Ada Presses for Growth and Civic Unity in Hard Times
The Ada community, driven by chamber of commerce efforts, seeks opportunity from oil finds and rail improvements to outrun regional rivals. Editorial reflects on citizenship, federal issues, and the need for collective action to sustain prosperity amid postwar challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Teachers College
Industrial Addition
Oklahoma
Lawton
Ardmore
McAlester
Coal County
Faith Tested Gentile Faith Heals Daughter in Tyre
Jesus travels to Tyre with his disciples to teach and to shield the Galilean church from Herod. A Phoenician mother asks for her demon tormented daughter and his followers question Gentile mercy. The woman’s faith persuades Jesus to grant the healing, proving the gospel’s universal reach and teaching the disciples a broader mission beyond Israel. A Portera-News note and Pontotoc oil data follow in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jerusalem
Jesus
Tyre
Phoenicia
Sea of Galilee
Galilee
Herod
Mark
Matthew
David
Abraham
Israel
Behind the Scenes of Government Surveillance in 1934 Highlighted
The article explores wire tapping and covert listening in federal offices, detailing devices that record calls and trigger desk drawers to reveal conversations. It notes Soviet officials and American officials using secret compartments and art to influence or observe, with references to the RFC and figures like Boris Skvinsky and Harry Payer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moris Bar
Uncle Sam
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Boris Skvirsky
Bogdanov
Amtorg
Harry Payer
RFC
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Payer
Pickwick
Bogert
Venice
Pawer
NEA Service, Inc
Oghoolmase Meeting Highlights County Teachers Event
Pontotoc county Schoolmasters club met Tuesday at Allen with largest attendance since 1935. Plans for April 10 at Francis and a May finale were discussed. Visiting teachers toured open classrooms. Clay Kerr was absent. Pauls Valley's F A Ramsey spoke on the Oklahoma Education Association program. County officials and boards attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Allen
Francis
Clay Kerr
F. A. Ramsey
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma Education Association
Cementing firm described as local concern near site
The report notes a cementing company, identified as a local concern, located about four and a half miles to the south. Further details are sparse in the readable text.
Oklahoma 1919 Act Violations Cases Reach El Reno Court
A list of defendants from multiple counties including Hughes Pontotoc and Seminole faces sentences or continuations under the act of 1919 and revenue laws. Pleas of guilty and mistrials mark proceedings with several defendants moved to McAlester for sentencing and others awaiting trials or probation. Notable entries include penalties for counterfeiting and prohibition related warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Uncle Sam
el Reno
John Scott
Hughes County
Wess Nail
Pontotoc County
Henry Tidwell
Jerry Jobe
J. D. Abott
Coal County
Abbot
Tidwell
Jobe
Hubert Morris
Ellis Jones
MecAlester
John Lewis
Walter Bonham
Fred Jones
McAlester
Orin Beane
Steve Bonner
Johnston County
Ray Hulsey
E. L. Linger
C. E. Wilson
Seminole County
Linker
Wilson
Pauls Valley
Gene Lankford
Charley Edwards
Bill Camp
Abe Kinsey
LeFlore
Sidney L. Ellis
Okmulgee
Bob Jackson
Jim Gaylor
Revenue Laws
Theodore Barnett
Mariietta Combs
Buster Foster
Love County
National Prohibition
Charley Gaylor
Tom Gaylor
Clifford County
Internal Revenue
Insull Ordered to Leave Greece Tomorrow
Samuel Insull Jr., the Chicago fugitive, will be escorted by police to the Greek frontier tomorrow after refusing to accept an American consular travel document. Greece says he must depart by midnight Thursday or face deportation, imprisonment, or hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mar
Samuel Insull Jr
Chicago
Greece
Samuel Insull
Legation
Foreign Office
Insull
United States
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ADA Weekly News
Wm. Dee Little
Byron Norrell
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
Okla
Andy Mellon
the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Senator Couzens
Henry Ford
Couzens
Ford Company
Treasury
Mellon
Army
War Department
Grover Bergdoll
Germany
Bergdoll
America
Britain
New World
Canada
Collier
Texas
Orient Railroad
Pottawatomie County
Asher
Rock Island
Fitts
Santa Fe
Frisco
Stonewall
Roosevelt
Congress
Arabian Desert
Sheba
Solomon
Arabia
Washington
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Oghoolmase
John Boucke
Mehrel
W. M
Bill) Pegg
A. A. Caldwell
W. Hardy Mundy
L. A. Henry
Dcre
Bill Bevers
Ray Stegall
Norman
Mitchell
Marximos
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