Predicts 100 More Firms Than in 37
Henry E. Castleberry, supervisor of the census, reported a preliminary survey in Pontotoc County shows 418 firms contacted outside Ada. The 1937 count was 725 including Ada, with 93 now out of business. 238 new firms indicate a net rise, suggesting final totals will exceed the 1937 figure by at least 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Castleberry
C. R. Drummond
C. B. Wright
Ada
Castleberry
Pontotoc County
Relief Task Spreads Aid Across Ada 1930 33
In Ada the 1930 relief effort grew from public drives and surveys to a county wide drought plan. A public soup kitchen fed the hungry, Red Cross funds funded school lunches, seed distribution and food shipments arrived from Nebraska and Texas. By 1932 steady employment through WPA NYA and CCC reduced crisis reliance, with emergency bills and federal relief programs stabilizing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
West Twelfth Street
Red Cross
Will Rogers
Ainsworth
Brown Counties
Nebraska
Edinburg
Texas
Pontetac
United Charities
American Legion Fest
Congress
CWA
FERA
GERA
Wich
Salvation Army
Harvey Lamvert
General Relief
WPA
Department of Public Welfare
Donnabelle Neal
Neal
Civilian Conservation Corps
NYA
Needless Divorces Encouraged by Welfare Report
Tulsa January report by the county bar association legal aid committee charges that an aid provision interpretation prompts divorces by denying help for dependent children when parents stay together. It cites a jobless husband with four minor children who was told aid required divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Fwaa Talsa County Bar Association
Legal Aid Committee
S Late Public Welfare Commission
Joe Dewberry
Oklahoma welfare rules cited in divorce relief discussion
A committee report notes women stating they had no legal grounds for divorce and that the welfare commission denied eligibility. It urges a conference with welfare heads to seek rule relaxation so that deserving families may obtain temporary relief rather than pursue divorce, amid parental absence concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission
Welfare Commission
Anonymous Letter Reflects Hardship in Fontaine County
An unsigned Ada Evening News letter describes a severe blizzard impacting Fontaine county farmers. Families sent children to relatives with steady jobs to feed smaller members, livestock feed is scarce, and cattle suffer as weather worsens. The piece highlights economic strain and strained food and bedding supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Evening News
Fontaine County
Cold Weather Relief Strains Ada Charities
Ada relief and charitable groups face heavy demands from a prolonged cold spell. Edith Stuart of the Red Cross reports disbursing 70.50 for medicine and groceries since January while supplying 250 garments. The Salvation Army and police aid transient and homeless, with lodgings and fuel prioritized amid a harsh winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Mhy
Edith Stuart
Red Cross
Stuart
Salvation Army
Damon Nichols
Army
Davis Gets Small Well In Francis Area This Week
In Francis area reports Davis No 1 Chandler drilled to 2 481 feet total depth 2442 swabbed two barrels of oil and one barrel water per hour 85 quarts shot from 2493 to 2418 feet and cleaned out Minton and Osborne No 1 Chandler in 35 5n Te had sand 2390 2406 feet set pipe waiting machine down for repairs Patsy Oil Co No 1 Richardson Be Bebe area two locations staked in southwest Bebee pool W 3 Pine No 1 A Randall and Senora No 3 E F Tucker South Konawa Culver and Shepherd No 2 Waite Hunton at 2452 feet depth 2705 feet set pipe 2456 swabbing oil and water Lone area news continuous drilling activity abound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prancis
Davis, No. 1
Chandler
Gilcrease
Minton
Osborne No. 1
Byars Pool
Patsy Oil Co
Richardson
Bebez
Bebee Pool
Pine
A. Randall
See
E. F. Tucker
Konawa
Culver
Shepherd
Waite
Burton
Seminole County
Hunton
Whitney
County School Attendance Drops in Cold Weather
County Superintendent Ray Stegall reports sharp attendance declines in walk-to-school districts due to freezing weather. Lovelady's class saw only six of 25 pupils present last Tuesday, and Latta school dismissed Thursday after water pipes froze. other schools continued classes despite the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stegall
Lovelady School
Latta
Stegall
One Killed Ten Hurt In Accident Near Tishomingo
Noel Davidson 32 of Comanche was killed and ten people injured in two crashes on state highway 22 near Tishomingo. Herschel Curry 27 and Homer Farks 25 sustained minor injuries. Edgar Berry ? Ardmore crashed into Davidson’s car. Passengers in Davidson’s auto included S. Robinson and Guy Bess with head injuries. Aubrey Monday and Arlen Monday suffered broken bones and cuts. Highway Patrol investigated and released few additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Noel Davidson
Af Comanche
Davidson
Herschel Curry
Curry
Homer Farks
Edgar Bermi
S& RB
Robinson
Guy Bess
Electra
Tex
Aubrey
Comanche
Arlen Monday
Berry
Ardmore
Marvin Roberts
Andrew Berry
Alfred Berry
Edgar Berry
I Highway
Wayne Dupree
Orville Nickerson
Youth's Death May Have Been Death by Own Action
A Kansas City youth Theodore Kempter Jr died after his car teetered on a viaduct edge, initially ruled a heart attack. A woman friend said he hinted at death by own action, and detectives found discharged cartridges, blood, and no gun in the car. The woman was questioned after a purse with her name surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
UPI
Theodore Kempter, Jr
Kempter
Ira L. Johnson
Ex Convict Questioned About Missing Girl Case
Dallas agents of the FBI questioned a former convict regarding the January 12 disappearance of 13 year old Betty Jean Powell from Guthrie Oklahoma. Detectives Ellis and Frame of Dallas arrested the ex convict in a Dallas hotel room with Sheriff Farquharson of Logan County aiding. The girl was last seen in a Guthrie theater on January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Betty Jean Powell
Guthrie
Okla
Joe Ellis
Joe Frame
Glen Farquharson
Logan County
Oklo
Chile
Sur
Liquor Raids In Pontotoc County Net Several Arrests
State officers raided Pontotoc county Friday night arresting three men and seizing over 100 pints of whiskey gin and wine. Bill Cummings and Bob Johnson face liquor possession charges while C L Davidson is charged with sale of intoxicants. Bonds set at 500 dollars each. Authorities recovered 48 pints of liquor from a cabin and later 59 pints and four quarts of wine at another tourist camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Bill Cummings
Bob Johnson
C. L. Davidson
Roy Magridge
Cliff Goldsmith
Davison
Cummings’ Place
Carloss Wadlington
Johnson
Aging Kaiser Has Lonely Birthday In Doorn Castle
Doorn Netherlands January 27 Kaiser Wilhelm IIII, once German World War leader, spent his 81st birthday in isolation at Doorn Castle. Unlike the 56th birthday celebrated with pomp in France, today’s event was a quiet luncheon for 24 guests with no Hohenzollern family members present. Younger relatives in Germany number 29 grandchildren, all in military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doorn
Netherlands
Doorn Castle
Germany
France
Hilton Phillips Well Is Producer In Shawnee OK
Shawnee Jan 27 The Hilton Phillips Inc No 14 Lets in 66 sec of 21 7n 4e in the old St Louis area of Pottawatomie county logged Wilcox sand at 4312 18 and swabbed an average of 03 barrels of oil hourly for 24 hours on official test It had 4000 feet of oil in the hole Several nearby wells have been completed in the Wilcox zone for good producers but this was the largest Two men Johnny Cherry and Leonard Cleveland Negroes were charged Friday in Peace Justice A W Oliver court with theft of 6 dollars from John Lewis Held in county jail the party had not been arraigned Friday morning on the petty larceny charge Greater returns for amount invested Ada News Classified Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Theilton Phillips, Inc
Lettis
St. Louis
Pottawatomig County
Wilcox
Johnny Cherry
Leonard Cleveland
Court of Peace Justice
A. W. Oliver
John Lewis
Patry
Ada News
Two Negroes Bound Over On Murder Count
Hugo Oklahoma January 27 two Black men W D Lyons 21 and Van Bizzell 38 were bound over for district court on murder arson and robbery charges in the New Year s Eve killings of Mr and Mrs Elmer Rogers and their four year old son Dean Witnesses numbered 16 with 30 National Guardsmen present Adjutant General Ledbetter praised orderly conduct The Rogers boy Glen testified describing the attack and fire Lyons confessed implicating Bizzell but no alibi was entered for Lyons Bizzell pleaded innocent Both men face three murder counts one arson and one robbery with a dangerous weapon Trial date not set for February 5 criminal session to be sought
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
Cecil Lattimer
Detroit
Tex
Fort Towsom
Billie Don
Bizzeli
Bob Gillam
Sawyer
Okla
Bizzell
M. W. Gross
Gillam
Lyons
W. D. Flecks
McAlester State Penitentiary
Fort Towson
Arkansas
Tom Hunter
Entries Pouring In For Junior Livestock Show
Entries pour in from Garvin Johnston Coal Hughes Pontotoc and other counties for the third annual Junior Livestock Show to be held in Ada February 29 to March 2. FFA and 4H club members report larger entries than last year with steers barrows and lambs listed as the show draws participants from 21 southeastern Oklahoma counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
4H Club
E. W. Cinnamon
Pontotoc County
Ada
Cinnamon
Garvin
Johnston
Coal
Hughes
Pontotoc
FFA
Garvin County
Hughes County
Pontotec
Johnston County
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Indict Group On Liquor Charges In Arkansas
Fort Smith Ark Jan 27 A federal grand jury indicted a group of Southwestern Distilled Products Inc Arkansas Rectifying Co officials and employees for falsifying records to hide illicit liquor shipments from wet Arkansas to dry states. The plant operations at West Memphis and Sulphur Springs were cited with 43 named individuals and 1960 cases involved. District Attorney Barry noted the case is among the most significant in a wider rum-running probe begun last December and that a West Memphis warehouse raid led to 230000 dollars in liquor stocks being seized. The government seeks forfeiture of the stocks while a Little Rock judge weighs bond release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
C. R. Barry
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
Arkansas Rectifying Company
Arkansas
West Memphis
Sulphur Springs
Thu
Barry
Sam Rorex
Little Rock
Rorex
Harry J. Lemley
George Dixon
James Cole
Clyde Colling
Henry E. Humphreys
Mamie Dixie
J. &. Garelock
W. A. Myatt
Two Plead Guilty To Armed Robbery
LAWTON January 27. Ed R. Clevenger of Wright City Oklahoma and James A. Devoglaer of Lawton both aged 18 pleaded guilty to robbery with firearms at arraignment before District Judge Toby Morris and were sentenced to life imprisonment in Granite reformatory. They admitted holding up Arthur Ingle a 32 year old Lawton taxi driver January 17 and shooting him during a struggle over a gun. Ingle is recovering with a chest wound at a Lawton hospital. Both defendants were members of Battery B 77 Field Artillery at Fort Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
JFIL
Ed R. Clevenger
Wright City
Okla
James A. Devoglaer
Toby Morris
Lfe
Granite Reformatory
Clevenger
Devoglier
Arthur Ingle
Jan
Ingle
Field L Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklahoma Supreme Court Faces New Path in Mandamus Case
Oklahoma City January 27. Gov Phillips seeks a mandamus to force Auditor Carter to issue non payable warrants and incur state debt. Legal authorities say the court must chart a new course distinct from recent rulings on the $400000 debt limit. The article recalls 1937 highway notes ruling and 1939 funding bond decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Earl Welch
Fletcher Riley
Thurman Hurst
Hurst
Ernest M. Hill
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Leon ‘Phillips
Frank ©. Carter
Highway Department
Mother Finds Son After Death at Ponca City Grave
Mrs. E C Dismukes of Dallas Texas learned her missing son Andrew Dismukes was killed by a train in Ponca City in May 1934. For years his identity remained unknown to police and his mother. A later FBI fingerprint check confirmed the victim’s identity after a long search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
E. C. Dismukes
Dallas
Texas
Andrew Dismukes
Ruth Havens
McAlester
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Tulsan Kin of Adans Killed in Fall While Painting
A 43 year old Tulsa painter R I L Smith died after a fall from a house he was painting one mile west of Sperry. Survived by widow and son Robert Charles at home, mother Mrs B K Smith Ada, brothers John Roger Hugh Ada, sisters Mrs W H Wagoner Kathleen Smith Ada, and Mrs Paul Swain Okmulgee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
R IL Smith
Sperry
Robert Charles
B. K. Smith
Ada
John
Roger
Hugh
W. H. Wagoner
Kathleen Smith
Paul Swain
Okmulgee
Resume of Tax Collection Returns to Feb 1
County treasurer office announced the resume of tax collection on February 1 with refunds for those already paid to follow tax roll refiguring. Chief Deputy Nadine Viney said the corrections to the levy are nearly complete and refunds will be issued based on those adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taches
Nadiné ‘Viney
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Francis
Minton-Osborne
Test
Moose
Victor
Farewell Lake
Alaska
Jack Henson
Benson
Hitler
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Kaiser
Hilton Phillips Well
Ft. Towson
Roy
Tho
Welch
Monroe Osborn
Wayne Bayless
Corn
Thomas Gibson
Burst
Riley, Welch
Thomas Holt
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