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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1938

Page

5

This Man Joe Murray Opens A Love Story In Sparksburg

Joe Murray a restless 19 year old from a crowded Simson Street tenement settles in Sparksburg and falls for Helen a 17 year old Polack. He has traveling ambitions yet stays, revealing a first true love in a vivid factory town setting. The narrative promises an unusual love story about love itself.

Joe Murray Joe Simpson Street Murrays Sen Jon Toe Murrays Sparksburg Helen Adrance

This Man Joe Murray and Helen’s Quiet Courtship

A narrator chronicles Joe Murray and Helen’s growing romance in a small town. He describes their daily life, shared meals, porch evenings, walks, and dances as they progress toward marriage while reflecting on love and maturation.

Flelen Joe Lee Helen North Main Street Spring Creek F. H. Gunde Sach

Elmer Thomas Campaigns On New Deal Support In Stillwater

Senator Elmer Thomas returned to Oklahoma to push re election on New Deal backing while in Stillwater last night praising relief programs and the farm bill. He predicted federal social security funds would soon return to Oklahoma and teased a possible Roosevelt visit as a campaign highlight. Other Democratic figures including Governor Marland and McKeown outlined stances as races broaden with state races in Elk City, Atoka and Enid.

Elmer Thomas Prenk Oklahoma Stillwater Thomas Federal Social Security Board Roosevelt Oklahorma United States Elliott Roosevelt Fort Worth Tex Mme Marland Elk City Supply and Woodward Gomer Smith McKeown Tom D. McKeown W. S. Key Atoka W. H. Murray Muskogee

Bond Reduced for French Boy in Ada Case

District Judge Tal Crawford lowered Isaac French's bond from 28 000 to 10 000 on a charge of attempted statutory offense. The 20 year old Ada youth has been jailed three weeks awaiting trial in district court after allegedly attempting to attack a 14 year old girl during a ride with another couple. French has pleaded not guilty and his trial remains pending.

Tal Crawford Tsaac French Ada French

Woman Slain in Bartlesville Husband Arrested

In Bartlesville Oklahoma on a May night Mrs Etsie McFarland 47 was shot in the back while visiting a neighbor and died instantly. Police chief L W Turner arrested her husband Henry McFarland 50 four blocks away, with a sawed off shotgun in hand. He reportedly claimed I shot her for family troubles. The couple had long been troubled and the only eye witness was a woman called Grand ma Gable who was taken to relatives in Dewey Oklahoma.

Bartlesville Okla Etsie McFarland Henry McFarland McFarland MacFarland Turner Grandma’ Gable Dewey Okda

Purse Thief Known For Roof-Throwing Habit

Fort Wayne police have traced the thief to a routine of stealing pocketbooks and tossing the emptied purses onto the roof of a downtown theatre, a practice that reveals his method and preferred crime scene.

Fort Wayne Ind

Lowland floods damage crops as streams recede in Oklahoma

Heavy rains left the Chikaskia River high near Blackwell, threatening east-side homes while flooding in western Oklahoma began to subside. Crops in lowlands including corn wheat and alfalfa suffered heavy damage as streams dropped and highway and rail disruption continued in places like Drury Kansas and Tonkawa.

Associated Oklahoma Federal Weather Bureau Harry Wahlgren el Reno Yukon Santa Fe Guthrie Kiowa Kas Jet Okla Wellington Fairview Canton Washita Clinton Arapaho Cloud “Chief Cimarron Freedom Pryor Vinita Tulsa Mica Muskogee Okmulgee Ada Poteau Antlers

Anti-Sour Puss Movement Aims To Beat Low Mood

In Pittsburgh on May 20 NEA reports three local businessmen formed the Anti-Sour Pass Organization to counteract gloom. They urge members to forget the seamy side of life and laugh, sending 50,000 leaflets to spread the slogan that all we need is more joy.

Pittsburgh Joseph Henry Buerger Will Golder Harry Smith Buerger Golder Smith

Dates Announced For Annual Pasture Sheep Cattle Tours

Pontotoc county 4 H boys and girls will attend a training school in Tishomingo May 23 to 27 led by county agents Mrs Jessie Morgan and Wayne Cintamon. Nine boys and nine girls are named, with travel by the same leaders. Pasture tours set for May 30 31 Hereford tour June 2 and 3 Sheep day July 1 at Horseshoe Ranch south of Fitzhugh will feature demonstrations and programs led by Extension staff including San Durham and Dan Arnold.

Pontoloc County Tishomingo Jessie Morgan Wayne Cintamon Billy Joe Wilson Doyle Green Charles Ross Delbert Garloff James Maynard Herman McCur Pontotoc County J. B. Hill Oklahoma Hill San Durham Oklahoma A M. College Dan Arnold St. W. E. Harvey Jeader Horseshoe Ranch Fitzhugh

Second Suspect In Wool Theft Arraigned In Ada

Frank Grier and L. H. Laseman, the two men charged with burglary in the wool theft, pleaded not guilty at arraignment. They are accused of stealing seven bags of wool from Clarence West’s farm southeast of Ada. Bonds set at 2000 each, preliminary hearing Maych. Officers found wool in McKinney and near Rotf.

Frank Grier McKinney Texas John Boyce McKeel L. H. Laseman Clarence Zeke" West Ada Rotf Maych

Colorful Oregon Governor Loses

Portland, May 21. Governor Charles H. Martin IV, a towering figure in Oregon politics with a storied Army background, loses to Henry L. Hess in the Democratic primary. Hess leads by 3,890 votes as most small precincts report, Martin conceding victory to Hess in a dramatic Oregon political battle.

Portland Ore Charles H. Martin Oregon Henry L. Hess Hess Martin Northwest Rauales Roosevelt

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Man William Corcoran NEA Service, Inc Sural E. H. Gunder Sperksburg Mos Wiliam Corcoran Vice, Inc Dineen Terry Mallow Tsoed Love West Yenterdasr Sparkabars Nin Hfe Hielen Polack Spring Creek Park Kinley Ira M. Finley The Veterans of Industry Leon C. Phillips House Enid Pawhuska Jack Walton Okeene Sayre Crawford Murray Agricultural College Monros Welfare Board
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