Grindstaff And Daggs Still Have Run-off Chance
In Pontotoc County the treasurer race remains unsettled after unofficial returns show Lee Dages ahead of C. C. Grindstaff by three votes. Tommy Ford leads the field with 3,262. Daggs 2,372 and Grindstaff 2,369. Officials will finalize the count to determine if Daggs or Grindstaff advances to a runoff against Ford.
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Ponotoc
Lee Dages
Ada City
C. C. Grindstaff
Tommy Ford
Ford
Daggs
Grindstaff
Pontoto County
Borah Announces Re Election For Senate
Sen William E Borah announces for re election in Boise Idaho facing Townsend and Democratic opposition The lone wolf of American politics declares his bid for another term amid rival challenge and mounting political pressure in July news report.
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Sen
Borah
Boise
Idaho
William E. Borah
Lone Wolf
Townsend
Final County Figures From Pontotoc Election Board
Pontotoc County election officials released official totals Wednesday night with absentee ballots to potentially change results. United States Senate totals show Marland 2414 Gore 2066 Smith 1389 while other races list figures for Will Rogers Bond McCool Edwards Cooper and various state and district positions. Corrections will follow as tabulation continues and a final count is expected today.
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Pontotoc County
Smith
Will Rogers
Gassaway
Boren
Hendon
Bond
McCool
Briggs
Criminal Court of Appeals
Edwards
Cooper
Barefoot
Deaton
Walker
McCabe
Strickland
Kerr
Watson
First Seasonal State Cotton Report Issued
Oklahoma City July 7 Kenneth D Blood federal crop statistician issued the first seasonal cotton crop report noting Oklahoma cotton acreage up six percent to 2 575 000 acres from 2 427 000 last year Grasshoppers are causing damage in central north central and western counties The report does not estimate yield which last year averaged 117 pounds per acre and 58 in 1954 A report on abandonment is due in September with indications of a high figure.
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Oklahoma City
CP Kenneth D. Blood
Oklahoma
Crouth
Blood
Ada Woman Shot to Death Here Tuesday
Ott Moore 40 a World War II veteran was charged with murder after Gladys Huckelby 18 was shot in the neck Tuesday afternoon in the 200 block on North Stockton Ada Police Chief Roy Keller and deputies trailed Moore to the Johnson home near Fitzhug h where he hid beneath a hedge. A witness identified Moore as the shooter and a .22 caliber pistol was involved. Moore had a $200 deposit slip and had just bought the car used in the crime. Funeral services for Huckelby were held Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home with burial at Rosedale Cemetery.
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Ott Moore
Gladys Huckelby
North
Stockton
Moore
Miss Huckelby
W. B. Johnson
Ada
Fitzhugh
Criswell Funeral Home
Tev
Holland
Rosedale Cemetery
Roy Keller
Chief Keller
Paul Corbin
Charley Shockley
Miss Huckerby
Johnson
Keller
J. L. Green
West Tenth Street
West Twelfth Street
North Stockton
Fifty Fatalities Result From Sweltering Heat Wave
Nation counts at least 50 dead as a heat wave grips the drought damaged Midwest for sixth day. President Roosevelt orders aid for 170,000 farm families via WPA loans and subsistence grants while arid area counties are named emergency relief regions.
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Chicago
Midwest
Roosevelt
Washington
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wyoming
Montana
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Havre
Mont
Pueblo
Colo
Oklahoma crops need rain to avoid 1936 scale damage
Oklahoma City report cites P. E. Kissick stating a state survey shows crops in general must receive rain soon or damage could reach disastrous levels. Three weeks of intense heat plus rainfall only half normal have hit crops hard across virtually all sections.
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Oklahoma City
E. A. Kissick
The
Resettlement Administration
Kisgick
Boren Hendon Race Unsettled As Results Are Tabulated
AP figures show Democrat candidates leading in several districts with many precincts未reported. Fourth District Congress results list Gassaway, Soren, and Hendon against Ball and Johnson. Corporation Commissioner race shows Bond ahead of Briggs and McCool. Judge Criminal Court of Appeals results show Barefoot and Edwards leading in the Southern District with Hubbell and Wood trailing.
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Congress
Gassaway
Soren
Hendon
Republican
Ball
Johnson
Bond
Briggs
McCool
Judge Criminal Court of Appeals
Edwards
Barefoot
Cooper
Hubbell
Wood
Seven soldiers dead as RAF plane crashes in Egypt
A Royal Air Force troop carrier crashed at night during maneuvers near Cairo killing seven soldiers including Canadian Lieut. D. F. MacIntosh of the signal corps. Six others were injured as the plane burst into flames. initial findings say deaths came from impact, not fire.
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Cairo
Royal Air Force
D. F. MacIntosh
Canadian Signal Corps
Earhart On Flight Dangers And Parachute Temptations
Amelia Earhart warns that a hangover worsens in flight and notes the urge to bail out before using a parachute, reflecting her wartime era aviation mindset.
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Amelia Earhart
Nye Won't Campaign for Landon in 1936 Race
San Francisco July 8 Sen Gerald P Nye North Dakota munitions investigator and Republican Catalyst said he will not campaign for Alfred Landon in the 1936 presidential race. He plans to stay home because of the death tragedy and criticizes the Democratic platform on neutrality while finding it more acceptable than the Republican plank on arms control.
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San Francisco
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Alfred M. Landon
London
Sen
Nye
Four Convicts Escape Nevada State Prison
Four inmates at the Nevada State Prison escaped by cutting three bars in a hospital window, climbing to the roof, and jumping 20 feet to the ground. Named escapees are Bill Holt, Frank Payne, Richard L. Carlson, and George Schrader. Attendants spotted the break within a minute as guards and patrols launched a desert-wide search.
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Carson City
Nevada
State Penitentiary
Bill Holt
Frank Payne
Richard L. Carlson
George Schrader
Lewis
Oklahoma to tax sales fund $15 pensions for aged needy
Oklahoma adopts a two percent sales tax with one percent to fund indigent aged pensions. Gov. Marland backed a plan that could grant up to $50 monthly pensions once federal funds match. Officials anticipate payments start only after new allocations and survey underway.
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Oklahoma City
State of
Oklahoma
E. W. Marland
Ray Weems
H. L. McCracken
State Tax Commission
Oklahoma OKs Marland pension plan and sales tax
Oklahoma voters approved the Marland old age pension plan at fifteen dollars monthly with a one percent sales tax to fund the program. Sam Battles, head of the conservation commission, said the agency will continue with voluntary labor and a skeleton staff as funds were cut off after June 30 1935 and many engineers work without pay.
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Conservation Commission
Weems
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Sam Battles
State Conservation Commission
Battles
Democratic
Marland
Will Rogers
Commission
Capitol
O. M. Bounds
Tax Commission
H. L. McCracken
R. D. Thomas
Green Ready 10 Fage Rifle Squad Faces Execution
Delbert Green, condemned for murdering his child wife and her family in 1930, awaits Friday firing squad in Salt Lake City saying he can face the ordeal with a smile. He speaks with spiritual adviser Phio T Farnsworth and Sheriff Joseph Holbrook.
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Salt Lake City
Delbert Green
Phio T. Farnsworth
Joseph Holbrook
Ada man killed in Hanford highway crash
Edgar Wakeley a 24 year old Ada native was killed in a car crash on the Luton highway five miles north of Hanford California. Ted Freitas 18 was seriously injured with a basal skull fracture and Donald Freitas 14 had bruises and a skinned ankle. The car swerved left and rolled over injuring the youths and Wakeley who died after 9 pm. Funeral services were held in Grangeville cemetery. Wakeley leaves parents Albert and Ora Wakeley and siblings in California Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Hanford
Calif
Luton
Edgar Wakeley
Rte. 1
Ted Freitas
Hanford High
Donald Freitas
Wakeley
Donald
Young Wakeley
Oklahoma
Kings County
Oak Tree
Luton Highway
Albert Wakeley
Ada
Oxfa
Ora Wakeley
Route 1
Oscar Wakeley
Iva Wakeley
Bernice Atkinson
Paige
Lora Brazell
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad notes higher returns for investments tied to vested Ada News funds. Details emphasize improved yield and clearer terms for advertisers seeking longer commitment.
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Ada News
Phillips Re elected Okfuskee County Representative in Primary
Red haired Leon C. Phillips speaker of the house who opposed Governor Marland's policies was re elected in Okfuskee county's primary. Phillips won 4428 Democratic votes to 2040 for T. H. Bridges Bearden merchant. No Republican filed for the office in Okfuskee county.
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Phillips
Okemah
Leon C. Phillips
Marland
Okfuskee County
T. H. Bridges
Bearden Merchant
Young Parker Surrenders to New Jersey Authorities
Ellis Parker Jr., son of a Burlington County detective, surrendered to New Jersey authorities after months as a fugitive in Brooklyn kidnapping and torture case linked to Paul H. Wendel. Parker Sr. refused New York extradition. Parker Jr. arraigned in Vincentown and freed on 5900 dollar bond.
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MT. Holly
N. J
Ellis Parker, Jr
Burlington County
Brooklyn
Paul H. Wendel
New Jersey
Harold G. Hoffman
New York
Ellis H. Parker Sr
Wendel
Manhattan
Lindbergh
Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Young Parker
Vincentown
Here
Bond Leads in Oklahoma Democratic Commissioner Runoff Field
Oklahoma City July 8. Vote returns from precincts show Bond leading for the Democratic nomination for state corporation commissioner. McCool and Briggs trail, with Will Rogers and others also listed. Bond, a former state election board chairman, seeks the July 28 runoff.
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Oklahoma City
Cive
BE Secians
Rogers
Warner
Sapulpa
Pi—Reford Bond
Chickasha
State Corporation Commission
R. M. McCool
Claud Briggs
Wilburton
State Senate
McCool
Bond
Briggs
Will Rogers
William H. Murray
Paul A. Walker
Federal Communications Commissioner
State Election Board
Murray School of Agriculture
Food prices rise as drought advances across nation
The drought spreading from the west pushes up food costs with milk up one cent a quart in Kansas City and Indianapolis. WPA administrator Tom Moody says the drought is worse than 1934, while New York official Peter Ten Eyck cites 50 percent below normal crop production in parts of the state. Overall damage is set near 180 million dollars as Britain ponders collective security.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Tom Moody
WPA
Bismarck
Drouth
Albany
New York
Peter G. Ten Eyck
County Voters Approve Two Petitions In Tax Measures
Pontotoc County backed two initiated petitions on Tuesday with 6 615 to 3 103 in favor for Question 226 a sales tax increase and 6 570 to 3 011 for Question 225 a pen sion constitutional amendment. The conservation control act change, Question 2354, failed 4 713 to 3 845 amid organized opposition.
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Pontotoc County
Matherly Sues Ada City For Damages Over Injury
Former city of Ada employee Matherly filed a damages suit against Ada claiming a 7 by 14 iron beam fell on his left foot during jail construction, breaking a bone and causing permanent disability. He sought 1500 dollars after city officials rejected his claim.
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Fer
Matherly
Ada
Cotton Acreage Shows Increase in 1935 July 1
The crop reporting board estimates U S cotton in cultivation on July 1 at 30 621 000 acres 109 8 percent of 27 888 000 a year ago Area picked last year totaled 27 335 000 acres with yield 186 3 pounds per acre and production 10 638 000 bales The 1934 July 1 acreage was 27 869 000 with a yield of 171 6 pounds and production 9 636 000 bales Abandonment over 1926 26 to picking time averages 2 3 percent Acreage by state includes Oklahoma 2 573 000 and 106 Arkansas 2 38 000 and 114
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Oklahoma crops report steady despite drought says union head
Oklahoma crops stand up remarkably well despite drought and only half normal rainfall for 1936. Ton W. Cheek, president of the Oklahoma Farmers Union, offers the assessment and explains the situation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ton W. Cheek
Oklahoma Farmers Union
Marland, Lee lead in Oklahoma run off Democratic U S senate race
Gov. Marland and Rep. Lee top the Democratic field as unofficial returns show Marland only 4 078 behind Gomer Smith for second place with 58 precincts still out. Lee leads with 164 303 votes. Gore eliminated. Smith 115 924. Hyde leads Republicans with 15 876 in 1 518 precincts reporting.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Gomer Smith
Josh Lee
U. S
Lee
University of Oklahoma
Sen
T. P. Gore
Smith
Sen. Gore
Ponca City
Herbert K. Hyde
Horace McKeever
Enid
Five Teachers Elected to City School System
Ada public school board elected five teachers Vivian Thompson Ann George Ruth Grove Hugh Warren and Hoyt Pryor to join the faculty for the coming year. The assignments to specific ward schools junior high and high schools will be decided at a later meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Public School Board
Vivian Thompson
Ann George
Ruth Grove
Hugh Warren
Hoyt Pryor
B. R. Stubbs
Registration Opens for July Runoff Primary
Election day marks the start of a ten day registration window from July 8 to July 17 for the run off primary with the main July 23 date. Ada reports many new registrations in the spring city election and county lists but some residents remain unregistered for the July 28 vote.
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Ada
Crooning Bandit Hunted in St. Louis Drug Store
Police seek a youthful singing bandit who entered a St. Louis drug store crooning give me the do re mi and escaped with a cash register containing an undetermined amount of cash. He fled after the heist while still humming.
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ST. Louis
Yao Avin
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