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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
7
A highly garbled OCR page lists names, relations, and scattered events from a large family network. It contains references to mourning notes, marriages, visits, hospital stays, and community notices, but lacks coherent structure. The readable portions show personal names and kinship ties across many households in a local area, with scattered dates and places embedded.
Walnut Grove notes describe a community singing event Sunday night with visitors from Worstell Ada and surrounding areas. Local residents such as Mrs George Kirby Mrs Saran Stockton and Mae Cade are mentioned along with visits to and from several families, churchgoers, and small social gatherings throughout the week. The report highlights illness recovery, rain easing drought, and community travel between Ada and Sunshine areas.
Governor Roosevelt opened a road campaign for the presidency denouncing Republican leadership for the depression and urging stronger government stock regulation and banking safeguards. He accused Hoover of secrecy and deception, urged restoring public confidence, and warned that current policy deepens the slump while criticizing profit-driven misstatements.
Fragmented OCR notes recount Roosevelt railing at the Hoover administration, arguing for equal opportunity, denouncing concentrated wealth, corporate control, and tariff policy. He critiques credit, debt relief measures, and government aid as misdirected, urging a broader, more equitable economic approach.
In Austin on August 20 Governor Sterling offered rewards for the arrest and conviction of anyone tampering with primary ballots. He claimed thousands of legal ballots were cast and pledged to prevent further irregularities, while a Democratic committee official announced vigorous steps and a probe into alleged irregularities. James Ferguson spoke for his wife’s nomination.
Ada and Oklahoma guard units returned home Saturday afternoon after a field drill at Port Sin. Battery F of the 160th Field Artillery held a half hour concert at Midi and Broadway attracting hundreds. Capt. Elbert Reed commanded Battery F with Maj. Pred J. Seliretbur directing the band as members prepare for the next encampment and school.
The July census shows the cotton spinning industry operating at 1.7 percent capacity with no shifts, down from 67.7 percent in June and 86.3 percent in July last year. Total spindles 31,708,510 with 19,768,252 active during the month and an average shift length of 115 hours per spindle.
Denny Lele Williamson and Mrs Oxenr Couper, along with many neighbors, attended church, visited friends, and shared Sunday events. The community notes list conversations, visits, and small gatherings at homes, with references to Williamson family, local schools, church attendance, and upcoming events amid a bustling social week.
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