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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
2
Ada marks completion of its city hall debt with a final payment of 5000 dollars and remaining interest coupons. The building, once a dream of growth, now serves as the voting site and offices for city departments though it bears wear from years of service.
County officers investigated a grisly find southeast of the city where a human arm, likely dead for over a month, appeared in a farmyard and was possibly dragged from a shallow grave by a dog. They pursued several theories but offered no clear explanation as clues remained scarce.
Ed Davis identified by fingerprints, linked to a Kansas City slaying, held in Los Angeles. He denied involvement in June 17 officer slaying but admitted killing a police chief in Duncan Oklahoma. He was among 11 escapees from the 1933 memorial day prison break and was wounded in a police pursuit.
General Hugh S Johnson seeks immediate reemployment of at least a million more men in private industry to overhaul the NRA. A survey shows 39 percent of 600 code industries can work shorter weeks with pay, proposing a ten percent hour cut offset by a ten percent wage increase and exemptions for weak sectors. Separate note on Ponotoc county hiring plan for twelve half time teachers in Ada Jeff Stonewall Francis Allen districts with strict deadlines.
In Sapulpa veteran Beryl M. McHam fails to obtain an honorable discharge after President Roosevelt vetoes a bill granting him a full pardon. Lawmakers had approved a bill to restore benefits of an honorable discharge following years of American Legion lobbying, but the veto halted the action. McHam, a Sapulpa baker's assistant, remains listed as deserted in War Department records.
Drilling equipment flows into the Ada area from Texas as new sites and tests lure investors. Emanuel Mayer No. 1 and Westheimer Daube tests promise horizon discoveries. others like Blackstock and Mayer plan early spuds. Clarence Red Phillips, East Central athlete now with Beaumont, returns to Oklahoma for spring training.
Primo Carnera defeated Tommy Loughran in 15 rounds to retain the world heavyweight championship by unanimous decision in Miami. Carnera used his superior weight and power to overpower his challenger, with two more defenses planned against Max Baer.
County attorney Truman Harrison says Judge Davenport informed him the state appeals court will delay action on John Brown’s habeas corpus until the proper notice is served and the case proceeds through the usual channels. Brown is jailed without bail along with two co-defendants for the slaying of Silas Nelson near Oakman.
The Rev. T. R. Reid, once a territorial House speaker and receiver of the U S land office, now leads the First Presbyterian church in Shawneetown Illinois. A former El Reno lawyer and longtime Illinois legislator, he helped oversee half a million acres opened to homesteaders and managed government funds before returning to Shawneetown in 1922.
The Oil and Gas Journal reports that national U S daily crude output slipped by 38 885 barrels to 2 252 795 for the week ending March 3 as Oklahoma and California fell. Texas rose from 991 545 to 1 002 855 barrels daily while Kansas and Rocky Mountain areas posted gains and Eastern output held around 123 000 barrels.
Preliminary hearing for Grover McCullar and Dan Houtchens recharged with larceny of domestic fowls was held before Justice S. W. Hill. After testimony Hill bound them over to district court and set bonds at $1,000 each.
The Boston Transcript editorial explores a 144 year span from 1789 to 1933 as a pair of 72 year periods. It names George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as leaders at cycle boundaries and notes the 1933 start of a new 72 year period amid national emergency calls.
Samuel Insull sr. remains in Greece as authorities schedule a medical exam at 12 noon on Thursday after issuing an expulsion order. His lawyers and physicians argue illness prevents travel to the United States where he faces embezzlement and grand larceny charges. The case includes a clemency appeal filed with the foreign office through his lawyer P Rhailis.
W H Foster of Seminole told Ada police he was forced to drive to a rural area southeast of Ada by two abductors who robbed him of his car money and pistol and left him tied to an abandoned Santa Fe track near the airport. Foster freed himself and reported the incident. Officers found his car at Tenth and Renie at 2 15 this morning and seek the two suspects.
A wartime style health ad warns that temporary relief hides the underlying condition. It urges addressing the cause of periodic pains from weakness and recommends Cardus to build up strength, noting wide female use and drugstore availability.
The Associated Press reports four people died in Oklahoma from a gas and fire sequence. Norman Hall 25 and his wife Jeanette 23 died from carbon monoxide fumes at their Broken Arrow home during a postponed honeymoon. Henry Heise 26 died in a house fire near Cherokee after kerosene sparked an explosion. Dave Walker was fatally burned and Sam Blanck helped Walker to a Cherokee hospital before treatment was found.
The Inter-State Medical Clinic in Ada Oklahoma offers a free thorough physical examination including blood pressure urinalysis blood tests and microscopic checks until March 15th. The offer targets people avoiding care due to cost and promotes their paid Wasserman Blood Tests at $2.00.
Dr John D Finlayson chancellor of the University of Tulsa and former Fairmount College president was elected president of Beacon Life Insurance Co of Tulsa to succeed Dr S Derell Hawley who becomes chairman of the board He will resign his university post immediately.
Charles J. Jenkins Jr., rushed by plane from Neosho Missouri with lobar pneumonia, died ten days after admission despite oxygen tent and a blood transfusion performed yesterday by the mother.
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