Derailed Santa Fe Train Crashes on Guthrie Trestle
Two men killed as baggage car plunges from a Guthrie area trestle into the Cimarron River. About 150 aboard, four cars toppled. rescuers battle floodwaters to reach victims. Train originates Chicago and heads to Galveston. engineers and crew unharmed. survivors evacuated by another westbound train.
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Guthrie
Santa Fe
Here
Cimarron River
Swift Stream
Leonard F. Guidd
Kansas City
Raymond McNulty
Okla
Davis
Oklahoma City
Anderson
Illinois
Massachusetts
Oklahoma veterans expected to receive bonus bonds June 16
Finance officer Pi Edgar Everidge of the Veterans Administration in Oklahoma City said most Oklahoma veterans would get their bonus bonds June 16. He warned of an early cashing rush that could clog check writing in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, with possible delays mailing checks. People can cash at local post offices using certificates of identification and interim receipts.
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Oklahoma City
Pi—Edgar Everidge
Veterans Administration
Oklahoma
Everidge
Tulsa
Washington
Federal Reserve
Kansas City
Treasury Department
Dual WPA aims outlined by Oklahoma officials
Ada chamber program spotlights WPA’s twofold mission to provide work and renew self-respect. Col. W. s. Key says the project funds labor, builds schools and roads, and sifts out unwilling workers while stressing the need for public understanding and ongoing relief.
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WPA
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Coalgate
Bromide
Tishomingo
Ravia
Lake Carter
Madill
Col. W. S. Key
Aldridge
Col. Key
Key
Ada Woman Dies In Highway 19 Crash Near Ada
Elsie Wineland 48 of Ada was killed when her car skidded on Highway 19 four miles west of Ada and went over an embankment. Funeral services will be held in Okmulgee with burial there. She is survived by husband H L Wineland two sons Ollin and Herbert two daughters in Seminole and Quanah Texas two sisters and six brothers. Mr Wineland is a lease and royalty dealer. Ollin is employed by the Quanah Tribune Chief.
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Tishomingo
Col. Key
Ravia
Colley
Chris Amos
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bill Crawford
George van Noy
Amos
Ron Stephens
WPA
Bryan Nolen
W. L. Benham
George Brown
State Office
Johnston County
Ada
Stratford
Coalgate
Allen
Rofs
Maj. Benham
Elsie Wineland
Highway 19
First Christian Church
Okmulgee
Wineland
H. L. Wineland
A. Fowler
Seminole
Ollin
Herbert Wineland
Quanah
Texas
Daisy Randolph
Enid
W. W. Hancock
Grand Fork
N. D
Otto Allred
Coweta
Hershel Allred
Medford
Ore
Ike
Elmer
Wesley
Carmite Allred
Boynton
Springbrook Valley
Rain floods Oklahoma panhandle with soil erosion and bridge damage
Eight straight days of rain drenched the Oklahoma panhandle floodwaters spill from the Cimarron river washing out two bridges north of Boise City and a bridge six miles from Canton. The North Canadian at Canton rose six feet flooding low lands while Tyrone and Liberal reported heavy showers. May rainfall at Guymon reached 5.76 inches. Boise City saw up to an inch Friday alone.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron
Boise City
Campo
Colo
Canton
Tyrone
Texas County
Guymon
Goodwell
Optima
Liberal
Kans
Panhandle
Hooker
Spearman
Tex
Ada Real Estate Boom Amid Tight Housing Supply
Ada shows a healthy real estate market with no vacant houses and multi family occupancy. Builders rush new homes as skilled workers stay busy, with residents including well paid professionals and families moving from crowded cities. New developments include 17 loans in process and several families moving into recently completed or under construction homes. Pontotoc county emerges as a prospering garden spot with strong civic attractions and growth prospects.
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Roy S. McKeown
Ada
Wilbur P. Lee
Pontotoc County
Taylor
Frederick
North Oak
W. R. Davis
Stonewall
South Townsend
W. S. Bagley
East Seventeenth
Oma Cheney
East Fourth
Gordon Witherspoon
Stockton Avenue
Finley & Lollar
South Cherry
High School Avenue
Grindstaff & Laves
West Twentieth
West Twen
Quick Arrest In Chicken Theft
Deputy sheriff Charley Shockley responded to a report of a chicken theft at a neighbor’s yard. Cecil Moten, 28, was found with a hen and eggs and jailed on larceny of domestic fowls, with bond set at 1000 for a June 4 preliminary hearing.
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Charley Shockley
Pontotoc County
Matt Jones
Guy Meaders
East Fifth and
Francis Avenue
Shockley
Mississippi
Fifth Street
Cecil Moten
Moten
East Sixth
Jones
Court of Justice
A. W. Oliver
Hoyt Driskill
Justice A. W. Oliver
Lake In Wintersmith Park Gets Stocked With Bass Fry
Lake Wintersmith Park, east of the city, will open to fishing in a year or two with abundant game fish. 20,000 bass fry arrived from Durant, boosting total bass and crappie to about 100,000 since the lake was cleaned. 5,000 fry were added last week, with 40,000 more expected this week and fingerlings this fall. About 25 percent of fry may reach maturity. Sunray Oil has not opened Busby Lake to public fishing. Other area streams are in excellent condition for fishing.
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Busby Lake
Lakeside
Winter Smith Park
Jack Finks
Durant
CCC
Finks
Busby
Lakeside Park
Sunray Oil Company
Texas Doctor and Daughter Shot Near Lewisville
North east Texas physician Dr. W. T. Black and his daughter Imogene were wounded when their car collided with another near a creek bridge north of Lewisville. Police pursued fugitive Julius Bohannor, an Oklahoma penitentiary escapee, as the investigation unfolded hours after the shooting.
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Lewisville
Tex
Denton County
Julius Bohannor
MedAlester
Okla
W. T. Black
Texas
Imogene
Black
North Texas State Teachers College For Women
Here
Memorial Day Notice On Obits Before Drinking
Tulsa Tribune urges Memorial Day celebrants to file obituaries and photos of one column cuts with the city editor before beginning celebrations. The note cites that automobiles have claimed 16 lives in Tulsa this year.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Tribune
the Tribune
Contempt Citation Voted In House On Old Age Pension Aides
The House voted 271 to 41 to cite Dr. F. E. Townsend and two aides Clinton Wunder of New York and J. B. Kiefer of Chicago for contempt with actions to be sent to the U S district attorney. Debates centered on house versus federal court jurisdiction and committee authority.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
House
United States District Attorney
Townsend
Frey. Clinton Wunder
New York
J. B. Kiefer
Chicago
Monaghan
D-Mont
Bell
D-Mo
Blanton
D-Tex
Burns
Local Homes Under Construction and Transfers Noted
Oxnard area builders report multiple residences under construction or near completion including 1001 South Johnston 412 East Fourteenth 217 East Seventeenth and 23 East Twelfth. New studio cottages brick veneer homes and a log cottage are listed with several moves and transfers of property to city hospital officials.
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Churchill Hicks
South Johnston
E. O. Wheat
High School Avenue
Vernie Z. Johnson
Meeker
East Fourteenth
S. A. Sallee
East Seventeenth
Stonewall
O. M. Sallee
East Thirteenth
Grindstaff & Lawes
West Twentieth
Trice Broaderick
Country Club Place
Horne
Broaderick
East Twelfth
E. N. Alderman
Maud
M. T. Townsend
Gordon Ames
Dewoka
South High School
C. G. Ross
Lakeside
Wintersmith Park
Memorial Day Fatal Accidents Across States
AP reports a tragic Memorial Day with at least 58 dead from motor train and plane crashes. Drowning and floods add fatalities while six drownings, two disappearances and numerous injuries occur nationwide.
Gold Star Mothers Honored At Memorial Day Service
A large Ada and Pontotoc county crowd attended a Memorial day service at Rosedale cemetery. Rev. T. C. Wilcox urged that only ex servicemen can lead to lasting peace and praised the American Legion and veterans groups. Six Gold Star Mothers received honored places with introductions by Mrs. Harold Constan.
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T. C. Wilcox
Rosedale Cemetery
Ada
Pontotoc County
Church of Christ
Wilcox
Confederacy
John A. Logan
Legion
American Legion
Veterans
America
Carl Portman
Norman Howard Post
John W. Beard
Harold Constant
Val Crawford
Townsend case delayed to November trial date
United States attorney Leslie C. Garnett said the Townsend case cannot be tried this term and set November for the hearing. In the chamber and galleries, applause broke out as the committee report described Dr Townsend’s defiance and Reverend Gerald K Smith, leader of the share the wealth movement, accompanied Townsend from the hearing room.
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Burns
Leslie C. Garnett
United States
Townsend
Ing
Dr. Townsend
Gerald K. Smith
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Smith
Baltimore
Four Guilty Pleas in Federal Court in Muskogee
Dr Richard King, 66, Ada physician, pleaded guilty to selling narcotics and was placed on probation with a $1060 court cost fine. Walter Brady and Leroy Jones, both of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty to possessing and transporting liquor. Brady got two years at El Reno Reformatory and Jones one year and a day. Joe S Allenbaugh of Chickasha pleaded guilty to liquor possession and was sentenced to one year and a day at El Reno.
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Muskogee
Richard King
Ada. Okla
King
Walter Brady
Oklahoma City
Leroy Jones
Brady
el Reno Reformatory
Jones
el Reno
Joe S. Allenbaugh
Chickasha
Sausage King Crowned in Kirkland Lake
Kirkland Lake Ontario proclaims nine year old Alex Woronka champion sausage eater after he devours four pounds of sausage and a loaf of bread in thirty minutes.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
UPY
Alex Woronka
Kirkland
Penn Public Service reports 1935 crossing crashes in PA
Public Service Commission records show 22 automobile crashes into railroad trains at grade crossings in Pennsylvania in 1935. Six killed and nearly 100 injured across these incidents.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Public Service
White Hall spelling wins town vote in Arkansas
In White Hall Arkansas a mass meeting voted 150 to 2 to adopt the spelling White Hall over Whitehall. The move formalizes a long standing clerical error once blessed by a Methodist minister.
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White Hall
Ark
Cros County
Whitehall
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