Laska is Sentenced to 10 Years in Urschel Kidnapping
Denver attorney Ben B. Laska was sentenced to ten years by Judge Edgar Vaught for participation in the Urschel kidnapping. Laska appealed, claiming innocence as he left Oklahoma City on a $10,000 bond. The Urschel case has led to multiple convictions and ongoing prosecutions.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Edgar 38
Vaught
Charles F. Urschel
Laska
United States Circuit Court
Lasha
Urschel
Gene Brietenstein
United States
Dave Tant
Tant
Mollie Edison
U. S
W. C. Lewis
Lewis
Wonders and Beauties Of Uncle Sam's Playgrounds
Byron Norrell surveys Yellowstone and Mt McKinley national parks, noting geysers at Yellowstone including Old Faithful and the Giant, wildlife like bears and elk, fishing and hatcheries, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, lodge economies for young workers, and Alaska's Mt McKinley Park along with Yosemite and the national park system's growth and accessibility.
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Uncle Sam
Were Returning Home Tragic TrainDeath Near Mississippi Ave
Oakman resident Scott S. Allen 18 was killed and Rosevel Hutchins 18 of Francis injured when a Frisco train struck them as they dozed on tracks near the Mississippi avenue intersection while returning from Ada. Allen’s funeral was held in Oakman. Hutchins recovered from a back injury. Sheriff and county attorney investigated. cause remains undetermined.
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Scott S. Allen
Oakman
Rosevel Hutchins
Francis
Mississippi Avenue
Allen
Harry H. Allen
Hutchins
Clyde Kaiser
W. V. Stanfield
Stanfield
Ada
Frisco
Highway Commission Plans Feeder Roads in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City's highway commission has completed plans for 4 million dollars in road projects and now begins work on feeder roads and urban highway improvements funded by federal relief. They will also consider the government's grade crossing elimination program which could spend up to 5 million dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Lpi
Oklahoma
Highway Commission
Oklahoma 4 H Round-Up Highlights Southeast District
The southeast district led a 45 minute program at the state 4 H club round up on the A and M college campus Tuesday night. More than 5 900 club members and visitors attended under the large assembly tent. District officers were Edward Coggins Clifford Earls Winnie Glosson. Readings and music featured Okfuskee and other counties with winners listed in timely topics games and dress contests. Severe gullying has affected 12 754 599 acres of cultivated land in Oklahoma per a reconnaissance survey by Dr N E Winters regional Soil director.
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A. and M. College
Edward Coggins
Rattan
Pushmataha County
Clifford Earls
Shawnee
Pottawatomie County
Winnie Glosson
Durant
Bryan County
Okfuskee County
Goldie Radcliffe
Vanila Jenkins
Ruby Lee Morris
Albert Perkins
Choctaw County
Alfred Edmundson
Aeoka County
Opal Smith
Holland Morrow
Nola Belle Andrews
Pontotoc County
George Lucas
Atoka County
Foundation For
Glenn Milam
Carl Osborn
Hughes
Oxfuskee County
Oo Ee
Virginia McKinney
Marshall
Okfuskee
Pottawatomie
Johnston
LeFlore
Wilma Moore
Murray County
Wilma Jane Albrecht
Oklahoma County
Juanita Minton
Pittsburg
Concordia Scriba
Wagoner County
Edmond
Wagoner
Oklahoma
N. E. Winters
Weekend Drive Impressions on Oklahoma Roads Improve
Impressions from a weekend trip note corn in central Oklahoma thriving with rains continuing into summer while Southwest Missouri reports rain shortages. Threshers busy in Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma as heavy highway traffic returns. Concrete pavings replace rough asphalt with safer curves and better banking though old single strip pavement north of Afton remains hazardous. U S 60 from Afton to Neosho offers good gravel scenery. signs urging do not cross white line linger though line rarely exists. Smaller towns bustle on Saturdays as Oklahoma highway construction in the northeast shows progress with some exceptions. A recurring problem is drivers squeezing past others, forcing braking or shoulder use to avoid a ditch. Ada surprises visitors with trees and lawns, contrasting with drier areas to the northeast, making home seem best.
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Byron Norrell
Wyoming
National Park
Fe Eral
Rocky Mountains
Congress
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Old Faithful
Oklahoma
Missouri
Afton
Neosho
Ada
Urschel Plans Suit Over Ransom Funds Against Laska
Oklahoma City oilman Charles F Urschel plans to sue Denver attorney Ben Laska for 12000 believed to be part of the 200000 ransom paid to Urschel's kidnapers. Laska was sentenced to ten years after admitting a fee from the ransom. Urschel has already recovered about 121000 of the ransom.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Oklhoma City
Ben Laska
Denver
Urschel
Laska
Albert Bates
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Tulsa
Hyde
Herbert K. Hyde
U. S
Kirkpatrick
Colorado
David Tant
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ada Fire Department Announces August Rodeo
The Ada fire department announces a two day rodeo on August 17 and 18 with 500 dollars in prizes for events such as bareback riding calf roping bull dogging wild cow milking trick roping and Brahma steer ring. Competition begins at 2 30 each afternoon and attracts cowboys from across Oklahoma eager for prize money.
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Ada Fire Department
Oklahoma
Mrs. Al Nichols Dies At Wewoka
Mrs. Allen G. Nichols 43 wife of the state senator died in Wewoka after a year long illness. She had been returned from a Little Rock hospital this week. Funeral services were set for today with ministers T Grady Nanney and C C Morris presiding. She lived in Wewoka 20 years and is survived by Senator Nichols a son a daughter and Mrs Terry Cousin of Ada.
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Wewoka
Allen G. Nichols
Little Rock
Ark
T. Grady Nanney
C. C. Morris
Ada
Death marks end of Dr Walter Williams Missouri leader
Dr Walter Williams, 71, former president and founder of the Missouri University School of Journalism, died after a long illness at his Columbia home. He guided the journalism program since 1908 and led the university from 1930 until resigning a month earlier. He authored several books on journalism and Missouri history and was famed as Americas ambassador of goodwill. He is survived by his second wife Sara Lockwood Williams and two children from a prior marriage. Funeral services set for Wednesday in Columbia Cemetery.
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Columbia, Mo
Walter Williams
Williams
Missouri University
School of Journalism
Columbia Cemetery
Sara Lockwood Williams
Edwin Moss Williams
New York
John F. Rhodes
Kansas City
Boonville
University
Columbia Herald
G-Men as Watchdogs of Treasury Reform Fight
Justice department officials say the G men saved the government 2248000 in six months by revealing frauds from veterans claiming permanent war injuries to collect from the government. Using movie cameras and undercover work they helped win or compromise 94 percent of workmen’s compensation claims in district courts this year. The report notes improvements since justice took over two years ago and details several cases exposing faked disabilities and misrepresented farm activity. A list of clemency recommendations followed, including multiple murder and embezzlement cases across Oklahoma counties.
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Washington
Treasury
Justice Department
Department of Justice
Glen
AAA
Editor mourns Williams, longtime journalism pioneer
Alan Pitt Robbins, president of the British Institute of Journalism, said Dr. Walter Williams, former University of Missouri president and dean emeritus of the first journalism school, who died in Columbia Missouri, is mourned by newspapermen worldwide. He was an honored institute fellow for many years.
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London
Alan Pitt Robbins
British Institute of Journalism
Walter Williams
University of Missouri
Columbia
Robbins
Pardon Parole Board To Check Recommendations
Oklahoma City's pardon and parole board will meet at McAlester prison within a fortnight to interview seven murderers and nine other convicts recommended for clemency. Fred Cunningham said all inmates had good prison records and support from judges, attorneys, jurors, and neighbors. A Legion committee urged the governor to disregard the parole recommendation for Tom Rudolph, life sentence in a murder case.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
McAlester Penitentiary
Fred Cunningham
Roy Kenny
Thad Baker
American Legion
Tom Rudolph
Court Rejects Falstaff Quips as Law In Oklahoma Case
Oklahoma City July 26 The criminal court of appeals reversed Claude Weaver a former district judge for freeing Walter Lee Jackson in an assault case because the complaint lacked the sign manual of county attorney Lewis R. Morris The court quoted Shakespeare noting that the maunderings of Falstaff cannot replace Oklahoma constitution and statutes and that a real judge with courage should not overrule proper appellate decisions
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Oklahoma City
Claude Weaver
Oklahoma County
Criminal Court of Appeals
Walter Lee Jackson
Weaver
Lewis R. Morris
Morris
Thomas A. Edwards
Oklahoma
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