County Valuation Rises Despite Public Service Decline
Pontotoc county total assessed value climbs to 1955 from 1934 driven by higher personal and real estate valuations. Personal property up to 2,567,773 and real estate to 8,446,892, while public service values dip to 3,284,129. Ada city and School District 19 show significant gains across all categories as tax boards set new levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excise Board
Pontotoc County
Bill Beavers
Public Service Company
Public Service
State Equalization Board
Ada
County Excise Board
ACCIDENT FATAL TO G. B. NORMAN
Funeral services for G F Norman 28 year old oil field supply salesman of Shreveport formerly of Ada will be held at Criswell Funeral Home chapel this afternoon at 3 30 oclock Rev Ivan J Young pastor of First Christian church will officiate and burial will be in Rosedale cemetery Norman was killed Friday afternoon when his car overturned near Vivian Louisiana breaking his neck He attended Ada High School and was survived by his widow Mrs Gillett Massey and his mother Mrs H R Norman of Maxwell four brothers and three sisters Other relatives live in Oklahoma City Amarillo Texas and Birmingham Alabama
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G. F. Norman
Shreveport
Gia
Ada
Chapel of Criswell
Ivan J. Young
First Christian Church
Rosedale Cemetery
Norman
Vivian
Mr. Norman
Aida High School
Gillett Massey
Clarence H. Massey
Nor Man
Massey
Mary Massey
Clarice Massey
Seminole
Continental Supply Company
Rodessa
Mr. Nor Man
H. R. Norman
Maxwell
Slade Norman
Sterling Motor Supply
Ned
Hesley
Houston Norman
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Texas
Birmingham
Alabama
Lindsay Smyth Dies From Infection At Service Station
Lindsay Smyth 25 died Saturday morning at the Empire Mid Continent Service station 500 East Main from a brain infection caused by a blood clot following a bruised nose on August 27. Funeral at Criswell Chapel Sunday 2 PM with Rev. Ivan J. Young. Interment Memorial Park. Survived by widow Lindsay Smyth Jr. a son, parents Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Smyth, and brother Vadie Smyth.
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Lindsay H. Smyth
East Main Street
Criswell Chapel
Ivan J. Young
First Christian Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Smyth
Lindsay Smyth
Lindsay Jr
North Mississippi
P. H. Smyth
Vadie Smyth
East Main
Republicans Demand Rest Cure Not Breathing Spell
The Republican National Committee argues industry seeks a complete rest cure not a breathing spell promised by President Roosevelt. Key figures like Senator Dickinson Col Frank Knox and former Senator Reed condemn the New Deal as harming business and warn of national disaster and lower living standards.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Ron Howard
St. Charles
Dickinson
Iowa
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Col Knox
James A. Reed
Missouri
Chicago
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Escaped Convicts Captured at Wirt
Ardmore dispatch reports Weloyd Tate and John Karr escaped from Atoka sub-prison on Sept 3 and were arrested by Carter County officers at Wirt late today. They surrendered at once and faced custody following the capture incident.
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Ardmore
Weloyd Tate
John Karr
Atoka
Cater
Wirt
Ada Growth Sparks Building Boom in 1935 Ada
Ada advances with new homes and brick stores as 18 houses planned east of Stockton and South Stockton proceed. McSwain Theatre renovation costs 25000 dollars halting shows for three weeks while Ritz Theatre hosts moving pictures. additional homes and a six room brick veneer residence planned on High School avenue.
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Ada
McSwain_ theatre
McSwain
Ritz Theatre
Stockton Avenue
Twenty-Third Street
J. W. Horn
Finley and Lollar
High School Avenue
Stockton
O. B. Tiffin
Southside
One-time J. P. Beck of Fittstown Arrested on Embezzlement Charge
Joe Beck former justice of the peace at Fittstown in Stonewall township rests in county jail after arrest in Tipton Oklahoma on a warrant for embezzling about 153 dollars in fines and fees. County records showed prior deposits of 114 dollars and an inquiry followed before his resignation. A long search for Beck ensued after he left the county.
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Joe Beck
Fittstown
Stonewall Township
Tipton
Okla
Clyde Kaiser
Beck
Virgil Stanfield
Stanfield
Hitler Watches Army Maneuvers Near Muenster
In Muenster Germany on Sept 7 a large general staff observed the close of the first phase of a major military maneuver not seen since World War I. The assembly included senior officers and marked a pivotal wartime display.
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Muenster
Germany
Deer Season Set in Seven Oklahoma Counties
Oklahoma City Sept 4 the state fish and game commission announced a deer open season in seven southeastern counties Haskell Pittsburg Leflore Pushmataha Mc Curtain Atoka and Latimer from November 11 to 16 no does may be killed and a one buck limit applies. Special licenses 750 for nonresidents and 15 for out of state hunters required. Prairie chickens season was abandoned due to bird scarcity.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Fish and Game Commission
Haskell
Pittsburg
Leflore
Pushmataha
McCurtain
Atoka
Latimer
Federal WPA funds allotment announced for Oklahoma projects
Washington reports $2,400,000 in WPA funds for Oklahoma with $94,659 from sponsors. Key selects projects including National Guard structures, drainage to curb malaria, small dams and farm ponds, plus building stone and aggregates. Hopkins approves statewide women's sewing room program. state aims to begin large scale work soon and reach full program by November.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Oklahoma
Division of
Roosevelt
W. S. Key
Works Progress Administrator
Oklahoma National Guard
Oklahoma City
Otis M. Smith
Key
Associated Press
Harry Hopkins
WPA
FERA
Pontotoc County
Ada
Roff
Allen
Coal County
Pontotoc
Coal
Johnston
First apportionment of state school funds to Pontotoc County
The first of eight apportionments from the state general school fund for the current school year has reached Ray Stegall, county superintendent. Pontotoc County receives 9,341 dollars, with Adams district set to gain 3,428 dollars. The fund comes from the state sales tax portion allocated to general education.
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Ray Stegall
Pontotoc County
Bodies of storm victims cremated on funeral pyres
In Florida’s coral keys danger of pestilence eased as flames consumed oil soaked bodies. Sheriff Coleman led 500 workers in cremations ordered by Roosevelt health officials. Data from FERA and Red Cross list storm tolls including 716 veterans in three camps and 281 unidentified dead or missing.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Coral Keys
D. C. Coleman
Roosevelt
FERA
Red Cross
Memorial services set for veterans dead in hurricane
Plans are made for memorial services in Miami at 7 p.m. tomorrow for hurricane victims with officers of all armed services in attendance. Officials probe whether 716 veterans were kept in Matecumbe camps through negligence as Governor Sholtz downplays criminal blame. Roosevelt funds for a vast arts and literature program reach 27.3 million to employ over 39 thousand writers and performers in a six month push coordinated by Bruce McClure and WPA divisions.
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National
Miami Amphitheater
Mr. Roosevelt
Keys
Matecumbe
Dave Sholtz
G. W. Worley
Miami
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
J. R. McCarl
Public Works Administration
Majorit
Hopkins
PWA
FWA
Works Progress Administration
Bruce McClure
WPA
Nikolai Sokoloff
Weston
Cotton Farmers Urged to Track Sales for AAA Payments
Oklahoma farmers advised to keep detailed records of cotton sold and buyers’ slips to qualify for new AAA loan and adjustment payments. H. P. Moffitt outlined loan terms, pricing-based payments, and three payment periods, with conditions on production, Bankhead certificates, and inter-county transfers.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
AAA
H. P. Moffitt
State Cotton Board
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Moffitt
Thirteen Veterans Credit Absence Without Leave For Surviving Hurricane
Thirteen veterans in Key West credit their survival to being absent without leave from Florida rehab camps. They had come to Key West with about 50 others for a Labor Day weekend. when the hurricane struck Monday they stayed an extra day, causing their train to be held for hurricane threats.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Key
Some Applied Psychology Some Applied Psychology
Ann Arbor notes science humor and early experiments in reaction time and perception. Howard W. Blakeslee reports on researchers testing measuring rods and human motor responses with careful controls and curious results.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Ann Arbor
Mich
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J. H. Collins
Will Pegg
G. B. Norman
Louisiana
Tate
Bill Ratliff
Carter County
Doris Winford
McAlester
Barr
Okfuskee County
Elmo Lindsey
Lingsay
Sant Ties
Siinaenly
G.O.P
Onvicts
W. H. Ebey
Main and
Earl Norman
West Twenty-Fifth Street
Nate Phillips
Johnston Avenue
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Hitler
Werener von Blomberg
von Blomberg
Werner von Fritsch
der Fuehrer
J. P. of
Telaroma
CF Work Fund
Iurt
Snake Creek
Camp Three
American Psychological Association
Theodore F. Lentz
Washington University
St. Louis
Billy Sunday
East
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Veterans Rehabilitation Corps
American Legion
Trent
Brown
Bayless
Keith Funeral Home
South Broadway Ambulance Service
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