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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1933
Page
8
Claude Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude McMillan, had an appendix operation Wednesday afternoon. Reports say he had a good night and is progressing as well as could be expected.
Mr and Mrs J B Marsh and their children relocate to Ada from Durant. Mr Marsh serves as assistant superintendent at Prudential Life Insurance Company. Rev and Mrs W M Speck and family depart Ada for Sudan Texas where he will be the church pastor. Thomas Shannon of Stonewall visits Ada on business. Ford Rock of Ross visits Ada on business. Mrs A E Larnon and daughter Almeda of Norman stay with Mr and Mrs Ben Hatcher on 1920 S High School.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Pinley announce the birth of a daughter named Bessie Ann on September 7 in Thebee.
A Hinchester Minnesota note says Johnnie Randolph who has lived in Ada and Allen for 16 years underwent a serious operation there a few days ago and his condition remains not entirely satisfactory.
Mr and Mrs W T Radford of Tupelo announce the birth of a son on Saturday September 9 at their home.
Mise Corra Wilson of Frances visited friends in Ada Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Ebey left Saturday for Mineral Wells Texas where they will visit friends for several days.
Mrs. Alex Berger went to Stigler on Friday due to her father's illness. She was joined by Mr. Berger who returned to Ada on Saturday.
S McCleary who underwent a major operation a few days ago is reported improving and will be moved home soon.
Herman Hamilton a teacher in Atoka spent the weekend in Ada. Judge and Mrs Thomas P Holt are visiting friends and attending to business in Little Rock for several days.
James L. Harrison, a resident of Francis, is home on furlough from a reforestation camp in Wilburton. He is expected to return to duties shortly.
Arthur Roller, injured in an accident last week, is reported improving. He was transferred to Ada from Ardmore recently.
Ben Floyd of Tupelo attended to business and visited friends in Ada Saturday.
W. F. Farmer of Fitzhugh visited here Saturday on business. Mrs. W. W. Goodwin of Stratford visited friends and did shopping.
Miss Kathryn Anne Reed daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Reed underwent a tonsillectomy at Ada hospital today.
Perry Cunningham of Pontotoc spent the weekend in Ada visiting friends and catching up with locals.
Miss Gertrude Donaghey of Hickory visited friends in Ada on Saturday.
Miss Estelle Moore returned Friday from a four months visit with her brother Lt Milton Moore in Tientsin China. She also visited Pekin Japan and spent time in Hawaii before touring the Grand Canyon in Colorado on the way home.
Miss Bess Neely leaves home with her parents Mr and Mrs W Q Neely for Tucson Arizona where she will resume duties as a teacher in the city schools for another year.
Mrs G L Webster and child ren who have been visiting in Ada the past week left today for Dallas to visit relatives before returning to their home in Buffalo Texas.
Miss Elsie Felton and her brother Cecil Felton left today for Tucson Arizona where Miss Felton teaches and Cecil plans to attend school there.
Edith Chapman left Monday for Phoenix Arizona where they each. J M Byrd formerly of Stonewall and now in Seminole visited friends in Ada today.
Mr and Mrs John Reynolds announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday September 12. Mr and Mrs J R Woolery announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday September 12. Fred and John Barringer left Tuesday for their home in Borger Texas after visiting Ada. They were accompanied by Ira Ferguson who will visit for three months.
Mr and Mrs E M Mosier and daughter Janet of Lomita Cal who have visited Lee F Smith and family for several days left this morning to return home.
Mrs. R. W. Allen of 225 East Sixteenth learns from Cookeville Tennessee that her brother R. T. Morgan died today at 12:30. He was also a brother of Mrs. D. Goodpasture of this city.
STILLWATER Farm programs from Oklahoma A and M College on KVOO 1140 kilocycles return for a new season airing weekdays 12 30 to 1 15 pm. The 7th year features farm and home topics including school basics soil improvement poultry dairy crops pests and 4 H work. Farmers seek bean and pea weevil control using carbon disulphide fumigation or heat treatment with careful temperature management.
Oklahoma 4-H reports 43095 youths with 64137 projects as of July 15. Poultry leads with 7137 participants. girls edge boys 21959 to 21136. No 4-H members in Nowata. Grady and Okfuskee top white and total county counts. Creek leads in projects with 3507.
The Oklahoma cow testing association shows higher butterfat per year than the national average. For 1930-31 the U S average was 7.812 pounds of milk and 306 pounds of butterfat, while Oklahoma averaged 7.234 pounds of milk with 316 pounds of butterfat in 1931-32. The group, about one percent of state cows, produced over 5,500,000 pounds of milk with 250,000 pounds of butterfat worth 133,769 dollars, supplying a home market.
Report notes feed value of 43498 dollars and income over feed costs over ninety thousand. It cites cow testing associations lifting production per cow with national averages showing 1920 figures of 6077 pounds milk and 347 pounds butterfat versus 1930 31 records of 7812 pounds milk and 306 pounds butterfat.
W. J. Green district agent will visit Pontotoc County on Wednesday September 123 to consult with farmers about the national wheat reduction program. He advised Mr. Hill that no heavy campaign is in progress but farmers may join voluntary efforts and Hill will send notices inviting attendance.
On Monday September 18 county 4 H boys and girls compete for trips to the state fair in Oklahoma City. Girls enter sewing canning and cooking contests while boys compete in their specialty work. State fair runs September 23 to 25 with exhibits due by September 23.
Oklahoma crop expected at 1,132,000 bales with a September 1 condition of 72 percent and high yield projection of 185 lb per acre. Abandonment seen at 1.0 percent leaving 2,932,000 harvested acres. US crop forecast at 12,414,000 bales with 67.5 percent condition and lower abandonment.
Clarence E. Wilson and Bonnie Mae Snyder were married on Thursday September 7 in the First Baptist church of Okemah with Rev. W. T. Ray officiating.
Out Our Way recounts how Czrwony, praised as kind, offered $2000 on trust to a stranger called the crying Spaniard who vanished with the money. Police later reveal the con and Czrwony weeps from the loss and deception.
Mrs. Wilson is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Snyder of Okemah. She studied at East Central State Teachers College and has taught in Okemah. Mr. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of Okemah, studied at East Central State Teachers College two years and earned a LLB from Cumberland University. The couple, returning from a trip through Arkansas Kansas and Missouri, will live at 712 East Tenth while Mr. Wilson works in lawyer W. C. Farmer’s office and plans to take the November bar exam.
Cattle on Oklahoma City market day 700 head with 200 calves, steady overall. steers and yearlings scarce for testing. canners and cutters active. best weighty calves up to 4.50 and fancy light veals to 4.00. Hogs 4,500 with 3,500 pigs, prices up to 4.10 packer top. sows 2.20-2.60. Sheep 700 lambs slow, mostly 25 lower. top 6.35, good-choicer 5.50-6.00, throwouts 3.90-4.00.
Kansas City market report shows hogs 18,000 head near steady to higher with top 4.15 on 180 to 230 pounds and cattle futures firm. mixed yearlings and steers 6.00 to 6.25 with good to choice ranges. calves and vealers 3.00 to 6.00. lambs soft with best westerns above 7.50 earlier bids. Sheep slow, limited sales with ewes and wethers 1.50 to 5.00 dependably.
Butter traded 12 446 barrels at a steady market. Eggs totaled 4 295 cases with prices firm. extra firsts 17 3 4 cents, fresh graded firsts 17 1 4 cents, current receipts 13 1 2 to 15 cents per dozen.
Chicago dispatch reports live poultry trade mixed with firmness in some lines. Prices shown for hens turkeys old toms colored broilers fryers and ducks withSeveral lines indicate small gains while others hold steady based on car truck volume and item type.
Potatoes priced around 89 cents with total U S shipments 480. demand moderate and trading steady. Wisconsin round whites U S No 1 mostly 1 75 to 1 90, some 1 95 to 2 00. Minnesota Hollendale round whites U S No 1 1 55 to 1 85. Red River Ohios 1 65 to 1 75. Idaho russets 2 15 to 2 25 with some higher. Washington russets 2 00 to 2 10. Colorado and Montana figures 2 20 to 2 30 and 2 10 to 2 15 respectively.
Reports indicate Washington aims to raise commodity prices by about one third and accelerate the wheat acreage reduction, with 91 percent of Kansas acreage signed up. Wheat closes near the day’s high up 4 1 2 cents, corn and oats also advance, and a $60 million emergency relief program is under consideration in Washington.
Wheat No. 2 hard 86 1 2 cents, corn No. 2 mixed 47 3 4 cents, No. 2 yellow 47 1 2 to 48 1 2 cents, No. 2 white 49 1 4 to 1 2 cents, oats No. 3 mixed 33 3 4 cents, No. 2 white 36 1 4 to 3 4 cents.
Reports of stronger demand for cotton goods lifted prices in New York trading. December contracts rose from 9.13 to 9.38, a 27 point gain, as early trading remained quiet then turned active. A favorable weekly weather report aided sentiment, while strength in the grain market supported late buying.
In New Orleans on September 13 Spot cotton finished steady with gains of 40 points. Sales reached 4,688 with low middling at 8.56 cents, middling 9.16, road middling 9.56. Receipts numbered 1,786 and stock stood at 657,099.
National crude output fell 59 113 barrels daily last week to 2 715 601 barrels as Oklahoma and Texas trimmed production. Oklahoma eased from 548 375 to 513 860 barrels while Texas dropped from 1 297 038 to 1 247 254 barrels with East Texas at 636 558 barrels.
Three escapees were killed in a Brouillette woodland confrontation with a posse near Marksville after officers captured three others from a group of 11 who fled Angola penal farm during a riot. Bill Bryant and James C. Bird, both 25, were arrested on the Red River banks. Jimmy Dear, 29, of Rapides Parish, was captured after attempting to trade his prison shotgun for a farmer’s rifle.
In Louisiana, two of eleven Angola state farm escapees were recaptured near Barksville after a gun battle with Avoyelles parish deputies. Bill Bryant of Texarkana and James C. Bird of Madisonville were identified, jailed in Marksville, and others pursued in a woodland near Marksville as posse members traced the group through automobile thefts and rural store holdups.
In Chicago on September 13 a crying traveler known as the Weeping Spaniard drew the sympathy of a sad-eyed stranger who offered help and 2000 dollars. The encounter highlights the stranger’s compassionate acts amid a tense scene in the city.
Government foresees farm income reaching about 6.66 billion dollars in 1933, up from 5.143 billion in 1932, largely due to higher crop prices. Livestock prices are softer, with year end prospects uncertain unless demand and industrial activity rise. The Agriculture Department notes price trends and marketings will influence 1933 totals.
Census Bureau reports August cottonseed crushed at 233,223 tons up from 152,826 previous year. On hand at mills 220,306 tons vs 265,607 a year ago. Crude oil 70,878,254 pounds produced. refined oil 58,096,075 pounds. Sake and meal 106,632 tons. hulls 65,254 tons. linters 38,092 running bales.
Tulsa on September 13 reports a new price shading trend in the Midcontinent crude market. Buyers seek profits and dividends under the NRA by differentiating crude by source proximity to refineries, sulfur and gasoline content, and processing costs.
Swedish aviators praised Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh after he tested a Swedish army plane with loops and spins. The craft, admired for its daring, had been refueled for a 20 hour flight before the Lindberghs headed to Stockholm, raising speculation they may depart soon.
Police in Conflans Sainte Honorine deployed with mobile guns and rifles as about 100 Towpath boatmen at the Seine Oise confluence blockaded three rows of barges to Paris. The strike follows August protests after a lock keeper gave precedence to a motorized barley barge.
Robert C. Reid 59, brother in law to Governor Rolph and San Francisco businessman, leapt from the 16 story Balfour building to the adjacent roof after leaving a note blaming deteriorating brain function. He had two prior nervous breakdowns and cited not wanting to burden others. He is survived by his widow two brothers and his sister Mrs Rolph.
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