Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Ada Weekly News in Ada, Oklahoma

We have 1,673,976 pages in Oklahoma

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1938

Page

5

London Embassy Host to Mussolini Ally Grandi Amazes London

Italian Ambassador Grandi dominates social life at Grosvenor Square as friendly ties with Britain recover after tensions over Ethiopia and Spain. He hosts lavish parties for Chamberlain and other leaders, while his career path from Fascist deputy speaker to ambassador shapes Anglo Italian relations amid evolving broadcasting and debt policy debates.

Milton Bronner London Premier Chamberlain Benito Mussolini Spain Dina Grandi England Mussolini Eugland Italy Ethiopia Grosvenor Square Chamberlain Lord Halifax Rome Glou Benjamino Gigli League of Nations Foreign Office Britain

Bohing the Scenes in Washington

Washington July 12 The new Federal Communications Commission rules on equal treatment for political candidates are mostly a clarification of the Communications Act. They state that any candidate with funds must be given equal opportunity to buy air time from broadcasting stations.

Nuelous Sight Buthe Jaw PCC Ries FCC Ada News Washington Federal Communications Commission

Efficiency and debt rise in 1938 era analysis

David Cushman Coyle of the National Resources Committee critiques American efficiency amid mounting public debt. The 1937-38 end-year gross debt reached about 27.185 billion dollars, higher than the 1919 wartime peak, though interest costs were lower in 1938 than in 1919.

Tyure Club Treasury Morgenthau David Cushman Coyle New Deal National Resources Committee Oursuyrs

Indian Felt Urge Send Indian Wanderer On 12 Day Sojourn

LEADVILLE Colo July 12 Sheriff Charles Calvert closed tonight the 23 year old Oklahoma Indian Jay B West after a 12 day unexplained hike in the Mosquito mountains east of Leadville. West described a felt deep urge to be by himself and said he left after a companion, Leonard Hail, and that he had no funds. He slept beside a fire and recalled hearing coyotes as night fell.

Leadvills Colo Charles Calverlgis Jay B. West Mosquito Mountains Leadville West Calvert

Old Grid Injury Leads To Death

Tulsa dispatch reports G B Camp, prominent industrialist and founder of C F Camp Co, died after an amputation linked to an old grid injury. Camp, secretary of Aero Drilling and active in multiple enterprises, survived by his widow and two children.

Tulsa Camp C. F. Camp Company Suppy House Aero Drilling Company Procucer and Waal Fonnector Gmec Enterprises Bneside Mary Ann Charles Camp, Jr

Sharp rise in national oil daily output

Tulsa report notes a 219,916 barrel daily jump in U S crude production for the week ending July 9, lifting total daily output to 3,265,399 barrels. States showing gains include Oklahoma 66,700 to 43,275, East Texas 73,070 to 438,003, Texas 172,558 to 1,364,540, and Louisiana 8,218 to 268,595, while California falls 32,900 to 630,250 and Kansas declines 1,250 to 141,900. Michigan and the Eastern states rise as well amid varied regional changes.

Tulsa UPI The Oil and Gas Journal Oklahoma East Texas Louisiana California Kansas

Sam Rayburn Praised by North Texas Crowds at Denison

In Denison Texas a mass meeting honored Congressman Sam Rayburn for spearheading a 44 million flood control and power dam project on the Red River. Rayburn touted cheap power, rural electrification, and new industries as President Roosevelt’s recovery program was praised by Mayor Clarence Scott.

Denison Téx Sam Rayburn Texas Oklahoma Rev River Rovhirn Red River Valley Rayburn Roosevel Clarence Scott Roosevelt

Oklahoma Wheat Outlook Dims Oklahoma 1933 crop forecast

Oklahoma City reports 1933 wheat production cut by 23.5 million bushels due to unfavorable growing conditions. Prospective yield placed at 69.99 million bushels, below June forecast. corn and cotton plantings and farm income for the first five months show varied changes from last year.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Federal Department of Agriculture Tts Bureau of Agricultural Economics Ollahoma Bureau

Widow defies em in bid to keep Barnett home

In Los Angeles, Anna Laura Barnett, widow of Oklahoma oil magnate Jackson Barnett, presses federal petitions to allow her to remain in her home. Petitions near 200,000 signatures, while Mrs Barnett blasts critics as riding on her coat tails and rebuts claims of incompetence. Federal court actions threaten eviction with a 30 day deadline.

Los Angeles Los Angeles Club Anna Laura Barnett Barnett

Oklahoma traffic deaths from July crash list

The July traffic crash tally reports four teen and adult fatalities in Oklahoma. Arctic Broddrick, 3, was struck near Sayre as his mother watched. George Newman Lane, 10, died near Blackwell after a bicycle collision with a trailer. D. W. Latta, 78, was killed crossing in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Arctic Broddrick Sayre Tom Broddrick George Newman Lane

Two Bids For Texas Air Mail Discarded

The Post Office Department rejected bids by Eastern Airlines of New York City and Braniff Airways of Oklahoma City for Texas air mail routes. Eastern’s bid of zero dollars per mile and Braniff’s bid of a fraction of a cent were discarded, with the decision to refer the matter to the civil aeronautics authority for review.

Washington Post Office Department Eastern Airlines Lie New York City Texas Houston Brownsville Tex Corpus Christi San Antonio Civil Semonautics Authority W. W. Howes Braniff Airways, Inc Oklahoma Walter E. Xuelly Faey Jnher Eastern Airlines

Young Braniff Heir Dies In Private Plane Crash

Thurman Braniff 20 son of Braniff Airways president died from crash injuries at Wiley Post Airport after a sports plane went down near 290 feet altitude. Chief flying instructor Meriin Donelle was fatally injured. airport manager John H. Burke reported the craft struck a telephone pole, sliced a wing, and collapsed. The Braniff family learned of Thurman’s death as relatives awaited at the hospital for Jeanne Braniff, hurt in the same incident.

Oklahoma City Thurman Braniff Braniff Airways Wiley Post Meriin Donelle Braniff John H. Burke T. E. Braniff Thur Man Jeanne

Young Braniff Graduate Amid Crash News

Young Braniff, son of an airline head operating from the Great Isles to the Gulf of Mexico, graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell and finished his first college year at Pompono. Calit Deneley arrived from Shawnee eight months ago with his wife Beulah Donalle of Lawton, who left for Oklahoma City after the crash news.

Ously TL Braniff Great Isles Gulf of Mexico New Mexico Military Institute Roswell Pompono Calit Deneley Shawnee Beulah Donalle Lawton Oklahoma City

Woman Says Got Saws Into Jail

WEWOKA July 12 A county attorney said Mrs Ora Weldon wife of a prisoner admitted smuggling two saws into the county jail which aided the jailbreak yesterday Carl O Bannon Seminole held on forgery charges escaped from the three story courthouse using a blankets ladder Weldon refused to join him both Weldon and her husband were charged with participating in the jail break O Bannon remains at large her husband requested the saws for a joke on the jailer.

Wewoka Hubert Hargrave Ora Welton Carl O'Bannon Weldon O'Bannon

Four Injured in Lumber Train Derailment Near Jacksonville

A work train derailed south of Jacksonville Texas injuring many workers. Four men from Fastrill remained in serious condition at a local hospital while 26 others suffered cuts, bruises and broken bones. Names given include Taylor McBroom 35 Lee Pyle 34 and H W Wells 41.

Tacksonville Tex Lumber Company Here Taylor McBroom Lee Pyle H. W. Wells Fastrill Jacksonville

Train collision injures Parker and occupants near Diboll

Parker, 51, of Fastrill, is fighting for life in a Tyler hospital after a train returning from Diboll struck a cow 30 miles away. The two spaces and an engine train carried about 100 men. the engine and first coach passed the carcass, but the second overturned on impact.

Nng Parker Fastrill Tylerospital Dibollares

Steelworkers Urge FDR To Third Term On President Roosevelt Train

A steelworkers club petition urging a 1940 third term traveled with President Roosevelt as his special train paused in Salt Lake City. Dignitaries including Pat McCarran and challenger Alber Willard were set to join the party at Ogden and Carlin, Nevada, while his daughter Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boett...

Roosevelt San Francisco Steel Workers’ Club Salt Lake City Nevada Anna Roosevelt Dali Boettinger John Boettiger Seattle Ogden Pat McCarran Alber Willard McCerran Carlin Nev

Persistent rescuer saves teen from Ohio River

In Huntington West Virginia on July 12 Dallas Shelton twice rescued 17 year old Virginia Budding from the Ohio River. After a third leap she planned a fourth attempt but he cried out for peace. The girl was later booked on a charge of attempting to kill herself. She declined to explain her distress. Shelton vowed to avoid the river bank again.

Huntington W. Va Dallas Shelton Ohio ‘River Virginia Pace Lonnie Lester

Shawnee Sues Over Polluted Water Supply

Shawnee announces plans to file damage claims against Oklahoma City for 2.5 million dollars after its north Canadian river water supply was polluted by Oklahoma City sewage. Mayor E C Standard said suits would proceed if rejected. Oklahoma City staff had no recommendation to council or city manager.

Oklahoma City E. C. Standard Shawnee W. AL Quinn

Also Mentioned on This Page

Rodney Autcher Pat Laursen Akron Lordship Conn Tae Batts Southwest NAZAS Berlin Jackson Barnett Aspeia Texas Air Mail Young Braniff Lynn Mass
Search Courier

Search the Ada Weekly News Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Ada Weekly News?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication