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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1929
Page
5
In Durant Oklahoma sheriff and officials travel to Utica to exhume the body of Mrs A J Easter for viscera tests seeking poison traces. The case centers on Will Hughes a barn death and a confession alleging a plot by Mrs Easter and her husband to murder their mates so they could wed. Mrs Hughes claims Eastep killed her husband while she stood nearby.
In Allen the gas shortage caused by a main line break disrupted breakfast and heating until repairs restored supply by 10 o clock. New wells like Homackla Shields No 4 and Magnolia Reed No 7 report production, while several locations such as Blackwell Sunray Lusty No 1 Mid-continent and Harjo No 5 show activity. Other wells, including Butcher Hardin No 1 and Sinclair Jefferson No 5, report depths, oil swabs, and Wilcox sand results with standardizing at Hunton lime depths.
Oklahoma City November gasoline tax revenue rose by 356 865 from 1928 to 1 096 115 while exemptions on 297 201 gallons were granted. Penalties totaled 856 and counties received 275 228 with the state at 825 162. Gasoline consumption reached 28 619 902 gallons as plowing declined in a wet month.
Tillman County leads Oklahoma in cotton ginned this year with 56 054 bales as of November 44 according to the state crop reporting service. Total bales ginned statewide reach 809 477 with Kiowa and Washita following and other counties posting smaller counts compared to last year’s 853 141 bales.
Alfred Hoffman, organizer for the United Textile Workers of America, and strikers Lawrence Hogan Del Lewis and Wes Fowler were convicted by a McDowell County jury of rioting. They were acquitted on resisting officers. Hoffman received a $1000 fine and one month in jail while Fowler Hogan and Lewis drew six months on the chain gang.
Report shows Ada police made 56 arrests in November mostly for drunkenness and gambling. For the year ending November 30, 1929 arrests totaled 911 with 509 for drunkenness, 118 for gambling, 77 for disturbing the peace, 60 for possession of alcohol, and 39 for traffic violations. Bridgeport wedding details: Donald G. Perkins to marry Mrs. Margaret W. Bulkley on December 7 with a fox hunt honeymoon.
A poem laments railroad workers burning old ties along tracks. The speaker questions the practice and its social cost while observing piles of discarded ties awaiting fuel. The verse blends rural imagery with critique of wasting resources rather than shipping them to the needy.
Gerald Ambrose Griffith of Sioux City Iowa advances in heavyweight standings after a close 10 round decision over Basque Paulino Uzcudun at Chicago Stadium Griffith carried 14 pounds less and won by referee and one judge while remaining a draw from the other judge.
Oklahoma City November 30 tear bombs were used on about 150 county jail inmates who rioted after chefs served hominy. The disturbance ended as tear gas spread through the cell house and inmates lay on bunks to escape fumes. Jailor Fred Smith cited prisoners tearing bunks and bars as the cause. Also in brief, November building permits totaled $600 with three permits issued as the year’s big program slowed.
The Bremen, holder of the trans Atlantic speed record, departs December 14 carrying the last gifts for delivery across the ocean. The voyage aims to reach the other side by Christmas.
London reports that former King Manuel of Portugal underwent a slight operation at his Twickenham residence, with all engagements canceled for a few weeks. In Germany Belgian troops evacuated Aix la Chapelle after eleven years in occupation and began leaving the town. French troops also started evacuating Ehrenbreitstein as the second zone was abandoned.
William Algernon Brackenridge aged 65 retired vice president of the Southern California Edison company died in Santa Barbara Cay after a three month illness.
Small tremors were felt across Imperial Valley San Bernardino and the Pasadena Los Angeles foothills. In Philadelphia George F Turner 63 longtime financial editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin died suddenly at home. In Pratt Kansas James S Barnes 70 prominent in Kansas politics and finance died at home. he helped mark the Cano Ball Highway trail from Pratt to Wichita.
In Muskogee on November 30 a gathering of about one hundred dentists from the Northern and Eastern State Dental Societies will convene for a two day meeting. The event will feature professional talks and collaborative sessions at the local dental society chapter.
Monday schedule notes nationally known specialists will lecture and hold clinics. A golf tournament is slated for Sunday.
A fire shortly after 5 AM yesterday destroyed a two room frame house at 1009 North Ada. It was unoccupied and valued at no more than 100 dollars. Ada firemen reported seven calls for the month, with yesterday’s blaze the only notable damage.
A list of names and ages from Ada and nearby towns appears before an inexplicit stock market note. Some writers labeled the market as a debacle while others described it as a readjustment, reflecting divergent viewpoints on recent movements.
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