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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1929
Page
8
The old college gym hosted a Boy Scouts tournament with Vanoss Fitzhugh Stonewall Ada troops. Fitzhugh won A class over Stonewall and Vanoss, Vanoss won B class over Fitzhugh Troop 1 4 and 6, Troop 4 won C class. the Vaness troop received the silver cup for most wins.
Boston December 21 The Red Sox manager Bill Carrigan retires from baseball ending a career highlighted by 1915 and 1916 World Series titles. President Bob Quinn announced Carrigan’s retirement after visiting him in Lewiston Maine and hinted Heinie Wagner may succeed him.
President Hoover sent a Christmas message to ill World War veterans in hospitals nationwide. He spoke to all disabled ex service men and women, wishing them happiness in the New Year and restoration to health while affirming the nation's pride gratitude and continued concern for their welfare.
The Pittsburgh Pirates unveiled their 1930 training plan starting with Paso Robles California and an exhibition trip on St Patrick's Day. They will visit San Francisco to face the Mission club March 18 and play the San Francisco and Oakland clubs before Los Angeles for games with the Chicago Cubs March 27 28 29 30. They proceed east to Houston Fort Worth Dallas and Mobile with dates in April including a tie to the New Orleans Pelicans. Manager Jewel Ens leads the team home after the Crescent City stop.
Mrs G H Smyth hosted a Saturday afternoon party at 211 W 14th St in honor of her son Glenn Hoot Smiths sixth birthday. Guests included Mary Ben Russell Joyce Thomas and others as decorations and games provided festive entertainment.
Harvard college observatory received a report on December 20 of the brightest comet found this year by Wilk of Cracow. The comet sat eight degrees west of Vega in Hercules. In Washington on January 14 cooperative leaders in fruits and vegetables will meet the farm board to discuss benefits from the agriculture marketing act.
Washington reports President Hoover and the Wickersham commission gave absolute silence as Democratic senators Harris of Georgia and Glass of Virginia demanded a formal report on enforcement efforts. Harris pushes a congressional resolution for a commission report before further funding, while Glass says the main purpose of the funding is investigation of prohibition enforcement. He warns no new dollars without a public accounting of plans.
A First National release will start a two day engagement at the Liberty Theater soon. The program features a major film expected to draw local crowds and boost the venue's weekend turnout.
Helen Wills the tennis champion will wed Frederick S. Moody Jr. in Saint Clement's Chapel Berkeley on Monday. She plans a Parisian brown ensemble with felt hat and no flowers. Attending will be the couple's families and the minister Rev Lindley H Miller. A wedding breakfast follows at the Wills home with a brief two to three week tour before residence in San Francisco.
Uruguayan aviator Major Tadeo Larre-Borges and French lieutenant Lean Challe will depart Natal in an aero postal plane for Rio Janeiro with plans to continue to Montevideo. Their Seville to Natal flight ended in a crash near here.
Alma Rubens, former stage and screen actress, has been released from the Patton California state insane asylum where she was committed last June as a narcotic addict. Relatives would not disclose her whereabouts after news of her release as cured became known.
Oklahoma Governor Holloway asks Louisiana Governor to surrender John Sorrell held in Shreveport on charges of robbery with firearms in the Macomb State Bank he allegedly robbed assistant cashier Pauline Carder.
Kier received a perfect 1500 pinochle hand and fainted in shock. John Wesley, Kier's employee, hosted and dealt. Police were called but Kier recovered in time to avert arresting Wesley as he stormed out in anger leaving the hand on the floor.
Major General Smedley D. Butler says press accounts of his Pittsburgh speech on Marines abroad during elections were misrepresented. Secretary Adams is said to be convinced by Butler’s report that criticism may be exaggerated and action would be moderated.
The blizzard that drove icy blasts across the United States has spent its fury in most regions. The Midwest and Great Lakes faced heavy snow while transportation mostly returned to normal, except Michigan highways. Cold weather lingered in many southern states with Florida exempt.
Chicago reports zero temperatures as the Midwest braces for more heavy snow. Forecasters warn weekend warmth is unlikely while overland bus routes remain blocked by drifts. City crews continue snow removal efforts and transportation inches toward normal.
Dis patches from Chihuahua City and Saltillo say snow covers streets in northern Mexico as a cold wave reaches the area. The storm is severe enough to suspend air mail service in Chihuahua.
Alexander Pantages multimillionaire theatre owner jailed pending appeal after a 17 year old dancer Eunice Pringle accusation suffered a heart attack overnight. He was moved to the jail hospital and later returned to his cell as jailers noted ongoing illness and sleep troubles during confinement.
The steamship Athel Chief towed the disabled freighter Santa Ana toward Grand Cayman after SOS signals from 100 miles southwest of the Isle of Pines. The Santa Ana, en route from Seattle to Tampa, had steering gear trouble but reported conditions stable aboard while the Toloa assisted nearby.
W. S. Ward of the Prince Chevrolet Co. in Ada wins a $250 Hamilton watch for expert salesmanship in September and October. He also receives a special diamond from Chevrolet Motor Co. for leading in world sales.
Mrs Minnie Shore of near Moore was fatally injured when hit by a car driven by C M Lacoss a drilling company employee. She died an hour after the accident marking the fifty ninth automobile fatality in Oklahoma county this year.
Washington announced plans to close the American consulate at Manzanillo Mexico probably by the first of next year due to lack of business. Officials stressed the move has no link to the earlier shutdown of the Mexican consulate at Laredo Texas and said the decision was made a month ago. Manzanillo is a small Pacific coast port.
President Hoover signed a bill promoting Richard E. Byrd to rear admiral, retired, in recognition of his South Pole flight. The action formalizes Byrd's rank after his historic Antarctic expedition.
Radio officials announce cross ocean Christmas programming from England Holland and Germany via WEAF WJZ and other networks. Highlights include the International Christmas Carol Sing 15 000 voices at Madison Square Garden the midnight mass from Washington and carols from Trinity church with a schedule of specials on Christmas Eve Christmas Day and the following weekend.
Tacoma motorists abandon stalled sedan on railroad track and return to find a wrecker unnecessary. Wichita dispatch notes Oscar J. P. Wetkle, a former German general staff captain, will be or-
The rector Rev Otis E K Gray former A E F captain will be ordained tomorrow at St James Protestant Episcopal Church. Gray has resided in Wichita for two years and serves as professor of modern languages at Friends University.
The Kure naval base in Japan announced completion of a colossal dry dock regarded as the largest in the world. The facility can simultaneously accommodate four 10,000 ton cruisers, marking a major expansion of naval repair capacity.
A large sunspot, about twice Earth's diameter, has been intermittently visible in Hamburg, noted on December 21. The sighting underscores active solar activity.
The state's new road magnet toured Miami on December 21 and, in addition to collecting rusty nails, removed most of the city's manhole covers.
Former Congressman and longtime judge Henry D. Clayton died at his Montgomery home early this afternoon. He served as judge of the Middle Alabama federal district and had been a prominent figure in state and national affairs.
A Mexican government note to the Laredo chamber of commerce states the consulate will remain closed until Mexican officials passing through Laredo are guaranteed respect and comfort. The message was received by Matias de Llano, president of the chamber, on December 21.
Burglars entered through a side window in Claremore and stole guns ammunition and other merchandise valued at about 500 from the Wilson Hardware company last night.
Wheat futures in Minneapolis surged nearly five cents a bushel as national grain corporation purchases influenced Chicago market activity. Other grains rose sharply with wheat, closing near the top.
Senator Gould of Maine announces he will not seek re election next year and will support Representative White of Lewiston for the Republican nomination.
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