Narcotic Ring Smashes With Kansas City Fallout
Coast to coast narcotic roundup centers on Kansas City where officials call the situation unbelievable. Anslinger announces 13 arrests in Kansas City New York Oklahoma and Missouri, naming saloon keepers, a patrolman and other dealers tied to Tom Pendergast faction.
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Bessie) Nigro
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Tony) Bartolii
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Charles Ferguson
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Seminole
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Commissioners Define Policy Still Further
The county board adopted two resolutions restricting county purchases to bonded officers or two commissioners, and limiting claims against funds for federal relief agencies. It sets that purchase orders require official bond-backed authority and that April 15 will cut approvals for agency-related expenditures. Bread is plentiful enough that food cards are not needed after today in Madrid.
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Torrio Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years in Tax Evasion Case
New York April 12 UPW Former Chicago underworld figure John Torrio was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for income tax evasion after pleading guilty to evading 86006 in taxes. Judge John W. Clancy altered an initial three year term and set counts with varying terms and probation.
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Indian widow seeks one third of estate in federal suit
Mrs Jemima Long, full-blood Creek Indian of Hughes county, filed a federal court petition seeking at least one third of her late husband Thomas Longs $368000 estate. The suit names A H Darks as administrator and argues the will left her $1000 cash $2700 property and $156 monthly while Long was declared incompetent the day after the will was made.
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Phillips hints veto over school aid bill in Oklahoma
Governor Phillips signaled a veto threat as the House passed a 12.8 million school aid measure. He opposed the 12 million appropriation and said 11.5 million in a Senate bill might be closer to the right figure. He offered cuts to reduce waste and suggested removing superintendent raises, overlapping transport costs, and unspent last year funds while noting tax measures aimed to boost school revenue.
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Educational Trend Talked By Busby
Judge Orel Busby former state supreme court justice addressed the Pontotoc County School Masters' club on educational trends and their link to world peace. He urged schools to teach international affairs and improve domestic economic conditions while supporting a strong national defense and a neutral stance on European crises. He criticized the modern school for losing pioneer spirit and urged greater vocational instruction as music by Allen high school's girls' glee club accompanied the meeting. Arrangements for a joint meeting with neighboring counties were discussed.
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Graduation plans set for Ada eighth graders
Pontotoc county wide eighth grade exercises will be held in Ada high school auditorium on Saturday May 13 at 2 pm. County Superintendent Ray Stegall announced the selection this week and notes the event resumes after several years. A L Crable state superintendent will be principal speaker. Diplomas will be awarded to graduates.
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France and Britain Prepare Formal Policy Statement
Paris reports a sudden French government move to issue a brief world statement on its position as Mediterranean fleet units sail under joint command with Britain. Daladier to unveil a non broadcast declaration the same day as Chamberlain's Commons address, amid broad mobilization and diplomacy to deter Hitler.
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One Killed In Chicago Strike
Chicago April 12 One man was killed and several were beaten today as violence erupted during a truck drivers and helpers strike at Ford Weiboldt department stores. James Lawrence 45 a helper was shot to death when four men in a sedan riddled a Wei bold truck with four men aboard. The driver Ray Rogers was beaten while others escaped. Kangaroos lizards seals and snakes are hunted primarily for their skins not for meat.
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Pass The Pigskin Man Eats Football in Dorm Prank
Norman April 12 7 Hubert Fraker an engineering student at the University of Oklahoma from Pine Valley claimed he ate the pig skin covering a football after climbing out of bed. Several witnesses in his house saw the act and he warned against making footballs food. He soaked the skin and removed the bladder before eating.
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Hubert Fraker
University of Oklahoma
Pine Valley
Fraker
Navy to stage Atlantic fleet revue near New York
Washington reports the Navy will parade 70 warships in an Atlantic fleet revue off Virginia Capes on April 27. Foreign observers will attend as the ships head to the Worlds Fair in New York. Amid tensions, the navy emphasizes the display is not tied to Europe but showcases sea power for a unsettled world, with U S manufacturers selling about 25 million dollars in war supplies to Britain and France in early 1940.
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Ira G Yates of Oil Fame Dies in Austin Texas
Ira G Yates 79 millionaire whose career spanned peanut digging mule trading ranching and butchering died in Austin after battling pneumonia. He discovered the Yates oil pool in Pecos County Oct 29 1926 fueling the Yates field with 550 wells producing over 240 million barrels. Born to work began as a peanut digger at 11 and a cowboy by 12.
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Local Man Indicted on Dyer Act Charge
MUSKOGEE April 12 A federal grand jury indicted W. J. Dunn of Fontotoc county on one count for violating the Dyer act
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W. J. Dunn
Fontotoc County
Resignation of Connecticut Judge Accepted By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation today of Federal Judge Edwin S. Thomas of Connecticut effective April 6. The move ends impeachment questions as Thomas faced ongoing NY Southern District and special grand jury probes tied to the McKesson and Robbins drug case. Thomas, reportedly ill, was recalled from a cruise to testify. the grand jury probe continues.
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Driver Arrested for Driving Without License in Pontotoc
Willie Manning pleaded guilty to driving an automobile without a state operator's license and received a fine plus costs totaling 13 dollars. He was arrested by state highway patrol officers at the Fourteenth Street and Mississippi Avenue intersection. The case was filed in Justice Court of A W Oliver. This marks Pontotoc county's first such arrest of the year.
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Noble Named To Commerce Post In Roosevelt Era
Edward J. Noble shifts from Civil Aeronautics Authority chair to a Commerce Department post as a dollar a year executive assistant to Secretary Hopkins. He will head the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to aid the department’s recovery efforts.
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Term of County Court Continues Civil and Criminal Terms
The civil term of county court was continued Wednesday as Judge Hoyt Driski aimed to complete civil cases by Thursday. The criminal docket of 50 cases will be heard next, with the criminal term set to begin Friday.
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German Warnings To Poland Stir Diplomatic Circles
Reports from Warsaw claim Germany renewed demands on Poland for Danzig and the Polish corridor. Britain and France prepared a joint statement to deter Rome Berlin moves and safeguard Greek Turkish independence as Italy expands by offering Zog's crown to Mussolini and courting a union with Albania.
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Greece Hails Italian Guarantees in Face of Balkan Tensions
Rome notes a new cordial period in Italian Greek relations after a Greek note claiming full satisfaction with fascist guarantees of sea and land frontiers. Diplomats warn Italy may seek wartime expansion, with 1.2 million under arms and calls to colors signaling potential eastward drive. Some speculate on broader aims against France and possible shifts in the Balkans.
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Stranger Schools Man Then Himself in Cincinnati Shooting
In Cincinnati an elderly stranger at a nickel-in-the-slot phonograph shot Jam es J. Donelon after asking what tune he liked. Donelon, 24, died from a back shot. The assailant then killed himself as bystanders watched, after the gun failed to fire initially.
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Doenlon
FHA Extension Passes The House
The House approved a two year extension of the Federal Housing Administration and authorized another 1 billion dollars in insured mortgages. The bill increases the agency's outstanding insurance limit from 3.0 to 4.0 billion dollars and includes two compromise changes away from the FHA's initial request to raise the limit to 6.0 billion. Present powers expire June 30.
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