Roosevelt rejects rigid dollar pattern in monetary stability debate
President Roosevelt told Senator Thomas that adjusting the dollar to a fixed gold content would be dangerous amid a shifting international scene. He said stabilization requires balanced recovery and careful timing, while monitoring developments to contribute when possible. Senator Bridges also proposed repealing presidential power to issue up to 3 billion dollars in paper currency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
United States
England
France
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Realignment of Parties Predicted in 1938
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers magazine The Advance predicts a political realignment in 1938 and urges President Roosevelt to bring the court-reorganization issue to the nation. It questions Roosevelt's political future and warns against delaying action, tying the fate of reform to his response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Magazine
Advance
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Amalgamated Union
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Sidney Hillman
Lewis
Jack
Garner
Million Dollar Fortune Sought In Oklahoma
Tulsa county records show Toronto attorney William S Rosen seeking information on Norman Harry Borts alleged to have died in Oklahoma leaving a million dollar estate. County Clerk Andy Stokes knew nothing about any estate and requested details to verify facts.
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Tulsa
Canada
Oklahoma
Andy Stokes
William S. Rosen
Toronto
Ont
Norman Harry Borts
Borts
Stokes
Artillery bombard Peiping shown in two pictures
The images depict Japanese shelling of Peiping during fierce combat around the walled city. One photo shows the home of Wang Leng-Chi, Chinese Commissioner of Hopei, after direct hits. Shells blast the west Wanping district gates while foreigners near Legation Quarter face danger from the barrage.
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Peiping
United States
Hopei Province
Wang Leng-Chi
Wanping
Legation Quarter
Fourth Area Administration
Oklahoma Democrats push to restore runoff referendum drive
Sam Battle, state Democratic chair, says signatures will be filed for a referendum on the sixteenth legislature act repealing the run off primary. He also campaigns for an initiative on a $35,000,000 road note. petitions require about 40,000 for the runoff repeal and about 68,000 for the road bill. Battle expects around 60,000 runoff signatures and about 29,000 for the road petition, with filing deadlines August 9 and August 24 respectively.
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Oklahoma City
Sam Battle
Democratic
Battles
Frank C. Carter
Henry Ford Turns 74 Years Old In 1900s Era Portrait
Detroit July 30 Henry Ford is 74 today and appears 60. He remains active with cycling and running and shows no plan to retire. He left the presidency to Edsel over a decade ago but stays the guiding spirit of the Ford Motor Company at his home office.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Edsel
Huron Mountains
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Forgery Charge Against Charley Carter Details
Charley Carter is arrested on second degree forgery charges over a fraudulent $35 check to local attorney J. W. Bolen. The check is said to have been drawn on a Holdenville bank under the name D. L. Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Carter
J. W. Bolen
Holdenville
D. L. Richardson
China Punches Hole in Center Coinage Plan
The report notes China favors a practical devaluation approach by introducing hole-in-center coins. Analysts predict economic signaling and possible currency adjustments amid global market pressures.
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China
Frederick bull snake disrupts power line and service
A bull snake climbed 22 feet up the steel framework of a power station causing a short circuit that temporarily disrupted electric service to Frederick and nearby towns in southwestern Oklahoma. In Norman, J. A. Fenn reports Hastings Prolific corn 13 12 feet tall on a small lot, with an estimated production of 800 to 900 cars.
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Frederick
Oklahoma
Norman
J. A. Fenn
Fenn
Hastings
Giant cucumber weighs nearly two pounds found in Union City office
Walter Price received a cucumber measuring 11.5 inches long and weighing almost two pounds from his uncle S P Arnn of Union City Tennessee. Arnn raised the giant cucumber in his office.
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Novata
Walter Price
S P. Arnn
Union City
Tenn
Arnn
Judge Hailey Forfeits Bond Over Missing Wife in Traffic Case
McALESTER July 31 Judge W E Hailey posted a $1 bond and ordered it forfeited when his wife failed to appear in his court for a minor traffic violation. He commented that since his wife wasn’t present he would pay the fine himself.
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Mcalester
W. E. Hailey
Beekeeper Sought for Swarm Near Air Woodpile
Weatherford farmer Abe Klassen reports a large swarm of bees moved into his woodpile. The Klassen family avoids the woodpile and stays indoors with doors and windows shut while awaiting contact from the owner before winter.
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Weatherford
Abe Klassen
Klassen
Woman Calls Police Over Neighbor Threat
A Tulsa woman phoned Capt. George Reif asking police to stop a planned window-breaking spree against a neighbor. She hung up after he asked for an address and explained officers would intervene if needed.
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Tulsa
George Reif
Reif
Forgotten law to be repealed
The Senate Banking Committee moved to repeal a 1919 law banning notes, checks, memoranda, tokens or other obligations under $1. It noted street car tokens and small checks had been used for decades and urged legislation to legalize them. The rule aimed to curb private token coinage but was rarely enforced.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
United States
Two Drownings at Roebuck Lake Near Hugo
Frank Schuessler 35 of Boswell Okla and a 25 year old fishing club worker known as Easy perished when their rowboat overturned about 300 yards from shore at Roebuck Lake. Hank Leatherman was saved by Sylvan Carter who towed him from danger. Bodies were not recovered. divers failed to locate them.
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Hugo
Frank Schuessler
Boswell
Okla
Roebuck Lake
Here
Sylvan Carter
Hank Leatherman
Schuessler
Easy
Wewoka Man Hurt by Dynamite Cap
Melvin Mitchell, 40, was reported in critical condition at a hospital in Wewoka Oklahoma after a dynamite charge exploded near his feet in a gravel pit. Fellow workers said he walked away for lunch after the first blast and stood beside the second charge when it exploded. His leg was blown off below the knee and he suffered terric shock and multiple injuries from flying gravel.
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Wewoka
Okla
Melvin Mitchell
Mitchell
Accident Fatal to Sulphur Man
Sulphur resident Phil Roberts aged 45 died from injuries in an automobile crash near Sulphur. He was riding with Walter Ezell, also of Sulphur, when their car overturned one mile west of the city Sunday. Ezell is recovering from injuries.
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Phil Roberts
Roberts
Walter Ezell
Here
Ezell
Jerry Craigin Injured in Saturday Car Crash
Jerry Craigin sustained injuries in a head on collision on West Twelfth Street Saturday. Police reported three other persons uninjured in the incident with no fatalities.
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Twelfth Street
Two Are Jailed After Ada Collision Wreck
Jerry Craigin former Ada resident injured in a two car head on crash at 722 West Twelfth street. He was taken to a local hospital unconscious then revived and later again fell unconscious. Drivers Joe Chapman and Wesley Baker were jailed. Chavis unharmed and released.
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Jerry Craigin
Ada
West Twelfth Street
Craigin
Somer Jones
Vigilantes seek new trial over state funding suit
Oklahoma City July 30 Sid White attorney for the Oklahoma Vigilantes said a supplemental motion for a new trial would ask three district judges to reconsider their ruling dismissing the suit to curb state spending He will seek a ruling on the act authorizing the State to issue tax anticipation notes to borrow funds when revenue is depleted Judges Mills Hooker and Giddings Jr had refused to pass on the act’s validity in dismissing the case The Vigilantes had sought an injunction to stop warrants beyond state revenues.
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Oklahoma City
Sid White
Oklahoma Vigilantes
White
Clarence Mills
Sam Hooker
George H. Giddings Jr
Vigilantes
Not Lunches for Indigent Children in Oklahoma Plans
Oklahoma City July 30 A cooperative plan to feed 70 000 indigent children in state schools this winter begins with 25 carloads of Bermuda onions stored as the first step Welfare Director Neil Addington says parent teacher associations and county welfare boards will help to provide menus of soups stews and milk Each district will supply stoves and equipment while the welfare board funds groceries beyond surplus commodities to round out the children's diets.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Neil Addington
Addington
Welfare Board
Death of H E Canada Father of Ada Physician
Dr Earnest A Canada announces the death of his father H E Canada at 9 30 AM at 2550 Howard Avenue Memphis Tennessee He was 76 and had been a grocer and hardware merchant from 1907 to 1928 He served as council police judge and mayor of Binghamton and was active in state politics Funeral arrangements pending Service likely Sunday
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Earnest A. Canada
H. E. Canada
Howard Avenue
Memphis
Tenn
Binghamton
Dr. Canada
Man Executed for Slayings at Huntsville
George Patton, 55, was executed in Huntsville for the Thanksgiving 1932 murders of Mrs. Carrie McGehee, her husband, and their two children. The slayings were uncovered two years earlier when Patton unearthed four skeletons from a grave on his Athens area property. He faced the chamber calmly and proclaimed he bore no ill will toward anyone.
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Huntsville
Texas
George Patton
Carrie McGehee
Patton
Athens
McGhee
Greater returns for amount in vested
Classified ad notes Ada News offers greater returns for invested amounts and urges readers to inquire for details on vested sums and corresponding yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Legislative program status in Washington August 3
Major pre adjournment bills include wage and hour passed in the Senate and pending in the House committee. Court procedure bill passed the House in narrower form with Senate to decide. Housing bill Senate debate while House has not acted. Tax loophole and deficiency appropriations being framed by committees. Sugar quota awaiting House consideration. District of Columbia taxes conference report awaiting approval. Crop insurance passed the Senate with House committee meeting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Turner Charged With Counterfeiting Near Ada
Charlie Turner, recently employed by an oil company near Allen, was jailed after federal charges of passing counterfeit money. Arraigned before U S Commissioner Louis Ledbetter at Wewoka, he pleaded not guilty and posted a $5,000 bond he did not make. Deputy Marshal Allen Stanfield arrested Turner near Wewoka after a failed counterfeit claim at the Sunset Tourist cabin and filling station on Highway 48 last week. He is also said to be wanted for passing counterfeit bills at Holdenville.
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Charlie Turner
Allen
Louis A. Ledbetter
United States
Wewoka
Turner
Allen Stanfield
Sunset
Ada
Highway 48
Stanfield
Holdenville
Section workers injured Monday in rail hand car crash
Two section hands of the Q C A and A railroad were injured when a hand car jumped the track south of Stonewall. Herman Close, about 35, had his right leg amputated below the knee and was in grave condition. John Elliott, colored, suffered broken ribs and chest injuries. They were found hours after the accident and taken to Ada. The crash was blamed on a sun kink or rail heat.
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Q. C. A. and A. Railroad
Stonewall
Herman Close
John Elliott
Elliott
Shawnee
Keith Funeral Chapel
Ada
Close
Winnie Ruth Judd Denied Clemency
The Arizona board of pardons and paroles rejected the pardon request for Winnie Ruth Judd, once condemned to death for killing two women in 1931. She remains in the state insane asylum. if deemed sane, the death sentence could be carried out. Her parents argued self defense.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
H. J. McKinnell
Winnie Ruth Judd
Gen Coxey Maintains Fiat Money Call At 83
New York Aug 3 4 General Jacob S Coxey veteran of the 1894 unemployed march says at age 83 he will tour the country urging fiat money as the cure for America's ills He plans to lecture on government financing of agriculture and industry so workers can buy a fairer share of goods produced.
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New York
Jacob S. Coxey
Washington
Coxey
Indians Win Few Suits Says Thomas
Washington dated report says Chairman Thomas D. Okla states Indian wards do not bankrupt the government. He notes since 1922 about 100 jurisdictional bills let Indians sue in the court of claims, but only nine judgments have been won, totaling $13.67 million, possibly under $4 million after appeals.
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Washington
Thomas D
Okla
Senate Indian Committee
Thomas
Congress
Court of Claims
Ada City Schools To Open Monday For New Year
September 6 B. R. Stubbs announced that Ada city schools will open on Monday September 6 to begin the coming year. The notice informs residents planning extended travels to schedule their return so children are ready for the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Stubbs
Ada City
Williams Declines Campaign for Oklahoma Governor
Durant July 31 Robert L Williams former eastern Oklahoma federal judge ruled out running for governor in 1938 calling it a whim He said he is not in politics and not interested in the governorship Williams noted he plans to retire from the bench at 70 after his recent circuit court appointment He had been Oklahoma's wartime governor and first chief justice of the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Stephen A. George
Ardmore
Williams
State Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Stealing Watermelons Is Bad Business
Five youths faced county and justice court for entering a field and pulling melons. Two older boys pleaded guilty and fined ten dollars each, paroled to their parents. Three younger offenders under sixteen also received parole after hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court
Justice Court
J.B. Winn
Sherwood W. Hill
John Boyce McKeel
Announcement Of Civil Service Exams
The United States Civil Service Commission announced open competitive examinations for positions including associate naval architect at 3200 dollars yearly and assistant naval architect at 2600. Other roles listed are dental laboratory mechanic 2000, assistant 1440, dental hygienist 1620. Full information from Nolen W Dyer secretary or at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Public Health Service
Treasury Department
Veterans’ Administration
Nolen W. Dyer
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Regulation On Dancing May Be Made Here
Protests against Sunday dancing in Pontotoc county spurred a possible ban affecting all night clubs and dance halls. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser notified operators that dancing would be barred on Sundays, with exact hours still undecided. District Judge Tal Crawford said further talks are needed to define the ban’s scope.
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Pontotoc
Clyde Kaiser
Tal Crawford
Crawford
Kaiser
Wins Fiddlin Bee Dies Wins Fiddlin Bee Dies
Chandler North Carolina July 31 Bud Simpson a 64 year old farmer collapsed from a heart attack after winning a fiddlers contest at Chandler’s watermel on festival. He died moments after the judges awarded the blue ribbon and he clutched his fiddle to his chest.
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Chandler
N. C
Bud) Simpson
Bud
J. W. Adams
Massey Named Leader of New Pontotoc Taxpayers Group
C. S. Massey president of the Oklahoma State Bank was elected president of the Pontotoc County Taxpayers League at a meeting of the temporary board. J. I. McCauley chosen vice president F. C. Norris treasurer and Bill Bevers secretary. The executive committee includes Sam Viney Norris Massey Granger Miller McCauley and Boswell. a full board will include taxpayers from all county sections. Bevers begins outreach to organize quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Massey
Oklahoma State Bank
Pontotoc
Bevers
Minor Injuries Reported After Sunday Auto Crash
Miss Gelene Johnson and brother Emmett Hal Johnson and William Johnson sustained minor injuries returning from a visit in Pauls Valley Sunday evening. Gelene suffered facial bruises a laceration and a sprained wrist. William suffered a head injury from flying glass. Emmett Hal escaped with minor bruises and returned Tuesday to Siloam Springs Arkansas where he attends John Brown College.
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Pauls Valley
Gelene Johnson
Emmett Hal Johnson
William Johnson
Miss Johnson
Emmett Hal
Siloan Springs
Arkansas
John Brown College
Deficit Rises in July Downgraded By Spending Increase
The treasury reported a July deficit of 249 million dollars against 123 million surplus a year earlier. The shortfall stemmed from reduced repayments to lending agencies and higher ordinary operating costs. A divorce petition was filed in district court by Sophia Jeter against S L Jeter.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Sophia Jeter
S. L. Jeter
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Roy Watson
Levelland
Tex
P. R. Kootz
San Angelo
Carl Schuessler
Fred Schuessler
Miami
Fla
Dynamite Cap
Slayer of
Gen. Coxey
R. L
Chandler Farmer
Massey
Taxpayer Group
Bank
J. I. McCauley
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