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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
6
James Hoyland known as Red Hoyland denies a Oklahoma City visitor’s claim that a blind man must be set out. Red, longtime candy stand operator, says he has authority to stay and will not yield without proof. He cites his long service since old courthouse days and vows to remain a taxpayer defender of his longtime post.
Oklahoma City Jan M UPPLa initiative from the State County Commissioners association would take about 4 million from motor vehicle licenses and gasoline taxes annually for county and city roads. Cities would get 10 percent, counties 50 percent, while the state department retains the remainder. A second provision would cut the automobile license tax collection share from 10 to 5 percent and raise the cities share from 15 to 20 percent. Carl Frix of Seonoyak county was elected president and urged cooperation with the welfare commission over old age pensions amid claims some officials politicize pensions.
Mrs. Bert Crippen of Ada suffered lacerations and bruises when she leaped from a car on Highway 48 about a mile north of Ada. Her husband, Mr. Crippen, was later charged with drunkenness and disturbance and released on bond for Monday court appearance. Authorities report the quarrel inside the moving vehicle preceded the exit.
The Oklahoma Labor non-partisan league will oppose former Gov. W. H. Murray in his gubernatorial campaign this year. Dave Fowler, league president, said Murray is the arch-enemy of organized labor and we had just as well take him out if he is elected. Fowler, regional CIO director, announced leaders would meet in Oklahoma City to appoint committees to investigate candidates and report on their labor records.
Preliminary hearing in justice court for A. W. Oliver presided over for Harry Kuykendoll Leona Kuykendoll and Leroy Patton resulted in orders to stand trial in district court Bond set at 3000 each for appearance They face second degree burglary charges with alleged theft from a house southeast of Ada through the Greater Ada News classified ads.
C C Nail filed a petition in Sacramento against Clifton Thorpe and P M Wright asking for a court order to grant access across a strip of their land into his farm until a section line opened by county commissioners. He claims fences and refusal block his access and that the line between the road and his place is ungated. Lilly inherits $5000 from Miss Annie Hansche with $50 monthly for her care.
Ten men died when a Northwest Airlines Lockheed Zephyr crashed in Bridger canyon. Bodies were moved by truck from a ranch to Bozeman as officials opened a preliminary investigation. Passengers identified by effects included W E Borgenheimer, Lloyd Levin, Al Croongquist, George Anderson, Walter Ton, Douglas Mackay, Ted Anderson, J E Stevenson, and others. The crash marked Northwest’s first Montana transport fatalities. airline safety records were noted.
Monday morning the distribution of clothing began for indigent children in Pontotoc County. The first shipment included 500 girls and 492 boys in sturdy corduroy suits in several colors, distributed to relief families in the northwest part of the county. Teachers aided by surveying needs through county schools. Ben Hur cited as a costly film with rights at 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 feet of Rome filming footage costing 80,000, while Circus Maximus construction is listed at 200,000.
Inmates of the county jail mourn the departure of Craig Lettuce Giles chef de luxe after he posted a $5,000 bond and walked out Saturday morning. Giles had been jailed nearly 11 months as part of an armed robbery case at Bob Myers home near Ada last February 19. Sam Gorum was convicted and sent to the penitentiary. the others are free or on bond. Two inmates will take over his kitchen duties.
Reverend Joshua S. D. Bang of Nen ing Po China visits Ada and says China hopes to be popular with the American people. He notes 400 million Chinese with 500000 Protestants and 1500000 Catholics and many seek degrees abroad. Bang arrived last month and plans to return to China next Christmas to join his family.
Police Chief J W Sutton said a state officer Wilford Lagies fired at a carload of Newkirk residents when they failed to stop during liquor traffic search. No one was injured. Driver Herman Simmons said he mistook an electric sign for a truck. Passengers included Mrs M A Hintes and Mrs Austin Palmer plus her mother and young daughter.
San Francisco reports state two Oklahoma desperadoes Ted Cole and Ralph Roe believed to have escaped Alcatraz in a soupy fog last month may have been saved by confederates in a boat. Jewel thief William M. Ritchey, recently released, said guards smiled at the escape and noted convicts' dissatisfaction with weather and censorship aboard the prison.
County jury commissioners met at the courthouse to select jurors for district court service for the year. Members include Lloyd Chism of Ada H Munsey of Vanoss and D B Babe Davis of Stonewall. District Judge Roy Paul of Durant presided in Ada Monday during arguments on a demurrer case.
McAlester prison transfers eighty hardened convicts including condemned killers to Granite reformatory to make shoes for needy state children. Goldie McCollum and Howard Porter were among those moved as the penitentiary reports. Warden Hunt says a gun cage for guards was installed in the shoe factory to replace clubs.
In Elizabethton Tennessee a dynamite explosion ripped through a home killing Santa Gouge and two children Luena Gouge aged seven and Roma Jean Gouge aged five while their mother Harmon Gouge 34 was seriously injured. The blast appears linked to a 1936 slaying investigations named Harmon Gouge as a suspect on bond.
J B A Robertson former governor and attorney for the corporation commission remains in Pomme for treatment of a throat illness that caused a serious illness last fall His wife says he will be able to work shortly He had been away from his desk for over a week after returning last fall from Johns Hopkins Hospital where he received care.
Sulphur Jan 1 County Attorney Jesse H Dunn ordered the arrest today of Albert Neal 52 a Sulphur resident missing since his wife's funeral as authorities press an investigation into Mrs Neal s death Physicians found Mrs Neal critically ill she died last Saturday morning Autopsy findings were turned over to Dunn Neals whereabouts remained unlocated Neals remarks to neighbors about pink candy and pickled beets are cited as part of the inquiry Neals frequent quarrels with his wife are noted by neighbors and Police Chief Herb McClendon
Arthur McClure maintenance superintendent for the state highway commission District 3 died at his family home in Ada Tuesday morning at 11 10 Funeral services will be held at Davidson Oklahoma with time not yet announced He is survived by his wife four daughters Edna Alexander of Sulphur Meele Dorothy Lena Mae of Ada and two sons Henry and Richard of Swaphur He came to Ada in 1885 as highway maintenance official and was respected in Murray county where he previously farmed and served eleven years as county commissioner He was 60 born April 4 1877 The cause was a heart attack burial in Davidson cemetery beside two sons and a daughter
H A Halbig, auditor for Crddo county municipalities, had his car stolen last week in Chickasha. The incident occurred at a fortunate moment as his theft would have caused a total loss if insurance had not lapsed the following day.
Norman Oklahoma January reports Glen Bayless of Sapulpa named editor of the Oklahoma Daily student paper while Wayne Allen of Erick is reelected editor of the university humor magazine the Covered Wagon to lead the spring semester starting next month.
Work at the county fair grounds north of the city moves ahead with concrete foundations and lumber saved for future use. A grandstand for 11,500 is drafted and could be built with WPA labor. The first of 12 federal forums in Ada will meet January 18 at 1:30 P.M. in East Central College auditorium, with Japanese Chinese relations as the topic and Norman Coleman as lecturer. The series travels Oklahoma, with seven cities listed, and is free to the public with post-lecture discussions.
In Oklahoma City on January 10, the League of Young Democrats clashed over a resolution demanding the removal of W. Grisso, head of the state highway commission, who was killed amid tumultuous applause after alleging shake-down attempts on department employees for Jackson Day tickets. The group tabled the measure after amendments targeting other officials, and adopted rules for the credentials committee at the February state convention to prevent delegate disputes.
Hugo witnesses debated ownership of Satan the alley cat at a P-A district court hearing. Mrs. F. C. Deatherage must post a 200 bond within ten days after Johnny Bennett, bus station manager, claimed the cat. The dispute arose from a long custody fight over a stray cat with a crooked tail gained at the station after an accident.
Dr George S Long of Dry Prong Louisiana brother of the late Huey P Long plans to bring a sound truck into Oklahoma this spring to campaign for William H Murray in 1938. He may run for Congress in his district near New Orleans. Murray may be elected Oklahoma governor after runoff abolition.
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