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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1938

Page

7

Creditors to Present Claims in Pontotoc County Court

In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the estate of Edgar T Decker deceased requires all claimants to present their demands with vouchers to Administratrix Phelma Minson at 11 Central Office Street Shawnee within four months of the date of notice or be forever barred. The notice includes other probate matters and a separate civil announcement.

Claus Oklahoms Pontotoc Edgar T. Decke Phaima Alingson Poolick Azar T. Decker Wis Mieged Phelma Minson Shawnee Oklahoma Carl Waykendall Barry Rocker Creek Fans Tange the Creek Awnatup Kat Brdge Igs Bovey Orel Fridge. Avnatty A Sorel Sincera Creek Board of County Count Commissionera Pontotoc Oklahows O'Elor Tober Wnd Cn Bo Rte H Board Antice of Accentance of J Goard Board OF County Commissioners Tilcharelam State of Pontoter Soasumon Marsaret Suvenmots Ada Ok Gorn Trong Margaret Sossamon Daministra-2 Adt-l Og Verner Roberts Ministratrix Tiarsrat Saidi Pontat Ads Oklahors Ditegat Tigne Beiton Brady Metrinur Aton Admimistralt

Local families visit Stillwater and Oklahoma City

SOCALS Ross Warmack visits his mother in Stillwater while Mrs Ema Warmack and other locals travel to Oklahoma City to see Mrs J M Duncan in hospital. Harold Price plans return from Durant after visiting her parents. various relatives from Dallas Okemah and Bethel gather for weekends and family events.

Walton Landrum Kingston D. J. Thomas West Anice Mitchell Pontotoc Saturay Charles Davis Sots Durant Ross Warmack Oklahoma A. and M. College Stillwater Ema Warmack Harvey Price

Docket set for county criminal term in Mulvane

County Attorney Virgil Stanfield announced the district court will open in October with a two week term and a heavy docket over 40 cases including a murder. District Judge Tal Crawford will set the term and a jury panel will be drawn in the next two weeks. In Guthrie Oklahoma three railroad workers injured in a derailed trailer unit were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.

Virgil Stanfield Jerge Tal Crawford Stanfield Mulvane Kas Guthric Okla Here Brance Woodard Harold Rinehart Rufus Miller Willie Ferguson J. Braun Guthrie

Gasoline Buying Still Is Trailing Estimates, Runs May Be Reduced More

Tulsa reports sustained weakness in the gasoline market as refiners vow to cut refinery runs further. Prices slipped another eighth of a cent while chart data show higher-than-year-ago refining activity. War fears and demand projections shape the oil outlook as the Interstate Oil Compact Commission meets amid calls to broaden powers.

Tulsa ICC Interstate Oil Compact Commission Tli‘nois Texas Wichita Willbarger County

Marshall Fields Third Gets Huge Legacy

Marshall Field III, Chicago merchant prince's heir, inherits 100 million on his 45th birthday. Estate total swells to 500 million in five years. Field sits as trustee since age 21 and pursued residuary control with counsel Ehu Root. Estate includes La Salle District offices, Lloyd Harbor mansion, hunting preserve, private airport, pool, roads. Field has five children, two marriages previously with divorces noted.

Chicago GPIL Marshall Field Marshall Field I Euhu Root First Marshall Field la Salle Street Marshall Field TV Lloyd Harbor Long Island New York

Indictments Charged In Port Arkansas Robbery Case

Ep Due of Dallas faces an indictment for taking a car from J B Tones on July 13 following a prior $15 robbery on July 1. Walters and Hamilton await arraignment on a federal removal order before transfer to Texarkana for trial on federal charges alongside Jack Winn of Ferrison accused of a Bradley bank robbery on June 30.

Dallas J. B. Tones Tral Walters Hamilton Texarkana Jack Winn Ferrison Bradley, Ark

Bund Charged With Spy Ground Work

Joan C. Metcalfe, investigator for the Dies committee on un American Activities, testified that the German American Bund has laid groundwork for a sabotage machine and spy system to operate if the U.S. enters war with Germany. She linked the Bund to Nazi ranks in the United States and described their plans to staff the system with storm troops.

Washington Joan C. Metcalfe Dies Committee On Bund United States Germany Matealfe House Committee Dies D-Tex Metcalfe Poland Austria Czechoslovakia

Ted Walters Goes On Robbery Trial

Ted Walters, a Southwest desperado, already under a 26 year term for robbery with firearms, went on trial again for a similar charge. He and Floyd Hamilton led officers in a Southwest ambush chase until their August Dallas capture, Walters identified by Phil.

Dallas Tex Ted Walters Southwestern Desperado Floyd Hamilton Dallas Badman Walters Southwest

Three-Man Board To Seek Way Out

A three man emergency board chosen by President Roosevelt will open talks by Friday to avert a national railroad wage strike. Chief Justice Stacy, Prof Harry A Millis, and Dean Daniel Landis will hear facts, seek a compromise, and report within 30 days with a second 30 day period to maintain the status quo.

Washington UFI Roosevelt Walter PB. Stacy North Carolina Supreme Robot Harry A.millis University of Chicago Daniel Hi. Landis Arvard Law School Securities Commission Pergoms

Oklahoma Insurers Expected to Seek Rate Deviations

Oklahoma City Sept 28 Press G Read state insurance commissioner predicted several fire and casualty companies would apply for rate deviations following a state supreme court decision. The court ruled deviations are allowed if solvency is maintained, reversing a board ruling that denied reductions of 20 to 25 percent. Read, who voted with the minority, noted a quarrel with insurance board secretary Philpott, who resigned after last summer's race for Read’s job.

Oklahoma City G. Read State Supreme Court Insurance’ Board Read Supreme Court Sharpe Wo Philpott Philpott

Scoggins Golden Wedding Recalled At Family Reunion

Relatives and friends gathered at the home of Grant and Mary Scoggins to celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary. A 1902 relocation to Indian Territory was noted along with a reenacted wedding and vows by Reverend Eaton. Many attendees and family members joined in the celebration.

Grant Scoggins Mary Alexander Cullman Alabama Francis Indian Territory Scoggin Eaton Ada Evelyn Stevenson Estelle Wilcox Coupe BR. J. Scoggin St. Louis Missouri Sara Micholland Amarillo Texas R. L. Scoggins Lillian Stevenson Oakman Ola Anderson Gon Richards Stevens Sinmipiins Murray Smith L. H. Davis Sutton J. W. Coventon E. J. Stevenson Emma Williamson Reverend L. Davis Ruby Wilson Leonard Wilson Herman Wilson Bonnie Bryan Jim Andrews J. Caton

Obituary Notices for Moore Bennett Williams in Ada

J W Moore 83 of Ada died Sept 95 at 11 25 am at home. Funeral 2 30 pm Monday Criswell chapel Rev Epperson, interment Rosedale. Survived by sons W F Jack Moore Ada Roy Moore Stillwater and daughters Rowena Moore and Artie Seamon Ada. Zola Mae Bennett 27 Ada died Sept 26 2 30 pm funeral Sept 27 Criswell chapel Dr C C Morris, interment Rosedale. Survived by husband Billy Wayne Bennett son, parents Grover and Mrs Wright, sisters Ray Anderson Wichita Glen Watson Houston J Wright Fortlord and Lils Williams Ada 75. Williams 4th Ada died Sept 26 7 am. Funeral Sept 27 4 pm Criswell chapel Rev Holland and Rev Neely interment Rosedale. Husband W T Williams, sister Mary Burgess Ada, brother W M Heard.

Ada Curtis Bennett Grover Wright Dodge City Kansas Roy Anderson Wichita Jim Hanley Bristow Charles Hanley Orville White Blackwell Ray Hering C. T. Lovorn Verg Otis Lovorn Cameron J. W. Moore South Rennie Criswell Funeral Home Epperson Rosedale Cemetery Moore W. F Jack” Moore Roy Moore Stillwater Okla Rowena ,Moore Artie Seamon Zola Nlae Bennett Zola Mae Bennett C. C. Morris Rosedale Bennett Billie Wayne Ray Anderson Wichita, Kas Glen Watson Houston Texas J. Eh Wright Fortlord Oregon Lils Williams Ta. m Holland Neely W. T. Williams Mary Burgess W. M. Heard

Damages Sought in Auto Collision Lawsuit

L I Burrows sues B C Judkins in district court for 1866.20 alleging injuries to his left arm and hand from a July collision at the East Main and Mississippi avenue intersection. Burrows fault Judkins for turning onto Main and causing the crash while Burrows traveled east about 7 PM.

L. I. Burrows B.C. Judkins East Main Mississippi Avenue Burrows Main Judkins Mississippi

Burrows Sues for Damages Over Medical Duty Injury

The petition claims Burrows suffered bruised and lacerated hand injuries that left him unable to perform physician and surgeon duties for days. He seeks $500 in damages, $1,000 for pain and suffering, $50 for medical attention, and $46.20 for automobile damage.

Burrows

Two Cruisers Leave San Diego Harbor

Two navy cruisers sped toward a secret destination from San Diego as ships like the Concord and Cincinnati reportedly departed toward the Atlantic or possibly the Orient. Trenton was also ordered to leave, while Senator Walsh urged a stronger navy to defend the United States and maintain neutrality.

AN Diego Calif Lpi Navy Concord Cincinnati Atlantic Coast Europe Panama Canal Orient Trenton San Pendro David I. Walsh Massachusetts Senate Naval Affairs Committee America

Brother Identifies Dynamite Bandit in Parson s

Parson s Kansas September 26 A man shot during an attempted bank robbery Friday is identified by his brother as Lee Roy Stuart 37 of Avoca Ark. The FBI had linked the man to Stuart by fingerprints. The brother says the gunman left Avila on Thursday seeking work in Vinita Oklahoma and that the dead man was troubled by debts and mentally unbalanced.

Parsons Kas Robert Stuart Avoca Ark Lee Roy Stuart Federal Bureau of Investigation Stuart Avi Vinita Okla

Demonstration at GRDA dam over union clash in Vinita

Workers at the Grand River Dam in Vinita walk off the job in a union non union clash led by AFL leaders Hyland and Carter. They demand representation at a labor conciliator meeting amid heated exchange, threats, and pending talks with Mossman Construction officials.

Vinita Grand River Thomas P. Hyland Hyland AFL Mossman Const Whitey Carter Picher Carter Oklahoma Robert Mayes R.C. Failis A. Climax International Union of Operating Engineers H. J. Massman Kansas City Union Sammons-Hobertson Construction Company

Worker Dies As Trains Crash Near Denver

Denver dispatch reports a trailway worker died beneath wreckage after a head on collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Denver. Fourteen others were injured as acetylene torches freed three women trapped in the Denver and Rio Grande Western Panoramic Limited. Coroner J W Wells identified the victim as an extra gang member for the Denver and Salt Lake railroad.

Denver Trailway Spersons J. W. Wells Adams Reibert Denver and Salt Lake Denver, & Rio Grande Western’ Panoramic Limited Salt’ Lake City Moffat Rockies Denver & Salt Lake

Gins At Stratford Run Day and Night

Stratford remains a busy cotton ginning center with two gins reporting high activity. By September 21, total ginned cotton reached 799 bales as mills operated day and night to keep up with demand.

Stratford Stratford Star

Corn grown by Col 5 W Davis praised in front of his home

The finest corn this year by Col 5 W Davis near Alien is described as large with deep firm grains, well filled ears, and a well grown cob. Despite advancing years, he remains knowledgeable about people and farming.

Col 5. W. Davis Alien

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