Earth tremors strike five eastern states and a Canadian province
A series of tremors rocked parts of five eastern states and a Canadian province. From Springfield Massachusetts to Toronto Ontario, shocks varied in duration and intensity with western New York noting the greatest damage including a church wall crack and collapsing chimney.
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Associated Press
Canadian
Springfield
Mass
Ashtabula
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Toronto
Global investment shifts as U S firms expand abroad
The article notes American capital building foreign plants and buying control overseas. Major firms like American Radiator and Du Pont invest billions abroad, with European, Canadian, and Latin American investments totaling several billions, while domestic investments compete with overseas money. A separate entry mentions a crime case with a deceased spouse and stored goods auctioned via an express office.
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Knappen
Latin America
American factories move abroad in growing trend
Washington reports a rising shift of industry to foreign soil with American firms opening plants abroad and laying off U S workers. The article cites Maine to India moves and a German plant expansion that shifts 600 American jobs away, while 2,000 such foreign sites are feared to erode U S protections and labor gains. The move is analyzed by Theodore M. Knappen in Wall Street Magazine.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
Maine
India
Germany
Theodore M. Knappen
Magazine of Wall Street
American Federation of Labor
Woman to Serve Six Months for Blocking Witness
Oklahoma City Aug 10 The criminal court of appeals ruled Lil lian McDowell must serve six months in the state penitentiary and pay a 500 dollar fine for inducing Robert Chambers a material witness to leave Oklahoma to avoid testifying at a Kay county trial. Other appellate decisions upheld liquor offenses and penalties across multiple counties.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Chambers
Kay County
Lillian McDowell
State
Criminal Court of Appeals
Chambers
Oklahoma
Okmulgee County
Burton Smith
I. B. McNew
Garfielid
George Bell
Okmulgee
R. L. Snow
Kiowa
Kk. E. Robinson
Pawnee County
Garrison Mayberry
Cleveland County
G. L. Gamble
Lee Morrison
McClain County
Took Chance and Got Fortune
Cheetal Law of Kingston neighborhood bought three storage boxes from Pacific Express for 50 dollars. He now possesses 9800 dollars in bonds stocks and notes plus valuable jewelry and minerals from two boxes left by Charles Baker fifteen years ago. Baker, a mining engineer, vanished after entrusting the boxes to the agent.
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USA
Cheetal Law
Kingston
Pacific Express Company
Plainview
Law
Express Office
Charles Baker
Baker
Oklahoma crops forecast rise as drought eases in parts
Oklahoma crop reports show corn production forecast at 54,154,000 bushels, up 5,000,000 from last month, with yields averaging 18.7 bushels per acre. Sorghum, peanuts, broom corn and other crops are detailed, noting moisture, regional changes, and expected totals across the state. An arrest notes an alleged prohibition violation conspiracy in Seminole and Pottawatomie counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Crop Reporting Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Lindsey
Seminole
Pottawatomie
Guardsmen Depart for Encampment in Ada Oklahoma
The Ada units of the Oklahoma National Guard departed after midnight Friday for the annual encampment at Fort Sill. The 160th F. A. Band played a Broadway concert before departure, raising 25 dollars for the band fund. The encampment promises hard drilling in the August sun to sharpen the guardsmen.
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Ada
Oklahoma National Guard
Fort Sill
Convention Hall
160Th F. A. Band
Harry Morris
The Old Home Store Remembered for Trade and Talk
The General Nore Dunlap general store offered everything from gum-bobs to seeds and fish hooks. Saturdays brought busy trade as Megene Suk sold overalls nets and braid while patrons chatted about chinch bus, politics, war, and gossip, recalling a memory of a community cash economy and bright store buzz.
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Big Pigeo
Crop production totals and conditions announced
The Agriculture Department disclosed August 1 crop conditions and indicated yields for major states. Totals show corn 2,740,514,000 bushels, winter wheat 568,233,000, Durum wheat 49,263,000, other spring wheat 156,389,000, oats 1,203,000,000, and potatoes 273,000,000 bushels. Oklahoma corn was 68 percent normal with 54,754,000 bushels expected. winter wheat was 87 percent normal with 44,972,000 bushels projected.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Rose Lutke Held for Federal Authorities
Rose Lutke a well known woman police character was arrested by city officers and ordered held for federal authorities today in Oklahoma City with the case cited as an ongoing federal matter.
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Rose Lutke
Oklahoma City
Railroads to Make Changes at Tupelo
The Oklahoma City A and A M O and G R R will move coal chutes from Wapanucka to Tupelo and add a small roundhouse. Locals now run Denison to Wapanucka and Muskogee to Wapanucka with turns there. after Tupelo improvements, turns from Muskogee and Denison will occur at Tupelo, likely adding 10 to 20 families to Tupelo.
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Tupelo
Oklahoma City
Coalgate Record Register
Zeppelin Dooted Ocean in Record Time Plan Jaunt
Graf Zeppelin completes transatlantic crossing in 55 hours 24 minutes on the first leg of its round the world flight from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen. The voyage covered about 4 200 miles averaging 75 miles per hour. Enthusiastic crowds greet the huge airliner as it lands and crew secures the ship.
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New York
Canisius College
Buffalo
Canadaigua
Elmira
Alfred
Binghamton
Attica
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sarsaw
Wyoming County
John P. Delaney
S. d
Seismographic
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence Valley
Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
Lakehurst
N. J
Hanger
Zeppelin Plant
Dr. Eckener
Graf
Zeppelin
Grace Drummond Hay
Karl H. von Weigand
Prague Bank Robbery by Two Young Hijackers
Two well dressed men robbed First National Bank of Prague of 2500 to 2800 dollars this afternoon. They forced assistant cashier K. H. Sutton and bookkeeper Edna Gaylor into the vault and loaded the money into a sack before fleeing in a large motor car. Sutton fired a rifle at the escapees as they left, uncertain if he hit them. The pair spoke politely during the robbery and demanded only the loot.
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Prague
First National Bank of
K. H. Sutton
Edna Gaylor
Sutton
Miss Gaylor
Hoover Birthplace Marked With Stone In Iowa
Hoover’s fifty fifth birthday is noted by marker placement beside the small frame house where he was born in West Branch Iowa. The Daughters of the American Revolution dedicate a granite boulder with a bronze plate identifying the birthplace. Professor Shamblaugh will deliver the address.
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West Branch
Iowa
Hoover
Iowa City
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
State Historical Society
Herbert Hoover
United States
Mississippi River
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Deep Test in Coal County Abandoned
The Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co and Foster Petroleum halt drilling on Clara Cook No 1 in Coal County Sec 196 Twp 1N R 11E. Depth reached about 7915 feet with minor oil shows not in paying quantities. The well, deepest in Oklahoma, will be plugged after removal of casing and cementing, with operations possibly moving to Oklahoma City field.
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Indian Territory Iluminating Oil Company
Foster Petroleum Corporation
Clara Cook
Coal County
Oklahoma
Schoenfield and Hunter Company
Oklahoma City
Coalgate Record Register
Defense rests in murder trial of Dr James H Snook
In Columbus Ohio on August 12 the defense halted its case without calling the alienists it had planned to rely on to claim insanity. Walter Highsoe testified the gun used to kill Theora Hix could still be fired despite tampering while the state noted the weapon was damaged. Dr Snook testified he struck Hix with a hammer after she threatened him and took a purse he believed contained the gun. The state began rebuttal with Detective Otto Phillips.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Greetheart
Theora Hix
Walter Highsoe
Miss Hix
Highsee
Decision grants $50 monthly VFW tuberculosis compensation
The United States comptroller of the currency ruled tuberculous veterans cured of illness contracted in service qualify for $50 monthly compensation plus back pay. Lebron Post of the American Legion in Guthrie announced the ruling, benefiting several hundred Oklahoma veterans and about 2,000 statewide. Two checks were issued to Barker and Kennedy, totaling $1,292 and $1,242, while Lingerfelt awaits his payment.
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Guthrie
United States Comptroller
Lebron Post
American Legion
W. S. Lingerfelt
Roscoe Barker
Oklahoma
Legion
Barker
W. S. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lingerfelt
Collision on W Twelfth and John Stone Aves injures man
One man was slightly injured in a collision at the intersection of W Twelfth street and John stone avenue. He received only first aid at Breco hospital and was dismissed.
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W. Twelfth Street
Johnston Avenue
Breco Hospital
Comedy invade tense Snook murder trial in Columbus
In Columbus Aug 12 the Snook murder trial drifted into comedy as defense witness John F Seidel and Prosecutor John J Chester Jr clashed on the stand. Seidel testified to a room confrontation and visible marks on Dr Snook s face while being questioned. The defense may rest today with alienists possibly called to testify and Chester awaiting rebuttal timing.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State
Theora Hix
John F. Seidel
John J. Chester, Jr
Dr. Snook
Chester
Delay in Harris Hotel Opening Slips to August 20
Material and equipment shipment delays push the New Harris Hotel opening to about August 20 to September 1. Carpets missing have slowed renovation work, though 86 remodeled rooms feature modern equipment and new furniture. Expanded store spaces will serve hotel patrons.
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Harris
Gasser Near Kingston Drills 4 Million Cubic Foot Well
In the Madill Record account Marvin Neff and associates drilled a 4,000,000 cubic foot gas well on the M. G. Greer farm near Kingston in the Enos community. The gas sand at 411 feet produced 4,158,000 cubic feet with rock pressure of 1080 pounds. The well sits about a mile north of Neff’s first gasser and he has since drilled further south and west.
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Marvin Neff Et
M. G. Greer
Kingston
Enos
Madill
Neff
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England
Prince of Wales
Palestine
Arrowe Park
Cuh-Pee-Loh
British Columbia
Robert Baden-Powell
News
He General Store
Ocean
Giant Air Liner
Tokyo
Lakehurst, Md
New York City
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Boston
Azores
Scilly Island
English Channel
Paris
Basle
Switzerland
Here
Maud
Bank AT
Goal County
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Harris Hotel
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