Weatherford college faces ruin after major fire
Oklahoma City July 28 Gov. Phillips eyed abandonment of Southwestern State College of Diversified Occupations at Weatherford after a fire destroyed the 36 year old administration building. Fire officials reported flames from a third story window, the roof and tower collapsing, with extensive damage to records and equipment. The governor and President W. Isle discussed August classes in alternate facilities and no rebuilding decision yet.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Southwestern State College of Diversified
Weatherford
Coordinating Board
Carl Garner
Garner
W. &. Scott
W. W. Isle
Isle
Els City
Ralph May
Four Deny Guill In Perjury Case
Four defendants pleaded innocent when arraigned before Judge A P Murrah in Muskogee Oklahoma. George B Looney Henry Day from Henryetta indicted for conspiracy to commit perjury. J B Harrison Joe Tiger charged with subordination of perjury. Sheriff Hughey Askew Latimer county and Lawrence Pannell formerly acting administrator of the rural rehabilitation administration in Ormalee county also pleaded not guilty. Judge Murrah deferred sentence for T B Chisholm Pittsburg county mail clerk who pleaded guilty to larceny from the mails and said the money was restored. Several others were arraigned on various charges including violation of the internal revenue act. >
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Muskogee
Oklo
CPI
Jackson Barnett
A. P. Murrah
George B. Looney
Henry Day
Henryetta
J. B. Harrison
Joe Tiger
Hughey Askew
Latimer County
Lawrence Pannell
Rural Rehabilitation Administration
Ormalee County
Murrah
T. B. Chisholm
Pittsburg County
J. L. Skaggs
Carter County
Ida News
Pearl Found in County Mussel Yields High Grade Stone
G W Barnes of near Frisco showed a pearl found Saturday in a mussel from Clear Boggy located a mile north and three fourths of a mile west of Frisco. The stone is not large but appears high quality and, as Barnes notes, this is the first pearl he has found in the local streams. Barnes grew up on White River Arkansas, where pearling is common.
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G. W. Barnes
Frisco
Frises
Mr. Barnes
White River
Arkansas
Bog
Firemen's Rodeo Set In Cheyenne August 10 13
From Frontier Days wins in Cheyenne Ward area cowboys headed to the fifth annual Firemen's Rodeo August 10 to 13. Ada standout Gene Ross Sayre steer wrestler and Homer Pettygrew Grady plus Milt Moe Cheyenne Ada rider among entrants. Calf roping duo Everett Shaw Stonewall and Jesse Goodspeed Okemah also qualified along with Dick Truitt Stonewall to perform. Parade on Main Street Friday 5 30 p.m. with $100 prize pool. Public may enter. radio contestants excluded.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
Earl McKendree
Firemen's Committee
Gene Ross
Sayre
Homer Pettygrew
Grady
N. W
Alfred Hurst
Coalgate
Milt Moe
Jesse Goodspeed
Okemah
Everett Shaw
Stonewall
Dick Truitt
Main Street
Gorum Sentence Upheld By Court Of Appeals
The Court of Appeals affirmed Sam Gorum's 15 year sentence for hijacking a liquor store in Pontotoc county. At gun point he took 30 cases of whisky $40 and a repeating shotgun from Bob Myers eight miles north of Ada. Lowery Lee admitted Myers stored whisky for him. The robbery occurred in 1937. The court also reversed Joe Kizer's manslaughter conviction and ordered a new trial. It affirmed Ray Robinson's five year burglary sentence in Garfield county.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Sam Gorum
Pontotoc County
Gorum
Bob Myers
Ada
Lowery Lee
Myers
Joe Kizer
Choctaw County
Kizer
John
Jordan Swink
John Kizer
Swink
Ray Robinson
Garfield County
Imo
Has Fortune But Drives Own Taxi
New York report notes taxi driver id 45680 belongs to Ave Weisinger, president of a $200,000 enterprise and proprietor behind U S Fare Recording Instrument Corp and Taxi Age publisher. He sometimes drives his own cab after business hours for enjoyment.
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New York
Ave Weisinger
U.S
Fare Recording Instrument Corp
Taxi Age
Highway Accidents In Oklahoma Cost Two Lives
Overnight highway crashes in Oklahoma killed two people and left several injured. George W. Stephens, 67, of near Cushing, died when two cars collided seven miles north of Stroud. His wife and two others were hospitalized with fractures and lacerations. Thomas O. Gaffner, a passenger, was in a Muskogee hospital with a fractured leg. Burl Lee Smith of Cushing, sole occupant of the other car, was treated for shock and fractured ribs. W. P. Bell, nine, was struck by a car east of Farris and died at the scene.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
George W. Stephens
Cushing
Stroud
Burl Lee Smith
W. P. Bell
Farris
Selback In U. 5. Safely Campaign Selback In U. 5. Safely Campaign
CHICAGO July 28 The Nation s success in saving lives on highways over 20 months ended in June with 2330 deaths an increase of 20 from June 1938 The first rise since November 1987 The six months of 1939 still show a five percent drop from 1938 with 13500 deaths versus 74160 Rural areas drove the toll higher in April May and June while cities cut deaths eight percent in June but 19000 25600 population cities saw a 53 percent jump
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Republican Leader Amos Lincoln Wilson Dies at 87
Amos Lincoln Wilson a Oklahoma City publisher civic worker and Republican party activist died at his home at 87 Funeral arrangements were incomplete His widow survives Wilson formerly published Capitol Hill News which became Capitol Hill Beacon after 1923 He backed water gas and electric light projects and campaigned for Capitol Hill as a separate municipality He ran for Congress in 1919 and 1937 and for the Senate in 1935 He was born in 1981 in Illinois and later moved to Anadarko then Oklahoma City
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Oklahoma City
Amos Lincoln Wilson
Republican Party
Wilson
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Ilinois
Anadarko
Ok Ishoma City
Practical Art Is Discussed At Pickett Meeting
The Pickett Adult club met at Mrs. E. B. Lowe home to discuss practical art. Nine members attended along with visitor Mrs. Enloe and new member Mrs. En ane teaching art crafts such as rug making from munny sacks and vase making from catalog pages. The club planned a better cooperative fair and reported 1,009 quarts canned plus 46 quarts of cooperative canning since June 13.
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Pickett
Taet
Fowler
Coley
Files
Enlo
Hurley eyed as 1940 GOP presidential possibility
Grape vine says Petrick J. Hurley, Oklahoma’s only gift to a president, is being considered as a favorite son candidate for the 1940 Republican nomination. The effort is in the feeler stage as friends gauge GOP opposition while Hurley’s popularity with rank and file Republicans raises talk of possible high-level pushback. A Norman report notes college football veterans may miss this fall’s squad.
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Oklahoma
Petrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Herbert Hoover
Hurley draws votes with humor in campaign talk
The Bangs Herald notes Hurley as a tall stylish candidate whose feminine support could boost votes. His humor aids campaign heated moments and a quip about crawling to President Hoover is cited. The Shawnee-News mentions taxes and a chance to repeal dry laws to tax liquor, suggesting ongoing efforts to curb drinking.
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Hurley
Hoover
Sui
Palmer Bound Over After Prelim In Fatal Ada Fight
Gibson Palmer, a city buffet owner and former East Central College athlete, was bound over to district court on first degree manslaughter charges in the July death of Water Barringer after a preliminary hearing. Witnesses testified Barringer struck down after a curb collision and a fight near 12th and Townsend, with several accounts detailing the confrontation and injuries.
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Gibson Palmer
City Buffet
East Central College
District Court
Water Barringer
Ada Stockman
Justice of the Peace
W. L. Reed
Light
Barringer
Palmer
Twelfth
Townsend Avenue
Cummings
Valley View Hospital
J. W. Williams
West
Fifth Street
Pallmer
Emery Manuel
City Pound
Paul Anderson
Tom Cummins
West Fifth
Townsend
Anderson
Foster McSwain
Ada Motor Company
Twelfth Street
Emmett Platt
O11 Center
Wadlington
Jimmy Dean
Tom D. McKeown
Ben Hatcher
W. Gurlatt
W. W. Pryor
Holdenville
Dozens Injured In Wreck Of Grand Canyon Special Train
Dozens injured in a Grand Canyon special train derailment six miles south of GRAND CANYON ARIZ July 28. Santa Fe officials said 87 hospitalized and 20 treated at the scene with 57 total injured. Five remained in hospital. Names include Alisa White Minnie Botemeister Lillian Aston Michael Sachs. No one in critical condition. Two locomotives and four coaches derailed after a possible truck strike on an embankment as canyon visitors traveled from across the world.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Santa Fe
Here
Alisa White
Kalamazoo
Mich
Minnie Botemeister
Oklahoma Youths Lead World Poultry Judging Team
Three farm youths from Cleveland Oklahoma led the World Poultry Congress intercollegiate contest at Cleveland Ohio representing Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College. They earned a superior rating on judging 56 fowls, with Butler Elton Johnson and Harry Hathaway on the team. 4-H results saw teams from seven states claim second place in the judging division.
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Cleveland
Okla
Erie
World’ Poultry Congress
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Amond Butler
Elton Johnson
Harry Hathaway
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Indiana
Montana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Winds
Minnesota
Towatote College
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Kansas State College
Delaware
Illinois
Iowa
Massachusetts
Maryland
Nebraska
North Carolina
Oregon
Wapanucka Student Dies At Tishomingo
Funeral services were held at Wapanucka High School auditorium for Murl Askew nineteen, who died Thursday morning in Tishomingo Hospital after a two week illness of typhoid. He was an outstanding student and prominent athlete, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Askew, with a brother A B and sister Mrs. C H Earhart listed as survivors.
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Wapanucka High School
Murl Askew
Lishomsingo Hospital
T. A. Askew
Wapanucka
A. B
C. H. Earhart
Pampa
Weather records bear out idea of drier years in region
Canada era notes a trend of lower rainfall. A five year stretch from 1934 to 1938 logged 181.58 inches, while the prior five years had 184.40 inches. Dry years since 1914 show several peaks. 1923 was the wettest, 1917 the driest. By mid 1939, only 16.85 inches had fallen in the first half of the year, wells run low, ponds dried, creeks and springs diminished, stock water scarce, and crops damaged.
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Federal Weather Bureau
W.E. Pitts
Deouth
J. B. Hill
County Budget Estimates Stir Deputy Salary Debate
Pontotoc county nears a complete budget for the current fiscal year as officials await final figures on deputy salaries. The conflict centers on whether to pay the legal amounts or continue higher, past statutes, with impact across sheriff, jailers, and other offices. The excise board will review after the county attorney’s office reports, while several offices report revised line items and reduced or increased appropriations.
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Pontotoc County
Excise Board
Court House
Boards of Commissioners
Tor B. Grant
Carlos Wadlington
Sheriff's Office
NYA Projects Resume in 17 Northeast Oklahoma Counties
UPLA NYA projects in 17 northeast Oklahoma counties will resume Monday, announced Ire Pilcher district director. Inventory suspension began June 15, and district records are being moved from Tulsa to a new headquarters at Muskogee.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ire Pilcher
Pilcher
Muskogee
Watchdog Carter Denies Governor Car Claim
Oklahoma City July 29 Pi State Auditor Frank Carter rejected a $9600 claim for a governor’s automobile. Public Safety bought a new car by trading four old state cars and $900 cash. the law caps at $908. Carter ruled the procedure evaded the limit, despite aides and Governor Phillips arguing economy and proper procedure.
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Oklahoma City
Frank Carter
Treasury
Phillips Administration
Department of Public Safety
Pillips
Marc Q. Williamson
Bulldog Carter
Carter
Phillips
St. Loui
Vandal attack hits northeast Oklahoma rural electrification system
Representatives said vandals damaged about 1000 dollars of power lines and equipment in Mayes and Craig counties. A 13000 volt line near U S Highway 69 could have touched an exposed other line. Officials named Leo Spalding of Vinita and contractors E F Richards and Ray Mullinax as part of the report.
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Tulsa
Northeast Oklahoma
U. S
Whit Y. Mauzy
Mauzy
Mayes
Craig
U. S. Highway 69
Visnita
Ohio
Leo Spalding
Vinita
Electrification Co-Operative
E. 4. Richards
Ray Mullinax
Oklahoma City
Spalding
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