Pioneer Meeting at Hollis Promises Greer County Pioneers
Hollis hosts a southwest Oklahoma Greer county pioneers celebration on July 26 with 15 broncho riders and side saddle parade riders. Elmer Gardner aims to unite over 200 pioneers registered in the old Greer county club as bands tour Greer Harmon and Jackson counties and expects more than 19,000 visitors.
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Holaas
Greer County
Hollis
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Elmer Gardner
Oklahoma
Gardner
Aves
Jack Cahill
Hester
Red River
Fi. Keno
Albert Sweet
Manfum
Mangcum
Frances Paul
Blair
J. G. White
Elmer
Beulah Greer Jones
Mangum
Emmit Talley
Chicago Hosts Rioting Welcome For Italian Fliers
In Chicago a rioting welcome greeted Italian fliers while in the Rocky Mountain area output fell by 360 barrels to seven percent daily. The report notes the estimated daily average production for the week ending July 15 and compares it with the prior week.
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Rocky Mountain
Rain Drenches Oklahoma. drought relief inches spread
Rain drenched northwest Oklahoma and extended eastward, easing drought fears. Enid reported 1.15 inches, Tulsa 1.09, and other towns including Buffalo, Woodward, Sayre, Alva, Forgan, Guymon, Muskogee, Oklahoma City, and Chickasha received showers. Farmers sowed winter feed crops as moisture prospects improve.
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Northwest
Alahoma
Woodward
Enid
Buffalo
Sayre
Alva
Fergan
Guymon
Panhandle
Muskogee
Tulsa
Miami
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Grady County
Watonza
Powca
Drumright
Chandler
Relief for Home Owners in High Relief for Oklahoma City
Relief for Oklahomans facing foreclosures is being prepared by John Mahr state manager of the Home Owners Loan Corporation. The program aims to aid homeowners at risk, with loans up to 14 000 on homes valued up to 20 000, mortgaged as of June 13 1923. Mortgage holders may accept 18 year bonds at 4 percent guaranteed by the government, or cash loans with a 15 year six percent mortgage if the loan is 40 percent or less of appraised value. Cooperation from lenders is essential for bond exchange success.
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Oklahoma City
Drought relief as Ada reports heavy midweek rain
Ada welcomed 1.8 inches of rain easing a two month drought for corn and boosting cotton and fall garden planting. Records show May rains dried since June heat spiked to 109 degrees marking a historical high, with garden and corn damage in Pontotoc County.
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Prom
Ada
Pontotoc County
Oil Output Shows Slight Increase
Tulsa dispatch reports a national crude oil daily average rise of 8 361 barrels to 2 791 421 last week despite declines in Texas and East Texas. Oklahoma increases to 488 980 barrels and California gains to 488 000, with Kansas up to 132 570 and eastern fields at 112 000.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
St Louis
Texas
Lathrop
East Texas
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain Area
California
Tulsa
Gas Journal
Kansas
June employment up over half a million says Perkins
Secretary Perkins reported more than 500000 people found work in June across manufacturing and 16 nonmanufacturing sectors, a 7 percent rise from May and 11 percent payroll gain. She cautioned that June is typically slack for manufacturing and the trend may not persist. Oklahoma City notes the state supreme court recessed for summer to September 5, with only emergency cases heard.
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Washington
Perkins
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Secretary of Labor
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Dance Hall Closer Ordered Near City Limits
Judge J F McKeel granted a temporary order closing a dance hall about 400 feet north of the city limits on Highway 48 operated by Roy Clark. County Attorney Truman Harrison asked for the closing claiming the hall is a public nuisance with drunken brawls, especially on Tuesday and Friday dances. The order directs Sheriff Clyde Kaiser to close the hall until the August 9 hearing on a permanent injunction.
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Hall
City
J. F. McKeel
Roy Clark
Truman Harrison
McKeel
Clyde Kaiser
Modified Rules For Plowing Up Cotton
Farm administrators announced a plan allowing cotton farmers who signed output curtailment agreements to plow up portions of fields without waiting for formal offer acceptance. The move aims to let growers in favorable regions immediately plant feed crops for home use. Bernice Johnson and Gordon Witherspoon Married Today in the home of the bride’s parents with Rev. W L Blackburn officiating.
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Washington
Gordon Witherspoon
Bernice Johnson
E. B. Johnson
Bernice
W. L. Blackburn
First Methodist Church
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton Faces Divorce Suit
David Hutton baritone sues for divorce in superior court alleging mental cruelty and public humiliation. He cites Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton’s absence on a world tour, a Paris hospital stay, and a hoax about a baby as part of marital strain. He plans a theater career and seeks a share of community property.
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Los Angeles
David L. Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
Angelus Temple
Yuma
Ariz
Europe
Hutton
Paris
Temple
Aimee
Mexico
County Nears Acreage Quota in Cotton Reduction
Oklahoma pledged 1,022,000 acres toward the national cotton reduction quota by Saturday night. Pontotoc County had pledged 9,759 of 11,112 acres, with the county's last year’s cotton area 24,323 acres and payments totaling 42,136.75 dollars without option.
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Oklahoma
PD. P. Trent
J. B. Hill
Pontotoc County
Graduation Week Opens for 120 East Central Students
East Central State Teachers College begins Graduation Week with 120 summer degree candidates. Dr. Claude Hill of Tulsa delivers the baccalaureate sermon urging a will to live and to do good, while the First Baptist tabernacle hosts the ceremonies attended by faculty, students, and community members.
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Claude Hill
Tulsa
East Central State Teachers College
First Baptist Church
S. A. J. Peard
O. B. Lee
A. Linseheid
East Central
Tabernacle
Hill
Jesus
God
Dr. Hill
Jesus Christ
Two Gunmen and Two Deputies Die in New Mexico Shootouts
In two counties, a rifle battle left Oklahoma fugitive Frank Wallace and Deputy Sheriff Barney Leonard dead after surrounding him in Roswell. Nearby near Ramon Lincoln county head deputy Tom Jones and bandit Glenn Hunsacker were killed. another bandit escaped. The gang previously held up a Lovington bank last fall.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Frank Wallace
Oklahoma
Barney Leonard
Wallace
Roswell
Tom Jones
Lincoln County
Glenn Hunsacker
Ramon
Lovington
Two Women Injured In Auto Collision At Vinita
Two women were hurt when an automobile and a truck collided in Vinita last night. Mrs. George Hopkins fifty suffered a broken spine while Mrs. B Chapman seventy five sustained internal injuries and a broken shoulder. Bert Jones the car’s driver and two other occupants were unhurt. Fred Richardson of Tulsa faces charges of criminal negligence.
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Vinita
George Hopkins
Craig County
B. Chapman
Bert Jones
Fred Richardson
Tulsa
Robbers Remove 2-Ton Safe From Neosho Falls Bank
A trio of robbers moved a 2 ton bank safe from Neosho Falls Kansas with two coerced helpers. The safe was loaded into a truck and driven away while the two men were released unharmed three miles south of town. Cashier Glenn Finney declined to reveal the amount of money inside.
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Neosho Falls
Kas
P—Aa
Glenn Finney
Funeral Rites Held for Allie Crews at Lawrence
Funeral services for Allie Crews age 23 were conducted at the home of Bill Newcomb in Lawrence with Rev. Clay Gregory officiating. Burial followed at Oakman Cemetery. Crews body was found beside a Francis railroad track after a freight train passed. Authorities believe he fell accidentally from the train and sustained a fatal neck injury. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Crews and several siblings.
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Allie Crews
Francis
Bill Newcomb
Lawrence
Clay Gregory
Oakman Cemetery
Keith
Crews
George Washington Crews
One Killed Two Wounded In Gunfight Near Muskogee
Tahlequah July 17 One man died and two girls were wounded during a gunfight four miles east of Muskogee. A C Tuttle 50 was killed his daughter Virgie Marie 12 critically wounded and Minnie Willis 19 shot in the leg. Sheriff and deputy arrested Dewey Tuttle Sr Dewey Tuttle Jr Arthur Burchett and Dan Mara on robbery charges.
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Tahlequah
Muskogee
A. C. Tuttle
Virgie Marie
Minnie Willis
Joe Sanders
Joe Smith
Tuttle
Dewey Tuttle, Sr
Dewey Tuttle, Jr
Arthur Burchett
Dan Mara
Sand Springs
Here
King Rules Many Adoptions In Oklahoma Textbooks
Attorney General King voids many recent textbook adoptions ruling the state commission cannot approve new adoptions before May 10 of the prior contract year. State Superintendent Vaughan says about 40 percent of adoptions are affected, including roughly half of grade school and a third of high school selections. Governor Murray counters he signed the law and knew what he was doing.
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Oklahoma City
King
John Vaughan
State Textbook Commission
Vaughan
Murray
Textbook Commission
Murray Attack on Pollock Stands in Oklahoma Senate
The Oklahoma senate journal retained as a permanent record a message attacking Federal Judge John C. Pollock over a $168,000 Durant Denison Red River bridge judgment against Oklahoma. Senator George Jennings condemned the assault as un American while noting insinuations of a $56,000 bribery claim.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
John C. Pollock
Kansas City
Oklahoma Senate Journal
A. L. Commons
Miami
Senate
Official beer vote announced in Oklahoma legalization
The state election board announced that 3.2 percent beer was legalized in Oklahoma by a vote of 224,598 to 129,582 after canvassing 77 counties. Governor Murray received the certified returns and issued a proclamation declaring beer legal. The victory margin was 95,016.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Election Board
Murray
Farm price-raising plan fuels cotton relief effort
Washington movers push a 100 million dollar cotton program with 700,000 farmers agreeing to cut acreages 25 to 50 percent. Farmers will lease plowed under land to the government for rent, keeping 3.5 million bales off the market to lift remaining prices. New taxes and import duties fund the plan.
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Washington
Wallace
Flood and famine threats loom over China’s north and Yangtze
Reports from the Yellow river headwaters warn of ongoing rains and rising floodwaters endangering cities like Tsinan. Thousands displaced as dikes are reinforced by soldiers and coolies. Meanwhile the Yangtze also rises after heavy rains amid heat waves across Shensi and Henan with temperatures above 107 in Peiping and 115 in Chengchow.
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Yellow River Valley
China
Yellow
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Shantung
Henan
Yangtze
Colorado River
Amazon
Mississippi
Missouri
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence
Shensi Province
Chengchow
Tientsin
Peiping
George A Harbaugh Pioneer Banker Dies in Alva
George A Harbaugh 63 longtime Alva resident and former president of Ala Roller Mills and Security National Bank of Alva died last night at his daughter's home Mrs. Robert Durkee. Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Alva.
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Oklahoma City
George A. Harbaugh
Alva
Ala Roller Mills
Security National Bank of
Robert Durkee
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