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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
4
The July outlook shows Pon Totoc County oil gross production tax revenue near 17500 with yearly total likely to reach at least 210000. Officials aim to spend mainly on durable roads, building five miles per year and expanding programs to avoid wasteful annual patches.
Apostles Barnabas and Paul depart from Antioch to preach to Gentiles. Cyprus becomes Christian after ministering to Sergius Paulus as Elymas the sorcerer opposes them. The piece links missionary work to broader social change and urges readiness to seize opportunities amid regional hardship.
War correspondent Edward J. Neil recounts the Addis Ababa rescue during the Ethiopian campaign. He highlights a 20 year old Italian band leader, Arab guides, British troops in Jerusalem, and the brutal cost of war including losses of four aviators and a lone lieutenant. The piece blends frontline reporting with personal observations in a vivid, period war narrative.
Robert Brown of Fort Worth, Texas, reports finding a three by two inch igneous rock fragment near Crescent that he identifies as part of the meteor that lit up central Oklahoma last Monday. The rock was in Eddie Gene Johnson s possession as he rabbit hunted four miles north and one mile east of Crescent. Brown traced the meteor flight to approximate origin four miles east and eight miles south of Shawnee. He plans to return in a week to continue the search.
Tulsa August 25 Estimated daily average crude oil production in the United States rose by 8 917 barrels for the week ending August 22, reaching a total daily output of 3 - with the gain reflecting a modest uptick across fields.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Strohm returned from Colorado Springs where they joined the annual invitation tennis tournament. Harold Strohm and Roy Hastings won the doubles championship and the husband captured a large statue trophy. Strohm reached the singles quarter finals, losing to Buslana, while Mrs. Strohm defeated the defending champion in the semi finals and won runner up in the final.
Sam Battles, chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Committee, told James Farley that Oklahoma is perfectly safe. He reported Farley gave an optimistic briefing in New York and predicted no trouble with Republicans in November. Battles and George McElroy planned to travel to Oklahoma by train.
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