Lindberghs Make Sight Seeing Trip in Moscow
MOSCOW August 24 Charles A Lindbergh toured the Moscow Valga canal a 79 mile waterway linking Moscow to the Caspian Sea. He is here a week with Mrs Lindbergh and spends much time with Russian aviators honored as Heroes of the Soviet Union. Pravda praises Soviet aviation progress. Ten More to Die: Soviet Azerbaijan officials are sentenced to death for counter revolutionary plot to separate Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Moscow-Valga
Caspian Sea
Lindbergh
Commwn
Ist
Amu Flier
SPH
Republc
Azerbaijan
Asia
Azarbaiijan Commissariat of Agriculture
Sandlot Stars Honored by Ada Jaycees at Banquet
Stars of the invitation sandlot baseball tournament sponsored last weekend by the Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce were honored at a Jaycees banquet. Ada News team won the championship pennant as Konawa and other all star players were cited for top play and sportsmanship.
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Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ads News
Jaycees
Konawa
Bill Killerease
Ada News
Bob Asbury
Fittstown
Keen
Stonewall
C. Berber
Davidson Grocers
Buck Daniels
Prisco
Bill Hager
Glen Davidson
Stubblefield
Killerease
A. Morton
Stonewall R. Homer
Union Hill
W. Loman
Little
Filstown
Oscar Kvnegar
Maxwell
T. L. Woman
al Mayhew
East Central
D. M
Doc” Wadley
Ada High School
Uecal Clanton
Independents
Ada
Homer Peay
Damages Sought Over Drilling Dispute in District Court
J W Roberts sues Gillespie Moore Lobaugh in district court seeking 550 damages and a restraining order. Petition claims damage to Roberts and Eva Roberts property from drilling on their oil lease dated January 29, 1938. Damages alleged include fence tearing, a burning pond, pipeline work, battery tank use, and land use. Court order aims to stop sale or removal of machinery on site.
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District Court
J. W. Roberts
Gillespie and Moore
G. M. Gillespie
D. R. Moore
R. M. Lobaugh
Roberts
Eva
Train crew escapes injury in Bear Creek bridge collapse
Five members of a Fort Smith and Western freight crew escaped injury when their locomotive and two cars broke through a bridge over Bear Creek in Logan county. The 95 ton locomotive plunged 25 feet to the dry creek bed after a steel span failed. The engine landed on its right side. an empty tank car and a lumber flat car crashed beside it, while a box car and the caboose stayed on the tracks.
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Guthrie
Fort Smith and Western
Bear Creek
Logan County
Cecil Brewer
Texans Hurt In Newport Ark Truck Overturn
Examination by X Ray will determine extent of injuries to Mrs. Clit. Sykes Banquet Texas and her family after their truck overturned 12 miles north of Newport on WA 67. Mrs. Sykes has a severe back injury possibly affecting her spine, her husband is only slightly injured and daughter Billye Ray, five, broke an arm.
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Newport
Ark
Clit. Sykes
Banquet
Tex
Billye Ray
Newport Soith
Highway 67
Sykes
Warwear Peace Spark Widens in Japan Nearing End
Tokyo reports indicate well informed officials expect the war in China to end soon with peace talks likely, while hard line strategists foresee continued fighting until Chiang Kai-shek is removed. Officials urge thrift as campaigns wind down and Hankow captured may mark a decisive shift to defensive borders.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Saek
Hankow
Green Labels Plan Stirs AFL CIO Split Over Latin Trade Union
President William Green of the AFL refused to join the CIO led push for a Latin American labor congress in Mexico City. He condemned the gathering as socialist and communist driven, signaling a broader fight against extremism and a possible revival of the Pan American Federation of Labor to counter CIO influence across the western hemisphere.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey
William Green
AFL
CIO
Cio-Afl
Green
Mexico City
Nort
South America
Congress
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Lewis
CTO
Federaism
Pan-American Federation of Labor
New
Latin-American Trade Union Congress
State Quota May Remain Unchanged
Oklahoma City August reports show crude oil producers and purchasers expect September allowable to stay at 428000 barrels daily, unchanged from August, as they meet with W D Armstrong, chief conservation officer. Armstrong will forward his recommendation to the state corporation commission at the market demand hearing tomorrow. Commissioner A J Shaw noted sentiment against cutting Oklahoma production, citing the federal bureau of mines market demand estimate of 528300 barrels daily, 100000 more than the current limit. July production averaged 447209 barrels daily, 24209 over the allowable.
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Oklahoma
City
W. d. Armstrong
Armstrong
State Corporation Commission
Federal Bureau of Mines
Mother Charged in Death of Son
Los Angeles August 24 a county grand jury indicted Mrs Lillian Volstad for manslaughter in the death of her son Francis 9 from a ruptured appendix The mother opposed an operation preferring a prayer cure Wilbur Alvis an Apostolic minister was charged as an accessory and advised opposing surgery after a hospital admission neighbors reported the boy had been screaming for days
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Los Angeles
Lillian Volstad
Francis
Motion docket prepared for Crawford on September 7
The court clerk’s office prepared a regular motion docket for District Judge Aa Crawford to hear on September 7 with 151 motions listed. The docket will contain more cases than in recent weeks. Estimates note that 1,000,000 tons of steel are nickel plated annually in the United States.
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Aa Crawford
United States
Damages Sought Over Lost Oil Lease Deal
A district court filing by R W Simpson and the Orr Royalty Company seeks 3675 dollars in damages and to cancel leases from E McJunkin. They allege a released oil and gas lease was not executed for Lot 3 Section 34-58 36.45 acres, and that an offer of 3675 dollars for a lease was blocked by McJunkin’s unreleased leases. In other news, six year old Albert Grote of Payne County is in hospital after a diving accident left him paralyzed below the neck.
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R. W. Simpson
Orr
E. McJunkin
McJunkin
Simpson
Orr Royalty Company
Cushing
Okla
Albert Grote
Payne J County Farm
Stillwater
Ada taxi driver leaves for 18 year manslaughter term
Homer Ellison, 22, Ada taxi driver, left Ada by bus Tuesday for McAlester to begin an 18 year sentence for manslaughter in the fatal January shooting of Furman Blassingame. He paid his own fare and said he would go alone. attorneys filed no appeal as he remains free on appeal bond. A clemency petition with over 1,000 signatures awaits presentation to Governor Marland. Ellison surrendered after firing on Blassingame January 17 and pleaded not guilty, claiming unwritten law.
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Homer Ellison
Adas
McAlester
Furman Blassingame
Clyde Kaiser
Kaiser
Ellison
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Marland
Finance Company
Blassingame
Nim
Stanfield
Bonding Company
Ford
WV. S. FL
More Aid Likely For Franco
London reports a British fear of foreign intervention in the Spanish crisis possibly aligning with a new central European move. The Spain Franco regime’s refusal to withdraw volunteers and Italy’s deployment of regular troops heightens worry among Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and ministers about broader European tensions.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Spain
Francisco Franco
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Foster Held In Bogus Check Case
Foster bound over to district court for trial on passing a bogus check. Preliminary hearing waived in A. W. Oliver justice court. Bond set at $1000. Complaint states check for 157.67 drawn on Tom Henson Oil Company.
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Foster
District Court
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Bit
Quick Approval Expected for Ada Malaria Projects
Two malaria control projects in Ada see quick WPA approval for Glenwood Park and Winter Smith Park. Plans include a rock lined ditch and lowered Lake Wintersmith to drain stagnant water, with WPA labor and city supplying materials. about 100 workers anticipated.
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Works Progress Administration
Ada
Glenwood Park
West Main
Wintersmith Park
Glenwood
Holdenville
Lake Wintersmith
WPA
Roosevelt
Pontotoc County
City County Health Unit
Passengers In Chinese Plane Attacked Near Canton
U S Mindanao arrived with pilot Wood reporting a Chinese airliner forced down by Japanese planes near Canton. Thirteen of 17 passengers were dead or missing as gunfire occurred after landing while trying to reach shore. US protest planned over censorship of dispatches. British consulate expected to join.
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Hongkong
U. S
Mindanao
Wood
Winfield
Kas
Japanes
Pearl River
Canton
U.S
Pan-American Airways
Shanghai
Paris Of State Are Needing Rain
Oklahoma City August 24 Crop bulletin says rain is needed in western and southern Oklahoma. Corn is fair to good outside dry areas, cotton deteriorated in southwestern and south central regions but Eisenhower progress is satisfactory. Some cotton picked near the belt's northern edge and a few bales ginned in Enfaula this week. Soil too dry for fall plowing in many western and southern areas. Gardens and minor crops show improvement.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harry Wahlgren
Eufaula
Industry gains on old losses report from the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Board estimated industry regained nearly all prior losses in seven weeks, with the index of industrial production rising from 77 percent of the 1923-25 average in June to 83 percent in July and further improving in early August. The July pace was the best since December, nearing the 88 percent level of November 1987. A dated aside notes ancient Egyptians shaved brows after a pet's death.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
County Officials Move to Oust Ford Over Bond Overdraft
County commissioners announce plans to demand the resignation of County Treasurer Tommy F. Ford following overdrafts from bond purchases. The board orders local depositories to refuse Ford checks unless countersigned, citing an August 2 notice from United States Fidelity and Guaranty that led to ongoing irregular conduct and potential prosecution.
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Tommy F. Ford
Dick Elam
Stories Wall
Board of Commissioners
Ford
W. von Stanfield
First State Bank of Stonewall
First National Bank of Ada
Hubert
Bolen
Oklahoma State Bank of
Ada
Elam
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Oklahoma City
Stake
Court House
Approval for WPA Sewing Room in County
President Roosevelt approved 23466 dollars in WPA funds to operate the county sewing rooms, announced in Washington via Associated Press. The project continues the current county sewing room with 25 women employed in two shifts at the municipal auditorium basement, per supervisor Mrs. Joe Roper.
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Roosevelt
WPA
Paniatec County
Washington
Associated Press
Joe Roper
Roper
Aunicipat
Corrigan Visits Shreveport Oil Men and Scout Banquet
Corrigan spoke to Shreveport oil men asking if a bottom to top oil well could skip deep drilling. He landed the $900 ship at 4 36 p m, led a parade, addressed Boy Scouts, and attended a Chamber of Commerce banquet where he received a gold wrist watch.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Oil
Duglas
Corrigan
Idaho Situation May Show Farley Roosevelt Rift
Washington August 24 UP Possibility of a split in Democratic ranks involving President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley hinges on Idaho Senator James Pope decision to run as an independent in November. The outcome could confirm if Roosevelt and Farley are breaking or near a break. Marriage License Issued Harold E. Smith 21 and Rose Mary Halley of Idaho received a license. Divorce Petition P D Henry vs Ethel Henry filed in district court Wednesday. Patent Office Receives More Than 100000 Applications The United States Patent Office processes over one hundred thousand new invention filings yearly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
James P. Pope
Idaho
D. Wirt Clark
Farley
Harold E. Smith
Ing Rose Mary Halley
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Philadelphia County
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Charles Kelley
Wilson
Alfred W. Brough
Francis Smith
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Kelley
Charles H. Hersch
Hades
Lindberghs
Whitt
Texans
Green Labels
Latin-American Labor Organization
Pen
Franco
Paris
Elain
Expresses Relief Bonding Company
Board of County Commissioners
Walter N. Hughes
Weleetka City
Sequoyah County
P. D. Henry
Ethel Henry
United States Patent Office
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