Ada Weekly News and Ada Evening News History
A historical note details the Ada Weekly News publication lineage in Ada Oklahoma. It lists consolidations with the Ada Weekly Democrat Pontatoc County Enterprise and Ada Star Democrat and notes publication as a Thursday weekly and Ada Evening News editions under different titles and periods.
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Another Newspaper Quits in Holdenville Trade
The Heldenville Tribune ceases operations after four years, leaving Heldenville with a single daily paper, the Heldenville News. The Clawson brothers led the failed effort amid rising costs, while Oklahoma City and other towns consolidate to one publishing house, affecting news coverage and fairness.
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Heldenville
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Enid
Bartlesville
Ada
Nashville
Language tricks and pride in phrasing in old humor
A humorous riff on exaggerated phrasing and linguistic pretension from A. P. Herbert and a Literary Digest memory. The piece notes how language can reveal or obscure thought, with examples of elaborate paraphrase replacing direct statements and irony about labels like liar.
Presidential Restraint Warns Against Unchecked Spending
Bruce Barton laments Roosevelt's expanded budget powers and warns that unchecked presidential appropriations threaten national credit. He contrasts past congressional limits with today’s broader spending, urging fiscal restraint and accountability to prevent a spending spree beyond tax intake.
Elisha Life of helpfulness lesson on Naaman the healer
A Sunday School lesson recounts Naaman the Syrian, a great leper, who through a captive girl’s plea and Elisha’s simple command is cured after washing seven times in the Jordan. The tale highlights humility over pomp and the power of faithful obedience.
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Syria
Israel
Too Much Knowledge and The Hatch Bill Debate
An old man with a hamburger stand learns from a doubtful mood on the economy that delaying improvements can ruin business. The piece supports a Hatch bill to limit political activity by federal officials and advocates similar state reforms to curb campaign work by public employees. It also mentions Dixie Davis, a gangster turned state witness who left his wife for a Broadway showgirl.
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Dixie Davis
A Day of Reckoning on Oklahoma Road Bonds
Oklahoma faced repeated failed bond issues to fund highways. The piece argues for pay as you go, citing road decay, rising vehicle speeds and weights, safety, and Arkansas debt woes. It praises past leaders who opposed bond schemes and claims Oklahoma now has better roads and a safer system by funding from current revenues.
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Oklahoma
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Arkansas
Ham Drivers and World News Reflections From 1930s Column
The piece critiques American driving habits calling drivers hampered by imitation rather than knowledge of safe principles. It cites J Standard Baker of the National Safety Council and warns long-time drivers may still neglect basic rules. It shifts to U S budget debate and peacetime European tensions with a cautious wish for restraint and resolution.
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J. Stannard Baker
National Safety Council
Editorial Writers On Vacation Leave Many Replace Voices
Editorial writers on state papers are away on vacation leaving columns to others. Readers may welcome fresh lines from substitute writers while editors rest in the shade or fish. A wit notes that a platform helps in a race but could embarrass after election as officials rarely honor campaign pledges.
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Pleasant town mornings and population outlook
It is pleasant to walk downtown with light traffic and singing birds. Early risers greet each other cheerily as the world’s birth rate slows yet population grows from longer lifespans. Experts predict stationary or shrinking population in coming years. Honest governance minimizes restraints while dishonest officials demand stricter oversight.
Motive Behind Public Course Aligns With Hidden Reason
A remark notes that the public’s chosen path often diverges from stated motives, suggesting underlying factors guide decisions opposite to what is publicly claimed. The statement reflects skepticism about transparency in public action and intent.
The Ringing Phone and Public Conversation
A reflection on how a telephone call can ease or worsen a situation depending on who is involved. The text notes that communication choices shape outcomes and social ease.
Astonishing Story Of Man With Four Wives And Luxury
Chicago August 8 UP A plasterer Howard L Shaw 34 once of Lafayette Indiana faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses amid stories of four wives a costly 12 cylinder car and hotel suites He allegedly pawned 16000 worth of Miss Janina La Bodas furs and jewelry borrowed 2300 from her mother to fund a supposed estate fight and financed a California honeymoon with funds from Miss Janette Middleton Shaw claims to have married multiple times and left Purdue University twelve years ago due to illness while police pursue complaints from several night club operators and witnesses including Miss La Boda and her mother
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Howard L. Shaw
Charles Pawlowski
Shaw
Lafayette
Ind
Pawlowski
Janina la Boda
Gertrude Anderson
Miss la Boda
James Lynch
California
Ass Janette Middleton
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Raymond Brooks
North Manchester
Purdue University
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Turkish beauty wins Fleischmann yeast fortune in court
In New York, a Turkish former wife of vice regal lineage secures a $25,000 annual income from a $500,000 Carl Fleischmann trust after a 1933 divorce. Holmes had challenged the settlement, but the supreme court upheld her right while acknowledging prior, disputed marriages.
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Fleischmann
Supreme Court
Izzet Pasha
Turkey
Carl Fleischmann Holmes
Holmes
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France
Belgium
England
Egypt
India
Holmes- Smith
Mazer Abeb
Damascus
Syria
Stanley Smith
Blood Outdraws Immigration Law in Four Girls Departure
Four American born girls from a Canadian family, aided by Los Angeles charities officials, prepared to depart tonight for Halifax after earlier deportation of their parents. The children Edna 16 Marjorie 14 Shirley 10 Colleen 3 were granted transport home, while Marjorie says she hopes to return and be American.
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Los Angeles
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Halifax
N. Y
John McNeil
Mildred
Jackie
Edna
Marjorie
Shirley
Colleen McMeil
Los Angeles County Charities Department
Team Takes First Honors And Money At Denver
The Enid Oklahoma Champlins defeated Buford Georgia Bona Allens 2 to 7 in the 24th annual Denver Post semi pro baseball tournament final. Enid erased a 6–0 deficit rallying to 7–7 then won in the tenth on walks and an error. White allowed five hits for five runs. V Gilchrist doubled and Jack Mealey singled to tie it. Lil Stoner drove in the decisive run in the extra inning as Nix’s overthrow opened the path home.
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Enid
Okla
Champlins
Buford
Bona Allens
Denver Post
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V. Gilchrist
Jack Mealey
Eather
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Howtard
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Wages of capital fall as savings rates shrink nationwide
The Forum notes a steady decline in returns on savings as rates drop from 4.48 percent in 1929 to 2.43 percent in 1938. State and federal policies push lower rates, with New Jersey cutting savings interest to 2 percent. Depositors fear reduced income and seek alternatives while discussions of further rate cuts spread in New England.
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National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
State Banking Department of
New Jersey
Eack
Postal Savings System
New England
Finally Gives Up Performs Marriage at Last
Vinita attorney Joe Bashore after 15 years as pastor of Big Cabin First Christian church finally performed a marriage ceremony. He said he would not wed except for his own child, but Miss Goldier Davis of Big Cabin kept after him until he consented to read the vows for Floyd Thornton of Sapulpa. Bashore noted hundreds asked him to marry couples, yet he kept others’ services with different pastors. In Mount Vernon Alabama, 16-year-old George Moore drowned after winning an underwater endurance contest, sinking in three feet of water.
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Lord Nelson
England
Naaman
Samaria
Israel
Syria
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Big Cabin
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Vinita
Goldier Davis
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Sapulpa
Bashore
Mount Vernon
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