Second Birthday Friday Of First Of Big Bromide Wells
The town marks the second birthday of Shaffer No. 1 A J Harden in 30 27 SE Pontotoc County as a turning point in Fitts field oil production. Earlier wells Loval, Shaffer tests and Dawes Harden No 2 followed, with flow rates peaking after gas-related delays and cementing the field's boom.
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Shaffer No. 1
Harden
Fitts
A. J. Harden
Oklahoma City
Craddock
Shaffer
J. ©. Staffer Inc
A. J. Hardenwell
Fittsfield
Pontotoc County
Jack Shaffer
Stanolind
J. E. Crosbie
Dawes Harden
Editor Explodes Over Booze Evil In Ada County
The Stonewall Sentinel reprints an attack by Walt Smith on Sheriff Clyde Kaiser accusing him of poisoning the land with 2646 pints of so called snake medicine. The piece praises the sheriff and deputies for destroying booze and mocks opponents while noting political shifts in Oklahoma county races and welfare-board appointments.
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Walt Smith
Stonewall Sentinel
Fittstown Enterprise
Pontotoc County
Clyde Kaiser
Jupiter Pluvius
Ada
Kaiser
Sheriff Kaiser
St Peter
St. Peter
30 000 Short In Estimate Of Pensioners
Oklahoma City July 27 A flood of applications for the new 50 a month old age pension surprised state welfare board officials They now expect 80 000 to 90 000 applications double the earlier estimate Ray Weems director said some counties show twice as many applications as the number aged who receive 8 a month in those counties He suggested some aged residents living with relatives may apply now seeing the 50 a month as opposed to charity level 8 a month
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al Horton
Board of Affairs
Marland
Horton
Ned Milligan
Pharmacy Board
Milligan
State Welfare Board
Weems
Welfare Board
Oklahoma City
L.P
Oklahoma
Ray Weems
County Welfare Board
Pontotoc
State Welfare Office
Panhandle Gets Cooling Rains After Torrid Heat
Rain began Monday night in the panhandle easing the heat wave that has killed 83 in the state this month. Guymon logged .13 inch in 45 minutes as Optima saw a drenching and lightning. The region received $17,000 in federal relief aid for Cimarron and Beaver counties for loans and grants.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Guymon
Optima
Resettlement Administration
Cimarron
Texas
Beaver Counties
Governor Marland Faces House Rules Clash Over Legislation
In state politics Governor E. W. Marland aims to organize the next legislature while Speaker Leon C. Phillips resists part of his proposed appropriations and board-creation plan. Marland secured passage of only portions of his recommended measures.
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James C. Nance
House
McClain County
Phillips
Don Welch
Marshall County
Nance
Senate
Walters
Purcell
Sawd Nance
Associated Press
E. W. Marland
Leon C. Phillips
Marland
Ada Baptists Attend Falls Creek Assembly in Oklahoma
About 75 members of the First Baptist church of Ada will join an estimated 5,000 attendees at the Falls Creek Assembly near Prices Falls Oklahoma. The ten day event features classes, sermons by Dr. Waite and Dr. Dodd, recreation, and meals at the White House cabin served by paid cooks. Members pay 7 and nonmembers 8 for the full ten days including transportation and registration.
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First Baptist Church
Falls Creek
Falls
Ada
B. B. McKinney
Pension distribution described for aged county residents
The article outlines three pension applicant types: elderly living alone, elderly couples, and elders living with relatives. It cites monthly benefits from eight dollars to thirty dollars and notes delays and possible denials due to state welfare decisions, plus a pledge to levy county charity funds and pending release of July checks.
One Seriously Injured When Cars Collide
Two people were injured in Pontotoc county area accidents Friday afternoon. Jess Green near Roff suffered a broken pelvis when his car hit a truck trailer. he was treated in Ada Hospital and released later with satisfactory condition. Pat Davis of Ada was lightly injured in a separate Atwood collision and taken to Ada Hospital with a companion.
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Pontotoc County
Jess Green
Roff
Ada
Robert Pollack
Green
Pat Davis
East Eighth Street
Atwood
Allen
Barton Willoughby
Arrest of a Grocer for Sunday Opening
Local grocer R. H. Crouch was arrested Sunday for violating a city ordinance that forbids grocery stores from opening on Sundays. He posted bail and a trial was set for Monday, but more time was requested. The case remains pend ing as authorities consider an appeal and notes that he is among five arrested in similar violations weeks earlier.
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R. H. Crouch
Crouch
Headrick Slayer Granted Parole
Oklahoma City July 27 Paroled former Headrick, a bank executive in Headrick Oklahoma, jailed for manslaughter in the slaying of W. C. Earnest a state bank examiner. Brock claimed self defense believing Earnest drew a pistol during a dispute. Earnest was unarmed. Governor Marland approved the parole after Brock had been free on leave since October 1935.
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Oklahoma City
J. H. Brock
Headrick
Okla
W. C. Earnest
Marland
Liberty
Earnest
Brock
Howard Johnston
Barnest
Ww. J. Barnett
Seminole Men Severely Beaten, Hospitalized Near Death
Two Seminole men were found badly beaten and rushed to a nearby hospital. authorities opened separate investigations with no apparent connection between the assaults. Paul Webb was found unconscious by a passerby on a Sasakwa road.
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Wewoka
Paul Webb
Sasakwa
Attack on Bethel Long Near Cromwell Leaves Man Slain
Two men carried Bethel Long unconscious two miles west of Cromwell after an assault by three or four assailants. Long in hospital with a fractured skull and deep head lacerations. Basil Sanders and A Mercer aided his transfer. Deputy Whitworth said three men were being questioned. motive unknown.
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Bethel Long
Cromwell
Webb
Allen Whitworth
Long
Whitworth
Basil Sanders
A. Mercer
Weekend police active as drunkenness arrests surge
City and county officers worked a busy Saturday with a flood of drunkenness arrests. By 9 pm the drunkenness ledger reached 25, with 10 to 15 more possible. Notable arrests included Joe Myers in a whiskey possess and sale case, Slim Foreman, and W H Pryor, all from Stonewall. The Stonewall jail held 32 inmates on gambling and possession charges.
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Wayne Vickers
Joe Tom McKinley
Stonewall
Joe Myers
Slim “Foreman
W. H. Pryor
Myers
Mil dred Russell Weds John W. Martin in Quiet Ada Ceremony
Mil dred Russell and John W. Martin married in a small home ceremony at the Ada pastor C C Morris's residence. Attendants included Mrs E K Elmore and Mr and Mrs G G Overturf. Mil dred, raised in Ada, holds a BS from East Central State Teachers College and is active in local clubs. Martin, from Sedalia Missouri, works for Phelips Dodzee Mining Corp. with copper interests in the west and belongs to the Masonic Lodge. The couple plans to reside in Phoenix or Tucson Arizona.
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J. E. Russell
West Main Street
Mildred
John W. Martin
Ajo
Arizona
C. C. Morris
First Church of
Ada
E. K. Elmore
G. G. Overturf
West
Masonic Lodge
Phoenix
Tuscon, Arizona
Newton Stice Wedding Announcement in Ada
A wedding of interest to Ada residents united Miss Aubin Newton and Mr. Earl K. Stice of Kansas City in a July 17 ceremony at Rev. W. R. Sledge’s Idabel home. Mrs. Stice has worked for Southwestern Telephone Co. three years. Mr. Stice works for E. H. Roberts Portrait Co. in Kansas City. They will establish a home.
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Ada
Aubin Newton
Earl K. Stice
Kansas City
W. R. Sledge
Idabel
Stice
Southwestern Telephone Co
E. H. Roberts Portrait Co
Baker Butler Vows Read at Ada Christian Church
Mr. V. E. Butler and Miss Tommye Baker of Ada were quietly married July 22 at the First Christian church parsonage with Rev. Ivan J. Young officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kale. Mr. Kale manages the A. P. Grocery where Butler works. The couple plans a brief wedding trip then to settle in Ada after Butler came from Durant and Baker’s bride from Russellville Arkansas.
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V. E., Butler
Tommye Baker
Ada
First Christian Church
Ivan J. Young
Vernon Kale
Kale
Butler
Mr. Butler
Durant
Russellville
Ark
Eld Potential Methods Discussed For Oklahoma Oil Pools
Wednesday set for establishing pool allowables for August. Fitts-Simp son pool shows rising potential with 350 Upper Simpson wells. Discussed decline curve method to estimate well potentials without biannual per-well measurements. Final plan pending selection of method amid growing data.
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Oklahoma
Simpson
Ada Sees Steady Building Pace With 1936 Program
Ada reports continuing steady construction activity under its 1936 building program. Between July 11 and 17 permits totaled 20200 dollars and 52300 dollars followed for July 18 to 24. Several residences and garages are under construction along with a new bus station and Aldridge hotel addition.
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Ada
West Fifteenth
Kate N. McKeown
East Twelfth
Aldridge Hotel
East Central College
Washington Grade
Finley and Lollar
Grindstaff and Lawes
West Twentieth
Mrs J Evans dies. many survivors listed in Ada notice
Mrs. Margaret Rosella Evans wife of J G Evans 522 East Twelfth street Ada died Friday July 24 12 10 p m Funeral services Saturday 10 a m Shawnee Rev Shelby Inglemyyer officiating Interment Shawnee cemetery in charge of Gaskill Funeral home Born December 20 1851 Jasper Georgia married 1873 moved Texas 1877 Oklahoma 1889 Ada 1919 Member of Christian church for years suffered paralysis nine years Survived by husband three brothers a sister and daughters Mrs J S Dennis Shawnee Mrs J J Musson Shawnee Mrs Join L Davis Shawnee Mrs Thomas J Horsley Wewoka Mrs R M Laas Evanston Illinois
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Margaret Rosella Evans
J. G. Evans
East Twelfth Street
Ada
Shawnee
Shelby Inglemyyer
Shawnee Cemetery
Gaskill
Evans
Jasper
Georgia
Texas
Oklahoma
Wewoka
R. M. Laas
Evanston
Illinois
Bishop Gallagher backs Coughlin amid Vatican dispute
Rome dispatch reports Bishop Michael Gallagher of Detroit says Father Coughlin speaks for the people and that Vatican intervention is not involved. He defends the priest’s political activity while noting no quarrel with Coughlin and that he will report to Pope if asked.
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Charley Smith
Rome
Michael Gallagher
Detrbcht
Charles F. Coughlin
Vatican
Father Coughlin
Father Cougualin
Detroit
Naples
Roosevelt
Gallagher
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles E. Couchlin
Coughlin predicts electoral deadlock forces Congress decision
Father Charles E Coughlin cites Bishop Gallagher in Rome saying he cannot oppose Coughlin. He forecasts an electoral college deadlock requiring Congress to decide the presidency and vice presidency. He says Lemke’s union party will deny majority votes to both major parties and mocks the Democrats as socialist.
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Gallagher
Father Coughlin
Rome
Congress
Detroit
Union Party
William Lemke
North Dakota
Pontotoc 10 in Line for Pensions
July state pension and general relief checks reached county welfare boards in 57 of Oklahoma's 77 counties. The remaining 20 counties expected to levy an 8 mill tax for poor relief next fiscal year to enable distribution. Read list includes Garfield, Grady, Comanche, Harper, Haskell, Jefferson, Johnston, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Cherokee, Bryan, Beaver, Adair, Washita, Wagoner, Muskogee, Noble, Pontotoe, Pushmataha, Rogers, Jayes, Major, Marshall, McClain.
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John Rogers
Rogers
Garfield
Grady
Comanche
Harper
Haskell
Jefferson
Johnston
Kingfisher
Kiowa
Lincoln
Cherokee
Bryan
Beaver
Adair
Washita
Wagoner
Muskogee
Noble
Pontotoe
Pushmataha
Jayes
Major
Marshall
McClain
Truitt and Greenough Triumph at Cheyenne Frontier Days
In Cheyenne Wyoming Turk Greenough of Red Lodge Montana won the bronco busting title at Frontier Days for riding four bucking broncs a third time after previous wins in 1933 and 1935. Dick Truitt of Stonewall Oklahoma led bulldogging with a three steer average of 156.6.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Turk Greenough
Red Lodge
Mont
Turk
Dick Truitt
Stonewall
Okla
Auto Wreck Thrills Chile
A Georgetown California scene ends safely when a car left the highway and plunged 200 feet into a canyon. The four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Wilson yelled Do it again Daddy in joyous approval as the car slid to a stop. No one was hurt.
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Chile
Georgetown
Cal
W. L. Wilson
Evans Family Linked Across Washington and Oklahoma Regions
Sons A S Evans from Seattle Washington J W Evans from Ada Oklahoma and K J Evans from Shawnee Oklahoma are referenced together in a notice listing their names and locations.
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A. S. Evans
Seattle
Washington
J. W. Evans
Ada
K. J. Evans
Shawnee
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Ada Lumber Company
Gus Nesbitt
Byrd Hotel
Nesbitt
Byars Chapman
Chapman
Townsend
Sterling Motor Supply Company
Suns
Stockton Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Bill Roddie
Bob Duncan
J. M. Stanfield
Charley Wilburn
Walter Simmons
McAlester
Paul Denny
News Cub
Mack Braly
Somer Jones, Co. O. Kline
Kilpatrick
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Jones
Sotheew
Dick Williams
Hird
Pud Kyser
Center
Chickasha
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Pickens
Tishomingo
Tishomingo County
Panola County
Chelsea
Mass
Chelsea Townsend Club
New York
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Ada Boys
Bill Gluckman
East
Wallace Hoggatt
University of Denver
Rockies
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ADA Baptists
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