First Oklahoma Primary Remembered From 1907
Ada pioneer G M Blackburn recalls the first Democratic primary ballot from 1907 as The News reprints the historic voting list. The piece notes many names and offices, including Gore, Murray, Williams, Doyle and others, with several later federal or state roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Blackburn
Ada
Thomas P. Gore
Congress
Judge Davenport
Vinita
Criminal Court of Appeals
Thomas H. Doyle
Terrell
B. C. King
Robert Wimbish
W. T. Cox
W. D. Lowden
Lowden
Cox
M. F. Dew
W. S. Kerr
C. J. Moore
C. A
Gary Kitchens
A. L. Miles
Hargis
George Truitt
Bascom ‘T. Lawson
T. F. Pierce
A. D. Bolton
E. T. Wells
C. A. Thomas
Claude Russell
Thomas
William Ellett
J. W. Snow
John D. Rinard
Rinard
Judge Day
C. W. Floyd
F. C. Krieger
L. F. Tully
John B. Steward
R. L. Walker
Floyd
W. R. Fletcher
Ed Thompson
G. M. Short
J. W. Vaden
Short
Tom D. McKeown
FERA Moves to New Federal Building in Pontotoc County
FERA headquarters will relocate Monday from West Twelfth Street to the federal building per new directions. County admin staff reductions come from Carl Giles state administrator orders as home investigations cut the remaining relief workload. Dora Cox notes 1100 investigations completed with daily updates. CCC enlistment quota of 22 filled with five alternates. community gardens planned with seed requests. B. E. Hennigan continues as county CWA head overseeing the relief program.
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Pontotoc County Fera
Federal
West Twelfth
Carl Giles
Dora Cox
Pontotoc County
Civilian Conservation Corps
FERA
B. E. Hennigan
CWA
Women Will Run Arkansas Town
Washington Ark April 7 Grandma Charlean Massill Williams at 65 was drafted into the mayor's office today and said she will run the town with a new broom once taking office
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J. S. Monroe
Arkansas
Washington, Ark
Charlean Massilliams
Payment Rules for Home Owners Loan Corporations Borrowers
Home Owners' Loan Corporation borrowers must pay monthly on the note date with no notice from Washington and keep taxes paid and insurance current. Payments go to the Washington treasurer and must show the loan number to avoid confusion. All borrower correspondence to Washington should use the loan number, not the application number.
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Home Owners’ Loan _ corporation
Washington
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Filing Period Opens for County Offices This Week
Count filing period began Wednesday per J. O. Abney county election board secretary. The 45 day window allows candidates to file notices of intent and start campaigns. John Boyce McKeel was the first to file for county judge. others have announced in The News as campaigns begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Abney
County Election Board
John Boyce McKeel
Abney
State Election Board
Indians hear Wheeler Howard bill in Ada at Convention Hall
Ben Dwight Choctaw chief told an Ada audience that the Wheeler Howard measure offers a new day for southeastern Oklahoma Indians as an enabling bill. He outlined charter provisions to create self governing tribes with local services, land support, and a court of Indian affairs under federal oversight. Rev Wright and six orphan girls sang after the speech.
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Ben. Dwight
Choctaws
Convention Hall
Wheeler
Joe Hayes
Ada
Ohoyohoma Club
Dwight
Oklahoma
John Collier
Indian Bureau
Court of Indian Affairs
United States
Homer Wing Wins B Section At Pontotoc Meet Frisco Friday
Homer students top the B section with 41 points at Pontotoc county literary meet in Frisco. Lawrence trails with 37 while Pleas ant Hill 23 Frisco 22 Oakman 22 and other schools shared points. Awards list winners in penmanship reading arithmetic and spelling across grades. Gen W W Atterbury predicts national recovery program will falter without more such loans to railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Pontotoc County
Frisco
Lawrence
Homerites
Pleasant Hill
Oakman
Worstell
Jones Chapel
Pickett
Union Hill
Black Rock
Lightning Ridge
Eugene Stewart
Wilma Leone Eppler
Ethel Lee Gray
Juanita Jones
George Earle Polk
Nell Dean Johnson
Sammy Coley
Beatrice Marshall
Dale Griffith
Juanita Simpson
Edward Clampitt
Jessie Epperson
Joyce Boiles
Eugene Covinton
Lindel Winters
Freda Mae Kidwell
Lucille Gardner
Juanita Henry
Clyde Kendrick
Jimmy Lee
Higbee
Virginia Lea Burk
Spelling
Oleta Fleming
Nannie Howard
Jewel Deen Dearman
Reading
Jamnita Henry
Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Zelma Carter
Genevieve Oden
Christina Mole
Christina Scarberry
Pauline Pendergrass
Inez Gray
Doris Roper
Lady Bell Tate
Shirley Massey
Eulah Simpson
J. T. Johnson
Aliene_ Estes
Alice Hallam
Jessie Mae Bullard
W. W. Atterbury
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Flood Toll Rises as Washita River Flood Claims Dozens
Grim searches for bodies continued in flood swept areas of Oklahoma and Texas with more than twenty dead and damage exceeding a million dollars. Twelve bodies were pulled from the Washita near Hammon, Texas saw four dead in Saline Creek near Menard. two missing and feared dead. Oklahoma tally included Talihina death as a bridge worker drowned. Rivers, railroads and highways were impassable and communities faced rebuilding.
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Elk City
Oklahoma
Texas
Washita
Hammon
Menard
Tex
Chickasha
A. M. Adams
Opal
Edith
Audrey
Lola Ray
L. L. Fenter
Stella May Fenter
Levi Fenter
Lawrence Taylor
Leo Bush
Lorena Bush
Obe
Adams
Wilma
Velita
L. L. Fen
Lawton
Mountain View
Carnegie
W. G. Teel
Cordell
Southwestern Power and Light Co
Anadarko
E. L. Reed
Southwestern Company
FERA
L. T. Baird
Baird
Moore Convicted in Robbery Case
Isaac Moore was convicted by a district court jury of robbery with firearms and sentenced to 25 years in the state penitentiary. Otis Schuler, charged in the same case, was tried earlier, convicted, and sentenced to 50 years. The docket saw rapid action with numerous guilty pleas and total sentences reaching 223 years across ten defendants.
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Isaac Moore
Moore
Otis Schuler
Schuler
Ada Drenched by Heavy Downpours
A flood soaked Ada Oklahoma as 2.88 inches of rain fell in a day. Creeks rose and roads washed, while residents aided by authorities counted impacts on traffic and gardens amid thunderstorms and lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma
National plan outlines government guaranteed home loans
Washington April 7. The administration works on legislation for a national insurance plan to back private loans for home modernization and a building program. Frank C. Walker said the fund would guarantee loans and perhaps principal, aiming to stimulate private financing while rehabilitation of slums and subsistence homes is considered.
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Washington
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Equalization Board To Meet In Pontotoc County
Pontotoc county equalization board will meet Monday April 23 to begin valuations on county property preliminary to setting tax levies for the 1934 35 fiscal year. County tax assessor Charley Floyd prepares his assessments to present to the board at the meeting.
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Pontotoc County
Two Norwegian Villages Devastated by Giant Waves
A major disaster struck west coast Norway as two fishing villages Tajfjord and Fjoraa were hit by massive waves. More than 50 people died including 20 children as homes and boats were swept away and debris and corpses littered the shore.
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Oslo
Norway
Tajfjord
Fjoraa
Wallace Taken to City for Serious Health Condition
P. A. Poly Wallace athletic director at East Central State Teachers college was taken to Oklahoma City for treatment of a serious condition affecting the lower spinal cord and causing partial paralysis of the legs. Cause not yet determined, physicians report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. “Poly” Wallace
East Central State Teachers College
Oklahoma City
Man Dies in Acid Well Explosion Near El Dorado
An explosion and ensuing fire at a wildcat oil well southeast of El Dorado, Arkansas, killed Jack Anderson, 27, of Shreveport Louisiana. Anderson was district manager for DTW Chemical of Midland Michigan. The blast followed equipment trouble during a first acid treatment and destroyed the derrick and pumping gear.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Arkansas
Jack Anderson
Shreveport
DTW Chemical Company
Midland
Mich
Anderson
Here
Light Emitting Woman Draws Curious Attention in Pirano Hospital
In Trieste on April 6 a mysterious light emanates from the breast of Signora Monaro, a patient at Pirano hospital. Nurses observed the glow, prompting medical and official circles to investigate the phenomenon.
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Signora Monaro
Genoveski
Fonda
Trieste
Italy
Pirano Hospital
Raiders Fail to Find Jim Clark at Oklahoma Farm
In Miami Oklahoma on April 7 a raid by armed officers at Ab Clark’s farm failed to locate Jim Clark tied to the Kansas prison break. Ab Clark said he has not seen his nephew since his conviction for bank robbery near Welch in Creig County near the Kansas line.
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Miami
Okla
Ab Clark
Jim Clark
Clyde Barrow
Percy Boyd
Commerce
Fort Scott
Kaw
Clark
Kansa
Lansing
Clark Place
Welch
Creig County
Oklahoma
Kansas-Oklahoma Line
Van Buskirk Held on Robbery Charge
Tudor Van Buskirk was bound over to district court without bond on robbery with firearms, following a preliminary hearing at Justice S. W. Hill's court. The incident occurred at a tourist camp west of Ada.
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Justice Court
S. W. Hill
Tudor van Buskirk
Ada
Jake Manan
J. D. Willoughby
Lane Scott
Hill
CARDUS Helped Mrs. West Ease Side Pain and Gain Strength
Mrs. R. L. West of Huntsville Alabama says she was weak and run down with side pain and weight loss. After taking CARDUS she improved, her pain stopped and she felt stronger and well after completing three bottles.
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Cardus
R. L. West
Huntsville
Ala
Business outlook bright for second quarter says Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet reports the second quarter may yield the strongest results in four years. Retail Easter buying slack has not yet appeared, while furniture housewares and rug purchases rise. Men's and women's apparel remain leaders. dry goods demand persists. hardware paints and seeds show strong spring momentum. Pay raises buoy prospects through the current month.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Nikeown Favors Indian Monument
Washington April 6 A public statement from Representative McKeown Democrat Oklahoma sent letters to Chick Nation members urging support for an Indian monument proposal. The move signals congressional attention to memorial recognition for Native communities.
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Washington
McKeown
Dokla
Chick
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Topeaka
Wheeler-Howard
Rev. Wright
Homer Wing
Mary Jo Gregory
Georgia
Earle Polk
Marguerite Eppler
Carl Triplett
Mary Lena Polk
R. C. Madden
Oscar Bush
R. Cc. Madden
Herman Thomas
Fine
Donald Ramsey
James Wall
Ruby Gilstrap
Yakima Brumley
Sammie Raines
Louise Welch
Melba Hisan
Annetta Gilstrap
John W. Hoggett
Louise Fauster
Irene Smith
Billy Jo Ozbirn
Lorene Parker
Coralee Welch
Clariece Duke
Robert Blankenship
Dewey Mauk
Washita Valley
Wheeler, Tex
Benny Hendrick
Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital
Ackia
Mississippi
Western America
New Republic
Representative Ranking
Dmiss
Equalization Board
Polly Wallace
Wildcat
van Buskirk
Nikeown
P. A. Norris
G. J. Morton
R. W. Simpson
S. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
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