Dust storms rooted in wheat price and land abuse
Fort Hays Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station superintendent L C Archer links this season's severe dust storms to postwar demand for wheat and price incentives. He notes lands left fallow after reduced allotments blew and soils eroded, urging a return to grass and revised tillage to prevent future storms.
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Kansas
Plains States
L. C. Archer
Fort Hays
Kan
Associated Press
Hays
Hoover Best As Fisherman Admits Cap'n
West Palm Beach March 29 Associated Press Three presidents sat on the Orca back deck but Captain Herman P. Gray says Hoover was the best fisherman of Harding and Roosevelt. Hoover’s sailfish measured just under the length required for the Sail Fish Club gold button.
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Cap’n Gray
Cap'n
Captain Gray
Calvin Coolidge
Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Filia
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herman P. Gray
Palm Beach
Hoover
Cap'n Gray
Galapagos
Sail Fish Club
County Schools to Lose Down County Schools to Lose
Pon totoc county will not close any schools this week according to superintendent Ray Stegall though several have finished their terms for 1934 35 Two weeks remain before some dismiss for summer and Center school held its commencement program Virgil Medlock heads the school Luther Edge East Central Techners college rep spoke on improvements J E Teague Byng superintendent gave the principal address
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Pontotoc County
Ray Stegall
Center School
Virgil Medlock
Luther Edge
East Central Techers’ College
J. E. Teague
Byng
Corn Appointments Signups Underscore 1930s Farm Aid Effort
County officials report a surge in corn hog crop reduction contract signups with an estimated 990 farmers in Pontotoc County already committed and about 2,500 expected to participate. Committeemen plan to file applications in Washington while urging farmers to sign promptly for faster tabulation.
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Washington
Phil McLachlan
Pontotoc County
J. B. Hill
Hill
Oil worker survives long fall at Carter lease derrick
H. M. Short of Manahan Drilling fell from the top of an oil derrick to the ground Thursday in the John Fitts field southern Pontotoc county. He escaped serious injuries though he was badly shaken and bruised. Mrs. Short said the injuries are not likely to be serious. The couple moved to Ada from Marlow last October.
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H. M. Short
Mr. Short
John Fitts
Pontotoc County
Ada girl wins violin in Ponca City music meet
Ada contestant Kathryn Jackson captured first in Class D violin at the Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs convention in Ponca City. Paula Lain, now of Oklahoma City, formerly of Ada, won first in piano Class F.
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Ada
Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs
Ponca City
Kathryn Jackson
Paula Lain
Oklahoma City
Brumley Denied Bail in Habeas Corpus Hearing
Earl Brumley, charged with the January cafe slaying of Bert Lewis in Fittstown, was denied bail after a habeas corpus hearing. Brumley admitted the shooting on the stand, claiming self defense, with trial set for the April 8 docket. James H. Mathers and John Crawford led the defense amid conflicting witness accounts surrounding the cafe incident.
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Earl Brumley
Fittstown
Tal Crawford
Brumley
Bert Lewis
Justice Court
James H. Mathers
Oklahoma City
John Crawford
Konawa Chicken Thieves Arrested
Five Seminole county youths were arrested after stealing 24 chickens from a Konawa area farmer. Officers traced the birds to Ada and located the suspects, who were returned to Seminole County to face possible charges of larceny of domestic fowls, with further action likely in Wewoka.
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Seminole County
Konawa
Maud
Ada
Pontotoc County
Wewoka
Oklahoma Panhandle seeks $175000 soil erosion aid
The Department of Agriculture and Soil Erosion Service sought 175000 to fund rapid erosion work in Cimarron Texas and Beaver counties in Oklahoma. Representative Lee and Dr. M L Wilson considered emergency approval with plans for contour listing, sorghum planting, and county cooperation using tractors and seed.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Soil Erosion Service
Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron
Texas
Beaver
Oklahoma
Lee
D-Okla
M. L Wilson
Wilson
H. H. Bennett
Panhandle
D. P. Trent
Oklahoma A. and M. Extenson Service
Extension Service
Trent
Boy's Leg Broken When Horse Falls
Robert Lawson fifteen son of Ed Lawson of Walnut Grove was riding a horse on Eighth street when it slipped and fell on him on Oak avenue. The horse weight crushed his leg and doctors reported the injury serious but not dangerous. He was taken to a local hospital Saturday night for treatment.
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Robert Lawson
Ed Lawson
Walnut Grove
Eighth Street
Oak Avenue
Two Admit Theft of Cottonseed Meal in Cotton County
Jim Miller and Odus Sweat admitted theft of cottonseed meal from a local mill. Both were fined 29 dollars and sentenced to 15 days in jail by Justice court after a Sunday session.
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A. W. Oliver
H. E. Tinsley
Miller
Sweat
Alvis Jones
Charley Shockley
Twelfth Street
Tinsley
South Townsend Avenue
Jim Miller
Odus Sweat
Oklahoma Banks Report Strong Deposit Gains in Q1
Oklahoma banks posted substantial deposit increases in the first three months of the year across multiple cities. Shawnee led with 855120.80, Blackwell rose to 1796734.59, Tulsa totals hit 77255914.90, Bartlesville up 891534.16, Ardmore above 600000, McAlester around 100000, and Wewoka from 598758.76 to 712419.21. Oklahoma City banks gained 7631239 over the prior year as first quarter activity rose nationwide under the Roosevelt New Deal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Shawnee
Blackwell
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Ardmore
McAlester
Wewoka
Carter Oil Pays Ada Water Bill in 28 Days
Carter Oil Co operating in the John Fitts oil field sent a check for 892.54 to Ada city water department covering February 13 to March 13, marking the second payment since connecting to Byrds Mill spring. Previous month showed 145.75 minimum in the contract. Mmes Edna Crisman and Connie West depart for Oklahoma City to attend the Woodman Circle state meeting as delegates from Ada grove, with other members likely to attend as visitors.
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Carter Oil Company
John Fitts
City Water Department
W. Percy Armstrong
Carter Company
Byrds Mill Spring
Armstrong
Mmes
Edna Crisman
Connie West
Oklahoma City
Woodman Circle
Ada Grove
Fossil Mammoth Found Near Ada in Pontotoc County
A mammoth skull, tusk and leg bone were unearthed in a gravel pit two miles west of Ada on W. M. Nelson's land. The bones, measuring a three foot skull and a 15 foot tall animal, were moved to East Central State Teachers College for preservation. The find may support the Guertie sand being stream derived and adds to local fossil records.
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Arbuckle Mountains
Pontotoc County
Ada
W. M. Nelson
Nelson Sells
East Central State Teachers College
Churchill W. Thomas
J. G. Mackin
M. P. Hatchett
Guertie
Pontotoc
Nelson
Thomas
Nelson Gravel Pit
Steedman
Will Haines
Nelson Farm
PA White Dies at Holdenville Sportsman 52
P Aubrey White 52 laundry operator and sportsman died of a heart ailment at his Holdenville home. Longtime manager of a Holdenville independent baseball team he was active in various sports and civic church work. Funeral services tonight with burial Friday at Durant. widow and a step daughter survive.
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Holdenville
P. Aubrey White
Durant
Mennonites Seek Home in Arkansas Ozarks
Advance guard of Mennonites from western Kansas and eastern Colorado arrived in the Arkansas Ozarks to negotiate for an 8,000 acre tract in Madison and Carroll counties. Ten men with beard and overalls and five wives comprised the group seeking greener pastures after crop blight and dust storms.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas Ozarks
Madison
Carroll Counties
Wedding News From Ada And Konawa Attracts Attention
Announcement details a March 2 wedding of Opal Roberts and Thelma Lee Smith in Konawa officiated by Rev. G M Ford. Attendants were Wayne Tomlin of Ada and Mrs Olive Smith’s family. Roberts, son of J H and Mrs J H Roberts, lives at 700 East Eighth and works in the oil business with his father.
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Ada
Opal Roberts
Thelma Lee Smith
Konawa
G. M. Ford
First Baptist Church
Wayne Tomlin
Roberts
Olive Smith
Shawnee
J. H. Roberts
East Eighth
College Student Lola Sangster Weds Herbert Weaver at Baptist Parsonage
Miss Lola Mae Sangster a East Central State Teachers College student daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Sangster Earlsboro married Herbert Weaver of McAlester Friday night at the Baptist parsonage with Dr C C Morris officiating Witnesses were Mrs A D Coon and Miss Oza Wright The couple will honeymoon in Arkansas and Texas and reside in McAlester after April 19 where Weaver manages the Ritz theater.
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Lola Mae Sangster
East Central State Teachers’ College
Joe Sangster
Earlsboro
Herbert Weaver
McAlester
Baptist Parsonage
C. C. Morris
First Baptist Church
A. D. Coon
Oza Wright
Arkansas
Texas
Mr. Weaver
Ritz
Clark Sered Fare Trial Faces Man Slaughter Charge
Felix Clark, a black policeman, was bound over for district court on a first degree manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of Richard Abram during an attempted arrest. Justice Sherwood W. Hill reduced bond to 1000 dollars. Clark admitted firing the shot after Abram resisted and fled, dying shortly after.
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Felix Clark
Richard Abram
Clark
Sherwood W. Hill
Justice Hill
Abram
Abrams
Whiskey Smuggling Bust Near Centrahoma
Deputy U S Marshal Allen Stanfield and Sheriff Clyde Kaiser seized a delivery wagon loaded with about 18 gallons of raw whiskey near Centrahoma and arrested a man identified as Nichols. The whiskey and vehicle were taken to Ada as federal charges were prepared for filing Saturday.
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U. S
Allen Stanfield
Centrahoma
Stanfield
Clyde Kaiser
Coal County
Nichols
Ada
Mrs Bassett Appeals Case To Citizens
Oklahoma City March 30 Mrs Mabel Bassett commissioner of charities and corrections announced she will plead for funds on the radio next week for her department She said Sandy Singleton chairman of the house appropriations committee told her to hitchhike over the state and stay at fourth rate hotels or with club women
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Oklahoma City
Mabel Bassett
Charities and Corrections
Sandy Singleton
House Appropriations Committee
Gas Well Near Corpus Christi Roars Amid Work to Subdue It
Workmen installed a master gate at the Saxet field eight miles west of Corpus Christi to control a wild gas well Benedum and Trees No 2 Holliday and Stillwell. The well continued to roar but operators said pressure remained light preventing a cave in.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Saxet Field
Hoolliday
Stillwell
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Zeke Sorrell
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