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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
6
U S Dept of Agriculture cattle numbers at Oklahoma City show 2 200 cattle 1000 calves active with grass steers around 6 85 and 6 50 for different weights. Hogs 1809 head with 232 direct sales and a steady to strong trend. packer top near 10 90. Sheep and lambs event show higher lambs to 8 00 with throwouts to 6 00.
Kansas City market notes show hogs 190 to 260 pounds mostly up 10 to 15 cents from Tuesday with tops near 11.15. Cattle activity slow to steady with better grades strong, calves slow, feeders weaker. Sheep lambs uneven with most sales 9.00 to 9.85, Colorado range lambs at 9.85 and natives around 9.50.
Chicago market report lists poultry live haul prices for hens roosters and turkeys with ranges from 4 1 2 to 19 1 2 cents per pound and turkey quotes 15 to 16 cents. Butter and eggs are steady with creamery specials at 24 1 2 to 33 1 4 for extras and local graded firsts around 23 1 4 to 24 1 4 per unit.
Chicago reports U S Department of Agriculture data with total U S shipments 490 and eastern stock slightly stronger. Prices vary by state with New Jersey cobblers at 2 50 and Idaho russet Burbanks approaching 2 75 to 2 80. Washington russets at 2 90. Utah Bliss triumphs at 2 60. Colorado Bliss at 2 65 to 2 75. Nebraska cobblers 2 35. Michigan round whites 2 30. other grades and classifications noted with light demand and moderate supplies.
Wheat held near steady in Chicago trading as overall grain markets stayed narrow. Dealers waited for tomorrow’s 11 a.m. CST release of September private crop estimates, with September and December futures showing mixed small moves and oats and rye edging in or out modestly.
Chicago market notes report a range of cash wheat and corn prices with several grades listed. No. 1 dark hard wheat near 1.17 to 1.18 per bushel and No. 4 mixed at 1.14. corn No. 5 mixed around 1.06. yellow and white varieties show quotes from 1.07 to 1.24 with sample grades noted.
The market showed a moderate demand with covering activity. December cotton held around 11.59 cents after touching up to 11.62, with the general list recording net advances of 6 to 10 points.
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady with gains of 19 points. Sales reached 10,688 bales, with low mid dling at 10.87, middling 12.02, good middling 12.62. Receipts were 8,995 and stock stood at 300,087 bales.
Cotton futures in New York closed 16 to 18 points higher with steady tone and thin trading. In New Orleans the market also held steady with net advances of 16 to 19 points as traders assessed supplies and demand.
The Galveston Bucs upset the league leaders Dallas Steers 16 to 4 after an eight run first inning. Hal Patchett of Tulsa stole home late in a 10 to 9 Tulsa victory over San Antonio. Fort Worth Cats routed Houston Buffs 17 to 8 in a chaotic, error filled game. Beaumont rookie pitcher delivered the win with a strong eight and a third innings and added three hits.
Des Moines workers deck the city as President Roosevelt and Governor Landon visit for a drought conference. About 200000 residents are expected to line the route from the railway station to the 53 year old capitol building, where the drought rally will be held.
Japan issued a formal note stating it will retain 15 498 tons of submarines above the United States and Great Britain. This makes Japan's submarine fleet about one third larger than its two rivals under the London naval treaty Escalator clause.
Rain measuring up to 1.04 inches fell in southeast Kansas last night, breaking the heat and reviving drought parched vegetation across the region.
William S Hart, famed silent film star, says he will not return to acting. He explains he loses about 25 000 dollars annually on his Horseshoe ranch near Newhall, California, where he lives with his sister, employs seven people, cares for about 20 horses, and keeps two large Danes.
The state corporation commission reviews 1936 ginning earnings and contemplates the 1956-37 ginning rate. M B Louthan reports average investment earnings at 2.2 percent with regional variances. Previous estimates planned for 850000 bales, actual ginned 522616, 1936 estimate 450000. 1935 rate set at 25 cents per hundred for picked cotton and 274% cents for bellies, plus $1 for bagging and ties.
ANADARKO Sept 2 Up State witnesses completed testimony in the trial of Norman Orme for the slaying of Wayne Butterfield at his filling station last March Merle Butterfield brother of the dead man testified he saw his brother shot down Orme said he fired in self defense and claimed Butterfield had made advances to him.
In this curious world note, Swima High is described as being out of the water while people swear that a natural life belt is filled with air. The text conveys a cautious belief about buoyancy devices and their use.
The hay bacillus, named for its association with hay infusions, can double in length and divide every thirty minutes under favorable circumstances. In a single day it could produce billions of individuals.
Tulsa report notes Texas and Oklahoma set new lower daily production levels amid drought and regulated curtailment. Texas 1,125,675 barrels, Oklahoma 565,000. Oil Journal records show a 41,278 barrel drop. Drilling slows due to water shortages in Moore Field and Pontotoc county, with refiners slumping after summer demand.
The Douglas Oil and Gas No 1 Hauschild well in SE SE NW 15 21 7W Hauschild field Rice county was completed today with an estimated flow of 8 000 barrels daily from 3 389 feet. It is the third producer on the field and brings the lease to about 28 549 barrels per day, claimed to be the greatest in any Kansas 3 well lease.
Senator Elmer Thomas calls for immediate drought relief in Oklahoma. He backs a higher WPA quota to put applicants to work and a separate governor administered fund to speed aid. He warns of famine if delays persist and plans to attend Roosevelt drought conference in Des Moines.
Hutchinsons Larks drop to third in the Western Association after a 1 to 7 defeat to Joplin Miners. Anderson shut down Hutchinson as Joplin collected 11 hits. Ponca City led the league with a 14 to 6 win over Muskogee. Reese had three safeties for the Angels. Springfield Bucs game at Bartlesville postponed by rain.
Montgomery Ward's annual bike parade will be held Saturday September 4 in McAlester. Prizes total three top decorated bikes per entry group with $5, $2.50 and $1.50 in sporting goods merchandise. Register at the store. no entry fee or obligation.
Larned Kansas September 2 The Kansas oil producing area has been extended to Pawnee County with Gates No 1 wild cat 11 miles northeast of Larned. The Simpson Oil Company drilled the well in SWC 15 20 16w and it produced 100 barrels of oil and 5 900 000 cubic feet of gas daily in tests from a Silicerous lime. Top of lime was at 3815 feet with drill sunk to 3841 feet.
The Ada audience on Sept 8 witnessed Bob Fisher's Fearless Flyers perform daring aerial tricks from rope ladders to lofty pedestals. Renowned for world tours, the act promises thrilling danger and precision with a storied international history.
Wayne D. Phillips says Townsend club members may support any candidate for Congress and need not join a third party push. He told Dr. F. F. Townsend in Chicago he opposes the third party move. Townsend clubs back Sargent in the eighth district Patrick in the fourth and Massingale in the seventh.
An Anchorage pilot Kenneth Neese searched two days for a plane carrying pilot Steve Mills and five passengers. The group Mr and Mrs George Markle Mr and Mrs Lawrence David and Augustus Teik left Anchorage Sunday to fish near the Russian River on the Kenai peninsula and were not seen that night.
Spanish Socialist leader Dolores Ibárruri known as La Pasionaria, in Paris to appeal for aid, says European neutrality toward Spain sanctions the government and warns democracy would fail worldwide without armed support. She declines to confirm arms seeking, cites need to confer with Leon Blum.
Navy divers will scour Lover's Cove off La Jolla California to recover the heavy weapon used to batter Ruth Muir a 48 year old Y W C A worker to death Police Chief George Sears said today Investigators released all suspects including E Carl Eckdahl a 41 year old World War veteran.
Police pursue a sex killer amid a La Jolla murder investigation. Hair samples and blood found on the victim are sent to Pomona College for tests while deputies scour county suspects and federal agents watch the Mexican border at Tijuana.
City officials, Carter Oil, and Graben Gas and Water reached a water contract Wednesday. The Carter company will sell Syrd’s Mill water at a cent per barrel to the city’s lines, Crosby Gas Plant pays $86 per million gallons, and Graben receives two different scales. A contract copy will be filed with the city clerk.
Lee Williams longtime Oklahoma City court reporter was ordered to spend noon reading past decisions of the criminal court of appeals before reappearing in court. Williams, admitted to the bar in 1917, was sentenced to six years at McAlester penitentiary for wife and child desertion. He said a $700 veterans bonus would help support his wife and children, whom he has not located. He began serving his sentence in February 1936.
P W S Key the state WIA director announced Washington authorization to hire 2,500 more drought stricken farmers with immediate work. He forecast another 5,000 jobs in two days as the drought quota rises to 19,850. Senator Allen G Nichols urged senators and Oklahoma congressmen to back farm ponds terracing and artificial irrigators.
In Clementon New Jersey on a September day the Americans Reynolds Smith and Ed White opened with a decisive 8 and 7 victory over Great Britain pair Jack McLean and John Langley in the Scotch foursomes. Meanwhile John Goodman and Scotty Campbell held a 5 up lead over Hector Thomson and Harry Bentley with nine holes remaining as Reynolds Smith and Ed White pressed from behind.
Sallisaw Oklahoma reporter says 17 year old Marie Harrison of Sallisaw was killed instantly when an automobile overturned near Quinton early today. She was riding with a young man whose name was not learned. The girl was an Indian ward of Mr and Mrs Charles Harriway of Sallisaw.
At the United States war veterans convention in Saratoga Springs New York a resolution was adopted urging Secretary of Labor Perkins to deport 3 000 000 aliens illegally in the United States.
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