Harris and family visit Ada amid illness and surgery
Prom Thursday's Daily reports Houston Harris of Murfreesboro Tennessee arriving in Ada to visit his wife and baby. Mrs. Harris' parents Mr and Mrs M F Manville live at 118 West Sixteenth. Miss Minta Lee Rushing, who underwent an operation at the Screen Hospital for appendicitis, was reported improving today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Harris
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Ada
Minta Lee Rushing
Screen Hospital
Ada Visitors From Sirtford
Mre Carl and Guy Andrews of Sirtford were Ada visitors yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Guy Andrews
Sirtford
Ada Visitor Mentioned by Stratfort Resident
Mrs Pet Reynolds of Stratfort visited Ada yesterday as a brief social note from the local page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet Reynolds of
Stratfort
New Ada Residents Open Home As Firestone Rubber Agency Head
New residents in Ada include Mr and Mrs Reed and their child from Concord Kansas establishing a home as Firestone Rubber representative freea sets up Ada headquarters. Ralph Fuller and spouse return from Maneveld Arkansas after attending the funeral of A W Ticasley Mrs Fuller's father who died in a car crash earlier in October. The Beasteys are noted Arkansas folk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Reed
Child
Concord
Kan
Freea
Firestone Rubber Company
Ralph Fuller
Manefield
Ark
A. W. Ticasley
Ada visitors and travels noted in local column
Editor H. Spears of the Mill Creek Herald was in Ada this week. Mr and Mrs Carl Kinekade of Konawa visited Ada yesterday. W C Gregory of Konawa visited Ada yesterday. Join Fleet left for Los Angeles to spend the Christmas holidays with his mother Mrs Jim Fleet and brother Carl Viect. Carl is a student at the University of Southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prem Dreday
H. ©. Spears
The
Mill Creek Herald
Ada
Carl Kinekade
Konawa
W. C. Gregory of
Fleet
Los Angeles
Calif
Jim Fleet
Carl
University of Southern California
Ada Visit By Sharp and Waters Trio
Miss Carmen Sharp and Miss Flossa Waters of Lawson spent several days in Ada last week with Miss Sharp's father W. E. Sharp. Before returning home they visited his brother Reverend Cland Sharp in Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen ‘Sharp
Flossa Waters of
Lawson
Ada
Ada Scene Sees Medical Visit And Local Musicians
Dr T L Seaborn of Roft visited Ada for a medical meeting. The Sunshine orchestra performed at a Lindsey dance led by Frank Huberred Reynolds Ascoun Johnson Homer Wadlington Harvey Shipman Ted Roz dba and others. George Toler, building western state bridges, spent the weekend with family amid a busy contracting season. Jerry Lee, Oklahoma City teacher, attended Osborn Lee’s funeral in Ada. M A Bayless Stratford visited Ada for the Golden Wedding anniversary events. Mr and Mrs H H Stevenson and Mr and Mrs T A Stevenson traveled to Tacoma after Ada visits and relatives. Franle Muse Stonewall joined Ada for the same Golden Wedding events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Huberred Reynolds
Ascoun Johnson
Homer Wadlington
Harvey Shipman
Ted Rozdba
Nda Sunshine Orchestra
Lindsey
George Toler
George
Jerry Lee
Oklahoma City
Ada
Osborn Lee
T. A. Stevenson
Tacoma
Washington
Franle Muse
Stonewall
Etta
H. A. Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Henson Host Guests From Holdenville
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Henson of 52% South Francis entertained Friday with guests Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Howard from Holdenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Henson
South
Francis
E. G. Howard
Holdenville
Prom Monday's Phaily Houston George Visits Ada Parents
Houston George employed at C. M. Mays Lumber company Stratford visited his parents Mr and Mrs T H George in Ada during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston George
C. M. Mays Lumber Company
Stratford
T. H. George
Ada
Ada Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Births
J W Sawyder of East Texas spent the weekend in Ada visiting family at 520 Thirteenth. Tom and Mary Martin of Oklahoma City, former Ada residents, are parents of a daughter born this month named Mary Thomasina. Tom Martin visited friends in Ada. T K Horton of Allen and Mrs Lois Low of Vaness shopped in Ada Saturday. Mrs Tom Watson of Allen also shopped in Ada. Am A Laselle, recently in California, visited Ada before heading to Oklahoma City on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Sawyder
Wee
East
Texas
Ada
Tom Martin
Oklahoma City
Mary Thomasina
Martin
T. K. Horton
Allen
Lois Low of
Vaness
Am. A. Laselle
California
Turleys Announce Birth of Daughter Joretta June
Mr and Mrs B L Turley announce the birth of a daughter Joretta June on Sunday December 41 1932 Mr Turley is an employee of the Coody dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Turley
Joretta
Mr. Turley
Coody Dairy
Illness of I McNair Remains Unchanged in St Louis Hospital
Mrs McNair reports the condition of I McNair who is ill in a St Louis Missouri hospital remained unchanged today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. McNair
St. Louis, Mo
Mra. McNair
German conductor Nob Nobon? Struggles with pneumonia at home
Nob German, a noted conductor, is reported ill with pneumonia at his home on East Main Street. Neighbors note he is resting and receiving care while city health officials monitor his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nob German
Fricco
East Main Street
Harrison and Rosa delle Keller Wed in December
Announcement from Ada notes the marriage of J. K B. Harrison, former East Central college student, to Miss Rosa delle Keller of Hanover Pennsylvania. The wedding took place in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
J. K B. Harrison
East Central College
Rosadelle Keller
Hanover
Mrs Henson and daughter visit in Dallas Texas
Mrs Tom Henson went to Dallas Texas yesterday for a visit during the week. Her daughter in law Mrs Estill Henson accompanied her and will visit her mother during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Henson
Dallas
Texas
Estill Henson
Jack Martin Visits Ada on Business
Jack Martin of Fitzhugh travels to Ada for a business visit during the work period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Martin
Fitzhugh
Ada
Williams Guests to Springfield for Holidays
Mr and Mrs Bill Williams departed Tuesday afternoon for Springfield Missouri to stay with Mr and Mrs Carl Williams the holiday hosts of Mr Williams parents awaiting their visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Williams
Springfield
Mr. Williams
Mrs
Carl Williams
Couple from Cyril visits Ada for social and business
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thompson recently moved to Cyril, spent a day in Ada this week visiting friends while Mrs. Thompson socialized and Mr. Thompson handled errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Thompson
Cyril
Ada
Mrs. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Reed couple to move to Clinton for new home
Mr and Mrs Reed who moved here recently where Mr Reed was connected with the Firestone Tire company are leaving this week for Clinton to make their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Reed
Reed
Firetone Tire Company
Clinton
Mitchells of Roff Announce Birth of Son
Mr and Mrs Lee Mitchell of Roff announce the birth of a son at Ada hospital on Tuesday night December 13. They are reported doing nicely today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Mitchell
Roff
Ada Hospital
J W Snyder Returns To Tradewater After Visit
J W Snyder returns to Tradewater Texas after spending several days with his family on East Thirteenth where he is building a rig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Snyder
East Thirteenth
Tradewater
Texas
Hope to Abolish Secret Society Starves Flogging on Campus
Norman Oklahoma December 10 University of Oklahoma authorities and law agencies press a guarded probe to ferret out the black masked floggers accused in the abduction and flogging of Bill Stephens Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times correspondent. President W B Bizzell vows to drive the outlawed D D M secret society from campus. Stephens says his attackers wore masks and abducted him from his fraternity house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Bill Stephens
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
W. BB. Bizzell
Stephens
Bizzell
Cotton consumption rises in November reports census data
Washington reports from the census bureau show November cotton consumed totaling 503,722 bales of lint and 52,325 of linters, up from October figures of 502,244 lint and 57,955 linters and above November last year’s 425,228 lint and 53,967 linters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Labor Group Announces Legislative Program
Oklahoma City December 14 The state federation of labor outlines a legislative program including a minimum wage for men workers old age pension and unemployment insurance Victor Purdy secretary treasurer announced today The federation may also seek revision of the state compensation laws already under fire from state insurance groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Federation of Labors
Victor Purdy
Purdy
Murray Names Staff Officer On Gov Murray’s Staff
An Oklahoma City oil man and philanthropist Harry W Pentecost was named brigadier general on Gov Murray’s staff joining his rank in the United States reserve corps He has served on the honorary staff of every Oklahoma governor except W J Holloway Depressions are an indictment of our civilization says Secretary of Labor Doak and all motions to quash have been denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
W. J. Holloway
Gov. Murray
Harry W. Pentecost
United States Reserve Corps
Doak
Ada
Iower
Trafffic
United Charities
Coalgate Scouts Honor Court Awards Night Badges
Coalgate scouts held a monthly court of honor Friday night in the scout room. Alfred Morgan received badges in poultry keeping reptile study handicraft path finding leathercraft scholarship athletics life saving and a life scout badge. Elmer Morgan earned life saving athletics scholarship handicraft and a life scout badge. Charles Smith received swimming and Raymond Pope athletics. A social supper preceded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
Alfred Morgan
Elmer Morgan
Charles Smith
Raymond Pope
Court of Honor
Robert Lacy
P. E. Lacy
Florence Lacy
Illinois
Successor of Casey Jones Given Pension
Memphis dispatch recalls H. A. Dad Norton, 72, longtime Illinois Central engineer who took Casey Jones’ No. 1 on its final run and later quit railroading after 49 years with the line. Norton, famed for the 1914 bandit incident and a 32 year Memphis Canton route tenure, is widely known along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Casey Jones
Casey
Promised Land
H. A
Norton
Illinois Central
Memphis-Canton
Miss
Casey Jones train wreck tragedy linked to legendary whistle
An old feature recalls Casey Jones and the famous whistle call as Casey’s train hits an open switch near Caugah. He dies from steam burns and a bolt in his neck. his widow, now at Jackson Tennessee, is notified. Dad Norton later handles the wreck recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Robert E. Lee
Casey Jones
Caugah
Jackson, Tonn
Dad Norton
Vaughn
Canton
Dad
Blacksmith Charley Lewis Paroled From Pen
Oklahoma City December reports eight paroles issued by Governor Murray include Charley Lewis Mangum blacksmith who received a ten year manslaughter sentence for killing his daughter's father in law Lewis had leave since April 23 and backed by trial judge jurors and Mangum residents. Other parolees include Harry Ward Robert Hadley Edward Wermy Frank Mefford Waymon Miller Bryant Strout and R P Rowhan with various offenses and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lee
Murray
Charley Lewis
Liberty
Lewis
T. P. Clay
Carlton Weaver
Mangum
B. F Vandyke
McAlester Penitentiary
Harry Ward
Muskogee County
Denver
Opposition to beer under Volstead act heard in House
A dozen women testified in the bic hearing room of the house ways and means committee that beer reduces productivity and tax revenue. Led by Mrs Henry W Peabody they argued beer is intoxicating and that government losses from liquor taxes are offset by other levies. Mrs PD Leigh Colvin of New York’s WCTU warned against a wet mandate and urged voters to keep dry. She showed a milk bottle and toys to argue that beer would threaten Christmas for children. The debate featured applause which was discouraged by Rep Rainey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bic
House
Ways and Means Committee
Henry W. Peabody
Rainey
PD. Leigh Colvin
Womens’ Christian Temperance Union of
New York
Peabody
William Ll. Darby
Department of Legislation and Law
National Council Federated Church Women
Tread Way
Mass
Congress
Treadway
O. Haines Lippincott
Camden
N. J
Estep CH
Pac
Estep
Estey
Cordell Expected to be Senate Secretary Again
Oklahoma City December report says Cordell will likely return as senate secretary by virtue of his office as election board secretary after serving as reading clerk since 1915. His reelection appears virtually assured despite other developments in state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J. William Cordell
Senate
Cordell
Election Board
Reading
W. C. McAlister
Tentative US relief plan outlines farm aid for wheat cotton tobacco hogs
Washington reports a draft domestic allotment plan covers wheat cotton tobacco and hogs and repeals Farm Board act provisions. A 30 day estimate of consumption would set adjustment certificates at 42 cents per bushel wheat 5 cents per pound cotton 4 cents tobacco and 2 cents hogs after expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Board Act
House Agriculture Commit
Jones
Secretary of Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
Eliot Roosevelt
Conference of
National Farm and Commodity Organizations
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
Farm Board
County Fur Crop Arrives Amid Strong Skunk Odor
A Pontotoc county fur house reports the seasonal arrival of hides including possum and mink with a strong skunk odor. Dealers note the region earns thousands yearly from furs while licensing reduced poaching. landowners may hunt fur bears without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Minnesota bachelor seeks Oklahoma bride in warm south promise
A lone Minnesota bachelor writes to Mayor Blinn promising a “nice present” if he can arrange a marriage with a suitable girl. He complains about the cold in Minnesota and longs to live among the flowers and sun beams of the south in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Blinn
South
Snow Falls in Desert Region Stuns California and Arizona
Snow fell across the Imperial Valley California Yuma Arizona Blythe Needles in the desert, with temperatures from 169 to 120 degrees in summer. The article notes snow as a rare event in a region famed for heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Winter
Great American Desert
California
Imperial Valley
Yuma
Ariz
Blythe
Needies
Cal
El Paso Man Falls 150 Feet Into Volcano Crater
Berlyn Brixner, 21, fell about 150 feet into the crater of an extinct volcano 57 miles west of El Paso while being lowered by a rope. His companions hurried to Lanark New Mexico for help. He was brought to the surface unconscious with injuries including a broken ankle and scalp wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Berlyn Brixner
Lanark
N. M
Bert Morris
Brixner
Roosevelt proposal on agricultural board powers
Morgenthau outlined a plan shifting educational cooperative marketing duties from the board to the Department of Agriculture. A new agency would handle the board and federal farm loan board credit powers, including federal land banks joint stock land banks and federal intermediate credit banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Department
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Banks
Joint Stock Land Banks
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Ada Truckers to Appeal Busby Ruling
Ada district judge Orel Busby ruled Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. could charge truckers more for cement than rail shipments in a test suit. He sustained a demurrer, saying truckers could obtain cement elsewhere and the action was not discriminatory. An appeal likely will be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
CP —Truk
Pontotoc
Orel Busby
Ada
Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
Busby
Oklahoma
Citty
Prisoners Escape From Prison Farm In Mississippi
Seven inmates bored through a foot-thick wall and escaped from the Parchman state prison farm in Mississippi. Bloodhounds tracked them after discovery by Supt O G Tann. Notable fugitives include Oscar Winters and Woody Conner. Eaton, captured earlier, remains at large. Other escapees carry multi year terms for murder robbery burglary. The group allegedly stole a sedan in Goldfield and was seen near Water Valley and Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parchman
Miss
O. G. Tann
Oscar Winters
Woody Conner
Roney Eaton
Prentiss County
Bad Man
Eaton
Winters
Como
Conner
Henry Warden
Herbert Talbert
J. P. Conner
Woody
George Walters
Henry Rowen
Tann
Goldfield
E. V. Jones
Water Valley
Oxford
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T. L. Seaborn
Roft
M. A. Bayless
Ada Durine
Anni- Leeengry
HH. A Stevenem
Tom Watson
J. T. Robinson
West Texas
Robinson
Francis High School
Cedar Grove
Bernice Chaddick
Juanita Crabtree
Ola Mabel Caperton
Francis Girls Glee Club
Mrs. Umphers
Honey Town
Parks
Glee Club
Oleta Crabtree
Opal Lee Sales
Mary Baxter
Mary Jane Vails
Lois Lee
Juanita Coats
Daisy Watson
Callie Revels
Velma Mae Kinikin
J. A. Herron
Brands School
Melvin West
Cedar Grove School
Clyde Baulich
Cleo West
Tansy Jones
Dewey Jones
Lawrence Scroggins
Eugene Bingham
Reuben
Clyde Chandler
Howard Bryans
Sankey Hunter
Earnest Vaughn
Elora Patterson
Alfred
Henry Morgan
Austin Kidwell
Joe Self
Marvin Lacy
Joe Smith
Oakman Troop
Miss Standridge
State Labor Group
BOY ‘Scouts OF America
I. C. Jones
John Luther Jones
Cayce, Ky
Roundhouse
No. 1
New Orleans
Mississippi Line
Mrs. Wilson
Pearl King
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Kochichi Mikimoto
Wilson
Japan
Duncan
Iowa
A. L. Adamson
Jessie Lenz
Dunlap
Town
Robert Hadley
Kay County
Edward Wermy
Comanche County
Gran
Ite Reformatory
Frank Mefford
Waymon Miller
Carter County
Bryant Strout
Tulsa County
Granite
R. P. Rohwan
Ways and Means
Committee of House
Mohave County
Arizona
San Bernardino Mountains
Mohave Desert
Big Bear Valley
San Gersonio Pass
Beaumont
Redlands
House Committee On Agriculture
Tee
Frun
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