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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1936

Page

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Vaughan Becomes President of Northeastern State Teachers College

Oklahoma City Aug. 19 Gov E W Ma riano appointed A L Crable state superintendent and Vaugh an resigned as state supervisor. Vaughan will become president of Northeastern State Teachers College at Tahlequah tomorrow succeeding Dr J M Hackler who will return as dean. Crable also takes roles on several boards and Vaughan will earn 4500 salary. Crable born 1889 in Hunt county Texas has held rural teaching posts and state education roles since 1924.

Oklahoma City John VaUghan Northeastern State Teachers College Tahlequah State Board of Education E. W. Mariano A. L. Crabie Oklahoma A. and M. College Vaughan Crable Northeastern J. M. Hackler Hackler M. P. Hammond State School Land Commission State Board of Equalisation Board of Regents Oklahoma College For Women Chickasaa Board of Regents of Oklahoma Junior College Miami Southeastern Junior College Wilburton State Library Commission Teachers College Southeastern Teachers Colleges Durant Henry S. Johnston M. A. Nash Texas Craple Hunt County Tex Lone Oak Austin College Sherman University of Oklahoma Sadler Collinsville Marietta, Ohlo Rich State Department of Education M. College Fac Marysville National Youth Administration Ada Junior High Ernest L. Lowe A. & M. College Stillwater J. B. Hill Soil Conservation Fitzhugh Harry Smith Roff Leslie Hewett Midland J. S. Stanfield Vanoss Henry Little Stratford Virgil Hunt Allen O. W. Moore David Gray Francis Alfred Patterson Ada Maxwell Quinn R. Bevers Grover C. Holloway Stonewall J. T. Rowlett Paul R. Henderson Chickasaw Edgar Oliver Cather Floyd L. L. Lillard Oakman

Beating of Ex-Senator Ed Reed Triggers State Probe

Oklahoma City August 19 The state crime bureau opened an inquiry into the July 24 attack on Ed Reed Elk City former state senator. Reed said Beckham county officials mishandled the case and asked for bureau help. DeArthur Wilson was assigned to investigate Reed endured three broken ribs and other injuries after being dragged from his car near Carter while campaigning for Nat Taylor.

Oklahoma City Ed Reed Elk City Carter State Crime Bureau Reed Beckham County DeArthur Wilson Nat Taylor Stong City D. W. Thurman Sarre Tavior

Will Sumner Return Sought From Delbarton

Oklahoma City Aug 19 Wil liam M Sumner 24 who escaped from Payne county jail in 1931 after an eight year sentence for robbery may face return from Delbarton West Virginia. The case drew support from ministers and friends while Judge Henry W Hall urged surrender if reform is sincere. Sumner’s companion J T Caldwell was killed during arrest.

Oklahoma City Fred Cunningham Delbarton W. Va William M. Sumner Payne County McAlester Penitentiary Cunningham Sumner Stillwater J. T. Caldwell M. J. Bradley Pauls Valley Training School Henry W. Hall Logan and Payne County Oklahoma

Sixteen Enter Guilty Pleas In Plot Case

In Moscow sixteen defendants admit guilt in a Soviet charges trial accusing Leon Trotzky linked conspirators of planning a reign of terror to seize power. The court read three formal charges including organizing terror and plotting to kill Stalin and other leaders amid alleged German involvement.

Moscow Trotzky Josef Stalin Leon Trotzky Gestapo Franz Weitz Berlin Fritz David Stalin David Soviet Union Gregory Zinovieff Leon Kameneff T. Smirnoff Fr. Holzmann Klementi Voroshiloff All-Union Peasants Congress Gregory K. Orlonikidze Communist Party Ukrane Postisheff Zinovieff Kameneff Sergei M. Kiroff Leningrad S. Mirach-kovsky

Roosevelt weighs relief options at drought meeting

President Roosevelt huddled with five financial and relief aides at the summer White House to map new drought relief steps. Morgenthau Bell Hopkins Persons Burr and others joined the conference to discuss channels for aid and employment programs as drought intensifies.

Associated Press Miron Tank Aus Roosevelt Drouth Morgenthau Daniel W. Bell White House Treasury Dateless Harry L. Hopkins W. Frank Persons United States Employment Service Walter Burr Washington

Hamilton Pledges Whirlwind Campaign Across Texas

Chicago April 19 Dallas dispatch reports Republican National Committee Chairman John P.D.M. Hamilton flying north for continued campaign against the New Deal. He addressed 5000 Texans urging that Roosevelt’s policies threaten taxpayers and the Constitution with change by usurpation. Hamilton spoke at Sedalia Missouri with Kansas City as the next stop.

Dallas Republican National Committee John PD. M. Hamilton Roosevelt Hamilton Sedalia Kansas City

Church and Barn Burned at Braggs

Fire destroyed Braggs Church of Christ and a nearby barn in Braggs Oklahoma. Loss estimated at $4 likely with rapid spread due to dry conditions. Muskogee firemen responded. no injuries reported as the two story dwelling occupied by the Kennedy and Calvert families burned.

Braggs, Oxkla Braggs Church of Christ Muskogee Bill Kennedy Floyd Calvert

Governor Marland to Vacation at Ponca City Home

Oklahoma Governor FE W Marland will depart Friday for a vacation at his Ponca City home returning September 1 his office announced. Since the July 28 primary he has skipped usual press conferences and will not meet newspapermen until his return.

Oklahoma City FE. W. Marland Ponca City

Oklahoma Heat Shatters Records Across State

Oklahoma temperatures neared 100 degrees as crop conditions worsened and two heat deaths were reported. Muskogee hit 101 at noon while Oklahoma City reached 100 pm hour and Tulsa showed 94. Drought sparked fires near Pauls Valley and cotton wilted as stock water ran scarce. Notable deaths include Thomas Jefferson McMahan at home in Oklahoma City and Rev. W. R. Edwards a veteran missionary.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Muskogee Tulsa Pauls Valley Thomas Jefferson McMahan

Prisoners escape from Devil's Island to Caribbean sea

Four convicted murderers from Devil's Island French penal colony were set adrift near Trinidad after a fortnight ashore. They received a boat and three weeks of rations before being towed 12 miles out, then began rowing toward Venezuela. Three companions left on the hospital for recovery.

Port-Of-Spain Trinidad Devil's Island Guiana Caribbean Venezuela

Hoare warns against British interference in Spanish war

Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the admiralty, warns that British intervention could trigger a European conflagration. The Board of Trade revokes all licenses for exporting arms, ammunition, aircraft, and related supplies. In London the relief fund reports over 20,000 dollars in anti gangrene serums and food for loyalist fighters.

London Samuel Hoare Admiralty Board of Trade Hoare Cromer General Council International Fund For the Relief of Distress Spain

Bond of 75 000 Set in District Court for Davis

District Judge Tal Crawford set bond at 25 000 in a habeas corpus hearing for Dalla Davis 30 charged with murder in the death of his brother in law George Kirby 54 of Bebee. The shooting occurred July 1 on an oil lease near Bebee with the dispute over ownership.

Dalla Davis George Kirby Bebee Tal Crawford Kirby

Tammany Leaders Clash In Fist Fight At Meeting

Tammany Hall factions erupted in a fist fight as William P. Kenneally and Christopher D. Sullivan clashed in Bert Strand's office during an informal meeting. The altercation followed Kenneally's opposition to a Sullivan Hussey Ruddy triumvirate and his threat of an executive committee meeting.

New York Tammany Hall William P. Kenneally Tammany Christopher D.D. Sullivan Bert Strand Kenneally Sullivan Knneally Charles H. Hussey Stephen A. Ruddy

Sharkey and Louis settle pennies at club

New York Aug 19 Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis met at the 20th Century Club to pick up checks. Sharkey challenged Louis about the number of pennies on the desk. after counting again Louis agreed to buy a drink if wrong, and Sharkey claimed there were three pennies, not four.

New York Jack Sharkey Joe Louis 20Th Century Club Joe Sharkey

Okla 6 O P Plans Campaign

PW G Johnston state Republican chairman announced a plan to hold district meetings to organize the statewide campaign. He will mobilize county chairs and state committeemen across eight legislative districts and seek anti new deal Democrats to join. A party finance committee will be set up next week to raise funds.

Oklahoma City PW. G. Johnston Johnston

Hospital oil leases awarded by state commission

The state school land commission awarded oil and gas leases on University hospital grounds to H. H. Wegener of Oklahoma City for 111,609 dollars on three tracts totaling about 24 acres. Sunray Oil bid 85,000 dollars for the acreage.

Oklahoma City State School Land Commission University Hospital H. H. Wegener Wegener Sunray Oil Company State Capitol

Landon Plans Midwest Farm Belt Tour in August

Governor Alf Landon announced a second presidential campaign swing into the Midwest farm belt with potential stops in Nebraska Iowa Illinois Indiana and Minnesota. He and his party prepared to depart LaSalle Colorado by train for an eastern foray and three speeches with exact dates and venues undecided.

Estes Park Colo L.pi Alf M. Landon Nebraska Iowa Illinois Indiana Minnesota Landon la Salle

City youths receive suspended five year terms for forgery

Co. H. Miles, 17, and James McCurtain, 18, were sentenced to five year terms for second degree forgery but the sentences were suspended by District Judge Tal Crawford. McCurtain allegedly forged his father B. C. McCurtain’s check, while Miles allegedly cashed it at a local business. The arraignment occurred before Justice A. W. Oliver and was transferred to the district court.

Co. H. Miles James McCurtain Granite Tal Crawford McCurtain B. C. McCurtain Miles A. W. Oliver

Third Party Votes Land Position After Tally

The article notes that third parties possess the ability to attain the leading position once votes are counted. It emphasizes the impact of tallies on final standings and party dynamics in the electoral process.

Ada votes for incinerator bonds in light turnout

Voters approved a 20 000 bond issue to finance a 55 000 city incinerator with a 151 to 121 margin. The project, backed by officials and civic groups, will modernize sanitary facilities as federal funding covers 45 percent. Total votes 275 with one mutilated ballot.

Acairet Ward Ward 4

Olson tells of hope as doctors watch for complications

Rochester Minnesota August 19 Gov Floyd B Olson spoke through tears of a belief he would survive as Mayo Clinic doctors monitor for peritonitis in his stomach ailment. Drs Mayo Rivers and Walter described a recurrent crisis passed but the case remains very grave and unnamed.

Rochester Minn Floyd B. Olson Mayo Clinic William J. Mayo

Louis May Wait Long for Headweight Fight

New York August 19. Joe Louis faces a stalled showdown after his comeback knockout of Jack Sharke. Max Schmeling refuses a rematch. Braddock’s injured left hand seen by Dr. Fred Albee may push his September engagement with Schmeling to next month.

New York No Man’s Land Joe Louis Jack Sharkey Max Schmeling Louis Jimmy Braddock Braddock Fred Albee Schmeling

Local gossip rumors and hospital scare in Owl cafe

The report mentions Miss Fanny Frail in the Owl cafe nervous collapse while watching a man eat spaghetti. Lem Wheeler comments on the doctor visit for his wife after she swallowed her tongue. The piece notes multiple married couples and a birthday surprise for Zeke Burr with a hospital update on Mrs. Lem Wheeler after an accidental pride swallow.

Lem Wheeler Fanny Frail Zeke Burr

Fire truck responds to false alarm at Mote Harp home

Fire department rushes to Mote Harp residence yesterday afternoon only to find it was a false call triggered by his wife and her bridge club gathering.

Th’ Fire Department

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