A Mighty Pestilence and Road Safety Reflections
A columnist warns of a sweeping pestilence across Ada and nearby counties and argues for government action. The piece then critiques automobile deaths, urges stricter drunk driving penalties, and calls for a national safety campaign. It alsoSAL highlights Trotsky’s exile situation, Owen D Young’s philanthropy, and the need for two bridge projects over the Canadian River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Stonewall
Roff
Francis
Allen, Sulphur
Coalgate
Pauls Valley
Stratford
Pontotoc
Coal
Johnston
Garvin
Murray
Washington
Canadian River
Allen
Seminole
Hughes Counties
Bank Mergers Signal Shifts in Finance and Chain Banking
A historical discussion notes rising bank mergers in Chicago and New York and the spread of chain banking. It compares department banks and multi‑department structures to large stores, suggesting legal changes may expand chain banking. The author believes industrial, commercial and financial circles will strengthen amid evolving laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen D. Young
New York
Mr. Young
Chicago
Department Bank
California
North Carolina
Lindbergh Marries Anne Morrow Bright Young Ace's New Chapter
The Washington press notes Lindbergh wed Anne Morrow Monday and jokes about domestic spats at breakfast. It cites public graft, court conduct, and state toll-bridge ownership as issues of the era, while praising steps toward farm relief and legal reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
McAlester News-Capital
Anne
Lindy
Labor cabinet in full command of British affairs
London June 8. The Ramsey MacDonald labor cabinet took office today with King George welcoming them at Windsor Castle. Ministers sworn in at a privy council ceremony, and the government prepared its throne speech ahead of a July session start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ramsey MacDonald
Windsor Castle
George
MacDonald
Laborite
Privy Council
Lord Parmoor
John Sankey
England
Mr. MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Ada Scouts Plan Pensacola Trip With 75 Riders
M O Matthews and John Fleet led a drive to sponsor 75 Ada Boy Scouts for a Pensacola trip on July 8. Dozens of sponsors from banks, companies, churches, and clubs pledge support, with two Pullmans needed and local products to be advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Matthews
Boy Scout Council
John Fleet
Ada
Pensacola
W. E. Harvey
Ford Service
Forest Simpson
Oo. E. Parker
Paul Jackson
Frank McMillan
J. C. Emmerson
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Stanley McSwain
B.A. LaSelle
Paul Bucey
Frank Meaders
Herman Loliar
Haynes Hardware
J. C. Horton
W. O. Duffie
Connor Logsdon
Coffman Hdwes
Kendith White
Hazel-Atlas Glass Co
Freethias Rice
Frank Fleet
Clifford Rains
T. B. Blake
Walter Wray
Frank Hughes
W. B. Osborne
Harry FE. Morris, Jr
Rank Fleet
Homer Peay
Oklahoma State Bank
S. B. McSwain
Claude Logsdon
Bille Rogers
Harrel and Kerr
Charles Robert Goddard
R. W. Simpson
Joe Smith
John
Gene Harris
Security State Bank
E. C
Fred Orr
Lankford Shaw
John Dodson
Ada Lions Club
Harry Ellis
Lawrence
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Jack Beringer
Carl Robinson
Ollie Smith
Virgil Strader
Glen Price
Byng School
Jack Johnson
Albert Boone
Elmer Cochrane
Norman Howard Post
Blue Lodge Masons of Francis
Francis Methodist Church
Parent- Teachers Association of Francis
Blue Lodge Masons of Ross
L. A. Davis
O. L. Bynum
Royal Arch Masons
Boyd Givens
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Max Crain
Order of the Eastern Star
Lowell Hudson
Stonewall Baptist Church
The
Methodist Church
Blue Lodge of Masons
Stonewall
East Central College
W. A. Delaney
Allen
Little Rosedale School
Fitzhugh
Harry Miller
Law enforcement group moves to larger quarters
The national commission on law and enforcement, chaired by George W. Wickersham, moves from a single room in the justice department to a nine room suite near the department. It plans exhaustive data study and conferences with government officials as it investigates crime causes, narcotics, murders, robberies, and organized crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
National Commission On Law and Enforcement
Department of Justice
George W. Wickersham
Taft
William 8. Kenyon
Iowa
Paul J. McCormick
California
Mitchell
Commission
Elected leaders named at Oklahoma Press Association meeting
R M Martineau chosen as president of the Oklahoma Press Association at Guthrie with N A Nichols as secretary and Woodward selected as 1936 convention city. Gov Holloway spoke on farm relief and highways backed by a bond issue to fund road improvements without new ad valorem taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde E. Muehmore
Ponca City
Martineau
Nichols
James Biggerstaff
Wagoner
Association
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Guthrie Chamber of Commerce
Congress
L. H. Wentz
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Holloway
Oklahoma
The
Press Association
Highway Commission
Commission
Manslaughter Case Started in Court
Darktown moved into the district court room this morning for the trial of John Grant a negro charged with manslaughter in the death of Buster Grayson another negro in the negro section on March 8. Denver Davison prominent attorney was on the bench today as a special jurist in Judge Orel Bushy's absence. Grant is alleged to have shot Grayson after a quarrel in Tom Ferguson's restaurant. Three shots were fired and Grayson died soon after. A jury was obtained shortly before noon and testimony began after a 1:30 recess. The case drew wide interest in the negro section with few white spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darktown
John Grant
Buster Grayson
Denver Davison
Orel Bushy
Oklahoma City
Grant
Grayson
Tom Ferguson
Germany profits in signing pact for reparations
Paris report on reparations suggests reducing annual gold mark annuities for Germany and extending payments over 52 years. It envisions commercializing reparations, shifting from politics to business, and allocating main unconditional annuities to France with U.S. cost adjustments and creditor participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Reparations Commission
International Bank
Germany
France
United States
Rhineland
Proposed Highway Bonds and Gas Tax Dilemma
An editorial urges action on a $150,000,000 highway bond bill. It argues either voter bonds or gasoline tax increases to fund state roads, warns of delay, and calls for building roads now while favoring the cheaper, faster solution that gets results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Polonius
Cloud burst kills four in Wibaux Montana
A cloud burst tore through Wibaux Montana Thursday night leaving four dead and several missing. About 500 people were left homeless and damage was estimated at 500000 dollars as a 15 foot wall of water swept the town center.
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Wibaux
Mont
Oklahoma City Boy Drowns in Canadian River
June 8 Oklahoma City still river tragedy as 14-year-old Paul Kittrell, son of Mr and Mrs M Arthur Kittrell, drowns while swimming in the North Canadian river after abandoning fishing gear. Companion Glenford Nelson, 12, witnessed the struggle and could not save him before the body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Paul Kittrell
M. Arthur Kittrell
Glenford Nelson
Kittrell
Navy pilot sets new world seaplane altitude record
Washington June 7 The National Aeronautic Association announced that Lieutenant Apollo Soueck of the navy established a new world seaplane altitude record after a barograph check by the Bureau of Standards. He surpassed the prior 37,995 foot mark set two years earlier by Lieutenant C. S. Champion in the Wright Apache, by 560 feet.
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Washington
Apollo Soueck
the Navy
National Aeronautic Association
Bureau of Standards
Soueck
Lieut. C. S. Champion
Navy
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ADA Weekly News
Wm. Dee Little
Byron Norrell
News Publishing and Printing Co
Okla
Leon Trotsky
Kerensky
Turkey
Trotsky
Owen
Dawes
Europe
Benjamin Franklin
Ben
State Senate
Supreme Court
Ada Boys
Paul and
Lloyd
Pittsburgh
LABOR
Ramsay MacDonald
King George
of the American Legion
Austin Chandler
Jos. G. Breco
L. E. Smith
Rosedale School
Walter Lovelady
Pleasant Hill
J. C. Campbell
Owl Creek
Blue Lodge Masons
Floy Sanders
Pecan Grove
Ladies Missionary Society of the
First Methodist Church
Womans Business and Professional Club
Mike Lovelady
Ahloso
Kiwanis Club of
Elwyn Olds
Center
Frances Wintersmith
Eugene Scroggins
Clifford Miller
Clifton Toby
Conway
Elks Lodge
Qrel_ Griffith
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