Court Bill Foes Lay Down Law
Vice President Garner pressed Senate opponents for peace terms on the Roosevelt court bill. Senator Wheeler of Montana demanded no new justices if 75 or older must retire and protections against reprisals, while proposals to reform lower courts were discussed. The talks followed reports of senators ready to pigeonhole the bill unless a quick compromise emerges.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sen
Wheeler
Dmont
Montanan
Sen. Minton
D-Ind
Graf
Montana
Barkley
Kentucky
Democratic Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
White House
Barkley Wins Democratic Senate Leadership in Close Vote
In Washington on July 21 Senator Barkley of Kentucky won the Democratic leadership of the Senate by 38 to 37 over Senator Harrison of Mississippi. The vote among 75 Democrats followed a brief secret ballot with no nominations, and Barkley pledged to support Democratic policies and work for the nation and party.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Hill West of Madrid Becomes No Man's Land in Family Feud
John Gilmore was arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to kill after a shooting Monday in Allen that wounded his brother Ed Gilmore. John pleaded not guilty and posted $1,000 bond. preliminary hearing set for August 4. Ed Gilmore is reported improving in a local hospital. The dispute over their mother's will is cited as the cause. Joe Gilmore was arraigned last week for assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting his brother Buck in the foot.
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John Gilmore
Allen
Ed Gilmore
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
el Gilmore
Gilmore
Joe Gilmore
Buck
Reverend Murr Hurt In Holdenville Hospital
Reverend E G Murr aged about 65 from Stratford was brought to Holdenville hospital after a Wednesday night accident on highway 270. He was in a stupor hours after the crash. doctors said a heart attack or brain hemorrhage occurred with no fractures. Family members traveled to Holdenville Wednesday night.
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Holdenville
E. G. Murr
Stratford
Here
Murr
Marconi Lauded in State Funeral in Rome
Italy honored Guglielmo Marconi with a state funeral in Rome. Mussolini attended with prominent officials as crowds filled streets from the Royal Academy to St Mary of the Angels. The procession featured a carved hearse, 36 academy attendants, and a chorus of Fascist ritual as the inventor of wireless telegraphy was laid to rest.
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Rome
Italy
Gurgielmo Marconi
Royal Academy
St. Mary of the Angels
Mussolini
Achille Starace
Fascist Party
Guglielmo
Aarconi
Sino Japanese tensions ease as Wanpinghsien withdrawals continue
Chinese report most of the 29th army evacuated west of Peiping under an agreement for Japanese withdrawal. The 15th United States infantry at Tientsin stands ready in full war dress to defend the concession. Americans in Tientsin organize a volunteer company to bolster garrison defenses and protect the railroad to Chinwangtao amid possible further attacks on Peiping positions.
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Tientsin
Wanpinghsien
Peiping
China
29Th Army
15Th
United States Infantry
Japan
North China
United States
15Th Infantry
Chinwangtao
Two Injured In Accidents Near Ada
Two people injured in separate crashes near Ada as of early today. Jimmy Denmark 36 suffered a neck slash from a midnight collision near a nightclub on Highway 48 north of Ada. his brother Roy was bruised but released after examination. Mrs. Homer Phillips of Ada had a forehead slash and lip cut after a separate crash near Allen. other car occupants unknown.
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Jimmy Denmark
Harrison Avenue
Oklahoma City
Highway 48
Ada
Roy
Homer Phillips
Allen
Traxler recounts flight after Oklahoma kidnapping
Hugo Oklahoma July 21 P R oy Pete Traxler the outlaw shot by a farmer he kidnaped near Kingston told from a hospital bed of the escape from Huntsville prison farm and the desperate flight through river bottoms pursued by officers He says Denton shot him in the back as Trimmer killed Tindal and Traxler begged for mercy in a long night of evading capture.
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Hugo
Roy
Pete” Traxler
Oklahoma
Huntsville
Tex
Denton
Tindol
Traxler
Durant
Trimmer
Men Who Ended Convicts Flight For Freedom Tell of Gun Fight
Roy Traxler was gravely wounded in Hugo after two hostages Frank Trimmer and J E Denton seized the fugitives guns and shot Traxler and killed Fred Tindal during a large pursuit in southern Oklahoma. The men had escaped from a Texas prison farm prompting one of the region's largest manhunts as about 1 000 posse members hunted them. Denton recounted Traxler’s instruction to stop at the roadside and wait for darkness.
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Boswell
Roy
Pete” Traxler
Southwestern Desperado
Hugo
Fred Tindal
Traxler
Texas
Frank Trimmer
J. E. Denton
Asher
Kingston
Oklahoma Hills
Trimmer
Denton
Tindal
Pleasant Hill
Hugo Hospital
Joe Devine
Washita River
Durant
Caddo
Traxler Faces Charge In This County
Roy Pete Traxler and Charles Chapman are charged in Pon totoc county justice court with robbery with firearms for kidnapping Baird H. Markham Jr. last Thursday. Traxler is critically wounded in Hugo hospital. Chapman remains at large. Fred Tindal’s name was dropped after his death near Boswell. A federal Dyer Act warrant exists against Traxler for transporting a stolen car across state lines.
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Roy
Pete” Traxler
Charles Chapman
Pontotoc County
Justice Court
S. W. Hill
Baird H. Markham Jr
Yale
W. A. Delaney Jr
Traxler
Hugo
Chapman
Fred Tindal
Texas
Boswell
Markham
Arthur P Ray Dies in Tucson War Veteran
Arthur P Ray a World War veteran died in a Tucson hospital after a lingering illness. His body will be brought to Ada for interment. He was the son of Mr and Mrs C C Ray of Ada and brother of Mrs Paul Young and Mrs Ruby Lee. His wife was the former Willa Mae Enloe. The report includes details of a violent incident and pursuit involving Traxler Tindal and Denton.
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Arthur P. Ray
Tucson
Arizona
Ada
C. C. Ray
Paul Young
Ruby Lee
Willa Mae Enloe
W. H. Enloe
Debt not alarming, says Twentieth Century fund study
A New York report states the U S public debt of about 36 billion dollars would require the nation’s working population to labor 11 months at six days a week to pay it off. The study, led by Donald Richberg and James W Angell, says the debt is not a cause for alarm.
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New York
United States
Twentieth Century Fund
Donald Richberg
Roosevelt
James W. Angell
Columbia University
Convict Trio Seized After Montecello Gun Battle Ends Escape
In Montecello Arkansas a gun battle with a posse left W K Bybee dead and Sgt Neil Shannon wounded as two other escaped Texas convicts James Rice and Harry Roberts fled. Roberts was captured at a cafe in Montecello after the incident ended with a bloodhound chase and a machine gun fusillade.
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Montecello
Ark
O. V. Whitted
Harry Roberts
Texas
Roberts
W. K. Bybee
Neil Shannon
Buck Mooney
Shannon
Bybee
James Rice
Weiner
Arkansas
Selma
Two Held For Drunk Driving
Joe Belt and Mary Howe were bound over to district court for trial on driving while intoxicated after preliminary hearings in Justice A. W. Oliver’s court on Wednesday. Each posted bonds of 3000 dollars. Belt waived a second preliminary hearing and was bound over in that case as well.
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District Court
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Joe Belt
Mary Howe
Belt
Dog Said To Have Bitten Children Here
A dog bit several children last week and was killed. The head was sent to the state laboratory for rabies testing but officials said the dog had been dead too long. The mother of one bite victim is giving the child rabies serum as a precaution.
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State Laboratory
Three Divorce Petitions Filed in District Court
Three petitions for divorce were filed in district court Wednesday. Minnie M. Whitehead asked a divorce from Marion M. Whitehead alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Mary Brand asked a divorce from John Brand, which was granted later in the day by District Judge Tal Crawford. James Frank Woods asked a divorce from Maudie Moe Woods alleging extreme cruelty and seeking custody of a child Wanda Lynn.
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Minnie M. Whitehead
Marion M. Whitehead
Mary Brand
John Brand
Tal Crawford
James Frank Woods
Maudie Moe Woods
Wanda Lynn
Chamber of Commerce opposes Roosevelt bills in Arkansas
Arkansas chamber presses anti court packing and wage hour bills. A special committee forms four district panels for retailers, farmers, lumbermen, laborers, and industrialists to hold local meetings. De Vere Dierks warns that those with vital interests must be informed of dangers of passage.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Roosevelt
Chamber
de Vere Dierks
Dierks Lumber and Coal Company
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Arthur P Ray
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