Soviet official urges focus on South America and China
Moscow dispatch reports Maxim Litvinoff addressing the Kremlin's central executive committee. He rejects Kellogg pact reminders as interference, defends Soviet stance on Manchuria, criticizes imperialistic powers backing Nanking and Mukden, and warns of dras tic Soviet measures on the Chinese border if provoked.
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America
France
Great Britain
South America
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Communist Party
Panama
Russia
United States
Litvinoff
China
Nanking
Mukden
Soviet Russia
Stimson
Washington
Holloway to Pass on Requisition
Captain Howard Brooks of the sheriff's robbery squad said Los Angeles County will send a representative to Oklahoma City to argue California custody of Tom Vernon the confessed wrecker and robber. District Attorney Baron Fitts said he would travel to Oklahoma City to support California if Wyoming defends its custody claim and Vernon would be heard December 12. Vernon was arrested in Pawnee Oklahoma by Deputy Sheriff Tom Higgins.
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Los Angeles
Howard Brooks
Sheriff's
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles County
Oklahoma City
California
Tom Vernon
Southern Pacific West Coast Limited
Saugus
Cal
Fitts
Wyoming
Vernon
Cheyenne O
Oklahoma
Pawnee
Okla
Tom Higgins
Brooks
Cotton In County Short This Year
Cotton received to date at the Peoples Compress is far behind 1928 figures. A total of 9346 bales have been received for compression with 1835 from local gins and 7511 by railroad from the county and nearby areas. The scene includes some Pontotoc county cotton and daily receipts range from five to twenty bales.
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Frisec
Tulsa
Extradition Fight Over Vernon Delays in Oklahoma
California and Wyoming clash over custody of Tom Vernon a 43 year old ex convict and wild west show performer as extradition papers arrive. Vernon arrested in Pawnee Oklahoma confessed to derailing a Southern Pacific train near Saugus California and robbing passengers but denies links to a Union Pacific wreck near Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Oklahoma City
California
Wyoming
Tom Vernon
Vernon
Holloway
Pawnee
Southern Pacific
Saugus
Cal
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyo
McManus Acquitted in Rothstein Murder Case
Judge Charles N Nott Jr dismissed the murder charge against George A McManus in the Arnold Rothstein case. The jury acquitted without leaving the room, citing the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence to prove guilt beyond doubt.
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New York
Charles N. Nott Jr
George A. McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Nott
McManus
Oklahoma City Gun Fight Fatal for Suspect Floyd Currier
Floyd Currier, shot Tuesday night in a gun fight with officers in an old field cafe, has little chance for recovery, say hospital attendants. Currier resisted officers seeking him for Pottawatomie county authorities after he and Joe Keys reportedly drew guns when approached Sunday night. Keys was arrested and held for Pottawatomie officers.
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Oklahoma City
Floyd Currier
Currier
Pottawatomie County
Joe Keys
Keys
Hoover Endorses Executive Committee For Business
Washington December 5 The 400 business representatives at the national conference unanimously endorsed Hoover’s proposal to name an executive committee to represent organized business when needed and empowered Julius Barnes to appoint it. Hoover urged the “good old work” to maintain stability and employment, saying action, not words, cures unemployment.
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National Business Survey
Hoover
Julius Barnes
Dec
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette Square
White House
Lamont
Aviator who landed on Seattle roof years ahead of times
A noted aviator known for a dramatic Seattle roof landing appears ahead of his era by several years. He captures public imagination as aviation history unfolds with daring feats and growing interest.
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Seattle
Times
San Antonio Express
Weather and Road Conditions Across States
Arkansas reports fair weather and warmer tonight with Friday partly cloudy and warmer conditions. Kansas sees unsettled tonight and Friday with little change in temperatures. Oklahoma remains fair with warmer air in the east tonight and Friday partly cloudy.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Man Confesses to Five-Crim Murder in Pacoima Canyon
Armando Baltares, 24, of San Fernando California, confessed to killing Mrs Helena Alvarez Garcia and three of her children Carmelita Elisa and Charles Alvarez with a club and burying them in shallow graves in Pacoima Canyon. He then tracked and shot Luciano Garcia, husband and head of the family, in Azusa. He was jailed in Los Angeles on first degree murder charges.
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Los Angeles
Armando Baltares
San Fernando
Cal
Baltares
William Bright
Helena Alvarez-Garcia
Charles Alvarez
Ada Targeted in State Highway 48 Grading and Drainage Bids
Bids for grading and drainage on State Highway 48 from Ada to the Canadian River south of Konawa are due by 10 a.m. December 17 in the state highway engineer’s office at the capitol. The project includes 10.899 miles of work and a concrete trestle as part of Oklahoma state aid project 466. The Ada area views the project as pivotal to paving from Konawa to the bridge over the Canadian and a move to remove toll barriers, opening access to Seminole county and expanding Ada’s trade reach.
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Ada
Canadian River
Konawa
State Capitol
Oklahoma
Canadian
Seminole County
Parole Records Revealed by Oklahoma Board
Oklahoma City December 5. State pardon and parole records show 917 live paroles in force with only about four fifths of released prisoners reporting. Officer E P Hill said the board sought the data to assess eligibility for restoration of citizenship through paroles. Former inmates on clemency are scattered worldwide and many nonreporting cases may be dead. Many paroles were issued soon after statehood.
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Oklahoma City
State Pardon and Parole Office
Penitentiary Pardon and Parole Board
E. P. Hill
Oklahoma
Hill
Italian ruler in Vatican for historic visit
Rome dated December 5. King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Helena became the first rulers of unified Italy to enter the Vatican. They met Pope Pius XI in a private throne room amid ceremonial guards and papal retinue. Their trip marked the completion of the Roman question accord signed at the Lateran Palace.
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Victor Emanuel
Helena
Pius XI
Italy
Vatican
Vatican City
Europe
Dino Grandi
Count de Vecchi
Holy See
Lateran Palace
Charlemagne
Piazza Santamaria
Prince Massimo
Clementine Hall
Alcoholism death links to Borger murder suspect Kelley
Seminole police identified a Sunday death victim as George Kelley, a Borger murder suspect. SC Beard of Seminole said Kelley, found in Oklahoma City last week, appeared disturbed upon recognition. Kelley allegedly killed two men near Borger, according to Beard.
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George Kelley
Borger
Texas
SC Beard
Kelly
Oklahoma City
Kelley
Beard
Blackburn Named Beckham County Commissioner in Oklahoma
Sayre reports W. W. Blackburn of Elk City succeeds J. F. Lewis as Beckham County commissioner after Lewis resigns to focus on private matters. Governor Holloway appointed Blackburn to the post.
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Sayre
W. W. Blackburn
Elk City
J. F. Lewis
Beckham County
Lewis
Holloway
Blackburn
Soldier Held After Desertion From Fort Riley
Police hold Herbert Gilbert who says he deserted from the army about a month ago while with company D Eighteenth field artillery at Fort Riley Kansas He faces return to Fort Riley according to officers.
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Oklahoma City
Herbert Gilbert
Army
Eighteenth Field Artillery
Fort Riley
Kan
Charges Against Driver of Death Car Dismissed
PARCELL December 5 42 Man slaughter charges against O T Armor 30 Wichita Falls Texas for the death of Miss Joan Black 28 Holiday Texas in a motor car accident near Newcastle November 26 were dismissed by Purman Wilson McClain county attorney. Wilson said lack of evidence showed no criminal intent though Armor was driving when the car ran into a ditch and overturned. Mrs Ina Black and two sisters asked for the dismissal. Armor was arrested with Miss Black and Leonard Derrick 26 Wichita Falls taken to Oklahoma City hospitals where Derrick sustained serious injuries.
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Ina Black
Wink
Texas
Miss Black
Armor
Oklahoma
Leonard Derrick
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Derrick
Governor Grants Twelve Paroles in Oklahoma Clemeny
Governor W J Holloway granted twelve paroles and one sentence commutation to inmates at the Granite state reformatory. Two prisoners were transferred to Fort Supply hospital. The board rejected parole for Kay County bank robber William Mack Carden after protest by Kay County Rep G A Chappel. Carden had 25 year minimum for the Uncas bank robbery of July 1924 and had been at the reformatory since April 11 1925.
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Oklahoma City
W. J. Holloway
State Reformatory
Granite
Reformatory Pardon and Board
Western Oklahoma Hospital
Fort Supply
William Mack Carden
Kay County
G. A. Chappel
Carden
Uncas State Bank
E. P. Hill
Reformatory
Hill
Floyd Jarrett
Pardon and Parole Board
Buster Herrin
Pottawatomie
Tax Reduction Measure Put Before House
The House passed the Hawley resolution by 218 to 17 authorizing a 160 million dollar tax cut. The plan lowers income tax rates for individuals and corporations by one percent and moves to the Senate. Debate featured a divided Ways and Means Committee and a push to expeditiously send the measure to the Senate.
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House
Hawley
Senate
Ways and Means
Ramsever
Iowa
Treasury
Jamseyer
Ramseyer
Senate Finance Committee
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