Ada grows as regional hub with regional and scholastic events
Ada stretches its role as a southeastern Oklahoma hub hosting the East Central district tournament Pontotoc county tournament regional O H S A A meet district A A U boxing tournament band festival and various conventions. Growth goals include 40 000 by 1940 while observers note dust storms in the panhandle and medical advances offering hopeful cures.
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Pontotoc
Oklahoma Field Trials Association
A.A.U
Southeastern Oklahoma
Christian Church
Pontotoc Armory Rising From Rock Hill Quarry
WPA workers in Pontotoc County are transforming a rock hill north of the city into a modern national guard armory. The two unit complex measures 125 feet deep by 200 feet long with 30 foot walls and a rifle range beneath the drill hall. Stone, known as bird’s eye limestone from a local quarry, is cut into blocks for the walls as crews train new masons to meet construction needs. Completion is expected this summer for Ada and Roff guard units.
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National Guard
Spring Gardens
Highway 48
John Fitts
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Armory
Adam
John H. Crum
Superin
Bio
Ada
Roff
Former Ada Resident Slain in Los Angeles
Johnson Bennett a 24 year old former Ada resident was robbed and murdered while driving home from work in Los Angeles California He worked as a mechanic at a Los Angeles garage and died four hours after being found unconscious in his car He had been slugged with a heavy instrument Funeral services will be held in Los Angeles with burial there N B Stall brother in law left for Los Angeles to investigate a possible murder plot Bennett boxed in Ada and was known for his powerful punch He had lived in California for three years and remained connected to Ada through family members still living there
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Johnson Bennett
Ada
Los Angeles
Calif
Bennett
N. B. Stall
California
More Good News For Fishermen
State Game Warden Jack Finks announced Traveline Creek near Sulphur would open to the public and then revised to allow fishing this afternoon Wednesday March 11. The department placed 2400 rainbow trout from the Neosho federal hatchery in the creek and requires only a regular state fishing license.
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Traveline Creek
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Finks
Pontotoc
Murray
Johnston
Travetine Creek
Workman Hurt as Culvert Caves In on WPA Project
A WPA crew on North Stockton Avenue faced a collapse when a concrete culvert gave way. Worker Pitt was knocked into a five foot ditch but escaped with minor bruises as fellow laborers freed him. The old unreinforced structure is being replaced with a 70 foot reinforced steel and concrete culvert.
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WPA
Pitt
Percy Armstrong
District Court Sets Date For Criminal Term
District Court posts a one week criminal docket starting Monday March 23 with District Judge Tal Crawford on the bench. Of 19 defendants in 18 trials, 15 are in county jail as the court aims to cut prison boarding costs. Cases include armed robbery burglary larceny and forgery with one death penalty sought. Other proceedings include a foreclosure case and a non jury docket continuation.
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Tal Crawford
Virgil Stanfield
Dr Grisso offers terracing prizes in Oklahoma district
Dr W E Grisso of the Oklahoma State Highway Commission offered 2000 in premiums to promote terracing across nine counties in the fourth congressional district. He will fund 200 for best terrace in each county and 200 for the county doing the best overall work, with criteria excluding works under 40 acres.
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Pure Genius lif Hickory Mosquito Tuner Sparks Lethal Screen
Monroe Allbright in Hickory invents a device said to tune in to the mosquito wing wavelength. The apparatus would signal a fan to pull the insect toward an electrified screen delivering a lethal touch, a theory yet to be tested at his door.
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Hickory
N. C
Monroe Allbright
Allbright
Three Men Held in Dyer Act Case in Durant Arrest
Os car Swain 25 Tommie Garner 26 and Manuel Bean 28 are held in federal jail on Dyer Act charges. The trio allegedly stole a car at Sherman Texas and brought it into Oklahoma. Deput y U S Marshal Gene Old arrested them in Durant and delivered them to federal custody.
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Oscar Swain
Tommie Garner
Manuel Bean
Sherman
Tex
Oklahoma
Durant
U. S
Gene Old
Muskogee Extortion Notes Alarm Local Residents
In Muskogee Oklahoma new extortion notes demanding 500 dollars appeared, threatening death to targets including the wife of a retail association official. Sue Ann Lambert a 17 year old student and others were among recipients as federal and local investigators probe the wave of threats. Previous cases include Arbra Simms and Howard Hopper convicted for attempting to extort 760 dollars from Dr. A W Everly.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma Baptist University At
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S. M. McManus
Lacey Grimes
U. S
A. W. Everly
Old Car Tags To Be Passe In Pontotoc County
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston, county tag agent, warns that all vehicles with out of state 1935 plates must display 1936 Oklahoma tags or be picked up immediately. A five cent per day penalty applies after March 31, with a $1.00 service fee plus mileage if cars are removed. Visitors licenses are available for temporary out-of-state motorists. All used or resold cars must have new tags and titles before April 1 to avoid penalties.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Elizabeth Johnston
Nichols Proposes Rogers Monument in Washington
ULP Representative Jack Nichols of Eufaula Oklahoma urged the house library committee to approve a 25000 dollar appropriation for a Will Rogers memorial statue in Washington. If law, he would seek 5000 dollars from the Will Rogers national memorial committee or private funds as a prize for the sculptor with the best design.
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ULP
Jack Nichols
Eufaula
Okla
House Library Committee
Will Rogers
Governor Marland and Lew Wentz in Ponca City debt suit
Oklahoma Governor Marland released a formal statement amid a suit filed by Lew Wentz against the Ponca City Development company and Marland. Wentz seeks foreclosure on a mortgage totaling about 106 666 with 10 percent interest, while Marland says a forced sale would still leave no deficiency judgment since the company has about 450 000 in assets.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
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Ponca City Development Company
Lew Wentz
Ponca City
L. K. Meek
Oklahoma students fingerprinted in state drive
Oklahoma grade and high school students were fingerprinted in a drive by the state crime bureau, Superintendent Charles Daley said. Entire classes at Sand Springs were printed, with the remainder to follow. bureau operatives also printed members at a Junior Chamber luncheon. Major General Hagood commented on WPA funds with a dish of boarding house chicken.
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Oklahoma
State Crime Bureau
Charles Daley
Sand Springs
Daley
Hagood
Elimination Of Dangerous Culverts Began
City street crews push completion of the East Tenth street grade crossing while a WPA culvert program expands across the city. Two major projects under Percy Armstrong include a North Stockton avenue culvert replacement with a 70 foot reinforced concrete span and a 20 foot extension at West Tenth street and Johnston avenue. A prior court case awarding damages highlighted culvert safety. Completion of the crossing and opening to traffic is expected within days as rails and roadbed are prepared. A 5 million gallon city water reservoir southeast of the city progresses toward July completion with an 18 foot high wall and a 240 by 240 foot basin.
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WPA
Percy Armstrong
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Gibson and Gibson Construction Company
Tax Debate Shrinks Corporate Levy Plans Amid Gag Order
Washington March 11 subcommittee on treasury data clamps a gag on disclosures as it weighs Roosevelts 792 million tax program. Leaders hint higher rates may be used in stockholder taxed dividends to meet 620 million revenue goal while banks and insurers seek reserve exemptions. London groups doubt France will quit the League.
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Italy plays waiting game in Locarno crisis
France threatens to withdraw from the League as Britain weighs firm action against Germany over the Rhine land remilitarization. Italy opts to wait for concessions, while Britain and France seek a balanced approach at London talks and a planned three-year military buildup is approved by the British Commons.
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Motive Sought in Attempted Assassination of City Marshal
In Seneca Missouri on March 11 City Marshal Pat Riley age 70 was shot in the right shoulder by an assailant in a speeding motor car. He had turned into his driveway when a second car stopped and a single shot was fired before the assailant fled.
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Seneca
Pat Riley
Riley
Highway 48 Group set meeting in Hominy March 27
The Highway 48 Association will meet in Hominy on Friday March 27 with a business session in the afternoon and a general pep meeting at 6 39. A strong delegation from towns along the highway is expected, as Hominy has pressed for a meeting for several years following a Drumright gathering last year.
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Highway 48 Association
Hominy
Allen G. Nichols
Drumright
Creek Indian Leader’s Grandson Dies in Henryetta
Ethan Allen Tiger, 32, of a prominent Creek family, died in Henryetta yesterday. He was the son of the late Rev. Johnson Tiger, a native Indian missionary, and the grandson of Mote Tiger, a former Creek chief.
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Henryetta
Ethan Allen Tiger
Tiger
Johnson Tiger
Mote Tiger
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