Newsman A B Fitts Dies in Ada at 76 After Long Career
Amos R B Fitts aged 76 died Monday at 9 40 am at his daughter Mrs 2 W Sloan's home 415 E Thirteenth Ada He left a large family including John and Ed Fitts and Mrs J H Sloan and eight others Funeral services set for 6 am Tuesday at Keith Funeral Chapel Rev Ivan J Young officiating burial at Atoka Fitts famed for travels with the Atlanta Constitution and long string of reports from Georgia and Perry in old territory days He was a friend of poet Frank L Stanton and chronicled Dalton gang era among other adventures"
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John
Ed Fitts
Ada
Atlanta Constitution
Henry W. Grady
Perry
Amos RB. Fitts
Fitts
Carroll County
Georgia
Buchanan
Carrollton
Frank L. Stanton
Lake Rose
Hoke Smith
Grover Cleveland
Fills
East
Southwest
Texas
J. H. Sloan
Dorothy Wayne
Dallas
Leila Mae Fitts
Atoka
Ruth Franklin
Fort Worth
Joan Fitts
Sulphur
L. E. Fitts
W. J. Fitts
P. W. Fitts
Davidson
Otis
Alva Fitts
Houston Floodwaters Recede. One Confirmed Death Reported
Floodwaters of the Buffalo Bayou receded slowly in Houston after torrential rains in Harris County. One death was confirmed, with reports of several others feared drowned and property damage exceeding 2 million dollars. The Bayou flooded 100 blocks including downtown. A Bay City man, Arnold Holub, 26, died attempting to help at a submerged bridge.
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Houston
Tex
Buffalo Bayou
Houston Ship Channel
Harris County
Bay City
Arnold Holub
West Bernard
Raymond Wilkins
Main
Wilkins
Ada Chamber of Commerce Names New Directors
Ada Chamber of Commerce elected seven new directors S M Baublits W A Delaney Jr Dr A Linscheid W Smith F C Norris and A BR Sugg plus W D Little after a weekend election. Second holdovers include Harry Lundgaard Bill Lawes Co E Canning B R Stubbs Les Branscome N G Killough Oscar Hatcher. Club presidents and H J Huddleston treasurer will join the new group meeting after January 1 to select officers for 1936.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
S. M. Baublits
W. A. Delaney, Jr
Dr. A. Linscheid
W. Smith
F.C. Norris
Tr. A. BR. Sugg
W. D. Little
Harry Lundgaard
Bill Lawes
Co. E. Canning
B. R. Stubbs
Les Branscome
N. G. Killough
Oscar Hatcher
Claude W. Thompson
Lions Club
D. W. F. Dean
Rotary Club
W. T. Melton
Kiwanis Club
H. J. Huddleston
J B Hill Extols Oklahoma Cattle Quality
J B Hill Pontotoc county farm agent spoke to the Ada Kiwanis club about AAA drouth cattle program and extension department work. He credited elimination of rundown stock with improving Oklahoma cattle grades and outlined the purposes and functions of the agricultural administration.
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Hill
Pontotoc County
W. H. Mundy
John Boyce McKeel
Robert T. Williamson
Mr. Hardy
Denison
Texas
Ada Kiwanis Club
Oklahoma
J. B. Hill
Agricultural Administration
Extension Department
Burglary defendant faints during sentencing
Finis Schilling pleaded guilty to second degree burglary. Judge Tal Crawford began the sentence of five years but Schilling fainted after hearing part of the sentence. He recovered and the judge suspended the sentence.
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Finis Schilling
Tal Crawford
Crawford
Schilling
Snow avalanche in Kirovsk kills 88 and injures 44
Avalanches from Mount Yuxpor struck Kirovsk on the Kola peninsula. Eighty eight people were killed and forty four injured. The disaster occurred last Thursday and was reported today as burials proceeded.
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Moscow
Mount Yuxpor
Kirovsk
Kola Peninsula
Agriculture department lowers 1935 cotton crop forecast
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1935 cotton crop at 10,734,000 bales, down 407,000 from a month earlier. The 1935 crop would be about 1,098,000 bales larger than 1934. Most declines came from Texas and Oklahoma due to unfavorable weather for maturing and picking the late crop.
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Washington
Agrculture Department
Texas
Okahoma
Richardson Plans State Monopoly for Liquor Trade
Oklahoma Governor Marland reviews a proposed state liquor monopoly plan by Tax Commissioner E L Richardson. The plan would place major control in state hands, create a separate alcoholic legislature chosen by district judges, and require a constitutional amendment. State stores would handle hard liquors and some beverages. local option allowed for counties, with profits funding the general fund.
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Oklahoma City
LPI
Marland
E. L. Richardson
Supreme Court
Richardson
Oklahoma
Cecile
Emilie
Annette
Marie
Dorothy Peterson
Yvonne
Cecilie
Emile
Miss Peterson
Allan Roy Dafoe
Jean Hersholt
Wide Debate Over Prohibition Repeal Amid 2 Year Mark
On the second anniversary of repeal, supporters claim progress with 41 states permitting legal sale and reduced poison alcohol deaths, while opponents warn of a new dry era and rising drunkenness. Officials cite higher revenue and lower bootlegging, but critics predict increased crime and violence.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
W. H. Slayton
Repeal Associates
Anti-Saloon League of America
Roosevelt
League
St. Louis
White Horse
White House
Slayton
F. Scott McBride
Anti Saloon League
McBride
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James M. Doran
Distilled Spirits Institute
Doran
Treasury
Grandpa’s Christmas Talk on Heirlooms and Gifts
An elder extols lasting heirlooms over knickknacks and urges choosing quality gifts. The Ada News notes readers’ responses as shoppers favor finer, durable items like silver mugs cereal dishes or keepsake toys.
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Elviry
Ada News
Not a Sissy Crocheter Defends Craft in Milwaukee Tavern
Harry Haberman known as Husky in Wauwatosa tavern boasts crochet skill. He claims he crochets to prove strength, noting no woman can match him. He shows a bedspread in progress and recalls sewing, knitting, and embroidery as Christmas gifts.
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Milwaukee
Harry
Husky) Haberman
Wauwatosa
Watertown
Sissy
Electric Eye Proposed to Slow Cars with Photoelectric Cells
H K Price of Sasakwa argues for placing photoelectric cells inside a car front bumper to slow vehicles at city limits and hills when red lines are reached and allow speed up after yellow lines. J M Gentry of the highway commission opposes both ideas and notes a separate proposal for night driving control was also discussed.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Safety Department
H. K. Price
Sasakwa Oil Company
J. M. Gentry
State Highway Commission
Gentry
Enid
State Game Ranger L. E. Crawford Resigns
Oklahoma December 5. L. E. Skipper Crawford, longtime chief ranger under the Murray administration, resigns at the urging of the state game and fish commission. Crawford based in Lawton. no replacement assigned to that district as of the announcement. The game warden said Crawford was reportedly accused of circulating anti among colleagues.
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Oklahoma
L. E
Crawford
Murray
L. D. Rickey
State Game and Fish Commission
Lawton
Rickey
Oklahoma Farmers Receive Huge Sun in 1936 AAA Benefits
Oklahoma ranked fourth in total AAA land benefit and rental payments for the first quarter of the 1936 fiscal year, receiving 9.24 million dollars. State breakdowns show cotton, wheat, corn hog, and Bankhead cotton pool funds, with Pontotoc, Coal, and Johnston counties listing specific allocations and contract payments.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Agricultural Department
Kansas
Iowa
Texas
Pontotoc County
Coal County
Johnston County
Pat’s Blue Ribbon Champion Steer Sells for 3195
Pat’s Blue Ribbon the grand champion Aberdeen Angus from the 1935 International Livestock Exposition sold for 3 a pound totaling 3195 to Cleo E. Yoder of Wellman Iowa. Armour & Co bidder Nathan Schweitzer company New York packing house supplied hotels. The steer weighed 1065 pounds and earned 750 cash, making total rewards 3945.
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Chicago
Pat
Cleo E. Yoder
Wellman
Armour &Co
Nathan Schweitzer Company
New York
Yoder
Mrs Clara Abshire Dies In Tulsa At 37
Mrs Clara Bassett Abshire 37 daughter of Mabel Bassett Oklahoma charities official died at home in Tulsa. Survivors include husband Fred W Abshire oil producer, a 12 year old daughter Mary Elizabeth, and brothers Clyde and Herbert Bassett of Oklahoma City. Born in Helena Montana she moved to Oklahoma in 1903 living in Oklahoma City Sapulpa and Quilton. Funeral plans pending.
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Tulsa
Clara Bassett Abshire
Mabel Bassett
Oklahoma
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Fred W. Abshire
Mary Elizabeth
Clyde
Herbert Bassett
Oklahoma City
Abshire
Helena
Mont
Sapulpa
Quilton
Chiang Kai-Shek takes three top posts in China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek assumes chairman of the executive Yuan and vice chairmanships in the Kuomintang and central political council, while remaining head of the military affairs commission. The moves centralize power as northern autonomy tensions rise.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Central
Executive Yuan
Wang Ching-Wei
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Central Political Council
Military Affairs Commission
Northern Autonomy Movement
North
Ada Shoppers Busy With Gift Buying In Holiday Season
Downtown Ada sights a bustling Christmas shopping scene with Santa visits and bright lights. Merchants expect a strong Christmas season as stores showcase varied gift selections and festive window displays sponsored by the Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Main Street
Ada
Santa Claus
American Legion
Broadway
Ada Junior of Commerce
Four Injured In Auto Wagon Crash Near Ada
Four people from the Pecan Grove community were injured when a horse-drawn wagon collided head on with an automobile on highway 48 south of Ada. The Lillards and a Hutchins family member received hospital treatment and returned home. Deputy Charley Shockley reported the auto occupants were uninjured and no arrests were made.
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Pecan Grove
Ada
Highway
Charles Lillard
Claude Hutchins
Charley Shockley
Lillard
Lucas Hill
Shockley
Clarence Wade
Oklahoma Cotton Crop Forecast by State Board
Oklahoma City Dec 7 The 1935 cotton crop is forecast at 598000 bales up from 317000 last year and below the 1122000 long term average Only about 60 percent of the crop has been picked to date and the figures were released by the state board of agriculture.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture
Japanese General Isogai Signs On For Sino Japanese Policy
Maj. Gen. Rensuke Isogai, the Japanese army spokesman and military attache at Shanghai, said Chiang Kai-shek’s assumption of full national control makes the generalissimo responsible for the future course of Sino Japanese relations.
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Nanking
Rensuke Isogai
Shanghai
General Isogai
Negro Man Shot in Darktown as Woman Is Jailed
Brownie Loftus, a young colored man, was taken to a local hospital after a bullet wound from a pistol. Trudie Caldwell, a negra woman, was placed in the city jail following the shooting at Sixth and Broadway in the darktown section. X rays showed the bullet near the right pelvic bone and possibly in the abdominal cavity, posing a serious risk.
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Brownie Loftus
Trudie Caldwell
Loftus
Sixth and Broadway
Darktown
Pauls Valley and Norman Co-Champs in All-State Team
The Daily Oklahoman names Pauls Valley and Norman as co-champions in its all state football selections. No school places more than one player on first team, with co captains from Pauls Valley and Norman.
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Oklahoma City
Pauls Valley
Norman
Oklahoma
Daily Oklahoman
Clifton Speegle
Capitol Hill
Oklahohom City
Lee Roy Benson
Snyder
Amos Goodfox
Pawnee
J. R. Manley
Hollis
Torrey Smith
Warren Ford
Blackwell
Wayne Hidreth
Fairview
Junius Plunkett
Wagoner
All-South Central Oklahoma football selections listed
Halfbacks Nathan Stufflebean of Pauls Valley Valley and Bruce Massey of Broken Bow fullback Winfred Bynum of Central Oklahoma City. Second team ends Jennings of Norman and Sharp of Henryetta, tackles Sas of Bartlesville and Gerrick of Yukon, guards Reynolds of Shawnee and Posey of Duncan, center Blalocks of Pauls Valley, quarterback Elbert of Tulsa, halfbacks Hyde of Waurika and Rivers of Kingfisher, fullback Peoples of Classen Oklahoma City.
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Nathan Stufflebean
Pauls
Valley
Bruce Massey
Broken Bow
Winfred Bynum
Central
Oklahoma City
Jennings
Norman
Sharp
Henryetta
Sas
Bartlesville
Gerrick
Yukon
Reynolds
Swawnee
Posey
Duncan
Blalocks
Pauls Valley
Elbert
Tulsa
Hyde
Waurika
Rivers
Kingfisher
Peoples
Classen
Oklahoma City Reports Homestead Exemption Impact
The Oklahoma tax commission finds that implementing a homestead exemption would shrink city tax bases more than rural areas. A 1500 exemption could mirror full exemption in some counties, with public service property in rural districts sometimes forming nearly half of assessments. Ada home ownership stands at 45.8 percent versus 28.9 percent in Pontotoc, and Bartlesville would lose 25.9 percent of its tax base while rural Washington would drop 12.9 percent.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Public Service Corporation
Ada
Pontotoc County
Bartlesville
Washington
Spanish Cabinet Resigns Over 1936 Budget Crisis
Madrid reports the Spanish cabinet resigned today after two months in power. Premier Joaquin Chapaprieta, in office since September 25 and reshuffled October 29, handed the resignation to President Alcala Zamora amid a political dispute over the 1936 budget.
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Madrid
Joaquin Chapaprieta
Alcala Zamora
Cameron State College dormitory bid tops bids
A low bid of 88 110 dollars for building boys and girls dormitories at Cameron State Agricultural College Lawton was submitted to the state board of agriculture today by MacMillan Construction company Enid.
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Oklahoma City
Cameron State Agricultural College
Lawton
State Board of Agriculture
MacMillan Construction Company
Enid
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