Rioting in Niagara Falls injures several as riots flare
Police hunted suspects after a large white and black clash in the East Falls and 24th Street area. Walter Korpolinski a grocer 45 suffered a deep knife wound and was listed in critical condition. William Fisher 20. Negro, was also hospitalized with cuts and possible skull fracture.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Aus
Walter Korpolinski
William Fisher
Necro
Korpolinski
International Labor Defense
Alphonso Davis
East Falls
24Th Street
Memorial Hospital
Nesro
Bar chief urges cleaning house in ABA noted
Earle W. Evans president of the American Bar Association calls for a house cleaning among lawyers to restore public confidence. He insists on rooting out dishonest practitioners and condemns lawyers who advise clients to commit crimes while urging professional conduct and leadership.
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Milwaukee
Earle W. Evans
American Bar Association
Evans
Information For Schools Beginners Enrollment Request
Superintendent B R Stubbs urges schools to gather pupil information before enrollment. Beginners need the most help, so prepare in advance with name age birth date place of birth parent or guardian name occupation home address and telephone number. Parents should bring or send this data at enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Stubbs
Cattle Buying For Emergency Program Opens
Cattle buying for an emergency program opens in Pontotoc county with a weekly quota of 250 as inspectors check herds offering cattle to the government. Two payment types exist, benefit and purchase, with classed values for ages from under one year to over two, and owners decide meat disposition. In Ardmore a man shot a city policeman then killed himself following a family quarrel, the officer gravely wounded but surviving.
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Pontotoc
Ardmore
Joseph C. Massey
Hoyt Parnell
Massey
Parnell
Prisoners Strike Sweeps Eastern Penitentiaries in Mini Riot
At Eastern state penitentiary 1273 inmates stopped work in a sympathy action from Graterford. About 1400 at Graterford refused to work and eat, with 300 in weaving tailoring shoe and print shops joining later. Warden Smith called it no disorder. movement aimed at reducing sentences under Ludlow law.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Graterford
Cherry Hill
Herbert Smith
Smith
Ludlow
Oil output slips nationwide despite Texas gains
United States daily oil production fell by 41 254 barrels to 2 551 637 last week as gains in Texas and East Texas were outweighed by declines in Oklahoma California and other regions. Kansas and the eastern states posted small increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Texas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
East Texas
Oklahoma
California
Kansas
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City
Lathrop
Kilgore
West
North
Texas Panhandle
East
Texas Gulf Coast
Southwest
State of
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Arkansas
Eastern Fields
Rocky Mountain Area
Santa Fe Springs
Long Beach
Mountain View
Elwood
Kettleman Hills
U. S
Oklahoma seeks one primary to replace two primary system
State Senator W. A. Carlile of Sallisaw proposed a one primary bill to revamp election machinery. The plan envisions a single primary where two candidates from each party earn a place on the general election ballot, named by county, district and state conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W. A. Carlile
Sallisaw
Carlile
Silver Inflation Shown Very Small in New Survey
A Washington report notes silver policies have raised the money supply by about one two-thousandth, or $25 million, as the result of issuing silver currency above its metal value. The overall money stock sits near $50 billion with deposits over $43 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Haskell Askew Resigns as Deputy Fire Marshal
Oklahoma City Aug 28 Deputy state fire marshal Haskell Askew resigns. Cliff Kiersey of Seminole will succeed him. Askew plans to complete a law course.
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Oklahoma City
Haskell Askew
Cliff Kiersey
Askew
Extension Education Boosts Saturday Classes in Ada Area
The coming school year will offer a complete schedule of Saturday extension classes. Local teachers travel to Ada on Saturdays to teach and help students complete degree work. Enrollment rises yearly due to steady demand for extension education.
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Ada
Boy Wounded in Accidental Shot At Home
Claud Hoppes sixteen was critically wounded by an accidental shotgun discharge at his residence 415 East Fourteenth. The blast struck his abdomen and right arm, his sister at home cried out, neighbors summoned help, and he was taken to Ada Hospital for surgery on intestines and arm. His condition remained extremely serious.
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Claud Hoppes
East Fourteenth
Earl Hoppes
Hoppes
Ada
Heart attack fatal to W. fr. McAlister
Oklahoma City August 28. W. f. McAlister 64 assistant federal collector of revenue in Oklahoma and longtime Democratic leader died suddenly after a heart attack in his federal building office. He collapsed while consulting a physician and died minutes later. Known as Senator Mac he influenced Oklahoma politics as election board secretary from 1919 to 1929 and as a state senator 1912 to 1920. He helped back Governor Walton’s impeachment and aligned with James R. Armstrong in 1929. He was married with three children, a Marlboro South Carolina native who studied at the University of North Carolina and later taught in Texas before moving to Hugo Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Aus
W. C. McAlister
Federal Collector of Revenue
Oklahoma
McAlister
United States Veterans Bureau
Federal
Mac
State Election Board
H. C. Jones
Internal Revenue Collector
Election Board
Henry S. Johnston
Senate
John Luttrell
Norman
James R. Armstrong
Johnston
William A. Murray
J. C. Walton
M. E. Trapp
Tron Jack
Trapp
Marlboro
S. C
University of North Carolina
Ennis
Corsicana Tex
Hugo
Okla
State
Dillinger Gangster Van Meter Fells in Police Trap
Homer Van Meter, ally of John Dillinger, was fatally shot after resisting arrest in St. Paul. Police had tracked him for two weeks aided by a woman tied to his criminal circle. He fired twice before officers and a pursuing crowd killed him. his disguise attempts failed.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Dillinger
Homer van Meter
John Dillinger
van Meter
Law
Frank Cullen
Cullen
Thomas Brown
Wisconsin
Indiana
Dove season opens with 18 daily bag limit and baiting ban
Game Warden Robert Chandler announced the opening of the dove season this Saturday with an 18 per day bag limit. The season will run until December 15 and a new rule prohibits baiting.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Chandler
Relief Tripling Sought by Oklahoma Delegation
The Oklahoma congressional delegation urged tripling the relief appropriation and broad changes in disbursement methods in a manifesto presented to Relief Administrator Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma House
Oklahoma
Hopkins
Tulsa Man Charged With Wife Murder
Tulsa, Okla. Aug. 28 Dewey Cooper, a divorced husband, was charged with the murder of his wife in a case detailing alleged fatal violence and ongoing investigation.
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Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla
Dewey Cooper
Young farmer kills officer in Oklahoma gunfight
In McAlester a 22 year old farmer, Richard Buffington, shot and killed veteran deputy Doug Guy after tensions over Buffington’s wife. Buffington surrendered to Sheriff Bob Lackey at his farm six miles south of McAlester. The deputy was killed by two shots from the farmhouse at dawn. In Ardmore, J B Moore named O B Jefferson state negro democratic central committee chairman after a deadlock since February.
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Mcalester
Okla
Bob Lackey
Doug Guy
Richard Buffington
Buffington
Lackey
Here
Guy
Ardmore
J. B. Moore
Oklahoma Democratic Central Committee
O. B. Jefferson
Oklahoma City
Negro Democratic Central Committee
Jefferson
I. W. Young
Langston University
Arrest of Mrs Gertrude Cooper Murder Charge
Mrs Gertrude Cooper 335 today arrested and charged with murder. Found strangled in her apartment where police say evidence places her away from parents home most of the night August 20. Body discovered next morning. police testimony notes he slept in yard.
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Gertrude Cooper
Rattler Bites Are No Fun
In the Navajo mountain section of Jackson county residents refuse to fault itinerant evangelist Rev. Dewey L. Dodson for removing fang while handling a rattler. Neighbor W. O. Rains recalls a bite two years ago and treating it with hot coal oil and soda, while a local farmer questions using faith healing over medicine.
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Altus
Navajo Mountain
Jackson County
Dewey L. Dodson
W. O. Rains
Navajo Hill
Headrick
Rains
Albert Teester
North Carolina
Plain Turnips Head Fall Garden Advice
Garden note extols turnips as plain sturdy fall fare not needing fancy care. They withstand drought and poor seasons, storing for winter with simple earth covering. Also lists other fall standbys and notes drought impact on winter pastures and seed buying. The piece closes with a Veterans of the Spanish American War officers election and the national commander to be Leon McCord, with next convention in San Antonio.
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Ment
United
Cotton Inings Below Last Year
Census figures show this year’s cotton crop gin ned before August 16 totaling 353 888 running bales including 4 424 half bales versus 459 528 running bales last year with 9 807 half bales. State totals list Texas 330 395 Alabama 2 612 Georgia 12 482 and others with year over year declines in most states.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arizona
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
McCord Heads Vets of Spanish War
The 36th encampment notes a wedding in Pittsburgh as Miss May Hardin of Roff and Elza Cummings of Seminole wed Saturday night with Rev. J. C. Curry officiating. Mrs. Cummings is niece of W. H. Mock. Cummings studied at the University of Oklahoma and works in Seminole in paint supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCord
Pittsburgh
May Hardin
Roff
Elza Cummings
Seminole
J. C. Curry
First Methodist Church
Cummings
W. H. Mock
University of Oklahoma
Canning Plant Discussed By Chamber Of Commerce
Mrs. Jessie Morgan and Charles N. Johnson outlined requirements for a community canning plant here. Quarters fuel and water must be provided with an agricultural committee to act. A decision is needed by next Tuesday or the plant may go to another county. If installed beef could be canned for residents who bring in a carcass. Feeding concerns noted and CCC camp status discussed amid Washington efforts by P. L. Gassaway and Will Rogers to keep the camp here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morgan
Charles N. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Fisher
R. V. Dixon
Les Branscome
CCC
P. L. Gassaway
Will Rogers
Washington
Byrds Mill
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ONL
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Bronx Zoo
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Lawrence Griswold
Quincy
Mass
William Harkness
Claude Hoppes
W. Fr. McAlister
Paul C. Christian
Veterans Bureau
Homer van Meter Dillinger
Young Farmer
Snake Section
Dreuth
Cotton
Yuh Iu
Fay
AGA
Mrs. Morgan
Pontotoc County
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First National Bank
G. J. Morton
K. Grant
F. C. Norris
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