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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
2
Cold snaps hit Ada with freezing point reached and ice on wires and trees. Christmas preparations accelerate amid religious programs, charity drives, and plans to ease hardship, while national farm policy shifts loom over cotton and wheat production.
Secretary Wallace warned inflation is not a cure for farmers issues. He argued price disparities between agricultural and nonagricultural goods persist and called for grain exchange curbs and bank reforms. Wallace urged government supervision of grain speculation and a permanent crop control program aligned with domestic demand.
Oklahoma cor plier commissioner Jack Walton announces he is willing to be a gubernatorial candidate if the people want him. He avoids immediate decision citing Yuletide peace and national economic concerns while signaling opposition to Governor Murray ally Tom Anglin. Walton plans a formal statement at the capital and frames his stance as service over personal ambition.
Crescent City Florida December 14 nine children were killed and about 30 injured when a freight train hit a school bus at a grade crossing in morning fog. Six more deaths were reported later with many seriously hurt as the bus failed to stop at the crossing near Silver Pond Grove.
Stonewall high school routed Tupelo 29 22 in the girls game and beat Tupe lo 34 20 in the boys contest. Mc Clain and Hall starred for Stonewall while Wray and Isaac led Tupelo. Huckabee scored 19 for Stonewall in a rough, low scoring boys game.
A sharp three cent drop in wholesale butter prices sent Chicago markets to a 35 year low for December. Choice butter 92 score fell to 16 cents a pound from 19, with lower grades down similarly. Traders cite expected end of government relief purchases by the Dairy Marketing Corporation, which had bought about 45 million pounds, as key to the slide. Cold storage on December 1 reached a record 138 million pounds, far above the 1932 level of 37 million and well above the five year average of 70 million.
Washington officials favor keeping the Industrial Recovery Act intact with few amendments though Senator Wagner seeks a permanent labor board and stronger representation rights. Johnson cautions against drastic cuts or a flat 30 hour week while exploring compromise on code authority and consumer participation. A prison farm episode reports convicts injuring fingers while punishing labor rules.
William E. Johnson, famed dry crusader, says if repeal succeeds the whisky tax should top at 50 cents a gallon to curb bootleggers. He notes pre repeal taxes and illicit stills, argues high rates tempt illegal manufacture, and warns against overreaching plans in the transition period.
Two inmates severed fingers and a third cut off an arm at a Texas state prison farm in a bid to transfer to the central Huntsville unit where tasks are easier. Julius Koch, 26, said he cut three fingers to reach Huntsville walls while Harry Bertoline, 25, claimed rheumatism drove his self amputation. Captain Tarver noted Bertoline said he cut his hand to escape labor. the motive remains under review.
Washington by NEA Service December 16 1933 the Roosevelt family prepares an old fashioned White House Christmas. Mrs Roosevelt polishes gifts and decorates with help from the secretariat while Johnnie Buzzie and Sissie Roosevelt join a December 30 young visitors party. A large upstairs tree will be lit with real candles and a Christmas Day breakfast for the children follows stockings hung by the chimney.
Jack Powell 20 and nine Texarkana College football followers were riding a westbound freight to Marshall for a championship game when 12 cars derailed four miles east of Jefferson. Powell died and three severely injured, with others hurt as trains overturned.
Rural mail carriers of Oklahoma's fourth district gathered Saturday night at the First Methodist church in Ada for a banquet honoring Congressman Tom D. McKeown and Mrs. McKeown. Will Rogers was invited but unable to attend due to illness. The program featured L. M. Walker of Tishomingo as a speaker and musical numbers by Miss Murray Lucas, Lawson Jones, and Troy Melton.
George Crawford a Negro was found guilty by a white jury in Leesburg Va of murdering Mrs Agnes Boeing Isley of Middleburg and her maid Mrs Mina Buckner on January 13 1932. He received life imprisonment after a five day trial as defense planned appeals citing alleged grand jury exclusion. Judge James L McLemore sentenced him to the state penitentiary in Richmond with state troopers in riot gear present.
Ed ward A. O Neal of Florence Alabama, head of the American Farm Bureau Federation, was reelected president at the annual convention in Chicago. Delegates approved Roosevelt’s agriculture recovery and monetary plans while opposing profiteering under the NRA.
Oklahoma City Dec 16 Governor Murray orders the state board of affairs to call for early bids on 100000 dollars worth of seed for distribution to the needy. W C Hughes says seed will be bought in bulk and shipped to the capitol for packaging for January distribution. About 20 varieties sought including potatoes corn oats for livestock cabbage lettuce onions cucumbers peas beans radishes tomatoes beets okra and turnips. The sum is part of a 600900 relief appropriation from the last legislature.
Salt pork shipments aimed at destitute families will arrive in Ada as Frank Bourland leads a 12 county district distribution. The Ada Chamber of Commerce and local ice firms will assist in storing and distributing the meat through county supervisors to needy families as part of federal relief.
A skeleton pulled from a Trinity River slough in Fort Worth Texas has been identified as Frank Randolph a filling station employee who vanished in August 1932 Deputy Sheriff H W Rhodes announced further developments would follow and would not reveal how identification was made
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