Burglary Loot Recovered In Ada Police Raid
Police recovered nearly $1,500 worth of stolen groceries and clothing in Ada after a raid. A 20 year old youth, held for questioning, is tied to an organized burglary ring with two others sought. Items stolen from Holdenville and Sasakwa stores were found in a house and a nearby field, including a butcher knife.
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Seminole
Hughes
Raymond Rains
Ada
Wewoka
Quinton -Blake
Lester Denny
Holdenville
Harve Ball
Rains
Sasakwa
Ball
Paul Corbin
Roosevelt seeks extra WPA funds amid scrutiny
Washington February 8 President Roosevelt asked Congress for an additional 150 million dollars for the WPA with extensive review likely. Lawmakers voiced readiness to fund if need shown but indicated neither chamber would rush action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Woodrum
House Appropriations Committee
Taylor
D-Coro
Jack Hall Sentenced To One Year In Penitentiary
Jack Hall was sentenced to two terms of one year each in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzlement. Before Judge Tal Crawford he admitted taking 151 dollars from his employer at a local service station.
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Jack Hall
State Penitentiary
Tal Crawford
Hall
Lake Alice Murray Named For Alice Murray
Oklahoma City February 5 Senate unanimously votes to rename Lake Elmer Thomas near Lawton Lake Alice Murray in tribute to the late wife of former Gov. W H Murray. Senators praise Murray and note possible constitutional issues while noting the project origins during Murray's administration and WPA era restoration.
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Oklahoma City
W.H. Murray
State Senate
Lake
Elmer Thomas
Lawton
Alice Murray
John MacDonald
U. S
Senate
W. O. Ray
Tom Anglin
Houdsnville
United States Senate
Murray
Lake Alice
Oklahoma moves on welfare board reform and liquor permit bill
Oklahoma lawmakers debate replacing the nine member welfare commission with a five member board under the governor if the senate accepts a house resolution. The original election date was June 6 but was moved toward March 7. A committee plans to impeach seven holdover members while Phillips backs an election and liquor permit bills seek lift with federal cooperation and constitutional challenges.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma, Welfare Commission
Senate
House
Phillips
Oklahoma
Tom Kight
Rogers County
Direct Tax Refunds For 1938 Paid Before December 6
County treasurer Lee Dages announced refunds for taxpayers who paid taxes before December 6 1938. The refunds will be issued directly at the treasurer's office with no cost or need for extra steps. The refunds address corrections to the tax rolls and avoid any intermediary collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Dagegs
Daxys
Dages
Three Quit Says Governor Phillips
Oklahoma Gov. Phillips says he has received three resignations from state employees for drinking in public and expects more. He declined to identify the individuals and noted he agreed not to disclose names. He said he may receive additional resignations in the near future.
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Phillips
Oklahoma
Feb. S
Security Board Outlines State Duties for Grants
The Social Security Board told Oklahoma congressmen what the state must do to continue federal grants for aged, blind, and dependent children. It denied back funds due, stated conditions on plans and personnel, and urged the state to revise its plan and establish clearer responsibilities and merit procedures before grants resume.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Oklahoma
State Commission
Commission
C. B. Hyde
Alva
Oklahoma Commission
Federal Board
Escaped State Pen Fugitive Ruth Ingram Held for Murder
Ruth Ingram alias Gloria Ramona Santos, escaped Oklahoma state penitentary prisoner, faces murder charges in Los Angeles for Deputy Sheriff Victor Paul’s killing after a quarrel at his home. Oklahoma wants her extradited to face escape charges. she has lengthy Oklahoma and Texas police records and multiple aliases.
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Los Angeles
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Ruth Ingram
Gloria Ramona Santos
Victor Paul
Paul
Miss. Ingram
Fred Wichells
Oklahoma
Murray County
Authorities Ten
Warman
Oklahoma City
Texas
Fort Worth
Ardmore
McAlester Penitentiary
Death Notice for Mr Currings Father of Mrs Claude McMillan
Word was received in Ada of the death in Wewoka Wednesday morning of Mr Currings father of Mrs Claude McMillan of this city. Mr and Mrs McMillan went to Wewoka and details of funeral arrangements had not been learned here as of early Wednesday afternoon.
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Ada
Wewoka
Currings
Glass Attacks Roosevelt Over Virginia Judgeship Row
Senator Carter Glass accuses President Roosevelt of trying to purge Virginia's two senators from public life by ignoring their recommendations for a federal judgeship. He cites the Roberts nomination as personally offensive and recalls Roosevelt's remarks about consulting various figures while defending Price's veto power claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter Glass
D-W. Va
Roosevelt
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Glass
Roberts
Senate
Floyd H. Roberts
Byrd
James H. Price
Nancy Astor
Duchess of Windsor
WPA
Price
Charlie McCarthy
Charlie’ McCarthy
Harry Field
Senate Judiciary Committee
Floyd Roberts
County Commission Enacts Purchasing Restrictions
A Wednesday county board resolution orders the county clerk not to issue purchase orders or encumber appropriations without review by a bonded county official. The policy requires all orders and contracts be submitted to the officer managing the specific appropriation. The move limits spending to bonded officials and ends procurement for needy individuals due to a depleted charity fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners Shell
Richard Elam
Wheat Improves In State In January
Oklahoma wheat shows slow improvement with fair to good crop condition except in southern and eastern areas. Plowing progressed. oat seeding and fall alfalfa increased. Livestock and hay supply good though pasture scarce. January precipitation averaged 2.78 inches, 1.25 inches above the 48 year average. new western record monthly rainfall reached 2.9 inches.
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Oklahoma City
Feo
Oklahoma
Harry Wahlgren
Federal
Wahlgren
Compensation Bill Seen For WPA Worker Injured Insect Fight
Ren. Dempsey of New Mexico introduced legislation to compensate emergency WPA workers for injuries from pest control operations. He cited a Union County case where a worker became stone blind after exposure to a poison used against grasshoppers.
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Washington
WPA
New Mexico
Ren. Dempsey
D-Nm
Dempsey
Union County
Yew Outbreaks Reported At Tulsa Petro Stations
Four Mid Continent Petroleum filling stations were damaged by a suspected vandal gang during a strike by oil workers. Officials estimate losses at 3000 to 4000 dollars, with pumps and property wrecked. Authorities vow to catch and prosecute suspects. Union leaders deny involvement and claim many strikers are jailed or surrendered.
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Tulsa
Mid- Sontinent Petroleum Corporation
National Auerd
Oil Workers Union
Val
C. A. Halden
West Tulsa
Garland Marrs
Marrs
Floyd Raém
John L. Coulter
Strik~ars
Jack Hays
Tulse Tocal
New Protec Funds Sought For State
Rep Massingale of Oklahoma introduced in Congress a resolution requesting funds to support water development flood control drainage and soil conservation projects in Oklahoma. The measure commends engineers for projects on Grand Washits Rush Creek Canadian Kiamichi.
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Washington
Massingale
D-Oldla
Congress
Oklahoma
Grand
Washits
Rush Creek
Chinese Air Force Claims 30 Japanese Planes Destroyed
Chinese press reports from Shanghai state that in a raid on Yunchen in south Shansi province the Chinese air forces destroyed 30 grounded Japanese planes. The report also says China is rapidly rebuilding its air force and now has nearly 500 planes, with predictions of renewed aerial activity against Japanese bases.
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Chunghing
Yunchen
Shansi
Shanghai
Marriage License Issued to Hearold Fender and Leota Brown
A marriage license was issued from the court clerk's office on Wednesday to Hearold Fender 21 and Leota Brown both of Stonewall, Tout e 2.
Fox Receives Suspended Term In Grand Larceny Case
Avia Fox pleaded guilty to grand larceny before District Judge Tal Crawford after arrest in Duncan Arizona on January 2. He was sentenced to five years in the state reformatory, suspended. Co defendants Forest Cude and Lonnie Allen were dismissed after being shown uninvolved with the case. The automobile belonged to V. H. Weightman of Ada.
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Avia Fox
Tal Crawford
Fox
Quncan
Ariz
State Reformatory
Forest Cude
Lonnie Allen
V. H. Weightman
Ada
Amlie Defends His Political Views
Washington February 8 Thomas R Amlie named to the interstate commerce commission by President Roosevelt defended his left wing economic views before a senate sub committee He denied being a communist but admitted his doctrines lean toward collectivism He and Senator Austin discussed fascism and collectivism in the context of policy and method.
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Washington
Thomas R. Amlie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Senate
Arso
Austin
Annie
County Receives Primary Aid Share for Pontotoc Schools
The Pontotoc County treasurer reported a quarterly primary aid payment of 28103.85 to operate most county schools. An additional 4337.80 from state homestead exemptions was also received for the county's schools. nS. Hampton of 922 East Main Street has left for Phoenix, Arizona for three to four weeks.
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Pontotoc County
Hampton
East Main Street
Phoenix
Arizona
Rome pushes war plans as troops called
Italy speeds up military preparations amid reports of a strong Britain France alliance. An official agency said the Anglo French defense pact is defensive but warned against underestimating its significance. Reserve officers and technicians are being ordered to colors in anticipated mobilization.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
France
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Youth Indicted By Grand Jury
A federal grand jury indicted Marion W. Hibbard, a East Central state teachers college student, for sending extortion letters to Ada oil man R. W. Simpson. The letters, dated January and earlier this month, threatened death unless $75,000 was paid. Hibbard, a college sophomore, was arrested in Ada by FBI agents and jailed at Muskogee after arraignment. Bond set at $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion W. Hibbard
East Central State Teachers College
R. W. Simpson
Ada
Associated Press
Simpson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nye Would Assure Keeping Secrets
Sen Nye proposed legislation to keep military secrets of aircraft production by private manufacturers for U. S. use only. The plan echoes August wartime secrecy rules, aiming to bar demonstrations to foreign reps until planes are in use and released for sale. President Roosevelt defended that sales involved no military secrets, noting basic patents from a British firm and use by an American firm.
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Washington
Sen. Nye
R-Nd
United States
Nye
Louis Johnson
Warre
William CD. Leahy
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Vickers
Schools Close For Remainder Of Week Holiday
Pupils enjoy a brief annual vacation as teachers gather for a state convention while Wednesday afternoon classes in public schools and East Central College are dismissed until next Monday. Tulsa draws Ada teachers and instructors from across the state for three days. A divorce petition is filed in district court by Ruth Wood against Hugh Weed and Winnie Morrison seeks divorce from Jerf Morrison.
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East Central College
Tulsa
Tai He
District Court
Ruth Wood
Hugh Weed
Winnie Morrison
Jerf Morrison
Loyalist Commander May Talk Armistice Terms
Reports from Paris indicate peace talks opened between insurgents and Jose Miaja, dictator of the government’s central zone, as Premier Negrin faces potential resignation over unconditional surrender. Britain and France proposed insurgent Spain financial aid to reconstruct in exchange for ejecting German and Italian influence. Miaja reportedly in talks with Franco, possibly to secure favorable terms for a veteran commander over Negrin.
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Juan Negrin
Inglenth
Jose Miaja
Chamber of Deputies
Berges
Leon Berard
Manuel Azana
Spain
Negrin
Great Britain
France
le Perthus
Miaja
Franco
Royalty To Head For United States Visit Planned
Washington dispatch reports an expected surge of European royal visits to the United States this year. In addition to the King and Queen of England and nobility from Norway and Denmark, hints suggest four more groups may cross the Atlantic, including King Zog of Albania with his bride and King Boris of Bulgaria with Queen Giovanna, plus Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. The global fairs in New York and San Francisco are listed as draws.
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Washington
Fes
UPI
United States
England
Norway
Denmark
State Department
Atlantic
Goz
Albania
Boris
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Italy
Juliana
Netherlands
Jean of
Collecting Books For Prison Library At McAlester
The First Christian church collects books for the Oklahoma state penitentiary library at McAlester. Rev. Ivan J. Young stresses modern fiction and scientific, history, and biography titles. The prison school superintendent says books appealing to the average reader will help inmates. On Sunday February 12 the church asks for book donations or money to fund the effort.
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
First Christian Church
Ivan J. Young
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Relief Board
U. 5. Security Board
Protec
Amlie
Marion Hibbard
Muskogee
Bill
Negrin May
Royalty
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