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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
2
New York December 27. Radio listeners heard a penguin “talk” during a two way broadcast with Antarctica. Admiral Richard E Byrd spoke briefly from the base describing discoveries and the status of three parties on expeditions abroad.
Farm column notes standard seed bed prep approaches in Oklahoma including plowing depth from three to seven inches and alternating depths to avoid plow pans. For winter plowing leave ground rough to reduce erosion and wind damage, speed up rain and snow capture, and plan timing based on prior crop.
In Flemington New Jersey January 2 1935 jurors including Elmer Stockton and Grace Stout are sworn for the Hauptmann kidnapping and murder trial as defense and state probe potential biases. Hauptmann watches the process while Lindbergh and Col Schwarzkopf observe. Continuous questioning seeks to affirm impartiality toward capital punishment.
Fred D. Price in Ada urged local business houses to support the Federal Reemployment Service as a possible central office site amid rumored federal agency reorganizations. The FRS helps match qualified jobseekers with employers and charges nothing. wages and dependents do not affect recommendations, which are based on applicant ability.
Alabama's Crimson Tide overwhelmed Stanford 29 to 13 in Pasadena as Millard Dixie Howell starred with a 67 yard run and key passes. Howell totaled 117 rushing yards and delivered a series of accurate throws while Hutson and Bryant caught touchdown passes.
A fatal gas blast at Seminole’s municipal building, former high school, killed three and injured two, prompting state fire marshal J. T. Jones and Fire Chief Everett Broadnax to lead an investigation. Debris search continued for a possible sixth person as officials estimated over 20 thousand dollars in damage.
Alvin H. Scott and Edward Feldman pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the $200,900 Charles Urschel kidnapping case. Federal Judge Edgard S. Vaught deferred sentence to after the trial. James C. Mathers and Ben B. Laska, defense attorneys, were also indicted. Scott and Feldman were arrested in Oregon after part of the ransom money was found in Scott's possession. Feldman’s mother, Mrs. Clara Feldman, had already pleaded guilty.
Coal county rural schools will average 682 dollars salary for 1934 35, an 11 percent rise from last year but 224 dollars below 1929 30 county average. The study comes from Dr A M Ashton of the State Chamber of Commerce. Bill DeLoach shot, Guy Bounds charged with assault to kill. bounds freed on 1000 dollar bond. preliminary hearing set for January 10. Deloach hospitalized in McAlester. T G Ramsey named district judge by Governor Murray for Jan 1 to 14 to fill vacancy after W P L Gassaway resigns to run for Congress. Ramsey long time Coal County official and friend of the governor.
Orders from the state highway department set work to begin Wednesday on the Bromide to Wapanucka road. A. R. Nash of Bromide reports the plan was finalized after inspection by Highway Commissioner McDonald Senator Ray and Superintendent Black. A fire destroyed Bud Johnston's house in Bromide on Friday evening and damaged furniture and goods.
A Stratford social on Christmas Day featured a large family reunion at Mrs. W. A. Goodwins home. Guests arrived the eve before Christmas and shared joyous memories as the house glowed with lights and festive porch decorations.
Oklahoma figures show state institutions and departments seeking 3.325 million per year for the next biennium may be reduced to current year totals about 2.94 million first year and 2.912 million second year. Mayor Eugene Kerr said institutional requests of 11.549 million and 9.263 million likely would be slashed to roughly 6.388 million and 6.409 million respectively. Repairs valued at 582 thousand could be cut in half.
P. J. Rummell of Toledo Ohio dies in a three car crash eight miles west of Ardmore. Ed K. Duncan and two children from Ardmore suffer cuts and bruises. Lynn Wilson has a mangled ankle and Robert Davis a skull concussion. Claude Baker and Bernard Ballew of Lone Grove also injured. All three cars demolished.
Donald Richberg told a Cleveland luncheon that America faces grave internal dissension unless the unemployed are given work. He urged business to do its part and criticized the move to dole as short sighted. He backed housing and modernizing industry as paths to national progress.
A string of humorous dialect observations notes husbands and wives, stars, coin drops in cinema, smoked chimneys, morning routines, St Peter’s potential fortune, and wasting energy as turning over a new leaf in lighthearted reflections.
Oklahoma officials urge rapid quail restoration with a plan to supply free quail eggs to farmers and pay 50 to 75 cents per chick. C. J. Brill, wildlife council secretary, says the crisis is severe and coordination of propagation and field management is needed immediately. The proposal complements field efforts and follows governor-elect E. W. Marland’s request for updated game laws and a conservation program.
A large truck carrying eggs hams bacon and other foods overturned south of the O A and A trestle on highway 48 when an axle snapped. The contents were scattered in a jumbled mess and spoiled with no injuries reported.
The United States transmitted word that Japan had signaled the end of the Washington naval limitations treaty after December 38, 1936. Saito urged a new agreement with equal footing for Japan but no radical reductions for all, while dismissing a naval race.
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