State officers draw plans for 1948 campaigns
Oklahoma City reports multiple candidates warming for statewide races. Scott Stine and Hugh Harrell announce bids for auditor and treasurer respectively, while Weems pivots to lieutenant governor. Rumors place Mac Williamson eyeing congress or lieutenant governor. Mrs. Jessie Moore’s race remains unclear.
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Charles C. Haslet
Oklahoma “City
Scott Stine
Frank Carter
Hugh Harrell
Ray O. Weems
Stine
Weems
Mac Q. Williamson
Pauls Valley
Three Die in Oklahoma Christmas Accidents
A Christmas Day toll in Oklahoma includes Jack Espanoza 35 of Perry struck by a car and died in hospital. Monroe N Moon 70 of Hugo found dead with cause ruled poisoning. Wayne Breedlove 36 of Oklahoma City killed when his car hit a Santa Fe freight train. Marcus Patrick 16 injured when dynamite exploded in his hand. Seven cars crash injures at a highway intersection south of Blackwell.
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Associated Pree
Oklahoma
Jack Espanoza
Perry
Espanoza
Hugo
Monroe N. Moon
Pioneer
J Ury
Oklahoma City
Edmond
Wayne Breedlove
Santa Fe
Stillwell Farm
Marcus Patrick
Blackwell
County Officials Receive Protests On 1933 24 Tax Levies
Frisco railroad and Oklahoma Pipeline file seven and numerous protest causes over county sinking funds township funds school district and city tax levies. Filing period ends Saturday as state tax court will handle disposition of protests thereafter.
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Frisco Railroad
Oklahoma Pipeline Company
Pipeline Company
County Sinking Fund
Francis Township Sinking Fund
Consolidated School Dist
Francis School
Frisco
Francis Township
Ada
Roff
Consolidated No
Consol
State Tax Court
Oklahoma City Fed Wins Bondsmen Judgments in Julian Case
The federal government won judgments against C. C. Julian’s $425,000 bond and the signers Mrs. O. A. Cargill Frank Russell John H. Peacock and John H. Peacock Inc in Oklahoma City The court ordered $5,000 posted by Cargill and Peacock while $20,000 remains to be paid and noted Julian is abroad in Shanghai beyond extradition in the mail fraud case District Attorney Herbert K Hyde said about forty other defendants await trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
C. C. Julian
China
Julian
O. A. Cargill
Frank Russell
John H. Peacock
Herbert K. Hyde
Murray to Issue Rules Regulating Liquor Sales
Oklahoma Governor Murray plans to issue rules governing liquor sales to druggists for medicinal use. Claud Weaver said rules will align with federal guidance prior to the eighteenth amendment repeal. Attorney General King said only records the governor requires must be kept, not broader state controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Ray O. Weems
Sallisaw
Oklahoma City
Murray
Claud Weaver
Lowell R. Smith
Wichita County
Brady and Nash Taken to Federal Jail in Muskogee
Bruce Brady and G W Nash Jr were moved to the federal jail at Muskogee by deputy marshal Allen Stanfield awaiting trial on charges of harboring and concealing outlaw Wilbur Underhill. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment and bonds were set at 10000 dollars each. they could not post bond and were transported to Muskogee.
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Bruce Brady
G. W. Nash Jr
Muskogee
Allen Stanfield
United States Marshal
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas State Penitentiary
Union Station
Frank Nash
Kansas City
Brady
Nash
Underhill
Ada
First National Bank
Coalgate
U. S
W. C. Edwards
Edwards
Not Quadruplets Seminole Family Wins Damages
In Oklahoma, Mrs. Mattie Fowler testified in a damage suit that five children in a car crash were two sets of twins born in January and December of the same year. Judge C Guy Cutlip heard the exchange with attorney Tom Horsley and the jury awarded her $3,000 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole, Okla
Superior Court
Mattie Fowler
Tom Horsley
C. Guy Cutlip
Sawyer Turner Nuptials Tie Sasakwa and Tulsa Pair
Miss Ruth Turner of Sasakwa and Richard Francis Sawyer of Tulsa wed on December 23 in Holdenville. Attendants included Mrs. Otto Doner of Sasakwa Columbus Davis of Seminole and Miss Cleo Sumter of Ada. The bride, student at East Central State Teachers College, taught in Sasakwa schools last year.
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Sawyer-Turner
Ruth Turner
Sasakwa
Richard Francis Sawyer
Tulsa
Holdenville
Otto Doner
Columbus Davis
Seminole
Cleo Sumter
Ada
East Central State Teachers College
Pi Kappa Sigma
Long's Income Tax Return Under Fire
The Evening Star reports the federal government renewed its probe into Huey Long and allies taxes in Louisiana. A. D. Burford leads agents to resume the long inquiry, with Morgenthau directing internal revenue matters and Helvering declining to discuss the case as confidential.
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Washington
Lup
The
Evening Star
Huey Long
Louisiana
Internal Revenue Bureau
A. D. Burford
New Orleans
Long
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Morgenthau
Secret’ Service
Thomas Jones
Elmer L. Ivey
Guy Helvering
Helvering
Are Winters Warmer Are Winters Warmer
Weather bureau climatologist says winters have been milder since Civil War era but notes historic cold cycles. Citations show Washington New Haven St. Louis records with many years above normal. Also reports a triple golden wedding in Brazeau linked to Milster and Kimmel families.
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Associated Press
Washington
Grandad
Joseph B. Unicer
Weather Bureau
Dad
Granddad
New Haven
St. Louis
Brazeau
J. E. Milster
G. R. Milster
E. F. Kimmel
Mrs. Kimmel
Cotton spinning output dips in November
Census Bureau reports the cotton spinning industry operated at 96.3 percent capacity on one shift in November, down from 101.9 percent in October and 96.9 percent a year earlier. Spindles in place reached 30,881,964 with 25,423,348 active during the month, and total active spindle hours were 6,796,420,109 at an average of 220 hours per spindle.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Greece orders Insull to leave by January 31
The Greek alien department served a written notice that Samuel Insull Sr. must depart Greece by Jan. 31 with no further extension of his permit to stay. The 74 year old fugitive, sought by the United States for extradition, gave no clear plan for the future. Greek courts previously refused the U.S. extradition request, but the decision now is not connected to those rulings.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Greece
Insull
United States
Activi
Fall pig crop shows modest decline in 1933 totals
The 1933 fall pig crop is estimated 3 percent below 1932 with an 8 percent drop in sows to farrow next spring. The full year total reaches about 80,086,000 head, up 200,000 from 1932, while the corn belt gains 1.6 million head. Outside the belt, crops fall short of last year.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Farrow
Murray Maintains Control Of Transient Relief Funds
Oklahoma City December 21. Gov Murray retains supervision of federal transient relief funds despite reports of lost control. Relief auditor Sam Bounds says $54 000 in December funds were released today for use under the governor. A new state director to replace Ara Finley will not be named before January 1. Finley was removed by transient relief director W J Plunkett amid political allegations.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Murray
Sam Bounds
Ara Finley
Bounds
Finley
W. J. Plunkett
Tessonal Transient Relief
Thief Caught After Midnight Henhouse Standoff
Bristow Oklahoma reports a thief trapped after midnight in a chicken house. Clifford Tuck and neighbor Tony Smith held guard while officers entered, a coon was shot outside, and 21 chickens were found missing.
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Bristow
Okla
Clifford Tuck
Tony Smith
Tuck
C. W. Dulaney
Smith
Choctaw Cotton Oil Plans Fertilizer Experiments
S C Boswell receiver of Choctaw Cotton Oil told gin and mill managers in Harris Hotel that eastern Oklahoma will push soil conservation and fertilizer use. Plan includes 10 to 15 acre fertilizer trials on 10 20 acre demonstration fields with early planting and intensive cultivation to boost yields and outrun boll weevil damage.
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S. C. Boswell
Choctaw Cotton Oil Company
Oklahoma
Harris Hotel
Boswell
T. G. Sinclair
International Agricultural Corporation of
Tom Fisher
Paris
Texas
Sinclair
J. H. Patton
Fort Smith
J. C. Sparks
Shawnee
C. N. McElreath
Durant
F. D. Phillips
N. R. Troy
S. E. Barnett
Eufaula
P. J. Rosso
McAlester
J. L. Murphey
Ardmore
W. W. Price
Roff
L. Nelms
Checotah
W. N. Wilkerson
Holdenville
O. P. Slack
Atoka
E. F. Hopkins
Seminole
E. S. Hays
Stigler
B. F. Thompson
Okemah
D. C. Petty
Clarita
H. D. Peavy
Hartshorne
G. C. Hall
International Agricultural Corporation
Tke G. Sinclair
T. H. Fisher
G. C. Jones
Refund certificates for 1934 automobile tags urged by county agent
A. H. Chapman, county tag agent, offers tax refund certificates for owners who bought licenses before April 10. Certificates reduce tag costs for 1934 regardless of car make. Owners are urged to collect certificates to speed license purchases during the rush. The refunds adjust license charges before the rate drop took effect.
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A. H. Chapman
Chapman
Roosevelt orders silver coinage to lift prices and exports
President Franklin D Roosevelt announced a proclamation opening federal mints to newly mined silver, aiming to raise the metal’s price to about 64 1/2 cents an ounce and boost mining wealth and exports. The move, tied to the London silver agreement, expands gold purchases and maintains silver to gold ratio until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Beale
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
RFC
Congress
Pittman
D-New
Spain
India
Kaiser pursuit ends at meat market job resignation
A Chicago man named Kaiser fled from police while working at a meat market. He ran at top speed with ripped trousers as officers pursued him. He refused to return to work and announced his resignation.
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cHicaGo
Ce Doe
Kaiser
Leipert
Roosevelt Seeks Stabilized Silver Price Worldwide
President Roosevelt announces a plan to hold the treasury's silver bullion and push for a stabilized world price of 64 1 2 cents per ounce. He cites international cooperation and a London agreement to curb over supply, noting India’s potential massive dump of silver could destabilize values.
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Roosevelt
India
Late John M. Martin Saw Rapid Changes
John M. Martin died at his home in Ada on December 19 after a life spanning Texas to Nowata Oklahoma. A Methodist contractor and son of ministers, he helped build Ada and left a widow Sophia Reinhardt and children J Edward Martin and Mrs. J W Zimmerman plus five grandchildren. He was born April 5, 1863 near Kilgore Texas and died peacefully expressing faith in Christ.
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John M. Martin
W. P
Martha Minerva Martin
Kilgore
Gregg County
Texas
Methodist Church
Nowata
Indian Territory
Sophia Reinhardt
Clara
Joseph Edward
Ada
Martin
Mississippi
J. N. Martin
J. Edward Martin
Youths Sentenced on Burglary Counts
Everett Sims and Joe Russell pled guilty to seven counts of second degree burglary. They were sentenced to one year on each count, to run consecutively. Police arrested them after a series of seven house robberies over three nights. most loot was recovered and returned to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Sims
Joe Russell
J. F. McKeel
Young Wisconsin man to walk again after leg bone transplant
Carl Seals an 18 year old from Madison Wisconsin is set to walk again after two operations in which bones from his mother's legs were transplanted to his. Doctors expect full recovery in six months and say the mother will not suffer permanent injury.
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Rochester
Minn
Carl Seals
Madison
Wis
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Supreme Court
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State Educational Coordinating Board
University of Oklahoma
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W. J. Marshall
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Haworth
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Antlers
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Anglin
Tom Anglin
House
Frisco and
Oklahoma Pipeline
Kingfish
Coon
du Quoin, Ll
Scott Hiller
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By Williams
Treasury
Holt
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