Clayton Defends Cotton Firms as Prices Decline
W L Clayton of Anderson Clayton & Company testified before a senate agriculture sub committee that cotton prices fell because supply exceeded demand and due to rapid dumping and stock market slumps. He cited global production rises and shifts in demand, noting 150000 bales replaced in Japan by Indian cotton and that speculators held 4 to 5 million bales of futures.
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Washington
W. L. Clayton
Anderson, Clayton & Company
Houston
Texas
Senate Aggiculture
Heflin
Alabama
Clayton
Gardiner H. Miller
New York Cotton Exchange
Japan
China
Germany
England
J.P. Henican
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
India
Senate
Cotton consumption and trade figures for November show declines
Census bureau data reveal November consumption of lint 544,150 bales and linters 63,408, down from October and last November. In consuming establishments totals reach 1,671,829 lint bales and 168,305 linters, with public storage at 5,841,950 lint bales and 68,747 linters. Imports 5,502 bales. exports 1,048,760 lint bales and 13,955 linters. spindles active 29,649,394.
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Washington
C?p
Census Bureau
Unseasonable Warm Weather Damages Oklahoma Crops
Oklahoma City December 16. Harry B. Cordell president of the state board of agriculture says the warm spell damages crops. Wheat matures too rapidly and thousands of acres should be pastured now. He claims a hard winter would yield better crops by slowing vegetation until spring.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Harry B. Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Cordell
Arkansas Mystery Trial Sees Steadier Trade Tone
Arkansas markets display a steadier trading tone as buying covers are aided by steady Liverpool cables and smaller offerings after the prior day’s selling. Midafternoon activity remains quiet with net advances of 7 to 8 points following 10 to 12 point gains from yesterday’s closes.
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Liverpool
Wall Street Rises After Dull Morning Trade
The New York stock market moved upward after a cautious forenoon with total first hours volume under a million shares. U S Steel led gains with strong short covering pushing it to 172% in the final hour, as other favorites rose 3 to 5 points. Peoples Gas fell 36 to 240. Total sales near 2.3 million shares.
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Wall Street
New York
U. S. Steel
Peoples Gas
Oklahoma City and Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Cattle, calves and hogs traded with mixed to steady tones across Oklahoma City and Kansas City markets. Oklahoma City saw 1,000 cattle and 11,800 hogs with top cattle around 12 dollars for yearlings and hogs near 9.20 at packers, while Kansas City inventory included 11,000 hogs and 6,509 cattle with highs for choice steers around 15.25 and fed yearlings near 15.50. Sheep offerings totaled 5,000 lambs slightly lower, with good and choice lambs around 12.25 and ewes steady.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City
U S. D.A
Argentine crop damage reports lift Chicago wheat market
Argentine harvest damage reports plus weak Australian threshing results supported Chicago wheat prices. Dis patches from Buenos Aires Province indicated wheat grains near chicken feed quality. A predicted cold wave in Kansas and Oklahoma added firmness, with the close 1½ cents higher than yesterday.
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Chicago
Buenos Aires
Australia
Kansas
Oklahoma
Market Report Chicago Grain Prices Dec 17
Wheat prices steady to higher with No 1 hard at 1.21 1 2 dollars and No 1 northern spring at 22 percent. Corn ranges from 92 to 95 cents for old No 2 mixed and yellow varieties, new No 3 yellow 88 cents, No 6 white 69 4 cents. Oats listed as No 3 white 44 to 45 cents and No 4 white 43 to 44 cents.
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Chicago
Cotton Futures Inch Higher on Trade Buying in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 17, trading was light with slight January liquidation and some from near to later months. Prices rose modestly on trade buying with January at 16.89, March at 17.12, and May at 17.40, while exports reached 88,437 bales. Other details noted in New York market context.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Marriage Licenses Listed By County Names
A compiled list shows individuals and ages applying for marriage licenses across multiple towns including Tupelo Center Ada Shawnee Roff Allen and Quanah Reed. Names include T S Angel Josie King Virgil Huddleston Ethel McCloud E D McKibben Lilyan Wall Gladys Nelson Jim Shirley Elsie Fowler Eddie Tingle Alma Price Marcus McDonald Quanah Reed Henry Phillips Vera Jones.
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T. S. Angel
Tupelo
Josie King
Virgil Huddleston
Center
Ethel McCloud
E. D. McKibben
Sedan
Kan
Lilyan Wall
Ada
R. C. Warren
Konawa
Gladys Nelson
Shawnee
Jim Shirley
Maxwell
Elsie Fowler
Eddie Tingle
Roff
Alma Price
Marcus McDonald
Stratford
Quanah Reed
Henry Phillips
Allen
Vera Jones
Cotton markets hold steady as sales continue
Spot cotton closed steady at eight points higher in New Orleans. Sales reached 4,712 bales with low middling at 15.34 dollars, middling 16.84, and good middling 17.39. Receipts totaled 12,994 and stock stood at 609,281 bales.
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New Orleans
Southeastern State Teachers College suspended by conference
Oklahoma City reports confirm Southeastern State Teachers College of Durant has been suspended from the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference after an investigation found 17 football players received monthly loans from 50 Durant businessmen through a booster club. Notes signed by athletes appeared to disguise the loans, with payments totaling 5 dollars per player monthly and loans ranging from 50 to 200 dollars due next September. The suspension can be appealed at the spring conference in Oklahoma City.
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Okmulgee
Southeastern State Teachers College of Durant
Oklahoma Collegiate
L. Norman Duncan
Duncan
Durant
Oklahoma City
Congress Extends Radio Commission Life
The House approved a full bill to extend the life of the Federal Radio Commission. The measure now goes to the president. Earlier, the White bill would have extended indefinitely, but Senate provisions for three engineers prompted quick House action under extension of rules.
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Washington
House
Federal Radio Commission
White
Commission
Senate
Ada’s Bright Future After Wall Street Shakeup
W H Ebey argues Ada, Oklahoma, will recover from the 1330 stock crash with loan resumption after year end, more housing and remodeling, higher employment, and growing Pontotoc oil fields. He hails Ada’s advantages, noting new highways will boost population and trade, and predicts Ada to be one of Oklahoma’s four leading cities.
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W. H. Ebey
Ada
Wall Street
Pontotoc
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Ada optimism from local clothier on market slump recovery
Charles Bainbridge of Q Clothiers argues the market downturn hurt few and Ada stands to gain. He cites Ada's roads and a bridge project, noting his store is 2nd in a 12-store chain and predicts Ada becomes a top Oklahoma shopping center by 1930.
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Charles Bainbridge
Q. Clothiers
America
Wall Street
Ada
Oklahoma
Ada Hardware Trader Sees Strong Year Ahead For 1930
W. A. Coftman Hardware reports a solid year with steady progress and no complaints. The Ada firm foresees a brighter 1930, noting times have changed and merchants must adapt to modern trade while keeping business sound and well managed.
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Ada
Ada’s booming outlook from J C Penney manager
Ss M Baubliuts, manager of the J C Penney store, predicts a good year 1930 for Ada Oklahoma. He cites a new road to the Bebee oil field and highways to Stonewall Roft as upcoming boosts, notes Wall Street’s crash spared local business, and says Ada ranks among the state’s better towns with rising store reports.
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Ss. M. Baubliuts
J. C. Penney
Bebee
Ada
Stonewall
Roft
Wall Street
Oklahoma
Statewide rural school aid distributed to 1166 districts
Oklahoma City Dec 16 final apportionment of 516 787 dollars in state aid funds to 1166 rural districts was announced by John Vaughan state superintendent of public instruction. Four counties Carter Logan Choctaw and Lincoln were skipped for not filing applications. Smaller districts were prioritized as most needy with larger rural districts to receive funds soon. Readjustments expected as reports come in.
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Oklahoma City
John Vaughan
Carter
Logan
Choctaw
Lincoln
Vaughan
State Board of Education
Public Buildings Proposed Across Oklahoma Towns
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma introduced bills to acquire sites and construct public buildings in Yale Lindsay Marshall Crescent Norman Stillwater Cushing Edmond Pauls Valley Sulphur Pure Ceil Wynnewood and a post office substation south of the Canadian River in Oklahoma City.
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Washington
Yale
Lindsay
Marshall
Crescent
Norman
Stillwater
Cushing
Edmond
Pauls Vailey
Sulphur
Pureceil
Wynnewood
Okla
Thomas
Oklahoma
Canadian River
Oklahoma City
Turkish Premier Urges Citizens to Forgo Coffee
Up Premier Ismet Pasha told parliament the economic crisis requires Turkish citizens to abandon luxuries and endure coffee abstinence. He urged replacing coffee with plain bread until the crisis passes, citing the nation’s strain on resources.
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Angora
Turkey
Isimet Pasha
Automobile driver’s sentence upheld in deadly school bus attack
Oklahoma City Dec 14. The state’s criminal appeals court affirmed a three month sentence for Henry Winkler of Washita county convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after allegedly striking May Taliferro as she stepped from a school bus, breaking a leg. Other cases: Doran Plaster sentenced to one year for a second degree statutory offense. Lee Moore fined $50 for gambling. Ernest Graves possession of a still remanded. Z G Patterson 20 days and $100 fine for liquor manufacture attempt.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appdals
Henry Winkler
Washita County
Winkler
May Taliferro
Doran Plaster
Caddo County
Lee Moore
Payne County
Ernest P. Graves
Carter County
Z. G. Patterson
Col Goodnight Texas Rancher Dies at 92 in Arizona
Colonel Charles Goodnight known as The Father of the Texas Panhandle died in Tucson after influenza. He lived at Goodnight Texas near Clarendon and was survived by his widow Corinne, a nephew Henry Taylor mayor of Clarendon, and nieces Mrs Annie Dyer Nunn and Mrs Jack Rutherford. His body will be brought to Goodnight for burial. He had remarried at 90 to Corinne Godnight of Butte Montana after his first wife’s death four years earlier.
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Amarillo
Tex
Charles Goodnight
Texas Panhandle
Tucson
Ariz
Goodnight
Clarendon
Corinne Goodnight
Corinne Godnight
Butte
Mont
Colonel Goodnight
Henry Taylor
Annie Dyer Nunn
Jack Rutherford
Red River Bridge Plans Authorized by Congress
Washington D C December 14 Authority for Texas and Oklahoma to build two free highway bridges over the Red river would be provided by bills introduced by Representative Cartwright of Oklahoma. One bridge would lie near Denison Texas and Durant Oklahoma the other about six miles north of Gainesville Texas.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Red River
Cartwright
Democrat
Denison
Durant
Ohloa
Gainesville
Hearing on murder charges postponed in Durant
Preliminary hearing for A J Easter and Mrs Ila Hughes on murder counts in Will Hughes death was moved from tomorrow to December 30 due to attorney Charles E McPherron not being available. Hughes allegedly beaten to death after sending Will to the barn. Easter also faces murder in the death of his wife Sarah after a confession tied the plot to their marriage plans.
Allgood Resigns Over De Priest Honor Committee Move
Representative Allgood of Alabama resigns from the house committee on enrolled bills after Rep. De Priest of Illinois, a Black member, is added to the panel. De Priest retains a seat on Indian affairs and invalid pensions committees. The move comes as the Republican committee on committees assigns him to posts.
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Washington
Allgood
Alabama
House
Longworth
de Priest
Illinois
Chicago
Republican Committee On Committees
Ailgood
De Priest Responds After Alabama Resigns Honors Seat
Oscar De Priest, the negro congressman, replied “Who cares?” upon learning Representative Allgood of Alabama had resigned from the honorary enrolled bills committee after a seat on it was given to De Priest.
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Chicago
Oscar de Priest
Representative Allgood
Alabama
de Priest
Fog Delays Air Mail Flights Across Oklahoma
Dense fog across Oklahoma slows traffic and halts air mail. Oklahoma City planes are grounded with mail moved to trains. A flight from here to Dallas was forced down at Chandler due to the fog.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dallas
Chandler
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