Traxler case heads to county trial under three-county deal
A three county agreement allows Pontotoc Marshall or Bryan to arraign and hold Traxler for robbery with firearms or kidnapping. Virgil Stanfield notes death penalty possible for robbery with firearms and life for kidnapping. Sheriff Kaiser and Stanfield aided transfer to McAlester as Traxler and companions fled, with officers pursuing nearby during the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
Marshall
Bryan
Pete Traxler
Texas
McAlester State Penitentiary
Virgil Stanfield
Stanfield
Anrd Markham, Jr
Traxler
Clyde Kaiser
Hugo
McAlester
Kaiser
Durant
Tindall
Freedom
Jim Rogers
Rogers
Ada real estate demand steady despite oil slump
City builders and Realtors in Ada report housing demand remains strong with new permanent residents. A two-to-one inquiry rate for homes continues, while five families moved into Ada per Southwest Gas records including two from out of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Johnston
J. D. Kinsey
South Johnston
B. C. Davidson
C. E. Bacock
Southwest Gas Office
State
Journey from Naples to Egypt through classic island lore
The writer travels from Naples to Brindisi then boards the Marco Polo to Alexandria. He recalls Octavian’s Actium victory and Odyssean myths while pausing at Corfu Ithaca and Crete. In Alexandria he visits Pompey’s Pillar and the catacombs, notes Arab vendors and a cordial guide, and plans Cairo with Dr. Saunders and his son.
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Naples
Brindisi
Octavian
Antony
Cleopatra
Actium
Alexandria
Augustus
Corfu
Wilhem II
Ithaca
Homer
Penelope
Odysseus Leukos
Apollo
Sappho
Phaon
Lesbos
Zoological Garden
Cairo
Pyramids
Memphis
The
Egypt
Windsor Palace
Adans
Saunders
Tenn
American University
Sophia
Bulgaria
Holy Land
Near East
Damascus
Alexandretta
Greece
Four Scottsboro defendants freed in Alabama case
In Decatur Alabama on July 24 four of the nine Scottsboro defendants were released after the 11th Jurys conviction of Charlie Weems. Ozie Powell pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder receiving 20 years and rape charges against him and the freed four were erased. The four freed were Olen Montgomery Willie Roberson Eugene Williams and Roy Wright.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Charlie Weems
Alabama
Morgan County
Ozie Powell
Powell
United States Supreme Court
Weems
Clarence Norris
Heywood Patterson
Andy Wright
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Olen Montgomery
Willie Roberson
Eugene Williams
Roy Wright
Williams
W. W. Callahan
Leibowitz
Callahan
Thomas S. Lawson
Norris
Paint Rock
Victoria Price
Ruby Bates
Graduation Sermon Urges Purpose and Service for Grads
Dr. Roy Rutherford challenged East Central State Teachers College summer graduates to pursue purpose thoroughness enthusiasm and service. He spoke at a fully packed First Baptist Ada church noting an open door to a rider on a horse of Purpose a sword of Thoroughness a spear of Enthusiasm and the armor of Service. The ceremony featured readings and solos as part of a baccalaureate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State Teachers College
Roy Rutherford
Oklahoma City
First Baptist Church
Ivan J. Young
Christian Church of
Ada
C. C. Morris
Dorothy M. Stubbs
Malotte
Sour Milk Used To Save Bridge From Fire
Brattleboro Vermont July 26 A New York tourist used a quart of sour milk in his car to halt a fire beneath the main bridge to Hinsdale New Hampshire saving the structure from destruction. Firemen said the blaze in the planking area might have destroyed the bridge if not for the quickly supplied liquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
New York
Hinsdale
N. H
Temperature Of Man Hits 112 He’s Survived
In St Charles Missouri Dr T L Hardin reports Fred H Hallbruegge age 54 recovered from a heat stroke after his body temperature peaked at 112 degrees. Hospital staff initially doubted the reading but two other thermometers confirmed the high temperature, the physician said. He had been admitted a week earlier with a 102 degree reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Charles
Fred H. Hallbruegge
T. L. Hardin
Halibruegge
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News notes a classified ad promotion promising greater returns on vested amounts. The notice urges readers to inquire at the listed Ada address for details and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
New Oil Pool Looms Near Abilene Texas
In Jones county operators cement six inch casing in the Lewis Production company No. 1 B. J. Rutledge after drilling one foot of sand saturation and showing 50 to 75 barrels daily. The pool lies midway between the Guitar and Sayles fields, ten miles north of Abilene, from the same production zone as those fields at depths of 1,928 to 1,929 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Texas
Jones County
Lewis Production Company
B. J. Rutledge
Guitar
Sayles
Tenants and Share Croppers Get Federal Help to Buy Farms
President Roosevelt signed legislation authorizing federal loans to help tenants and sharecroppers acquire farm homes. The measure provides 10 million dollars in farm purchase loans this year with 25 million in 1939 and 50 million annually thereafter, potentially supporting about 3,000 farm purchases. It also offers rehabilitation loans and retirement of sub marginal land to assist low income farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Nell Traxler Free On Bond
Nell Traxler is free on bonds totaling 11000 tied to charges of aiding her husband Pete Traxler's escape from Eastham Texas prison farm. She faces justice court in Chickasha for extradition papers as Texas authorities move to retrieve him. Her husband, wounded and hospitalized in M Alfester penitentiary hospital, had a separate fugitive warrant and she previously posted 3500 for aiding his flight and 5000 on federal harboring charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Nell Traxler
Pete Traxler
Eastham
Texas
Justice Court
Desperado
M.alester
Allen Francis Road Completed and Bridge Work Begins South of Vanoss
The county WPA road from Allen to Francis is finished and the continuation west to Highway 48 starts. The Francis to Highway 48 stretch will exceed four miles, largely paved, linking Ada and Francis. A new I beam bridge with concrete piers over Sandy Creek is under construction one mile south of Vanoss, with a 20 foot roadway and grading to be completed. the Vanoss south route will be realigned to run directly south from Main Street for one and a half miles as part of the county loop plan.
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Francis
Vanoss
Allen
Pontotoc County
Ada
Sandy Creek
Main Street
Vaness
Bilbo Breaks With Harrison Over Senate Leader Vote
In Washington the Bilbo Harrison feud resurfaces as Sen Patricia Harrison faces Alben Barkley in the leadership race. Bilbo backs Barkley after pledges made during the Robinson Supreme Court talks, saying he cannot betray his word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Pat Harrison
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Harrison
Bilbo
Robinson
Supreme Court
Pontotoc County Sees Net Valuation Drop Despite Rise in Gross Value
Pontotoc County valuations for personal, real estate and public service properties were approved by the state board of equalization. The 1937 gross total rose to 17,076,119 from 1936’s 15,523,766, while homestead exemptions trimmed the 1937 net to 15,109,444, a decline of 414,322 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
State Board of Equalization
Charley Floyd
Oklahoma Sets August Oil Production Limits In State Plan
Oklahoma Corporation Commission adopts August production limits at 533 400 barrels daily matching federal estimates. The change increases July’s cap by 3 700 barrels. New fields Tecumseh area and Gilcrease North Bethel added with 100 barrels daily each. total pool allocations adjusted across Wilcox Cleveland Simpson and other zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Federal Bureau of Mines
State Corporation Commission
Henry Waters
Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Bureau of Mines
W. J. Armstrong
Oklahoma City Wilcox
Cleveland
Simpson
Wilcox
Reford Bond
Commission
Armstrong
Wildcat
Tecumseh
Gilcrease
North Bethel
Rapid Weekend Temperature Swings Hit Ada
Ada reports dramatic temperature changes over the weekend with 96 and 102 degree highs. Showers brought 0.09 and 0.13 inches of rain in places, while overnight lows fell to 67 degrees, a 35 degree swing from the daytime heat. A southern county area had no rain and a local baseball game was rained out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
County Seeks Traxler Kept at State Pen
A district court application sought Roy Pete Traxler’s incarceration in the state penitentiary for safekeeping until further orders. Judge Tal Crawford granted it alongside a similar one for Marshall Lee, tied to armed robberies across Pontotoc Bryan and Marshall counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Pete” Traxler
State
Tal Crawford
Marshall Lee
Virgil Stanfield
Traxler
Pontotoc
Marshall
Bryan
Texas State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Baby Born In Drug Store Speed Rush In Stonewall
In Stonewall a couple rushed to a Rexall Drug store front when labor sped up. Dr. W P Rudell delivered a six and a half pound girl named Donna Fay in the doorway, mother and baby reported doing well and back home in Woolley Flats. Father quipped he would have named a boy Stonewall Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
FHA Building Loans Increase in Oklahoma City
Freeman P. Galt, state FHA director, announced Oklahoma for the seventh straight month exceeded the national average in building and mortgages accepted for FHA insurance. May mortgage acceptances rose 8.20 percent from April, versus a 5.29 percent national rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Freeman P. Galt
FHA
Oklahoma
Federal Housing Administration
Galt
Road Program Considered by Oklahoma Highway Commission
Oklahoma City July 27 The state highway commission will consider a 2 250 000 road program this week focusing on secondary road construction and the elimination of dangerous railroad crossings. It includes farm to market roads but none of the main state system highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
W. E. Grisso
Grisso
Patsy Oil develops Cromwell and Hunton prospects in 22-2-7 area
Patsy Oil rigs No 1 Mayhue at Cromwell offset near Roadhouse No 1 Booth as it plans to drill toward Cromwell. North Fitts field shows interest after Sinclair Prairie completion. No 3 McCarty and No 4 B Moody show Hunton lime potential with locations staked. Magnolia No 11 Burris B reports Cromwell sand test at 228 barrels in 18 hours while Magnolia No 3 F C Norris yields 107 barrels in 24 hours from Hunton lime, not acidized.
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Patsy Oil Company
Mayhue
Booth
Patsy
Fitts
Sinclair Prairie
McCarty
Moody
Hunton
Magnolia No
Burris B
Cromwell
F. C. Norris
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E. W. Marland
First Christian Church of
Allen-Francis
Stormy Petrel
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Mississippi
Edwin R. Holmes
Theodore G. Bilbo
Juunior
Deep South
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Judge Holmes
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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State Equalization Board
Stonewall
Curtis
W. P. Rudell
Roadhouse
Sinclair Wells
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S. K. Grant
EK. Martin
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RK. W. Simpson
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