Battery C and Band Return to Ada After Camp Bullis War
Battery C 160th Field Artillery and the band arrive in Ada after two weeks at Camp Bullis near San Antonio. They recount artillery shoots, night bivouacs, and mock battles in the Eighth Corps area as they traveled through Mineral Wells Wichita Falls Ardmore and San Antonio with 230 soldiers and 28 band members.
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Camp Bullis
Ada
160Th F. A
Southwestern
Texas
Eighth Corps
Cathey
Gene Ford
No Man's Land
Wewoka
McAlester
Ida
Mineral Wells
Baker Hotel
Wichita Falls
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
City
Joe Cathey
B. C
Claude Procter
Roy Young
Melvin Crowe
Aii
San Antonio
San Antone
Hurley Still Home Yet Loyal to Oklahoma
Patrick J. Hurley, former secretary of war and Oklahoma native, calls Oklahoma home while maintaining a Virginia Hills mansion near Leesburg and a Tulsa property. He travels widely, practices law in Washington, and hosts Oklahoma guests at his Leesburg home. The profile notes his horses, hobbies, and ties to Oklahoma figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Haslet
Washington
Oklahoma
Patrick J. Hurley
District of Columbia
Hurley
Virginia Hills
Leesburg
New Mexico
Tulsa
Okla
Treasury
Hariey
Washington Society
Marjorie Wilson
Virginia Nills
Sulphur Camp Fire Girls Visit Ada News Plant
The Sulphur Camp Fire Girls on a sightseeing trip visited Ada and toured The Ada News plant. They saw typesetting machines, the big press, teletype equipment, and other newsroom features. Led by Mr. and Mrs. John Fitts, sponsors included Mrs. L. C. Longpine and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ada News
News
John Fitts
L. C. Longpine
Clarence Moss
Tribby
Eva Bond
Former Senator Receives Prize Cane From Quezon
ENID August 20 W J Olsen former state senator and past commander in chief of the United States Spanish War veterans received a cane presented by President Manuel L Quezon of the Philippines He prizes it highly Otjen and RW Means former United States senators are the only two former commanders to be prevented one of the canes Otjen has been advised
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Otjen
United Spanish War Veterans
Manuel L. Quezon
Philippines
Otjen
Arkanrs Be
Quezon
Washington
Enid
W. J. Olsen
United States
RW. Means
Farm Security Program Helps Southern Farmers
County supervisor Slingerland cited a National Emergency Council report to President Roosevelt linking the South’s poverty to one crop farming. The Farm Security Administration promotes a feed plan funded by FSA ensuring daily work and priority food and feed production for each family and livestock, aiming to raise tenant income beyond 73 dollars per person yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Roosevelt
South
Slingerland
National Emergency Council
FSA
Monroney Aids Man to Get Former Job in Soil Conservation
Oklahoma City August 20. James Monroney aided Leon McDonald, a former CCC worker turned state school land commission erosion camp employee, in an effort to reinstate him to his soil conservation post at Blackwell. McDonald had resigned to run against Monroney. Monroney said McDonald is a capable, family man and that his political pursuit should not bar federal employment. McDonald awaits official reinstatement and hopes to return to his Blackwell assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Mike Monroney
Socus
Leon T-Bone McDonald
McDonald
CCC
Blackwell
Monroney
Thomas and Lee
State School Land Commission
Iis Soi
Waltyexs
Tal
Transfer of Berry to New York agency announced by Indian Affairs
The Indian Affairs Bureau announced the transfer of Charles H. Berry from the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency at El Reno Oklahoma to the Salamanca New York agency. He will be succeeded at El Reno by Guy Hobgood who currently heads the tracting canyon vested Ada News classifed ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles H. Berry
el Reno
Okla
New York
Salamanca
Indian Affairs Bureau
Berry
Fleece
Reno
Guy ‘Hobgood
Traxtor Canyon
Ada News
Ivill to Take Agency Role in Gelentine Arizona
An agency change at Gelentine Arizona will take effect around September 1 as Ivill assumes the new position. The move shifts duties within the regional office and sets an early fall start for Ivill's responsibilities.
Red Cross Chapter Aids Disasters Across Regions
Ponieroe county Red Cross reports disaster relief actions with $50 sent to Kansas and Arkansas tornado zones and $60 spent May 22 for victims of a Wanado strike. Orville Snead leads disaster efforts. twelve counties in Arkansas and Texas receive national support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ponieroe
Kansas
Arkansas
Tir County
Orville Snead
Texas
St. Louis
National Red Cross
Pontotoc County
Snead
Fritz Johnson
Allen
Leon McKay
Stonewall
W. H. Powgil
Peale
Thurman Smith
Tof
East Central prepares for fall term as campus reopens
East Central braces for the fall term with students returning after a short summer session. Enrollment was unusually heavy for the summer terms, and officials report smooth progress. Freshmen and sophomores begin enrollment procedures after Labor Day, followed by seniors and juniors, as professors approve schedules. The season promises renewed faculty and student friendships and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central
Westlay
College Plant Being Prepared For New Term
The East Central college campus is being prepared for the fall term with maintenance crews painting dormitories and oxy buildings and tidying grounds. Registrar Hervey Faust said workers will range from six to 24, including some students, and will focus on buildings and landscaping ahead of September 5 registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central College
Carpus
Yall
Hervey Faust
Faust
Marland Parole Figures Given
OKLAHOMA CITY August 20 The report shows Marland paroled 548 prisoners and pardoned 203 since January 1935. It details 1432 from McAlester penitentiary 405 from Granite reformatory and 102 from county jails with 108 paroles revoked for new crimes or violations. An extra 255 parolees received extended leaves under W H Murray administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Marland
Fred Cunningham
State Pardon and Parole Board
McAlester Penitentiary
Granite Peserramiory
Granite Reformatory
Cunningham
W. H. Murray
No Need Seen For New Taxes
Washington Aug 19 Pr Chairman Dougten of the house ways and means committee said improving business conditions indicate congress can reduce government expenses next year and still meet relief demands. He predicted no need to enact new taxes unless the upward trend of industry is reversed. He agreed with Chairman Harrison that existing nuisance taxes bringing in about 500 million dollars a year must be continued, though they would ordinarily expire in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dougnten
D-N. C
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Deaf Group Convention Set for Sulphur
The Oklahoma association announces the state deaf convention will be held at the School for the Deaf in Sulphur on September 3 4 and 5. About 3000 deaf people from Oklahoma and nearby states are expected with accommodations requests from Texas Kansas and Arkansas. The three day session aims to uphold deaf rights against discrimination in driving WPA and factory work with banquets films dances contests softball and a track meet on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School For T Deaf
Sulphur
Guard
Prise
Oklaho- Tea Association
Oklahoma
Price
Texas
Kansas
Arkansas
Offers Made To Furnish Cornea To Blind Man
Oklahoma City reports L. Reno, blind custodian of the statehouse information desk, received two offers today to donate corneal tissue for a transplant. Reno, blind for 20 years, will be examined by a specialist Monday to assess residual optic nerve function and potential partial sight restoration. He believes a corneal exchange could restore some vision, though not necessarily full sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Upl
L. Reno
Statehouse Information Desk
Reno
Hidden Aid Offered to Restore Sight Declined
The man refused to name the strangers who offered half their sight to restore his vision. He did not identify the donors or reveal details of the offer, keeping the matter private while discussing his plight.
Pontotoc County Fair Opens September 12 At Ada
Pontotoc county fair season starts September 12 with six township fairs and ends with the county free fair September 12–17 at Ada. Premiums total hundreds of dollars for farmers livestock exhibitors farm women and 4-H members plus attractions by T. J. Tidwell Shows.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Ada
Allen
Allen Township
Fitzhugh
Ross
Francis
Trangia
Maxwell
Midland
Vaness
Stonewall
Neize
T. J. Tidwell
The
Free Fair Association
Rev. Kimbrough
Gladstone Kidwell
Ed Granger
Lg, Denny
L. L. Lillard
J. E. Shendler
George Swink
Shackelfords Move to Stonewall Ministry
Reverend L. E. Shackelford and Mrs. Shackelford travel to Stonewall where he has assumed the pastorate of the Methodist church following their Saturday departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Shackelford
First Methodist Church
Shackelford
Stonewall
Methodist Church
Energetic church workers leave Ada for new posts
Members of the First Methodist church and others in Ada express appreciation for the workers, noting their generous support of church undertakings. Reverend Shackelford will replace Reverend L. B. Parker, who moves to CCC work in Colorado, the Shackelfords relocating from Detroit Texas where Parker led the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Ada
Shackelford
L. B. Parker
CCC
Colorado
Shackelfords
Detroit
Texas
Methodist
Enureh
Courthouse records list multiple marriage licenses issued
Court clerk records show licenses issued on Thursday Friday and Saturday to pairs including Edward Chatham of Detroit and Helen Grigsby of Ada, Harold Shanks and Josephine Stubblefield, Henry Kunke and Olja, Spal McCalvin and Ferhmey, P J Lewis and Reeves, Edith Lowery, plus petitions in four divorces or name-change suits: McCutcheon Leonard Hillhouse Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Chatham
Detroit
Mich
Helen Grigsby
Ada
Harold O'Neil Shanks
Josephine Mac Stubblefield
Henry Kunke
Cogan
Olja
J Spal McCalvin
Sug Holmer Ferhmey
Drumright
Helen Richardson
Dilton
Virgel Mounts
Kinsfisher
Francene Naylor
P.J. Lewis
Norman
Miss I. M. Reeves
Len
R. L. Capps
Jos
Edith Lowery
Alen
Foreign players join Jaya's football squad this fall
Three members of Jaya's football squad arrive from abroad for the upcoming season. Jens Norgaard hails from the Virgin Islands while Phil Strom and Jack McKinnon come from Sweden pushing the team’s international flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa City
Jaya
Jens Norgaard
Virgin Islands
Phil Strom
Jack McKinnon Sre
Sweden
Youth Will Face Hearing August 30
Fourteen year old Dale Reynolds of Konawa will face preliminary hearing on August 30 for manslaughter in a crash that killed three year old Jane Douthit. His mother Lille Belle Carbella also charged with manslaughter waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to district court for trial. The crash occurred on Konawa's main street injuring Jane and her sister Jo.
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Dale Reynolds
Konawe
Konawa 1
Lille Belle Carbella
Bob Aubrey
Wewoka
Hubert Hearrave
Jane Douthit
Gene Douthit
Konawa
Carbella
Carson Sanity Hearing Denied
LITTLE ROCK Ark August 19. Judge Gus Falk overruled a petition for a further sanity examination for Joel Carson awaiting trial on first degree murder in the Keller slaying. The state hospital staff ruled Carson sane. his younger brother Joe Carson was ordered to 20 days observation in the hospital amid claims the pistol was smuggled to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Joel Carson
J. B. Keller
State
Gus Falk
State Hospital
Carson
Fulk
J. C. Carson
Keller
Joey Carson
Woman Killed In Auto Crash Near Beaver Oklahoma
Mrs Mabel Yarbrough a widow and mother of three was killed last night when an automobile overturned six miles north of Beaver Oklahoma. Three persons were injured including Beryl Kile who suffered a crushed arm and was expected to be in a cast for about a year. His daughter-in-law Mrs Merlyn Kile and Herb Hibbs escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Okla
Mabel Yarbrough
Here
Beryl Kile
Merlyn Kile
Herb Hibbs
Gas Rates Cut By Community Natural Gas Firm
Oklahoma City August 19 a corporate commission panel unanimously approved an order cutting gas rates charged by the Community Natural Gas company in 23 cities and towns. The measure promises annual consumer savings estimated at 25 000 to 560 000. The formal order will be issued Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Community Natural Gas Company
Corporation Commission
Coalgate Takes District Title in Softball
The Coalgate All-Stars won the district softball title by beating Rigsby Brothers of Ada 3 to 2 in game one. They then topped Rigsby in the second game after a scoreless early innings, securing the district crown and earning a berth to Tulsa for the eastern division tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All-Stars
Rigsby Bros
Coalgate All-Stars
Rigsby
Ada
Coalgate
David
Rigsby Brothers
Hugo
Tulsa
Groseclose Resigns From University Post in 1945
Dr Elgin Groseclose resigns as assistant professor of secretarial work at the University of Oklahoma after a year long absence. He cites dissatisfaction with administration and lack of opportunity. President W B Bizzell notes he was offered a government post for another year but extending the leave was impractical. A school official says Groseclose sought transfer to another department and a department head position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groseclose
Okmulgee Negro’s Sentence Upheld
The criminal court of appeals affirmed a 0-year penitentiary sentence for Addie Kimbrough, an Okmulgee County Negro, convicted of the fatal shooting of Alex Rolland at a Negro picnic on July 19, 1936. W Farrow, Maud drug store manager, had 60 days in jail and a $200 fine for unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. officers found whisky surplents in a back room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Addie Kimbrough
Okmulgee County
Alex Rolland
Bellard
Farrow
Maud
Hughes Takes Off On Mystery Flight
Hughes leaves Union Air terminal at 6 21 p m aboard a twin engine Lockheed transport with 1293 gallons of gasoline after a test hop. No flight plan was announced but he aims to beat the west east transcontinental record held by Tommy Tomlinson at 17 hours 5 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Howserd Hughes
Union Air
New York City
Hughes
Tommy Tominson
Newark
Forest Fire Threat To Western Village
Poland Colorado Aug 19 an all night fire guard stood around the mining town as 350 CCC enrollees and volunteers worked to control a forest blaze that had raged since 1 p m The wind that powered the flare eased and officials hoped the fire would be under control by morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Colo
CCC
Phresrenet
Polna
Forest Service
Isaac French Bond Reduced in Habeas Hearing
Isaac French a 21 year old charged with a statutory offense had his bond cut to 5000 in district court after three hearings on a writ of habeas corpus He had failed to meet bond earlier and faced reductions after prior levels of 25000 then 10000 cited as excessive relative to the offense The note adds an unrelated line about a valuable nut.
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Isaac French
Habeas Corpis
French
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Ke Real
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Gelentine
Ariz
County Red Cross Chapter
Moncey
Schoomores
Rca Woodward
Rosalea Glazn
A. M. Banks
State Motor Police
George H. Earle
Mexico
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Colombia
Earles
Banks
Herrissurz
Courthouse Records
J. W. McCutcheon
Nellie McCutcheon
Betty Jane Hillhouse
Bill Hillhouse
Myrtle Leonard
Robert T. Leonard
Martha Jones
Tein Jones
Konawa Girl
Carson Sanity
Dodge
Jayce Winburn
Daniel G. Dodge
Georgian Bay
Little Current
Ont
Groseclose Quill University
Statt
Okmulgee Negro
Mystery Flight
Bond
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