Oklahoma oil gas tax move advances in Oklahoma City
A House revenue subcommittee voted to add a 5 percent gross tax on natural gas to the existing oil tax, while scrapping a five cent per barrel oil tax. Governor Marland backed a 5 percent oil and gas levy and urged retention of a minimum oil tax.
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Oklahoma City
House Revenue Committee
Marland
Oklahoma
FERA
Leon Phillips
John Eddleman
John Holliman
Holliman
Oklahoma Senate Eyes School Land Dept Delinquent Loans
Oklahoma City February 5 Senator Homer Paul of Pauls Valley pushed a resolution for State Examiner John Rogers to provide an itemized list of the department's delinquent loans. Paul said the forthcoming report will be so startling that some officials will turn pink.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Homer Paul
Pauls Valley
John Rogers
Paul
UPI
House Committee
House
School Land Commission
Oklahoma University
House Revenue Committee
Marland
House Education Committee
Bailey
Craig
Rep
Gibbons
Oklahoma
Gov
Murray
House Defers Action on Printing Contract Bid
After a half hour debate the house deferred action until tomorrow on a printing committee report recommending Central Press of Oklahoma City be awarded the contract for printing house calendars journals and bills.
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House
Oklahoma City
Upp
House Today
Central Press of
Floyd Hamilton Taken Last Night in Shreveport Bus Arrest
Floyd Hamilton youthful desperado and ally of the West’s most notorious outlaw was captured on a Shreveport bus after a pistol battle that left him wounded in the left forearm. Deputies entered the bus and ordered him to surrender as his brother Raymond Hamilton had escaped authorities in Dallas the day before.
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Raymond
Dallas
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Hamilton
Shreveport
Floyd Hamilton
Floyd
Marland Signs Cigarette Tax
Oklahoma Governor Marland signed a bill imposing a 3 cent per 20 cigarettes tax with collections starting March 7. The tax commission will organize for collection and enforcement, stamping each package, with stamps cancelled by dealers. Revenue splits include general fund and enforcement, and two taxed-free cigarette packages are allowed for import.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
House Administration
Tax Commission
Oklahoma City Markets Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Markets show cattle 1800 head and calves 400 with slow but steady tone. Steers and yearlings 6.00 to 7.50, top 9.00. cows 4.90 to 5.50, canners 1.50 to 2.75. bulls 3.00 to 4.00, top 4.25. Hogs near 7.75 top. sheep 200 head steady, lambs to 8.00, most 7.00 and up.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House votes to repeal runoff primary in heated session
Oklahoma lawmakers move toward scrapping the runoff primary with a 69 to 20 vote in the house. The bill would end the majority rule requirement and faces a likely final house vote Wednesday. debate also touched oil gas taxes and school funding plans.
Market news: hogs cattle and grain values slip versus prior
Kansas City hogs 3000 head 5-15 lower on most lots top 7.85. cattle 4000 head steady to strong with steers and heifers mixed. stockers and feeders soft. Sheep 4000 head open slightly lower on native lambs while grain futures ease with wheat 3-8 down May. corn 1-4 up. oats steady. CHICAGO spot grain lists No 1 hard at 1.03 1/2.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept
Chicago
Chicago Dairy Prices For Butter And Creamery Specials
Chicago market notes show butter prices with 6 409, easy creamery specials at 36 1 2 to 35 1 2 for extras and firsts, 34 3 4 to 35 for 90-91 grade, with eyes at 30 to 31 1 2 for fresh graded firsts. Current receipts noted at 29.
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Chicago
Turkeys and poultry prices mixed in Chicago market
Chicago market report shows live poultry prices with ranges for hens leghorn birds and roosters and young turkeys. Dressed turkeys hold steady with no price changes amid unsettled demand.
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Chicago
Rock Broilers
Rock Springs
Leghorn
Roosters
Potatoes Steady as Shipments Rise to 671 Carloads
In Chicago on February 6 the U S Department of Agriculture reports total potato shipments at 671 carloads with 42 on track 327. Wisconsin round whites fetch U S No 1 prices from 72 1 2 to 80 cents per cwt and Idaho russets U S No 1 from 1 45 to 1 50, with fine quality and large sizes priced up to 1 55.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agr
Wisconsin
U. S
Idaho
Shadow of gold clause cases tightens grain market
Deepening concern over gold clause litigation constrains wheat trading and prices. Traders note growing wind-driven pressure from the southwest, especially in western Kansas, Oklahoma, and parts of the Texas Panhandle, shaping cautious futures activity.
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Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Gold clause decision sombra influences cotton markets
In New York on February market quieted with May cotton around 12.36 and spot middling at 12.50. Traders cited uncertainty from the gold clause ruling as futures closed steady to five lower and the general list eased one to three points.
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New York
Spot Cotton Closes Steady Four Points Down
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady four points lower as sales reached 646 bales. Prices showed low middling at 11.85 cents, middling 12.50, and good middling 12.95 cents, with receipts at 10.73 and total stocks 666,327.
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New Orleans
Cotton Futures Close Steady in New York
Cotton futures in New York closed steady to 5 points lower after a day of little change. The market showed unchanged to modest declines amid muted trading and a light demand outlook.
Cotton futures close steady with slight declines
New Orleans February 6. Cotton futures finished steady with net declines of 3 to 4 points. Advertisement notes higher returns for the amount invested and promotes Use News Want Ads.
Wewoka sportsmen raid crow roost. several killed
In Wewoka, 409 to 500 crows were killed Thursday night by local sportsmen at a roost three miles north and half a mile west of Wewoka. In Holdenville Mrs. J R Horn remained in critical condition after being struck by Mrs. Ralph Morgan's car at Main and Broadway Saturday afternoon.
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Wewoka
Holdenville
J. R. Horn
Ralph Morgan
Main and
Broadway
Gilbert Stillwell Appointed City Treasurer
Gilbert Stillwell former cashier of Farmers National Bank was chosen city treasurer at a special city council meeting to replace Frank Howell who resigned after accepting deputy county treasurer post.
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Gilbert Stillwell
Farmers National Bank
Frank Howell
Fishbecks Move to Sunray Refinery Community
Mr and Mrs Dale Fishbeck moved to the Sunray refinery area from Ardmore Monday. Mr Fishbeck is employed at the Sunray refinery. The couple lived in Allen for several months several years ago.
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Allen
Dale Fishbeck
Ardmore
Fishbeck
The
Sunray
Car overturns near Atwood injuries minor for three
Rex Jarrett's car rolled one mile east of Atwood after a radius rod came loose. He braked and cut ignition to avoid a worse crash. Passengers Ellis Keylon, his young daughter Joan, and Floyd Davidson escaped with only minor bruises and a smashed auto top.
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Rex Jarrett
Atwood
Jarrett
Ellis Keylon
Joan
Floyd Davidson
Paving Delays Resolved. Main Street Extension Nears Finish
The paving of two blocks on Main Street was delayed by cold weather but has resumed. Soon two more blocks will be completed, improving the city’s appearance.
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Tishomingo
Main Street
Miss Marguerite McKnight Returns After Father’s Death
Miss Marguerite McKnight returned Sunday after traveling home due to her father’s illness. He had been an invalid for over a year and died last Wednesday afternoon. He was buried Friday at Stillwater. Surviving immediate family include his wife and Marguerite.
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Marguerite McKnight
Stillwater
Marguerite
Pontotoc Oil Field Happenings Report
Day by Day Happenings in Pontotoc County Oil Fields covers drillers’ progress in the Bro mide sand and Hunton lime tests near Jessie and Steedman. It notes wells with water entry, redrilling, and completions as Carter Oil and Stanolind/Crosbie plan new production while Fitts field yields high daily barrels and gas fires are contained.
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Pontotoc County
Drilling updates from Clarita and nearby wells in Coal county
In the graben area wildcat Delaney No. 1 Diamond near Clarita at 2 180 feet has finished Viola lime and entered Simpson dense. Markham No. 1 Magnuson has shut down after reaching 1 755 feet. Radial No. 1 Simpson plugging back from 425 to 100 feet. Paramount No. 1 Graham at 2 525 feet fishing. Carter Oil No. 2 Lucy Brown in 25 2 6 near Fitts expected to become Bromide producer soon. Moore No. 1 Mitchell plugged back to 1 800 feet. Clyde McFadden plans No. 1 McFadden in 29 16 area south of Fittstown.
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John Fitts
Carter Company
Coal County
Carter Oil Company No
Lucy Brown
Carter
Clarita
Fitts Field
Norris
Stanolind and
Crosbie
Graben
Viola
Steedman
Simpson
Graham
Fitts
Carter Oil Company
Mitchell
Clyde McFadden
McFadden
Fittstown
Franks
Hunton
Southern Oil Company No. 1 Ladd
Arbuckle
No. 3
Craddock
Burglar Raiders Target Washita Lumber Office Safe
Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, burglars broke into the Washita Lumber Company office and robbed the safe. They took an undetermined cash amount, about 1300 county township and school warrants, and 233.52 in checks. Two cash drawers were stolen and found 5 miles north with an attempted arson of the drawers and warrants. Checks scattered along highway for 15 miles north. all but one recovered.
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Washita
Pruning Grapevines for Best Crops Says Oklahoma Expert
Frank B. Cross of Oklahoma A and M college explains that pruning must remove nonproductive wood and leave four evenly distributed canes of four feet or more. Each cane should carry a set number of buds, ensuring full yet balanced future crops and protection against winter damage.
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Frank B. Cross
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Cross
Oil field developments slow in Fitts area and surrounding tests
In the Franks graben district activity slowed toward week end as 13-17 in 2,538 drilled for a possible Hunton break. Lynch No. 1 Thompson at Jesse hit Bromide sand but encountered salt water, while Carter Oil neared completion on No. 2 Lucy Brown in 25-2-7 and Magnolia No. 1 Dawes Harden stopped flowing in its area.
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Fitts
Franks
Paramount
Jesse
Viola
Hunton
Carter Oil Company
Lucy Brown
Dawes Harden
Bromide Sand Well Delivers Oil Near Ada No. 5 A. J. Harden
Stanolind Oil completed a Bromide sand well in the Fitts pool south of Ada. The No. 5 A. J. Harden well flowed 458 barrels of oil through casing in its first hour after coming in.
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Stanolind Oil Company
Fitts Pool
Ada
A. J. Harden
Ray
Upkeep and Tax Bills Staged Before House Action
Report states a five per cent oil tax and gross production tax on natural gas proposed with raises in zinc lead asphalt ores. In police court Lee Lawson of Dallas was fined eight dollars seventy five cents for carrying a concealed weapon after trying to borrow money to pay. He kept two dollars from the fine and offered one dollar for a grub stake while seeking work in the Fitts field. City officials urge residents and visitors to surrender firearms to officers.
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Jerdge
Lee Lawson
Lawson
Dallas
Texas
Fitts Field
Legislature backs horse racing bill amid alliance push
In Oklahoma City on February 6 the Tulsa Ministerial Alliance asked Representative Joe Chambers to withdraw his pari mutuels bill. Chambers said the alliance and he disagree on issues, the bill won’t be withdrawn and he expects it will pass.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa Ministerial Alliance
Joe Chambers
Tulsa
House Appropriations Panel Kills Two Bills Today
The committee quickly rejected two measures. One sought a $2600 appropriation for an annual Indian affair at Anadarko and the other requested $7000 for a national guard armory at Tishomish.
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House Appropriations Committee
Anadarko
National Guard
Tishoming
Bill to allow three same party appointees to board dies
A bill allowing three persons of the same political party to be appointed to the board of affairs was killed in the house departmental relations committee today.
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Board of Affairs
House
Dawson backs ten million state education fund proposal
Dr. Howard Dawson the national FERA educational finance representative approved informally on Wednesday the administration bill creating a 10 million dollar state education fund. He is in Washington to discuss Oklahoma education finance prospects.
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Howard Dawson
Washington
FERA
Dawson
Senate panel delays bill on using highway funds to ease bonds
The revenue and taxation committee postponed action on a measure that would require the state highway department to use 22,799,950 dollars of its funds to retire county road bond issues when funds were turned over to the state for road work.
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Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
State Highway Department
Pursuit of Ray Hamilton Pushed
Raymond Hamilton, a fugitive bank robber, offered to surrender to federal authorities and accept life in Alcatraz to avoid the electric chair for murder. His brother Floyd Hamilton was jailed in Shreveport after being questioned by U S agents as officers say they close in on the brothers in Dallas and surrounding areas.
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Ment
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Floyd
Carthage
Tex
Dallas
Raymond Hamilton
Alcatraz Island
Shreveport
Laska Mathers Trial Reset for April One
The defense attorneys Ben B. Laska and James C. Mathers in the Urschel kidnapping case had their trial stricken from the Feb 18 docket and tentatively reset for April 1. Judge Ed gar S. Vaught said no trial until the circuit court of appeals rules on related cases involving money changers in the Twin Cities. Laska and Mathers are accused of taking part of the $200 009 Urschel ransom.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
James C. Mathers
Charles F. Urschel
Edgar S. Vaught
Circuit Court of Appeals
Edward Berman
Clifford Skelly
Twin Cities
Laska
Mathers
MISS RAMS RESIGNS FERA POSITION HERE
Miss Margaret Wilbour a field representative and Miss Myrtle Arms Pontotoc County director resigned from the FERA social service department. Miss Elizabeth Bagley will replace Miss Bagley and Miss Mary Haulk will replace Miss Arms as staff workers.
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Oklahoma City
Margaret Wilbour
Myrtle Arms
Pontotoc
Fera Social Service Department
Edna MccKennon
Elizabeth Bagley
Tulane University
Bagley
Mary Haulk
Miss Arms
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