Ada area dominates 1938 big local stories
The Ada Ponototec county year in review highlights courthouse scandal and grand jury probes, a devastating May tornado, Keller Dyer act case, Ford embezzlement, heavy rain halting oil fields, primary upsets, a fatal taxi shooting, and a $290 750 bond vote for schools and city improvements, plus a fatal Allen hotel fire and a fatal stabbing.
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Copass Bouth
Ada
Pontotec
Roy Keller
Tommy Ford
Furman Blassingame
Homer Edison
Allen
Homer Blankenship
Glass Company
Thurman Rockwell
Pontotoc County
Hy Edwards
Wewoka
Garner
George Collins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bud Rich
Ada Bondsman
Keller
Raymond Rains
Ford
Joe Smalley
Shawnee
Weleetka
Senate
Seminole
Pentotoc
Nichols
McKeel
Pentotoc County
Carloss Wadlington
Virgil Stanfield
Homer Ellison
Ada Finance
Ellison
PWA
Otto Wells
V. K
Harold
Arid Pawsay
Inlaw
State
Wheat straw newsprint tested on Pittsburgh presses
Dr. F W Hochstetter announces a low cost newsprint made from Pennsylvania wheat straw will be tested on metropolitan presses. About 10 tons of finished paper will be sent to three Pittsburgh newspapers for trials in tensile strength ink absorption and run speed. Other farm wastes may also be used in pulp production.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
F. W. Hochstetter
Tarentum
Hochstetter
Jim Whitehead Promoted to State Welfare Office
Veteran Pontotoc county welfare investigator Jim Whitehead is promoted to the state welfare office in Oklahoma City with assignment effective January 1. He will report to the state board of public welfare while continuing Ada duties. his successor in Pontotoc is Hervey Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Whitehead
Pontoter
Fontotoe County
Hervey Lambert
Byng
Welfare Board
Lambert
John Boyce McKeel
Pontotoc
Seminole
Whitehead
Pontotoc County
William H. Murray
E. W. Marland
State Welfare Department
Four Wounded In Gunfire At Cafe
Four people were shot at a cafe in Greenfield as amateur boxer William Cross opened fire on his estranged wife Katherine Cross and two women, then shot himself. Constable Wendell Crishiman said Cross, 28, fought fiercely before officers restrained him. Katherine was wounded in the abdomen and breast and remained hospitalized with a chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Curry
Esther Smalley
Crishman
Cross
Mrs. Cross
Justice Oliver In Two Busy Hours
Justice Oliver, a minister, spent two hours in court after a funeral and marriage ceremony. He officiated for Ada Hayes who died December 29, heard two youths plead guilty to assault and battery, sentencing each to 1030 days in county jail and fined $100, and performed a marriage ceremony for a young couple.
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A. W. Oliver
Oliver
Harrison Hayes
Ada
Buddy Graves
Bobby
Alexander
Asault
Oklahoma's Seventeenth Legislature Opens Amid Icy Optimism
BiG biennial show ready as Oklahoma City prepares the seventeenth legislature. The statehouse buzzes with desks, rugs, and telephones as veterans and novices mingle. Organization and oath taking are set to dominate the first week while Governor-elect Phillips’ inauguration looms.
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Oklahoma City
Bee
Ravels
State Capitol
Oklahoma
Seventeenth
Statehouse
Phillips
Youth Legislature Elects Radical Leader in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City youth legislature leaders shift as Whywad Normand is elected house floor leader and Edwin Sippel becomes house speaker in a surprise move. Charged conservatives say communists and Negroes influenced the vote while groups from Oklahoma A and M backed Finley. Joint session discusses forming local youth legislative councils with American Youth congress speakers.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Sons of the Legion
American Legion
House
Whywacd Normand
Begra
Edwin Sippel
Tulsa
Evon
Herbert Finley
Finley
Oklahoma A
M. College
American Youth Congress
Bill Would Revise Highway Commission
Oklahoma City plan creates a three member highway commission appointed by the Governor with senate confirmation and removal at the governor's pleasure. Ben Ellis, slated as committee chair, backs the reform, contrasting with earlier single commissioner concepts and existing four-member structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Highway Department
Senate
Ben Ellis
House Committee On Roads and Highways
Ellis
Virginia
Uncle Frank Jones Confederate veteran dies in Ada at 92
Ada remembers F Jones known as Uncle Frank dies Friday at 4 am at home aged 92. Born May 31, 1846 in Clark county Arkansas, he served in Company D Third Alabama, longtime member of William L Byrd Camp No 1545 U C V. Survived by widow Sarah, seven children, 38 grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Funeral at Church of God at 2 pm Saturday.
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F. €. Jones
Ada
Church of God
Townsend
Clark County
Arkansas
Third Regiment
Alabama
William L. Byrd
U. C
Wewoka
Oklahoma welfare commission halves staff salaries
The Oklahoma public welfare commission will pay only 50 percent of salaries this month due to a shortfall after the federal social security board withheld 1,567,000 in grants. Five percent of receipts fund administration. $7,000 in current bills were deferred. Director H. J. Denton warned personnel cuts may occur and promised continued work pending federal action.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission
Federal Social Security Board
Oklahoma
Commission
Rec
H. J. Denton
CCC
Oklahoma Emergency Tele
Waslingtom
Denton
Federal Board
Fearful Flood Devastates Panay Island Town Calinog
A dam burst on Panay Island created a lake half way up a mountainside, sweeping Calinog and 14 surrounding villages. About 15,000 people faced heavy loss of life as houses trees and livestock were carried away. Communication was cut and authorities feared epidemics while Red Cross aid arrived.
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Manila
Panay Island
Philippines
Calinog
Red Cross
Grand Jury Indicts San Antonio Mayor and Officials
San Antonio December 30. Mayor C. K. Quin and two city arces were indicted by a criminal district court grand jury for misapplication of city funds. Bishop and Campbell were named in five bills. Quin called the action a political plot to back Maury Maverick’s mayoral bid. He said he would fight the indictments to the finish.
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SAN_ANTONIO
Tex
C. K. Quin
San Antonio
Arces
Criminal District Court
Bishop
R. Neil Campbell
Quin
Grand Jtory
Maury Maverick
Maverick
U. S
Paul Z. Kil
Day
Less Bills Seen For Legislature
A possible reduction in bills was discussed for Oklahoma's seventeenth session as leaders of the house and senate agreed not to hire a special attorney to draft legislation. Peyton Ford, previously on the senate payroll, may not be needed. J. M. Rinehart and Dan Welch supported fewer lawmakers drafting measures.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Peyton Ford
J. 4
Rinehart
Democractic
Dan Welch
Pontotoc CCC Enrolment Opens with Nine Open Quota
Public Welfare director Mrs Donnabelle Neal announced that Pontotoc county has a nine boy quota for CCC enrollment, but 250 applications are on file. Selection will be based on need from relief families. The nine boys depart for tech camps on January 9 at the regular quarterly period.
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Pontotoc County
CCC
Donnabelle Neal
Public Welfare Board
Spirit of '76 Connie Mack Seeks Another Season
Philadelphia Athletics veteran manager Connie Mack plans to remain active in baseball past his 76th birthday on December 23. He learned last year his true birthday is the 22nd but continues to celebrate on the 23rd.
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Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Creep Feeding Profits For Dewey County Farmer
Taloga report notes Medlin Parish, near here, found creep feeding profitable this year. County Agent Charles Gardner and Stillwater livestock specialist Fariss discuss creep feeding amid grass drought. Parish used creep feeding to feed a few calves to satisfy curiosity despite cows producing ample milk this year.
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Taloga
Medlin Parish
Charles Gardner
Forrest Beall
Stillwater
A. & M. College
Fariss
Creep Feeding Boosts Calf Growth In Field Trials
A specialist notes calves given creep feed in a defined enclosure show greater growth and heavier weaning weights than milk fed calves. He estimates about 75 pounds heavier and argues creep feeding pays off even with small oats and screenings.
Three Killed When Car Hit by Locomotive
Oklahoma City reports three university students and a Wichita girl died when their speeding coupe collided with a Fort Smith and Western freight train four miles northeast of the city. Norman Shawyer age 22 and Pat J. Maloney 24, both OU students, and Virginia Woodford 19 of Wichita were killed as the car was hurled into the air and dragged about 14 yards after the crossing failure to stop.
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Oklahoma City
Van
University of Oklahoma
Here
Norman Shawyer
Wichita
Kas
Pat J. Maloney
Hutchinson
Virginia Woodford
Norman
Fort Smith and Western
J. J. Patrick
Fort Smith
Ark
J. O. Swinson
Oklahoma
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Mercury
al Nichols
Country Welfare Board
Justice Oliver
Sam Sullivan
Bochito
Earl Welch
Supreme Court
Monroe Osborn
Marland
Highway Commission
U.S
Uncle Frank" Jones
Grand Jury
Indios
Marton Houghton
Boston
Dewey County
0. U
Corvallis, Mant
Edward Worden
Vice
The
First National Bank
P. A. Norris
G. J. Morton
S. K. Grant
FC. Norris
J. A. Leverett
J. E. Martin
Ore Bushy
B. W. Simpson
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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