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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
7
A garbled OCR captures a parade of notices and classifieds across a historic page. Names, places, dates, and sums appear in scattered form, with references to persons like Penne, Penob, and Canty, and to places such as Vas, Canerd, and Prankian, suggesting a dense, all-encompassing local listings section.
Soldiers settle into Fort Sit after a long trip with tents rising across the field. Private Harold Graham shows promise as a standout rookie while Sergeants Lambert, Canterberry, and Ford Swate prepare letters home and plan official formations for Monday.
Multiple scouts and organizers are noted in a detailed report of a camp near Wy, with names such as Arthur Morton, David Bunch, and Prof Linsit Wate in charge. Readers see arrivals, activities, and meals, plus mentions of missing persons and local leaders coordinating meals, transportation, and safety.
Judge Orel Mosby grants a permanent order closing the Stockton hotel on grounds it is a public nuisance. Sheriff L K Franklin and County Attorney Truman Harrison led the petition. Mrs Eva Tusse is given five days to remove possessions from the building after the ruling.
Police report a burglary at Magid P grocery at 110 South Townsend. Thieves pried entry from the outside, stole cigars and more than $40 in cash, fingerprints identified as the work of an experienced gang. Offenders escaped before Saturday dawn, prompting a city-wide search and investigation by officers.
Oklahoma National Guard units are in summer camp at Mart St. Fort Smith for two weeks. Mail time swarms with messages from families, 5,000 in number, while the 160th Pickett Artillery band and the local battery escort the camp activities. Also details on a marriage between Loretta Arnett and Leon A. Wise at Ada, with plans for travel to Texas, Colorado and New Mexico afterward.
Oklahoma Senator Gore criticizes state cotton policy, citing proposed 650000 bale open market disposal and 1300000 bales held by the board. He argues artificial surpluses depress prices, urges withholding this crop and directing 500000 bale distribution to the Red Cross, warning of market impact if 10000 bales are sold daily.
In Ada, H. W. Nave, a former Ada resident, faces conflicting accounts over a car sale. He testified Thursday amid dramatic scenes as details of the transaction and alleged false pretenses continue to unfold.
Fragmented want ad style text mentions a kidnapping and robbery case. A car dealer faces charges in Oklahoma City related to a faulty sale and a claimed debt to General Motors Acceptance. The case involves an alleged identity and misrepresentation with a suspect pleading not guilty in court.
Police recovered clothing from an ash can in May and linked it to Nave, who was kidnapped Wednesday by a man described as Peotty Bag. A car crash near Wavits in Nave led to a fatality and the mortgageed property concern tied to a $1,000 automobile claim. the suspect remained in custody.
Atoka shooting suspect Stows Dyer arrested at Atoka was held in custody at McAlester for safekeeping after being brought there from Stringtown. The case involves an attack on Undersheriff EF Moore and Sheriff C Maxwell during a county dance as officers attempted to arrest four men. Two other suspects are identified as Denman and McKinney of Texas.
A man arrested in connection with a dance hall shooting near Atoka Oklahoma was returned to Oklahoma with Deputy Sheriff Harris and County Attorney Maxey. He admitted being at the dance when the shooting occurred and denied any involvement. He was taken to Dallas after claiming to have fled. The incident occurred Friday night during a Washington Territory opera.
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