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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
3
Arvard Hudson of Hudson's Big Country Store discussed growth methods and advertising impact at a Coalgate Kiwanis luncheon. He traced the 1886 start, growth to 600000 annual sales, 35 staff, 12 departments, and December crowds of 60000, stressing community benefit and civic involvement.
The American Association of University Women Ada group and Pontotoc County Red Cross start a nutrition class this evening at 1 15 at the Nursery School Eighth and Stockton. Mrs Glen W McDonald leads, covering budgeting market orders special diets menus and food costs. No charge. open to mothers and housewives. Announcement on weekly meeting hours to follow.
Alfred Josehick, 30, of Suratile Boro Vermont, faces murder charges after confessing to poisoning whisky used in the deaths of Edgard Smart 28 and Mrs Julia Wheaton 25 in Ashuelot Friday night. County official say he intended the poison to harm his estranged wife Lois Smart.
The first weekend of spring brings Ada residents outdoors as sunshine and mild temperatures lure many to enjoy the season. Friday night and Saturday rain refreshed fields and woods, with redbud and wild plum in bloom along the Ada to Tisheringo area creating vivid scenic charm.
Oklahoma County Grand Jury expected to indict Toger Cunningham 33 year old admitted slayer of his wife Buters. Morris will present confession and case details with Sheriff George Goff and others. Defense may plead insanity. Private funeral held for Mrs Cunningham at First Presbyterian church with burial in Rose Hill cemetery.
Sixteen Homer club members held a pleasant day with quilling in the morning and a March business session in the afternoon. Guests included J P Gyson Hom er Kuykendall and Mrs M Ragland with Mrs Webber joining as a new member. Attendees listed plus children Martha Sue Ellis, Raymond Ellis, Furman Collier, Jo Carolyn Rushing and Wanda Jean Weatherford.
Harvard sophomore Irving M. Clark of Seattle won the goldfish eating championship in Cambridge on March 27. He reportedly ate 24 live goldfish in about five minutes, using orange juice as a chaser. He claimed he could have eaten 50 if not for a bet from Frank Pope of Franklin and Marshall College.
An early morning blaze in Tulsa destroyed a lumber yard operated by Kanna Corp and a Consolidated cut stone company workshop. Estimated loss reaches 150000 dollars, with partial insurance coverage.
The Chauman Funeral Home in Tishomingo unveils new quarters designed for a community many times larger. The main floor features a 188-seat chapel with velvet drapes and a Hammond organ, while the lower floor houses a stock display room a preparation area and hearse. Open house drew hundreds as space efficiency marked the remodel influenced by founder’s family.
Ada school system instructors will travel to Tulsa for the regional meeting of the American Physical Education association. D. M. Wadley director of athletics Hugh Warren basketball coach and Miss Howett Alduidze physical education director for girls will attend. Several outstanding authorities will speak during the meeting with sessions Monday through Thursday.
Slovak communique from Bratislava reports quiet on the Hungarian Slovak front after minor fighting yesterday despite a truce. Official announcement says Hungarian forces failed last night in attempts to take three small villages. Reports in Budapest say fighting stopped Saturday.
A man, possibly a former Chanute resident, robbed the First National Bank of Chanute of 4840 in cash with dynamite hidden in his clothing. He forced Attorney Joe Balch to accompany him, threatened to blow up the bank, demanded 19,060 dollars, then fled by taxicab taking Balch hostage before releasing him four miles from the city.
Driver Andrew Torbet said the crash happened in a flash as his interurban bus collided with a sedan killing eight people. The sedan occupants named include Meyer Minkus 70 Nellie Minkus 68 Isadore Minkus 25 their son Fannie Minkus 16 Mone Lee Minkus 93 Frank Garron 21 Lina Rubin 12 and Gorman Rapaport 18. The sedan skidded and the bus front struck the rear of the car.
Lake Charles Louisiana report notes Buck Ross recovering from a sore arm in the 1938 campaign and showing promise as a Philadelphia standout this year. He allowed three hits in four innings against Jersey City yesterday.
Federal investigators planned testimony from four survivors of a Braniff twin engine transport crash that killed eight as it fell and burned just west of the Municipal airport. The crash occurred moments after takeoff en route from Chicago to Dallas. Survivors included passenger Carl Erickson and Captain Claude Seaton. Investigators arrived with the Civil Aeronautics Authority official Tom Hardin to examine wreckage and open the inquiry.
Five Ada residents were in automobile accidents Sunday and Monday with no one critically hurt. Dorothy Campbell, 18, suffered head and foot injuries after a motorcycle collision with an automobile on highway 99 south of Ada. Elmo Scott, the rider, had minor scrapes. E S Courtney and his mother were unharmed in the other vehicle. Orville Carpenter was bruised and shaken after an accident near Servicle. Grady Kimorough, 18, and Jack Gainer escaped serious injury when Kimorough’s car on highway 270 east of Semingie overturned at high speed, leaving Gainer under the wheel.
Williamsburg, March 27. Helen Hull Jacobs, 20, a tennis star who quit the courts to write a historic novel, will resume competition at Wimbledon. She trains by challenging William and Mary college men, preparing for the British festival and a home stand at Forest Hills against the Eve...
Pinehurst North Carolina March 27 Open letter from Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, to John Boettiger questions a third term and notes he will announce if the president runs. Luke Pasco predicts southern Oklahoma will become a major sheep region as he tours Pontotoc county and San Angelo. He cites Rambouillet class at an event with 12 entries and judges’ long day.
Interstate Co operative Power and Light records are complete and available for inspection. Superintendent L S Killingsworth invites customers to review and comment while stock certificates may vest soon for the main project funded by Rural Electrification Administration. The line runs from Fittstown to Centrahoma and Ahlog to Atwood, with expansion planned to Wynnewood Holdenville Pontotoc Connerville and Coalgate after final word from Washington. Office location is south of Daton Lucas Hill.
Oklahoma City report recalls Leon C. Phillips and Dewitt Waller linking football and education. Waller, Enid superintendent, now state board of education member, forwards his first official letter noting a playful encounter with a governor's secretary Walter Johnson.
Richard Yamamota and Edward Donovan identified two men as the suspects in a Sunday morning hold-up. The arrests appear on slips showing the two were taken into custody at 4 p.m. Friday, prompting Yamamota to express remorse.
The House, bi partisan vote, directs its appropriations committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the Works Progress Administration. Rep Cox of Georgia sponsors the measure, with support from Rep Rayburn and Rep Martin of Massachusetts. The resolution requests a report and possible legislation in the current Congress, denying political motive and promising no whitewash.
Pryor March 27 a Mayes County district court jury convicted Mrs Geils Hubbard of murdering her 50 year old husband with a life term. Judge N B Johnson remanded her to the sheriff until the day of sentence. Ralph Kinion 45, charged in the death of Hubbard, faces trial Wednesday. The state says Hubbard and Kinion killed the farmer after a romance with a neighbor. The defense argues Hubbard died naturally.
The county treasurer reports 6676.94 dollars in highway warrants purchased as a sinking fund investment. Lee Daggs has authorization to invest 10000 dollars. after that, cashing highway fund warrants will grow urgent. About 3000 dollars remain for sinking fund investments. the plan began this month after banks refused to cash warrants due to highway fund condition.
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