Oklahoma Governor Outlines Budget Fixes and Tax Plan
Governor Murray told the 14th Oklahoma Legislature to balance the budget curing a 9.14 million deficit with economy and tax revisions. He urged diverting motor tax funds to warrants and debt, establishing a subprison, lifting martial law, auditing the land department, and enacting income and select sales taxes to fund schools while reducing ad valorem taxes. He proposed biennial audits, limits on using public funds, and penalties for officials resisting fiscal reform.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Atoka County
Hich
Oklivoma Tax Commission
Melvin Cornich
W. D. Humphrey
T Palley
Murray
Thal Commission
Tle
C County
Lew Wentz
Urs- Fi Mhia
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Ardmore
County Official Family Changes in Local Government
A wave of new county officers took oaths and assumed duties after bonds were approved. Clyde Kaiser became sheriff with deputies and jailers named, Milton Garner became county clerk with deputies, and Della Bedford was sworn court clerk with a deputy. Other officials including J. D. Willoughby, Claude Y. Thompson, Tru man Harrison, and Charley W. Floyd also began terms, with several to take office on July 1.
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Clyde Kaiser
L. E. Franklin
Claude Sturdevane
Alvis Jones
Lee Nabors
J. B. Hooten
Mont Hall
Milton Garner
Joe Beck
Lioyd &. Parker
Ann Dodd
Della Bedford
Dawes Hardin
J. D. Willoughby
Cecil S. Deal
Willoughby
Claude Y. Thompson
Truman Harrison
Charley W. Floyd
J. W. Huff
C. C. Roberts
Oklahoma City Lets Multiple Highway Contracts
Oklahoma City reports the state highway commission let contracts totaling about 305000 for 2.5 miles of paving near Clinton and more projects across Jackson, Kiowa, McCurtain, Texas and Dewey counties with bids from Park and Company and Kadane Construction among others. Wheat gains with drought concerns lift Chicago markets as drought rainfall lags in Kansas and surrounding areas.
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Oklahoma City
State Commission
Lew Wentz
Custer County
Sam Hawks
Clinton
Hawks
J. F. McKeel
Park and Company
Jackson County
S. H
Blair
Greer
Guy James
Portwood Construction Co
Hobart
Weer County
Lugert
Bridees
Boardman and Company
Kiowa County
Texas County
Guymon East
S. R. Miller
Guymon
Chicago
Southwest
Kansas
Murray Allots Relief Money in Oklahoma State
Governor Murray announced the distribution of Reconstruction Finance Corp relief funds totaling 1,360,5340 for January and February. Oklahoma county receives 109,500. Tulsa 109,400. Pontotoc 16,500. a 97,500 portion is set for emergency use.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Pontotoc County
Violent Deaths In Tulsa Total 106 Past Year
Tulsa reports 106 violent deaths in 1932 with firearms leading at 37, autos 21, monoxide 4, burns 9, drowning 4, falls 4, poison 7, trains 4, and other causes 72. Authorities note deaths include multiple manners and call for public safety awareness.
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Tulsa
Cattle and Hogs Market Report From Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City market notes hogs up 10 to 1800 head, packers paying 3.10 top and 2.90 bulk, sows 2.00-2.25. Cattle with calves and weighty beef slow. good light yearlings, weighty beef around 4.00, fat cows 1.75-2.00, canners 1.50-1.75, bulls 1.50-2.00. Sheep steady. fed natives 4.90, good-choice loads 5.00, throwouts 3.90-4.50. Continuous market movement across calves, stockers, and veals.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Chicago Dairy Prices Report Strong As Demand Holds
Chicago market summary reports Butter at 14 262 steady prices Eyes 4 216 steady extra firsts 303 fresh graded firsts 294 current receipts 25 7h mwi ue with no change in key figures and steady demand noted across grades.
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Chicago
Live poultry prices in Chicago market report
Poultry trade notes show 37 trucks on hand with hens firm and others steady. Hens quoted 12 to 134, leghorn hens 8 to 3, colored springs 11, rock springs 12, roosters 73, turkeys 10 to 15, ducks 734 to 10, geese 9, leghorn chickens 8, broilers 13.
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Chicago
Colored Springs
Rock Springs
Potatoes Market Report Chicago January 4
Potatoes 49 on track 178 total U S shipments 631 dull demand moderate supplies track receipts very heavy Wisconsin Round Whites 75 77 3 few cents some low as 72 4 Michigan Russet Rurals 75 77 3 Idaho Russets 1 15 2 5 Colorado Mc Clures few sales 1 20 25
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Michigan
Idaho
Colorado
McClures
Wheat and cotton market summaries in Chicago and New York
Chicago reports list varied grain prices with no sales for wheat and mixed corn values. New York cotton futures rose early on trade and abroad buying, then firmed with late-day gains amid stock market strength and active covering.
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Chicago
New York
Oklahoma Budget Fight Opens 14th Legislature
Oklahoma City January 3 Its first session of the new legislature opens with a budget balancing program led by Governor William H Murray His plan calls for slashing about 11 7 million in appropriations and abolishing boards and offices to trim expenses from 31 7 million to 19 9 million amid a projected state deficit and veto threats for items above the economy groups estimates.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William H. Murray
Assembly
Murray
Good Roads
House of Representatives
Tom Anzlin
Holdenville
Treasury
Taft Hospital For
John Vaughan
Confederate Veterans
Highway Department
Tax Commission
Corporation Commission
Union Soldiers Home
Confederate Veteran's Home
Ardmore
Leap Year Passes Unmarried in Pontotoc County
Court records show 33 marriage licenses issued in Pontotoc County in both 1931 and 1932, with a December 1923 surge to 42 licenses, most after December 15. Clerk Bill Summers notes five licenses on December 31.
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Pontotoc County
Bill Summers
Yearlong rainfall exceeds average in local records
Local weather observer FE A MacMillan reports the past 12 months brought 41.50 inches of rainfall, above the 37 inch long term average. The year saw relatively mild cold with lows of 10 and 13 degrees on December 12 and March 9. Monthly totals ranged from 0.28 to 6.94 inches across January to December.
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FE. A. MacMillan
Tees L
AESS
Sa E
SGU Gs Uu Geer
SSS UN
Fight opened to oust Lew Wentz in Oklahoma Senate
On January 3 the fourteenth Oklahoma Senate received a bill to remove Lew Wentz from the state highway commission. Introduced by Senator W A Carlile of Sallisaw the measure would amend the highway law to create a three member commission appointed at the governor's will, taking effect immediately on passage. The prior senate session blocked Wentz's removal twice, and the bill goes to the roads and highways committee.
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Ben Harrison
Murray
Supreme Court
Owen Owens
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Fourteenth
Senate
Lew Wentz
State Highway Commission
W. A. Carlile
Sallisaw
Highway Commission
Wentz
Committee On
Henderson seeks House Bill 1 to curb highway commission power
Oklahoma City Jan 3 Representative Henderson reworks a measure to remove Lew Wentz from the highway commission. The new bill would amend the highway commission law to grant the governor broader authority over the commission and related appointments.
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Oklahoma City
Lew Wentz
Highway Commission
Henderson
Governor weighs highway control power amid party split
The report outlines Governor Murray's plan to grant the chief executive authority over highway appointments without Senate confirmation. Henderson backs the plan, while Murray contemplates asking the legislature to amend the highway law to grant full control either to the governor or to the legislature, signaling a decisive split on how to proceed.
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Ity
Senate
Henderson
Murray
Wentz
Iowa Farmers Forge New Protest Plan Delays Tax Sales
A farmer leading a tax sale protest in Iowa aims to halt delinquent property auctions by boycotting bids. In Harrison county about 400 onlookers witnessed the tactic delaying three county sales. Red Oak Montgomery county and Linn county followed with postponed auctions to February 27 February 6 and February 20 respectively.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harrison
Montgomery
Linn
Harrison County
J. C. Hammond
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Harry Mayhew
Linn County
Mian Knocked Down by Ranger in Gladewater
In Gladewater Texas on a Saturday night Buck Flourney a Texas ranger on special duty faced assault with intent to murder charges after a fight over comments about his cowboy boots. Mosley 42 a pipe fitter died from a skull fracture after being knocked down and hitting the sidewalk. The district attorney urged a $2500 bond and a grand jury review Tuesday.
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Gladewater
Texas
Buck Flourney
Texas Ranger
QO. M. Mosley
Mosely
Flourney
Mostey
Humble Company
Mosley
Charley W Floyd Veteran Official Entering Third Term
Changes in the county court house after a new term bring turnover. Charley W Floyd, tax assessor and dean of county officials, remains in office as other positions shift. Floyd began as tax assessor March 1 1929 after Rit Erwin's death and now enters his third elected term.
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Charles W. Floyd
Bill Summers
Floyd
Rit Erwin
Police Activity Quiet After Christmas Arrests
Chief Joe Neal notes police activity has been comparatively quiet since a Christmas weekend arrest flurry. The week's focus shifted to ongoing mayoral and police authorities concerns as officers dealt with rolling away from a disturbance.
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Joe Neal
Orlando Bank President Kidnapped and Robbed
J. E. Schaf er, president of the Farmers Bank of Orlando on the Guthrie highway, was seized by two kidnappers who took bonds worth 2000 dollars and 150 dollars in cash before releasing him near Pond Creek several hours later. He reported to Logan county officers in Guthrie and said he was uninjured but offered few details.
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Orlando
Okla
J. E. Schafer
Farmers Bank of
Guthrie Highway
Pond Creek
Logan County
Guthrie
Ada Justice Tales Of Theft And Ejected Transient Incident
A report describes a casing amb rim returning to its owner after authorities were involved. A separate case concerns a pair of shoes taken from a parked car. Another summary notes Nealway called to a home where an aged transient allegedly insulted a family after being refused food. The offender was told to leave Ada.
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Nealway
Ada
Garner's Resolutions for the New Year
Washington on December 31 reports Speaker Garner's New Year's resolution to do the best for the government and himself with the powers given. He adds that one can make resolutions in July as well as January and jokes about being in bed asleep by midnight on New Year's Eve.
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Garner
Washington
Tulsa Seizes Foreign License Plates Delinquent 1932 Tags Released
Tulsa County Tag Agent J A Rollins says he has impounded foreign plates as prizes for delinquent vintage cars but mistakenly held Missouri cars with 1932 tags. Missouri tags cannot be bought before February 1 and delinquency starts April 1. He released those Missouri vehicles.
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Tulsa
J. A. Rolli
Missouri
Rollins
Sister of Kimies Boys Rered at Van Buren
Mrs. C. H. Patton sister of Matthew and George Kimes notorious Oklahoma outlaws was buried in Van Buren Arkansas after dying in Nadarka last Thursday.
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Kimies
van Buren van Buren Ark
C. H. Patton
Matthew
George Kimes
Oklahoma
Nadarka
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