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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
4
A historical column argues for two unions in one country: former tenants and landowners. It contends fair cooperation boosts profits for honest parties, criticizes agitators, praises ponds and water policy, and notes political shifts in Maine, Oklahoma, and California amid New Deal debates.
The article argues for sustained forest preservation in the Ouachita region detailing land purchase methods and management under government ownership. It contrasts southern education progress with northern wealth, notes postwar Southern institution growth, and critiques dictatorship in Germany and Mussolini while praising Russian gender equality and looming gasoline tax debates. It ends with cotton crop forecasts and Huey Long's dictatorial ambitions, warning of potential bloodshed in Louisiana.
Maine voted to restore alcohol sales after decades of restrictions. The shift follows a second consecutive Democratic victory, signaling a shift in the state’s traditionally strict stance on liquor and temperance.
Column highlights include Hugh Biles asserting Tennessee is so rugged cows drop from pastures. Hal Grady recalls a Stillwater former mayor who froze on stage at an airport opening and muttered a jumbled future past line. P A Norris appears ageless, Joe Aberson is nominated for niftiest ear wiggler, John Boyce McKeel refuses leftovers, and a theft at the Clower home ends with radio and clothing stolen.
A reader presents a puzzling banking sequence where an initial deposit of 50 dollars is examined through checks of 20, 15, 9, and 6 dollars. Balances shown progress from 30 to 15 to 6 and finally to 0, yet the reported totals end at 50 and 51 dollars, prompting confusion.
Elmer a college freshman returns home after an evening with a friend when a mugger interrupts. The comic miscommunication ends with Elmer earning straight A’s in sociology. A saxophone player is unwelcome in an apartment house, the author quips.
A clipped verse found by Ralph C. Heard under his desk glass carries a nameless poet’s quip about signing a note for a well known friend and wondering where the friend is now. The lighthearted item reflects a playful reader's moment from the period.
A family dinner ends with six year old Earl Jr asking for a sardine minnow as a joke. The piece recaps old line Republican politics as outdated. It closes with a joke about a scientist discovering a fog dissolving chemical suited as a head spray.
A nostalgic survey recalls iron hitching posts with horse heads and dank cellars from 1917 troop departures to the eastern coast. It notes Livery Stable Blues as early jazz and recalls dances labeled round or square and the era’s practical household tools like turkey wing dusters.
The account describes Celma Bolen Walker’s childhood discipline when she disobeyed, noting her father would lock her in a closet. She humorously recalls that staying inside long enough earned her payment to come out, reflecting on past parenting attitudes and resilience.
The ticket lists Clyde Wailer for Sheriff Della Bedford for Court Clerk J Fred McCoy for County Treasurer Bile Bevers for County Assessor Ray Stegale for County Superintendent A A Caldwell for County Commissioner District 1 Allen G Nichols for State Senator Tal Crawford for District Judge Tal Crawford and Austin R Deaton for Representative 1 Austin R Deaton.
Cotton ginning rates will rise about 50 percent for the coming season in Oklahoma City as the corporation commissioners tentatively approved the increase. A severely short crop is blamed, with the state board estimating only 22 percent of normal on Sept 1, vs 72 percent last year. New rates: picked cotton 30 cents per hundred, bellies and snaps 85 cents. bagging 1.00 sugar bagging and 1.25 jute.
Sept 12 report says P M Hollis Ardmore won a 6000 dollar government contract to move CCC barracks from Tecumseh to Mohawk Park Tulsa. Tecumseh camp to be abandoned around Sept 15 and moved by truck to Tulsa. Other camps Prices Falls Ada to Lake Murray near Ardmore slated for Oct 15.
Oklahoma City report says Walden Johnson aged 23 of Britton was fatally injured by a motor car while walking on the highway near Britton. The driver Will Holmes Bradley aged 19 of Britton said he was blinded by lights from another car.
Ada readers learn in a classified ad that smart investing can yield higher returns for money put into opportunities offered locally. The notice emphasizes prudent selection and potential gains.
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