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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1936

Page

8

Blind reading device enables blind to read ordinary print

An artificial eye system at Northwestern University demonstrates reading printed pages for the blind. Emil Ranseen explains a three unit device that scans text, amplifies signals, and translates them into tactile needles on a hand shaped reader, allowing letters to be felt.

Associated Press Evanston Ill Northwestern University Emil Ranseen Helen Keller Ranseen

Bolivia's Provisional Junta Seizes Power In Peaceful Coup

In La Paz Bolivia on May 18 a provisional military socialist junta led by Col. David Toro ousted President Jose Tejada Sorzano. Col. Busch proclaimed the new regime as it sought a socialist path without convulsions, delaying May 31 elections and promising later free elections.

LA Paz Bolivia Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano Col David Toro Gran Chaco Paraguay Eusebio Ayala Rafael Franco GermanSusch Actiig Tejada Sorzano Asuire Busch Tejada Servano Toro National Socialist Party of War Veterans and Students

Clemency Granted to 13 Prisoners in Oklahoma Parole Move

Oklahoma Governor Marland signed thirteen paroles and commutations today. Among those paroled is Scott Pickett of Tulsa County.

Joe Siler Pottawatomie County E. D. Henry James W. Winans Peace Justice Court Drumricht Marland Noble Heath Logan County Heath Oklahoma City Scott Pickett Tulsa County

Out Our Way notes and family visits in local region

Social notes recount visits among neighbors in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer host ill father. Jeriline Corbin dies at 11. funeral held at Sulphur and Palmer cemetery. Many relatives and friends visit, car purchases noted, farming plans discussed, and local residents travel between Oklahoma and nearby towns.

A. J. Mercer Eldridge Edd Brooks J. W. Twyman Avery Woodward Grace Lunsford M. E. Twyman Eli Summers George House Vera Viola A. G. Dennis Sulphur Prairie View Mire J. B. Brown Thompson W. M. Richardson Vaness Mary Evans Maysville Clay Evans Ames Stokes Wilson Leo Gaines Carter Mullinax Sylvia Fox Luther Fox

Sermon at school house and community notes

Bro Haskell Rogers preached at the school house Sunday with strong attendance. Gardens and corn look fine though oats suffer from dry weather. Edith Mitchell shows improvement. Doughton Blood of Ada and Jeff Aaron families visited Stan and George Aaron. Various local families shared meals and greetings through the week in Stratford and nearby areas.

Haskell Rogers Edith Mitchell Doughton Blood Ada Clay Blood Jeff Aaron Stratford George Aaron Helen Stone Nola M. P. Hanrahan Freeman Gann Vickett Kia Montgomery Edward Cantrell Retha Lee Near Vaness Heanon Inize Cassada Jack Teel John Binion Walnut Grove Roy Binion Barney Estes Grover Keeling

Sunday School Attendance Declines With Call for More

An otherwise quiet Sunday note highlights sparse attendance at Sunday school and a call for more to attend each week. The column lists neighbors visiting relatives, camp enrollments at Wynnewood, and community updates including a serious oil well accident at Sage clinic.

John Dowers Lonnie Brown CCC Wynnewood Sage Clinic R. L. Sharp Harden City H. Arnold Juanita Janson Burch Jewel Thomas Judith Anne Ruth Burch L. A. Corbin Vannie Northam Bryan Thomas

Hickory High School News Highlights and Local Notes

Friday school closing and a Tuesday evening program by the grades precede eighth grade diplomas and a Thursday commencement for the twelfth grade. Local families visit, a new car arrives, church events, a large Sunday dinner at Lakeside for the 84th birthday of Mrs Angeline Olivo, and a district singing convention near Ada with regional groups. A boy sustains a minor wound from a target gun, while others attend gatherings and family visits.

Carmen Myrick Holdenveille Olaf Myricks Neal McDonald Charlie Watham Ada Hospital Leonard Walker Elmo Coventon Euell Eppler Conrad Massey Howard Roberts CCC Wynnewood Cleburne Roper John Williams Denny Letha A. L. Clary Marjorie Lou Etchieson Aubra Clary Grady Jinks Jinks Gregory of Stonewall The Baptist Church Evelyn Arlene Clary Colorado Springs John Rose Rockies Mrs. Gregory Ben Smith Mr. Scott Ethard Fichieson Rose Bell Badgett Jim Badgett Colbert Home Demonstration Club Miss Pease Lakeside Angeline Olive Honey Grove Tex Allen N. S Vicinity Angeline Olivo T. A. Olivo N. A. Olivo Frank McElroy Jon Dyson W. L. Gilmore J. C. Curtis Harwell W. D. Evett Herbert Arkins J. K. Malone J. E. Jackson Marietta L. Cleveland Raymond Dixon Barbara Ada Mamie Thompson Edd Wheeler J. M. Crumley W. D. MecComma Buddy Sims Syble Sims Bill Bunnell J. A. Bentley Buddy Clarence Wood M. E O. L. Bynum Bynum Jess Sloan Roff Grigory Leonard Etchison Holton Hyden Badgett

Hall’s Hill Preaching Draws Big Weekend Crowd

Sunday and Saturday services at Hall's Hill drew a large crowd. Local families and visitors attended dinners at the Tomlinson and Reynolds homes. Ada and Ada area visits tied to Lavern Tomlinson and Earnest Davis families. Sunday school reminders closed the note.

Hall’s Hill Ollie Whisenbunt Irene Rose Lavern Barney Tomlinson Earnest Davis Ada Arvil Reynolds Lee Reynolds Tomlinson Barbara Teel Bulyess Theodory Tomlinson Fay Brown Mary Nell Rowe Walsie Rose

Ohio primaries test NUSJ and Townsend power amid Coughlin clash

The Ohio results show mixed gains for Father Coughlin backed candidates as NUSJ and Townsend forces collide with local politics. Key figures include Chester Bolton, Martin Sweeney, and Robert Crosser amid Cleveland party strife and Roosevelt administration dynamics. Huey Long’s influence wanes with his death, while Louisiana shifts toward FDR alignment.

Ohio NUSJ Townsend Cleveland Coughlin Sylvester McMahon Chester Bolton Martin Sweeney Cleveland Democratic Organization Sweeney Robert Crosser MSJ Crosser Father Coughlin

Foreign Farm Market Gone Davis Finds

London reports Ches ter Davis AAA administrator returns from six week European agricultural survey with a gloomier view. He says U S farmers can expand sales to Europe but cannot fully recapture former markets due to self sufficiency programs and trade barriers. Davis remains hopeful about gradual gains in farm product exports.

London Chester Davis AAA Wal U. S. Washington Davis United States Europe

Hoover Declares Not a Candidate for President

May 19 Hoover asserts he is not a candidate and only aims to place critical issues before the nation. He says he has no interest in securing the nomination and opposes no aspirant while focusing on principles and the Republican platform.

Chicago Herbert Hoover Mr. Hoover California Hoover Alf M. Landon Kansas Maryland Washington William E. Borah Cleveland Frank ©. Lowden Illinois

Sparger Begins 24 Year Sentence At Leavenworth

Clarence Sparger, 24, dubbed the last and most desperate of the O Malley gang by federal agents, started a 24 year term at Leavenworth after pleading guilty to a $16,900 robbery of the First National Bank of Neosho Missouri. Judge Albert L Reeves noted the plea and warned of possible transfer to Alcatraz.

Kansas City Clarence Sparger O'Malley Leavenworth Maurice M. Milligan Sparger Alcatraz Albert L. Reeves Sparzer First National Bank Neosho Meareh

District Attorney Labels Sparger As O Malley Gang’s Worst

Millican told Judge Reeves Sparger was the worst member of the O Malley gang. Sparger was captured in a gun fight with federal agents and state police at a Hickman Mills tourist cabin weeks ago. John Langan, arrested in the raid, is jailed here charged with interstate transportation of a motor car used in the Citizens Bank of Blythedale, Missouri attempted robbery last year.

Millican Reeves Sparger O'Malley Gang Hickman Mills Here John Langan 0 Malley Gang Citizens Bank of Blythedale

Bacteria Cure Oil Wells In New Conservation Step

Tulsa reports a new conservation method using harmless bacteria to digest rock in oil wells. The process slows nonproducing sections by feeding on starch in a gelatin mix, releasing hydrochloric acid digestion and boosting overall production.

Dowell Company of Tulsa Kansas Howard W. Blakeslee Associated Press

Hopkins Defiant Opposition Forges Relief Aid

Hopkins denounces opposition to the 1.425 billion relief bill as a red herring and says a fair share of national income will reach the unemployed. He told W P A officials that Congress funds aid for people, though critics claim relief is misused. He cites past Hoover era methods to explain rising costs and insists relief will proceed.

Washington Herry L. Hopkins America Works Progress Administration Congress of the United States Hopkins Vandenberg R-Mich Senate Appropriations Subcommittee New York State Hoover

Early life handicap noted by Colgate psychologist

Dr. Donald A. Laird, a Colgate University psychologist, remarks that men start life with the handicap of being larger babies and having their faces stepped on at birth.

Donald A. Laird Colgate University

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