Griffith Firm In Management Policy
Oklahoma City July 25. C E Griffith superintendent of Western Oklahoma Charity Hospital and Western Oklahoma Tubercular Sanitarium at Clinton declares he will run the two institutions or quit. He recounts a clash with a 225 pound orderly who he says threatened to whip him and alleges he beat the man who fled to Fort Smith Arkansas. Griffith says the hospital will be run by him or he will resign.
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Oklahoma City
C. E. Griffith
Western Oklahoma Charity Hospital
Western Oklahoma
Clinton
Griffith
Charity Hospital
Beea
Fort Smith, Ark
Oil Field Worker Seeks Alimony After Reno Divorce
Burt Simmons a 35 year old oil field worker was given leave to amend his complaint for $100 a month temporary alimony from his heiress wife Dorothy 45 after she obtained a Reno divorce. He had sought $1 000 a month separate maintenance and contends she has a $3 000 monthly income from a trust fund. Simmons claims his wife left him while he was in Shanghai on business and says he needs support to restart his life.
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Los Angeles
Burt Simmons
Dorothy
Simmons
Walter Double
Canton
Shanghai
Federal Probe In Louisiana Grows
Washington reports the justice department is intensifying its investigation of alleged federal statute violations in Louisiana. O John Rogge says more agents are being sent to pursue scores of leads and that they will try cases soon with Rene Viosea, amid renewed scrutiny of Huey P. Long era corruption.
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Washington
O. John Rogge
Justice Department
Louisiana
Rogge
Rene Viosea
Huey PF. Long
Railroad Seeks To Acquire 20.9 Miles Of Track
The Fort Smith & Van Buren Railway asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize acquiring 20.9 miles of former Fort Smith & Western Railway line from Coal Creek to McCurstain Ohio. It owns all Fort Smith & Van Buren stock and plans to issue about 150000 in first mortgage bonds to finance the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ICC
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Noble County
Oklo
Marland
Three Lands
Lio
Pioneers Of Ada Get Recognition Tribute At City Library
A framed collection of photographs honoring Ada pioneers hangs in the Ada Public Library Adult Reading Room. The exhibit lists late figures such as John P Crawford and Governor William L. Byrd among others, with inscriptions praising their service to found Ada.
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Ada
Lirom
N. B. Stall
John P Crawford
R. E. Haynes
Lt. Barringer
William L. Byrd
W. L. Roddie
F.C. Sims
M. B. Ponaghey
S. M. Torbett
W. C. Duncan
W. Dy Faust
Wo. Fisher
I. McNeil
A. L. Fentem
S. M. Shaw
J. M. Wintersmith
M. C Siigsey
E. Cunning
Byron Norrel
Charles W. Briles
H. Rives
Pavement Cave-in Shakes Haileyville Street
Haileyville reports a 25 square foot pavement collapse caused by underground coal mining two blocks from a 1925 site that damaged a YMCA building and the city hall. There were no injuries, but nearby homes were threatened and precautionary steps were taken to prevent further cave-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haileyville
Oklahoma Farmer First To Apply For Federal Crop Insurance
Orr Orme of Caddo county, Oklahoma, becomes the first U S farmer to apply for federal insurance on wheat production. He farms 260 acres in Washita river bottoms and would receive 75 percent of a normal yield on land seeded to wheat, or a total of 874 bushels. Deadline for applications is Sept 30.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Orr Orme
Caddo County
United States
J. Carl Wright
Orme
Washita River
Lit
Gillingham
Taft Signals Willingness To Run In 1940 Nomination
Washington reports indicate Senator Taft of Ohio plans to issue a definite statement of willingness to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1940. He may authorize Ohio supporters to seek delegate pledges, outlining views on national issues and backing one-term ideas from Senator Vandenberg.
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Washington
Glas
Taft
Ohio
Kateft
Vaendenbers
R-Mich
Cely
Repubican
Vandenberg
Senate
Smith Admits He Was Hotel Robber
Kansas City police say Joseph W. Smith alias William Bralles admitted robbing an Oklahoma City hotel for 3500 days before his arrest for the Mushie Bach hotel theft. He had been sentenced to 10 years in Missouri for the Muehlebach robbery and released from Joliet after serving seven of 21 years for the Congress hotel Chicago crime. he also deserted his wife and two children in Toledo.
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Kansas City
L. A. Meyers
Sai
Joseph W. Smith
William Bralles
Oklahoma City
Biltmore
Smith
Missouri State Penitentiary
Muehlebach
Joliet, Ill
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Meyers
Toledo
Man Charged With Operating Truck Without License
Thomas J. Winters pleaded not guilty at arraignment in county court on charges of operating a motor vehicle without a license. He was released on a $300 bond. County Attorney Caross Wadlington filed complaint alleging Winters drove a light truck and semi trailer hauling 19 head of cattle belonging to a Paris man.
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Thomas J. Winters
Winters
Caross Wadlington
Parris
Allen Votes More Fund On Building
Allen expects completion of the new high school by September first after patrons approved an extra five mill levy by 65 to 2. Interior work and installation of doors and windows are to proceed in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Youth Poses As Rescuer Then Flees In Flight
A man posing as one of the rescuers of Hugh Glenn Monroe and T. K. Treadwell Jr. appeared at their east of the city home with a tale of poverty and a desire for shoes. He lunched with Mrs. Mamie Monroe, talked of a pneumonia award and profits from the rescue, then vanished while she phoned for job leads. He was last seen speeding away from the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Glenn Monroe
T. K. Treadwell
Bays
Arbuckle Mountain
Mamie Monroe
East Sixteenth Street
Clifford Montgomery
Treadwells
Setbacks Mark Cromwell Area Near Calvin in Oil Test
The Beeker area near Calvin shows trouble as Delaney No. 1 Foster in the Cromwell sand hit salt water at 4 612 feet and will be abandoned. Nearby Phillies No. 1 Shemwell, offset to the discovery well, is producing 7 barrels of oil and 350 barrels of water daily in Viola lime. Across the Canadian river in Seminole county, Stanolind No. 1 Salina Tyrola pool discovery well is to be deepened.
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Beeker
Calvin
Foster
Cromwell
Becker
Phillies
Shemwell
Viola
Canadian River
Seminole County
Salina
Tyrola
Stanfield Takes Two To Fed Jail
United States marshal Allen Stanfield left Tuesday with James Paul Holder and John D. Wilson, both Texans, who will be placed in the federal jail. They pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen automobile when arraigned before Commissioner T. P. Holt Tuesday morning. FBI agents arrested them Monday night and turned them over to Stanfield. They admitted moving a car owned by a Longview firm from Longview to Mil Creek. Bonds were set at $3,000 each.
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Allen Stanfield
United States
James Paul Holder
John D. Wilson
T. P. Holt
Stanfield
FBI
Longview
Texas
Mil Creek
Twenty Two Pass Driving Tests
Twenty two applicants passed tests for drivers licenses Tuesday morning by Ernest Evans of the division of registration and Highway Patrolman Arch Hamilton. More applicants than space at the Chambless office. Tests included written, driving trip, and eye rest. Evans will return next Tuesday for a second session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Evans
Division of Registration
Arch Hamilton
T. Z. Chambless
Evans
Third Term Debate Shapes U.S. Political Tradition
Willis Thornton outlines the history and controversy of third terms for presidents from Washington to Coolidge. He notes the lack of constitutional limits, the distrust of monarchy, and the role of entrenched party machinery in shaping this long debate.
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Jackson
Willis Thornton
NEA
Washington
Jefferson
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Coolidge
Woodrow
Wilson
Carter Glass
Taft
Vergally
Hamilton
The
Republic
United States
France
Daily US oil output rises as states gain in week ending July 22
US daily crude output climbed 40 985 barrels to 7 869 172 for the week ended July 22 per Oil & Gas Journal. Oklahoma up to 466 425. Kansas to 178 075. Texas to 1 343 325. East Texas down. California fell to 613 250. Illinois rose to 281 650. Michigan 68 247. Rocky Mountain region 1 920. Louisiana 275 855. Eastern fields 97 900.
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Tulsa
United States
Oil & Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
Illinois
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
California
Smoke and Grease Fire Supposed at Capitol
In Washington last night a smoky scare hit the capitol as guards activated a fire alarm. Fire crews found the source in a grease can in the senate restaurant basement and extinguished it within a minute as ventilation caused smoke to circulate through upper floors.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
Ada man loses arm after midnight car crash
Haskell Ford of Ada, a young city man, was testing a car near Will Creek Saturday night when he dozed with his arm on the window. His car side swiped a culvert three miles west of Mill Creek, mangling his arm and cutting under the eye. He underwent amputation below the elbow at Sulphur clinic Monday after being treated for injuries. He remained conscious and was en route to Baum to join his wife and children.
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Haskell Ford
Mill Creek
Ford
Baum
Faithful Employee Waits On And On
In Raleigh on July 25 Eugene Marsh a county Negro waited for his boss who told him to stay put until he returned. The boss forgot where he parked the car and reported it to police. Officers found the car 43 hours later with Marsh still waiting in the back seat.
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Raleigh
W. C
Eugene Marsh
Anson County
Marsh
Huckster Denies Murder of Wife in Tulsa
Nan Dignan, 92, a huckster, pleaded innocent to murder charges after his wife Mrs Dignan died from skull fracture hours after an evening at a dance. Bail set at 3000 dollars as he wept at her funeral, insisting he stumbled and fell causing the fatal injury.
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Tulsa
Nan Dignan
Digna
Dignan
Frog Story Tops Fish Tales in Norristown Bath House
NORRISTOWN July 25. A frog tale tops fish stories as Mrs. Jane McLaughlin’s wristwatch slips through a bath house floor. An attendant fishes for it but a bullfrog arrives first. Her six year old nephew Frank Supplee crawls under the bath house, retrieves the watch, an autopsy is performed, and the watch is found.
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Norristown
Jane McLaughlin
Love Feast debate stirs Oklahoma Democrats in 0fficial remarks
Oklahoma City July 24 P M most elective state officials back Governor Phillips against a September party Love Feast urged by France Paris state Democratic chairman. Lieutenant Governor Berry criticizes it saying he would have advised against it. Discussions note potential friction between Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt camps while avoiding presidential talk until national events unfold. The piece also touches on Governor Phillips health, office cooling, and a series of political footnotes including transfers in the prison system and state employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Kelly
Oklahoma City
Phillips
France Paris
James E. Berry
Stanfield Arrests Man At Fillmore
James Townsend, 19, was arrested Saturday by United States Deputy Marshal Allen Stanfield at Fillmore on a Murray county grand jury warrant. Townsend faces larceny of government property charges to be filed with U.S. Commissioner J. P. Hall. Townsend remains in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Townsend
United States
Allen Stanfield
Fillmore
Murray County
Stanfield
U.S
J. P. Hall
Townsend
Jall
Many Applicants For Driver Tests
An unusually large number of applicants is expected to take the examination for drivers' and chauffeurs' licenses at the office of County Teg Agent Ted. Examinations were paused for a few weeks during an examiner's school by the state division of registration and the total number of applicants has tacked up.
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County Teg
Ted
Police Capture Two In Burglary Case In Ada
Ada police detained two youths about 19 years old after catching them burglarizing a local shoe store Sunday night. Officers planned to file charges soon. both suspects arrested in Ada and held for further action.
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Ralph Benham
Nell Goodman
Machine Age
New York
McAlester
Les Sieidley
Pittsburg
Ada News
Treadwell
Monroe
Delancey
McKinley
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Congress
Roosevelt
van Buren
Philadelphia
Michael Chofue
Esther Faber
Miss Faber
Inbohn City
Tanhandie
Saas
Southwest
Louisian
North
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain Area
Staten
Inc
Huckster
Oklehoma
Genetis
Executive Mansion
Houston
Hill
Banking Department
Legal Department
Mack. Williamson
George Short
Berry King
McAlester Penitentiary
Granite Reformatory
Granite Institution
Jim Noble
Haskell
Guthrie
Jim
Highway Commission
Him
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