War protests turn to burlesque at Harvard and Johns Hopkins
At Harvard University more than 2,000 students gathered for an anti-war meeting called by the National Student League and the Student League for Industrial Democracy. The event devolved into a vegetable throwing scene as Harvard radicals clashed with the Michael Mullins Chowder club marching group shouting for war. No injuries were reported.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Harvard Yard
National Student League
Student League For Industrial Democracy
Michael Mullins
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins
Students Strike Across Campuses Spark Citywide Peace Protests
On April 13 a nationwide antiwar drive prompted 11 am walkouts on many campuses led by the Student League for Industrial Democracy and the National Student League. In New York riots erupted in Brooklyn with police and students clashing. eight arrests and several injuries were reported. Leaders claimed Reds guided rioters as deans warned of penalties for skipping class.
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New York
Brooklyn
Columbia
New York University
Hunter College
City College
Brooklyn College
Student League For Industrial Democracy
National Student League
Morton D. Gottshall
Anglin outlines campaign in Oklahoma governor bid
Tom Anglin of Holdenville announced his Democratic platform for governor. He said he made no promises to any man or group and pledged to serve the people with full effort if elected, aiming for the public welfare and common good.
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Oklahoma
Anglin
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tom Anglin
Holdenville
Johnson bill signed to bar debt-defaulters' financial deals
President Roosevelt signed the Johnson bill prohibiting financial transactions with foreign governments that defaulted on U S debts. He greeted the measure on his return from a cruise and also approved 26 other bills mainly private relief. Also repealed Alaska prohibition laws.
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Johnson
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
R-Cal
Alaska
Roosevelt Makes Good Fishing Trip Says Guide
Captain Herman Gray, Roosevelt's fishing guide, says the president's trip yielded plenty of fish. Gray has fished with Hoover, Harding, and Roosevelt and notes the Roosevelt catch was numerous though smaller than on other presidential expeditions.
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Roosevelt
Palm Beach
Fla
Herman Gray
Gray
Hoover
Harding
Brown Convicted of Killing Wife in Oklahoma
Virgil Brown, Shawnee World War veteran, is found guilty by a jury of murdering his wife Marie Elmsley Brown whose body was found in a roadside ditch near El Reno last October. The jury rejected his alibi and the state pressed for the death penalty, leading to life imprisonment.
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EL Reno
Virgil Brown
Brown
Marie Elmsley Brown
Windsor
Ont
Here
Sam Robertson
Johnson near miss as train nears NRA convoy in Miami
General Hugh S. Johnson national recovery administrator escapes injury when a large auto trailer in his group narrowly clears a crossing as a train passes. Donald Richberg Marvin H. McIntyre and about 20 White House correspondents were present. Roosevelt later heads to Washington after arriving in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery
Roosevelt
General Johnson
Donald Richberg
NRA
Marvin H. McIntyre
White House
Nourmahal
President Roosevelt
Washington
The Gulf Stream’s Global Climate Influence Examined
A Tulsa World piece traces the Gulf Stream from its discovery by Ponce de Leon and Franklin to Maury, explaining its heating effect on northern Europe and modest impact on the southern United States. It notes a 6000 mile length, Arctic reach, and an estimate of 100 billion gallons per hour discharged near the open Atlantic. It discusses navigation impact and climate moderation for Norway, Sweden, and the British Isles.
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Gulf Stream
United States
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Europe
Ponce de Leon
Benjamin Franklin
Matthew F. Maury
Antarctic
South American
South America
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Georgia
Arctic
Norway
Sweden
Alaska
North Pole
Lieutenant Moore to Attend Army Industrial College
Lieut Robert S Moore United States Army formerly of Ada has been selected to attend the Army Industrial College in Washington DC for the coming year The curriculum covers World War procurement business administration and sources of supply The Moore family will arrive in San Francisco April 13 from Manila and travel to New York Panama Canal Paris for four months vacation before returning to Washington DC They recently toured Japan and China and visited Lieut Dennis M Moore in Tientsin China.
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Robert S. Moore
United States Army
Ada
Army Industrial College
Washington, D. C
Industrial College
Moore
San Francisco
Manila
Philippine Department
C J Gukow Dies In Ada Morning
C J Cuckow an oil drilling contractor who moved to Ada from North Dakota in 1911 died at 5 50 am at his home 515 N Hope He was 59 and is survived by his widow Funeral services will be Friday at 10 am at Keith Funeral Chapel with Dr C C Morris officiating Burial will be in Rosedale cemetery.
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Cr. J. Cuckow
Ada
North Dakota
N. Hope
Cuckow
Keith Funeral Chapel
Cc. C. Morris
Rosedale Cemetery
Vaughan for reelection in Oklahoma announces education agenda
Oklahoma City April 12 state Superintendent John S Vaughan formally announces his democratic candidacy for reelection. He calls for a nine months term for all schools, universal high school access, trained teachers, stable tenure, improved supervision, rural building and equipment, nonpolitical college regents, illiteracy eradication, cashing teachers warrants, and fair school financing with a five mill ad valorem levy.
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Oklahoma City
John S. Vaughan
Board of Regents
Vaughan
Treasurers Must Not Sell Lands
Oklahoma City April 12 Governor Murray issued a public notice asserting county treasurers may not sell foreclosed school land. The notice warns that sales will be prevented by military order if treasurers proceed, stating several counties advertised such tracts for sale.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Oklahoma Farm Wages Rise and Peach Outlook Strong
Oklahoma reports a 25 to 30 percent rise in farm wages by April 1, the first since 1928, with wages higher than 1932. Wheat condition stands at 79 percent of normal, while peaches show the best outlook in years, with a 66 percent normal condition and a prior year 8 percent.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ada Hugo relief offices consolidated in Durant
Oklahoma City April 12. Consolidation of the Ada and Hugo federal relief commodity offices into a new warehouse at Durant is announced reducing travel and improving distribution for relief aid.
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Durant
O. L. Palmer
John R. Certain
Oklahoma City
Wallace Bobb
E. D. Crabtree
Lawton
Certain
Lon Allen
Franklin Bourland
Hugo
Ada
Blackwell
Woodward
Clinton
Muskogee
Tulsa
Hugo Federal Relief Commodity
Man hid nine years in attic after wife death cleared at trial
Nashville man Charles E. Youngblood 39 was cleared of all charges of killing his wife after a nine year hidding in his mother's home. Judge Charles Gilbert directed a verdict of not guilty. Youngblood said he would regain his health and plans to write about his experiences.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles E. Youngblood
Charles Gilbert
Criminal Court
Youngblood
Proposals to Expand Bank Housing Mortgage Powers
No 2 banking laws would be amended to allow construction loans by banks on projects eligible for Mortgage Insurance Corporation coverage and to permit Federal Reserve Bank members to hold such mortgages up to 80 percent of appraised value. Another amendment would lift home loan bank limits on single institutions and permit rediscounting of insured mortgages up to full face value.
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Mortgage Insurance Corporation
Mutual Insurance Corporation
Gridiron Club Pans Administration on New Deal
Washington satirical sketch portrays Roosevelt and cabinet figures in a mock Noah’s Ark voyage to mock the New Deal. Skits target NRA and CWA, with figures like Perkins Johnson Mills Reed and Mellon parodied amid a burlesque politics theme.
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Washington Gridiron Club
Pans
Washington
Gridiron Club
Roosevelt
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Constitution
Frances Perkins
Sister Perkins
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Farm Advisory Board Meeting Sets Camp Dates and Plans
The Farm Women's Advisory Board met April 12 with Mrs. Neva Davis presiding. Twenty five presidents and secretaries from 11 clubs attended along with district agent Miss Lemma Maloney and home demonstration staff. Reports were given, a secretary resigned, and Mrs. Earl Collins was elected. Camp dates August 22 to 24 at Sulphur were set, with three days of planned programs and a noon lunch. Delegates were chosen for state events, and eight members volunteered for a garden judging school.
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County Farm Women’s Club Advisory Board
Neva Davis
Cedar Grove Club
Lemma Maloney
Jessie Morgan
Chick Collins
Eslick
Earl Collins
Summers Chapel
Sulphur
Davis
Hudson
Olive Robertson
Highway Club
Leonard Solomon
Vaness
Pearl Surgerner
Alvin Summers
Leona Solomon
Stillwater
Morgan
D. C. Mooring
Oklahoma A
M. College
Cedar Grove
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report Shows Steady Cattle Demand
Markets note 800 cattle and 1100 hogs with steady to stronger prices for the week. Beef cattle scarce and heavy weights up to 25 higher. calves and light weights steady. Hogs strong with packer tops near 3.65 to 3.75, sows at 2.75, light weights 2.00-2.75. Sheep small, spring lambs up to 9.90 with bulk 9.00-9.50.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City Livestock Prices Reported by U S Dept
Kansas City market results show hogs 4 000 with direct sales 400. top 3.55 on 180-280 lb hogs. cattle 6 000 with fed steers 5 75 to 7 60. vealers strong. stockers slow. sheep 8 000 with lambs 9 50 to 10 00 for best fed lambs and spring lambs 9 50 to 10 00.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept
Market Quotes for Sheep and Lambs
The report lists weights and prices for sheep and lambs with categories including yearling wethers 90-110 pounds priced 8.75 to 9.50 and ewes 90-150 pounds priced 4.00 to 5.25. Quotations note that figures reflect ewes and wethers.
Poultry Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago markets on April 18 show live poultry prices per car and per ton for 33 trucks. Hens over 5 lbs range 14 1 2 cents, with various cuts listed including leghorn hens 14, fryers 23, springs 23, rock broilers 22 23, colored 22, leghorn 21, roosters 1 2, turkeys 12 18, spring ducks 13 16, old ducks 11 1 2 to 14 1 2, geese 8.
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Chicago
Potatoes Prices and Delicate Local Abduction Case
U S Department price report notes old stock dull supplies liberal demand slow. Idaho russets and Colorado Mc Clures quoted with varied per fifty pound sacks. In church, Rev Henry A Lambrecht appeals for calm as Dorette, a 13 year old abductee, died from exposure after a boy left her in an attic. mother in mental hospital recalls her child.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
U. S
Idaho
U.S
Colorado
Texas Bliss
Henry A. Lambrecht
St. Peters Evangelical Church
Dorette
Butter and eggs market report from Chicago broadsheet
Chicago market note shows unsettled butter with 7 975 in creamery specials and varied grade prices. Eggs listings total 27 853 with unsettled extra firsts and fresh graded firsts, current receipts at 15 1 4. Market activity at central lots noted.
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Chicago
Grain markets rise then retreat after late profit taking
Chicago brokers observed leading grains climbing about a cent a bushel on firmness in securities and cotton but drawing back by the close. Wheat eased 1 2 to 7 8 cents from yesterday, May 77 3 4 to 7 8, corn unchanged to 1 4 higher, oats 3 8 to 5 8 up, provisions steady to up 2 cents as traders booked profits.
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Chicago
Grain Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago prices list kernels for wheat corn oats and mixed yellow grades with bids and ranges. No. 3 red wheat at 81 1 2 cents, No. 1 hard at 80 1 2 to 81 1 2 cents. Corn No. 2 mixed 46, No. 3 yellow 44 1 2, No. 4 mixed 42. Oats No. 2 feed 27 3 4, No. 3 white 28 1 2.
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Chicago
Cotton Advances as Bank Bill Passes in House
New York April 18 Cotton futures rose on active trade and steady Liverpool cables after the Bank head cotton control bill cleared the House. July contracts climbed to 11.85, about 28 points above yesterday's low, with gains of 8 to 10 points in active months before closing steady, 2 to 3 higher.
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New York
Liverpool
Bankhead
House
New Orleans
Spot cotton closes steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans spot cotton ends steady as prices rise 3 points with lows at 11.18 for low middling and 11.83 for middling. Trading activity totals 612 bales, receipts 1,485 and stock at 718,293.
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New Orleans
Frenzy at Dorette Zietlow Funeral Rocks Chicago
A 15 000 strong mob disrupted the funeral of 2 year old Dorette Zietlow in Chicago. The crowd fought police lines toppled mortuary chimneys and carried pink flowers from the casket while chants and disorder filled the service before a Legionnaire intervened.
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Chicago
FPA
Dorette Zietlow
Oil Production Rises Nationwide as Texas Decline Offset
The Oil and Gas Journal reports U S crude oil production rose to 2 472 906 barrels daily for the week ending April 14 up 44 924 barrels from the prior week despite a 51 473 barrel drop in Texas. Oklahoma California and other regions posted gains.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
California
Texas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City
Seminole-St Louis
Oklahoma One
East Texas
Lathrop
West Texas
North Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Arkansas
Rock Mountain
Former Senator J. J. Blaine Dead at 58
Pneumonia caused the death of former United States Senator John J. Blaine 58 in Wisconsin. A three time Wisconsin governor and RFC board member, Blaine was a key figure in the progressive Republican faction. Funeral services were tentatively set for Thursday. Survivors include his widow and a daughter, Mrs. Don Farris of Madison.
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Boscobel
Wis
United States
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
RFC Board
Blaine
Don Farris
Madison
Local Debaters Finish Third In Edmond Meet
Horace Mann debaters returned from Edmond with third place in a 40-team meet. In Class A preliminary rounds they defeated Ponca City Tonkawa Classen Oklahoma City and Enid before losing to Norman and El Reno in the finals. Team members were Howard Lewis Eleanor Waner and Una Cunningham coached by Gordon M Harrel and they advance to the state finals in Norman starting April 24.
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Horace Mann
Edmond
Ponca City
Tonkawa
Classen
Oklahoma City
Enid
Norman
el Reno
Howard Lewis
Eleanor Waner
Una Cunningham
Gordon M. Harrel
SINGERS 10 MEET AT CEDAR GROVE
Pontotoc County singing convention will meet Sunday at Cedar Grove two miles east of Francis. It will be an all day event and a number of good singers are expected. All expected to bring well filled baskets dinner on the ground.
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Pontotoc County
Cedar Grove
Francis
Roosevelt eyes Texas fishing trip next year
President Roosevelt told Texas newspaper editors he hopes to visit Texas next year for fishing. He joked that Jack Garner taught him how to tell fish stories and wants Garner to prove them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
Jack Garner
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