Oklahoma City House Battle Ends In Street Victory
The report confirms five anti administration lawmakers pledge to abide by the Democratic caucus choice for speaker Allen Street of Oklahoma City is favored with 35 of 57 pledges. Others seek roles as speaker pro tempore and committee chairs amid a high stakes power struggle in the upcoming legislative session.
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Senate
W. C. McAlister
McAlister
Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
House
Allen Street
D. A. Stovall
James C. Nance
Cotton County
Tom Kite
Rogers County
Charles Moon
Muskogee County
John Head
McCurtain County
R. C. Graham
Oklahoma County
J. Woody Dixon
Love County
D. M. Logan
Okmulgee County
R. W. Skinner
Ottawa County
Cham Jones
Stephens County
Claude Briggs
Administration
Appropriations Committee
James Harrower
Muskogee
Highway Committee
Street
Stovall
Woody Dixon
Marietta
Claud Briggs
Wilburton
Johnston
Briggs
H Tom Kight
Nance
Kight
Jers. Claud Briggs
Oklahoma
Sty
Capitol
J. F. Daniels
Ringling
Oklahoma House Fails to Elect Speaker in Split Session
In Oklahoma City a 41 member Democratic House session adjourned amid bitter clashes between Johnston supporters and opponents. The meeting failed to select a Speaker with three of five announced candidates, including James Nance of Wal.
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Charles Moon
Muskogee
W. M. Barry
Okemah
House
Daniels
Oklahoma City
Henry S. Johnston
House of Representatives
James Nance
Wal
Reapportionment Delay and Budget Raises Discussed
Long delayed reapportionment faced multiple committees as budget estimates showed 1 to 2 million unemployed. Legislators sparred over unemployment figures from last winter while talks on salary increases for Director Lord and Undersecretary Mills surfaced, with a proposed rise of 2000 dollars for each.
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House Census Committee
House Post Office
Naval Affairs
Judiciary
Military
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Lord
Senate Finance Committee
Ogden L. Mills
The
Treasury
Bank Robbery Suspect Tied to Allen Case Returns to Trial
County officials tied a suspect to the Allen bank robbery through a clue involving his marriage to a Wynnewood girl in Sulphur. He fled to Tyler, Texas, but was captured and returned to Pontotoc County where warrants linked him to two more local bank robberies. The court crowd was smaller than expected, many women among the fans and Allen residents in attendance. The early part of the morning.
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Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk Island
North Carolina
Orville Wright
Wright
Sulphur
Allen
Black
Tyler
Texas
Pontotoc County
Steer Brings Record Price At International Livestock Show
Clarence Goecke 12 of State Center Iowa sees his Hereford yearling Dick win grand champion at Chicago. The steer sold for $7.00 a pound to J C Penny Co New York, a new record. the boy earns over $8,000 plus prize money.
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Chicago
Clarence Goecke
State Center
Iowa
J. C. Penny Company
New York
Clarence
Oklahoma Considers Gasoline Tax Increase and Road Bond
Ardmore December 6 Oklahoma weighed five cent gasoline tax increase and a state wide road bond of 125 million dollars to expand the state highway system. Dr S M Johnson national president addressed about 100 Lee Highway delegates outlining Pickwick lines interest in Lee highway as a transcontinental east west route for buses and airplanes. He hoped Pullman buses and 18 passenger airplanes would operate on the route before next summer.
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Ardmore
Oklahoma
S. M. Johnson
Washington, D. C
Lee Highway Association
Dr. Johnson
Clovis
N. M
Little Rock
Ark
Pickwick Stage Lines
Los Angeles
Lee Highway
Johnson
Barton Lee Former Ada Man Dead to Be Buried Here
Barton Lee, a former Ada resident, died after a brief illness in Pauls Valley. Funeral services are set for Friday at 1:30 PM in Pauls Valley with interment in Ada at Rosedale Cemetery after travel. He was a son of Mr and Mrs W C Lee longtime Ada settlers.
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Barton Lee
Ada
W. P. Lee
Pauls Valley
Rosedale Cemetery
W. C. Lee
Cattle Tick Eradication Lifted for Entire State
Oklahoma City December 7. The federal government lifts the cattle tick quarantine on the entire state effective December 1. State quarantine remains in scattered sections, especially in southeastern counties, with efforts to complete eradication. The federal government will match state funds for future outbreak control.
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Oklahoma City
U?p
Harry B. Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Federal Department
Cordell
Fred Elam in Jail on Drunkenness Charge
Fred Elam began a 30 day jail term in Pontotoc county jail after a drunken in a public place sentence by Justice T. O. Cullins. He may serve an additional 50 days if the $50 fine cannot be paid. Arrested at Homer school house, Deputy Pete Woods filed the case after sheriff's office reports.
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Fred Elam
Pontotoc County
T. O. Cullins
Tigers Finish Caging Lineup
The Tigers open the season after Christmas with Panhandle Aggies at Ada in a non conference slate. Schedule includes nine home and four away games against Southeastern Central Southwestern Northwestern Northeastern and Baptist with Tulsa limited to one game.
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Fast Central
Panhandle Aggies
College
Oklahoma
Ada
Southeastern Savages
East Central
Oklahoma City
Phillips Universities
Mickey McBride
Tigers
Southeastern
Central
Southwestern
Northwestern
Northeastern
Oklahoma Collegiate
Tishomingo Aggies
Wilburton
Durant
Weatherford
Alva
Edmond
Shawnee
Oklahoma's Sacred Ground Theme Explains State Blessing
A Padre era-like ode asserts God blessed Oklahoma from its birth, claiming the land's rocks and soil prove a divine plan. The speaker cites memory of a father’s tale and argues worship and labor will combine in the state's development.
Hogg Pension Commissioner and War Veteran Dies
OKLAHOMA CITY Dec. 6 P T B Hogg about 80 years old Confederate pension commissioner for Oklahoma died suddenly at his Shawnee home. The cause was not learned. Hogg had served since January 15 after Governor Johnston appointed him to replace C J Stewart who was dismissed.
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Oklahoma City
P—T. B. Hogg
Oklahoma
Shawnee
Hogg
Pension Department
Johnston
C. J. Stewart
Former State Senator Hogg Led Local Unions and Veterans
Mr Hogg formerly a state senator for Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties served as commander of the United Confederate Veterans and remained active in the organization. He was known in Ada where he attended reunions and handled business matters on occasion.
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Mr. Hogg
Pottawatomie
Lincoln
United Confederate Veterans
Ada
Strickland Convicted of Murder in Claremore Case
H. P. Strickland, 62, farmer, was found guilty of murder by a district court jury in Claremore Oklahoma after shooting neighbor S. T. Griffin on a country road September 5. Strickland claimed he acted in defense of his daughter amid a Griffin-Strickland family connection by marriage. He received a life sentence.
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Claremore
Mer Claremore
H. P. Strickland
S. T. Griffin
Nfe
Strickland
Griffin
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H. Tom Kight
Lloyd Lowry
Jackson County
Lowry
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Roy Murry
Charles Durant
W. J. Davis
E. E. Sutton
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