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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1939

Page

7

Sheriff Sale Notices in Pontotoc Oklahoma 1939

Public notices detail sheriff sales, partitions, and guardianship actions in Pontotoc County Oklahoma during 1929 to 1939. Items include property foreclosures by Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, land lots in Ada, and mineral deeds. hearings on guardianships and final accounting follow court orders and advertisements.

Adam Weekly News Oklahoma Anid Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Lydia Duncan Ada Wlt North Halt Northweat Nwa Costa Nf Otia Garrett Aumont District Court Pontotoc County State of Oklahoma Mary Thompson Luther Bell Thompson Baga Oklonorin Darthion Ada Insaid Clyde Kaiser Pontotor Ake Oxlahom Clatce Sperdivant JF. Mek Ly Atty Mars Mber Co Condas Shemufe Pontaton County My .C. Mitcoull W. T. Candos Indy Blaintitt Mitchell Dasposten Clyde Kalaer Claude Stura Jane Indersheriff

Traylor seeks permit for motor carrier route in Oklahoma

Traylor gives notice of intention to file with the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma for a permit to operate a motor carrier for transporting inter trelsht along a route in Oklahoma. All interested parties may obtain hearing details by contacting the Secretary of the Corporation Commission in Oklahoma City.

Tor, Traylor Corporation Commission of Oklahoma Oklahoma Secretary of Corporation Commission Ox—lahoma City

Blackout in Oklahoma Reported in Duncan Area

In Duncan on September 6 a resident asked City Manager Claud L Frensley if Hitler was sending planes tonight. Frensley replied no, not that they knew of. A caller reported a blackout in the town as street lights had been turned off to relieve an overloaded power plant.

Duncan Hitler Claud L. Frensley Frensley

Torrential Storms Batter California and Arizona

Severe storms dumped record rainfall across eastern California and Arizona, flooding highways and stranding travelers in Needles and other Mojave desert areas. Crews guided nearly 2,000 vehicles through flooded underpasses near El Centro as hotels and camps faced overflow.

San Bernardino Calif California Arizona Mojave Desert Needles el Centro

Bailey Announces Six State Waterways Meet

Gov Carl E Bailey announced today an Arkansas Flood Control Commission conference on waterways transport to be held Sept 15 in Little Rock He will invite governors of six neighboring states Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Missouri Tennessee and Mississippi to attend Proposals include federal legislation and cooperation with congressional committees.

Little Rock Ark Carl E. Bailey Arkansas Flood Control, Commission Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Missouri Tennessee Missippi

No Censorship Wanted By FDR In Radio

White House secretary Stephen Early said President Roosevelt wants no censorship for radio or the press in peacetime though wartime control plans exist. He noted government will watch short wave and international broadcasts closely to avoid aiding belligerents, citing past voluntary censorship under Wilson. Creel, now at the San Francisco fair, had led the wartime information committee.

Washington Sept Stephen Early White House Roosevelt Early United States Burleson Wilson Congress George Creel Creel San Francisco Fair Vse

Rural Mail Box Improvement Week Observed

The post office urges rural patrons to replace unapproved or worn mail boxes with approved, sturdy receptacles and maintain legible owner names. September 10 1939 marks Rural Mail Box Improvement Week as carriers assist and report progress. Actors consider halting their stage fight as real events unfold in Europe.

Post Office Department Tutal

Wanted ambitious hustler to sell Rawleigh products

Ambitious hustler sought to sell Rawleigh products in homes. Pleasant work with good earnings potential from start and rising quickly. Training provided. Apply Rawleigh's Dept. OKI-3-50, Memphis, Tenn, 9-T-lt-wizy.

Rawleigh Rawleigh’s Memphis Tenn

How Poland Can Win Defensive War

London dispatch analyzes Poland's defense strategy as German drives threaten Katowice and Cracow, detailing planned Polish retreats to prepared positions, mining of corridors, and hope for delayed decisive German victory. It notes Poland's air defense despite being outnumbered, and the likelihood that success hinges on Western aid arriving in time.

George Fielding Eliot London East Prussia Germany Poland Katowice Cracow Breslau Slovakia Cracow J Warsaw Stowice Dzialdowa Haa Vistula Moscow Russia Britain France Dava

Woodward Rodeo Opens With Grand Northwest Show

Woodward prepares for its annual rodeo festival on September 9 20 featuring a newly expanded 75000 dollar stadium and crowds of cowboys and cowgirls. Amid rodeo bustle bands Indians and horsemen fill the air as thousands attend the three day event reflecting Woodward's long tradition of western spectacle.

Woodward Oklahoma Lydna Yakley Ellis

Survivors Hope for Safe Return After Athenia Disaster

497 survivors landed at Greenock Scotland and 506 at Galway Ireland amid telegrams from relatives. Glasgow officials coordinated clothing and aid as American and Canadian refugees praised the city's hospitality. The Athenia’s owners led with a $5,000 donation to a refugee fund, while officials prepared for rapid repatriation to the United States.

Glasgow Ser Athenia Greenock Scotland St Galway Ireland Arthur Robert Ramsay Donaldson Jine United States America Piccadilly Ramsay Athania City Hospital

Churchill accuses Germany over Athenia sinking

In the Commons Winston Churchill reports 1,418 aboard Athenia when sunk by a submarine off Ireland on Sept 3. He says the liner, unarmed, was torpedoed and surfaced to fire a shell, signaling a potentially greater disaster than first reported.

London Winston Churchill The Admiralty Commons Athenis Admiralty Head Ireland Churchill Athenia Olinde Carl Fritzen

Obituary for Marvin M Harwell of Ada Texas

Marvin M Harwell 58 of 322 East Thirteenth died Tuesday at 4 25 pm in a local hospital Funeral services were held Wednesday at 4 pm at Criswell Funeral Home with Rev M B Epperson officiating Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery Surviving are his wife two daughters Mrs Syble Head of Oklahoma City and Miss Jean Harwell of Ada and a son Charles Harwell of Big Springs Texas

M. M. Harwell Marvin M. Harwell East Thirteenth CristwOl Funeral Home Memorial Park Harwell Syble Head Oklahome City Jean Harwell Ada Charles Harwell Big Springs Texas

Americans Offer Service to France In Paris

The American Legion reports that since Sept 2 more than 300 Americans volunteered for France. A 19 car ambulance unit funded by U S citizens and staffed by American volunteers will join the French army. Col Charles Sweeny says about 2000 others have registered with him for potential service. He mentions a telegram from a prominent congressman offering 1000 volunteers and 250 men from Texas to form a unit of the French Foreign Legion.

Paris French Department of the American Legion France United States Charles Sweeny Sweeny Texas French Foreign Legion

Finney Transferred Tulsa To Gotham

STANDA rd Oil of New Jersey announced Wa Finney, president of the Oklahoma Pipe Line, will transfer from Tulsa to New York City on Oct 1. He will coordinate producing units of two other Standard subsidiaries while Paul Griffin directs routine Oklahoma operations. Other briefs cover Slovak resentment under German rule, attacks on Gdynia, and German bombing claims.

Tulsa UPI Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Wa Finney Oklahoma Pipe Line Company New York City Finney Oklahoma Ajax Standard Oil Company of Louisiana New York Twll Standard Carter Oil Company Standard of Louisiana Paul Griffin

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