Connally Bill Extension Faces House Action and Oil Worries
Oklahoma news notes the Connally extension for the hot oil law being debated in Congress. Industry leaders push for quick passage to avoid a June 15 expiration, citing federal control aims and state production limits.
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Austin
Tex
Washington
House
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Texas Railroad Commission
National Capital
Paris
France
World Petroleum Congress
Texan
Roosevelt
Congress
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
East
Federal Bureau
Local visits and weekend gatherings reported in Ada area
The bulletin lists numerous visits and visits by families and individuals across Ada Oklahoma and Fittstown including Mrs Hice with her daughter Mrs Bess, Miss Marie Gouch with Mr and Mrs Swisher, and multiple gatherings at the Flanagan and Akers homes. Names include Hice Gouch Flanagan Reagan Foster Vancleave Akers Shook and Townsend among others.
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Marie Flanagan
George
Akers
Charlie Flanagan
Jewel Flanagan
Gouch
Marie
LaDema Gouch
Louise Foster
Lawrence
Geneva Hice
Hice
Jim Flanagan
Fritz Townsend
Evelyn Reagan
Fittstown
Dwight Akers
Ray James Foster
Ada
Foster
Bob
Bess of
Knox
Wortha Flanagan
Jean
Opal Vancleave
Couch
Willie Akers
Atoka
Elsie Chambers
Kenneth Smith
Fifth Sunday Meeting Draws Large Crowd
A large crowd attended the Fifth Sunday meeting held here with a successful turnout. Organizers expressed gladness and invited everyone to return as Sunday school enjoyed strong participation.
Food plane crash at Warren plant sparks strike tensions
A Republic Steel air plane crash landed at the Warren Ohio plant while delivering food to non-strikers. Officials blamed sniping by strikers as bricks and bolts fired at the plane frightened the pilot. The pilot was uninjured and a second plane later landed and took off with a second crewman.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren, C
Frank Flynn
Alva Drenched by Huge Hour's Rain
Heavy rains drenched northwestern and central Oklahoma with 1.23 inches in Oklahoma City and 2.5 inches in Alva within one hour. Rivers rose along the North and South Canadian, with towns from Woodward to Perry reporting varying rainfall and minor damage.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Woodward
Hammond
Alva
Harry Wahlgren
Eufaula
Hayward
Covington
Enid
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Perry
Garber
Fairview
Medford
Guymon
Boise City
Beaver
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News classified ad notes improved yields on invested funds with longer term vesting. It highlights better returns for larger amounts and advises readers to consult financial departments for details. The notice emphasizes growth prospects and institutional guidance.
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Ada News
Justice Willis Van Devanter Retires From Supreme Court
Washington June 2 Justice Willis Van Devanter ended a 26 year Supreme Court career to become a farmer. He attended a final session as colleagues expressed high esteem and regret. He will farm a Maryland 78 acre property and may visit Canada this summer. Roosevelt silence on successor fuels speculation by lawmakers and legal experts.
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Washington
Willis van Devanter
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Maryland
Canada
Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
Llgal
J V Chapman Sr Dies Suddenly at 67 in Cross Plains
J V Chapman Sr father of James V Chapman of Ada died suddenly in Cross Plains Texas at age 67. Burial planned in Bonham Texas. Surviving widow, two daughters Mrs John B Saunders of Bonham and Miss Sara Chapman of Cross Plains. James Chapman employed by Haynes Hardware and pianist for the First Baptist Church Men’s Bible class accompanied by sister in law Mrs W C Duncan.
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J. V. Chapman
James V. Chapman
Ada
Cross Plains
Texas
Bonham
James Chapman
Haynes Hardware
First Baptist Church
W. C. Duncan
Chapman
Davis Infant Bettie Jo dies in Fittstown home
Bettie Jo Davis age one, daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Davis, died Monday at 3 p m at the family home in Fittstown. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p m in the cemetery with interment at Foster Oklahoma. Keith's funeral home in charge.
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Happyland
Norma Lamb
Delpha Head
Iva Murphy
Iva
Annie Price
Earl Jones
Charley, Harrold
Ruby Simmons
Ada
Nova Head
Rethie Lamb
Scott Wilson
Clyde Wilson
Billie Jean
Russel Head
Bettie Jean
Muriel Wilson
Cedar Grove
Kin Lamb
R. D. Hammond
Nova
Other Head
Ray Morrison
Johnnie Middleton
Sapulpa
Adrian Price
Walter Price
John Gann
J. R. Lamb
Roy Morrison
J. M. Ingram
Cecil Kimble
Avaonell
Lovelady
Allbright
G. E. Branscome
T. S. Bottoms
Haley Williams
Emitt Bottoms
Evelyn Williams
Winnie Bottoms
Frank Roddy
Cantrell
Truman Ramner
Lula Robson
Robert Ross
T. L. Bottoms
Oil Center
Norman Mitchell
Marie
Dorothy Mae Williams
Luther Foxx
Omer Bottoms
Gracie Mae Corvin
Sullivan
Cecil Corvin
Joe Capman
Melvin Farmer
J. B. Capman
Guiles Raymond Mitchell
Union Hill School
Walnut Grove
Ray Mitchell
Erma Mitchell
Bettie Jo Davis
B. F. Davis
Fittstown
Foster
Okla
Keith
Hearing for Dr. W. R. Mitchell Postponed to June 8
A preliminary murder hearing for Dr. W. R. Mitchell in Wynona case was continued to June 8. Mitchell pleaded innocent at arraignment, with the delay announced by County Attorney Sim Carman in Pawhuska.
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Pawhuska
W. R. Mitchell
Wynona
Sim Carman
Mitchell
Sands Pleads for Life in Oklahoma Executed Gun Battle Case
Charlie Sands of Duncan asks the pardon board for commutation to life after being sentenced to death for the killing of Grady county undersheriff J. E. Wilson in a gun battle following the May 1935 Elgin bank robbery. Sands and Leon Siler defend that Wilson was slain by posse members. Witnesses describe a crowded house and exchanges over a firearm, with Deeds testifying Sands fired from behind a door. Sands, Siler and their wives and sweethearts are tied to the McAlester case.
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Clara R. Farrington
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
M. A. Douglas
Lucius Babcock Jr
Canadian County Court House
el Reno
Ada
Okla
M. A. Douglass
Lucius Babcock, Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Geo. R. Collins
H. D. Garner
Oklahoma City
Charlie Sands
Duncan
McAlester Prison
J. E. Wilson
Grady County
Pardon and Parole Board
Wilson
Sands
Leon Siler
Elgin
Criminal Court of Appeals
Siler
Comanche County
Deeds
Ralph Deeds
Fred Cunningham
Phyllis
Ruby Herring
McAlester Penitentiary
Indiana Police Hunt Brady to Replicate Dillinger Ending
Indiana state police sweep central Indiana in a frantic search for Al Brady to force him to mirror John Dillinger's fate. Brady and his gang roved banks and jewelry stores, escaped jail, and battled officers, with two officers shot and one near death as patrols flood the state.
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Logansport
Ind
NEA
Indiana
al Brady
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Brady
State Reformatory
Indianapolis
Lima
Jess Larber
Brady Gang
Elmer Mrrtin
Brady Boys
E. E. Rose
Dillingers
Richard Rivers
Chicago
James Dalhover
Barton
Margaret Barry
Dalhover
Clarence Lee Shaffer
Jackson
Greefield
Rivers
Clarence Watson
Carthage
Esca
Goodland
Paul Minneman
Elmer Craig
Minneman
Craig
Asher Bridge Now Safe For Auto Traffic
Traffic resumes over the Canadian river bridge near Asher after heavy weekend rains raised water to a threatening height. South approach was submerged briefly and damage deemed slight. Water receded quickly and conditions are normal again.
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Asher
Prehistoric California Lion Larger Than Modern African Species
In California during the Pleis tocene Age a lion species inhabited the region, described as one quarter larger than any contemporary African lion. The note highlights distinctive size compared with modern African specimens.
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California
Africa
Paper analysis by microscopic wood source
An expert can grind a newspaper into pulp and examine a drop under a microscope to determine the tree species used to make the paper.
Flag first displayed on Ranger under Jones at Portsmouth Harbor
The first American flag flew on a warship on July 4 1777 when Capt John Paul Jones raised a flag made by young women from their gowns to the mast of his ship the Ranger at Portsmouth Harbor New Hampshire.
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John Paul Jones
Ranger
Portsmouth Harbor
N. H
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