Oil output shifts across states hit national average
Texas daily oil production fell by about 26 631 barrels last week, pulling the national average down to 2 114.89 barrels. Oklahoma rose as first of month allowances took effect, while California gained 6 000 barrels to 475 000. Eastern output held at 117 400 and rock/mountain regions declined.
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Gas Journal
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Kansas
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Eastern
Oklahoma Supreme Court Limits OKC Field Proration Authority
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the oil conservation authority limits to production and denied zone proration in the Oklahoma City field under current orders. It vacated a commission order to close ten Wilcox Oil and Gas Co. wells for alleged overproduction and sent the case back for further testimony on overproduction. The ruling also states that the commission cannot close wells over production from a single company well and that separate source regulation is required.
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Corporation Commissions Oil Rerculation Authority
State Supreme Court
Commission
H. F. Wilcox Oil and Gas Co
Thomas C. Andrews
Corporation Commission
Ilegal
Thomas C.” Andrews
Wilcox Company
Wilcox
Wilcox Concern
Military
Flood Threat Lingers Across the South After Rains
Flood worries persist as persistent rains swell rivers in Mississippi Alabama and west Georgia. High water blocks Mississippi highways while tributaries like the Yazoo and Coosa rise. Officials foresee more flood risk if rainfall continues though crop harvests lessen immediate damage.
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Alabama
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Georgia
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Coosa
Costanaula
Etowah
Winnie Ruth Judd faces Feb 17 death warrant in Arizona
Mrs Winnie Ruth Judd known as Arizona trunk murderess met with husband and attorneys at the state prison to plan delaying tactics after the state supreme court set her execution for February 17. Attys plan rehearing and possible appeals to pardons board a sanity hearing or the US Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Los Angeles
Supreme Court decisions shape Oklahoma cases and remands
Oklahoma City December decisions review a string of cases across counties. Wilcox Oil and Gas Co. v. corporation commission reverses an order closing 10 wells and remands. Multiple civil suits from Payne, Tulsa, Wagoner and other counties are affirmed, reversed, or remanded with instructions for judgments, decrees, or further action.
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Pontotoc
Bonnibell Graham
Leona Pickens
Marshall
Oklahoma Legion News Reflects Christmas Plans and Post Growth
National commander Louis S. Johnson visits Oklahoma as Ada holds a Kiddies Christmas Party at Convention Hall on Dec. 24. Local members urge active rolls, dues, and community service while highlighting the Legion’s forward programs and child welfare efforts.
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Oklahoma City
Harold Constant
Bob Wallace
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Legion
American Legion Monthly
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Four Robbers Hold NP Bank at Yukon
Yukon January 13 action reports three men held up four bank employees at the Yukon National Bank and stole about 2600 dollars after firing on cashier A A Pitney. The elder bandit directed the operation and used a five dollar bill to start the job.
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A. A. Pitney
John Kroutil
Pitney
W. L. Kelly
C. R. Prebyl
Mabel Kelly
Treasury hearings on Collier beer bill face tax clash
Secretary Mills told the Ways and Means committee that beer revenue would not balance the budget and urged a general manufacturers tax while opposing a direct stance on legalization. EF McBride of the Anti-Saloon League pressed for prohibition as the solution. The panel weighed the bill's deficits and future debt balance.
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Congress
Rainey
Illinois
Hoover
Oklahoma to Advertise Bids for 9,907 Miles of Pavement
Oklahoma highway officials announced bids due December 27 for a federal relief road program totaling 4.5 million dollars. The letting covers 9.907 miles of pavement 40.8 miles of grading and drainage and 12 bridges across nine counties including the Wellston gap project. Plans list details by county and state highways including U S 66 3 7 83 miles of grading and drainage on state highway 3 near Fay and more across Lincoln Custer Blaine Sequoyah Grant Kiowa Pottawatomie Osage Dewey.
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Highway Department
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Lincoln County
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Kiowa-Comanche County
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Leedy
Sunflower Shum Proves Success At Ada College Event
A large Ada audience enjoyed the Sunflower minstrels in the college auditorium Thursday night. The two hour show featured solos by Bufford Howard Paul Denny Mortimer Faulkner and John Rodgers, a East Central band and octave, a puppet skit by Professors Davis and Bradshaw, and tricks by Louis Napoles of Havana Cuba. Proceeds benefit the band Boy Scouts and Glenwood school underprivileged children.
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Smith Wounded in Knife Attack. Davis Held Pending Outcome
Smith remains in serious condition after a knife attack Friday evening. Davis is being held as investigators and the county attorney’s office probe the incident. Smith reportedly suffered deep wounds between the heart and lung and on one side of the face.
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Bank Robbery Suspect Named in Henryetta Heist Case
Four persons identified Ford Bradshaw of Cookson Hills as one of three men who robbed the American Exchange bank of Henryetta on November 7 of 8000 dollars. Bradshaw, Jim Benge and Newton Clayton, all wanted for murder in Muskogee county, were named as robbers by two alleged accessories who confessed. Other names include John Lind say and Alf Mays. Oklahoma county attorney Phil K Oldham refused custody unless punishment fits the crime. Robbery with firearms is a capital offense in Oklahoma.
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Jim Benge
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Muskogee County
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Alf Mays
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Wilburn Harris
Phil K. Oldham
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Flu Invades Ada Post Office
Five regular clerks and carriers are out with influenza at the Ada post office. Substitutes are handling duties but service runs late. Postmaster James W. Lewis says he will help work out a method to prevent delays if advised of any difficulties.
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Lewis
House Committee Approves Red Cross Cotton Relief Bill
The House agriculture committee approved a bill to allot all remaining 229000 bales of stabilization cotton to the Red Cross for relief distribution. Red Cross chairman John Barton Payne said the needy could use 2000000 bales, and the measure covers all remaining spot cotton owned by the stabilization corporation.
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Washington
Red Cross
House Agriculture Committee
John Barton Payne
Jones
The
Stabilization Corporation
Budget Committee Seeks Big Cuts in Oklahoma Biennial Budget
The un official budget committee formed by Governor Murray aims to cut 10 million from Oklahoma biennial expenditures. The panel has pushed its estimate to 13 million and already trimmed from 26.93 million to 17.9 million, with talks to the governor on eliminating special appropriations before sending the proposed budget to the legislature opening January 3.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Oklahoma
France faces ethical stand amid tragic debate on signature honor
A four sentence fragment recalls a French stance on ethics and national honor. The speaker emphasizes simple truth and the signature of France as the central symbol. The discourse centers on maintaining faith in the French family despite passions and quarrels.
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France
Widow Found and Estate Left to Haileyville Widow
Thomas Cooper, a railroad mechanic from Haileyville Oklahoma, arrived in Chicago with little money and sought help locating the widow of his late boss Thomas Mahorey who reportedly left 6000 dollars. Detectives tracked Mrs Mahorey with her mother and son to a one room dwelling where they lived in poverty. They plan to return to Haileyville.
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Thomas Cooper
Haileyville
Okla
Detective Headquarters
Thomas Mahorey
Counties Must Support Courts in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus against the Marshall County Excise Board ordering provis ions for district and county court fees for jurors and witnesses. The ruling says the board had levied six mills for general purposes, and that court funds and other nonessential items must be reduced or eliminated to provide needed court appropriations.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Ruel Little
Call to Save the Lausanne Agreement for World Stability
The speaker urged preserving the Lausanne agreement as vital to harmony among European nations and to the stability and security of the global financial situation, noting its potential benefit beyond both nations involved. He emphasized did all possible to safeguard the settlement for world peace and prosperity.
Boston Mayor Curley proposes doubling marriage license fee
Mayor Curley muses on marriage value and announces plans to ask the incoming state legislature to raise the license fee from one dollar to two. He frames the move as aligning fees with the times and urges legislators to act.
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Boston
Curley
Senate approves bill to free Philippines in eight years
The Senate voted 38 to 4 to approve a proposal to free the Philippines in eight years. A final bill vote remains to be held after House differences are reconciled before it goes to President Hoover. An earlier 38 to 37 roll call defeated a five year transition proposed by Dickinson.
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Boy With Broken Neck Loses Fight
Morris Tarby seventeen of Shady Point Oklahoma died in a Fort Smith hospital after a three day battle following a January wreck near Toteau due to ice on the highway. He was paralyzed from the neck down after emergency surgery and told surgeons he would make it right before his condition worsened. His father W M Tarby of Shady Point was at his bedside at the end.
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Okla
Toteau
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Oil Man Spends Night in Jail in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City December 14 7H. G. Marshall president of the Marshall Oil Co. faced jail release efforts after an alleged scuffle with national guardsmen in the local oil field. Military authorities filed two misdemeanor charges including drunkenness in a public place and carrying a concealed weapon. Col. Cicero Murray ordered Marshall jailed overnight. habeas corpus hearing planned.
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G. Marshall
Marshall Oil Co
Cicero
Murray
Col. Murray
Babe Didrikson Suspended by Southern AAU
Mildred Babe Didrikson of Dallas Texas was suspended from amateur competition by the Southern Amateur Athletic Union registration committee after an investigation into alleged endorsement for advertising purposes of an automobile.
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Southern Amateur Athletic Union
Rep Daniel E. Garrett Dies of Heart Trouble
Washington December 13. Representative Daniel E. Garrett of Texas died at his home today of heart disease at age 63. A lawyer by training, he served in Tennessee and Texas legislatures before being elected to Congress in 1912 and serving largely since then. He is survived by three daughters and a son.
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Houston
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Hotton
Jesse H. Jones
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Robertson County
Tennessee
Tennessee House of Representatives
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House Rules Committee
Governor Murray Grants Paroles and Clemmency
Oklahoma Governor Murray signed several clemency acts. Harold Green and John Hamilton had sentences for burglary revoked. Buford Banks, an escapee, received credit for time toward auto theft and Robbery after his reformatory term. Two convicted murders, Wiley Brookshire and Willie Sewell, were paroled.
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Murray
Harold Green
Logan County
John Hamilton
Hughes County
Green
Hamilton
Ardmore
Brookshire
Sewell
Oil operations slow in Pontotoc county due to cold snap
Oil activity in Pontotoc county slows this week as freezing weather halts further drilling. Starrett No 2 in Bebee field 29-5-5 is producing about 100 barrels daily. Liggett and Todd drillers on the lease. Starrett No 1 has reached 1700 feet with promising sand. A rig is ready on the I. T. J. O. lease to drill an offset.
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