Colbert Farm Women Excel in County Project Report
Colbert Home Demonstration club named county outstanding for 1938 for extensive work by members across projects. Reports show canning, garden work, food preservation, clothing, bed room and home improvements, with achievements at summer camp and county fair yielding additional funds and recognition.
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Colbert
Colbert Home
Beon
D. C
Hallowe'en
Bra
Tier
Clu
Denver
Vanoss Runs Streak Behind 43 32 Win Over Fittstown
Vanoss high school adds its sixth straight win by defeating Fittstown 43 to 32 as Northam leads a late surge. Fittstown’s girls grab a measure of revenge with a win over Vanoss.
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Vanoss
Fittstown
Northam
Snyger
Crosson
Blackwood
Lazzeri Signs to Play Second Base for Brooklyn
Tony Lazzeri, released by the Cubs, accepted terms to play second base for Brooklyn next year. He sent word to Lerty McPhail and declined to reveal salary. The longtime Yankees star, born in San Francisco, joined the Cubs this year as utility player and coach but chose Brooklyn to play regularly.
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San Francisco
Tony Lazzeri
Cubs
Brooklyn
Lazzeri
Lerty McPhail
Yankees
School Boy Held For Stabbing Death
A Grove High School junior, Ralph Craig, 17, is held in Delaware County jail after a fatal stabbing at a country pie supper fight. Sixteen-year-old James David Van Hooser, a frevaman pupil, is dead. The incident followed a schoolboy altercation at the event.
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Jay
Dee
Delaware County
D. D. Muskrat
Ralph Craig
Grove High School
Jal
James David van Hooser
Lis
Tragic Slaying Near Peters Prairie School In Missouri Line
County forensics cite a fatal stabbing last night at Peters Prairie near the Missouri line. Craig, a younger boy, confessed to striking Van Hooser with a pocket knife after a fistfight. The incident followed prior bus discipline and a pie supper gathering with James or David Van Hooser, leading to a fatal wound in the throat as the victim collapsed near the school exit.
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Jugler
Peters Prairie School
Here
Missouri Line
Hendrix Wolf
Young Craig
van Hooser
Craig
James
David van Howser
Jesse Teague
Teague
Fitzhugh aggregates two wins in county league games
Fitzhugh boy’s and girl’s teams won home games in Pontotoc county basketball conference. The boys defeated Conrathoma 19 to 12 and the girls 25 to 7. Wendell Mitchussen of East Central refereed. B R Council coached the winning teams. The box scores were provided.
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Fitzhugh
Pontotoc
Contrahoma
Wendell Mitchussen
East Central
B. R. Council
FDR Seeks Congress Reorganization Power Again
President Roosevelt announced he would send a new message asking Congress for broad legislation to empower a government reorganization. He met with experts, termed progress as good, and said lawmakers may introduce several bills while acknowledging uncertainty about major changes from prior proposals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Oklahoma tenants to meet first year on FSA loans
Oklahoma tenant farmers who bought farms with Farm Security Administration loans last spring will meet their first year obligations. W.2. West, regional FSA director, said many are paying the first annual installments early and some plan to pay up to three years of installments from this year’s crop. Checks will be issued by Christmas on 19 new Oklahoma loans.
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Dallas
Tex
Dec
Oklahoma
Farm Security Administration
W. 2
West
FFA
FSA
Monk dies after never seeing a woman at Mount Athos
Mihailo Tolto died at age 82 in the Mount Athos monastery where no woman has ever entered. He was born to a mother who died at his birth and raised at the monastery, living his life as a monk without ever sighting a woman.
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Athens
Greece
Mount Athos
Mihailo Tolto
Federal Cotton Marketing Quotas Backed by Southern States
In early returns from 18 of 19 cotton states, 81,740 supported marketing quotas while 163,708 opposed. Oklahoma counties showed strong approval, with many locales voting for quotas though Pontotoc reported against. State totals favored quotas, signaling broad early momentum for the 1939 plan amid regional support and turnout.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Pontotec County
W. B Johnson
Associated Press
Pontotoc County
South
Coal
Garvin
Oklahoma Governor Marland Opens Prisons Record Pace
Governor Marland has released more convicts than any previous Oklahoma leader, paroling 1,637 and pardoning 322. The record surpasses former leader William H. Murray, who parole 920 and pardoned 21, with only one in nine prisoners at McAlester or Granite paroled under Marland.
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Marland
Francis J. Kelly
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tony
William H. Murray
Fred Cunningham
McAlester
Granite
Ada Fire Chief warns of rising fire danger amid drought
Fire Chief Ed Haley urged Ada residents to burn trash and dead grass carefully as southeastern Oklahoma faces an extended dry spell. Weather records show no rain since November, with December fires nearing record levels and grass and trash fires often getting out of control.
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Oklahoma
Ed Haley
Ada
W. E. Pitt
Act
Haley
Blackburn ousted from janitor post in county courthouse
Judge H H Edwards upheld the challenge to Blackburn's injunction petition, allowing Harry Welborn to take the janitor job. The case centers on July 1 board minutes and the mayoral transition issue. Welborn began work November 15 but received no pay due to a temporary restraining order.
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J. W. Bolen
Ada
H. H. Edwards
Wewoka
Blackburn
Court House
Edwards
Board of County Commissioners
Harry Welborn
Board of Director
A. A. Caldwell
J E. Bill
Welborn
New Directors Of Ada Chamber Of Commerce Elected
The Ada Chamber of Commerce elected seven new board members for two years Harry Lundgaand Foster McSwain T G Kelly W D Little FU Criswell Albert Trice and A R Sugg. Holdover directors include S M Baublitts I G Killough G J Morton Sidney Katz L Adams R Heard and Leon Hennigan. The board will convene soon to elect officers.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Harry Lundgaand
Foster McSwain
T.G. Kelly
W. 2D. Little
FU. Criswell
Albert Trice
A. R. Sugg
Alse
S. M. Baublitts
I. G. Killough
G. J. Morton
Sidney Katz L. . Adams
R. ©. Heard
Leon Hennigan
Cunningham scoffs at convict story of Clinton bank robbery
Oklahoma City Dec. 9 Fred Cunningham state pardon and parole attorney scoffed tonight at the tale of id Davis former Oklahoma outlaw who said Walter Philpot was innocent in the 1933 Clinton bank robbery. Davis now on San Quentin death row claimed he and three other outlaws pulled the job. He asserted Philpot is guilty. An investigation showed Davis and Philpot were imprisoned together in 1927 and 1928 on other charges.
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Oklahoma City
Lph
Sfred Cunningham
Id. Davis
Oklahoma
Clinton
Davis
San Quentin
Walter Philpot
Philpot
Cunningham
Marutal
Clemney
Oklahoma State
Jesse Field Has Well In Wilcox Land Test Saturday
In Wilcox sand the 30 Continental No. 3 Brown drills report early production over 100 barrels per hour. An official test is scheduled Saturday for this Wilcox extension at the southeast tip of the field, near the Goal county line. Arch No. 1 Collins NE SE NW 45-6 reached 3,270 feet but conflicts with a pipeline. Lewis Lafever No. 1 A King derrick up NE SW 45-6 with two locations in the south.
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Jesse Field
Brown
Goal County
Salina
Collins
Lewis-Lafever
A. King
Pig feeding contest draws 51 entries in Southeast Oklahoma
The county agent announces 51 entries in the pig feeding contest with prizes totaling 90 dollars. Smith Packing, First National Bank, and Oklahoma State Bank sponsor to encourage 4 H club members to raise better pigs. The Byng 4 H club leads with 10 entries among many from Allen Cedar Grove Rolf Lovelady Frisco Fitzhugh Lula Owl Creek Happyland Rocky Chapel Laxton. Weighing occurred December 1 with subsequent weighings planned through January February and opening day.
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Smith Packing Company
First National Bank
Oklahoma State Bank
Oklahoma
Ada
Byng
Allen
Oklahoma Cows Increase Output During 1938
Oklahoma dairy cows show a 7 percent rise in production over 1937 amid good pasturage and improved care. Dairy officials urge herd improvement, feeding schools, and culling unproductive cows to sustain profitable, efficient dairying as total July production of key products climbs eight percent from last year while consumption dips.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Ma. Scott
Three Rescued From River Bed In Arkansas Incident
Three men were rescued at night after they dropped to the river bed when a bridge span failed above Bixby. Names were not learned immediately.
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Bixby
Arkansas
Old Age Insurance Extension Aim Faces Strong Debate
Washington dispatch reports the social security advisory council plans to urge Congress to extend federal old age insurance to about 2.61 million more workers and possibly start benefits January 1949 instead of 1942. The plan would also allow continuing wage credits beyond age 65 and includes blanket coverage for nonprofit employees, seamen, and bank workers.
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Washington
Social Security Advisory Council
Congress
Council
America
Council 1Ready
Oklahoma Leads In Farm Tax Reduction Report
Oklahoma tax officials show sharper farm tax cuts from 1930 to 1937 than any other state in the region and nationwide, as Oklahoma shifts tax burden toward income and selective levies like oil and gas gross production taxes. In Arkansas Polk County’s 26th annual Possum Club banquet closes with 85 year old English Baker winning praise for his wit and jig-dance, 107 new members admitted amid a record 850 attendees.
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Oklahoma
United States
Mena
Ark
English Baker
Arkansas
Baker
Ouachita Mountains
Land tax per acre varies by state over time
The excerpt notes that arid Texas and New Mexico lands hold lower value than tillable lands. It compares 1930 and 1937 taxes per acre, showing six of eight states below Oklahoma’s 47c in 1930, and three states below Oklahoma’s 23c in 1937, highlighting state differences in land value and taxation.
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Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
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