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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1929
Page
4
The piece rails at J. F. B. Mitchell for his anti debt stance, critiques Hoover and tariff policy, discusses university discipline and student protests, comments on communism satire, and weighs farm relief and credit. It urges fiscal prudence, personal responsibility, and closer US South American ties.
Oklahoma and broader mid-continental fields show a drop in estimated daily crude output for the week ended September 28, with Oklahoma City down to 915 barrels daily and total state production dipping by 16,108 barrels from the prior week. Light oil fell 24,814 barrels while heavy oil added about 9,000 barrels daily.
Denton B. Denton buys L. A. Nance interests and expands Ada Oklahoma bus lines. Denton operates 17 buses serving Shawnee Atoka Chickasha and other points radiating from Ada with a daily mileage of 1860. He moves to 216 N Broadway and plans in-house maintenance and ticketing at 20 stops.
Oklahoma City court issue discussed by Attorney General J Berry King in an opinion to H Tom Kight Rogers county legislator. The question asks if a current legislator who voted a pay raise for elective state offices can run for an office with increased pay. The AG suggests an appellate original action and notes the matter may reach the supreme court.
Washington reports testimony before the senate agriculture committee indicates the federal farm board intends to pursue agricultural policy through expanding cooperative marketing movements and will not run stabilization operations to curb surpluses. The board faces criticism for not using a $500 million revolving fund in wheat programs as confirmation hearings proceed for members including Legge and Stone.
State superintendent John Vaughan appointed a 22 member committee to study elementary school curricula as part of proposed revisions. Dr. N Conger chairs. members include Lucy Meachem Letilla Thorp and officials from Oklahoma City Tulsa Shawnee and others. Legislature funded printing and supply bills for the committees.
Earl I. Preston Garfield county commissioner for Enid district was suspended from office by District Judge J. W. Bird pending trial on charges raised by a special grand jury. Trial set for Tuesday with P K Morrill stating state witnesses will be ready. Henry N MacCracken of Vassar and James Rowland Angell of Yale clash over Yale student visits.
Classified ads highlight top value returns from spending. Readers see bold figures and brief notes on deals, services, and opportunities promising strong efficiency. Small businesses and individuals compare prices and performance hints across sections.
Car of Mrs Bruce Ligon rolled down a steep hill from the Brydia home on Twenty fourth street and crashed at the base after the brakes failed. Fred Brydia recalls a similar recent incident with Miss Marvine Brydin's Nash, warning readers with a moral to buy level land in Country Club Place.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on September 27 L F Russell 48 a Porum area farmer was shot and killed by his stepson S O Bowen 22 after a breakfast quarrel Bowen surrendered to deputy sheriff Joe Griffith and was jailed Bowen claimed Russell reached for a revolver and the rifle bullet struck him in the head killing him instantly The couple s mother had been married nine months
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