Metcalf Attacks Cotton Tax as Davis Defends
Rhode Island Senator Metcalf argues the 4.2 cent per pound cotton processing tax destroys markets, hurts farmers and mills, and should be repealed. Administrator Davis counters the tax is small in retail cost and not the main cause of textile industry woes, urging continued application and tariff-like balance.
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Three Raids Yield One Empty Bottle In City
Police report three raids on established whiskey joints produced only one empty bottle and insufficient evidence for conviction. Two offenders were arrested for fight and domino parlor violations, contributing $19.50 to the city treasury. Officers warn of increased court business over the holiday weekend as Easter Eggs are said to be hidden.
Grass Better Than Spinach
C F Schnabel of Kansas City reported to the American Chemical Society that young cereal grasses such as oats barley and rye offer higher protein and vitamin values than lettuce or spinach when harvested before jointing. Dried and ground grass meal doubled hen egg production and boosted vitamin A in eggs by five hundred percent.
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Kansas City
Sharp Thrusts Exchanged By Party Leaders
Washington April 22 Henry P Fletcher charged the new deal su plants socialism and Senator Lewis Ill. predicted Fletcher will lose GOP leadership at the next convention. Capper urged learning from the new deal’s experiments as the party seeks regional balance.
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Oklahoma Doctor Hall Dies in Paudhuska Residence
Pawhuska physician Dr. R L Hall a pioneer who came from Missouri and settled near Enid died at his home early today He owned property in Osage county and served as a state senator His wife died last year He is survived by a son County Treasurer Elect Ed Hall and a daughter Mrs Martha Lloyd
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Hall
Missouri
Enid
Osage County
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Parole Recommended for John Couch in Sister-in-law Slaying Case
McAlester Okla April 22 Parole board recommends freedom for John Couch 70 brother of William L Couch Oklahoma City's first mayor after he served 18 years of a life term for the murder of his sister in law and a music instructor Couch a model prisoner and trusty testified he wishes to work and hopes friends in Oklahoma City will offer light duty He described the double slaying as stemming from an argument over his young daughter Mary who he says was being taken to the slain instructor's studio by his sister-in-law.
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William L. Couch
Oklahoma City
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Parole Board Recommends Three Oklahoma Inmates
The Oklahoma pardons and parole board recommended parole for three convicts from the state penitentiary Cecil Goos 20 who served four months of a two year burglary sentence in Texas county before a leave by Governor Murray Kenneth Hamilton 20 who served five months of a three year grand larceny sentence in Texas county before a leave by Governor Murray and Finis Cherry 70 McCurtain county serving a life murder sentence. Thirty inmates underwent sanity tests by Dr C M Pearce and Dr Griffith with many classified as drug addicts.
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Oklahoma Pardons and Parole Board
Cecil Goos
Texas County
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Kenneth Hamilton
Granite Reformatory
Finis Cherry
McCurtain
C. M. Pearce
Griffith
Normal Hospital For
Oklahoma to spend 25 million on highways under federal boost
Oklahoma plans a vast road program using 18.95 million from the federal public works fund and about 6 million state match. Chairman Scott Ferris says daily highway commission meetings will map work across the state, prioritizing rural road improvements and unemployment relief, with legislative funding sought to cover administrative costs.
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Thorpe Seeks Return of Stockholm Olympic Trophies
Jim Thorpe, famed athlete, asks Sweden to return the 1912 Stockholm decathlon and pentathlon trophies after they were taken in 1913 when he was deemed a professional. He contacted Sweden’s Los Angeles vice consul P N Engblom for steps to reclaim the cups and ship. Thorpe has since worked various jobs in Los Angeles as a referee and studio worker.
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Fined and jailed for promising old age pension favors
Two Oklahoma men Jesse Casdorf of Oklahoma City and J W Jasper of Chickasha were fined ten dollars each and sentenced to 90 days in jail for taking 45 cents from R G Curtis a factory worker on the promise of placing his name near the head of the list for a federal old age pension. They claimed in court to be government representatives but said they were solicitors for a magazine service.
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Chickasha
Curtis
Harris Sentenced for Attempted Burglary at East Central
Will Harris, a Black man, was sentenced Monday to one year in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to attempting to burglarize the training school building of East Central State Teachers College. The district judge Tal Crawford imposed the sentence following his arrest.
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NRA Study Says Monopoly Pressure Persists Under 15 Percent Rule
Rodney Dutcher reports from Washington that the NRA research memo on Executive Order 6767 finds little public saving from 15 percent bid discounts and notes continued monopolistic practices in government contracting. The study, signed by Donald Richberg, questions the order’s impact and hints at suppressed conclusions.
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NRA Research and Planning Division
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Leon Henderson
Oklahoma banking code overhaul urged after Barnett probe
A 29 page report by a special house committee faulted W. J. Barnett former state bank commissioner and associates in Bethany, detailing personal loans and stock sales linked to bank affairs. It recommended eight changes to separate building and loan oversight create a separate department and tighten regulator and liquidator rules.
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George K. Hunter
Pottawatomie County
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Shawnee
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Barnett
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Colbert Club Holds Meeting at Mrs Balthrop Home
The Colbert Adult club met at Mrs Gladys Balthrop’s home. Mrs Morgan demonstrated an army protector for a short sleeve dress. A member entered the state kitchen contest and work continued on the bedroom exhibit. A very interesting meeting was held.
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Colbert
Gladys Balthrop
Roosevelt moves to ready 4 billion work relief fund
President Roosevelt advances plans to mobilize 4 000 000 000 for a vast work relief program with 3 500 000 workers to be allocated through existing agencies. Cap adjournments and Easter events fill the White House as hearings on the bonus loom with veterans opposing compromise.
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Marriage Is Announced Here In Ada and Drumright
Announcement Saturday reported the marriage last Sunday of Lee Prince of Ada and Olga C. Jones of Drumright. The ceremony was performed quietly by Dr. C. C. Morris at the Baptist parsonage on Fifteenth and Rennie. They will reside at 1100 North Broadway. Mrs. Prince has long lived in Ada with many local friends. Mr. Prince is well known in the area.
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Ada
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Drumright
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Rennie
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Mr. Prince
Birthday Party Honors Miss Jones
A surprise party given by Colbert Adult club members and friends honored Miss Ora Jones at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs Dallas Jones, north of the city. Miss Jones serves as secretary of the Colbert Adult club. Guests brought many gifts and cards and the evening featured games and refreshments.
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Equalization Board Meets Each Morning in Pontotoc
Pontotoc county equalization board began morning hearings on complaints about property valuations from the assessor's office. The board members R. W. Simpson T. O. Dandridge and Bart Smith will sit at 9 o clock daily in the county courthouse office until all complaints are heard. Afterward they will prepare budgets for county city and school districts and set levy rates as excise board before submitting to the state tax commission.
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Pontotoc County
State Tax Commission
Whale show and flea circus arrive in Ada
The Ada exhibit features the largest of six whales in the railway show, 72 feet long and requiring special handling. Fishermen photographed with the whale note larger whales exist in the ocean, while the show recently traveled from Virginia where two locomotives powered its ascent over a hill.
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Ada
Virginia
Child questions whale size at show prompting humorous reply
A local woman and her young son attend a whale show. The boy boasts he imagined a whale as big as his mother, prompting a lighthearted exchange about expectations.
Teacher Dangling Between Summers and Silence
A teacher writes a despairing letter about uncertain career plans. He notes he will not teach next year, rejects returning to his current post, and resents the prospect of remaining in a small town as a middle aged educator. He fears five more years there and envisions aging as a midlife milestone in a burg.
Predicted career trajectory of a future graduate
A high school graduate follows a path through a CCC camp, then four years later runs for the legislature. He emerges to enroll for government relief and is eventually retirement aged on a pension.
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Ed Gwin’s switch from frock coat to cowtown hat sparks success
Henry Kroth recalls Ed Gwin arriving in Ada from McKenzie Tennessee in a frock tail coat and derby. The genial druggist failed to fit in with the younger crowd until Dr Charles A Thomas advised him to discard the formal attire for a cowtown hat, a change Kroth credits for much of Gwin’s business success.
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Ed Gwin
Ada
McKenzie
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Mr. Kroth
Dust storms darken skies in 1933 weather year
The Literary Digest notes several large dust storms in 1933 that darkened the sky in western states and alarmed many people. The piece remarks on the year’s meteorological oddities and suggests we should be used to such events by now.
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Charley Thompson's Spanish Chihuahua Trees Nine Possums
Charley Thompson’s small dog, dubbed Spanish Chihuahua, treed nine possums before breakfast in the backyard. The nine included a mother and eight young, and Charley says they are likely roaming the countryside since there is no open season and he has no appetite for possum meat.
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Mesdames Chigger Mosquito and House Fly Visit Ada
Society note reports Mesdames Chigger Mosquito and House Fly with families due in Ada soon for an extended visit with relatives and friends.
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Ada
Arkansas Farmers Form Basketmaking Industry
A group of five families near Fayetteville adapted to hard times by cutting white oak trees and making baskets. Over four months they produce a truckload of 11 basket types, haul them to market, and divide the proceeds among the workers.
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