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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
1
A column recalls Roscoe Turner preparing for a dramatic stunt involving a large airplane carrying passengers and an emergency parachute. It weighs public reaction and mentions other current Washington shifts including S. Clay Williams leaving the NRA, and the passing of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Oklahoma City March 6 The senate in committee of the whole slashed the gross production tax rate from 8 to 4 per cent in a 30 to 11 vote. Six amendments were debated before adjournment as the body moved to continue work tomorrow. The house had already passed bonds to retire warrants and aimed to refund 21 million indebtedness. The bill now goes to the senate and the house signaled it will not accept a 4 per cent rate. Budget issues and old age pensions also await action tomorrow.
A dazzling white blanket covered the mountains and plains of Montana Wyoming and Colorado after three days of storms that brought moisture to most of the Rocky Mountain region. Montana reported clearing in the central and southern sections as the system moved on.
Classified notice highlights favorable investment returns and value for money. Features bold claims of solid performance and informed choices for readers seeking economical options. Includes brief pointers to opportunities and cautionary notes on risk.
Oklahoma City reports the 3 cent per package cigarette tax becomes effective tonight. H L McCracken, tax commission chairman, said over 300000 stamps have already been sold. Officials noted no suit was filed against the old law and clarified the March 7 date issue.
Oklahoma City March 6. Governor Marland pushes renewal of flood control measures while House bars the $1,000,000 appropriation, proposing $200,000 and sending the bill back to committees. House leaders warn Marland over Tulsa ex-congressman E. B. Howard as a condition to pass the bill. Senate taxes and school financing also loom, with debates on cigarette tax, gross production tax, and a school financing bill tied to sales tax revenues. The tax bill trims personal exemptions from 1 000 to 500 per person and 2 000 to 1 000 for married couples.
Died at 2:15 am in his Washington home a few days before his 94th birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes renowned jurist longtime liberal figure. Funeral planned at Arlington with military honors and honorary pallbearers including Chief Justice Hughes as nation mourns his death.
County Judge John Boyce McKeel and County Attorney W. Virgil Stanfield led a sweeping clean up of older files. Of nearly fourteen hundred dispositions, 120 set for trial, 1034 dismissed, 18 passed, 35 alias warrants issued, 19 commitments ordered and 13 postponed to March 6 for disposition.
Miss Ruth Brannon explains the Federal Housing Administration home improvement program to Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce members. Major Hugh Askew says Ada is among ten district cities to host a housing program office with a woman field representative planned. A survey notes 250000 dollars in needed local repairs and improvements. Avery Moore will speak March 26, and Elizabeth Ann Willis and Catherine Curry provide violin solos.
The 18 year old son of Ben Tullis of Tupelo was rushed to University Hospital in Oklahoma City for serious head injuries after a fall from a truck driven by Mr Archer near Tupelo. He received emergency care at the Sugg clinic before transport.
Highway Commissioner J. M. Gentry of Enid and Labor Commissioner W. A. Murphy will attend a homecoming celebration in Pond Creek tomorrow. Gentry once lived in Pond Creek and Murphy previously worked there as a contractor. Guests are invited from all parts of northern Oklahoma.
Fall River reports Alyce Jane McHenry of Omaha Nebraska was operated on Monday for diaphragmatic hernia. Doctors at Truesdale hospital describe her condition as better with a temperature of 100.2, pulse 124, respiration 24. A bulletin signed by Dr. George C. King notes improvement.
United States district court opened at 9 a m on Monday in Ada but was adjourned until 9 a m next Monday March 11 Deputy U S Marshal Allen Stanfield declared the court open and recessed the tribunal for one week Judge Robert L Williams will arrive in Ada for the next session A shorter docket is set likely due to many guilty pleas at arraignment on internal revenue cases Postmaster James W Lewis said offices required by the court are prepared FERA offices are moved to City hall with City Attorney H F Mathis
Ada residents will vote on a bond issue to build a 5 million gallon reservoir doubling current capacity. City engineer George Toler plans specifications in about two weeks for a special election after plans are approved. The project would boost Ada’s reserve water to 7.5 million gallons for 45 to 60 hours in emergencies.
E. W. Hart, a Holdenville car dealer, escaped a blazing vehicle when his car overturned on the Wetumka highway and tore through a windshield. He crawled free as flames erupted, avoiding serious injury.
In Berlin on February 28, 470 high officers from the old Imperial army and Reichswehr gathered to honor General Kurt von Schleicher, former chancellor, and his aide General Ferdinand von Bredow, both killed in Hitler's purge. The pair had been denounced by Reichsfuehrer Hitler as traitors in a July speech.
Cathal Hackworth, 23, of Commerce Oklahoma, was held in Miami Oklahoma on burglary charges. Sheriff John Thompson of Pocahontas Arkansas said Hackworth is wanted for a store burglary at Portia and for a shooting affray with officers at Koshonong Missouri.
Senator George after a talk with President Roosevelt predicted a major revision of NRA including elimination of compulsory codes except for key interstate industries. He questioned whether a separate agency would continue or if duties move to the Federal Trade Commission.
Heads of all state institutions were invited to open hearings on the Institutional Appropriations Bill next Monday and Tuesday. Representative Singleton said the hearing may wrap in one day but could run up to two days. The bill requests 6,676,280 dollars for the next fiscal year and 6,529,315 dollars for the following year.
The Tulsa board of education won a court ruling allowing unencumbered surpluses to be appropriated for the district's needs rather than lowering the ad valorem levy. The suit, brought by Ralsa F Morley, urged higher county appropriations for Tulsa schools.
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