Oklahoma City Mayor Hopeful Platform Drawn Up
In a spirited column locals note J. K. Wells of Oklahoma City contemplates a mayoral run with an expansive platform including city wide oil drilling pensions for all abolishing taxes and a 10 figure water system and navigable North Canadian. Other items touch highway staffing school reform and Babe Ruth signing with the Boston Braves including close Alabama repeal prospects and state education funding concerns.
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J. K. Wells
Oklahoma City
J. K
Oklahoma Oklahoma City House kills county school unit plan
The Oklahoma City House education committee rejected the county unit school measure aimed at moving school financial control to county boards while local boards would handle staffing. A $950,000 state aid bill was set for return to the floor after cuts. fear of March 1 school closings loomed as telegrams pressed for aid.
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Ada
Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Marland
House Educational Committee
State House
Marland “Brain Trust
Carl Twidwell
B. J. Traw
LeFlore
Minter to Hear Orphans Home Appointment Changes
Western Oklahoma Orphans' Home at Helena placed in the care of Rev. T. W. Hunter of Oklahoma City to succeed George W. Wood. Mrs. Aethea Turner of Tulsa named state agent for the home. Other changes include H. C. McCormick of Boley as business manager of the Negro Deaf, Blind and Orphan Institute and Taft State Hospital. Arthur Grunert of Ardmore to oversee estate collections from asylums. Governor Allen faced opposition over appointing lawmakers, with House voting 62 to 24 and Senate 21 to 10 to confirm appointees despite constitutional objections.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Helena
T. W. Hunter
George W. Wood
Aethea Turner
Tulsa
Orphans Home
George Wood
H. C. McCormick
Boley
W. H. Robbins
Muskogee
Negro Deaf, Blind and Orphan Institute
State Hospital For
Taft
Arthur Grunert
Ardmore
Ben Haley
Board of Affairs
House
Senate
Allen
Gaston L. Porterie
Highway Department Cuts Spur Bid Totals in Four Counties
The Oklahoma highway department plans further staff reductions after discharging 50 engineers and laborers. Chairman Scott Ferris says the move aims to boost road spending. Bids exceeded 215000 dollars for four county projects with low bidders Payne county paving and Vinita paving authorities choosing Briscoe Construction and S&S. Maxey and Brooks and Dahlgren won district work in Jefferson County near Addington.
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Oklahoma City
Scott Ferris
Payne County
Stillwater
Briscoe Construction Company
Craig County
Vinita
S&s. C. Maxey and Company
Durant
Jefferson County
Rock Island
Addington
Brooks and Dahlgren
Oklahoma
Oklahoma legislature faces relief funding clash
Governor Marland pushes immediate 4 million relief appropriation for current and next year despite opposition. Senate backs 1.5 million while House trims to 1 million. conference committee negotiates. Other actions include school land probe, tax bills, oil tax hearings, and a statewide banking department inquiry.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Washington
Senate
House
FERA
Conference
Hubert Bolen
Oklahoma
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Leon C. Phillips
Flood Control Board
Phillips
State Banking Department
W. J. Barnett
E. E. Glasco
Purcell
Banking Board
Ladd H. Gambill
Pawhuska
Glassco
Senate Votes to Abolish Runoff Primary System
Discharged cartridge found at Union Station slayings may implicate Adam Richetti. U S district attorney Maurice M. Milligan plans to present the shell before the Jackson county grand jury and tie Richetti to Charles Pretty Boy Floyd and Verne Miller in the June 17 1933 officers killings.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Maurice M. Milligan
United States
Adam Richetti
Jackson County Grand
Richetti
Charles
Pretty Boy
Milligan
Merle Gill
Floyd
Liverpool
Verne Miller
Miller
Bolivar
Kan
National Guard
Can Milligan
Jack Killingsworth
Polk County
Walter Griffiths
In Again Out Again Thats Whitey Jamison
Whitey Jamison wavers between jail and freedom after arrest for armed robbery. He posted a $15 000 bond, escaped with three others, surrendered, and later posted bond again to regain release. County Attorney Stanfield plans to file new charges.
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Whitey Jamison
Jamison
W. V. Stanfield
Oklahoma House kills county unit school bill in decisive vote
In Oklahoma City on February 27 the House defeated Governor Marland’s county unit school plan by a 97 to 5 vote. The day also saw the Senate amend and pass a measure ending the runoff primary and other bills advancing. Governor Marland urged economical reform while stressing child welfare and education funding.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Senate
House
E. W. Marland
Senate
State General Revenue Fund
Howard Johnson
House Bank Department
School Land
Highway Department
Tax Commission
State Election Board
Marland
UEDATERO ENTER DURANT TOURNEY
East Central's debate squad heads Thursday for a southwest invitational in Durant. Senior and junior teams travel with coaches and six girls teams listed for extempore. The debate proposition centers on halting international arms shipments.
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East Central
Durant
Southwest United States
Homer Ledbetter
Paul Hughes
R. E. Carlton
Derwood Clay
Glen Watson
Charles Young
Freddie Dennis
Estaline Little
Louise Shipman
Dorothy Summers
Vaughn Beal
Malcolm Baucum
Fast Central
Geneva George
Pi Kappa Delta
Long Pushes Bills in Louisiana 80th Special Session
Senator Huey P Long moves two key measures through the House Ways and Means Committee in the 80th special session. One targets political enemy Higginbotham to remove him as Baton Rouge streets and parks commissioner.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Huey P. Long
Tee
Long
Jack Williamson
Calcasie Parish
Higginbotham
Spears facing extortion charge set for Oklahoma move
Roscoe Rubin Spears, 24, is ordered removed to Coalgate, Oklahoma within 10 days to answer a federal count of attempting to extort $6,000 from a Coalgate merchant. Judge John Bowen signed the removal order as Spears, once hailed as a fugitive hero, offered to go and clear himself.
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Seattle
Roscoe Rubin Spears
Coalgate
Okla
John Bowen
Spears
Oklahoma
Hauptmann Jury Declines Verdict Stage Admissible
The Hauptmann jury remains silent on the fate of the defendant, avoiding a public verdict on the alleged electrocution case. The decision spares the audience an immediate trial outcome and extends the legal uncertainty surrounding the charges.
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Hauptmann
County Farmers To Get Feed And Seed Loans Soon
Henry B. Binkley of the rural rehabilitation program announced that a special feed and seed loan representative will be stationed in Pontotoc County soon to work with Charley Floyd, FERA director, for spring loans. Miss Dona Belle Neal serves as acting social service director while Miss Houck declines the post to return to school.
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Pontotoc County
Henry B. Binkley
Binkley
Charley W. Floyd
FERA
Ada
Mary Houck
Myrtle Armes
Miss Houck
Dona Belle Neal
Elizabeth Bagley
A. Q O. Green
Atoka County ERA Director John A. Wylie Dies
John A. Wylie 69 longtime Atoka county ERA administrator died suddenly at home. He lived near Atoka for over 25 years and served as relief administrator for more than eight months.
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Atoka
John A. Wylie
Atoka County
OERA
Protests Grow Over Oil Tax and Industry Spending
Oil executives and lawmakers clashed as the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee heard debates on a proposed eight percent gross production tax. Oilmen urged restraint on spending while stressing the need to spur development and employment, warning that higher taxes could curtail exploration and cause layoffs.
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Oklahoma City
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Corporation Commission
Senate
The
Redman P. Cole
Gypsy Oil Co
Congress ponders extra clerks and secret 100 group
A bill aims to add one clerk per house member at a cost of 440000 dollars yearly. White of Idaho sponsors the measure tied to the Secret 100 plan to unify dissatisfied Democrats. Leaders reportedly neither endorse nor oppose the idea while campaign funding changes are discussed.
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Clarence M. Wright
Washington
UPA
House of Representatives
Representative White
Idaho
House
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Congressional Committee
McCracken Begins Contempt Sentence in Senate Case
William P. MacCracken sits in jail as he serves eight days and 18 hours of a 10 day contempt sentence. DC jail officials say arrival and departure days count toward the sentence. Also reports a fatal Saturday night car crash near Weleetka leaves three dead and seven injured including Helen Newell.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken
United States Senate
T. M. Rives
Distret
Columbia
MacCracken
Holdenville
Weleetka
Helen Newell
Daniel Bilyeu
Loney Gadberry
Stuart
Greatest returns for the amount invested
A classified ad notes strong value and high returns for readers seeking efficient investments. It highlights economical options and quick payoff potential, urging readers to compare rates and terms offered by local lenders and vendors.
Arrest Could Break Up International Counterfeiting Ring
Joplin Missouri reports the arrest of a 50 year old man for attempting to pass a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. A letter found on him links the operation to Mexico City and El Paso with 300 more bills ready. Five other counterfeit notes were found on the suspect. A second man who used a similar bill at a liquor store is being sought.
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Joplin
Federal Secret Service
Mexico City
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
C. C. Reynolds
Reynolds
Wichita
Kans
DeNoya
Oklo
Ed Portley
Interstate trapshoot tournament opens in Kansas City
Between 75 and 100 gunners from 15 states are expected to compete in the 31st annual interstate trapshoot tournament opening in Kansas City. The event brings shooters from across the country to contest in a widely watched marksmanship competition.
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Kansas City
Two Held On Liquor Charge At Fittstown
Leo Morris and Tom Morris were committed to the federal jail at Muskogee after failing to post a 3000 bond set by U S Commissioner W C Edwards. They were bound over for trial on internal revenue law violation after officers raided J D Anderson at Fittstown on February 21 and found six pints of whiskey eight half pints, 30 empty bottles and a half gallon jar nearly full. Tom Morris pleaded guilty while Leo Morris claimed to be unwittingly on the premises.
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Leo Morris
Tom Morris
Muskogee
U. S
W. C. Edwards
Fittstown
J. D. Anderson
Babe Ruth Ends Deal With Boston Club
Babe Ruth signs with Boston Braves under a six point program. The plan includes a straight $25,000 salary, an official executive position as second vice president, assistant manager under Bill McKechnie, a share in profits during the contract, an option to buy stock, and a path to potential partial ownership.
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Babe Ruth
Boston
New York
Boston Braves
Bill McKechnie
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