Dairying Boom Builds in Pontotoc County
Ada Creamery under A A McPheeters leads Pontotoc dairy expansion. Milk from about 50 farmers daily yields 2000 to 2500 quarts. butterfat demand grows with shipments to eastern markets. Creamery plans truck routes, more dairy farmers, and potential annual output of 125 000 to 150 000 pounds.
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Pontotoc County
Ada Creamery Company
A. A. McPheeters
W. B. Oohnson
H. L. Hobson
Seminole
Ada
Pontotec County
McPheeters
Maud
Konawa
Pontotocc
Creamery Company
Okmulgee
Springfield
Hobson
Pontotoc
MecPheeters
Oil Field and Local Ties Highlight Bebee Area
The Bebee region centers oil development with I T LO and I T FE O active in section 1-4-4 and 6-4-5. Cosden Richardson No 1 resumes drilling near Stonewall and Wilcox sand lies 300 to 400 feet deeper. Nearby wells like Boetcher No 1 Hardin and Patsy No 1 deepen as tensions rise over water and pay sand. A Dixie producer reports about 150 barrels from the 2,400-foot sand while a Benedum Trees well is being cleaned after a prior shot. Community life includes revival meetings, school activities, and Sunday services as families host visitors and attend gatherings.
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Bebee
Coal County
Stonewall
Stonewall City Waterworks
Wilcox
Boetcher Oil Company
Hardin
Allen Highway
Patsy Oil Company
Jack Lloyd
Dixie
Benedum & Trees
Bebee Field
Colbert School Activities Highlight Community Weekend
Hot dry weather did not dim Colbert students spirit as 4-H members prep exhibits for the county fair. A Friday afternoon baseball close game featured Colbert boys winning 7 to 5 and girls’ contest ending 0 to 0 as locals from Homer Ada Byng Oakman Cedar Grove and Ada joined a Sunday school rally with a dinner and shared singing by a local Ada quartette.
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S. P. Taylor
Raskell West
Arkansas
Wheer
George Thogmartin
Earl West
Charley Sliger
Rebel
Betty Taylor
Tim Taylor
L. B. Thompson
Bertha Saunders
Ray Lamb
W. C. Dickerson
Ada
Mildred
Anna Sliger
Lovelady
Homer
Ahloso
Papa
Colbert
Colbert's
Homer's
Oakman
Cedar Grove
Byng
Christian Association
Henry, Sharp and Dyer
Sharp
Sunday School Notes and Rural Education Reflections
Sunday school attendance rises with praise for nature based lessons. Florence Owens writes on rural teaching, citizen duties, and agriculture as vital study, alongside local notices of embezzlement fines and early air derby results at Cleveland.
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Florence Owens
Disqualification Alters National Air Race Victory
Phoebe Omlie of Birmingham was disqualified for fouling a course pylon in the women’s 50 mile speed race at the national air races. The win went to Mrs. Keith er Miller of Buffalo, with Lady Mary Heath of England second and Blanche Noyes of Cleveland moved to third.
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Cleveland
National Air Forces
Portland
Ore
Milwaukee
Louisville
Miami-Miami Beach
Fla
Los Angeles
Lee Schoenhair
Schoenhair
Charles
Holman
Chicago
Ted Wells
Wichita
Kan
South Bend
Ind
Tex Rankin
Snyder Hall
St. Louis
Phoebe Omlie
Birmingham
Keither Miller
Buffalo
Miss Omlie
Derby racers arrive as Major Cone leads Miami to Cleveland start
Major J. Carroll Cone of Little Rock Arkansas paced the Miami to Cleveland derby entrants into Cleveland at 2 03 this afternoon.
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Cleveland
J. Carroll Cone
Little Rock
Ark
Miami Cleveland air derby leaders land at Lunken
Fourteen planes led by C. P. Bowyer of Chicago landed at Lunken airport Cincinnati after an hour then departed for Cleveland to continue the Miami Cleveland air derby.
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Cincinnati
C. P. Bowyer
Chicago
Lunken
Cleveland
Oakland-Cleveland derby flyers land at Springfield
Loren Mendell of Los Angeles piloted a Buhl into Springfield with a landing time of 12 69 p m. The Oakland-Cleveland derby flyers completed their flight today.
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Springfield
Loren Mendell
Los Angeles
Buhl
Oakland-Cleveland Derby Flyers
Freeport Unveils Lincoln Statue in Historic Debates Site
Freeport Illinois holds a statue unveiling honoring Abraham Lincoln at the site of his second debate with Stephen A. Douglas. Leonard Crunelle crafted the heroic statue presented by W. T. Raleigh. Senator George W. Norris spoke at the unveiling after a morning reception for debate attendees.
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Freeport
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Leonard Crunelle
Taft Studios
Chicago
Douglas
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Terracing Spreads Across Pontotoc County Farms
The article traces the rise of terracing in Pontotoc County, crediting J B Hill as a key educator and organizer. It notes early terraces by P A Norris and C Palmar, county crews, school districts owning levels, and a shift to drags and tractors. It highlights growing demand for terracing contracts among landowners and town residents.
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Europe
America
Pontotoc County
P. A. Norris
Clint Palmer
Egypt
J. B. Hill
Hill
Roff
Crockett Price
Wilson Community
John Tyree
Will Corvin
Union Hill
Ada
J. W. Crabtree
Cad Patterson
Hird
J. N. Hammond
Colbert
Claim Beauty Doctors Now Saving Homes
Chicago Aug 27 Miss Frances Martell of Chicago told the National Association of Cosmeticians that beauty doctors have saved more marriages than domestic relations courts. She warned wives to beware husbands who profess love for themselves rather than for their mates and said the matron who gets the most attention from her husband remains secure.
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Chicago
Frances Martell
National Association of Cosmeticians
Martell
Controversial Remarks Highlight Divorce Debates
A speaker quotes provocative lines about wives in divorce contexts noting pink cheeks vermilion lips and manicured nails while claiming nine of ten husbands in divorce suits are married to drab wives. The remarks reflect ongoing gender and marriage tensions in the era.
Mail Plane Begins Non Stop Flight To Atlantic Coast
The Boeing Shuttle endurance plane began a cross country flight from Oakland to the Atlantic coast with refueling stops planned at Elko Nevada and New York City en route. Captain Ira Eaker piloted the craft as officials from the Army and Post Office along with Boeing Air Transport sponsor the mission to test midair refueling for mail carriers.
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Atlantic Coast
Reno
Elko
Oakland
F. R. Barber
G. L. Hermann
Cal
Boeing
Nev
Ira Eaker
W. Frank James
Michigan
F Eaker
Bernard Thompson
New York City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Omaha
Neb
Cleveland
Ohio
Army, Post Office Department
Boeing Air Transport Company
Penitentiary Gets Approval After Inquiry
Oklahoma officials report the state penitentiary is operating at a high standard. Mabel Bassett says rumors of cruel treatment are unfounded and commends Warden J Q Newell. Improvements include a tuberculosis ward and weather shelter for inmates. Four death row inmates were visited. about 20 insane convicts may be moved to state hospitals.
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Bassett
State Board of Offirs
Dr. Newell
Criminal Court of Appeals
Claude Hagar
Tom Guest
Charles Fray
Walter Forrest
Board of Affairs
McAlester Auto Wreck Kills U.S. Commissioner Jackman Gill
United States commissioner Jackman Gill of this district was killed instantly near Hughes Latimer county while en route to the Kiamichi mountain on a fishing trip with Deputy U.S. Marshal Crockett Lee. Lee was slightly injured and several others escaped harm as the car overturned and burned.
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McAlester
Jackman Gill
United States
Hughes
Latimer County
Kiamichi Mountain
Crockett Lee
Lee
Two Men Narrowly Escape in Accident
Two men escaped serious injury after a roadside collision near Pa on the night edition report. Police said both drivers walked away from the wreck with minor injuries and no charges were filed at this time.
Texas men escape injuries in Tulsa highway crash
Bartlesville reports P R C Sweem and C R Boyd of Girvin Pecos county Texas escaped serious injury when their small coupe crashed into a telephone pole on the Tulsa highway four miles south of Bartlesville. Sweem suffered a deep cut on the nose and body bruises while Boyd had minor cuts. Sweem said he fell asleep at the wheel.
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Bartlesville
P.R. C. Sweem
C. R. Boyd
Girvin
Pecos County
Texas
Tulsa
Here
Sweem
Boyd
Sweet
Car Crash on Way to Kansas City Kills One
A motorist crashed after leaving the pavement hitting a telephone pole. Witnesses say the group was en route to Kansas City when the accident occurred.
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Kansas City
Two Die As Plane Crashes At Boston Derby Event
In Boston a Philadelphia-Cleveland derby aircraft crashed on arrival. Red Devereaux of New York and his mechanic were killed and Devereauxs wife was fatally injured. Spectators saw aileron rods detach and the craft sideslip during a landing. Joseph L. McGrady finished first, also sideslipping. Public safety officials urged withdrawal of the Devereaux plane type for speed concerns.
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Boston
Red” Devereaux
New York
Devereaux
Cleveland
Joseph L. McGrady
Albert L. Edson
East
Watson Released on Bond After Arraignment for Assault with Intent to Kill
Joe Watson was released on bond of 2000 after arraignment before Justice T O Cullins on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Johnnie James was wounded when Watson began shooting and was taken home near Pontotoc. Preliminary hearing set for September 4.
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Joe Watson
T. O. Cullins
Johnnie James
Watson
James
Pontotoc
Hoover Praises Idaho Governor For Lands Transfer Study Suggestion
President Hoover received a wire from Governor Baldridge of Idaho, head of the governor’s conservation conference at Salt Lake City, expressing warm appreciation for his suggestion to appoint a commission to study transferring public lands to the states.
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Washington
Hoover
Baldridge
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Garfield Co. Man and Children Disappear
Enid Oklahoma Aug 27 A wide search continues for Roy S Sells and his two young daughters Eliyous 3 and Margabee 17 months missing since Aug 2 from his Nash area farm home northwest of Enid The disappearance prompted alarm in the family and among the local searchers with authorities coordinating the effort to locate them.
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Enid
Nash
Here
Roy S. Sells
Sells
Eliyous
Margabee
Nimrod Fisherman Sustains Severe Eye Injury
Tom Roff Armour representative suffered a painful eye injury when a fish hook penetrated the pupil of his left eye while fishing at the lake. Bruce Ligon and Dr. Canada were present as the accident occurred after his line snagged a reed and he jerked suddenly.
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Tom Roff
Armour
Roff
Bruce Ligon
Dr. Canada
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