Scout Executives Praise Area Scouts at Jamboree and Trip
Scout leaders commend the Ada area scouts for conduct and service on the 1937 Jamboree trip. The report highlights the group’s teamwork, thrift, camp maintenance, and memorable experiences in New York City Niagara Falls Washington Philadelphia and Ada community thanks to many supporters and hosts.
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Gentry McGhee
10Th Street
Gentry
New York City
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Ed Asbury
Jay LeFlore
Alva Henry
Charles Walker
Hugh Norris
Royal Cantrell
Oscar Cantwell
Jerry Folsom
Jerry Pennington
Floyd Harkins
Dennis Williams
Dennis
Freddie Heiphemier
Freddie Hoiphemier
Jerry Bennington
Tupelo
Joe Riddle
Wayman Scott
Sylvan Keck
Grenfell
Edward Bok
Walker
Harden City
Alva
Ada
George Mat
George Matthews
Jack Cummings
Jimmie Thomas
Billie Linscheid
Houston Mount
Laddie Porter
Washington Monument
Hayden Planetarium
Freddie Hoipkemier
Claude McMillan
Empire State Building
Chinatown
Riverside Church
America
William Sloane
Hudson
Boy Scouts
Washington
Lannie Ross
Marine Band
Roosevelt
National Council
White House
Mt. Vernon
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Congressional Library
Corcoran Art Gallery
Pan American Building
National Zoo
Independence Hall
Carpenters Hall
Betsy Ross House
Navy Yard
John Skinner
George Johnson
Junior Gilmore
Dan Beard
E. T. Cason
Laverne Lallathin
Claude McMillan Jr
C. A
St Louis
Allen
Stonewall Ada
Coalgate
M. O. Matthews
Fred Wilhoite
Stonewall
Roy Saffarrans
Fritz Johnson
Ira King
E. H. Moore
R. M. Lacy
Judge Ralls
Horace Mann
Royal Scoutmasters
Paul Fowler
Think About Wildlife Conservation in Our State
Article based on the monthly bulletin of the state game and fish department. It lists 102 arrests across 22 counties for violations such as fishing without a license and hunting out of season, and notes Atoka county led with 19 violations. It warns wildlife preservation requires education before shortages worsen.
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State Game and Fish Department
Atoka County
Pontotoc County
Lee and Johnson Held on Burglaries at McAlester
Marshall Lee has been sent to the state penitentiary at McAlester after being charged with three burglaries each with a second offense clause and injuring public property by tearing down a bunk and stealing a radiator and pipe from his cell Wednesday night. He pleaded not guilty. Ramsey Johnson, an Indian, was also sent to McAlester after a six year sentence following a guilty plea to multiple charges.
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Marshall Lee
McAlester
Ramsey Johnson
County Output Shows Gain In Recent Months
Pontotoc county rose to second place among Oklahoma counties in oil production. In June 1936 the county produced 1,703,969 barrels, and in May 1937 the figure reached 3,082,062 barrels, second only to Oklahoma county and ahead of Seminole county.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Oil and
Oklahoma County
Seminole County
Roosevelt Looks to Future With New Inventions
President Roosevelt urged continuing surveying agencies to keep national policies updated as machines advance. The national resources committee with scientists released findings on far reaching developments and hailed the electric eye as the greatest invention of the twentieth century.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Resources Committee
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad notes higher yields for vested amounts. No further context provided.
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Ada News
Out Our Way Couples List From Ada Area
Saturday feature lists six couples with ages and hometowns in Ada and surrounding towns Wynnewood Pauls Valley and Ada. The pairs include Shelton Hardy 32 and Ruby Boggs, Harold Adams 21 and Virginia Phillips, and Ernest Yarborough 34 with Marvina West.
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Shelton R. Hardy
Wynnewood
Ruby Boggs
Pauls Valley
Harold Adams
Virginia Phillips
Ada
Ernest E. Yarbrough
Marvina West
Earhart Search Abandoned by Naval Vessels
Navy ships completed a broad search over more than 250000 square miles of ocean for Amelia Earhart without locating her or her aircraft. Efforts paused as weather and vast area hindered results.
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Earhart
Amelia Earhart mystery ends as search ends in Pacific
The Earhart Noonan disappearance remains unsolved as 1500 naval personnel quit the hunt after days of scouring 250000 square miles of ocean and reefs near Howland Island. Navy officials said every possibility had been exhausted and the search was called off. George Putnam expressed gratitude to the Navy for its efforts in Los Angeles.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
South Pacific
Equator
Miss Earhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Howland Island
Lae
New Guinea
mid-Pacific
Howland
Navy
George Palmer Putnam
Los Angeles
Earhart toasts with water at London luncheon
Amelia Earhart chose water over liquor to toast the U S president and the British king. In 1932 after her solo Atlantic flight she attended a luncheon in London by the Institute of Journalists where the toast was given with Earhart raising water while Andrew Mellon, the American ambassador to England, drank whiskey and soda.
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Amelia Earhart
United States
British Empire
Atlantic
Institute of Journalists
London
Andrew Melon
England
Earhart Reflects On Husband and Traffic Nerves in London
In London after her 1932 Atlantic solo flight Miss Earhart answered questions with humor. She said her first act back in America is to check in like a good girl and noted men mock women drivers when traffic jams occur, vowing to prove them wrong.
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Miss Earhart
London
Atlantic
America
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Earhart Detroit crash left husband injured
One of Miss Earhart's serious accidents before her round the world flight occurred in Detroit in 1931. She escaped unharmed while her husband was hurt. The car's landing gear was demolished, a stub wing crumpled, and the motor damaged when she failed to level off. Putnam, rushing to assist, tripped on a guy wire and sustained injuries.
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Miss Earhart
Detroit
Putnam
Marriage Licenses Granted by Court Clerk
Three marriage licenses were issued from the court clerk's office, detailing couples accepted for union and filing dates, with names of applicants and officiating records awaiting finalization.
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Court Clerk’s of
Final Tributes Poured for Senator Joseph Robinson
Final rites marked the Arkansas statesman Joseph Taylor Robinson with a sunlit funeral in Little Rock. Vice President Garner and Postmaster General Farley attended as nearly 50 colleagues and a large House delegation served as honorary pallbearers at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Arkansas
Arkansans
Capitol
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Robinson
House
Bitter fight in Arkansas looms over Robinson successor
Little Rock Arkansas July 19 The state democratic committee meets in special session to decide how to choose the late Senator Joseph T Robinson successor Governor Carl E Bailey weighs a Sept 14 special election Interim appointments and a possible primary are on the table Brooke Hays may be considered but Bailey favors no temporary appointment Seven county committees protest a nomination calling for a primary with election costs estimated at 30000 to 40000 Republicans stay silent after last year’s sweep Robinson defeated his Republican rival by more than six to one.
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Little Rock
aArk
Joseph T. Robinson
State
Democratic Committee
Carl E. Bailey
Thomas Fitzhugh
Bailey
Senate Democratic Committee
Brooks Hays
Democratic
James A. Farley
State Committee
Robinson
Kee-too-wahs Open Sacred Dance in Oklahoma
In Gore Oklahoma July 19 Kee-to-wahs and 300 members of the secret Cherokee nighthawk band gather for the seven sacred fires ceremony. The ritual, said to date to Trail of Tears era, features drums, songs, and dances with a central fire symbolizing tribal lifeblood. White spectators increasingly present as rites proceed from dusk toward dawn.
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Georgia
Oklahoma
Pursuit Without Result Lights Ada East Ward Search
Reports spread officers through the Ada east ward chasing a car linked to Pete Traxler and associates. A car with a similar license number to last week’s involved men who reportedly took from Baird H. Markham Jr. east of Ada. No vehicle found despite multiple sightings.
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Ada
Pete Traxler and Associates
Beggs
Traxler
Baird H. Markham Jr
Arthur Buried in Albany of President's Son Chester Alan Arthur
Funeral arrangements were announced for Chester Alan Arthur son of the 21st president. He died in Colorado Springs of a heart attack and would have turned 72 on July 25. Albany his birthplace. Arthur was a noted sportsman fashion plate and Victorian era bon vivant.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Albany
N. Y
Chester Alan Arthur
United States
Arthur
Edge Wells Hold Attention In Fitts Field Developments
Field activity shows Hunton lime testing with productive results in Shell No 1 Mc Kinley and Getty No 6 Masters. Magnolia No 1 B Reeves awaits cement after Hunton lime tops, while Norris No 1 Magnolia reactivates as a Hunton oil well. Cromwell tests advance. several Cromwell locations are planned by Magnolia Petroleum and Skelly.
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Fitts
Hunton
Shell
McKinley
Getty
Magnolia No
Norris
Cromwell
Oil and Gas Conservation Department
Magnolia Petroleum
Skelly
Park College
Moore to Drill On Big Block To East
E H Moore Inc, a major operator in the Fitts field, acquired a large Mack Lee block spanning Pontotoc Hughes county line for 25 dollars per acre. A 7000 foot test is planned with start by October 1 1937. spot location to be announced. Davis operates in Texas as the Texas Crusader Oil Company with East Texas and coastal district holdings.
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E. H. Moore, Inc
Fitts Field
Mack Lee
Pontotoc- Hughes County
Carter No. 1
Hamilton
McLish
Davis
Texas
Texas Crusader Oil Company
East Texas
Fleetborn sale reported to involve Fitts field assets
The Daily Oklahoman says Fleetborn Oil holdings in Pontotoc county's Fitts field may sell next week to W. R. Davis of Texas and New York capitalists for 2 to 3 million dollars. Producing properties only would transfer, while Osborn and Fleet retain royalties. Jade Petroleum, a new firm of New York California interests, may purchase.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoman
Fleetborn Oil Company
Fitts Field
Pontotoc County
W. R. Davis
Texas
New York
W. B. Osborn
D. F. Fleet
Ada
Fleetborn Oil
Jade Petroleum
California
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Davis
Fittsfield
Blackstock Oil Company
Ripe Fe
Blackstock
San Antonio
Tex
Roadhouse No 1 Julius Booth well shines in Ada oil field
The C W Roadhouse No 1 Julius Booth well in the Cromwell sand near Ada began production after 105 shots. It yielded 120 barrels in four hours, later showed 2,000 feet of oil in the hole and is projected to 100 to 150 barrels daily. Casing may be perforated further to improve output.
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Hunton
Cromwell
Moore
Thompson
Scott Brown
Blackstock No
Garrett
Francis No. 1
Carter No. 1
Nix
Jesse-Hunton
Ada
C. W. Roadhouse
Julius Booth
Roosevelt May Delay Action On Supreme Court Vacancy
Washington July 19 Some legislators say President Roosevelt may wait to see how the court bill dispute resolves before naming a successor to Justice Van Devanter. A recess appointment after Congress adjourns is possible but could be awkward if later rejected by the Senate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Congress
Senate
John Rutledge
George Washington
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Troy Tipton
Carl Marsh
Billie Mayberry
Henry McCarty
Cleburne Brown
Oscar
Trip
By Williams
ST Rte
NEA Servicer Ys, Pat
Traxler Et al
South Fitts
Jesse
South Fitts Area
Moore No
Jesse Area
Big Block
Fleetborn Sale
Fitts Field Holdings
Texas Group
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