Byrd Replies to Legion Chief Over Stalking Horse Comment
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd responds to Louis A. Johnson and the American Legion, saying he is flattered by being called a stalking hero and that he respects Johnson while noting the nation’s high government costs. He argues the public must share government expenses, estimating over 14 billion dollars annually. He adds employed people must work several months yearly to cover taxes and government costs.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Richmond
Louis A. Jonson
Admiral Byrd
Veterans of America
National Freonomy League
Commander Johnson
Johnson
Nations Economy League
Prohibition Fight and Farm Women Work Highlight US Capitol News
Washington reports friction in repeal and beer action as drys seek delay tactics while Speaker Garner plans a repeal vote at the start of Congress. In Oklahoma, 19 000 farm women organize 1007 home demonstration clubs to improve homes and communities through canning gardening and self development.
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Washington
Congress
Garner
House
Drys
Borah
Idaho
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Ealrant
Farm Club
Home
Alice Carlson
Oklahoma A. and
M. College Extension
Carlson
Miss Carlson
Coech Club
Judge Declines To Dismiss In St Louis Railroad Case
Federal Judge Faris overruled bond holders request to disqualify himself in the St. Louis San Francisco railroad receivership. Louis Myer, Baltimore attorney for Charles and Dora Gans, appeared in court accusing the judge of unfair treatment.
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ST. Laris
St. Louis San Francisco Railroad Co
Louis Myer
St. Louis
Charles
Dora Gans
Baltimore
Faris
Kelly elected to bank board in Bristow Oklahoma
Albert Kelly a cotton gin operator and Creek county pioneer is chosen to replace the late Harry G. Hendricks on the board of directors of the American National Bank in Bristow. The bank will elect Hendricks' successor as president at the next regular meeting.
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Bristow. Okla
Albert Kelly
Cotton Cin
Creek County
The
American National Bank
Harry G. Hendricks
Hendricks
Norman Howard Post
Oklahoma Legionnaire
Oklahoma City
Indianapolis
Ind
American Lessons
Farm Column Straw Ceiling Improves Henhouse
Stillwater Oklahoma November 28 many poultry houses suffer drafts from high ceilings. A seven and a half foot ceiling using black jack poles as joists with wire and 12 to 16 inches of straw on top can fix the issue, says R B Thompson head of the poultry department at the A and M College.
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Stillwater
Okla
R. B. Thompson
The
A. and M. College
Rural force lifting society toward happiness
A force steadily moves rural society upward and fosters contentment and satisfaction close to the heart of human happiness. The quotation highlights the social uplift and personal well being tied to rural progress and stability.
Pontotoc Pecans Near Market Yet Furs Soon Open
Pontotoc County pecan farmers report most of the crop sent to market with average quality and excellent nut end. Despite low prices, the crop likely yielded 20 000 to 25 000 dollars for residents. Fur season opens December 1 running through January with possums skunks minks and coons expected to flood local markets.
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Pontotoc County
Pontotoc
Five Liberty Bonds Vanish From Continental Bank Cage
Real life detectives hunted a half million dollar mystery after five $100,000 Liberty Bonds disappeared from teller Robert W. Drummond’s cage at the Continental Bank New York. Customers and officials watched as a ledge yielded the first batch, then the second batch vanished.
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Neoyowank
New York
Continental Bank
Stock Exchange
Robert W. Drummond
Drummond
Roosevelt's Cabinet Faces Ten Forgotten States Challenge
New York dispatch notes that President-elect Roosevelt will consider ten states never before represented in a presidential cabinet. Rhode Island and nine others Florida Nevada Arizona Idaho Montana North and South Dakota Utah and Wyoming are highlighted as potential newcomers, with state-by-state cabinet history and notable past appointees cited.
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Union
New York
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Florida
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
Montana
North
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Augustus H. Garland
Cleveland
Alabama
Hillary H. Herbert
Navy
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Taft
New Mexico
Albert B. Fall
Jardine
Kansas
William M. Jardine
Coolidee
Oklahoma
Pat Hurley
Maryland
Delaware
North Carolina
Thanksgiving Quiet Ada Delivers Sobriety and Sports News
Ada residents marked Thanksgiving with quiet sobriety. Police reported three drunks and two fights. no sheriff arrests. People traveled, hunted quail and rabbits, and Christmas anticipation began to overshadow the holiday mood.
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Ada
Luther Franklin
Jail coorg opens for Zack Miller in Oklahoma
Marland Oklahoma. Col Zack Miller walks free from Kay County jail after a clemency order by Governor Murray pardons him from a contempt conviction tied to alimony. He declares he will enjoy the open spaces of the 191 Ranch as critics warn of ongoing court orders and conspiracies surrounding his holdings.
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Marland
Okla
Zack Miller
Kay County
Newkirk
William Henry Murray
Col. Miller
White House
Oklahoma
Claud Duval
Joe McFadden
Coard
Duval
George Miller
Miller
Lew Wentz
State Highway Commission
Murray
Wentz
Margaret Blevins-Miller
Supreme Court decisions from Oklahoma City November list
Oklahoma Supreme Court decisions deny writ in Warner et al v Swan and affirm or reverse multiple cases across counties. Notable actions include reversals with directions in several mortgage, land title, and contract suits, remands, dismissals, and affirmations of judgments, with a dissent on a railway damages case.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
George W. Warner
Building and Loan Supervisor of
Missouri
J. H. Swan
Okmulgee County
Prohibition
Oklahoma
R. W. Waidley
I. M. Smith
Woods County
Dewey Howard
Lena Duncan
Lincoln
Jarrett R. Wood
H.L. Stroud
Wagoner
M. F. Etetl
W. D. Fly
Continental Oil Company
James A. McSpadden
Cherokee
R. H. Hill
Jackie Lambert
Osage
Clarence G. Wintermute
Effie Heflin
W. B. Harned
Cotton
Norah Tiger
EB. A. Spoonmore
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Gracesmith
Garfield
Justice McNeil
Shoeless Comedy of Three Pairs and a Pawned Pair
Three colored men became entangled in a shoemaking caper when a pair was pawned for 50 cents. City officials watched the comic scramble as exchanges, borrowings, arrests, and a jail hold involved Mr Ns Mr Y Mrs X and Mr Z in a bizarre shoe swap that left one man shoeless for a spell.
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Mr. Ns
Mr. Y
Mr. X
Mrs. Y
Mr. A
Mr. Z
Mra. Y
Norman Howard Post Aims to Reach Universal Draft Support
Ada News reports Norman Howard post of the American Legion pushes for U S constitutional draft amendment to include wealth. stresses unity for 12 years effort. Membership tops 150 with December quota of 500, Auxiliary events highlight Kiddies Christmas, dances, and school awards at Ada junior high.
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Ada News
Norman Howard Post
Josh Lee
American Legion
United States
Congress
St. Mihiel
Argonne Forest
Ada
H. M. Zimmerman
Tragedy from unemployment spurs local relief action
A Pontotoc county family facing long term unemployment and illness seeks help from Red Cross and United Charities to prevent family breakup. The father was laid off, the mother fears losing custody of her four children, and the case is being guided toward a humane solution through relief authorities and public generosity.
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Pontotoc County
Orville Snead
Red Cross
United Charities
Reward Offered for Bank Robbers in Oklahoma City
Governor Murray announced a $500 reward to anyone who kills a bandit in the act during a bank robbery and $250 for slaying an accomplice. The offer includes payment to H C McCormick for the slaying of George Birdwell in the Boley bank robbery. The state seeks to capture robbers at the source to reduce trials and pursuit costs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Murray
H. C. McCormick
Boley State Bank
George Birdwell
Boley Bank
McCormick
Tax Protest Period Nears End in Pontotoc County
The 40 day protest period for tax levies in Pontotoc County and subdivisions ends November 30. Protests have been filed by Oklahoma Pipeline Co, C. C. A. & A. railroad, K. O. & G. railroad, Frisco railroad, and Santa Fe railroad, per County Tax Assessor Charley Floyd.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Pipeline Company
C. C. A. & A. Railroad
K. O. & G. Railroad
Frisco Railroad
Fanta Fe Railroad
Charley Floyd
Henry Ford Rapid Recovery From Major Surgery
Henry Ford showing rapid recovery after a strangulated femoral hernia operation and infected appendix. Friends report he may leave Henry Ford Hospital by December 10 with a stable condition and normal vitals. Messages from royalty and world leaders read aloud as doctors prepare another bulletin.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Henry Ford Hospital
Prince of Wales
von Hindenburg
Germany
George V
England
Mussolini
William J. Cameron
Williams pleads guilty to murder in Bruner killings
Seminole scene where Z. J. Williams, already sentenced to life for the murder of Amos Bruner, pleads guilty to a separate murder charge in the slaying of Bruner's wife and is given a second life term by Superior Judge C. Guy Cutlip.
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Seminole
Z. J. Williams
Amos Bruner
Gu'ilty
Bruner
C. Guy Cutlip
Mayor recalls Kirby Robinson once taught in Chambless school
Mayor T. J. Chambless recalls Kirby Robinson, a former student from a Van Buren, Arkansas school, who later gained national attention when pardoned by President Hoover for a post office robbery. Robinson escaped en route to prison, built a successful life in the West, then surrendered. Chambless jokes he gave no criminal instructions.
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T. J. Chambless
Kirby Robinson
Chambless
van Buren
Ark
Robinson
Pres. Herbert Hoover
Mayor Chambless
Bristow Pecan Show Proves Big Success
Bristow Okla November 25 71 marking progress in pecan growing Creek county the county pecan show held here recently was so great a success it will be made an annual event Bristow chamber of commerce officials announced Almost a hundred exhibits were entered by 22 individuals including pecan walnut and hickory nut growers and housewives who turned the nuts into edibles T A Taylor of Ardmore was in Ada attending to business today.
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Bristow
Okla
Creek County
Texas Hereford steer wins grand championship at expo
Texas Sperial a Hereford steer owned by C. M. Larcent and sons of Merkel Texas was judged grand champion steer at the International Livestock exposition. Reserve champion was W. H. Aster Domino 56th a Hereford owned by the Wyoming Hereford ranch of Cheyenne Wyoming. The Texas steer weighed 1200 pounds.
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Chicago
Texas Sperial
C. M. Larcent and Sons
Merkel
Texas
Wyoming Hereford Ranch
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Clyde D. Kaunt
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Main Street
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R. B. Gaither
Charley Stone
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Proglam
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Joe
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Edna Roper
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Gene
Winchester
Bob Wallace
Legion Hall
Band
O Sunshine
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Department
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Charley
Alvis Jones
Paul Norrell
Milt
Fere
Boley
Nike Rapid Recovery
Ghamibless
T. A. Taylor
Ardmore
Texas Hereford Steer
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