Austria May Restore Hapsburg Kingship After War
The Austrian legislature passed a law restoring possessions to the Hapsburg family and Otto, heir to the throne, waits in Belgium for the moment to reclaim the crown. Across the Atlantic U S leaders push for currency stabilization while Washington politics heat up over hearings and a public row in the senate. In Ethiopia a coming clash with Italy looms as veterans warn of a tougher fight than Mussolini expects. Oklahoma progress chief Gen Key assigns staff for the works program and Governor Marland signals support for a Roosevelt-aligned candidate. Transit unrest and relief debates color national mood as heat bakes the nation and a Missouri gun battle echoes through the Ozarks.
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Austria
Hapsburg
Otto
Belgium
Fittstown Man Faces Beer License Hearing Over Dis orderly House
C A Buffum owner of the Pickwick club at Fittstown was cited to appear before County Judge John Boyce MecKeel on July 16 to show cause why his state beer license should not be revoked. He was cited after being accused of license violations and recently paid a $190 fine in justice court for operating a dis orderly house.
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C. A. Buffum
Pickwick Club
Fittstown
John Boyce MecKeel
McKeel
Buffum
Suffum
Justice Court
Flood and Storm Toll Across States
AP reports indicate 49 deaths and numerous missing across flood and storm events. New York leads casualties with 41 dead and 3,000 homeless. Pennsylvania and Maryland report property losses and casualties vary. Montana tornadoes kill two and render 2,000 homeless. western Canada faces six deaths from wind.
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Associated Press
Upper
New York State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Fort Peck Dam
Montana
Canada
Man Waives Hearing in D W I Case Linked to Byng Accident
Dan Lanier a 40 year old man was released under $1000 bond after pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated in Justice Sherwood W Hill's court. He will face district court trial on the charge connected to a Byng area automobile crash that injured several people.
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Dan Lanier
Court of Justice
Sherwood W. Hill
Lanier
Byng
Body of Otto Walter Taken to Tonkawa
The body of Otto Walter former University of Oklahoma instructor killed in a Grassland New York auto crash will be brought to Tonkawa Thursday. Walter son of Mr and Mrs H E Walter of Tonkawa held a B S in electrical engineering from OU and lately worked for a firm in the region. Funeral plans will be completed on arrival.
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Tonkawa
Otto Walter
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Grassland
N. Y
Walter
H. E. Walter
City Ada Faces Multiple Civil Suits Ahead of Term
City attorney Hugh F. Mathis reports several Ada lawsuits set for trial next district civil term. Claims total near 7000 dollars with $25000 sought in a personal injury suit and one on property title. Plaintiffs include Mrs. Clara J. McKay and Mrs. Nell B. Allen. another suit involves J C Hynds and a 10 acre lake-property warranty deed challenged by Walter Riley Simco.
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Ada
Hugh F. Mathis
City of
Mathis
Clara J. MccKay
South Townsend Avenue
W. E. McCarty
South Townsend
Nell B. Allen
West Sixth Street
North Ash Avenue
West Tenth Street
Glenwood Park
C. T. Strickland
Duncan
Okla
Jack Strickland
S&s
Young Strickland
Clarence Yoakum
Seventh Street
Stockton Avenue
Yoakum
City Lake
Walter Riley Simco
Wall King
Rosedale Cemetery
NRS Office Seeks Housekeepers and Skilled Workers
National Reemployment Service in the Federal Building office seeks women for housekeeping jobs and fills openings for skilled tradesmen and truck drivers. Branch manager Bob Shannon notes rising registrations, 1,147 active files, and nearly 200 placements in three and a half months, with 73 hires in June and 20 more this month.
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National Reemployment Service
Federal Building and Register
Bob Shannon
Shannon
Pontotoc County
NRS
Roosevelt pushes speedy Congress action on banking bill
President Roosevelt plans no fixed speeches for a Pacific coast trip but says he will speak formally at stops. He aims to wrap up the legislative program by August and will confer with congressional leaders on the banking bill, with general administration support for the modified Senate committee version though he has not approved the underwriting provision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Congress
Senate
General Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Farmer dies of heat prostration near Sherman
A verdict of death from heat prostration was returned in the death of J. R. Mc Laughlin, a farmer eight miles southwest of Sherman, found dead in a field last night after the day’s high temperatures.
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Sherman
Tex
J. R. McLaughlin
Here
Ada Sees New 102 Degree Heat Record On Tuesday
Ada records a 102 degree high on Tuesday following 101 on Monday marking a continuing summer heat wave. Downtown heat and stagnant air intensify the day’s discomfort while nighttime low remains around 75 degrees.
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Ada
Two Men Post Walking Bond and Leave County
Wyatt Caldwell and Herbert Conlee, both jailed on conjoint robbery charges, were released after County Attorney Virgil Stanfield agreed not to press charges if they left the county. They pledged to reside elsewhere while Jack Cole reported a $1.49 loss to them on West Main Street. Cole was later jailed for investigation in a borrowed car case, with no charges filed. Caldwell and Conlee have prior police court records.
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Wyatt Caldwell
Herbert Conlee
Virgil Stanfield
Jack Cole
West Main Street
Cole
Caldwell and
Conlee
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Department of Justice
Soviet paper again accuses Japanese officials
The Pravda charges Japan with provoking border incidents on the Mongolian Manchoukuoan frontier to justify occupation of Mongolia. It calls the move a repeat of looting and aggression since Manchuria, warning of dangerous expeditions and possible self-damaging actions.
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Moscow
CSP
Communist Party
Pravda Today
Slow Worker Registration for MEW Jobs in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City July 10. Labor registration lags threaten pace of Works Progress Administration projects. State re employment service reports 3 710 registered in Oklahoma county while district administrator approves jobs for nearly 4 000. James Hughes asks Key to approve white collar project to speed registration in four counties. National and state figures show slow registration across 73 counties and varying relief loads. Eddleman says liquidation hinges on rapid registration and proper channeling of labor into new program. District officers with completed appointments resume work.
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W. S. Key
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Key
State Penitentiary
National Guard
Works Progress Administration
State
National
Muskogee
Garfield
Tulsa
Oklahoma County
James Hughes
State Service
Hughes
National Employment Service
John Eddleman
OERA
Garfield County
Tulsa County
Oera Eddleman
Gulf-Pacific Highway Plans Gain Impetus
About 300 delegates from six states attended a two day convention in Oklahoma City to promote the Gulf-Pacific and U S Highway 270 links from New Orleans toward Seattle. The plan includes an Oklahoma route via Ada Seminole Oklahoma City Watonga and Woodward with future meetings to draw Rocky Mountain states.
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Oklahoma City
New Orleans
Seattle
Denver
Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma
Ada
Seminole
Watonga
Woodward
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Colorado
R. L. Singletary
W. E. Grisso
Heat wave claims dozens across Midwest and South
Wilting heat in Kansas City and across Texas Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas Missouri raises total heat fatalities to 24. Texas records seven deaths, Oklahoma eight, Nebraska four, Kansas three, Missouri two. Many others have drowned seeking relief from the heat.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Texas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Cummings Pushes Bill To Bar Gold Clause Suits
Attorney General Cummings urged the House Banking Committee to pass a resolution barring damage suits against the government to recover losses from dollar devaluation. He cited $10.14 billion in gold clause securities and a potential $7 billion loss if suits proceed, noting foreigners would have no redress under the act. He also discussed possible international avenues at The Hague.
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United States
Cummings
Banking Committee of the House
Morgenthau
the Treasury
Washington
House Banking Committee
Cavicchia
Rn.j
the Hague
Cross
D-Tex
SLAIN MISSOURI BANDIT IDENTIFIED
In Springfield a gunfight near Ava left Rondo Ellison dead and two accomplices at large. The slain bandit was positively identified as H W Morefield of Oklahoma City by his brother Dennis Morefield who said he would have the body sent to Camdenton. Sheriff's men hunted two fleeing companions after a failed farm-home robbery attempt on Mrs Anna Ellison.
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W. H. Morefield
Oklahoma City
Ellison
Ada
Ernie Gentry
Gentry
Springfield
Ava
Rondo Ellison
H. W. Morefield
Dennis Morefield
Camdenton
Woman IDs Self of Two Husbands In Court
Mrs. Winifred Faunce, 36, testified in district court that she had two prior husbands she sought to sever. She claimed James E. Riley and Carl F. Wood both did not legally marry her, with Riley later deemed valid and Wood annulled for lack of Riley divorce. Judge Ben Arnold ruled Riley valid and annulled Wood.
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Oklahoma City
Winifred Faunce
Carl F. Wood
Mrs. Faunce
Ben Arnold
Riley
Wood
Smithsonian Nears Purchase of Winnie Mae Airplane
The House library committee informally approved a bill to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to buy the Winnie Mae for 25000 dollars. The globe circling aircraft was requested by the institution.
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Washington
Wiley Post
Smithsonian Institution
House Library Committee
Ada considers garbage ordinance to regulate collection
The Ada board of commissioners discusses a proposed garbage collection and disposal ordinance set to require bonded responsible managers and city licenses, with duties for residents and businesses to keep premises clean and haulers to maintain up to date equipment. It may be re submitted for final action next week. Beryl Milner, 35, suffered burns over much of his body after falling into a one foot deep pool of hot oil at the Fitts oil field while working on Smith No. 7 test. He is treated and recovering. Milner moved his family to Ada from Seminole recently.
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Ada
Board of Commissioners
Hugh F. Mathis
Beryl
Milner
John Fitts
Fittatown
E. H. Moore Drilling Company
Seminole
Steedman Man Faces Trial For Aiming Gun
Henry McCormick of near Steedman was released on a $500 bond to await county court trial on a charge of pointing a weapon. He waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty after allegedly aiming a 12 gauge shotgun at C D Brooks, his son in law, amid undisclosed dispute details.
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Henry McCormick
Steedman
Pontotoc County
McCormick
C D. Brooks
Brooks
Fugitive Garland Creekmore Sought After Murder
July 10 in Baoken Arrow. Garland Creekmore, a farmer, killed Elmer Lemon at Ora Benedict’s home near Pampa Texas. Creekmore fled. his abandoned car found six miles south of here with no clue to his current whereabouts. Benedict and Lemon, both oil workers from Pampa, were to marry soon.
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Garland Creekmore
Creekmore
Here
Elmer Lemon
Ora Benedict
Car Crash Injures Two In Ada Intersection
Two men were injured when their Ford sedan collided with a Pontiac at the Thirteenth Street and Stockton Avenue corner around 4 15 PM Wednesday. Roy W. Pennington sustained a lacerated arm and hand, Bert Smith received cuts and bruises after the car overturned. Omer Davis of near Ada drove the other car. Pennington’s vehicle suffered about 250 in damage, the other about 15. Davis reportedly approached from Stackton Avenue when he struck the left rear of Pennington’s car.
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Thirteenth Street
Stockton Avenue
Roy W. Pennington
West Thirteenth Street
Bert Smith
Smith
Omer Davis
Ada
Frank Shipley
Pennington
Shipley
Davis
Stacketon Avenue
Fitts Pool School Land To Be Leased
Oklahoma City reports the state school land commission approved offering three counties including Coal Atoka and Pontotoc for sale of unleased lands tied to oil and gas potential. Bids expected around August 21 after ad runs. The oil and gas lease offer follows a recommendation from the State Geological Survey director and the land department head.
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Oklahoma City
C. W. Board
Land Department Oil and Gas Division
Frank Civary Pleads Guilty on Tax Charge
Frank Curry, about 590, pleaded guilty to violating federal internal revenue laws when arraigned before U. S. Commissioner W. C. Edwards. He posted a $3,000 bond and awaits sentencing. Deputy U. S. Marshal Allen Stanfield found about one and one-half gallons of untaxed whiskey in Curry’s possession.
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Frank Curry
Internal Revenue
U. S
W. C. Edwards
Curry
U. S. District Court
Allen Stanfield
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Mussolini
Africa
Marland
National Administration
Senator Gore
Gore
Uncle Sam
Beaver
Chattanooga, Tenn
Richard Earl Walker
The
Chattanooga Times
Cummings Urges
Fitts
Beryl Milner
E. H. Moore
Fitts Pool
Pontotoc, Coal
Atoka Counties
Frank Civary
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