Oklahoma City Man With Large Roll Arrest in OKC
Oklahoma City police arrested a man identified as E F Wagoner after he arrived from Fort Worth with a suitcase containing about 155000 in Liberty bonds and cash from Midwest bank robberies. Investigators traced bonds to Windom Kansas and Clay Center, Kansas robberies, linking loot to a Kansas City gang. Authorities say more than 41000 has been moved to fences in four weeks.
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Los Angeles
Fimner S. Wartoner
Fort Worth
Tex
Windom and
Clay Center
Kan
Frank James
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Frank Nash
Wagoner
Oklahoma City
Windom State Bank
First National Bank of Clay Center
Waconer
Colorado Springs
Colo
Clarence Hurt
Windom
California
E. F. Wagoner
Hurt
Watoner
Burelars
Waroner
Miami
Oklo
John A. Davenport
Coy Briggs
Emmett Jones
W. H. Davenport
Tupelo Ball Slub Sweeps Twinbill Sunday
Tupelo defeated Stonewall 6-5 in a Sunday afternoon game and beat Coalgate 4-2 in seven innings to sweep the doubleheader. Williams collected four hits for Stonewall while Stubblefield and L Ray added three each. late errors kept Tupelo in trouble. Bowen walked and Anglin hit a homer to end the nightcap. L Ray pitched four innings of the first game and all four of the second, allowing two runs in his time.
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Tupelo
Stonewall
Coalgate
Stratford
Williams
Stubblefield
L. Ray
Bowen
Anglin
Stonewall Morris
Thompson
Daniels - Murphy
Stecall
Blackwell
Belcher
Coker
Daniels
Robins
Asa
I Isaacs
Woodard
Hoover
Hay
Lowen
Anelin
Franklin
Vietta
Steeall
Hodge
Otawnee winner in sandlot game
Federal authorities held Louis Doc Stacy as the alleged plotter of a failed delivery of Frank Nash at Kansas City. Verne Miller was named as one of the gunmen who killed Nash and four officers, with Stacy connected to gangsters but not the Touhy gang. The report covers the Kansas City shootings, Stacy's arrest, and related casualties, plus results from the Oklahoma sandlot tournament.
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Chicago
Louis
Doc) Stacy
Frank Nash
Kansas City
Melvin H. Purvis
United States Bureau of Investigation
Stacy
Nash
Purvis
Verne Miller
South Dakota
Maywood
McGurn
Capone
Department of Justice
McAlester
Okla
Herbert Farmer
Joplin
United States
Edwin K. Walker
Walker
Miller
Federal
Leavenworth
Hot Springs
Ark
Estimates ready for excise board in Pontotoc County
Financial statements and estimated needs for Pontotoc County and its seven townships are completed and await submission to the county excise board. State equalization board decision on public service valuations is awaited, delaying tax levy setting for 1935-34 until final state figures are approved. Officials in Oklahoma City hope valuations will be set soon to provide a starting point for levies based on real estate and personal property values already established.
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Pontotoc
County Excise Board
State Equalization Board
Oklahoma City
Public Service
County Excise Boards
Wagoner Arrest in Los Angeles Ties to Midwest Bank Heists
Dick Wagoner of Cushing Oklahoma, jailed in 1927 for the knuckle murder of Chris Christensen, a chauffeur for a New York woman in Colorado Springs, was arrested in Los Angeles on $155000 bond amid alleged stolen funds from Midwest bank robberies. The fatal cafe fight stemmed from a hat dispute. Wagoner, a reputed gambler, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Dick Waktener
Cushing
Okla
Los Angeles
Midwest
Chris Christensen
New York
Christensen
Wagoner
Dick Wagoner
Wagoner seeks to block extradition over Oklahoma bank robberies
E S Wagoner fights extradition to Oklahoma as police pursue return on charges tied to a 90 000 to 96 000 bond haul. He was arrested at Burbank airport after a plane arrival and faces questions about robberies in Oklahoma City Clay Center and Windom Kansas.
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Los Angeles
Aug
E. S. Wagoner
Oklahoma
Murray
Waroner
Dailey Stafford
Wagoner
Burbank
Oklahoma City
Clay Center
Windom
Kan
Penitentiary Reports Profit and Cost Cuts in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City August 7. Warden Sam Brown announced net earnings of 98076.76 from prison industries for the last fiscal year and said maintenance costs fell to a decade low. Monthly prisoner expense averaged 14964, not including road camps. With 667730 appropriated, 201780.93 remained June 30 to revert to general revenue. Twine plant led profits at 31031.81, tag plant 30032, pants factory 26238.57.
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Oklahoma City
Sam Brown
Brown
General Revenue Fund
Cotton Forecast Indicates Heavy Acreage Yield
The 1931 cotton crop is forecast at 12.214 million bales, with potential output without reduction programs about 16.561 million. August 1 condition at 74.2 percent is the strongest since 1915 except 1931, with 39.704 million acres expected to be harvested and yields near 198.4 pounds per acre, about 18 percent above the ten year average.
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Sam Bledsoe
Associated Press
Washington
Aug
Crop Reporting Board
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas
Oklahoma
Belt
Seaboard
Loans Offer Mortgage Relief For Foreclosed Homes
J. W. Bolen and J. B. Gilbreath announce that under a new national regulation distressed owners can apply for loans if their homes were foreclosed since June 13, 1835 or if they deeded the home due to unable to keep up payments. The program exchanges bonds for the mortgage pays taxes and guarantees interest to let owners spread payments over time.
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J. W. Bolen
J. B. Gilbreath
Polen
Kinsey Paroled Under Banished Service Plan
R. R. Kinsey, sentenced to eight years for robbery, was paroled by Governor Murray under a five year banishment arrangement. Kinsey began his sentence in June 1931 and has been on leave since February 1932.
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R. R. Kinsey
State Penitentiary
W. H. Murray
Kinsey
River rescue turns grim as body believed found
At Green River Wisconsin Australia, Rodney Rollins 22 joined a crowd on the Freen river bank to search for a drowning victim. He recalled diving with Miss Lillian Russell and surfaced beyond willows, then learned she had left and reported the man missing.
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Green River
Wys
Aus
Rodney Rollins
Freen River
Rollins
Lillian Russell
Escaped Convict Returns to Prison Under Guard
Willis E. Hirsch a furloughed convict wanted for forgery of more than 1500 in penitentiary warrants arrived at Tucker farm with Superintendent A G Stedman after a long automobile journey from Lamar Colorado. Stedman also brought back J B Ferriss escaped Garland county robber captured in Los Angeles.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Willis E. Hirsch
Tucker Farm
A. G. Stedman
Lamar
Colo
Stedman
J. B. Ferriss
Garland County
Los Angeles
Ferriss
Hirsch
Cotton forecast shows drop from last year nationwide
The Agriculture Department forecasts 12,314,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight for this year, down from 13,001,568 bales last year. Aug 1 crop condition stands at 74.2 percent of normal, with 40.798 million acres in cultivation and 29.704 million acres for harvest.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Aiding Robbery Brings Sentence in Oklahoma Case
Oklahoma City Aug 8 Convicted of aiding two others in robbing I M Hughes of Geary of 2000 dollars Vircil Wininger must serve ten years in state prison. The trio lured Hughes to his home under pretense of selling oil stock forced him to withdraw 2090 dollars and fled Wininger claimed the money was won in a poker game Other decisions Monroe Harrington Mayes county perjury Clyde B Shores Oklahoma county car theft affirmed ten years
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Oklahoma City
I. M. Hughes
Geary
Vircil Wininger
Criminal Court of Appeals
Wininger
Hughes
Monroe Harrington
Mayes County
Clyde B. Shores
Oklahoma County
Moore Well the Third Gas Sand in John Fitts Field
In the John Fitts gas field south Pontotoc county the E H Moore and associates No 1 Whickwell in the southeast corner of 29 27 has tapped Hunton lime at 3170 feet with strong gas flow and potential oil prospects. Drillers prepared to enter the lime to test for oil while evaluating a nearby deeper sand and a previously encountered 2640 foot show of oil that did not persist.
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E. H. Moore and Associates
Whickwell
John Fitts
Pontotoc
Hunton
Fitts
Farmer Wounds Kidnap Suspect in Late Night Bid
Aug 8 Chandler report says Lincoln County authorities investigated an apparent kidnapping attempt on wealthy farmer and royalty owner A. N. Hopkins near Davenport. Hopkins fired with a shotgun when an armed man tried to seize his chickens. gas was used and the suspect fled, leaving footprints and blood at the scene.
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Chandler
Lincoln County
A. N. Hopkins
Hopkins
Davenport
W. B. Gillaspy
Hopkitays
Ghia
Daenpoort Ieia
Boston lawyer Daniell charged in New York stock exchange tear gas attack
Eugene S. Daniell Jr of Somerville Massachusetts was arrested on a malicious mischief felony charge for placing tear gas bombs that closed the New York Stock Exchange. He admitted placing a package once thought to contain a bomb on Boston Mayor Curley’s home steps, stating it was a publicity stunt.
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New York
Eugene S. Daniell, Jr
Somerville
Mass
New York Stock Exchange
Daniels
John A. Lyons
Daniell
James M. Curley
Boston
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Massachusetts National Guard
Maine
Harvard Law School
Harvard
Hasty Pudding Institute
Phoenix Club
Commoners’ Party
Inspector Lyons
Curley
Eugene 8. Daniell Jr
Portsmouth
N. H
National Independent Party
Benjamin Goodman
Willis Overton
Otto Keferle
Cambridge
Paul Palaczi
West Somerville
Clarence Lyons
Roosevelt
Hoover
Norman Thomas
Eugene S. Daniell Jr
Harvard College
Commoners
Augusta
Made workers leaders seek Murray appeal over pay
Oklahoma City leaders of a failed strike planned to appeal to Governor Murray for higher wages from federal relief funds. Edgar Clemons said no immediate picketing, with a courthouse lawn meeting to organize. He cited a $6.25 weekly wage for five days and a 40 cent hourly demand, amid 15 arrests at demonstrations.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Edgar Clemons
Clemons
John Watt
Killing in Petersville as brothers duel over election
In Petersville Kentucky on election night Zolar Thurman 35 was shot dead by Eli Stidham 35 after an argument over the vote. Stidham survived. The killing sparked a manhunt for Stidham’s brothers John 28 and Harrison 596 who fired on Thurman. Eli was jailed for aiding and abetting a malfeasance charge.
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Vanderburg
Zolar Thurman
Petersville
Thurman
Eli Stidham
Stidham
John
Harrison
Eli
Murder Suspect Granted Probation
Dighton Kansas August 7 Jim Pettigrew 25 has been released as a suspect in the slaying of Ed Cox a Oklahoma City truckman whose body was found under a culvert near Blackwell Officers said Coxs widow failed to identify Pettigrew as the man who accompanied her husband to Wichita to move household goods Coxs truck was abandoned at Wynoka about a month before the body was found.
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Dighton
Kan
Jim Pettigrew
Ed Cox
Oklahoma City
Blackwell
Cox
Pettigrew
Wichita
Waynoka
Short Day Eliminated by New York Stock Exchange
NYSE ends a short day while maintaining the persistence of short selling activity. Traders monitor liquidity and market depth as volume tapers.
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New York Stock Exchange
Ada City Schools Set to Open September 4
Ada plans the new school year with September 4 as opening date. Textbook decisions await state education guidance. Ruby Rice and Mary Curtis Kine join the teaching staff. J G Witherspoon resigns from the board and Dr A R Sage is elected to fill the vacancy. Preparations for buildings and enrollment rush are underway to minimize delays.
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Ada
B. R. Stubbs
State Department of Education
Stubbs
Board of Education
Ruby Rice
Mary Curtis Kine
J. G. Witherspoon
Mr. Witherspoon
A. R. Suge
Witherspoon
Sage
Five drown in Wyoming lake boat tragedy near Moran
In Jackson Lake near Moran a fishing party drowned when their motor boat overturned in a storm. The bodies of four victims were recovered, a fifth was found earlier, and two survivors reached shore. Victims include Ula Mallory and Virgil R Brown and their children. both families worked for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph.
World Cotton Use Hits Postwar Peak on Record Consumption
World consumption of cotton for the year ending July 31 reached about 24.725 million bales, the New York Cotton Exchange reported, the highest since 1929. U.S. usage rose to 14.152 million bales while foreign cotton use edged up to 10.592 million. carryover stood near 15.53 million bales.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Exchange Service
Fafewill Baptist Revival Begins West of Ada
Free Will Baptists announce a revival meeting on highway 19 past Sandy Bridge near Ada. 188 attended Sunday night showing strong interest. Revs W E Lindsey W P Dame and Ross Russell lead as invited speakers urging awakening and care for lost souls.
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Free Will Baptists
Ada
Highway No
Sandy Bride
Cross Roads
Macedonia
W. E. Lindsey
W. PD. Dame
Ross Russell
Charee
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