Congress Tariff Battle and Public Opinion Reflections
The piece surveys the tariff fight in Congress with focus on farm relief, potential Senate reversals, and party tactics. It comments on public response to rising costs, law enforcement scrutiny under Hoover, and the durability of popularity amid political maneuvering. It also notes an Oklahoma tribute to Gobbie and Ada building activity surpassing a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hoover
Senate
United States
Oklahoma highway plan and political commentary urged
The piece argues for building No. 19 from Paoli to Antlers and completing to Wilburton, to showcase southwestern farming, mines, oil fields, and rivers. It urges Ada to stock ponds, discusses British Liberal party politics, arithmetic education, oil tariffs, bachelors tax, railroad luck, town rivalry, and a state bond issue on roads with no ad valorem tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Paoli
Antlers
Wilburton
Oklahoma City
Ten Lives Lost As Texas Floods Batter Region
Ten people are dead in south and east Texas as Gulf coast floods spread. Drowned yesterday include a Houston messenger boy swept into a basement and a spectator who fell into flood waters. Fort Worth reports a drowning while Houston suffers levee breaks, Ike? flooding, and halted shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Trinity
Beaumont
Madison County
Bedias Creek
San Jacinto
Cold Spring
E. H. Dangerfield
Bayou
Houston City
San Jacinto River
Orange
South Texas State Fair Grounds
Orange County
Neches River
Orange-Port Arthur
Labour Leads in Britain as Election Returns Pile Up
London May 31 reports show the Labour party leading with 278 seats in the House of Commons and a 42 seat edge over the Conservatives with 47 seats still unreported. Lloyd George and Churchill victories bolster Liberal and Conservative lines as MacDonald wins Seaham in a Labour landslide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Party
Gladstone
House of Commons
Labor Party
Democrats
United States
Lloyd George
London
Labor
David Lloyd George
Carnarvon
Wales
Winston Churchill
Baldwin
Eppino
Essex
Churchill
G. & Sharp
Megan Lloyd George
Stanley Baldwin
Conservative
Bewdley
Worchestershire
Durham
England
Ramsay MacDonald
Seaham
MacDonald
Finnly-Whittingstall
H. Pollitt
Communist Party
Lions Club Supports State Road Bond Issue in Ada Oklahoma
The Ada Lions resolve in favor of a state bond for about one hundred million dollars to fund hard-surface arterial highways. The resolution calls for sending copies to the Governor, the State Highway Commission, Pontotoc county representatives, the Ada Evening News, and inclusion in club minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Oklahoma
Ada
State Highway Commission
Pontotoc County
Ada Evening News
J. F. McKeel
W. Harvey Faust
Congress Weighs Summer Recess as Farm Bill Advances
Hoover backs no recess until farm legislation passes and tariff questions are settled. Senate and House probe the farm bill with debenture and tariff issues, setting June 12 to September 9 recess and November votes on tariff and conference reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Conference Committee
Watson
Tilson
Senate Finance Committee
Oprah
Idaho
Jones
Washington
Chamber
Finance Committee
Borah
Department of Agriculture
Farm Bill Conference Committee
May Rain Records Hit Local Observers Note
May was among the wettest months on record with 9.55 inches of rain and 16 rainy days. The 12th and 18th each saw 2.15 inches. temperature peaked at 87 on the 15th and fell to 42 on the 2nd. </s>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. MacMillan
Ada Milling to Start Self-rising Flour Plant
Ada Milling company will install machinery to manufacture self-rising flour at its plant. Manager H Lundgaard said operation should begin within a week and will supply customers in Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma as well as Ada consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Milling Company
H. Lundgaard
Lundgaard
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Ada
Movement to pave alley on Twelfth street reported
A drive to pave No. 4 alley along back of Twelfth street has grown from a Legion beautification plan for the courthouse lawn. Nearby property owners favor paving and the county will donate land to widen the alley into a usable street.
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Twelfth Street
Legion
Court House
Sunday school unit begins at old Methodist site
No. 5 Lucas, chairman of the church board, announced Lee Cowan of Cowan Construction of Shawnee is in Ada to begin work on the Sunday school unit of the Methodist building. He expects steady progress and completion within about 100 days if weather allows, the unit rising on the former parsonage site that housed pastors for years.
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Christ
Devil
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THE
ADA Weekly News
Okla
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Earth
Guthrie
John Gobbie
State Association
Lew Wentz
Gobbie
America
Father of Waters
Isaac Waltonite
Teachers College
Columbia University
Senator Pine
Pine
Rock Island Railroad
Asher
Pearson
Britain
Winrer
LIONS
Milling Company
Willard
Rock Bottom
Pathfinder
Pedk SE
Sir
Goodyear
Ford
Chevrolet
Massey’s
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