Cotton Production Forecast Shows Higher U S Harvest This Year
The Department of Agriculture estimates 13 177 000 bales of cotton for the current year up from 12 100 009 bales a month ago and 12 002 000 bales from 1932. The indicated lint yield is 209 4 pounds per acre over 20 144 000 acres with 26 4 per cent abandoned. State totals list Missouri Tennessee North Carolina and other states with varied outputs. Prime Egyptian long staple cotton is included in Arizona production.
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Washington, Dec
Department Agriculture
Department
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
North Carolina
South Carolina
Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Old Mexico
United States
Horace Mann Club Scene Ties to Hayter Family Case
County Attorney Dwight Malcoma filed charges in a Duncan jail case accusing Hayter of shooting his wife on October 27. Bodies of Sidney 17 and Nellie 14 were found with the mother November 1 after the home was locked. A second person, a woman closely acquainted with Hayter, is held in El Reno.
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Hayter
Dwight Malcoma
el Reno
School district treasurer reports November apportionment
Walter D. Grindstaff, treasurer for School District 19 which includes Ada, reports a November apportionment of 15346.57 from taxes and state county sales. Warrants from 1931-32 to 1933-34 series are now payable to certain numbers as listed. Christmas shopping and Legion toy party highlighted.
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Walter D. Grindstaff
Ada
Grindstaff
Clarita and Tupelo Scouts Earn Badges and Plan Court
Boy Scouts of America in Clarita awarded second class badges to John Grigsby L B Nelson Erwin Nelson and tender foot badges to Hugh Grigsby Bruce Carter Harry and Claude McCormick. Personal health badge to Hubert Bonino athletics and scholarship to Dewey Samuels bugling to Joe Patty. Tupelo scouts led by Delphi Bowles did a good turn cutting wood for a needy family. Court of honor set for December 18 in Tupelo with Coal County officials and Rev Jones aiding troop reorganization at Stonewall.
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Clarita
Bonnie Peters
Coalgate
John Grigsby
L. B. Nelson
Erwin Nelson
Hugh Grigsby
Bruce Carter
Harry
Claude McCormick
Hubert Bonino
Dewey Samuels
Joe Patty
Hudson
Ralls
Drake
Lacy
Penny
Tupelo
Delphian Bowles
Grover
Frank Worley
W. L. Swafford
Robert Knott
Vincent Largent
Roy
Bob McCurdy
Bill Saint
Coal County Court of Honor
Rev. Jones
Stonewall
Long Teaching Career of Miss Overstreet Spans Continents
Miss Mary Overstreet of Emporia retired after 61 years in education. From 1876 to 1927 she taught in Kansas Oklahoma California and Japan with pauses for study. She prized discipline and says students always stayed focused on their work.
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Emporia
Kan
Mary Overstreet
Emporia Normal School
Stillwater
el Reno
Enid
University of the City of New York
Tokyo
Japan
Beaver
Okla
Ada Pioneer Emma Van Meter Dies at 83
Emma Van Meter aged 83 died Friday night at her Ada home 123 South Hope. Funeral at Keith's Funeral Home at 10 with Revs. Morris and Curry officiating. Interment in Illinois Bend beside her husband. She moved from Illinois Bend in 1905 to Ada to help John C. Van Meter run Dorland hotel. Survived by son John C. Van Meter and five grandchildren including Othar Deges Garnett Van Meter Bill Van Meter Mrs Co T Jennings and H L Pete Van Meter.
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Emma van Meter
South Hope
Keith
Morris and Curry
the Baptist
Methodist
Illinois Bend
Texas
van Meter
Ada
John C. van Meter
Dorland
North Broadway
Dontotoe County
Methodist Church
Othar van Meter
Deges
Garnett van Veter
Oklahoma City
Bill van Meter
Co. T. Jennings
H. L
Pete) van Meter
Amarillo
Hayter Charged with Murder in Wife's Death
Lawton authorities charge P R F Bob Hayter with murder in the death of his wife and her two children. Police report the suspect is held for arraignment as details emerge from the incident.
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Lawton
P—R. F
Bob) Hayter
Huff fired by state relief agency blames Murray
Mrs J L Huff, discharged as executive secretary of the state civil works staff, said Governor Murray was responsible for her removal. Unconfirmed reports said Aubrey Williams ordered the dismissal in a telephone call from Washington. Huff added Senator Thomas had demanded an investigation. No comment from the governor's office.
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Oklahoma City
J. L. Huff
Murray
Aubrey Williams
Huff
Car Giles
Washington
Thomas
Whitey Walker Indicted in $4,400 Robinson State Bank Robbery
A grand jury at Palestine Texas indicted W. J. Whitey Walker Irvin Blackie Thompson Roy A. Johnson Nick Prince and Dolores Walker in the October 26 Robinson State Bank robbery. Walker Johnson and Dolores Walker were linked to the November McMurray refinery hold up. A woman posed as a oil man’s wife and rented a local home six weeks before the robbery.
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Palestine
Tex
Anderson County Erand
Robinson State Bank
W. J
Whitey) Walker
Irvin
Blackie) Thompson
Roy A. Johnson
Oklahoma State Prison
Nick Prince
Dolores Walker
Southwest
Walker
Johnson
McMurray
Arp
Hyde to Dismiss Most Liquor Cases in Federal Court
Oklahoma City December 7 District Attorney Herbert K Hyde said he expects to dismiss all liquor cases pending in federal court Saturday following a conference with Federal Judge Edgar S Vaught A federal grand jury then reported 48 liquor indictments Hyde noted the repeal of the prohibition law removed the basis for proceeding with the cases
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Oklahoma City
Herbert K. Hyde
Edgar S. Vaught
Hyde
Apple grower seeks tooth prints to ID thieves
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin a farmer, carrying an apple in each hand, asked county jail officials for permission to take tooth marks from two prisoners to identify thieves who ate apples at his farm last summer. Jail officials refused the request.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Tax Rolls On Monday In Oklahoma Under New Method
County tax assessor Charley Floyd will turn the 1933-34 tax rolls over to treasurer Fred McCoy on Monday morning. Collection of the first quarter taxes will begin after certification, with delinquencies 30 days after each quarter starts. The revised system moves valuations and levies earlier, shifting due dates to quarterly intervals beginning in October.
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Charley Floyd
Fred McCoy
Oklahoma
Time speeds to Christmas in Ada as Santa visits downtown
Two weeks before Christmas Ada scales up holiday bustle as Santa Claus tours Main Street. Crowds of children greet him Friday and Saturday as stores fill with shoppers and holiday cheer.
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Ada
Santa Claus
Main Street
Ada Post Office Dedication Date Set for Saturday
A groundbreaking took place earlier and the Ada post office dedication will occur Saturday at 2 p m Congressman Will Rogers of Moore Okla will give the main address Ada Chamber of Commerce representative C Boswell and East Central State Teachers College president Dr A Linscheid will speak Weather permitting the ceremony will be held outside with loudspeakers The building will serve as Ada post office federal court offices and civil service exam site for the area.
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Congress
Herbert Hoover
Ada
Twelfth and
Rennie
John Beard
Will Rogers
Moore
Okla
S&s
Federal Court
New Theory Of Cosmic Rays
Prof Fritz Awicky proposes cosmic rays originate from great exploding stars or supernovae. He cites Andromeda’s 1885 explosion and a 1572 galactic event, estimating one such star erupts about every thousand years per island universe and would emit radiation rivaling 100 million suns.
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Walter B. Clausen
Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
Fritz Awicky
California Institute of Technology
Milky Way Galaxy
Abbe Lamaitre
Prof
Zwicky
Andromeda
Aout
Earth
Milky Way
Greater returns for the amount invested News Classified Ads
Classified ad item touts higher yields for investors, promoting opportunities to increase returns on capital. It emphasizes value for money and potential profit without specifying exact products or terms.
Oklahoma crude output tops federal allotment this week
Oklahoma crude oil production reached an estimated 501,124 barrels per day, well above the 457,000 barrel a day federal limit, up from 421,750 last week. Kansas output slipped to 108,920 barrels daily, below its 112,000 allotment, down from 114,740.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Tulsa World
Kansas
Bank leader H T Douglas Case Moves to Lincoln County
A venue change was granted for H T Douglas president of the Douglas banking chain amid irregular banking charges. His brother Newton Douglas, former First National Bank head in Shawnee, faces four charges as his own venue change request is withdrawn. Petitions from 90 Pottawatomie county residents argued for a fair trial away from Shawnee.
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H. T. Douglas
Lincoln County
Shawnee
Okla
Douglas
Newton Douglas
First National Bank
Pottawatomie County
Indian country braces for new liquor crackdown in eastern Oklahoma
Muskogee observers note a shift as repeal nears and only two federal prohibition agents remain in the Muskogee district once handling 1500 liquor cases a year. Hastings amendment enforcements linger while Indian officials seek funds for broader control amid reports of native production and strong enforcement by Judge Bob Williams era.
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Muskogee
John Barleycorn
Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
William Zimmerman
Washington
Indian Bureau
Federal Court of Venerable
Bob’ Williams
Williams
Indian Agency
Judge Vaught frees Bert Smith on liquor charge
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught grants a writ of habeas corpus freeing Bert Smith, 26, from jail on a liquor charge, ruling that the national prohibition repeal makes the act unconstitutional and extending the order to 232 prisoners in the western Oklahoma district awaiting trial or sentence. The decision cites an 1870 Supreme Court ruling on jurisdiction and invites an appeal to the high court as a test case.
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Oklahoma City
Edgar S. Vaught
Vaught
United States Supreme Court
P. E. Hodges
Supreme Court
White Collar Jobs Initiative to Map Real Estate
The civil works administration plans to approve a Commerce Department request for about 2.5 million dollars to conduct real estate inventories in major U.S. cities. Officials say the project could employ nine to ten thousand people, mostly from white collar professions, to assess construction needs for revival of the building industry.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Commerce Department
United States
Commerce
Research and Planning Division
NRA
Bootlegger Fined in Chicago Moonshine Case
Louis Ciobattari was fined 250 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge Frank M. Padden after an alleged illicit liquor sale charge. Police raided his flat finding moonshine and home brew, and he was sent to jail to serve the fine.
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Chicago
Frank M. Padden
Louis Ciobattari
New Taxation Scheme Proposed by Administration
Washington reports the administration backs a plan for a national tax system where the federal government collects all revenues and then allocates funds to the treasury states and sub divisions. A 20 percent share of liquor receipts would go to states to curb double levies as governors consider broader reforms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Conference of Governors
House
Rep. Vinson
Ways and Means
Doughton
N. C
Ways and Means Committee
National Tax System Idea Spreads Across States
The concept of a national tax framework is spreading despite agents noting it may take years to adopt. Proponents argue it could standardize revenue, while officials warn of regional impacts and implementation challenges.
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Carette
Optimism Felt in Washington by Chamber of Commerce
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports growing confidence in Washington driven by signs of business recovery. It notes trade revival abroad, stimulus from recovery measures, and higher farm buying power. Congressional outlook improves as southern and western agriculture tempers calls for drastic legislation.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Treasury
Disappearing Act in Uniontown as two men escort psychic
In Uniontown Pennsylvania two men seated before Clayde Jeff 30 a master of the psychic arts were approached by a mysterious man who claimed a future in politics and business. Constable E R B Provance flashed a badge and with another officer escorted Jeff to court. He was released after promising to leave town.
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Clayde Jeff
E. RB. Provance
Jeff
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