Fittstown Crash Claims Six Lives In Pontotoc County
Six people died in a Sunday collision two miles north of Fittstown as two automobiles crashed while returning from Ada to Johnston County. Victims include Mary Brundige 20 Ada Louise Pratt 18 Atoka Clifford Clark 41 Mill Creek Jack Bean 40 Ada area and H J Pool 50 Mannsville with Lindsey Williams Tishomingo dying later at a hospital. Funeral arrangements announced for Brundage Bean Clark and Pool. Williams memorial plans set for Tishomingo.
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Fittstown
Pon- Lotoe County
Mary Brundige
Jack Brundidge
Ada
Harris Cafe
Louise Pratt
Olive Pratt
Tushka
Citvy Buffet
Clifford C. Clark
Mill Creek
Johnston County
Jack Bean
Westheimer-Daube Ranch
H. J. Pool
Mannsville
Lindsey Williams
Tishomingo
O. A. Luff
Harry Blackstock
Fittsfield
Highway 48
Huff
Fallistown
Clyde Kaiser
Clark
Miss Brundige
Miss Pratt
Bean
Mr. Poote
Miss Brundage Weere
Criswell
Milo Arbuckle
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Rosedale
Madill
Mr. Clark
Pool
Atoka
O. A. Huff
Oklahoma City
H. L. Blackstock Drilling Co
Fitts Field
Williams
Laverne
James Marian
C. C. Clark
Mary Brundidge
Pontotoc County
Fittstown Woman Seeks Injunction Against Trespasser
Jane A. Shaw of Fittstown files for a permanent injunction to restrain L. C. Jones, an oil field trucking contractor, from trespassing on Shaw property after tearing down a fence and attempting to use the grounds as a truck yard. The petition states Shaw owns an office building and two residences on the premises and alleges threats to remove buildings and eject her bodily.
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L. C. Jones
Jane A. Shaw
Jones
Fittstown
Miss Shaw
Kings Letter Angers Span i sh Ova
Rebels push to seize key Bay of Biscay cities amid heavy fighting. A seized Alfonso letter in Madrid links the former king to the revolt while government forces blow up roads and resist the advance.
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Bay of Biscay
President Heads for Dry Regions on Dust Conference Tour
Roosevelt and his party travel through Ohio Indiana and Illinois toward Bismarck North Dakota for drought conferences with governors from 15 states. The trip aims to gauge federal and state plans to guard against future droughts and dust storms as the president meets governors and his rival Alf Landon in Des Moines. The journey includes a Willard Ohio appearance with his son Franklin Jr and a welcome from supporters.
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Alf M. Landon
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Missouri
Willard
Franklin, Jr
Des Moines
Midwest
Washington
Congress
William O. Fraser
Agriculture Department
Ex-convict Bob AdamsHeld in Pontotoc Robbery Case
Sheriff says Bob Adams an ex-convict held in Pontotoc county jail after Charley Smith reported a Tuesday morning robbery. Smith says Adams took money a pocket knife and car during a party, Adams arrested south of Lula and held pending action.
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Bob Adams
Clyde Kaiser
Pontotoc County
Charley Smith
Smith
Adams
Lula
Diamond Theft Cleared as City Police Detain Suspect
Frank Dafoe was held in the city jail awaiting transfer to county authorities over the alleged theft of six diamond rings from Bob Lewis of Stonewall. A ring was recovered at a local pawnshop and three rings were reportedly sold in Denison, with the rest hidden in Stonewall. all rings were recovered.
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Frank Dafoe
Bob Lewis
Stonewall
Dafoe
Denison
Texas
Oklahoma City Black Gold vs Tulsa YWCA in state softball final
In Tulsa on Aug 26 the Oklahoma City Black Gold Sales Girls face Tulsa YWCA in the state girls softball final. Black Gold routed Sayre 14 to 0, while Tulsa edged Blackwell Red Caps 5 to 4 in the semifinals. the winner advances to the national tournament in Chicago.
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Oklahoma City
Black Gold Sales
Y.W.C.A
Black Gold
Sayre
Blackwell Red Caps
Chicago
Spanish government links former king to civil war letter
Madrid reports a letter attributed to Alfonso urging fascist rebels to victory and promising support. The letter sent to Ramon Alberola was seized during a residence search and handed to Public Safety along with a list of implicated names. Police arrested an artillery captain and a sergeant at aviation grounds for liaising with fascists. Loyalist forces claim two fascist warplanes shot down in the Guadarrama mountains as they advance on rebels.
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Alfonso
Ramon Alberola
Joe Marie Albinana
Vents
Alberola
Department of Public Safety
Guadarrama Mountains
Greatest returns for amount in vested Ada News
Ada News presents a classified ad noting strong yields for vested investments. Announcements highlight figures, terms, and eligibility for readers seeking favorable returns.
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Ada Lions sponsor crippled children clinic in Ada
A clinic for crippled children will be held at the First Christian church in Ada on Tuesday Oct 13. Harry Scheinberg chairs the Lions committee and Elizabeth McCoy of the Oklahoma Crippled Children association will remain two weeks to identify and diagnose over 100 known cases and any others needing treatment. Local hospitals and doctors cooperate and organizers urge reporting of any other eligible cases.
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First Christian Church
Ada
Harry Scheinberg
Lions Committee
Mraz Elizabeth McCoy
Oklahoma Crippled Children Association
Scheinberg
Berlin Heart Specialist Called To Aid Secretary Dern
President Roosevelt requested consultation with Army physicians as Secretary Dern battles illness. Doctor Fritz Meyer, a noted Berlin heart specialist now in New York, flew from Boston to assist the medical team in Washington.
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Dern
Roosevelt
Fritz Meyer
Berlin
New York
Boston
FDA Supervisor to Visit Ada for Farm Debt Meeting
George H. Scroggin, district supervisor of the farm debt adjustment division, will be in Ada on Thursday September 3 at 10 for a conference with the county farm debt adjustment committee. Distressed farmers urged to present foreclose risk and financial problems at the Resettlement offices in the county courthouse.
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Farm Debt Adjustment Division
The
Resettlement Administration
Ada
Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
County Court House
Janeway Appeals Life Sentence in Moore Killing
Buck Janeway filed an appeal with the criminal court of appeals after being sentenced to life in a McCurtain county district court for the fatal shooting of Peewee Tawalter Moore. Moore had been on temporary parole from Arkansas and allegedly threatened Janeway to help rob a bank. Janeway testified to prior short sentences in Texas and Oklahoma prisons.
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Criminal Court of Appeals
Buck Janeway
McCurtain
Peewee
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Moore
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Harrison Heads for Fourth Term in Senate Victory
Val Harrison backed by the Roosevelt administration leads with about 122 650 votes to 60 500 for Conner from 172 of 1459 precincts in Mississippi. Bilbo’s Townsend stance and Holme’s court appointment split the party as Downey loses in California. Congress turns show 60 percent turnout. Hoeppel faces defeat after West Point sale conviction.
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Miss
Val Harrison
Roosevelt
Senate
Sennett
Senate Finance Committee
Dover
Theodore G. Bilbo
Conner
Harrison
Bilbo
Edwin R. Holmes
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ment
California
Townsend
Burt
Sheridan Downey
John H. Hoeppel
West Point
Byrnes wins 7 to 1 in South Carolina primary renomination
Senator James F. Byrnes tops two New Deal critics by a 7 to 1 margin in the South Carolina primary and is renominated along with Stoney and Hallee. Roosevelt calls Byrnes to express happiness. Other incumbents and Gov Johnston show mixed results.
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S. C
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Thomas JF. Stoney
Charleston
William C. Hallee
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Stoney
Hallee
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Fulmer
Taylor
Gasque
McMillan
Richards
Olin D. Johnston
General Assembly
Townsend endorsed candidates win majority in California primaries
In California primaries eleven of twenty Townsend backed congressional hopefuls won or led, with leaders promising an approved candidate in all twenty districts in November. Southern California saw the biggest losses for the Townsend movement amid F E Townsend’s homeland context.
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Townsend
San Francisco
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
Pension Movement
F. E. Townsend
Seminole Man Killed in Wreck Near Alamogordo
A Seminole Oklahoma man, Francis Rogers, died in a hospital after a head-on crash on a main highway 25 miles southwest of Alamogordo New Mexico. Five others were seriously injured including O J Moon of Lordsburg and Marvin Benton of Earlsboro Oklahoma.
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N. M
Francis Rogers
Seminole
Okla
Here
Rogers
O. J. Moon
Lordsburg
J. W. Brothers
Edna Foster
Shamrock Tex
Marvin Benton
Earlsboro
Bill Love
Moon
Soviet Cavalryman Reported Killed in Manchukuo Skirmish
Japanese general headquarters dispatch from Hsinking Manchoukuo says a Soviet Russian cavalryman was killed in a skirmish on the eastern Manchoukuo border near Tungning within Manchukuoan territory.
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Tokyo
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Tungning
Manchoukuan
Food supply ample despite drought, dairy and grain output steady
Department of agriculture economists said the drought would have little effect on the nation's food supply from now until June next year. The survey found domestic food available will be almost as large as last year, with total supplies about three percent below last season and one percent under 1954 drought levels.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt Heads West for Drought Information
President Roosevelt moved toward the drought hit Midwest with plans to meet governors and officials at Bismarck North Dakota and Des Moines Iowa to seek drought remedies. He forecast seed loan funding for 1957 crops and possible government purchases of distress livestock.
Drouth Committee Near End of Tour in Montana
The president's drouth committee neared the end of a nine state automobile tour of damaged areas in Montana with the claim that on the ground fact gathering was worthwhile. Chairman Morris L. Cooke said near the trip’s end that land use adjustment and water conservation are core issues guiding the plan, with Rexford G. Tugwell emphasizing upbuilding rather than depopulation as the aim.
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Cooke
Rexford G. Tugwell
Grouth
Chamber of Commerce Car Program by Chevrolet Dallas
The educational division of the Chevrolet company, Dallas office, will present a car program at the Chamber of Commerce weekly meeting. The event begins at noon in the banquet room of the First Christian church.
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Chevrolet Company
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
First Christian Church
Railroad Commission Sets Oil and Gas Proration Hearing
The railroad commission announced a statewide oil and gas proration hearing for September 11 to review conductors in Texas fields and establish October allowables based on reports received.
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Austin
Tex
Pthe Railroad Commission
Texas
Pessimist Burglary Leads to Suspect Behind Barn
A bootlegger Ike Jimpson was jailed after a customer identified him behind a barn. The report notes local gossip and a civic count from Lovedale with figures on cars and 251 filling stations.
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Ike Jimpson
Lovedale
Two-Year-Old Walks Since Eight Months Old
A proud mother reports that her child, Junior, now two, began walking at eight months old, comments from Zeke Burr noting the remarkable development and the family's pride.
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Zeke Burr
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