Roosevelt Defends Farm Program at Farm Bureau Address
President Roosevelt told the American Farm Bureau Federation that political profiteers aim to sway city voters against the New Deal farm program. He defended AAA amid Supreme Court scrutiny, cited rising farm income and Canada trade treaty benefits, and warned against those scuttling prices while linking farm and city prosperity.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Mr. Roosevelt
Supreme Court Washington
Hoosac Mills
AAA
Canada
Warm Springs
Congress
Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Lawyers Committee
American Liberty League
Guffey
Party Lines Could Break As 1936 Campaign Looms
Washington dispatch notes potential realignments in the 1936 race with leaders like Borah Landon and Roosevelt shaping the debate. The business war on the New Deal, AAA court battles, and AFL stance push for nonpartisan issues over labels. Democratic and Republican factions weigh constitutional democracy versus the new deal in a volatile party landscape.
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Edward J. Duffy
Associated Press
Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Topeka
Gov
Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
Borah
New Deal
AAA
Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Potatoes Tax Exemption Clarified for Retail Buyers
The AAA announces that consumers who buy potatoes from regular retailers face no penalties under the potato control act. The tax of one quarter of a cent per pound applies only to the first sale. exemptions cover sales to consumers, with stamps and regulatory rules issued by the AAA and the internal revenue bureau.
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Washington
AAA
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Bureau of Internal Revenue Regulations
Man dies from pistol wound in Darktown shooting
Arne it Brownie Loftus a 35 year old colored man died at 12 15 Sunday morning from a pistol wound inflicted Saturday night. Trudie Caldwell a negro woman is held as officers investigate. Shooting occurred at Sixth and Broadway during Darktown nightlife. Loftus died from an abdomen wound and funeral arrangements awaited relatives from Ardmore and Oklahoma City. A five shooter was said to have been used and discarded before officers arrived.
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Brownie Loftus
Trudie Caldwell
Sixth and
Broadway
Darktown
Loftus
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court Denies Hauptmann Appeal In Lindbergh Case
The U S Supreme Court refused to review Bruno Hauptmanns conviction for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. The denial ends possible review paths with Hauptmann to seek a new trial or a commutation of the death sentence. Hauptmann remains in the death house at Trenton as court process continues.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Lindbergh
AAA
Bronx
Hauptmann
Trenton
Governor Defies Supreme Court Over Highway Control
In Columbia South Carolina on December 6 1930 Governor Olin D Johnson uses 65 National Guard troops to control highway operations after the Supreme Court rules his military regime unconstitutional. The ruling reinstates a 14 member highway commission and blocks highway funding leaving funds scarce amid license revenue.
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Columbia
S. C
National
Olin D. Johnson
Supreme Court
Highway Commission
Johnster
National Guard
Frank H. Barnwell
Indian Welfare Bill May Pass in Congress
Washington report says the Indian welfare bill favored by Commissioner John Collier faces smooth passage in the next session. William Zimmerman predicts a compromise in the House Indian committee, with disputes over estate jurisdiction easing as the bill would extend benefits to the Five Civilized Tribes.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
Thomas Rogers
Oklahoma
Indiana
William Zimmerman
John Collier
Senate
House Indian Committee
Zimmerman
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate Indian Committee
Collier
Five Civilized Tribes
Desperate gang leader slain in Oklahoma manhunt
Dan T. Heady leader of the O Malley gang was killed by a posse near a farmhouse after breaking from the Muskogee jail. Dewey Gilmore was wounded, and Leonard Short captured critically ill as Barrett and others tightened the dragnet.
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Weathers
Okla
Dan T. Heady
O'Malley
Muskogee
Heady
Dewey Gilmore
Dallas
Tex
Leonard Short
Galena
Russell Land Cooper
Clayton
Short
Stanfield
Gilmore
Standifer
Bolton
O’malley
McAlester
Garrett
Leaping Lena Faces Pathetic Ending in Boxing
Chicago December 9 Associated Press sports writer Charles Dunkley reports on Lena Brightforth known as Leaping Lena whose boxing career has declined into penniless struggle. The article notes the sport’s cruel arc from early promise to inevitable hardship as Lena seeks a final chance to prove her mettle.
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Lena
Charles Dunkley
Associated Press
Chicago
Oklahoma University to Begin Science Building in Norman
Construction of a new science building at the University of Oklahoma will start in Norman on December 14. The project will be financed entirely with Public Works Administration funds, according to L. M. Nichols, chairman of the state board of affairs.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Norman
L. M. Nichols
State Board of Affairs
PWA
Greater returns for the amount invested
A classified advertisement touts higher yields for investors, urging readers to compare rates and seek superior returns on capital. It highlights opportunities likely in savings, bonds, or fixed income options offered by a local firm.
Hauptmann Wife Responds Calmly to Supreme Court Ruling
Anna Hauptmann learned by telephone that the U S supreme court refused to review Bruno Hauptmann’s conviction for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder. She told reporters she believed he is innocent and will come home.
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New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Anna
U. S. Supreme Court
Lindbergh
Supreme Court
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Evacuations at Kent mine after hoist house blaze
Fifty six miners trapped below ground by a fire at the Kent mine hoist house in Edmonton attempted to reach the surface through an air vent as flames swept the structure.
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Edmonton
Alta
Kent
Georgia Governor calls Democratic convention in Atlanta
Governor Eugene Talmadge announces a formal call for a Democratic convention to be issued with John Henry Kirby. He says the Southern committee to uphold the constitution has 100000 members in 17 states and criticizes national tax policy while touting state autonomy and political prospects.
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League
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
Council
AAA
Supreme Court
Talmadge
Georgia
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Smith
Davis
Norris
Nebraska
New York
Eugene Talmadge
John Henry Kirby
Houston
Tex
Washington
Oklahoma lawmakers debate Indian affairs oversight
Chairman Rogers urged faster passage of the reorganization act but faced objections from Representatives Jack Nichols of Eufaula and Wesley Disney of Tulsa who argued that final authority over many Indian affairs should rest with Oklahoma courts rather than the federal bureau.
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Rogers
Oklahoma City Democrat
House Committee
Jack Nichols
Eufaula
Okla
Wesley Disney
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Holiday Checks Business Activity Declines In Week
The Administrative and Research Weekly Index of Business Activity shows a 1.1 setback for the week ended November 30, with the index at 83.6. Steel operations and cotton deliveries rose while building activity stayed firm. Automobile and electricity production gains slowed amid declines in soft coal and petroleum output.
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Administrative and Research Corporation
Mew York
Murder Charges in Jail Break Death at Muskogee
In Muskogee six men and Mrs. Dan T. Heady face murder charges for the jail break that killed Detective Chief Ben Bolton. Bolton died from wounds after he opened fire with a machine gun. Among the accused are Russell Cooper Dewey Gilmore Leonard Short and Mrs Heady who also faces federal aiding charges. Two attackers died during the escape and a mountain search found Short dying near Weathers.
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Garrett
Don Garrett
O Malley
Heady
Gilmore
Allen Stanfield
U. S
Ada
Tom Jordan
Muskogee
Clarence Boatwright
Hartshorne
Short
Boatwright
Dan T. Heady
Kansas City
John Blackburn
Conover
Wis
Ben Bolton
Stanfield
McAlester
Perry Walker
Cooper
A. Camp Bonds
Bolton
Weathers
Russell Cooper
Dewey Gilmore
Leonard Short
Pensions for blind ruled invalid by Oklahoma court
Oklahoma City December 7 State court of tax reviews held invalid a law authorizing pensions for the needy blind. The ruling sustained Frisco railroad’s protest against a one eighth mill levy in Ottawa county finding the levy unconstitutional under the 1933 amendment abolishing state ad valorem levies. The decision affected 514 counties with excise boards reimbursing the state for pensions paid locally.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Court of Tax Reviews
Frisco
Ottawa County
Marie Peoples Found After Disappearance
A 17 year old girl Marie Peoples was found in Oklahoma City after being missing since November 193. Her mother Mrs Myrtle Shipman reported the disappearance to local officers. Fear linked to Chester Comer arose due to histories of similar disappearances and associations between Peoples and Comer in Maud.
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Myrtle Shipman
West Thirteenth Street
Marie Peoples
Oklahoma
Miss Peoples
Oklahoma City
Chester Comer
Ray Evans
Ada
J. E. Allred
Maud
Robinson Gets Ten Year Term For Auto Larceny
Lloyd Robinson also known as Floyd Robinson was convicted Thursday of larceny of an automobile. The jury set a ten year prison sentence for stealing a car from the Prince Chevrolet lot while free on bond. The vehicle was later found in a ditch south of Ada.
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Lloyd Robinson
Floyd Robinson
Robinson
Prince Chevrolet Company
Liberty
Ada
Jack Dillar
W. R. Manuel
Eleven Arrested on Conspiracy Charge in Ardmore
Deputy U S Marshal Glenn Old of Durant announced the federal liquor conspiracy arrests in Ardmore naming Constables Ed Stewart and Fred Emerson among eleven detainees. Bail for Stewart and Em a set at 3000 dollars each, with others held in the case.
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Ardmore
Glenn Old
Durant
Old
Ed Stewart
Fred Emerson
Luther Sanders
Claude Crum
Fred Davis
Mary Mitchell
Lula Clark
Ab Criner
Ellen Wilder
Gertrude Ellis
Doss Young
Stewart
Ema
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United States
Lena’ Levy
King Levinsky
Joe Louis
Detroit
White Sox
Levy
Max Baer
Baer
New Jersey
Flemington
Court of Errors and Appeals
Hughes
South Carolina
Barrett
J. H. Kirby
Democrats
Comer
Dillard
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