Senate Senator Borah seeks Soviet aid for Eielson rescue
Senator Borah sent a cable to the Soviet foreign affairs chief requesting the Stavrapol be directed to search for American aviators Eielson and Borland missing six weeks near the icebound Nanuk off Siberia. Arctic explorer Stefansson and Mrs. Willebrandt supported the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ben Esielson
Siberia
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations
M. Litvinoff
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Aviation Corporation
Eielson
Carl Borland
Wilbur
United States
Borland
Teller
Nanuk
Fall pig crop 1929 shows small national decline
Washington reports a 1929 fall pig crop of 65 000 farmers indicates the United States total was 5.4 percent smaller than 1928. The corn belt saw a 4 percent rise, while the south offset the gain. Increases in sows bred for 1930 rose 6 percent nationally and 5 percent in the corn belt. The Agriculture Department notes a possible small drop in sows farrowed next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Corn Belt
Post Office Department
Agriculture Department
Rescue plea for missing aviators appeals to Soviet icebreakers
The United States formally appeals to Soviet icebreakers Lipke and Stavropol to aid in rescuing Lieut. Eielson and Earl Borland missing since their flight from Fairbanks toward The Nanuk off Siberia. Weather wrecked three rescue planes as efforts failed amid icebound Arctic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Ben Bielson
Earl Borland
Siberian
Interior Department
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Governor Parks
Alaska
Moscow
Wilbur
United States
Far North
Eielson
Borland
Fairbanks
North Cape
Staffansson
Bering Straits
Staffanson
Nobile
Slight Increase in Onl Production From Oil Journal Report
Tulsa dispatch notes the United States weekly average oil production rose to 2,620,580 barrels for the week ending December 21, up 3,293 from December 14. Oklahoma and several fields fell, while California and Santa Fe Springs boosted light crude. Total light and heavy oil shifts are detailed by field and region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
West Texas
California
Santa Fe Springs
Oklahoma City
St. Louis-Pearson
North Louisiana
Arkansas Light
North Central
Ormr Ce
Texas Panhandle
East Central
J Pour Ca As
Burr
Cave
Gulf Coast Heavy
Southwest
Texas
Mente Oe
Rock Mountain
Rior Oe
Deputy Sheriff A L Hardwick Injured In Wreck Near Calvin
Reports from Holdenville hospital say deputy sheriff A L Hardwick is seriously injured after a car went over an embankment near Calvin on Saturday. His companion Walter Ford suffered a fractured arm and bruises. Sheriff Fred Bowles had accompanied them to McAlester to place W J Walker in state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdenville Hospital
A. L. Hardwick
Calvin
Walter Ford
McAlester
Fred Bowles
W. J. “Whitey” Walker
State Penitentiary
Allen
Hardwick
Ford
Bowles
Ada
Holdenville
Hughes County
Oklahoma Texas Move to Buy Woodville Toll Bridge
Representatives of the Pres ton Bridge company would meet the state highway commission to discuss Oklahoma and Texas purchasing the Woodville toll bridge. A $110 000 asking price was noted, with the commissions offering $100 000 and Texas contributing half of the $118 000 estimate. Delegations from Osage Pawnee Harmont Kiowa counties discussed 1930 road projects, with Osage seeking grading and drainage on state highway 25 between Pawhuska and Bartlesville and county support to share costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Preston Bridge Company
Woodville
Okla
State Highway Commission
Oklahoma
Texas
J. P. Reardon
Madill
Reardon
Osage
Pawnee
Harmond
Kiowa
Osage County
Pawhuska
Bartlesville
Murray Gibbons Indicted in Veterans Claims Case
Oklahoma City man Murray Gibbons former veterans bureau official and Oklahoma House speaker faces eight federal indictments for alleged irregularities in veterans compensation claims. Co defendant Jack Roberts a World War veteran was indicted in one case. Gibbons was said to be in Little Rock visiting relatives with a U S marshal warrant pending service on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Murray Gibbons
Veterans Bureau
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
United States
Gibbons
Jack Roberts
Little Rock
Ark
Deputy Hardwick Improves After Near Calamin Embankment Crash
Reports say Ada deputy A L Hardwick shows daily recovery improvement after a crash near Calvin left him grievously injured and blood loss prior to treatment at Holdenville hospital. Deputy Walter Ford, with a broken arm, also recovers from bruises as the car trapped them both.
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A. L. Hardwick
Calvin
Holdenville Hospital
Holdenville
Walter Ford
Hardwick
Auto Tags 1060 in Sale January in Pontotoc County
A shipment of automobile license tags valued at $35 000 reached Mrs Marjorie Braly the local tag agent to begin licensing Pontotoc county cars for 1930 Sale starts January 2 with a reversed yellow and black color scheme for readability The first day is a holiday but a rush to apply follows for weeks with plenty of assistants to process tags Owners have ninety days to obtain tags after which a ten cent daily penalty for tardiness applies
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Marjorie Braly
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Three Men Die in Cameron Gun Battle
In Cameron Texas three men were killed in a 20 minute gunfight. Victims include Hubert Hefley automobile dealer Charles Sens constable and Anton Huebner farmer. Huebner shot Sens and later was killed by Eugene Smith after engaging Sheriff Blaylock and Texas Power employees. Constable Sens was father of UT athlete Lee Sens.
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Cameron
Texas
Hubert Hefley
Charles Sens
Anton Huebner
Hefley
Sens
Huebner
China and Russia End Dispute Over Manchurian Railway
Moscow and Mukden signed a protocol restoring the prewar status on the Chinese Eastern railway. Troops will withdraw from borders, arrests linked to the dispute will be released, and white Russians will be disarmed and deported. A January 25 conference will arrange formal resumption of relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mukden
Harbin
Peking-Mukden
Government asks Supreme Court to resolve Jackson Barnett case
The government seeks a ruling on disposing of part of Jackson Barnett’s fortune held by the interior secretary. It contests a New York ruling paying over $100,000 to lawyers from a suit that recovered 550,000 in Liberty bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson Barnett
Secretary of the Interior
New York City
Barnett
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Mission Society
Elmer S. Bailey
Humar and Foster
Oklahoma
Bailey
New York
Federal District Attorney
Circuit Court of Appeals
Grocery Store Burglary Loses $111 at W H Mott
Police report a Monday night break in at W H Mott’s grocery, 301 West Twelfth, with $111 stolen. A $5 check was left behind and the stock unbothered. Mott says motive hints at familiar suspects, but names are unavailable.
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W. H. Mott
W. Twelfth
Moit
Engine Crew Hurt In Train Wreck At Gorham Kansas
An eastbound Union Pacific passenger train from Denver to Kansas City collided with a westbound Los Angeles bound train at Gorham Kansas. The fireman and engineer of No. 128 were injured along with the baggage man. The crash occurred at a switch when No. 21 struck the engine of No. 128 as it cleared the main line.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Denver
Kansas City
Gorham
Kan
Los Angeles
Enid Man Slashes Throat and Will Recover
Ernest Nichols 42 attempted suicide last night in front of his wife and several of their six children. He is hospitalized and expected to recover. Despondency over not providing for his family cited as motive. The Nichols family was awaiting a Christmas adoption by a local resident.
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Enid
Ernest Nichols
Nichols
Gifts Letters Pour Into Dead Letter Office
The dead letter office reports a stream of misdirected holiday cards and parcels arriving daily with messages from relatives sweethearts and friends. Many donors remain unaware their greetings went astray as money and other gifts accompany forgotten envelopes. Superintendent Frank C. Staley says few of the misaddressed items are delivered to recipients despite efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Santa Claus
Post Office Department
Frank C. Staley
Breach of promise verdict tops records in Detroit case
Miss Bettica Cleavenger wins 450000 in a breach of promise suit against John H. Castle after a six week trial. Castle a 37 year old real estate operator formerly with Ford ties and a Detroit hotel era figure, faced a jury of eight women and four men who heard of gifts and trips he allegedly gave during a long relationship beginning in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Homer Ferguson
John H. Castle
Bettica Cleavenger
Castle
Ferguson
O’brien-Manning
New York
Ford Motor Company
Evansville
Ind
John Ford
Miss Cleavenger
Florida
California
Phyllis Linderman
Bank Robbery Near Coleman Texas Details Vary
Three masked men robbed the First State Bank of Valera in Coleman county this morning stealing about 5500 dollars after locking two clerks and a customer in the vault. The alarm reached authorities twenty minutes later as the robbers fled toward Coleman in a coupe.
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Valera
Tex
First State Bank of
Brownwood
Coleman County
Coleman
Holiday Liquor Supply Scarce In City Over Weekend
Police court records show three drunks over the weekend, modest offense levels for a holiday period. Mayor Jones and police cite liquor scarcity, citing tighter funds and vigilant enforcement as reasons for smaller imports and limited street intoxication.
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Jones
Whitey Walker Found Guilty in Bank Robbery Case
W. J. Whitey Walker was found guilty of robbery with firearms in the August 10 1928 First National Bank of Allen holdup. The jury left sentencing to Judge Busby with a verdict of guilty but no penalty decided, to be imposed Saturday at 10 o'clock. Defense and prosecution argued long before the verdict, as Walker remained unmoved and awaited the court's sentence.
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W. J. “Whitey” Walker
First National Bank of Allen
Busby
Connsel
John Crawford
Walker
Texas
J. W. Dean
Hugh F. Mathis
W. W. Pryor
Pryor
J. W. Bolen
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Dicker
Fort Victoria
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Ambrose Channel
Sandy Hook
N. J
Sale
Hurley
Constable Sens
Lee Sens
University of Texas
Nellogg
Pat Hurley
China
Mnett Supreme Court
Will
Whitey Walker
Toray
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