Irrigation Experiment in Washita Valley Progress
An Oklahoma irrigation trial on a Wynnewood area farm aims to boost self sufficiency by watering peppers tomatoes melons and other crops. Visitors from A M College Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and Oklahoma Gas and Electric discuss soil water analysis and wage minimal pumping costs while forecasts show potential regional lakes for seasonal irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Little
Oklahoma
Davis
Wynnewood
Washita Valley
Daugherty and
Whitaker
A. & M. College
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Texas
Arkansas
U. S. Highway 77
Josz Consolidated School
A. and M. College
Oklahoma City
Pauls Valley
Ardmore
Ada
Consolidated School
College
Stillwater
Tulsa
Caudill Wins Democratic Nomination For Circuit Judge
In Louisville Caudill defeated Prewitt for the district’s Democratic nomination by 155 votes after a nose injury spurred his late filing. He filed for both parties, while Prewitt sought only the Democratic ballot. Final counts show Caudill ahead in Montgomery, Bath, Menifee and Rowan counties. Jones also lost to Gilbert in Bell Harlan primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
William R. Prewitt
Sterling
Harlan County
D. B. Caudill
Caudill
Judee Prewitt
Frenchburg
Prewitt
Morehead
Judge Prewitt
Frankfort
Montgomery
Bath
Menifee
Rowan
Circuit Judice
C. Jones
Harlan
James M. Gilbert
Bell-Harlan
Jones
Ada Pontotoc County Schools Begin Year With Cautious Funds
Ada and Pontotoc County teachers face a hopeful start for 1933-34 as Ada district 19 reports a balance of 7986.26. Warrants issued for janitors and supplies may be cashed at face value as new sales tax funds begin arriving, with 50 percent to reduce taxes and 30 percent to fund warrants. County Superintendent Huff notes brighter outlook, with summer rural schools near completion and districts reporting equipment and method improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Pontotoc County
Walter D. Grindstaff
Grindstaff
J. W. Huff
Huff
Beer Officials Demand Bootlegger Crackdown
Oklahoma City reports 3.2 beer adoption reduced home brew dens by about 1,800 as police note. Protests claim bootleggers respond by undercutting prices to ten cents a pint, affecting legal drinkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bootleckers
Robbers Identified in Kingfisher Bank Heist
Oklahoma City August 11 A%-Bob Brady Harvey Bailey and Jim Clark have been identified from photographs as the trio who held pistols and robbed the Peoples National Bank of Kingfisher Wednesday. State and county officers said the car was abandoned in the Cimarron river bed eight miles east and two miles north of Kingfisher after the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bob Brady
Harvey Bailey
Jim Clark
Kansas
Peoples National Bank of
Kingfisher
Cimarron
Rver
Muskogee
Medical liquor production set at 7 million gallons for 1934
Washington reports the bureau of industrial alcohol has allocated 7,000,000 gallons of medicinal liquor for 1934 the largest since prohibition began. Officials note stock depletion due to prescription distillate relaxations and possible fall reallocations if needed. Current aged stocks total 11,000,000 gallons. The all time high was 284,000,009 gallons in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Bureau
New Evidence in Hopkins Incident Deepens Kidnap Plot Probe
Lincoln county officers focus on two women Patricia Purdy and Catherine Sheppard after a bloody dress found beside the road. They were arrested in Nowata along with Purdy, a paroled convict in a critical condition from amputation. Hopkins says he wounded a guard. Purdy cites a hunting accident. No charges filed yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Lincoln County
Arch Hopkins
Patricia
Alton Purdy
Nowata
Okla
Catherine Sheppard
Vircil FE. Bagby
Bradshaw
Purdy
Hopkins
W. E. Gillaspy
State's Penitentiary
Okfuskee County
Arizona
Pittsburgh County Situation Serious
Hartshorne business leaders told Governor Murray that starvation threatens many families in the Pittsburg county coal mining district. More than 2,500 men are unemployed in the area and relief is urged from Washington. The governor spoke in favor of three referendum measures to be voted August 15 including ad valorem tax reduction and cigarette tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Aus
Pittsburg County
Hartshorne
Murray
Washington
Tax Commission
Home Loan relief aid expands with blank applications
J Blaine Gilbreath and J W Bolen of the Home Loan corporation announce a fresh supply of applications to aid homeowners facing foreclosure or recent loss. Residents of Ponotoc county towns Allen and Rofs Francis and Stonewall may qualify by applying through Tulsa or through Gilbreath. Eligibility covers danger from missed payments or homes lost since June 13 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Blaine Gilbreath
J. W. Bolen
Home Loan Corporation
Pontotoc County
Allen
Rofs
Francis
Stonewall
Gilbreath
Tulsa
Capital moved: Bill Anthony who seized great seal dies
Norman obituary notes Bill Anthony 63 died after a year illness. He orchestrated Oklahoma’s move of the capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City by taking the great seal from Logan county courthouse at midnight in 1910. C. N. Haskell directed the Tulsa removal.
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Norman
Bill) Anthony
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Anthony
Logan County
Lee Huckins
C. N. Haskell
Tulsa
Haskell
Secretary of State
Earl F. Keys
Jubice
Cold Air and Progress Mark Tabernash CCC Camp Log
J W Renfro of Ada reports from Tabernash CCC Camp on cooler weather with 40 degree nights and daytime 70 degree highs. Crews advance road work, bath house and store. a barber shop begins. Baseball lost 7 to 4 at Steamboat Springs. town life centers on dances 40 miles from the nearest theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rvocky Mountains
Conservation Corps
J. W. Renfro
Ada
Tabernash
Steamboat Springs
Ada Boys
C. C. C. Boys
Lewis Appeals Heavy Fine in Malicious Mischief Case
Terrell Lewis owned the ground story of a Hart two story building. Hart Camp No 61 Woodmen of the World claimed the upper. After Lewis razed his part, the camp filed complaint for malicious mischief and Lewis was fined 300 dollars in county court. He appealed to the state criminal court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Terrell Lewis
Hart Camp No. 61
Woodmen of the World
Lewis
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Cottonseed output and stocks reported by census bureau
Washington August 12 The census bureau reports cottonseed crushed in the year ending July 31 at 4,619,306 tons vs 5,328,014 last year. On hand at mills 220,883 tons vs 300,024. Crude oil produced 1,445,465,000 pounds with 52,444,039 on hand. Refined oil produced 1,272,780,098 pounds with 676,163,044 on hand. Cake and meal produced 2,093,083 tons with 160,651 on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Lindy Changing Greenland's Map Sighting by Lindberghs Reported
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife report a mountain higher than any on Greenland maps and a fjord inland for more than a hundred miles while charting a northern air route to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cavagnaro
New York
Greenland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Lindberghs
Pan-American Airways, Inc
Mount Evans
Mount Forel
Scoresbey Sun
Blosserville
Angmagsalik
Julianehaak
Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Streets of Havana in Blood as Machado Regime Falls
Havana riotously celebrates the overthrow of Machado with armed demonstrations, looting of the presidential palace and press offices, parading bodies, and widespread street violence as soldiers, police, and crowds clash in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
T. R. Gill
Associated Press
Machado
Porra
National Capitol
Herald de Cuba
Gangsters slain in Kansas City hit by sheriff gunfire
In Kansas City on August 12 three night club operators were killed in a midtown apartment district as Sheriff Thomas B Bush intervened. Ferris J Anthon was among the slain. Gus Gargotta was captured after a gunfight. A second man escaped. Mrs Anthon and deputy Hodges witnessed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thomas B. Bush
Ferris J. Anthon
Armour Boulevard
Votice
Sam Scola
Gus Fasone
Sam Stine
Gus Gargotta
Sheriff Bush
Gargotta
Melva Taylor
Lawrence Hodges
Bush
Forest Avenue
Armour
Hodges
Anthon
Leola
Chicago
Ada Attor ney Recovers Plymouth Stolen Here
Joan P Crawford Ada attorney went to Oklahoma City to claim a Plymouth sedan stolen from him here this week and recovered by the stolen car department of the Oklahoma City police force. The car was taken from in front of the First National bank here between 6 and 7 o clock Tuesday. Chief Joe Neal notified Oklahoma City police and the notice was broadcast to scout cars, locating the machine abandoned on the streets shortly afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan P. Crawford
Ada
Oklahoma City
First National Bank
Joe Neal
Scout Cars
Battery F at Fort Sill Aims High Between Games and Duties
Battery F lost to Battery B and faced sickness including Pvt. Howard and Pvt. Wasson. Thad Bass led with a home run while Bass operated the home laundry washing one uniform daily for 20 cents. Kitchen won first for cleanliness as troops prepare to fire French 75 guns tomorrow and welcome Ada visitors Sunday. Regimental inspection next Saturday marks a yearly event.
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Battery F
Battery B
Pvt
Howard
Wasson
Thad Bass
Ada
Fort Sill
Soo
Pat, Denny
Four Men Detained in Arkansas Bank Robberies
Sheriff Arthur Ellis announced the break up of a three bank robbery ring in south Arkansas with four men in custody. Leon Farley, Oscar Chandler, Johnny Rogers, and Bill Franklin were arrested. two more suspects are being sought as investigators link Farley to the Cadgens Bank and Trust heist of 25 000 dollars on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Ark
Arthur Ellis
South Arkansas
Cadgens Bank and Trust Company
Leon Farley
Wilis
Oscar Chandler
Johnny Rogers
Bill Franklin
Bill Franks
Eldorado
Lorkin
Texas
Farley
Chandler
Citizens Bank
Rogers
Bank of
Stephens
Franklin
Junction City
Charles Chapman
Ellis
Crop Conditions Report From Washington Aug 1 Canvass
The agriculture department releases August 1 crop canvass data for corn oats and winter wheat by state. Iowa leads corn with 407 740 000 bushels while Missouri Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas show varied yields and conditions. Oats output total 666 745 000 bushels with Missouri Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas listed by state and per acre figures.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Wealth not new to Hanna Anderson Creek Indian woman
Hanna Anderson, a Creek Indian woman, won a $1 050 000 estate after a federal appeals court decision in Denver. She spent 1951 in New York and at Coney Island, married Mose Daniels last year, and traveled to Los Angeles for the Olympic Games in a new 16 cylinder car. She received title to her mother's estate after disputes with two former husbands and an alleged illegitimate brother. Her monthly allowance is reportedly above $1,000, and she lives in a $25,000 home near Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Hanna Anderson
Federal Appeals Court
Denver
Hanna
New York
Coney Island
Mose Daniels
Los Angeles
Lena Yahola Alexander
Tulsa
Outlaw Floyd False Alarm Near Parker Northeast of Coalgate
Pontotoc county officers joined a false alarm hunt for Pretty Boy Floyd after a Coalgate officer reported a posse cornering the outlaw near Parker north of Coalgate. A check showed the pursuing party was after two men accused of stealing sugar sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Pretty Boy Floyd
Clyde Kaiser
Atoka
Coalgate
Parker
Oklahoma man reunites with long-lost daughter after 34 years
Davis Oklahoma resident J J Afilen, who marked his 109th birthday, had not seen one of his daughters for 34 years before meeting her after living in the town for three years. He remarried at 80 and fathered twins as more than 150 descendants attended his birthday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Okla
J. J. Afilen
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Man
Blow
ALFRS
Arady
Bailey
Clark
Pittsburgh
Joe Brown
W. B. Anthony
Rockies
Lindy
Heraldo
Heraldo de Cuba
Octabio Zubizarreta
Jose Izquierdo
Bod
Rien
Carlos Mendieta
National Party
Gar
Outlaw
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