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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1929
Page
4
The Denver Producing and Refining Company reports a strong oil showing in its new Viola well. Drilling reached 1,000 feet with oil found higher than nearby south wells. Even after yesterday’s 700 foot rise, estimates suggest the new hole may outperform the southern well, which yields 200 barrels.
Ada Lodge No 119 holds a called meeting Monday evening for B A degree work. Visitors welcome. Rebekahs hold regular meeting Monday night at 7 30 with officers and degree staff urged to attend for initiation. Noble Grand Mrs May Lollar.
The World Affairs Club met with Dr. T. C. McCormick as featured speaker. R. I. Ware and Earl Rogers offered talks on stock market history and margin buying while McCormick discussed national business cycles and the impact of federal policies on employment and markets.
Wellington Lytle 25 a California native shot himself in a Milwaukee hotel room. In a note he asked that his body go to science and his soul to Andrew W. Mellon. He left four cents in debt and directed officials to return his gun to its owner and not remove his body until rent expired.
Shanghai dispatch reports widespread armed revolt against Chiang Kai-Shek's government with martial law in Shanghai Nanking Canton and Hankow. Troop defections rise as rail lines are cut and 70 000 troops planned. Tang Yen Kai and Yen Hsi Shan named in unverified reports.
Ada post office readies for Christmas mail with extra clerks report on December 16 and two more on standby. Postmaster M F Manville notes plans to handle parcel and letter mail, aiming for efficient service amid influenza concerns and good train schedules. Space may be expanded by using the nearby vacant building east of the post office.
A farewell message from Pilot T. B. Nelson of the air mail service, found in Warren Ohio, indicates he realized disaster was near before his crash near Chagrin Falls while flying early Monday. The note dated his intent to be found in the area and signed To Nelson N. A. T.
Brief dispatches report a counterfeiting bust in Philadelphia sparked by a little girl’s remark about a cook’s meat. Paris marks an Edouard de Martinville anniversary with a phonograph plaque. A U S senator reconfirms tariff views while a Dallas coach guides SMU Mustangs. A Kansas City trial for Myrtle Bennett is postponed to January. In Italy a Puccini monument is planned with a national monument prize of eight thousand dollars.
The Department of Justice announced it has requested the War Department to turn over Custer Michigan to federal custody for temporary use to ease congestion at the United States Reformatory for First Offenders in Chillicothe Ohio.
Pat Sullivan of Casper Wyoming appeared to be held for investigation in Independence Missouri after authorities found steel saws a glass cutter travelers checks and $176 in cash in his possession along with a property envelope from an Oklahoma City jail.
Allen Roach, 17, was arrested during a church service in Oklahoma City and held for Wellington, Kansas, authorities on a manslaughter charge from an accident last September. A fugitive warrant was issued. attorneys planned a habeas corpus petition.
Oklahoma City reports that Ponca City and Tulsa high schools were admitted to membership in the Central conference at a meeting of the circuit's faculty and athletic representatives. Tulsa had previously been a member but withdrew.
Ponca City joins Northern Conference with Blackwell Okmulgee Guthrie El Reno McAlester Muskogee Central Oklahoma City Enid as members. Guthrie High was awarded the 1.2 percent football championship at today’s session.
The Pirates announce they have secured first baseman Gus Suhr from the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. Earl Sheeley and a substantial sum of money were exchanged to obtain the coast player.
The Terre Haute Star hints at a proposal where Russia and Mexico swap defeated political candidates to boost their respective efforts. The notion appears as a speculative remark rather than a formal plan.
The Cincinnati Times Star reports a rule in Sweden that baby carriages must have headlights after dark while norns are not required and no baby needs one.
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