Soybeans and garden tips spark Oklahoma farming notes
County Agent E B Hildebrand shares farmer O J Miller 50 acres of soybeans yielding 365 bushels seed at 2 50 per bushel and 52 tons straw value 12 50 per ton plus 15 acres hay 22 tons at 15 a ton totaling 1 892 50. The column also advises tomato stock, wilt resistant varieties and planting depths for better yields.
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Pryor
Okla
E. B. Hildebrand
Mayes County
Oklahoma
O. J. Miller
Miller
Ardmore men grow nut trees plan for profit
F M Coffee of near Ardmore recalls a venture by Ardmore residents who in February prepared a sizable area with four to five foot nursery trees and sold orchard subdivisions at 500 dollars per acre. With diligent care the trees are expected to yield good returns for owners in a few years.
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F. M. Coffee
Ardmore
Farm Women's Markets Boost Oklahoma Club Sales Across Counties
The April 15 Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman highlights farm women markets run by farm women's clubs in Oklahoma. Garfield County leads in sales at $50,382.28 over 3 years 3 months, with Canadan County at seven months $7,000, Woods County at Alva $3,464.68 in a year and Waynoka $315.50 in nine weeks, Noble County $1,113 in eight months, plus smaller markets in Logan Grady Payne and Cleveland counties. Markets rely on clear rules, elected officers, a managing member, steady supply, and consistent quality to keep customers returning. The bulletin also reports club meetings at Owl Creek and Homer with demonstrations, new members, cake and bread makeovers, and a plan to plant a four-leaf clover emblem bed across adult clubs in Pontotoc County.
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Farm Women's
Farm Women’s Club
Oklahoma
Farmer-Stockmane
Farm Women's Clubs
Garfield County
Canadan County
Woods County
Alva
Waynoka
Noble County
Logan
Grady
Payne
Cleveland
Owl Creek
W.W. Murphy
Homer
Iain
Iva Whitt
Pontotoc Co
Tomato Wilt Disease Found in Gardens
Stillwater reports tomato wilt, a pervasive plant disease, is caused by a microscopic organism attacking tomato plants in home gardens.
Spotty OCR Entry Hints At 19th Century Receipts
Fragmentary OCR reads like a ledger note with numbers 2 892 and year marks such as 1827. The readable items suggest a mid 1800s financial record or receipt log with brief entries and totals.
Kansas City Market Prices for Eggs Butter and Poultry
April 22 market notes list eggs at 23 4 cents for firsts and 21 for seconds. Butter quot es Creamery 48, large quantity 47, butterfat 46, premium extra quality 3, packing butter 23. Poultry prices show hens at 25 cents, broilers six cents, roosters 15.
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Kansas City
Bixby Man Shot After Door Knock in Oklahoma
Samuel C. Frost a 44 year old father of ten was shot fatally after being called to his front door by a man he appeared to recognize. The killer fled in a waiting car seen by Mrs. Frost. Frost recently moved from Leonard where he headed a gasoline plant and was seeking work. No motive or enemies are known.
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Bixby
Okla
Samuel C. Frost
Leonard
A. C. Bradley
Wall Street Strong Rally Drives Stocks Higher
Broad scale buying lifted more than twenty issues to record highs with gains of one to eight points and high priced specials up 10 to 20 in a thin market. GM blocks drew speculative follow through as Simms Petroleum topped 32, International Harvester rose three, and case threshing fell four. New Haven and other rails climbed as sales neared 4 million shares.
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Wall Street
New York
Severa
General Motors
Simms Petroleum
Sinclair
Houston Oil
International Harvester
Case Threshing
New Haven
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report April 23
In Oklahoma City prices held steady for cattle with a light run. Top bid 14.00 for 88 Hughes county yearlings. steers 11.50 13.00. fat cows off 15 to 25 cents. best heifers 14.00. bulls around 25 cents lower. calves 10.00 13.00. Hogs 2,800 head with no sales by noon. tops 10.75 carrots and 10.45 truckers. sows 9.26 9.50. stock pigs 8.25 8.50.
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R Livestock
Oklahoma City
Hughes County
Livestock Market Report from Kansas City
Hogs totaling 10 000 head with 700 direct trades weak to 25 cents lower and top at 11.25 for choice 190 220 lb slaughter hogs. Cattle 8 000 with calves 1 200 and fed steers slow. slaughter classes steady with steers 9500 1500 lb and heifers 12.00 14.15. Sheep 13 000 slow with slaughter lambs 17.50 18.90 and 16.00 17.50 for medium grades.
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Kansas City
U.S. C.A
Cotton prices hold high as May eases in New York
Favorable weather from the south offset by firm Liverpool cables and a firmer technical position. Trading remained quiet with prices generally high on covering and near-term demand. Switching from May and July to later deliveries caused irregularity. May eased about 2 points while later deliveries rose 3 to 13 points.
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Oklahoma
New York
Boston
Liverpool
Grain futures mixed as export demand steadies wheat prices
Chicago news reports better North American export demand lifting wheat prices modestly while selling pressure grows. May wheat hits a season low as bids rise in some pit sections. export business totals 700000 bushels including hard winter and durum. Corn and oats slide slightly while provisions swing between gains and losses.
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Chicago
North America
Grain futures prices from Spots Chicago report
Wheat No 3 red 1.20 No 1 hard 1.1514 Corn No 2 mixed 90% No 2 yellow 917 Oats No 3 white 46 47% sample grade 44% AP report from Spots Chicago dated April 23.
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Chicago
Saiaecia
Cotton futures close steady with modest gains in New Orleans
Cotton futures closed steady with net advances of 8 to 10 points after a quiet session in spot trading. Middling spot cotton quoted at 1985 in New York.
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New Orleans
New York
Holloway Maps Night Hearings to Trim Oklahoma Budget
Oklahoma Governor Holloway announced night hearings to shape a revised two year institutional budget. The process targets controlling department requests with a May 15 or later special legislative session to present a leaner plan amid impeachment court matters.
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Oklahoma City
Upp
Holloway
House
Senate Appropriations
H. Tom Kight
Claremore
Tom Anglin
Holdenville
Senate
Boy Scout News Promotes Clean-Up and Upcoming Turner Falls Trip
Scout Tommy Wallace leads a block clean-up while eligible scouts from Hayes school troop stay home. Lawrence Boy Scouts expect four from the quarry to join Pensacola trip, with April 26 set for Turner Falls excursion. Court of honor on April 25 will award Tenderfoot to merit badges.
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Harry Miller
Tommy Wallace
Hayes
Tommy
Lawrence
Oklahoma
Portland
Scout
Reparations Accord Talks End In Stalemate
Paris April 23. Reparations experts from seven nations announced failure to reach a settlement on Germany’s debts to the allies. A subcommittee will draft a final report while other delegates seek points of possible agreement. The door remains open for further negotiations.
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Paris
Germany
Lord Revelstoke
Senate Panel Votes to Retain Export Debenture Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted six to five to keep the export debenture plan in the farm relief bill despite President Hoover’s opposition. Voters for retention included Norris, Frazier, Norbeck, Wheeler, Heflin, Thomas, Caraway, and Shipstead. Opponents were McNary, Capper, Gould, Thomas of Idaho, Ransell, Kendrick, and a nonrecording Smith.
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Hoover
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Nebraska
Frazier
North Dakota
Norbeck
South Dakota
Wheeler
Montana
Heflin
Alabama
Thomas
Oklahoma
Caraway
Arkansas
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
McNary
Capper
Kansas
Gould
Maine
Idaho
Ransdell
Louisiana
Kendrick
Wyoming
Smith
Carolina
Oklahoma City Impeachment Trial Testimony Details Bribery Claim
Ardmore oilman Wirt Franklin testified in the J W Clark state supreme court impeachment trial that three men offered a 10 percent fee to obtain a favorable opinion. He described contacting former Chief Justice Branson and Justice Hefner and discussed paying Ledbetter $500 for influence. The cross examination explored whether the payment amounted to a bribe.
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Aklahoma
Wirt Franklin
Ardmore
J. Clark
State Supreme Court
Tom Rexroat
Franklin
Frank Porter
Aswer
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
House of Representatives
O. O. Owens
House
Porter
Clark
Ledbetter
J. B. Dudley
Dudley
Jo Ferguson
Panee
Ferguson
W. M. Gulager
Muskogee
Tom Anglin
H. Tom Right
Board of Managers
Kight
Py Ledbetter
Fred P. Branson
Branson
Williams
Frank Carter
Oklahoma City
Senate
J. W. Clark
Hugh Ledbetter
Justice Clark
Joe Ralls
Atoka
Justice Branson
Ben Williams
Changes in highway contracts in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City April 19. The new highway commission re advertised two projects bid previously by the former commission. They substituted concrete in place of asphalt on gravel in the new specifications. Commission chairman Lew Wentz stated today.
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Aus Baeee
Garvin County
Davis
Wynnewood
Bryan County
Bokchito
Bennington
Marlow
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Highway Commission
Lew Wentz
Commission
Alleged Burglar of Slick Home Freed in Oklahoma City
William Klingberg of Afton was freed today on burglary charges for stealing two diamond rings valued at 12000 from the home of T. B. Slick. He was acquitted in district court after a second trial, the first ending in a hung jury. Two witnesses identified a man entering as a telephone operator but he denied it. The theft occurred September 11, 1938.
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Oklahoma City
William Klingberg
Afton
T. B. Slick
Klingberg
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Tillar
Tillar Plantation Company
Harvey Parnell
Dermott
Thirteen Die In Arkansas Tornadoes And Floods
Storms across the region produced tornadoes in Arkansas killing 13 people including 11 ensloyed workers on a plantation near Tillar. A Mississippi River levee threat near Snow Lake prompted armoring by 500 workers. Cantons flood fears rose as levee failures displaced hundreds and a Fabius river break flooded farmland.
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Mississippi
Knowlton
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Miss
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Colorado
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Missouri
Reece
Kan
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Wyandotte
Okla
Bolivar
Mississippi River
Quincy
Ill
Canton
Fabius River
Senate blocks Lenroot judge nomination in April Senate record
The senate delayed immediate confirmation of Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin for the court of customs appeals. The nomination was sent back to the judiciary committee after an executive session. The body confirmed Ernest Jahncke, David Ingalls, and Rear Admiral William Moffett to navy posts.
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Washington
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Court of Customs ‘ Appeals
Senate
Hoover
Lenroot
Judiciary Committee
Ernest Lee Jahncke
New Orleans
Navy
Stephens County Man Charged With Murder
DUNCAN Okla April 18 Charged with murder in the fatal shooting of C W Jones 38 an oil field worker Bob Hall 60 a farmer near County Line was held in Stephens county jail awaiting a preliminary hearing set for Saturday The murder charge followed a self defense claim tied to a family quarrel with Hall's son married to Jones daughter. The shooting occurred at the Bill Hall home after relatives retrieved household effects.
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Duncan
Okla
C. W. Jones
Bob Hall
Here
Stephens County
Hall
Jones
Bill Hall
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