Rebels Bomb Naco Attack Strikes U S Border Area
April 2 report details Mexican rebel air raid on Naco Sonora and Naco Ariz. Two bombs landed on U S soil near the customs house and a cameraman’s helper was injured. American troops and officials prepared to meet rebel commander Fausto Topete to discuss the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naco
Ferry Baker
Alliance
Ohio
Ariz
Sonora
Fausto Topete
Lucas Gonzalez
Augustino Olachea
Topete
Baker
United States Immigration Office
United States Customs House
Frank S. Cohell
el Paso
Bisbee
Hazeltine
Cocell
25Th Infantry
Charles B. Hazeltine
Nogales
Mexico
Y. M. Vazquez
San Luis
Waner Reiterates Telegram Exchange In Holdout
Paul Waner remains in Ada over salary dispute keeping him off the Pirates roster. He travels to Maud for a Legion exhibition against Pueblo then returns to Ada to fish. He confirms telegram exchanges with Barney Dreyfuss and denies New York or Pittsburgh hints.
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Paul Waner
Ada
Pittsburgh Pirates
Barney Dreyfuss
Paul
Maud
Legion
Pueblo
Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh
Barney
New York
Rebels retreat after coast battle near Quila and Culiacan
April 2 Mazatlan reports rebel west coast army pulled back north after a clash along the Camino real. More than 100 rebels killed, 50 prisoners, horses and arms abandoned. Federal forces led by Iturbe and Roberto Cruz advanced to Limon, 18 miles south of La Cruz, as aviators called the area a rebels hornets nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Mexico
Csp
Quila
Culiacan
Camino Real
la Cruz
Piaxtla
Talamantes
Battle for Jimenez reported in government bulletin
Mexico City April 2 The government bulletin reports bitter fighting between federals and rebels over Jimenez with a continuation noted on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Jimenez
Norris Favored for Place on State Highway Commission
Ada banker P A Norris is widely expected to be offered a seat on the Oklahoma state highway commission with Governor Holloway possibly naming one more member from the southeast and another from the southwest. Norris has not committed and may accept only if his business qualifications suit the post, while local delegations urge his appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Norris
Ada
State Highway Commission
Oklahoma City
Norris
Holloway
Lew Wentz
Madill
Mr. Norris
R. M. McClintock
The
Tulsa Tribune
L. C. Hutson
Chickasha
Ada Banker
Big Farmer
Cotton Man
Hutson
Associated Industries
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce
Atlacement
Governor H Holloway weighs highway commission picks
Oklahoma City April 2 Governor Holloway seeks two new highway commission members from the east southeast west or southwest regions after appointing Wentz as chairman. Names under consideration include S C Boswell Durant C O Johnson Durant Bob Sultan Walters J T Brickell Sayre Will A Dixon Anadarko W E Wood Okmulgee L P Lantz Stigler J P Thompson Tahlequah Elmer V Jesse Mangum and E K Thurmond Oklahoma City and the departing four members say farewell as the old commission ends term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W. J. Holloway
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Wentz
S. C. Boswell
Durant
C. O. Johnson
Bob Sultan
Walters
J. T. Brickell
Sayre
Will A. Dixon
Anadarko
W. E. Wood
Okmulgee Oil
Highway 75 Association
L. P. Lantz
Stigler
J. P. Thompson
Cherokee County
Tahlequah
Elmer V. Jesse
Mangum
E. K. Thurmond
State Game and Fish Commission
O. O. Hammonds
State Health Commission
Henry S. Johnston
Joffre Advised After Funeral Fatigue
Paris reports doctors told Marshal Joffre his health is good but he must take care. The aging commander sought medical guidance amid fatigue following Marshal Foer’s funeral proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marshal Joffre
Marshal Foeh
Slander Bill Passed Near End Of Legislature In Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City on March 30 the Loofbourrow Stigler slander bill passed the house 55 to 19 with 30 absent and now goes to the governor for signature. It makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly repeat or spread false rumors harming a person’s character with penalties of 100 to 500 dollars or 30 to 1200 days in jail. The measure targets whispering campaigns and is dubbed the anti gossip law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Ira A. Hill
Fletcher Johnson
Bristow
Western Oklahoma Hospital
Powers
Loofbourrow
Allen
Harper County
Odell
Snoddy
Oklahoma
Hester and
Paul
Whitt, Roe and Lester
County Excise Board
Pittsburg
Choctaw County
Supreme Court
Industrial Commission
Tecumseh
Sheriff May of Tillman County Dies in Oklahoma
Frederick Oklahoma reports Sheriff FE I May, 59, of Tillman county died last night from complications of diseases at a local hospital. He was serving his third term as sheriff and had roots in Tennessee and Texas before moving to Oklahoma. He claimed land in what is now Tillman county during the Kiowa Comanche Apache opening in 1901. In 1890s he served as undersheriff under Frank C. Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Okla
FE. I. May
Tillman County
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Tiiman County
Frank C. Carter
State Corporation Commission
Extraordinary Oklahoma session ends with impeachments and reforms
The Twelfth Oklahoma legislature adjourned sine die after a turbulent session that impeached three justices and moved to trial Chief Justice Mason and Justice Riley. The body left unresolved probes into two corporation commission members and an agriculture board president while enacting key laws on highway and game commissions and gas exports. A special session is expected to continue investigations and consider major bills including a state tax commission and agricultural college measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry 35. Johnston
Supreme Court
Senate
Charles W. Mason
Fletcher Riley
State Supreme Court
J. W. Clark
W. J. Holloway
House Investigating Committee
Corporation Commission
Fred Capshaw
C. C. Childers
Board of Agriculture
Harry Cordell
Highway Commission
Man Game and Fish Commission
State Capitol
State Historical Society
The
American Legion
Oklahoma City
Board of Regents
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Tax Commission
W. C. Fidler
W. M. Gulager
Agricultural College
House
Johnston
Farm Aid GilL Taking Shape in House Committee
Washington March 29 The house agriculture committee works on a farm aid bill centered on a farm board price stabilization agencies and a revolving fund. Testimony focuses on how such a board should operate with observers seeking details later. Suggestions from cooperative leaders push for stabilization actions only at marketing agencies request and for stockholders to be members of cooperative groups. Some leaders favor production stabilization and land use surveys to remove marginal land from production. California agencies may be called before the committee before hearings end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Hoover
House Agriculture Committee
Farm Board
Cooperative Marketing Agencies
C. O. Moser
Dallas
Texas
American Cotton Growers’ Association
S. J. Cottingham
Standhope
National Farmers Elevator Grain Company
California
Pleas of Guilty Bring Life Terms In Murder Case
In Atlanta on April 1, George B. Harsh and Richard Ss Gallogly accepted guilty pleas to murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment. Harsh, from a Milwaukee family, had been granted a new trial after a death sentence. Gallogly, tried twice without a jury verdict, also pled guilty. Harsh admitted the holdup and shooting and implicated Gallogly, who denied participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
George B. Harsh
Richard Ss. Gallogly
Ozlethorpe University
John A. Boykin
Harsh
Milwaukee
Willard Smith
Gallogly
Louisiana Refuses Moon’s Services in Impeachment Row
Attorney General Percy Saint denounces Charles A. Moon of Oklahoma as an outsider arriving in Baton Rouge to aid impeachment against Governor Huey P. Long. Saint insists Louisiana can handle its own affairs and will ignore Moon’s presence. Oklahoma official J Berry King spoke to discuss impeachment procedure, though Saint says the call was incidental.
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New Orleans
Percy Saint
Baton Rouge
Charles A. Moon
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
Saint
Moon
Louisiana
Oklahoma City
J. Berry King
Oklahoma
King
Progress of Well Drilling in Pontotoc and Nearby Counties
Oil field activity continues with multiple wells in coal county and surrounding areas. Reports list wells like Patterson No. 2, Wade No. 10, Homackla No. 7, Ramsey No. 5 Whitney, and others drilling at various depths up to 6,506 feet, with swabbing yields and signs of gas and pay zones noted.
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Pontotoc
Wildcat
Westheimer and Daube
Patterson
Wade
Homackla
Cromwell
Ramsey
Ramsey No. 5 Whitney
T. & P. Hutchinson
E. W. Whitney
Miller
Coal County
Liz
Denver P. & R
Roberts
Milner
Galbreath
Et al
Jones
Cook
Shale
J. S. Cosden
Richardson
Stonewall
McCraw
King
Unruly Elements Over Country In Torrent Of Fury
A massive wind storm sweeping 13 states and parts of Canada killed eight people and injured many. Winds to 70 mph tore roofs, downed wires, rooted trees, and flooded lakefronts. Fatalities occurred in Buffalo, Beaver Falls, Newell, Welch, Newark, Belmore and Arkansas. The storm damaged property including ships, schools, homes, and a church steeple.
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New York
Canada
Arkansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New Jersey
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Illinois-Wisconsin
Buffalo
Patterson Township
Beaver Falls
Newell
Delaware River
Penneylvania
Boyd Titman
Polkville
N. J
Portland
Columbia
Newark
Belmore
St. Paul de Buton
Quebec
Turner Urged For Place on Commission
Oklahoma City March 39. Holdenville lawyer John E Turner was advanced for highway commissioner by Senator Tom Anglin who asked Governor Holloway to appoint him Turner has been elected Holdenville’s most useful citizen and belongs to several highway groups. Governor Holloway said he asked Lew Wentz to take the long term post on the new bi partisan highway commission. Wentz has not yet decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Mar
John E. Turner
Holdenville
Tom Anglin
Anglin
W. J. Holloway
Turner
Broadway of America
Holloway
Lew Wentz
Ponca City
Wentz
Increase in March 1929 income tax collections
The Treasury released revised daily figures showing about 86 million dollars more in income tax receipts for March 1929 than March 1928. This reflects a substantial rise in federal tax intake for the month.
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Washington
Daily Statement of
The
United States Treasury
Garner's Election Declared Legal by House Committee
A House campaign investigation report declares Representative Garner of Texas the Democratic nominee in last July primaries was legitimate. It states there is no evidence of fraudulent practices and that Garner defeated Sid Hardin so decisively there was no motive for fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garner
Texas
House
Special House Campaign Investigating Committee
Lehrbach
Sid Hardin
Tulsa painter sentenced for fatal 1928 garage shooting
Tulsa, March 29. P M M Arms, 31, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Boyd R Winans, 28, in a Tulsa garage on June 18 1928. Arms convicted of manslaughter. verdict left penalty to Judge E R McNeill. Winans alleged to have been attentive to Arms wife Louise. Appeal likely. bond set at 25000.
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Tulsa
Mar
April Showers End Britain's Prolonged Drought
British showers end the extended drought across Great Britain. Cold northerly winds dropped temperatures by eight degrees since Saturday, providing temporary relief from dry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Drouth
London
Great Britain
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Naco Drive Center
WANER
Charles D. Carter
W. G. Jones
Westville
Jesse Bunch
Sheriff May
Tillman CO
Ence
Mason
Carl Magee
Magee
John L. Rice
el Reno
Senator Rice
Middle West
East
House Committee
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