Oklahoma Extension notes and County Farm Women activities
The article outlines 4 H club and adult group activities across Carter and Hughes counties, with demonstrations on sewing, food preservation, poultry, ice cream making, and dress judging. It highlights Miss Cleo Helbing’s scholarship to a southern school, and reports on county camp plans, home demonstration progress, and boll weevil forecasts for Oklahoma cotton fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Morgan
Cleo Helbing
South
Harvard
Yale
Miss Helbing
Heckler
Singer
Singer Co
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Morgan
Roff
Cedar Grove
Colbert School
Blue Mound
North Ada
Vaness
Fitzhugh
Homer
Mr. Ware
Extension Poultryman
Ware
Poultry Department
Extension Division
Vanoss
Latta
Poultry Club
Myr
Mrs. Brown
Vera Grant
Hughes County Federated Club
Hughes County
Byrds Mill Falls
Elva Duvall
Carter County Advisory Board
Minnie B. Church
Duvall
Ardmofelle
Ernest E. Scholl
Oklahoma
Cotton County
Red River
Noble County
Caddo County
Stilwell
Adair County
Strike begins in British cotton mills across Lancashire
The largest industrial stoppage since 1926 hits Lancashire as about half a million workers stay home over a 12.5 percent wage cut. Some 1,500 mills affected. government mediation sought amid blame on employers. If lasting a week, 100,000 more jobs in distributive trades join idle workers with weekly wage losses near 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Lancashire
Ministry of Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir Horace Wilson
Horace
Margaret Bondfield
Employers Federation
Masters’ Federation
Tobacco tariff ties to Senator Reed in finance panel
Washington July 30 the tobacco tariff is driving Reed Republican Pennsylvania to the fore as he assists in a finance committee agreement. The plan imposes the daily cigars bill on the last arriver for each session. Reed boasts a near perfect last arrival record and cigars 25 cents and up attract his colleagues. Many smuggled or protected under Fordney McCumber tariffs form the backdrop to his revision work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Washington
Senator Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Auburn prison riot frees four but ends with deaths
A riot at Auburn state prison releases four inmates and seizes the arsenal with 50 rifles and four machine guns. Guards, aided by state troopers, recapture the yard. two mutineers are killed and two escapees flee in a car as others are wounded or jailed. Names of escaped prisoners are listed, with days of unrest noted.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn State Prison
Joseph Caprice
Arthur Barry
Steve Pawlik
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
Sing Sing
Hudson River
Auburn Yard
Merle Osborne
Osborne
Milton Ryther
Ryther
Jacob Reese
Reese
O. R. Judd
Barnard Fire Department
Pelton and Corcoran
Violent Auburn Prison Riot Draws in Guards and Troopers
A prison riot at Auburn erupts with convicts firing on guards from the wall and inside, destroying shops and utilities as local police and the New York National Guard reinforce the scene. Fire Captain Morrissey is injured while rescuers struggle to control the outbreak.
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Auburn Police Department
Bertillon
Edgar S. Jennings
Oneida
Pulaski
New York National Guard
Patrick Morrissey
Morrissey
Ted
Oklahoma City Job Shakeup At Pauls Valley Boys School
Trompson becomes acting superintendent at the state training school for boys in Pauls Valley following Clyde Goodner resignation after the death of Stanley Kelley. Judge Dudley and Governor Holloway authorize a thorough personnel review and plan new rules emphasizing reform and education with loss of privileges as discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Trompson
State Bureau of Investigation and Identification
Pauls Valley
Clyde Goodner
Stanley Kelley
R. E. Davis
Davis
Thompson
C. E. Dudley
State Board of Affairs
Holloway
Dudley
Charles McCloud
Sam Turner
Holdenville
Frisco
Sapulpa
McLoudy
Goodner
Court Denies Rehearing in Patterson Bank Robbery Case
Oklahoma City July 27 The criminal court of appeals denied a petition for rehearing by Charley Patterson who was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for robbing the Bank of Canute in October 1924 The court also handed down other decisions including dismissals and affirmations in liquor cases and a reversal for L N Camp in Carter County due to insufficient evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Charley Patterson
Washita County
Patterson
Bank of Canute
Charley Davis
Kay County
John Palmore
Kiowa
Tip Bailey
Payne County
Bailey
Vatican Introduces New Postal Service and Automatic Telephone Link
Vatican City announces the new postal service under a convention with Italy that ends with its launch on August 1. Plans include a fully automatic telephone system to connect Vatican City to international lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican Postal Service
Italy
Vatican
Strangest of Crashes at Roosevelt Field
James Riddle piloting a small monoplane collided with a steam roller at Roosevelt Field July 24 injuring roller operator A C Nazerai who was knocked from his seat with a broken shoulder. The plane lost its left wing and was wrecked while Riddle and two passengers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Field
James Riddle
A. C. Nazerai
Riddle
Ada to Welcome New Fair Department Store this August
W Winkelman a Fair department store owner reports from New York that buyers have chosen a large stock for the Ada store to open in August. The enterprise, run by Slaner Winkelman and Chase, will be modern and beautifully arranged with C Low coordinating buyers from other stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Winkelman
New Fair
Shaw
New York
Ada
Slaner, Winkelman and Chase
Pauls Valley
Duncan
Hobart
C. Low
Washington Town Threatened by Fire
COSMOPOLIS Wash July 4 Fire starting in a barber shop and fanned by high wind defied firemen and spread to four blocks destroying more than a dozen business houses. All available apparatus rushed from Aberdeen four miles away but heat prevented close attack and crews fought smaller fires sparked by embers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolis
Wash
Aberdeen
Steel industry at capacity as NYSE reports quarter gains
United States Steel Corporation shows earnings of 71.995 million after taxes and interest for the second quarter, up from earlier periods. Net profit reaches 53.826 million. Unfilled orders total 4.246 million tons. Directors declare quarterly dividends of 1.75 dollars on common and 0 on preferred stock.
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New York
L?p
United States Steel Corporation
Graham Says Charges On Rogers Not Closed
Oklahoma City July report notes county attorney Callihan refused to reexamine the transcript from a House sub committee on John Rogers state examiner and inspector. House action claimed Rogers violated the law in many instances and ordered the record sent for investigation and prosecution. Graham criticized Callihan for not reviewing the report as promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Rogers
Oklahoma City
George M. Callihan
House of Representatives
John Rogers
Robert Graham
Oklahoma County House
House
Outfielder Edwards to Coach at Concordia High School
A. R. Monk Edwards of Independence announced he will coach athletics next year at Concordia High School in Concordia Kansas. The Western Association outfielder confirmed the move today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kan
A. R
Monk” Edwards
Western Association
Concordia
Town Not in Danger From River Encroachment
Washington reports Corning Missouri is not in danger of destruction from the Missouri river encroachment, per briefing from the Kansas City office of the army engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chief of
Army Engineers
Kansas City
Corning
Missouri River
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Byron Norrell
H. D
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Gua
ST. Louis
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Acontrol
Miami Mineral Belt Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Belt Line
Quapaw
Okla
Baxter Junction
Picher
Baxter Springs
Fost
McCloud
Criminal Court
Claude E. Delay
Delay
L. N. Camp
Carter County
Wheat Pool
Canada
Canadian Wheat Pool
FE. B. Ramsey
Florence James
Denver
Colo
Hokum
James
E. B. Swift
Travelers’ Aid
Betty Lorraine
Laura May
Richard
Florence
Elizabeth, Earlis
Robert James
Washington Town
Callihan
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