Mary Franklin confronts Ladd over Clem story at Gazette
In the Gazette newsroom Mary Franklin faces editor Tom Ladd after a Broadway gossip clipping references Clem Shirley. He demands the Clem story, while Mary battles personal feelings and a torn respect for Ladd, hinting at hidden affections as the chapter ends with Mary crying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Clem
Jack
Duke Martin
Gazette
Cressie
Mel Anderson
Mel
Zewrite
Dan Perkins
Si Marlin
Stock Exchange
Star
Tom Lago
Mary Franklin
Burt
James Shirley
International Brake Co
Shirley
Ladd
Me ‘Ary
Parson
Friar Tuck
Pete
Tom Ladd
Sedd
Plaza
The
Clem Shirley
Connecticut
John Burden
Park Avenue
Janice French
Allen's Dairyman Builds Modern Milk Facility in Allen
E G Hensler, longtime Allen dairyman, is rushing a new dairy barn to completion 3.5 miles southeast of Allen to meet U S Public Health Service standard milk requirements. Though Allen lacks an ordinance, the city may adopt one as Hensler works with Burley Walker, health unit sanitarian, to raise sanitation standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensler
Allen
Allen Territory
Hensich
United States Public Health Service
C. M. Means
Burley Walker
Allen Dairyman
Walker
Means
Ada
Heensler
Homer Hensler
Hey
Farm Debt Board To Meet Sept 1 Session Details
Worthy farmers of Pontotoc county facing debt will be considered at a session of the farm debt adjustment committee. The meeting is set for 10 am Friday September 1 at the rural supervisor's office. Committee members include James E. Chandler Francis John A Hart secretary Fitzhugh and Henry Little Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Iof
James E. Chandler
Francis
John, A. Hart
Fitzhugh
Henry Little
Stratford
Quail Released On Fontoter County Farms
About 240 quail from the federal hatchery near Stillwater were released in Fontoter County farms in flocks of 20. J B Hill and Frank Harkrider delivered the birds eight weeks old, each with a leg band, and farmers agreed to a long quail shooting ban on their lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Fontoter
B. Hill
Frank Harkrider
First Bale Receives Extra Premium From Pontotoc County
J H Myers of the Egypt neighborhood delivered Pontotoc County’s first bale weighing 462 pounds. The bale sold for 42.50 with a 6.75 ginning fee. Myers earned 33.25 cash and 1000 in merchandise from local merchants, totaling 53.25 in cash premiums for the two top producers. Additional donors contributed to the premium fund though many were away on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
J. H. Myers
Egypt
Tattan
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Myers
Pontatoc County
C. C. Lea
Lee
I Wuttertian'y Finley
Lallar Kirst
D. J. Davidson & Son Grocery
Sace Brown
Dino Music Company
Stowen's
J-Iht
OklanoMs
Coame
Rollow Hardware Company
Teboy, McCanlex & Company
Adama Lumber Company
Chormoth Seewamenwamnere
Tt. Anthony Company
J. Kent Smith
Onens
Meetin's
Lecale Cleaning’ Works
Oklahoma State Bank, S. Univerron de
T. Cummings
Fisherman Joe Harrington Receives Corpus Christi Display
Ada native Joe Harrington, long a fisherman, posed with Mrs Barrington and a grandson in Corpus Christi where he has fished near the Gulf. He moved from Ada in 1902 and earlier served five consecutive terms as constable, leaving a political tale and a note of continued fishing after three weeks in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Harrington
Ada
Corpus Christi
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Joe
Harrington
Banner Association Brotherhood Meets
The Benner Baptist Association Brotherhood held its regular quarterly meeting Friday night at the Allen church with a large three-county turnout. Ada speaker L. Ellison delivered the evangelistic service. A. Dixon of Allen was elected president and Wilder Thomason of Ada was named first vice president. other officers to be chosen later. The next meeting will be at Trinity Baptist in Ada with strong Ada church representation.
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Benner Baptist Association Brotherhood
Allen
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Oly Ada
L. A
Trinity Baptist Church of
Ada
Ada’s
Baptist Church
Cotfen Payments Set for 1939 Cotton Farmers
Applications for the 1939 cot ton adjustment payments are expected to be available to Pontotoc county farmers by October 1. The payment equals 1.6 cents per pound based on the farm’s normal cotton yield and the 1989 allotment. Farmers received 1937 parity payments in fall 1938. Congress did not appropriate funds for 1988 but provided for 1939 payments this year to prevent a gap.
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Pontotoc County
Queston
Congress
Murder charge filed at Mangum in Castle case
Mangum August 26 a murder charge was filed today against Victor Castle a farmer accused of shooting his half brother Jennings Castle through a doorway of the apartment of his father and stepmother My and Mrs W C Castile the first shot striking Jennings The county attorney said the father had fired a replevin bond in justice court Wednesday seeking recovery of a plow and shotgun from Victor.
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Mangum
Victor Castle
Jennings Castle
Thurs
Jack Sasseen
Victor
Wadlington Named Defendant In Damage Suit
County Attorney Carloss Wadlington is named defendant in a $4,000 damages suit filed Saturday arising from a bribery case involving State Senator John Boyce McKeel. Plaintiff Gladys Prentice alleges she was falsely charged and subjected to an unlawful search of her home, causing humiliation and mental pain. The suit cites two causes of action including malicious actions by Wadlington and improper conduct connected to a missing docket and a search warrant.
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Carloss Wadlington
John Boyce McKeel
Gladys Prentice
Acton
Wadlington
Washington
Gladys Prantice
A. W. Oliver
Mecheel
McKeel
Wellington
W. L. Reed
Justice of the Peace
Lee
Rains
J. F. McKeel
Reed
Raymond Rains
Ada Police Department
Carmen Prentice
Lloyd Palmer
M. W. Palmer
Francis Bird
Prentice
John Boyes McKeel
County Fair Plans Near Completion for September 2023
The Pontotoc County Free Fair set for September 20 to 24 with township fairs September 11 to 18. J B Hill and others lead the boys and girls club, women’s department, and 4 H exhibits. 4 H superintendents include Daniel, Price, Flowers, Cartwright, Taylor, McCause, Green, Herion, Hartis, Brandon, Bennett, Scroggins, Young, and Pederson with many positions to be announced.
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Pontotoc County
J.B. Hill
Jessie F. Morgan
Oliver J. Taylor
Raymond MecCause
Fagen Flowers
Doyle Green
Mau-rice Herion
Otto Hartis
Leonard Brandon
Coton
Soil Improvement Group Meeting Endorses Fertilizer Program
Pontotoc County Improvement association held a Saturday meeting in Convention hall and gave unanimous approval to the Agricultural Conservation Program fertilizer plan. J. W. Osborne from Oklahoma A&M discussed winter legumes, phosphates, and other commercial fertilizers. The group will buy two fertilizer drills for member use as they expand legume sowing and enrollment approaches 100 county farmers.
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Agricultural Conservation Program
Pontotoc County
Corn Thrives In Spite Of Drouth
Howevers reported a corn crop thriving in Pontotoc county despite drought conditions. Myers, like Pres Sugg and Dr J G Breco, shows large ears and well filled grain. He broke land last December with a 12 inch turnplow and planted early to gain a head start before drought worsened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
I | Myers
Pres Sugg
Dr.j. G. Breco
Schedule for Cotton Quota Cards Distribution 1939
J W Herron shows the cotton quota card distribution runs through September 7 in Pontotoc county. Cards issued in Maxwell and Fitzhugh townships. Farmers in other townships will call for cards on specific dates at designated locations including Ada, Stonewall, Lula, Owl Creek, and Francis. Farmers urged to visit the nearest township site to obtain their cards.
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Pontotoc County
J. W. Herron
AAA
Maxwell
Fitzhugh
Midland
Gaar Corner
Lightning Ridge
Allen
Steedraar
Chickasaw
Convention Hall
Ada
Stonewall
Lula
Owl Creek
Jesse
Francis
State to Hear Sapulpa Gas Sale Case
Oklahoma State will present arguments in a higher court hearing Sept 4 after a Tulsa federal court restrained state interference with the Sapulpa Gas Co sale. Attorney General Mac G Williamson said the appeal, notified from Denver by Justice Orie Phillips, seeks a stay to restrain the state from challenging the sale’s legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Sapulpa Gas Company
Mac G. ‘Williamson
Orie Phillips
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Williamson
Denver
Oklahoma Natural Gas. Company
Governor Pushes Series of Dams for Washita Flood Control
Oklahoma Governor Leon C. Phillips urged a 70 to 80 dam flood control plan in the Washita river basin as a condition for approving the Red River dam project. He cited protection for Pauls Valley Wynnewood Chickasha Anadarko and Clinton areas and anticipated favorable USDA engineer reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bond
United Press
Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Washita River
Red River
Wahita
Denison
Pauls Valley
Wynnewood
Chickasha
Anadarko
Clinton
Arge
Don McBride
Water Resources
Red
Washita
Phillips
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Owens Oil Wells Plea Hits Oklahoma Commission
The corporation commission heard O L Owens request exemption for Creek county wells from the general shutdown but delayed ruling until tomorrow after more exemptions are heard. Owens testified he pumps to save wells from salt water and will continue until notified otherwise. Three observers will attend Texas proration hearing in Austin and the Interstate Oil Compact Commission session.
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Oklahoma City
The
Corporation Commission
L. Owens
Creek County
Owens
Tulsa
Thlocco Oil Company
Phillips
Oklahoma
Texas
Austin
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Corporation
Motorcyclist Injured in Highway Crash Near Pon A
Ralph Phillips of Disney Oklahoma, about 25, was reported in serious condition after losing control on Highway 99 one mile north of Pontotoc. His motorcycle veered into a ditch and field, found by a passing motorist as he lay unconscious.
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Ralph Phillips
Disney
Oklo
Ads
Phillips
Dudley Lester
Highway 99
Ponttotec
Lester
City Annlies For Police Radio Permit
Mayor Bill Crawford said Saturday he applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a permit to install a 150 watt police radio transmitter. The city plans to abandon renting equipment and buy the new transmitter once the permit arrives, replacing the current 50 watt station owned by KADA and rented to the city and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Crawford
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
KADA
Two English Girls Leave for Home As Ambulance Drivers
Iris Churton and Nyra Churton, sisters from Farnham, Surrey, depart Tulsa for home to join ambulance service upon war. They trained two months in first aid and gas work, toured the United States, and visited Germany. They sail September 13 on the Aquitania from New York.
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Tulsa
Okla
Iris Churton
Nyra
Farnham
Surrey
Iris
United States
Germany
Hitler
Aquitania
New York
Charles Thompson Home Destroyed By Fire Friday
Fire Friday destroyed the two story frame home of Charles Thompson on South Constant avenue. Loss estimated above ten thousand with seven thousand plus furniture damaged and the building valued around thirteen four thousand. Officials cannot determine exact cause but suspect a short circuit. Thompson plans to rebuild on the site once the remains are cleared.
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Charles Thompson
South Constant Avenue
Thompson
Somebody Acquires Bin New Wardrobe
Police seek a Friday night thief who took a wardrobe from Rodgers Cleaners at 324 East Main and a parked car in the 100 block of West Main. Rodgers Cleaners reports ten trousers two suits and one jacket stolen. A rear window bar was broken and the car owner reports losses of two suits a coat and one shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodgers Cleaners
East Main
West Main
C. McCarty
Dixon Enters Plea Not Guilty
Homer Dixon pleads not guilty to exceeding the speed limit for trucks at arraignment before Judge Hoyt Driskill. He was released on $250 bond after arrest northwest of Ada on Highway 13.
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Homer Dixon
Hoyt Driskill
Dixon
Ada
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Martiz
Helen Worden
NEA Service
ING
Chinatown
Harvard
Levey Dove
G. Hensler
Farm Debt Board
Ada News
Chamber of Commerce
Air~Safety Board
Banner Association Brotherhood Meets
Cotfen
Charne
Ariz
Carmen
Tealer
Wilburn Bennett
Carlos Scroggins
Willis Young
Raymond Martin
J. C. Pederson
Delbert Gerloff
Billy Courtney
Harry Miller
Entotne
Hay
Pontotoe
Bay
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