Regulations Announced for Central Oklahoma Jersey Parish Show
Ada fairgrounds hosts the Central Oklahoma Jersey Parish Show on May 1 with entrants from across the state. The program lists judging classes, cattle parade, judging contests, and awards, governed by Danish judging, with ribbons provided by the Ada Chamber of Commerce.
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Jersey Parish
Ada
Central Oklahoma Parish
Ada Fairgrounds
Pam Aisavems
Forrest Fancier
Central Oklahoma Jersey Parish
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Central
Oklahoma Jersey Parish
Oklahoma county dairy cattle show rules and classes
Show rules for registered Jersey cattle listing age based classes from aged bulls to grand champion females. Opens to Creek Okfuskee Lincoln Pottawatomie Pontotoc Seminole Hughes Murray residents. Entries due April 24. Cattle must be tuberculin tested and free of disease within the past year.
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Granc
Creek
Okfuskee
Lincoln
Pottawatomie
Pontotoc
Seminole
Hughes
Murray
Guymon Invites Steinbeck to Pioneer Day Celebration
The Guyman junior chamber of commerce sent an invitation to John Steinbeck for Guymon's May 1 and 2 Pioneer day, a Dust Bowl themed gathering for ranch and farm folks from western Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Steinbeck was away on a Mexican cruise.
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Guymon
John Steinbeck
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Steinbeck
Hearing on Shadid injunction postponed in Oklahoma City
The state board of medical examiners suit against Dr. M. Shadid head of the Farmers Union Co operative hospital at Elk City will be postponed by agreement Monday. Attorney Gomer Smith said today.
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Shadid
Oklahoma City
State Board of Meds Examiners
M. Shadid
Farmers Union Co-operative Hospital
Elk City
Gomer Smith
Farm Boys Girls All Big Barbecue at Verden
About 2000 farm club youths from Caddo and Grady counties attended a barbecue on the Jack McLane ranch near Verden. The highlight was the state junior livestock show grand champion steer selling for a record 2.14 a pound, owned by Ralph Hess Jr. of Verden FFA who received 96 dollars in premium payments from the Oklahoma City chamber of commerce. Banks and local businessmen sponsored the event from Armistice to Verden and other towns.
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Verden
Caddo
Grady
Jack McLane
Here
Ralph Hess
FFA
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Armie
Anadarko
Apache
Binger
Carnegie
Cement
Chickasha
Cyril
Fort Cobb
Hinton
Hydro
Ninnekah
Rush Springs
Washita
President Roosevelt denounces Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a formal White House statement condemning Germany's invasion of Denmark and Norway. He warns that civilization depends on respecting small nations' independence and territorial integrity against powerful neighbors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Scandinavia
White House
United States
Valerius Named To GRD Authority
Governor Phillips appointed M. M. Valerius a retired geologist to the Grand River Dam Authority to replace Henry Eichenberger who resigned. The move follows tensions with the federal government over funding for state roads and bridges tied to the $20 000 hydro electric project in northeastern Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
M. M. Valerius
Jay Geologist
Grand River Dam
Henry Eichenberger
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Get Ladies of Leisure Off WPA Asks Investigator
Oklahoma officials report Mrs. Ila Huff president of the Oklahoma democratic women's council demanded removing the cigarette smoking soda drinking ladies of leisure from the WPA. Huff said she posed as a widow a schoolteacher and a veteran's wife to seek aid on three trips. State WPA administrator Ron Stephens dismissed comment as not worthy.
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Oklahoma City
WPA
Ila Huff
Oklahoma Democratic Women’s Council
Huff
Oklahoma
Ron Stephens
End Of Fruit Crops As Freeze Hits Early April
Freezing temperatures across the region caused extensive damage to gardens and crops. W E Pitt, weather observer, noted 3 eighths of an inch of ice as temperatures fell to 26 degrees, freezing April 12 records. Reports from Boise City Altus and Dallas describe sub-freezing temps, light snow and crop losses.
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W. E. Pitt
Associated Press
Boise City
Panhandle
Altus
Dallas
County aids cut. Pontotoc schools lose funds
Pontotoc county's secondary aid apportionment for the current nine months was reduced by 6332 dollars. Superintendent Ray Stegall said Friday the state department of education cut the total to 60215 dollars from 66546. All schools lost 4.5 days on the minimum program with losses detailed for each school.
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Pontotoc County
Ray Stegall
State Department of Education
Foreigners To Be At Oil Exposition
The International Petroleum Exposition opens May 18 in Tulsa with a large foreign presence. A Japanese delegation heads to attend, Japan being the nineteenth country to promise representation, joining Greece, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Egypt, Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, Italy, Venezuela, Germany, Cuba, Russia, Argentina, Trinidad, France, Peru and Ecuador.
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Tulsa
Japan
Exposition
Greece
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Turkey
Egypt
Canada
Great Britain
Mexico
Italy
Venezuela
Germany
Cuba
Russia
Argentina
Trinidad
France
Peru
Ecuador
Phillips Plans To Resist Fight On Economy Weapon
Oklahoma Governor Phillips announced he will resist a supreme court challenge to the quarterly estimate law used to trim budgets. He said Attorney General Williamson will lead the defense and would seek enforcement of his budget recommendations if the law is ruled unconstitutional. The suit by A L Crabb seeks a writ of mandamus to void the law, which Crabb says makes school and state department planning unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Phillips
Supreme Court
A. L. Crabb
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mac Q. Williamson
Crable
Board (of Education
F. A. Ramsey
Coal Examiners Recommend Higher Soft Coal Prices
Examiners for the bituminous coal division urge a minimum mine price of 2.072 dollars per ton, about 11 cents higher than 1937 receipts, to raise national coal bills by 44 million dollars. The schedule awaits objections and approval by Howard A. Gray and Secretary Ickes. Prices vary by grade and region from 0.10 to 4.80 dollars per ton.
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Washington
Howard A. Gray
Ickes
Midwest
County To Drop Mrs Garner Suit
Carloss Wadlington county attorney said Saturday that action against Mrs H D Garner former county treasurer would be dropped after the defense agreed to restore funds. He said the judgment would likely be settled over the weekend with Garner paying 3082.34, enabling repayment of overcharges to taxpayers and vouchers by the county clerk on demand per the audit.
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Carloss Wadlington
H. D. Garner
Wadlington
Census Enumerator Spends Day at Rogers Home
Wichita Kansas report notes Frank Green census taker spent almost a full day at the W. B. Rogers residence listing eighteen residents including children and grandchildren in the single dwelling.
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Wichita
Kas
Frank Green
W. B. Rogers
Births and Deaths Reported in Pontotoc County February March
Vital statistics show 64 births and 44 deaths in Pontotoc County during February and March. Listed are numerous birth announcements across Ada, Allen, Stonewall, Roff, Konawa, Fitzhugh, and other towns, followed by a long obituary slate detailing names and ages of residents from Allen, Ada, Stonewall, Francis, Roff, and nearby communities.
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Ada
Leonard Wade
Cedar Grive
Jewell Hokett
Owl Creek
Lenora Alexander
Roff
Laverne Brandon
Conway
J. D. Flowers
Ruby Mac Large
Cedar Grove
Pontotoc
R. F. Smith
Allen
Orval Sheppard
Calvin
Alvin Martin
Shelly Herman Jones
Vernon E. Rinehart
Richard Lewis
LeRoy Isaacs
Jack Clark
William Bryan Hilton
Aullie Roland
Wesley Lee Burnett
Roy Lee Clark
Raymond Leon Thompson
George Marvin Dismukes
Vernon Brown
Hickory
Felix Bird
Tris Phillips
Marvin Choate
Joseph Lee McIntosh
C. H. Brannon
Stonewall
Fred _Edward Hodge
Herman William Guderian
Perry Lester Nunley
Fittstown
Joseph Kinney Logue
Robert Henry Gump
Clifford Art Bates
John Watson
Archie Claribbard
Andrew Fredericck Gieser
Konawa
Ralph Saunders Thompson
Nobel Earl
William Thomas Stokes
Hardin City
Meyer Sobel
Jesse Clyde Barker
Lula
Stuard Raymond Bentley
Chalice Milton Birdwell
James Orville Ballard
Raymond Charles Haze
Norris Pernecher
Elvin Samuel Little
James Archer
Joe Harris
Mary Edwards Tatum
Margaret Elizabeth Greenlee
Joseph Edward Bentley
Omer William Robinson
John W. Brand, Jr
Wewoka
James Noah Coventon
J. E. Riggs
Thomas Jefferson Williamson
Chapman Row
Lowell Wayne Kelley
Jack Marian Wells
Francis Hightower
Lillie Campbell
Mary Francis Melton
Wanda Laverne Manuel
Louis Edward McDonald
Kenneth Duty
A. L. Halsey
Mattie C. Brunson
Joseph Franklin Wade
Edna Lewis Harmon
J. H. Small
Fittstwon
Ronald Sweet
Barbara Ann Evans
Lonnie Paris Cheek
William Henry Brumley
Malinda Riley
Pearl Edgar Parker
Ardmore
Jimmie Harold Scott
County Singing Convention Set for May at Oakman
The county singing convention will be held Saturday night May 4 and Sunday May 5 at Oakman. Singers from Pontotoc county and other counties will perform solo and quartet numbers. Attendees are asked to bring lunch. Sunday program starts at 10 a.m. and Saturday at 7 30 p.m.
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Oakman
Pontotoc County
Wewoka Dominates East Central Curricular and Music Meet
Wewoka high school led the East Central interscholastic meet with a landslide point total in both curricular and music divisions. Final music scores: Wewoka 407, Sulphur 347, Seminole 268, Ada 201. curricular: Wewoka 65, Ada 29, Byng 17, Horace Mann 16. About 4,000 district students attended over three days as Ada hosted the event.
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Wewoka High School
Wewoka
Sulphur
Seminole
Ada
Byng
Horace Mann
Ada High
Harle E. McCall
A. W. Kennedy
East Central
Stockton Found Guilty By Jury
A district court jury Saturday found Bill Stockton guilty of first degree rape. He is one of four men charged after testimony by two young girls. The jury did not recommend sentence. sentencing is set for next Saturday by District Judge Tal Crawford.
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Bill Stockton
Stockton
Tal Crawford
Vessel Near U. S. May Be Nazi Vessel
Captain Matthew Antjon of the liner Bergensfjord reported spotting an armed unidentified vessel off Nantucket en route to New York. He believed it to be German and possibly aiming to load horses for military use, noting equipment visible through his glasses. The Bergensfjord carried $19.5 million in gold from Scandinavia.
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New York
Npp
Matthew Antjon
Gergensfjord
Gothenburg
Sweden
Nantucket
Antion
Bergensfjord
Oklahoma Solons Rally for WPA Jobs in State
Oklahoma congressional delegation declared they will not tolerate 10 000 WPA workers being let go and warned of a further 20 000 cut before July 1 after a conference. They pledged in the House to secure sufficient appropriations to keep eligible workers employed in Oklahoma. Dismissals followed a reduction in Oklahoma's WPA funds last week.
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Washington
Oklahoma
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Henry Benton
Lovelady
Margaret Jarred
Edna Thomas
Edna Tinsley
Fitzhugh
Earl Taylor
Oliver Taylor
Ada News
Caddo, Grady Counties
Valerius
GRD
Allen Sma
Dolberg
Union Hill
Sunshine
Worstell
Steedman
Yeager
Summers Chapel
Walnut Grove
Wilson
County
Mrs. Garner
John Perry Phillins
H D. Harris
Russelville
U. S
Solons
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