Communism War Talk Spurs Two-Front Russian Fight
Soviet Russia prepares for a two-front war against Germany and Japan with separate eastern and western armies. Molotov warned of alliance risks while Tokyo and Berlin deny formal military cooperation but edge toward concerted action, citing Kamchatka fisheries and Manchurian border as flashpoints.
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Soviet
Russia
Germany
Japan
Joseph H. Baird
Moscow
The
United Press
Kremlin
Europe
Vassily Molotov
All-Union Congress
Kamchatka
Manchurian
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Tokyo
Berlin
Hitler
Ukraine
Far East
European
Central Asia
France
Dormitory Ready for Dedication at East Central College
The East Central campus completes a new boys dormitory housing 110 students in 55 rooms. Most rooms hold two, with six triples and six singles, plus three rooms for the matron. Each floor offers shower baths, laundry, kitchenettes, and candy or coffee making spots. Rooms include chests, beds, desks, book racks and closets, with maple furniture and amenities like drinking fountains and telephone booths contributing to an ideal student home.
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East Central
Debaters Chosen for Winfield Trip
Miss Geneva George announces East Central debaters for the Winfield Kan tournament on December 3. Senior girls Dorothy Summers Louise Shipman. junior girls Carmelita Vaughn Eleanor Waner. Senior boys Derwood Clay R E Carlton. junior boys Frank Grayson Le roy Martin. Two extemporaneous speakers, one girl one boy, join. Tryouts held Nov 24 in the science hall. Sponsor Miss George and Edith Leonard to judge. They depart December 3 and return December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva George
East Central
Winfield
Kan
Dorothy Summers
Louise Shipman
Carmelita Vaughn
Eleanor Waner
Derwood Clay
R. E. Carlton
Frank Grayson
Leroy Martin
Miss George
Edith Leonard
Roosevelt arrives in Buenos Aires with riotous welcome
President Roosevelt lands in Buenos Aires after a 12 day Charleston voyage to open the Inter American peace conference with 21 republics aboard the Indianapolis. Crowds surge as police restrain enthusiastic Argentines and the U S envoy departs for a meeting with President Justo.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Hemisphere
Charleston
S. C
Indianapolis
United States
Agustin P. Justo
United States Executive
Justo
Plea for WPA maintenance sent to Hopkins
Oklahoma City November 26 delegation from Oklahoma Congress seeks to keep WPA quota at present level. They conferred with W. S. Key of the state WPA and asked Harry Hopkins, national WPA chief, to support the request.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harry Hopkins
W. S. Key
Will Rogers proposed for national Hall of Fame
Guthrie editor Ray mond Fields urges immediate action to place Will Rogers statue in Washington’s Hall of Fame. Oklahoma has one niche left after Sequoyah, and Rogers would be honored over a lesser known candidate.
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Guthrie
Raymond Fields
The
Guthrie Leader
Will Rogers
National Hall of Fame
Washington
Oklahoma
Sequoyah
Hall of Fame
National Capitol
Tragic shotgun accident kills Ada boy Charles Ward
A shotgun left by a hunting guest was discharged by playmates in a yard near Ada, killing four year old Charles D Ward instantly. Funeral services set for Oak Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Milo Arbuckle officiating. Charles was son of Mr and Mrs Reece Ward and brother to Junior and Terry Ward.
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Charles D. Ward
Reece Ward
West Fourth Street
Mike Derrick
Ada
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Milo Arbuckle
Ward
Kansas City
Charles
Derrick
Junior
Terry Ward
Ada Sees Growth in Retail Sales and Payrolls
Census figures show Ada totals for 1935 with $5.852 million in sales, up from 1933, and payrolls rising to $506 thousand. Stores increased from 215 to 251, and total employees grew to 643. A summary lists sales and payrolls by mercantile groups in Ada.
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Bureau of Census
United States Department of Commerce
Ada
Census Bureau
Onion Eaters Award Honors Onion Fan Robert Stubbs
The Onion Antidefamation Committee awards its first onionana prize to Robert C. Stubbs of South Holland Illinois for an ode to onions titled Modesty. The prize consists of a bag of onions and the honor of promoting friendly relations between onion eaters and non onion eaters.
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Edward J. Neil
New York
Onion Anti-Defamation Committee
Robert C. Stubbins
South Holland, Ill
East Central Tigers Conclude 1936 Football Season With Mixed Results
East Central finishes 5 wins 4 losses in the 1936 season hampered by weak reserves. Central Bronchos claim the conference title as East Central drops from first to fourth after key defeats. Tigers beat Northwestern Southwestern and Eastern Oklahoma by 9 0 8 0 margins, but suffer a 28 0 loss to Sam Houston Teachers.
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Central Branches
Tigers
East Central Tigers
Oklahoma
Central Bronchos
Tulsa University
Northeastern
Redmen
Southeastern
Southwestern
Central
Phillips
Tiger
East Central
Northwestern
Eastern Oklahoma
Connor Aggies
Sam Houston Teachers
Huntsville
Texas
Confesses To Slaying After 35 Years Pass
CHICAGO November 30 Police Chief Thomas Lonie reports Charles Kohr aged 64 has confessed to killing his younger brother in 1901 ending a 35 year pursuit for justice.
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Chicago
CPI
Charles Kohr
Thomas Lonie
Presidential popular vote totals show Roosevelt leading Landon
AP reports Roosevelt's national vote total at 10,725,977 more than 44,500,000 ballots counted. Incomplete state tallies place Roosevelt well ahead, with minor candidates and regional figures adding limited figures. Separately, Storrie Drummond died in an ambulance after a collapse. his widow Iva Yvonne Ruderbaugh Drummond of Seattle had filed for divorce in Reno last week. An autopsy was planned to determine the death's cause.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Landon
Utes
O’donnell
Denver General Hospital
Storrie
Iva Yvonne Ruderbaugh Drummond
Seattle
Laramie
Wyo
Reno
Office of Coroner Gas Economy
Whisky Fatal to Denver Man
Crawford M. Storrie a 34 year old Denver automobile salesman died after consuming a quart of whiskey in 11 minutes. Detective Sergeant John O Donnell said Storrie had attended a cathedral rehearsal for a friend's wedding and later visited a downtown bar where a friend and the bartender offered him drinks. He reportedly insisted on a quart and finished it in eleven minutes before dying.
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Denver
Crawford M. Storrie
John O. Donnell
Storrie
O'Donnell
Roy Connors
Ada Man Shot by Roadside Sniper Near Fort Towson Swink
Two men traveling the Fort Towson Swink road were ambushed and wounded. Deputy James Bounds and Lex Citty were hit by buckshot and chest injuries respectively. An Old Boston tracking dogs effort failed to locate the shooter.
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Hugo
Fort Towson- Swink
Boston
Oklahoma Penitentiary
James Bounds
Choctaw County
Lex City
Ada
Paris
Texas
Bounds
Montez Fudge
Fort Towson
Citty
West Fifteenth Street
Idabel
Harold W. Citty
West Fifteenth
Sherman A. Citty
Lex Citty
Fitts
John Mabie Drilling Company
Most Acreage Authorized for Land Use Projects Accepted
Oklahoma City report shows 74 percent of authorized land for use projects accepted for purchase. Resettlement Administration bought 77,699 acres at about $190 an acre across five Oklahoma projects, with 58,020 acres in options and $590,905 paid to date. Major sites include Cookson Hills in Muskogee County and Payne County, with extensive erosion control work and new water bodies underway.
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Oklahoma City
P.D. P. Trent
The
Resettlement Administration
Oklahoma
Trent
Cookson Hills
Muskogee County
Payne County
Delaware County
Adair County
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Pontotoc Schoolmasters Meet Cancelled
The Pontotoc County Schoolmasters club meeting set for Tuesday December 8 is cancelled as announced by B. W. Weems Roff superintendent and club president. The Pontotoc County Teachers Association meeting planned for Friday December 11 is also affected, with the next gathering scheduled for January 12.
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Pontotoc County Schoolmasters Club
B. W. Weems
Roff
Pontotoc County Teachers Association
Workers Warned to Register Now
Oklahoma City official John K. Baxter warned that workers who fail to register for old age pensions may have trouble finding a job after January 1. Employers must file reports with account numbers for every paid wage earner, and several firms have filed employer applications under protest.
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Oklahoma City
John K. Baxter
Social Security
Baxter
Frank L. Pierce
Regents appointments to four year terms at Eastern Oklahoma junior college
Oklahoma City December 2 1930 four year terms to the board of regents of Eastern Oklahoma junior college Wilburton were given to E E Emerson Cromwell and T P Gilmer Tulsa Emerson succeeds Mrs C J May and Gilmer succeeds H H Diamond Holdenville whose terms had expired.
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Oklahoma City
Board of
Regents
Eastern Oklahoma Junior College
Wilburton
E. E. Emerson
Cromwell
T. P. Gilmer
Tulsa
Emerson
C. J. May
Gilmer
H. H. Diamond
Holdenville
Senate to launch three major inquiries this winter
Senate investigators announced plans for three big inquiries in the coming weeks. They will probe civil liberties violations campaign expenditures and railway financing with witnesses including strike breakers and J P Morgan. House appropriations and internal revenue tax studies also begin before January 5.
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Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan
House Appropriation Committee
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Congress
Joint Committee
Wheeler
Dmont
Interstate Commerce Committee
Missouri Pacific System
van Sweringen Brothers
Morgan
Lonergan
D-Conn
Lafollette Committee
Haddock Faces Preliminary Hearing In Ada Death Case
James Haddock was ordered held without bond for trial after a preliminary hearing in Sherwood W. Hill's justice court. M. B. Maner was struck by Haddock’s car on a rural road near Ada, dragged 150 feet, and died days later. Maner’s nephew Jimmie Jones remains in critical condition.
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James Haddock
M. B. Maner
Justice Court
Sherwood W. Hill
Hill
Haddock
Maner
Ada
Jimmie Jones
Two Hartshorne women plead guilty to shoplifting in Ada
Ethel Wallace and Mrs W C Lederer admitted thefts from J C Penney Montgomery Ward Woolworth and McLellans in Ada. Each paid fines of 19.75 and were warned of possible county jail time if arrested again. Police Chief Roy Keller said merchants will watch for holiday shoplifting and impose maximum fines.
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Hartshorne
Ada
Ethel Wallace
W. C. Lederer
Roy Keller
J. C. Penney
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
McLellan’s
Keller
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Office of State Social Security Law
Key
East Central Journal
Belleville
St. Clair County
Henry J. Koehr
Kohr
William Murphy
Rogers
BY Williams
S Alle
Illuminated Funnel Keyhole CO
Charles Ward
Oh Hwlbr Hardware
Earth
BWU
Ovdseneennes
Aenee
Wenee Percy
Tenneson
Lemke
Union
Thomas
Browder
Colvin
Aiken
Lex Cuty
Hugo Man
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