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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
3
Senator Bronson M. Cutting of New Mexico died when a TWA transport plane crashed in fog near Atlanta Missouri. Nine others, including six members of a motion picture unit bound for Annapolis, were injured and hospitalized in Macon, Missouri.
The Transcontinental Western airliner bound from Albuquerque to Kansas City crashes near Atlanta Missouri after fuel failure in fog. Pilot Harvey Bolton and co pilot K H Greeson die or are injured. passengers and crew suffer severe injuries. investigation notes first fatal crash for the line since 1931.
Southeastern Oklahoma roads blocked by washouts eased as crews fill gaps while farmers start planting again. Hugo Idabel Durant Poteau Amlers area worst hit with 6.5 to 4.5 inches of rain since Friday. Scientists stranded at Pine Valley return home from Talihina as Brazil creek rises above 1927 levels threatening mines and flooding highways 27 and Poteau river.
Kansas City report: Harvey Bolton, a TWA pilot, dies when a large transport aircraft crashes near Atlanta. Early details indicate a fatal accident with investigation underway.
William N. Harmon 59 of Cavanaugh Arkansas died en route to Fort Smith hospital. Initial statements suggested self hazard, but Laflore County officials ordered thorough probe after witnesses said Harmon tripped over a stump and a pistol discharged. Sebastian County Coroner Dr. Hugh Johnson weighs external shooters.
Gassaway outlines appeals process under AAA for cotton contract disputes. Producers may appeal to county committees or take cases to the Washington cotton division if secretary approved. The move, tied to Bankhead act and landlord tenant issues, aims to speed action with a Washington representative handling this phase. A separate note mentions Oklahoma soil erosion and flood control programs to be run by regular federal agencies.
Baccalaureate services for the Ada high school 1935 senior class will be Sunday afternoon May 12 at 3 oclock in the auditorium of the First Baptist church. Rev J C Curry will deliver the sermon. Graduation exercises will be Friday night May 17 at 8 oclock in the Ada high school auditorium featuring a pageant on the organization of secondary schools in this country in 1635.
The Stillwater meeting of six Oklahoma AAA cotton advisory committee members passed a resolution endorsing the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the cotton program. Delegates from each county are urged to travel to Washington May 14–15 for talks with AAA officials, while Arkansas reports 1,500 growers meeting to plan a Washington delegation.
Lon C. Hill, 73, founder of Harlingen, Texas, died yesterday from heart ailment. His life inspired Rex Beach's novel Heart of the Sunset.
A dated roundup lists major U S plane crashes from 1927 to 1934 with fatalities at Hadley Field Newark Oceanside Aransas Pass Baxar Calimesa and other sites. The piece notes dozens killed from a series of accidents and concludes with a conference of Izaak Walton League members and state game wardens led by L D Rickey to discuss game issues.
Oklahoma quail propagation plan approved by the Quail propagation committee at the state sportsmen meeting. Chairman C. E. Sykes of the Game and Fish Commission proposed leasing two land tracts to convert into quail refuges with pens and fenced areas. Sykes urged contacting the school land department and seeking FERA funds for reclamation-area refuges.
A portrait of Bronson Cutting tracing his aristocratic upbringing in the east to his rise as U S senator from New Mexico. The article covers his Liberal bloc alignment, Roosevelt era support, contested 1932 election results, and his career from Harvard honors to World War I service and New Mexico public posts.
Oklahoma City May 4 UP Charles L Wilson state highway engineer and two chief assistants resigned today as the highway commission began implementing Governor Marlands order to cut 500 workers from the highway payrolls. A new state engineer has been chosen. name not disclosed.
The United States government lists 989 salaries of 10000 or more, with 7223 paid between 5000 and 10000. Top earners include the president at 75000, chief justice at 20500, several cabinet members at 15009, and various agency heads and regional officials across territories and departments.
Oklahoma A and M scholastic and music events drew strong showings from Ada Konawa and Ponca City. Ada earned 11 points in music with first place in tenor saxophone and a first in the one act play. Konawa collected many points in scholastic and music, while Kanavas won band and orchestra in class C and placed third in team music totals.
Formal opening of Winter Smith Park set for Thursday May 30 after CCC and FERA improvements. The park now features miles of graveled walks around a lake with rustic scenes stone bridges and a large new bathing pool and bathhouse. The pool opens before the ceremony, likely after school ends.
Clinic reports on the geology field trip bus crash near Roff show six students remaining hospitalized after the Wednesday accident. Two students were killed and six seriously injured as the bus overturned south of Roff while returning from a field trip. The injured include Bertha Martin Allen Ruth Edwards Stigler Pauline Williams Stigler Mrs Anie Roberts Ada Floyd Smith Mangum and Joe Peters Shawnee.
The defendant Blue was bound over to district court for trial on a robbery charge after a preliminary hearing before Justice A. W. Oliver. Bond was set at 500 dollars. The case stems from Blue allegedly stealing a dozen plow points from the Rollow hardware store.
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