Repeal Gains Ground in Alabama and Arkansas Votes
The Associated Press reports Alabama's refer endum shows 78 456 votes for repeal and 46 692 against from 1 268 of 2 127 boxes and Arkansas totals 56 501 for repeal 26 375 against from 1 182 of 2 046 precincts. North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania and South Carolina to vote later as repeal tally nears 18 states.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Alabama
Tennessee
Oregon
Michigan
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wyoming
New
Jersey
Delaware
Indiana
Massachusetts
New York
Ilinois
Iowa
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Nevada
California
West Virginia
Arizona
Missouri
Texas
Washington
Vermont
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Idaho
New Mexico
Florida
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Arkansas votes for repeal of the eighteenth amendment
In Little Rock Arkansas appears to vote about three to two for repeal of the eighteenth amendment as early returns from 1 051 of 2 046 precincts show 54 829 for repeal to 34 778 against A repeal convention to elect 75 delegates is set for August 1 with wet majorities in 55 of 75 counties. Arkansas leaders plan immediate session to legalize beer and tax it for schools.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
M. I. Sigman
Arden P. Blalock
Alabama
H. K. Toney
Arkansas House of Representatives
Pine Bluff
Futrell
Arkansas Drys Capture Delegates for Eighteenth Amendment Vote
Arkansas dry forces claim victory in the state convention race to elect delegates for August 1. About 55 of 75 delegates chosen to lead the repeal effort, as tabulations show a roughly 3 to 2 margin in the popular referendum among nearly 100000 votes.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Repeal Election in Oklahoma Assured
Oklahoma City July 19 Gov Murray signed a legislative resolution setting up machinery for a statewide election and convention to repeal the 18th amendment. The vote will occur after December 5 at the state primary next July unless a special election is called. The measure funds delegates to a state convention and names the governor as chairman of the school land commission with the secretary to be named.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
School Land Commission
Balbo Leads Italian Air Flier Return to New York
General Italo Balbo tops a flotilla of 23 Italian planes arriving at Floyd Bennett Field New York on July 19 to begin the return leg to Italy. About 30,000 spectators greet the squadron as the three Balbo-led planes land by water near Jamaica Bay, followed by escort from American planes and the airship Macon.
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Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Air Aire
Italy
Italo Balbo
Chicas
Aligat
Jamaica Bay
Coast Guard
Macon
Balbo
Weathered landing halts Post’s round the world flight
Moscow July 19 American aviator Wiley Post landed at Rukhiovo Siberia after departing Irkutsk at 7 00 a m Moscow time his path toward Blagoveschensk was thwarted by bad weather. He reported the monoplane Winnie Mae brushed treetops and suffered slight damage but made a perfect landing and was near exhaustion.
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Moscow
Wiiley Post
Rukhiovo
Siberia
Tlagoveschensk
Post
Irkutsk
Blacoveschensk
Riykhlovo
Winnie Mae
May Begin Home Owners' Loan Distributions Next Week
H L Standeven of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation said the $60,600,000 Oklahoma credit will start distribution next week. Officials at Tulsa and Oklahoma City will receive instructions and machinery will be prepared to operate. Tulsa serves 34 counties. Oklahoma City 43, split by an eastern boundary line through Kay to Love counties.
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Tulsa
H. L. Standeven
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Standeven
Kay, Noble, Payne, Lincoln
Pottawatomie
Garvin, Murray, Carter
Love
Citizens League to file referendum petitions in Oklahoma City
The Citizens League plans to file 72 027 names with the secretary of state as a precaution against possible unconstitutionality of the compromise income tax law. Ned Looney, league attorney, said the safeguard is to cover a return to the prior law if needed. The first bill carried an emergency clause and is not subject to referendum. the second bill repealed the first.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Citizens League
Ned Looney
League
Colorado Governor Calls Special Session on Repeal Vote
Governor E C Johnson of Colorado said he will call a special session within days to set a date for a repeal vote. He predicted Colorado will vote for repeal by a two to one margin.
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Washington
E. C. Johnson
Colorado
Wiley Post Near Blagoveschensk on World Flight Leg
Pi-His lead over his 1931 record cut to three hours and 24 minutes as Wiley Post resumes from Irkutsk toward Blagoveschensk on the sixth leg of his world flight. Bad weather slowed progress and he planned to press on toward Khabarovsk to hedge time.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Blagoveschensk
Haugen, Former Congressmen, Dead at 74 in Iowa
Gilbert N. Haugen, 74, longtime Iowa congressman and coauthor of the McNary-Haugen farm relief measure, died of heart disease in Northwood. Survived by daughter Mrs. Joe Johnson and son L. G. Haugen of New York. Funeral in Northwood Friday afternoon.
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Northwood
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa
National House of Representatives
National House
Joe Johnson
L. G. Haugen
New York
National City Bank
McNary-Haugen
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Haugan
Rain falls in parts of corn area
The weather bureau weekly crop bulletin notes beneficial showers in the western corn belt from North Dakota to Kansas improving the corn crop. Farther south conditions are poor, especially in Oklahoma where corn is mostly burnt up except on bottom lands.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Two acting postmasters named in Oklahoma
Today two acting postmasters were appointed in Oklahoma John Shaw takes Fairfax and Libby S Carr is named at Frederick.
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Washington
Oklahoma
John Shaw
Fairfax
Libby S. Carr
Frederick
Plows Up Cotton to Help Roosevelt in Texarkana
Hagar Smith, a Black farmer, refuses monetary compensation to plow up cotton acreage for President Roosevelt's relief program. Tom Martin visits the 15 acre Smith farm and finds three acres already plowed. Martin urges signing a contract for government payment to reduce acreage. Smith declares he will plow his portion regardless and suggests others should follow.
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Texarkana
Ark
Hagar Smith
Roosevelt
Tom Martin
Smith
Martin
Mistah Roosevelt
Wives of flier's wives react to aviator husbands
Mrs Wiley Post sparked debate when she advised women not to marry pilots. Twin Cities wives respond, noting aviation keeps husbands away regardless. Mrs Freeberg, Mrs McNown and Mrs Keleh defend or question the idea, while Post supports marrying an aviator if deeply in love.
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Paul
Wiley Post
St. Paul
M. B. Freeberg
R. J. McNown
Texas Ranger Shot and Three Arrests in East Texas
Charles Lee Allison a 45 year old Texas ranger guarding oil leases was shot while reading at home. Two men aged 26 and 23 and a woman were arrested at their homes with the woman later released. Bullets pierced the dining room area as the attack occurred.
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Charles Lee Allison
Texas Ranger
East Texas
Allison
Petitions Demand Statewide Referendum On Cigaret Tax
Ed Milligan announces filing of petitions with 83,144 signatures to secure a statewide referendum on a 3 cent per pack cigaret tax. He says reserve petitions could push total beyond 130,000 with 235,000 needed and claims the filings are unchallengeable. A 10 day protest period to the petitions begins today.
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Oklahoma City
Ed Milligan
Milligan
Secretary of State
R. A. Sneed
Sneed
Four Prisoners Still At Large After Jail Escape
Four inmates who escaped Monday evening from the county jail remain at large today as officers pursue them across neighboring counties. The fugitives are Curt McCoy Ace Edmonson M P Cummings and Marvin Robinson who seized the jailer took keys and locked him in a cell before fleeing. Authorities say the men must be returned to face district court charges for the escape.
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Curt McCoy
Ace Edmonson
M. P. Cummings
Marvin Robinson
Marvin “Fat’ Robinson
Edmonson
Albert Nettles
Franks
McCoy
Texas
Robinson
Mont Hall
Hall
Cummings
Paul Denton
Claude Sturdevant
Sheriff's Office
Wealthy Mien Under Guard Amid Kidnap Probe
In Chicago on July 15 federal agents guarded nearly fifty wealthy residents after John Factor named a booklet of targets. Arthur Cutten and John Hertz were among those guarded. five suspect gang members including Mangano Fontana Rossi O Leary and Brown were sought.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
John Factor
Arthur Cutten
John Hertz
Hertz
Touhy
Cook County
Lawrence Mangano
Carl Fontana
Ernie Rossi
Charles O'Leary
Charles Brown
Louie” Alterie
the Tribune
Factor
Freedom Near for O Connell
Albany dispatch reports Johnny OConnell, held by kidnappers since July seven, likely to return by nightfall tomorrow as private negotiations near conclusion. Rumors spread through streets and speakeasies amid optimism about a $250000 ransom and a note exchange printed in a New York paper involving go-betweens John J Sally and others.
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Robert J. Cavagnaro
Albany
N. Y
Johnny O'Connell
O'Connell
Dan O'Connell
O’connell
New York
John J
Sally
O'Connell Brothers
Bail Denied for John H. Gray in Murder Case
District Judge J. F. McKeel denied bail to John H. Gray who faces trial on murder charges connected to the shotgun slaying of Charley Long near Steedman. The two day hearing included testimony and lengthy arguments from both sides before the judge took the case under advisement.
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J. F. McKeel
John H. Gray
Charley Long
Gray's Hom
Steedman
McKeel
MecKeel
Stenographer Bitten by Rabid Squirrel Seeks Pasteur Treatment
Miss Ethel Stuart a stenographer for District Judge E V Vernor was administered Pasteur treatment after a squirrel bite in Muskogee on July 19. The animal, believed to be rabies infected, prompted immediate medical action.
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Muskogee
Ethel Stuart
E. V. Vernor
Cotton Market Slumps Then Rebounds on Weather Reports
New Orleans on July 19 cotton futures fell to lows as grains slipped but recovered late to close around 2.15 per bale, with October futures sliding from 11.87 to 11.30 and settling near 11.46. Spot cotton dropped 2.20 cents to mark 11.24 cents per pound as traders weighed rains in the west belt.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
West Belt
Ada graduates two from Ada to receive degrees
From Ada two students will receive Oklahoma A and M college summer degrees. Lewis C. Thomas earns a Master of Science and Hubert C. Laird a Bachelor of Science in the engineering school. Commencement is July 20. Dr. Thomas W. Butcher is the speaker.
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H. L. Winburn
First Baptist Church
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Utilities Must Absorb HL Tax In Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission ordered utilities to absorb a one percent sales tax and not pass it to consumers. Commissioners Walker and Walton signed the order with Hughes dissenting. The ruling saves roughly $450,000 yearly for Oklahoma consumers while allowing protests and possible changes if returns are insufficient.
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Oklahoma City
Corporation Commission
Utilities Companies of
Oklahoma
Paul Walker
J. C. Walton
E. R. Hughes
Walker
Commission
Paul Reed
The
Fall feed crop advice for Pontotoc County farmers
County agent J B Hill urges farmers to plant late crops and winter pastures to avert a feed shortage after a severe drouth. Recommended crops include hegari sorghum darso field peas June corn Sudan cane and fall gardens such as Irish potatoes planted by August or early September to feed livestock through winter.
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Drouth
Pontotoc
J. B. Hill
Sudan
Oklahoma Industry Codes Under Study in Oklahoma
Oklahoma industry codes are being drafted with input from associations. Harry V. Kahle of Associated Industries of Oklahoma will travel to Washington to resolve which federal department will supervise specific sectors such as cotton gins and cotton seed oil mills. State codes progress ahead of meetings in Oklahoma City as groups including Petroleum Marketers and automobile dealers prepare.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Industries
Harry V. Kahle
Associated Industries of Oklahoma
Washington
Kahle
Agricultural Department
Johnson
Oklahoma Petroleum Marketers’ Association
Muskogee
Fewer Oklahomans Pay Income Taxes in 1931
Treasury department counts 30,901 Oklahoma residents filing 1931 income tax returns with $1,645,374 paid. Tulsa leads counties with 7,684 taxpayers, Oklahoma County reports 7,169. Ada, Pontotoc County accounts show 248 filers with 29 percent in Ada and 16 in Allen.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Department
Pontotoc County
Ada
Allen
Coal County
Johnston
Seminole
Hughes
Garvin
Tulsa County
Tulsa
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City
Police hold two kidnap suspects in Alton case
In St Louis on July 19 police arrested Frank Douglass 41 and another suspect in the kidnapping and release of August Luer 77 Alton banker. Luer's wife identified Percy Fitzgerald and a woman as participants and extortion via mail charges against Fitzgerald. Soviet court sentenced five men to death for sabatoge involving restaurant soup.
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ST. Louis
Department of Justice
Frank Douglass
August Luer
Alton, Ill
Douglass
Percy Michael Fitzgerald
Luer
Fitzgerald
Four Prisoners Escape County Jail In Broad Daylight
Four prisoners escaped from the county jail around 7 pm Monday and remained at large as deputies sought clues to recapture them. Escapees were Ace Edmonson Curt McCoy Marvin Robinson and M P Cummings. Mont Hall jailer assisted the escape and was later rescued by Claude Sturdevant. Investigations spread statewide continued.
Relief Promised for Stricken Farmers in Panhandle
In Guymon Oklahoma on July 19 plans were discussed for a proposed federal relief highway program in the drought and disaster struck panhandle. Walter Arnold from the federal bureau of roads Claude Sales from the state highway department and Al Jennings the resident engineer met to review proposed federal aid on highways in the area. A batch of 2990 sacks of flour weighing 24 pounds each arrived at Red Cross headquarters for distribution to distressed farmers.
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Guymon
Okla
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Walter Arnold
Federal Bureau of Roads
Claude Sales
State Highway Department
al Jennings
Red Cross
Company Seeks To Cancel Policy Of Death Row Inmate
Aetna Life Insurance filed suit at the Oklahoma penitentiary to cancel a $5,000 policy on Claude Oliver of Murray county claiming he procured the policy on himself to obtain one on his wife. Oliver is scheduled to die by electric chair August 26 for beating his wife to death. The suit seeks to recover the policy on the wife as well.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Claude Oliver
Murray County
Aetna
Oliver
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