This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 32 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
8
Health officials warned residents of Stonewall and Francis to boil all drinking water after tests showed contamination risk. Stonewall relies on a single well with additional water pumped from Boggy Creek while Francis draws from three river wells. both areas face potential typhoid and dysentery threats.
Harry Frasher, among 17 charged with riot in Pon otoc county last December, waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty in district court. Frasher, who also appears as Harry Frazier, was released on $1000 bond. Remaining defendants listed include N R Brooks O D Smart A J Slater B C Stephens O E Yarbrough Tom Kennedy Ross Updike W L Cain C H E Chaffin Don Frazee John Renfro Nid West Al Echols Raymond Walker Levy Mandril.
The Bebee oil field southwest extension near 35-5-4 in Porter, NE, reports a 2 40-barrel open-flow well not acidized yet while Viola lime production awaits acidizing Wednesday. Other wells include Norman-Flemming No 1 and Shemwell No 1 with pipe in place after drilling to 5,678 feet, and F. W. Cooper No 2-A McKinley staking in 23-2-7 with No 1-A McKinley shallow sand producer completed in 23-2-7.
Mrs Gladys Meredith Lewis aged 29 longtime resident of Rue passed away Monday night at her Bartlesville home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be announced by the family.
In Barcelona on June 18 a Yugoslav architect Alfonso Laurent Cik faced charges of building torture chambers for republican authorities. Prosecutors described rooms with bizarre painted patterns and devices that denied rest, with witnesses claiming torture and induced insanity of nationalist prisoners.
Improvement projects at Glenwood and Wintersmith Parks in Ada are slated to begin June 27 with WPA approval. Wintersmith Park will see 13109 in labor and Ada10687 in materials from the city. work includes park roads ponds benches and picnics. Glenwood plans call for a new swimming pool sidewalks croquet courts and general improvements.
Wednesday at 2 30 p m from First Methodist church Ada with burial in a local cemetery. Mrs Lewis daughter of the late Dr and Mrs 4 D Meredith of Ada. A sister Mrs H A Bynum lives in Los Angeles. Her husband Robert W Lewis formerly in business in Ada and later in Stonewall survives. He bought a drug store in Bartlesville last year. Mrs Lewis a graduate of Ada High School had been ill for some time. She was found unconscious in a gas filled room at her home and died an hour later.
Guthrie June 13 After tabulation of mail ballots from more than 300 chapters G W Bruce Gutm vie was reelected grand secretary for 35th consecutive time Leonard professor of mechanical engineering at Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater was elected grand master of the 1 0 O F Grand Lodge of Oklahoma Leonard succeeds Frank Manning Chickasha Manning named grand representative for one year A T Morgan Enid elected deputy grand master O R Black Oklahoma City named grand treasurer R O Wilson Ponca City voted two year term as grand representative L O Grim Elk City who headed the committee tabulating votes said vand wardens position undecided with ten nominees none receiving a majority will be filled by vote at the grand lodge meeting in watton next October.
In New York on June 13, three military prisoners escaped from Governor's Island after knocking out a sentry and seizing his .45 pistol. Two made for the water toward Brooklyn, one was recaptured. two guards pursued, rescuing another. Names identified include Robert M. Flint, Edward R. Knox, and Raymond H. Jackson.
ALEXANDRIA BAY N Y June 13 Jim Peck a veteran river man has moved on and off Jefferson county relief rolls several times. He was removed after bragging a 250 pound sturgeon from the St. Lawrence valued at 40 cents a pound. This winter he complained ice blocked fishing and left relief but now he fishes again catching sturgeon from 30 to 60 pounds each with market value over 300 dollars.
Oklahoma City June 13 Chairman W C Kite of the state colleges board of regents said no action would be taken on appointing a new president for Central State College at today's meeting Dr John Moseley resigns as head of the Edmond institution effective July 1 He will become dean of men at the University of Tennessee Candidates listed for the Edmond post include Dr John G Mitchell Seminole school superintendent H G Gospard president of the New Mexico Normal at Las Vegas Harry D Simmons Wewoka school superintendent and R R Robinson president of the University Preparatory School and Junior College at Tonkawa
Oklahoma City report notes PMA forecast of cheaper textbooks for most school children next fall as the state text book commission reopens bids after a rejected bid round. Ray Brunk says bids range four to fifteen percent below current prices, and broadening bids could yield further savings.
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Governor Phillips denouncing a campaign against illegal liquor traffic as a publicity stunt by Marvin Balch coal county attorney. Phillips vows to expand his force of investigators and will report county enforcement status. Balch claims investigators seized 4,000 pints in Coal county and urges action against derelict county officials. Lynn beauty shop jar theft ends contest after 2,200 pennies vanish. sponsors and police investigate.
Washington reports the U S government sought bids for a canine treadmill as part of fatigue experiments by the National Institute of Health. Only Indiana’s A R Young bid 1359 dollars, prompting questions about lack of competition and an absent dog treadmill authority.
Oklahoma City June 14 The state textbook commission will open bids only for 43 percent of books due to fears of lawsuits Governor Phillips announced the plan to avoid contests. The commission had considered bids on all books but will now proceed on the existing adoptions.
Fragments describe rain and hail sweeping across the region with strong winds. The report notes weather delays extending into the western sections and mentions Oklahoma as affected. Details are incomplete but indicate unsettled conditions and travel disruption across the area.
The Konawa district supervisors and staff met June 10 at 3 00 p m with the Texas state soil conservation committee in Konawa district office Local and state officers from Ardmore Stillwater and Texas discussed district organization administration and cooperation among agricultural agencies Recognized that soil conservation is a long term task requiring broad cooperation and steady effort from all parties involved
Uncut grain in Kay Grant and Noble counties at the eastern edge of the northwest Oklahoma wheat belt suffered damage. Rain measured at Blackwell 2.07 inches while Strong wind toppled buildings and poles. Eastern Grant saw hail with Tonkawa reporting nearly two inches of rain. Ponca City 1.31 inches in 90 minutes. Newkirk 1.28 inches. Deer Creek 1.5 inches. Lamont 0.2 and Medford Pond Creek Wau ki ta each recorded rainfall.
PRAGUE June 14 The Jewish community of Kladno will pay 80 percent of the $20 000 fine levied on the district by Baron Konstantin von Neurath reich protector for the slaying of a German policeman The remaining 20 percent will be collected from supporters of the Benes system Germans in the district and sympathizers will be exempted Kladno gradually returning to normal authorities say they have arrested a Czech woman likely a confidante of the slayer.
Gladys Suttle of Tulsa was elected president of the college age student council at the state Presbyterian youth conference. Dorothy Bearn of Muskogee was named vice president and Mabel Ruth Wisler of Ponca City secretary. Other members include Elaine Ball Shawnee Elizabeth Comfort Norman Betty Campbell Tulsa and several named male councilors.
Committee turns in recommendation on 1940 relief plans with a three man WPA board proposal and cuts to NYA funding. Farm Security budget approved. House relief fight signals changes in WPA rules, including targeted construction funds and personnel controls.
Gov. Phillips announced Robinson will become president of Central State College Edmond effective July 1 after Dr Mosey resigns. The Tonkawa board liaison said no candidate is in mind and speculation linked Mangum superintendent James Boren, brother of Rep. Lyle Boren, to the post.
Oklahoma City June 14 a successor to Roscoe R. Robinson as president of University Preparatory School at Tonkawa will be discussed Friday in Ponca City with other membersOfficials and attendees were not named in the available text
Former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes toured a wheat farm near Newton Kansas. He complained that a combine wastes grain by trampling it and leaving heads uncollected. Benes recalled hand reaping and thrashing in his youth and advocated salvaging every head of grain. He spoke during a tour.
A committee outlines shifts in relief policy with a plan for intergovernmental cooperation and stricter personnel rules. It limits fund transfers between agencies, directs receipts to the treasury, and bases employment on need while excluding those not certified by local bodies. It also trims federally sponsored projects and sets a wage schedule preserving overall average earnings.
The War Department urged Congress to fund a 3.3 million dollar trans Pacific seaplane harbor near Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. Major General Julian Schley said the facility would aid wartime operations and, though not justifiable by regular revenue, would yield indirect benefits from faster emergency service.
County Attorney Carloss Wadlington said he had photostatic copies made of 80 pages from the office Court Clerk Della Bedford book as early as April 22. He explained the action aimed to protect evidence in a forthcoming case and prevent any benefit from the book’s disappearance on May 13.
Three Slovak military planes reportedly landed near Warsaw at Serlin, a Polish center southeast of the capital. The aircraft were turned over to Polish authorities by their Slovak pilots, according to reliable reports dated June 12.
NEW YORK June 13 W J Eel a vice president of the Southern Railway drew ticket No 1 on the first passenger flight of Pan American Airways Clipper plane inaugurating service to Europe June 28 His application dated back to 1931 and was second only to Will Rogers the humorist who died in 1925. Since May 20 scheduled flights to Europe carried only mail.
The agriculture department invites proposals from manufacturers to sell 4,500,000 pounds of cheese and 12,000,000 pounds of evaporated milk to federal surplus programs. Bids due June 18 for milk and June 19 for cheese, in standard evaporated milk and U S No 4 quality cheese. Items will be distributed to state welfare agencies for needy families.
Federal agents seized the luggage of actress Marlene Dietrich aboard the French liner Normandie on orders from the internal revenue service for alleged non payment of 284000 dollars income tax for 1936 37. Dietrich said she believed she had paid taxes and noted she had not earned pictures in the year.
In Hiawatha Kansas jurist John W. Ryan overruled Criger’s bid for a new trial and sentenced him to 15 years in the state penitentiary for the fatal shooting of his wife Ida Mae Criger at Fortville on March 13, 2007.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.