Senate rejects Roosevelt pick for Virginia judge
Senate judiciary committee 15 to 3 blocked President Roosevelt's nomination of George Floyd H. Roberts of Bristol Virginia to a federal district judgeship. Senator Glass charged Roosevelt gave patronage veto to Governor James H. Trice, calling the nomination personally offensive to him and Senator Byrd. Also reports: Elmer Thomas seeks 50 cent Rogers coin. Lee backs ROTC band leader training. Boren to seek probe of Indian affairs in Oklahoma.
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Washington
Fec
CPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Commantes
George Floyd H. Roberts
Bristol
Senator Glass
D-Va
Virginia
Goveror James H. Trice
Roberts
Byrd
D- Va
Glass
Senate
Ada District 38 Masonic instruction school certifies many
District 38 held a district school of instruction in Ada with 260 attendees from six lodges and 21 outside the district. Certificates were awarded to many Ada area members led by M Z Thompson and J B Denton supervised by Ed Davis and district secretary Ed Haley, with several others from across Oklahoma receiving first certificates. Oklahoma City reporter Rey J T Aber noted the event as part of Masonic instruction and district activities in February.
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Rey
J. T. Abernathy
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
A. F
A. M. Masonry
Ada Lodge
J. B. Denton
M. Z. Thompson
Ed Davis
Ed Haley
Edward Davis
Clyde Alletag
Jess Bell
Ernest Sawyer
W. P. Jeter
Homer Burkhart
Clint Farmer
Renzo Cooper
Virgil Stanfield
D. W. Swaffer
Frankich Bourland
W. A. Massingale
R. R. Randolph
Olive D. Robertson
Ada
J. Lee Dowdy
Roff
George W. Dale
W. J. Lahue
Roscoe Davis
J. A. Kerron
W. H. Powell
Francis
Harve A. Butler
Eulys G. Smith
Allen
Donald Bailey
Curtis Ray Hale
St. Louis
Frank 2. Snyder
Sasakwa
A. B. Pemberton
Weleetka
C. L. Broadus
Holdenville
B. Donlittle
Fittstown
James H. Bradley
North McAlester
Webster Moody
Stratford
Patcher
Wayne Coffman
Pauls Valley
Walter Fields
Prague
Four Oklahoma welfare board members offer resignations
Okla City February report says four members of the Oklahoma public welfare commission filed conditional resignations with Governor Phillips. They demand all seven Marland appointees resign and no reappointment. Governor to meet other members, aiming to implement a new social security program administration.
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Phillips
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission
Amy D. Crooks
Delaware
W. M. Vandivort
Nowata
Marland
Eugene M. Kerr
Muskogee
J. A. Garvey
C. H. Hyde
Alva
Durant
B. E. Chaney
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Jelly Worm Incident Stirs Oklahoma House Debate
Oklahoma City Feb 1 a dispute in the state house over an anti sit down strike bill escalated into a shouting match with fist shaking and threats of violence. Rep Miskovaky and others cited a mysterious jelly worm remark as the flashpoint and a member pledged to meet another man outside the chamber. Speaker Welch urged focus as the session risked extending to May 1.
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Oklahoma City
Grady Glazner
Altus
Phillips
State Election Board
Glazner
Charles D. Campbell
Lawton
Albert C. Hunt
Oklahoma House
George Miskovaky
H. Tom Richt
Charles Flanagan
Walters
Kight
Miskovsky
Fred McCabe
Ada
Coeaker Welch
Brumley to Reopen Ada Refreshment Stand After Compromise
W H Brumley awarded permission to reopen Tumley's Place a west of Ada on highway 19 after convincing County authorities he is the lessee. District Judge Tal Crawford signed the order allowing reopening with conditions including no night dancing, no sale of whiskey, and measures to keep intoxicated persons away. Ford, former county treasurer, was the former lessee and faced a public nuisance action.
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W. H. Brumley
Tumley’s
Ada
Highway 19
Tommy F. Ford
Tal Crawford
Brumley
Ford
Carloss Wadlington
Crawford
Civil Term Begins February 20 With 102 Cases
A civil district court jury term starts February 20 with 102 cases on the trial docket. Tal Crawford will preside as judge.
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Civil District Court
Tal Crawford
Rich To Stand Trial In Case
Bud Rich a bondsman was bound over to district court for trial on obtaining money under false pretenses after a preliminary hearing in A. W. Oliver’s justice court. Evidence showed his promise to fix a county whiskey case against Forest Simpson was fraudulent. State Senator John Boyer McKeel testified Rich had no influence with the court or county attorney. Rich, released on $2,000 bond, faces a February 6 preliminary hearing on another charge of taking $200 from Lowery Lee after the same promise.
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Bud Rich
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Rich
Forest Simpson
John Boyer McKeel
Simpson
W. L. Reed
Lowery Lee
Coogan May Reach Settlement In $4 Million Suit
Hollywood reports Jackie Coogan, already reconciled with his bride, may settle his $4 million accounting suit against his mother and stepfather before next Monday's trial. Lawyer William Rains confirmed settlement talks with Arthur L. Bernstein's counsel, though details and division of about $300,000 remain unclear.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Kid
William Rains
Arthur L. Bernstein
Jackie
el Paso
Tex
Betty Grable
Trey
Young Coogan
Woman Embezzler Draws Year Term
Hazel Hinds Cornwall, 28, convicted of embezzling 4200 while a teller at Western Springs State Bank, was sentenced to one year at Dwight reformatory. Her husband, Francis Cornwall, 30, was acquitted on embezzlement charges after her testimony. Cornwall had faced 1 to 10 years. judge reduced count tolarceny and set lesser penalty.
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Chicago
UPI
Hazel Hinds Cornwall
Western Springs State Bank
Dwight Reformatory
Francis Cornwall
Chickasha
Okio
Walter T. Stanton
Commwall
Michael L. McKinley
Criminal Court
Mussolini Silent At Big Review
In Rome Mussolini paid homage to fascism by reviewing 20000 blackshirt militiamen and decorating widows and mothers of Spanish and Ethiopian war dead. He spoke nothing to followers as guns fired and the 16th anniversary observance unfolded at Piazza Venezia with diplomats present.
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Rome
Mussolini
Spain
Duce
Great National Monument
Piazza Venezia
Il Duce
Auto
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Galveston News Reports First Texas Quadruplets
Galveston Texas February 1 Four strong lusty girls born to Mrs W E Badgett wife of a construction foreman doctors say they have an excellent chance to live The babies weighed 33 4 to 4 pounds 9 ounces Blood transfusion given to mother 36 A former Miss Esther Harper of McKinney is the mother Doctors were surprised and prepared for triplets Names not yet chosen The only quadruplets to reach adulthood are the Key sisters of Oklahoma City.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
W. E. Badgett
W. J. Jinkins
Esther Harper
McKinney
Oklahoma City
Railroad seeks to acquire bankrupt Southwest Missouri lines
The Northeast Oklahoma railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to acquire and operate lines of the bankrupt Southwest Missouri railroad between Baxter Springs Kansas and Picher Ola. The price is 35000 dollars. The 9736 miles of line include spurs sidings and connections. The sale has been approved by Judge Albert L Reeves of the western district court of Missouri. The move would improve transport for mining and create interchanges with the Kansas City Southern and Kansas Oklahoma Gulf railways and with Frisco.
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Washington
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest Missouri Railroad
Baxter Springs
Kas
Picher
Ola
Albert L. Reeves
Federal ‘District Court For
Western Missouri
Northeast Oklahoma
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Frisco
Roosevelt Plan To Aid Democracies Divides World Reaction
News from capitals shows mixed response to President Roosevelt's reported plan to help democracies arm against dictators. Paris reports France seeking an armistice in Catalonia and border troop increases to 50,000, while Germany labels Roosevelt an agitator and London Paris press split on U.S. policy.
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Roosevelt
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
France
Catalonia
al Evla Apamen
Germany
Amercan
Rome
London
United States
Mayor Warns Solicitors Here
Mayor Crawford warns solicitors to obtain written endorsement from the official board before fundraising. The board includes Rev. W. L. Blackburn Milton Keating and Nyly Beith. He will not sign such orders and cautions merchants that forged signatures may occur. established churches are exempt if funded by long standing public subscriptions.
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Bill Crawford
W. L. Blackburn
Milton Keating
Nyly Beith
Crawford
Ada
Holdenville Worker Hurt In Explosion
L. H. Dodson a 50 year old section worker was injured when a shovel detonated a bottle of nitroglycerine hidden in an abandoned stockyard post. His shirt was blown off and his right eye likely destroyed. he also sustained injuries to his left eye and arms. Dodson had come from McAlester two weeks earlier. Sheriff Ball suspected the explosive had been concealed years ago by occupants of a nearby jungle boar.
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Holdenville
L. H. Dodson
Dodson
Railrad
McAlester
Harvey Ball
Trio Of Collgate Men Sentenced In Federal Case
In Muskogee on February 1, Tison Southern Roy Lee Hamilton and James Cummins all of Coalgate were given three years probation after federal convictions for conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit notes. Pittsburg County residents also sentenced by Judge Eugene Rice for internal revenue act violations include William Wright fined 25 dollars or three months in jail Alvena Barney fined 75 dollars and three years probation James Caffaro fined 25 dollars and three years probation Walt Cantrell and Guy Cantrell each fined 100 dollars and three years probation. Meanwhile a man walking along two highways was able to see 18 tithes ahead due to narrow sight lines caused by shields posts and high car hoods.
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Muskogee
Tison
Walter Cantrell
Guy Cantrell
Soil Sign-Up Begins Next Week in Pontotoc County
Grants for 1938 soil conservation payments will be signed starting February 6. County committees will host sign-up events at listed townships and sites including Ada areas and Roff, Rost, and Maxwell, with volunteers directing residents to complete signups for state office processing.
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Pontotoc County
State Office
Allen Township
Allen
Chickasaw Township
Ada
Midland
Inoss
Maxwell Township
Maxwell
Galey
Fitzhugh Township
Roff
Fitzhugh
Aged Employee Fired as Oklahoma Payroll Cuts Hit Capitol
Oklahoma City February 1 Aged Jim Noble longtime aide to Governor Haskell who helped move the capitol from Guthrie loses his job as highway commission messenger due to a wholesale payroll slash Noble 73 born on a plantation near Wamden Arkansas has served Oklahoma 33 years and laments the move calling the capitol his home and vowing not to work elsewhere even for high pay.
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Oklahoma City
Jim Noble
Haskell
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Highway Commission
Wamden
Ark
Jim
Man Who Made Run Of '93 Is Dead
OKLAHOMA CITY February 1. Levrns B. Kratzen seventy three of Okeene died in a hospital today from a liver ailment. He settled at Okeene at the opening of the Cherokee Strip and made the 93 land race from Harper Kansas. He is survived by three sons and four daughters including Mrs. L. L. McNulty Enid. Funeral services will be held at Okeene tomorrow.
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Oklahoma
City
Levrns B. Kratzen
Okeene
Kratzen
Cherokee Strip
Harper
Kas
Enid
Roosevelt Aid to Democracies Spurs Global Reaction
Reports from nerve centers indicate Roosevelt’s policy of aiding democracies against dictators elicits praise from France and harsh critique from Nazi officials. Democrats demand the president disclose his plan to bolster defenses while criticizing perceived U.S. fighter plane shortfalls to aid France.
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Washington
America
France
Miners Lost as Rock Fall Envelops Picher Drift
Rescue teams labor in danger to recover the last two of five bodies from a massive rock collapse at the Southern division drift of Dines Mining Co. Oral Campbell 33 of Galena Kansas identified among the crushed. two others injured and hospitalized. Authorities fear further falls as crews work under treacherous soap stone roofs.
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Picher
Zine Roine
Dines Mining Company
Oral Campbell
Galena
Kas
Kansas
H. €. Snodgrass
Jegs
Doc) Crossland
Freddie McComber
Louis Hansbergh
Galeng
Kans
Wesley Anderson
Columbus
Must Keep Former German New Guinea
Sydney report quotes Australian high commissioner Stanley Bruce opposing the return of Germany’s former New Guinea colony. He argues Australia must hold New Guinea at all costs despite Hitler’s speech, citing global instability and security needs. The island, about 93,000 square miles, lies north of Sydney and Brisbane, governed under League mandate.
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Australia
Stanley Bruce
London
Germany
New Guinea
Bruce
Hitler
Island of
Brisbane
League of Nations
Senate Votes To End State Crime Bureau Oklahoma move ends bureau fight and anti crime measures pass
In Oklahoma City on February 1, the Senate voted 33 to 8 to abolish the state crime bureau as administrators seek to end a clash with supporters of the highway patrol. The House, after weeks of dispute, passed an anti sit down strike bill and a pre audit measure on delinquent ad valorem taxes, sending both to the Senate. The run off primary bill was laid over and political maneuvering highlighted the year’s labor and crime policy clash.
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Pi—Administration
Senate
House
Phillips
Crime Bureaus Administration
Crime Bureau
Highway Patrol
Homer Paul
Paul
Labor
Street
Speakman
Kight
Rogers County
Social Security expansion eyed by congress chair
Washington reports that Arthur J. Altmeyer told the House Ways and Means Committee that millions more Americans could join the social security system without raising ultimate costs. He argued unemployment benefits support purchasing power and boost lagging business, especially in small one-industry communities hit during the last recession.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
House, Ways and Means Committee
Altmeyer
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Ada Bondsman
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