Despondent man found dead in downtown hotel
The body of Joseph F. Douglas, once a Shawnee bank employee, was identified today in St. Louis as the man found hanged in a Majestic hotel room. A note said he was broke and unable to go on. The death was ruled a likely suicide with timing before his discovery.
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St. Louis Hotel
ST. Louis
Joseph FE. Douglas
H. T. Douglas
Windsor
Majestic
Young Douglas
Douglas
Oklahoma
J. E. Douglas
Shawnee
J. C. Bryan
Elgin
Death ends life of SHAWNEE banking figure
No charges were pending at the time of J. Edward Douglas's death in a St. Louis hotel. Family said he died by suicide from despondency after past banking failures. funeral planned at the Windsor home in Missouri. Survivors include father H. T. Douglas Shawnee and mother Mrs. C. H. Borden Chicago.
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Shawnee
Okla
J. Edward Douglas
St. Louis
Douglas
Seminole
Windsor
H. T. Douglas
C. H. Borden
Chicago
Joe Edward Douglas Jr
Tom and
Donald Douglas
Dollfuss Targeted by Egg Throwers in Graz
Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss faced egg attacks at a mass meeting in Graz and dodged a harmless smoke bomb near the stage. Socialist demonstrators sprayed painted slogans on his route to the city limits while a radio broadcast was tampered with and only fragments of his speech came through.
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Graz
Austria
Englebert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
Seminole Chamber Officials Praise New Highway
No 3 Noy Griffith, secretary of the Seminole Chamber of Commerce, boasted of aiding the road project. Dr Grisso emphasized the highway's reach across counties that pay most taxes and its prime importance. S C Boswell praised the plan yet urged patience amid the high costs. Jesse Bunch praised for hard work on the Johnston commission.
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Noy Griffith
Seminole Chamber of Commerce
Wewoka
Grisso
Texas
Kansas
S. C. Boswell
Holloway Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Jesse Bunch
Johnston Commis
Opening Senators Red Sox Game Delayed By Rain
Washington April 16 The major league opener between the Senators and Red Sox was postponed as steady rain soaked the city. President Roosevelt planned to throw the first ball when the teams resume in Boston, with the Senators to return April 24. Clark Griffith had postponed the game citing forecast showers.
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Washington
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Roosevelt
Senators
Red Sox
Boston
Clark Griffith
Weather Bureau
Pontotoc County oil field activity revolves around coring
In Fitts field southeast of Ada coring dominates with shows of oil at several wells. Cromwell sand prospects at Bristow No. 1 Craig Crane and Delaney No. 1 A J Harden in 30-2-7 show oil or gas potential, while multiple rigs drill depths from 750 to 3,640 feet. Three completed wells nearby boast 100 million cubic feet gas capacity, including Delaney No. 1 Richards at 56 million and Delaney No. 1 A J Harden producing 175 barrels daily.
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Fitts
Ada
Crosbie-Moran
Dawes Harden
Bristow
Hughes and Hughes
Craig-Crane
Cromwell
H. L. Blackstock
Lewis
Deaner-Moore
Edwards
Grant Blanchard
Crabtree
Franks Graben
Schermerhorn No
Norris
Anderson-Kerr
Magnolia Norris
Rude
A. J. Harden
Hunton
Delaney No
Richards
Delaney Discovery
Delaney Richards
Delaney A. J. Harden
McCoy seeks re election as County Treasurer
J Fred McCoy longtime public official and current County Treasurer announces his candidacy to succeed himself. He outlines his record as courteous and hard working and notes legal limits allow one more term. Oil and gas drilling updates follow in the region with several wells active and results reported through the 30-2-7 district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred McCoy
Fred
Murray
Supreme Court
McCoy
Governor Murray halts tax resales in Oklahoma counties
Governor Murray orders National Guard to stop tax delinquent property sales in Garfield Blaine Bryan Cotton Craig counties. Treasurers report delaying auctions to protect homeowners while noting many properties are vacant. Officials say aim is to reoccupy long delinquent parcels on the tax rolls.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
National Guard
Garfield
Blaine
Bryan
Cotton
Craig
John H. Mason
Bryan County
Carl Butler
Tishomingo
Murray
R. N. Phelps
Garfield County
Mason
Watonga
Blaine County
S. J. England
Enid
Benjamin Schuber
Vinita
Craig County
S. A. Huffman
E. M. Landrum
Washington
Beaver
Stephens
Choctaw
McCurtain
Charles F. Barrett
Ross Routh
Johnson Colbert hurt in accident near McLoud
County commissioner Charley Johnson and CWA project foreman W H Colbert escaped serious injury after a crash Sunday afternoon near McLoud. Their car carrying castings collided with a passing vehicle driven by Mr McInnes, sending them into an embankment. Johnson injuries include a left knee. Colbert suffered head lacerations. They were treated at the Oklahoma City General Hospital and returned to Ada.
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Charley Johnson
W. H. Chuck Colbert
CWA
McLoud
Oklahoma City
Johnson
McIinnes
McInnes
Colbert
General Hospital
Ada
Railroad plan to abandon Sulphur line approved reversed
The inter state commerce commission denied the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe request to abandon the Davis to Sulphur Oklahoma line in a correction to a previous report. The Associated Press notes the correction.
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Washington
Associated Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka& Santa Fe Railway Company
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Davis
Sulphur, Oklo
Gas blowout halts oil-well plan at Fittsfield site
A Friday gas blowout at the Crosbiein 0-2 7 field near Fittsfield released 40 to 70 million cubic feet, delaying an oil well completion while mud was pumped to seal the casing. On Saturday crews aimed to cement the surface, then drill for an oil producer as two other wells neared 3,000 feet in the same graben.
Oil drill progress reported in Pon totoc and Coal counties
In southeast Pon totoc and western Coal counties No. 1 Dawes Harden in 30-27- has not yet been drilled with days expected before it starts while the Dawes Harden test encountered an oil sand at 1 806 feet and blew out gas pressure from a sand above the oil level last Friday. The well is under control and cemented. Several other rigs are active at various depths including Magnolia No. 1 Norris 18-2-7 shut for repair at 2 710 feet and Bristow No. 1 Craig Crane 20-2-7 at 3 715 feet.
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Crosbie- Moran No
Dawes Harden
Westheimer-Daube No
Lowman
Deaner-Moore
Edwards
Coal County
Grant Blanchard
Crabtree
Bristow
Craig-Grant
H. L. Blackstock
Lewis
Anderson-Kerr
Darrough
Shaffer
A. J. Harden
Magnolia
Norris
Delaney
Craddock
Superior
Hunton
Ward Merrick
Crosbie-Moran No
Fittsfield
Hunton and Wilcox
Westheimer-Daube
Craig-Crane
Fitts Oil and Gas
Pontotoc
Western
Coal
Crosbie-Moran
Magnolia No
R. Mayer
Convict Stabbing Kills One, Wounds Another in Oklahoma
McAlester Oklahoma reports Tommy Speck Wilkins died from a stab wound received yesterday alleged by Goldie McCollum. Vernon Huntley, convict from Canadian county, was stabbed 15 minutes later and feared dead. Officials say the incident started during a card game at the prison.
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Mcalester
Okla
Tommy (Speck) Wilkins
Muskogee
Goldie McCollum
McIntosh County
Vernon Huntley
Canadian County
Five Men Sought in Aftermath of Oklahoma Minister Attack
Atoka county officers pursued five men accused of mutilating 69 year old Rev. G T Bradfield of Caney Oklahoma. Sheriff C G Maxwell said Bradfield was bound over on improper conduct charges last week and his condition was not dangerous.
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Atoka
Atoka County
G. T. Bradfield
Caney, Okla
C. G. Maxwell
Maxwell
Bradfield
Barrow Is Places Floyd As Menace
Kansas City dispatch notes Charles Pretty Boy Floyd and Clyde Barrow as twin threats on the southwest plains. Barrow’s band has 12 known murders since 1932 with Bonnie Parker as his partner, while Floyd’s tactics remain bank raids and evasive moves. Both are wanted dead or alive with large rewards.
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Kansas City
Southwest Plains
Charles
Pretty Boy
Charles Floyd
Barrow
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Floyd
Sherman
Tex
Clyde Barrow
Howard Hall
Cookson Hills
Bonnie Parker
Sama
Japan Declares Chinese Policy Draft For Protest Basis
Tokyo officials reveal a draft restatement of Japan's policy toward China. It asserts Japan's duty to keep peace in East Asia and to prevent China from aiding powers in ways that threaten that peace. The draft plans explanations to ambassadors in Washington and other capitals. It notes objections to military air support, air bases, advisers, and political loans. American aviation figures in China are mentioned, including Frank Hawks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
China
United States
Foreign Office
Koki Hirota
Ibwufma
East Asia
Washington
Frank Hawks
Supreme Court Actions On Several Oklahoma Cases
The April Supreme Court decisions include six month suspension for Zeth Shoemake from law practice and affirmations in several cases: Garber and Pulse versus Gloyd in Payne County, Wagner administrator versus Buikema in Lincoln County, Turner versus Kirkwood in Tulsa County, Missouri Kansas Texas railroad versus Embry in Atoka County, and McAndrew versus McAndrew in Tulsa County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Zeth Shoemake
Bar Board of Governors
Garber and Pulse, Inc
B. F. Gloyd
Payne Countty
F. E. Wagner
Gertrude Buikema
Lincoln County
Fred E. Turner
Effie E. Kirkwood
Tulsa County
Tulsa
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Emma Embry
Atoka County
Patrick McAndrew
Orpah McAndrew
Wirt guests dispute fiery dinner claims in congress
At a Washington hearing six diners with Dr. William A. Wirt testified they spoke little or not at all about revolutionary talk at a September 1 dinner. They denied Wirt’s claims of incendiary remarks by administration aides and argued he monopolized the discussion with inflation views.
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Washington
William A. Wirt
House
Indiana
Virginia
Wirt
Roosevelt
Kerensky
James A. Reed
Alice Barrows
Hildegarde Keeland
Mary Degrade Kneeland
Mary Taylor
Laurence Todd
Todd
Robert W. Bruere
Textile Code Advisory Committee
David C. Coyle
Public Works Administration
Hildegrade Kneeland
Department of Agriculture
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
Barrows
Interior Department
Coolidge
Agriculture Department
Dr. Wirt
Bulwinkle
Miss Barrows
Miss Kneeland
Miss Taylor
the Kerensky
Tass
Mr. Roosevelt
Wallace
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Joseph Douglas
Sion
Bunch
L. B. Selman
Walters
H. N. Arnold
Buffalo
Mr. Arnold
W. R. Black
Charlie Wilson
Pontotoc County
Bristow (Hughes
Craig- Crane
Blanchard
Schermerhorn
Rudeo
Capital
Menace
Gary School
Hoever
Wirt Alleg
Natal Bank
P. A. Norris
G. J. Morton
R. W. Simpson
S. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
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