Worries Return as Republicans Face Convention Plans
Worries overshadowing Democratic convention drama. GOP fights over prohibition plan and funds while borah skips the Chicago meeting. Roosevelt gains delegates, boosting nominating prospects. Hoover aides weigh referendum options amid party strain. Dry leaders threaten independence as next week’s GOP dry meeting looms large.
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Borah
Chicago
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Delaware
Utah
Colorado
Roosevelt
John W. Garner
Texas
Alfred F. Smith
New Jersey
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Hoover
Bishop Cannon
Mr. Hoover
Read Jr. Denies Abducting Wife in Mountain Car Ride
Alfred C. Read Jr. is jailed in Eldorado County after his wife Marian Y. Read accuses him of abducting her from Oakland. Read claims reconciliation and says no force was used during a wild motor car ride to Placerville. Stewart Trumbauer is also jailed as a companion in the incident.
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Placerville
Cal
Alfred C. Read Jr
Marian Y. Read
Oakland
Eldorado County
Claire Windsor
Read
Stewart Tram-bauner
Trumbauer
Grecian sinks after collision with City of Chattanooga
The steamer Grecian, 2827 tons, en route from Boston to Norfolk with 35 crew, collided with the City of Chattanooga in dense fog off Block Island and sank. Four Grecian crewmen are missing. the master of the Grecian and several others were rescued. Coast guard cutters aided the search as the Upshur arrived with a doctor aboard.
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New York
Boston
Norfolk
City of Chattanooga
Block Island
Coast Guard
Radio Marine Corporation
Tn First
United Statees
Upshur
Chattanooga
Grecian
Merchant & Miners’ Transportation Company
Baltimore
Savannah
Rhode Island Coast Line
Merchants & Miners Line
R E. L. Forrest
Portsmouth
Charles Crowley
Providence
Jim Merriweather
Philadelphia
Tzanny Lowes
Farm Pasture Tour planned for coming Tuesday
County agent J B Hill reports growing interest in winter and summer pastures and will lead a pasture inspection tour Tuesday May 31 starting at 8 am from the courthouse. The route includes Renza Cooper farm sweet clover, Mundy farm Italian rye grass, and burr clover for year round pasture.
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J. B. Hill
Renza Cooper
Mr. Mundy
Pecan Grove
Hard Fight to Save Life of Otl Operator
Big Spring Texas May 31 Robert Schermerhorn 24 oil operator remains critical as doctors use an oxygen tent to fight pneumonia His respiration and pulse showed some improvement over last night The tent owned by Dr Felix Miller El Paso was flown in Nurse Gertrude Fox assisted in its operation Schermerhorn is an official of Schermerhorn Oil Co and a member of a Minneapolis family.
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Tex
Robert Schermerhorn
Felix Miller
el Paso
Miller
Gertrude Fox
Schermerhorn
Schermerhorn Oil Co
Minneapolis
Oil Company
Garden Judging School Held at Holdenville June 1
On Wednesday June 1 a garden judging school will be held at Holdenville with specialists from Oklahoma A and M college. The event trains judges for state garden contest entries. Miss Jessie Thompson Miss Doris Watson and Miss Roberta Johnson will travel from Ponca County with Mrs. Morgan.
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Oklahoma A
M._ college
Jessie Thompson
Doris Watson
Roberta Johnson
Poncotoc County
Morgan
Oklahoma City Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Mixed May 31
Oklahoma City reports cattle calves grain finished yearlings in the 3.50 to 5.25 range with varied grades and weights. Hogs see a partial recovery from Monday with packer top at 2.90 and outsider top at 3.00. Sheep and lambs hold steady with slight prospect of a 25 cent advance.
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Oklahoma City
Market Report Kansas City Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Kansas City market report shows hogs 5 000 head steady to 10 cents higher with top at 3.05 for 170 270 lb cattle 5 000 calves 1 000 fed light yearlings steady to weak steers good and choice 600 1500 lbs 5.40 to 7.25 heifers 3.50 to 5.00 vealers 3.00 to 6.00 stocker and feeder cattle 4.50 to 6.00 sheep and lambs steady yearlings down 15 to 25 cents top native lambs 5.85 lambs 5.50 to 6.00 ewes 1.00 to 1.50.
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Kansas City
Chicago Market Report For Poultry Produce Eggs May 31
Chicago AP market report shows alive poultry at 29 trucks with steady to higher quotes for broilers and turkeys. Butter prices vary with creamery specials and firsts, extras, and standards. eggs quoted for current receipts, storage packed and extras with mixed grades.
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Chicago
Wheat Prices Slip As Market Turmoil Deepens
Wheat values weaken in late trading amid New York market setbacks and Germany's political crisis. A Chicago crop expert projects winter wheat at 455,000 690 bushels. export demand slows. Journal reports from Tishomingo note unsteady price moves with corn and oats also lurching and provisions near unchanged. Judge Busby praised as leading Supreme Court candidate in Johnston County coverage.
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Chicago
New York
Germany
Grain Prices Reported for Wheat Corn and Oats
Wheat prices listed with No 2 red at 58 cents No 3 red 57 57ic No 1 hard 58c No 2 hard 58 58c No 4 yellow hard 563c No 1 northern spring 60 603¢c No 2 northern spring 584c Corn shows No 1 mixed 314¢ No 9 mixed 31ic No 1 yellow 32c No 2 yellow 314 32c No 1 white 32c No 2 white 32c Oats No 1 white 24¢c No 9 white 2334 24c
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Chicago
New Orleans Cotton Dives as Prices Slip to Season Lows
Cotton on all active months hits new season lows due to poor Liverpool cables political news and market delays. July falls to 5.38 cents, October 5.58, December 5.72 as selling accelerates before mid-session rally fades. Exports for the day total 9,455 bases.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Cotton Hits New Seasonal Low on Heavy Liquidation
New York brokers report July cotton futures sliding to 5.30 cents amid broad market weakness and political news weighing on sentiment. Declines push the nearby May and October contracts toward earlier season lows as stop orders accelerate the retreat.
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New York
Washington
RO Ca
Tintin Sm Got C SA
Cotton futures close quiet as prices slip in New Orleans
Spot cotton in New Orleans on May 31 closed 28 points lower. Sales totaled 153 with low middling at 4.86 cents, middling at 5.31 cents, and good middling at 5.66 cents. Receipts were 11,237 and stock stood at 1,037,627.
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New Orleans
Mee Nee
Spot Cotton Quiet at New York Middling 5.30
In New York on May 31 the spot cotton market showed quiet trading with middling grade priced at 5.30 cents per pound. The brief AP note indicates a stable tone with no notable price shifts.
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New York
Busby Gains Ground in Johnston County
Reports say Judge Orel Busby as a Democratic Supreme Court candidate is showing unusual strength in the south end of the district, notably Johnston county. He spoke at a county meeting in Tishomingo where Judge Porter Newman praised his career from county judge to district judge and urged voters to elevate him to the Supreme Court.
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Johnston County
Democcat
Judge Busby
Busby
Supreme Court
Orel Busby
Porter Newman
Newman
Apple Pie Prompts Campaign Efforts in Pontotoc County
Women in Pontotoc County host pie suppers aiding candidates as they mingle with voters. The piece highlights varieties from cocoanut to lemon and the allure of apple pie, noting green apples bring renewed interest as campaigns continue.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Governor pushes for 250000 signature tax measure
Memorial Day closures at the state capitol coincided with a drive to launch the governor Murray income tax proposal. Ira Mitchell led the effort aiming for 250000 signatures, later revised to between 195000 and 200000, while opponents organized to fight it at the polls. John Carlock chairs the new citizens group. Murray cited regional signer counts from Delaware and Greer counties to justify the lower goal and predicted legislative passage if efforts continue. He did not set an election date.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol
Murray
Ira Mitchell
Relief Commission
John Carlock
Ardmore
New Citizens
Delaware
Greer
War ace arrested with booze cargo
San Angelo Texas May 26 Up WW II ace T Ponder longtime Fort Worth World War II ace was arrested at the airport with an airplane load of Mexican beer after customs officers chased him from the Mexican border. He waived examining trial this morning and his bond stood at 1500 dollars.
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San Angelo
Tex
T. Ponder
Fort Worth
Prince Announces Candidacy for County Clerk
Lyal Prince declares his run for County Clerk as a first time candidate. He promises to cut deputies, save taxpayers money, keep accurate records, and remain on the job at all times. Prince, a Ada area businessman, emphasizes courtesy, public access, and honesty as he campaigns in Pontotoc county.
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Texas
Allen
Ada
Lyal
Prince
Beer's Revenue Plan Dies In Senate Vote
The proposal to legalize beer with 2.75 percent alcohol for revenue was defeated 5 to 26 in the Senate. Senator Bingham proposed substituting a two events a pint tax, but the plan failed as a revenue measure. Senators Johnson and Schall did not back the prior beer proposal and supported yesterday's defeat.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Bingham
Conn
Johnson
Cal
Schall
Minn
Open Free Bridge Across Red River Links Altus and Vernon
Texas and Oklahoma opened a new 125000 free steel and concrete bridge over the Red river linking Altus Oklahoma and Vernon Texas on U S highway 2538. The 3900 foot structure has been open about two weeks with dedication ceremonies planned at 4 p m. Governor Ross Sterling of Texas and highway officials from both states were invited to attend.
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Okla
CAP
Texas
Oklahoma
Red River
Vernon
Ross Sterling
Highway Commissions
W. F. Hearne
Mangum
War ace Ponder arrested in Texas beer shipment case
CP W T Ponder once a top World War II ace and Lafayette Escadrille veteran is under arrest in San Angelo, linked to the seizure of an airplane loaded with beer. He says he did not plead guilty, claimed ignorance of pursuit, and described his flight from the Ft. Worth area to a local airport before being stopped by a pursuing officer.
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Tex
W. T. Ponder
San Angelo
Ponder
Southwestern
Lafayette Escadrille
Fontaines
France
Paris
Mangum
Okla
National Air Transport
Dallas
Chicago
Auctioneer decries high prices for old masters
In St. Louis bidders offered an average of 70 dollars for a score of paintings by noted artists including Benjamin West Jean Gustave Jacquet and George T Conroy. The auctioneer voiced dismay at the prices fetched.
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St. Louis
Benjamin West
Jean Gustave Jacquet
George T. Conroy
Greatest results for the amount invested
A brief classified notice highlights value for money in investments. It outlines returns and potential benefits for readers weighing options. The item emphasizes prudent choices and reliability in selection.
Counties Organize Tax Associations
Oklahoma City May 30. Rogers Cherokee and Watgoner counties will be organized by the Oklahoma Tax Economy association ahead of the state tax convention. Dr John E Brindley research director and C H Hyde vice president will start a two weeks tour at Bristow and Claremore to organize 24 counties into association branches.
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Rogers
Cherokee
Watgoner
Oklahoma Tax Economy Association
John E. Brindley
C. H. Hyde
Bristow
Claremore
Thieves Steal Honey Super From Bee Hive in Valley View
A thief visited the home of Prof and Mrs John Davis in Valley View Wednesday night and took a honey super and the queen excluder from a bee hive. The top was left in place. Mrs Davis asks for the excluder to be returned.
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John Davis
Valley View Addition
Just Politics Haunts Oklahoma Sheriff in Extradition Fight
Oklahoma Sheriff George Cheek of Sequoyah County denounces extradition as “just politics” amid an Ark. bank robbery case. Indictments include Hugh Bland and jailer Lee Smith with Cheek accused of aiding the loot taken across the state line. Deputy Carl Janeway, alias Dean Owens, involved. about $7,000 recovered. Bland a former Seminole County judge.
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Oklahoma City
Clarkesville
Ark
George Cheek
Sallisaw
Sequoyah County
Cheek
Hugh Bland
Tahlequah
Lee Smith
Arkansas
Carl Janeway
Dean Owens
Owens
Oklahoma
Janaway
Fred Russell
Johnson County
Ranaway
Russell
Associated Press
Bland
Seminole County
Kansas City Review Signals Production Adjustments Amid Low Prices
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reports production and distribution costs are being adjusted to match demand as inventories and surpluses shrink. It notes butterfat and eggs at multiyear lows, fat selling near a century low, and cattle and grain prices near historic lows, signaling near-term economic pressures across agriculture and manufacturing.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Two Charged With Burning Platter School
Durant Oklahoma May 28 Charges of arson for the February burnings of the Platter school building were filed against Ed Hartwell former school board member and Joe Smith former school superintendent Hartwell was arrested and held on 2500 bond Smith had not been arrested Ed Randall who was accused of setting the fire was bound over for district court trial based on evidence from a preliminary hearing
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Durant
Platter
Ed Hartwell
Joe Smith
Hartwell
Smith
Ed Randall
Missouri student killed in auto crash near Columbia
Ted Yohe a University of Missouri student from Fairfield Illinois was killed when an automobile overturned near Columbia. Carrol J Foster Jr a Norfolk Virginia resident and visitor to the university's journalism program was severely injured and taken to University Hospital with serious condition. Foster had joined Admiral Richard E Bird's South Pole expedition and Yohe was a member of the football squad finishing spring training.
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Columbia
Ted Yohe
University of Missouri
Fairfield
Ill
Carroll J. Foster
Norfolk
Richard E. Bird
South Pole
Foster
University School of Journalism
University Hospital
Yohe
Socialist by Pause Shakeup at Socialist Convention
At the Milwaukee national Socialist convention an 11th hour move by dry faction leaders questions whether a repeal of Prohibition will appear in the platform. George Goebel of Newark said 49 percent of delegates signed for a referendum, forcing the executive committee to seek member input by August 15 before the repeal plank can be adopted.
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National Socialist
Pary
George Goebel
Newark
N. J
Goebel
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