George Bizzell Visits Oklahoma City Visitor
George Bizzell of this city were visitors in Oklahoma City Tuesday.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
4
George Bizzell of this city were visitors in Oklahoma City Tuesday.
A dated reflection weighs on the Spanish civil war as a potential spark for a broader European conflict. The piece discusses dictatorships in Germany Italy and Russia versus democratic England France and the United States, plus the risk of war spreading and American entry being deterred by events. It also covers labor age debates and a parable on Joseph highlighting providence and leadership through adversity.
A Tennessee statesman introduces a bill alleging bacon is sliced so thin it becomes invisible on a plate and fades from substance. The piece contrasts this with calls for restraint as global powers like Hitler and Mussolini escalate conflicts in Spain, while local notices report community moves, visits, and a series of personal events in Ada and surrounding areas.
Dean Cummins of New York City visits his mother Mrs. C. A. Cummins at 401 East Twelfth. Mr. and Mrs. W. Roy Holleman of McAlester are guests in the Cummins home. G. W. Thomas of Wichita arrives to join Mrs. Thomas and their son Charles Ross visiting Mrs. Thomas' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cottingham.
Miss Sara Hale, a Oklahoma City public school teacher, arrived Monday to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hale, at 119 North Hope. Mrs. R. O. Sumter and daughter Cleo left Sunday for San Angelo Texas to visit relatives and friends for a few days.
Miss Frances Bayless a Shawnee public school teacher arrives to spend the summer in Ada. Miss Jane Rutledge who studied at Denton Texas State College for Women comes to spend the season with her parents Dr. and Mrs J A Rutledge.
Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson and Mrs Emmett Johnson visited in Siloam Springs Arkansas over the weekend. They accompanied Emmett Howell Johnson to enroll in John Brown College there.
Miss Mary Ruth Ingram of Henryetta arrives to attend the summer term at East Central college. She will reside with her sister Mrs. Joe Swann and Mr. Swann during the session.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jones hosted relatives over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. H A Jones and Dr. and Mrs. Frank Bates of Coalgate, Dr. and Mrs. H L Allen of Okemah, and Ben Ware Jones with son Philip Wesley from Las Vegas NM visiting at 930 East Tenth Street. Mrs. Haskell Burnett of Stratford shopped in town Monday. Mrs. Z K McKay and daughter returned Monday from a Dallas visit last week.
Mrs Irene Carpenter and her son Lee return to Montrose Colorado from a visit to relatives Mrs Albert Chamberlain and Mr Chamberlain and Mr and Mrs J A Criswell. She is accompanied by Miss Mildred Criswell who will visit Montrose and Trinidad Colorado for several weeks.
Miss Dorothy Huddle arrives for summer visit with Genoa area family. Melvin Johnson of Ada route 5 has tonsil surgery. J A Robinett of Roff conducted business and visited friends. Mrs Douglas Phillips and Mrs Carlyle Phillips of Roff are mentioned in the same column.
London reports Britain weighing a plan to use an international fleet to counter Spain amid the Italian withdrawal from the non intervention patrol. Eden supports quick action to reunite Italy and Germany with the non intervention system as battleships reinforce off Spain.
Colorado Springs report from the American Petroleum Institute mid year meeting notes winter as a challenge for marketers producers refiners and transporters. Salt water corrosion and disrupted supply chains worry producers while refineries approximate higher output as fuel distillates boost heating demand. A forecast targets record gasoline consumption of 22 billion gallons this year.
Men in the oil industry discuss corrosion as a common hazard. Refiners dread it for damaging chemical formulas in refineries while transporters worry about holes forming in pipelines. Workers admit that long tenure in the business guarantees plenty of such trouble.
Tulsa reports focus on President Roosevelt's congress message calling the community property law unjust. Tulsa and Oklahoma City chambers of commerce discuss preventing wealth flight, noting Texas no state income tax and its community property law. Rhodes cites tax differences: a $100,000 earner pays $18,626 federal tax under community property vs $32,525 without it.
Three appraisers set a value of 77425 on 600 acres adjacent to the Pauls Valley training school for boys. Governor Marland requested the appraisal, and state officials note the land could bolster agricultural use, school revenue, potential oil, and water supply. L. M. Nichols praised the area as the best buy for the price. J. A. Kinnebrew is mentioned in the report.
City owner states the state’s hold and lack of decision prompted him to pull the land from sale. He says they sought the land but he will not seek a sale at this time.
Two negro convicts were killed and four others recaptured after a mass break from the Darrington farm in Brazoria county. Prison guards fired on the escapees as they fled dormitory feigning illness. James Alfred Martin remained at large while Allen Showers and others were recaptured.
Among 459 graduates at Oklahoma A and M college Tuesday Ada resident Katherine Adams earned a Bachelor of Arts in literature and was part of the Peppers coed pep group. Henry Casper Duffer earned a Master of Arts in English with a thesis on Eloisa to Abelard and teaches at East Central State Teachers College.
Oklahoma City June 2 Assistant County Attorney B C Logsdon was told by the county board to file an injunction in district court to block enforcement of the new law that distributes tag license fees by mileage not population. Counties may gain or lose revenue under the revised method.
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