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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
8
A long parish of social notices highlights visits, family gatherings, and church activities across Pickett and surrounding rural communities. People from Pickett to Ada and Vanoss share visits, showers, and celebrations, with numerous relatives listed among attendees and hosts. A memorial service and home visits are noted, alongside revival meetings, school progress, and local ball game attendance.
Funeral services were held for Carmen Myrick aged 2 at Holdenville home of son Spencer Myrick. Born in Tennessee, long resident of Pontotoc County near Francis and Holdenville. Survived by wife Julia Terral then Janie Broughton, three sons Elza Clif Spencer of Holdenville, daughters Lena Snyder of Holdenville and Effie Parman of Cordell, grandchildren and others. Burial Cedar Grave Cemetery with undertakers Holdenville in charge.
London Kentucky July 27 Assistant United States Attorney General Well IX Hopkins opened the government summation in the Harlan coal operators conspiracy case He said indictments were returned because coal operators in unholy company placed the collar before the man He spoke at the trial of 39 Harlan coal operators former peace officers and 17 companies charged with conspiring to violate the Wagner Act in Harlan County He described the conflict as a clash of human rights against labor interests.
Tulsa July 27 reports of a big cat near the park led to a hunt with hounds that tracked a scent and chased a Great Dane mistaken for a mountain lion. A pair of local witnesses described a distant rumble as the animal supposedly dodged along the road near the riverfront.
Virginia Ann Stulee of Ada won first place in the state essay contest by the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Oklahoma. A 14-year-old Ada High School sophomore, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Stulce, pastor's associate at the First Baptist Church. Her prize essay, “the Danger in Beer and Wine,” was chosen after local judging among Ada entries and state-winning 1,458 essays were evaluated by university instructors.
The Coal county singing convention will meet in regular session Sunday July 31 at Bro mide. All gospel singers are invited to come and sing all day with plenty of bromide water available. Spend the day with the best singers in Coal and surrounding counties.
Washington July 27. Electioneering in Congress produces sharp primaries as anti administration Democrats and pro Roosevelt candidates clash. Labor’s CIO political arm labels five Rules Committee members in a blacklist, challenging incumbents Clark, Dies, Lewis, Smith, and Cox. Cox faces two opponents while others seek renomination amid wage hour and New Deal fights.
Two McDonald brothers Ike and Nick, after exchanging shotgun blasts in a pasture west of Tishomingo, showed improving conditions. Nick is treated for 25 abdominal punctures and a possible peritonitis risk. Ike also improves slightly as doctors schedule X rays to locate possible slugs. County Attorney Dennis Clark withheld charges.
AMARILLA Tex July 27 Governor Marland credits President Roosevelt with helping Senator Elmer Thomas win the Democratic nomination. He said Roosevelt influenced both pro and anti Roosevelt forces, leaving Marland with his own followers. He also commented on W Lee O Daniel’s Texas primary victory and paused en route to a Colorado Springs oil meeting.
In Cleveland on July 27 the American Bar Association discussed a suggestion from President Arthur T. Van derbilt. He urged members to consider the potential impact of press coverage on legal proceedings and public perception.
FRANKFORT July 27 a bitter political row over Governor Chandler's alleged poisoning intensified as investigations continued. Logan denied the charge calling it a lie while Barkley supporters organized guards for tomorrow's speech. Chandler claimed Logan sought a federal judgeship and related letters supported the claim.
The third day of the biannual convention opened with a controversial report from the administrative law committee led by Dean Emeritus Rescue Pound. William O Douglas was accused by SEC member Frank of biased actions in the committee’s account. Vanderbilt of Newark urged professors to maintain truthfulness and avoid public sensationalism. A Chicago law dean’s resolution on Justice Hugo L Black’s Supreme Court eligibility faced opposition. Justice Black declined comment while vacationing in Colorado.
Haile Selassie, former emperor of Ethiopia, won a chancery court judgment against Cable and Wireless for 10613 pounds sterling, about 53065 dollars, under an agreement for radio and telegraphic service between Addis Ababa and London.
Colorado River crest swept downstream inundating lowlands as LaGrange reported 42 feet at 7 a.m. while Austin river stages eased. Congress Avenue Bridge reopened to traffic and business on the south bank. Flood peak expected to fall about half a foot hourly with no new rises anticipated. Mud 20 miles upstream held at 26.12 feet despite dam ruins affecting readings.
Mrs W H Murray wife of the former governor was reported in Oklahoma City to be critically ill with a heart ailment and gall bladder trouble. Oxygen treatments begun last week were discontinued last night. Anchorage AP Pilot Gordon McKenzie spotted a circle of brush laid as a distress signal and landed. A trader greeted him and offered an order for cod liver oil and face cream.
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