Five Suspects Captured After Dawn Gun Battle
Sixteen Kansas and Oklahoma officers trapped five outlaws at the DC Ranch near Jay Delaware County at dawn. Two officers were wounded, fourteens weapons seized, and the suspects captured and jailed in Kansas. The men were linked to bank robberies in Kansas and were pursued after earlier clashes near Kinsley and Meade.
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Jay
Kansas and
Oklahoma
Ranchear Kinwood
Delaware County
United States
Marshall Sharnes Warner
Tulsa
Edwards County
Kanesas
Kansas
Arkansas
Jess Lindley
Delaare County
Warner
Lindley
Blend
Otfiers
Casey
Ross
Atkins
Kinstey
Sherif Reeder
Ed Matheny
House approves Philippine bill in Hoovers time
The House passed a compromise bill by 171 to 16, sending it to President Hoover as he returns from a fishing trip. Supporters cite a ten year trial period but opponents fear economic instability in the islands and Manila leaders call the measure a joke. Tariff exemptions and export measures are included to aid independence funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippine Islands
Hoover
House
White House
Hurley
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
Insular Senate
United States
Possum Fur Boost for Pontotec Farmers
In Pontotec county the fur trade grows as farmers hunt possums and skunk, with hides worth two bits and skunk pelts 25 cents while mink fetches 2.25 dollars. The fur season runs through January and dealers report licenses costing 25 dollars, reflecting furs becoming a sizable local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotec County
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma farm notes advise planting fruit and promoting bees
A farm column discusses drying fields after heavy rain and urges Oklahoma Jersey cattle breeders to attend a Bristow meeting on January 18 with D. P. Trent as speaker. It highlights bumble bees as valuable pollinators and advises on fruit tree plantings, fall setting, and sourcing from local nurserymen for home orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Jersey Cattle Club
Bristow
D. P. Trent
Oklahoma
Recluse John Stink Hosts Osage Christmas for 10 Boys
In Pawhuska Oklahoma on Christmas Eve the 70 year old Osage recluse John Stink opened his 14 foot lighted tree to ten local Indian boys giving them a turkey dinner and presents including blankets cigars and orchestra bells. Caretakers Lattice Whirlwind Soldier and wife assisted. John who long shunned civilization due to killings of his dogs by police declares a feud with city life and has not left his estate in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Okla
John Stink
Santa Claus
Osase Reservation
John
Lattice
Soldier
Pawluska
Historic groves receive nuts from notable US institutions
The East Central grove gains nuts from Harvard College Cambridge Princeton University Providence Brown University and Independence Missouri. Harvard traces back to 1936 with a printshop and famed writers while Princeton cites many founders and writers including Wilson. Independence notes three historic trails and pioneer visitors to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central
United States
Harvard College
Cambridge
Mass
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Fiske
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
George Washington
Princeton College
Princeton
John Witherspoon
James McCoshle
Jonathan Edwards
Henry van Dyke
Woodrow Wilson
Providence
Roser Williams
Brown University
Frederickshurg
George Washinston
Independence
Santa Fe
Oregon
California
West
Hatton Summers Presses Farm Relief From Dallas
From Washington comes Hatton W. Summers Democrat of Dallas a lawyer and House judiciary chair who advocates strong relief for agriculture He criticizes past actions as harming farmers and leads an open forum in the House to study improvements while warning historians may judge the era harshly regardless of party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Beale
Associated
Washington
Hatton W. Sumners
Dallas
Texas
House
Summers
Fire costs one life at Chambers Hotel blaze
Beaumont dispatch reports a deadly fire at the Chambers Hotel in Kirbyville Texas. John McClung aged 16 died from burns and four others were injured while fleeing from the second floor as the building burned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
John McClung
Chambers
Kirbyville
Texas
Home Orchard Prospects From County Extension Report
The Extension horticulturist notes a push for home orchards amid low farm income and tenant farming. Fruit tree census shows steep declines across apple, cherry, peach, pear, and plum trees from 1920 to 1930, with non-bearing stock dropping 30 to 53 percent and total tree counts broadly down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prouit
Oklahoma Crude Production Up in Statewide Hearing
Oklahoma City date Dec 29 crude oil demand for January from Oklahoma fields was placed at 386000 barrels daily, a slight rise from December. State Umpire Ray M Collins noted February and March should be flat. a new proration order may be delayed after the New Year. Oklahoma City field January demand was 74333 barrels and Seminole area 119875 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Fields
Corporation Commission
Ray M. Collins
C. C. Childers
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Hatcheries Produce Eight Million Game Fish
Oklahoma's game and fish hatcheries have produced about 8,000,000 game fish since the state game and fish department came under a state game and fish commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Game and Fish Department
State Game and Fish Commission
Refunds Reach Millions as Tax Overcharge Recovered
Washington reports that the government refunded 80.6 million dollars to individuals and firms for overpaid taxes last year. Major refunds included United Fruit 2.96 million and Lehigh Wilkesbarre Coal 2.19 million, with notable names such as Anne Morrow Lindbergh, J Henry Flora, Henry J. Allen, Roy D. Chapin and Douglas Fairbanks among recipients. The total rose from 69.48 million in 1931 due to a court ruling on untaxed oil land income for Oklahoma Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Fruit Company
Boston
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
J. Henry Floraback
Connecticut
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Roy D. Chapin
Commerce
Douglas Fairbanks
Ramon
Navarro
Conrad Nagel
Louis B. Mayer
Charles Rogers
Irene Rich
Adolphe Menjou
Ernst Lubitsch
Oklahoma City Board Cuts Salaries Across State Institutions
The Oklahoma City board of affairs adopted a resolution cutting salaries by 19 percent for officials and employees earning more than 875 monthly with maintenance, or 100 monthly without maintenance, effective January 1. The change will save about 100000 dollars annually and covers six penal institutions, six eleemosynary facilities, and three state hospitals with all three board members voting yes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
City
Board of Affairs and
Hush Jones
Penitentiary and Reformatory
Board plans monthly salary cuts totaling 125 dollars
Jones announced a series of monthly salary reductions across state institutions. The list includes Enid Feeble Minded Institute 12 employees 148 dollars Vinita Eastern Oklahoma Hospital 30 employees 4235.83 Taft negro hospital 15 employees 157.50 and others, totaling 1,000 plus at McAlester penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Feeble Minded Institute
Enid
Eastern Oklahoma Hospital
Vinita
State Training School
Tecumseh
Negro Hospital
Beloy
Western Oklahoma Hospital
Supply
Whittaker State Orphans Home
Central State Hospital
Norman
State Penitentiary
Oldest American Love Story Told From Aztec Deerskin Manuscript
The oldest love tale in America was presented to the AAAS citing a 3560 year old Aztec deerskin narrative. Princess Six Monkey wins Prince Eleven Wind after battles aided by a Death Woman temple ceremony. They rule with two sons Four Wind and One Crocodile and succession continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Giy
N. di
America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Mexico
Herbert J. Spinden
Brooklyn Museum
Eleven Wind
Princess Six Monkey
Six Monkey
Jean Darc
Wind
Glass and Byrd Decline Roosevelt Cabinet Posts
The News Leader reports Carter Glass and Harry Flood Byrd would not accept cabinet portfolios if asked, whether one or both were named to the Roosevelt administration. The source notes neither senator nor former governor could join the cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
News Leader
United States
Carter Glass
Harry Flood Byrd
Roosevelt
Freeland Woods Shot by Brother in Law in Oklahoma Town
Freeland Woods, a Native American resident of Lawrence, was shot in the leg by his brother in law Brown on West Main street last night. The weapon was a .45 calibre pistol. Woods was taken to Breco hospital with a non dangerous wound. Brown was arrested by city officers shortly after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland Woods
Breco Hospital
Brown
Woods
Lawrence
West Main Street
Three Suspects Questioned in Welertka Night Marshal Slaying
Three African American suspects were held for questioning in the Welertka murder of Night Marshal J. C. Wilson at a grocery store. Witness failed to identify the suspects. R. L. Webber, a baker, accompanied Wilson. One suspect was moved to Okemah for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weleetka
J. C. Wilson
Wilson
R. L. Webber
Negvoes
Okemah
Fire guts Bucks Place after explosion
A blast last night at Bucks Place restaurant and the Levy Loan office at 212 West Main caused heavy damage. Fire crews arrived at 12:50 and the blaze raged for about two hours, with windows blown out and the restaurant interior gutted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prem
Cathy
Bucks Place
Buck Elrod
Levy Loan
West Main
Fines Not Paid With Cash As In Livelier Times
Police court records show sharp decline in cash fines from prosperous years to recent times. Mayor Chambless notes a man arrested four times in one 1927 month and paying cash each time, while in 1922 he was fined every month yet contributed only 1.50 in cash to the city through the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Chambless
Aldridges Enter Not Guilty Pleas In Bank Misapplication Case
Muskogee Jan 2 Pleas of not guilty were entered in federal court here today by J fart Aldridge and Eugene Aldridge of Wewoka to charges of abetting officers of the defunct Farmers National Bank of Wewoka in the alleged misapplication of $17 000. Trial set for the Okmulgee term in April. Defense attorneys obtained permission to withdraw the pleas within a week to file a demurrer to the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
J. Fart Aldridge
Eugene Aldridge
Wewoka
Farmers National Bank of
Hollywood Dispatches Link Divorce to Lifelong Friendship
A Hollywood trend suggests married couples deepen their bond by divorcing rather than continuing a rocky marriage. The notion frames separation as a path to lasting friendship and mutual respect, reshaping traditional views on romance and commitment.
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Hollywood Dispatches
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G. A. Bieberdorf
Oklahoma A. & M College
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BOY Scouts OF America
Dallas Sol
Uncle Cam Pte
Board OF Affairs
Granite Reformatory
Glass
Byrd
Freeland
Willuo
Prom Sandrq
Patiss
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Welertka
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