Ada Personal News Items Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Hailey Rankin and Mrs S M Watson visited friends in Tulsa. Maurice Miesse and family plan Shawnee home. Russell Bowles and Patsy returned from Oklahoma City. Joe Bryan and family visited McAlester relatives. Various locals commerce and social calls noted including Miss Vera Chowins and Miss Eula Mae King. Birth announced for Barbara Sue Wilkenson. Several Ada residents noted traveling or visiting relatives in nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Bowles
Patsy
Oklahoma City
Joe Bryan
East Sixteenth Street
McAlester
O. B. Wood
Mr. Wood
Vera Chowins
East Fourteenth Street
Eula Mae King
Chanute
Kansas
Thompson Visiter From Oklahoma City Calls On Kin
B F Thompson of Oklahoma City is visiting at the home of his mother Mrs H C Thompson located at 119 East Seventeenth street for a family visit during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Thompson
Oklahoma City
H. C. Thompson
East Seventeenth Street
FIRST VIOLENCE IN MOVIE STRIKE SHATTERS HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood motion picture studios closed to women marchers after trouble at the Westmores salon. The Westmore brothers reported $15,000 in damages as three men and a woman tore mirrors ripped carpets and smeared creosote on the premises.
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Hollywood
Calif
Central Strike Committee
Hollywood Motion Picture Studios
Westmores
House of Westmore
Film Colony
Westmore Brothers
Pickets At Hollywood Studios Amid Guild Tensions
Pickets blocked studio gates as the screen actors guild and producers prepared talks after a prior IATSE accord. Federation leaders warned of a company union tactic while a creosote vandal damaged a Westmore beauty salon, with losses estimated at $15,000. Committees set to meet tomorrow to discuss the guilds demand for sole bargaining rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Screen Actors’ Guild
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
International Association of Theatrical Stage
Federation
American Federation of Labor
FMPC
William Green
AFL
IATSE
Charles Lessing
Federated Crafts
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
V. I. A. halts meetings during revival
W. B. McDaniel states the V. I. A. will not hold meetings while the revival is underway. Members express desire to cooperate with revivalists and attend services.
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W. B. McDaniel
Obituary for John B. Mayo 80 Ada resident
John B. Mayo, age 80, died Monday at his Ada home at 2:15 pm. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3:00 pm from Keith Funeral home chapel with Rev. George Hayes officiating. Interment followed at East Hill Cemetery in Roff. Survived by his widow, three daughters and three sons: Mrs. Tobiato Mayo, Mrs. Ruth Mayo, Miss Ester Mayo of Ada. Mrs. Edna Jeter of Hugo. Leonard Mayo of Hugo. Albert Mayo of Grant. John Mayo of Nampa, Idaho.
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John B. Mayo
Ada
Chapel of Keith Funeral Home
George Hayes
East Hill Cemetery
Roff
Keith
Tobiato Mayo
Ruthe Mayo
Ester Mayo
Edna Jeter
Hugo
Leonard Mayo
Albert Mayo
Grant
John Mayo
Nampa
Idaho
Betty Louise Roberts Dies in Ada at Age ?
Betty Louise Roberts daughter of Mr and Mrs Farran Roberts of 531 West Main Ada passed away May 4 at 5 15 am at home. Funeral services were held May 4 at 2 00 pm from the home with interment at Memorial Park cemetery Criswell Funeral home in charge. Surviving are the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Louise Roberts
Farran Roberts
West Main Street
Ada
Memorial Park Cemetery
Criswell Funeral Home
Obituary: Jimmie Ray McAfee
Jimmie Ray McAfee son of Mr and Mrs Howard McAfee of Byars route 2 died May 4 at 6 00 am at home Funeral services set for May 5 at 2 00 pm at the home with Rev Bonner officiating Interment in Byars cemetery Criswell Funeral home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Ray McAfee
Howard McAfee
Byars
Route 2
Rev
Bonner
Criswell Funeral Home
Funeral services for J L Lane May 5 at 2 30 p m
Funeral services for J. L. Lane who died May 2 will be held Wednesday May 5 at 2 30 p m from the chapel of the Criswell Funeral Home with Rev. B C Perry officiating. Interment in Rosedale Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Lane
Criswell Funeral Home
B. C. Perry
Rosedale Cemetery
Plym mouth Rock Defaced. Paint Remover Called In
Indignant Plymouth town leaders seek chemical help to remove red paint splashed on the historic Plymouth Rock inscription 1620. The incident prompted questions about May Day gestures and remarks from political figures in Massachusetts.
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Plymouth
Mass
Plymouth Rock
Phil Frankfield
Massachusetts
Communist Party
James A. White
The
Selectmen
Aging Pair Wed in Eastland Union
Mrs Hattie Johnson mother of opera star Mary Lewis and George R Ennisson were married in Eastland by Justice E E Wood yesterday. Both 71 and previously married, the couple met 35 years ago in Shawnee Oklahoma. Miss Lewis soprano formerly with the Metropolitan Opera plans a September visit and sent congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastland
Tex
Hattie Johnson
Mary Lewis
George R. Ennisson
Justice of Peace
E. E. Wood
Ennisson
Shawnee
Okla
Miss Lewis
Metropolitan Opera
Travis County Man Indicted in Slaying of Officer Thomasson
Ike Young of Travis County was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of slaying Wilford W. Thomasson a federal alcohol tax unit investigator. Thomasson was killed during a raid on a liquor still west of Austin on the night of February 14. Pete Martinez was wounded and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Ike Young
Travis County
Wilford W. Thomasson
Federal
Alcohol Tax Unit
Federal Grand
Thomasson
Austin
Pete Martinez
Supreme Court gaps signs note without witnesses upheld
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled a note signed by Mark without witnesses was valid, reversing Pontotoc County Court. Heirs of Sam Bretch sued the heirs of Sallie White over a 3500 loan with notes and a mortgage. Insurance proceeds of 2000 were applied toward the debt. court orders personal judgment against White heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Pontotoc
Bretch
Sallie White
Supreme Court
Oklahoma journalists to hear Drew Pearson at Sigma Delta Chi banquet
Norman reports Drew Pearson co author of Washington Marry Go Round will address Oklahoma newsroom workers and college students at the Sigma Delta Chi five star final banquet in the capital. Cork strike on trans Atlantic air base threatens delay of passenger and mail service to the United States with workers demanding 13 dollars a week instead of eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Oklahoma
Drew Pearson
Washington
Delta Chi
Cork
Irish Free State
Rhinnana
County Clare
United States
Floodwatch: Black River Rises Over Stage at Luff
Black river rose to 14.6 feet at Luff Missouri after heavy Ozarks rainfall. Despite the high level, damage from the flood is reported as negligible.
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Luff
Black River
Ozarks
California man’s gradual shrink after car crash noted
A Californian has been shrinking gradually since an auto accident. His wife is urged to let bygones be bygones.
Night burglar thwarted by alarm at Adams drug store
Earl Brcken brack reported a successful first test of his home made buriar alarm in Adams Minnesota. A thief entered the drug store through a window triggering a red lamp and a loud bell before fleeing as townsfolk and the marshal arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams, Minn
Earl Brckenbrack
Itinerant artist returns to finish mural in MorriI barber shop
In Morril Nebraska an itinerant painter who spent 20 years on a redskin figure in a barber shop finished the unfinished oil painting. He painted the Indian and his canoe into the stream and departed, promising to return 20 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morril
Neb
Lew Smith
Smith
King Anthony Sets Sights On English Throne In Odd Campaign
London May 4 King George the Sixth is busy while self styled King Anthony the First, 39, a California born former inspector from Eureka and Healdsburg, claims descent from Henry VIII and asserts the throne should pass to him by 1940. He jokes about Edward VII’s pension and even a scheme to buy the Isle of Wight, while touring with humorous speeches to crowds.
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London
George the Sixth
Anthony
George
Anthony Hall
Eureka
Healdsburg
Calif
England
Annie Boley
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Edward
Wally
Thames
Cornwall
Isle of Wight
Wally’ Simpson
Cowes
Hall
Shropshire Constabulary
Railways Run Through Mexico Span 15 365 Miles
A report notes that within Mexico's boundaries there are 15 365 miles of railways. The figure underscores the nation's vast rail network and infrastructure.
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Mexico
Birds Point New Madrid floodway evacuees brace for new flood
In Charleston Missouri on May 4 a preventive evacuation order affects about 3000 residents as the Cairo forecast shows a 42 to 48 foot stage on the Ohio at Cairo. Crevasse area near New Madrid faces rising waters and engineers plan a dirt ring levee to shield farmland while Col. Ernest Graves calls the move precautionary.
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Charleston
Birdspoint
New Madrid
Mississippi County
Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
United States Army
Washington
Ernest Graves
Mississippi River Commission
Republicans hold weekly policy briefings on Roosevelt opposition
Washington reports that House Republican leaders are holding weekly conferences to map their opposition to Roosevelt programs. Representative Wadsworth of New York compared the policy committee to a platform committee, saying it determines what matters at issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Wadsworth
New York
National Committee
Quote on unity by committee chair aims to block GOP split
A committee chair emphasized unity in a conference promising to keep Republicans in Congress from scattering their shot. The remark signals a bid to consolidate party strategy and avoid factional splits ahead of key votes.
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Congress
Oklahoma cotton ginners plan meeting on foreign criticisms
Livin ag ahead Oklahoma City May 4 Harry V Kahle secretary of the Oklahoma Cotton Ginners association said a state meeting would be called this week to discuss foreign criticism of American packing and shipping methods. Fred Taylor of Washington D C would address the meeting and the date would be announced after Taylor’s Memphis national cotton ginners meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Harry V. Kahle
Oklahoma Cotton Ginners Association
Kahle
Fred Taylor
Washington, D. C
Taylor
Memphis
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Swift & Co
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J. W. Quaid
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Tom D. McKeown
Roy S. McKeown
Wilson & Co
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Bentonelli
Ray King
Ed Wilkenson
West Twenty-third Street
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Jackie Stephens
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William
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Conoco
T. J. Copeland
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Texas
Mifter
Miller
McCormick
Marinello
East Main
Wyatt C. Freeman
Dorothy Hughes
Guild
Ernest Westmore
William Powell
Powell
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A. M
Ada Lodge No
E. C. Haley
W. M
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NEA Service, Inc
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Panama Canal
Isthmus
Panama
Plymmouth
Mark
Pontotoc Co. District Court
Theatr
Home Owned—Home Operated
Samuel Goldwyn
Arnold
Joel McCrea
Frances Farmer
Conrad Nagel
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RITZ
Henry VII
Jean Harlow
Robert Taylor In
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Legion of Terror
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Eleanor Powell
James Stewart In
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Barry Benefield
EA Aat
Joan Blondell Fernand Gravett
the King and the
Chorus Girl
Joe Sprague
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Cenfer
West 18Th
Highway 12
Texaco Gas and Oils
Livin Ag
Druggsta
Chichesters Pills
Brand
Beau
Joe-Ett Beauty
E. Main
American Legion Ballroom
Glenn Lee
Featuring Lovely
Jerry Lane
Cas
Legion Sponsored
Electrolux
Phillips Electric Company
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Compton
Robinett Hardware CO
Roff, Oklahoma
Goodwin & Son
Stratford, Oklahoma
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