Oklahoma and U.S. oil output rise in week to July 20
Oil and Gas Journal reports week ending July 20 saw U S light oil gains totaling 33 751 barrels while heavy crude fell 26 736 barrels. Estimated U S daily production reached 2 911 543 barrels, up from 2 884 807 the prior week with West Texas and Mid Continent posting notable increases.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
West Texas
Mid-Continent
Santa Fe Springs
California
Oklahoma City
St. Louis-Pearson
North Louisiana
Arkansas Light
North Central
Texas Panhandle
AME
Crit Coast
Eee
Southwest Texas
PEON
Rocky Mountain
U. S
Border clash leaves two rum runners dead El Paso
In a night battle on the Rio Grande bowing to smugglers more than 20 were engaged by four border patrol officers. Two rum runners were killed and three wounded before smugglers crossed into Mexico. Authorities say El Paso business men are tied to the rum ring and a seized truck with liquor is linked to local firms.
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EL Paso
Texas
Ivan E. Secotten
Rio Grande
Mexico
H. C. Horsley
Border Patrol
Horsley
Rum
Border Immigration Patrol
Juarez
Battle Field
Liberty Hospital
Nance Denounces Paid Emissaries Aiming to Ruin Road Board
Oklahoma City July 23 acting Governor James C. Nance alleged paid emissaries of road interests spread gossip to undermine road board policies and morale. He cited rumors against commission chair Lew Wentz and two Democratic members. insisted no dissension exists among the trio. Also reported a fatal shooting over 50 cents in a dice game. Jeff Nicholson charged with murder in the Black Sunday case. Nicholson's victim is identified as Dick Black being sought by police.
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Oklahoma City
Road Board
James C. Nance
Nance
Lew Wentz
C. S. Boswell
Wentz
Capitol
Bullets Fly in Negro Section Victim Dies in Shooting
Reported gunfire in the flats left one man dead and another injured. County officials initially misstated the victim’s condition, later confirming Jeff Nicholson was in Breco hospital in serious condition, though reports varied on Sunday morning.
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Jeff Nicholson
Breco
Nicholson
John
Pontotoc County Singing Convention at Lovelady
The Pontotoc county singing convention will meet at Lovelady school house Saturday night and Sunday with several out of county singers expected. A picnic dinner will be served Sunday. Lovelady is seven miles east of Ada and a large crowd is anticipated.
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Pontotoc County
Lovelady School House
Ada News
Lovelady
Ada
Pajamas as Street Wear Declared Legal in Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City editor W O Saunders wore pajamas in public and was judged by Mayor Jerome B Flora to violate no law. The mayor issued a proclamation affirming the citizen right to dress as one pleases provided there is no indecent exposure, and even joked about wearing pajamas himself.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
W. O. Saunders
Jerome B. Flora
Oklahoma A&M boards approves 33 new faculty hires
The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture approved 33 new faculty at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College. Earl Weaver becomes dairying professor, Nathaniel Winters heads field crops and soils, and Albert Naeter leads electrical engineering. Layton Hicks Forsyth chosen architects for new buildings at A and M, Cameron Lawton and Conner Warner.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
H. G. Bennett
Layton, Hicks and Forsyth
A. and M. College
Cameron School of Agriculture
Lawton
Conner School of Agriculture
Warner
Earl Weaver
Eairy
Nathaniel E. Winters
Winters
Edwin Krutz
Albert Naeter
Michigan State College
Weaver
A. C. Baer
Train wreck near Stratton leaves multiple dead
Rock Island express plunges through a weakened bridge during a cloudburst near Stratton Colorado. Eight killed and about twenty seven injured as cars flood the stream and rescuers search the wreckage with Morris Gest aiding. Rail officials report seven passengers and a porter among the dead.
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Denver
Col
Stratton
Colorado Express
Rock Island Lines
Morris Gest
New York City
Denver Post
Associated Press
Rock Island
Strattor
Colo
Gest
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Buck Self Seeks Unwed Status in Oklahoma Divorce Case
William Buck Self of Muskogee filed an answer to Bessie Self's divorce petition citing several grounds. He claims habitual drunkenness at marriage, that Bessie was already married to Edward Exleton of Fort Smith and not divorced, that she had a prior Creek county divorce under Helen Self, that she received a 160 acre farm in full settlement, and that neither party had long residency to file in Muskogee County.
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Muskogee
William Buck Self
Bessie Self
Bessie
Edward Exleton
Fort Smith
Creek County
Helen Self
Muskogee County
Henry Johnston Announces Run for Office in 1930
Former Oklahoma governor Henry Johnston, impeached and removed earlier this year, said he will run for governor or the U S Senate in 1930. He asked posterity to rewrite his impeachment history and argued he would seek the people’s judgment. Johnston spoke in Newkirk while attorney for W W Hughes, who faced a California embezzlement indictment and planned extradition defense.
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Newkirk
Okla
Henry
Johnston
United States
W. W. Hughes
California
Hughes
Governor signs auto tax bill and mining, cattle laws
Governor Holloway signed House Bill 197 to tax gasoline four cents and license motor fuel distributors with bonds to ensure payment. He vetoed House Bill 212 on cattle records. House Bills 279 creates a state mining board and inspections. House Bill 55 bans tubercular cattle and inspects existing herds.
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State Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Okmulgee County
Pontotoc County
Sequoyah County
Oklahoma City
Holloway
Oklahoma
Two Men Battle Huge Octopus Off California Coast
Captain Web Monstad was attacked by a giant octopus while kelp drifted near Redondo to Point Firmin. Roy Pettibone came to the rescue, cutting off tentacles as Monstad was dragged under, then revived him after he fainted. The sea monster was described as unusually large for the area.
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California Coast
Los Angeles
Redondo
Point Firmin
Web Monstad
Devil Fish
Roy Pettibone
Monstad
Pettibone
Captain Monstad
Large stocks of wheat now in elevators
Interior mills and elevators held 40,136,000 bushels of the 1928 crop on July 1, up from 19,277,000 a year earlier and 21,776,000 on July 1, 1927. State totals include Pennsylvania 910,000, Ohio 660,000, Illinois 650,000, Illinois 1,800,000, Michigan 580,000, Minnesota 1,700,000, Missouri 975,000, North Dakota 7,900,000, South Dakota 1,575,000, Nebraska 2,300,000, Kansas 2,000,000, Oklahoma 810,000, Montana 4,760,000, Idaho 2,000,000, Washington 6,500,000, Oregon 1,300,000 and California 7,000.
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Washington
Interior
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
California
Oon
Deputy Sheriff Shot in Duel at Dance Hall in Oklahoma
Deputy A. L. Pickens of Arbuckle was shot twice in the leg and once in the abdomen and in serious condition in a Sulphur hospital. Garvin county officers sought Bud King who allegedly fired after Pickens ordered him to surrender a pistol. King reportedly wounded and fled.
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elkKs
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Henry Johnston
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J.c.penney CO
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