Relief chief warns direct aid stays in Oklahoma
Oklahoma officials say direct relief will persist, having spent over 11 million state funds under the Marland administration. They note sales tax revenue funds welfare, with 33,594 unemployable cases across 72 counties, including elderly, blind, and dependent children, many facing lifelong dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Marland
Oklahoma
Neil Addington
Collins
Opw.c
Dist
Addington
State Welfare Department
Will Rogers Horse Soapsuds to Star in Amarillo Pageant
Santa Monica message says Will Rogers widow reports Soapsuds will appear in a three day Amarillo Texas pageant Aug 15 17 to dramatize the actor humorist life. Jimmy Rogers and wife will attend with another son Bill hoping to attend. An automobile caravan will depart Santa Monica Aug 12 meeting a Chicago car in Amarillo for the opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Will Rogers
Soapsuds
Amarillo
Tex
Texas City
U. 16
Chicago
Jimmy Rogers
Bill
Oso
O'Daniel Delivers Radio Message Without Plans For Governor
Fort Worth Texas Aug 8 UPI W Lee O Daniel democratic nominee for governor spoke on a special radio message but offered no clear plans for his term. He urged contributions for flood victims along the San Saba and Colorado rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
W. Lee O’daniels
Texas
Lone Star State
O'Daniel
San Saba
Colorado Rivers
Tickets For Baseball Party Selling Fast
Reports from the Round-Up club Friday said the barbecue Tuesday night at Twin Lakes for the Ada baseball club will be a big success with at least 500 tickets sold. The Round-Up club added the barbecue to bolster finances for the dependent independents. Oscar Hatcher and Mickey McBride lead an entertainment program. A $500 fund is needed to keep the Independents organized and take them to the state tournament in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Lakes
Ada
Oscar Hatcher
Mickey McBride
Oklahoma City
Laseman enters pleas in larceny cases in justice court
Leonard Laseman pleaded not guilty at arraignment in A. W. Oliver’s justice court on three larceny charges involving domestic fowls. A preliminary hearing was set for August 15. He and two others face multiple counts including theft of turkeys and chickens, and wood from a local farm, with bonds posted or pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard “Lindy
Laseman
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Walter Mayer
Walters
Rank Grier
Sheriff's Office
Pontotoc County
Grier
Commissioners Work On Budgets
Oklahoma City August report notes county commissioners near completion of the tentative budget for 1938 39 with discussions led by R J Templeton and Charley Porter. No final agreement on several issues as the estimates are prepared for submission to the excise board next week and then to the state auditor after a protest period. The board also considers a new provision to publish monthly proceedings in a county newspaper and contemplates a possible reshuffle of the county engineer’s office and relocation of justice of the peace offices. The piece also mentions a SLS of Miss Reba McNeeley bitten by a coyote in a separate item and a note on Cape Breton Island Gaelic speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
R. J. Templeton
Charley Porter
Excise Board
State Auditor's
Justices of the Peace
Court House
Soetleceocme
Oklahoma City
Reba McNeeley
Cape Breton Island
Nova Scoia
National Guardsmen From Oklahoma Texas Prepare For Large Maneuvers
Oklahoma and Texas guardsmen begin assembling at Camp Bullis for the third army maneuvers. Detachments set up field kitchens and draw supplies as 15,000 militiamen prepare for exercises from Aug 6 to Aug 29 with thousands of troops arriving by road and rail from Mineral Wells and other points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
National
Oklahoma
Texas
Camp Builis
Third Army
Artllery
Fort Sill
Okla
Leon Military Reservation
56Th Cavalry
Houston
Fort Worth
Tyler
Oklahom National
Mineral Wells
Saturda
Camp Wolters
Camp Bullis
Ced
Ada Rodeo Opens With Big Four Day Event
Signs point to a large Ada rodeo with top cowhands from across the United States competing for 3500 dollars in prize money under Ada fire department auspices. The four day event includes five shows at the Ada fair grounds with a new grand stand and canvas roof. Judge Jonas de Arm and of Alpine Texas is reported critical in Pryor after a chute accident while attempting to mount a Brahma bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas de Armand
Alpine
Texas
Pryor
Ada
United States
Kelley and
Binn
Ada Fair Grounds
Cookson Hills In Complete Change
Muskogee Oklahoma August 5 Cookson hills long a hideout for fugitives becomes a federal land reclamation project. The 34000 acre plan reserves 3000 acres for recreation and uses the rest for game protection forests and grazing. It relocates 364 families to better soil in eastern Oklahoma. A Greenleaf lake celebration will feature address by Dr L Gray with Sen Josh Lee and broadcast by Oklahoma network. The day includes lunch water sports and hourly tours as project management passes to Oklahoma A M college.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Cookson Hills
Oklahoma
Greenleaf Lake
Dr. L. ©. Gray
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Josh Lee
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Rotary Report Highlights Need for Ada Junior High Building
Ada Rotary members heard Rev M S Epoocson present Rotary aims to O’Neal and Miss Sussel Muntz. A tour of the aging junior high showed worn stairs, wall cracks, poor lighting, and outdated plumbing, prompting a push for an open house to convince citizens a new building is essential for Ada’s education standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
M. S. Epoocson
Preston O'Neal
Sussell Muntz
Ada Rotary
Clus
San Francisco
Rotary Club
Garland Morton
Byron Sppler
Ralph Heard
Ed Haley
Ada
Dan Procter
Southwest
Two Injured When Car Is Overturned Near Pauls Valley
In Oklahoma City a car went out of control a mile south of Pauls Valley rolling three times. J S Heckaby 74 Pauli suffered a compound thigh fracture possible neck and internal injuries and spinal contusions. Lilian Watson was treated for spinal injury and other injuries. Mrs Heckaby and a daughter had minor injuries. The injured were taken to Pauls Valley for first aid before transfer to Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Aug
Pauls Valley
J. S. Heckaby
Pauli
Lillian Watson
Heckaby
Start Getting Ready Now For Fair Is Plea
Pontotoc county residents anticipate a bigger and better county free fair this year with five new buildings and improved grounds. The open ring is tentatively set for September 21, preceded by township fairs and followed by state fairs. Farmers, farm wives, and 4 H and FFA members are urged to prepare exhibits and livestock, inspect fields, and ready crops for display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotocounty
Free Fair Board
FFA Club
Two-Thirds Rule Debate Shapes 1940 Democratic Path
Washington officials report anti Roosevelt Democrats rallying around restoring the two thirds rule to block a third term. Southern politicians seek northern support to win a convention majority and veto power, potentially curbing any renomination push despite a majority favoring Roosevelt.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
South
Gasoline Prices In Drop In Tulsa Markets
Local price cuts by Mid-Continent Petroleum reduce white gasoline from 11 to 10 cents regular from 14 to 22 cents and ethyl from 15 1 2 to 13 1 2 cents. Skelly likely to follow with lower tank wagon rates after Shell announcement spurred nationwide adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Skelly
C. C
Richey
Skelly Sales
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kiwanians to fete Newsboys at Glenwood pool picnic
Kiwanis members will entertain Newsboys with a swimming party at Glenwood pool this evening, provide swimsuits, and join for a 7 o'clock picnic and informal program at Glenwood Park. The annual Kiwanis event returns after a missed Monday noon meeting.
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Ads Newsboys
Kiwanis Club
Glenwood Park
Newsboys
Glenwood Pool
Cotton Estimates As Of August 1 Much Lower Than For Past Year
The agriculture department forecast today a 1938 cotton crop of 11,988,000 bales, based on August 1 condition at 78.0 percent of normal and July 1 harvested area at 26,347 acres after 10-year abandonment. Indicated yield 217.9 pounds versus 266.9 last year. last year’s crop was a record 18,946,000 bales. Ginnings to August 1 totaled 158,115 running bales, up from 142,983 last year. States show varied yields and production, including Missouri 340 pounds per acre for 612,000 bales and Texas 170 pounds for 3,429,000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Realese
Census Bureau
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Missions
Arkansas
Labisiane
Oklahoma
Texas
Body of geologist found in Lake Murray
The body of Lloyd Shaffer, 29 year old Phillips Petroleum geologist, was recovered from Lake Murray at 60 feet depth. He drowned after diving from a sailboat and not resurfacing. He will be buried in Russell, Kansas, with widow Kalita Kirkendale and father C A Shaffer listed as survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Lloyd Shaffer
Phillips Petroleum Company
Lake Murray
Russell
Kan
Kalita Kirkendale
Kansas City
C. A. Shaffer
Shaffer
Senora Oil Co. Reports New Well in Behee Area
Senora Oil Co reports a new producer in the Behee region. The No 1 Cox, NW of 17-5-5, swabbed 90 barrels in 24 hours. H Z Moore No 1 Payne, SE NW NE of 16-4-4, is bailing down to feet as and shows saturation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senora Oil Company
Behee
Cox
H. Z. Moore
Payne
Typhoid Clinics Expand Across County Health Units
Series of typhoid clinics organized by the City County Health unit continues across rural communities. A large clinic at Pleasant Hall processed 100 residents. Dr P J Collopy of the state health department visited Ada to assist at the Glenwood preschool clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byng
Agen
Pleasant
P. J. Collopy
Bureau of Infant and Child Care
State Health Department
Ada
Glenwoad School
No clear estimate on immediate patient uptake
The fragment notes uncertainty about how many patients would immediately take up the offer or program. It mentions a lack of estimable demand and hints at an unresolved planning question affecting rollout timing and resource allocation.
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Ernie Pyle
Callander
Ont
Annette
Cecile
Marie
Emmie
Yvonne
National Guardsmen
State Welfare Board For the
Pontoleccom
Jim Whitehead
Whitehead
Opencome
Canada
Rotary Report
Southern Group
A. A
Andy” Kramer
Columbia
Jasper National Park
Kramer
Mt. Columbia
Loyd Shaffer
Russell, Kansas
Senora Oil CO
Valley View Hospital
Valley View
Ple
The
First National Bank
E. A Norris
G. J. Morton
S. K Grant
F. C. Norris
J. Abeverett
Vastier
J. G. Martin
Orel Busby
R W. Simpson
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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