Black Diamond Rum Runner Captured Near Ada
Federal officers halted the famed Black Diamond after a pursuit north of Ada. A L Messick and Mrs Catherine Messick of Oklahoma City were arrested on federal whiskey violations along with deputy U S Marshal Allen Stanfield and others. The car contained about 35 cases of whiskey. three other vehicles were seized in a prior raid in the Kiamichi mountains.
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A. L
Messick
Catherin Messick
Oklahoma City
U. S
Allen Stanfield
Charley Shockley
Alvis Jones
Ada
Stanfield
Kiamichi Mountains
Snow Blankets City Saturday in Winter Weather
Snow and sleet swept the city on Saturday with about an inch accumulating in the afternoon as temperatures rose into the twenties. The cold spell yielded icy sidewalks and occasional accidents, while children enjoyed sledding and snowball fights despite the brief melt and renewed flurries.
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Oklahoma
Oldest Southwest Oklahoma Woman Dies At 102 In Elmer
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Aiken Curry of Elmer Oklahoma died after a brief illness at age 102. She was born August 19 in Maury County Tennessee and is survived by four sons and three daughters including John Curry Weatherford Tex and Mrs E Patton Elmer Oklahoma. The body will be sent to Breckenridge Texas for funeral services and burial tomorrow afternoon.
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Altus
Elizabeth Jane Aiken Curry
Elmer
Okla
Oklahoma
E. Patton
Breckenridge
Tex
Slow Whistle Rule to Be Eliminated
New York Dec 28 The slow whistle regulation adopted last winter to spur use of the lateral pass is set to be removed from the football rules book. Widespread sentiment against the rule despite doubtful grounds has led the national football rules committee to plan its elimination. Chairman Walter Okeson of Lehigh told the NCAA that the slow whistle ruling defined a dead ball as a runner who
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Okeson
Palm Springs
Cal
New York
National Football Rules Committee
Walter Okeson
Lehigh
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Manchukuoan Move Expands Into Chahar Province
Report from Shanghai notes a Manchukuoan army thrust into Chahar pushing toward Shangtu to sever northern frontier trade routes with outer Mongolia under Soviet protection. Amid rising tensions a pro-Japanese Hopeh insurgency sparked protests and a high official Hsu-Fan-Ting attempted suicide at Sun Yat Sen mausoleum.
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Shanghai
Chahar
China
Maine
Shangtu
Outer Mongolia
Moscow
Hopeh
Liu Kwei-Tang
Tokyo
Nanking
Hsu-Fan-Ting
First Army
Hsu
Sun Yat Sen
North China
Milne heir confesses kidnap hoax. held on extortion charge
Caleb Milne IV, 23, heir to a textile fortune, admitted the staged kidnapping to gain money and stage work. He faces a $7500 bond and a January 9 hearing after a confession to federal agents and an arraignment on attempted extortion. The hoax prompted mixed views from officials about pursuing a case.
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New York
Milne
Caleb Milne IV
U. S
Cotter
United States
Doylestown
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Indiana
Robert C. Baltzell
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Caleb Milne Jr
Trenton
N.J
New Hope
G-men
Raids seize nine pay-off marble machines in Ada county
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser leads a Thursday raid netting nine illegal marble and slot machines eight in Ada Main street stores and one at a Silver Moon dance hall where about 109 bottles of tax paid whiskey are also seized. One operator N J Lively of Muskogee pleads guilty and pays 36 50 in fines and costs.
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Clyde Kaiser
Ada
N. J. Lively
Muskogee
Justice Court
Sherwood W. Hill
Kaiser
Pontotoc County
Herman Hamilton
Steve Sloan
Harris
Harris Hotel
Argo
Cantrell’s
Silver Moon
Quartette
Sims
Bowles
Patton
Alexander
Berman and Skelly Must Serve Terms
Barney Berman and Clifford Skelly of Minneapolis have been ordered to surrender in Oklahoma City to begin five year prison terms for handling part of the Charles F Urschel kidnapping ransom. Repeated stays were granted since their conviction for disposing of ransom money. Final stay expires December 31 after clemency review requests. Convictions affirmed by the federal circuit court of appeals and the Supreme Court.
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Oklahoma City
Barney Berman
Clifford Skelly
Minneapolis
Minn
United States Marshal’s Office
Charles F. Urschel
Urschel
Edgar S. Vaught
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Relief Versus WPA Wages In Pontotoc County
In Pontotoc County nearly 100 destitute families face a choice between a maximum of $7.20 monthly direct relief or a WPA job earning $24 or more per month. Most prefer relief. about two thirds have been referred to jobs but few report for work, despite repeated notices.
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Pontotoc County
National
NRS
Social Service Department
FERA
Pontotoc
Pet Peeves Of Notables Channeled By Notables
Notable figures from science politics and business list pet peeves in Chicago with Dr Morris Fishbein urging a no peeves New Year. Gov Bibb Graves dislikes the word bimme and simme a joo while a South Carolina banker shuns spatters. Gov James Allred recalls his wife giving away his shoes and Townsend pension talk is noted.
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J. A. Rawlings
Associated Press
Chicago
Science
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association Journal
Bibb Graves
Alabama
South Carolina
James V. Allred
Texas
Townsend
New HOG-CORN Contract Aims at Stable Farm Returns
The 1936-37 corn hog contract seeks to balance corn and hog production with market outlets, reduce price and production swings, and conserve soil. It offers farmers fair returns, stable bases, and farm-specific flexiblity while targeting a steadier pork supply for consumers.
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Phil McLachlan
Pontotocc
McLachlan
Early Gattleman Cass Dies After 48 Years of Health
Tulsa obit reports Pioneering cattleman Early Cass 81 native of Athens Tennessee died in Tulsa hospital. He moved to west Texas at 17, headed San Angelo operations, hunted buffalo, later freighted to Lawton and helped build Tulsa dairies. Survived by widow Lela, three daughters Mrs Thomas Mrs Moore Mrs Kirkland and two sons Clifford and J B. Funeral tomorrow afternoon.
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Tulsa
J. K. Cass
Texas
Oklahoma
Cass
Athens
Tenn
West Texas
San Angelo
Vernon
Tex
Lawton
Okla
Lela
J. F. Thomas
Alta Moore
R. H. Kirkland
Clifford
J. B
Prank Carter Plans to Quit Campaigns
Oklahoma City December 27 LPi Frank Carter state auditor looked forward to retirement from public office at the end of his term. He held the posts of corporation commissioner secretary of state and state auditor and said he does not plan to seek election again.
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Oklahoma City
Lpi
Frank Carter
Carter
Katie Fixico Seeks Divorce in Okmulgee Court
Okmulgee Oklahoma December 27 A Creek Indian widow Katie Fixico Freeman 37 seeks dissolution of her second marriage to Andrew Freeman. The case cites cruelty and habitual intoxication with past divorce petitions and a $25 000 damages cross claim. Freeman contested prior petitions and a guardianship action over Freeman's fortune was withdrawn.
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Okmulgee
Kate Fixico Freeman
Freeman
Andrew Freeman
van Buren
Ark
John Daniels
Gaylord R. Wilcox
Sapulpa
Cushing
Oklahoma
Federal District Court
Resettlement Work In County
D E Slingerland county supervisor for the Resettlement Administration has worked with a crowd of clients for weeks. He and helpers plan to aid families in returning to farming to earn a living and stay off relief rolls. A county advisory committee of volunteers meets to approve the plans. Every resettlement employee serves about 200 people.
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Slingerland
Texas
Oklahoma
D. E. Slingerland
The
Resettlement Administration
Will Rogers speaks from afterlife in Rus sellville collated column
In a lighthearted posthumous piece the Courier-Democrat imagines Will Rogers conversing from a heavenly realm. He jokes about theater presences, reunions with Cal Coolidge and Wiley Post, and playful quips about harps and angels while praising a peaceful afterlife with rich residents and fool proof airplanes.
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Will Rogers
Valhalla
St. Peter
Mrs. Ickes
Astrid
Cal Coolidge
Wiley Post
Courier-Democrat
Russellville, Ark
Bail denied in Tulsa for two night club employees
Attorneys for Tyree Parks and George L. McCullough filed plans to appeal after a habeas corpus hearing denied bond. District Judge Bradford Williams held the men without bail, citing a killing at the night club and the need for custody.
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Tulsa
Tyree Parks
Geo. L
Hickory” McCullough
Criminal Court of Appeals
Flint Moss
Bradford Williams
Louis Pappan
Federal Internal Revenue
George Stewart
Fires Claim Six Or More Lives In Arkansas
Christmas fires in Arkansas cost at least six lives and left two severely burned as crews search for another missing person. Rescue teams worked at Hot Springs federal transient relief station debris while investigators identified victims J. L. Sanders of Tulsa, Mrs. Charles Eddings of Hazen, Battles of Rogers, and Charles Boucher near Jonesboro.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Hot Springs
J. L. Sanders
Tulsa
Hazen
Charles Eddings
See Battles
Rogers
Charles Boucher
Jonesboro
Accidental pistol shooting kills man during quick draw demo
In Sherman Texas on Christmas night E M Hughes about 52 died when a pistol fired during a quick draw demonstration. His brother P M Hughes held the weapon and said the shot came as they talked. Claribel Hughes 14 witnessed the incident. Coroner Jess Wall expected an accidental death verdict.
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Sherman, Tex
E. M. Hughes
Sherman
P. M. Hughes
Jess Wall
Claribel Hughes
Wall
Florida Woman Shows Hair Change Amid Townsend Plan Question
A 64 year old Florida woman is described as cutting her teeth while her white hair grows black. The report does not reveal whether she opposes the Townsend plan or supports it.
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Florida
Townsend
Conservation officials plan January pressure taking at Fitts pool
District officials plan to take bottom hole pressures at the Fitts pool starting January 3. It will be the first pressure taking since July and follows the initial 1935 effort when 30 wells produced from Bromide sands. Five days split by field half to minimize production disruption.
Continental Oil drives into Jesse pool with new spacings
The Texas No. 1 Simpson and Continental No. 1 Simpson drill near 12-1-7 as the state commission orders 1 1/2 acre spacing for the Jesse pool in Upper Simpson series. McCarthy No. 1 produced 1 802 barrels in 9 1/2 hours. current activity includes two wells drilling and two more staked nearby.
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State Corporation Commission
Jesse Pool
Continental Oil Company
Discovery
Discovery Well
Simpson
Continental
House
No. 1
James
McCarthy
Gatl If Centrahoma Test Opens Potential Oil Area
Carter Oil Co and others report the No. 1 Thompson well near Centrahoma, exploring the McLish sand. Seven inch casing to 6,681 feet, cementing soon, after salt water plagued the hole but did not confirm production. Deepened to 6,731 feet to gather subsurface data on a possible new Coal county oil area.
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Carter Oil Company
Et al
Thompson
Centrahoma
Coal County
Cotton Subsidy Checks Expected By January 15
Washington officials announced the first payments to farmers under the 1935 cotton subsidy will be made January 15. The AAA will pay the adjustment contract signers the difference between 12 cents a pound and the average market price on sale day, not to exceed two cents. Mailing was delayed due to technical reasons from regional offices.
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Washington
AAA
Eldorado Merchant George L. Chism Dies at 67
George L. Chism 67 a pioneer resident of Eldorado Oklahoma and former Harmon County treasurer died at his home after a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 3 p m Saturday at Hollis with survivors including his widow and two daughters Mrs E L Pierce of Gainesville Texas and Mrs Woody Driskill of Hollis
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Oklahoma City
UPI
George L. Chism
Eldorado
Okla
Harmon County
Hollis
E. L. Pierce
Gainesville
Tex
Woody Driskill
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Gobi Desert
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