Kidnap Mystery Narrowed As Bremer Case Grows
Investigators trace the $200000 Bremer ransom from St Paul to Rochester and Faribault. Edward Bremer describes 10 to 12 kidnap gang members while authorities follow notes, intermediaries, and a bank time lock. Walter Magee delivers ransom funds and faces new leads in the high profile case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. MacKenzie
ST. Paul
Minn
Edward Bremer
Department of Justice
Rochester
Bremer
Commercial State Bank
Adolph Bremer
Walter Magee
Magee
Des Moines
Adolph
Mazee
Faribault
Congress Debates Air Mail Inquiry And Agency Salaries
Hears contempt charges against William P. MacCracken Harris M Hanshue L H Brittin and Gilbert L Girvins from the air mail inquiry. Agriculture committee scrutinizes Smith bill to buy cotton products. House weighs private bills. Foreign affairs committee hears Wilbur Carr on a bill to equalize salaries in foreign service. Military and naval panels continue study of airplane contract profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. MacCracken
Harris M. Hanshue
L. H. Brittin
Gilbert L. Girvins
Air Mail
Agriculture Committee
Smith
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Wilbur Carr
Oklahoma teachers urged to “play politics” to save jobs
In Oklahoma City 3500 teachers heard George D. Hann of the Oklahoma Education Association urge political action to protect jobs. A draft resolution warns parents taxpayers that teachers would walk out when funds run dry and calls for school closures if revenues are exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
George D. Hann
Clinton
Oklahoma Education Association
Joint Assembly
Oklahoma teachers face political dangers says association leader
George D. Hann of Clinton warned members that jobs are at risk as teachers have tried to stay out of politics. The remarks urged direct political involvement, signaling tension within the Oklahoma Education Association during the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Education Association
George D. Hann
Clinton
Oklahoma High School Athletes Adopt Five of Fourteen Measures
Oklahoma City Feb 9 Five of fourteen measures proposed to the Oklahoma High School Athletic Association convention were adopted. A ban on retaliatory protests against rivals drew 253 to 25 in favor. Other measures include restricting athletic professionalism, residency rules, transfer eligibility, and coach certification with full salaries paid by districts.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma High School Athletic Association
Lee K. Anderson
Oklahoma
Board of Education
Pioneer Barney Ow(s)ley’s 1952 Musselshell gold tooth inlay
Pomeroy Washington resident Barney Ow(s)ley a Garfield county pioneer took a week long prospecting trip in summer 1952 to Brown's Creek in the Musselshell Idaho district. He bought gold at 335 an ounce to make an inlay for a tooth from a local dentist using ore panned on the trip.
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Pomeroy
Wash
Barney Owsley
Garfield County
Brown's Creek
Musselshell
Idaho
Invitation To Open House At Federal Building
Public invited to tour the federal building on Monday night from 7:30 to 10 o'clock. The event offers access from basement to third floor to view offices including the private postmaster James W. Lewis and the federal courtroom as Ada’s skyline lights up for the inspection.
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Federal
James W. Lewis
Throne of Justice
Federal Court
Ada
High Point
Justice Hill
Federal Building
Samuel
Lewis
Former Babinet Wenger Missing
Paris February 9. Friends say Eugene Frot former interior minister in the resigned Daladier cabinet has disappeared and is believed leaving France secretly. Frot’s robes were burned at the palace of justice and disbarment proceedings began. Public bodies demand accountability for police actions at Place de la Concorde rioters.
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Paris
Eugene Frot
Daladier
France
Frot
Palace of Justice
Place de la Concorde
Aging Mother of Jack Walton Dies in Siloam Springs
Mrs. L. W. Walton, 83, mother of former Oklahoma governor and current state corporation commissioner Jack Walton, died at noon in Siloam Springs Arkansas. Funeral tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at a local funeral home. Survived by husband and two sons Jack and Robert.
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Siloam Springs
Ark
L. W. Walton
Jack Walton
Oklahoma
Robert Walton
Emma Goldman
Doumergue Names Veteran Cabinet Amid Paris Unrest
Premier designate Gaston Doumergue selects a cabinet of veteran ministers as France faces a general strike and street turmoil in Paris. Former premiers Andre Tardieu and Edouard Herriot join as ministers of state while crowds and troops mobilize ahead of protests.
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Edouard Daladies
France
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Doumergue
Stuart Moroney
Associated Press
Lebrun
Andre Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Leon Blum
Grand Palais
Champs Elysee
Palais Des Sports
Jef Dickson
Roosevelt cancels all domestic air mail contracts
President Roosevelt announced the cancellation of all domestic air mail contracts in Washington on February 9. The action affects carriers previously awarded mail routes and follows policy reviews by the administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daladier’s Gift Refused by Paris Police Hospital
Paris on February 9 reports Edouard Daladier’s check for 50000 francs was refused by the police hospital. The facility treated 200 people wounded in this week’s riots and cited deep mourning as the reason for declining the gift.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Straw stack crushes Randallstown youth on farm
Randallstown Maryland. Herbert Russell, 18, was pinned beneath a heavy straw stack on a Russell farm after a snow and ice collapse. His brother Edward, 27, rushed to help and lifted the straw piece by piece to free him without risking injury.
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Randallstown
Herbert Russell
Edward
GWA Projects in County Approved
Pontotoc county gains nearly 1,000,000 in CWA civil works approved by state administrator Carl Giles. Projects include ten road improvements, street and sewer repairs, and school building work plus East Central State Teachers College campus improvements with sidewalks and landscaping.
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Pontotoc County
Carl Giles
CWA
B. E. Hennigan
Hennigan
East Central State Teachers College
Ada
Allen
Laxton
Stonewall
Francis
Rocky Chapel
Vaness
Jesse
McCall's Chapel
Parish Chapel
Halls Hill
Rebee
Franks
Union Valley
Sunshine
Cadar Grove
Dolberg
Union Hill
Lightning Ridge
Egypt
Yeager
Eight Grade Man More Productive In Oil Field Study
Oklahoma City report quotes G. O. Lockwood of Bartlesville as saying an man with only an eighth grade education makes a better laborer in the oil field than a more educated worker. He argues loyalty to foreman and higher daily output come from practical experience and that oil industry intricacies are hard to teach in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
G. O. Lockwood
Bartlesville
Trade and Industrial Arts Division
Lockwood
Guthrie and Shawnee Win First Rounds
Guthrie defeats Ripley 23 to 8 and Shawnee routs Tuttle 85 to 2 in class A rounds of the Central State Teachers' college invitation tournament at Edmond. Ponca City edges Kingfisher 21 to 7 in overtime while Henryetta beats Washita 26 to 13. Quarterfinals set Guthrie vs Shawnee and Ponca City vs Henryetta.
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Edmond
Guthrie
Shawnee
Central State Teachers’ College
Ripley
Tuttle
Ponca City
Kingfisher
Henryetta
Washita
Judge sets bond for Mrs. Davis in murder case
After habeas corpus hearings, Judge J F McKeel allows bond for Mrs. Ruby Davis at 10 000. She had been held without bond since being bound over for district court after the preliminary hearing on the murder charge. She is alleged to have shot her husband Olin Davis on December 24 1933. he died the following Wednesday.
Pardon Granted Restores Citizenship to Duncan Veterinarian
Governor Murray granted the 14th pardon of his administration restoring citizenship to C. W. Tittle a Duncan veterinarian convicted in Tulsa of manslaughter and jailed since 1927. The pardon notes he is the only veterinarian in Duncan and cites local citizen requests. A one year leave of absence was also granted to H. D. Hearn former president of Farmers State Bank of Marshall serving a $5 000 fine.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
C. W. Tittie
Duncan
Tittle
Tulsa
L. J. Smith
Pduncan
Farmers State Bank of Marshall
Hearn
Murder charge against woman dismissed in Ford slaying
Newport Arkansas February 9 The state dismissed a murder charge against Geneva Hicks as her husband Roy Hicks and Otis Crosser went on trial for the September killing of Sulphur Springs merchant W P Ford. Essie Fulbright, 35, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to five years.
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Newport
Ark
Geneva Hicks
Roy Hicks
Otis Crosser
W. P. Ford
Essie Fulbright
Ford
Cheyenne Dog Pound Mystery Stumps Police Chief
Police investigate Cheyenne dog pound after four dogs are freed in a week. First three incidents saw a prowler release them at night, while the fourth breach involved the dogs tunneling under the fence with an outside accomplice, raising questions of a coordinated effort.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
T. Joe Cahill
Miss Dority Resigns From Pontotoc County FERA Post
Miss Rocia Dority, who for about six weeks led social service and FERA activities in Pontotoc county, has resigned the supervisor post effective February 10. She instituted a county supply delivery schedule to avoid large gatherings and conducted investigations into FERA recipients homes, reducing the county roll.
Northeast Gripped by Blizzard Strains and Cold
The Associated Press reports extreme cold and storms across two continents. New England and eastern Canada faced subzero highs while Germany and Scandinavia suffered damage and fatalities. New York City hit minus 14.3 degrees, Philadelphia minus 11, and several states saw record lows as ships, trains, and rivers faced ice and delays.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Europe
Germany
Scandinavia
North
Baltic
New England
North Atlantic
Canada
America
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Schenectady
New York City
Seaboard
Hudson
East Rivers
Weedsport
Sardinia
Erie County
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Pocono Mountains
Washington
Senate orders arrest in MacCracken contempt case
The senate moved to arrest William P. MacCracken former assistant secretary of commerce for air after his counsel refused to produce him without a habeas corpus writ. The body also tried L. H. Brittin Harris M. Hanshue and Gilbert Girvin on contempt charges while delaying the arrest of MacCracken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William P. MacCracken
Air
Chestley W. Jurney
Frank J. Hogan
Jurney
MacCracken L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert Girvin
MacCracken
Senate panel backs cotton aid bill for free distribution
The Senate agriculture committee reported favorably a bill from Chairman Smith granting authority to purchase 150 million dollars worth of cotton and cotton products to be given free to the needy.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
D-Sc
Bank of Mountain View Safe Time Lock Failure
In Mountain View Missouri on February 9 the cashier could not open the time lock on a safe which prevented a bank robbery. The would be robber fled in a car driven by a companion as a posse organized search.
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Mountain View
Bank of
Oklahoma oil dealer John M. Russell dies in city hospital
John M. Russell, 43, an oil lease and royalty dealer, died at a local hospital after years of illness. He was survived by his widow, two daughters, five brothers, and two sisters.
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Oklahoma City
John M. Russell
Newtons in Coleman on robbery indictment
John and Marie Newton were brought from Austin by Sheriff Frank Mills for likely trial in two weeks for alleged participation in the Coleman National Bank robbery. In Olney, Cherry W Roach aged 60 retired farmer and merchant died at home from a heart attack with sister Mrs W L Thomas of Chickasha among survivors. funeral today.
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Coleman
Tex
John and
Marie Newton
Coleman National Bank
Austin
Frank Mills
Olney
Cherry W. Roach
W. L. Thomas
Chickasha
Greater Returns for the Amount Invested
A classifieds notice highlights recommended income strategies and investment options promising higher returns for readers seeking better value. The ad emphasizes accessible opportunities and potential gains for cautious investors.
Senate orders arrest of MacCracken in air mail case
William P MacCracken defied the senate by failing to appear for his contempt trial and faced an arrest resolution. Co defendants L H Brittin Harris M Hanshue and Gilbert Girvin attended as the trial was paused until he is brought before the senate. MacCracken denied any intent to violate senate authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William P. MacCracken
Hoover
Air
MacCracken
Senator Black
D-Ala
MaccCracken
L. H. Brittin
The
Northwest Airways
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert Girvin
Garner
Black
Borah Ridan
Weather Across Regions Including Oklahoma and Texas
Oklahoma fair with a hard freeze tonight 24 to 28 degrees developing in southeast. Saturday fair and warmer in the north. Arkansas partly cloudy cold tonight with hard freeze and Saturday improvements. East Texas frost risk tonight then generally fair Saturday. West Texas partly cloudy warmer tonight and Saturday. Missouri increasing clouds and warmer, Kansas unsettled with possible rain in parts.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
East
Texas
West
Missouri
Kansas
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Radical Socialist Group
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Joseph T. Mather
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Gaylord V. Saunders
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