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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1935

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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.

Pontotoc Farmers Hope For Strong Wheat and Oats Yields

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.

Pontotoc County Ada Pontotoc

Increase Shown In Gross Farm Income For 1934

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.

New York United States Standard Statistics Co Levinsky Max Baer

Rayford Leggett Struck While Repairing Truck near Centrahoma

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.

Rayford Leggett Centrahoma Ada Leggett Hickory Breco Hospital Tupelo Jess Lee C. D. Lee East Central State Teachers College Pontotoc Coal County Charles Shockley Lee

Murray final address warns against eroding state laws

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.

United States Supreme Court Washington Congress Oklahoma Marland Texas Oklahoma City Murray E. W. Marland New Jersey Treasury Tax Commission State Supreme Court John Vaughn Attorney General's Office

Murray outlines Oklahoma priorities and reforms

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.

William H. Murray Murray Oklahoma United States Marland

Changes Proposed In Police System Oklahoma City

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.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Marland B. G. Patton Marland Crime Committee Oklahoma Tax Commission Corporation Commission State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation Patton

Hey Wood Broun Weds Dancer Connie Madison in New York

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.

New York Heywood Broun American Newspaper Guild Municipal Chapel Johnny Dooley Connie Madison Minneapolis MacDonald-Gilfillan Motor Co

New Rating Sought for Pontotoc Field by HTT Operators

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.

John Fitts Pontotoc County State Corporation Commission Wildcat

ConDon identifies Bruno Hauptmann in Lindbergh case

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.

Flemington N. J Edward J. Reilly Bruno Richard Hauptmann Thomas W. Trenchard Reilly Dr. Condon Taunton Mass Wilentz Trenchard William A. Kinney Associated Press John F Jassie Condon Lindbergh Hauptmann Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr Bronx John Colonel Lindbergh St. Raymond's Cemetery Identi New York Woodlawn Cemetery

Webb Buys Part of 101 Ranch at Ponca City

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.

Ponca City Okio Jack Webb Webb Phoenix Joint Stock Land Bank of Kansas City 101 Ranch 101 Madison Square Garden

Pontotoc County Receives 4578.25 From Sales Tax

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.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma Tax Commission Pontotoc County

New Carter No. 3 A. J. Harden Produces In Fitts Field

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.

Carter Oil Company A. J. Harden John Fitts Carter Company Carter Lucy Brown Fitts Magnolia Viola Cradduck Dawes Harden Stanolind Norris Richards Carter No

Oklahoma House Opens as Gov Murray Attacks Brain Trusters

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.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Murray Cecil Chamberlain Frederick

Ted Ole Charged With Kidnaping

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.

Oklahoma City Ted Cole McAlester Penitentiary Dallas George J. Eacock United States Bureau of Investigation Cole J. A. Rutherford Cushing Farmer Springfield Frank M. Dudley Rutherford Illinois

Trains Wreck Near Rostov-on-Don Kill Six

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.

Moscow Rostiv-on-Don

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Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce Aenas Dido Namie Land Audit Educational Coordinating Board University of Oklahoma Raps North Central Association Vaughan John Vaughan Murray Foundation Law Enforcement Committee Bruno Hauptmann C. Lloyd Fisher Defense Counsel New Carter Fitts Area Loyal Loyal No. 3 Craddock Ed Moore Mitchell Potts Nichols Supreme Court Senate Curnutt Osage County Louis Ritzhaupt Guthrie House Leon C. Phillips Claude Briggs Wilburton J. William Cordell Okfuskee County Ted Ole
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