4-H club members excel at Chicago livestock show
The 4-H club representatives from Pontotoc County, led by B. A. Pratt, showcased growth and education at the Chicago livestock show. Oklahoma delegates outnumbered others, with state-wide trips funded by Frisco railroad rewards and reports from tours in Kansas City, Swift Packing, and Montgomery Ward facilities.
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American Royal
Oklahoma
America
Silver Lady
Bell Telephone Building
Missouri
Loose Wiles Biscuit Co
Swift Packing Co
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Pontotoc County
Chicago
Marie Owens
Roff
Route 1
Frisco
Ada
Eland
Tulsa
Pratt
Hotel Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Otis Munson
Cleat Willhoite
Johnny Ramsey
Rogers County
Montgomery Ward & Company
United States
Pontotce County
Clubers
Wall Street Gains On Easier Credit In Hoover Optimism
The stock market opened irregularly but moved higher on easier credit and Hoover’s business outlook. Most active issues rose 2 to 10 points with higher gains in high priced specialties and late momentum lifting industrials 4 to 16 points. Trading picked up as 8,000 share blocks appeared. General Electric American Tobacco Standard Gas and Electric Air Reduction and J I Case led 9 to 10 point advances. The close was strong with about 3,706,060 shares traded.
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Wall Street
New York
Hoover
Congress
Aew
General Electric
American Tobacco
Standard Gas and Electric
Air Reduction
J. I. Case
Market cattle and hog prices across Oklahoma City and Kansas City
Oklahoma City reports cattle and calf offerings with steers around 1500 pounds to 11.25 and fleshed types up to 10.50, cows to 7.25, calves steady near 11. Hog top bids reach 89.30 per cwt, packer top 9.20, sows 7.50. Kansas City notes 16,000 hogs and 9,000 cattle. choice 590 pound steers 14.50, cows 7.25 to 10.00, vealers 8.00 to 15.00, lambs near 12.75.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City
U.S.C.A
Wheat Prices Rise On Overseas Demand And Argentina Losses
In Chicago trading, wheat jumped as overseas demand and Argentina crop losses boosted values. North American exports were estimated at 1 750 000 bushels including 500 600 bushels of U S durum with notable price gains though Liverpool close error briefly skewed early quotes.
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Chicago
North America
Argentina
United States
Liverpool
Chicago weekly grain prices report
Chicago news service lists wheat at No. 1 hard 1.32 and No. 2 hard 1.315, corn new No. 5 mixed 58c and No. 6 white 82 1/2c, plus No. 2 yellow 7 1/2c and No. 2 white 8c, oats No. 2 white 149 1/2 to 56c with incomplete figures.
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Chicago
Cotton Advances on Trade Buying and Covering
In New York cotton edged higher after an initial decline as trade buying and shorter positions supported markets. Moderate activity persisted with mid afternoon levels showing net gains of 15 to 17 points amid firmer grain and stock markets.
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New York
Cotton market zigzags in New Orleans on message rally
The New Orleans cotton market moved erratically after a weak open from yesterday's close. It gained in the afternoon on a favorable president's message, with January at 17.38 and March at 17.66, up 26 points and 20 to 21 points from the prior close. Private crop estimates ranged near 14.88 million and 14.87 million bales, while exports reached 87,887 units.
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New Orleans
Yertenay
Liverpool
Congress
Cot
Oklahoma Court Reduces Bond in Kay County Robbery Case
The Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals cut Lloyd Jarrett’s robbery bond from 50000 to 30000 after defense argued the Kay county district court set an excessive amount. Jarrett, sentenced to 25 years, joins other rulings affirming or reversing various liquor and forgery cases from multiple counties. Weather: poll of winter temperatures shows freezing readings across Oklahoma with lows near 19 degrees in Oklahoma City and 14 in Tulsa.
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Oklahoma City
Lloyd Jarrett
Kay County
State Bank of
Uneas
Criminal Court of Appeals
Jarrett
O. C. Smith
John Tynan
Ottawa County
J. H. Book
Kiowa
Floyd Gibson
Custer County
John White
Woodward County
State Reformatory
Ben Jewell
McCurtain County
W. T. Gambill
McIntosh County
Frank Drummonds
Comanche County
J. G. Love
Jackson County
Olin Davis
Payne County
Jack Collins
G. H. Bondurant
Oklahoma County
E. Cc. Snow
Kiowa County
G. G. Slayton
Tillman County
Howard Reynolds
H. E. Goody
Reynolds
Goody
Walter Malone
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Tulsa
Miami
Blackwell
Ardmore
Ponca City
Doss Draws 20 Year Term for Bank Robbery
Carl Doss of Tulsa was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the April robbery of the First National Bank of Quapaw. He was convicted in district court after being identified by cashier Percy Smith and four witnesses as one of two unmasked gunmen who staged the hold up.
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Miami
Okla
Carl Doss
Tulsa
First National Bank of Quapaw
Doss
Percy Smith
Cashier
Greatest returns for the amount invested
A brief classifieds item touts high value for investors seeking strong returns. It highlights cost efficiency and profitable opportunities, urging readers to compare options and seek reliable deals.
Western United States Endures Severe Cold Wave
December report from Denver notes 6 degrees below zero as the western half of the nation shivers through another spell of snow. States from the Continental Divide to the Mississippi suffer low temperatures, while air travel and trains run on schedule amid icy streets and forecasts of colder conditions.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountains
Continental Divide
Mississippi
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Iowa
Kansas
Kansas City
United States Weather Bureau
Nut
Ada Chamber elects 14 directors for two year terms
Ada Oklahoma chamber of commerce announces 14 directors elected for two year terms including O E Parker S S M Baublitts John J Fleet J F McKeel Roy L Givens L A Ellison W D Little and others. Retained year ago directors will serve one more year. President W E Harvey to continue. Roads projects like Stone wall and Rofs roads under way and Ada bridge over the Canadian to be contracted. McKeown bridge to be bought opened to traffic by January. Alien road to be graveled. Ada Pottery company aided by chamber plus other growth initiatives.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
O. E. Parker
Ss. M. Baublitts
John J. Fleet
J .F. McKeel
Roy L. Givens
L. A. Ellison
W. D. Little
H. J. Huddleston
F. W. Meaders
W. F E. Harvey
Hugh Norris
Harry Langaard
Harry E. Morris
M.C. Grigsby
Ada
Chamber
Stonewall
McKeown
Ada Pottery Company
Prison poison traces in Easter case spark ongoing probe
Dec 3. State chemist reports traces of a slow poison in Mrs. Sarah Easter's viscera as J A Shirley Bryan county attorney pursues murder charges against A J Easter and Mrs Hia Hughes. Exhumed remains and further tests target additional poisons while prosecution proceeds.
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Shirley
Fastep
Hughes
Bootleggers at Harvard Having Rough Sledding
Boston telegram reports Major Henry E. Goodnough of the prohibition enforcement unit says Harvard students are not paid informers. After weekend raids by federal agents and Boston police yielding five arrests, he notes tips may have come from students but denies student involvement as paid informants.
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Boston
Harvard
Henry E. Goodnough
New England
Goodonugh
Flapper Flyers Plan 1930 Scout Activities
A list outlines Boy Scout goals for 1930 including Life of Christ schools in rural schools, a high school week, a Washington D C trip, boys week for junior and grade school boys, and inter troop contests at Allen, Francis, New Bethel, Colbert, Atoff, Fitzhugh, Lawrence, Vannes, and Center. Troop 7 met recently and will report later.
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Scout Couel
Life of Christ
Washington, D. C
Allen, Francis
New Bethel
Colbert
Atoff
Fitzhugh
Lawrence, Vaness
Center
Ford announces wage hikes at Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford reports U S wage increases totaling about 20.6 million dollars yearly. The minimum daily wage rises from six to seven dollars effective December 1 for U S employees. About 24 320 workers earning seven dollars a day rise to seven dollars plus five cents an hour for others already at seven to ten dollars daily. North American employees receiving seven dollars or more per day gain five cents an hour on a graduated scale. The move aligns with Henry Ford's Washington conference remarks during Hoover's administration.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
United States
Henry Ford
Washington
Hoover
Boy Scout Banquet Planned at First Presbyterian Church
The report notes a Father and Scout banquet at the First Presbyterian church on Tuesday night December 16th. Each scout is asked to furnish items as in past years while organizers strive to make it the finest banquet yet. Guido Verbeck’s quote about work and results is cited as a motto.
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First Presbyterian Church
Guido Verbeck
Tax Payments May Begin On December Fifteenth
County tax assessor Bit Erwin announced tax payments will probably begin around December 15 or 20. The office works to finish tax rolls for property owners to pay on schedule. The 40 day protest period slows roll preparation, delaying when protests are settled or decided by the state tax court.
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Bit Erwin
Erwin
State Tax Court
Government seeks cancellation of Kern county oil leases
The United States sues Pan-American Petroleum in federal court seeking to cancel three Kern county oil leases totaling 660 acres. The suit, led by Judge Frank H. Norcross, alleges fraud involving Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny and seeks injunctive relief and an accounting of profits.
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Los Angeles
Kern County
California
United States
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Frank H. Norcross
Albert B. Fall
Girl Sure Shot in Identifying Bank Bandits
Miss Pauline Carter, cashier of the Macomb State Bank in Pottawatomie county, identified J. H. Gill and Chester Moreland as robbers in the Macomb bank holdup ten days earlier. Carter has pinpointed suspects in all four raids. prior defendants either confessed or were convicted. Billie Roberts, tied to the Kimes-Terrill gang, was arrested and will be turned over for further Macomb investigation.
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Oklahoma City
Pauline Carter
Macomb State Bank
Pottawatomie County
Aolice
J. H. Gill
Chester’ Moreland
Matoms
Miss. Carter
Pyote
Moreland
Gill
Migg Carter
Billie Roberts
A. and
Kimes-Terrill
Macomb
Legion Officers Meet at Capitol in Oklahoma City
Nearly 350 American Legion officers from Oklahoma met at the state capitol to plan veteran hospitalization provisions and the fourth annual Buddy Campaign. National commander O L Bodenhamer spoke, with James Hatcher and Granville Scanland among others in attendance.
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Oklahoma City
American
Legion Posta
Oklahoma
State Capitol
Altas
Granville Scanland
Oklahoma City Post
James Hatcher
Chickasha Post
Mace
O. L. Bodenhamer
Sedd c
Bodenhamer
Austin
Texas
Milt Phillips
Ernest C. Cox
Bob Gordon
Mander
Arkansas
Mel Jennie Stewart
Auxiliary Rehabilitations Works
Grace Prentiss
The
Legion, Auxiliary
T. J. Strickler
Missouri State Legion Organization
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Frazier
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York
Dec
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Muddle West
Rocky Mountain
W. E. Harvey
A. W. Parker
Chemig
Elinor Smith
Bobby Trout
Miss Smith
Miss Trout
Fry
ETS
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West Main St
Ada, Okla
Boy Scout News
Panrel Doweny Gil Lease
Pany
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Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
Aeta
Legion
Capitol
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