Night tour of Chinatown opium joint twists through fear
Clem and Jack tour Manhattan's Chinatown under Martin, entering a hidden opium den on Mott Street. They witness smoke-filled rooms, battered bunks, and a harsh welcome from Chin as Mary Franklin alerts them to the danger. The night ends with a warning and an inquest tease.
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Clem
Pell
Dovers
Jack
Martin
Chin
Duke
Tel
Mott Street
Vesley
Chia
Davern
Bowery
Condon
Mary Franklin
Janice French
Mary
South Fitts Pool Rebounds With Notable Oil Production
South Fitts field, once quiet, sees notable activity as new Gilcrease sand wells perform well. Simpson Roadhouse reruns tubing to complete No 4 Statler amid a wild-well period. No injuries reported, gas and oil production estimated at 160 barrels. Other rigs plan No 1 Lord and Magnolia work, with Coal county seismograph crews suggesting further exploration.
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South Fitts
Simpson Roadhouse
No. 4
Jack Shaffer
Shaffer
Lord
Magnolia
Witherspoon
Coalgate
Coal County
Two Quarts Oil Proves Expensive in Latta Theft Case
Allen Sweatt of Latta paid 23 dollars for two quarts of oil stolen from Joe Riddle s farm. He was found guilty of petit larceny after a hearing before Peace Justice W L Reed Saturday morning. Joe Gurley had already pleaded guilty in the same case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Sweatt
Latta
Sweat
Joe Riddle
Hearilg
W. L. Reed
Joe Gurley
Choc Puls Negro Lads To Work Here
City police jailed two African American youths after a raid in the colored residence section. John Lewis and Joe King were fined $20 each in police court and sent to work on the streets to pay the fines. The raid recovered kegs bottles jugs and fruit jars of choc beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewis
Joe King
Beer Seized In Two Raids In Coat County
Deputy U.S. marshal Allen Stanfield led two Saturday raids in Coat County seizing 109 quarts and 18 gallons of beer in the making. Lee Pebworth was arrested in the first raid. the second targeted Paul Paris, uncovering 20 gallons and 20 quarts. Neither man has been arraigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Stanfield
United States
Lee Pebworth
Stanfield
Paul Paris
Coat County
Meek Arrest for Chanute Bank Robbery by Ex Sunday School Teacher
John Thornburg, 26, a former Chanute Bible class teacher, walked into the First National Bank with dynamite sticks, a detonator, and a pistol, forced an old friend to aid him, then fled before being captured in Nevada Missouri after a former student identified him. He surrendered without resistance, saying he spent most of the loot during travel.
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Nevada
Chanute
Kas
John Thornburg
Demus Beckett
Thornburg
Joe Balch
First National Bank
Balch
Fat Egg A Day Poultrymen Rally For Daily Egg
Cleveland July 28 CPI The world poultry congress opens its triennial exhibition with 15 000 live birds and exhibitors from 44 nations in the United States for the first time W D Termohlen secretary general and chief of the agricultural adjustment administration poultry division urges eggs at other meals not just breakfast saying the world fair to poultry aims to promote daily egg consumption globally.
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Cleveland
CPI
World Poultry Congress
W. D. Termohlen
Congress
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States
Termohlen
Shawnee Woman Elizabeth Wells Dies at 88
Shawnee mourns Elizabeth Wells 88 a prominent Presbyterian church worker who died yesterday in Rochester Minnesota funeral services set for Monday in Shawnee with services led by local clergy and church members prior to burial.
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Elizabeth Wells
Presbyterian
Rochester
Minn
Ada REA stockholders vote on board size controversy
Ada News reports nearly 300 farm families debated forming a cooperative under the Rural Electrification Act at the Ada Interstate Deop erative Light and Power meeting. Mrs. Avanzini urged electricity over jobs, prompting a vote that kept the existing five member board with 509 total votes in favor.
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Dave Avanzini
Ada Interstate
Rural Electric Cooperative Act
J. F. King
Stonewall
Tntil
Avanzini
REA
King
J. Hardin
Pontotoc
J. E. Maddox
Stratford
M. C. Quinill
Pauls Valley
J. W. Wilkerson
Atwood
Avazzini
Peyton’ Brown
Ballard
Rushmer
REA Legal
Washington, D. C
Judge Vaught halves sentences in Ponca City case
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught sentenced nine men in Ponca City for selling bay rum and rubbing alcohol to restricted Indians. One sentence was suspended. The defendants pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from 20 to 60 days, with Carmen Elliott, a 17 year old, given six months with probation.
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Oklahoma City
Edgar
Vaught
Ponca City
Garrett G. Simpson
Vaughty
Iun
George H. McElroy
Simpson
Abe E. Sickles
Henry O. Wooley
Warren EB. Rickey
Lawrence A. Shiner
Adam Z. Weber
Guy Pullman
Vincent G. King
Edward B. Tumerx
Carmen Elliott
Valuable Falcon Is Shot As Hawk
In Tulsa Oklahoma on July 29 Falcon trainer Fred Casler laments a man named Doc Young who shot a valuable peregrine falcon after finding the bird wearing bells and the owner's name. Casler argues hawks protect game birds and agriculture, warning that shooting them raises rat numbers that threaten young game birds and nests.
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Tulsa
Okla
Fred Casler
Oklahoma
Casler
Doc” Young
Turley
Young
Caster
Five Girls Reprimanded by County Judge for Delinquency
Five girls aged nine to fourteen were given a serious talk by County Judge Hoyt Driskill after noon Saturday. Three sisters from one family and two from a neighboring town faced juvenile delinquency concerns including small thefts and street fighting. No charges will be filed, but the court will oversee the youths under its official eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Driskill
Gainstet
Man Injured In Highway 40 Crash Near Tonkawa
R L Sanderson 47 of Oklahoma City, a Republic Life Insurance salesman, was seriously hurt Saturday night when his car struck a bridge on Highway 40 east of Tonkawa. He is in Tonkawa hospital with knee and arm fractures, head cuts, and possible internal injuries after dozing at the wheel. he was alone and bound for Ponca City.
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R. L. Sanderson
Ponca City
L. Sanderson
Oklahoma’ City
Republic Life Insurance. Company
Highway 40
Tonkawa
Sanderson
Yarnell Successor Hart Set To Stand Firm In Asia
Admiral Thomas C. Hart takes command of the Asiatic fleet in Shanghai as Yarnell retires. Described as decisive and unshakable, Hart aims to balance diplomacy and firmness amid Sino Japanese tensions. He is 62, with a background as chairman of the general board and a family including Mrs. Hart and five children.
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Washington
Thomas C. Hart
Harry E. Yarnell
Hart
Asiatic Fleet
Shanghai
Yarnell
General Board
New Order
Asia
Willard ‘W. Ceowregt
Childen
Burgunder Draws Sentence Of Death
Phoenix Arizona July 28 Robert Burgunder a year old college sophomore was sentenced to die on October 6 for the murder of Jack Peterson a Phoenix automobile salesman The condemned man will be sent to the Florence prison death house and an appeal will be taken to the state supreme court He also faced a murder charge in the death of Ellis M Keury Peterson s companion on a car demonstration
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Burgunder
Jack Peterson
Here
Burgunder
Florence
State Supreme Court
Fathers Sued In Damage Case
Mrs. Dorothy Reid Simmons as next friend of Rodney Lea Simmons filed a district court suit seeking 250 dollars judgment and 1000 dollars damages against Orville Simmons father of the five year old. The petition alleges the boy has an eye ailment neglected since the couple's 1937 divorce due to failure to pay court ordered support.
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Dorothy Reid Simmons
Rodney Lea Simmons
Orville
Buddy) Simmons
Drilling Firm Seeks Injunction Over Derrick Move
Simpson Roadhouse Drilling Corp files in district court for an injunction to stop M. E. Breed and Sallie Breed from interfering with moving an oil derrick and equipment across land in Fitts field. The petition says defendants threatened company agents with bodily harm during the attempted move. The article notes a stray line about a colorful insect after the main item.
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Simpson Roadhouse Drilling Corporation
M. E. Breed
Sallie Breed
Fitts Field
Tencd
Oklahoma Protests Denison Dam Plan Near Denison
Governor Leon C. Phillips formally notified War Secretary Woodring to halt Denison dam construction on the Red River until adequate protections and compensation are guaranteed. He warned of court action if the federal government ignores the protest and noted loss of Oklahoma lands, highways, bridges, and water rights within the reservoir area. The action follows a pending petition to Congress to secure damages and safeguards for Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Woodring
Denison
Red River
Phillips
War Department
Congress
Oklahoma
Texas
Government Ln
Army Engineers
Rediver
Red
Washita
Valley View Hospital's First Birthday Display Guided Tours
Valley View hospital marked its first birthday with a public open house drawing hundreds of visitors. About 60 mothers carried babies born there, with over 250 newborns showcased and photographed. The tour highlighted facilities from nursery and laundry to operating rooms and maternity wards, aided by Boy Scouts guiding guests.
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Valley View Hospital
Valley View
Few Changes In Text Adoptions For Coming Year
Oklahoma City July 28 Raymond Brunk commission chairman announced Gov Phillips textbook commission approved a plan with new adoptions in less than ten percent of subjects in grade and high schools where contracts run four years the same books would be adopted and about three hundred percent of the books would expire each year. He estimated reduced book prices would save parents of school children 290000 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Phillips
Textbook Commission
Raymond Brunk
Commission
Lightning Strikes Tree Near Valley View Hospital
A bolt hit a large tree west of Valley View hospital this afternoon at 2 30 tearing the tree apart but injuring no one. Dr B A Canada who was nearby escaped unharmed though frightened. He said a burned side of his face persisted thirty minutes later, blaming luck for delaying him from being opposite the tree when it struck.
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Valley View Hospital
Truck Destroyed In Friday Blaze At Ada Milling
A fire at the Ada Milling Company Friday morning caused about 3000 in damage. A truck and garage equipment were destroyed after flames broke out at 9 30 a m from a short extension cord igniting gasoline on the floor. City firefighters confined the blaze to the garage before it spread to other buildings.
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Ada Milling Company
H. Lundgaard
Will Mayo dies leaving Mayo Clinic legacy
Dr. William James Mayo, 87, famed surgeon and last of Rochester brothers, died at 4 40 a m Friday from a stomach ailment after April 22 operation. Survived by Mrs Mayo, two daughters and their husbands Drs. D C Balfour and Waltman Walters and H J Harwick. Sister Mary Joseph died March 31.
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Rochester
Minn
William James Mayo
Will
Mayo
D. C. Balfour
Waltman Walters
Mayo Clinic
H. J. Harwick
Tucson
Ariz
Charles H. Mayo
Chicago
Mary Joseph
Duncan Man Held For Embezzlement
Victor Loke was arrested Friday night at Atoka by Deputy U S Marshal Allen Stanela on embezzlement charges. Indicted by the federal grand jury, he failed to post a $2,000 bond and was held in the county jail Saturday night.
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Victor Loke
Atoka
Allen Stanela
United States
Loke
Duncan Productive Credit Association
Lake
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