Byrd Antarctic Quest Probes Continent Split Possibility
Antarctic exploration by Byrd seeks clues if Antarctica is one or two continents. Geology leader Dr Lawrence Gould notes possible warmer ancient climate with fossil traces and rock similarities to the Andes. Weather studies may aid predictions for South America and Australia.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Antarctic
Byrd Expedition
Byrd
Cother
Weddel Sea
America
Barrier
Old World
New World
Alaska
South America
Rockies
Cape Horn
Graham Land
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
Africa
Lawrence Gould
Gould
Byrd Party
Equator
Pointers for Christmas Mail at Ada Post Office
Postmaster M F Manville urges early mailing due to high holiday volume and limited staff. Christmas delivery only on the 25th. mail must be mailed early and marked do not open until Christmas. Emphasizes cooperation, weather, and efficiency to ensure on time service and customer satisfaction.
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M. F. Manville
Ada Post Office
Post Office
Oklahoma City
Return of seized alien property urged in state department memo
The long document proposes returning most of the seized alien property within a year. The message was sent to the capitol by a special messenger just before the two houses convened. Reading began in the senate at 12 05 with John Crockett reading and Attorney General Mitchell present on the Republican side.
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State Department
Capitol
Senate
House
W. Tyler Page
Disinterment Planned in Oklahoma Poison Plot Case
Sheriff and officials depart for Utica to exhume Mrs. A J Easter as the viscera of Mrs. Easter are tested for poison in a case involving her husband and Will Hughes. Mrs Hughes accuses Easter of murdering Hughes with a confession detailing the plot. Easter is jailed at McAlester.
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Hughes
Eastep
McAlester
Will
Oil production shows increase in midcontinent totals
Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and California see a weekly rise in estimated daily oil production led by Oklahoma and West Texas fields. The Oil and Gas Journal reports a grand total of 2,632,717 barrels per day, up 5,365 from the prior week, with gains in Oklahoma pools and a drop in the Texas panhandle and California totals. Names listed include E. M. Flowers and Mrs. Janie B. Jackson among others.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
California
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma City
Hendricks
Yates
St. Louis-Pearson
Seorm HO Oe
West Texas
North Louisiana
Reas
Arkansas Light
North Central
Texas Panhandle
East Central
Ramos
Rocky Mountain
United States
Oklahoma Supreme Court backs county bonds destruction ruling
The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a Garvin county district court injunction blocking reissuance of 720000 road bonds after the county burned the original 1925 issue, finding the cancel and destroy power valid when bond purpose ceases. Justice Hall wrote the opinion with a dissent by Justice Andrews.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Garvin County District Court
Garvin County
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Henry S. Johnston
New
M. E. Trapp
George J. Dykes
Trapp
Supreme Court
W. C. Hall
Charles Swindall
Thomas G. Andrews
Andrews
Hall
Ed Thomas Bailed in Shooting Fray
Ed Thomas of Roff is out on a $2,000 bond to face trial on December 7 for assault with intent to kill after a gunfight in which Pyatt Morris shot him with a shotgun Morris says he acted in self defense in the incident last Wednesday night.
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Ed Thomas
Roff
Pyatt Morris
Thomas
Morris
Gas shortage in Allen eased after main line repair
Last Sunday morning Allen residents woke to no gas for cooking and heating due to a break in the main line west of town. The line was repaired and gas service returned by 10 o clock. The Homackla Shields No. 4 in section 2338-5-8 tied into city mains, adding abundant gas. Magnolia Reed No. 7 in 17-5-8 is complete and producing 250 barrels at 2609 feet. Tidal Gilmore No. 19 in 28-5-8, previously listed as Dawson No. 10, has been completed for 39 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Tax collections rise in November Oklahoma report
Oklahoma City Nov 30 A rise of 663 757 in non ad valorem tax receipts for November compared with 1928 was announced by state auditor A S J Shaw The total receipts reached 3 130 911 with gasoline tax 1 096 115 gross production tax 1 969 660 inheritance tax 19 656 income tax 3 149 tank car tax 38 718 and penalties and fees 5 611.
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Oklahoma City
A.S. J. Shaw
Holt Named United States Commissioner for Eastern District
Thomas P. Holt has been appointed United States commissioner for the eastern district with headquarters at Ada. He succeeds Scott Ferris who resigned to join the state banking commission. Holt will conduct preliminary hearings for federal offenses and bind over to federal court defendants with sufficient evidence for trial.
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Thomas P. Holt
United States
Eastern District
Ada
Scott Ferris
State Banking Commission
Holt
Uncle Billy Faulkner Found Dead Near Bartlesville
The body of William Faulkner, 74, known as Uncle Billy, was found in his bachelor home on the Leo Lin stone ranch six miles southeast of Bartlesville. He had been shot in the head with a shotgun nearby, and authorities believe he died by his own hand. Faulkner had lived on the Johnstone ranch for about 40 years.
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Bartlesville
William Faulkner
Billy
Leo @&instone ranch
Here
Faulkner
Johnstone Ranch
Ardmore Oil Man J B Schermerhorn Dies in Minnesota
J B Schermerhorn, pioneer Oklahoma and Texas oilman and president of the Schermerhorn Ardmore Oil Co, died in Rochester Minnesota. C W Tomlinson and F W Merrick flew to Minneapolis to attend the funeral. Survived by widow and two children.
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Ardmore
J. B. Schermerhorn
Oklahoma and Texas
Schermerhorn-Ardmore Oil Company
Rochester
Minn
C. W. Tomlinson
F. W. Merrick
Minneapolis
Witcher Elected to Head Masons
Ada Lodge No 730 F and A M elected officers for 1930. W H Witcher chosen worshipful master with Clyde Alletag senior warden M Z Thompson junior warden W P Lee treasurer D W Swaffar secretary. Appointed officers include Kenneth C Bates Frank R Culver Edward Davis Earnest Sawyer R B Faunt Leroy and C E Canning. M F Manville served as installing officer with W M Massengale as grand marshal.
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Ada Lodge
A. M
W. H. Witcher
Clyde Alletag
M. Z. Thompson
W. P. Lee
D. W. Swaffar
Kenneth C. Bates
Frank R. Culver
Edward Davis
Earnest
Car Tag Office Reports Strong November Sales
November tag sales at the automobile tag office totaled 90 with eight on Saturday the last day of the month. Most tags were for new cars as the new year nears another purchase. Light cars led heavier makes in sales. Some tags sold in late weeks and months.
Tax Deed Holder's Rights Defined
The state supreme court ruled a tax certificate holder cannot obtain a personal judgment against landowners for the certificate amount. A certificate only proves entitlement to a deed under conditions, not possession. The decision reversed Charles Hastings versus Jack Montgomery in Craig county district court, with other opinions on several Oklahoma cases.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Charles Hastings
Jack Montgomery
Craig County
Pickering Lumber Company
J. W. Harris
Osage County
C. F. Powell
The
Security National Bank
Tulsa County
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Downie Calloway
Garvin County
Political fund notes condemned by Senate panel
A senate patronage committee report condemns a system of campaign fund raising by promissory notes used by the Republican party in Texas. It urges legislation to ban such notes, citing coercive effects on federal office holders who signed or guaranteed funds. The report was signed by Brookhart and McKellar with Hastings undecided.
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Washington
Texas
Senate
R. B. Creager
Republican National
Brookhart
McKellar
Tennessee
Hastings
Delaware
Kansas Girl Wins National 4 H Club Style Championship
Jeanette Gamble a 17 year old Coffeyville Kansas girl won the national girls style contest at the Four H clubs congress in Chicago. Her complete outfit cost 20 80 with brown dominant color and items partly homemade including a cardigan jacket skirt blouse hat shoes hose lingerie and lingerie cost breakdown given. Biff Jones the 34 year old retiring army football coach from West Point looks forward to retirement to play squash.
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Chicago
Jeanette Gamble
Coffeyville
Kan
Miss Gamble
West Point
Biff Jones
No Bootleg Ring Found In This County
Sheriff reports no evidence of a major bootlegging ring in the county. Local activity centers on small time suppliers who bring in whisky in gallon and half gallon quantities. Officers describe hidden caches around the countryside and frequent forays to destroy stills, with many producers only a step ahead of enforcement.
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Ada
Legger
Court House
Pontotoc
Italian War Veteran Arrives by Bicycle from Buenos Aires
New York reports Victor Seghetti, an Italian war veteran, has cycled from Buenos Aires arriving in the city after leaving the Argentine capital on April 1, 1928. He is described as a traveler making a long journey by bicycle.
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New York
Victor Seghetti
Buenos Aires
Expansion of public buildings program proposed in Congress
Washington December 3 242 expansion of the public buildings program would increase the appropriation by 215 million dollars with 100 million to be spent outside the District of Columbia. The plan was introduced by Chairman Elliott of the House public buildings committee. Also in Washington on December 2 Rep Tom D McKeown proposed post office buildings for Pristow Drumright Okemah Holdenville and Seminole Oklahoma at 1.096 million dollars each.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Elliott
House Public Buildings Committee
McKeown
Pristow
Drumright
Okemah
Holdenville
Seminole
Okla
Tom D. McKeown
Democrat
Oklahoma
Indefinite extension sought for federal radio commission
Senator Dill proposes a bill to extend the life of the federal radio commission beyond January. If not enacted the commission would cease to exist except as an appellate body.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Dill
Wau
Larger Road Program Rise to 125 Million a Year
Washington December 5 A bill to expand the federal roads program from seventy five million to one hundred twenty five million dollars annually for three years was introduced by Senator Phipps chairman of the senate committee on post office and post roads.
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Washington
Phipps
Senate Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Vare Case Vote Sets Senate Schedule
The Senate rejected delaying the Vare case, voting 43 to 30 to proceed with discussion today rather than postponing until next Monday.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Today
Extension for Veterans Proposed
Senator Ashurst Dash Arizona proposes a two year extension of the period veterans may sue for insurance benefits. The measure seeks to enlarge access to veteran insurance claims and extend the legal window for pursuing benefits.
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Washington
Ashurst
Arizona
Oklahoma and Kansas divide honors on hog shows
Oklahoma A. and M. and Kansas Agricultural College tied top awards at the Chicago stock show in the spotted China swin class. Oklahoma captured the best barrow and best pen of barrows, while Kansas took the reserve championships. Both schools also earned two other large ribbons in the spotted China classes and additional minor awards.
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Chicago
Oklahoma A. & M
Kansas Agricultural College
Oklahoma
Kansas
Bearded man robbed of prized whiskers in St Louis
Saem Lehrer, a window display worker with a 7 inch beard, was assaulted at 5 30 am by a black intruder who threatened him with a long knife. After finding no money or jewelry the thief grabbed Lehrer's beard and hacked it off claiming he would sell it for a wig.
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ST. Louis
Saem Lehrer
Lehrer
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