Oil and Gas Leases Bid Notice Pontotoc County 1940
Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office seek sealed bids by 10 30 a m July 29 1940 for oil and gas leases on school and state lands including Pontotoc County tract 4. Bids require cashier's checks of 25 percent earnest money or meet minimums. drilling contracts require 259 dollars bond. Bonuses paid in cash with detailed lease terms and annual rentals if no well is completed. Contact Charles B. Steele for tract details.
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Reante
Dew
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ada City
R. A. Herndon Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Sam Dew
Commissioners of the Land Office
Land Ofce
Charles B. Steele
Legal Notice of Bank Liquidation for Stonewall Bank Oklahoma
The Bank Commissioner of Oklahoma took charge of the First State Bank of Stonewall on June 12 1940 for liquidation. All depositors and creditors must file claims with vouchers at once within six months or be forever barred. Linwood Coneal Bank Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma.
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First State Bank of
Stonewall
Oklahoma
State of Oklahoma
Linwood CO Neal Bank
Interruption Reaches Brenner Pass Traffic
Railroad sources report an interruption of traffic through the Brenner Pass between Germany and Italy today causing transit delays and disrupted freight movements in the Alpine corridor.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Brenner Pass
Germany
Italy
Notice by Publication No 17167 in Ada Oklahoma
The state of Oklahoma to unknown heirs executors administrators devisees trustees and assigns of Pearl E Morgan deceased is notified of a mortgage foreclosure suit filed by Home Savings and Loan Association in Pontotoc county district court case no 17167 against W L Morgan et al for 4905.70 plus 8.04 percent interest from June 18 1940 and costs including 1480 attorney fees. Answer due by August 23 1940 or judgment will foreclose and determine heirs. Date July 5 1940. Clerk DELLA BEDFORD Deputy F Robinson. Attorneys B A Lewis and Ben Hatcher. 7-11-3tw
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Ada
Pontotoc County
State of
Oklahoma
District Court
Ottawa Mortgage Company
Hattie Deering
Clyde Kaiser
W. N. Hughes
Kemp & McArthur Atty’s
State of Oklahoma
Pearl E. Morgan
Pontetoc County
Home Savings and Loan Association
W. L. Morgan, Et al
W. N. Morgan
Della Bedford
Okla
F. Robinson
B. A. Lewis
Ben Hatcher
Notice to Creditors in George H White Estate Pontotoc OK
In the County Court of Pontotoc County Oklahoma the estate of George H White deceased Issued as No 3811 creditors are required to present claims with vouchers to Minnie Marsh White administratrix with will annexed at the law offices of Busby Harrell Trice 209 American building Ada Oklahoma within four months from the date hereof dated July 8 1949
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
George H. White
Minnie Marsh White
Busby, Harrell & Trice
American Building
Ada
Oklahoma Sides With Roosevelt Forces at Democratic Convention
Oklahoma delegates to the Chicago 1940 Democratic National Convention are led by U S Senator Josh Lee and Senator Elmer Thomas. They back a third term for Roosevelt and include Luther Bohanan on the resolutions and platform committee. Gov. Leon Phillips shifts to the good of the New Deal forces while Garner Hull factions push for vice presidential positions. Local notes cover Sunday worship and community visits across Ada, Oakman, and surrounding towns.
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Oklahoma City
Chicago
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Carner
Paul V. McNutt
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt Democrats
U. S
Josh Lee
Elmer Thomas
Mr. Roosevelt
Phillips
Garner
Hull
Herbert K. Hyde
Thomas E. Dewey
Hyde
Alf Landon
Kansas
Buffalo Springs Alive Again After Two-Year Dry Spell
SULPHUR Okla July 10 UP Water seeps from Buffalo springs in Platt National Park for the first time in nearly two years sparking hope the springs will resume full flow in days. Nearby Traver tine creek headwaters show signs of activity as officials had prepared to drill wells to restore the stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okla
Buffalo Springs
Platt National Park
Travertine Creek
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A local classified feature highlights higher value returns for investors who place funds in vested accounts. The piece outlines potential gains, risk considerations, and the mechanism behind preferential rates offered by Ada News.
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Ada News
Sunday School and Baptisms At Rural Church
Sunday school attendance reached 75 with strong church night turnout. Several baptismal candidates were listed including Jess Coley Herris Moss Evelyn Moss Billie Joe Hale and Sadie Mae Thurmen. Community visits and family gatherings are noted across Owl Creek Pickett Sulphur and Seminole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Coley
Herris
Evelyn Moss
Billie Joe Hale
Sadie Mae Thurmen
Paul Thurman
Georgia Thurman
Local families endure rain flood and news of community
Riverside Ada Sulphur residents report washed roads and two feet of water on paths. Multiple families including J C Martin and Kenneth Martin host and visit kin in Sulphur and Pontotoc areas. Laura Elam’s serious operation precedes her death at Stonewall. 4 H judging teams win 40 dollars for second place. July births noted. various visits and church plans announced.
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J. C. Martin
Kenneth Martin
Nolen Martin
Sulphur
Jess Henry
Mary Ellen Henry
Marion Robert Henry
Milliard Henry
Audrey Kaiser
Othalene Kaiser
Salsberry
Pontotoc
Mathis Poindexter
Oleta Poindexter
Poindexter
Oliver
Latta
Bessie Walton
Ada
Susie Martin
Connersville
Thelma Lee Price
Oklahoma City
D. O. Stewart
Randall Trammell
Pleasant Hill
Trammell
Ethel Stewart
Laura Elam
Stonewall
Horace Looney
Talihina
Lea Taylor
Opal Dell Taylor
Ruby Brennon
Melba Joyce Brannon
Jimmy Deverell
Brannon
Union Valley
Opal Wiles
Wendell Howard Wiles
Donie Price
Pauline Martin
Goldie Looney
Cord
Van Texas visitors and local social notes
G W Pitt and family are visiting relatives in Texas this week. Mr Russell, principal of Van Oss school, was moved into the house recently vacated by J O Vernon. Mrs Minnie Jesson made a business trip to Seminole. Mrs Sethiff and Miss Mavis Williams shopped in Ada. Mr and Mrs Manuel Shumard of Wilson spent Sunday with Mrs Sue Richardson and others. Several locals visited friends in Ada and Paris. Duane Thomas, ill several days, is improving rapidly.
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Marion Caton
Holdenville
George Mansfields
Maud Kelly
Leroy Kelly
Joe Taylor
Eulah
Juanita Fox
John Williamson
Neal McDonald
H. A. Kaiser
Kelly
Oklahoma City
Lahoma Wommack
Ira Wommack
W. O. Moore
Lonnie Smith
Ada
Earl Revels
Jim Crawford
Margie Sue Taylor
Betty Joe McDonald
Grant Scroggins
Amarillo
Texas
Willie Elois Bushers
Happyland
Pauline Dryden
G. W. Pitt
Mr. Russell
Vanoss School
J. O. Vernon
Minnie Jesson
Seminole
Sethiff
Mavis Williams
Manuel Shumard
Wilson
Sue Richardson
Tennie Brown
Sidney Walker
Bernice Ragland
Aline Childers
Francis Watters
N. N. Baker
Maggie King
Paris
Vaness
Old Midland
T. W. Branscome
Marion Renshaw
San Angelo
Edd Walker
T. V. Brown
A. M. Bradley
Duane Thomas
Local visits and baseball highlight Ada area notes
Vaudie Clark of Conway spent Wednesday in the Lilley home. Homer defeated Maud 7-3 in a Sunday game at Maud. Homer will play Francis there on Sunday July 14. Various families from Ada and surrounding towns visited friends and relatives in Lilley, Denny, Union Valley, Happyland, and Maud throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaudie Clark
Conway
Lilley
Mareese Bell
Rosedale
Mr. Bell
Joe Bell
Ernest Kaufman
Ada
Portland Park
Albert van Kirk
Allie Lilley
Binkley
Denny
van Kirk
Los Angeles
Jack Thorp
Happyland
Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Birch
Elmore City
Kuykendall
Ada residents host visits amid family gatherings
Dren spent Tuesday evening with Mrs. Sid Johnson of Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Rubin Clark spent Tuesday and Wednesday with his mother at Conway.
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Ernest Kaufman
Sid Johnson
Ada
Rubin Clark
Conway
Church Activities And Weather Delays Push Meeting
Church events attract attendees Saturday night and Sunday sessions. A meeting planned for Saturday night was postponed to Monday night July 15 due to weather delaying farmers. Local families and visitors shared Sunday visits and social calls across Aden area.
Germany Sits As Judge And Jury On Balkan States
In Munich Germany acts as judge and potential executor over Balkans muddle with possible territorial pressure on Romania. The piece argues Russia and Britain must ally to block Nazi dominance, predicting Russo British cooperation as inevitable unless Britain is crushed by Hitler.
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Germany
Balkan States
Dewitt Mackenzieermany
Munich
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Carol
Berlin
Europe
Russia
England
Hitler
Britain
Flanders
Four Swedish Destroyers Reach Home After British Action
Four Swedish destroyers purchased from Italy arrived in Swedish waters after being seized off the Faroe Islands by a British force. The ships, not suited for combat, were damaged in earlier incidents and later released amid a Swedish protest. Britain agreed to pay for damages.
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Stockholm
Italy
Faroe Islands
Britain
British commission to buy evaporated milk in large order
Chicago on July 10 reports the British Purchasing Commission plans to purchase about 750000 cases of evaporated milk, a move announced through the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
British Purchasing Commission
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Byrnes the Subtle Power Behind New Deal Strategy
Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina emerges as the unofficial architect of New Deal strategy with keen instincts for swaying votes. Known as "Jimmy" to colleagues, he tailors conversations to each voter. He doodles "Morris Brown and Co" on his desk pad, hates crooked stamps, reads detective novels, and sings old standards.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Jimmy
South Carolinian
Morris Brown and Co
Carolina Moon
Carter Glass
Key-ah-tah
Glass
Roosevelt
Sullivan’s Island
Charlestown
Good Samaritan social security aids widowed mother
In Shawnee Oklahoma Mrs A who died leaving two young sons received social security survivors benefits. L V Meek of the Shawnee field office said the guardian will receive 21.70 monthly for the two boys with 10.85 each after the older turns 18 until the younger is 18, provided they stay in school after 16. The office at 403 Masonic building handles the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Joe
Meek
Masonic Building
Invading Warplanes Out To Flight Over Britain
London reports a air battle over the British Isles as British fighter planes clashed with German Messerschmitts. Nazi bombers were driven off. at least two German craft were shot down at sea. British fatalities were admitted on the south coast with casualties in Wales and near Bristol Channel and Norfolk coast villages.
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London
British Isles
Britain
Bristol Channel
Norfolk Coast
Wales
Treasure Ship Buried In Nebraska Wheat Field
Frank P. Blair a marine salvage contractor plans to dig a Nebraska wheat field to recover the 1865 Missouri river packet Bertrand. The wreck reportedly carries mercury and possibly whiskey along with a car valued between 50000 and 80000 dollars.
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Blair
Neb
Frank P. Blair
Bertrand
British Children May Have To Stay
London reports that plans to send as many as possible of Britain's children to the dominions or the United States may be dropped or curtailed. An official statement could come soon as lack of convoys is cited. Officials deny favoritism and note most selected children come from families needing government help with passage costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
United States
Evening News
California Farmers Battle Grasshopper Plague With Electric Aid
California farmers deploy electric irrigation to curb a grasshopper plague. They use heat and shock methods to treat hop roots and protect crops amid an unusual pest crisis.
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California
May Shows Slight Oklahoma Business Gain Over 1939
May business in Oklahoma rose slightly from a year earlier with total state sales 5.4 percent higher than April and 2.5 percent better for the first five months of the year. Tulsa up 12 percent year over year. Oklahoma City down 4.7 percent from May last year.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Census Bureau
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Guthrie
Muskogee
Ada
Ardmore
Lawton
McAlester
French To Vote On New Constitution
The French national assembly voted secretly to submit a future constitution to a nationwide referendum. Marshal Petain would gain full power to promulgate the new document guaranteeing the rights of work family and fatherland with ratification to be decided by the nation and enacted by new assemblies modeled on fascist corporative bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
French National Assembly
Marshal Petain
Liberte to Be Replaced by Travail Famille Patrie in Draft
A Vichy dispatch reports Premier Petain's government plans to replace the slogan.Liberty Equality Fraternity with Labor Family Fatherland in the new constitution. Vice Premier Laval negotiates with senators and deputies, and the national assembly will seek a brief text granting Petain and his government full drafting powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenoble
France
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Vichy
le Petit Dauphinois
Pierre Laval
National Assembly
Petain
Tulsa Proposes New City Traffic Code
Tulsa moves to limit speeds for emergency vehicles in downtown districts with open sirens to 30 mph under a proposed traffic code. George Reif and John McCune drafted the measure for submission to Mayor Veal and Commissioner Obb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
George Reif
John McCune
C. H. Vealeraese
Russell Obb
Polish Ships Break Free From French West Africa
Two Polish vessels escaped French control and are now in British ports. The 3133 ton Stalowa Wola sailed from Dakar and the 6345 ton Pulaski fled Konakry at night, slipping past French authorities and reaching British harbors, the admiralty announced.
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London
Admiralty
Dakar
Konakin
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