Ada Pastor Sets Sail on Rex for Naples and Holy Land
Ada Pastor chronicles a June 26 departure aboard the Italian liner Rex from Naples for Alexandria, with 1,900 passengers and 800 crew. She notes Azores sights, a cosmopolitan mix of travelers, cultural entertainment aboard, and plans to reach Cairo and the pyramids on the Egypt- Holy Land leg of her journey.
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Ada Pastor
Rex
Naples
Cairo
Alexandria
Holy City
Italy
Gulf Stream
Azores
Atlantic
America
Alleghanies
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Minn
Boston
Bankers Meet in Ada Regional Gathering and Dinner
The 10th Regional Clearing House Association held a Saturday night meeting at Ye Olde Southern Grille in Ada. William Z. Hays of the Republic National Bank of Dallas spoke on personnel, labor trends, and government costs, predicting better business this fall and urging fair handling of labor issues. He warned taxes would rise while underscoring added government benefits, as bankers from multiple Oklahoma towns and Dallas attended and then danced after the program.
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10Th Regional Clearing House Association
Ada
Ye Olde Southern Grille
Haskell Huddleston
Oklahoma State Bank of
Lowrey H. Harrell
H. T. Riddle
American National Bank of
Dallas
Texas
Labor
Hays
Holdenville
Wetumka
Stonewall
Shawnee
Maud
Earlsboro
McLoud
Wewoka
Seminole
Konawa
Coalgate
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Okemah
Clarita
Tishomingo
Stratford
Denison
Colored Woman Slashed in North Rennie Knife Incident
Lily Mae Johnson, a colored woman, was slashed across the face during a late Saturday altercation on North Rennie. Carrie Richardson, a colored woman, was arrested and later released on bond to appear in city court Monday. The assailant claimed the other woman cursed her and threw a rock. The victim received a severe forehead nose and upper lip wound and was treated at a hospital after the assault near Ninth street and Rennie.
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North Rennie
Lily Mae Johnson
Carrie Richardson
Ninth Street
Tenth and
Rennie
Carrie
Judge Rules Deeds Signed After Death Transfer Title
District Judge Tal Crawford held that deeds signed after the grantor's death constitute a transfer of title in a dispute over Dr. B. B. Dawson's estate. Beulah Dawson sought a share in the estate. Earl and Emiline Dawson defended, arguing the deeds were signed and recorded posthumously. Testimony showed the deeds were signed, placed in a safe, and later discovered, recorded, prompting the ruling for the defendants.
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Tal Crawford
Beulah Dawson
B. B. Dawson
Ada
Earl
Emiline Dawson
Dr. Dawson
Earl Dawson
Mrs. Dawson
Man Believed Drowned Near Old 101 Ranch
PONCA CITY July 19 Divers hunted the Salt Ford river near the old 101 Ranch for the body of Arthur Pete Price 19 believed drowned after failing to appear following an all night search. He was en route Sunday to a brother’s home driving a team of horses when he disappeared. The horses later arrived.
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Ponca City
Salt Ford
101
Arthur
Pete) Price
Price
Oklahoma Crude Oil Demand Seen Rising in August
State officials report Oklahoma crude oil demand is estimated at 633 400 barrels daily for August, an increase of 3 700 barrels from July. The figure comes via telegram from John W Finch director of the Bureau of Mines as chairman Reford Bond notes. Oklahoma's July demand was 629 700 barrels daily.
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Oklahoma City
Reford Bond
State Corporation Commission
Federal Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
John W. Finch
Bureau of Mines
Bond
Beaureu
Woman Killed in Rash. Boy May Die
In Anadarko Oklahoma a car crash killed 17 year old girl, Essie Logan, as it swerved on gravel near a bridge and burned. Charles Eldridge 17 of Verden was badly injured and near death with a fractured skull and punctured lung. Ed Brownen 30 of Gracemont was seriously hurt. Agnes Eldridge 16, Pauline Thorne 17, Tony Mackelvain Verden and Mrs Tony Mackelvain also injured. Funeral services planned for Anadarko girl.
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Anadarko
Okla
Charles Eldridge
Verden
J. B. Miles
Eldridge
Essie Logan
George Boone
Binger
Ed Brownen
Gracemont
Agnes Eldridge
Pauline Thorne
Minco
Tony Mackelvain
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News ad
Classified ad notes greater returns for vested amounts. Mentions Ada News as the publication source. No other specifics or figures provided.
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Ada News
Outlook Favors Free Fair Plans
Work has resumed on two livestock buildings at the free fair site north of Ada on Highway 48 to be ready for the late September fair. Fair board members are optimistic about a fine fair and superior exhibits across all divisions. With favorable rains farmers are urged to prepare crops and prime products for display including grains corn honey fruits canned goods melons. Livestock exhibits will use their own buildings in the coming weeks and agricultural displays will be housed in the drill hall of the National Guard armory until funds are available for permanent structures.
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Ada
Highway 48
National Guard Armory
Fair Ground
Lost Chapter of American History Proposed by Swanson
New York July 17 reports Neil H Swanson asserts a pre Revolutionary rebellion in Pennsylvania as the first act of defiance before Lexington. He cites Fort Loudon Fort Bedford and an earlier Philadelphia frontier clash as precursors to the Boston Tea Party and the 1765 Conocheague uprising. Swanson presents The First Rebel in a new book released today.
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New York
Neil H. Swanson
Baltimore
Swanson
Lexington
Pennsylvania
Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Fort Loudon
Fort Bedford
Boston
Conocheague Valley
South Mountain
Tuscarora Mountains
Mrs James of Fitzhugh Leads Record Canning Drive
Mrs James of Fitzhugh tops six months 1937 canning in Pontotoc county reports by Iva Jones. She stored 678 quarts already with 600 more planned toward a 1200 quart goal while feeding a family of five. The James household fed a balanced diet costing $327.50 in groceries and sustained a thriving farm with wheat, milo maize, oats and a robust laying flock.
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Pontotoc County
Andrew J. James
Fitzhugh
Iva Jones
James
Pontotoc County Health Unit reports on three major projects
The Pontotoc County Health Unit outlines three large efforts since spring. Activities include typhoid and venereal disease control, infantile paralysis response, and sanitation improvements across the county, with immunization clinics reaching 2500 people and 42 indigent syphilis patients under care.
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County Health Unit
Pontotoc County
State Health Department
Gler .W. McDonald
McDonald
Pon totoc 4-H Girls Prepare for State Roundup at Stillwater
Pontotoc county 4-H and farm women clubs train for the state roundup in Stillwater the second week in August. They work on canning budgets and exhibits for the county fair in September while Jessie Morgan leads costume preparations. Ida Brumbaugh urges at least one delegate per county for Farm Week in August and asks for carpooling to ensure representation.
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Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Jessie Morgan
Ida Brumbaugh
State
Mrs. Morgan
Three Men Back From Theft Charge In Oil Field Theft
Sheriff says he will escort three Burk Burnett men to Wichita Falls to face grand larceny charges after they allegedly stole an oil field generator valued near $700 from Arrow Drilling. Kugin is a former Arrow employee. Kinray and White detained after trying to dispose of the loot. In Louisville, Kentucky, James Baker, 19, wins 100 dollars in a model car contest but loses his job due to the late hours.
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Clyde Kaiser
Wichita Falls
Texas
Kermit Kinray
Kimray
Joe White
Victor Kugin
Arrow Drilling Company
Burkburnett
Kugin
The
Louisville
James Baker
Baker
Crawford Rules On Northcutt Divorce Case
Saturday granted Mary Julia Northcutt a divorce and awarded her custody of four minor children. The judge ordered both parties to sign a quit claim deed to property in Ada and split household goods. M C Northcutt received a share in oil producing property and possession of the property, with Mary Julia retaining monthly royalty income from Carter Oil and Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing.
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Tal Crawford
Mary Julia Northcutt
M. C. Northcutt
M. C. Northcutt Jr
Harrell Darrel
Charles Wayne Northcutt
Crawford
Block
Ada
Northcutt
Mary Julia
Carter Oil Company
Stanolind Crude Oil
Engine compression ratios rise from 1934 to 1936
The compression ratio increased from 5.72 in 1934 to 6.19 in 1936, indicating improved engine efficiency or design changes over the period.
Pension Payments Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission Expenditures
Expenditures of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission for the year ending June 30 totaled 7,885,544 dollars. Old age pensions accounted for 6,539,620 dollars, crippled children 1,637,000, assistance to the blind 74,316, dependent children 789,056, child welfare 15,930, and administration costs 464,984.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma_ public welfare commission
Scott Stine
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