Ada Jaycees Headed to Washington for National Convention
Early this morning four Ada men left by car to attend the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Washington June 19 through 24. They will stop at Memphis and Norfolk en route, hear speakers such as J Edgar Hoover and Phillip Reed, and may hear President Roosevelt. The Oklahoma delegates will confer with legislators, visit the World’s Fair Day in New York, and return via Buffalo Detroit and St Louis.
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Ada
Washington, D. C
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
J. Edgar Hoover
James Young
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Phillip Reed
General Electric Company
James S. Kemper
Roosevelt
Jaycees
Lyle H. Boren
Washington
Oklahoma
New York City
Chamber of Commerce
Buffalo
New York
Detroit
Michigan
Lake Erie
St. Louis
Louis Stanley
Homer Peay
Graham Kitchel
Guy Thrash
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
1916 Political echoes in 1940 preconvention scene
Willis Thornton notes the 1940 preconvention mood mirrors 1916 as Democrats near renomination and Republicans struggle. He sketches Hughes as a GOP compromise, Wilson’s acclamation, and tariff, neutrality, and Americanism as key clash points with a tight 276 to 225 electoral split and 9.12M to 8.55M popular vote.
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Wilson
Bryan
Lusitania
Old Guard
Elihu Root
Teddy” Roosevelt
Root
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Hughes
Tom Dewey
Chicago
Wendell Willkie
St. Louis
Jeremiah O’leary
Johnson
California
Chance Remarks Lead To Meeting
Patricia Drake and Billy Felix, long separated after adoption, met in Cushing Oklahoma after 13 years. Patricia, a student nurse, and Billy, 16, were raised apart by different families due to court secrecy about adopted children. A coincidence linked by O A Howard enabled the first reunion.
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Cushing
Okla
Patricia Drake
Billy Felix
Patricia
Billy
W. A. Drake
Paul Felix
Nash
Obituary of Martha Jane Ray 68 Ada resident
Martha Jane Ray of Ada died at home 528 West 14th Saturday night at 10 50 p m Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p m from Smith Funeral home chapel Dr C C Morris officiating interment Memorial Park Cemetery Surviving are husband G D Ray eight sons C C Ray Arthur Baxter Ray Ada E K H H and E J Ray Ponca City H F and W Ray Casa Grande Ariz three daughters Addie Maxberry Gladys Hendrix Ada Annie May Mann Konawa.
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Martha Jane Ray
West 14Th
Chapel of Smith Funeral Home
C. C. Morris
Memorial Park Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
G. D. Ray
Ada
C. C. Ray
Arthur and
Baxter Ray
E. K
H. H
E. J. Ray
Ponca City
H. F
W. Ray
Casa Grande
Ariz
Addie Maxberry
Gladys Hendrix
Annie May Mann
Konawa
Mrs Minerva Hicks 86 Dies At Home In Tishomingo
Mrs Minerva Hicks, 86, died at her Tishomingo home on June 15. Funeral at New Bethel Baptist Church Byng Saturday at 2 30 p m Rev C W Stringer officiating. Burial in New Bethel Cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge. Survived by four sons Will Hobbs Roff J E Hobbs Needles Calif M H Hobbs Tishomingo J W Hobbs Haggerman NM and two sisters Hattie Zinn Sara Beree of Fairfax.
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Minerva Hicks
Tishomingo
New Bethel Baptist Church
Byng
Rev
C. W. Stringer
New Bethel Cemetery
Criswell
Will Hobbs
Roff
J. E. Hobbs
Needles
Calif
M. H. Hobbs
Stutterers May Boast Wider Vocabulary Than Non Speakers
A study suggests people who stutter often develop a larger vocabulary than those without speech impediments, reflecting compensatory language skills and diverse word usage.
Dairy Industry In Oklahoma Huge And Growing
Oklahoma dairy industry valued at about 100 million dollars with growing production and rising per capita consumption. Extension dairyman John W Boehr notes shipments out of state and urges greater dairy use to improve health and nutrition nationwide during Dairy Month. Atoka celebration marks 25th anniversary of the Atoka Methodist church with a full day of services and a sunrise breakfast.
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Oklahoma
John W. Boehr
Extension Dairyman
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Boehr
Atoka
Atoka Methodist
J. C. Curry
First Methodist Church
Seminole
Charles C. Selecman
Oklahoma City
R. O. Dodwaine
Lucille Burris
U S Eases Delivery Of War Planes Across Border
Washington reports a new interpretation of the neutrality act allowing allies to buy planes in the United States and have them flown across the border into Canada. Legal title transfers automatically as the aircraft crosses the boundary, after payment at an American factory.
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Washington
United States
The
Treasury
State Department
Heavy Rain Delays Guard Plans For Sunday Drills
Heavy rain halted Battery C National Guard maneuvers scheduled for Sunday. Guardsmen diverted to the Ada armory drill hall and plan to resume field work likely on the first Sunday in July at Fort Sill with summer maneuvers in Louisiana.
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Battery C
National Guard
Ada Armory
Fort Sill
Louisiana
NYA Girls Project Suspended For Funds In Coalgate
The NYA project for girls was suspended June 11 due to lack of funds to pay salaries. It is expected to reopen in July with more youth workers. In five months the number of girls employed ranged from 35 to 65 and total salaries paid in Coal county totaled 3,333.72 dollars.
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Coalgate
NYA
Coal County
Local firms bid on Coalgate post office project
Three lowest bids among eight for the Coalgate United States post office contract were from J. J. Fritch Dallas Texas Busboom and Rauh Salina Kansas and J O Boyd Dallas Texas reports to Federal Works Administrator Reynolds commissioner of public buildings
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Coalgate
United States Post Office
Federal Works
W. F E. Reynolds
Public Buildings
J. J. Fritch
Dallas
Texas
Busboom and Rauh
Salina
Kansas
J. O. Boyd
Atoka Population Grows By One Third In Ten Years
A cen sus letter from McAlester shows Atoka’s 1940 population at 2 567 up from 1 855 a gain of 711. Strine town and Caney also rise from 558 to 720 and 274 to 360 respectively, with the county’s total increasing.
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Atoka
McAlester
Strinetown
Caney
Habit Of '69 Hobby In '40
Two Tishomingo women Mrs. Paul Hoggard and Miss Josie Mae Ross start weaving as a new enterprise named The Handcraft Shop. They weave rugs and decorative items up to 30 inches wide, using wool when available, and plan to buy a spinning wheel and larger loom to expand offerings. They are already part of the Maysville Guild which guarantees their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hoggard
Josie Mae Ross
Tishomingo
Miss Ross
Man Charged With Leaving Accident Scene Near Ada
State highway patrolmen filed a charge of leaving the scene of an accident after a collision Sunday afternoon near Ada. Cal Allison was named in the complaint before County Judge Hoyt Driskill. The complaint also cites a violation of the rules of the road by Allison.
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Ada
Cal Allison
Hoyt Driskill
Dudley Lester
Allison
W. L. Reed
Mattress Making Starts Soon In County
Mrs. Jessie Morgan reports 113 bales of cotton have been shipped by the federal surplus commodities corporation for the free mattress program. A total of 660 applications have been approved, entitling 66 bales of cotton for the project, with about 50 pounds per mattress. Making will begin when ticking arrives around month’s end. county women hold a two day camp at Sulphur June 20 and 21, then 4-H judging school at Tishomingo June 24–28. she will notify families afterward.
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Jessie Morgan
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Morgan
Sulphur
Tishomingo
Pitman Replies To Lindbergh Speech
Senator Pittman of Nevada denounces Col. Lindbergh for creating war fear and urges him to quit political advisors and volunteer as an aviation expert in the U S government. He accuses Lindbergh of aiming to halt American material sales to Britain and France and notes prior German trade openness drew no such protest.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Pittman
D.-Nev
Lindbergh
Roff squeaks by Tishomingo in 3-2 baseball thriller
Roff baseball team scored three runs in the third inning to beat Tishomingo 3-2 at Roff. Tishomingo led 1-0 in the first but failed to score after, while Erwin and Williams held Tishomingo to six hits. Roff had 10 hits off Jones, with Sulphur likely next for the Roff club.
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Roff
Tishomingo
Tish
Erwin and
Williams
Wheat crop gains daily in outlook
In Altus Oklahoma on June 17 reports say Jackson county farmers see improving wheat as drought and cold eased. Early threshings show quality above average and yields likely above expectations with Horace Jones farm near Blair at 27 bushels per acre and other farms around five and a half bushels.
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Altus
Okla
Jackson County
Horace Jones
Blair
Germany To Float First Big War Loan
Berlin reports in financial circles that Germany will issue its first public war loan. The bond issue bears 4 percent annual interest and will be sold at 90.75 to mature in ten years. Public units range from 500 to 500000 marks.
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Berlin
Germany
Greater returns or amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A classified item lists potential returns or vested amounts in an Ada News ad. The brief entry notes financial terms and possible investment yield, inviting readers to contact the listed advertiser for details.
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Ada News
Fireproof Cotton New Important Development
In Charlotte on June 15 local tests showed a pile of fluffy white cotton ignited only when an acetylene torch burned through a hole. The department of agriculture inspector called it fireproof cotton and praised its potential.
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Charlotte
N. C
Department of Agriculture
W. J. Heenan
Department
Somebody's Queen of Rodeo at Ada Firemen's Rodeo
Ada Roundup club and Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce plan a Rodeo Queen event in August. Nearby cities may send their contestants to be sponsored as rodeo queens. Roundup members and Jaycees meet Wednesday to finalize selection plans.
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Ada Roundup Club
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
AAA Reporters Check On Farms In Pontotoc County
Farm reporters for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are checking Pontotoc County farms to gauge AAA program compliance. Twenty seven reporters, chosen after schooling, inspect lands though rainfall hampers efforts. they assess depleting crops and report on landowners tenants and operators under the program.
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The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Pontotoc County
AAA
C. W. Herron
Liquor Sentences Set For Thursday in Fort Smith
Deputy Federal Court Clerk Truss Russell announced that more than 100 people who pleaded guilty or were convicted on liquor charges are to be sentenced in federal court next Thursday in Fort Smith Arkansas. An official list was not ready. More than 250 indicted by a federal grand jury in the Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas region face trial that week. Sheriff's John Baxter of Muskogee County Oklahoma and others stand charged in a liquor conspiracy case set for Thursday.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Balkans
Truss Russell
Arkansas-Oklahoma-Kansas
John Baxter
Muskogee County
Okla
Lunch Supervisor Attends School Cafeteria Managers Course
Lorena Anderson, county hot lunch supervisor, returned from a five day course at A and M College Stillwater. She announced canning units now operate in Pontotoc and Johnston counties and appealed for jar donations to stock school lunch canning.
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Lorena Anderson
A. and M. College
Stillwater
Oakman
Vaness
Laxton
Pontotoc County
Mill Creek
Connersville
Johnston County
Walter Corbin
Connerville
Miss Anderson
Gully Washer Tops Weekend Rainfall Here
Weather report by W. E. Pitt records a heavy weekend rainfall in Ada with Sunday morning showers noted. The observer’s figures confirm the extent of the downpour seen in the city.
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Ada
W. E. Pitt
Valley View Welcomes 500th Baby as Rain Lashes Oklahoma
Valley View hospital celebrated its 500th maternity ward birth when Craig Miller arrived by 2:43 PM Saturday. The report notes the ward’s near-constant occupancy since opening and ties the milestone to the hospital’s two year anniversary upcoming on July 27. Heavy rainfall followed, with Ada tallying the state’s heaviest rain along with several towns reporting inches of precipitation.
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Valley View Hospital
Craig Miller
Valley View
Bill Miller
East Fourteenth
Mother
Babe
Salvation Army Changes Command in Ada
Major Damon Nichols leaves Ada to head the Enid post. Captain Woodrow Pryor and Mrs. Pryor take over Ada Salvation Army duties, with Lucille Fancher staying as collector. Nichols notes budget will cover fall funds campaign and relief demands remain lighter as gardens ease winter relief load.
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Damon Nichols
Salvation Army
Enid
Woodrow Pryor
R. C. A. Makes its Own Will
Oklahoma City June 15 The Reserve Officers' Association voted to place its affairs in a board of trustees to govern during potential extended active duty while civilian status is dissolved. After the national emergency ends the affairs would be restored to national officers.
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Oklahoma City
Reserve Officers’ Association
Persistent Overparking Duo Cited In Salt Lake City
On June 15 in Salt Lake City Morris Guss was ticketed for overparking on South Main Street and escorted to police headquarters where staff found additional tickets. Brother Harry Guss, already holding a valid ticket with a 16 balance, arrived to explain. Morris previously settled 68 overparking tickets for $30 last March.
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Sal.t Lake
City
Morris Guss
South Main Street
Harry Guss
Morris
Combined Navies Barriers to Invasion
London June 15 Harold Nicolson the parliamentary secretary of information said any German interest in the Americas would be prevented first by the British navy and then by the American navy. He called Hitler's peace aims a peace of death for the allies and invaded countries and vowed the world’s honor and safety rest with them.
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London
Harold Nicolson
Ministry of Information
Americas
Adolf Hitler
Posse of Farmers Seeks Fake Federal Marshal
In PINE VALLEY Oklahoma on June 15 a posse of farmers aided by bloodhounds hunted a man who posed as a federal marshal and held Talihina farmer Buck White for eight hours. The fugitive fled into the Kiamichi mountains firing on pursuers after an encounter at White’s farm.
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Pine Valley
Okla
Kiamichi Mountains
S. D. Cotton
Buck White
White
Fort Smith
Ark
Jack Bishop
Berean Home for Children Near Ada Nears Opening
The Berean Home for Children six miles north of Ada is nearly ready with 65 applications. Rooms for 60 in dining, 80 beds total, a modern kitchen, baths, and water system, plus furniture and supplies needed. Donations of sheets towels pans and dishes welcome via Ed Holland Joe Hunsaker Roland C. King or drop offs at Holland Van Gilder Owl Drug Trinity Baptist or the home.
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Berean Home
Ada
Ed Holland
Joe Hunsaker
Roland C. King
Holland-Van Gilder
Owl Drug Store
Trinity Baptist Church
Virgil Davis Dies From Railroad Bridge Fall Injuries
Paris Texas June 15 Virgil Davis 33 Valiant Oklahoma died in a hospital today from injuries suffered last week in a 25 foot fall from a railroad bridge.
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Paris
Tex
Virgil :. Davis
Valiant
Okla
Benjie Epperson Improves After Sherman Hospital Operation
Benjie Epperson son of Mrs Ben H Epperson improved Saturday after a serious operation in a Sherman Texas hospital performed about a week earlier.
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Benjie Epperson
Ben H. Epperson
Sherman
Texas
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