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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
7
Sheriff of Pontotoc County will sell at public auction on October 13 1941 at 2 PM the Ada Oklahoma property Lot 6 and west 25 ft of Lot 5 in Block 109 City of Ada to satisfy Home Owners Loan Corporation judgment No 17082 for 3783 dollars plus 5 percent interest from April 4 1946 375 dollars attorney fees and costs. Sale subject to taxes and tax sales. Witness Clyde Katser sheriff and W N Hughes undersheriff Ada attorney Warren B Rice.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the plaintiff Lester Blair sues the heirs and unknown heirs executors administrators devisees trustees and assigns of Jeanetta Burgess deceased and related parties to quiet title and partition undivided 3/130 in Lots 6-7-8-9-10 Block 6 Barringer Heights Ada Oklahoma. Defendants must answer by October 25 1941 or petition will be taken as true and judgement rendered as prayed. Court Clerk Della Redford. Attorneys Kemp and McArthur Ada Oklahoma. 11-3tw
On October 13 1941 at 2 00 pm the Sheriff will sell by public auction cash to the highest bidder without appraisal property Lot 6 Block 5 West Side Ada Oklahoma as per plat to satisfy Home Owners Loan Corporation loan judgment of 1146 19 with interest from June 14 1940 plus 110 attorneys fee and costs accruing. Defendants include Home Owners Loan and E M Scarborough et al. Issued by Clyde Kaiser undersheriff W Hughes attorney for plaintiff. 9 11 51w
The Stonewall Town Board of Education District No. 30 Pontotoc County Oklahoma will, on September 29 1941 at 2 00 p m or later if needed, present to the County District Court proof on outstanding bonded and warrant indebtedness and seek authority to issue bonds. Interested parties may appear to remonstrate. President R F Lillard and Clerk J H Newcomb attest. 9 18 2tw
Notice of sale by the United States District Court marshal in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. On October 10, 1941 at 7 p m in Ada Pontotoc County Oklahoma the front door of the County Courthouse will host a cash sale of seized Weidenhoff equipment including Model 828 analyzer and Model 855 Orison apparatus formerly levied against R A Herndon Jr dba Herndon Tire & Battery Co in favor of the United States. Granville T Norris U S Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Deputy Allen W Stanfield.
Sheriff of Pontotoc County will sell separately at public auction on October 28 1941 at the Ada court house South front door the lots tracts in Southside Ada Belmont and other additions. Each parcel has a stated judgment amount and an appraised value with liens noted Sutherland Lumber Dealers Finance and The Automotive hold specified liens. Sale subject to taxes and special assessments with first right to bid on parcels four and five.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma R B Smith files suit against E E James J E Jackson Pete Olshef ekie Margaret Earl and others to quiet title to The South 17 acres of Lot 1 and the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter Section 19 Township 4 North Range 7 East barring them from any right or interest in the described land The petition was filed September 27 1940 and respondents must answer by November 6 1941 or judgment will be entered. Della Bedford Court Clerk September 25 1941 9-25-31w
Mat tie E. Stevens sues unknown heirs of Mary A. Renfro claiming ownership of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter in Section 18 Township 3 North Range 6 East Indian Base and Meridian. She seeks quieting title and judicial determination of heirship with a required answer by November 5, 1941. matter filed Sept 24 1931 with Court Clerk Della Bedford and attorney Jeff R. Laird.
No 17,399 dated October 27, 1941 at 2 00 p m at the South front Pontotoc county Oklahoma the undersigned Sheriff of said County will sell Home Owners Loan tiff and T L and Mozelle Coley husband and wife defendants to satisfy judgment of 1378 01 with 5 percent interest from Oct 2 1940 plus 130 attorney fee and costs witness my hand Sept 25 1941 Attorney for Plaintiff 9 25 5tw
United Life and Accident Insurance Company files suit No. 17525 in Oklahoma District Court against W A Baker R T Evans H J Heiss L H Meyers C F Mall and others to recover 1015 40 plus interest 191 54 attorneys fees 16 00 abstract costs and foreclose a mortgage on the Northwest Quarter of Section 8 Township 4 North Range 5 East Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Adaline Taylor is named sole heir in dispute of Solomon Taylor Jr and related decedents. Judgment sought to quiet title for purchaser at sale. Witness date September 25, 1941.
State of Oklahoma filing lists W Burgess Steed as Administrator with McKeel and Mc as attorneys for the Administrator dated September 25, 1931.
Duke and Duchess of Windsor land in Miami and travel by train to a 24 hour stay at the British Embassy in Washington. They plan a luncheon with President Roosevelt and promote Britain’s war effort and Bahamian tourism. Crowds cheer the couple during their Miami stop.
The Seafarers International Union called membership meetings to decide releasing 25 strikebound ships after President Roosevelt said vessels must move. The mediation board asked strikers to return to work while the dispute is handled. the union seeks a $60 monthly bonus for sailors in West Indies routes.
Lavier Chapman Milstead aged 50 editorial writer for the Indianapolis News died of a heart ailment in Indianapolis after months of illness. Born in Richmond Missouri he married Violet Nita Nethersole in 1924. He earlier worked for Kansas City Journal Star Muskogee Phoenix Cincinnati Times Star Louisville Times before joining the News in 1938. He is survived by his widow and a son John aged 15.
Flood pressures eased across eastern New Mexico as 21 foot crests moved through Roswell. Three people died and 15 were reported missing after three days of cloudbursts that caused widespread damage. Rain was forecast to continue tonight and tomorrow.
Want ads note a white face calf weighing about 400 pounds for sale. Contact T. L. Coley at Rt. 5 in Ada, five miles west on highway 19. Dated 9-25-3tw.
NEA report explains civilian skills transfer to Navy jobs. Civilian clerks, typists and store keepers become yeomen or storekeepers. former radio amateurs become radiomen. Training includes naval forms, shorthand, and shipboard communications with paths through San Diego radio school to top ratings.
Tulsa September 24th funeral cortège carried wild flowers picked by H Buck Curnutt president pro tempore of the senate to his mother's grave. Attending officials included Acting Governor James E Berry and House Speaker E Blumhagen. About 15 senators and 15 representatives attended. Curnutt died after being struck by a car near Huntington while gathering flowers for his mother’s grave.
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Banking Committee that profits should be limited to 6 percent during the current emergency. He argued excess profits taxes must be stricter, and that governments should capture profits above 6 percent for the war effort. He opposed ceilings on wages and supported federal control of farm prices, noting the bill’s farm-price exemption was a major defect.
Ivan Fisher deputy fourth district mine inspector is appointed to act as certifying agent for lead and zinc mines in Ottawa and Delaware counties seeking priority ratings under the national defense program.
Miss Lorene and Gertie Laughlin visit parents this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ode Deaton welcomed a 9% lb baby boy. Several residents made trips to Ada and Phoenix. Shortie Sutton returns from two years in the army in Louisiana. Young people’s meeting well attended with hopes of full rooms next Sunday. Many neighbors call on Elmer Lillard and attend local visits and family news.
Mr and Mrs Grover Keeling spent Sunday with Mrs Bula McGee. The Archer and Braden families visited centers near Kelly Down and Jones Chapel. Walter McConally and children visited Washington relatives while Murry Golden and children went west to pick cotton. The Hurley party was well attended and all reported a nice day.
Sunday church and Sunday night services drew large crowds. Visits spanned several families with Oklahoma City relatives greeting Sulphur moves back home, Friends from Prairie View and Wynnewood sharing Sunday get togethers, and multiple extended families hosting or visiting relatives this weekend.
Oklahoma City report cites national data showing higher traffic fatalities in the first seven months of 1941 versus 1940. Commissioner Johnson says increased vehicle miles and pedestrian errors, plus war hysteria, contribute, urging greater caution on streets to reduce deaths this year.
William Sharp is charged with manslaughter after an automobile struck and killed H. M. Buck Curnutt, 47, president pro tempore of the state senate, near Bixby Sunday. Preliminary hearing set for Oct. 2. Curnutt appeared confused as he crossed the highway.
Fire after dawn explosion at Standard Oil plant in Whiting Indiana killed one man and left several others injured and in danger as flames engulfed storage areas. Spokesman said blast started in the No 1 treating plant pump house and spread to refinery pump house and an agitator plant used for kerosene processing.
The article notes the ocean covers about 138 times more territory than land. It highlights contrasts in depth with the sea floor at 12 000 feet below and land elevations 12 000 feet above sea level.
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