Ride Through Biblical Sites From Jerusalem To Galilee
A traveler describes a state car journey from Jerusalem to Nazareth and Galilee on July 22 25 1937 visiting Gibeah Anathoth Nebi Samwih Jacob's Well Nablus Sychar Shhechem Samaria Dothan Gilboa Esdraelon Nazareth Cana Tiberias and M t Carmel. The diary recalls Mount of Precipitation Cana Hattin and a donkey ride in the Valley of Jehosephat and ends with moonlight over Galilee and a vow to renew faith.
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Damascus
Omayad
Jerusalem
Cook’s
St. George
Beirut
Samaria
Galilee
Gibeah
Saul
Israel
Anathoth
Anata
Jeremiah
Nebi Samwih
Samuel
Jacob's Well
Jesus
Palestine
Sychar
Shhechem
Nablus
Dothan
Joseph
Mount Gilboa
Esdraelon
Zerin
Jezreel
Ahab
Jezebel
Nazareth
Balfouria
Nain
Mt. Tabor
Franciscans
Joseph and Mary
Virgina
St. Francis of Assisi
Holy Land
Kingdom of
Knights of Malta
Rhodes
Sea of Galilee
Little Herman
Gilead
Vale of
Mt. Gilboa
Plain of
Mt. Carmel
Tiberias
Cana
Absalom
Ada
College to Add Museum for Arbuckle Fossils at East Central
Plans spearheaded by Churchill Thomas of East Central State Teachers College to create a geology museum in Knighthall basement. It will display fossils from the Arbuckle mountains spanning seven Paleozoic periods on glass tables with origin and formation notes. A north Arbuckle model and a Fittsfield cross section will be modeled. work to begin this fall.
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East Central Geology Department
Knighthall
Churchill Thomas
East Central State Teachers’ College
Arbuckle Mountains
Arbuckle
Oklahoma
Thomas
Fittsfield
Fitts Field
Farmers State Bank to Open in Allen September 7
After nearly five years without a bank Allen will welcome a new financial institution. Farmers State Bank, with T A Bryan of Clarita as cashier, opens Tuesday September 7 in the old First National building, which is being remodeled. Bryan, a veteran banker, will relocate from Clarita where he organized a bank in 1922. The town has been without a bank since November 14, 1932, and residents expect improved banking services and deposits with the new opening.
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Allen
Farmers State Bank
T. A. Bryan
Clarita
Bryan
First National
First National Bank of Allen
Allen City Banks Planned in Expansion
The Allen Democrat reports that the City of Allen plans to establish a bank as part of local expansion. Details suggest new financial services will open in the eastern neighborhood, with officials confirming the move.
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The
Allen Democrat
Marland Seeks Convict Colony Revival in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Marland plans to reestablish a convict colony in Marshall and Bryan counties with federal funds for prison buildings. He asks legal counsel to review foreclosure suits on 26 of 36 Washita river bottomland tracts and seeks authority to build a dormitory on the colony site plus funds to match $400,000 for new prison facilities and industries.
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Oklahoma City
Prison Industries Reorganization Administration
Marland
Marshall
Bryan
T. B. Lunsford
Robert L. Williams
Jess Pullen
Washita River
Stringtown
Louis N. Robinson
Washington
PIRA
Waller Held on Murder Charge in Edmond Father Firing
Veil Waller, 26, held for preliminary hearing on murder in the fatal shooting of his father Albert Waller, Edmond truck gardener. He pleaded innocent after arraignment and confessed to firing four shots after being refused $225 for an operation. the father died without identification of the shooter.
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Oklahoma City
Veil Waller
Albert Waller
Edmond Truck Gardner
Peace Justice
Young Waller
Walter Marlin
Buck Murphy Charged With Drunk Driving
Buck Murphy of the Clarita community is charged with driving while drunk. He was arrested Sunday on highways 19 and 48 by state highway patrol. A. W. Oliver justice court set a preliminary hearing for August 25 after a $2,000 bond was not posted.
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Buck Murphy
Clarita
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Murphy
State Highway Patrol
Textbooks to be Furnished for Indigent Pontotoc Students
State welfare official Jim Whitehead orders a county survey to count indigent children in Pontotoc and estimate needed school textbooks. School superintendents will tally requisitions to Ray Stegal, then sent to Whitehead for final check. Officials set August 21 for current term and September 15 for fall term submissions.
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Pontotoc County
Jim Whitehead
State Board of Public Welfare
Neil Addington
Welfare Board
E. W. Marland
Ray Stegall
Whitehead
State Board
Democrats Split Over Presidential Nominee Says Hurley
At Fort Sill Patrick Hurley former secretary of war predicts a fractured Democrats next year over a presidential nominee not Roosevelt. He notes New Dealers split may help Republicans and denies plans to run for Senate in New Mexico while confirming Oklahoma residence. He will attend a guard review with Gov Marland and other officials observing 5,500 National Guard troops.
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Fort Sill
Uppatrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Roosevelt
Oklahoma National Guard
Hurley
United States Senate
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Marland
Albert H. Blanding
National Guard
Carl Nesbitt
Texas National Guard
Charles F. Barrett
Oklahoma Guard
Murals Change In Sanctum Of Supt Stegall
County Superintendent Ray Stegall has two old University of Oklahoma murals removed from his wall and replaced with two new pictures. The prior depictions, dating to about 1917, included a football scene and the Capitol, while the new east wall shows Sir Galahad and his horse and the south wall features a forest stream landscape. Stegall is unsure who removed the originals but welcomes the new art.
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Herod of
Antipas
Tetrarch
Galilee
Vespasian
Old Town
Tiberias
Jesus
Capernaum
Ray Stegall
University of Oklahoma
Dent
Uni
Stratton D. Brooks
Galahad
Stegall
Gresham Faces Forgery Charge in County Jail
Roy Gresham was jailed after failing to post a $3,000 bond on a second degree forgery charge. He was arraigned in Sherwood W. Hill’s justice court for allegedly forging his uncle Dick Pruitt’s signature on a $100 check at a local grocery store. The incident occurred on August 17.
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Roy Gresham
Gresham
Justice Court
Sherwood W. Hill
Dick Pruitt
County reports summer schooling for hundreds of pupils
In the county, 52 of 56 dependent schools run summer sessions while 3,500 students await the end of school. Four schools Lawrence Fittstown McCall’s Chapel and Horseshoe Ranch have not started yet, each serving over 1,000 pupils and will begin in September with nine month terms.
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Lawrence
Fittstown
McCall’s Chapel
Horseshoe Ranch
Prospect
4-H club car crash leaves one dead in Blaine county
Helen Hessel a 13 year old Blaine county 4 H club girl was killed when the car returning from a Stillwater 4 H roundup crashed into a bridge near Kingfisher Miss Ola Armstrong 32 Blaine county home demonstration agent was seriously injured Ernestine Verkvitz 13 treated for cuts and bruises three other 4 H club members escaped with minor scratches Sheriff Ed Martin investigates after a witness said Armstrong swerved to avoid an oncoming truck nearby The Verkvitz sister and two other young people were in the car
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Kingfisher
Helen Hessel
Blaine County
Ola Armstrong
Here
Stillwater
Ernestine Verkvitz
Watonga
Ed Martin
Miss Armstrong
Carl Joy Verkvitz
Ernestine
Agnes Luetkemeyer
Loretta Luecke
Traxler Back In Jail After Prison Escape Case
Roy Pete Traxler aged 30, a noted Texas criminal, was recaptured near Huntsville after escaping from the East Ham prison farm. He described relief at being back and recalled the fatal gunfight during the escape. Two Oklahoma accomplices remained at large. Traxler, serving a life sentence for robbery, denied his wife’s involvement.
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Huntsville
Tex
Roy
Pete” Traxler
Texas
Traxler
Fred Tindal
McAlester
Okla
W. W. Ward
Eastham
Charlie Chapman
Walter Belton
J. D. Reid
Paralysis Cases Reported in Pontotoc County
Infantile paralysis has been prominent in the state this summer but is slowing. In Pontotoc County more than 20 cases were reported. only two remain under quarantine. The first two cases died. others have recovered. The latest case was reported Saturday August 7.
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Pontotoc County
Glen McDonald
McDonald
Schoolmasters to Meet Next Month in Pontotoc County
B W Weems president of the Pontotoc County Schoolmasters club has called the first fall meeting for Tuesday night September 14. The agenda includes election of officers for the new year. All county teachers from colleges, high schools, and grades are urged to watch for further program details and the time and place.
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B. W. Weems
Pontotoc County
Edmond Resident Killed by Son
Verne Waller, 26, admitted fatally shooting his father Albert Waller while the elder guarded peach trees at Edmond. Albert Waller died in a Oklahoma City hospital after the assault he said occurred over money for an operation. The son went to an Okla City office, signed a statement and said he was the shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Walter Martin
Oklahoma County
Verne Waller
Albert Waller
Edmond
Martin
Waller
Marlin
Popcorn Pops On Stalk At Local Heat Wave
H. B. Hickey reports ears of popcorn that have popped on the stalk due to the extreme heat. Hickey found three ears with many grains already popped, suggesting an unusually hot spell or exceptionally well bred corn.
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H. B. Hickey
West Nineteenth Street
Mr. Hickey
Ada Shows Big Gain In Retail Sales
In July across 17,000 stores in 43 cities total sales rose 9 percent from a year earlier. July collections up 3.4 percent, credit sales up 8.9 percent, with wage increases blamed for gains. San Francisco lone city with a 1.5 percent drop. Ada Oklahoma showed 10.0 percent rise in credit and total sales. Tulsa Oklahoma had 8.5 percent credit sales gains.
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ST. Louis
United States
National Retail Credit Association
San Francisco
Ada
Okla
Tulsa
Test Near Tish May Disturb Ghosts Of Early Day Drillers
In the Washita valley near Tishomingo, the Shelton et al No 1 Roxy Chapman drillers drill a test in rugged country surrounded by Washita farms. Early Chickasaw Nation wells from the 1890s showed two shallow oil attempts near Ashlock Slough. If oil is found, it would justify 40 years of local drilling hopes. if not, it echoes the old era’s limits.
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Tish
Roxy Chapman
Tishomingo
Ashlock Sl
Ashlock
Col. Snell
Burt
Kansas
Chickasaw Nation
Department
Indian Affairs
Chickasaw
W. T. Shelton
T. O. Dandridge
L. P. Sandbach
Pleasant Valley
Washita Farms
Oil drilling activity in Ada area remains busy
New drilling in the Fitts field and progress in the Jesse pool kept Ada’s oil area as the state’s busiest drilling district last week. Activity along the wildcat front was extensive though not sensational.
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Fitts
Jesse
Wildcat
Ada
Fitts Field Sees Expanding Development and New Wells
In the Cromwell sand area of Fitts field development expands along borders with Hunton lime push. Phillips began its No. 1 Leedy drill on the north line of the field. Amerada’s No. 17 Woolley reported Hunton potential of 2 635.6 barrels oil and 4 114 000 feet gas on retake. Magnolia’s No. 3 Jackson Lewis showed 402 barrels Hunton potential. Magnolia No. 1 Reeves posted 906 barrels. Magnolia staked No. 18 Burris A for a Cromwell test. several Cromwell wells brought total in pool past 50. Rumors persist of new drilling in sections north of current production. Hughes No. 1 Craig Crane being cleaned after long being considered dry.
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Fitts
Cromwell
Hunton
Phillips
Leedy
Amerada
Woolley
Magnolia
Jackson Lewis
Reeves
Burris-A
E. H. Moore, Inc
Moore
Smith B
Craig Crane
Drilling Under Way On Offset Locations In Oil Patch
Equipment delays push Roadhouse No 1 and Cromwell sand pool wells toward offset sites. Patsy No 1 Mayhue drills at 1620 feet while Magnolia No 1 Mayhue sets surface pipe to 104 feet and nears weekend spudding. Clark and Cowden prepare No 1 Mayhue nearby.
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Booth
Cromwell
Fitts Field
Patsy
Mayhue
Magnolia No
Clark
Jesse Pool Adds Hunton Producer
The Mid-Continent lease in 2-1-7 shows Hunton lime activity. The No. 6 Statler well, NE NE SW, completed as a Hunton lime producer with 302 barrels in four hours after acidizing. The No. 7 Statler, NW NW SW of 2-1-7, was drilling at 3,850 feet in Hunton lime.
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Hunton
Garrett
Mid-Continent
Centrahoma Tops Wildcat Interest
Petroleum notes report several Oklahoma wells including Carter No 1 Claytor near Centrahoma drilling at 4611 feet and a test at 4235 feet in Wapanucka lime showing wet gas while Carter No 1 Hamilton near Citra prepares for acidizing after minor McLish production. Shelton et al No 1 Chapman near Tishomingo was drilling at 310 feet.
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Centrahoma
Cromwell
Hamilton
Citra
McLish Sands
Phillips
Tupelo
Shelton Et al No
Chapman
Tishomingo
Allen and Rebee Wells Completed
Recent completions in Pontotoc County north part include Allen-Mary F. Oil Co No 2 Miller at 403 feet yield 6,300,000 feet gas. No 4 Miller at 948 feet yields 110 barrels oil daily. No 5 Miller at 947 feet yields six barrels daily. Bebee-Benedum-Trees No 2 Beeker-Burke at 2,310 feet pumps 120 barrels oil daily. Perrine No 1 Robertson at 2,165 feet pumps 30 barrels daily.
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Pontotoc County
Allen—Mary F. Oil Co
Miller
Bebee — Benedum-Trees
Beeker-Burke
Perrine No
Robertson
Whom Will Follow Black in Alabama Senate
In Montgomery speculation swirls on Hugo L Black's Supreme Court nomination with Dixie Graves, the governor's wife, as a possible temporary appointee. Other named possibilities include Donald Comer, Lawrence Lee, and Representative Lester Hill, with one source indicating the governor has decided on someone not yet listed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Hugo L.black
Dala
Graves
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Supt. Stegall
O. U
Sir Galahad
Okeene
Pete Traxler
Ada News
Shelton and Associates
Roodhouse
Jesse Pool
Allen and Rebee Wells
Black
Dixie Graves
Alabama
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