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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
3
The second floor maternity ward at Valley View hospital draws visitors to a window view of newborns. Since opening, the hospital has averaged about one birth daily with 12 born by Saturday noon and 45 patients on site, including Ada and Lotac counties contributing 34 babies and seven others from nearby areas.
In Norton Kansas a father George Dobbie 34 killed his wife Thelma Strickland 4 sons George Jr Glen Donald Raymond and Floyd Gene then fatally shot himself with a single 22 caliber rifle. Officers cite powder burns near foreheads and muffled blasts. An inquest was ordered. authorities suspect domestic trouble preceded the killings.
Announcement sets dove season opening for September 1 as local gunners inspect gear and prepare. Skeet field practice keeps equipment in top shape with out of town shooters invited for this afternoon’s event. Tulsa's Bobbie Parker, 1, wins with an 806 straight, while Billy Clayton of Calvin and Walt Dinger of Tulsa club claim prizes.
Miss Jettie Smith hosted the Colbert Farm Women's club session with members sharing yearly bedroom improvements. Topics included hanging drapes shoe racks and bed making, plus a rug making demonstration by Mrs Flora Jones. The group will meet August 15 at Miss Floretta McCurry's home.
Frank Norman, a longtime athletic figure at Schulter, will lead as high school principal and coach at Bridgeport this fall after four years at Schuster. A celebrated multi sport athlete, Norman rose from local school teams to national attention, excelling in track and other events.
Beaver August 3. Jealous love triangle ends in murder and suicide as Ben Bogue a note proprietor shoots Tom Angelton a teed store operator over a 30 year old woman. Bogue then shoots himself fatally in the hotel room.
Hundreds of 4 H club delegates gathered for the opening of their annual roundup at Oklahoma A and M College. The first general assembly and roll call were set for tonight with registration and housing to follow. Achievement records by county were announced with Cleveland leading at 19.99 points and Muskogee second at 19.96.
Sheriff reports a burglary at the Dad Patterson residence one mile north of the Country club. Sunday night the Pattersons arrived home around 9:30 to find the house ransacked. Missing items include a clock tools and a lantern. Investigation underway.
Marriage licenses issued in the past week list six couples: Andrew London 38 Coalgate with Pinkie Aikens 0 Pauls Valley. Clyde Paxton 21 Lehigh with Leis Osborne 18 Coalgate. Julius Clay 25 with Velma Hanson 13 of Daisy. Wallace Fowler 22 Ada with Rebeca Creech 19. Buster B Loman 21 Coalgate with Vera Trene Robertson 18 Leigh. Charles Buss 24 Asher with Olivia Graham 20. An auto plane motorboat is planned to travel 24 knots on water, 60 mph on road, and 120 mph in air.
Oklahoma City reports quote Oklahoma county election board secretary A Blankeney blaming antiquated election laws for possible padded registration rolls in the July 12 primary. The Times survey warns registration methods invite ballot box stuffing, prompting subpoenas of a precinct registrar and a hotel operator. Officials defend book keeping while noting undeliverable letters.
The Round-Up club hosts a Twin Lakes barbecue for Ada baseball team with tickets at $1. About 500 Ada residents have already bought tickets, and organizers aim to raise $500 to cover season expenses and state tournament costs. Tickets available from Virgil Manahan, Leo Hennigan, or Reed Harmos. event starts 7 o'clock with lights for after dark. Oscar Hatener and Mueckey McBride plan the program.
TOPEKA Aug 8 Gen Arthur Capper protested in a letter to Secretary Cordell Hull against a reduced excise tax on petroleum imports from Venezuela. He urged hearings on a pending reciprocal trade agreement and noted concerns from Kansas oil groups that the measure would harm U S producers and provide no reciprocal advantage. Up to 12 million Americans allegedly have never bought a new car.
Warner Oland famed for the film Charlie Chan died in a Stockholm hospital at 7 a m local time after bronchial pneumonia. He will be buried in Umea his birthplace, with news of his critical condition released from Edith Shearn his estranged wife.
Boston date Aug 8 a lie detector tests Douglas Corrigan saying he acted to California while the Dublin flight ended. Dr William Marston presided at a dinner in Corrigan’s honor with Mayor Tobin commenting on self deception. A $2,500,000 airship bombs might be planned by the skyinfluencing group.
Richard Elam Stonewall newspaper publisher and county commissioner says a road tractor and a grader are missing from district three. He notes inventories show the equipment in the county, but a thorough search failed to locate them and thinks someone ordered their removal around the time the grand jury finished work.
In Memphis on August 5 Harry L. Hopkins announced a permanent program of off season employment for needy farmers as the first step in Roosevelt's plan to reduce southern income inequality. He said state and regional administrators in eleven states would coordinate measures to expand WPA rolls to 200,000 until labor is needed for cotton harvest. The program will close during picking time and reopen after the harvest.
Edith Bryant of the Cedar Grove 4-H club was struck by a car at Townsend and Main. She suffered only slight bruises and refused ambulance transport. She is a county representative attending the 4-H club roundup at Oklahoma A and M College in Stillwater this week.
Three Pontotoc county men Dick Johson Hodge Coffman and Fred Clark are held in the county jail awaiting arraignment on charges of stealing 35 dollars worth of chain hoists and other items from a building one mile north of Ada. The cases were filed in Justice Court by A W Oliver. arraignment had not occurred by Saturday. Deputies arrested them on Main Street late Friday night.
Oklahoma City notes will be prorated among subscribers at an issuing board meeting. The $8,000 block of treasury anticipation notes, issued under a new law to cover non-payable warrants, bear 2 percent interest and mature next May. Carl B. Sebring notes oversubscription by bankers and individuals.
Mathus Veal 25 an oil worker for E H Moore died after red elevators fell from a derrick at a well near Harden City high school. He lived in Bokchito and had worked for the company since 1934, one of its longest-serving employees. Funeral services will be held in Bokchito with burial at Cad Do cemetery. survivors include parents Mr. and Mrs. J M Veal Ada a brother Ouley and a sister Mrs Hughes of Bokchito.
G. F. Duke of Maud suffered a severe injury to his left hand while working on a pipe pulling job near Stringer. His forefinger was torn off and other fingers mangled when his hand was caught in a winch. He is employed by FL Hurt, a Maud pipeline contractor.
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