Senate validates farm price controls and set quota powers
The Senate voted 60 to 17 to validate crop control contracts with farmers and adopted Byrd amendments limiting marketing agreements. It also approved LaFollette’s plan to let the president impose quota restrictions on agricultural imports to protect domestic farm prices, opposing by Smith and others.
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Washington
Suly
Senate
Agriculture Department
Byrd
D-Va
LaFollette
House
Chainman Smith
D-Sc
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Impressions of Gay Paree by Rev. C. B. Lee in Paris
The Rev. C. B. Lee recalls arrival in Paris via Cherbourg on the Majestic, describes Hotel St. James and nearby landmarks, visits Malmaison and Versailles, notes Napoleonic souvenirs, and mentions Barbizon and Fontainebleau experiences. He reflects on French culture and his Presbyterian caution amid Paris sights.
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C. B. Lee
Paris
Gare St. Lazare
Louvre
Champe Elysees
Palace Elysee
Madame de Pompadour
Versailles
St. James
Ducs de Noalles
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
LaFayette
Marie Antoinette
Duc de Noalles
St. Simon
Julia Pardoe
Thos, Cook & Sons
Napoleon
Malmaison
Josephine
Apollo
Louis
Place de la Concorde
Barbizon
Millet
Carot
Fontainebleau
Rome
France
Montmartre
B. Lee
Oklahoma City Mourns Oil Leader Charles B Ames
Judge Charles B Ames, a pioneer in oil and a civic leader, died of a heart attack near Meredith New Hampshire at 64. In Oklahoma City since 1898 he held key roles with the Texas Corporation and American Petroleum Institute. Survivors include his wife and four sons.
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Oklahoma City
Charles B. Ames
Ames
Meredith
N. H
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Frank Phillips
Oklahoa
Oklahoma Territory
Texas Corporation
New York City
New York
American Petroleum Institute
The
Wilson
Macon
Miss
Charles Bingle Ames
Sarah Jane Longstreet Ames
Emory and Henry College
Emory, Miss
University of Mississippi
Kansas City
Washington
Valley Forge
Fisher Ames
Longstreet
South
General Longstreet
J. L. Cleveland Jr
Ben Allen Ames
Longstreet Ames
Richmond
Charles
Port Arthur
Tex
Interurban Accident Sparks $70,000 Suit in Sand Springs
Tulsa July 23 A case filed today seeks $70,000 in damages from Sand Springs Railway Co for injuries 15 years ago when W T Prewitt was struck by an interurban car in 1920. He charges the company failed to honor a promise by late Charles Page that he would have a lifetime job.
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Tulsa
Sand Springs Railway Co
W. T. Prewitt
Charles Page
San Springs Railway
First Protest Filed On Textbook Question Oklahoma City
The John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia filed an injunction in federal court seeking enforcement of its contract with Oklahoma's state textbook commission to supply geographies English books and readers to schoolchildren. The filing followed a commission resolution rescinding contracts made by the Murray commission last November and Judge Vaught scheduled a hearing for Friday.
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Oklahoma
City
State Textbook Commission
John C. Winston Company
Philadelphia
Textbook Commission
Murray Commission
Vaught
Fittstown Seeks City Status With School Project Bid
Fittstown Oklahoma files with PWA for a $64,000 school project as part of a bid for city recognition. Phillip Donnell, state PWA administrator, notes the town seeks $28,300 grant and $35,200 loan for the project.
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Oklahoma City
Court records reveal liquor transport charge after injury
Oklahoma City reports that 23 year old John Thomas, confronted by two sheriff's deputies, broke glass jars, was charged with transporting liquor, and lost a fingertip at the courthouse hospital where one of his lacerated fingers was amputated.
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Oklahoma City
John Thomas
Behind the Scenes in the New Deal Consumer Fight
NEA Service report charts the decline of consumer influence in New Deal programs. It notes the NRA Consumers Advisory Board withered, NEC efforts faltered after Mary Rumsey’s death, and Hoover remains AAA’s conscience while farm and distributor groups gain leverage.
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Ashington
New Deal
NRA
AAA
NEC
NRA Consumers’ Advisory Board
Mary Rumsey
Homer Cummings
Calvin B. Hoover
Hoover
Fred C. Howe
AAA High Command
NEA Service, Inc
Gore Breaks Silence On Attitude Toward Col Key
In Washington a three hour conference with Senator Gore and W S Key ends with both predicting differences will be settled. Gore proposes firmer residency rules for WPA workers in Oklahoma while Key denies any gubernatorial run and says he will push his works program before returning to his post.
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Gore
Col. Key
Washington
D-Okla
W. S. Key
Oklahoma
Key
Senate
E. W. Marland
Marland
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Oklahoma Works Progress Administration
Works Progress
Colonel Key
Oklahoma City
Norman
Oklahoma County
McClain County
Robbery victim describes two suspects after late night abduction
Mrs. M. W. Germany of Ada reported two men forced her to surrender about 523 cash and ride with them in a dark Pontiac. After warnings to stay silent they fled toward Konawa, with no arrests by Monday night and the search spanning Seminole and adjacent counties.
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M. W. Germany
Ada
Seminole County
Germany
South
Johnson
Sasakwa
Konawa
Seminole
Fittstown
Compromise of AAA Bill Adopts Tax Recovery Amendment
The Senate approved an amendment to the AAA tax bill prohibiting suits to recover processing taxes unless the processor proves no pass through to consumer or producer. The vote was 61 to 23 after two days of debate, amid claims the compromise limits rights to sue and criticism as un American. 359 suits related to AAA levies had been filed, up from 153 earlier.
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Washington
Senate
Frank J. Wideman
Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
George
Bankhead
Bilbo
Black
Brown
Bulow
Burke
Caraway
Connally
Guffey
Harrison
Hatch
Holt
McGill
McKellar
Moore
Murphy
Murray
Robinson
Russell
Thomas
Truman
Frazier
Norbeck
Fourteen Injured in Weekend Auto Wrecks at McAlester
Weekend automobile crashes near McAlester and north of town injure fourteen people. A truck carrying twelve from McAlester to Savanna wrecked injuring nine including Marguerite Cellon 22 and Jerry Lynn of Savanna. Driver was Mrs. Ruel Moore Oklahoma City. Additional collision north of here sent Ira J. Hollar Muskogee county agent his wife and their one year old son and Mrs. Cora Cummings of Muskogee with a broken arm.
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Mcalester
Savanna
Marguerite Cellon
Jerry Lynn
Ruel Moore
Oklahoma City
Here
Ira J. Hollar
Muskogee County
Cora Cummings
Muskogee
Cummings
Greatest returns for the amount invested
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Driller Escapes Serious Injury In Gas Explosion At Simpson Well
Ray Manahan a driller at the Radial No. 2 Simpson well near Steedman escaped serious harm after an early Sunday morning incident. While dumping rocks to plug the hole a gas pocket sparked a blast that hurled sand and rocks, striking his face but causing no lasting injury. He was treated at a local hospital and faces no permanent danger if infection does not develop.
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Ray Manahan
Simpson
Steedman
Manahan
Finger-Prints In Use Here In Ada Police Work
Ada police use fingerprinting to assist in solving burglaries and crimes. The department recently bought a fingerprinting outfit and has begun storing records of criminals for quick comparison while expanding files and preparing a future crime scene impression system.
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Adacity
Ada
Somer Jones
Jones
Banker Coles Neidecker Held for Inquiry in Paris Bank Crash
New York July 23 P B Coles Neidecker banker was taken to police headquarters for questioning in connection with his closed Travelers Bank in Paris. Though not formally arrested he was held for further instructions from the state department and French police.
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New York
PB. Coles Neidecker
Travelers Bank
Paris
State Department
Gov Langer Hurt In Auto Wreck Near Aneta
Former North Dakota governor William Langer was in critical condition after a late night automobile accident near Aneta North Dakota. He was brought to Mercy hospital at 4 a.m. with a head injury and possible broken shoulder. Co. W Litten of Fargo escaped without serious injury. Langer had been ousted after a conviction related to soliciting political funds from relief clients.
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Valley City
William Langer
North Dakota
Aneta
N. D
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