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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1933
Page
8
A Thursday report notes large crowds at Glenwood park with wading pools busy and many visitors traveling to nearby resorts. Police report 16 arrests for fighting drunkenness and theft, while residents recall a busy holiday with sunburns and sporadic firecrackers.
Co Partain, former Roff resident now in Abilene, Texas, visited Ada Wednesday. Edna Gaar of Vanoss shopped in Ada. Jack Barringer, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Barringer, under went surgery at St. John’s hospital in Fort Smith and is recovering. Mr and Mrs Cole Jobe and daughter Joan of Albuquerque spend the summer with relatives in Ada. Mr and Mrs Paul Jones moved to Ada from Sulphur Springs. Mr and Mrs Joe K Allen 331 W Seventh hosted Mr Allen’s parents and sister in Ada, with Sharon Allen of Dallas and Marilyn McComb visiting. F Murphy of Fort Worth visiting.
Miss Clarine Stratton Miss Pauline Stratton Miss Edna Karl Brown and Miss Bessie Sinclair of Stonewall visited Ada Thursday evening for social calls and local greetings with residents and officials.
Mr and Mrs D D Brunson Jr depart Thursday to establish residence in Oklahoma City.
The small son of Mrs G D P Koonee shows marked improvement after a two month serious condition from rheumatism and a spider bite. Tonsil removal began a week ago and will continue with weekly treatments. progress is slow because Paul tends to bleed during procedures.
Sunday item notes that Misses Molone and Evelyn Smith and Jack Smith, students, are spending the weekend with their parents in Wapanucka.
Mrs. George Mayhue and her daughter Muriel return to Ada from Chicago due to the serious condition of H. G. Mayhue who was recently injured in an accident. H. G. Mayhue is the father of George Mayhue.
Miss Frances Jones of the Homer community leaves for Oklahoma City to be hosted by Mrs. Floyd Guinn during the holidays. She will then travel to Arkansas City Kansas for an extended visit.
Prom Monday's Daily reports Ww. C. Hughes of Oklahoma City serving as chairman of the state board of affairs spending the holidays in Ada.
Mr and Mrs Gaylord MacMillan left today for Enloe Texas to spend the Fourth of July with Mrs MacMillan’s parents in a family visit noted in local society notices.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester King of Heavener visited relatives here the past week end. Miss Emma Bee Gregg returned with them.
Rev Leslie G Smyth traveled to Little Rock Arkansas last week to seek medical treatment. M L Cope remains ill at his son Dick Cope's home though reported unimproved. Mrs C D Caskey and children Marcella and Lowell of Stratford shopped in Ada. Mrs Leslie G Smith and her son Gebree departed for Tahlequah to visit relatives for a few weeks.
The son of Dr. Butts living near Stringtown was brought to Breco hospital Sunday for an emergency operation to remove a gangrenous appendix.
Mr and Mrs Mayo McKete of Tulsa announce the birth on Saturday of a daughter born to the couple.
Mrs Pearl Turner, who underwent a minor operation at Sage Mic Monday, is reported going nicely and steadily improving as she recovers.
Notice from Mrs. E C Peay that her mother Mrs L F McKay died July 4 in Big Springs Texas and that the funeral will be held Friday in Big Springs with Mrs Peay traveling to be present.
M. L. Cope, who has been ill for some time, is reported slightly improved reflecting a positive turn in his health.
Many swimmers were in the water early and by midafternoon hundreds of people took advantage of the lake’s cooling waters. Congressman Tom D. McKeown spoke in the morning to an in-
Antlers Oklahoma July 5 UP the forty year old frame courthouse of Pushmataha county seat was destroyed in an early morning fire caused by defective wiring. All records except vaults were lost and officials have no estimate of the loss. Firemen fought the blaze after discovery at about 3 am aided by citizens.
No. 1 precincts show election officials for Ada and North Allen through Stonewall. Names include inspectors judges and clerks across Ward 1 to Ward 4 precincts and many other precincts such as North Allen Center Conway Canyon Springs East Roff Fitzhugh Franks Frisco and more with multiple officials per precinct.
Oklahoma City report says all ballot boxes burned in the Pushmataha county court house blaze at Antlers, but beer ballots were retrieved in time. The Pushmataha county election board secretary relayed the update to state election officials.
Grude Oil and Continental Oil Co lead a price hike across Oklahoma Kansas and north Texas as refinery demand grows and east Texas output tightens. Buyers like Sinclair react quickly while producers curb output amid anticipation of federal price controls and a March storage peak.
Scattered sections of Oklahoma received drouth breaking rains and cooler air after last night’s downpours. Bartlesville and Tulsa reported rain with Tulsa getting about an inch while Perry and Enid saw showers. Durant hit 107.5 degrees, remaining hot statewide with Oklahoma City near 100.
Corrected daily Ada Milling Co notes unsettled receipts across the grain market. Corn shelled and ear corn values range around 50 to 55 cents, with various quality classes listed from extras to standards. Eggs steady at 20,587, with fresh graded firsts near 14 to 14 1/2 cents and current receipts at 11 1/2 to 12 1/2 cents.
New York stocks show irregular activity with profit taking halting gains. Bonds mixed with U.S. government issues firm. Industrials lead sag while foreign exchange fluctuates with weak sterling. Cotton declines on rain forecasts. Chicago wheat falls on profit taking, corn rises on uncertain crop outlook. Cattle slow with futures 25 to 50 lower. hogs steady to 5 lower with top at 4.65.
July 5 market notes show uncertainty with modest late rally led by rails. Day end weaker with 1 to 2 point losses broadly, 5.6 million shares traded. Rail gains boosted C N W, NY Central, B&O, C&O, D&H. Santa Fe and Union Pacific pared losses. Copper and silver firmed. bonds irregular.
Livestock sales show hogs at 2,200 head unchanged with rail top at 4.35 and bulk trucks to 4.00. Cattle offerings 1,100 with calves 300. beev es lower to buyers, yearlings active, load lots to 5.50, butcher cattle steady. Bulls 1.50-2.25, fed cows 2.50-3.00. Sheep and lambs 400 head, lambs steady to 40 higher, tops to 7.10, average 6.00-7.00, throws 3.50-4.00.
Kansas City market summary: hogs 6,000 head, tops 4.40 per 100 pounds for 200-260 lb. cattle 7,500 head with fed yearling steers above 6.00. steers 4.85-6.25 for 550-1500 lb. heifers 4.50-5.50. vealers 3.50-5.50. stockers 4.25-5.25. sheep 5,000 head, lambs unevenly higher, top native lambs to shippers 7.60. wethers 4.25-5.75. ewes 1.25-2.25. Quotations based on ewes and wethers.
Chicago reports steady live poultry prices on July 5 with 20 trucks. Hens 11 1/2 cents, leghorns 9, roosters 8, turkeys 10 to 11, spring ducks 6 to 10, old stock 5.6, geese 6 1/2, leghorn broilers 10 1/2 to 12. Colored springs over 3 pounds 16, rock springs over 3 pounds 17, colored 1 to 2 pounds 12, rocks 1 to 2 pounds 13. Colored fryers over 2 pounds 12 1/2, rock fryers over 2 pounds 14.
Chicago report notes FP Butter at 21 792 for two days Trev.
Chicago July 5. Potatoes steady with 123 cars arriving and 230 cars trading. Missouri and Kansas cobblers mostly 2.25 with some decay 1.90-2.10. Virginia cobblers No 1 around 2.65 and No 2 about 1.50-1.60.
Chicago grain markets rose as corn advanced about 5 cents to its highest in over three years amid crop unease and insect damage. Market activity varied with bids and quotes diverging from pit prices as corn closed up 2 1/8 to 1 8 above Monday, wheat down, oats down, and provisions up 2 cents to 25 cents.
Spot grain prices in Chicago on July 5 show No. 2 red old at 1.00, No. 2 red 1.00 1-4, No. 2 mixed old 97, No. 2 mixed 98 1-4, No. 2 mixed corn 54 1-2 to 56 1-4, No. 3 mixed 55, No. 1 yellow 57-59, No. 1 white 56 3-4 to 59, No. 2 white oats 46 to 46 1-2, No. 3 white 45 1-2 to 46 1-4.
In New York on July 5 the cotton market opened higher then slipped under profit taking and rain hopes in the southwest. October futures fell from 10.75 to about 10.38 and hovered near that level as the overall market showed losses around 20 to 23 points, closing barely steady at 17-23 points lower. Spot cotton was quiet with middling at 10.25.
AP reports July 5 spot cotton in New Orleans steady with declines of 25 to 25 points on futures. Prices show July around 10.25 to 10.28, with various mids and goods quoted. receipts 732 and stocks listed.
A New York Board of Trade report based on 106 city surveys shows substantial economic progress in March to June. Percy Magnus notes improvements in employment hours wages and sales with limited slow spots in Maine Michigan Pennsylvania New Jersey and crop failures in parts of South Dakota and Kansas.
A violent windstorm swept 30 miles from Elgin to Chicago causing up to 2 million dollars in damage. About 40 cottages wrecked along the Fox River valley, 50 roofs lost, many trees felled, and 28 Chicago houses unroofed. Fire crews battled over 30 blazes as hail worsened losses. 20 injuries reported and one critical injury to a airport worker.
Record heat marked a blistering spell across Oklahoma on Sunday with Tulsa at 105 degrees and several towns hitting season highs such as 108 in Blackwell and Miami. Ponca City saw a trace of overnight rain. Nowata logged the hottest day yet, while other areas approached or surpassed prior highs.
July 5 Chicago market report shows corn jumping 4 1/8 cents to drive gains, with May 1934 delivery reaching 74 cents intraday and closing at 73 1/4. July corn 59 3/8, September 63 1/2, December 67 7/8. Wheat fell slightly but stayed above dollar marks for December and May deliveries.
Earl Kaiser's camp at Nashoba Oklahoma on Little River hosted Boy Scouts and scoutmasters from Coalgate from June 21 to 26. The Kaisers donated cabins boats and camping tools to allow full enjoyment of the youth camping period.
Thedford's Black-Draught is advertised as a natural plant laxative that stimulates the bowels without synthetic drugs. It claims to align with nature by using garden vegetables as the source and offers a children’s form called UP for kids.
In Omaha a 19 year old Springfield Western league second baseman Jess Batterson died after being struck by a pitched ball. He suffered a fractured skull and cerebral hemorrhage following the incident in the second game between Springfield and Omaha. Floyd Carlson of Omaha pitched the fatal ball. Batterson was from Los Angeles and died at a local hospital after an emergency operation.
Hollywood power couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks contemplate a separation and Pickfair, their historic Hollywood home, is for sale. Rumors say Fairbanks pushes for European ties while Pickford wants to stay with film friends. the pair have lived apart much of the last two years amid stalled divorce talks.
Distribution began this morning of 600 dozen fruit jars sent here as part of a federal relief program. No one could take more than three cases, each with a dozen jars, and most took one. Allocation depended on number of dependents supported by the wage earner. County relief superintendent C. L. Gibson oversaw intake as lines formed at the distribution headquarters.
A. J. Wing, a road worker near George Ikenberry farm in Quinter Kansas, dug up a kettle containing $500 in counterfeit money amid rowdy celebration. Authorities investigated to trace the source of the fake currency.
London reports motion picture star Doug Fairbanks declined to speak about rumors of separation from wife Mary Pickford. His manager stated there is nothing to say and no statement will be made.
George Hendricks and a companion named Pruitt were arrested this morning in Seminole county by Sheriff Clyde Kaiser for alleged participation in the burglary of a house at Lawrence Saturday night. Hendricks and Pruitt were brought to Ada and placed in the county jail. All stolen articles were recovered and returned to the owner. Among items taken were a gun watch and money.
A railroad worker heard a ringing wail on a hillside in Tiburon. He quit work and went home. The next night the scream returned and three watch dogs hid under garages. One dog left town with its kennel.
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