Tomato Snatchers and Bug Fighters Tie in Allen Scouts Game
The Ada News notes a close Friday morning baseball game between the Tomato Snatchers and the Bug Fighters of Allen Boy Scout troop with final score not available due to time. Scouts Turke Adams Clyde Compton fished a mess of catfish. Willie Underwood makes bows and arrows. Hoyt Isaacs led an Indian stomp dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Boy Scout Troop
Ada News
Turke Adams
Clyde Compton
Allen
Jim Carr
Gladstone Kidwell
Ray Cummings
Willie Underwood
Hoyt Isaacs
Council
Keith
Ross Miller
Killie
Raymond Perry
Haskell Gilmore
Hollie Scott Jr
Gilmore Kenneth Richardson
Lowell Adams
Bennie Carruth
Junior Bowman
Foreclosures Held Up Nationwide As 60 Day Moratorium Sought
Federal Home Loan Bank Board and Comptroller Fort announce a 60 day moratorium on foreclosures for national and state bank receivers as a policy to preserve home equity. Telegram urges delay across closed institutions. expected mortgage market revival after October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Franklin W. Fort
National Conference of Business and Industrial Committees
Fort
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tragedy in Tulsa: John Simpson Kills Ex Wife then Self
John Simpson, a 49 year old Oklahoma farmer, stabbed his estranged wife to death at her Tulsa home after six hours of conflict. He wounded neighbor George Delashaw, 66, during the attempt to intervene. all three are not expected to survive. The case ends with Simpson fatally slitting his own throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Aus
John Simpson
Georrge W. Delashaw
Saia
Delashaw
Simpson
Tupelo
Simpsons
Mrs Simpson of Wichita Passes at 35
A Wichita woman identified as Mrs. Simpson died at age 35, with local obituaries noting her early death and provide brief biographical details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Death claims three year old Catherine Crossley
A Oklahoma obituary notes Catherine Crossley aged three died Wednesday night August 24 from diphtheria at home of L C Crossley. The family mourns a mother father three brothers and one sister with a prayerful verse expressing grief and hope for reunion in heaven. A friend, Johnnie Smith, Stonewall, Okla., signs the notice.
Union Valley 4 H club prep for fair and school exhibits
Union Valley progress notes show 4 H club girls preparing exhibit for the fair and school exhibit work. The sixth to eighth grade room enrolls 25 with promising projects as Rev Lowery starts revival services and multiple local visits occur among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Lowery
Robert Hoggatt
Willie Hyde
J. C
Maxie
Jess Brandon
Margie Lee
Juanita Faber
Olive Newton
Annie Brandon
Jim McLain
N. A. Scott
Hyde
Thaddeus Akers
Inez Mayfield
Ada
Party honors Kirby Lee Anderson before move to Kansas
A Friday night gathering at Madie Burk’s was well attended as friends and neighbors praised Kirby Lee Anderson who will depart Tuesday for Lawrence Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madie Burk
Kirby Lee Anderson
Lawrence
Kansas
Rain Signs Bring Hope for Cotton Picking Week
Maxwell notes signs of rain hoped for as farmers may begin cotton picking this week. Bro. Kidd continues revival at the park through Sunday night with sermons at Johnstonville. Bro. Melott from Texas hosts services at the schoolhouse. Local visits include the Emery and Brecheen families, plus neighborly calls. Barn construction by J. W. Barnett and various small community happenings round out the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro
Kidd
Johnstonville
Melott
Texas
Webb Emery
Jerry of Cooke
Jim Brecheen
Dewey Cox
Edna Sue
Edd Stevens
Ada
D. Brecheen
Obera Norman
Laura Isaacs
Roy Mitchell
Howard Nunley
A. H. Ellis
Mack Fleming
J. S. Isaacs
J. W. Barnett
Ada quartet highlights Sunday young people meeting
The young people's meeting drew a large crowd on Sunday night with a fine program by Mr. a Gr ner and his Ada quartet. Many visits and gatherings followed, including Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dunn with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stewart and other regional residents sharing time across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Grner
Ada
Jack Dunn
Earl Stewart
John Ray
Walter Frazier
Evelyn Coffey
Willie Tipton
Leon Smith
Hart
Patton
Larah Pendleton
Maybelle McKeel
Lillie Coffey
Lillie Mae Evans
L. O. Cobb
Hilman_ Ables
Willis Ables
H. G. Coffey
Pampa
Texas
Elbert Reed
Henningan
Sissel
Doss
Mamie Mounger
Breco Hospital
Dollye Ables
Nora Childers
Fitzhugh
Lester Pitts
Arthur Coffey
Arden L
Little Son
Wells
Local Bicentennial Contest Winners Named
Imogene Smith and Albert Jamar won two of four places in the Washington bicentennial contest held at Vaness Friday. They will compete in the county contest next Saturday at Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vaness
Imogene Smith
Albert Jamar
Ada
Literary Society
Esther Maness
Albert
Edna
Oma Jamar
David Watters
Huff
Luke Ward
Arthur Anglin
T. J
C. O. Wortman
Leonard McBroom
Small Town Visitors and School Notes From Sunday
Ruby Alexander spent Saturday night and Sunday with Carolyn and Jewell Britt. Geneva Roundtree spent Sunday with Helen Brumley. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Siner and family visited Rost to see relatives. Mrs. Frank Gaines improving at home from tonsillitis. Perleedia Britt visited Sunday with Birdie Britt. Sunday school and singing were held. Jack Gaines returned to school after illness. Master Sammie Raines heals from a broken arm. The recent food sale raised funds for playground equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Collins
Cora Lee
Lois Robertson
Alcie Ball
Sybil Cade
Lillian Collins
Mabel Kirby
See
Dave Stockton
Ada
Beatrice See
Crawley
Ada Hospital
Frank Pinley
Bebee
Lee Home
Myrtie Crow
Mattie Ellis
Gee Ellis
Wanna
Center
Elgin Smith
Blanchare
Floyd Gray
Bud Dryden
Aline Jurd
Syble Isaacs
G. W. Lamb
E. O. Cavener
C. H. Bowie
oMntie Mitchell
Oklahoma City
Law
Clarence Woods
Baby C. L
Alex, Okla
H. R
Lee Whitaker
Inetta
Cecil Cavener
Mozelle
Maxwell
J. T. Law
Elma Law
LaDon
Daley
Daley Escue
Whitaker
Clyde Meeks
Rush
Willie Whitaker
Vaness
Bob Woods
Lorene Briton
Tom
Bob Myers
Henry Jamar
Doyle Allie
Jessie Newby
Homer Mosley
Burton
Fedis Fallon
Bob Willoughby
Curtis Blevins
Oder Wadlow
Rhoda
Edd Shirley
Jim Roberts
Blanchard
Randoff
Purcell
Henry Myers
T. M. Myers
Lorene Myers
Allie Newby
Rhoda Shirley
Doyle Newby
Burton Myers
Herbert
Hobart Jamar
Gracemont
Okla
E. C. Jamar
George Myers
Joyce
June
Pearson
Mrs. Myers
Fred Ward
Dunn
Allen
Lairle Anglen
Jewel Blevins
Sam Cox
Baby
Mable Bittles
Lorene
Bee
Mr. Cumming
Monroe
Florice
Q. R. Bevers
Ruby Alexander
Carolyn
Jewell Britt
Geneva Roundtree
Helen Brumley
J. W. Siner
Rost
W. D. Hallam
Jim Bullard
Clarice Duke
Frank Gaines
Stell Alexander
Perleedia Britt
Birdie Britt
Harold Lambert
Jones
Arkansas City
Jack Gaines
Sammie Raines
Money Taken In Burglary Here
George Stoneham of 820 West Thirteenth reported a burglary Saturday night with 401 dollars missing from a pillow slip kept in a front room. Time of robbery placed between midnight and 3 o clock. entry via window screen damaged by an ice pick. Most of the loot was in twenties with some tens fives and ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stoneham
West Thirteenth
Mother Drowns Two Children and Herself
Mrs. William A. Simmons a 25 year old watch repairman’s wife led her three daughters to a lake near Tulalooosa Alabama under pretense of baptizing them and drowned two of the children and herself the remaining child surviving Mrs Simmons sold religious literature and brought the family from their home sixteen miles away and waded out into the lake before disappearing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Jones
Ada
Oklahoma
H. E. McGuire
Stratford
Missionary, Baptist Church
Jesus
Tulaloosa
Ala
William A. Simmons
Here
Louise Simmons
Oklahoma Legion Instate Officers Elected At Convention
Muskogee August 29 stirrings memories as Oklahoma American Legionnaires parade for the annual convention. Election of 40 E1 8 officers names E R Christopher Bartlesville as grand chef de gare and Mert Poole Stillwater as past chief follow. Other officers include Paul Francher Holdenville Clyde Kaiser Ada Roos Taylor Bartlesville C C Goble Lawton Bart Lawton Pawhuska and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Legion
E. R. Christopher
Bartlesville
Crand
Ce Gare
Mert Poole
Stillwater
Paul Francher
Holdenville
Clyde Kaiser
Ada
Roos Taylor
Commissaire Intendente
C. C. Goble
Lawton
Garde de la Porte
Bart Lawton
Pawhuska
Poole
Cheminat Nationale
H. I. Dean
Sapulpa
M. D. Volker
A. R. Drumm
Ponca City
O. E. Exsleston
Seminole
Frank McSherrie
McAlester
Otis Harper
Oklahoma
Ecrand Chemino
Fugitive Branded Granite Convict Nabbed Near Avia
Oscar Brandon, 45, arrested near Ravia while officers hunted two men tied to a Fort Worth family robbery and kidnapping. Brandon allegedly admitted involvement with Aussie Elliott in the attack that left an 18 year old daughter abducted and later found bound at Lone Cedar cemetery. The Weber family reported the crime and the car loot was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
CP Rowman
Oscar Brandon
Ravia
Fort Worth
Texas
Brandon
Robert Donaldson
Johnston County
Aussie Elliott
John Weber
Webers
Weber
Joanna
Johnston
Carter
Marshall
Elliott
Reformatory
Lone Cedar Cemetery
Zetkin Demands Impeachment Of Hindenburg Cabinet
Clara Zetkin opens the Reichstag in Berlin urging impeachment of President von Hindenburg and Chancellor von Papen for constitutional violations. She denounces the regime as allied with monopoly capital while calling for a united workers front and strikes abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Franz von Papen
Clara Zetkin
Reichstac
Adolf Hitler
Frau Zetkin
Bic
Supreme Court
Reichstag
Har
Red Front
Tulsa Altus lead bid for convention in Oklahoma
Tulsa and Altus emerged as leaders in bidding for next year's American Legion convention. Governor Murray missed a speaking engagement. A parade followed the first business session with a women's auxiliary meeting earlier. Fireworks and an 8 parade capped the day. In Oklahoma City President Frank P. Johnson urged employers to rehire laid off workers and adopt staggered scheduling while praising the farm home loan bank system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Tulsa
Altus
American Legion
Murray
Okla
Frank P. Johnson
First National Bank and Trust Co
Johnson
Hoover
Golddigger Hits R F C for Millions
A psychologist notes men tend to do things bigger than women. The remark frames the idea of a golddigger pursuing millions from the RFC, illustrating gendered perceptions of financial ambition.
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BOY Scouts OF America
Memoriam
Winston Burpo
Breeo
Winston
God
Edith Townsend
Stonewall, Oklaloma
Ionesth
Knealt
Mary Lou
Susie Lairson
Wheeler, Texas
Rosedale
Lillian
Elizabeth
Bernice
Jimie Freeman
Aaron
Anna Mae Pollock
Vin Vanzant
Lusian Bryant
Aaron Pollock
Pollock
Anna Mae
J. S. Freeman
Gerb Robertson
Parker
Wm. Vanzant
J. P. Freeman
Clayton Vanzant
Charley Peterson
Bill Bennett
Charlene Robertson
Betty Joe Morgan
Ia Parker
Arvilla Parker
Bill Vanzant
Sunshine
Catherine Bumpas
Willie Mae Ganes
Jimmie Freeman
Lorene Parker
Robertson
Raymond Tinsley
Otis Perryman
Horace
Eva
Arnold Lee
Lucian Bryant
Catherine
Johnnie Smith
Stonewall
Union Valley
Walnut Grove
Handsel Roper
Sybel Adams
Billy Joe
Oliver Crane
Jim Allen
Vernon Crane
Kenneth Goods
Lula Leader
Lena Owens
Ada Satur
Johnnie Davis
St. Louis
C. H. Brendle
Elma Tyson
Bill Keef
Billy
Lonnie Mann
Impson
Madie Burc
Ailliene Burch
Bill Murray
Alen Boyd
Janie Lue Burch
Geneva Isaacs
Floraence Isaacs
Dallis Burk
Joe Starble
Marguerite
Airlene Anderson
Elbert Keef
Syd Collins
Anderson
Pauline Mann
Illa Mae Keef
Ruth Bureh
Cornell Brewer
Madelson Anderson
Onie Boucher
Mildred Owens
Lora Ellis
Pete Smith
Shawnee
Jack Watts
T. J. Bevers
Sasakwa
Jim Boucher
Delta Watts
Ottist Easley
Laura
Oral Dunn
Norma Jean
Winston Bond
Grant Isaacs
E. E. Sutton
Hansel Burke
Thelma Jean
Beulah Little
Walter Lee
Asher
James Isaacs
Ivy Sparks
Clara Lee Flowers
Liza Brecheen
Jake Watkins
Celeste, Tex
Sam Riley
Konawa
Joe Edward
J. D
Will Goodwin
Will Berry
Grady Bailey
W. C. Norman
J. W. Trimble
Sadie Cox
Arphie Henderson
Ruth Soward
Delmar Flowers
Loys Easley
Nellie Mitchel
Dorothy Nelson
Lahoma Brecheen
Joe Hilton
G. L. Cole
Willie Jamar
Bob Geewell
E. C. Cavor
Dorothy
Marjorke
Louise
GALE
A . Homer
Ugitive
Avia
Hindenburg
von Papen
Hitler
Reiichstal
Reichstal
Germany
Workers’ and Peasants’ Congress
Soviet Germany
Moscow
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