Thirteen Violent Deaths in State Reported
Thirteen Oklahomans died over the weekend in auto crashes drownings and other accidents. Six youths died in a west Erick crash while others perished in Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma locations with funerals planned for several victims.
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Associated Press
Bartlett
Miss Hammons
Miss Avant
Barrlet
Saye
Copeland Boys
Shamrock
Harmon
Drumright
Wade van Horn
Comanche
Okla
Springfield
Ill
Edward Graves
Wilson
Monee
A. H. Hamrick
Muskogee Hospital
Fort Gibson
Johnnie Driscoll
Clinton Hospital
Custer City
Pete Wright
Baron
Prairie Grove
Ark
Arter Alexander
Oklahoma City
J. M. Hill
Taylor Hill
Washita
Anadarko
Downpour Strikes Parts of County with Fresh Rain
Portions of the county, including Wynnewood and Pauls Valley, reported heavy rain and high wind but little structural damage. Ada saw a light rain from advancing clouds while Fittstown and nearby areas noted substantial downpours, helping crops and cooling the heat from a 101 degree Saturday and 100 degree Sunday.
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Wynnewood
Pauls Valley
Davis
Ada
Pontotoc County
Fittstown
Fitts Field
Congress Tackles Heavy Program In Session Push
Washington June 28 Democratic leaders in Congress moved to enact a heavy administration program likely to keep lawmakers busy through fall. Top items include court reform government reorganization and wage and hour measures with tenant farming legislation also on the agenda as Secretary Wallace flags possible farm pronouncements. Senator Robinson says adjournment may be distant while Rep Burn of Texas predicts a long session with August 15 or September 1 as targets.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
House
Wallace
Rayburn
Texas
Five Infantile Paralysis Cases In County Reported
Two more cases of infantile paralysis were confirmed to the county health unit, bringing total known cases to five. One case near Ada and one farther in the county are under quarantine with strict home isolation. Two deaths have occurred. no connection between cases is known. Health officials urge keeping children aged 1 to 8 away from crowds due to potential carriers.
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County Health Unit
Glen McDonald
Ada
McDonald
Cooling Showers Cut Wheat Harvest Delays Across Oklahoma
Scattered rains up to 1.58 inches cooled Oklahoma with a drop from 96 to 67 in Chickasha as harvest slows. Rain hit Hollis Guthrie Oklahoma City Beaver Kingfisher Boise City Woodward Lawton Muskogee Sayre Frederick Shawnee and Miami. Oklahoma City recorded 70 degrees ending a two week heat wave.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Chickasha
Hollis
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Beaver
Kingfisher
Boise City
Woodward
Lawton
Muskogee
Sayre
Frederick
Shawnee
Miami
Harry Wahlgren
Idabel
Ada
Waurika
McAlester
Ural Giles to Face Trial in September or October
Oklahoma City June 25 Pi W C Lewis U S district attorney said the next trial of Carl Giles former Oklahoma federal relief official will likely be in late September or October He must be tried a second time on the conspiracy to defraud the federal government charge connected with mule purchases Judge J Foster Symes ruled in Denver Giles lost his bid to dismiss the case Municipal mistrial and double jeopardy pleas were raised by Giles counsel.
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Oklahoma City
Pi—_W. C. Lewis
U. S
Carl Giles
Oklahoma
Giles
J. Foster Symes
Denver
Edgar S. Vaught
Drummond Passes Away in Ada at 84
P T Drummond, respected Ada citizen, died Sunday afternoon at 7 30 in a local hospital. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 from Criswell's Funeral chapel with Rev Ivan J Young officiating. He and his wife resided in Ada for over 25 years and he was a loyal member of the First Christian church.
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P. T. Drummond
Ada
Criswell
R Ev
Ivan J. Young
First Christian Church
Drummond
End of City Lake Fishing Season Set for July 15
Wintersmith park city lake closes the first open season on July 15 after a spring with muddy conditions clearing. The park board expects bass to bite soon, following heavy spring rains. Hundreds fished this spring with good catches of catfish bream and crappie reported.
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Wintersmith Park
City Park Board
Work Begins On New Overpass In City
Construction starts on a new overpass across the O C A and A railroad tracks on East Fourteenth Street. George Toler is the contractor in charge with a 120 day completion. Detours reroute traffic from Fourteenth Street to Twelfth Street while old structure is removed and east abutment excavation proceeds. About 2 000 square yards of pavement will be replaced including new paving on both sides.
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Fourteenth Street
George Toler
Twelfth Street
Prisoner shoots doctor at Hale county jail in Plainview
Dr. E F McCendron a 69 year old pioneer physician was shot to death by a prisoner at Hale county jail in Plainview Texas The prisoner Henry Egbert King 39 from Commerce was arrested in Petersburg after a disturbance He also shot deputy Bill Shook in the left shoulder and assaulted officer Nath Burkett before taking Burkett's gun and firing three shots The deputy's wound was not serious
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Plainview
Tex
E. F. McCendron
Hale County
Bill Shook
Charles Dean
Henry Egbert King
Commerce
Petersburg
McClendon
Shock
Nath Burkett
Burkett
Shook
Edgar Harris Named Rural School Supervisor in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City June 26 Edgar Harris, Okmulgee mayor and former county superintendent, named rural supervisor for the state superintendent of education. He will receive 3000 dollars a year. The sixteenth legislature added two more rural supervisors. Harris regarded as one of the state's best rural education men.
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Oklahoma City
Edgar Harris
Okmulgee
A. L. Crabb
Miss Reeves Weds Mr. Hadden Smith in Ada Ceremony
Miss Frankie Lee Reeves and Mr. Hadden Smith were married Saturday night at 8 in Ada at the Christian church residence of Rev. Ivan J. Young. Reeves came from Ardmore to Ada last November and works at Joe-Ett Beauty Shoppe. Smith is a longtime Ada resident employed at Sweatt's Cleaning Works. Attendants included Miss Helen Rose and Mr. W. T. James, both of Ada.
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Frankie Lee Reeves
Hadden Smith
Ada
Ivan J. Young
The
Christian Church
Miss Reeves
Ardmore
Joe-Ett
Smith
L. Smith
Sweatt
Helen Rose
W. T. James
Two Injured In Auto Accident Near Ada
Meade Miller and Miss Tommie Chitwood of Tishomingo were injured when their car veered and hit a boulder twelve miles south of Ada on Highway 48. Miller suffered chest injuries and facial lacerations while Chitwood had facial lacerations. They were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Meade Miller
Tommie Chitwood
Tishomingo
Highway 48
Ada
Mr. Miller
Miss Chitwood
First appendicitis operation spurs public speaking base
In 1883 the first appendicitis operation is seen as laying the groundwork for extemporaneous public speaking. The event is recalled as a foundational moment in medical history influencing communication skills and surgical discourse.
Oklahoma Sets July Crude Allowable Oil at 629700 BPD
Oklahoma's corporate commission set July crude production at 629700 barrels daily, up 4400 from June and aligned with Bureau of Mines market demand. The order, issued from the bench, outlines allocations across pools including 128000 for Oklahoma City Wilcox zone and detailed Class B C D and unclassified areas totaling 1600000?
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Mines
Reford Bond
Jack Walton
A. S. J. Shaw
W. J. Armstrong
Oklahoma City Wilcox
Alien
Allen West
Asher-Wanette
Earlsboro
Fish-Cromwell
Fish-Wilcox
Grayson
Keokuk Falls
Konawa
Little River
Little River East
Lucien
Maud
Mission
Cleveland
Olympic
Polo
Sasakwa
Searight
Searight North
Seminole City
Seminole East
Seminole Proper
Bethel North
Billings-Wilcox
Britton South
Crescent
Edmond
Fitts-Hunton
Fitts-Upper Simpson
Fitts-Wilcox
Jesse
Langston
Lucien North
Moore
Sasakwa East-Wilcox
Wellston North
Adams
Britton North
Cromwell South
Dill
Earlsboro North-Hunton
Earlsboro North-Wilcox
Fitts-Cromwell
Fitts-Oil Creek
Fitts South
Hoyt
Jesse-Hunton
Keokuk Falls- Hunton
Lovell West
Lucien East-Misener
Lucien East
National Reemployment Service Lists Job Applicants
The NRS under manager J. W. Gallimore presents qualifications of applicants seeking work. Calls for employers to visit the NRS office in the federal building for these and other listings. Profiles include ages, education, and prior experience for varied roles from cashier to stenographer and laborer.
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National Reemployment Service
J. W. Gallimore
NRS
Stono
Shifting Monetary Winds Set Up Cross-currents in Business
John T Flynn argues that since 1934 a steady rise in business activity has faced new adverse energies from government borrowing and policy. He notes gold purchases, inflated prices, and rising taxes increasing uncertainty, with inflation and dollar revaluation looming and a weakened incentive for private credit.
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John T. Flynn
NEA Service, Inc
Black Rust Threat Lifts Wheat Prices Across Markets
Chicago reports show a flood of black rust news driving wheat futures up. July and September contracts push beyond 1.20 a bushel as experts cite past rust famines and drought in western Canada elevating optimism and risk for a bumper crop.
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Chicago
U. S
United States
Canada
Boy Bitten By Mad Dog Found
Fort Worth reports a rabid dog bite on 11 year old Tommy Berard of Beaumont. After the attack the family planned a vacation possibly to the Frontier Fiesta and Pan American Exposition. Authorities traced the car and urged rapid treatment for the boy as the dog’s head was sent to Austin for testing.
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Fort Worth
Tommy Berard
Beaumont
Forth Worth
Berards
Berard
Northam Dies at 39 in Oklahoma City Hospital
C S Northam a 39 year old Oklahoma county farmer died in a city hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include two brothers G D Northam and M H Northam of Ada and a sister Mrs Ida Hightower of Chickasha.
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C. S. Northam
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
G. D. Northam
M. H. Northam
Ada
Ida Hightower
Chickasha
State Service Funds Cut Threaten Oklahoma Offices
Oklahoma City June 28 State labor commissioner W A Murphy says a 33000 cut in Oklahoma employment service operating funds may force closing offices in several counties next year. The labor department assumes control on July 1 with a 150000 appropriation down from 188000. District offices planned for Tulsa Oklahoma City Enid Muskogee McAlester Ardmore and Vinita plus branch offices at Okmulgee Shawnee Ada Ponca City Chickasha and Bartlesville, seasonal offices to be kept as needed at Alva Guymon Woodward Elk City Hobart Altus and Frederick.
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Oklahoma City
W. A. Murphy
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Labor Department
Employment Service
Murphy
Tulsa
Enid
Muskogee
McAlester
Ardmore
Vinita
Okmulgee
Shawnee
Ada
Ponca City
Chickasha
Bartlesville
Alva
Guymon
Woodward
Elk City
Hobart
Altus
Frederick
Vance Posey Named New President of Southeastern
Vance Posey of Stillwater and former Hugo school official was named by the state board of education today to lead Southeastern Oklahoma. Posey succeeds the previous president and is set to start duties immediately in Oklahoma City.
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Ceed
Kate Galt Zaneis
Southeastern State Teachers College
Durant
Zaneis
Vance Posey
Southeastern
Oklahoma City
Hugh Vance Posey
Stillwater
Hugo
State Board of Education Today
Roosevelt signs CCC three year extension and budget plan
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the civilian conservation corps for three years and sent a 350 million dollar supplemental budget for the next fiscal year. The plan covers 315 000 corps members including war veterans and 35 000 administrators, with age limits shifting to 17 23 for regular members and 25 000 World War I veterans exempted. As projects finish camps will drop from 1849 to about 1600.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
House
CCC
First Cotton Blooms Report From Egypt Area
Friday morning C H Myers of Egypt submitted the first cotton blooms of the season to The News. Myers says his crop has bloomed for a week and shows no boll weevil activity. He lives on Claude Sturdivant place and has resided here for 40 years. In Erwin near Hobbs, Dora Odom Hobbs becomes a great grandmother at 32 as her daughter Calypso Hobbs Stewart gives birth to a son. The elder Hobbs’s mother is 56.
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C. H. Myers
Egypt
Mr. Myers
Claude Sturdivant Place
Five Aircraft Facility Classifications Set by Bureau
The Bureau of Air Commerce defines five airport types based on runway length. They are super-terminals terminals limited terminals air ports and landing fields. The classification guides facility categorization and planning.
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Bureau of Air Commerce
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