Special Drive on Bank Robbers Starts
Federal authorities announce a major offensive against about 5000 known bank robbers, coordinating with 6442 banks and using rapid autos and firearms. Since a year ago federal bank robbery law, 116 robberies with losses around 509000 have been investigated, with 50 defendants convicted and various sentences imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rendell
Associated Press
Washington
Apr
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Hoover
Natonal
Federal Reserve System
Bureau
P. E. Foxworth
Department
Ada Fire Loss Low In March Report Reveals
Ada Fire Department was called seven times in March to extinguish fires causing total damage just under 250 dollars. Fire Chief Ed Haley said most loss came from shacks burned before arrival. March total is among the lowest in years, bringing this year to about 350 dollars. There was no January loss and only 100 dollars in February. Haley attended a McAlester fire prevention and fighting school led by Jim Kamp of Oklahoma A and M College, with a June term planned locally.
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Ada Fire Department
Ed Haley
Haley
McAlester
Jim Kamp
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Kamp
Pellagra Death Rate Declining Through Yeast and Gardens
The Red Cross led by Miss Louise Allen plans continued use of powdered yeast with gardening to combat pellagra in the county. Since 1927 the program has expanded, and 1933 mortality fell to less than half of the peak years, suggesting eventual elimination if the effort persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Allen
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Mississippi Valley
Wonders Of Brain Surgery Show Functional Power
Dr Winchell M Craig of the Mayo Clinic reports to the American College of Surgeons that half a brain has been removed from patients who recovered and carried on the remaining half. The operation targeted the frontal region thought to house higher mental functions. Despite loss of frontal tissue, intellect remained intact and patients recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Cleveland
American College of Surgeons
Winchell M. Craig
M. D
Mayo Clinic
Dillinger Gun Was Real One
Fort Wayne report claims there was no wooden pistol in John Dillinger's 1934 jail escape at Crown Point. Investigators found no evidence against Lillian Holley or jail staff and cite possible authentic escape by outside help. The inquiry ends with no inside aid confession obtained.
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Fort Waye
Ind
James RR. Fleming
United States
Indiana
Department of Justice
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Lillian Holley
Holley
Fleming
Pillinger
Departire of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Dillinger
Chicago
Many Seek Share of Qoyle Fortune
Letters pour in as telegraph and long distance telephone traffic boom. Interest crosses borders with the Irish Free State joining the wave over a fortune claim. Local readers await further details of the dispute and its potential beneficiaries.
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Qoyle
Florence, Kas
Irish Free State
Oklahoma City Attorney and Wife Die in Bridge Crash
J. C. Helms a 50 year old Oklahoma City attorney and his wife died in a fiery wreck when their car plunged into a Washita river bridge west of Wynnewood. Four highway workers and motorists could not rescue them. Helms a longtime Republican leader and 25 year lawyer was buried alongside his wife after the charred remains were taken to Wynnewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Washita River
Wynnewood
J. C. Helms
Highway Department
Helms
Hamiltons Pass May Be Freed In Dallas
Noland Alred and Glen Allen held with Raymond Hamilton may be released if their fingerprint records prove they are not wanted. Sheriff Smoot Schmid said Washington should send a report early this week, though he expressed doubt.
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Dallas
Noland Alred
Glen Allen
Raymond Hamilton
Washington
Smoot Schmid
Schmid
Death of Ellen Doyle opens mass estate search in Kansas
After Ellen Doyle died on her oil farm March 10 the 78 year old spinster left no will and officials seek the fortune to fund Kansas school funds. Josiah Good Marion banker is administrator. A public sale is planned for April 20 as guards examine $800000 in papers and $7000 in gold and silver found in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Doyle
State of
Kansas
Josiah Good
Good
Marion
Kas
Patrick Doyle
Ireland
Extradition 8 Waived by Kite Extradition Proceedings
A. L. Kite returned to Arkansas with officers after a bench warrant for child abandonment. He was arrested in Ada where he worked as a clerk. A habeas corpus writ set $1,000 bond. after a Saturday hearing, he consented to extradition to Arkansas and Oklahoma governors.
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A. L. Kite
Arkansas
Little Rock
Clyder Kaiser
Kite
Ada
Kaiser
Tal Crawford
Oklahoma
Virgil Stanfield
Feed Seed Loan Blanks Available at Court House
County agent J. B. Hill announced that application blanks for government feed and seed loans have arrived and are being filled by a corps of workers. Applications are accepted in the corn hog section offices on the second floor of the courthouse, with a deadline of April 12 for signing contracts in the 1935 cotton crop reduction program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
Court House
Hill
Senators Seek Larger Currency Volume and Banking Reform
Washington reports a revived inflation bloc pushing to increase money in circulation by cashing veterans’ bonds and remonetizing silver. The House Banking Committee reopens hearings on omnibus banking reform with Frank Vanderlip testifying as part of a broader drive tied to Patman, Wheeler, and Nye proposals and a potential central monetary authority.
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Washington
Senate
House
Central Monetary Authority
House Banking Committee
Representative Goldsborough
D-Md
Steagall
D-Ala
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Thomas
Okla
Wheeler
D-Mont
Nye
Smith
D-Sc
Oklahoman
Treasury
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Patman
Father Coughlin
Federal Reserve Board
New Methods in Oil Completions in Pontotoc County
The Oil and Gas Journal reports an article by G. E. Bignell describing pressure control completion in a Pontotoc County Fitts pool well enabling precise logging. Using head control and high pressure separators in Bromide drilling, they brought in E. H. Moore No 4 B Smith. The Hy dril table replaced the turntable and weight of water was adjusted to allow sampling and zone identification. The Viola lime shows productive strata and below it the Bromide contains saturated sands, reducing the need for drilling mud and washout. Tubing is run after reaching depth, readying the well for potential production.
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Oil and Gas Journal
G. E. Bignell
Pontotoc County
E. H. Moore
Smith
Viola
Bignell
Bill Bans Excess Profits in War
The House capitulated to demands for stern taxation in the war profiteering bill, adopting a 100 percent excess profits tax and enabling Senate tax-rate adjustments. Debates touched conscription, licensing, and industrial controls as hearings loom on amendments and manpower provisions.
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Washington
PH House
Senate
McSwain
Military Committee
House
Nye
Oklahoma debates planning boards for public works funds
Governor Marland and federal planning official Vin cent Miles discussed whether Oklahoma must form housing and planning boards to access the $4.88 billion public works fund. Miles suggested boards may speed funding and increase totals, though he did not rule out funds without them. He cited Arkansas and California examples and noted Oklahoma’s flood control map plan.
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Oklahoma City
Apr
Oklahoma
Vincent Miles
Fort Smith
Ark
Marland
Miles
Arkansas
California
FHA
Public
Washington
Progress in Tuberculosis Treatment by Dr. Cooper
Denver reports artificial immunity to tuberculosis confirmed by Dr. H. J. Cooper. Two Colorado penitentiary inmates with injections of anti TB vaccine gained release as disease did not develop. He notes natural and vaccine induced immunity but avoided detailing prisoner tests. Further tests planned for younger inmates.
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Denver
Apr
H. J. Cooper
Colorado Penitentiary
Cooper
Colorado Tuberculosis Association
Socks May Prove Expensive to Negro
Virgil Weekly Adanegro arraigned on petty larceny charge for allegedly taking five pairs of socks from Gluckman department store without sales staff consent. He pleaded not guilty and was held for preliminary hearing after failing to post $250 bond, with April 16 set for security. Washington April 5. Secretary Ickes rejected a move by the National Association of Lubricating Grease Manufacturers to shift oil code labor provisions from refining to marketing.
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Gluckman
Virgil
Adanegro
Sherwood W. Hill
Washington
Ickes Today
National Association of Lubricating Grease Manufacturers
War Anniversary Finds Many Vets Ready to Fight if Needed
Oklahoma veterans reflect on April 6 1917 and say a new war would bring many to fight again. Quotes from Paul Fancher Louis Fowler Price Chase Daniel Hunt Walter Wise and Ray Franklin show mixed views and a spectrum from readiness to opposition.
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Louis A. Fowler
Holdenville
Price Chase
American Legion
Daniel O. Hunt
Walter Wise
Konawa
Stars and Stripes
W. R. Grace
Ray Franklin
Seminole Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Farley Rumored to Quit as Postmaster General
Washington April 6 The belief Farley will resign to devote full attention to Roosevelt's 1936 reelection campaign was voiced by intimates. Timing of the resignation was not disclosed as Huey Long intensifies attacks on Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
Huey P. Longs
Sewing Room Moves to Old City Hall in Progress
The sewing room formerly in the OERA space on W Twelfth is relocated to the auditorium on the second floor of the old City Hall at Twelfth and Broadway. A storage room for materials and a space for women workers are planned, with April 8 set as the readiness date for regular use. The commissary shifts to N Rennie Street Whick tha and kitchen activities continued during canning season.
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W. Twelfth
OERA
City Hall
Twelfth and
Broadway
N. Rennie
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Masong
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Franklin Bourland
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Lenox Y. Roddie
J. Arthur Herron
Harve A. Butler
Lee Dowdy
Clyde Alletag
N. A. Lambert
William H. Powell
Rev. Ogle
Hamilton
Frank Blake
Division of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Abed
Clyde Eastus
Texas
Huntsville
Killen
Man
Silver Bloc
Richard L. Turner
America
Germany
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Industry
Maverick
D-Tex
Connery
D-Mass
Labor Committee
House Military Committee
Oscar Westover
Army Air Corps
Department of Air
Lee
D-Okla
Relief Administration
Paul K. Fancher
Old City Hall
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