Nichols Talks Ay College On Tax Situation
Senator Allien G. Nichols of Wewoka spoke to summer school students about the income tax bill and a selective sales tax, urging support for nine months schools and cashing teachers’ warrants. He praised teachers, linked tax measures to school funding, and urged civic action at the capitol.
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Allien G. Nichols
Wewoka
College Auditorium
Nichols
Oklahoma
Boards of Education
Capitol
Tom Anglin
Holdenville
Senator Nichols
A. Linscheid
Mr. Anglin
Kansas City Kidnap Case Draws Federal Probe
Federal agents and Kansas authorities pressed the search for Mary McElroy’s kidnappers. Police and postal inspectors pursued leads across Wyandotte and surrounding counties while Miss McElroy was shown photos to aid identification.
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Kansas City
Mary McElroy
Missouri
Department of Justice
Kansas
Kan
Thomas J. Higgins
H. F. McElroy
Wyandotte County
W. L. Vandeventer
Superior Court Tries AEW PLA In Fast Docket Plan
In Seminole May 29 the first of 12 cases under Judge C Guy Cutlip’s jurorless trial plan was heard with two disinterested attorneys serving as jurors. A forcible entry appeal moved swiftly to verdict, as judges instructed by example. The move aims to ease crowded dockets and cut costs. Also reported are deaths of Mrs Sallie C Chapman and Mrs Grace Williamson with funeral details and survivors.
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Seminole
C. Guy Cutlip
Walter McDaniel
Ira Banta
Wewoka
Justice Court
Cutlip
Martinez lands job at Alice office in Texas
Corpus Christi report says Jesus Martinez sought work at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation employment office in Alice Texas. When officials asked for his number he replied one hundred and one and was offered the job.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Jesus Martinez
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Alice, Tex
Martinez
Gandhi Ends Three Week Fast In Untouchables Cause
Poised to help the untouchables, Mahatma Gandhi ends a three week fast by drinking orange juice at noon. He leaves the Naidu residence after 12 40 PM while followers from Hindu Mohammedan Parsees and European communities gather outside seeking entrance.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Landmark of Old Indian Gays Goes
The old United States federal jail in Muskogee known as the stockade is being razed to make way for a new building. Built for 50, it held about 300, housed famous prisoners like Frank and Al Jennings, and operated from 1898 to 1907 under federal jurisdiction. The stockade faced overcrowding and occasional fires, with five inmates dying of spinal meningitis. a larger brick jail replaced it and now serves as the city police station with quarters for federal prisoners.
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Muskogee
United States
Stockade
C. B E. Edmisson
Edmisson
Frank
al Jennings
Bud” Ledbetter
Muskogee County
Ohio
Mrs Nancy Finch 88 Tupelo Dies at Home
Mrs Nancy Catherine Finch, 88, of Tupelo, died Wednesday afternoon at 2 40 at the home of S A Fish in Stonewall. Funeral services were held Thursday at 11 from the Tupelo Methodist church with Rev Peek of Ada officiating. Burial followed at Birds Prairie cemetery in Tupelo. Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. Mrs E H Rodgers of Tupelo, a sister, survives.
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Sallie C. Chapman
W. S. Shipley
E. Brighth
Milburn
Wells Valley Cemetery
Criswell Funeral Home
Grace Truman Williamson
J. R. Williamson
Roff
Colberg
Rev
Bryant of
Ross
Keith Funeral Chapel
Williamson
Lowell
Juanita Williamson
Gladys Frick
Stillwater
Jim
L. A. Williamson
Nancy Catherine Finch
Tupelo
S. A. Fish
Stonewall
Methodist Church
Peek
Ada
Birds Prairie Cemetery
E. H. Rodgers
Finch
Cotton Men 10 Lend Assistance in Market Boost Efforts
William J. Vereen of Moultrie Ga chair of the American Cotton Manufacturers association says southern mills with over 18 million spindles will cooperate with federal cotton administrator C A Cobb in a program to lift cotton prices. Vereen notes mills can raise sales of cotton goods if farmers reduce acreage, aiming to improve overall business conditions. Cobb hopes the production program can start soon.
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Atlanta
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
William J. Vereen
Moultrie
Association
C. A. Cobb
Cotton Manufacturers Association
Southern Mills
America
Vereen
Cobb
Governor Murray Aims to Cut Beer Election Costs
Oklahoma City May 30 Governors message to the house proposes eliminating counters at the July beer election, a move supporters say would reduce costs from 915,500 to about 65,000. Beer advocates urge broader concessions while lawmakers note progress toward saving funds in the special session.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
House of Representatives
State Election Board
R. C. Garland
Latimer County
Beer For Oklahoma League
Garlan
Garland
Bob Graham
Oklahoma County
Governor Pushes Law After Beckett Firing at Oklahoma Land Board
Governor Murray denounces the removal of A. L. Beckett as secretary of the school and land board as improper and urges a special session to reenact a tougher law with an emergency clause. He accuses the commission of political maneuvering and seeks protections for the state’s trust funds amid investigations.
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Oklahoma City
Commission
A. L. Beckett
Murray
Beckett
Senate
Vaughan
John Vaughan
Land Department
Veterans Benefit Increase Rumored By Senate Action
Senator Byrnes said the administration would soon announce higher compensation rates for veterans with service connected disabilities. The debate touched cuts under the economy act and reviewed pension reductions for Spanish American War veterans.
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Washington
Byrnes
D-Sc
Senate
Independent Offices
Veterans Administration
Steiner
Dill
D-Wash
Copeland
Lewis
Illinois
Veterans Bureau
Roosevelt
Farm Column Urges Quality Poultry for Consumers
Ira J. Hollar of Oklahoma A and M College says dressed poultry should come from top farm quality. Farmers should improve finishing dressing and selling skills before selling direct to consumers. He notes fixtures that may guide pricing as profits rise.
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Ira J. Hollar
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Hollar
Farmstead Improvement Project For Oklahoma 4-H Clubs
Oklahoma 4 H club boys in multiple counties work on farmstead improvements to protect water and sanitation. Goals include teaching planning principles and encouraging parental cooperation for sanitary upgrades and added farm life comforts. The program follows a farmstead improvement manual with a spring summer task calendar such as repairing screens and toilets and building a yard walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Oklahoma
C. V. Phagan
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Presbyterians in Hamory Stand Montreat May 27 1940
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to refer the question of reaffiliation with the Federal Council of Christ to the presbyteries. It reaffirmed its anti liquor stance and urged churches to educate against alcohol. The body reversed its plan to appoint a permanent social and moral questions committee. The Hay Watson Smith case was not heard before adjournment.
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Sam M. Wilson
Lexington
Ernest Thompson
Charleston
W. Va
General Assembly
Wilson
Cardus Relief Report From Beaumont Woman
Mrs Nick Barranco of Beaumont Texas writes she was weak run down and in pain. After taking seven bottles Cardus stopped the side pain and rebuilt her health. She notes her mother used Cardus with benefit and recommends it. Cardus is sold at all drug stores.
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Nick Barranco
Beaumont
Texas
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