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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1933
Page
2
President Roosevelt sharply rejects the gold standard push at the world economic conference, signaling no intent to restore European gold standards. He urges nations to balance budgets and curb spending while warning against artificial currency stability schemes.
Oklahoma City July 3. The state election board secretary said ballots and all supplies for the July 11 beer election will reach county election board secretaries by tomorrow night. A corps of workers will labor through the Fourth of July to distribute the supplies, trucks have begun, and large sacks of pens stamps and other paraphernalia filled the capitol.
Mrs Ella A Boole president of the W C T U urged a new party for drys at Milwaukee stating a fighting chance exists that 20 states will not ratify repeal of the prohibition amendment. She backed resistance to repeal and criticized dominant parties for betraying their constituencies.
Governor Murray froze sales tax and income tax bills in his vault and warned he may send another message to attack the makeshift tax program. Observers see a tactic to pressure both chambers so the measures do not pass before any veto.
At midnight Friday June 30 fiscal year 1932 35 ends and new work begins. City finance head Lee Daggs lists the annual financial statement needs as Ada city funds and bond payments are reviewed. County treasurer and clerk close year end accounts while taking oaths for new terms. Marriage licenses total 443 with 78 divorces granted. Postal rate cuts bring savings on stamps for letter mail.
Charley Johnson and D B Babe Davis were sworn in as county commissioners and joined Ches Roberts in a business session. Roberts was reelected last fall after John Murphy and George Collins were defeated. Johnson was elected chairman, a role Roberts previously held. The board passed a resolution to pursue recovery from Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland for embezzlement losses admitted by court clerk Bill Summers. An audit may set the exact amount to be recovered. The board then adjourned to later review officials’ needs for the new fiscal year that began Saturday.
Annie Klavidino faces charges in Sherwood Hill justice court for kidnapping nine year old Lottie Bell Chandler from her aunt Mrs. Ben Cass in Stonewall on June 22. Cass was awakened by a pistol wielding man who took the girl while Klavidino remains jailed awaiting arraignment after court order placed the child in custody of Mrs. Cass pending a new home.
Four people drowned in separate Oklahoma locations over the weekend. Frank Holland, 21, near El Reno, drowned in the North Canadian river. Vivian Price, about 20, of Amarillo, Texas, vanished in a creek near Nelagoney while being helped by her uncle who died in the rescue attempt. Port Clodfelter, 30, of Tulsa, drowned during a Grand river swimming party near Chateau and was recovered hours later.
The tax division of the Oklahoma State Tax Commission will begin issuing about 100000 refund certificates after July 4 for motorists who bought 1933 licenses before the tax cut. Certificates are not cash but may be applied to the 1934 tax. Total refunds estimated at 400000 dollars.
Ralph W. Morrison of Texas, member of the American delegation to the world economic conference, was stricken with illness in London. Senator James Couzens said his condition was not serious after visiting Morrison in his hotel. Doctors treated him as acute indigestion, possibly delaying his attendance for three to four days.
The rural Boy Scout camp near Bromide is set for July 11 to 16 at John Fitts' place with good swimming water and scenic views. The First Christian Church group contributed $50 to support the camp, and local men from Fitzhugh Hart Vanoss Cedar Grove Pickett Colbert aid in planning with several college students slated to assist. Ada Boy Scouts will join camp July 19 to 26 with a four day entry option.
Oklahoma City July 3 A preliminary conference of judges county attorneys and state and county officials will discuss regulations for sale of 3.2 percent beer if legalized July 11 King attorney general called the meeting at the state capitol inviting judges attorneys and members of the Oklahoma tax commission to attend He said the bill may become law by a vote of the people and that the office is besieged with opinions The aim is to exchange ideas and develop a uniform set of rules interpretations and regulations for statewide applicability.
Philadelphia reports a record cool July day with a temperature of 53.8 degrees. The drop marks more than 40 degrees in one hour, prompting shivers among residents.
The article prints President Roosevelt's warning against diverting the World Economic Conference to temporary artificial exchange fixes for a few nations. He argues for permanent currency stabilization, balanced budgets, and national measures to ensure purchasing power, urging restraint from reliance on gold reserves and international bankers. An automobile crash near Union Valley injures four, including Ben Hobbie and Letha Sanders, with serious injuries and investigations by county officers.
Reports show the cotton reduction campaign has led to contracts pledging destruction of 64 634 acres from 142 469 in Oklahoma counties. D P Trent in charge of the campaign will speak tomorrow afternoon at Sulphur on the plan.
A burglar or burglars entered the home of J. F. Short at 723 E Sixteenth Street Sunday night. They took a billfold containing about $6 in currency a city warrant for 1.11 and two money orders for 5 and 5.12 dollars. The intruders were quiet and did not disturb anyone.
Ada police issue a year end report for 1932 33 noting a cash receipt rise of 1304 04 from fines. Officers logged 1552 arrests amid 312 months total with drunks driving the top arrest causes. Revenue from all sources reached 559 with 25 offenders sent to prison and 6 juveniles to training schools.
Former Ada girl Miss Mary T. Bobbitt, daughter of Mr and Mrs B M Bobbitt, now a Hamburg high senior near Buffalo, NY, receives multiple honors as editor of the school yearbook, NHS member, class vice president, merit bronze medalist, essay winner, and student council leader at age fifteen. her brother Bailey Jr. also earned ribbons for scholastic effort in junior high.
Preliminary hearing held Friday for Clyde and Thurman Boyd and Andrew and Audis Teel on assault with a sharp weapon. Judge J D Willoughby reduced felony charges to misdemeanor after a free-for-all between rival groups at Union Hill. Iron bolts and pistols were present and one man admitted bringing a meat cleaver though not used. Details on exact weapons remained unclear.
Miss Margaret Stallines and Sam Blankenship wed Saturday morning at 226 West Sixth. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Bell of Allen. The groom is son of Mrs. T. Blankenship and works at Hazel Atlas Glass Company.
Miss Bessie Hawley of Tupelo wed Norman F. Kroutil son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Kroutil at the Yukon home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kroutil. The bride attended East Central State Teachers College and University of Oklahoma nursing school. The groom is a University of Oklahoma alumnus employed by Yukon Mill & Grain. Ada guests included Eugenia Davis, Mrs. M. A. Waits, and Miss Tots Foster.
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