Roosevelt Appeals for Nationwide Employer Cooperation
President Roosevelt pushes a voluntary reemployment drive urging employers to shorten hours and raise wages to curb unemployment. Reports show rapid pledges from major and small firms, with Harvey Firestone among early supporters and plans to enroll millions by Labor Day. The oil industry forms a governing committee under the national recovery law, excluding two Standard Oil units, and appoints an executive slate to regulate industry codes.
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James Cope
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh &. Johinson
White House
Harvey S&s. Firestone
Johnson
Pugzzitis
Dudley Cates
Thomas H. Hammond
Leggard
Oil Men Approve Price Regulation
Washington July 22 The emergency national committee of the oil producers approved federal price regulation by 27 to 18 and licensing by 37 to 5 with Harry F Sinclair and independents supporting both against standard companies. It also backed prohibiting lease and agency practice by 21 to 18.
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Washington
Emergency National Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Standard Companies
Hugh Johnson
Pioneer J A Guin Dies After Five Years Illness
Z R Guin aged 72 died Saturday morning in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 oclock from Criswell's parlors with interment in Rosedale cemetery. He located at Francis in 1900 and moved to Ada in 1913, was a long time merchant and is survived by his wife three sons and three daughters.
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Z. R. Guin
Criswell
Rosedale
Guin
Pontotoc County
Francis
Ada
K. P. Guin
Sherman
Tex
R. S. Guin
Sapulpa
O. E. Guin
Tulsa
C. W. Fisher
J. M. Colvin
Carl Walker
Port Arthur
International silver pact near completion amid signatories
London reports that E N Rhodes approves a silver price control accord as delegates from major producers sign, with Canada and others still awaiting ratification. The agreement aims to regulate the white metal and involve nations including India China Spain Canada the United States Mexico Australia and Peru. The document follows earlier signings and outlines a framework for cooperation pending home government approval.
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London
E. N. Rhodes
Rhodes
Key Pittman
Nevada
Escept
China
Spain
Bic
Canada
United States
Mexico
Australia
Peru
Silver market control talks reach understanding
London dispatch says officials from chief silver producing nations reached a general understanding on market control. Senator Key Pittman expected to announce. not all participants initialed the memorandum and final word could come tomorrow as reservations caused delays. American sources voiced confidence no further major hurdles would appear.
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London
United States
Key Pittman
Pittman
Lynching Reported Near Columbus Mississippi
Widespread unconfirmed reports say a Black man was hanged by a mob in Caledonia Lowndes County after an alleged insult to a white woman. Authorities said no investigation was ordered and details remained disputed as newspapers sought confirmation.
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Columbus
Miss
Caledonia
Lowndes
Here
Homer Kilpatrick
West and Katrine Lowe Married in Houston Ceremony
A wedding of interest to Ada citizens linked Lyle West and Katrine Lowe. They quietly wed at the San Jacinto hotel in Houston Tuesday July 18, with Mrs. West listed as the daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Lowe.
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Ada
Lyle West
Katrine Lowe
Houston
Dick Schwab
San Jacinto Hotel
West
C. C. Lowe
Marriage of Miss Murel Haskin and Haskell Rodgers
The ceremony was held at Tecumseh on June 24 with Rev. C. M. Stewart officiating. Miss Haskin, Avant Oklahoma, and Mr. Rodgers, Ada, reside at 620 W Twenty third, Ada, after graduating and working in East Central institutions. The couple plans to reside at their Ada home.
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Murel Haskin
Avant
Okla
Haskell Rodgers
Ada
Tecumseh
C. M. Stewart
First Baptist Church
Rodgers
S. M. Haskin
East Central Teachers College
FU. Wees
W. Twentythird
Colbert Quilting Bee Meets at Ernest Home
Members of the Colbert Quilting Bee gathered July 18 at Mrs. M. F. Ernest’s home. Quilts worked include the hipped Doll and Overall Jim and a Fancy Silk Quilt and Four Patch pieced by Mrs. Ernest’s ten year old daughter. Present were Ithel McAnally Gladys Chadd Lindsey Davidson Joe Smith Co Co Ray Ernest Landrith Thelma Landrith and others.
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Colbert Quilting Bee
M. F. Ernest
Jim
Ernest
Ithel McAnally
Gladys Chadd
Lindsey Davidson
Joe Smith
Co. Co. Ray
Ernest Landrith
Other McCurry
Jones
Gains
Carney
Reeves
Viola Henry
Chess Roberts
T. Roberts
Thelma Landrith
Gore and Lorton urge Canadian dam project support
Senator Gore announced approval of a proposed 8.4 million dollar dam on the Canadian river above El Reno Oklahoma. He and Eugene Lorton of Tulsa met with President Roosevelt to push that public works projects be reviewed by the Public Works Administration with estimates and plans.
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Washington
Gore
Administration
el Reno
Okla
Eugene Lortion
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Ada Calvin Road to Be Graveled
The state highway commission funds graveling on Highway 12 east of Ada with work to start in two to three weeks. Grading and drainage are praised by engineers and gravel will endure until paving. sections from Ada to Atwood and Atwood to Calvin will be let soon.
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State Highway Commission
Ada
Allen G. Nichols
Capitol
Atwood
Calvin
Tishomingo
Nichols
Pontotoc County
Utility tax appeal tests Okla gas firm’s authority
Oklahoma City July 24 A federal judge ordered the Consolidated Gas Utilities Co to appeal a corporation commission ruling that requires it to absorb a 1 percent sales tax from gas customers. Receiver Logan W Cary must file the appeal and may push it to the state supreme court if not set aside. The case tests the commission’s jurisdiction over tax absorption affecting gas and other utilities across 23 Oklahoma cities.
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Oklahoma City
Consolidated Gas Utilities Company
Corporation Commission
Edgar 8. Vaught
Logan W. Cary
State Supreme Court
Cary
Oklahoma Cities
Blackwell
Cushing, Garber
Medford
Okeene
Sayre
Tonkawa
Watonga
Weatherford
Dern Signals New Approach If Recovery Act Fails
Sacramento July 24 Secretary of War George H Dern told the annual conference of governors that if the national industrial recovery act fails a more radical plan must be tried. He urged treating the United States as one economic area and said federal power should grow to promote social justice while state welfare and national welfare are one in a shared economic fate.
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Sacramento
Cal
George H. Dern
Conference of Governors
Utah
California
Dern
United States
America
Auto Accidents Fatal to Two in Tulsa This Weekend
Tulsa reports two auto accident deaths this weekend. J. H. Davis, 71, county farm inmate, died Sunday after being struck by a car driven by S. E. Olden of Stone Bluff. Benjamin J. Davis, 52, of Dawson, died from a fractured skull suffered earlier when he fell from a moving vehicle.
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Tulsa
U?p
J. H. Davis
S. E. Olden
Stone Bluff
Benjamin J. Davis
Dawson
Hitler to Control Protestant Church in Germany
Berlin July 24 Hitler’s Nazi government gains control of the German Protestant church after general elections and begins rapid reorganization from the ground up. About 400 000 elders and governing board members were elected to name synod delegates and a Reichsbishop. Incomplete returns show many electors abandoned resistance and backed fusion lists as ballots were deemed invalid.
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Berlin
Hitler
Escape prisoners recaptured near Tupelo after overnight chase
Marvin "Fat" Robinson and Ace Edmonson escaped from Pontotoc county jail Monday night and were recaptured by deputy sheriffs Alvis Jones and Charley Shockley near Tupelo. Edmonson was tracked and caught first. Robinson was recovered later and both returned to jail. Curt McCoy and M. P. Cummings remain at large.
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Marvin
Fat” Robinson
Ace Edmonson
Alvis Jones
Charley Shockley
Pontotoc County
Tupelo
Edmonson
Robinson
Curt McCoy
M. P. Cummings
New Farm Trade Agreements Explained for Farmers
Washington July 21. The Associated Press explains how Roosevelt era legislation works to help farmers obtain more value for the money consumers pay. Editor notes this is part of a series detailing the program.
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Associated Press
Roy F. Hendrickson
Washington
Clemency Granted for Creek County Man in 1930 Slaying
Oklahoma City July 20 Governor Murray granted a six month leave for A. A. Thompson a 59 year old Creek county inmate serving a 12 year term for the fatal shooting of Charles Russell 23 in a Mannford case on Thanksgiving Day 1930. A judge’s letter cited Thompson's honesty and integrity in supporting his clemency. Thompson began serving June 10 1932. Witnesses said he was intoxicated and shot Russell during a brawl.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
A. A. Thompson
Creek County
Charles Russell
Mannford
Gaylord R. Wilcox
Sapulpa
Thompson
Russell
County Commissioner Faces Prosecution Over Illegal Claim
Oklahoma City July 21 The criminal court of appeals ordered reinstatement of a complaint against J. Paul Mathies acting county commissioner of La Flore county. The court reversed a district court ruling that sustained a demurrer to the information charging Mathies approved a $103.40 claim for J. H. Bowman a laborer who allegedly had not performed the service.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
J. Paul Mathies
la Flore
District Court
J. H. Bowman
Bowman
Murray Names J. T. Dickerson Judge
Governor Murray appointed J. T. Dickerson Republican and federal judge to the court of common pleas in Oklahoma City. The governor said the move honors a progressive, patriotic Republican group in the state.
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Oklahoma City
J. T. Dickerson
Edmond
Statehood
Court of Common Pleas
Murray
Frisco Reports June Revenue Increase and Six Month Decline
The St. Louis San Francisco Railway reported June operating revenue of 3 883 747 up 283 549 from last year and net railway operating income of 644 942 up 499 206. For the first six months of 1933 operating revenues totaled 19 468 376, down 1 711 713, and net operating income was 748 148, down 198 566 from the prior year.
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ST. Louis
Cardus Helped Huntsville Woman Grow Stronger
Mrs. R. L. West of Huntsville Alabama describes being weak and run down with side pain and weight loss. She tried Cardus on a recommendation from her aunt and says she began feeling better and more cheerful as a result.
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R. L. West
Huntsville
Ala
Cardus
Repeal Vote Narrow as Cities Suspect Fraud
Nashville and Memphis allege fraud in yesterday's Eighteenth Amendment referendum and study is underway to contest the outcome. Early returns from 2,009 of 2,232 precincts show repeal leading 123,650 to 114,401, a 9,249 margin with unreported precincts likely to shift this further. Drys won in the First and heavily in the Second districts while Chattanooga and Knoxville backed repeal modestly. Knoxville county voted dry. Five of nine districts favored repeal, four opposed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
John F. Baggett
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Hughes Addresses Graduating Class At College Ceremony
Oklahoma official W C Hughes told 120 graduates that citizenship equals natural resources for national prosperity. Dr Linscheid introduced him as a top public servant, with ceremonies including coronation march, vocal solo, and diplomas conferred by the college president.
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W. C. Hughes
State Board of Affairs
Huces
Linscheid
Hughes
Oklahoma
the Prophet
Ecollege
Haley Messer
Nazarene Church
Troy Melton
Collect Orchestra
Filling Station Thefts Reported Downtown
Three local filling stations were broken into Friday night. Roy Heard’s station on West Main lost two new casings and about 3 dollars. Martingale’s at West Main 501 was entered, a pump tank broken, and about 50 gallons of white gasoline stolen. J L Parker’s on West Main saw air and water hoses removed and an attempted break in through the front door.
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Roy
West Main
Martingale
501 West Main
J. L. Parker
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Ohio
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FE. B. Reeser
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Wirt Franklin
Independent Petroleum Association
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Bradford
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Rh. L. Majewski
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J. A. Guin
Pontotog CO
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