Doomed by Dope Ring Onboard The Ship
Martha and Betty escape a narcotics scheme aboard a ship after being kidnapped by Ciznik and Speddon. The two women reunite in a stateroom before fleeing to the deck as danger mounts. Ling the Chinese guard is present as tension grows aboard the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerry Neal
Betty Haynes
Jack Speddon
Martha Brittain
San Francisco
West Coast
Neal
Betty
California
Portland
Martha
Johnny Diznik
Seattle
Speddon
Ciznik
Speddoen
Johnny Ciznik
Ling
Ada Rodeo Sets Attendance Record and Praises Show
The Ada rodeo drew 15,881 paid admissions across five major shows, about 6,000 more than last year, with $5,400 in prizes. Johnny McIntyre of Atoka won all around honors, Everett Shaw of Stonewall led calf-roping, and Eddie Curtis of Calumet dominated bronc riding earning day money plus a Stetson hat. Rides and roping earned multiple prizes as Ada merchants and local firefighters helped create an enthusiastic, growing rodeo fever for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Kelley
Tulsa
H. D. Binns
Coalgate
Ada F
Emen
Johnny McIntyre
Atoka
Fire Department
Ada
Everett Shaw
Stonewall
Eddie Curtis
Calumet
Okla
S. & Q. Clothiers
Dick Truitt
George Smith
Ramseys
Kelleys
John Lindsey
Oklahoma
Five Employed Under New NYA Co Program
Pontotoc county youths join NYA work training under public service division with clerical tasks in Ada offices. County leaders praise NYA trainees for efficiency courtesy and helpfulness in county welfare, superintendent, health clinic and employment office roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Nya Co
Pontotoc County
National Oath Administration
de L. Smith
NYA
Public Service Division
Ada
County Welfare
J. H. Pryor
Public Works and Property
Ray Stegall
Pontotoc 4-H Delegation Returns From Round-Up With Distinctions
Pontotoc county 4-H delegates returned from the state Round-Up at Stillwater tired but cheerful. They placed third in Southeast district achievement, fourth in yard improvement with 97 of 100, and high scorers included James Strickland, Don Flippin, Helen Brecheen, James Maynard, Vernice Johnson, Junior Harris, Vernice Johnson and Edith Bryant in landscaping. Beatrice Howard of Frisco won four minute essay talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Jessie Morgan
James Strickland
Don Flippin
Frisco
Helen Brecheen
James Maynard
Owl Creek
Vernice Johnson
Junior Harris
Lawrence
Edith Bryant
Cedar Grove
Beatrice Howard
Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Ada social notes and local visits feature many names
Mrs. Bob Honeycutt hosted a shower for Mrs. Jewel Miller with gifts and ice cream and cake. Numerous attendees included Mrs. Dena Sims, Mrs. Ruth Stout, Mrs. Mattie Woods, Mrs. Gladys Bradley, Mrs. Wiser, Mrs. Ora Brown and others. Additional items mention visits, theater events, and property transactions in Ahlo soo. Correspon dents include Miss Aleta Sims, Corine Blanton, C. H. Hodges planning for future Ada projects, and various family gatherings around Ada and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Honeycutt
Jewel Miller
Ada
George Sims
McSwain Theatre
Macon Sims
Blum
Texas
Oleta C. Bond
Wichita
Kan
Oleta Sims
Gene Branch
John Craddock
Melba Powell
Bill Moss
Devil’s den
Lorene Massey
Hugh Dismukes
B. Dismukes
Betty Louise
C. M. Sims
Everett Stone
Marie Byrd
Frank Brown
A. G. Stout
Ahloso
Bromide
Jeff Ainworth
Jess Price
Burnice Robertson
San Antonio
D. C. Payne
Ahixso
G. Coots
Wrenty
Virgie Sims
Woman Fined In Police Court For Saturday Fight
Rosie Lee Turner was fined in police court for fighting Saturday. One injured woman also faces penalties related to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Lee Turner
Two Women Involved In Friday Knife Incident
Mary Preston received first aid for a knife wound to her right arm ending a dispute between two women. Police said Mary Peterson did not press charges and was not seriously injured. The incident occurred at a restaurant near North Broadway and Fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Preston
Mary Peterson
North Broadway
Fifth Street
Honor Girl Paroled To New Husband
Tecumseh reports a 17 year old honor girl from the State Training School for Girls married to a 21 year old store clerk. The ceremony followed a recent school date night. The bride Dew Evelyn Steel received modest gifts and declared she will manage housekeeping with support from her husband and family. The Reverend and school officials note the match as a fresh start and the bride was paroled to her new warden husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecumseh
State Training School For
Evelyn Steel
Hercle Cook
Creighton Burnham
Elmer Birdsell
Tecumseh Church
Dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Chas L Berger listed
Sunday dinner included Mr and Mrs William Berger and children of Oklahoma City Mrs Newby of Galey Mr and Mrs Christian Berger and Wanda Fay Mr and Mrs Wilson Phillips Miss Yetta Berger Sandy King Jeanette Shue of Oklahoma City and Margie Frances and Jean Berger Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Joe J Shaw and son of Rocky and Mr and Mrs Ocie Brooks and children of Guthrie Mrs Cuba Children spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Clint Childres Mrs M A Woody visiting daughter Mrs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Pitt
Texas
C. L. Berger Jr
C. L. Berger Sr
Bonnie Peters
Charles Ray
Peters
Tupelo
F. A. Murphy
Abigail
Vaness
Murphy
Christine Berger
Holdenville
Ocie Brooks
Adella Jones
Cuba Childres
Marvin Jones
Hart
Lester Shaw
J. J. Shaw
Yetta Berger
Chas. L. Berger
S. D. Lowe
Ardmore
Sarah Williams
William Berger
Oklahoma City
Newby
Galey
Christian Berger
Wanda Fay
Wilson Phillips
Sandy King
Jeanette Shue
Margie
Frances
Jean Berger
Joe J. Shaw
Rocky
Guthrie
Interesting People These Spaniards By Edward J. Neil
In war torn Spain, journalists meet colorful figures like Shorty the Fiat pilot who can change a tire standing up. A Basque pugilist, a young Bilbao boy handling a hand grenade, and a child terrorizing turreted weapons illustrate perilous life on the front. Survival chances run slim as locals casually man shooting galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Neil
Spain
Shorty
Paulino Uzcudun
Bilbao
Ada Names Dan Procter New School Superintendent
Dan Procter was named superintendent of Ada city schools after the resignation of B. R. Stubbs in a called meeting Monday night. Procter, Ada native and Horace Mann junior high principal, will take the post as Stubbs departs after four years. Procter holds a master’s from the University of Oklahoma and had planned doctoral studies. East Central College President A Linscheid praised him, noting his capability and willingness to release him if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Stubbs
Ada
Board of Education
Dan Procter
Ada City
Stubbs
Procter
Horace Mann
A. Linscheid
East Central College
Dan
East Central
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Shawnee
Stubb
Atoka
Durant
Stonewall
Roff
Ada High School
Stillwater
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Oklahoma Court Reverses Conviction in Rape Case
The criminal court of appeals reversed the 1935 rape conviction of W L Self, 41, on his 13 year old daughter's case, citing insufficient evidence and duress in testimony. The decision also overturned Ernest Hawkins’s grand larceny conviction, while confirming Ted Gerner’s five year automobile larceny term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
W. L. Self
Pontotoc County
Self
Thomas H. Doyle
Sheep Creek
Harden City
Ernest Hawkins
Choctaw County
Ted Gerner
Muskogee County
Homer Club Hosts Regular Meeting And Local Ball Game
The Homer club held its regular meeting with quilting and a noon luncheon. Local sports saw Byng and Homer in a tense baseball game that extended to four extra innings, followed by a 6 5 Homer win in girls softball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Club
Juanita
Leeta Mae Dyson
Byng
Homer
Happyland Girls
Homer Girls
Lee Carney
D. M. Lanier
Dan Lanier
Texas
New Mexico
Tucumcari
N. Mex
Clifford Hendersons
Roy Ellis
Emily
Ilis
Emily Putnam
Waldrow
Arkansas
S. C. Little
Centrahoma
Harrison Duke
Clarence Duke
Mildred Ford
Arizona
Kathryn Smith
Oklahoma City
Ratliff Family Heads South for New Orleans Vacation
Mr and Mrs Bert Ratliff and children Mary Jane Bert Jr and Hicks Avery Smith depart Friday for New Orleans for a vacation. They will attend the National Rural Letter Carrier's convention. The item notes there are over 521000 Boy Scouts in the British Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ratliff
Mary Jane and
Bert Jr
Hicks Avery Smith
New Orleans
South
Prize of the Legionaries and a Desperate Madrid Front Scene
A veteran receives a token prize while a brutal Madrid front engagement unfolds near Brunete. Doomed Franco troops of the Legion hold a trench against a government assault as a shell lands among them. A single survivor, wounded and dazed, grimly mutters premio as he signals for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco
Madrid
Brunete
Three Ada Men Arrested for Possession of Tax Paid Whiskey
Ada residents Si Herion Thurman Hice and Arthur Wardlow were jailed on possession charges after a sheriff raid. Clyde Kaiser said 90 pints seized. Herion and Hice posted $2,000 bonds each, Wardlow released on $500 bond as a first offender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Herion
Thurman Hice
Arthur Wardlow
Ada
Clyde Kaiser
Herion
Hice
Kaiser
Wardlow
More winners named at 4 H club roundup in Oklahoma
At the Oklahoma A and M college campus in Stillwater 2 500 attendees crowned healthiest boy Robust Junior Joyner from Marlow and healthiest girl Lois Harvey of Carmen. Both earned trips to Chicago. Garvin and Muskogee counties won Illinois demo team trips, Bonnie Graves and Marcella Pickett led food demos. Floriene Murphy and Eva Belle Clark led poultry demos. District winners listed for stunt contest and Farmers Union speech winners announced with trips to national convention in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Junior Joyner
Marlow
Lois Harvey
Carmen
Oklahoma A
M. College
Chicago
Illinois City
Garvin
Muskogee County
Bonnie Graves
Marcella Pickett
Floriene Murphy
Eva Belle Clark
Boynton
Oklahoma County
Grant
Woodward
Adair County
Osage County
Payne County
Pittsburg County
Atoka County
McIntosh County
Jackson County
Garvin County
Washita County
Farmers Union
Don Simpson
Carter
Beckham County
Clarence Westfall
Isabella
Major County
Foster Smith
Durant
Harry Synar
Warner
Muskogee
Gene Edwards
Pauls Valley
Margaret Lockridge
Douglas
Garfield County
Utheast
Beatrice Marshall
Frisco
Pontotoc County
Farmers Union Contest
National Farmers Union Convention
Oklahoma City
FFA and Scout Group Camp At Vanoss Camp
Two groups totaling 59 rural boys from Vanoss and Pickett camped under supervision of O R Holt Burke Standridge Roy Williams and Ernest Williams with bus driver Mr Burke and J A Martin. They swam boated played games and held a swimming tournament with J B Corwin Don Thomas and Mickey Corbin among the winners. The event marks the second year the Vanoss FFA chapter used the camp and featured later softball and baseball results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanose
Pickett
O. R. Holt
Vaness Consolidated School
Burke Standridge
Roy
Ernest Williams
Mr. Burke
Vaness
J. A. Martin
Vanoss
Vanoss School
Clovis Story
Edmund Cavener
Albert James
Buel Byerman
Billy, McKeel
Shelb Rogers
Buddy Roberts
R. A Anderson
Winford Barnett
Linnie Burke
J. B. Corwin
Elmer Peek
Thomas Bullock
Hampton Garrett
Aun McCullar
Oliver Parker
Hubert Deatherage
Junior Northam
Casey Thomas
Earl Baker
Cordell Goodpasture
Earnest Agee
Judson Kirby
Homer MacDonald
Leonard Summers
Cecil Corwin
T. L. Aurley
Levi Muncey
T. M. Cook
Glen Brown
Don Thomas
Richard Eaton
Silmon Rankin
William Hickey
Haskell Kite
Mack Troutman
Miles McCauley
Mickey Corbin
Edmond Ward
Leon Coley
Aflan Bradham
Joe Watson
John Kirby
J. C. Laws
Matt Keeling
Melvin Chilcoat
Vaughnie Keeling
Buck Penrod
Raymond L. McCause
J. T Finch
R. W. Anderson
A Thomas
Day for Slayers in Arizona Gas Chamber
In Florence Arizona two inmates Bert Anderson and Ernest Patten were executed in the gas chamber on Friday the 13th. Anderson 53 white slayer of Cecil Kuykendall 28 a Prescott ranch hand died after five minutes. Patten 200 pound black killer of his common law wife withstood the fumes twice before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ariz
Arizona State Prison
Bert Anderson
Cecil Kuykendall
Prescott
Ernest Patten
Anderson
Patten
Wyoming executes first of two killers in new gas chamber
Rawlins Wyoming reports the death of Paul H Perry Carroll at age 38 in the state's new lethal gas chamber. He was convicted for the 1935 shooting of C. C Barnard, the Union Pacific superintendent at Cheyenne. Carroll smiled as the device started. Frank Aguillar, 34, awaited execution at Canon City tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Paul H. ( Perry) Carroll
Wyoming
Colorado
Canon City
Frank Aguilar
Carroll
C. C Barnard
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Postmaster Seeks Buckleys Over Vintage Card Mystery
Quincy Illinois August 16 1908 postmaster K J Swope cannot locate Mrs A E Buckley though a postcard mailed July 20 1908 by Anna Gonzales Colorado Springs Colorado arrived here. Buckleys already moved and are likely not reachable. Card noted in Chicago as part of a China letters packet. The 29 year old card wonders if Buckleys received a Christmas gift mailed by Gonzales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ostmaster
K. J. Swope
A. E. Buckley
Anna Gonzales
Clorado Springs
Colo
Swope
Chicago
China
Buckleys
Gonzales
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Adventure Board Jnes
NEA ‘Service, Inc
MA48
THA
Mr. Ciznik
Northwest
Annie
Mr. Smith
Ahlosoy
C. Dan Procter
Ada School Board
Horace Mann Junior High
Ratliff
British Empire
Ata
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