Twenty Fifth Year Of Extension Work Begins In Pontotoc
Pontotoc county marks the 25th year of extension work with a program on five major projects and two minor ones serving about 25 226 people. New assistant agent E W Cinnamon arrived in Ada in February to aid, while terracing and soil building dominate conservation efforts and 14 425 acres were terraced in 1936.
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Pontoter County
Joe B. Hill
Agricultural Advisory Committee
E. W. Cinnamon
Oklahoma A
M. College
Ada
Cour
Hill
Pontotoc County
A. and M. College
Pontetec County
Murder charge filed against driver in fatal Ada accident
George Morrison, of Salina Texas, charged with murder for striking and killing Arthur Brady, 54, a city street worker, on Main Street near the Oklahoma City Ada and Atoka railway tracks. Troy Bullock, once held as driver, was released when proven not involved. Preliminary hearing set January 31. Carloss Wadlington, county attorney, announced.
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George Morrison
Arthur Brady
Troy Bullock
Morrison
Salina
Texas
Justice Court
W.L. Reed
Carloss Wadlington
Brady
Main
Oklahoma City
Ada
Atoka
Bullock
Ten year old uncashed check case tied to county court clerk
A faded $3 check dated September 20 1929 remains unclaimed after a decade of mailings from county clerk offices. Mrs Delia Bedford says she sent it regularly to Kidwell for an appraisal but the address 601 West Fifth was never claimed. No one knows Kidwell or his whereabouts. officials consider cancellation if owner not found.
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RV. Kidwell
Delia Bedford
Wilson
Ned
Kidwell
West-Fifth
Jd. M. Stamfeld
Bill Summers
Ghas Wilfong
Wilfong
New X Ray Tube Matches Radium Power for Cancer War
In Schenectady a General Electric design yields a million volt X ray tube delivering far higher current than prior units. Ready for Memorial Hospital cancer institute, the device promises deeper penetration with less skin damage, aiding resistant malignancies. James Ewing of Memorial Hospital notes planned trials by the team. The tube is compact and lighter, easing hospital installation amid limited availability.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Cancer Institute of Memorial
James Ewing
M.D. Memorial Hospital
Church Contemplates Build Amid Lead Mine Loss
In Ridgeway Wisconsin, Rev EB Terreau pondered a split in the Methodist Episcopal church as lay workers dig a basement for a new church. Money was scarce, and farmers volunteered labor and lime to aid construction amid tensions within the parent organization.
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Ridgeway
Wis
U.P
Eb, Terreau
Roper Accused of Using Government Boat for Parties
Former Secretary Roper and other high Commerce Department officials were accused by R. M. Elliott in his annual report to Congress of using the government vessel Hala for private entertainment. The log shows the boat served the Bureau of Navigation and Steam Boat Inspection during part of 1934 and 1935 with purchases misclassified as paint or supplies and charged to the appropriation, though some purchases were paid by the group members aboard.
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Washington
Roper
Commerce Department
R. M. Elliott
Congress
Elliott
Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection
Former Highway Official Charged with Forgery
ALTUS Jan 3 Elva Snyder former highway department district maintenance supervisor held in county jail awaiting arraignment on charges of conspiring to pay department payrolls and a second degree forgery. Sheriff H Kimbell filed a complaint accusing Snyder of negotiating a $150 80 state warrant forged to the payee J H Ready. Johnson and Ready had also faced charges. Johnson released on bond. Oklahoma City state examiner Rogers proposed bills to require fingerprint and signature authentication on payroll requisitions and endorsements.
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Altus
Elva Snyder
Highway Department
H. Kimbell
Jackson County
Snyder
J. H. Ready
Ready
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Oklahoma City
Rogers
Wynnewood Officer Slugged and Bound in Heist Attempt
Wynnewood police reported merchant officer Bill Cox was assaulted and tied by two armed men early today during an attempted robbery. One suspect was shot during the incident as Cox surprised them. The investigation is ongoing.
Tom Tucker Dies At Holdenville
Tom Tucker, 81, longtime Ada resident, died Tuesday at 6 a.m. at the home of his daughter Mrs. Ralph McLain in Holdenville after a yearlong illness. He was brother-in-law of H. G. Clark of 529 North Highland. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the McLain residence in Holdenville with burial at a later date in Rosedale Cemetery here. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ralph McLain, Mrs. Newton Walls, Mrs. Virgil Buchanan, and another daughter in California.
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Tom Tucker
Ada
Ralph McLain
Holdenville
H. G. Clark
North Highland
McLain
Moon
Rosedale
Smith Would Alter U.S. Farm Program
Senator Smith of South Carolina announced plans for a revised U.S. farm program focusing on cotton and tobacco. He will introduce a new farm bill soon, propose a parity price of about 15 1/2 cents a pound for a fixed cotton production, and discuss with VP Garner and southern senators.
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Smith
D-S. C
Administration
Senate Agriculture Committee
Garner
Congress
Lee
D-Okla
Death on Harbor Scaffold Shocks Montreal
Marcel Boiselair, 20, and D. Trudeau, 45, worked on a harbor elevator scaffold when ropes failed. Trudeau fell 60 feet to his death. Boiselair clung to a rope, swung through a window to safety as the danger passed. The dramatic escape left him shaken and grateful to survive. Florence E. Allen becomes first woman named to Ohio Supreme Court bench.
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Montreal
Marcel Boiselair
Boiselair
D. Trudeau
Trudeau
Boisclair
Satary
Florence E. Allen
United States
Ohio
Marion Wallace Victim of Accident in Oklahoma City
Marion Wallace 59 longtime organizer and former president of Southern Mutual Life Insurance died in a hospital from an accidental rifle discharge while removing it from his car. Born in Texas he moved to Oklahoma City in 1925 and previously served three terms as sheriff of Young County Texas. Survivors include his wife a son two daughters his mother a sister and five brothers. Funeral services and burial will be held tomorrow in Oklahoma City.
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Marion Wallace
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Southern Mutual Life Insurance Company
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Texas
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Young County
Tattle
Oklahoma
W. M. Wallace
Durant
Howard Rike
Fort Worth
Tex
J. M. Wallace
W. R. Cooper
Throckmorton
Webb Wallace
Dallas
T. T. Wallace
Wheeler
Byars
LC Wallace
Wichita, Falls
T._F. Wallace
Muskogee School Bond Case Heads to Supreme Court
Muskogee school board members learn a suit challenging the legality of a 275000 bond issue will be appealed to the U S supreme court. Three federal judges previously upheld the bond in a hearing, while Willie Eva Simmons a Black resident argued negro children would be barred from schools yet property owners would pay the tax.
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Muskogee
Jan. P. Muskogee
U. S. Supreme Court
Federal ‘Court
En Bank
Willie Eva Simmons
Sharp Decrease in Daily Crude Oil Production
Tulsa dispatch reports a nationwide drop in crude oil output for the week ending December 31, with Texas leading declines due to resumed two day a week shut downs. Oklahoma, East Texas, Louisiana, California, and Kansas fallen, while Illinois, Michigan and the Rocky Mountain region show mixed changes.
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Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Railroad Commission
Oklahoma
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Relief Funds Diverted To Political Uses In Some States
The senate campaign expenditures committee charged relief funds were diverted to political ends in several states. The 18 state probe covered 1938 senatorial contests and urged measures to curb political activity tied to WPA funds including banning relief recipient contributions and restricting official influence on votes. Field work spanned 18 states including Kentucky, Ohio, California, New York and Illinois.
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Senate Campaign
WPA
Congress
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Hopkins
Senate
Appropriations Committees
Sheppard
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O’mahanry
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Walsh
D-Mass
Warrison
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Maine
Ohio
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California
Georgia
Llinois
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Maryland
Missouri
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New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Wisconsin
Nation faces New Year toll in violent deaths
Across the nation the New Year weekend tallied 327 violent deaths, with auto crashes causing about 200 fatalities. New York led states with 52 dead, followed by California 30 and Illinois 26. Other totals included drownings, homicides, fires, and miscellaneous causes. alcohol-related deaths were negligible despite celebrations.
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New York
New York City
California
Illinois
New Jersey
Oil Well Spacing Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court dismissed an attack on Oklahoma oil well spacing law that divides land into four units and limits drilling to one well per unit with shared production. Patterson argued it forced sharing, but the court said he failed to raise a substantial federal question and dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
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Washington
Jan
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
R. B.patterson
North Wellstern
Lincoln County
Chishoma Supreme Court
Z Patterson
Patterson
Wilfong Turns Over Duties to Tom B Grant
Oduz Wilfong, county clerk since last July, relinquished duties to elected successor Tom B. Grant on Monday. He praised service and noted the office is in A-1 condition with reports up to date, aside from last day receipts now with the recorders. Wilfong previously served as a deputy from 1923 to 1929 and wished Grant a successful term.
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Oduz Wilfong
Tom B. Grant
Wilfong
H D Garner
Grant
Offi
Dr E M Meek Becomes Valley View Resident Doctor
Dr Edwin McLeon Meek was appointed resident physician at Valley View hospital on January 1, succeeding Dr J Langley Plymale who served since the hospital opened last July. Meek, a Glendora Mississippi native, is a 1931 Ole Miss and 1934 Tulane graduate, with internship in Baltimore. He practiced in Glenders and is married with one child. Plymale departed Ada for St Louis.
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Valley View Hospital
J. Langley Plymale
Meek
Ada
Glendora
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Tulane University
City Hospital
Baltimore
Glenders
Dy, Plymale
St. Louis
Oklahoma Chick Exhibits To Meet Rivals
Oklahoma plans a major entry at the World Poultry congress in Cleveland July 28 to August 7, 1939. HG Ware notes the exhibit will cover all poultry work and progress, with 20 acres of space and four languages for proceedings. Oklahoma invites suggestions to R B Thompson as committees from 2,500 members prepare to showcase global poultry actors and products.
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Oklahoma
Cleveland
Hg, Ware
Extension Poultryman
Oklahoma A
M. Colege
Ware
Hall of State
R. B. Thompson
College Poultry Department
England
France
Germany
Italy
Woman In Hospital After Ada Highway Mishap
Mrs Opal Lee Old aged about was injured in a collision five miles east of Ada when her car struck a horse on highway 12. Her husband Elwyn Old 25 received minor injuries. Both were returning from the Illinois oil fields to Ada. The car overturned and the horse was killed.
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Opal Lee Old
Illinois
Ada
Ralph Thompson
State Highway Patrol
Elwyn Old
Housewife Confesses to Killing Husband With Christmas Knife
Betty McLaren a 23 year old San Francisco housewife was booked for murder after confessing to stabbing her 36 year old husband William McLaren in the abdomen following a quarrel and a night of drinking and visiting spots. Police said she used a new carving knife he gave her for Christmas.
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San Francisco
Betty McLaren
Harry Husted
Wadlington and Grant Assume New County Posts
Tom B. Grant took on the duties of county clerk while Carloss Wadlington became county attorney in brief ceremonies Monday morning. District Judge Tal Crawford administered the oaths as Hoyt Driskill, the incoming county attorney, indicated he would likely take his oath Tuesday. Driskill announced his staff, naming Lonnelle Allen as secretary and A. W. White as county court bailiff. both reside in Ada and are well known.
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Tom B. Grant
Carloss Wadlington
Tal Crawford
Hoyt Driskill
Driskill
Lonnelle Allen
Hatcher and
Hatcher
A. W. White
Ada
Wallown
Grant
Wadlington
County Oil Field Worker Near Death
An unemployed Pontotoc county oil field worker Charles Howard Thompson of Fittstown was badly injured in a crash on the eve of returning to work. His car collided with a truck in Oklahoma City. he suffered a broken neck and possible skull fracture while his head was tossed against the door as the car overturned. His wife sustained a sprained ankle. Hospital attendants described his condition as extremely critical. Thompson had come to Oklahoma City to arrange a job in the Kansas Oil Field when the accident happened.
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Oklahoma City
Pontetee County
Charles Howard Thompson
Fittstown
Thompson
Kansas Oil Held
Oklahoma Harbors Warmest January 2 On Record
By the Associated Press Oklahoma marked what likely was the warmest January 2 on record. Oklahoma City tied or exceeded past highs reaching 83 degrees in 1927, with many towns reporting warm readings such as Ardmore 72 Waynoka 71 Muskogee 68 and Lawton 64. Skies will bring scattered clouds with temperatures dipping to the 34 to 40 range tomorrow morning.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Waynoka
Muskogee
Lawton
Asendorf Veteran Teacher Dies at 39 Years Later
Albert Asendorf of Craig born September 28 1893 died December 30 1932 aged 45 years 2 months 2 days He taught since age 20 with gaps and served in World War I as a sergeant He was a Methodist member Mason Eastern Star American Legion and state teachers association Survived by wife son Howard sister and nine brothers
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Craig
Sway
Albert
Agnes Asendorf
Craig High School
East Central State Teachers College
U. S. Insantry
Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Order of Eastern Star
American Legion
Coalgate
State Teachers Association
Albert Assendorf
Howard
A. H. Downs
George Henry
Adolph
Charley
Claude
Lee Bernard
Oscar
Tyan Asenort
Pioneer Resident Honored By Party
Mrs. 5. R. Pearce, aged 30, longtime Pontotoc county resident born January 1, 1849 in Mount Ida Arkansas, was feted at a birthday party near Ada with relatives from Shawnee and Ada attending. She lives with her daughter east of Ada. party attendees included Dioceses members among others. District Judge Tal Crawford announced plans for a civil jury term in late January or early February with notices sent to local attorneys to submit docketed cases.
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5. R. Pearce
Pontotoc County
Mount Ida
Arkansas
Tal Crawford
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