Weevils and Potatoes Amid Cotton Fight in Pontotoc
C S Aldrich presents two potato samples weighing one pound and six ounces more, claiming 44 tubers yield about 60 pounds. Irish Cobbler tubers stored for profit as price falls short. Claud Johnson faces boll weevil pressure on his farm between Stonewall and Lula, applying arsenate and molasses. Entomologist Sanborn advocates 1 1 1 mix for rapid control. Local agriculture urges united action against boll weevil to protect cotton belts.
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C. S. Aldrich
Claud Johnson
Stonewall
Lula
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Claud
Noone
M. College
C. E. Sanborn
Pontotoc County
Cotton Council
Cotton
Frank Fowler
L. M. Ward
W. L. Donoughen
F. W. Kinly
R. P. Rignald
R. B. Watson
L. D. Bast
F. A. Ferguson
Ada
Frank Beck
Railway official donates to boll weevil control effort
Mr. Harwell, manager of the O. C. A. A. railway company, called this morning and presented $50 to support boll weevil control work. The gift boosts local pest management aims.
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Harwell
O. C.A.A. Railway Company
Boll Weevil War Bulletins Inspect Two Cotton Patches
T J Chambless and W F Lindsay inspected ten acres of cotton near Ada along the Allen highway and found no boll weevil signs in P A Norris’ crop but saw many punctured squares in the adjacent Cornelius Nelson field. Norris has poisoned his patch with calcium arsenate and molasses. Burns offers a dollar per weevil. The Nelson patch remains untreated and infested, with the Weevil couple noted nearby.
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T. J. Chambless
W. F. Lindsay
P. A. Norris
Ada
Allen Highway
Cornelius Nelson
Mr. Norris
C. F E. Burns
Mrs. Bell Weevil
Plan canvass of Democrat power in national campaign
New York July 3 A state by state canvass to size up political conditions precedes the Democratic presidential drive. National committee members return home after conferences led by John J. Raskob with Governor Smith backing the push. Plans call for a limited stump tour and radio broadcasts, with final campaign scope to be settled by Senator Gerry and party advisers.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
John J. Raskob
General Motors
Smith
Gerry
Rhode Island
Albany
Raskob
Maryland
Herbert Lehman
National Committee
Cotton Markets Fall Then Rally on Weather News
In New OrleansJuly 17 AP reports a further decline near 1.50 a bale as favorable crop and weather data prompted liquidation. In New York July 17 AP notes initial sell off 25–30 points followed by steadiness as buying and covering reduced early losses.
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New York
Cotton market opens steady on rains reports and cover
The New York cotton market opened steady today, down 1 to 12 points, aided by rain reports in Mississippi and initial covering as the recent break was seen as strengthening the technical position.
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New York
Mississippi
Cottes futures open steady with mixed early quotes
New Orleans July 17. Futures prices opened steady with January at 20.52. March 20.89 and October 20.67 noted, while December remained unspecified in the initial report.
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New Orleans
Cottes
Cotton futures open steady in New York
In New York on July 17 the cotton futures market showed steady openings with July at 21.05, October 21.28, December 21.07, January 20.90, and March 20.95 as reported by AP.
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New York
Cotton Market Dips Nearly A Dollar On Favorable Crops
New Orleans July 17 Continued favorable crop reports and easy Liverpool cables weighed on cotton, causing an early decline of about $1.00 a bale in the market today.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Cotton market closes steady in New Orleans
New Orleans on July 17 reports speet cotton closing steady with 15 points drop. Sales total 524, low middling 20.24, middling 21.14, good middling 21.54, receipts 1,522, stock 185,283.
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New Orleans
Wheat prices rise as North American exports tally gains
Chicago July 17 AP reports new wheat export business in North America estimated at 1,500,000 bushels and European complaints of warmth push prices higher. Northwest spring wheat reports are favorable and winter wheat harvest movement in the southwest is liberal. Corn shows independent strength with scarce future delivery offerings.
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Chicago
North America
Wheat Prices Rise on Demand and Canadian Storm Losses
Chicago wheat futures edge higher early amid signs of stronger export demand and Canadian storm damage. Liverpool quotations weaken the start. Oklahoma City cattle and hog markets show limited gains with diverse classes posting mixed prices. fat cattle steady to higher, calves softer, hogs steady with top around 11.05.
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Oklahoma City
Libel Suit Filed Against Magee Editor in Oklahoma City
John J. Harden a real estate dealer and financier filed a 250000 libel suit in Oklahoma City naming Carl Magee editor of The News as a defendant. The petition quotes sixteen editorials criticizing Harden over his ties to a city contracting market and a paying company. Magee called the suit an emotion driven action saying it seeks damages for hurt feelings.
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Oklahoma City
John J. Harden
Carl Magee
The
Oklahoma News
Harden
Magee
the News
Idaho farmer slays family and escapes
John Allred, 45, a Aberdeen farmer living 20 miles west of Pocatello, shot and killed his wife and her brother Joseph Russell and wounded another brother in law at the Allred ranch three miles from town. He fled toward the Craters of the Moon lava field after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Pocatello
John Allred
Aberdeen
Here
Joseph Russell
Allred
Craters of the Moon
East Central College extends summer term extension session
East Central College will hold a July 20 to August 9 extension term with classes meeting twice daily six days a week. About 30 courses are offered as part of a program to help students complete two to four missing hours toward an advanced certificate. An estimated 200 to 300 students are expected, with graduation exercises Thursday at 9 a.m. and a keynote by Senator E Guy Andrews.
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Tenn
East Central
Oklahoma
E. Guy Andrews
McAlester
Guy L. Andrews
Andrews
State Senate
Aca
Accelors
Gilbert T. Rowe
Nashville
Rowe
Senator Andrews
Department of Speech
Wm. V. O’connell
V. A. Newcomb
Department of Business Education
Brewbaken College
Baltimore
Tragic double incident at Grove City hospital
Police report a man, Miller, visited the Hosack home. after his proposal was rebuffed he fired a shot at a girl wounding her above the heart and then killed himself. Doctors said she had a chance to recover.
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Grove City
Miller
Hosack
Wide Age Range Marks Summer Teacher College Graduates
The graduating class includes 18 to 47 year olds with 0 to 20 years teaching experience. The youngest graduate Miss Roba Holt has not taught before, while Guy M. Wood has taught for 20 years. Fall outlook: enrollment is expected to rise, faculty expanded, and programs broadened to offer university level instruction at lower costs.
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Roba Holt
Guy M. Wood
Wood
Miss Holt
Southwest
Teachers College
East Central Leads Oklahoma in Summer Graduates
East Central College reports a summer graduating class of 107 the largest in Oklahoma among colleges. Central State Teachers College in Edmond trails with 103 graduates. Other state teachers colleges show smaller numbers.
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East Central
College of
Oklahoma
Central State Teachers College
Edmond
Oklo
Absent Voters Permitted In Oklahoma Primaries
Registered voters away from home may vote in Oklahoma primaries if they remain within the state and carry their registration certificate. A Pontotoc County resident in Woodward would vote a state ballot normally and a Woodward county ballot with Pontotoc names, which would be mailed to Pontotoc for counting. Teachers away for county elections are reminded they do not lose voting privileges while within the state.
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Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Woodward
Woodward County
Election Board
East Central College Senior Day Plans Amid Banquet Note
East Central College held Senior Day events as alumni banquet details emerged at the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening at seven. The note mentions pledges toward summer work, with upperclassmen and President Linscheid absent from the campus activities.
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Presbyterian Church
East Central College
Linscheid
East Central
College Expands Women’s Physical Ed as History Sociology Grow
The college highlights steady growth in the women’s physical education department under Miss Jones with 516 students and four hours required before graduation. Summer work by Miss Calhoun and a new health education building promise expanded opportunities. The History and Sociology department also shows rapid expansion with eight years of staff growth and higher enrollment, signaling strong social science demand at East Central.
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Miss Jones
Peabody College For
East Central
Twenty-One Face Penalties After Game Law Charges
Oklahoma City July 16 Twenty-one men were arrested last week by special rangers under the state fish and game commission. The crackdown targeted gigging nets and dynamite on the Canadian Verdigris Grand and Washita rivers. Nearly half have pleaded guilty and await sentence.
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Oklahoma City
State Fish and Game Commission
Ray O. Weems
Game and Fish
Verdigris
Grand
Washita
Chickasha
Madill
State Department
County Agent Announces Okla State Fair Exhibit by J B Hill
J B Hill county agent will prepare an agricultural display for the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City September 22 to 29. The exhibit will show the best local crops and compete for 2300 in cash prizes with a 250 trophy and trips to the International Livestock Show in Chicago for district winners. Hill aims to win and promote Pon totoc county's produce.
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Pontotoc County
Chicago
Hill
Proprietor of Mount Vernon rooms held on murder charge
A. L. Bilyeu proprietor of the Mount Vernon rooms in Picher was bound over for trial on arson with bond set at 7000. Judge Cuddie Davidson ordered murder charges after a hearing prompted by the June 8 fire that killed two women Evelyn Webb and Peggy McMillan. The state presented strong circumstantial evidence including an insurance policy and a furniture sale arrangement testified by Mrs. Henry Craig.
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Miami
Okla
A. L. Bilyeu
Mount Vernon
Picher
Cuddie Davidson
Evelyn Webb
Peggy McMillan
Davidson
A. L. Commons
Bilgeu
Henry Craig
Bilyeu
Lower Seine Blocked By 6000 Adrift Wine Barrels
Havre reports the lower Seine closed to navigation after 6000 wine barrels adrift from the steamer Moshreb Acsa, grounded near Monfleur. Underwriters offer four dollars per barrel for recoveries as the ship and cargo valued near a million dollars are lost.
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Lower Seine
Havre
France
Seine
Algiers
Monfleur
McKeel Returns From Lions International Convention
Ada Lions president J F McKeel returned from Des Moines Iowa where he attended the Lions clubs international convention. The Lions will dine with the Kiwanis tonight and the club meets Tuesday at the regular time with secretary Harvey Faust explaining the schedule.
Lovers quarrel ends in death at Erie
Police say a lovers quarrel in Erie resulted in the death of Frank Miller of Grove City and critically wounded Mabel Hosack of Pardoe. The incident occurred near Erie on July 16 as investigators described it as a domestic dispute escalated to deadly violence.
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Erie
Frank Miller
Grove City
Mabel Hosack
Pardoe
Youth fights off rattlesnake. collapses from fright
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on July 17 a 23-year-old man, Louis Karkosky, was found unconscious with a three foot rattlesnake tail around his neck after he grabbed the snake to remove it. He was hospitalized but had not been bitten and remained under observation after doctors and bystanders intervened.
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Pottsville
Mt. Pleasant
Minesville
Louis Karkosky
Karkosky
Peter Mowery
John Hopter
Leroy Purcell
Pampa Man Bets Mountain Dew on Oklahoma Governor Rule
A Pampa Texas man wagered a gallon of mountain dew that a governor need not be a lawyer. He asked the attorney general for ruling. A G official replied You win confirming the bet’s premise.
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Pampa
Texas
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
J. Berry King
Announced Democratic Primary Candidates Listed
The notice names Democratic primary candidates for announced offices including Sheriff T J Morrow Miers J M Etchieson Walker John Rawls County Clerk W B Summers J W Bohannon L E Franklin reelected County Treasurer J J Copeland Uncle Jim Stanfield Superintendent A Floyd Mrs Ethel Watson County Attorney J W Dean E J Walker John R J Keahey Congress Fourth District Tom D McKeown P L Gassaway.
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T. J
Rome
Morrow Miers J. M
RUSH
Etchieson
Walker John Rawls
J. J. Copeland
Center
J. M
Jim
Stanfield
A. Floyd
Ethel Watson
J. W. Dean
E. J. Walker John R. J. Keahey
Congress
Tom D. McKeown P. L. Gassaway
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Mr. Nelson
Frank Mann
National
William Allen White
Emporia, Kan
Boll Weevil War Bulletins
PLAN
Democrat
Canada
Devil's den
Johnston County
Linseheld
W. B. Morrison
Ida Mackin
Emma Kellar
W. W. O'Connell
Speech
A. Willard Brokaw
Shawnee
Polly Wallace
Permelia Ann Stringfield
Seminole County
Mamie McCormick
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Teachers College of the South
W. V. O’connell
College
Devils den
Rattler
Cratic
Ac Peck
I. R. Gilmore
John M. Thompson
George R. Collins, JR
W. B
Bill) Summers
J. W. Bohannon
L. E. Franklin
Tal Crawford
Claude V. Thompson
Fer
Will M. Thompson
Otto Strickland Gardner Errly
Robert J. Wimbish
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