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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
2
Residents of Coalgate, Oklahoma, formerly driven by coal and later by gas, await a new oil field. A local man notes most residents would move if the oil venture fails, yet most plan to stay and endure the uncertain demand for miners in hot weather.
An Ada man argues the Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce should stop pursuing a local airport and press Tishomingo to build one instead. He contends airports are typically located far from the cities they serve, so Tishomingo might construct closer to Ada than the Ada group would.
Burton Grindstaff reflects on Lyle Boren's rise to Congress and the enduring value of old friendships. He argues that Boren should keep humility and maintain true friends, despite fame and a $10 000 a year salary. The piece stresses integrity and steady leadership amid new prestige.
A West Texas worker once ran a single sheet news paper press for the Hereford Brand, a weekly near Amarillo. She sold jobs, did press work, fed paper and washed ink from rollers.
Around the courthouse two men named Harvey J. Lambert and Harve Lambert share a surname yet differ in role and relation. Lambert the undersheriff is an old hand in the region, while reporter Lambert has long Ada ties and a taste for fine dogs, and is Bucey Lambert’s brother, famed for thrills on local cridirons.
L A Henry of Ada says he purchased and resides in the historic Byrd mansion at Frisco and used 100 gallons of white paint to cover the large frame house.
A divorce petition in district court involves two men living in another state. One signer refused financial support, writing on the form that he would sign only if he pays her nothing.
A casual remark in Ada notes that paid vacations are as defunct as the dodle the NRA Main street hitching posts and other long faded customs. The comment links the vanished benefit to a broader erosion of traditional workplace and civic practices.
County Agent J B Hill says new Southern Region rules allow planting of emergency feed and forage crops after July 1 on land reclassified as soil conserving when drought and weather conditions worsened. Farmers may plant sorghum millet or cowpeas on abandoned land or terraced acreage without losing payments, with county committee approval and rain permitting.
Mrs. Mary Smith assistant supervisor reports Pontotoc County NYA program has seventy seven youths employed toward a quota of one hundred twenty. The participants are divided into three groups: skilled drawing over.
County Agent J. B. Hill notes a dry pond should be cleaned and deepened to hold more stock water during rains. Ponds in grassy areas resist silt buildup. terrace farming and strip cropping protect investment. Deepening now helps livestock survive drier spells, per extension engineer W. H. McPheters.
Heat in Lenmore California kills 2200 turkeys valued at 9.00 each as temperatures soar to 110 degrees. Farmers face losses and worry about Thanksgiving supply as authorities investigate the incident.
President committee on drought climbs 40 foot dunes between Guymon and Dalhart Texas as Morris L. Cooke and Rexford Tugwell inspect wind eroded farmland. They describe dunes formed from overturned sod and tumbleweeds while noting local wheat crops are ruined in the Panhandle region.
Oklahoma officials said they will request more federal aid to provide work for twenty five thousand drought struck farmers. In Washington they plan to boost WPA to twenty five thousand and already list ninety eight thousand four hundred eighty two eligible families.
Harve Melton announces the Oklahoma state welfare and old age pension organization will form four divisions: child welfare, a statistical bureau, finance and budget, and public assistance. Recruitment, exams, and timing for pensions are outlined as senior staff review rules and procedures with about 70,000 applicants for old age assistance.
The annual EP Tour drew unusually large crowds as seven farms visited near Ada led by Clarence West. County agent J B Hill called the event one of the biggest and best, noting rising interest in sheep and improved condition of flocks despite poorer pasture. A luncheon featuring sheep meat and watermelon followed the judging and talks.
City police raided two Main Street locations on Thursday and Friday seizing between 59 and 190 pints of bonded liquor. M. A. Waits paid a cash fine for alleged possession of 50 to 60 pints taken from a drug store on East Main. A second raid at a West Main rooming house led to charges of possession for an Ore Man.
At Happyland school Miss Nannie Barnes leads a two room 4-H club with boys cutting wood to raise 25 dollars for baseball and basketball gear while girls paint the teacherage install drapes and learn sewing to make their own club dresses under Mrs. Jessie Moran and Miss Barnes.
Four people died and eight were injured in gasoline blasts at Seminole and Beggs, Oklahoma. Victims include Claudie Mason, 15, Merl Norvelle, 25, Pat Jones, 64, and his son Irving, 21. Others burned were S. L. Harris, Wayland Beck, and G. G. Troyer. several Mason family members were harmed. Fire damaged two residences, two trucks, five thousand gallons of gasoline, and storage tanks near Seminole and Beggs.
Former Oklahoma Governor W. H. Murray denounces New Deal policy as extravagance and despotism, assails relief as relief under Hoover, criticizes Hopkins and the brain trust, and warns of rising taxes and inflation. He condemns the Social Security Act and cites federal spending from 1933 to 1936, while urging a rapid return to the Constitution.
In 16 minutes at Nashville Tennessee on August 14 three black inmates were executed by electric chair. C F Ballard 56 a Kingsport brick mason was killed for $192 insurance. James Smith 27 and James Clark 23 were also executed for murder related to the deaths of Hugh Matlock 65 and Richard Sheehan 27 respectively.
Ben Owen Young and John Blocker were arraigned in U S Commissioner W C Edwards court on a conspiracy to violate the Har ricon anti narcotic act. Bond set at 1500 each. Young pled guilty Blocker not guilty but waived preliminary examination. They were nabbed in the 400 block of North Constant last Sunday.
OKLAHOMA CITY August 14 1M R C Lovette 39 McAlester prisoner helped trail and capture 12 fugitives after the May 13 prison break and was paroled by Gov E W Marland on the recommendation of Warden R W Kenny Lovette was imprisoned August 7 1936 for theft of two cows and is from Chickasha where his wife resides
Classified listings from Ada News emphasize strong value for invested amounts with clear returns. Advertisers tout durable investments and competitive pricing across categories, inviting readers to compare yields and opportunities within the local market.
In Kilgore on August 14 a Texas railroad commission agent noted open oil pits reached 148 degrees on a raft above the surface and 125 degrees when lowered into the oil. C F Sullivant, the commission's administrative chief, said he will investigate the hot oil situation.
Tulare California reports a sharp rise in dog impounds with 42 in April 47 in May and 66 in June. City officials consider appointing an assistant pound master to manage the growing tally.
Three alleged counterfeiters were held in the county jail Monday night after being turned over to Deputy U. S. Marshal Allen Stanfield in Holdenville by a Secret Service agent. At arraignment before U. S.8. Commissioner Yom H. Fancher two pleaded not guilty and one pleaded guilty. Two defendants are said to be ex convicts from Texas. Equipment for making coins and some money were captured with the men.
J. H. Crist was sentenced in county court on thursday to 30 days in jail and fined $15 plus costs for defrauding a boarding housekeeper by failing to pay an $18 board bill at a local boarding house.
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