Oklahoma Governor Warns Supreme Court on Salaries
Oklahoma City Jan 15 UP Gov Murray warned the state supreme court he may place the state auditor and treasurer under military rule to halt payment of excessive salaries if the court overrides legislative salary reductions. He said the action could occur if a special court ruling in the Riley case is not overturned.
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Oklahoma City
Gov. Murray
State Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeals
William P. Thompson
Supreme Court
Riley
Enis Court
Zreauer
Sxeénc
Ct Trea Af
Ciarea
State Auditor’s Office
Justice Riley
Special Court
Tne
Murray
Stagger System To Be Extended In Southern States
Civil works finds new policy to double rural employment in eight southern states by trimming hours to 15 per week in areas with populations under 1 500. Georgia delegation pressed for doubling. Hopkins maintains wage scales while expanding jobs in Alabama Georgia Mississippi North and South Carolina Oklahoma Texas Arkansas.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Civil Works
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Congress
Hopkins
Latta Girls Win Close Tournament Final Over Stratford
Latta girls beat Stratford 41 to 35 in the Byng high school sponsored eight team invitation. Lovelace led Latta with 10 field goals while Derryberry added eight and five free throws. Stratford’s Arms matched Derryberry’s 10 points. Bratcher had one field goal. Preceding finals, Byng junior highs won 26 to 26 and Byng girls topped Vanessa 36 to 14.
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Latta
Stratford Girls
Byng High School
Stratford
Lovelace
Derryberry
Gun battle near Flippin ends with suspect mortally wounded
Floyd Flippin, an ex convict linked to kidnaping and robbery, was fatally wounded after a four station holdup spree and a gun battle with Laclede County officers in Flippin Missouri. A companion was wounded and a woman with Flippin was taken into custody as $50 was stolen. Authorities traced a car stolen at Nevada Missouri and connected Flippin to crimes in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Lebanon
Laclede
Sam Allen
Floyd Flippin
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Allen
Flippin
Nevada
Fort Smith
Ark
Jack Pace
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Panama
Okla
Veda Miller
En Route Food Shipments Halted County Relief Cuts Hit
A 152 carload federal relief shipment moves to Oklahoma distribution points including Oklahoma City Tulsa Muskogee Hugo Ada Duncan Clinton Blackwell Woodward. Separately Gov. Murray orders 1,200 case workers dismissed as counties funding for relief ends.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Tulsa
Muskogee
Hugo
Ada
Duncan
Clinton
Blackwell
Woodward
Murray
Neither Kemp nor Sanders Likely to Be Seated in Louisiana Seat Fight
An unofficial poll of House Elections Committee No. 3 members suggested neither Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp nor J. Y. Sanders Jr. would be recommended for seating in the sixth Louisiana district seat contest. If both claims fail, a new election may be urged by the governor.
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Washington
Jan
Bolivar E. Kemp
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
House Elections Committee No. 3
Sanders
Murray Uses Clemency to Remit Tax Penalties
Oklahoma Governor Murray issued an executive clemency order remitting delinquent penalties on all property classes for 1933 and earlier years if paid in full by July 1, 1934. He notes penalties are fines, not taxes, and cites excessive penalties amid widespread economic strain.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
King
Oklahoma
Sen
A J Harden No 1 Oil Well Readied for Production
Little data from A J Harden No 1 in 30-27 Fitts field today as tubing was set and the well opened to flow through two inch pipe until storage filled. All storage is claimed and federal officials must authorize marketing before an outlet is installed.
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A. J. Harden
Fitts
Federal Oil Administration
Insull Barred Out of Turkey
Turkish Interior Minister Shukri Kaya Bey ordered police not to allow Samuel Insull Jr. to enter Turkey after he sought asylum in Athens to evade a U S extradition warrant. Turkey has not ratified the new extradition treaty with the United States, and the order was sent to police chiefs at all ports.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Shukra Kaya Bey
Samuel Insull Jr
Chicago
Insull
Athens
Greece
United States
Kaya Bey
Robbery suspects held in Arkansas
Two men wanted in Oklahoma on highway robbery charges were arrested at Weldon Arkansas by state operative D Arthur Wilson and identification chief O P Ray. The men are Virgil Wininger who jumped an appeal bond while under ten year Blaine county sentence and Al Roach his alleged companion who had not been apprehended before. Blaine county attorney seeks extradition papers. Wininger is also wanted at Chickasha on robbery charges.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Weldon
Ark
D. Arthur Wilson
O. P. Ray
Bureau of Identification
Virgil Wininger
Ray
Blaine County
al Roach
Wininger
Chickasha
State Secures Bargain in Bid For Free Seed
Oklahoma's state board of affairs secured a seed grant saving about 37 thousand dollars. The Atlee Burpee company of Philadelphia offered 43 thousand dollars for 200 thousand packages of mustard lettuce onion onion sets cucumber English pea snap bean turnip radish cabbage sweet corn muskmelon tomato beef and okra. Delivery is guaranteed around February 10.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Board of Affairs
Atlee Burpee Company
Philadelphia
W. C. Hughes
County Democratic Convention Set for January 20
The Pontotoc County Democratic Party calls a convention for January 20 1934 in Ada Oklahoma at 2 PM in the district courtroom of the county courthouse. Delegates will elect a county chairman vice chairman and secretary treasurer and choose delegates to the State convention in Oklahoma City February 5 1934.
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Denver N. Davison
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Ada
State of
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Democratic State Central Committee
FERA Grocery Orders Meet Heavy Demand at Headquarters
In December 837 grocery orders were issued at the FERA headquarters. Applicants queued in the hall on Saturday and were questioned about resources, with some found ineligible for direct aid as funds ran out and the office closed. A local recipient refused a locally made meal, demanding an out of town product.
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FERA
Miss Rocia County
Post Office Move Delayed to Federal Building Quarters
Postmaster James W. Lewis says the removal date to the new federal building at Twelfth and Rennie is unsettled. Workers await further orders after initial January 13 directives though the larger quarters aim to improve mail handling capacity.
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James W. Lewis
Federal Building
Twelfth and Rennie
Tubing Run At A J Harden Well Prompts Storage Alert
The A J Harden No 1 oil well in 30-2-7 Fittsfield near Franks had tubing run on Saturday and was shut in to fill storage. The well, already yielding an estimated 300 barrels of high gravity oil, draws statewide attention as it approaches final completion amid limited storage of about 200 barrels.
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Fittsfield
Franks
Harden
Hunton
Dawes Harden
A. J. Harden
School District Receives Large December Apportionment
Walter D. Grindstaff treasurer for school district No. 19 which serves Ada reports a December apportionment of 28493.60 from county funds plus 392.63 for Negro schools. Allocation splits include 1933 taxes 12408.73 1932 taxes 1424.62 1931 taxes 7379.91 pre-1931 taxes 5386.50 sales tax 874.08 state 691.98 county 327.78. Disbursements allocate to sinking fund 6973.41 and three general funds totaling 10019.29 1025.93 and 10475.24. Warant calls issued for 1931-32 1110 to 1500 1932-33 1500 1933-34 395 and a separate Negro school 26.
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Walter D. Grindstaff
Ada
General Fund
Grindstaff
Rowe arraigned in Shawnee court on harboring desperado
Rowe was arraigned in Shawnee on a state charge of harboring Wilbur Underhill, the slain desperado, and remanded to jail for a preliminary hearing set for January 47. Officers say he rented the house where Underhill and a woman received fatal wounds in a December 30 police raid. Rowe was slightly wounded during the raid and had returned from Oklahoma City, where he faced bank burglary charges. Elmer Inman, a slippery ex convict, is expected to be brought here next week for arraignment on a similar charge.
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Shawnee
Wilbur Underhill
Desperado
Raymond Rowe
Rowe
Underhill
Oklahoma City
Elmer Inman
Clarence Tankersiey
Death Will Not End Tax Suit Against Rosenberg
Moe Rosenberg West Side Chicago political boss died but the U S government will pursue tax collection from the Rosenberg estate or heirs to satisfy income tax due. District Attorney Dwight H Green said the claim will be lodged despite the death. Rosenberg had served a 20 month term in Leavenworth for conspiracy to steal from interstate shipments and died after emergency surgery for appendicitis at Frances Willard hospital.
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Chicago
Moe Rosenberg
West Side
U. S
Dwight H. Green
Rosenberg
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Frances Willard Hospital
Samuel Marmor
Oklahoma banks reopen after bank holiday closures
Washington Jan 15 UP The comptroller reports six Oklahoma banks that failed to receive licenses have reopened and freed frozen deposits totaling 5 027 000 at Wetumka Ardmore Hooker Frederick Ponca City Shawnee. Additional banks approved for reorganization hold 1 374 000. Security National Bank Clinton with 395 000 is disapproved.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Wetumka
American National Bank
Ardmore
First National Bank
Hooker
Farmers Merchants National Bank
Frederick
Ponca City
Shawnee
State National Bank
Chickasha
Perry
Walters
Walters National Bank
Security National Bank
Clinton, Okla
Outlaw Floyd Flippin Linked to Oklahoma Robberies
Floyd Flippin, sought in northeastern Oklahoma, reportedly passed through Ada Friday night in a car owned by H D Palmer a Nebraska salesman kidnapped east of Valliant. The gang swapped license plates and weapons, robbed Palmer near the Highway 48 bridge over the South Canadian river and fled toward Ada. Palmer, returning at daybreak, warned officials of the night’s events and said a bank stickup was planned.
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Floyd Flippin
Oklahoma
Ada
H. D. Palmer
Nebraska
Valliant
Palmer
Durant
Highway 48
South Canadian River
Flippin
Negro boy tells startling tale of kidnap on Oklahoma farm
Twelve year old Willy Curly from Richmond Virginia claimed he was seized by two white men and two women and taken to a Potwatomine County Oklahoma farm. He described a machine gun guarded house an underground passage and a pack of dogs used in pursuit. Federal and county officers investigated with no arrests reported.
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Oklahoma City
Willy Curly
Richmond
Roscoe Dunjee
Black Dispatch
Pottawatomine County
Shawnee
Willy
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Oklahoma
Springs
Ark
Shawnee Negro District
Dunjee
Stanley Rogers
R. H. Colvin
U. S. Department of Investigation
Treasury loosens hoarding ban on rare coins trade
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau today modified prior anti hoarding orders to allow collectors to trade unusual gold prices and to retain $2.50 gold pieces as parts of collections. The change permits numismatic dealers to hold a limited number of these coins outside federal reserve banks and the RFC.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
The
Morgenthau
RFC
Orlie Wood Faces Burglary Charges
Burglary in the second degree charged in justice court against Orlie Wood for taking an overcoat from an automobile on South Townsend owned by Lee Fines Hickory. City officers recovered the cost. A robbery at the Oklahoma City Ada and Atoka railroad station occurred between 9 p.m. Sunday and 3 a.m. Monday, with a broken door panel and handle and about $16 stolen.
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Justice Court
J. D. Willoughby
Orlie Wood
South Townsend
Lee Fines
Hickory
Oklahoma City
Ada
Atoka
Brock Sentenced for Burglary in McAlester Penitentiary
Fred Brock was sentenced by Judge J. F. McKeel to three years in the state penitentiary at McAlester after pleading guilty to burglary. He was accused of stealing $7 from another man in a local hotel and waived arraignment when charged.
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Fred Brock
J. F. McKeel
State Penitentiary
McAlester
Brock
Legion Plans Area C Meeting in Ponca City
Representatives from ten southern states and Puerto Rico will meet February 16 and 17 for the American Legion area C conference. The four child welfare groups American Legion national organization American Legion auxiliary Forty and Eight and the Eight and Forty will organize sessions at the Conoco club and study the American Legion home school.
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Ponca City
Puerto Rico
American Legion
American Legion National Organization
American Legion Auxiliary
Conoco
Unusual Plea in California Annulment Case
Mrs. Marjorie V. Baker seeks annulment from Charles Rufus Baker after he appeared at the church and shocked her into a daze during what was to be their wedding on February 29 1932. She alleges she did not love him and he promised not to attend the ceremony.
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Oakland
Cal
Marjorie V. Baker
Charles Rufus Baker
Mechanic Sentenced to Die in South Carolina Murder Case
Robert H. Wiles, 49, was found guilty of murder of Hubbard H. Harris in Richland County. The jury rejected insanity and recommended no mercy, fixed electrocution for March 12. Judge Hayne F. Rice pronounced sentence immediately after verdict.
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Columbia
S. C
Robert H. Wiles
Hubbard H. Harris
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