and practical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed Johnson
Anadarko
House
Democratic Steering Committee
Marvin Jones
Johnson
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Ocean depths: about ninety percent exceed one mile
An estimate shows that roughly 90 percent of the ocean floor lies deeper than one mile. This highlights vast unexplored underwater regions and the limits of direct observation.
Bright Girl Reviews The Bachelor Situation Here
A humorous column surveys single men in the city, noting doctors, workers, and “career men” as potential bachelors. It comments on marital prospects, hairlines, and daily lives, with playful jabs at Linne Holmberg, Jack Conn, Ralph Moreland, Frank Norris, and others, ending with a satirical farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Moreland
Frank Norris
Ralph
Frank
Arnold Mallory
Don Montgomery
John Paul McKinley
Hoyt Driskill
Marion “Trueblue
Johnson
Doc” Wadley
Charles Cargile
Harold Criswell
Jack Fleming
George Croston
Bill Dodson
Jack Adams
Turner King
Luther Edge
B. R. Stubbs
Mrs Roosevelt Learns From Alice In Radio Critique
Mrs Franklin Roosevelt praised Alice Roosevelt Longworth for a sharp critique of her radio broadcasts. The remark came as she began a Q and A column in the August Democratic Digest noting the imitation helped improve her technique. She joked about American taste vs Soviet rivals in a light political moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Democratic Digest
Party
Roosevelt
Longworth
Stratford Plans for Big Picnic
Stratford, neighbor city to the west, plans a two day picnic on August 6 and 7 to mark the town site opening and celebrate renewed prosperity. The annual event, halted during hard times, resumes with entertainment, a carnival, fellowship, and community fun at the municipal park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Stratford Star
McGee
Pickett School Progress and Community Boosters Unite
Pickett School reports strong progress with active teachers and students. Principal Mr Williams is praised for leadership tied to scouting and 4 H club work. Teachers Mrs Haskins and Mrs Hoggatt bring experience and musical plans as students prepare a public program. A toy band forms, canning projects run, and baseball loss to Union Hill is noted.
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Pickett
Williams
Haskins
Summers Chapel
Oklahoma
Missouri
Hoggatt
Bromide
Union Hill
Bevers Reinstated as Pontotoc County Assessor
Bill Bevers resumes the Pontotoc County assessor post after Charley Floyd resigned and the county commissioners appointed Bevers to the vacancy. Floyd remains deputy. Bevers had planned to join the Pontotoc County Taxpayers League as secretary starting Aug 1 but chose to return as assessor. Bevers previously served as deputy and is in his second elected term as assessor.
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Bill Bevers
Charley Floyd
Bevers
Floyd
Pontotoc County Taxpayers League
League
Mr Bevers
Court House
Two Arraigned On Larceny Charge In Justice Court
Napoleon Frazier and Henry Red Ingram entered not guilty pleas on larceny charges. Frazier faces petit larceny for alleged theft of batteries from Bob Cason Motor, with a preliminary hearing set for August 3 and $1,000 bond posted. Ingram faces grand larceny tied to the same incident, with preliminary hearing also August 3 and no bond posted yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Frazier
Henry “Red” Ingram
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Frazier
Bob Cason Motor Company
Ingram
New Crop of Worms Attacks Pecan Trees
Still Water July 31. Ephraim Hixson of Oklahoma A and M College warns of a second brood of Walnut Datana caterpillars threatening pecan and walnut trees after heavy defoliation by the first brood. Larvae to appear early August. control advised with lead arsenate spray or by burning or pruning larval clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephriam Hixson
Oklahoma
Hixson
Americans and French Dedicate Monument in Meuse Argonne
At Montfaucon France President Roosevelt radioed to 6000 attendees as President Albert LeBrun praised America on the site of a Meuse Argonne victory memorial. Designed by John Russell Pope the white granite monument honors the World War offensive with Pershing and Petain urging peace to prevent future wars.
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Montfaucon
France
United States
America
Lorraine
Potomac River
Roosevelt
Albert LeBrun
John Russell Pope
New York
John J. Pershing
Henri Petain
Commonwealth Fund Executives Visit Ada Health Efforts
Dr W Frank Walker and Dr Clarence La Scammon of the Commonwealth Fund visited Ada on Thursday to review the county health unit work and progress on the new hospital. They assist the community in hospital construction and health programs in the state alongside Dr C M Pearce, state health commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Frank Walker
Commonwealth Fund of New York
Clarence la Scammon
Division of Public Health
Ada
Commonwealth Fund
C. M. Pearce
County Delegates to Farm Meeting
Pontotoc county farm club women left Monday for Stillwater to attend the annual Farm Week program at Oklahoma A and M college. Accompanying Mrs. Jessie Morgan home demonstration agent were several named delegates and county leaders. county agent J B Hill expected Joe Beasley L Freeney and Franz Reed to join the Stillwater meeting.
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Pontotoc
Maxwell
J. B. Hill
Stillwater
Joe Beasley
L. Freeney
Franz Reed
Five Die in Oklahoma Weekend Traffic Toll
Five people died in Oklahoma over the weekend in separate wrecks. Oklahoma City resident Lest Williams, 25, died from injuries suffered in a truck crash near the city. Raymond Gilbert, 20, was killed when pinned under a car rolling into a ravine near El Reno. Lola Lyons, 43, of Raw City, died after being thrown from a car near Newkirk. Pearl Baker, 49, a farmer near Knowles, was struck by a car west of Knowles. Doris Jean Lewis, 17 months old, died in a collision near Lexington. Frances Fields, about 19, suffered a broken back and was taken to a hospital in Arkansas City, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Williams
Oklahoma City
Raymond Gilbert
el Reno
Lola Lyons
Raw City
Newkirk
Pearl Baker
Knowles
Doris Jean Lewis
Lexington
Frances Fields
Lyons
Miss Fields
Arkansas City
Kas
Vernon Wright Dies after Auto Accident in Plainview
Vernon Wright aged 52 WPA worker died from injuries after being struck by an automobile in Plainview Texas. Driver identified as Miss Laverene Funk of Duncan Oklahoma. her father M P Funk and other family members were traveling to Albuquerque on vacation. Police Chief Ote Martine said witnesses viewed the crash as unavoidable.
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Plainview
Tex
Vernon Wright
WPA
Laverene Funk
Duncan
Okla
M. P. Funk
Albuquerque
N. M
Ote Martine
Oklahoma City Okla Homans Lose Federal Jobs
Paul V. Maris, acting director of the Oklahoma-Texas region of the resettlement administration, announced a regional staff cut affecting 82 Oklahoma workers as part of a 173-employee reduction. Oklahoma loses six county home supervisors and two farm debt adjustment district supervisors, with total district and county rural and home supervisors and clerks 228 in the state. The reduction yields a quoted saving of 195491.86 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Paul V. Maris
Oklahoma-Texas
The
Resettlement Administration
Wadley back from LSU summer session at Shreveport
Ada high school coach D M Wadley returned Sunday from the LSU summer session in Shreveport. He praised the program and facilities and plans to apply the material to the Cougar athletic work. He notes LSU has strong coaching staff and many freshmen who may become mainstays on the grid team. Football practice begins September 1 per rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc
D. M. Wadley Ada High
Shreveport
Louisiana State University
Wadley
Cougar
Robert Neal Brings Two Fine Peaches to Ada News
Robert Neal of Portland Park presented two peaches at The News office. Each weighed half a pound and measured 10 inches in circumference. The fruit, of the J. H. Hale variety, signals a good crop and potential greater returns for invested effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Neal
Portland Park
J. H. Hale
Robert
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Pickett School News
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Kerr County
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