Ada Teachers Get Hike In Salaries
Ada city schools approve a new salary schedule modeled on NEA guidelines. The plan raises basic pay across grade, junior high, and high school levels with retroactive effects and $2.50 extra per summer degree completed toward a masters.
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NEA Educational Research Bureau
C. Dan Procter
Board of Education
Procter
W. E. Pitt
Ada
Pitt
Mr. Pitt
Don Evans
T. M. Yarbro
Harry Ebrite
Charles A. Zorn
Oklahoma
Barker admits Perry bank robbery in Oklahoma case
Ray Loyd Barker a 24 year old former Oklahoma highway department worker pleaded guilty to the Perry bank holdup of August 19 claiming he also robbed six finance firms across Oklahoma Kansas and Texas. FBI chief Clinton Stein said Barker described a Tulsa Universal Credit robbery earlier and he was held on $25 000 bond. He led investigators to the burned car clue near Wister Oklahoma and to farms bought in Missouri.
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Oklahoma City
Ray Loyd Barker
State Highway Commission
Exchange Bank of
Perry
Universal Credit Company
Tulsa
Clinton Stein
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Barker
U. S
George Eacock
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Tillman Bocock
State Department of Public Safety
Ponca City
Cleve Dixon
Stein
FBI
Perry Bank
Y. V. Willet
Wister
Okla
Washington
Collins
Leo Kuykendall
J. E. White
Highway Department
Willet
Lillian Hunt
Wage Hour Bill Receives Setback In Congress
In Washington on December 18 officials discuss retaliatory pressure against those who forced the wage and hour bill back to committee. Labor leaders predict the fight over the wage hour plan will shape the 1938 elections, while backers warn of actions against southern Democrats delaying action on the farm bill.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Labor Non-Partisan League
John L. Lewis
CIO
Healey
Dmass
Labor Committee
Senate-House
Pontotoc Co Pecans Sweep State Show Honors
Three Pontotoc county pecan growers placed at the state show in Pauls Valley. Dr. F R Laird took second with the Delmas variety. W T Melton won first with Meltons. Byron Norrell earned seconds for Eastern Schleys and Meltons and third for the Success. Stratford growers led by Elmer Forrest with Halberts and James varieties, N F McAlester took Alexander first and James second.
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Pontotoc County
Pauls Valley
F.R. Laird
Delmas
W. T. Melton
Meltons
Byron Norrell
Eastern Schleys
Success
Stratford
Elmer Forrest
District Masons Joint Meeting Installs Members
District 38 A F and A M held a joint installation at Ada lodge hall on Friday evening December 17. Seven lodges including Allen Bright Star Stonewall Ada Roff Francis Coalgate and Clarita were represented by 54 officers. 133 members attended with visitors increasing the total beyond 150. Ada Lodge provided a turkey dinner during a social hour.
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District
A.F
A.M
Ada Lodge
Allen Lodge
Bright Star Lodge
Stonewall
Roff Lodge
Francis Lodge
Coalgate Lodge
Clarita Lodge
W. H. Powell
Francis
Aavey Luther In Car Accident On Highway 48
Harvey Luther a former Ada grocer was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries after a collision on highway 48 north of Ada near railroad tracks. Luther’s right hand was badly cut. he was in a car on the shoulder facing south when H Waco of Wewoka northbound near Luther’s car tried to turn and collide. Waco was not injured.
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Harvey Luther
East
Ada
Luther
H. Waco
Wewoka
Waco
West Main
Governor Marland Delays Clemency For Tulsa Slaying Case
Oklahoma Governor Marland said he receives one or two clemency applications daily for Phil Kennamer, a Tulsa youth serving 25 years for the slaying of John F. Gorrell Jr. He added that applicants should not waste time, as he will act when he deems proper.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Phil Kennamer
Tulsa
State Penitentiary
John F. Gorrell, Jr
President presses Japan on Panay incident wording
The president and Secretary Hull exchange a sharpened note urging Japan to address China killings with emphasis. A facsimile shows the word suggests crossed out and replaced with requests. Japanese Ambassador Hiroji Saito waits at the State Department and expresses deep regret over the Panay sinking.
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Hull
China
Whate House
Hiroji Saito
State Department
Panay
Three Held For Beer Robbery In City
Ozell Winters Ed Mozingo and Albert Jones pleaded not guilty in A W Oliver justice court to burglary in the second degree. Preliminary hearing set for January 6 with $2000 bonds. They allegedly forced entry at Stella's Coffee Shop 311 West Main on December 11 and stole 10 cases of beer. Arrests were by city police.
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Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Ozell Winters
Ed Mozingo
Albert Jones
Winters
Stella
West Main
Stella Childress
Nanking Siege Report Describes Fall to Japanese Forces
AP correspondent recounts the siege and capture of Nanking. He notes mass casualties, looting by fleeing soldiers, the safe zone spared by Japanese and foreign residents, and the Panay sinking. An unknown Chinese private dies saving journalists near the Metropolitan hotel. The tomb of Sun Yat Sen endures amid the destruction.
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Nanking
Associated Press
United States
Oahu
Arthur Menken
Paramount Newsreel
Ancient
C. Yates McDaniel
McDaniel
Panay
University of Nanking
Tillman Dardin
New York Times
Pecos
Texas
Chungshan Road
Metropolitan Hotel
Sun Yat-Sen
China
Knife attack injures H D Binns in Fittstown tavern altercation
H D Binns suffered two severe knife slashes to back and shoulder in a Friday afternoon fight in front of a Fittstown tavern. O G Murray and Clarence Wich are jailed for investigation. a knife with blood was taken from Murray. Binns, Ada resident, was a Firemen's rodeo sponsor and contestant.
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H. D. Binns
Coalgate
Fittstown
Binns
O. G
Orb” Murray
Clarence Wich
Clyde Kaiser
Murray
Wick
Ada
Venerable loblolly pine felled after 205 years in Mississippi
A 205 year old loblolly pine felled at the forks of Flint and Red creeks in Stone county Mississippi yielded 5000 feet of lumber and brought $20. Forest service officials exhibit a great slab at Forrest County fair noting the tree’s long history from 1736 through 1933 when CCC counted it at 197 years old.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
Flint
Red Creeks
Stone County
U. S. Forest Service
Forrest County
Sieur de Bierville
U. .S. Territory
Forestry Service
CCC
Highway Patrol Rescuer Aids Woman After Crash Near Ponca City
Patrolman Carl M. Johnston of Byars in Troop A, Ponca City division, aided a woman injured in a two car crash north of Ponca City. He treated fractured ribs with triangular bandages and quilts then transported her to a Ponca City hospital where x rays showed three broken ribs. She was later returned to her home in Stillwater.
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Ponca City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Carl M. Johnston
Byars
Division 6
Stillwar
Two Alcatraz Convicts Missing After Escape Bid
Justice department agents chase clues as Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole, both convicted criminals, vanish after an escape attempt from Alcatraz. Investigators examine a lifeboat fragment near Yacht Harbor and a mysterious launch and rowboat spotted near a Richmond wharf.
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San Francisco
Justice Department
Alcatraz
Oklahoma
Nat J. L. Pieper
Washington
James V. Bennett
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
Pieper
James A. Johnston
Yacht Harbor
Richmond
Ada Pioneer Sherwood Hill Dies After Pneumonia
Ada civic leader and former justice of the peace Sherwood W. Hill died Thursday at 6 45 AM at his home 110 Tenth. He was 71 turning 72. Funeral Friday at 10 AM First Methodist Church with burial in Memorial Park. He served in the Spanish American War and left a marked legacy in Ada’s cotton industry and public service.
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Sherwood W. Hill
First Methodist Church
W. L. Blackbu
Memorial Park Cemetery
Norman Howard
American Legion
Hill
Annie Laurie Warr
Sen
E. P. Hill
McAlester
A. W. Bower
Dallas
W. A. Mahla
Galveston
T. D. Ledsbury
Marshall
Texas
Ada
S. W. Hill
Harrison County
Gainesville
Sherwood Hill
Santa Fe Railroad
Ardmore
Oklahoma Territory
Wynnewood
Oklahoma
South Georgia
Frisco
Georgia
Old
Friday Warr
Justice of the Peace
Ill
Ada Lodge No. 119
A. F
A. M
York
Oklahoma Prohibition Repeal Hints From Henshaw
Pi George A Henshaw confirms belief that Oklahomans favor repeal of the Henshaw amendment creating an all powerful liquor board. He criticizes the measure as cluttered with regulation and predicts repeal would pass when next presented.
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Oklahoma City
George A. Henshaw
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Ray Lloyd Barker
Pontotoc Co. Pecans
Ada News
Joint Installation Service
Aavey Luther
Ada Grover
Donnie Thomas
John Thomas
South Johnston
Leon H. Jones
East Eighth
Arthur Yeager
Elwyn Old
Jones
Miss Thomas
Yeager
Japan
Meborandia
Aewa
Yangtse
Meihsin
Yangtze River
Hohsien
Yangtze
Meian
Meiping
Meihsia
Coleade
Henshaw
Better Cotton Seed
Will Turney
Jacksonville
Acco Press
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
P. A. Norg
J. Morton
S. K. Grant
Norris
J. RB. Martin
RK. C. King
R. W. Simpson
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