City Moves to Enforce Downtown Parking Ban
City commissioners back ordinance enforcing center parking prohibition amid protests. Police court notices to fines quicken curbside compliance as drivers face penalties.
10 Jan 1935
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1935
Page
1
City commissioners back ordinance enforcing center parking prohibition amid protests. Police court notices to fines quicken curbside compliance as drivers face penalties.
Drought setbacks last summer cited. Rainfall since Monday aids wheat and winter oats, with late spring oats planned. Last year’s crop was the lightest in 50 years, but prices at threshing time are expected to hold around 40 cents a bushel. Farmers anticipate entering northern markets and benefiting from a good feed crop reducing prices locally.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. LP Gross farm income in the United States during 1924 was estimated by the Standard Statistics Co. today to total $8,056,000,000, an increase of 28 percent over 1933. Kingfish Levinsky really turned out to be fish for Max Baer.
Rayford Leggett 26 was severely injured around 9 pm when a passing car struck him as he worked under a broken wheel near Centrahoma about 20 miles southeast of Ada. He was paralyzed from the hips, with a broken back and a facial bruise, and taken to Breco hospital.
Oklahoma City report on Governor Murray’s final speech before the new legislature. He warns that bending to federal needs could destroy state laws and the constitution, urges continued gasoline tax funding for notes, and calls for ad valorem tax cuts. He attacks the state Supreme Court and AG office while recommending criminal sterilization policies.
Governor Murray in his final address urges lawmakers to defend the constitution against federal coercion, continue gasoline tax diversion to pay debts, fund reservoirs and texts, and extend tax and school programs. He defends credits restored, warns against repudiation, criticizes state education leaders, and urges fixing homestead exemption amounts by law.
Governor elect Marland's law enforcement committee proposes a unified state police plan to enforce health and sanitary laws auto tag regulations beer dealer inspection and motor vehicle enforcement. The plan would consolidate the fire marshal and criminal identification offices and cut annual enforcement costs from 700000 to about 500000.
Newspaper columnist Heywood Broun and head of the American Newspaper Guild marries Connie Madison, a dancer from Merrily We Roll Along, in a municipal chapel. Separately in Minneapolis three men were shot as police fired on striking garage workers who broke a large front window at MacDonald-Gilfillan Motor Co.
HTT operators in John Fitts field southern Pontotoc county petition the state corporation commission to reclassify from wildcat to class C. If granted, wells would undergo six hour tubing flowing tests using last four hours of flow and bottom hole pressure tests after 24 hours shut in to gauge gas oil and water potential. The field now limits producers to 100 barrels daily per issue order.
Dr John F Condon testifies Hauptmann was the man he negotiated with for the Lindbergh ransom and to whom he later paid 590000. He recalls meeting at Woodlawn cemetery with Colonel Lindbergh and handling a 70000 bundle. The trial scene includes questioning about a taunton druggist letter and a possible mistrial motion.
Jack Webb rodeo performer and former 101 Ranch manager announced Wednesday he purchased about 700 acres including show grounds and cafe and 500 acres of pasture from Phoenix Joint Stock Land Bank of Kansas City. Webb plans to run a cattle ranch with Hereford and Brahma cattle and hold rodeos periodically.
Oklahoma tax commission reports the one per cent sales tax yielded 6.11 million for the period from July 1933 to December 1934. Counties shared 50 percent, Pontotoc County received 4578.25 from November sales in the December apportionment.
Carter Oil reports No. 3 A. J. Harden in 30-27 washed in as producer in the John Fitts area with first hour flow between 750 and 800 barrels. Carter also reports No. 1 Lucy Brown in 25-2-6 washed in recently as a big potential producer and several tests nearing production in the Fitts field with multiple Deere wells and new locations announced for 25-2-6 and 30-2-7 sections.
Oklahoma City January 8 1930 AP Major new reform proposals flood the 15th Oklahoma Legislature as Governor Murray discusses a brain trust attack and calls for social changes including a $2000 homestead exemption old age pensions unicameral 30 member legislature and women in major offices.
Ted Cole a McAlester penitentiary fugitive captured in Dallas after a hotel roof chase was charged with Lindbergh style kidnapping. The complaint alleges he abducted J A Rutherford of Cushing in December and forced him to Springfield while escaping from the penitentiary. Rutherford identified Cole’s photo. federal agents seek his return for trial on a charge carrying death.
Six are killed and 23 injured in a train wreck near Rostov-on-Don. This incident follows another wreck four days earlier that killed 23 people. The report notes Moscow dispatches confirming the casualties.
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