Death penalty sought in Mary McElroy kidnapping case
Kansas City June 5 death and nothing less is the punishment T A J Mastin will ask for the kidnappers of Mary McElroy He said he would not consent to life imprisonment for McGee Click and other leaders McGee Click are brought to his office for charges Others named include George McGee Clarence Stevens who are fugitives Mastin aims for extreme penalty to stamp out kidnapping Also involved were Abe Starr and Louise Cates, with I O Cates and Mrs Gilbert and Mrs Wendell Johnson released by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
T. A. J. Mastin
Mary McElroy
Walter H. McGee
Clarence Click
McGhee
McGee
Click
George McGee
Clarence Stevens
Mastin
Texas
Megee
FE. Vetterh
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
McGee and Click
Abe Starr
Leavenworth
Loueille Cates
Walter McGee
Miss Cates
Miss McElroy
Calvin Edges Francis In Extra Long Baseball Game
Calvin won a 6 5 contest over Francis after five extra innings. Francis led Calvin into the ninth before Calvin tied it with three runs. Francis outhit Calvin 12 to 7 but failed to convert hits into runs and took the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Calvin
Heat Wave Sweeps Kansas and Oklahoma
Enid sees 106 degrees at 2:20 PM on Monday marking a season high as hot winds drive the heat. In Wichita the official thermometer hits 105 degrees, surpassing previous records for the date and threatening the all time high for any date before sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Fred Miller
Wichita
Kan
Weather Bureau
Cummins targets gold hoarders in federal crackdown
Attorney General Cummins said he transmitted over 1000 names of suspected gold hoarders to field officers of the Bureau of Investigation to enforce President Roosevelt's order that all gold or gold certificates above 100 be returned to the treasury. Hoarders face up to 10000 dollars fine or 10 years in prison.
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Washington
Cummins
Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
Treasury
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Record Heat Reaches 110 Degrees in Arkansas City
Arkansas City Kansas reports a temperature of 110 degrees at 2 30 this afternoon as heat continues to grip the region with high humidity and strong sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Kan
Roosevelt Names Eugene Lorton to U S Canadian Boundary Panel
President Roosevelt appoints Eugene Lorton of Tulsa Oklahoma to the international joint commission of the United States and Canada, succeeding Porter J McCumber. The body settles boundary disputes between the two nations. Salary set at 5000 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Eugene Lorton
Tulsa
Oxala
International Joint Commission of
United States
Canada
Porter J. McCumber
Eugene Lorton Accepts IJC Post Despite Independence Stance
Eugene Lorton, named by President Roosevelt to the international joint commission of the United States and Canada, says he will accept the post though he did not seek it. Publisher of the Tulsa World, he supported Roosevelt in the campaign and had earlier leaned Republican, with the World listed as independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Eugene Lorton
Roosevelt
International Joint Commission of
United States
Canada
Tiwisa World
Peach Crop Hopeful On Osage Ranch Despite Frosts
In Pawhuska Oklahoma June 5 reports George LaBadie’s Osage county ranch will harvest a strong peach crop. He credits a plain rock at tree bases which freezes to protect roots from late frosts. The orchard spans about 2000 acres with all trees bearing this year and includes varieties Elberta Hale’s Best and Indian peach. A 28 acre apple orchard and a 12 acre vineyard are projected to yield about 4000 bushels. Red raspberries thrive. Ward Cromwell notes the orchard as a proving ground for fruit potential on Osage land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Oklahoma
George LaBadie
Osage County
LaBadie
Osage
Hale
Ward Cromwell
Osace County
Three Words in Judge's Ruling
New York June 3. Supreme Court Justice William Harmon Black issued one of the shortest opinions. He refused to dismiss a 100 million dollar accounting suit against eight directors of the International Match Company. Directs should direct. Irving Trust Company, trustee in bankruptcy, brings the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
William Harmon Black
International Match Company
Justice Black
Irving Trust Company
Match Company
Kreuser
Real Wild Man Subdued After Cemetery Rampage
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser and deputies subdued a semi naked man in the Roff cemetery who waited for the dead to rise. After his capture the man damaged a radiator and plumbing then was restrained with tear gas before being chained in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Kaiser
Roff
Mont Hall
Kaiser
Roosevelt Bill Rejected by House in Hawaii Governor Fight
The House rejected the presidents request to appoint a continental governor for Hawaii under a two thirds rule. Vote stood 222 for and 114 against amid Republican cheers. Democrats plan new procedure to push the measure by a simple majority. Representative Rankin argued conditions in Hawaii require executive action to remedy them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Hawaii
United States
House Rules Committee
Rankin
Dmiss
Beer Racketeering Pageant Ends in Oppenheim Death
William Oppenheim independent beer distributor known as Big Oppie was shot to death in his apartment vestibule in Patterson New Jersey. Police seek motive and allege links to Waxey Gordon, the beer baron indicted for income tax invasion. One man, Meyer Rosenfelt, 27, is held as a material witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
N. J
William Oppenheim
Meyer Rosenfelt
Oppenheim
Big Oppie
Roundhouse
Andrew L. Sisco
Waxey Gordon
Sisco
Gordon
New York
Smalley Released From WeWoka Jail
Blackie Smalley was freed on a 53000 bond in WeWoka Oklahoma after arrest for auto theft linked to Pretty Boy Floyd. Bradley Floyd and Troy Keesee were jailed then released with no charges filed. two women and Adam Richetti were also charged in related thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole
P — ‘Blackie
Smalley
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Outlaw
Wewoka
Bradley Floyd
Troy Keesee
Keesee
Smakey
Second ranged convict caught ends frantic cross state escape
Oklahoma co ed aided pursuit to stop Frank Sawyer a Kansas prison escapee near Binger in Caddo county as other fugitives were recaptured. Sawyer wounded a clerk and used a car hijack to flee while pursued by deputies and a posse. The case also involved a Missouri escapee gang abducting a Bonne Terre couple toward St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Oklahoma Aggie
Frank Sawyer
Kansas
Binger
Caddo County
Sawyer
Kansas State
Lansing
Oklahoma
Lewis Bechtel
Dripping Springs
Okla
McAlester
Bob Goodfellow
Lois Goodfellow
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Goodfellow
Anadarko Hospital
Goodfellows
Oklahoma City
Horace Crisp
al Marlow
Grady County
Miss Goodfellow
Bob
Broxton Consolidated School
Anadarko
Otis Fox
Jerome Lawrence
Norman
Fred Gray
Lawton
Middleburg
Here
ST. Louis
Bonne Terre
McBride Rayfield
Callie Stewart
Billy Woods
Clifford Dopson
Rayfield
Miss Stewart
Fredericktown
Missouri
Wells in Bebee field show potential for extended producing area
Two wells in Bebee field drill toward new oil prospects with offsets possible if successful. Bray et al in 25-5-4 northwest extension at 1700 feet. McCraw et al in 21-5-5 northeast offset from a Sinclair well. Moore line in 25-5-4 on Viola lime with casing set at 2352 feet. Brydia in 20-5-5 top Viola casing at 2367 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebee
Bray Et al
Nwse
McCraw
Trotary
Sinclair
Moore
Brydia
Roosevelt plan to reform rail system gains House approval
The Rayburn measure passed the House without a record vote to create a federal coordinator and regional committees to cut rail investments, suspend anti trust law provisions, and cancel 361 million dollars in government claims. It also strengthens labor protections during consolidations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt National Recovery
Rayburn
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
German Prince Weds Commoner Ending Long Line Law
Former Prince Wilhelm of Prussia marries Dorothea Von Salviati, breaking the house law of the Hohenzollerns. The civil ceremony in Bonn was followed by a simple church service as monarchists react to the union of unequal birth. The couple faced Royal Family silence and a public torchlight procession marked by a steel helmet guard of honor. Wilhelm, a steel helmet battalion leader, risks his place in the line of succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
Bonn
Germany
Hohenzollern
Wilhelm
Prussia
Dorothea von Salviati
Col. von Salviati
Kaiser Wilhelm
Steel Helmet Veterans Organization
Fraulein von Salvyiati
Wilhelm Friedrich Franz Josef Olaf
Royal House
Ridecroom
Kaiser
Albrecht Achilles
Frederick I
Mhehenzollern
Italy
Frederick the Great
Equalization Board Begins Work For 1933
Pontotoc county equalization board sits in the county tax assessor office to hear tax assessment questions. Complaints about valuation and assessments are heard and adjustments made as needed. Board members are R. W. Simpson, John Halil and Zeb McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Second Kiln At Cement Plant Starts Up
Oklahoma Portland Cement company reports the plant has started a second kiln. No new labor is needed as workers have been on alternating weeks on the eight hour shift. The mills continue single shift operation and full time work will go to existing employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Federal Post Office
Ada
Ponca City
Tulsa
Ada Brick Company
McKeown Bill Passes To Aid Corporate Refinancing
The House approved the McKeown bill allowing corporations to avoid bankruptcy by securing court approved restructuring plans with two thirds of creditors and a majority of stockholders. The measure, part of a broader bankruptcy relief program, passed by voice vote with no opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
McKeown
Judiciary Committee
Moe Keown
D-Okla
Farm Loan Units Appoint Mrs Warmack as Secretary Treasurer
Mrs Ema Warmack named secretary and treasurer for Pontotoc county division of the National Farm Loan Association in a list issued by CC G Shull Wichita agent for the ninth district. She has been connected with The Federal Land Bank since 1917 and will continue with that organization. The article explains differences in loan bases and eligibility between the two lenders and notes rate changes and loan limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ema Warmack
Pontotoc County
National Farm Loan Association
CC. G. Shull
Wichita
Federal Land Bank
Starter
Farm Loan Association
Washington
Pretty Boy Floyd dodges Seminole County deputies again
Outlaw Charles Arthur Floyd known as Pretty Boy Floyd evaded capture near Seminole after a midnight confrontation with Seminole county officers. His wife Eva Floyd Smalley and sister-in-law were later jailed on auto theft charges along with Jackie Floyd. Officers closed in on Birdwell and Keesee. Floyd’s associates faced arrest as the search continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole
Pretty Boy
Charles Arthur Floyd
Seminole County
Floyd
Blackie Smalley
Eva Simpson
Bradley Floyd
Smalley
Troy Keesee
Earlsboro
Frank Aldridge
Bill Nicholson
George Birdwell
Boley
Birdwell
C. L. Hill
Hill
Two Children Drown at Devil's Den Picnic
Wading during a family outing at Devil's Den near Tishomingo two children of C. J. Thiebaud an Oklahoma City construction engineer drowned yesterday evening. It is believed the boy drowned while attempting to save his sister and neither child could swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Devil's den
Here
C. J. Thiebaud
Oklahoma City
Saloonless town votes against 18th amendment in state election
In Hoopeeston Illinois voters show disapproval of the 18th amendment during the statewide election marking a historic shift for a town that previously had no saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoopeston
Ill
Illinois
Farley Foresees 2-Cent Postage Return Soon
Postmaster General James A. Farley, speaking at Grove City dedication, forecast 2 cent postage on letter mail within the next few weeks and said President Roosevelt is expected to sign the postage cut bill in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
James A. Farley
Federal
Farley
Roosevelt
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Ty Shelby
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C. Henson
Pease
Moss Wale Wood
lAttie
U Hardwick
J Davis
Whittier
Rf Parks
Bailey
Hutchinson
Moties
St Sic
Olin Morris
Grays
Morris
Gracemont
Desperado
Bryan County
Fort Scott
Kans
Kansas Prison
Bammoth Springs
Ark
Cleo Reeves
Missouri Line
J. Brookout
Charles
Hohenzollerns
Equalization Board
Cement Company
Bandit
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