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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1933

Page

8

Local Residents and Visitors Report Various Travels

Local residents make trips and visits including the Ferguson family summoned to Madill by a death. Gaylord MacMillan and Ralph Heard travel to Chicago for relatives and the exposition. The White family from Yor k Smith Arkansas visit Ada relatives. Max Westheimer conducts Ada business and Ivan Bryant visits from Allen. Mary Kate Fuller returns from Oklahoma City. Paul Fuller and children arrive from Amarillo for a visit. S. S. Holcomb breaks her left arm in a fall and rests well.

Gaylord MacMillan Ralph C. Heard Chicago

Ada Friends Visit and Reunion Highlights

Mrs. Ralph Andrews and children of Pauls Valley visited Ada friends. Curtis Allen returns to Conroe Texas after Ada visit. Elizabeth Anne Pickens of Roff visits sisters Mrs Parker and Mrs Steed. Mrs. Lee Fine moves home after major operation at Luce clinic near Ross. T C Balthrop and San Juan family attend Balthrop reunion at Sulphur with others from J W Balthrop Woods McAnally and Miller families. Eleven Balthrop children present. nine years of Fourth of July reunions. total 57 attending.

Priday's Daily Ralph Andrews Pauls Valley Ada Curtis Allen Conroe Texas Elizabeth Anne Pickens Roff Oscar Parker Burgess Steed Lee Fine Luce T. C. Balthrop San Juan Balthrop Sulphur J. W. Balthrop J. T. Woods W. J. B. McAnally Frank Miller Balthrops

Thompson Hi Shannon Visits Ada and Byars Relatives

Miss Ruth Couch a college student spends the weekend at Byars with relatives while Shannon of Fletcher attends to business in Ada on Friday.

Thompson Hi. Shannon of Fletcher Ada Ruth Couch Byars

Bates Suffers Severe Injury After Horse Kicking

C A Bates of Fitzhugh was kicked by a horse and severely injured, undergoing a serious operation at Ada Hospital Friday evening.

C. A. Bates Fitzhugh Ada Hospital

Weston Mehare trans acted business in Ada Saturday

Weston Mehare of Roff trans acted business in Ada Saturday. Estel Chester of Mill Creek is recovering from an appendicitis operation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wood. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Leach and son of Wichita Falls Texas are visiting Mrs. Leach's mother Mrs. W. B. Malone of Stonewall. Leach brought H. M. Hines of Wichita Falls to help remodel a residence in Stonewall.

Weston Mehare Roff Ada Estel Chester Mill Creek Pete Wood W. L. Leach Wichita Falls Texas

Local visitors and returns span long weekend

Mr. and Mrs. Foster McSwain returned from Albuquerque after business travel. Miss Mary Stiles and Miss Louise Phillips came back from Oklahoma City where they aided the state election board for three weeks. Several Frisco visitors joined L. L. Henry and family for a weekend visit. Waner and Winslow families visited Miner Formby, with Lloyd Waner Formby accompanying them home. William Barr and family depart for Oklahoma City as Barr transfers with Stanolind Pipeline.

Foster McSwain Albuquerque N. M Mary Stiles Louise Phillips Oklahoma City State Election Board O. L. Waner McLoud L. L. Winslow Taft, Cal Miner Formby Mrs. Formby Lioyd Waner Formby Mrs. Waner William Barr Barr Stanolind Pipeline Company

Miss Minnie Nicholas Visits Ada for Summer

Miss Minnie Nicholas of Chickasha arrived in Ada Saturday to visit her sister Mrs Emah War Mack for two weeks. She was accompanied by her brother Kermit Nicholas who returned to Chickasha Sunday. Mrs Warmack's young son, who came with them, will spend the summer in Ada.

Minnie Nicholas Chickasha Ada Ema Warmack Kermit Nicholas

Birth of an 8 Pound Girl At Ada Hospital

Mr and Mrs John Mason announce the birth of an 8 pound girl at the Ada hospital on July 11 Dr and Mrs C C Morris and three children left for a 12 day trip in the Ozarks near Jasper and Harrison Morris to return to fill his pulpit on Sunday July 23

Mrs. Willard Burkhart Prem Thesday John Mason Ada Hospital

McKeel Family Heads to Washington and New England

Dr. Sam A. McKeel departed today by train for Washington to join Mr and Mrs John Boyce McKeel. They plan a drive through New England and parts of Canada, returning to Ada via Chicago, expected to arrive around the first of August. John Boyce is Dr McKeel’s son.

Sam A. McKeel Washington John Boyce McKeel New England Canada Ada Chicago John Boyce Dr. McKeel

Visitors Return From Stonewall Visit

Son and H M Hines of Wichita Falls who have been visiting Mrs Leach's mother Mrs W B Malone of Stonewall returned to their home today.

W. L. Leach H. M. Hines Wichita Falls

Local Residents Travel For Family and Health Reasons

Mis Pauline Givens of Roff visits aunt Miss Hattie Givens at 215 Fast Sixteenth. Mr and Mrs Joe Lewis of Stratford visit friends and handle business in Ada Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Earl Yates Jr return to Denton Texas after visiting Mrs Yates mother Ruth King. Mayor T J Chambliess leaves for Van Buren Arkansas due to brother M D Chambliess serious illness.

Pauline Givens Roff Hattie Givens Joe Lewis Stratford Ada Mrs Earl Yates Jr Denton, Tex T. J. Chambliess van Buren, Ark M. D. Chambliess

Youngs Visit Ada With Parents On Short Trip

Guy Young of Uvalde Texas and Nolan Young of Pawhuska are in Ada on a brief visit with their parents Mr and Mrs Henry Young.

Guy Young Uvalde Texas Nolan Young Pawhuska Ada Henry Young

Movement of Indians Into Oklahoma After 1834

An Oklahoma history milestone describes the 1834 removal order for Indians east of the Mississippi River to lands west, as debates in Congress and executive actions framed the westward migration and its long lasting impact on the state’s settlement and legends.

Ponca City Oklahoma Indian Territory Mississippi River James Monroe Congress Missouri Arkansas John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Mississippi

Atlanta Kidnapping Plot Ends With Escape and Arrest

In Atlanta on July 7, 17 year old James Pryor Bowen aided by an older man kidnapped banker John K. Ottley to extort 40000 dollars. Bowen drove the car and released Ottley after a talk about the seriousness of the plot. Bowen was arrested. the fruit peddler is involved.

Atlanta John K. Ottley James Pryor Bowen Lavonia Ottley First National Bank Suwanee Bowen

First at GHA of Q Roosevelt Hero Budrick Heytz

Private Budrick Heytz recalls finding Quinton Roosevelt’s grave near a veterans hospital on July 8 1918 after a crash sighting during an American advance. He describes the fresh grave marked with two crossed branches and a cardboard bearing Roosevelt’s name amid parts of the wreckage.

Muskogee Budrick Heytz Quinton Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Veterans Hospital Heytz Roosevelt Paris

Pat Ryan dies at 110 in Oklahoma mountain farm

Pat Ryan a Union veteran aged 110 died at his mud-chink log cabin on a Holdenville area farm with his 64 year old son Bill. Born in Kentucky to long lived a family he served in the Civil War and was a Union Democrat who opposed prohibition. He never sought a pension, saying he could still earn a living.

Holdenville Pat Ryan Bill Ryan Kentucky Ryan Lafayette County Vernon County Indian Territory

Mattern Declared Safe After Solo World Flight Mystery

Jimmie Mattern, long presumed dead, contacts from Anadir in Siberia to announce he is safe after vanishing while attempting the first solo world circumnavigation. The coast guard had searched Alaskan waters with the Northland, awaiting further details on whether a crash or forced landing occurred.

Associated Press Jimmie Mattern Iberia Anadir Siberia Moscow Chukotka Mattern West Coast Freeport Ill Chicago United States Coast Guard Coast Guard Washington Alaska Northland Alaskan Anadyr Anadyr River Kamchatka Peninsula Bering Sea Khabarovsk Nome Raold Amundsen South Pol Arctic North Pole

Oklahoma Signs Compromise Income Tax Bill and Sales Tax

Governor Murray signs the compromise income tax bill with an emergency clause, taking effect immediately and applying to this year’s income with next year’s filing. The six percent cap is set for incomes above $14,000, while exemptions rise to $1,000 for the taxpayer and spouse plus $500 per dependent. The one percent general sales tax becomes law automatically without his signature, with blanks to retailers and an expected $5 million annual intake.

Oklahoma City Murray Schhool Land Department State Tax Commission Joe Whitaker Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Oklahoma

Roosevelt Aides Push Recovery Plan To Speed Jobs

Washington July 12 Roosevelt leadership spurs government agencies to quicken public works and industry codes. The plan aims to restore prosperity through job creation wages and relief for homeowners farmers and consumers with hearings on steel and lumber codes and non federal construction support.

Washington Roosevelt Industrial Administration Relief Administration Home Loan Board Cummings Farm Administration Bureau of Public Roads Public Works Cabinet Board Hugh Johnson Steel Code Lumber Code Lummber

Oklahoma Moves to Consider Eighteenth Amendment Repeal

Governor Murray asks the legislature to set up machinery for an early statewide vote on repealing the Eighteenth amendment while not reopening Oklahoma’s dry constitution. The plan outlines a two-tier convention process to ratify or reject the Twenty first amendment with paid delegates at the state convention.

Oklahoma City Murray Oklahoma United States State of Leon C. Phillips Okfuskee County House Phillips State Election Board

Rockefeller Sees History In Making At 94 Birthday

At his Tarrytown estate Rockefeller Jr. marks his 94th birthday with family present. Retired from business the famed oil magnate recalls a life spanning Civil War era to modern times while facing a parade of historical milestones from his birth to early U S events.

Rockefeller Standard Oil Company of Ohio Stanley Africa Dr. Livingstone New York Times Tarrytown N. Y John D. Rockefeller Jr Ponecantico Hills

Governor Refuses Doll Dressing Request for Charity

In Jefferson City Missouri Gov Guy B Park sent a check to a charity asking for a doll to be dressed but quipped it is too hot to dress a doll.

Jefferson City Guy B. Park

Two Men Sentenced in Lawrence Burglary Case

Judge J F McKeel Friday sentenced Prentice Pruitt and George Hedrick to five and four years respectively in the state penitentiary after guilty pleas to burglary of Frank Marion’s Lawrence home. They admitted taking a watch and gun but denied taking money.

J. F. McKeel Prentice Pruitt George Hedrick State Penitentiary Frank Marion Lawrence Pruitt Hedrick Marion

Greatest returns for the amount I invested

Classified ad notes strong investment returns and value for money, highlighting emphasis on smart budgeting. It frames shopping as a way to maximize wealth through careful selections and long term savings.

Rye gains buoy Chicago grain market on scarce supply

In Chicago a market rumor spurs a rye rally with prices up five cents to about 1.07 a bushel for December and a close near 1.054. Traders cite import inflows from Canada and fears of limited rye planting plus beer demand boosting consumption as factors.

Chicago Board of Trade Canada

Grain futures drift as wheat highs press into July markets

Prices mixed as May wheat posted a new high near 1.152 but closed a half cent lower. Rye rose about 3 cents over yesterday, wheat gained nearly 2 cents, while corn and oats slipped slightly from yesterday’s final quotes.

Rescuer Connelly Lifts Two From East River

New York Captain John Connelly of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps saved two people from the East River, a 16 year old boy and another rescuer, holding them up until a coast guard boat arrived. He joked that he needs a boat worth about 590 dollars as he surpassed 90 rescues.

New York John Connelly United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps East River Connelly Coast Guard Ewell

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Prem Thureday Robert Ferguson Madill J. W. White Yort Smith, Ark H. L. White Wilburton W. P. White East Ninth J. H. White Mrs. White East Fourteenth Dally Max Westheimer Ivan Bryant Allen Mary Kate Fuller Guy Fuller Paul Fuller Dorothy and Mary Paula Amarillo, Tex A. W. Fuller S. S. Holcomb North Beard Bernice Juanita Margaret Henry Frisco Ll. A. Henry What Jackson Best By Williams Trwillams NEA Service, Inc Q. Roosevelt Yank Quentin Vinita California Cleveland Fort Sumter Lincoln First Pony Express Sacramento Cal St. Joseph Rockefeller & Andrews Chicago Union Standard Oil Trust Barnum Jumbo England Garfield West Point McKinley Bryant Edward H. Harriman Treasury American Tobacco Company Nicaragua U. S Outer World Secretary of State Aides Phillips Shapes Bill Agriculture Department James H. Rogers Yale George Warren Cornell Issa John D. Rockefeller Richford W. F. Harnden Great Western United States Bank of Philadelphia U.S. Grant George A. Custer Francis Bret Harte Cleveland Produce Commission River Yattle The
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