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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
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A TIAVAL reduction pact prompts a debate on arms policy. Officials discuss potential shifts in alliances and security strategy as lawmakers consider joining or adjusting the pact. The timing and implications remain under study.
In Geneva on May 29 the United States offered help to reduce arms while Soviet Russia called for complete abolition. Norman H. Davis urged disarmament steps, while Maxim Litvinoff pressed for a permanent peace conference to prevent war and safeguard security, warning that armed peace undermines the Kellogg pact. He proposed a transformed body to respond to crises and support nations with material and financial aid.
President Roosevelt leads national tributes with ceremonies across the country for five fallen soldiers. The day features wreaths at the Unknown Soldier tomb in Washington and widespread parades as citizens observe Memorial Day. Indianapolis hosts a 500 mile car race drawing thousands of spectators.
President asserts no holiday for Congress as lawmakers push to complete agenda. He hints future plans may shift with evolving needs and demands of the day ahead.
The House extended debate on the silver bill and approved a Senate committee Cuban treaty. Roosevelt met with Hull on war debts and eyed a Hawaii voyage with no fixed date. The silver bill imposes a 50 percent tax on profits since May 15 1934, while the Senate plan omits tax but aims to raise silver to one quarter of the monetary stock.
Havana May 29 A Cuban cabinet member says a new treaty with the United States to abrogate the Platt amendment is in preparation amid heightened tension after attacks on American diplomats. Police guard the embassy chancellery and homes of Jefferson Caffery and H Freeman Matthews as authorities hunt Dr Antonio Guiteras and Fernandez Velasco linked to the plot.
President Roosevelt approves an extended revised steel code and orders employee elections in mills to curb strike threats. He also directs the FTC and NRA to study basing point pricing and retains a modified multiple basing point system. Effective June 11, the code adds more basing points and an administration veto while abolishing minimum price rules. The eight hour day remains a flat maximum, with a 40 hour week continued.
Memorial Day dawned bright in Ada as flags honored the nation’s soldier dead. A memorial program at Rosedale Cemetery paid tribute to veterans, with graves at Rosedale and Memorial Park decorated. County offices and local banks closed for the day.
In Rome, Georgia, Thomas F. Carden confessed to killing Charles L. Earle at Fort Oglethorpe on February 24, 1918. He said his conscience led to the admission and argued Bert Long was wrongly imprisoned for life. Steps will be taken to obtain Long’s pardon.
Members of the state cotton ginners organization urged the AAA to set a 45 cent per hundred ginning rate after September hearings. They decided not to protest AAA replacing the state corporation commission as the ruling power. The current rate stands at 20 cents per hundred.
Justice Orel Busby dissents as court majority voids two thirds of a 50 acre tract with two wells near Oklahoma City. Kenneth Lee and Maxine Banes, minors, won the case over C. W. Seal's heirs after a 12 year dispute over notice of sale served by mail. Busby cautions against stripping good faith purchasers of property over technical service rules.
Oklahoma City May 28 Grocery orders will be given to needy families throughout Oklahoma again beginning tomorrow Carl Giles state FERA director The orders were halted about two weeks ago to enable auditors to catch up with their work.
In Graz Austria a flying school plane crashed into high tension lines over a lake. The pilot and a student were thrown clear. the pilot then warned and flagged the Vienna Express before it reached the stranded wires. No injuries reported.
Secretary Dern told the house military committee that the Army, as constituted, cannot meet its mission. He endorsed a Thompson bill to raise personnel from 130000 to 179000 and argued the force is below the minimum needed to protect possessions train civilians and repel invaders until new troops are trained.
Senator Tom Anglin of Holdenville pledges a system of good roads funded by gasoline taxes and automobile licenses, without bonded debt. He supports county and township roads, state construction through existing agencies, and a future tax adjustment to reimburse counties for highway costs. He will speak in Carnegie Apache and Lawton on Wednesday.
With five weeks until the July 3 primary the Oklahoma election season heats up. Registration runs June 13 to 22 amid new Ada precincts requiring re registration. Voters cast ballots July 5 to narrow candidates before run offs, as forecasts vary widely and predictions abound.
Three armed escapees from Grayson county jail slugged a guard and fled across Oklahoma after kidnapping Robert Jones of Dallas near Guthrie. They swapped cars, warned Jones not to report the crime, and headed toward the Osage Hills as authorities blocked bridges and chased the suspects through central Oklahoma.
A patient reports a very pleasant winter and much improvement. Grateful for kind treatment, the writer hopes to return early in the autumn.
May 29 report from Muskogee says a gas line tap on the Great Lakes Pipeline Co near Beland was detected by delicate instruments in the operating office. Deputy Marsh Corgan and Officer Jim Bracewell arrested one man, with several others suspected. About 225 barrels of gasoline were lost before the hole was repaired. the pipeline runs north to St. Paul Minnesota.
Lon D. Brandon 410 East Tenth died Monday evening at a local hospital at age 61 from tetanus after a mashed finger infection. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Criswell Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Survived by widow Berline Brandon, three daughters Ina Hoosier Eva Tiner Loraine Mavis and seven sons Luther Arthur Oscar Theodore Cullin L. D. Jr and O. B. Brandon.
Oklahoma City May 29 Governor Murray used his pardon power to release Lutha V Rosenbaum from Backham county jail for contempt of court over unpaid alimony. Convicted by a jury he had been jailed since March 24 for failing to pay $25 a month alimony. The governor cited a previous military pardon in releasing Col Zack Miller of the 101 ranch from jail for similar contempt.
The Lone Star Gas Co. received an $800,000 increase in its 1934 tax assessment, finalizing at $2,533,404 after the State Equalization Board dismissed the protest. The ruling followed Gov. Murray's motion and the board noted the new protest law requires specific complaints. An affiliated firm, Community Natural Gas Co., faced a $88,000 higher assessment, $488,345, as part of the same action. Both firms are in a Supreme Court fight over a rate reduction ordered for 26 cities by the corporation commission.
Texas and Oklahoma officers hunted for three escapees who sandbagged jailer W. W. Graham at the Grayson county jail and fled in a car after rifle pistol threats. They stole a car from Mr and Mrs R B Camp in a park and took a picnic lunch while escaping through an attic window. The group included George E Droddy 19 of Pineville Mo Adrian Petty 6 Kilgore and Roy Batts 21 Sherman. Calvin Henry Smith of Roff Okla serving eight years for a Whitesboro bank robbery refused to leave with the others.
Judge W. G. Edwards and U. S. commissioner W. C. Edwards met Sunday in Oklahoma City as guests of Hon. F. E. St. John of Cullman Alabama. The trio, longtime county peers who had not seen each other in over 35 years, rekindled their friendship amid St. John’s involvement in the Cargo murder trial.
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