City Bnefs and Notes From Ada Area
Do H Hatfield left for Knoxville to visit his father with planned stops in North Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky. Edwin Booth formerly with Anderson Clayton now joins a large New York banking house after a tour of eastern cities. Ethel Morley of Sapulpa visited Ada en route to Sherman Texas to visit friends. Ada Young Warners won the district Oklahoma title by beating Shawnee Kiwanis 11 to 7 at Athletic Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Do. H. Hatfield
Knoxville
Tenn
Mr. Hatfield
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Edwin Booth
Anderson Clayton Company
New York City
Mr. Booth
Ethel Morley
Sapulpa
Ada
Sherman
Texas
American Legion
Oklahoma
Athletic Park
Smith Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Petty Larceny
George L. B. Smith, a Black man, was jailed for 30 days after pleading guilty to petty larceny. He allegedly stole merchandise from the Smith-Cole store and appeared before Justice of the Peace T. O. Cullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George LB. Smith
Smith
Smith-Cole
T. O. Cullins
Justice At Peace
Walters Had Bogart Headed For Gulf Coast Visit
Marshall Walters Lindsey Had and Ralph Bogart left yesterday afternoon for the Gulf Coast and New Mexico where they will visit. They traveled over land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Walters
Lindsey Haddock
Ralph Bogart
Gulf Coast
New Mexico
Maud Residents Visit Parents as Others Plan Move
Mrs Frank George of Maud visits her parents Mr and Mrs Granville Montgomery for a week. Mr and Mrs Lester King depart for Antlers Oklahoma to establish residence. Mr King will continue work with the State highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank George
Maud
Granville Montgomery
Lester King
Antlers
Okla
Mr. King
State Highway Department
Welden Family Travels to Ponca City Ranch Visit
J. O. Welden his son Floyd and daughter Miss Mary left to visit Carl Welden and Mrs. Welden at the 161 ranch in Ponca City where Mr. Welden serves as foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Welden
Floyd
Mary
Carl Welden
Mrs. Welden
Ponca City
Mr. Welden
Word to Visit Ada Then Plans Cotton Purchase Trip
I A Word, formerly of Ada and now living in Knoxville Tennessee, is in the city for a few days and will soon depart for Strong City to buy cotton this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Knoxville
Tenn
Strong City
Bryan Family Heads To Los Angeles For August
Joe Bryan and family depart for Los Angeles to spend August there visiting their daughter who resides in the city.
Hunters to spend August in Colorado Springs
Rev H W Hunter and family leave Monday for Colorado Springs to spend August. The pulpit committee will arrange one service each Sunday morning. They stay at The Seven Lodges near the Broadmoor and Stratton Park. George W Montgomery, gin manager of Roff, visited Ada this morning noting a fair cotton outlook and light weevil damage compared to last year. Rev B F Stegall officiated a quiet wedding Wednesday at his home 412 West 10 street, Miss Edith Sanders married Ernest Northcutt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Hunter
Colorado Springs
Seven Lodges
Broadmoor Hotel
Stratton Park
George W. Montgomery
Roff
B. F. Stegall
West 10 Street
Edith Sanders
Ernest Northcutt
Mrs Eugenia Berryman Returns Home After Ada Hospital Operation
Mrs Eugenia Berryman who recently underwent surgery at Ada Hospital has been discharged and returned home. She is reported to be doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Berryman
Ada Hospital
Local residents spend weekend at Devils Den near Tishomingo
Mr and Mrs M F Gilliam and Mr and Mrs A H Rob erts and daughter Thelma are at Devils Den near Tishomingo for the weekend. C H Pernell of Miami and Mrs Oliver Kemp of Poteau have returned home after visits with J O Abney and Mrs George W Hicks. Miss Marvine Brydia leaves today for Chicago to visit friends for two to three weeks after recently returning from California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Gilliam
A. H. Roberts
Miss Thelma
Devils den
Tishomingo
C. H. Pernell
Miami
Oliver Kemp
Poteau
J. O. Abney
George W. Hicks
Marvine Brydia
Chicago
Miss Brydia
California
Notable Visitors Active in Ada Weekend
Robert Graham legislator from Oklahoma City visits Ada for the weekend. Otis Clark, called to Rofs Thursday due to a younger sibling’s illness, works at Gwin and Mays Drug Company. George Ade Davis of Oklahoma City arrives to attend the American Legion convention and serves as Oklahoma department commander. Gus Adams Alsup of Vinita visits grandparents north of the city. Coryell is nine and studies piano at Washington University School of Music in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Graham
Oklahoma City
Ada
Mr. Graham
Oklahoma County
Otis Clark
Mr. Clark
Gwin & Mays Drug Company
George Ade Davis
American Legion
Mr. Davis
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
Little Coryell
Gus Adams Alsup
Vinita
Gus Adams
Miss Coryell
School of Music
Washington University
St. Louis
Austin guests of Mrs Davis and Miss Shaw
Mrs H A Butcher and her children Loren James and Margaret Helen of Austin Texas are guests of her sisters Mrs A H Davis and Miss Ora Shaw.
Mother of Miss Hattie M. Givens Returns Home
The mother of Miss Hattie M. Givens was moved from the Ada hospital to her home at 215 E. Sixteenth. She is much improved after treatment and now rests at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie M. Givens
Ada Hospital
Heap Family Visit To Mrs Ebrite kin
J A Heap and family of SeminoLE visited Mrs Heap's parents H A Ebrite and family of 808.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Heap
Mrs Riddle Improving in Tulsa Hospital
Mrs. I. E. Riddle receiving treatment in a Tulsa hospital is improving daily. Mrs. Riddle is a sister of Miss Elizabeth, Miss Helen and Miss Adele Webb here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Riddle
Tulsa
Riddle
Elizabeth
Helen
Adele Webb
Miss Fannie Byrd Fuller Returns from Southern Visit
Miss Fannie Byrd Fuller has returned after six weeks visiting relatives and friends in Birmingham Alabama Knoxville Tennessee and Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Byrd Fuller
Birmingham
Ala
Knoxville
Dallas Couple Guests of Brents at Broadway Address
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brents Jr of Dallas visited the Brents family at 406 S Broadway, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Brents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Brents Jr
Dallas
Mr. Brents
T. E. Brents
S. Broadway
Illness Improves for B H Epperson This Morning
B H Epperson, who has been quite ill for several days, was reported somewhat improved this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Epperson
Brydia and daughter travel for business in Fairbury and Chicago
F. F. Brydia and his daughter Miss Marvine are in Fairbury Illinois and Chicago where Mr Brydia will attend to business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Brydia
Miss Marvine
Fairbury, Ill
Chicago
Mr. Brydia
Local Women Attend National Sigma Sigma Sigma Convention
Mrs Walter Green Mrs Roy Tidwell Miss Gillette Massey and Miss Ada Ticke left for Santa Fe New Mexico to attend the national Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority convention Miss Massey is president of the Upsilon chapter locally and the chapter serves as assistant hostess of the biennial Also Mr and Mrs Roy Rains and Mrs S H Mount travelled to Sherman Texas to visit Mr Mount in hospital his condition is not favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Green
Roy Tidwell
Gillette Massey
Ada Ticke
Santa Fe
N. M
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Miss Massey
Upsilon
Roy Rains
S. H. Mount
Sherman
Tex
Mr. Mount
Ames men attend national Kappa Sigma conclave on coast
Carl Browall and Paul Alpin of Ames Iowa returned from a long trip to the Pacific coast and interior points. On the coast they took part in the national conclave of the Kappa Sigma fraternity of which they are members. Browall will be president of the Ames chapter next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Browall
Paul Alpin
Ames
P Pacific Coast
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Browall
Mrs Spears Returns Home From Saskwa Visit
Mrs. Joe Spears returned to her Saskwa home this afternoon after a few days spent here visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Spears
Saskwa
Wheat Growers Hear Views At Federal Farm Board Meeting
Washington reports that a Chicago session of the federal farm board will hear from officials of major farmer-owned cooperatives and pooling agencies on wheat relief. The gathering aims to discuss grain marketing and farm relief act scope, with representatives from many midwest states and farm organizations attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle West
Federal Farm Board
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Montana
Middle Western
Farmer-Owned Commission
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Enid
Okla
Hutchinson
Hoover
Disarmament Talks Advance as Britain and U S Pledge Cooperation
Washington reports a warmer tone in naval disarmament talks. Premier MacDonald pledged parity with elasticity, suspending two British cruisers and delaying dockyard work, while President Hoover agreed to postpone three cruisers this year. Both leaders anticipate progress toward a formal agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
America
Hoover
London
House of Commons
MacDonald
United States
Capitol Hill
Britten
House Naval Committee
Long Island
Budget Bureau Begins Formulating Next Year’s Budget
Washington a torrid summer sees the Budget Bureau start the work on the 1931 fiscal year budget of 4 billion dollars. Experts analyze preliminary department estimates then spend five months converting figures into a coherent plan with no vacations. Regular revisions follow on September 15 as heads reallocates funds within agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland C. Davies
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Preservation of Plymouth Rock history spans decades
The piece recounts Plymouth Rock's turbulent history from its discovery and preservation by Elder Thomas Faunce in 1741 to its 19th century relocations and canopy, noting Landing Day and Forefather's Day observances, and detailing how it was safeguarded amid road and canopy changes. It also mentions a London report on tensions around Manchuria and Mongolia amid China Russia disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Pilgrims
Arthur Lord
Thomas Faunce
Elder Faunce
Myles Standish
Nathaniel Morton
John Alden
Plymouth Rock
Pilgrim Hall
Christian Science Monitor
Oklahoma's Oldest Man Laid to Rest in Guthrie
Thomas Sloan, born in 1812 in Ireland, famed cobbler who met Abraham Lincoln and aided Civil War soldiers, died at 117 years old. He lived in Mulhall and Guthrie, survived by his second wife Mary, and was buried at Summit View after a Mass at St. Marys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Thomas Sloan
Washington Irving
West
Tommy Sloan
England
Robert Fulton
Ireland
Atlantic
Sloan
Samuel Morse
Mount Shore
County Downs
America
United States
Yellowstone Park
Rocky Mountains
Great Western
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Ecobbler
Boston
Northern Pacific
Cherokee Strip
Oklahoma
Mulhall
M. R. Nickens
Alfred E. Smith
Soath
Mary Sloan
St. Mary's Church
Summit View Cemetery
Probe Report on Rebound Books in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City report states state textbook commission launched an inquiry into rebound school texts sold to children as new books. John Vaughan announces investigation after advice from Dr A Linscheid and W D Cole, with copies in possession and promises of further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Textbook Commission
Oklahoma
John Vaughan
The
Textbook Commission
Vaughan
Commission
A. Linscheid
East Central State Teachers College
W. D. Cole
Oklahoma Book Co
Snowden Parlette
Cole
Birth rate decline noted in United States dispatch
A dispatch reports the birth rate has been falling in the United States. The Republic is urged not to rest on laurels and to pursue policy measures to address the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
State treasury faces a looming Oklahoma deficit in 1930
Oklahoma City reports that even a maximum three mill levy may not erase the deficit. State auditor A S J Shaw says the treasury must raise about 11.7 million dollars from non ad valorem sources to balance, with last year’s non ad valorem receipts near 9.88 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Board of Equalization
A.S. J. Shaw
Shaw
Equalization Board
General Revenue Fund
Treasury
Van Dine Appointed Bradley Beach Police Commissioner
S. S. Van Dine, noted detective story writer, was named police commissioner at Bradley Beach New Jersey. His duties include censoring bathing apparel, a task seen as fitting for a man with a lively imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. van Dine
Bradley Beach
N.J
Chinese Fear Mongol Foray Sparks Border Withdrawals
Dispatches report Chinese and Russian forces pulling back from the Manchurian border creating a neutral zone to avoid clashes. Chinese troops retreat toward Khailar leaving a small border cavalry amid fears of a Mongol invasion. Russian moves not named, but Moscow ordered withdrawals from Manchuk and Po Granichnaya, leaving a 12 mile separation between forces. An oil discovery near the Shutts field is noted, with Phillips Petroleum involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Manchuria
Rengo
Manchuk
Khailar
Asahi Shimbun
Harbin
Pogranichnaya
Moscow
Asahi
Mass Slaughter Reported in Dangar Uprising
A dispatch from Peiping cites a missionary message claiming 20 000 men and boys in the mountain town of Dangar were killed during a Mohammedan uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
The
International Relief
Dangar
Deepest Test In Oklahoma City District Drilled
Qil drilled and bailing due to start at the Prairie Slick Phillips No 1 Sudik in section 8 10 2w, five miles southeast of south Oklahoma City pool. Hole bottomed at 6 915 feet in sandy lime with oil show. Drillers have standardized tankage and connections for a producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Prairie, Slick
I T I O Foster No 1 Hemming Well Drilling Near OKC
In Oklahoma City the Foster No 1 Hemming well in NE SW SE 24 11 3W, near the discovery well of the south Oklahoma City field, was testing late today or tomorrow. Drillers advanced to 6480 feet and planned to bail before nightfall, with the depth believed at the top of the major pay zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
I. T. I. O.foster
Hemming
Phillips Petroleum Sets No 3 Scott Location in Arkansas
Phillips Petroleum Co. announced the location for its No. 3 Scott well in the northwest corner of section 34 15 15 Ouachita County Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
P Phillips Petroleum Company Today
Scott
Ouachita County
Arkansas
Foster Petroleum No 1 Cook Drilling Deepest Oklahoma Well
Foster Petroleum announces its No 1 Cook well in Coal county at section 10 1 11 is drilling in shale to 7 855 feet with no oil or gas shows to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Clp
Foster Petroleum Companies
Cook
Coal County
Oklahoma
Wells Produce Gas and Oil Showings in Oklahoma City Field
Three more wells in the south Oklahoma City field report activity today. Hall and Briscoe No. 1 Childs shows gas at 5 590 feet in lime while drilling toward 5 410 feet. Slick Prairie No. 1 Huddleston yields oil at 6 435 feet as coring continues. Shell Petroleum No. 2 Petty encounters oil and gas at 6 473 feet and standardizes after 10 feet drilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Hall and Briscoe No
Childs
Slick Prairie
Huddleston
Shell Petroleum No. 2
Petty
Swc
Burgher Wildcat No 1 Hadley Flows 55 Bbls Oil An Hour
G E Burgher Oil and Gas Co reports its wildcat No 1 Hadley in Ellis county flowing at an estimated 55 barrels of oil per hour from 3 420 feet drilled in se nw 2011 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
G. E. Burgher Oil and Gas Company
Hadley
Ellis County
Aston Faces False Pretense Charge In Shawnee
C. S. Aston posted a $1,000 bond to secure release on a false pretense charge in T. O. Cullins court. Allegedly as president of Aston Tire Corporation he claimed solvency and sold $1,000 of stock to Lynn Cooper while knowing the firm was insolvent. The company ran a Twelfth street store last year before closing. Aston resided in Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Aston
T. O. Cullins
Aston
Cullins
Aston Tire Corporation
Lynn Cooper
Aston Tire Company
Twelfth Street
Shawnee
Eugene ONeill to Remain in France For Long Term
Eugene ONeill and actress Carlotta Monterey plan a 13 year residence in France. They signed a prenuptial contract before marrying and leased Chateau de Plessis at St Antoine du Rocher near Tours. The couple will live like grand seigneurs and ONeill may hunt on a 600 acre French game preserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eugene O'Neill
Carlotta Monterey
France
Chateau de Plessis
St. Antoine du Rocher
Tours
Grand Seimeurs
Oklahoma City Bank Deficiency Certificates Credit Delayed
State auditor A S J Shaw faces a funding snag as the Twelfth legislature failed to attach an emergency clause to a 133 086 deficiency certificate appropriation. Interest and timing mean banks may await payment until the Thirteenth legislature acts, with a plan to possibly settle some certificates by October 3 and others later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
A. S. J. Shaw
Senate
House
Shaw
Scott Stine
Holloway names 94 Oklahoma colonels on staff
Governor Holloway named 94 prominent Oklahomans as honorary colonels on his personal staff. Chief of staff Frank P. Douglas and aide Forrest Parrott lead the list, with Will Rogers among the appointees whose Claremore address is given. The roster includes editors, oil operators, and numerous state figures across cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W. J. Holloway
Oklahoma
Frank P. Douglas
Okemah
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
Forrest Parrott
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Calif
Claremore
George A. Davis
Oklahoma Legion
Jim Hatcher
American Legion
Chickasha
E. W. Marland
Ponca City
Stephen Holloway
Norman
Press B. Lawrance
Zack Miller
161 Ranch
Marland
John Doolin
Alva
John R. Williams
Frank Phillips
aBrtlesville
Newts
Graham
Tulsa
Wright Bomford
Miami
Walter Harrison
Gordon W. Lillie
Pawnee
John Craig
Idabel
Carl C. Magee
E. P. Jones
Okmulgee
N. G. Henthorne
Joe McGraw
Robert Kidd
Poteau
Robert Story
Durant
C. D. Holden
Hugo
W. E. Grisso
Seminole
Harold Turner
Bart Aldridge
Wewoka
Victor Barnett
Harry H. Diamond
Holdenville
Alfred Stephenson
Hugh Harrell
George van Noy
Charles E. Dierker
Shawnee
Hilton Phillips
P. A. Norris
Ada
Murrell Matthews
W. Dee Little
Dale Beaver
Fairfax
R. H. Sultan
Walters
Tom Wade
Marlow
Edwin M. Hill
Muskogee
W. E. Ansley
Harry Weddington
H. I. Aston
McAlester
Charley Stewart
Haworth
W. J. Old
Bascom Coker
Pat Evans
R. C. Miller
Hutton Bellah
Altus
Harry Wimberley
Fowler W. Border
Mangum
John Nelson
Elmer Jessee
J. M. Rule
Hobart
James R. Tolbert
Jim Armfield
Cordell
Sam Massingale
S. E. Hocker
Elk City
Raymond Rields
Guthrie
Gordon Bierer
Alva McDonald
el Reno
A. B. Warner
Tom Pace
Purcell
Robert Loofbourrow
Buffalo
O. J. Glemming
Erid
cGorge E. Davidson
Yage
E. D. Falkenberg
Medford
W. E. Hightower
Old Man Sol Hosts Notable Warm Day Party
At 2 PM the mercury hit 100 degrees marking a third warm spell this season for Ada residents. Yesterday's high was 95 as plebes endure hot conditions. Two prohibition agents were reported lost in the desert with only goat’s milk for sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol
Old Man Sold
Young Democrats Plan Large Rally August 31 at Medicine Park
The Sixth Congressional District League of Young Democrats schedules its tenth annual fall meeting at Medicine Park on August 31 with expectations of a record crowd. Speakers include Governor Holloway, U S Senator Elmer Thomas, and other Oklahoma leaders. the event aims to unite statewide Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
State League of Young Democrats
Sixth
League of Young Democrats
Medicine Park
Oklahoma
U. S
Elmer Thomas
J. Bart Aldridge
State League
W. J. Holloway
Floyd Skaggs Pleads Guilty in Bank Robbery Case
Russell Kansas July 30 Floyd Skaggs 24 pleaded guilty in a bank robbery trial. He was sentenced by Judge J C Rupenthal to 19 to 50 years in the state prison at Lansing for the Bunker Hill bank robbery on July 3.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Heap
Joe Bryan
Los Angeles
Mrs. Bryan
Organization
Farm Board
Kellogg
Kelloge
Briand
Naval
Champlain
Block
London International
Russia
Mongolia
Nanking
Siberia
Manchurian
Shutts
Phillips Petroleum Company
Miss Monterey
O’neill
Loway
M. O. Matthews
W. D. Little
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