Bassett Seeks Discharge of Granite Warden Hunt
Oklahoma City January 10 Mrs Mabel Bassett state commissioner of charities and corrections called for the discharge of Granite reformatory warden Fred Hunt describing the jail as a hellhole and urging removal of staff who mistreated prisoners. She cites brutal beating mental cruelty and a so called third degree room and notes receiving cell conditions. She urges humane treatment and rehabilitation emphasis with a capable humane warden and properly selected staff.
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Oklahoma City
Pius
Pred Hunt
Granite Reformatory
Oklahoma
Mabel Bassett
Phillips
Fred Hunt
Bassett
Hunt Cleveland
Gartton Hilton
Granie
Commodity Truck Schedule for January in Pontotoc County
Harvey announces a series of commodity truck visits across Pontotoc County in mid January. Dates include Friday January 12 with stops at Union Hill Oil Center Maxwell and Galey. Saturday January 13 at Steed man Allen. Monday January 15 at Homer Oakman Francis Byng. Wednesday January 17 at Pranks Wittstown Stonewall. Thursday January 18 at Owly Creek Lula. Saturday January 20 at Center Gaar Corner Vaness Roll. times vary per stop.
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Harvey
Lambert Dor
Byng
Wittstown
Stonewall
Owly Creek
Lula
Center
Gaar Corner
Vaness
Roll
Balkans hold little balm for Hitler as alliances form
In Ada the Oxlshoma League of Young Democrats fourth district convention unveils a full program with Governor Sean Phillips to speak. Attendees, delegates, and state officials join the weekend gathering, while debates consider Balkan developments and their impact on Nazi influence and allied trade pressure.
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Oxlshoma League of Young Democrats
Ada
Isis
Kate Hawkins
Bernie Hill
Fourth District
Mack Q. Williamson
Bert B. Barefoot
Criminal Court of Appeals
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Bill Huddleston
Konawa
Orel
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Germany
Garden of Eden
Mussolini
Teast
Balkan
Signor
Hungary
Aiberto
Romania
Balkans
Chamberlain
Oklahoma Officials Seek Custody of Carlton Chilton
Two Oklahoma officials arrived in Columbus to pursue extradition of Carlton B. Chilton, a former bank thief who became a Cleveland resident. Owen Watts and Wanden Bunt said success is hoped for, with Chilton’s 1914 escape punishment noted. Extradition decision rests with Elency Secretary Harry Miller, amid expected Cleveland opposition.
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Columbus
Oklshoma
Carlton B. Chilton
Cleveland
Owen J. Watts
Wanden Fred Bunt
Granite
Okla
Chilton
Harry Miller
John W. Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Magnetic Mine Patent Ties Navy to Earlier Design
Rear Admiral W B Furlong testified that a 1925 patent for a magnetic mine was issued to Commander Glennon who led the navy mine laboratory. The Navy never deployed the device and admitted no current protection or cleanup methods exist, though options may be found and Britain is expected to use them.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Germany
W. RB. Furlong
Naval Ordinance
Glennon
Navy
Fury Long
House Appropriations
Assessor Stuck Delays Lightning Ridge Property Declarations
County Assessor Billi Bevers driving to Lightning Ridge became stuck in mud and had to be pulled out. He returned to Ada to wait for better weather. A date for Lightning Ridge declarations will be announced later.
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Lightning Ridge
Billi Bevers
Bevers
Ada
Approval for WPA Negro High School Building in Ada
Dan Procter announces a $37,000 WPA project for a new four year negro high school in Ada. First phase funds $18,000 locally with $10,000 for an eight classroom building to start January 18. Auditorium and full completion within two years. campus lies three-quarters mile north of town near the O C A railroad.
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Dan Procter
Ada
Procter
Lyle Borer
Pontotoc County
London Fog Ends Cold Spell in Ada Weather Note
Heavy fog broke the cold snap in Ada with a warming trend and melting snow. Temperature rose to 45 degrees while fog limited visibility to 200 feet in many areas, prompting caution for drivers as slushy roads persisted.
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Hennyone
Ada
London
Cutty
Taffic
Associated Press
Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Guymon
Panhandle
Coal County Man Appeals Conviction
B J Chaney of Coal county appealed to the criminal court of appeals today from a six months jail sentence and a $600 fine assessed after conviction there of obtaining money under false pretenses. It was alleged Chaney mortgaged some livestock not his own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J. G. Chaney
Coal County
Criminal Court of Appeals
Chaney
Admiral Warns of Possible Coalition Attack on Hemisphere
Admiral Harald E Stark told a House naval committee of a distinct possibility that the western hemisphere could face a coalition attack by Germany Italy Japan and Russia. The House approved defense and neutrality outlays and a 267 197 908 deficiency, with a 1 500 000 000 navy expansion proposal under the Roosevelt proclamation. The anti lynching bill passed 252 131 but faces a Senate filibuster. debate over the measure continued as House prepared to move to its appropriation bill.
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Washington
Harald E. Stark
House Novel Committee
Western Hemisphere
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Bureau of Investigation
Naval Committee
Stark
Naval Operations
Germany
Italy
Japan
Russia
Maine
Brazil
Pacific
House
Senate
Rep. Fish
R-Ny
Fish
Rép. Cannon
D-Mo
Exemption Dropped From Lynch Bill By House Vote
The House voted to strike the labor dispute exemption from the anti lynching bill while the Senate backed a budget committee. Rep Gayagan said the labor provision was unnecessary and a Colmer amendment to extend the act to gang murders failed 53 to ?
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Washington
House
Senate
Gayagan
Gevagan
Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
Cotton freight rates must drop to balance state shipments
Dallas January 10 Freight rates on cotton moving from Texas and Oklahoma to gulf ports should fall to give farmers in those states parity with other regions. U D Estes of the American Cotton Cooperative Association and the Texas and Oklahoma Cotton Growers Associations urged the Texas Louisiana tariff bureau. He noted about 650000 bales or 42 percent of Texas Oklahoma movement to Houston reached partly by motor freight this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Gulf Ports
U. D. Estes
Texas- Louisiana Tariff Bureau
Estes
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Texas and
Western War in Action As Brits Stage Air Raids
Finnish forces pushed 30 miles along the Russian border in central Finland after 14 days of heavy combat that smashed two Red Army divisions. Ski troops mop up fleeing units from the 44th and 163rd divisions, with a large victory southeast of Suomussalmi and reports of a Russian division surrounded near Kukkammo. A Finnish general doubted a strong counterattack occurred due to reinforcements and disorganization.
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Raate
Finland
Red
Lake
Kiarta
Kukkammo
Suomussalmi
Red Army
Denmark
Syt
Russia
Coxterhagen
Karelian
Murphy's Name For High Court Draws Protest
Washington Jan 10. A number of protests against the appointment of Attorney General Frank Murphy to the supreme court have been filed with the senate judiciary committee. Senator Burke said he would convene the subcommittee to review the protests and consider a possible hearing if any substantial complaints exist. Most senators expected prompt confirmation despite the protests, recalling Murphy’s 78 to 7 confirmation as attorney general last year.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary
Burke
Dneo
Murphy
Michigan
Senate
Two Known Dead In Mine Disaster Near Bartley West Virginia
Ex explosion at Bartley No 1 mine trapped 85 miners about 1,000 feet underground with 47 reaching safety and two confirmed dead. Rescue crews from Bartley and nearby towns worked through rugged terrain as crowds gathered near the Dry Fork river valley 140 miles south of Charleston.
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Bartley
W. Va
Bartley No. 1
Pond Creek
West Virginia
Charleston
Uty
R. E. Salvati
Halden
Dry Fork
Father Refuses Baby Operation Amid Brain Injury
CHANDLER Okla Jan 10 The father of a week old baby girl with part of her brain exposed refused to permit an operation that could save her life but leave her disabled The physician said without the operation death is certain within two or three weeks Ray Calvin a laborer said the tumor is growing rapidly and death will come if the brain tumor bursts or becomes infected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler. Okla
Ray Calvin
J. W. Adams
Governor Phillips Backs Warden Amid Dismissal Talk
McALESTER Jan 10 Gov Phillips defended Fred Hunt warden at Granite reformatory amid a request for removal by Mrs Mable Bassett state commissioner charities and corrections He said he heard many stories but Hunt is doing the job and keeping the toughest criminals there Bassett allegedly used his absence to stir up trouble
Oklahoma School Finance Talk Promotes Permanent Legislation
Governor Lenn Phillips aims to enact a permanent school program through a proposed legislative bill. Finance Director J M Staten announced a forthcoming proposal for study by state educators, while county schools receive a secondary aid totaling 5 000 to 6 000 dollars to operate six months. The fourth primary aid payment is delayed pending county claim completion. Roy Rompsins of Oklahoma A and M spoke on modern school problems alongside guests Jim Warren and M T Thompson.
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Lenn Phillips
J. M. Staten
State Department of Education
County Schoolmasters Club
Staten
Phillips
Education Department
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Roy Rompsins
Oklahoma A. End M
College
Specifl
Jim Warren
Oklahoma City
M. 2. Thompson
Ada
State Textbook Commission
Hard Times In Liquor Circles In Oklahoma Dry State
A report by H C Jones to the internal revenue collector shows liquor stamp sales shrinking in 1939 from 1938 figures. Retail liquor stamps fell from 1893 to 1435, wholesale stamps dropped from 37 to 17, and retail beer licenses declined from 3511 to 3482 while wholesale beer licenses rose from 152 to 174. Officials attribute the drop to federal agents trimming legal liquor traffic and note stamps shield bootleggers from prosecution.
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Oklahoma City
PiHard
Oklahoma
H. C. Jones
Internal Revenue
North Sea Aerial War Signals New Tactics
Allied air operations over the North Sea target German bases from Sylt to Helgoland as Britain presses a new aerial assault amid intensified fighting on the Western Front. Finns surround a third Russian division while Balkan diplomacy hints at shifting alignments with Romania and Hungary.
West End Show Fig Leaves delayed after strike by dancers
London reports January 10 a dozen show girls struck over costumes for the first act finale of the West End revue Fig Leaves, delaying the opening by a week. The note mentions over fifty African antelope species not found on other continents, though details are unclear.
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London
Westend
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Ada News
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Paradise
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Herr Hiter
Berlin-Rome
Oklahomans
Carlton Chilton
U.S
Cannon
Warden
State Reformatory
North Sea
Vert
British Air Ministry
Helgoland
Ermans
Ladoga
Rumania
Jeng
Frisian
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