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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
2
The piece recalls Centrahoma once Owl and Coalgate's bid for Coal County seat. An election shifted Owls name to Centrahoma after residents objected to Owl as campaign thunder. Coalgate won the county seat, yet Centrahoma persisted in seeking recognition.
A farmer in Coounty Ada dispatched funds to a friend in Arkansas to lure him to Ada for a farmhand job. The Arkansas man replied he was coming anyway. Dan Proctor, TC junior high conference secretary, and the conference president each scheduled a Seminole meeting independently and mailed notices without knowing the other.
Prosperity Note reports the First Baptist Church of Ada has reduced its building debt from 75000 to 50000 dollars since 1931. The balance is paid from current expenses and interest on the remaining indebt edness along with ongoing mission contributions and activity support.
Wilder Thompson shows a trick desk with a secret compartment housing a portable typewriter. He discovers the device inside and remarks that he had been seeking the typewriter all day and had hoped to display it multiple times.
County records show 279 persons committed to state institutions for insanity since statehood. Of these, 170 were men and 109 women. Average ages are 43 for men and 42 for women, with one adoption recorded for every insanity case.
Tige Herndon reveals his cane use stems from a sprained ankle not pride. He mentions early qualification for a $200 monthly old age pension promoted by Dr Townsend and says he has not begun planning how to spend it.
The highway safety campaign asks for a full week of focus on road safety to follow Earn Apple or Thrift Week, noting these are the only two periods not tied to a designated worthy cause. The proposal aims to maximize public attention and actions on safe driving during a quiet time in the calendar.
The item notes Austin R Deaton denying the term chronic office holder and argues first termers are not in that class. It also mentions East Central band member James G Saied as a skilled clarinet player and possible snake charmer, plus Allen Stanfield receiving over 1100 congratulatory letters for rounding up jail escapees in Muskogee. The piece adds Mrs J W Cadwalder clipping Curios and Antiques, Byron Norrell’s Alaska days, and a sighting of vaudeville duo Al Withrow and Joe Cole on Christmas Eve.
In Mexico City Dec 28 Mexican officials said threats of revolution tied to Gen Plutarco Elias Calles' return from exile have largely passed. Army labor and peasant leaders stand with President Lazaro Cardenas against Calles who is now largely isolated. Demonstrations against his return did not change his stance as he played golf and downplayed public opinion.
Washington December 27 Associated Press staff writer Edward J Duffy reports storm signals increase for both major parties as 1935 becomes a presidential election year. Smith plans to attack the New Deal at the American Liberty League dinner January 25 but will not accept guest invitation in Washington. Borah announces eastern speeches in New York January 28 and delegates for Wisconsin and Illinois primaries follow. Democratic officials push counter to Republican divisions while Roosevelt prepares opening congressional message and budget.
Former Arkansas governor Charles H Brough died at his Washington home at 59 from angina pectoris. A Mississippi native who moved to Arkansas after teaching, he served as the state’s World War governor from 1937 to 1921. A short service will be held in Washington before burial in Little Rock. He is survived by his widow and stepmother with no children.
Classified ad notes higher returns on investment and offers for readers seeking profitable placements. Advertising copy emphasizes clear rates, faster results, and broad exposure across local markets. Marketed to individuals and businesses aiming to maximize yield from campaigns.
Juanita Shirley, 29, dies after three year battle with tuberculosis at her mother Ida Shirley’s home in Ada. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Rev. Morris. burial in Tosedale cemetery. Survivors include her mother two sisters and a brother. Earlier Christmas incidents recount fatal auto wrecks in Nowata and Clinton, plus deaths of several Oklahomans from heart disease burns and explosions.
The Oklahoma Christmas period saw nine violent deaths across Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Among the fatalities were two hunting accidents, including 8 year old Percey Burnett killed by a rifle bullet from his brother while rabbit hunting, and 38 year old Gustave Gurths of Oklahoma City killed seven miles southeast of Guthrie.
Butte Montana police ended a savage manhunt by fatally shooting William Henry Knight, an ex convict who killed four people. Knight was cornered in a small home after holding a family at bay, with Deputy Sheriff Thomas Meehan, Seattle, Tom ONeill, Frank Walsh, and Floyd Woods among his victims in Washington and Montana.
S C Boswell, president, told chamber members that unforeseen details will postpone the fund raising for a proposed hospital. He said charter work contracts and Commonwealth Fund approval are needed before collecting local donations of 60 000 for site and utilities plus 15 000 for first year deficit. buffalo meat was served at the meeting.
Washington December 26 The Comptroller General J R McCarl halted the federal surplus commodity corporation plans to buy surplus farm products for relief distribution He ruled the 30 per cent of gross customs receipts set aside for the AAA cannot be used to buy goods for relief clients with no funds available until a new revenue source is found He said relief legislation and statutes show other methods for purchases The ruling does not affect purchases for diversion or relief distribution.
In Vivian, Louisiana, the body of J. H. Hamilton, father ofRaymund Hamilton, and an unidentified young woman were found in a tourist camp. Officials say they were asphyxiated by heat from a hot room with closed windows and a gas fire burning. The elder Hamilton worked at a refinery near Lewis, Louisiana.
About two thousand Pontotoc county farmers in the AAA crop control program received nearly 10000 in benefit checks Saturday. The payments, distributed through county farm agent J B Hill, covered rents on land not cultivated and other reductions under the stabilization program.
Miss Augie Debo of Oklahoma won the $200 John Dunning prize from the American Historical Association for her essay The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic. The award honors a historian of non established reputation for work on North American history submitted semi annually.
Two McCurtain county hunters unearthed scores of old coins including sixty nine $100 gold pieces from 1846 and twenty six $5 pieces dated 1837. Secret Service operatives determined the treasure was counterfeit with a thin gold outer layer and cheap interior amalgam.
An unexpected late Christmas buying surge, aided by a cold wave, boosted holiday retail activity. Dun & Bradstreet reported volume up 10 to 30 percent from the prior week and 12 to 25 percent ahead of 1934 in total terms, with larger individual purchases and frequent use of charge accounts and cash sales.
Shreveport Louisiana December 27 A young auburn haired woman found dead in a Vivian tourist camp was identified as Dorothy Cham bliss formerly of Broken Bow Oklahoma Her supposed husband Hamilton 58 an oil field worker is named as the father of outlaw Raymond Hamilton The woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a stove burned in the cabin. Investigators questioned the tentative identification and checked a Vivian resident lead.
Oklahoma public works funds totaled 17 308 047 through December 17 with Oklahoma County receiving 1 837 131 and Tulsa County 937 545. State Administrator W S Key blamed early Tulsa delays and said allocations are now leveling the field while listing county allocations including Atoka Highes Seminole McClain Cosl Garvin Johnston Murray Pontotoc amounts.
Frank Williams and Clarence Heck, both under 19, and a fourth suspect sought on similar federal charges faced arraignment after an anti whiskey campaign by county officers on Christmas Day. Williams and Heck waived preliminary hearing and posted $3,000 bond. Officers pursued suspects near Stonewall and Ada, confiscating whiskey and a car. Newt Littlefield was on the wanted list and T. E. Roberts entered a not guilty plea.
McAlester December 28 Officers investigated the death of Key, 39, of McIntosh county who was fatally wounded in a knife fight in the prison dish washing room. Leonard Mayfield, serving five years for robbery in Atoka county, seriously wounded. Mayfield used a butcher knife while Key carried a handmade dirk. County Attorney Counts said he would question prisoners to learn the motive.
Oklahoma’s common schools are assured full terms this year under the new school finance law. State Superintendent John Vaughan said most districts will offer at least eight months, with failures by a few districts to fund themselves. About $75,009 of $2,800,000 in secondary school aid has been distributed so far, with remainder to be scheduled and reviewed by January 7.
Wanda Lee Chaddick, 15, of Tulsa, daughter of Guy Chaddick of Ada, was killed when the automobile she rode in rolled over on a highway 13 miles south of Holdenville around noon Saturday. Her sister Mrs. Cole and the baby escaped unharmed. they were returning to Ada from Tulsa to visit the Chaddicks. The victim’s body was taken to an Ada funeral home with arrangements pending.
The commerce department's weekly survey of 32 cities reports a holiday buying surge before Christmas with high volume and travel strain on transportation. New York and Los Angeles show sharp gains over last year. Kansas City and Dallas hit multiyear peaks. Philadelphia and others report up to ten percent gains, signaling best season since 1928 to 1929 in several areas.
A Census Bureau study shows December has the most fatalities from collisions with trains and streetcars, while July tops deaths in fourteen accident types. The year total reached 132 022 deaths, about 361 daily, with October leading in slides falls and mine incidents.
M. R. Randall a 58 year old railroad conductor died in Muskogee today. Survived by a daughter Mrs. B. G. Doyle Skellytown Texas two sisters Mrs. G. T. Ward Tulsa and Mrs. Mary Ketchum Springfield Missouri and a brother E P Randall Tulsa. He had lived in the area since 1913.
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