Air mail files destroyed on Glover order, investigators told
Former secretary to Hoover era official W Irving Glover allegedly ordered destruction of air mail files in 1932 and correspondence from 1921 to 1925. Testimony alleges missing mail route letters and that copies to Glover were filed then destroyed. Braniff cites contract favoritism and high losses after sale to Aviation Corp. link.
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Washington
R. Bl. John
W. Irving Glover
Hoover Administration
Senate
Glover
Post Office Department
Walter F. Brown
Brown
John
J. J. Doran
Post Office
Chicago
San Francisco
New Orleans
Detroit
Cleveland
Black
Paul Braniff
Oklahoma City
Transcontinental
Western Air
W. A
Braniff
House of Representatives
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Tex
Aviation Corporation
Volunteers Rally for Relief Efforts Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports volunteers handling most direct relief as state officials await FERA grant decision. Sam Bounds aims to audit relief expenditures in Washington to restart allotments. County supervisors toil without pay while Gov. Murray instructs supervisors and ex-superintendents to avoid interference. Garden seed distribution at $60 monthly pay to reemployed superintendents totals about $80,000.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
FERA
Sam Bounds
Washington
Relief
A. L. Becket
Beckett
State Board of Affairs
Fatal Cement Plant Accident Near Ada Claims Jordan Life
Cecil Jordan 31 a cement plant worker died Sunday when his right hand was caught in a gear tearing his chest and arm. J C Willis and Everett Smith were injured dismantling an oil well rig when a walking beam fell. Smith suffered a head injury and a broken vertebra. Both men were taken to Sugg Clinic and were reported resting well.
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Ada
Cecil Jordan
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
J. C. Willis
Everett Smith
Jordan
van Alstyne
Texas
Christine
J. C. Jr
Marjorie
West Fifteenth
Criswell Funeral Home
Smith
Willis
Ray Farm
Tom Glason
Sugg Clinic
Hunger strike of Eugene Everett ends after 34 days
Eugene F. Everett a 43 year old former army captain teacher and member of a Springfield Missouri family ended his hunger strike at the U S Veterans Hospital in St Louis after 34 days. He began the fast to protest government action for veterans and reportedly stopped when threatened with forcible feeding while receiving a liquid diet and having lost about 40 pounds.
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St. Louis
Eugene F. Everett
Everett
Springfield
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Dood Returns From State Sales Tax Revenue Report
Oklahoma City reports the 1 percent sales tax produced 1,564,960 in revenue for five months. Chairman Melvin Cornish of the state tax commission released the figures. December receipts totaled 361,239 and allocations to counties followed, with several counties listed among recipients.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Melvin Cornish
State Tax Commission
Keel Refuses to Join Salary Demand in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Murray said district court judges plan litigation to demand full salaries despite reduced appropriations. He reported a letter was sent to Judge J. F. McKeel of Ada, who declined to join. Murray warned the suit could cost the state $380,000 annually and pledged to uphold the constitution.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
J. F. McKeel
Ada
McKeel
Blast Wipes Out Former Pontotoc County Family
Roswell New Mexico coroner's jury ruled an explosion wrecked the Covel family dugout home 40 miles north of Roswell. Mr and Mrs C M Covel and five children aged up to 18 died in the fire or at hospital. a Lindsay Oklahoma brother is a survivor.
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Roswell
N. M
C. M. Covel
Here
Covel
Lindsay
Okla
Covell Family Moves Across States to New Homes
The Covell family, once residents near Maxwell in Pontotoc county, moved to Littlefield Texas in 1931 and later settled on a ranch near Roswell New Mexico. A daughter, Mrs. Lorene Isaacs, lives near Center.
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Covell
Pontotoc County
Maxwell
Littlefield
Texas
Roswell
N.M
Lorene Isaacs
Center
Bulow Finds Flea Criticism Welcome for Dogs
Senator Bulow of South Dakota said today that a small amount of criticism is acceptable, comparing it to a reasonable number of fleas that can be beneficial for a dog. He spoke amid comments on political discourse and public reception.
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Washington
Bulow
South Dakota
Bishop McMurray Dies in St Louis at 69
Bishop William Fletcher McMur ray of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died in Barnes hospital St Louis from heart disease after influenza. He was 69, former president of Central College Fayette Missouri, and long active in church finance and extension boards. Funeral at Centenary Church, burial in Shel bina Missouri. He is survived by his widow Frances Byrd Davis, a son William F. McMurray Jr of Paducah, and two daughters Claudia and Frances.
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ST. Louis
William Fletcher McMurray
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Barnes Hospital
McCurry
Fayette
Central College
Board of Finance
Kentucky
Virginia
Baltimore
McCurray
Church Board of Extension
Centenary
Bishop McMurray
A. Frank Smith
Missouri Conference of the Church
Sam R. Hay
San Antonio
A. V. W. Darlington
Huntington
W. Va
Shelbina
Frances Byrd Davis
St. Joseph
William F. McMurray, Jr
Paducah
Claudia McCurray
Frances’ Blume
Fayette, Mo
Final Arguments In Mail Fraud Trial In Muskogee
In Muskogee San 17 final arguments began in the federal mail fraud trial of James W. Decamp and four others over promotion of a glass casket company. The government contends the firm disposed of more than $3,000,000 in stock.
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Muskogee
San
James W. Decamp
Federal Land Bank of Wichita Sets Loan Record
The Wichita based bank reported a new daily loan closing record with 127 loans totaling 289600 dollars. President L E Call stated funds were disbursed to farmers in Colorado New Mexico and Kansas yesterday.
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Wichita
Federal Land Bank of
L. E. Call
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Cotton Planter Signing Program Expands in County
County agent J B Hill completes list of cotton planter committeemen across Stonewall Midland Maxwell Chickasaw Francis Allen Fitzhugh townships. Deadline February 1 for signed contracts base five year production. Committeemen will travel countywide to assist farmers in joining the cotton control program.
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J. B. Hill
Hill
Stonewall Township
George Thompson
Stonewall
John Scribner
Roy Glover
Lula
J. T. Rowlett
R. L. Alexander
J. W. Chaffin
Midland
Virgil Hunt
Vaness
Henry Little
Stratford
J. H
Ada
Francis
L. L. Lillard
Clarence Buloch
Allen Township
Thomas J. Jared
Allen
Rfd
A. A. Caldwell
Burt Curlee
Fitzhugh
L. E. Emerson
L. Hewitt
Roff
J. C. Kelso
Phil MecClacklin
Farmers Union May Take Over Hospital In Elk City
The Farmers Union cooperative hospital committee recommended taking over Elk City community hospital. Plans call for improvements and a second unit possibly in Oklahoma City, with annual fees of 12 dollars for full medical surgical dental and undertaker services. Delegates urged selling 500 shares at 50 dollars to local unions. Z H Lawter received a vote of confidence as the union finances were praised. The convention opposed the Farmers Union Insurance writing commercial risks and urged shifting state funds from athletics to student self help industry.
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Oklahoma City
Elk City
Farmers Union
Cooperative Hospital
Z. H. Lawter
Farmers’ Union Insurance Corporation
Nazi Beating Case Seen as Quick Berlin Justice
In Berlin a Nazi storm trooper named Friedel received seven months in jail for beating Max Schussler, a Jew and former New Yorker, in a rent dispute. U.S. Consul Raymond Geist protested to Prussian police, and the speed court delivered a rapid, regarded as satisfactory, sentence.
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Berlin
Friedel
Max Schussler
New York
York
Schussler
Raymond Geist
United States
Geist
Douglas trial nears conclusion in Oklahoma banking case
In Chandler Oklahoma on January 17 the H T Douglas case the Shawnee banker whose central Oklahoma bank chain collapsed in 1932 nears jury verdict. Jurors weigh whether Douglas benefited personally from a $2500 loan from Canadian Valley Bank of Asher as proceedings include his brother Newton Douglas in a separate phase with other bank officials.
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Chandler
Okla
H. T. Douglas
Oklahoma
Douglas
Hal Johnson
Canadian Valley Bank of
Asher
Newton Douglas
Democrats Prepare For House Fight In 1940 Campaign
The Democratic Congressional Committee plans a concerted effort to elect Democrats to the House next week and settle the chairmanship for the fall campaign. Rep Byrns of Tennessee faces pressure to remain as chair, with a draft to lead the campaign. The GOP has reorganized under Rep Bolton of Ohio with a militant, issue driven plan. The House stands 314 Democrats to 113 Republicans with three vacancies. If Republicans gain 40 to 70 seats they could reduce the Democratic majority. Some Democrats with opposing views may hold swing power in the next Congress.
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Washington
Democratic Congressional Committee
Rep
Byrns
Tennessee
Congressional Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
Representative Bolton
Ohio
Rep. Snell
New York
Senate
Hitler Omached German Unions
Berlin reports that Hitler unveiled a new labor law to be effective May 1 that enforces unquestioning obedience by workers, abolishes strikes and collective bargaining, and gives bosses near total control with only a confidential council for workers. A special court of honor will oversee employer rights and a labor front will replace federations.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Franz Seldte
Court of Honor
Germany
Osage County Judge Henry H. Wood Dies
Osage county judge and former state highway commissioner Henry H. Wood died at a hotel after a heart attack. He served on the highway commission under Gov. J. B. A. Robertson and was once a law partner of Hugh Jones at Hominy. Born near Tahlequah, he worked in a Muskogee bond office before practicing law. burial will be at Pawhuska. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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Oklahoma City
Henry H. Wood
Osage
Highway Commission
J. B. A. Robertson
Hugh Jones
Hominy
Wood
Jones
Tahlequah
Muskogee
Pawhuska
Grandfather Spared in Court Over Alleged Absence
Philadelphia domestic relations court heard 62-year-old Henderson deny accusations from his daughter-in-law Margaret Henderson that he spends time dancing and hides her husband. The judge ordered him to contribute to grandchild support.
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Philadelphia
Howard W. Henderson
Margaret Henderson
Japanese Attack Chinese Garrison Near Le Men Su Pass
Japanese forces again invaded Chinese territory in Chahar province. Dispatches report 1000 Japanese Manchukuo troops attacked the Chinese garrison near Le Men Su pass, allegedly occupying a Chahar village claimed by Manchukuo.
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Peiping
Chahar Province
le Men Su Pass
Great Wall
Chahar
Manchukuo
Nationalist forces push rebels toward Foochow after retreat
In Foochow China on January 17 the Nationalist government troops of the 56th division under General Liu Ho-ting moved in to restore order and planned to resume pursuit south after recuperation. US sailors returned to the gunboat Tulsa after guarding American lives and property.
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Foochow
China
Liu Ho-ting
United States
U.S.S
Tulsa
Dean Noyes Returns to City Service as Cement Finisher
Omaha resident Dean Noyes, former city commissioner who served 11 years, reenters public life by joining the CWA payroll as a cement finisher at 30 hours a week for 90 cents an hour. He says he is working hard to live and gave first aid to his chaffed hands.
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Omaha
Neb
Dean Noyes
CWA
New Rule Allows Playing Managers to Coach From Dugout
Chicago January 17 7 a new ruling allows AL playing managers to call in pinch hitters or runners next season without leaving the field they may not return to action but may serve on the coaching lines as announced by President William Harridge The pilots named include Mickey Cochrane Detroit Joe Cronin Washington Lew Fonseca Chicago and Rogers Hornsby St Louis
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Chicago
William Harridge
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit
Joe Cronin
Washington Senators
Lew Fonseca
Chicago White Sox
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns
Chicago seized weapons repurposed into tools for CWA
Chicago officials will melt about 200 shotguns pistols revolvers and daggers from criminals into picks and shovels for the CWA project. A foundry will handle the conversion. Manitowoc man Joseph Komorowsky kept $258 savings in a coffee grinder and later reported it missing hours before a tax visit.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
CWA
Manitowoc
Wis
Joseph Komorowsky
Major questions before Congress on licensing and waterway
Washington January 17. Senate quickly passed the District of Columbia liquor licensing bill with a Sunday sale limit for medicine and sent it to conference. Debate over the St Lawrence waterway dominated the House scene as Ways and Means pressed income tax revisions with little progress.
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Washington
P. Senate
District of Columbia
St. Lawrence Waterway
House
Snell
Senate
Canada
Interior Department
Walsh D-Mass
St. Lawrence
House Ways and Means Committee
Speed Out
Congress at Senate roil of new admin program and funds
Congress previews Roosevelt administration plans including a proposed federal take over of monetary gold and over 1.1 billion dollars in extra recovery funds. Senate considers a liquor regulation bill as House handles interior department appropriations while the PWA funds job-creating projects across 23 states.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
House Coinage Committee
Doubters
White House
Roosevelt
Cummings
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Senate
District of Columbia
House
Interior Department
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
E. E. George
Memphis
Tenn
PWA
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