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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1934
Page
1
President agrees to select Senate amendments to the monetary bill after talks with leaders. House and Senate officials described a workable compromise aimed at avoiding a government funding lapse.
President Roosevelt told congressional leaders he would accept a time limit on the monetary bill but opposed a board to administer the 2 billion stabilization fund. Senate debates centered on whether the fund should be run by a board or the secretary of the treasury alone.
No charges were filed in the death of John Echols who died at his home near Franks after a blow to the temple. County officers continue to investigate and say details at the scene near Union Valley are clarifying. Neighbors R. C. Hilton Arthur Arnett and C. P. Alcorn were arrested during the inquiry. Alston, who was beaten Monday, was released as parties refused prosecution.
CWA activities in Pontotoc County resumed with most workers returning to jobs. County administrator B. E. Hennigan reported in Oklahoma City that material shortages under new restrictions may delay projects by a week or ten days. Graveling of Ada streets and nearby sites restarted on a 15 hour per week basis.
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Appropriations Committee that the Treasury will not license illicit liquor operations even if they pay taxes. He rejected a plan to tax 2,000,000 gallons of illicit alcohol worth up to $8 million, calling it a moral issue and refusing to do business with bootleggers.
President Roosevelt asks Congress for a 1.116 billion emergency budget including a second year of Civilian Conservation Corps and continued CWA funding through spring. He and Hopkins anticipate private industry absorption by May 1, while governors and workers urge protection of program activity and Ickes expands graft oversight.
Police officers in Ada chase three cars and seize liquor during the night. Five jars of liquor are found in one car and twenty five more jars plus seven in a tent near Lewis and Bonham. A second car yields three ten gallon kegs after it crashes. Lewis Bonham Ellis Jones and Fred Jones face federal charges with bail set. Lewis and Bonham pled guilty while the Joneses plead not guilty.
Melvin A. Traylor president of the First National Bank remained in alarming condition in Chicago after a sleep that had given doctors hope for recovery from pneumonia. He was said to be somewhat improved. Mrs Traylor and children Nancy and Melvin Jr flew from Stanford to be beside him as he sank during the night.
Federal charges of harboring the late Wilbur Underhill were filed against Ralph Rowe and Elmer Inman. Three others Hazel Underhill Lon and Sewell Johnson had been charged previously. Rowe was bound over for district court trial on a state harboring Underhill charge after being wounded at Shawnee December 30. Inman, an ex convict, is held on other charges.
Chandler Oklahoma January 23 H T Douglas chain banker was sentenced to 15 years for a state banking law violation. Judge Hal Johnson denied motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment and Douglas was released on a 10000 dollar appeal bond.
Supplies of butter and meat were distributed today across Pontotoc County under Miss Rocia County supervisor of social work for the FERA. Pleasant Hill is excluded from districting. residents on relief lists will receive trucks at Union Valley. Merchants are urged to deliver January grocery orders to Miss County to finalize payroll for state headquarters.
The national petroleum administration approved development in south Pon totocc county. A plan allows one well per 10 acres with the total number of wells in the next year yet to be fixed. Ada meeting elected W A Delaney as chairman and formed an executive committee including M O Matthews W B Osborn B V Callahan E H Moore plus company representatives. Nearby activity includes Wilcox tests and the Harden 1A oil producer with pending standardization equipment to enable accurate production figures.
In Kansas, Bob Brady and six fellow convicts escaped the state prison wall last Friday. Brady, shot near Paola after a failed rally, dies at the hands of posse members while three companions are recaptured. two others remain at large in a separate manhunt.
J B Hill and district agent J B Green report Pontotoc County is ahead in the government cotton planting program. Committeemen sign contracts for 1934 1935 with the deadline January 31. About 3000 farmers exist with a goal of 2000 contracts.
Oklahoma City January 23. Seminole county attorney Tom Huser asked the Attorney General to rule on Governor Murray's tax penalty waiver proclamation. State Senator Knox Garvin of Duncan announced plans to test clemency authority in court by paying back taxes and suing to mandamus his county treasurer if not accepted.
Three thousand one hundred twenty four Seminole Indians in Oklahoma will receive 35 dollars each in a tribal payment. The funds come from oil produced on Mekusukey Academy land in Seminole County and will be distributed at Wewoka by John Tidwell, chief clerk of the five tribes agency.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will stay active at least another year with its unlimited lending powers ending July 1. President Roosevelt announced he signed the extension to February 1, 1935 and urged withdrawals be capped at 500 million dollars unless ordered. The bill also raises the borrowing limit by 850 million, while repayments totaling over 700 million could be re lent without debentures.
Albert W Bates and Harvey Bailey two convicted kidnappers of Oklahoma oilman Charles F Urschel ended their hunger strike in Leavenworth Federal Prison. They resumed eating soup in solitary cells after prison doctors fed Bates by force and Bailey by nasal milk with a rubber hose.
Sentencing of James W. Decamp and associates in the De Camp Consolidated Glass Casket company was postponed to February 23 due to Decamp's illness. The promoter and several associates were recently convicted on mail fraud charges in federal court.
Oklahoma City Jan 23. The state supreme court ruled Governor Murray lacks authority to appoint a school land commission secretary until the current secretary resigns or is removed. The decision directs the auditor to pay Secretary J L Carpenter and nullifies the 1933 law granting the governor power to name the secretary.
The House Appropriations Committee reported a 284.7 million dollar naval supply bill aiming to complete construction to meet London treaty limits. It calls for 2,800 more enlisted sailors and 1,000 Marines, but warns many ships and submarines are aging. Admiral Standley urged bigger personnel, noting maintenance costs rise with larger fleets. critics question overall naval condition and readiness.
Claude Autry aged 40 was shot and killed on a farm five miles north of Gainesville. His son Dubois Autry 16 and John Curtis 17 his nephew were charged with the slaying.
K W Harris, longtime Oklahoma educator and former Ada high school principal, Weatherford superintendent, and college teacher at Ada Durant, died in Gate at 66 from natural causes. He leaves a widow and five children. Funeral services were held today with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City tomorrow.
Ada dentists start survey of Pontotoc county rural school children for federal information needs. Four dentists Dr Alsbach Cheek Laird and Granger were out Monday finding many children needing dental services. About half of the county’s rural children are to be examined.
P Senator Hardin Ballard of Purcell today tendered his resignation to Gov. Murray explaining his work as an attorney for the Home Owners Loan Corp. prevented him from remaining in the senate. He served in the 13th and 14th legislatures. his term would have expired in November.
An official report to Brig. Gen. Cruickshank found the claim that 75 CCC boys were dismissed from the Battist camp in McCurtain county was fabricated. Seven discharged youths allegedly refused work for eggs, but the report notes no eggs due to delayed shipments and cites a breakfast of bacon, prunes, cereal, bread, butter and coffee.
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