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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
3
The Pontotoc County board of commissioners prepares for a regular session amid questions about August highway fund activity. District 3 may skip about 3500 in claims, District 2 around 1800, and District 1 about 1300, as auditors note August spending far exceeds available funds.
Ray Stegall county superintendent announces a state funded apportionment to replace homestead tax losses for local school districts. Total county share is 17 244 48 with many district allocations listed, all to be used for teacher salaries.
Arthur Guy Holloway 53 of Oklahoma City, a district supervisor for the Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Motor Carriers, was among 25 killed in a Pennsylvania airliner crash near Washington. He had a 15 year Holdenville law career, served as a state anti saloon official, and resided in Oklahoma City with two daughters. He was to marry Jessie Younger and had earlier worked for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. He was born May 23 1887 in Vermilion ND.
Classified ad notes higher yields for invested funds in Ada News. It highlights improved returns on vested amounts and urges readers to inquire at local offices for details.
Two 40 000 gallon water tanks crashed through the bath house roof on the Boardwalk Atlantic City killing at least five people and injuring ten. Names include Mrs Fannie Arbor and Mrs Sophie Sonstein both of Philadelphia. Rescue efforts continued amid rising fears of more victims in the flooded basement as Labor Day visitors watched.
County agent C H Hailey explains carbon bisulphide or high life can reduce losses of stored beans and peas by killing weevils and eggs in tight fumigation. He notes preparation steps and safety, including price range and the need to vent after 48 hours.
A PA central airliner crashed seven miles from Hillsboro near Lovettsville Virginia, the worst disaster in American commercial aviation at the time. The incident occurred near a monument to Susan Catherine Koerner Wright, mother of the Wright brothers, set up by the Virginia conservation commission.
Pontotoc county farm agents C. H. Hailey and E. W. Cinnamon were chosen to judge livestock and poultry at the Hughes county fair in Holdenville on September 5.
Tokyo dispatch says Hai Phong port in French Indo China is closed by French officials to prevent foreign warships from entering. The Domei radio broadcast reports this move as tensions rise in the region.
Administrative assistant J. W. Herron announced that marketing cards and cotton parity applications will be distributed in Rofs on Monday and Fitzhugh on Tuesday. Soil conservation applications go to those meeting soil-building goals and forti zer and Austrian winter peas applications will be taken. Meetings across the county will notify each producer within 10 days about local distributions and discussions on fertilizer use in Oklahoma versus eastern states due to drought and AAA fertilizer shipments.
Henryetta report: Fred Berry, 45, critically wounded, charged with murder after fatally shooting his estranged wife 32 in the chest during a spate of violence. An officer was grazed, Berry wounded by a pipe, and both he and Mrs. Berry were hospitalized.
Harry Spann, who lost an appeal to the supreme court on a second degree burglary charge, was taken to the state penitentiary today to begin a five year sentence. Convicted in 1937 of breaking into a building southeast of Ada and taking 389 dollars worth of dynamite from Portland Cement Co. The crime is cited as October 15, 1936 with a 1937 October 29 sentence. The supreme court mandate arrived Friday and Spann had been free on bond.
Colonel Hugh Scott 62 former assistant surgeon general and one time chief medical advisor to the Veterans Bureau died today of a cerebral hemorrhage. He headed the Edward Hines Veterans Hospital in Chicago on leave and earlier commanded Soldiers Memorial Hospital at Muskogee. Survivors include his widow, a son, two daughters and two sisters.
Molly presses Johnny to secure the Reynolds cameo as a wedding gift while Jean refuses to part with it. Johnny tries to broker a sale, fearing Molly’s marriage plan hinges on the heirloom. A backstage fire interrupts the escalating scheme as the scene ends.
Oscar G. Forman ordered a boundary survey to confirm vacant land lines. The survey found a house on his property and he asks the courts to determine ownership. An unrelated note claims the average car uses about two gallons per day or 1450 gallons monthly.
Johnny Regan helps Jean Reynolds save Cape antiques during a theater fire then learns Jean plans to give him the cameo as a reward. Molly and others depart with the salvaged props while Johnny contemplates his ties to Jean and the theater crew. The cameo remains unreturned to its owner.
Oklahoma City August 31 reports corn reaching 16 feet 11 inches. Emitt Milligan wins $5 prize for tallest stalk from 160 acres near Heavener after saving seed. Board notes decline in fatal truck accident rate 29 percent over 12 years while passenger car fatalities rose 18 percent.
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