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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
3
Ferndie Deering reflects on public embarrassment from a torn trousers seam and minor freedoms after repairs. The Ada News notes a mailed clue about a severed arm near Ada and dismisses a Mussolini sanctioning theory tied to League of Nations boycotts.
An Ardmore visitor in Ada learns Vic Vallery is the town champion stay at home resident since 1911 and unfamiliar with routes out toward Roff. Meanwhile an Ada professional prefers facial masks in a beauty parlor. The missing man hunt echoes a past Friday incident when Mrs. Bob Palmer located her husband at the First Baptist Church during a Men's Brotherhood meeting.
W. E. Jack Moore asserts he has not missed a single Ada News issue since the paper began about thirty years ago. He notes steady loyalty as a long-time subscriber.
Five year old Kenneth Arrington attended revival meeting services at a local church recently and for the first time noticed two part singing. On arriving home he told his mother that a man behind in the first verse remained behind after the song ended.
Local game ranger Jack Finks reports his hunting dog was stolen as the third season began, leaving him without his best hunting partner in a rural area. He is seeking information from residents and authorities.
An anonymous poem about winter appears as appropriate season writing. Floyd H. Mickey Mc Bride, coach of the East Central Tiger football team, never earned a varsity letter but was an all state high school end and earned numerals at QO U during his freshman year.
Mrs Joe Biles has spent 10 years on the same crossword puzzle begun in Hot Springs in 1925. She vows to complete it someday despite the difficulty. The piece notes crossword puzzles now enjoy 11 years of popularity, unlike Mah Jongg, chain letters, or black widow spiders.
Miss Kitty Bowen, a stenographer, objects to being called a gum chewing stenographer. She explains her stance stems from not liking the label rather than her preference about gum.
Ada's 1935 building activity rises with ten city permits totaling 13 675 dollars and ongoing residence work near the city. Bids open December 2 for East Central Teachers College dormitories estimated at 363 636 dollars, with WPA approval key, plus a 70 000 dollar water reservoir expansion southeast of Ada.
Severe wind fanned a blaze in Meeker Oklahoma destroying a barber shop frame building and scorching the telephone exchange and post office. Volunteers on roofs aided by a bucket brigade and an early alarm kept the fire from spreading before fire crews arrived. Nearby towns sent modern trucks as a precaution. Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants is linked to Meeker’s history.
The Oklahoma criminal court of appeals upheld a Creek county district court verdict sentencing Lee Davis to life in prison for the slaying of Sapulpa police chief T. J. Brumley. The Feb 2 1934 gun battle near Davis home left Brumley dead and multiple officers and fugitives shot. Elliott and Wilson died, Moore killed a policeman, and Davis was convicted after witnesses testified to the events.
Oklahoma City December article reports the court of appeals upholding James R. Hargus’s death penalty for the killing of Tulsa officer L. B. Mitchell and wounding of W. L. Martin after a drug store inquiry. Execution date set for February 7, 1936. appeals cited self defense and lack of warrant.
Oklahoma City report says Edwin Markham, aged 84, visits a homeless camp of huts near feed lots where cattle rest, contrasting the plight of landless men with content cattle. He warns that man is no longer the brother of the ox but of the beaten dog, during a lecture tour.
Leonard R. Clark founder and publisher of The Ada Bulletin died Tuesday at 4 am at his Ada residence after a stroke. Native of Pennsylvania born 1871, he moved to Kansas in youth, taught briefly, and led the Ada Bulletin until his declining health and hospitalization preceding death. Funeral plans not announced.
Oscar Morgan the Blanchard officer who fired the deadly shot in the Comer case spent time in Ada Tuesday. He discussed Ray Evans and other supposed victims, predicting search areas near the Santa Fe line and Pontotoc county west side. Morgan plans more inquiries with a long record of service to aid solving the case.
Oklahoma City officials led by WPA administrator W S Key met with labor union reps to ensure pay for WPA laborers is issued within five days after each two week period. The plan would cover the wage difference between security pay and prevailing skilled labor wages for armories and other permanent projects.
President Roosevelt arrives in Atlanta for a large homecoming with thousands of Georgians and southeastern visitors. He tours Fort McPherson then Georgia Tech stadium, greets crowds, and notes cotton price gains amid cheers. The parade ends with a Grant Field speech after a 21 gun salute.
Washington reports federal shelterbelt officials say 20 million trees are in winter storage ready for transplanting next spring. They expect over 46 million seedlings from stock planted in nurseries last spring, with about 5,000 river-bed seedlings to be planted next spring in an effort spanning the Dakotas through Texas. planting is to begin in February or March in Oklahoma and Texas.
Charley Curry remained in U S marshal custody Saturday night awaiting transport to the federal jail in Muskogee after waiving a preliminary hearing. He was committed to jail in default of a 3000 dollar bond on charges of possessing and selling untaxed and unstamped whiskey, marking a third federal court appearance within a year. Earlier Willie Bridges, arrested on a similar charge, was released after posting a clearance bond.
Classified notices advertise better value from investments and promotions. The page highlights financial tips and opportunities for readers seeking higher returns from their money in daily ads.
Texas reports 13 deaths from fires and accidents on Thanksgiving. In Fort Worth a gas stove blast razed a seven story apartment block killing ten and wounding many. A Beaumont farmhouse blast trapped a father and his three young children, all perishing.
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma returned to Washington to urge expediting a long list of Public Works Administration and Works Progress Administration projects for his state. He aims to have the Oklahoma program straightened out by congressional January.
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