Two U S Warships Riot Incident in Nice
United States battleships Arkansas and Wyoming canceled shore leave in Nice after a riot left 28 injured. A gunshot victim, Joseph Kline, 22, was treated after being shot by Leon Curpy. Police and a naval riot squad restored order as sailors clashed with locals.
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Associated Press
Nice
France
United States
Arkansas
Wyoming
Villafranches Harbor
Joseph Kline
Leon Curpy
Surete
Mediterranean
Kline
Curpy
Hayne Ellis
Villefranche
Hawaii Bound and Beaming With Happiness Mystery Kidnapping Case
The report details a mother feigning illness and misleading friends about a grandmother's death while a custody dispute culminates in the 1934 kidnapping of a two year old boy by Whatley and two co-defendants, with bonds posted and later releases.
Farm Column Highlights 4-H Trip to Stillwater and Local Meetings
The 4-H group plans a July trip to Stillwater for the Roundup, bringing ten boys and ten girls to aim for high scoring records. Summers Chapel adult club met at Mrs. Jessie Morgan’s home to discuss care of a crippled child and farm women's camp plans. A farm women's camp is set for August 22–24 at Sulphur, Oklahoma. Visitors from Ada and Albany joined the meeting and stayed with Mrs. Morgan.
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Stillwater
Summers Chapel
Jessie Morgan
Sulphur
Oklahoma
Albany
Morgan
Hoberts Exrego Wins District One Vote
Hoberts Exrego thanks supporters in the first precinct for a big Tuesday tally and past votes. He notes long service as county commissioner and expresses resolve to serve, wishing opponents and supporters well with a focus on good government.
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First Commissioners
Farm women camp tradition in Pontotoc county
The News notes farm women from Pontotoc county will spend days in Sulphur camp as part of an annual relaxation. Summers Chapel club met July 3 at Ada with ten members. president and secretary attended, each member brought a covered dish and lunch was served under trees.
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Pontotoc County
Summers Chapel Club
Jessie Morgan
East Thirteenth
Ada
Ballard
Boiles
Mildred Bennett
Johnson
Miskeel thanks friends after district judge race
J F McKeel expresses gratitude to supporters after defeat in the district judge race. He praises loyal friends, reflects on public service, and hopes to continue contributing as a private citizen to meritorious causes. He notes his record earned the approval of honest people who know it.
Burned Mother's Body to Collect Pension
Seneca Kansas July 7 United Press A woman identified as Myrtle Lattimer 55 kept her eight year old mother s dismembered body hidden for more than two years in order to collect a Civil War pension. She guided officers to the remains parts of which had been cremated in a kitchen stove after demand by Postmaster W L Kauffman who wanted to verify the pension recipient. The mother Mrs Marietta Bishop died naturally in January 1932 and was not disturbed thereafter.
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Carman
Senaca
Kas
UPA
Myrtle Lattimer
C. E. Carman
W. L. Kauffman
Ada High School Teacher Joins East Central State Faculty
Churchill W. Thomas, Ada high school science instructor, will join East Central State Teachers College as professor of biology and director of science teaching. He holds degrees from East Central and the University of Colorado, studied at Berkeley, and has ten years of Ada science teaching experience plus five years on the East Central summer staff. Born in Ada, a World War veteran, he will teach college classes and supervise student teachers at Horace Mann.
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Churchill W. Thomas
Ada High School
East Central State Teachers College
A. Linscheid
Thomas
Horace Mann
East Central
University of Colorado
University of California At Berkeley
Ada
John Boyge Mpkeel Thanks Voters For July 3 Support
John Boyge Mpkeel expresses gratitude for the July 3 vote and confirms his commitment to serve the community in a manner that merits the confidence placed in him.
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John Boyge Mpkeel
Y Ou
John Boyce Mche
Eebl
Ray Stegall Thanks Voters for Confidence in County Office
Ray Stegall thanks voters for their support in the recent election. He notes no opposition and pledges to become county superintendent a year from now and to meet the office's demands while showing appreciation for the vote of confidence.
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Ray Stegall
Prefers Jail To Telling Of Son's Hideout
Ollie Jake Whatley a 33 year old guitarist remains jailed for contempt after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of his 10 year old son Robert Clifton Whatley. District Judge Claude MacCallum sentenced him to 100 dollars and three days in jail or until he purges himself by giving the boy's location. He admitted kidnapping the boy during a court hearing.
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Dallas
Tex
CP Ollie
Jake) Whatley
Robert Clifton Whatley
Claude MacCallum
Whatley
Texas Pair Find Queer Hotel
In Joliet two men from Amarillo Texas entered a reception area at Stateville prison seeking a room for the night. They identified as Harry Ramsey and Donald Birch and asked for rates before being told rooms require at least a year. They then headed toward Chicago after a local attendant suggested a nearby hotel.
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Joliet
Ill
Joseph Smith
Stateville Prison
Harry Ramsey
Donald Birch
Amarillo
Tex
Chicago
Smith
Oklahoma attorney general race heats for July runoff
In Oklahoma City on July 9, attention focused on the attorney general contest between Scott A. Ferris and Mac Q. Williamson. Ferris fired a sharp telegram rebutting Williamson’s claim that Ferris uses an uncle’s name, noting he was elected Murray County attorney as Scott A. Ferris. Ferris led Williamson by about 12,000 votes in the first primary.
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Oklahoma City
Scott A. Ferris
Mac Q. Williamson
Ferris
Williamson
Scott Ferris
Murray County
Rock Fight Leads to Assault Case and More
A June 23 incident allegedly involved Robert Watkins wielding a large limestone rock against Elmer Sutton. Watkins faces assault with intent to kill charges, bonded at $509 for district court. James Bynum pleads not guilty to robbery with a July 12 preliminary hearing set. He allegedly took $2.90 from R L Zumbro. George Hill, charged with first degree rape involving a 13 year old girl, was ordered held without bond for district court trial.
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Robert Watkins
Elmer Sutton
Clay Jones
Watkins
James Bynum
Sherwood Hill
Bynum
R. L. Zumbro
George Hill
Harris area farmer dies in election related fight
During an argument over the recent election, Jasper Lythbotham aged 56, of near Harris, was killed today when struck by an antagonist. His neck was broken. Officers arrested Jim Roberson, a neighbor, for questioning.
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Idabel
Jasper Lythbotham
Harris
Jim Roberson
Rockefeller Leaves Bed to Celebrate 95th Birthday
Lakewood New Jersey July 3 John D Rockefeller woke briefly to observe his 95th birthday remaining at golf house instead of Pocantico Hills. He had been in bed nearly two weeks, arising yesterday for the first appreciable period since June 24. A New York physician arrived last Friday to stay several hours.
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Lakewood
N. J
John Dr. Rockefeller
Golf House
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
New York City
Alabama Negroes Granted Reprieve in Scottsboro Case
Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris, two of the Scottsboro defendants, receive a stay of execution from the Alabama Supreme Court. The court had set August 31 for the death sentences but paused them upon rehearing applications. beyond a possible special session, the matter resumes October 1 when the court reconvenes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Heywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Alabama Supreme Court
Democratic Papers Favored in Land Office Ads
Secretary Ickes ordered preference for Democratic newspapers in General Land Office ads for the current fiscal year starting July 1. Officials expect the annual advertising bill to be only a few hundred dollars, mainly for oil and gas land leases and some town site lots on the public domain.
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Washington
Ickes
General Land Office
Germany seeks peace yet vows defiance to all comers
Berlin reports Germany aims for a friendlier foreign policy while warning that it will defend itself and a renewed liberty with minimum arms. Rudolf Hess told 12 000 Nazi chiefs the nation could fight as no people ever did if attacked, signaling cautious diplomacy amid domestic economic strains.
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A. D. Stefferud
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
France
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Koenigsberg
Hess
London
Louis Barthoun
Bavarian Alps
Michael Cardinal Faulhaber
Faulhaber
Siamese twins spark questions on marriage and identity
New York officials debate if Maurice Lambert and Violet Hilton conjoined twins can marry while scientists weigh whether conjoined twins are two persons. The case raises questions of individuality tied to embryology and shared physiology.
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Homer McCoy
New York
Maurice Lambert
Violet Hilton
Violet
Lambert
Daisy
H. L. Shapiro
American Museum of Natural History
Johnston Put on Democratic Ballot in County Race
Ponca City July 9. Claude Johnston, candidate for county commissioner, was listed on the Democratic ballot though a Republican. The attorney general ruled him out of the race. Johnston lives at Perry. George Sanders is the other Republican and holds the party nomination.
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Ponca City
Claude Johnston
Johnston
Perry
George Sanders
Oklahoma School for the Blind Opens This Year
The Oklahoma School for the Blind in Muskogee will open Monday September 1, under the State Board of Education. Tuition maintenance laundry and rooms are provided by the state. families cover clothing travel and incidentals for three summer months. Pupils range from six to 21.
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Oklahoma School For the
Muskogee
Okla
State Board of Education
State of
O. W. Stewart
Oklahoma School For the Blind
Murphy Wins His Race First Round
Murphy tops the Oklahoma City race in a first round count with 137,202 votes. Other candidates include Smith 234,995, Young 34,020, Johnson 27,016 across 3144 of 3352 precincts reported.
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Haskins
Cunningham
Boyd
Hudson
Story
Collins
R. B. Thompson
Oklahoma A. and M. College Poultry Department
Thompson
A. and
M. Poultryman Seys
Hawaii
Ira Nelson
Nelson
Mae Whatley
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Chapel
Hoberts
Ches. C. Roberts
Miskeel
J. F. McKeel
Thomas Ndon Pollere
Son
Texas
Ritta
Christina
Sassari
Vanoss
A Dela Jones
O. C. Brooks
Mary Brooks
Guthrie
Peggie Rader
Shawnee
Casey Jones
V. E. Norvell
J. J. Shawnee
Carl Tilley
Bill Beckham
Lindsay
Joe Allsup
Allsup
Wilson Packing Company
J. A. Woody
E. B. Woody
G. M. Pitt
Juanita Fallon
Killgore
W. E. Norvell
June L. Johnson
Union Hill
Lula Collins
Gerge Winrick
J. P. Owens
H. B. Williams
MTP
Carl Solomon
I. D. Lowe
E. M. Williams
Bud Peek
Ciloe
Luta Collins
EK. J. Farley
J. L. Tilley
Howard Tilley
Wanda Caralene Tilley
J. W. Hagier
G. M. Prisill Collins
George Collins
Dillinger
Silver City
N. M
John Casey
Grant County
John Dillinger
Indianapolis
School For the Blind
Paul A. Walker
State Corporation Commission
Capitol
Federal Communications Commission
Chickasha
Gov
Murray
THE
First National Bank
P. A. Norris
G. J. Morton
R. W. Simpson
Ss. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
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