George Collins and Clyde Kaiser Win Ford Beatens Dew
Final unofficial precinct returns from Pontotoc County show George Collins and Clyde Kaiser renominated for county posts. Sam Dew leads Tommy Ford in county treasurer race. Collins faces Virgil Collins and Barney Abbott in district two. Close contests also include district one and three commissioner races with suspended members faring poorly. MWe note Wadlington defeats Stanfield for county attorney. Driskill wins county judge race. Kaiser dominates sheriff renomination, and Ada races for justice of the peace and constable go to Reed and Black respectively.
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Pontotoc County
Clyde Kaiser
George Toler
Geo. Collins
Della Bedford
Bill Bevers
Sam Dew
Tommy Ford
Dew
Ford
George Collins
Virgil Collins
Barney Abbott
Abbott
Collins
A. A. Caldwell
Elmer Chandler
Bill Pegg
Chandler
Pegs
Caldwell
J. E. Hall
W. F. Morris
Sam Sallee
Morris
Salee
Hall
John Boyce McKeel
Hoyt Driskill
Driskill
Jimmie Dean
Franklin Bourland
Carloss Wadlington
Ada
Virgil Stanfield
Wad- Hagten
Stanfield
Elmer Hodges
Hodges
W. L. Reed
Walter Black
Walter Dickerson
New Taxes To Be Studied
President Roosevelt's estimate of a four billion deficit raises questions on potential new or higher taxes. Treasury experts are gathering data for possible tax revision, studying state and federal systems and exemptions. Recommendations may focus on workable and equitable tax laws rather than higher yields.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Department
Mattson kidnapping slaying remains mystery in Tacoma
Tacoma reports a renewed hope for a breakthrough in the Mattson kidnaping and slaying case. Dr. M W Conway cites a man named Frank Olson who confessed to the abduction but was found to be an inmate at the state hospital at the time of Charles Mattson ten’s death, keeping the case unsolved.
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Tacoma
Wash
P —& Hope
Mattson
Spokane
M. W.conway
State Instane Hospital
Frank Olson
Charles Mattson
Effort To Check On Air Raids Failure
London reports July 18 that Britain’s bid to create an international commission to probe air bombings of civilian centers in Spain has failed. Prime Minister Chamberlain said the plan, which involved the United States France Norway Sweden and the Netherlands, was impossible. Britain will dispatch a two man mission to Spain while the United States and Sweden declined the invitation.
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London
Spain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
France
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Britain
Jaycees Push Ada Fireworks Ban Movement
Ada Jaycees join a campaign to ban fireworks within Ada city limits for the Fourth of July and other holidays. Martin Clark Jr. reports his filling station damaged by a firecracker prompting the effort. A committee will draft a resolution for city commissioners, with Parent-Teacher involvement sought to back the ordinance. Clark cites about $2000 in damages and aims to prevent similar fires.
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Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Martin Clark, Jr
Aire
Paul Corbin
W. B. Grigsby
Rigsby Owen
Fresh Buying Wave Lifts Stock Market to New Highs
New York July 13 A fresh buying wave lifts the stock market to new high prices since last autumn. Scrap steel prices at Pittsburgh and hopeful auto outlook reports spur large scale buying of steel, motor and industrial shares. Midday activity shows blocks of 1000 to over 9000 shares changing hands and total volume above 1.6 million by noon. Bond market remains firm as commodities like wheat hides and rubber rise. Major gainers include US Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward Case Texas Corp Nash Kelvinator Greyhound Westinghouse Allied Chemical. Eastman rose as much as six dollars.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Case
Texas Corp
Nash Kelvinator
Greyhound
Westinghouse Electric
Allied Chemical
Eastman
Probe Of Lynchings Asked By Senator Wagner
Senator Robert F. Wagner called for a federal investigation into two recent lynchings in Rolling Fork Mississippi and Arabi Georgia to protect civil rights and deter further mob violence during congressional adjournment. He urged the Department of Justice to examine 14th Amendment violations and to bring the guilty to justice.
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Albany
Robert F. Wagner
D.N
Cummings
Wagner
Congress
Department of Justice
Rolling Fork
Miss
Arabi
McKeel Leads Nichols In Final Unofficial Returns
John Boyce McKeel Pontotoc county judge led Allen G. Nichols in unofficial returns from Pontotoc and another county. In Nichols home county Nichols tallied 8,023 to 6,844 for McKeel, while Pontotoc showed 7,512 for McKeel and 5,265 for Nichols. Total two county returns: McKeel 14,386 Nichols 13,288.
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John Boyce McKeel
Pontotoc
Allen G. Nichols
Wewoka
McKeel
Pontotee County
Nichols
State Senate
Pontotoc County
Youth Shot in Garvin County While Hunting
Fourteen year old Hershel Ridling was seriously wounded by a gunshot in Garvin County while hunting near Stratford. He told Sheriff Clyde Kaiser he did not see the shooter and thought it might be accidental. Ridling’s father could offer no explanation beyond suspicion of an accident, and physicians warned of ongoing recovery challenges. Investigators Kaiser and Seymor planned to visit the Ridling home to determine exactly what happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershel Ridling
North
Stratford
Pontotor
Garvin
Clyde Kaiser
J. & Ridling
Kaiser
Hershel
Claude Seymour
Garvin County
Tabulated Returns by Pontotoc County Precincts
The News election staff provides complete unofficial results tabulated by precincts. Page 3 lists all Pontotoc county precincts results for state and county totals.
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News
Pontotoc County
McCabe Upsets Kerr In District One Legislature Race
In Pontotee county Fred McCabe defeats incumbent Aubrey Kerr for the district one seat, with McCabe 6,843 votes to Kerr 3,651 and Hubbard 661. Moss Wimbish leads in the other race with 4,505 votes, Owens 2,304, Mitchell 2,302.
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Pontotee County
Fred McCabe
Aubrey Kerr
Moss Wimbish
Ada
McCabe
Kerr
Hubbard
Wimbish
Owens
Mitchell
Roosevelt Crowd Cheers as Senator McCarran Joins Train Stop
On July 13 in Carlin Nevada President Roosevelt paused his talk to greet Senator Fat McCarran a Nevada foe of some New Deal proposals. McCarran boarded Ogden Utah prior to the stop and joined the president on the rear platform exchanging cheers and jokes while Roosevelt pushed the water use plan for Nevada residents.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Carlin
Nev
Fat McCarran
D.-Nev
Albert Hilliard
McCarran
Hilliard
Ogden
Utah
Mr. Roosevelt
Hughes Plane Heads Home From Alaska
Howard Hughes and four crew members refueled in Fairbanks and prepared for the final leg to St Paul Minnesota setting a globe girdling speed record push. Radio operator Richard Stoddart said the craft would refuel at Edmonton Winnipeg or St Paul as they head toward New York. The flight is ahead of Wiley Post's prior record while crews rushed to refuel and crowds gathered to greet the famous flyers.
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Edmonton
Alberta
UPI
Richard Stoddart
Howard Hughes
Edmonton Aviation
Fairbanks
Hughes
St. Paul
Minn
Alaska
United States
Oklahoma
Yaktusk
Siberia
Richard St
France Fortifies Border on the Southern Frontier
PERPIGNAN France July 13 Insurgent General Franco reportedly planned a northern push with Italian aid. About 20 000 Italians mostly mountain troops massed in the Noguera Pallaresa valley to strike east and sever Barcelona’s links to France. General Bertrand Falgade surveyed eastern border defenses as Italy’s force buildup continued near Boratbie. The attack would threaten to reopen the frontier and allow war supplies to flow into government Spain.
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Perpignan
France
Franco
Noguera Pallaresa
Barcelona
Bertrand Falgade
Boratbie
Mediterranean
Spain
Second Will Rogers Is Named To Office
Oklahoma City July 13. Will Rogers name repeats as returns from yesterday's primary show Will Rogers a 22 year old Muskogee bakery truck driver winning the Democratic nomination for a seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The late cowboy humorist's influence appears evident as Representative Wil Rogers, congressman at large, proves the power of his note with voters.
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Oklahoma City
Will Rogers
Mae West
Wilbur Wright
Joe E. Brown
Oliver Cromwell
Brigham Young
Muskogee
Wil Rogers
Oklahoma primary narrows as Phillips leads Key
Oklahoma City July 13 AP Two new deal supporters fight a close governor race with Leon C. Phillips slighting W S Key while Murray falls behind In the Senate contest Elmer Thomas expands his lead over Gomer Smith and E W Marland Unofficial returns from most precincts show Phillips and Key near the same total with Murray trailing Roosevelt allies hail the results
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Oklahoma City
New Deal
Govrnor
W. H
Murray
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Leon C. Phillips
House of Representatives
W. S. Key
WPA
Phillips
Key
Senate
Gomer Smith
National Townsend Club
E. W. Marland
Smith
Marland
Washington
Leon Phillips
WS. Key
Davison Wins In Judge Race In Oklahoma
Ada attorney Denver Davison directed his campaign from his bedside after an appendicitis operation and led Clark 33,444 to 17,063 with 332 of 382 precincts reporting. Davison seeks renomination to the state supreme court from the eighth district, having been appointed last year to replace Busby.
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Denver Davison
Ada
State Supreme Court
Davison
Clark
Supreme Court
Ore] Busby
Shawnee
Curb Service on Traffic Approved in Cleveland
Cleveland officials unveiled a rolling four man police bureau at busy intersections to curb violations. The mobile station arrested offenders on the spot, booked them, and released them on bond for police court appearances. Deputy traffic commissioner John Sammon said the method speeds up cases while they are hot. Also noted, during the 1936 season 70 000 tons of South African fruit reached the port of London.
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Cleveland
Cri
John, Sammon
London
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Treasury Department
Jaycees
P.T
A Will
al Nichols
L. I. Burrows
Breco Clins
Bert C. Judkins
East Ninth
Main
Mississippi
FDR
Paul
Rep. Smith
Mike Monroney
Okla Toga City
Townsend
Geb Blanks
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