Oklahoma authorizes $4.5 million federal road program in 10 counties
Oklahoma City announces the start of a $4,506,000 federal road program with contractors selected for 50 miles of grading and drainage, 21 miles of paving, and 25 bridges across ten counties. The first letting of $450,000 is set for next Tuesday as engineers begin work and aim to have contracts awarded and workers on site within two months.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Sam Hawks
Choctaw County
U. S. 76
Sawyer
Kelcher Const. Co
Dallas
Comanche County
U. 277
Cotton County
T. C. Ottincer
Hinton
Roberts and
Fisher
Norman
Cotton
U. S
Witt and Tatur
Grandfield
Grady
Porascett
Ryan-Richards
Pocassett
Kingfisher
G. E. Keck
Fairview
Charlies M. Dunning Con. Co
Owlahoma City
Saleska Boeks Const. Co
Three Bridges
Dunning Company
KATO
Lincoln
Meeker Somh
J. E. Smith and Sons
Noble
Practie South
M. A. Swatek
Muskogee
Warner Eaat, Ellis and Lewis
Maskowee
Pottawatomie
Shawnee North
Smith and Sons
Shawnee
Swateck
W. RK. Jonston Company
Weleetka Wazoner
Oklahoma Governor Signals Cash Basis Budget Plan
Governor Murray proposes balancing the state budget on a cash basis by cutting expenditures and raising revenue with an income tax to cover the deficit. He opposes bond issues and warns of a hard winter for the poor, arguing economy alone cannot sustain operations.
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Oklahoma City
Pec
Covernor Murray
Oklahoma
Man Killed in Oklahoma Highway Accident
Okmulgee Oklahoma December 22 Turman president of the Tucman Oil company of Okmulgee was killed and Frank Howard of Wewoka and John Moore of Konawa were injured seriously in a highway crash north of Beges last night. An automobile driven by Moore struck the rear of an oil field truck loaded with pipe. Moore and Howard were taken to a local hospital.
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Okmulgee
Oxkia
Turman
Tucman Oil Company
Okmuleee
Frank Howard
Wewoka
John Moore
Konawa
Beges
Moore
Howard
5Sapulpa
Provisions of Beer Bill Passes House in Washington
The Collier 2.2 per cent beer bill localizes beer to four percent volume and 3.2 per cent alcohol by weight. It taxes each 21 gallon barrel at $5, raises brewer licenses to $1,000, imposes a $50 federal distributor license and $20 retailer license, allows sale where legal, and requires sealed labeled containers. It targets dry states under Webb Kenyon Reed. Revenue estimates vary with consumption.
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Washington
House
Senate
Webb Kenyon and
Reed “Bone
Treasury
Mercantile Review Sends Optimistic Note On Trade
The Weekly Mercantile Review and Bradstreet reports cite improving business signs with constructive factors outweighing stock market weakness. Dun’s notes a halting progress trend yet expects upcoming changes to boost activity as winter shopping and clothing demand rise.
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Brad
Dun's
Ecenerel
Federal aid bill trims highway outlay for 1924
The $110,981,000 agriculture department supply measure was reported to the House by the appropriations committee. It limits federal highway aid to $25,000,000 for the next fiscal year, down from the usual $100,000,000, aligning with President Hoover's plan. The move accompanies other major appropriations as Congress resumes work.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Ccongrees
Treasury Post Office
Senate
Interior Department
Hoover
Buchanan
Texas
Department
Advisory Federal Plant Quarantine Board
Cheyenne Bottoms
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Forest Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Food and Drug Administration
Cooperative Forest Service
Forty Gangsters Killed This Year In Chicago Fight on Gangland
Chicago police report a violent year with 40 gangsters killed in 1932 era gun battles and nine officers dead. Nitti, a reputed enforcer, wounded after a raid. Lang says police will pursue war on crime as Mayor Cermak pledges new funds and tougher action.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Anton J. Cermak
William Nydick
Joe’ Filkowski
Seedsa Cleveland
Harry Miller
Cermak
Mienday
Frank Ni
Nitti
Harry Lang
Lang
Miami
Starving eiders prompt coast observation and feeding plan
Mr. Lewis warns that large flocks of eiders abandon old feeding grounds and overfly coastlines in search of food, risking starvation. He urges close observation and possible artificial feeding, noting long-term conservation depends on breeding stock survival and next summer outcomes. Oklahoma reports widespread rainfall easing drought, with record December rain in Oklahoma City and significant totals across the state helping winter crops and livestock water.
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Mr. Lewis
Associated Press
Oklahoma
McAlester
Grady County
Chickasha
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Ada
Durant
Ponca City
Altus
Partlesville
Caney River
Enfaula
Mangum
Enid
Kingfisher
Lawton Skis Okemah
Guthrie
Bristow
Antlers
Elk City
Woodward
Boise City
Beaver
Shawness
Perry
Tulsa
Claremore
Radio Commission Frozen Facilities Hinders Expansion
Senator Dili warned the senate interstate commerce committee that the radio commission has practically frozen radio facilities across the country making expanded service and new stations nearly impossible. The remarks came during debate on a pending general revision of radio laws seeking elimination of examiners from the commission.
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Washington
Dili
D.wash
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Radio Commission
Hiss
Greatest returns for the amount invested
A brief classified ad item highlights strong value for money investment opportunities. It promotes practical returns and sensible spending in a concise local notice style.
Hungry Timber Wolves Track Trapper Near Cranberry Portage
Manitoba trapper Barney Goodman reported a close call with fifteen hungry timber wolves while returning from trap lines on Simon House Lake near Cranberry Portage. He fled with his dog team across a frozen lake as the wolves pursued, circling the cabin until daylight when the pack fled after shots were fired.
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The
Pass
Man
Barney Goodman
Goodman
Simon House Lake
Cranberry Portage
Murray Postpones Execution Gate in Murray County
Governor grants a six month stay from March 10 to June 30 to allow appeals for George Oliver and Claude Oliver, both convicted of murder in Murray County. Paroles and leave extensions issued include Roy Smith Blaine one year for statutory offense Roy P Maddox nine days for pointing weapon William Duncan liquor law violation John Galentine serving life for murder granted Jan 1 1934 reprieve Allen Holmes three year sentence extended to July 1 1935.
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Oklahoma City
Georse Oliver
Claud Oliver
Murray County
Murray
Roy Smith
Blaine
Roy P. Maddox
Washita
William Duncan
Oklahoma
John Galentine
Washington County
Allen Holmes
Okminigee
Ropes Federal Aid Sought by States
Washington reports that only 15 of 36 states and two territories with Reconstruction Finance loans have estimated the government aid needed to carry relief work through January.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Weather Chief Slaughter of Oklahoma City Dies
Det 28. UP J P Slaughter longtime federal meteorologist in Oklahoma City dies of pneumonia at age 74 after four days illness. He came to Oklahoma City in 1905 from Pueblo Colorado where he led the weather bureau for eight years. A daughter Mrs Ralph K Day of Columbus Ohio is at his bedside. His wife died in 1926 and their son John 20 was killed in Nevada years ago while trying to stop a runaway team.
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Oklahoma City
Det
J. P. Slaughter
Federal Weather Bureau
Slaughter
Pueblo
Colo
Weather Bureau
Ralph K. Day
Columbus, O
John
Elko, Nev
Branding Iron Coming Back To Wester Colorado Ranches
Branding iron use returns as rustler threats grow in the Rocky Mountain cattle belt from the Rio Grande to the northern border. Colorado board of brand inspectors urges revival of brands as fences fail and unbranded cattle rise, with rustlers using trucks to move steers and calves to market.
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George W. MacIntyre
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Rio Grande
Colorado Board of Brand Inspectors
Dying eel grass may starve water fowl says Lewis
At the Nineteenth American Game conference in New York Harrison F. Lewis, chief federal migratory bird officer for Ontario and Quebec, warned that eel grass disappearance could starve brandt, the Canada goose, and several wild ducks. Disease may be spreading via Gulf Stream waters, affecting Atlantic coast ecosystems from the Carolinas to New Brunswick.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Harrison F. Lewis
Migratory Hird
Ontario
Quebec
Brandt
Canada
American Game Association
Atlantic
Carolinas
New Brunswick
Tropics
Gulf Stream
France
Roosevelt Hoover clash over cooperation on foreign policy
Washington reports show President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt at odds on cooperation and plans for tackling international issues. Hoover rejects Roosevelt’s offer for a joint commission while Roosevelt insists on a definite cooperative program and preliminary studies between now and March 4.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Feet
Albany
White House
Chisf
Congress
Mussolini Pardons Woman in Plot Against Il Duce
In Rome on December 24 the king, with Premier Mussolini’s assent, pardoned Margherite Biena who had been sentenced to 30 years for involvement in a plot against Il Duce. Her lover Domenico Dovene was executed by shooting on June 17.
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Rome
Mussolini
Margherite Biena
Il Duce
Domenico Dbovene
Ada Sees Clear Skies After Extended Rainfall
Saturday dawned with sunshine in Ada after a long stretch of cloudy damp weather. A total of 5.62 inches of rain fell over the past three days, with Ada reporting 5.9% inches for the month, as storms drenched Oklahoma and common soaking continued.
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Ada
Adam
Oklahoma
KE. A. MacMillan
Logan Bill Has No Chance, Nichols Says
Senator Allen G. Nichols of Wewoka states that Senator Dave Logan’s plan to abolish several state schools has no chance to pass and should not unsettle friends of East Central. He regrets Logan’s decision to single out one of the schools.
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Nichols
Ada Teachers College
Adam
East Central State Teachers College
Geveral
Allen G. Nichols
Wewoka
Dave Logan
Friends of
East Central
Okmulgee
Wuppertal Christmas tree set ablaze amid communist rioting
In Wuppertal Germany on December 23 rioters attempted to attack the municipal Christmas tree in the public square. Demonstrators poured kerosene on lower branches and set it on fire wounding three men by gunfire as police tried to restore order. Rioting spread to other city sections but police eventually quieted the streets.
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Wuppertal
Germany
Husband shoots wife then kills himself in Corpus Christi
Dexter 60 returned from Houston to Corpus Christi and shot his wife in the head as she sat with their six year old daughter, then killed himself. Police and highway patrol investigated as the child was unharmed and a justice of the peace ruled murder and death by own action. Catherine Dexter had filed for divorce citing threats.
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Linden
Texas
Bernice Clayton
Paul Oakley
Coy Oakley
Sherman Clayton
Corpus Christi
BR. Dexter
Dexter
Houston
Florida
Anounthouse
O. D. King
Lee Miller
State Highway Patrol
Rob Wolf
Lawton Man Grows Four Crops On One Oklahoma Plot
Lawton Oklahoma onetime farmer Lee S Eckles tested a one plot experiment from February to Thanksgiving. He planted potatoes in February and corn in May with peas, turnips, and harvested ears and stalks by September. All four crops yielded well proving the potential to raise multiple crops in a single growing season.
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Lawton
Corp
Eckles
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