Birthday salute honors Col Andrew Rowan the Garcia messenger
Col Andrew Summers Rowan, the Virginian who carried the McKinley era message to Garcia in Cuba, was honored by about 250 San Francisco high school ROTC cadets on his 79th birthday. He recalled the perilous journey from Washington to Cuba and back, noting no written message existed and praising Elbert Hubbard’s essay A Message to Garcia.
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Wendel Burch
San Francisco
Andrew Summers Rowan
United States Army
John Garcia
Rowan
Officers Training Corps
Cuba
Turquino Peak
Garcia
United States
Spain
Bayamo
William McKinley
U. S
War Alger
Washington
Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard
Russian Hill
San Francisco Bay
Col
Walter Mann
San Francisco Presidio
John Boles
Jamaica
Wavy of
Florida
Fleming
Bayramo
Hot Island
Key West
Philippines
Puerto Rico
State DeMolay Mothers Close First Meeting
The Oklahoma Council of De Molay Mothers completed its inaugural meeting held at First Baptist church after a Thursday reception at Mrs. S. M. Shaw home. Officers elected include Bowles reelected president and Nutt Pierson and Oler among others. Delegates to international conventions named, next state gathering set for Drumright. International convention in Guthrie is scheduled for June 29 30 and 31.
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Oklahoma Council of DeMolay Mothers
First Baptist Church
S. M. Shaw
East Tenth
A. Linscheid
East Central State Teachers College
A. L. Bowles
Ada
A. L. Moore
Ada DeMolay Band
Frank Hawkinson
Freethias Rice
E. G. Green
Grand Council of the Order of DeMolay Jurisdiction of
Oklahoma
W. A. Nutt
Enid
Hilda Pierson l
Guthrie
Ralph Oler
Drumright
I. E. Fleming
E. N. Trapnell
John L. Morgan
Bowles
Fleming
Harris
Ardmore
State Council
Brooks Bicknell
Oklahoma State DeMolays Association
Oklahoma City
Roy K. Fitzgerald
Grand Council
Kansas City
Tonkawa
McAlester
Pauls Valley
Alva
International Council of DeMolay
Wallace Urges Coordinated Water System at Rivers Congress
Secretary Wallace told the National Rivers and Harbors Congress that a coordinated water system is needed to curb flood runoff from farms. He warned land misuse has polluted streams and eroded topsoil, urging erosion control practices and contour farming to slow runoff and protect soil.
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Washington
Pril
Wallace
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Agriculture Secretary
Soil Conservation Service
Hargus Executed for Tulsa Officer Slaying in 1914
James Hargus, 27, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary in McAlester for the 1914 fatal shooting of Tulsa police officer L. D. Mitchell. He faced the chamber smiling and told spectators he wished them luck.
Woman enters not guilty plea in poisoning charge
In Greenville Texas on April 27 Velma Patterson 24 faced indictment for poisoning her 12 year old daughter Dorothy and entered a not guilty plea through defense chief G C Harris. She sobbed as District Attorney Henry Pharr read the accusation. judge Charles Berry asked for confirmation and the courtroom held spectators and relatives during the proceedings.
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Greenville
Tex
Velma Patterson
Dorothy
Fairland High Student Dies in Car Crash
Orval Frazier a 19 year old Fairland high school junior died in a hospital after a car overturned two miles east of Fairland. The crash occurred when the machine struck loose gravel and went out of control. His brother and two girls in the car were slightly hurt.
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O . Eaeeemeannpaaee
Chicago grain trader charged again with tax evasion
Arthur W. Cutten of Chicago, a grain trader, was indicted anew by the federal grand jury for allegedly evading 229,944.60 dollars in 1930 and 1933, after previously facing charges for 414,515 dollars in 1929 income taxes.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Federal Grand Jury
Three Killed in Oklahoma Traffic Crashes
Three people died or were injured in Oklahoma traffic incidents over the weekend. Dr. Nina Anglesby, 55, of Oklahoma City, died in a collision at an intersection. Peter Hudson Jr., 30, of Tuskehan, was fatally injured when the truck struck a bridge abutment near Antlers and fell into a ravine. Lee Martin of Seminole was seriously injured, and Mrs. Fred Monroe, 35, of Oklahoma City, died of injuries from a collision on April 18.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Nina O. Anglesby
Okisma City
Oklahoma City
Peter J. Hudson, Jr
Tuskehan
Antlers
Lee Martin
Seminole
Fred Monroe
Alcatraz Escape Attempt Ends in Death of Inmate
Joe Bowers a 40 year old mail robber and inmate at Alcatraz tried to scale the west side wire fence and plung ed from a 60 foot cliff as guards fired. He died of a broken neck with bullets striking him. Bowers had been at Alcatraz since 1934 after transfer from Leavenworth and was serving 25 years for postal law violations in an armed robbery.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Joe Bowers
James A. Johnston
Bowers
George Hess
U. S. Public Health Service
Leavenworth Prison
Experiment In Sociability Shown At New York Exhibit
A social experiment on 200 New York City families tested a method to identify harmonious communities. The demonstration indicated effects on mental illness, including milder forms of insanity, during the medical society of the state of New York exhibition.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
New York City
Medical Society of
State of
Sociometry study maps neighborhood friendships and leaders
J L Moreno and colleagues presented a sociometry project where 200 families in a city neighborhood named their preferred living neighbors. Results show groups of about 17, with six and seven forming clusters and four left undesired. Leaders split into universal and selective types, with the former gaining wider followings, reaching 108 over 67 in 2 years 5 months.
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New York
J. L. Moreno
M. D
Helen Jennings
Mary M. Gordon
Betty Janaske
Anna Little
Cooper School Harmonica Band Performs in Ada
A 25 member group from Sooper School near Konawa led by Prof. Lawrene Robinson entertained Ada with a Saturday performance. The harmonica band showcased growing talent and drew praise for its skill and charm.
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Cooper School
Ada
Sooper School
Konawa
Lawrene Robinson
Sulphur Man Held on Grand Jury Tax Fraud Charge
Bill Baughman wanted by the United States government to answer a grand jury indictment for defrauding the government of tax money via unstamped whiskey sales was captured after an all day pursuit from Sulphur to Duncan and back to Ardmore. Deputy U S Marshal Allen Stanfield returned him to jail Friday night. Baughman faces internal revenue law violation charges. Stanfield and officers from Murray Carter and Stephens counties aided in the arrest. Baughman is said to have paid a taxi driver seven dollars to take him from Sulphur to Ardmore upon learning of the pursuit.
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Bill Baughman
United States
Ardmore
U. S
Allen Stanfield
Baughman
Sulphur
Duncan
Stanfield
Murray
Carter
Stephens
Woman in Red to Ellis Island
Anna Sage known as the woman in red who lured John Dillinger to his death was deported from Jersey City to Ellis Island aboard a Coast Guard cutter. She was among 21 deportees, described in detail as she left on a rear train door, with memories of her Chicago farewell and her controversial role in the Dillinger case. Her deportation follows a Gary Indiana conviction for operating disorderly houses, with Secretary of Labor Perkins declining to intervene.
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Jersey City
N. J
Anna Sage
John Dillinger
Coast Guard
Ellis Island
America
Chicago
Sage
Dillinger
Fcrewell
Markets Oklahoma City cattle and sheep report
Markets report from Oklahoma City notes cattle and calf offerings around 1 800 head with fair liberal supply. Fed steers and yearlings trade slow and weak, most other classes steady with some weakness on fat cows. Prices include loads of medium weight steers around 7.00 to 8.60 and common calves down to 4.50 to 7.00, sheep steady with spring lambs mostly around 11.00 to 11.75, wool lambs at 9.00 to 11.50 and fat shorn ewes 4.75.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Kansas City Hog and Cattle Market Report Highlights Prices
U S Department report shows hogs 2 500 240 direct fairly active steady to 10 lower top 10 15 and 170 260 traded, sows 15 to 25 lower, 8 65 90. Cattle 3 500 calves 500 little done early on fed steers and yearlings, light yearlings and stockers around steady, bulls scarce, wealers steady to weak.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept. Agr
Poultry and Produce Prices From Chicago Market Report
Poultry live prices report four cars and 27 trucks with hens, leghorns, Plymouth rocks, and white and colored varieties listed. Egg and creamery prices show current receipts, extras, firsts, storage packed items, and graded classifications with specific price points.
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Chicago
Springs
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Weam Roosters
Potatoes Market Summary from Chicago April 29
U S Department notes to potatoes with U S ship ments totaling 674. Idaho russet Burbanks priced U S No 1 at 2.15 to 2.25 per cwt and No 2 at 1.75 to 1.85. Colorado measures list 0 4 and 0.35. Texas sacks Bliss Triumphs US No 1 around 3.00 per cwt and US No 2 around 2.00, with varied values. Demand slow and market weaker amid moder ate supplies.
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Chicago
U. S
Texas
Bliss
CU. S
Wheat Prices Fluctuate as May Delivery Drops
Chicago reports abrupt fadeout in May wheat demand pushing prices down nearly two cents, stop loss orders executed before a demand surge limited losses. Millers note flour sales shrinking. Wheat closed 5-8 to 1-4 cents under yesterday, May 97 5-8 to 3-4, July 6 1-2 to -8, corn up 12 to 34, May 63 to 63 1-8, oats off 1-4 to 1-2, provisions mixed.
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Chicago
Chicago grain prices steady with varied bid ranges
Cash wheat had no sales reported while corn values covered a wide spread. No. 2 mixed corn sold 60 1 2 to 61 with other mixes ranging up to 69 1 2. Yellow and white corn grades showed multiple price points from 63 to 68 1 2 for whites and 59 to 65 for yellows. Oats ranged from 24 3 4 to 28 1 2 for No. 3 white and 19 3 4 to 23 for sample grade.
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Chicago
Latta High School Junior Senior Banquet Held at Latta
Latta High School held its junior senior banquet at Pendergraft's Cafe on April 18 with decorations in pink and silver. Students, teachers, and sponsors attended a program including toasts, responses, gifts, and remarks by Howard Johnson and Vernon Witcher.
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Latta High School
Pendergraft's
Hollis Cleghorn
Haskell Nance
June McSwain
Hiram Jones
Mildred Wall
Vernon Witcher
Howard O. Johnson
Irene Robertson
Rosemary Morgan
June Mc-Swain
Opal Martin
Oma -Mc- Galliard
Dorthy Scarberry
Edith Wright
Burnace Scott
Olen Fulton
Winifred Wright
Freeman Phillips
Thurman Park
Ruth Myers
Oleta
MesSwain
Garcia
Auld’s Cafe
Dorthy Mac Clarke
Dorothy Searberry
Oma McGalliard
0. C. DeMesa
Jess Lea
Lanier Young
H. O. Johnson
Retha Anderson
Roy L. Tippit
Vernon R. Witcher
Survey Chief Shoulda Gone Down The Crick
State mineral survey teams in Atoka county report a rugged stretch where pack horses are needed to reach camps. Nine townships totaling 4324 square miles remain only partly surveyed due to rough terrain in the Ouachita mountains. District supervisor Cash Cade Ill recalls a three hour drive for 21 miles from Atoka with eleven miles in low gear.
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State Mineral Survey
Atoka County
Cash Cade Ill
Ouachita Mountains
Lane
Cade
Atoka
Ranchers Mark Hares and Divide Mavericks on Vast Range
Three ranchers own most of a long, rugged range of about 15 000 acres. Each year they round up hares and mark them like pigs. Pigs with untraceable ancestry are grouped and distributed among the trio who hold the bulk of the land.
Surveyor Don Herzer Recalls Benchmark Prank Trip
Don B. Herzer county supervisor of the survey in Atoka county returns from China where he did aerial topography. On assignment with untrained assistants he sent two younger workers to locate a government benchmark and they brought back the marker, claiming they found it.
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Don B. Herzer
Atoka County
China
Farmer’s cheeky reply on benchmark for corn ner post
A farmer was asked about a benchmark’s location and Quipped he used it for a cor ner post. He learned the markers must stay where set, highlighting a miss after the joke.
July Contracts Sell Off On Midday Market Slide
The July contracts sold off from 11.10 to 11.05 with a mid afternoon market showing declines of about 3 to 5 points.
Spot Cotton Falls Seven Points in New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on April 29 spot cotton closed seven points lower at sales of 5,372 bales. Prices quoted low middling 10.25, middling 11.35, good middling 11.95. Receipts 659, stock 410,849.
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Spot
New Orleans
Cotton Prices Dip Amid Liquidation and Weather View
New York April 29 reports cotton trading quiet with prices slipping a few points on liquidation. Dealers note scattered selling driven by favorable weather forecasts and market sentiment influenced by weather developments.
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New York
Weather News
Cotton futures close barely steady in New Orleans
New Orleans April 79 Cotton futures closed barely steady with net declines of 4 to 7 points as trading wrapped for the day.
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New Orleans
Walter Corbin for Pontotoc County Sheriff
Walter Corbin of six miles west of Ada on Highway 19 announces his candidacy for sheriff subject to the Democratic primary on July 7. He has lived in the county 42 years, is trusted for integrity and peaceable leadership, and pledges to enforce law and deter lawlessness if elected.
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Walter Corbin
Ada
Highway
Walter
Pontotoc County
Postmaster Appointments Named in Oklahoma
Postmaster General Farley announced acting postmasters for several Oklahoma towns led by Fred R. Clement in Haskell Ruth Hines in Bethany Howard Wynn in Fort Towson Ernest R. Davis in Keota Louis B. Rogers in Fort Gibson and Coy C. Bennett in Vian.
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Washington
Farley E
Fred R. Clement
Haskell
Okla
Ruth Hines
Bethany
Howard Wynn
Fort Towson
Ernest R. Davis
Keota
Louis B. Rogers
Fort Gibson
Coy C. Bennett
Vian
Greatest returns for amount In vested Ada News
Classified ad notes return on investment guidance from Ada News. It emphasizes maximizing value of funds, presenting steps to invest wisely and compare options offered by local financial services and markets.
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Ada News
Rattlesnake Medicine Keeps Crew Safe at Work
Each morning foreman Herzer lines up the crew and administers rattlesnake medicine, a permanganate solution to offset bites. The workers report five rattlesnakes killed in three days amid the dangerous conditions.
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Herzer
Oklahoma
Pasture Covers Only Twenty Eight Sections
Scattered residents own many saddle horses in the area as the single pasture covers only 28 sections.
Cattle roam rough country amid round up shacks and deer
Cows are scattered across rough terrain with shacks used during round ups. Occasional wild deer are seen roaming the area.
Deceptive Ford on Potato Creek Near Muddy Boggy
A traveler named Herzer finds a ford on Potato Creek tricky as the path runs along shallow water then over rocks to the far bank. A local resident, met on entering the stream, dryly notes the water is too deep there and hints the traveler should have followed the creek.
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Herzer
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