Prizes Shared by Poultry Breeders at Ada Show
Dozens of high quality poultry entered the Pon totoc county show with hundreds of dollars in prizes awarded to Ada Stratford and other area breeders. The 17th annual event drew many visitors and a move to a larger venue is planned for next year per secretary Clyde Kaiser. Winners include J. H. Austin Ada first cock and hen, and Dearwood Clay Stratford multiple pullet and cockerel wins across several breeds.
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Association
Clyde Kaiser
County Association
J. H. Austin
Ada
C. A. Bailey
John Beard
Dearwood Clay
Stratford
Columbia Wyandottes
White Wyandottes
W. Ballard
John. Davis
Death Mystery May Be Solved in Orrville Ohio
After a year long search for four year old Melvin Horst villagers await a report from Special Prosecutor Walter Mougey. A northeastern Ohio businessman and a youth who confessed may lead to a grave. Melvin’s parents keep a Christmas tree as vigil continues.
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Wooster
Ohio
Little Melvin
Orrville
Walter J. Mougey
Mougey
Melvin
Mousey
Williams Backing From State Stated In House
Representative McClintic of Oklahoma said in the house that Stealey's criticism of Carl Williams on the federal farm board does not reflect Oklahoma opinion. McClintic cited telegrams from H. B. Cordell and Eid Overwosser affirming confidence in Williams and saying Stealey’s views are not general.
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McClintic
Oklahoma
House
Co. L. Stealey
Oklahoma _ Cotton Growers’ Association
Carl Williams
Federal Farm Board
McClintie
Congress
Stealey
Williams
Farm
H. B. Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Eid Overwosser
Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
Body of Woman Found Identified as Beatrice Clutts
MARKED TREE ARK DEC 14 The body of a woman found in bushes near here was identified as Mrs Beatrice Clutts of a Memphis Tennessee family. Her husband said she had been in Chicago two weeks and left there days ago in an automobile for Memphis.
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Ark
Beatrice Clutts
Memphis, Tenn
Chicago
Memphis
Inspector to Question Rail Agent in Wife's Death
Memphis police inspector Will Griffin announced he would question Horace C. Clutts a railroad freight agent connected with the death of his 23 year old wife. Clutts identified the body at Marked Tree Arkansas and is being brought to Memphis by Arkansas authorities but remains not under arrest.
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Memphis, Tenn
Will Griffin
Horace C. Clutts
Marked Tree
Ark
Clutts
Arkansas
Telephone Girls Get Wrong Numbers
Evanston Illinois reports a switchboard party where coat checks were mislaid with wrong numbers. No. 36 received No. 5’s wraps and vice versa, many women found no coats and some had purses vanish, leaving the scene puzzling and inexplicable.
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Evanston, Hil
Evanston
Highway Section Healy for Traffic on No 19 to Stonewall
The No 19 to Stonewall highway segment, five and a half miles long, nears opening to traffic pending favorable rain. George Toler reports overall Stonewall corridor progress as good with several miles completed toward Ahulso. The contractor’s six month window remains, with grading and culvert work ongoing since November 26, and 70 workers with 41 teams on site Friday.
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No. 19
Stonewall
George Toler
Toler
Ahloso
Roff
Explosion at mine station kills engineers in Bartlesville
An explosion at the United States Bureau of Mines experimental station in Bartlesville killed petroleum engineer R. R. Brandenthaler and junior engineer Meredith Mills. Four men were present. two burned and released, another died minutes after. Damages about 10000 dollars. An inquiry was ordered.
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United States Bureau of Mines
R. R. Brandenthaler
Meredith Mills
Robert E. Holt
Gustave Ware
Grandenthaler
Miles
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Brandenthaler
N. A. C. Smith
Grundy resigns tariff league and factory posts
Senator Grundy of Pennsylvania resigns as vice president of the American Tariff League and as president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association. He will abandon his headquarters in Washington. He notes potential resignation as Bristol city councilman. The Carnegie Foundation gives Stanford $10 000 to study age and athletic fitness. the Army football team suggested as a subject.
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Washington
Senator Grundy
Pennsylvania
American Tariff League
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
League
Grundy
Bristol
Carnegie Foundation
Stanford University
Army
Hoover onetime Arkansas employee Bert Hoover found on payroll
In Little Rock Arkansas on December 14 a 1930s record shows President Hoover as assistant to the state geologist in 1893 with a $40 monthly salary listed as Bert Hoover on the state payroll. He aided Dr John C Branner in a mineral survey in northern Arkansas and earned a geology degree from Stanford in 1895.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hoover
Arkansas
Bert’’ Hoover
J. Oscar Humphrey
John C. Branner
Stanford University
Congress Sees Opportunity in Spending for Prosperity
Editorial notes Congress has a chance to spend to preserve national prosperity, arguing for proactive fiscal policy and policy action to boost economic growth and stability.
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Congress
San Bernardino Daily Sun
Weather and Roads Across Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas
Kansas looks for fair night and Sunday with some cloudiness and warmer in the north central area. Arkansas unsettled with local showers Sunday and little temperature change. Oklahoma Sunday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Oklahoma City 61 Mist Good Blackwell 54 Rain Slick Ponca City 42 Cloudy Good
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tonkawa Policeman Acquitted By Judge
Tonkawa Oklahoma December 14 a Tonkawa policeman was freed of a murder charge in the shooting of Virgin Simkins an Osage Indian of Pawhuska. The charge was dismissed after a preliminary hearing. Morgan testified he fired to puncture a tire after Simkins defied orders to halt.
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Simkins
Abe Plummer
Plummer
Frank
Pawhuska
Robbery Case at Dungan Nears End
In Duncan, Claud Cheves is charged with robbing C. C. Goode, a filling station operator, with firearms last June. After testimony and alibi claims, the jury was discharged. Cheves alleges Goode framed the robbery and cites past liquor violations and a feud between them.
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Claud Cheves
C. C. Goode
Cheves
Goode
Jim Brown
Jim
Browns
Five Convicts Escape Penitentiary Through Tunnel
Five inmates tunneled out of the state penitentiary but authorities found no trace of their escape as efforts to locate them continue. Investigators described the breach as a coordinated, premeditated breakout.
Five Oklahoma convicts tunnel to liberty from prison
Five white fugitives tunneled from an under construction industrial building in McAlester prison, aided by James Fletcher who knew the shaft. A pursuing group near Krebs and Quin ton encountered three horsemen. Joe Kemp was shot while a guard opened fire. Convicts include Fletcher Allison Ivey Ed Young Herbert Mooney and J C Clairman.
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Mcalester
State Penitentiary
Krebs
Here
Arkansas Line
Poteau
James Fietcher
Craig County
Fletcher
Lester
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Joe Kemp
J. H. Howser
Quinton
Kemp
Howser
J. C. Lloyd
Nicholas Franklin
McAlester Hospital
J. CC. Clairman
Oklahoma County
Foster mother gains temporary custody of foster son
Oklahoma City dec 14 Mrs Mercedes McDaniels of Shawnee won temporary custody of five year old Howard Brown a dispute that reached the state supreme court. Mrs Mabel Bassett the charities and corrections commissioner was preparing for a hearing before P E Chappell while bonds were posted to ensure court jurisdiction. Branson posted a bond listing Liberty bonds land and other properties to guarantee the boy remains in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Mercedes McDaniels
Shawnee
Howard Brown
State Supreme Court
Mabel Bassett
State Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Tulsa County District Court
P. E. Chappell
Supreme Court
Reception of Jap envoy uncertain in Tokyo
Tokyo faces a delicate situation as Japan presses China for approval of Torkichi Obata as minister to China. China reportedly opposition from Nanking and Chiang Kai-Shek’s internal dissension could impede assent, raising concerns of a possible Sino-Japanese incident.
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Tokyo
Torkichi Obata
Turkey
China
Nanking
Obata
Peking
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wagoner Adopts Aldermanic Government in Landslide Vote
Citizens of Wagoner approved a switch from a commission to aldermanic government 487 to 28. A battle looms over timing as officials elected through 1931 seek to finish terms while supporters want a spring election under the new charter.
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Wagoner
Senate approves 169 million tax cut plan for next year
The Senate passed the house tax resolution by 64 to 14, approving a 169 million dollar reduction in next year’s income taxes for individuals and corporations. The measure moves to President Hoover for signature, with administration and party leaders backing the proposal amid debate on unemployment figures and capital gains.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hoover
White House
Couzens
Michigan
Wagner
New York
Smoot
Finance Committee
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