Commentary on WPA projects and political tensions in Ada
The column notes Ada city officials expect traffic signals on Main Street with WPA unskilled labor, estimating a $2000 savings if approved. It covers Oklahoma political friction, Mapel’s dismissal, potential Democratic split, Roosevelt and Hoover stamp collecting, Soviet money issues, Havana dress rules, AFL wage demands, and a peculiar science stunt involving Steve Something-or-other with looming film contracts.
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Ada
Works Progress Administration
Main
WPA
Washington
American Federation of Labor
PWA
Public Works Administration
New York
A. F. of L
Marland Grants Paroles In Oklahoma City
Governor Marland signed parole for Norris Crabtree who served a life term for the 1923 Tulsa slaying of Officer Robert Donally. He cited youth and extenuating circumstances. Other paroles include Milton Andrews one year. Hazel Bruner 30 years. Tom Brink two years. Clyde Mapes seven years. John Thompson five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Marland
Norris Crabtree
Robert Donally
Tulsa
Albert C. Hunt
Milton Andrews
Alfalfa County
Hazel Bruner
Seminole County
Tom Brink
Washington County
Clyde Mapes
Washita County
John Thompson
Tulsa County
Four Generations of Davis Die at 101 in New Albany
New Albany Pa. Charles W Davis dies at 101 years and 50 days. Survived by two sons four daughters five grandchildren seven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild in a four generation family notice from the area.
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New Albany
Charles W. Davis
Senate Passes Connally Oil Regulation Bill
The Senate approved without debate the Connally oil bill, authorizing federal regulation of oil imports on tariff commission advice and ratifying the Dallas interstate oil conservation compact. An amendment allowed remaining producing states to join as they ratify. The measure faced delay as Senator George moved to reconsider, citing import provisions as countrywide and contentious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Thomas
Dokla
Dallas
Tariff Commission
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Federal Oil Board
House
George
D-Ga
McAdoo
D-Calif
California
Vandenberg Attacks 250 Million Tax Bill in Senate
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan denounced the 250 million tax bill as ill-fated and ill-starved urging postponement to the next session. He called the measure a tin foil proposal, labeled it a fiscal fiasco, and argued it would not raise revenue or distribute wealth.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Congress
Harrison
Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Wardenberg
AAA cuts wheat acreage reduction to five percent
Washington August 14 The AAA lowers its wheat acreage reduction requirement for 1936 contract signers to 5 percent citing an ample supply need A drought heat and rust reduce the 1935 harvest by 123 million bushels from July projections The 15 percent reduction had been set two weeks earlier for 1936 signing Farmers signing contracts may have up to 25 percent adjustment in base acreage over four years from roughly 52 million acres under contract.
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Washington
AAA
Farm Administration
Highway dept. chief’s kin fired. Massingale replaced
Oklahoma City August 14. George Massingale brother of Congressman Sam Massingale of the Seventh district was dismissed from the state highway department. An executive order, without comment from highway commissioners, named J. M. Riddle of Oklahoma City to replace him. Three other replacements were ordered by the commission.
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Oklahoma City
George Massingale
Sam Massingale
State Highway Department
Massingale
J. M. Riddle
Greatest returns for the amount invested News Classified Ads
Classified notice highlights value deals and investment returns in a reader friendly style. Advertisements emphasize practical bargains and economical options for readers seeking strong value in purchases and services.
Bankhead predicts 12 cent loan on cotton crop
Senator Bankhead asserts the administration will announce a 12 cent loan on the incoming allotted cotton crop by week’s end. He cites congressional informants, AAA amendments, and the Bankhead act, claiming the conference report will pass and the act reach the president. He argues 12 cents is not too high.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Dick Truitt Set To Enter Ada Rodeo This Weekend
Stonewall rider Dick Truitt will join the Ada rodeo at Ada ball park on August 17 and 18. The event, sponsored by the Ada Fire Department, features top contenders and a calf roping contest among local business men. Programs start at 2:30 PM each afternoon with rapid-paced events announced by loudspeakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Truitt
Stonewall
Ada Ball Park
Ada Fire Department
Labor backs repeal push on sales tax across states
The AFL executive council instructed President William Green to urge affiliated state leagues to seek repeal of sales taxes. Green argued the tax shifts relief costs to the poor and unemployed, energizing organized labor against the levy in states with such tax.
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Atlantic City
WN. Dé. Ave
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Green
Boy Billy Camp Dies After Golf Ball Injury
Poplar Bluff Missouri August 14 Billy Camp age 14 son of Mrs Ora Richardson of Dexter died in a hospital after being struck on the head by a golf ball at the Poplar Bluff country club.
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Poplar Bluff
Billy Camp
Ora Richardson
Dexter
Poplar Bluff Country Club
Governor and Consul Clash Over Massachusetts Resolutions
Boston Aug. 14 Gov James M Curley and House Speaker Leverett Saltonstall defended Massachusetts right to pass resolutions condemning alleged German racial and religious persecution. Baron Kurt von Tippelskirch German consul general criticized the leak of letters as a breach of courtesy and interference in domestic affairs.
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Boston
James M. Curley
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Germany
Kurt von Tippelskirch
Leverett Saltenstall
Massachusetts
Saltonstall
Baron von Tippelskirch
Free-for-all fights erupt in county as 11 held
County and city officers broke up three brawls on Wednesday in Fittstown and Ada. Seven women were jailed for assault and drunkenness after a drunken melee in Fittstown. One man paid a 25 dollar fine in Ada for drunken combat following a car incident. Three more were arrested on East Main Street after a collision between a car driven by Jay Wilson and a Chevrolet coupe.
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Fittstown
Punk” Cochran
Ada
East Main Street
Jay Wilson
J. B. Skidmore
Main Street
R. Griffin
Charles Jones
Jones
Wilson
Strike Breakers Joined Pickets At Griffin Plant
In Muskogee Aug 14 union pickets discouraged strike breakers hired by Griffin Wholesale Grocery Co canning plant general manager Bryan Cole began paying the men after a truckload arrived amid jeers and threats. About 700 spectators watched as police stood by. Earlier in Tulsa Leon Childers 43 died when his car hit a post and overturned six miles east of the city.
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Muskogee
Bryan Cole
Griffin Wholesale Grocery Co
Cole
Tulsa
Leon Childers
West
Teas Officer Kills Transient in Texas Shootout
In Frost Texas on August 14 an unidentified transient was killed after an armed robbery attempt. Will Melton, 54, son of a former Texas ranger and nightwatchman, was critically wounded when he confronted the gunman near Citizens State Bank. Melton fired back, killing the assailant with a chest shot after bullets struck his hands and arm.
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Frost
Tex
Will Melton
Texas
W. E. Harrington
First National Bank
Melton
Citizens State Bank
Hans
Publicity Seekers Bother Former Governor Murray
Former Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray complains about egotistical beggars seeking to link themselves to his name even in retirement. He recalls a woman asking for a setting of Murray eggs and says he receives daily letters from such publicity seekers, which he does not answer.
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Broken Bow
William H. Murray
J G Woods Dies in Duncan After Illness
J G Woods, son of the late Major J G Woods founder of the Duncan Eagle, died at the Fuqua home in Duncan after asthmatic heart illness. Funeral services were held at Rangeley Goodman chapel with Rev J J Ward officiating. burial followed in Duncan cemetery. Surviving relatives include a sister, a sister-in-law, four daughters and five sons.
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J. G. Woods
Ira Jenkins
W. Fifth
Duncan
Joan G. Woods
Frank Fuqua
Lee Woods
Fuqua
Ashave
Woods
Duncan Eagle
Les Woods
Ada
Rangeley-Goodman Funeral Home
Rangeley-Goodman
J. J. Ward
Immanuel Baptist Church
Third and
Ash
Duncan Cemetery
Dr Evans Outlines Ada Hospital Plans
Dr Lester J. Evans of the Commonwealth Fund in New York City outlined a proposed Ada hospital to local directors at a noon Chamber of Commerce meeting. He is assessing the town and region to advise Fund participation and noted the Fund's mission to extend benefits and support hospital development with local cooperation. He will continue consultations through Thursday and report recommendations to New York.
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Lester J. Evans
Commonwealth Fund of
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Evans
Potatoes Declared Basic Crop Under Production Control
Washington August 14 The House approved by 173 to 165 on a roll call a Senate amendment to the AAA bill classifying potatoes as a basic commodity and authorizing a production control plan. A tax of 75 cents per 100 pounds would be levied on potatoes sold by producers beyond their allotments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Secretary
Persecution of Jews Intensifies Across Reich
Berlin reports show a broad Nazi drive against Jews expanding from Berlin to all parts of the Reich. Children join the agitation with anti Jewish actions and posters. Julius Streicher plans a major rally at Sportpalast while women criticize Jewish ties and a Wismar wedding party faces pre wedding pressure to exclude a Jew and his wife.
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Berlin
Reich
Julius Streicher
Dortmund
Wismar
Italians Put Dodecanese Islands Under Martial Law
A Reuters report from Athens states the Italian controlled Dodecanese in the Aegean are under martial law with a blockade. Leros is a fortress and visitors must go to Rhodes for inspection. Private houses are requisitioned for hospital use and all motor vessels are seized.
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London
Reuter’s
Athens
Aegean Sea
Leros
Rhodes
Dodecanese Islands and Spains News Reporter Incident
The Dodecanese islands in the Aegean, led by Rhodes, shifted between powers from Turkey to Italy after treaties in 1912 1915 and 1920 with Leros fortified for expansion. A Bulgarian officer jailed six Spaniards in Spain for killing a journalist noted for valuing reporters.
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Dodecanese
Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Rhodes
Turkey
Italy
Lausanne
London
Leros
Spain
Roosevelt Signs Social Security Bill In Landmark Act
President Roosevelt signed the social security bill in Washington with congressional leaders and Secretary Perkins present. He called the law a cornerstone in a structure still under construction to provide unemployment insurance and old age pensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Perkins
Roosevelt signs landmark social security law with broad tax plan
President Roosevelt enacted one of his era's major measures by signing the social security bill. It creates a federal state unemployment system with a 3 percent payroll tax on employers and provides old age pensions from $10 to $85 monthly starting after 1942. An initial 100 million dollar appropriation funds pensions, aid to the blind, crippled children, and needy mothers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Social Security Board
Mrs Agh Named Hull House Head
Mrs Adena Miller Rich was named president of Hull House, chosen by Jane Addams as successor to lead the famed settlement. She will assume office October 1 and pledges to continue Addams humanitarian principles and the house’s traditions.
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Chicago
Adena Miller Rich
Hull House
Jane Addams
Miss Addams
Rich
Mrs. Rich
Skunk Advice In Lieu Of Weapons For Ethiopia
New York August 15. Dr. Owen Chapman Andrews, eminent scientist, says Emperor Haile Selassie could benefit by importing American skunks instead of civet cats for defense. He notes the skunk scent is stronger and more effective, and says he has trapped civet cats and found them less potent.
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New York
Ethiopia
Oy Chapman Andrews
Haile Selassie
Doctor Evans to Speak on Rural Hospitals Plan
Dr. Lester J. Evans associate director of rural hospitals for the Commonwealth Fund of New York City will address the Chamber of Commerce at the regular weekly meeting Thursday at noon in the Aldridge hotel. He is in Ada assessing whether his organization can aid in building a hospital here.
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Dr. Evans
New York
Lester J.evans
Commonwealth Fund of
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
Aldridge Hotel
Evans
Hospital
Ada
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