Senate Orders Investigation Of Road Affairs In Oklahoma
Oklahoma Senate moves to abolish the special highway investigating committee and place the inquiry under the general committee. Debates over reconsideration follow as lawmakers ponder needs at Western Oklahoma Orphans home and discuss highway procurement witnesses.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Louis H. Rizhaupt
Guthrie
General
E. P. Hill
McAlester
Ritzhaupt
Hill
Henry Timmons
Tulsa County
H. M. Wright
Western Oklahoma
Helena
Jack Rorschach
Vinita
Pryor
Wright
Highway Commission
A. W. Cavanaugh
Burns
Selman
C. S. Beekman
Federal Bureau of Roads
House Appropriations Committee
Murray Gibbons
Oklahoma County
F. N. Shoemake
Appropriations
Santa Claus Visits Ada Amid Huge Town Welcome
Santa Claus drew a large Ada crowd with a bus arrival from the North P special. The Ada junior high band and motorcycle police escorted him through downtown while storegoers lined streets awaiting his December visits to deliver gifts.
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Santa Claus
Ada
Oklahoma
Union
L. A. Nance
North P
Bill Dentone
Ada Junior High School
Gene Ford
Santa
Ada News
Pontotoc County
Drumright Teens Given Seven Year Suspended Terms
Wilbur Herd and Von Gray both 18, Drumright youths, received seven year suspended sentences from District Judge Tal Crawford on charges of larceny of automobile by fraud. They pleaded guilty to taking an automobile on demonstration from Massey Motor Co and driving it to Drumright. The car was recovered.
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Wilbur Herd
von Gray
Drumright
Tal Crawford
Massey Motor Company
A. ©. Oliver
Aces
Vermont Governor Freed of Charges in Bank Embezzlement Case
Governor Charles M. Smith of Vermont and two others were freed from charges of concealing a bookkeeper's thefts at Marble Savings Bank. The 68 year old governor, bank president, faced misprision of a felony under an old Vermont law. Judge Buttles dismissed related charges against Rutland trustee Bert L. Stafford and former Bank Commissioner Robert Clark. The case stemmed from bookkeeper John J. Cocklin's embezzlement of 124000 dollars over nine years.
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Rutland
Charles M. Smith
Vermont
Marble Savings Bank
John S. Buttles
Buttles
Bert L. Stafford
Robert
Santa Cruz Barks Controversy Spurs Dogrule Debate
In Santa Cruz California citizens face new rules banning barking dogs while officials debate how to distinguish vicious dogs from those merely law abiding, raising concerns over enforcement and animal welfare.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Ray Day Arrested in Ada Robbery Case
Ray A Day 27 was arrested in Oklahoma City for the Ada holdup of Lowry Lee about a month earlier. Lee identified Day by a photo. Day had just been released from McAlester penitentiary after a prior legal error. Day vowed to go straight as sister Velma and Deputy Sheriff Catron questioned the case.
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Ray A. Day
Oklahoma City
Lowry Lee
Roy Keller
Lee
Day
McAlester
State Penitentiary
Velma Day
Ray
Erick
George Catron
Oklahoma County
Remington Rand Plant Bombed Again in Syracuse
The Remington Rand plant in Syracuse New York was bombed for the third time in five months. No one was injured. Damage limited to broken windows. Officials were advised by the Syracuse manager.
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New York
Remington-Rand
Syracuse
N. Y
Solomon New Head For Women's Club
The advisory council of farm women’s clubs met in session with Mrs. Jessie Morgan and Miss Lemna Maloney. Officers elected for 1937 include Leona Solomon as president and Muncey as vice president. Major projects chosen are kitchen improvement and food preservation with yard improvement and adult clothing as minors.
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Farm Women’s Club
Jessie Morgan
H.D.A
Lemna Maloney
C. W. Ballard
Leona Solomon
Maloney
Hunter
Slingerland
Resettlement Administration
Vaness Club
Muncey
Gaar Corner
Delaplain
Harden City
L. R. Harris
Maxwell Club
Two pedestrians hurt in separate Seminole county accidents
Eli Vertress an 82 year old Ada resident suffered a leg fracture and internal injuries when struck near the First Christian church on Thirteenth and Broadway. In Vamoosa, six year old Charles Tennison was critically injured by a WPA gravel truck after disembarking a school bus. The truck driver was identified as Mr Spencer. Undersheriff Harve Lambert was driving the car that struck Vertress. The crashes occurred about seven o clock Wednesday evening.
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Seminole County
Eli Vertress
West Fourteenth
First Christian Church
Thirteenth
Broadway
Charles Tennison
M. G. Tennison
Vamoosa School
Ada
WPA
Vamoosa
Spencer
Harve Lambert
Vertress
Mr. Lambert
Thirteenth Street
Cabinet and King at loggerheads in Britain fight over queen
London editorials blast King Edward VIII in the crisis over his plan to marry Wallis Simpson. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin faces the constitutional clash as papers condemn the monarch and rally public support for the government.
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London
Today
Stanley Baldwin
Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
Britain
King Edward Faces Constitutional Crisis Over Wallis Simpson
Press reports say King Edward and Prime Minister Baldwin faced a crisis as the king weighs his marriage to Mrs. Wallis Simpson. Buckingham Palace sources claim Baldwin gave 48 hours to decide relations with Simpson or face parliament action, potentially including his abdication.
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London
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Stanley Baldwin
Baltimore
Buckingham Palace
Simpson
British King Edward Faces Cabinet Crisis Over Mrs Simpson
London reports a government crisis sparked by King Edward's friendship with American-born divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin held a lengthy, decisive talk with the king, amid rumors of a possible marriage and threats that he and the cabinet might resign if the king did not cool his association.
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London
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Stanley Baldwin
Mrs. Simpson
Stern
Baldwin
Baltimore Belle
New Hope for Regents Measure in Oklahoma
Gov. Marland asked the state election board to certify the highest vote cast for any office, reopening the fight over a proposed state agricultural colleges board of regents. The board’s total vote figure 767,745 would defeat the measure, but the attorney general’s view cites the president’s total 749,740 as the highest vote. The regents proposal had 379,405 yes votes, a majority of the president’s total, and the board secretary said a decision would be made Friday.
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House Appropriations Committee
Senate
James C. Nance
House
Rep. Schwoerke
Federal
Social Security Board
Advisory Council
Labor Commissioner
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Charles Jones
Carter County
House Committee On
Game and Fish Department
Marland
Geological Sur
Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
State Election Board
Board of Regents
State Agricultural Colleges
J. William Cordell
Roosevelt urges Americas unite to prevent war and aggression
President Roosevelt opened an inter American peace conference urging the twenty one republics to stand shoulder to shoulder to prevent aggression and to strengthen democratic processes. He warned against trade barriers and stressed justice and living standards to deter future wars.
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Americas
Roosevelt
London
United States
Paris
Mary A. Clark Injured in Highway Collision Near Wellington
Mrs. Mary A. Clark of Perry Oklahoma, 61, sustained heavy injuries when the car she rode in struck the rear of a parked truck on U S highway 81 near Wellington Kansas late last night.
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Wellington
Kans
Mary A. Clark
Perry
Okla
U. S. Highway 81
Here
Bank receiver declares third dividend for first National Bank
Woodward reports the third dividend payment by receiver George L. Aycock totaling 18 000 dollars and raising total paid on indebtedness to 41 percent. The 10 percent payout reduces remaining obligations.
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Woodward
First National Bank of
George L. Aycock
Guymon
Conference In Brief Inter-American Peace Summit Opens
Buenos Aires reports outline the inter American peace conference with delegates from 21 nations to discuss peace, trade, and mutual benefits. Session starts 6 p m in the Argentine congressional palace with an address by President Roosevelt. Carlos Saavedra Lamas heads the conference. Participants include Argentina Chile Uruguay Paraguay Bolivia Peru Brazil Ecuador Colombia Venezuela Panama Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua Honduras Haiti Dominican Republic Cuba Mexico and the United States.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
League of Nations Assembly
Argentine
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
Peru
Brazil
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Panama
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Mexico
United States
Belgium to raise compulsory military service
Brussels reports the chamber of deputies approved a bill to increase compulsory military service after Premier Van Zeeland warned of greater danger of European war than since 1914. Also notes Mickey Cochrane winning a prize at a Toronto cattle fair and Australia approving air mail flight proposals at letter rates.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Paul van Zeeland
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit
Toronto
Tigers
Air Raids Staged By Both Sides In Spain
Madrid witnesses renewed clashes as loyalist defenders attack a hospital in the university city to free rebels believed held for two weeks. Fierce firing meets a machine gun onslaught. fires and acrid smoke cloud western districts.
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Spain
Madrid
University City
Loyalist Aerial Squads Hit Rebels Near Madrid
Loyalist air ministry reports a sudden incident squadron destroyed 15 modern rebel bombers at Tallavera with 48 heavy bombs and 240 small devices. A sky patrol attacked a rebel convoy of 40 lorries southwest of Boadilla de la Mata, six miles west of Madrid.
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Valencia
Air Ministry
Tallavera
Boadilla de la Mate
Madrid
International plea seeks to curb Spanish civil war arms
Twenty six neutral nations urged factions in Spain to prevent a wider European holocaust. The international committee for non intervention met at the foreign office led by Lord Plymouth and drafted a plan to curb shipments of war materiel to Spain from foreign countries. A mule was found lynched in Louisiana, likely its first experience with rope.
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London
Spain
International Committee For Non-Intervention
Foreign Office
Lord Plymouth
Pessimist Patter Informs Everyday Oddities
A column of humorous vignettes features Junior Burr shadowing his father’s stenographer, Mrs. Lem Wheeler doubting her husband’s faithfulness, Uncle Liz Bark’s henhouse warning, wild Borneo ladies’ headwear, and quips about wives fingering coats, convicts objecting to being interrupted, and memories of sinking telegrams.
Well Cleans Self After Plug Drilled in Coal County
Delaney et al No. 1-A Sawyer SW SE NW of 7-1-8 Coal County drilled plug after setting pipe to the Wapanucka lime. Gas showed at 200 feet depth as mud was bailed and drained. the well self cleaned with a strong gas rush. Operators plan to drill the remainder, encouraged by the gas show from the top formation. This twin to No. 1 Sawyer tests a shallow formation and follows the county’s first oil-producing wildcat.
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Delaney
Coal County
Delaney et al No. 2 Alexander deepens to Wilcox sand
Drilling has begun nine miles east of Ada at the Delaney et al No. 2 Alexander SW NE SW of 24-4-7 to deepen to the Wilcox sand. The well reached 3 600 feet Wednesday and had 26 feet of new hole. Boettcher Oil and Gas started the drill three years ago, halted at 3 580 in the Mayes lime lease, and W A Delaney Jr and associates have since secured the lease and moved in to continue.
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Delaney Et al
Alexander
Ada
Wilcox
Boettcher Oil and Gas Company
Mayes
W. A. Delaney Jr. and Associates
Oil Wells in Richards and Nearby Areas Report Drilling Progress
Carter Oil Co. No. 23 in Richards NE drilled into Hunton lime and flowed briefly on first test. tubing raised 489 feet with a second test planned. Warne No. 1 near Lula showed a light heavy oil indication and lime coring yielded three feet recovered. Moore No. 1 Benton starts soon with pipe set above Oil Creek sand. Moore No. 1 Deaner drills in Viola lime near Fitts field.
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Carter Oil Co
Richards
Hunton
Warne
Lula
Moore No. 1
Benton
Oil Creek
Fitts
Magnolia No. 3
Statler
Borah Opposes Regulation of Interstate Industry Charters
Washington December 2 Senator William E Borah who opposed NRA policy earlier again voiced strong opposition to stringent government control of large interstate industries via federal charters. The Republican senator warned that government regulation could hamper productive capacity and innovation.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Ida
NRA
Boston grid coaches injured in auto crash
Gilmour Dobie, 57, famed Boston college football coach, and assistant Frank Murdock, 24, were injured in a car collision. Dobie suffered a fractured jaw and cheek bone while Murdock had a severe head injury and a fractured jaw. Both were listed in fair condition despite danger list status.
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Boston
Gilmour
Gil) Dobie
Frank Murdock
Dobie
Murdock
Quick-tempered man sprints for bus and damages window
An unidentified man in Youngstown grew irate while chasing a bus and narrowly missed catching it. He then seized a stone and smashed a window of the pursuing vehicle before fleeing.
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Youngstown
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Wapanucka
W.A. Delaney
Louisiana
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Junior Burr
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Papa
Lem Wheeler
Liz Bark
Borneo
Carter
Deaner
Viola
BORAH
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