Parachute Couple Rescued After Five Hour Hover at Fair
New York July 12 Two dating mechanics freed a 125 foot parachute trap holding Mr and Mrs J Cornelius Rathborne of Long Island and Ruxton Maryland. The pair had hung in a board seat during a world fair jump before being lowered to safety. Rathborne a polo captain and 32, his wife 25, refused medical aid.
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New York
J. Cornelius Rathoorne
Old Westbury
Long Island
Rathborne
U.S
Nance Nelson Huidekoper
Ruxton, Md
Baltimore Society
Long Brancn
Harry Mitchell
William Gerelis
Gerlis
W B Johnson Named Seminole County Triple A Leader
W B Johnson an administrative assistant in Pontotoc county AAA program for years has been appointed to the Seminole county Triple A position. Claude Sullivan long county agent and county exhibits supervisor was replaced by Lloyd Stingett who will fill Sullivan’s post. Sullivan plans unclear. Johnson takes Sullivan’s former post and says staff remains unchanged.
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W. B. Johnson
Seminole County
Pontotoc County
Claude Sulliven
Oklahoma City
Lloyd Stingett
Atoka
Cleveland
Seminole County Board of County Commissioners
Sullivan
Johnson
Five Astrologers Advise Hitler Read Stars For Future
Adolf Hitler is advised by five astrologers, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler says, with the counselor predicting a career climax early in September and actions to boost fame before that date. Butler, president of Columbia University, spoke after returning from London. In other items, the Bruner family near Seminole misplaced 724 dollars, later found in a doctor’s repaired glasses, and Madrid endures a heat wave with Córdoba at 123 degrees Fahrenheit.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Butler
Hitler
Dr. Butler
Columbia University
Yestern Day
London
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Wewoka
Bruner
Betty Bruner
P. J. Martin
One Killed In New Latin Friendship Gun Battle Near Harlan
In Harlan Kentucky a clash between pickets and National Guardsmen left a miner dead and several wounded amid mine district unrest. Forty to fifty arrests followed as troops secured the Mahan Ellison mine area. Capt. Joan Hanberry was seriously wounded and several miners were injured.
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Harlan
Jock Caldwell
Wilson
Berger
Hahan-Ellison
Catron’s Creek
Here
Olticer
Burt
Joan Hanberry
Hop Kingsville
Dan Noe
Noble Bowman
Joen Kennedy
Hubbert Green
Kizzie Green
Harian
Mahan-Ellison
Green
Ben Herndon
Barron- Ville
National Guard
Grent
Slain Bandit Had Early Bad Start
ATCHISON Kansas July 12 Pi-Charles K Lipps alias Kenneth Allen one of two bandits fleeing after a 10000 bank holdup at Fort Morgan Colorado was a former Atchison resident. As a boy of 15 he faced a petty theft charge and police records show a July 21 1933 investigation. Lipps was killed at Sidney Nebraska while his companion Myvon Earl Howen 20 Denver died at Garden City. Lipps father listed as E J Lipps Fort Smith Arkansas. Lipps survived by two brothers at the state orphans home in Atchison another brother a Bellevue Country club caddy and a sister living north of Topeka.
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Atchison, Kas
Charles K. Lipps
Keneth Allen
Fort Morgan
Col
Atchison
Lipps
Sidney
Neb
von Earl Howen
Denver
Garden City
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Howen
Jerry Earl Lang
E. J. Lipps
Fort Smith
Ark
State Orphans’ Home
Bellevue Country Club
Toneka
Northern Ireland Stands By Britain in War Time
In Bangor on July 12 Prime Minister Lord Craigavon declared Northern Ireland would place all resources at Britain’s disposal amid war dangers. He emphasized Ulster’s determination to avoid joining Eire and resisted Varied Irish unification efforts, noting contingency plans to defend the home front.
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Bangor
Northern Ireland
Lord Craigavon
Britain
Government of Ireland
Eire
Dublin
All
Ireland
Northern Counties
Ulster
Craigavon
de Valera
Chicago
Haymarket
Federal Grand Jury Indicts 211 At Muskogee Session
In Muskogee Oklahoma a federal grand jury in session from July 12 to 14 returned 195 indictments naming 211 persons. Indictments include 146 charged with liquor law violations and trafficking liquor into dry Oklahoma with 75 in jail awaiting arraignment. The panel also charged four with morphine purchases and sales and targeted a narcotics syndicate. Authorities credited strengthened liquor permit provisions for the new indictments.
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Muskogee
Eugene Rice
Olahoma
A. F. Murrah
Oklahoma
U. S
C. A. Sumners
Democrats To Hold Love Feast in Oklahoma City
PREARMOMA CITY July 12 PIA state wide democratic rally to be held here in September for the good of the party France Paris state chairman announced today Leaders hope the meeting will be a love feast where differences are forgotten Governor Phillips and Senators Elmer Thomas and Josh Lee will be invited with past governors members of Congress present state officials and voters Paris said no resolutions would be adopted no preliminary precinct or county meetings will be held We will have them all come in and kiss the democratic book he said this will be for the end of the party not for any faction.
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Preahoma City
Pia
France
Paris
Phillips
Elmer Thomas
Josh Lee
Congress
Jis
Island banquet prompts a curious cash claim
Robinson and Wall boast a refrigerator purchase paid with pennies. The salesman counters with a grasp of the claim as a guest belches after a Bali meal, signaling satisfaction. The quirky scene ties to a larger humor column about odd purchases and island dining.
Visits Of Latin American Officials Are Effective
Washington reports that Latin American leaders visiting the capital have shown better ties among the regions and with the United States. Aranha of Brazil and Somoza of Nicaragua signed agreements to extend American credits to stabilize currencies and aid exports. Observers cite Lima Pan American unity and a favorable outlook for peaceful prospects across Central and South America.
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Ashington
Washington
United States
Fulgencio Ba
Jujillo
Dominican Republic
Montsiro
Waehholtz
Aranha
Brazil
Somoza
Nicaragua
Europe
Far East
Warren Lee Pierson
South America
Lima
Criticism of Roosevelt Over Toast With Royalty Stirs WCTU
Ada S. Nodecker of Roselle New Jersey head of the Women's Christian Temperance Union says President Roosevelt deserved impeachment for toasting King George and Queen Elizabeth with champagne. She cites a prior censure when Mrs Roosevelt served beer to Swedish royalty. The note also mentions atomic energy in a drop of water potentially yielding 200 horsepower per year.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
Roosevelt
Women’s Christian Temperance Uvion
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Ada’s. Nodecker
Roselle
New Jersey
WCTU
Officials Release Palatial Yacht Of Erle Halliburton
In Galveston Texas customs say Erle P Halliburtons palatial Vida yacht seized yesterday on maritime law charges has been released awaiting federal district attorney decision in Houston. Halliburton confirmed release and said he likely will not sail today. The 23 foot vessel had been detained while Halliburton and family planned to sail Sunday. Capt Roy Deskin and Halliburton appeared before Customs Collector Fred C Pabst to answer charges.
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Galveston
Tex
Erle P. Halliburton
Zillionaire
Oklahoma
Washington
Fred
Pabst
Houston
Haliburton
Vida
Little Axis Nearing Reality in the Balkans
Belgrade reports mobilization of Bulgarian and Yugoslav efforts toward a virtual alliance, forming a neutral front with Hungary as part of a broader Little Axis. The bloc would stretch across the Balkans, linking Slavic nations under German influence and potentially isolating Romania and threatening Turkey and Greece.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Europe
Alps
Black Sea
Balkans
Turkey
Greece
Rumaumia
Burgunder Denies Slaying Of Two
Los Angeles July 12 District Attorney Baron Fitts testified as state witnesses in a morals case involving Evangelist Joseph Jeffers and his wife Zella. They claim drugging with a powder to dissolve liquor’s effects. Paul Rowe installed a recording device to capture conversations in the Jeffers’ apartment. The testimony touched on whether Robert Major was among the operators.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Joseph Jeffers
Zella
Alcoho
Paul Rowe
Jeffers
Robert Major
Geigetanhione
Antarctic
Arctic
Canada
Canadian
Siberia
Tibet
Arabia
High Mountains
Himalayan Chain
Africa
Australia
South America
Federal Agents Track Jack Russell as Hostage Case Moves South
Federal agents expanded the search for Jack Russell, an escaped McAlester prisoner, with a second hostage unaccounted for after Brown, a 69 year old photographer, identified Russell as forcing him to drive through Kansas and Missouri. Russell fled after overpowering a guard, crossing state lines near Pittsburg. District Attorney Summers filed a Lindbergh kidnapping law charge, carrying up to 20 years or death if harm occurs.
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Jack Russell
McAlester
Kansas
R. E. Brown
Russell
Missouri
Pittsburg
Kas
Nis
Brown
G-mien
Ines
Muskeges
Oxia
C. ¥. Sumners
Russell McAlester
Tubbery
Washington Cony
Britain seeks funds to build peacetime war chest
The British government asked Parliament for more than 370000 dollars to equip a new conscript army of 20 year olds in the territorial force, boosting total defense outlays to over 4 million dollars in peacetime. Mussolini ordered Bolzano cleared of foreigners for political reasons, with two Americans named. Reports from Sofia and Belgrade hint regional alignments under German influence as tensions rise along the Chingroast coast amid protests and consular concerns in Tsingtao.
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Associated Press
Chamberlain
Yjuu
United States National Guard
England
Rome
Mussolinistae
Bolzano
Balzano
Sofia
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Tsing- Tau
George Nichols Held for Murder in Crash Death
George Nichols a 42 year old Tishomingo resident was bound over to district court on a murder charge after a preliminary hearing in W L Reed justice court. The crash near Ada killed George Gorham a 58 year old from Wewoka and seriously hurt Harry Factor his wife Irene their daughter and another girl. Nichols allegedly drove on the wrong side of Highway 13 and witnesses said he appeared intoxicated. Bond was set at 10000 via habeas corpus and Nichols remained hospitalized with a broken jaw.
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George Nichols
Tishomingo
Justice Court
W. L. Reed
Nichols
George Gorham
Ada
Gorham
Harry Factor
Irene
Sue Ann Wolf
Factors
Wewoka
Makes
Bond
Divorce Petition Filed in District Court
A divorce petition was filed in district court on Wednesday by Leonard Graves against Lucille Graves.
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Leonard Graves
Lucille Graves
Commodity truck schedule for Pontotoc county relief
Harvey D. Lar bert announces the Pontotoc relief distribution schedule with stops at Center Vaness Roff Byng Francis Oakman Homer Sparks Store Oil Center Galey Fittstown Stonewall Owl Creek Lula Allen Steedman and related times for July. The Oklahoma City dispatch notes 130 youthful first terms at McAlester penitentiary exchanging for 60 convicts at Granite reformatory, transfers completed without trouble.
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Harvey D. Larbert
Pontotoc County
Center
Vaness
Roff
Byng
Francis
Oakman
Homer
Sparks Store
Oil Center
Galey
Fittstown
Stonewall
Owl ' Creek
Lula
Allen
Steedman
Oklahoma
City
McAlester Penitentiary
Granite Reformatory
Jess Dunn
Wer
Jen
AFL Leaders Rally Congress Over WPA Wage Rule
AFL leaders meeting in Washington urge repeal of the 140 hour monthly security wage rule for WPA workers as they press Congress and President Roosevelt to restore prevailing wage rates. Union officials warn of strikes on government jobs if demands are ignored while some workers face discharge under WPA orders.
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Associated Prey
American Federation of Labor Unions
WPA
Congress
Roosevelt
AFL
National Capitol
Hugh van Arsdale
Electrical Workers Brotherhood
New York
Building Trades Unions
William Green
Federation
Washington
Green
American Federation of Labor
Minneapolis
St. Paul
F. C. Hartington
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