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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1934

Page

7

Notice by Publication in Oklahoma District Court

Public notice in Pontotoc county Oklahoma names Zula M Chapman Jennie Dove Chapman Jessie Chapman and others as heirs of Charles L Chapman deceased. Plaintiffs seek to quiet title and payment of estate debts with court action set to answer by July 2 1934. Attorneys: W C Duncan.

Thme Oroc County Okla Chas L. Chapman Chickasaw State OF Oklahoma Charlies Chapman Pontotoc County Oklahoma Towit Charles L. Chapman

Pontotoc County awards trophies for spring contests

Attractive trophies for Pontotoc county spring literary musical and athletic contests have arrived and are at the office of James W Huff county superintendent where schools that won them may secure them. They include loving cups and newer styles and cover both high school and grade events in literary glee clubs quartets baseball track and field. Individual winners will have awards available at Mr Huff's office early this week.

Pontotoc County James W. Huff Huff

Oklahoma donors back fort preservation move at Fort Gibson

Donations of 200 dollars each from J. Garfield Buell and John B. Garrett support Oklahoma State Historical Society aims to repurchase the old barracks at Fort Gibson from Fred Carroll. State historian Grant Foreman says the project hopes to create a state park and museum with War Department cooperation to showcase early military life.

Fort Gibson Oklahoma State Historical Society J. Garfield Buell Muskogee John B. Garrett Tulsa Fred Carroll Oklahoma State Society Grant Foreman Foreman War Department

Oil production uptick and regional shifts report

The Oil and Gas Journal notes a weekly rise in U S crude output to 2 564 954 barrels daily, with Oklahoma Texas California Kansas and Eastern fields showing varied gains and losses. Rockies slip, while East Texas and other regions show subtle increases amid ongoing production adjustments.

Tulsa United States The Oil and Gas Journal Oklahoma Texas East Texas California Kansas Eastern Rockies Oklahoma City West Texas Texas Panhandle Gulf Coast North Louisiana Arkansas Eastern Fields Rocky Mountain Area U. See

Garden plants and supplies for sale in Allen Oklahoma

Sweet potato slips Porto Rico and Nancy Hall varieties available at 412 West Tenth. Mrs. B. F. Stegall advertises ready garden plants. Also for sale a 40 by 60 tent and 12 ounce brown duck canvas. W. A. Patterson Box 43 Allen Oklahoma lists the items on sale.

Porto Rico Nancy Hall West Tenth B. F. Stegall W. A. Patterson Allen Okla

East Central Honor Awards Go To Reich and Faulkner

East Central State Teachers College honors Evalyn Reich of Ada and Mortimer Faulkner of Wanette at spring graduation exercises. Reich wins The Ada Evening News gold medal for top scholastic average. Faulkner receives the 8. and Q. Clothiers gold medal for best all around student based on scholarship activities and conduct.

East Central State Teachers College Evalyn Reich Ada Mortimer Faulkner Wanette Ada Evening News Miss Reich East Central Adaluizh H. P. Reich Faulkner 8. And Q. Clothiers

Three Charged in Second Degree Burglary Case

Charges filed in Justice Court of Clay Jones against Clay Morrison Dewey Morrison and Raymond Smith for breaking into Tom Eppersons garage at Lawrence and stealing two casings tubes and rims. Defendants pled not guilty at arraignment and bonds set at 1000 each for Friday May 25 preliminary hearing.

Justice Court Clay Jones Clay Morrison Dewey Morrison Raymond Smith Tom Epperson Lawrence Justice Jones

Greater Returns for the Amount Invested

Classified ad notes claim greater returns for money invested. Ad highlights potential profits and prompts readers to contact agent for details and opportunities.

Wallace to undergo x ray treatments for paralysis recovery

Polly Wallace, director of athletics and football coach at East Central Teachers College, will return to St. Anthony's hospital in Oklahoma City for a week of x ray treatments. He was stricken with paralysis, had an operation, then x ray therapy and is slowly improving. He can now move with crutches and has ventured outside briefly. right leg shows stronger recovery than the left.

P. A Polly” Wallace East Central Teachers’ College St. Anthony’s Hospital Oklahoma City Wallace Ada

President Roosevelts bid to nationalize silver for monetary stock

Legislation introduced in Congress at the president's urging would raise silver in monetary stocks to 25 percent, with a policy to reach 25 percent silver and 75 percent gold. The bill authorizes a $500000 appropriation, home and foreign purchases, and a permissive nationalization clause overseen by the treasury. It provides hard penalties for violations and sets up silver certificates backed by bullion and coins. The measure follows weeks of agitation and a Senate push for mandatory silver.

Washington Congress Roosevelt Senate Silver Bloc Secretary of the Treasury Treasury U. S Thomas D-Okla

Court Dismisses Federal Officers in NIRA Petroleum Case

Circuit court ordered the dismissal of federal officers enforcing portions of the NIRA and the petroleum code. It called the code a novelty in legislation but found no reason to upset generally useful public business laws. Meanwhile sweets from recess caused mild intoxication after analysis showed each bonbon held over 20 percent alcohol with flavoring.

Ing NIRA Circuit Court

Brass Rail Back as Bars Reopen in New York

In New York the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approves perpendicular drinking after Prohibition. Bar patrons plant feet on rails again at venues like Park Lane as hosts prepare for three new “largest in the world” bars.

Homer McEcoy New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Gotham Eddie Park Lane

School Boy Held on Murder Charge in Texas

William Osborne, 16, Premont high school student, was charged with murder and jailed in Falfurrias after a preliminary hearing. He reportedly confessed, said he planned to rob Brinck and fired when Brinck refused, then showed officers $70 and a hidden weapon.

Harlingen Tex William Osborne Premont High Falfurrias J. M Jack” Brinck U. S Brinck Osborn Osborne Cly Te Barrow John Dillinger Edinburg

Bonnie Parker's Sister Arrested in Tex Murder Case

Billie Mace 21 sister of Bonnie Parker and Floyd Hamilton, brother of Raymond Hamilton, were charged with the murder of two state highway patrolmen near Grapevine. Billie, formerly married to Fred Mace, denied the charges and is jailed in Fort Worth. Hamilton is held by Dallas officers. District Attorney Jesse Martin said a witness identified them. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker had been indicted previously. the witness did not identify them in photos.

Fort Worth Tex Billie Mace Bonnie Parker Floyd Hamilton Raymond Hamilton Grapevine Fred Mace Huntsville Waxahachie Tarrant County Hamilton Dallas Jesse Martin William Schieffe Clyde Barrow Southwest Moll Grand Jury Schiefer Barrow Parker

Attack on Japanese settlement kills eleven in Manchukuo

A dispatch from Manchukuo reports eleven Japanese dead after 100 Chinese irregulars raided a model Japanese settlement at Lake Chinpo northeast of Tunhua in Kirin province. Five of the dead were schoolboys among the victims.

Tokyo Manchuokuo Mhsinking Changchun Manchukuo Rengo Lake Chinpo Tunhua Kirin Province

Murray's Obscure Path Through State Politics Highlighted

The text notes a six year senate tenure followed by a bid for speaker at Murray's urging. As speaker he backed a tax cutting program and pushed regulatory measures, farm returns, highway reimbursements, and state federal harmony. He spoke at Ryan and Duncan and schedules tours to Frederick Tishomingo Shawnee and Ardmore.

Murray Senate House Ryan Duncan Frederick Tishomingo Shawnee Ardmore

East Central State Teachers College Opens Summer Term

East Central State Teachers college started the summer term with classes at 7 am and kept to schedule. A large number enrolled today after heavy Saturday and Monday totals, with more expected later in the week. Some classes have been split due to heavy enrollment but most are standard courses. Social and recreational activities for the nine weeks term will begin soon, likely next week.

East Central State Teachers College

Anglin on Long Speaking Tour through Oklahoma

Holdenville lawyer Tom Anglin campaigning for governor spoke in Cache urging tax cuts and partial homestead exemptions. Governor Murray predicts Anglin will win the Democratic nomination, while Anglin faces anti administration rivals and a potential runoff with Jack Walton in a state where Murray backs Anglin’s ascent.

Cache Okla Tom Anglin Holdenville Oklahoma Murray Anglin Tom Jack Walton

Crump Enjoins Oil Field Builders in Oklahoma

A temporary injunction issued for the Big Builders Association by District Judge George C. Crump in Wewoka bars oil field workers union Local 209 from interfering with rig construction and operation across Oklahoma. A May 24 hearing is set. the strike for higher wages followed a broader regional oil field walkout.

Seminole Big Builders Association George C. Crump Wewoka Oil Field Workers Union Oklahoma Thisrea Kansas Texas

Valedictorian Reads Address From Sick Bed

Hollis Oklahoma May 22 1934 a 14 year old invalid girl Jane Anne Slaughter is valedictorian of Hollis junior high school. From a bed in a Dallas hospital she delivered a valedictory address by long distance telephone to classmates and families with loudspeakers. She achieved a 95 percent average through home study after a Chicago accident last summer.

Hollis Oklahoma Dallas Jane Anne Slaughter Chicago Jane Anne

Court Upholds Oil Regulation Under NRA

The U S Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled oil production regulation under the National Industrial Recovery Act constitutional. An injunction had restrained activity by an Eastern Texas district court prior to the ruling.

New Orleans United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Texas District Court

Insull Plea On Shanghaied Claim Refuted In Court

Chicago May 22 The United States responded to Samuel Insull's claim of being shanghaied from Turkey by stating he is present and can be tried. A demurrer argued before Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan contends he may be charged on indictments for mail fraud and bankruptcy act violations. Insull, resident at a Gold Coast hotel, was not in court.

Chicago Samuel Insull Turkey United States Philip L. Sullivan Insull Gold Coast Samuel Jr

Mrs. A. C. Lawrence Narrow Escape In Gas Blast

Mrs. R. O. Lawrence of 510 S. Townsend narrowly escaped serious injury when a gas explosion occurred under a hot water heater as she prepared to leave the kitchen. Her husband Mr. Lawrence had lit the burner a few minutes earlier and was not in the kitchen at the time. The blast shattered the burner compartment door and damaged the burner support and spreader. Mrs. Lawrence suffered shock but no lasting injuries.

R. O. Lawrence S. Townsend Mr. Lawrence Mrs. Lawrence

Mrs. H. C. Thompson Injured After Pedestrian Collision

Mrs. H. C. Thompson of 119 East Seventeenth was struck by a taxi on Main Street at Broadway while crossing. She sustained a slight concussion two head cuts and chest bruises. Taxi driver Wilburn Crow was questioned by city authorities.

H. C. Thompson East Seventeenth Main Street Broadway Wilburn Crow

Alcohol Candy Ring Charged in Brooklyn Grand Jury

Evidence of a liquor candy ring allegedly selling children about 500000 dollars worth of bootleg candy was presented to a federal grand jury in Brooklyn. Indictments are expected this week against two individuals and two companies as the federal inquiry traces sales from December to markets reaching Chicago and Baltimore.

New York Federal Grand Jury Brooklyn Murray Kreindler Chicago Baltimore Paris

Corrections Issued On Onl Allowables June Oil Output

The interior department corrected June allowable crude oil production to 2,528,300 barrels, down from 2,549,400. State figures adjusted include Illinois 12,690 (from 12,500), Kansas 150,300 (from 150,300), Louisiana 85,000 (unchanged), and Michigan 32,800 (from 32,000).

Washington Interior Department Department Illinois Kansas Louisiana Michigan

Nash and Clark Go On Trial For Harrah Robbery

Houston Nash and Eugene Clark are to go on trial in Oklahoma City for robbery with firearms linked to the First National Bank of Harrah break in and the night watchman J C Smith robbery. Wilbur Underhill admitted leading the five man gang before his death. Nash seeks a severance.

Oklahoma City Houston Nash Eugene Clark First National Bank of

Costs of Suit Far More Than Judgment Won

OLAHOMA CITY May 22. Morgan borrowed $215 from Security State Bank of Wewoka in February 1821 and won a supreme court verdict to recover $1.81 in alleged usurious interest. The court also ruled Morgan must pay half the costs of the extensive litigation, making him a heavy loser. Justice Busby wrote the opinion.

Olahoma City

More Power for Secretary Wallace Approved

The senate agriculture committee approved amendments to the agricultural adjustment act to strengthen the secretary of agriculture’s power to license dealers in farm products. The vote was 9 to 5 with claims the amendment would grant dictatorial authority over farm commodity industries while clarifying licensing for marketing agreements.

Washington Senate Agriculture Committee Wallace Secretary of Agriculture

Panama Windstorm Tops Sheds In 20 Seconds

Panama Oklahoma reports a near tornadic windstorm yesterday afternoon overturning numerous sheds and outhouses in about 20 seconds. A heavy rain accompanied the wind with no injuries reported. The dispatch notes the event occurred in the afternoon and adds the storm caused structural damage but spared people.

Panama Okla

Roosevelt signs order on code violation retaliation

President Roosevelt signed an executive order dated May 15 making employers who dismiss or demote workers for reporting code violations subject to a 500 dollar fine or six months in jail or both.

Washington Roosevelt

Tom Mix Loses Suit Over 1929 Engagement

Tom Mix must pay after losing a state supreme court fight for a new trial in the Western Show company breach of contract case. The court upheld an Erie county verdict, and Mix appealed from it.

Tom Mix Harrisburg Supreme Court Mix Erie County

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Zula M. Chapman Jennie Dove Chapman Jessie Lax NE Chapman Township 3 Range 6 Della Bedford Dawes Harden W. C. Duncan Hotel McAlpin Hans Neumann Ritz- Carleton McAlpin Assyria East Central Honor Awards Lloywyo Carl Hubgell Pepper” Martin Paul Waner Lloyd Carl Hubbell Waners Hubbell Martin Lloyd Waner Tikes Siler Money System A.M. Landman A. M. Landman Five Civilized Tribes Mr. Landman Steedman Alice Brown Davis CRUMP Ail Builders Uncle Sam Demurrer A. C. Lawrence H.C. Thompson Nash and Clark Ada News
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