Murder on the Move in King Case Leads to New Suspect
Bannister of the Post follows a winding trail in the Tracy King murder case. A blond suspect fades as Carlotta Scurlach, wife of Herman Scurlach, emerges amid threats and letters. Gainey and Paxton push for answers while Juliet France vanishes from the Tremont hotel.
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Tracy King
King
Hanniater
Susart France
Jim Paxton
Post
Paxton
J. Randpolph Gainey
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Eity
Annister
Juliet France
Carlotta
Bannister
Blue Eagle May Stay Up After Year End Emblem Plans Emerge
National Recovery Administration signals Blue Eagle will continue after December 31 to support a broad re employment program for trades without codes. Plans consider continuing displays to bind employers to code terms, with new blanks or renewed agreements. The piece notes enforcement actions for noncompliant firms and public appeals to keep buying under the Blue Eagle.
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Eee
Washington
Cpnra
Blue Eagle
Farm Crops Value In Final Year Report Topped Four Billion
Washington reports the year farm crops valued at 4,076,537,900 with 1951 figures at 4,102,354,000. Crop breakdown includes corn 2,330,237,000 bushels valued at 917,605,000 and cotton 13,177,000 bales valued at 617,716,000. Other crops list wheat, oats, hay, potatoes, beans, soybeans, tobacco, and fruits with detailed production and farm values.
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Washington
Department of Agrculture
Aggie Basketball Opener With Central Bronchos Set
The Aggies host Central Bronchos to start the basketball season at noon. Preseason buzz favors a stronger Aggie squad. Editor John Oliver denounces campus political clique in a stinging editorial and quits the order.
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Aggies
John Oliver
Student Daily
Oliver
Woodrow Erwin
Woody
Ada
Thedford’s Black-Draught Laxative From Plants
Thedford’s Black-Draught is described as a natural plant laxative made from garden vegetables. It claims to stimulate the bowels like natural foods and avoid dependency on synthetic cathartics, with a note on suitability for children.
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Thedford
Natu
Nations pay partial war debts as Finland leads with full installment
Washington reports $8,898,123 paid today on $11 billion funded debts from 11 European nations. Finland again paid in full, while Great Britain Italy Czechoslovakia Lithuania Latvia sent token sums. France Poland Belgium Estonia and Hungary sent nothing. Total due rises to $301,778,747 with prior December and June defaults included. Congress controls debt reductions or schedule changes.
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Washington
United States
Finland
France
Poland
Belgium
Estonia
Hungary
Great Britain
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Lithuania
Latvia
Congress
Negro Lynched in Tennessee After No Indictment
In Columbia Tennessee a 20 year old black man, Cold Cheek, accused of attempting to attack an 11 year old girl, was found hanged near Glendale after a grand jury refused to indict. The body showed bullet marks, and Cheek had been moved to Nashville for safekeeping before the lynching.
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Tenn
Cold Cheek
Claude Godwin
Glendale
Godwin
Cheek
Nashville
R. M. McDonald
McDonald
Pulaski
Grand Jury
Goodwin
Briles Builds Farm Home With Gypsum Bricks
Hutchinson Kansas report says Lon Briles, near Hooker Oklahoma, claims an economy record in house building. Using local gypsum, Briles manufactured his own brick and built a full farm residence including doors windows frames and roofing for 25 dollars.
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Hutchinson
Kans
Lon Briles
Hooker
Briles
Rowell Moran Engagement Announcement
Miss Eva Oneta Moran and James Grayson Rowell announce their marriage ceremony held on Sunday. The event marked the union of two local families and was reported in the society section of the paper.
Euclid Opens First PWA Housing Site in Suburb
Ground was broken in Euclid for a PWA funded residence under a $2 million program led by the Euclid Housing corporation. PWA chief Hous ing official Robert D. Kohn sent congratulations. Five houses planned immediately as private activity rises.
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Cleveland
Euclid
PWA
P. J. Cook
Cleveland Heights
Euclid Housing Corporation
Charles R. Ely
Robert D. Kohn
Federal Housing Division
N. Max Dunning
Kohn
Ely
Fuchd
Underhill Sought in Missouri Raid
JOPLIN Missouri Dec 16 Acting on a tip that fugitive Kansas killer Wilbur Underhill was at a residence here 18 officers including seven from the Kansas attorney general office searched the home and nearby houses but found no trace of him. The raid drew in officers from Ottawa County Oklahoma Cherokee County Kansas Jasper County Missouri and Joplin as they followed leads about his wife and two children.
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Shelby Arms
King’s Room
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Aggies
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Murray
Gilmore
Joe Penner
Joplin
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas
Kansas Attorney General's Office
Topeka
Underhill
Tulsa
Okla
Hiram Driver Wins Northeastern Ohio Pancake Eating Contest
In Garretsville Ohio a pancake eating championship drew seventeen competitors. Charles Sarhold, 22, from Hiram won by eating 42 five inch buckwheat cakes. Edward Ziska, 28, of Freedom placed second with 41 cakes as Barholt exited after a late supper.
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Garrettsville
Portage County
Ohio
Charles Sarhold
Hiram
Barholt
Gulf Coast Oil Acreage Sells At High 7700 Per Acre
Houston report notes 651 acres in Cortree field Keystone Mills tracts sold for 7700 dollars per acre. The $5 million price was part cash with balance in oil upon production. The area contains 18 producers and supports 30 more wells under field rules. Humble Oil and Refining Co. bought the tract.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Coast
Cortree
A. Steel
Keystone Mills
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Kidnappers Sought After Holdenville Robbery
Wewoka Oklahoma December 15 4 Sem inole and Hughes counties police seek two well dressed men about 30 accused by taxicab driver Roy Keeze of kidnapping and robbing him last night. Keeze said they wanted a ride to Holdenville then bound him and robbed him of about $2 his watch and valuables. The cab was abandoned in Holdenville today.
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Wewoka
Hughes County
Roy Keeze
Keeze
Holdenville
Man Charged with Child Stealing Opens Trial
Friday's court session features John Webb charged with stealing Lotie Bell Chandler, 9, from guardian Mrs. Ben Cass in Stonewall, allegedly taken at about 3 am June 22 with a gun. Civil docket notes verdicts and judgments in several cases including Blanton vs Futterman and Sutherland Lumber vs Newcomb.
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J. F. McKeel
John Webb
Webb
Lottie Bell Chandler
Ben Cass
Stonewall
J. T. Blanton
L. Futterman
First National Bank of Stratford
J. C. Lewis
Butterick Publishing Company
A. F. Bickel
Sutherland Lumber Company
R. S. Newcomb
O. D. Goodman
T. L. Seaborn
Oklahoma Governor orders tax probe of fraternal insurers
Governor Murray appoints Tulsa attorney John Wheeler to investigate and collect taxes from fraternal life insurance companies. Wheeler may sue to recover taxes owed and will be paid up to ten percent of collected taxes, with court approval for any settlement.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
John Wheeler
Tulsa
Wheeler
Four Million On CWA Payroll and Expansion Plans
Washington reports the Civil Works Administration states more than 4 million people are on the payroll under Roosevelt’s relief program. Harry Hopkins said the December 16 target appears met though exact figures are pending, with 41 million employed. Praise goes to state local admins and volunteers for efforts over the past month.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Roosevelt
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Civil Works
Keller becomes pupil as Macy’s condition worsens
In Rosshire Scotland Helen Keller tutors her longtime instructor Anne Sullivan Macy who is losing sight. Macy, 67, once taught Keller Braille and guided her since age six, now faces deterioration while Keller coaches her in Braille and care.
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New York
Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan Macy
Miss Keller
Rosshire
Scotland
Mrs. Macy
Helen
Couzens Proposes Penalty on Liquor Purchasers
Senator Couzens of Michigan suggests making the buyer of bootleg liquor as liable as the seller. He plans to urge an amendment to the liquor tax bill when the Senate Finance Committee takes it up, arguing shoppers under prohibition may be worse than those with legal liquor.
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Washington
Couzens
Michigan
Senate Finance Committee
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