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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1946

Page

5

Suit Seeks Half Mineral Interest In Pontotoc County Farm

Plaintiffs file December 3 1946 petition to quiet title to an undivided one half mineral interest in NE quarter and SE quarter of Section 6 Township 4 North Range 4 West Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Defendants J R Greer and Naoma also known as N M Greer and Rudy Greer heirs. Respondents must answer by January 16 1947 or risk default. Sealed by Powell and Jameson Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Pontotoc County Oklahoma J R Greer Neoma N. M. Greer

Publication notice in Pontotoc County suit over Folsom heirs

District Court of Pontotoc County Oklahoma issues notice by publication to unknown heirs of Jefferson Folsom and related parties. Plaintiff seeks to quiet title to West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 3 North Range 7 East, with deadline January 23 1947 to answer. Legal action names several Chickasaw and related heirs and assigns.

Jefferson Folsom State OF Oklahoma Minerva Folsom Clicy Cravatt Folsom Lena Alexander Serena Alexander Sena Alexander Serena Alexander Nee Folsom O. A. Gray Pontotoc County Oklahoma Oo Court

Quiet Title Sought In Ada Properties In 1947 Court Action

Plaintiffs F L Finley and R J Lollar sue the Pontotoc County Board of Commissioners to quiet title to Lot 10 Block 1 Chickasaw Addition and Lot 11 Block 4 College Addition Ada Oklahoma. The petition seeks a perpetual injunction barring defendants from any adverse claim and requires an answer by January 31, 1947. case filed December 11, 1946 in Pontotoc County District Court.

Pontotoc County State OF Oklahoma FL. Finley R. J. Lollar Board of County Commissioners Et al Thelma Palmer Ada Oklahoma F. L. Finley District Court Chickasaw College

Notice to Sell County Property in Pontotoc County

Sam Dew County Treasurer of Pontotoc County Oklahoma announces public sale on January 11 1947 at 9 am in the courthouse. Separate bids for each tract including East 14 feet of Lot 5 Block 55 Stonewall with Homer Barnes bid 1.00. Cash in hand with costs and board approval.

Sam Dew Pontotoc County Oklahoma City of Stonewall Homer Barnes Board of County Commissioners

Auction Notice of Allen Lot 6 Block 28 Price One Dollar

Dew county treasurer announces auction of Lot 6 Block 28 original townsite Allen Oklahoma on January 24 1347 at 9 am in courthouse office. Bid starts at 1.00 by Jack Hammonds with cash in hand and subject to board approval. Advertisement cost in 12-26-31w.

Sam Dew Allen Oklahoma Jack Hammonds Board of County Commissioners Pontotoc County

Goodwin v Goodwin divorce and custody case in Pontotoc

Billie Rose Goodwin sues Lindy Goodwin in district court for divorce property settlement and custody of a minor child on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Defendant must answer by January 16 1947 or judgment by default will be entered.

Pontotoc County State OF Oklahoma Billie Rose Goodwin V8 Lindy Goodwin Lindy Goodwin Aone

Notice to Creditors in Hunter Estate Ada Oklahoma

In Ponca County Oklahoma the county court warns all creditors of J. C. Hunter deceased to present claims with vouchers to Eloise Hunter executrix at 209 American Building Ada within four months or be barred. Dated November 15, 1946. Busby Harrell Trice attorneys for executrix.

Ponealag County Oklaoma J. C. Hunter J C. Hunter Eloise Hunter American Building Ada Pontotec County Oklahoma

Traffic Deaths In Gains During Night

Night traffic deaths in Cleveland and nationwide outpace daytime fatalities as visibility declines after dark. Experts warn ordinary precautions fail at night due to impaired vision and delayed reflexes. A Connecticut police chief ordered traffic officers off dangerous intersections after dark to reduce risk.

Cleveland Connecticut

Doctor Who Wrote Off Bills Is Dead

CHICAGO December 24 Dr E Thomas Brand 63 who in 1940 cancelled unpaid medical bills as a Yuletide gift to his patients died yesterday at his home in Wilmette His action was described as a Christmas donation and his widow estimated the canceled bills at 150000 A Missouri native he practiced medicine forty years

Chicago E. Thomas Brand Wilmette Brand Martha Missouri

Greater returns for amount in vested

Ada News Want Ads reports a notice about greater returns for vested amounts. Details mention individuals seeking investment gains and local businesses offering higher yields.

Ada News

A Pretty Fix In '46 By CABLE HODGE UP News features

In a lively year 1946, Cable Hodge Up highlights odd, humorous newspaper bits from cities like Boston Chicago Philadelphia Portland and Des Moines. The piece recalls wacky incidents from January through December including escapes mishaps mischief and oddball law and order moments.

CABLE Hodge UP News

Alcatraz Murderer Offers His Eyes

Miran E. Thompson, 20, condemned to die in San Quentin, offers to donate his eyes to a blind person, preferably a war veteran, as part of the Alcatraz escape conspiracy case. Sam Shockley, 36, and Clarence Carnes, 19, share the fate and sentences in the failed May breakout.

San Francisco Alcatraz San Quentin Miran E. Thompson Amarillo Tex United States George Vice Thompson Sam Shockley Clarence Carnes William A. Miller Miller

Dobbin Moves Over for the Tractor

Ithaca New York Professor C A Bratton of Cornell says New York farms have half as many horses and mules as in 1920 while tractors rose more than tenfold. In 1945 there were 229000 horses and mules and 78000 tractors up from 7000 tractors twenty years earlier. Plowing with horses costs 4.98 per acre versus 1.42 with a tractor.

Ithaca N. Y New York State C. A. Bratton Cornell University Bratton

Earthquake Crisis in Luanshien Faces Government Skepticism

Luanshien in Hopei reports tremors every ten days since 1945. 342,420 victims and 466,175 rooms damaged but Nanking officials deny disaster. Delegates seek at least two billion dollars. relief totals include 69 million CN rebuild cost and gifts from United China Relief, UNRRA and CNRRA. The quake area spans 50 by 20 miles and affected a third of 1.5 million residents.

NEA Luanshien China Hopei Province Sptember Nanking T. V. Soong Hopei United China Relief UNRRA CNRRA Tung Chih

Murphy Seeks Stricter Child Labor Rules in Oklahoma

Oklahoma labor official W A Pat Murphy urged the next administration to tighten child labor and wage laws. He called for a 16 year minimum, no work during school, 3 hour day and 18 hour week in session, 6 hour day and 40 hour week out of session, plus equal pay and a new division for women and children in industry. He also proposed one day of rest weekly and broader wage protections.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma W. A. Pat Murphy Murphy Jim Hughes Department of Labor Commissioner of Labor

Enrollment in U S Colleges Reaches 1 718 862 Students

Cincinnati December 24 A survey of 668 universities and four year colleges reports total enrollment of 1 718 862 students as of November 1 including 714 477 war veterans. Data list states by institution counts and 1939 totals for several states.

Cincinnati Raymond Walters University of Cincinnati Walters Educational Weekly “School and Society Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklasoop

Probers Find Discrimination In Army Courts Martial

An American Bar Association committee reported discrimination in army courts martial between officers and GIs and overly harsh sentences. It urged enlisteds and sergeants on courts, reform in appointment and oversight, expanded judge advocate resources, and a continuing study board.

Washington American Bar Association Patterson Doolittle Board Judge Advocate General’s Department Bar Association Arthur T. Vanderbilt New York University Law School Kenneth C. Royall War Department

Bevin Sees Hope in Peace Plans for Great Powers

London December 23 Ernest Bevin Britain's foreign secretary and UN spokesman expresses optimism about friendship and cooperation among great powers as the basis for lasting peace He notes the first stage of harmony and cautions peace efforts will take years He cites the Big Four talks in New York and outlines Britain's stance within the UN framework.

London Ernest Bein Britain United Nations BBC United Nations General Assembly New York Moscow Bevin United States of America Soviet Russia Great Britain United States Soviet Union Russia U. N

$40,000,000 Going Begging Says Army

ST. LOUIS December 24 The army finance center says 40 million dollars in terminal leave payments are unclaimed by survivors of World War II veterans who died after discharge. Eligible survivors are spouses, children in equal shares, parents, grandparents or adopted parents in that order. Only 10,845 claims filed though more than 200,000 former service members may have eligible next of kin.

ST. Louis Army Finance Center William Gritz Gritz

Sympathy and Its Limitations in Habit Formation

A reflective line notes that while sympathy is valuable it should not become a habit of seeking constant pity or dependence. It argues that empathy should prompt action and personal resilience rather than perpetual request for sympathy.

Mrs. Yandel Lain Dies After Brief Illness

Mrs. Lois Lain, wife of Yandell E. Lain, 216 West Eighteenth, died Sunday at a local hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage last Monday. Funeral Monday at 4 30 from Criswell Chapel with Rev. Howard Bush. Survived by husband, daughter Paula Haas of Tulsa, mother Cora Bingham, sister F Luttrell Amarillo, brother H H Bingham Okla. City, nephew Ben Stout Jr Dallas, grandson Steven Haas Tulsa. Born Nan Nan Ga, moved to Indian Territory then Tishomingo Ada, Texas. Music teacher and pianist, active in Ada music circles.

Lois Lain Yandell E. Lain West Eighteenth Criswell Funeral Chapel Howard Bush Memorial Park Lain Paula Haas Tulsa Cora Bingham Ada F. Luttrell Amarillo Tex H. H. Bingham Oklahoma Cay Ben Stout, Jr Dallas Steven Haas Newnan W. H. Bingham Bingham Indian Territory Tishomingo Kidd-Key College Sherman Southwest Haas

Surveyor's Error Costs NYCHA Builder $20000

A surveyor error shifted a foundation 20 feet from the building line in the Brownsville Houses project. The foundation contractor must replace the footing at his expense. The 27 foundations contract totals $528,482 and the error costs about $20,000 to the contractor.

New York New York City Housing Authority Housing Authority

Dancing and skating plus skiing for the gent who sits out

Compilers propose adding skating and skiing to dancing routines for the man who prefers to sit this one out, expanding activity options while maintaining the social routine.

Retail Prices Hit Highest Point On Record Last Month

Mid November food prices rose to a record 187.7 percent of the 1935-39 average, 1.5 percent above June 1920 levels, with fats and oils up 65 percent and lard more than doubling. Meat prices climbed while poultry fell as prices varied across 56 cities, with southern cities leading increases and Newark among the smallest year over year.

Washington Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS Peoria New York Denver Knoxville Birmingham Knoxe Ville Winston-Salem Newark Buffalo Portland Ore

Texoma to Get Fish Brush Pile Shelters

Construction of brush pile fish shelters at Lake Texoma will begin soon, modeled on Grand Lake, per A D Aldrich of the Oklahoma game and fish commission. Shelters improve habitat for crappie and other aquatic life, with research suggesting better crappie fishing next year after abundant fingerlings. U S engineers Tulsa district studies stocking Great Salt Plains and Fort Supply reservoirs with white bass, noting current black bass catches are unsatisfactory.

Lake Texoma Grand Lake A. D. Aldrich Fisheries Division Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission Aldrich Commission U. S. Engineers Tulsa Great Salt Plains Fort Supply Texoma Salt Plains

Soviet Gazette Calls War Poems Bankrupt in West

The Soviet Literary Gazette says British and American poetry from the war period shows only two emotions, solitude and indifference, branding the works as bankrupt.

Moscow United States England

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Della Bedford Powell & Jameson O A. Gray Jewell Ford SFAL Thompson & Braly, Attorneys Plaintiff Kerr, Lambert & Conn State of Roland S. Moore H. S. Moore Executrix Busby, Harrell & Trice Executrix E. C. Powers Ohio Office of Informational Services The Tip, Top Teddy Ak-Sar-Ben Omaha Tip Top Gerald Deante Titus Springview Nebraska Steve Eberhart Basset Boston Philadelphia South Pacific Sparta Wis Musicians Union Sacramento Calif Culpeper Pueblo Colo Westchester County Treasury Dept Dunkirk Marshall, Minn St. Joseph Spokane Wash John Scott Wilmington Del Hopeville Los Angeles Oregon Ft. Sheridan Geneva Glendale Detroit Englewood, N. J East Weymouth Mass Abraham Lincoln New Jersey Fairbanks Alaska Vancouver Des Moines Miran Thompson Dobbin U. S Army Yandel Lain Cora Oklahoma Way Ada Seed Co
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