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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
8
Oklahoma City stockyards show cattle and calves mostly lower quality receipts with steady to higher butcher values and light activity in cattle. hogs steady to higher with top around 9.75 and packers paying gains. In New York cotton futures held steady with slight late gains as contracts rose from midday declines.
Hogs from 1500 head with direct sales around 9.75 to 10.00 for top loads and strong 180 lb hogs. cattle 3000 head with fed steers 10.10 to 10.50 and short feds 7.35 to 9.75. vealers 9.00 top. sheep 4500 lambs active with native and fed lambs at 9.00 and wool prices 6.50 to 7.35. overall activity mixed with most markets steady to higher on selected classes.
Live poultry prices show steady to firm trading across multiple weights and fowl types. Dressed turkeys and eggs also hold steady with current receipts around 27 to 29 cents per pound and per dozen respectively.
Chicago reports US Department of Agriculture data with potatoes at 37 on track 249 and total shipments 462. Western stock firm yet demand light. northern stock steady. sacked Russet Burbanks and McClures cited with U S No. 1 and No. 2 prices ranging from about 2.05 to 2.70 per hundredweight.
Chicago market notes higher wheat prices by about two cents amid expectations of stronger world import needs. Traders cited official US Germany barter approval and rising domestic flour trade as bullish signals with Dec and May contracts lifting, while corn oats and provisions showed smaller gains.
Grain quotes show cash wheat with No. 3 bid 1.37 and No. 1 mixed 1.37, corn figures include No. 3 yellow 1.06 1-4 to 1.09, No. 4 yellow 1.00 to 1.05 1-4, and No. 3 white 1.09 to 1.10 1-2, oats listing No. 1 white 53 1-2 to 3-4, No. 2 white 52 3-4, No. 3 white 51 3-4 to 62 4-4.
LP Spot cotton closed steady with a 12 point gain as sales reached 827 and receipts totaled 6 727. Prices showed low mid dling 11.48 middling 12.63 and good middling 13.18 with stock at 778 364 and current receipts and sales supporting the market.
The Ada area shows rising activity as several wildcat wells advance near Lula Lovelady and Ada. Wells include Carter No. 1 Warne at 5 555 feet casing and Delaney et al No. 2 Alexander at 4 034 feet coring Hunton lime with top at 3 728 feet. The J Paul Getty No. 1 Masters in Fitts field produced 922 barrels through casing in Hunton lime. Seven more Hunton tests push total to 127 000 barrels from 43 wells.
Ada post office sees record one day mail volume with six extra staff. Parcels and cards flood the two parcel windows and C O D desk as lines stretch through the lobby. Clerks work nonstop to meet demand urging early mailing and clear addressing.
Mary Louise Catron age 5 of Sand Springs Oklahoma died December 18 at 9 00 p m in Ada Funeral services and interment will be in Sand Springs conducted by Criswell Funeral Home She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Troy Catron of Sand Springs Oklahoma.
Edward Conley of Albuquerque New Mexico died December 17 at his home Funeral services in Ada Sunday December 20 at 4 00 p m from the church with burial in the family plot.
Five thousand Kelsey-Hayes Wheel workers voted to accept a settlement ending a feeder strike at General Motors. Simultaneously 1800 Aluminum Company of America workers returned to work, enabling renewed operations at Ford Motor, Pierce Arrow, and two major body plants as UAW focuses on GM recognition.
Interment followed at Rosedale Cemetery with Rev. Haley Messer officiating. Survived by wife Mrs. Bobbie Conley mother Mrs. Ada Conley and brother Dennis Conley.
James P Steed 74 died December 18 at 9 00 p m at his Ada home Funeral services set for Sunday December 20 at 230 p m from Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Rev J C Curry and Rev Nash officiating Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery He is survived by his wife a son Burgess Steed and a daughter Mrs W A Hill
Mrs Dora Coats aged 65 died December 26 at 1 00 am at her home in Allen Funeral services were held Monday December 21 at 1 00 pm at the Baptist church in Allen with burial in New Cemetery Criswell Funeral home in charge Surviving are four sons Wesley Earl Gid and Alfred Coats and two daughters Misses Bessie and Fay Coats
Charles Robert Gresham aged 67 died Wednesday morning at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at the Baptist church in Stonewall Thursday at 3 PM with Rev. Higgins officiating. Burial will follow in Stonewall cemetery. Surviving are two sons Roy and Bennie Gresham. sisters Minnie Truitt Emma McCarter and Elzie Hollingsworth. brothers W. J. Gresham and Tom Gresham.
Edward F. McGrady assistant secretary of labor pressed maritime strike issues before the president of the Pacific coast Big Three steamship companies in a key conference in San Francisco.
A district court term is planned to start around January 18 with three murder cases a first degree rape case and an armed robbery trial second and subsequent offense on the docket County Attorney Virgil Stanfield announced Tuesday.
Thelma Lowe Shanks 24 of 514 West Main Ada died December 22 at a local hospital. Services Wednesday at 3 p m at Nazarene Church with Rev R E McCain officiating. Burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Criswell Funeral Home in charge. She is survived by her husband Woodrow and her parents Enos and Mrs Lowe and two brothers Donald and Paul.
English sparrows repeatedly pick up lighted cigaret stubs creating a serious fire hazard. Experts warn the habit endangers urban areas and require residents to extinguish and dispose of smoking waste properly.
Thousands of men and women know how wise it is to take Black Draught at the first sign of constipation. They like the refreshing relief it brings. They know its timely use may save them from feeling badly and possibly losing time at work from sickness caused by constipation. If you have to take a laxative occasionally, you can rely on Black Draught.
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