Flood Hits Kobe Many Known Dead
A historic flood rushed through Kobe Japan killing between 400 and 480 with fears of higher tolls. Eyewitness reports from Frederick Taylor describe a wall of water smashing through the heart of Kobe as slides and cloudbursts triggered widespread destruction. The disaster follows earlier floods across Japan, with Osaka and Tokyo reporting casualties and thousands of homes damaged.
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Frederick Taylor
Sacramento
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Supreme Court to Rule on suspensions protest in Oklahoma
Two suspended Pontator county commissioners I Hall and A A Caldwell carried the fight to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a writ of prohibition against District Judge Tal Crawford. A quorum was lacking and action was not expected until Friday or Saturday.
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A. A. Caldwell
State Supreme Court
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High Court
Robert Wimbish, Jr
Crawford
Caldwell
Hall
Virgil Stanfield
Grady Miller
Robert J Pollock
Rail workers back FDR wage stand and wage cuts debate
Washington July 6 Rail labor leader Whitney said after a White House visit that railroad unions will support President Roosevelt against wage cuts while preparing for national talks with carriers later this month. He cited plans to press issues on rebates funds for propaganda and losses from speculative investments and warned railroads could save seven to eight hundred million dollars by selling transportation.
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Crotherhood of Railroad Train
Man
White House
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Brotherhoods
Two Vets Die After Gettysburg Reunion
Two veterans who attended the Blue and the Gray reunion at Gettysburg died today. Daniel T. Price, 91, of Marion, Indiana, died at Carlisle Hospital. John W. Cooper, 101, a Confederate veteran from Largo, Florida, died in a local hospital. Physicians cited heart conditions as the cause.
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Marion
Ind
Carlisle
John W. Cooper
Largo
Fla
Delegates to 4 H Round Up Plan Meeting at Pontotoc
Pontotoc county 4 H club boys will form delegates to the state 4 H club round up at Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater. An organizing meeting is set for Saturday at 2 o clock in the office of county agent J B Hill. E W Cinnamon says ten boys will attend plus a like number of 4 H girls.
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Oklahoma A
M. College
Stillwater
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Cinnamon
Pontotoc County
Slaying Theories Clash In King D Gray Case
Reports from Hollywood on July 6 describe conflicting theories about the slaying of King D Gray the two year old cameraman. A coroner jury called the case a mystery blaming unknown causes. Police note Gray was found dead in a car near the Bollywood post office last Thursday. Some detectives favor a robbery motive with the culprit fleeing empty handed while others suspect a woman may be arrested. Gray was married with five sons and had posed as ten feminine acquaintances, with analysts noting differing life expectancy estimates for married women.
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Hollywood
King D. Gray
Gray
Portson
Bollywood
Landon Blames Low Mood On Present Administration
Landon called the current mood purely political and due to Roosevelt era policies. He criticized Roosevelt's fireside address as a smokescreen masking administration blunders and failing to restore employment. He accused Roosevelt of nagging at business with appealing words.
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Council Bluffs
Upali Landon
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek appeals to Japanese to halt militarists
In Hankow Chiang Kai-Shek urged the Japanese to end their war, saying millions lost and costs far exceed Russo-Japanese War losses. He blasted barbarity of the army, questioned Bushido myths, and asked how Japan can banish the white man or become mistress of the Pacific, urging the public to act before it is too late.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
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Pacific
Chiang
Chicken thefts continue east of Ahloso in Pontotoc
Chicken thieves struck Tuesday night near Ahloso school in Pontotoc County taking 30 Black Giants from Aaron Stalls home. The theft follows several similar incidents reported recently to the sheriff's office.
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Aaron Stalls
Ahloso School
Stalla
Pearl J. Thomas Dies In Houston
Mrs Pearl J Thomas a prominent Texas club leader died in Houston today Survivors include her brother James E Jackson of Coal County Oklahoma The death prompts acknowledgment of her civic work and regional influence in Dallas Fort Worth and coal area communities Diapers Saved as Fire Destroys Laundry Roof Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a laundry that threatened baby diaper stock estimated at 22 000 diapers in the operation Custodian John Cronin reported the incident noting the roof fire remained localized to the structure Salted by the day of July 6 in Houston Texas
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Pearl J. Thomas
Texas
James E. S Jackson
Tex
John Cronin
Oklahoma Wilcox Allowables Challenge At Supreme Court
July 6 in Oklahoma City the Supreme Court heard Grigon Oil Company’s bid to halt a state Corp Commission order setting 165 barrels per day per well in the Wilcox zone of the Oklahoma City field. The order, effective July 1, pegs total zone production with remaining allotment shared among higher producers. The Wilcox zone holds 574 wells with current daily allowable at 76,100 barrels.
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Wilcox
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Supreme Court
Grigon Oil Company
Corporation Commission
Bond firms issue record $9.3 million Pensacola dam guarantee
Representatives from over 20 bonding companies met to sign a $9,322,960 surety bond believed to be the nation's largest, securing labor and material costs on the Pensacola dam on the Grand River in northeastern Oklahoma. A secondary bond for half that amount was also issued by the same firms to ensure completion. The bonds will be issued through the Massman Construction Company of Kansas City, the low bidder on the dam project.
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Oklahoma City
Pensacola
Grand River
Oklahoma
Massman ‘Construction Company
Kansas City
Ada News
Roosevelt Challenged Over TVA Chairmanship Suit Filed
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan filed in Knox county chancery court claiming President Roosevelt cannot remove him as TVA chairman. He seeks recognition as member and chairman of the board, back salary of 2916 dollars, and a declaratory judgment voiding the removal order. Directors H A Morgan and David E Lilienthal named defendants as congressional probes begin.
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Knox County Chancery Court
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David E. Lilienthal
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Lilienthal
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Red Cross Delays Naming Officials At Pontotoc Meeting
At Tuesday night’s Pontotoc County Red Cross meeting the election of officers was deferred. The nominating committee submitted names for chapter chairman H. P Schienberg and other officers including vice chairmen Orville Snead Fritz Johnson W H Powell Thurman Smith Leon McKay treasurer George Alletac executive secretary Mrs Edith J Stuart and several directors. Schienberg credited Red Cross safety work for fewer injuries this Fourth of July and noted a Red Cross safety film showing at the McSwain theatre this week urging attendance.
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Pontotoc County
Edith J. Stuart
L. Parker
Bill Crawford
M. Hatcher
Fred Andrews
Red Cross
McSwain Theatre
Drunk Driving Charge Filed in Justice Court
A charge of driving while intoxicated was filed in the justice court of A. W. Oliver Wednesday against Earl New. New was arrested by the highway patrol and had not yet been arraigned. A large Oakland blaze destroyed a warehouse, causing about 25,000 dollars in losses, with officials suspecting incendiary origins as traffic snarled for hours.
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A. W. Oliver
Earl New
New
Highway Patrol
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Calif
UPI
Pacific Coast Canning Company
William Lutkey
Smith Attacks Lee in Oklahoma Senate Race
Enid reporter Gomer Smith declares Senator Lee supports reelecting Senator Thomas and accuses Thomas of weak leadership while condemning boss-controlled machines. He opposes joining the Lee and Marland political factions and warns Oklahoma voters against consolidated power.
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Lee
Oklahoma
Thomas
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United States Senate
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Marland
Marland Gets FOR Invitation
Oklahoma Governor Marland says he accepted an invitation to board the presidential special in McAlester to ease political tension ahead of Roosevelt's pre primary address. He predicts Roosevelt will avoid backing Senator Thomas, whom Marland and Rep. Gomer Smith oppose in the Tuesday primary. Thomas and administration backers have not set a plan for joining the president, with Memphis as a prior option.
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Pim
Marland
Roosevelt
Marvin H McIntyre
McAlester
Thomas
Gomer Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Capshaw Makes Bond On Bribery Charge
Oklahoma City oil man Pi Lawson H Capshaw posted a $5000 bond in a bribery case tied to an Oklahoma county grand jury probe of city school board affairs. He was the last of four to surrender as District Judge Lucius Babcock assumed jurisdiction over all matters from the grand jury report after Judge Ben Arnold reassigned them.
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Ben Arnold
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Oklahoma City School Board
Capshaw
Texas
Lucius Babcock
Grand Jury
Prince Gloomy About Europe in Hollywood Visit
Princess Eugenie of Greece and Prince Dominique Radziwill of Poland arrived aboard the liner President Adams in Hollywood. They wed last month in Pareik. The prince warned Europe could face war if Germany invades Czechoslovakia, fearing Poland may not resist. New York state reportedly accounts for one seventh of the nation’s nervous and mental patients and hospital cases.
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Prince Dominique Radziwill
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Pareik
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Czechoslovakia
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Mexico sells oil to Davis and Company in New York
Mexico City reports a government deal worth 16 million dollars to Davis and Company of New York to sell oil from expropriated and owned wells. About half the supply will go to Germany with the rest to European markets, especially Scandinavia. The deal, said to close yesterday, uses wells expropriated March 13 from 17 foreign firms and those already owned by the state.
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Davis and Company of New York
Germany
Paris Court Denies Immediate Possession Of Spanish Gold
Paris July 6 The first chamber of the court denied both the Spanish government and the Spanish insurgents immediate possession of about 40 million dollars in Spanish gold deposited with the Bank of France in 1931. The court said the question is too delicate for a quick ruling and will await the full court, likely delaying judgment for at least a year. Pedro Paul Gomez, then assistant governor of the Bank of Spain, deposited the gold in 1931 to cover an advance of French francs.
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Bank of Spain
Oil production on state insane hospital lands begins
A well on the Wichita Falls state hospital farm produced between 500 and 1000 barrels per day, signaling a possible new field. The hospital will take an 1/8 royalty on output, with the Petroleum Producers Company of Wichita Falls as lessee.
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Board of Control
Wichita Falls State Hospital
The
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Wichita Falls
Wheat Streaming Into Kansas City
Wheat flowing into Kansas City grain markets on July 6 totaled about 4,230 cars, roughly 2,090,000 bushels, boosting weekly receipts past 7,800,000 bushels. Traders forecast two more records, one for a single day and one for a week, with last year’s July 10 daily peak of 1,924 cars. Early July wheat sales hovered near 65 cents per bushel.
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Kansas City
Terrorism strikes in Shanghai on anniversary of resistance
Explosions and assassinations marked the first anniversary of China’s resistance to Japanese invasion. Two Japanese and two Chinese were killed, a British colonial soldier and four Chinese wounded. Bombs hit a Japanese garrison post on Gardens Bridge and Yokoiama Specie Bank. Police and foreign defense units patrolled as traffic between the International Settlement and occupied territory was blocked.
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Thurs
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Gardens Bridge
Yokoiama Specie Bank
Four Civic Projects To Be Financed By Bonds
City officials announce a July 19 election for four bond issues totaling 192250 to match PWA grants for a sewage disposal plant fire station steam sewer right of way and a library building. Projects already approved for grants and voters in Ada eligible to vote at county voting places.
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Bill Crawford
Crawford
Ada
County Election Board
Oil
Dpproval of
Vail
M. Z. Thompson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Champion Skater Jack Dunn Ill in Hollywood
July 6 report from Hollywood says Jack Dunn, a champion British skater, is seriously ill in a hospital after a two year bid for a film career. An eye irritation due to cigarette ash led to a streptococci infection affecting his eyes and nose and throat, with a crisis expected in 48 hours. Dunn was recently chosen to play Rudolph Valentino in a Valentino biography and was to star in Duke of West Point in three weeks.
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Jack Dunn
Dunn
Rudolph Valentino
West Point
Convicts Sought Near Enid After Hutchinson Escape
Authorities from three states investigated five Kansas State Reformatory inmates after the escape car was found near Enid. Reports said two men fled to this Oklahoma region and three drove a coupe toward Colorado. Identified leaders include Floyd O. Kraus, 28, Topeka, and Bluford Smiddy, 23, Kilgore, Texas.
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