Death claims L. J. Barton at home here
LeRoy J. Barton professor of English and literature at East Central State College, Ada, died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home on East Ninth Street after years of ill health. Born 1875 in Sublette Illinois he taught and led at multiple schools and colleges, authored two textbooks, and was famed for Shakespeare lectures. Funeral services set for Friday in Keith chapel.
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L. J. Barton
East Central State College
East Ninth Street
Barton
Donald
California
LeRoy J. Barton
Sublette
Illinois
Cunning Academy
Jefferson
Iowa
Western College
Tulsa
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Central State College
Edmond
Henryetta
Ada
United States
Canada
First Methodist Church
Keith
Census Taker Is Speaker At Jaycee Meet Ada Junior Chamber program
About sixty people attended the Ada Jaycee meeting in city hall to hear William M. Seigenthaler, supervisor of census-taking in eastern Oklahoma, explain the national business census. He outlined its purposes as the 1989 census year approaches. H. P. Rice reported on the Glenwood ward school Christmas seal fund work for tuberculosis.
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City -Hall
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
William M. Seigenthaler
Oklahoma
Seigenthaler
Tulsa
Pontotoc
Pepun
H. P. Rice
Glenwood Ward School
Christmas Seal Fund For
Capper Opposes Federal Oil Regulation in Senate Hearing
Capper speaks against federal control of petroleum production in the Senate, arguing private industry should not be federally regulated. The debate shadows House hearings on the Cole Bill to regulate oil, with Oklahoma Governor Phillips ready to respond to a government mismanagement claim tied to Osage Nation oil.
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Capper
Senate
Washington
House
Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
C. C. Brown
Division of Gas and Electric Resources
Federal Power Commission
Brown
United States
Phillips
Bomb Blast Kills Counter Espionage Inspector in Lausanne
A German tailor identified as Leon Zaschnig brought a package to Lausanne police headquarters and warned it might be a bomb. Inspector Arnold Jacoud was killed when it exploded, injuring the German and injuring several police officers.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
SPI
Leon Zaschnig
Arnold Jacoud
Jacoud
Samuel Clot
Stonewall Man Pleads Innocent In Oklahoma Drug Transport Case
FORT SMITH ARK FEB 7 A federal grand jury probe into alleged transportation of liquor from Arkansas into dry Oklahoma and Kansas continued as more than twenty defendants named in jury bills appeared before U S Judge H Ragan to enter pleas Clarence Porter Miller of Stonewall Oklahoma pleaded not guilty
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Fort Smith
Ark
Federal
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
U.S
Hartsell Ragan
Clarence Porter Miller
Stonewall
Parish Jersey Show Set in Ada on May 1
The Oklahoma Jersey Cattle club closed its annual meeting at the Aldridge hotel in Ada on Wednesday afternoon. Members praised Ada fairgrounds from last year prompting a return engagement. A resolution opposed a new plan by the American Jersey Cattle club for bull registration and selection. M. S. Hughes of Bristow was named president for the coming year with John Wooten Chickasha as vice president, E. R. Thompson Oklahoma City as secretary, and Paul Estill Sand Springs as treasurer.
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Ada
Oklahoma Jersey Cattle Club
Aldridge Hotel
Ada Fairgrounds
American Jersey Cattle Club
M.S. Hughes of
Bristow
Strickler Case Goes to Jury in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City the case of Jake Strickler, a former stolen car sleuth charged with auto theft, went to a district court jury. County Attorney Lewis R. Morris requested a maximum penalty of 20 years in his closing address. Strickler remained calm through the proceedings without testifying in his defense.
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Oklahoma City
Jake Strickler
Lewis R. Morris
Strickler
Morris
Walter Marlin
Harry Kirkendall
Belielf
Frozen Mist Covers Ada Grounds in Heavy Frost
Ada records a heavy frost described as frozen mist that coated the landscape like snow and fog. Forecasters warn colder weather Thursday as a brief respite before more precipitation, including light rain and snow, moves into the state.
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Ada
W. E. Pitt
State Fund May Make Payments To Departments
Oklahoma City fact report notes tax commission apportioned 837,553 to the general fund enabling about 250,000 in school aid claims and much of January payroll. Remaining unpaid primary and secondary school aid and other payroll totals cited. Debt service portion about 200,000. University of Oklahoma included among departments and six institutions.
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Tax Commission
University of Oklahoma
State Tax Commission
General Revenue Fund
Medical School
Crippled Children’s ‘Hospital
University Hospital
Northern Oklahoma Hospital
Enid
Oklahoma Soldiers
Sulphur
Gloomy Dublin hears executions as tension rises
Dublin reports an atmosphere of gloom as word spreads of executions of two members of the outlawed Irish republican army in Birmingham, England. No demonstrations noted. In Kenosha Wisconsin City Attorney Baker issues a dog pickup proclamation. his own dog is among the first seized for a $1.50 retrieval fee. A lone bird begins its nest, adhering to ancestral building patterns.
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Dublin
Ireland
Birmingham
England
de Kenosha
Wis
R. V. Baker, Jr
Baker
Britain and France In Aid Pledge to Finland
Britain and France pledge aid to Finland as fighting continues against the Soviet invasion. Reports reach Dublin of tensions after Irish rebels Richards and Barnes are executed in Birmingham for a Coventry bombing that killed five. In Alsace, Dr Karl Roos is executed by a French firing squad for espionage for Germany, amid broader war talks and bloc alignments.
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Associated Press
Irish Republican Army
Birmingham
Winton
Green
Britain
James Richards
Peter Barnes
Coventry
Ireland
England
Dublin
Chamberlain
Alsatian
Nanvey
Karl Roos
Germany
Alsace
France
Raps
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Berlin
Balkans
Maxime Weygand
Europe
Summa
Karelian
Hague
League, of Nations
Geneva
United States
No Man's Land
Bill to Break With Soviet Loses in House by 3 Votes
The House defeated a McCormack bid to strike ambassador salaries from a pending appropriation by 108 to 105 and then rejected a separate motion to cut embassy funds in Moscow 95 to 38. Senate panel backed Finland and China loan expansions and an $100,000,000 boost to the Export-Import Bank lending authority, with caps of $20,000,000 per country. Finland has borrowed $10,600,000 and China $25,000,000.
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Washington
House
Russia
Chamber
Rep
McCormack
D-Mass
Moscow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Finland
China
Senate Committee
Import-Export Bank
Fourth Producer Added to Byars Pool Completions
Interest in the Byars pool of eastern McClain county heightens as a fourth oil well completes in three months. Pat sy Oil Co of Ada No. 1 Richardson crew set 7 inch pipe, reached total depth 2,802 feet, producing oil in multiple hours before shut in for casing. Other wells and activity across Seminole and Cleveland counties noted with varied depths and outputs including BeBee pool and Senora No. 3 Tucker. Oklahoma City report also notes Albert Hunt supporting Marland rehearing on income tax refund.
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Byars
McClain County
Patsy Oil Co
Ada No. 1
Richardson
Sase
Viola
Simpson Roadhouse
Susan James
Konawa
Flest and Osborne Corporation
E. Barkius
Seminole County
Culver-Shepherd
T. N. Development
Reed
Bebee Pool
Senora Oil and Gas No
Tucker
Gulf Oil No
Watson
Nwne
Superior Oil of
Tulsa
J Summers
Kendall
Anderson
Senora No
W. B. Pine
Randall
Superior
Delaney
Phoenix
Allen
Shipley
Oklahoma City
Albert Hunt
State Supreme Party
E.W. Marland
Christian Front members indicted by grand jury
Seventeen members of the Christian Front were indicted on seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States. Edgar Hoover said agents detained the group three weeks ago and alleged plans to terrorism to found a dictatorship. Fifteen overt acts are listed including floor plans of a naval militia headquarters, carrying ammunition to Brooklyn, and stealing ammunition from the 165th regiment armory in Manhattan.
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New York
Christian Front
United States
Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thhem
John F. Cook
Naval Militia
Macklin Boettiger
Brooklyn
William Gerald Bishop
John A. Vierbroeck
165Th Regiment
Manhattan
State Apportions Nearly One Million To Funds Across Oklahoma
The Oklahoma State Tax Commission allocated 887 553 to the general revenue fund to cover about 3 000 000 in outstanding claims. About 200 000 goes to debt service while the rest funds part of January payrolls and school aid claims. Institutions and six state payrolls including the University of Oklahoma and hospitals receive portions of the disbursement.
Harkness death leaves vast philanthropy to endure
New York Feb 7 The financier Edward S Harkness died but gifts continue. His fortune from Standard Oil founded a vast philanthropic legacy totaling over one hundred million dollars in lifetime benefactions. He left the bulk of his estate in trust to his widow with instructions the funds go to charitable and educational institutions after her death.
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New York
Edward S. Harkness
Standard Oil
Ner
Allied Sources Say Open Help Is Forthcoming
Allied reports indicate Britain will send war materials to Finland as Paris calls for rapid aid to the republic. Finnish forces report heavy fighting on the Karelian isthmus and Lake Ladoga area with 20 Russian tanks destroyed. Russian losses allegedly high amid air and ground assaults. British officials pledge quick assistance while Le Temps urges effective aid from France. Berlin denies any German Russian military pact and stresses Germany’s hands-off stance. Churchill announces measures to shield lightships after German air raids.
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Vay
Associated Press
Finland
Great Britain
Little Republic
Paris
Karelian
Summa
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
London
le Temps
France
Germany
Berlin
Alfred Knox
Butler
Chamberlain
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Hon Motorist Deluged by Fake Parking Tickets
A prank in which red slips were stuck on car windshields spooked downtown motorists. The tickets looked official with NO TICE PARKINGS, but the fine print invited diners at a cafe, exposing the stunt as a publicity gag. The incident shows clever advertising can trigger a panic and draw attention.
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V. J. Barton
Jaycee Meet
Bob Glawka, Jr
Arton
Ada High School
Iona Freeman
Jim Cummings
Sue Nell Thompson
Marie Toler
Marjorie Watson
Leonard Holloway
Helen Cullins
Eighteenth Street
Ada Public Schools
East Central Normal
Normal
Napier Colored School
Parish Jersey
Jersey Cattle Club
Indianapolis
Fred Kingery
Harry Shields
Walter Rackemann
Oar Kingery
Patrick
Rackemann
Rainer
Joan of Arc
Gpi
Luise Rainer
American Youth Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Athens
LPI
Greece
JC. W. White
Lourelle Thompson
Patsy
Bebee
Christian Fronters
U. S
Harkness
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