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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
5
Otto Krausse, principal of the high school, and Miss Edith Ellis of Maramec wed at the First Christian church in Ada on September 14, 1934. The couple resides in Vanoss as the school editor extends congratulations on behalf of the school.
Pupils pursuing membership in the Van Ess debate squad tackle the resolution that the Federal Government should equalize educational opportunities by annual grants to states for elementary and secondary education. Enthusiasm grows as prospects for a strong team rise.
Readable lists show students across Algebra Geometry English American Literature and more with grades from first to eighth. A farm loan briefing explains five year deferment for delinquent loans and shows borrowers may pay accrued interest to avoid principal deferral.
Vaness students in second year home economics work on a permanent rug and dressing table for the cottage. They study ways to improve the cottage’s attractiveness while first year girls focus on canning vegetables and juniors study child needs.
The Vaness girls' quartet has been selected after days of voice testing. The ensemble includes Thelma Smith as first soprano Lavern Zumbro as second soprano Norma Lee Kitchens as first alto and Lula Collins as second alto. The group is expected to receive many music honors next spring.
A high school principal tied the knot with a member of The Vaness family in a wedding celebrated amid school community. The ceremony drew attendance from staff students and local officials, marking a notable union within the district.
Thelma Smith born December 14 1916 in Fitzhugh Oklahoma has lived in Ada Konawa Wilson and Vaness where she completed grade school. She excelled in basketball 4 H and glee club becoming pep squad president and yell leader. She plans to pursue college at East Central Teachers College.
Vanoss schools add Henry Hughey to replace E G Messecar and Hugh Andrews as department heads. Hughey, a Henryetta High School graduate, trained at Kelly Field and East Central State Teachers College earning an A B degree in 1933 and will head the history department. Marvin Stokes succeeds Hugh Andrews as math head, after graduating from East Central in 1934 and studying at an electrical school in Kansas City before Ada College.
The Federal Land Bank of Wichita offers credit privileges for local farmers buying land or repaying long term loans. Mrs Ema Warmack, secretary treasurer of the national farm loan association at Ada, serves as the land bank's representative in Johnston and Pontotelo counties.
Boone county officials moved swiftly to gain custody of Adam Richetti who with Charles Floyd is sought on first degree murder charges in the slaying of two officers on June 14 1933 Extradition papers were prepared to be submitted to Gov Park Richetti and Floyd are accused of killing Sheriff Roger Wilson and Highway Patrolman Ben Booth during a stop in Columbia Missouri
The Lisbon Ohio jail holding Adam Richetti is on the justice department blacklist for being insecure. Federal records show it was deemed unfit for federal prisoners after four escapes in two years, with no federal inmates housed there since then.
In Wellsville Ohio on October 24, Adam Richetti known as Pretty Boy Floyd’s ally was removed from the town jail to the Lisbon county jail. Thirty officers with rifles guarded the transfer in six automobiles. He was handcuffed to two deputies and arraigned on gun carrying charges after Wellsville refused Missouri requests for extradition.
Four people died in Oklahoma over the week end with three traffic deaths and two gunshot fatalities. Kenneth Turner a Shawnee radio operator was killed and S R Kellogg a radio announcer was critically injured when their car hit a truck near Ada Luther Green an Ada truck driver was injured A third Ada death involved E G Wells of Konawa who died from gunshot wounds suffered accidentally while hunting last week J L Cox was killed and six other employees of a contracting company were injured when a trailer broke loose from a truck and overturned at Seminole Dewey Simmons one of the six was reported in critical condition.
Last week the county canning kitchen, since its September opening, served ten families and canned nine carcasses. Canned meat totals were 339 tin cans and 119 glass jars with 92 additional cans distributed to the needy. Beginning today, containers are provided on a sliding toll basis to families in need, with options to share cans and jars.
Hopkins described plans to build 12 rural industrial communities housing 150 to 700 families each with relief funds. He showed Red House West Virginia homes costing 1600 dollars and Arkansas projects with 700 homes planned. occupancy would be cheap and either sale or lease considered. He asserted several plants may operate there and stressed housing affordability.
In Oklahoma City Oct 19 a long running feud between E W Marland and Lew Wentz threatens to color the gubernatorial campaign. Wentz returns to back Republican nominee W B Pine and accuses Marland of ties to the money powers. The dispute with Pine and Skelly of Tulsa remains unexplained as campaign tactics heat up.
About 100 checks averaging around two hundred dollars each have arrived for cattle bought with federal funds under the drouth program in Pontotoc County. Total payments reach about fifteen thousand dollars locally, with countywide totals about fifty five thousand dollars. The county allocation is exhausted and the program is suspended until a new allotment arrives. Cattle disposed of under the program reduce non profitable herds and ease the feed shortage.
Chicago reports inventor J. M. Braude proposes a bottle with a 25 cent embedded coin to deter bootleggers. Buyers would be charged and must smash the bottle when empty to claim the coin. Braude, associate director of Illinois state finance, revealed this idea at a wholesalers conference.
Frank Clark, 55, was executed in the electric chair at McAlester after being found guilty of killing Mrs. Anna Stiles on February 13. About 165 witnesses, 14 officials, and four relatives observed. Clark calmly walked to the chair and uttered farewell to a guard. The case stirred Red River district tensions between Oklahoma and Texas.
Hogs are being shipped in single or multiple lots from a test Kansas territory under Santa Fe guidance. Two stock cars depart Superior Nebraska each Monday to collect hogs for Kansas City or Wichita, with painted owner addresses on each animal. By day five forty six hogs were shipped, prompting consideration of a cattle pick up service.
Postmaster General James A. Farley telegraphs the secretary of state requesting a complete list of all state office candidates including the legislature with party affiliations and indicating incumbency. The message contains no further amplification.
State Senator W. A. Carlile of Sallisaw drafted a bill to rid the state of political leeches by making it a felony for any candidate or representative of a candidate to give money to campaign workers. Carlile said he would introduce the measure in the next legislature and it already has promise of considerable support.
Wellsville Ohio October 22 Chief of Police J H Fultz refused to turn over Adam Richetti to Missouri officials while warrants charged him with murder in the Union Station slaying. Fultz said he would keep Richetti in custody to ensure trial as federal charges loomed if a Kansas City grand jury indicted him.
Oklahoma City contracts to replace about one third of public school texts were awarded by the textbook commission despite a district court restraining order. Chairman W. L. Cheatham said new adoptions will not be used until September 1935 and that families may save over 250000 dollars. attorney Charles Mason called the action illegal.
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught issued an injunction against Secretary Wallace to block enforcement of a federal milk license in the Oklahoma City area. The ruling held milk production and sale in the Oklahoma City territory not interstate commerce, denying federal police power over the state.
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