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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
6
J B Hill county agent reports supplies for four cents a pound loans on government held cotton. Farmers with options must bring cards to sign receipts and await notices. The program lets growers take cash or a smaller cash payment plus an option on government held cotton, with potential profit as cotton price rises above six cents.
Muskogee Judge James Givens clarifies he fined Tom Smallwood ten dollars for drunkenness plus five dollars for abusing President Roosevelt. He notes the extra sum reflects ingratitude for government aid and cites possible legal maximums. Public reaction spans national and international letters.
Sam Irby a 42 year old former state employee and author of Kidnaped by the Kingfish is dead in San Antonio Texas after a long illness. Irby known for his role in the 1930 senatorial campaign intrigue involving Huey P. Long disappeared with James Terrell after leaving Shreveport hotel. He testified he had not been kidnapped and joked about being on a fishing trip before the case was dismissed. Survived by widow Gertrude Tippett son Eugene five brothers and three sisters.
Oklahoma City reports that the State Game and Fish Department ended 1933 with strong finances and a large general fund reserve. Warden Robert Chandler said over 107000 dollars in general funds exist for 1934, plus 4100 dollars in a special deer license fund to be conserved for future wildlife, with deer season and prairie chicken hunts boosting hunting activity and restocking programs expanding across the state.
Cattle and calves sold steady to mixed across Oklahoma City with bulk beef 3.75 to 5.00 and calves strong in spots. hogs up 5 to 10 with carrots to 3.60 top. sheep and lambs mostly steady to firmer with western lambs around 7.10. Kansas City markets opened steady to higher on hogs and cattle, with light weight steers and yearlings quoted 6.00 to 6.25 and stockers active. vealers 3.00 to 6.00, lamb prices holding above 7.50 for choice.
France thanked Roosevelt for his stance and support of Franco German and league of nations aims. In Berlin officials say Roosevelt treats disarmament as a European matter and note Germany's withdrawal from Geneva due to France blocking German equality demands.
Howard W. Blakeslee reports at AAAS in Cambridge that the Milky Way contains about 170 billion stars, a near sixfold increase from prior estimates. The finding, released by the Associated Press Science Editor, revises our view of our galaxy’s scale.
Oklahoma City Dec 28 The Oklahoma Tax Commission announced collection of 2892.84 in inheritance taxes from the estate of Lee Cruce second governor after statehood The net estate was 118571 and all was inherited by his daughter Lorena Cruce Norris of Los Angeles Cal Cruce died January 16 1933 after oil business work in Ardmore following his governorship.
Moscow reports the second five year plan of Soviet Russia by Vyacheslav Molotov and V. Kuibyshev. The plan, submitted to the political bureau and to the 17th Communist Congress on Jan 19, aims to dwarf the first plan and industrialize Soviet Russia by 1937 to meet essential national needs.
Isaac Moore of Seminole was arrested about 12 45 Friday night in connection with the robbery the preceding night of Ed Stuart a taxicab driver. Stuart was forced to drive two men to Tupelo where they took his money and automobile. A web for Moore had been.
Potatoes priced around 1.70 to 1.80 for U S No 1 Idaho russets with most at 1.75. Wisconsin round whites and Colorado McClures quoted near 1.55 to 1.76, with Minnesota Red River and Ohio varieties around 1.45. Total U S shipments at 746, on track 207.
Chicago prices hold firm as of January 3 with butter at 10,205, steady, and eggs at 4,017, unchanged. Both markets show no variation in prices from the prior report.
Chicago buyers see live poultry and dressed turkeys hold steady with slight variation across categories. Hens, roosters, toms and chicks offered in multiple grades and weights, with leghorn varieties and colored birds listed alongside ducks and geese. Dressed turkeys show no price changes.
Chicago grain markets slid late after earlier gains as President Roosevelt’s message for the day gave no specific monetary program. Wheat fell over 2 cents from its high, corn and oats declined, while provisions fluctuated with mixed losses and gains.
Chicago on January 3 reports Wheat none sold and mixed grain prices for corn oats with various grades. No. 2 yellow corn at 49 to 49 1 2, No. 3 yellow at 48 1 2, No. 4 white at 47 1 2, old corn No. 2 yellow 49 1 2 to 50, No. 2 white 51 1 2, oats No. 2 white 37 1 2 to 38, No. 3 white 37.
Detective Bannister probes Tracy King’s Shelby Arms suite for motives and alibis as a mysterious blond woman named Juliet France vanishes. A Siamese cat and King’s chaotic room surface, while clerk Link notes the green outfit and a stairway escape route may hide the killer. A new confrontation with a determined woman interrupts.
New York cotton prices slipped after rising to 10.56 at the open. By 2 pm futures were around 10.47 with advances of 5 to 6 points in active months, then eased into the close on liquidation and realizing. Overall, futures finished steady to 4 points lower.
Spot cotton closed steady five points higher in New Orleans. Sales reached 1,441 with low mid dling at 9.69, middling 10.34, good middling 10.79. Receipts totaled 6,550 and stock stood at 844,705.
New Orleans January 3 AP cotton futures ended the session steady with net declines of 1 to 3 points. Front month March closed 10.38 to 10.39, May 10.53, July 10.68 to 10.69, October 10.85 to 10.88, and December around 11.04.
Milwaukee firefighters responding to a call found about 300 theatergoers still in their seats despite the manager's directives to evacuate. The incident details the tense scene inside the venue and the actions taken by responders.
Warning notes a basement fire forcing audience ejection as firemen arrive and find the space filled with deadly gas. They wear gas masks while extinguishing the flames and salvaging the scene.
Announcement from Dr. Henry G Bennett shows Dover P Trent extension director at Oklahoma A and M college is loaned to the Aaa for a year as assistant to Chester Davis in the production division. Trent will direct cotton wheat corn and hog programs while dairy remains under another director.
Oklahoma City report says 170 Oklahoma State banks were accepted as FDIC members following a ruling by the federal department after 209 banks filed applications. The article notes 24 more banks faced a separate outcome under the same process.
Philadelphia report favors a fixed 13 month calendar to improve economic and social welfare data. Each month would have four weeks, each half year 26 weeks, with a year day and a leap day in leap years. The proposal emerged at the ASA convention during a joint socio economic conference.
Lamar mail carrier T. B. Upchurch plans that his 42-year-old mule, bought from his father, will spend the rest of its life in comfort in Holdenville. The aged animal served as a work mule for years.
In Bellingham Washington three young puppies and their police dog mother were surrendered to the sheriff's office by their owner who said neighbors complained. The trio joins the NRA CWA and AAA in new homes.
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