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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
6
New York stocks eased after a broad upturn, with movie shares dropping on federal theater ownership actions. Rails and utilities led gains while overall trading showed surface confusion and profit taking. grains and livestock moved variedly across Chicago and Oklahoma City markets.
French and British statesmen studied the Czechoslovak minority issue as Sudeten Germans agitated for autonomy under a 13 point plan. Viscount Halifax reportedly took Hitler’s plan to Paris to be presented during King George and Queen Elizabeth's visit. The plan proposed self governing states by language with minority protections.
ARSPAHO July 20. Herman Schapansky the flying farmer and crash veteran promises to stay grounded until he earns a pilot’s license. County Attorney Milton Seen imposes no suspended fine after years of hedge hopping in salvaged planes. Safety Chief Gentry calls him a menace, but Meacham offers to assist his license bid. Keen notes Schapansky’s flight ambitions despite inexperience.
He understood Schapansky could qualify for a pilot's license but his plane, probably, would not pass requirements.
Kenneth J. Sadders, a former undercover worker for Republic tech, testified to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee that his life was threatened after being subpoenaed. He said the warning came in Cleveland via a call relayed by Mrs. Sodders, who said it came from Mrs. Keith C. Hamman, wife of a Canton bus driver, tied to Berger strike pickets.
Pontotoc county 4-H delegates will present a statewide roundup program at Oklahoma A and M College in August announced by E W Cinnamon assistant county agent. Boys will practice during the annual 4-H camp at Byrd's Mill spring. girls attend the Stillwater meeting with a similar schedule. Programs include games songs an one act play a pecan propagation demonstration and timely topics by James Maynard Owl Creek.
Paulsboro New Jersey July 20 VP Town Recorder Harry Haussman weighed a unusual question. Are frogs animals He considered pleas from Mrs Robert Lang to aid their sleep disturbed by a neighbor pond frogs and sought expert guidance. He postponed a hearing to study definitions.
County Attorney C Audrey Moses blamed the death of 20 year old University of Oklahoma student Ralph Eugene Pellette on his own actions pending autopsy results. The note Pellette left addressed to Lydia was read in public, stating he tried to protect her by begging her to retract troubling statements about her, while noting his intent. Pellette from Liberal Kansas was a junior in mechanical engineering.
Cleveland police launched a city-wide search for four gunmen after they held up the First Federal Savings and Loan Association, taking 1500 dollars. Patrolman Henry Welch saw a car with Texas plates near Central police station shortly after the raid. Detective Cavola matched descriptions of two suspects.
LOS ANGELES July 20 Joseph L. Chester alias Louis A. Korec faced a thirty mile pursuit with gunfire as two sheriffs deputies closed in after a car theft and hold up yielding $23. Chester shot himself in the head and died before arrest. Deputies Don Gillis and T. Loring reported the self inflicted death.
Governor George H. Earle was slightly injured when his private plane, piloted by him, struck a tree during a forced landing on Ellis College campus Newton Square. Earle, en route from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, escaped with sore arm and leg and planned to see a doctor. He blamed fog for preventing landing at the municipal airport near the navy yard and shed a quip about damaging a young tree as the ship swayed on impact. He then drove to Philadelphia by car.
Coalgate residents report enthusiastic crowds at the midget auto races held at Coal County fair grounds last Sunday. Entrants have come from as far as Milwaukee with nationally known drivers. Between 12 and 20 cars are expected this summer. The track is oiled clay, a fifth of a mile long. Some cars were built in Coalgate and locals hope to spawn a new industry there.
Roy W. Elistaorp assistant extension agronomist will visit Pontotoc County for special talks July 27 and 28. The county agent's office said a cross judging school for county 4 H club members will be held Tuesday morning July 26 at 9 30 with location to be announced by EB W Cinnamon assistant county agent.
Washington July 15 WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins expressed optimism about the relief rolls, noting an upturn in production and weekly employment gains since October. He announced nearly $10 million in surplus clothing purchases, including $3 million in women’s coats, and detailed targeted pay raises for about 82,000 southern WPA workers starting July 15, with increases varying by state and job class. A separate indictment accuses Verser and Clay of selling royalty rights in Bee County Texas to Elmer Cousina of Detroit for $825, who allegedly never received the royalty.
Ada city commissioners will hear a request for an ordinance banning fireworks within city limits. Ada attorney Ada junior chamber of commerce members Grigsby Corbin Owen will present the resolution after support from Martin Clerk Jr and the Junior Chamber and Parent-Teacher groups.
Oklahoma City oil royalty dealers Pi J C Werser and E C Clay were indicted by a federal grand jury for mail fraud in an $825, 1936 transaction. They were jailed in custody and given until 10 a m tomorrow to post bonds of $1,000 each.
State Supreme Court refused to intervene in the suspension of Pontotoc County commissioners A A Caldwell and J E Hall. The decision upheld Judge Tal Crawford’s order suspending them after a grand jury investigation. Both men, defeated in the primary, vowed to continue the fight to restore their offices for the remainder of the term. The writ request argued a five day notice was required before the accusation filing.
Agnes Estes sues for 5000 damages on behalf of her minor son Rus bon Estes alleging a head injury at Piccadilly Sports Club after a bowling ball struck a pin in alley one pit. The suit claims unsafe working conditions and lack of proper pit enclosures led to the accident on May 10.
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