Autopsy Finds Walter Miller Died of Carditis
Hollywood April 2 The autopsy determined Walter Miller veteran film actor died from chronic carditis after a card scene. An inquiry into alleged eastern hoodlums trying to muscle in on movie extras will continue, ordered by Sheriff Bright.
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Hollywood
Walter Miller
Miller
Mary Pickford
William J. Bright
Sheriff's Office
Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Action
Homer Keyes
Eileen Schofield
Quilliam Berke
Oklahoma Drivers' Licenses Reach 686582 Total
Oklahoma state safety officials report 686,582 licensed drivers by March 1, up from 169,361 last year. Since January over 32,200 people have earned licenses while 5,510 were denied. Patrol records show hundreds charged for driving without a license and fines exceeding lifetime license costs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Safety Department
Abe Block
Safety Department
Oklahoma Patrol
Block
Ramblings With An Oklahoma Naturalist
Dr Milton Hopkins notes spring is late in Oklahoma with flowers under cover due to cold. He highlights regional blooms from eastern to western Oklahoma including violets trillium bloodroot and redbud. He recommends field guides and mentions obtaining Forest Trees of Oklahoma. He calls for rain and heat and asks readers to send pressed wild flowers from all parts.
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Homer House
National Geographic Society
Doubleday, Page and Company
Doubleday-Doran and Company
Gray
Oklahoma Forest Service
State Capitol
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ponca City-Pauls Valley
Norman
First Days Key to Chicks Growth Says Oklahoma A and M
R. B. Thompson from the poultry department stresses the first three weeks as critical for chick growth. Proper brooding feeding and sanitation during this period prevent long term issues and improve winter production.
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R. B. Thompson
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Gem Robbery Topped by Hidden Vault Loot in Los Angeles
Police revised the jewel theft estimate to 200 000 to 500 000 dollars from Donovan and Seamans downtown as thieves used torches drills and crowbars. About 5 000 dollars in cash was taken. Four men and a woman allegedly forced entry after a hidden suspect hid in a washroom and helped break two partitions to crack the vault.
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Los Angeles
Donovan
Seamans
Homer Cross
Cross
John J. Donovan, Jr
Boy Newspaper Carrier Robbed of Tooth During Bold Prank
In Independence Missouri a 14 year old carrier named Eugene Crandall was handed pliers by a customer who then pulled a tooth from the boy after a brief delay. Eugene said the pain faded after the fourth yank and the man disappeared back into his home.
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Independence
Eugene Crandall
Eugene
WPA sewing rooms boast large garment output in Pontotoc county
WPA project report shows Pontotoc county sewing rooms produced 12 793 garments for men women and older children since 1935 with 3 695 infants and 3 994 other articles. Book repairs totaled 2 365 for public libraries and 3 062 for school libraries.
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Work Project Administration
Pontotoc County
WPA
Ron Stephens
Stephens
Three Figures In Accidental Death
Lawton Oklahoma April 2 UP Supt Ray Prough of the Geronimo school was electrocuted while repairing a transformer for a school play titled Three Days of Grace Three on stage when the accident occurred three brothers in his family and three members of the surviving widow and two children Dolores Ray three weeks old at death the Geronimo school board has three members Fields noted a calendar with three ones March 20 date of death and expressed quirky remarks about silk stockings and a bid for Madison county district clerk office.
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Lawton
M. Fields
Ray Prough
Geronimo
Okla
Prough
Dolores Ray
Fields
Railroads face choice of continued use or limited mileage
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe president urged a public decision on railroads’ future role as a major transport form or a restricted mileage with strategic value. He warned that declining earnings and rising costs threaten all remaining mileage and urged action by industry and public. Dr Parran urged cancer education and early diagnosis driving clinics and access to care during Cancer Month.
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Wichita
Eas
E. J
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System
Santa Fe
Western Petroleum Refiners Association
Engel
Parran
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Women’s Field Army
Runners In Women's Stockings Issue Rafe Connor Platform
Madisonville Texas April 2 Rafe Connor a six foot six inch candidate runs for Madison County district clerk on a platform not fully visible in the excerpt. The item presents a quirky campaign note from a local race and mentions a distinctive physical description of the candidate.
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Madisonville
Tex
Rafe Connor
Madison County
Cancer Increasing In U S Opinion Of Surgeon General
Surgeon General Dr Thomas Parran said cancer is increasing in the United States. He spoke at the start of cancer control month designated by President Roosevelt. He cited aging population as a major factor and noted cancer as the second leading cause of death.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Washington
Thomas Parran
The
Public Health Service
United States
Parran
Roosevelt
Unsafe Machines Used In Willow Grove Mine Fatal Disaster
The Bureau of Mines found dangerous explosive and non permissible machinery used at Willow Grove Ohio coal mine where 72 men died on March 16. Final cause report pending but mining was mechanical with black pellet powder for blasting and machines deemed non permissible by the bureau.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Willow Grove
Ohio
Bureau
New York Flood Danger Ebbing With Clear Skies
New York state flood danger lessened as temperatures rose and snow melt slowed. River experts expect relief for flood-impacted highways and towns. In Binghamton Mayor Charles W. Kress kept a state of emergency as the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers fell. Susquehanna stood 4.94 and Chenango 5.98 feet above flood stage.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Binghamton
Charles W. Kress
Susquehanna
Chenango
Chanango
Woman Killed When Auto Hits Culvert
In QUAPAW Oklahoma around midnight a car struck a concrete culvert two miles southeast of town killing Mrs Eldora Zaccanti about 25 and injuring three others including Earl Radford 37 of Commerce severely The driver said he picked up Zaccanti in Picher to take her to Devil's Promenade in Oantwa county Two other passengers had minor injuries.
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Quapaw
Okla
Eldora Zaccanti
Here
E. A. Eaton
Earl Radford
Commerce
Radford
Picher
Devil’s Promenade
Oantwa County
Eaton
Pure Oil to Produce From Tulip Creek Horizon Now
Pure Oil company plans to produce from Tulip Creek after abandoning Arbuckle tests at Quin ton Little No 1 in Marshall County. Drilling halted at 5 618 feet and plugged back to 5 002 feet, with production to start at the 4 660 5 000 horizon. Other Pure Oil locations in Bryan Marshall and Johnston counties will be staked.
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Pure Oil Company
Quinton Little No. 1
Marshall County
Tulip Creek
Quinton Little
Che Se
Bryan
Marshall
Johnston Counties
Johnson -Kemnitz Neff- Godfrey
Aylesworth
Pure
Oil in Orland Water Sparks April Foolish Fallout
In Orland California residents find crude oil in city water mains after an underground pool surfaces. The incident floods faucets with oil, drains, laundries and fires fight to clean mains, while city officials pressure oil firms and investigators to explain rising subterranean oil.
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Orland
Calif
Fred Pratt
Immunity Claim by Former Tulsa Official
Floyd Rheam, ex Tulsa police commissioner, seeks dismissal and says he has immunity from prosecution on a federal grand jury indictment naming six others for wire tapping during a refinery strike. He argues he testified under court order at a National Labor Relations Board hearing and cites labor act protections against prosecution after claiming privilege.
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Tulsa
Floyd Rheam
Rheam
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
National Labor Relations Board
Russia Votes Record Defense Budget and Territorial Gains
Moscow reports a 57.0 billion ruble defense appropriation awaiting approval as the USSR annexes Finnish territory creating the Karelo Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic. Deputy Zhdanoff touts gains as securing Leningrad Murmansk and rail links amid a multi national consolidation.
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Russia
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
U.S.S.R
Red Army
Finland
A. G. Zvereff
Soviet Union
Andre Zhdanoff
Politbureau
Foreign Affairs Commission
Leningrad
Murmansk
Byborg
Viipuri
Sortavala
Suojarvi
Quolajarvi
Zhdanoff
Vyborg
Petrozavodsk
Karelian
Soviet Karelia
Kiola-Jarvi
Union Republic
Zvereff
Joseph Stalin
Ada group seeks widening of highway 99 for 1940 rodeo
Dr. A. R. Sugg, president of the Ada Chamber of Commerce, led a delegation to Oklahoma City to press for more highway work. They met with the state highway commission to push widening of the Ada to fair grounds stretch on Highway 99 before the 1940 rodeo. Sugg said the commission gave a sympathetic hearing and would study the North Broadway matter.
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Ada
A. R. Sugg
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Fair Grounds
Highway Commission
Sugg
North Broadway
Judge Busby Explains Banks Meet Changing Conditions
Judge Orel Busby told the Ada Lions banks must adjust to postwar needs as he noted Pontotoc County dropped from 14 banks after the war to four. He described bankers’ sacrifices to protect deposits, loan caution, and the importance of local, carefully underwritten lending. John Zimmerman was introduced as the new senior class Lion and will be an honorary Lion in April.
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Orel Busby
Ada Lions
Pontotoc County
Busby
Oklahoma
New York
John Zimmerman
Treasure hunter sought in Texas big thicket tale
In Kirbyville Texas folks search for a man with a treasure finding device after a local bank heist. The robber fled with $2600 in silver and currency then jumped the Neches river to elude a posse. Some locals claim he is a deputy constable. others say a professional diver with a divining rod.
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R. C. Pace
R. C. Gilbert
Kirbyville
Tex
Texas
Big Thicket
Gulf
Neches
Construction to widen Mississippi Avenue and upgrade highways
Engineering forces prepare to surge Mississippi avenue for widening and improved service on highways 3 99 and 12. Work will begin soon after July 1 with teams to assess and repave the area and also start surfacing highway 18 between Stratford and the Byars oil field.
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Ter
Mississippi Avenue
Stratford
Byars
Three Men Slain Over Her Kisses
Evelyn Mittleman a 25 year old Brooklyn woman a key material witness in a murder syndicate case. A dark haired beauty she was linked to multiple killings and mob activity across Sullivan County and Catskills. Turkus described her ties to Hymie Miller and Robert Furer and noted Goldstein, later killed, was buried in a Sullivan County lake. Strauss remains jailed as an alleged ring member. Irving Cohen extradition progressed as California signed for his return to New York.
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New York
Evelyn Mittleman
Brooklyn
Burton B. Turkus
Turkus
Hymie Miller
Robert Furer
Solomon Goldstein
Goldstein
Sullivan County
Mittleman
Harry
Pittsburgh Phil
Strauss
Irving Cohen
Hollywood
California
Culbert L. Olson
Cohen
New York State
Law Comes Back To Glenpool Today
Big John Bell, a cattle dealer, becomes deputy sheriff in Glenpool Oklahoma as residents seek order after five years of lawlessness. He notes Saturday night trouble from country toughs and vows to restore respectability with Sheriff Garland Marrs of Tulsa approving the appointment.
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Glenpool
Okla
Big John Bell
Oklahoma
Garland Marrs
Tulsa
Bell
John Bell
Muncrief Sent to San Antonio by Browns
SAN ANTONIO April 1 P. Bill DeWitt general business manager of the St. Louis Browns announced outfielder Jack Bradsher and pitcher Bob Muncrief were turned over to the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League.
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San Antonio
P. Bill DeWitt
St. Louis Browns
Jack Bradsher
Bob Muncrief
San Antonio Missions
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Milton Hopkins
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