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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1933
Page
4
A long reflective column argues towns vary in spirit and cooperation, urging live wires to improve conditions, reform criminals, and pursue prosperity. It condemns wasteful subsidies and praises civic effort, noting politics, crime laws, editor dangers, and economic hopes amid depression.
A historical essay traces Israel’s tribal era under leaders like Joshua Gideon and Samuel, noting renewed faith and centralized government under Saul David and Solomon, with cautionary flaws. Modern items report New York racketeers, school budget cuts, a Kansas romance gag, Oklahoma life sentences, a Jonesboro church clash, and Ada Oklahoma gas field growth boosting Pontotoc County industry.
About 200 southern businessmen farmers and leaders arrive in Washington to urge a 15 cent cotton price, a 9 million bale 1934 crop, and tax changes. Administration officials show limited enthusiasm, rejecting price fixing and gun‑themed constraints, while pursuing a voluntary acreage reduction plan with payments funded by processing tax proceeds.
San Jose defense team says they will wage a intensified appeal for David A. Lamson, Stanford press executive, after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife and facing the death penalty. Custody battle for Lamson’s daughter Allene Genevieve was planned, and a related civil suit by Frank C. Thorpe was anticipated. The Examiner reported jurors tested the defense theory by constructing a bath room scene to verify if Mrs. Lamson fell in the bathroom.
In Washington a Consumers Council aims to protect buyers from unfair pricing. Zone chairs collect a dollar monthly to fund a central office while experts assist on technical points. The plan includes consumer education, retailer protection, and ensuring farmers benefit from higher prices.
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