New Deal Play Important Part In Primaries
Democrats nominate strong supporters of administration while Republicans oppose. The piece notes the high stakes in the party contests and reflects the era’s partisan alignment.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
1
Primary Results Hint at Shifts in New Deal Support
In Ohio and Nebraska primaries the New Deal influence shows mixed. A. V. Donahey defeats Fess ally in Ohio while Burke edges Bryan in Nebraska for the Democratic Senate nomination. Griswold wins Nebraska GOP governor race. Cochran leads in similar Democratic contest amid statewide turnout.
Futrell Leads Arkansas Democratic Nomination Big Early Margin
Governor J Marion Futrell appears set for a second term after leading Howard Reed by about two to one with over half of the 2 100 precincts tallied. Futrell 63079 Reed 34247 as district results show most Arkansas incumbents well positioned for renomination or runoffs in several districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
J. Marion Futress
Arkansas
Howard A. Reed
Futrell
Reed
D. D. Glover
John McClellan
Malvern
Tillman B. Parks
W. H. Abington
United States
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
John E. Miller
Miller
Abington
W. J. Driver
Claude A. Fuller
Ben Cravens
D. D. Terry
Horace Knowlton
Oscar Winn
Terry
Knowlton
Winn
Idaho Returns Incomplete Primary Leads and Gov Ross Ahead
Boise August 15 Democratic incumbents lead in Idaho primaries with returns from under a sixth of precincts. Gov Ben C Ross, first Idaho governor to seek a third term, held a two to one edge over his nearest challenger in a field of three. Rep Compton I White led his lone opponent, while D Work Clark, a Ross-backed candidate from Pocatel, trails. Continued on Page 8, No. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ohio
Nebraska
A. Vv
Honest Vic
Donahey
New Deal
Fess
Charlee W. Bryan
E. R. Burke
Hoosevelt
Bryan
T. 5. Allen
Burke
Robert G
Martinl. Davey
Clarence J. Brown
Dwight Griswold
Gordon
R. L. Cochran
Arkansas
J. Marion Futrell
Idaho
Boise
Ben C. Ross
Compton I. White
D. Work Clark
Pocatel
Pontotoc County Valuations Rise Over 1933 Figures
Tax valuations for Pontotoc County for the present fiscal year show an overall increase of 94 106 over 1933. Personal property surges while railroad valuations dip. two small pipelines added. Total value reaches 13 243 839 with divisions for personal property 1 869 868 real estate 7 and public service 3 381 539. Assessments ready for excise board review and tax levy setting. tax rolls must be prepared for treasurer by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
Charley Floyd
Twe
Pontotoc County
County Excise Board
Fatal shooting ends dispute near Bebee in Lamar family tragedy
In a Bebee area dispute that followed a brush arbor quarrel, C. L. Lamar, 67, was killed by a shotgun blast to the face and chest while his son Lucian was wounded. Everett Mayfield was jailed, and funeral services for C. L. Lamar will be held at Memorial Park cemetery. Lucian remains hospitalized as investigators review varying accounts of the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebee
C. L. Lamar
Lucian
Everett Mayfield
Charley
Lamar
Memorial Park Cemetery
Criswell
Breco
Lucian Lamar
Mayfield
John Lamar
Lamars
Lille Lamar
Lillian Lamar
Nellie Garrett
Dudley
John
First Bale In Ada Prom Thrifty Day Cotton 1934
Ada saw its first bale of 1934 cotton today brought to town by Charles Molloy three miles south on Highway 48. The bale went to the Choctaw gin but cannot be ginned yet due to missing certificates. An official said the cotton could fetch about 13.25 dollars per hundred, weight unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Charles Molloy
Highway 48
Officers On Lookout For Dillinger Pal
Los Angeles August 14 federal state and county officers patrolled area highways with orders to shoot to kill after information George Baby Face Nelson America s public enemy No 1 since Dillinger s demise was headed this direction Nelson held up a Salt Lake City gas station and fled toward Los Angeles accompanied by a dark complexioned woman in a large car authorities said they were gaining on his trail after the filling station robbery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
USP
George
Baby Face
Nelson
America
John Dillinger
Department of Justice
Dillinger
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Doctor says garlic odor lingers once it arrives
A noted physician asserts the garlic scent does not fade and remains with a person after it appears, challenging the idea it can be easily recalled or dismissed.
Rain Lifts Drought Across Midwest States
Chicago Aug 14. The drought siege appears to lift as six agricultural states benefit from weekend rain. Forecasters expect more precipitation this season with showers promised for Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota. Kansas and Nebraska see unsettled warm weather while Missouri reports cooler temps but crops mostly past need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dreuth
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
Major Pontotoc oil field eyed as Wilcox sands yield gushers
Oklahoma City reports a new John Fitts oil pool in Pontotoc county may join Ada's Wilcox play as a major field. A production plan is drafted for federal and state approval while Ed Moore No. 2 Wirick nears the same horizon, boosting hopes and prompting proration talks to protect state allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
John Fitts
Pontotoc County
Ada
Corporation Commission
W. J. Armstrong
Armstrong
Oklahoma
Allen
Rebee
Fitts
Jack Shaffer
J. E. Crosbie
Ed Moore No. 2 Wirick
Shaffer and Crosbie
Hunton
Wirick
Progress on Road Oiling in Oklahoma Highways
W R Black, division engineer, says oiling on Highway 19 from Stonewall east to Atoka will finish in a few days after refinery delays. The gravel mixed with asphaltic base oil is packed to form a firm roadbed, with maintenance crews sealing it over time. If successful, the Ada Stratford stretch will follow. oiling requires hot weather and a dry season aids the process, improving safety and cutting dust and mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway
Stonewall
Atoka
W. R. Black
Ada
Stratford
Black
Accident Fatal to A A Mayhue near Coalgate
A A Mayhue of north Ada was fatally injured Thursday when his car hit loose gravel and overturned near Coalgate. He died at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 30 PM at Criswell Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. He was unmarried and brother to George M and G C Mayhine with oil interests nearby. Head injuries caused the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Mayhue
Ada
Coalgate
Criswell Funeral Home
Memorial Park
Mayhue
George M
G. C. Mayhine
Mr. Mayhue
Prison guard convicted in Texas prison escape plot
James A. Patterson once a guard at the Texas prison in Huntsville is sentenced to fifteen years after admitting he aided killers Raymond Hamilton Joe Palmer and Irvin Thompson to escape the death house on July 22. He testified he smuggled pistols inside the prison for $500. Hamilton and Thompson remain at large. Palmer was recaptured in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
James A
Ross) Patterson
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Irvin
Blackie) Thompson
Walker County
Patterson
Hamilton
Thompson
Palmer
Paducah
Oil Producing Prospects Grow At Fitts Field
Friday reports show Ed Moore No. 2 Whick in 30-2-7 flowing oil at 30 barrels per hour as sand 3,955 feet deep is reached. Deep Rock Oil buys 35 acres near J. E. Crosbie gusher while Burke-Greis acquires 26-2-6 and 36-2-6 holdings. Proration plans to be discussed at W. B. Osborn’s office with Oklahoma City officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Moore
Fitts
Moore
J. E. Crosbie
J. C. Shaffer
Oklahoma City
Fitts Field
Delaney
al Craddock
Magnolia
Viola
Shaffer and
Crosbie
Defianey
Cradduck
Wilcox
Deep Rock Oil Corporation of
Tulsa
W. A. Delaney
Burke- Greis Oil Corporation
J. E. Craddock
Thirteen Year Old Waif Hurt Eager to Return to The Road
J R Spears age 13 lay injured in Ada hospital after being hit near Centrahoma while hopping freight trains across Oklahoma and Texas. He traveled with unknown helpers, claims his mother lives in Ada, and desires to leave the hospital to continue wandering the region. His ankle is bruised but not broken. he insists he wants to get back on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waif Hurt
J. R. Spears
Texas
Oklahoma
Paul Hughes
Ada
J. R
Hugo
Bill Spears
O. E. Welborn
Shape of Fall Hats Likely Conical and Comical
A Paris style note predicts that the prevailing shape for autumn hats will be conical and, as observers expect, somewhat comical in appearance. The trend signals playful headwear for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Angell 10 Had Ada Legion Post Elects Officers
Dee Ansell was chosen post commander by Norman Howard post of the American Legion during its annual election. Val Crawford withdrew from a second term, with Carl Portman as first vice commander and Leonard McKay as second. Bernard Howard was appointed adjutant, and the post reports 290 members, the largest delegation from the fourth district for the state convention in Oklahoma City September 2 to 4. Installation occurs at the August 28 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Ansell
Norman Howard
American Legion
Val Crawford
Carl Portman
Leonard McKay
Stonypoint
Vernon Younts
Harold Constant
Street Davis
Bernard Howard
Oklahoma City
Fitts field proration meeting plans August limits Oklahoma
Oklahoma oil operators met in Fleet and Osborn offices to plan orderly Fitts field development. The group set an August cap of 1000 barrels per day, with 125 barrel maximum per well and a 1 to 10 acre spacing rule. A new allocation from the state proration umpire was to be sought next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
den of
Tulsa
Federal Petroleum Board
Armstrong
Fitts Field
W. B. Osborn
Federal Petroleum Administrator
Oklahoma City
W. J. Armstrong
J. M. al
Fitts
Oklahoma
Fleet and Osborn
Paul Hickok
State Planning and Coordination Committee
Lyons
Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Ada
Aldridge Hotel
Federal Petroleum Administration
Time extension on crop loans for drought areas
The Farm Credit Administration extended the deadline for drought area crop loans to September 15. Loans may cover winter seed for wheat rye or barley or for general purposes including summer fallowing. The extension excludes livestock feed purchases and moving livestock to new pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Credit Admini Sration
AFL stands by unemployment estimate in clash with Chamber
Atlantic City August 14 The American Federation of Labor backed its unemployment figure of 10 300 990 despite a Chamber of Commerce challenge claiming under 7 million unemployed last month. AFL President William Green called Chamber claims a guess and said labor’s count rests on figures and facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Chamber of Commerce
William Green
Labor Federation
Oklahoma highway plan nears final draft in state work
The final draft of a 4.685 million highway improvement program funded by federal money nears completion at the Oklahoma state highway department and will be sent to Cc. E. Swain, federal district engineer at Fort Worth, for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Cc. E. Swain
Fort Worth
Unsuccessful Hunt for Floyd Near Sand Springs Farm
Federal agents and Tulsa police raided a Sand Springs area farmhouse north of Tulsa looking for outlaw Charles Pretty Boy Floyd. The heavy raid found no occupants and no signs of recent occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Tulsa
Charles
Pretty Boy
Oklahoma
Sand Springs
Ida Bess Berrie Granted Divorce From Life Sentence Pastor
Ida Bess Berrie, wife of Reverend S Althea Berrie now serving life for murder of his first wife, granted a divorce in Muskogee Oklahoma. She regains maiden name Ida Bess Bright and is 20 years old. Prosecutors alleged poisoning in 1932 and marriage followed her first wife’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Ida Bess Berrie
S. Althea Berrie
Cumberland Presbyterian
Berrie
Ida Bess Bright
Ida Bess
Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge in Claxton Death
Homer McKee of Gracemont pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Chickasha on murder charges in the December 31, 1932, death of J. J. Claxton, mattress factory operator. Ballistics expert C. M. Reber linked an Anadarko pistol found earlier to the fatal shot. McKee said he loaned the gun to another man. Otto Brooks was released after the filing. Claxton was found in an alley with about $100 on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Homer McKee
Gracemont
J. J. Claxton
McKee
Anadarko
C. M. Reber
Otto Brooks
Claxton
Death at Bubble Springs Picnic Leaves Man Dead
Tahlequah officials report Dave Hartness aged 23 killed during a picnic quarrel at Bubble Springs. Bill Vaughn, 28, was held. undersheriff Grover Bishop quotes Vaughn saying Hartness attacked him with brass knucks before the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahlequah
Dave Hartness
Bubble Springs
Bill Vaughn
Grover Bishop
Vaughan
Hartness
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Commissioner Armstrong
C.L. Lamar
Son
E. Mayfield
Percy Armstrong
Lucas Hill
No. 12
Guy Meaders
Francis Avenue
Charley Molloy
Aning
Ada Stratford Road
A. A. Mmayrue
Centrahoma
Norman Howard Post
New Orleans
National Guard
T. Semmes Walmsley
Raymond H. Fleming
Numa P. Avendano
Nat W. Bond
Civil District Court
Maurice J. Hartson
General Fleming
Jackson Barracks
Oworge
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