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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1929
Page
7
The und ersigned will apply to Governor W J Holloway for clemency for a sentence from the Pontotoc County District Court dated April 18 1928. The notice requests clemency and directs interested parties to respond as required by law.
Testimony before the senate lobby committee showed the Cuba Company of New York City and Cuban sugar producers funded extensive Washington advocacy up to 95000 dollars. Witnesses described secret tariff bill rate discussions and Secretary roles for Connecticut Manufacturers Association officials during the finance committee hearings.
Sheriff's sale commanded for 40 acres described as Northeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter Section 6 Township 3 North Range 7 East Indian Meridian. Judgment in favor of State of Oklahoma on relation of Commissioners of the Land Office for $1,403.87 plus $120 attorney fees, 10 percent interest from December 19, 1928, and $50.90 costs, with further costs accruing. sale set for November 16, 1929.
In Tampa Florida on October 29 a mistrial was declared in the Sidney J Catts case former Florida governor. The jury reported in federal court that it could not reach a verdict on the count of aiding and abetting counterfeiting.
Ada is selected as an emergency landing field on the Dallas Tulsa line by the N A M S with Lieutenant Lewis confirming flare signals and daily overflights. He warned pilots may stay in Ada during severe winter weather as flares are left for signaling.
A flight report notes unsafe landing with flares signaling weather change and landing impossibility. Lieutenant Lewis pilots a Curtiss Falcon mail plane powered by a 400 hour D 12 motor as conditions force a destination change.
A New York Cuba company testified before the senate lobby committee that ten months in Washington prove lobbyists are essential. They cited $95,000 spent to obtain a low Cuban sugar tariff, with $75,000 spent this year on propaganda and publicity. The witness named congressional targets and noted Cuban President Machado supported the effort and helped bring in General Enoch Crowder. The tariff outcome favored the sugar producers in the Senate but not in the House.
Washington representative Joseph R. Grundy of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers association and of the American Tariff league was summoned by the senate lobby committee to testify tomorrow in its tariff rate influence inquiry.
A compact classified brief notes that readers can find value in ads and services offering strong returns for money spent. It highlights practical deals and efficient expenditures, urging shoppers to compare price and quality to maximize value from their investments.
Mrs. W H Crowder of Tulsa announces Wilma Bonnifield of Okemah as state representative for the Atwater Kent Audition with Tressa Flo Grimes as alternate. Bonnifield, a noted soprano, previously won the East Central conference soprano division in 1922. The Dallas district audition includes Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico. Winners advance to the December national audition.
Oklahoma City October 23 Paving of five miles south from Tecumseh on state highway No T was completed yesterday by G P Carr Construction company C E Ayers Potawatomie County commissioner said today The same company holds the contract for the connecting link on state highway No in Pottawatomie county east from Dale to the end of the present paving west of Shawnee Ayers said the contractor will move to that job at once He was to appear before the highway commission to ask to pave a quarter mile on State highway No 18 through Asher If graveled this strip would complete a traveled highway across the southern end of Potawatomie County The rest of the route is county highway.
Oklahoma City October warnings from Dr Clyde Beson health commissioner about carbon monoxide risk in closed garages. He notes winter deaths from incomplete fuel combustion and warns against running motors briefly in cold cars. He urges trained checks for gas appliances and outdoor air aided flue connections.
The East Central district of PTAA held a Friday business session with outgoing president Mrs. Marie Koodke Bailey presiding. Officers elected for the coming year include president Mrs. Carl Bolen We tumka vice president Mrs. Lloyd Thomas Holdenville and secretary-treasurer Mrs. H J Surrett Ada. A afternoon school of instruction by Mrs. Vergil Brown and Mrs. Eileen Harrison Oklahoma City covered all phases of parent teacher work. The district seeks to expand its work this year after a brief initial organization.
Rufus E. Davis former guard at the State Training School for Boys was found guilty of assault and battery and given a 30 day jail term on a misdemeanor charge while awaiting formal sentencing on a murder charge in the death of 16 year old inmate Stanley Kelley. Davis remains free on $20,000 bond pending sentencing next Monday.
Ione Ord, dubbed the mystery girl, is jailed in New Orleans as a material witness in the murder of Jack Kraft aboard the steamer Creole. Kraft was shot and his body dumped in the river near New Orleans after a quarrel with Ord, whose letters to officer John McGouldrick suggest love rather than Kraft. McGouldrick faces trial as detectives probe what happened aboard the Creole.
Clifton Springs New York October 29 The Rev Dr John Roach Straton noted militant fundamentalist Baptist preacher died at a sanitarium here at 5 50 am He was 54 and had suffered a nervous breakdown after a brief paraly tic stroke last April He led Calvary Baptist Church in New York and opposed evolution during his campaigns against modernism He supported William Jennings Bryan in the Scopes trial and opposed Alfred E Smith in the 1928 campaign He clashed with church leaders and engaged in debates over theatre and public morals He had a long public career including revival services and clashes with atheism and modern science He was born in Evansville Indiana and studied at Mercer University Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Chicago University of Chicago Boston School of Oratory and Expression and earned a Doctor of Divinity at Shorter College in 1906
Mrs. Mabel Bassett calls the verdict a disgrace to the state after Rufus E. Davis, a guard at the state training school in Pauls Valley, was found guilty of assault and battery in the death of 16 year old inmate Stanley Kelley. Bassett said she was in court through the trial and expected first degree manslaughter.
Classified items list farm wanted near Ada for general farming and dairying plus offers to trade for cattle pigs and feed. Also notices of sale for a Poland China boar a 130 acre Love County farm with alfalfa corn and pecans near Marietta and a McCormick Deering Primrose Separator near Latta.
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