Talk on world affairs and domestic policy
A column surveys European tensions with Italy over Ethiopia and warns of a weakened League of Nations if Italy leaves. It notes a new tax bill moving through Congress, richer taxes on corporations and individuals, and praises a Will Rogers statue proposal. It cites E H Everson denouncing Hoover and Roosevelt and mentions Oklahoma highway funding plans near Norman and Seminole.
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Senate
House
Congress
Ada Woman Mrs J W Dean Dies Sudden Stroke
Mrs. J W Dean wife of former Pontotoc county prosecuting attorney died at 5 o clock yesterday afternoon after a sudden paralytic stroke. Funeral plans were incomplete. A son Stanley expected from Brownwood Texas and daughter Miss Dubie Lee Dean a dancing instructor survive with her husband and family at 419 West 14th street. She was 43 years four months old.
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J. W. Dean
Jimmy Dean
Pontotoc County
Stanley
Brownwood
Tex
Oklahoma Showers Bring Moisture Across the State
Rain and showers spread through northern eastern and central Oklahoma delivering needed moisture for crops and pastures and cooler conditions. Manifold areas reported varying totals with Muskogee 1.42 inches and Tahlequah 1.53 inches, while other towns logged showers and drizzle including Oklahoma City Muskogee and Eufaula.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Tahlequah
Bixby
Sapulpa
Broken Arrow
Bartlesville
Vinita
Perry
Waynoka
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Ac McAlester
Blackwell
Claremore
Tulsa
Okemah
Miami
Checotah
Eufaula
Wagoner
Stilwell
Haskell
Sallisaw
Stigler
Weekly Crop Review
Harry F. Wahlgren
Federal Eather Observer
Wahlgren
Ottawa County Clerk Suspended in Embezzlement Case
In Miami Oklahoma August 21 District Judge A V Coppedge suspended Don Sver sole county clerk from office following a petition by County Attorney A Clark at the request of county commissioners after embezzlement charges against Eversole were filed.
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Miami
Okla
CPE
Don Sversole
A. V. Coppedge
A. Clark
Eversole
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Classified ad item notes best value for investment with prominent display options. Includes pricing, duration, and contact details for advertisers seeking high visibility in the local paper.
Commissioners Build Up Road Equipment For Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc County Commissioners A A Caldwell and BH J Mail plan a road building program. They ordered two new tractors for eastern and southern districts, joining three already purchased since July 1. Hall has three tractors and Caldwell has two, each with a new road grader, while George Collins focuses on machinery repair and labor funding.
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Works Progress Administration
Pontotoc County
A. A. Caldwell
BH. J. Mail
Hall
Caldwell
George Collins
Board of Commissioners
Counties Must Pay Part Of Projects
Oklahoma City reports a warning from Washington that counties able to provide 55 percent of project funds must do so or risk losing access to both Public Works and Works Progress funds. Walter L. Gray notes policies target communities withdrawing PWA applications without local contributions.
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Oklahoma City
Public Works Office
Washington
Walter L. Gray
Public Works
Roosevelt
Work Relief Advisory Committee
Gray
PWA
Works Progress Division
Huey Long to Speak at Oklahoma City Labor Mass Meeting
A telegram to P A Potter of the Oklahoma City Trades and Labor Council informs that Senator Huey P Long of Louisiana will speak at a Labor Day labor mass meeting in the city.
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Oklahoma City
P—A. A. Potter
Oklahoma City Trades and Labor Council
Elmer Thomas
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Labor Day
Ada women injured in Konawa automobile crash
Mrs. T. O. Dandridge and Mrs. W. T. Shelton of Ada were injured when their car overturned east of Konawa. Shelton suffered a pelvic fracture and head injury. Dandridge had shoulder and chest bruises. Passersby sent them to Konawa hospital for treatment. Three girls rode in the back seat: Marjorie Shelton injured slightly. Barbara And Payne and Edith Dandridge unhurt.
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T. O. Dandridge
W. T. Shelton
Ada
Konawa
Shelton
Dandridge
Marjorie Shelton
Barbara
Payne
Edith Dandridge
Mrs. Dandridge
Oil field notes show multiple tests around Viola area
Development news from John Fittsfield Wednesday reports Phillips Oil failing to obtain oil flow from Viola lime No 15 Norris, progress on deepening into Bromide sand offset from Burke-Greis No 3 Chambers, with a light showing at Chambers. Other wells Radial Dela ney No 2 Simpson near Steedman, Continental No 1 McCarthy, and Carter No 1 Thompson near Centrahoma await results or repairs.
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John Fittsfield
Phillips Oil Company
Viola
No. 15
Norris
Chambers
Champers
Steedman
Carter No
Thompson
Centrahoma
Three Remanded To Muskogee On Liquor Charges
Three men were remanded to Muskogee on liquor charges after failing to meet a 33 percent bond. Noble Williams was arraigned on possessing unstamped non tax paid whiskey in a 1925 Model T touring car and remanded. G L Pearch and C E Randolph, from near Stonewall, faced similar charges and were held for federal district court after evidence was presented.
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Nong
Okmulgee
W. C. Edwards
United States
Noble Williams
Williams
Muskogee
Federal District Court
G. L. Pearch
C. E. Randolph
Stonewall
Uncle Sam
Returns To Face Old Murder Charge In Kentucky
Oscar Parkinson a 52 year old Carter County Missouri farmer was taken to Kentucky to answer for a 1908 murder of Ira Ison aged 16 at Crockett. Deputy Roland Stacy said Parkinson admitted identifying as Oscar Prince and being intoxicated when he shot the boy near the Ison home.
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Poplar Bluff
Oscar Parkinson
Carter County
Kentucky
Roland Stacy
Crockett
Parkinson
Oscar Prince
Iranson
Farmer
van Buren
Stacy
Prince
Emperor Weeps Decries War in Interview
Emperor Haile Selassie told the Associated Press war between Italy and Ethiopia would flood both nations with blood and could ignite a global race conflict. He warned of threat to humanity, lamented weak international action, and said Ethiopia could bear the brunt alone if others join. He prayed for catastrophe to be averted.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
United States
England
Victims in Arkansas Oklahoma Auto Crash Treated in Hospitals
Miss Vera Walton of Morrow Ark was hospitalized in Fayetteville for leg and chest injuries and Miss Virginia Stillwell of Stillwell Oklahoma remained in a Stillwell hospital with abdominal hurts after a car crash near Dutch Mills last night.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Vera Walton
Morrow
Here
Virginia Stillwell
Stillwell
Okla
Parole Granted for ex Loan Official Hash
Gov Marland signed a parole for Charles A Hash former secretary manager of the Cherokee Building and Loan association who was sentenced to three years in McAlester State Penitentiary for making false entries His defalcations totaling 15100 covered 1928 and 1929 and he had been at liberty on leave since February 29 1934
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Oklahoma City
FE. W. Marland
Charles A. Hash
The
Cherokee
Okla.) Building and Loan Association
McAlester State Penitentiary
Hash
Lake Murray funding push outlined by officials
Oklahoma City officials and federal representatives planned a conference on securing additional federal funds to finish the Lake Murray project south of Ardmore. F. L. Vaughan said figures on construction costs and funds needed would be ready by Thursday, with participants including Vaughan John Eddleman Paul Calvert Howard B. Drake and W. S. Key.
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Oklahoma City
Lake Murray
Ardmore
F. L. Vaughan
State Conservation Commission
Vaughan
John Eddleman
OERA
Paul Calvert
State Board of Affairs
Howard B. Drake
National Emergency Council
W. S. Key
Works Progress
Special Cabinet Committee Opposes Abolition of Cotton Processing Tax
A special cabinet panel studying textile industry ills rejects ending the cotton processing tax. It favors voluntary import controls on Japanese cotton, a continuing regional wage study, and new uses for cotton plus changes to weight bases and hedging rules.
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Washington
Special Cabinet
Japan
NRA
Roper
Congress
Flames Destroy Fittstown Block In Early Morning Fire
Fire at about 1 am destroyed almost a block of small businesses in Fittstown near Ada. A drug store run by Otto Strickland two cafes a barber shop a dry goods store and an office were reported ruined. Damage totals not yet estimated. Ada fire department responded with local volunteers aiding the blaze.
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Fittstown
Ada
Otto Strickland
Ada Fire Department
Disappearance of Mrs Russell and Son Prompts Federal Aid
Tulsa reports federal authorities were asked to join the probe into the December 21 1934 disappearance of Annie Russell 46 and her son Sam 14 from a Creek Nation area near Wewoka Oklahoma. Family history includes earlier killings of relatives and a freshly dug field near the home investigated by county officers.
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Tulsa
Annie Russell
Sam
Wekina
Lillie Mae Russell
Russell
Ben Fabella
Jack
Ponca City schools chief resigns to head college
W. W. Isele, superintendent since 1928, resigns to become president of Southwestern State Teachers College at Weatherford. Charles P. Howell, former senior high principal, named his successor by the school board. Isele is a Central Teachers College graduate with a PhD from Columbia University. Purcell notes Wiley Post’s death as his body is en route home, with a bridge to be named in his honor and that of Will Rogers, as main street flags fly at half staff.
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Ponca City
W. W. Isele
Southwestern State Teachers College
Weatherford
Charles P. Howell
Board of Education
Isle
Central Teachers College
Edmond
Columbia University
New York
Purcell
Wiley Post
Faysville
Canadian River
Lexington
Will Rogers
Pontotoc County Sheep Tour lauded by attendees
About 175 people attended the Pontotoc county sheep tour on Wednesday with visits to six local sheep farms. Leaders from Oklahoma A M College and county agents spoke at Corbin-Cox ranch after a noon sheep dinner prepared by Pollock Phillips Vincent Reed and Sturdevant.
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Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
A. E. Darlow
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Fred Heep
Oklahoma City
Shawnee Brown
Sam Durham
Curtis Floyd
Coal County
J. B. Hill
Karl Kranning
Fitzhugh
Jess Major
R. I. Pollock
Roff
J. M. Vincent
Corbin-Cox
Ada
McKeown-Reed
Oren Phillips
Franz Reed
Johnson's Bakery
Claude Sturdevant
Ada WPA Projects Await Roosevelt Action
A wire from Congressman P L Gassaway says two Ada Works Progress Administration projects need only presidential approval. One funds street crossing labor at East Tenth Street for the O C A A railroad to ease traffic on Main Street, the other installs traffic signal lights at three downtown intersections.
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Ada
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Cong. P. L. Gassaway
Ada Chamber of Commerce
East Tenth Street
Main Street
Allotment Board
Strikers repelled by farm owners near Charleston
About 100 striking broomcorn field workers were driven off the Joe Driscoll place north of Charleston by armed farm owners. More than 300 landowners organized into a protective group gathered as scouts reported the strikers approaching. The 50 workers in the field resumed labor after the show of arms, and the strikers departed.
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Charleston
LPI
Joe Driscoll Place
Driscoll
Grady County Strip Votes on Secession Tomorrow
About 2 000 residents of Grady county four mile strip near the county line plan a special election tomorrow on seceding from Grady and joining Stephens county. Governor Marland ordered the vote after 403 signatories alleged road fund discrimination. An election commissioner replacement was sought for the board.
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Chickasha
Four Mile
Grady County
Grady
Stephens County
Marland
Election Board
Frank J. Callahan
Bids Sought for Post Office Sites Across Oklahoma
Bids for post office sites will be received at Seminole Cordell Poteau Sulphur Tahlequah and Watonga Oklahoma on September 4.
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Washington
Seminole
Cordel, Poteau, Sulphur
Tahlequah
Watonga
Phia
Britain Eyes Sanctions If Italy Attacks Ethiopia
Seven cabinet leaders in London tentatively approve a policy for financial and economic action against Italy if it invades Ethiopia. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin called the informal session, with a full cabinet emergency meeting planned. Britain may seek U S cooperation at Geneva.
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London
Italy
Ethiopia
Stanley Baldwin
Geneva
League of Nations
Great Britain
British prepping bomb proof shelters in Addis Ababa
In Addis Ababa the British legation moves to build bomb proof shelters for troops and civilians, buying 6 000 yards of galvanized iron. Emperor Haile Selassie is said to keep a large secret fund of gold and silver for defense, with 19 090 000 gold lire, plus silver and other currency hidden in caves and walls. The emperor directs a sham battle to prepare for potential war with Italy as a cartridge shortage hampers real firing. The American legation faces furniture shortages, with George C. Hanson’s and other furnishings in Djibouti awaiting reshipment to Salonika.
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Addis Ababa
Italy
Ethiopia
Legation
Simla
Haile Selassie
Menelik
Adua
Cornelius van H. Engert
George C. Hanson
Djibouti
Salonika
Seminole Officials Free After Larceny Charge
Charles A. McDougall supervisor of FERA and OERA work in Seminole district along with O. C. Neese and Thomas Neese, who came from Independence Kansas to run an OERA mattress factory, were released on $2,000 bond each after arraignment on grand larceny charges. They face a preliminary hearing tomorrow accused of stealing 1000 yards of mattress ticking and a bale of cotton from the government.
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Charles A. McDougall
FERA
OERA
O. C. Neese
Thomas Neese
Independence
Kans
Justice Callingham
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