Oklahoma Senate Votes to Axe Highway Panel Leaders
The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill to remove Jew Wentz from the state highway commission and create a four member road board. The emergency clause passed, enabling immediate effect after the governor signs. The house is likely to pass quickly as politics center on Governor Murray’s administration.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Senate
Jew Wentz
Murray
Estate Highway Commission
Senate
Cornutt
Barnedall
Ert R. Willis
Canton
Aves Briges
Carlile
Carmack
Dancherty
Fischl
Garvin
Howard
Johnston
Lester
Liggett
Chamberlin
Commons
Loan
MacDonald
Memminger
Morrison
Nance
Nichols
Paul
Puch
Nay Reed
Ritrhaupt
Sowards
Stewart
Taylor
Thomas
Waldrep
Whitaker
Wilbanks
Nay
Sam Hawkes
Clinton
Highway Commission
F. McKeel
Ada
Claud Briggs
Wilburton
Wentz
House
Hawks
Mckeec
Carleton Weaver
Fd McDonald
Salliscaw
Oklahoma
Major Hugh Askew Speaks at Ada Junior High Assembly
Major Hugh Askew commander of the American Legion for Oklahoma spoke at Ada junior high in a special assembly. The program opened with the flag salute and band renditions. Honorees Glen Holloway Paul Dick Norrell Mary Lee Hughes Essie Drake received flowers and candy. Mahlon Manville introduced Alvis Jones who introduced the speaker. Major Askew outlined the five Legion School Award points Honor Courage Scholarship Leadership and Service.
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Ada Junior High School
Hugh Askew
American Legion
Oklahoma
Arthur Bowles
Ada Junior High
Sane
American Legion Award
America
Washington
Lincoln
Clara Farton
American Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Halloran freed at preliminary hearing in murder case
In Phoenix Arizona January 25 Superior Court Judge J C Niles dismissed an accessory to murder charge against John J Halloran at a preliminary hearing citing inconsistent state evidence and noting a potential future complaint could be filed. Halloran praised the ruling and urged honesty and patriotism as the courtroom proceedings closed. A separate Oklahoma City dispatch reports a seven member state highway board will be named to investigate highway department administration while bills on highway commission abolition and truck access to eminent domain proceed.
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Peioenixn
Ariz
Superior Court
J. C. Niles
John J. Halloran
Niles
Winnie Ruth Judd
Halloran
Hedvic Samuelson
Azsnes Anne Leroi
Judd
Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Claud Briggs
Senate Roads and Highways Committee
Briggs
Murray
Roads and
House Roads and Highways
Senate
Highway Commission
Nat Henderson
Stigler
Henderson
Otto Strickland
Pontotoc County
Stricckland
Oklahoma City weak schools seek 600000 aid plan
Governor urged signing if passed. House appropriations backs 600000 for weak schools to cover the rest of the fiscal year. State Superintendent Vaughan says the sum should keep schools open about 15 more days. Rep. Phillips failed to set principal salaries at 1500 and teachers at 900 during the emergency fund usage. Also approved is 1800 for a supreme court referee. A separate report notes a boiler explosion near Edom kills a Tyler man and injures a bystander.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
House Appropriations Committee
John Vaughan
Ferman Phillips
Atoka County
Supreme Court
Uncertain Outcome In Irish General Election
Early returns show President Eamon De Valera leading for the presidency as counting begins in Ireland's historic vote. A new Dail election determines the executive council head, with delays and rioting marked by tear gas and troops at Ashburton polling sites.
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Trish Free State
Exchange Telegraph
de Valera
Fianna Fail
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
William T. Costrave
Dail Eirea
Irish House of Representatives
Executive Council
Ashburton
Not Guilty Pleas in Sunset Station Robbery Case
Hice Pritchett and James Murphy each plead not guilty to four counts including robbery with firearms connected to a hijacking at the Sunset Filling Station north of Ada Friday night. Separate charges allege second degree burglary against Buster Ross for breaking into a Main Street building storing cars. Preliminary hearings set for January 27 and February 1 respectively.
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Mark Lunsford
W. C. Stevens
H. A. Bradshaw
R. L
Buster Ross
Ross
J. D. Willoughby
Miss Webster Assigned to Farm Loan Applications
Dora Webster secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce has been named secretary of applications for farm loans by the local committee of the Regional Agricultural Corporation. Farmers seeking loans to refinance debts or finance the 1933 crop year may obtain the proper blanks at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Convention Hall. Webster will assist applicants in completing the forms.
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Dora Webster
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Regional Agricultural Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Convention Hall
Miss Webster
Phillips Bill Gets Approval In Oklahoma House
Oklahoma City January 24 The house revenue and taxation committee approved measures to ease tax burdens on farmers and homeowners and to tax deficiency judgments on real estate foreclosures. It rejected a bill taxing oil and gas royalties ad valorem and discussed four installment ad valorem tax payments, chain store taxation hearings, a druggist tax proposal, and an exemption plan for home steads valued under $2 000.
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Oklahoma City
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
3. T. Gray
Fayne County
Ferman Phillips
Atoka County
Phillips
Dick Grisso
Seminole County
Grisso
Ben Kirkpatrick
Tulsa
Quinn to Face Second Murder Trial in Tonkawa Slaying
Enid Oklahoma January 24 1930 Py garl Quinn will face a second trial for murder in the death of Jes sie Griffith a Blackwell music teacher slain nearby Tonkawa two years ago She was killed with her sister Zexia Convicted at Newkirk Quinn received a death sentence but the criminal court of appeals granted a new trial and venue change.
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Enid
Garl Quinn
Jessie Griffith
Blackwell
Zexia
Tonkawa
Newkirk
Quinn
Criminal Court of Appeals
House approves crop loan bill for 96 million funds
The House approved the crop production loan bill providing 96 million reconstruction corporation funds for advances to farmers in 1935. The measure moves to the Senate which must act before it goes to the White House.
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Washington
House
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
White House
Young Democrats Plan State Meet in Enid
Enid January 24 The annual state convention of the state league of young democrats will be held February 22 in Enid. Asa Lee Mayes Norman state president says thorough organization has been done in all eight congressional districts. District leaders Ralph Chambers Picher Claremore speaker James A Treed Missouri.
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Enid
State League of Young Democrats
Asa Lee Mayes
Norman
Mayes
Ralph Chambers
Picher
Claremore
James A. Treed
Missouri
Maves
Cannon McMahon
Wayland Childers
J. W. Measer
Robert Reece
A. Francis Porat
Bill Bolding
Ralph D. Kester
Hay Barn Burned Near Rosedale Cemetery
Fire destroyed a hay barn owned by Frank McCauley on a hill south of Rosedale cemetery. Several thousand bales of hay burned. two cows were reported lost. McCauley woke to the blaze, and firefighters saved his home and other nearby barns. Citizens sent crews to multiple alarms across town.
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Frank McCauley
Rosedale Cemetery
McCauley
W. Second
Someody
N. Townsend
Death penalty ordered for saboteurs in Caucasus farm region
Stalin and Molotoff decree death for those hindering spring planting. Rural officials warned abettors will be punished. Exile or expulsion from collectives enacted for lazy peasants. Village Soviets empowered to mobilize peasants to clear weeds before sowing. Growth in state and collective farms cited amid looming food shortage. Molotoff criticizes US and other nations while pledging neutrality in the Far East.
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Moscow
Joseph V. Stalin
V. M. Molotoff
Molotoff
Soviet Union
Stalin
Uchida
Japan
Soviet Russia
All Union Central Executive Committee
China
Russia
Orient
Paving Begins on State Highway 12 Near Ada
Paving on State Highway 12 started Monday about five miles east of Ada with 4.7 miles of hard surfacing from that point toward Ada. Weather delays from rain slowed progress, but crews expect completion in a few weeks if conditions stay favorable.
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Ada
Gibson & Gibson
Broadway
Santa Fe Plans Abandonment of Nine Mile Davis to Sulphur Line
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to abandon its nine mile Davis to Sulphur branch due to long standing deficits from slack business. The filing notes ongoing losses over several years.
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Washington
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Davis
Sulphur
Oklahoma
House Recommends Clemency for Mooney
The Oklahoma House adopted 41 to 20 a resolution by Rep. M. L. Misenheimer urging Governor James Rolph of California to reconsider pardoning Tom Mooney. Mooney, sentenced to life for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House of Representatives
M. L. Misenheimer
Pittsburg
James Rolph
California
Tom Mooney
Mooney
San Francisco
Oklahoma Senate Cuts Salaries in Budget Vote
Oklahoma City January 25 The Senate trimmed Governor Murray’s salary by 1125 yearly to 6375. O P Ray head of criminal identification saw pay drop from 12000 to 1800. The action appears in the departmental money bill as revised by the appropriations committee setting overall funds at 4,882,873, down from 5,531,425.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Senate
O. P. Ray
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Senate Appropriations Committee
Secretary of State
Board of Equalization
Court of Tax Review
Representative Ralph M. Davis Dies in Guthrie
Guthrie Jan 24. Representative Ralph M. Davis longtime Guthrie civic leader and former mayor 1923 to 1930 died at his home of erysipelas and pneumonia aged 59 He was stricken in Oklahoma City while attending his second legislature He came to Oklahoma in 1908 from Moulton Iowa where he was mayor for six years In 1928 he headed the Oklahoma Municipal League He leaves a widow one son and six daughters
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Guthrie
Ralph M. Davis
Oklahoma City
Davis
Oklahoma
Moulton
Oklahoma Municipal League
Robbery charges filed in Sunset station hijacking case
Phy Pritchett and Murphy face robbery with firearms charges for the Sunset filling station hijack nine miles north of Ada last Friday night. The pistol and sawed off shotgun were recovered. They also face further charges for alleged robberies of W C Stevens R L Driver and H A Bradshaw after taking control of the station. Hulsey had related charges of crand larceny dismissed.
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Hice Pritchett
James Murphy
Sunset
Ada
Pritchett
Murphy
Justice Court
S. W. Hill
Matt Lunsford
Truman Harrison
W. C. Stevens
R. L. Driver
H. A. Bradshaw
Crand
Barney Hulsey
Hulsey
W. N. Shelborne
Oklahoma City field drags U S oil output in week drop
Oil and Gas Journal reports a slight national production dip for the week ending January 21 with Oklahoma City field down 21 720 barrels to 71 220 and Oklahoma total down 274 820 from the prior week. East Texas and Texas gains offset some losses. Other regions show mixed results.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma City
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
California
Tag Agents May Be Abolished in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City January 25 Senate roads and highways committees favor measures to abolish tag agents and place street supervision under the state highway commission. The committee recommended license tag sales by county treasurers, then sent the bill to be combined with a more detailed measure. A proposal to empower the highway commission to surface and maintain streets in through highway cities was referred for redrafting.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Senate Roads and Highways
Highway Commission
Oklahoma City oil field official details profits and schemes
Cm Col. Cicero J L Murray head of oil proration enforcement testified before the Oklahoma senate committee. He disclosed income from law practice and described attempts by associates to profit via illegal production and “hot oil” schemes, naming several individuals and an operator tied to a Catherine pipeline.
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Cicero Murray
Oklahoma City
Cicero JL. Murray
Cain
Oklahoma Senate
Murray
Lindsay
Okla
William H. Murray
Ross Rizley
Ganymen
Ororation
Oil States Advisory Committee
Frank Murray
Sumemer
W. O. Harris
Harris
Jim Nance
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