Trio Blazes Rio to U S Motor Trail After Eight Years
In 1928 three Brazilian explorers began a northward trek from Rio de Janeiro to Washington completing a 14 000 mile journey across jungles mountains and rivers. They compiled maps gathered data for Pan American Highway planning and were welcomed with gifts in Mexico and a wedding for Oliviera in Mexico City.
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Trio Blaze
U. S
Dallas
Tex
B. C
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Alaska
Canada
Mexico
Central
South America
Leonidas Borges de Oliviera
Francisco Lopez de la Cruz
Mario Fava
Laredo
Mexico City
Oliviera
Sao Paulo
Americas
Cruz
Fava
Pan American Union
Washington
Paraguay
Argentina
Bolivia
Peru
Ecquador
Colombia
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
el Salvador
Guatemala
Calles
Cardenas
Olivera
Senora Maria Buenaventura Gonzales Aguilar de Oliviera
University of Mexico
Lawmaker Deaton Fights Higdon in Oklahoma Capitol
Austin R. Deaton, Pontotoc county representative, fought Z. B. Higdon, head of the capitol landscaping department, in a third floor corridor after layoffs in the landscaping crews. Higdon claims to have fought back, saying he whipped Deaton with bare fists. Higdon earns 200 dollars a month and has overseen a 150000 dollar landscaping project at the Capitol since 1935. Deaton is 32, a Baptist minister, with a son who serves as a senate page.
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Oklahoman
State Capitol
Austin R. Deaton
State House of Representatives
Pontotoc County
Capitol
House of Representatives
Z. B. Higdon
Higdon
Lea M. Nichols
Board of Affairs
Paul Calvert
al Horton
Northwest Twenty-second Street
Deaton
W. E. Deaton
Aaron Cantrell
Denton
Senate
Ada Fire Department 1936 Report Highlights Growth and Safety
Chief Ed Haley cites 232 calls with total losses of 9144 dollars despite more fires and a new modern fire truck. City buildings and contents totaled over 1.28 million in value with 743,760 dollars of insurance. The department logged 10 800 feet of hose and 2 179 blocks run plus outside city blazes and Haley’s oversight of electrical code enforcement and remodeling activity.
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Ada
Ed Haley
Haley
Pontotoc County Property Owners Urged to Assess Property
Tax assessor Bill Beaver calls on Pontotoc county property owners to visit the courthouse office to set valuations for real estate and personal property. A deputy works with Beaver, with staff rotating between office and county assignments. This year requires valuation of both real estate and personal property, while alternating years cover personal holdings only.
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Pontotoc County
Bill Beaver
Court House
Bread and Water Prescribed For Two Prisoners
A failed jail-break led to additional charges for Ray A. Day an accused hijacker and Leon McGaha charged with car theft and burglary. They face a preliminary hearing before Justice A. W. Oliver Wednesday on injuring public property while confined in the county jail last week. The sheriff said both are in solitary confinement on a bread and water diet with full rations every third day.
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Kaiser
Oliver Mondey
Day
District Court
McGaha
Ray A. Day
Leon McGaha
A. W. Oliver
Clyde Kaiser
Modern Indian Fair Bargainer in New Government Rules
Indian Commissioner John Collier describes new federal regulations to regulate Indian and trader trades in the Southwest. The rules aim to modernize accounting, protect both sides, and replace 1817 guidelines to curb protests and ensure fair dealing.
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Collier States
John Collier
Redman
Manhattan Island
Collier
Russia Extends War Time Food Reserves and Supplies
Moscow reports a renewed wartime scare as Germany and Japan are believed to have formed a security pact. Russia has a bumper 1936 crop stored in reserves and caverns to feed an army of ten million indefinitely, while transport remains weak and textile output rises to equip fronts in Ukraine, White Russia, and the Far East.
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Moscow
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
Kremlin
Ukraine
Far Eastern
China Pardons Chang Hsueh-Liang After Kidnaping Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking January 4. Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang is pardoned unconditionally by the council of state for kidnapping Chiang Kai-Shek and urging war with Japan. The 10 year military sentence is canceled and Chang regains civil rights. Chiang reportedly requested leniency and sees Chang as having acted under others.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Council of State
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Chang
H. H. Kung
Chiang
Marshal Chang
Sianfu
Shensi
Ritzhaupt Urges Drastic Action on State Officials
Oklahoma City Jan 2 Senator Louis H Ritzhaupt Guthrie asked Attorney General Mac Q Williamson to draft a bill barring any appointive state official from filing for state or federal office unless resigning 90 days before the election He would also bar salary during ballot presence and limit re employment for six months after defeat A second measure would place penal and eleemosynary institutions under the state board of education with qualified teachers and adequate salaries and require bonds for superintendents after uncovering misused appropriations and concealed invoices
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Oklahoma City
Louis H. Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Mac Q. Williamson
Ritzhaupt
Williamson
State Board of Education
Board of Affairs
Boards of Regents
Christ as Seal Sale Total Up
County judge John Boyce McKeel announced a final count of 413.29 dollars from the Christmas Seals sale. Half supports the National Tuberculosis Association, and the other half aids needy children needing treatment, glasses, or operations. Ada Lions Club sponsors the drive and asks recipients to mail stamps or money to Judge McKeel.
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John Boyce McKeel
National Tuberculosis Association
America
Lions Club of
Ada
McKeel
Special Session Ends and Regular Session Opens in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City January 5 The House elected J. T. Daniel as speaker for the regular session after a 12:20 p m convening closing the special session. The $1000 homestead tax exemption bill became law and is under governor signature. Bryant plans an initiative petition for full exemption.
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Oklahoma City
J. T. Daniel
House
King
Rogers County
Daniel
Norton
Pottawatomie County
Branon Muskogee
Leon C. Phillips
Senate
Marland
Kenneth Hogue
Caddo County
Marl
Nance
Bryant
al Commons
TrawlLeFlore
Oklahoma
Young farmer kills wife and himself in Enid crime
Andrew McCrite, 23, a Ringwood area farmer, shot his 18 year old wife Violette in an Enid apartment then killed himself with the same vest pocket pistol in a nearby garage. Police and county officers had conducted a city wide search after the initial shooting.
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Enid
Jan
Andrew McCrite
Ringwood
Violette McCrite
L. E. Reynolds
McCrite
Texas Educator Dies in Dallas at 35
Benjamin Franklin Condray Jr., 35, head of economics and business administration at Texas Technological College Lubbock, died in Dallas after two years of ill health. He was en route to Arkansas for burial, survived by his widow Alyse, a son aged 12, his parents of Arkadelphia, a brother and three sisters. He formerly taught at Baylor and held a master’s from the University of Chicago.
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Dallas
Tex
Benjamin Franklin Condray, Jr
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Arkansas
Ark
Condray
Arkadelphia
Ouachita College
University of Chicago
Cowdray
Lubbock School
Baylor University
National Guard
Camp Hulen
Palacios
Texas
Benjamin F. Cowdray
Quachita College
Alyse Condray
Benjamin Rogers Condray
W. W. Condray
R. C. Robertson
Chattanooga, Tenn
Albert Searcy
Thomaston
Catherine Condray
Knott Shows Big Hog Farm Near Muskogee
R G Knott, Ada bakery owner and former city resident, owns 200 acres south of Muskogee developed into a top hog farm. The property features seven rooms, new fences, barns, poultry houses, tool sheds, and a well supplying soft water. It houses 200 pure bred Hampshire hogs from Sand Springs Home Farms with extensive poultry and feed-growing operations.
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Baker
Muskogee
Hampshire
Knott
Sand Springs
Huge seedless persimmons grown on Maud farm impress
Farm columnist recalls G. C. Raper of Maud grafting persimmons in 1935 on poor land. The trees bore by year two, producing large seedless fruit. Persimmons, praised as a “complete human food,” are underutilized with improved varieties demanded. budding wild fields in eastern Oklahoma could profitably yield tame persimmons, guidance available from the county agent.
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G. C. Raper
Maud
Raper
C. S. Sullivan
Seminole County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Legislature Ends Special Session and Returns to Regular
A special session of the Oklahoma legislature adjourned at 1 07 a m and reconvened at noon the next day for the regular session. Most lawmakers stayed in local hotels or homes during the interim. The senate first acts on mileage payments for trips home between sessions.
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Oklahoma City
State Senate
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Jack Park
NEA
South
Central America
Andes
Augustino Sandino
Seneral
Pontotoc
J. P. Court
Albuquerque
N. M
American Southwest
Council Srants
Young Farmer
H G. Knott
R. G. Knott
Maud Man
Ledtime Story
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