Will Rogers Joins Sequoyah In Capitol Hall Of Fame
Washington June 12 Will Rogers the cowboy humorist joins Sequoyah in the capitol statuary hall His bronze likeness was unveiled before about 2000 officials and citizens Oklahoma presented the statue as its second and final hall of fame contribution Mrs Sallie McSpadden Rogers sister and Will Hays led the ceremony with tributes by Senator Barkley Governor Phillips and others The ceremony included remarks by Vice President Garner and RFC chairman Jesse H Jones.
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Rogers
Will Hays
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Hach
Betty Rogers
Jimmy
Bill
Mary
J. C. Bushy
Head
Barkley
Leon C. Phillips
Luther Harrison
Oklahoma City
Gamer
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Great Britain
Washington Union Station
Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt silent on 1940 bid amid party jockeying
Washington reports President Roosevelt offered no confirmation of a 1940 bid while Democratic leaders and governors from Iowa voiced support or hinted at backing him. The press conference left observers noting he would wait for developments before any nomination bid. A later farm program session highlighted sheep farming and wool market shifts, with experts stressing care and investment returns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Nelson Crasher
Iowa
E. H. Binningham
Town
Democratic Committee
Ickes
Garner
Two Bebee Field Wells In Oklahoma Look Favorable
Two wells in the Bebee field are looking good and will be tested for production late this week. Senora No 1 Porter and Occat Hatcher No 1 Sutton show Viola lime, cored zones, and saturation readings while Tren ton pipe is set. operators report Summers and Osborn locations to the west and favorable outlook for production.
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Bebee
Sutton
Trenton
Senora No. 1
Porter
Senora
B. Osborn
Ageing Sheep by Teeth Reveals Limits, Ada Talk
A. & M. method for dating sheep by teeth is discussed by T. G. Kelly chair of the Ada Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee. He links sheep history with the science talk while noting Arc boiled lamb lunch and fat dambs from twelve flocks.
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T. G. Kelly
Ada Chamber of Commercce
Five Arrests From State Raid Highlight County Court
Five men were brought to Pontotoc county court after four state operatives under Governor Leon C. Phillips conducted raids Monday night. Private Investigator Steve Mitchell faced unlawful whiskey possession charges with a $1,000 bond. Other named individuals linked to Governor Phillips were present as witnesses or involved in the case, while Sheriff Clyde Kaiser stated the raids’ motive remained unclear. A separate disclosure notes national farm income figures for 1938 and related breakdowns.
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Leon C. Phillips
Pontotoc County
Clyde Kaiser
Carless Watlington
Steve Mitchell
Hoyt Driskill
Roy B. Mogridge
Phillips
Milo Beck
Clyde Seran
Okemahine
Roy Radhahion
Oklahoms City
Washington
Joe Porter
Jim Rogers
Investor To Get Facts Says S E C
Buffalo June 6 The Securities and Exchange Commission official urged full truthful disclosure to investors noting the danger of misleading savings. Edward C. Eicher warned that merely telling the truth to those saving money is a major hurdle in securities sales.
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S.E.C
Buffalo
Securities and Securities Exchange
National
Businness-Consumer Relations Conference
Commission
Edward C. Eicher
Securities and Exchange Commission
Five men charged with selling intoxicating liquor in Coal County
Five men faced charges for selling whiskey to Sezan 2nd Beck. Four were arraigned Tuesday including T. L. Pinkston Lewis Pinkston Henry Norton and Walter W Guinn, all pled not guilty. Bond set at 1000 for Pinkston 509 for Lewis Pinkston and Norton. One man yet to be arrested. Officials report a state haul of about 1600 pints seized during broader operations. Local officers deem raids routine and note the liquor situation is not alarming. Governor Phillips had been discussed by Wadlington in relation to matters.
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T. L. Pinkston
Lewis Pinkston
Henry Norton
Walter W.guinn
Sezan 2Nd Beck
T. L. Gs
Norton
Coal County
Keiser
Wadsington
Phillips
Baat
Oklahoma Rates Move for Rail and Water Freight Relief
The Oklahoma corporation commission asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for relief from discriminatory grain shipment rates. It cites an absolute mileage base for rail traffic to gulf ports and north Atlantic points, contrasting with proportional rates in Kansas and Nebraska. It argues water transit should be considered, noting Oklahoma's navigable waters within its boundary and urging through rates via the Gulf and Atlantic.
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Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Atlantic
Gulf Ports
State Commission
Kansas
Nebraska
Congress
Commission
Oklahoma
Gulf and Atlantic Ocean
Sixth Man Pleads Not Guilty in State Liquor Raids
Haskell Wilburn, the sixth man charged, pleads not guilty to liquor violations after arraignment in county court. Earlier Tuesday five others including Steve Mitchell and Lewis Pinkston faced charges for selling or possessing whiskey and were released on bond. Four state operatives aided by sheriff’s deputies made Monday arrests under Governor Leon C. Phillips. The Mitchell raid recovered about one and a quarter pints of whiskey.
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Haskell Wilburn
J . Wilburn
Hoyt ‘Driskill
Steve Mitchell
L. Pinkston
Lewis Pinkston
Henry Norton
Walter W. Guinn
Leon C. Phillips
Roy B. Mogridge
Mitchell
Schedule Released For Commodity Truck In County
Harve D. Lambert of the state welfare department announced a countywide route for the commodity truck. The truck will visit Sparks, Off Center, Gaiey, Fittstown, Stonewall, Byng, Francis, Oakman, Homer, Owl Creek, Lula, Center, Vaness, Rof, Allen, and Steedman on dates from June 12 to June 1, with specified visiting times at each location.
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Harve D. Lambert
State Welfare Department
Sparks Store
Gaiey
Fittstown
Stonewall
Byng
Francis
Qakman
Homer
Owl Creek
Lula
Center
Vaness
Rof
Allen
Toon
Steedman
Ghastly Pageant Of Crimes Shown In Courtroom Drama
Philadelphia readers will witness a courtroom performance detailing a long running murder ring. Three men in a boat, a hit and run, poisonings by relatives, boarding house deaths, and widows trading love for life insurance are re-enacted. The investigation began after a laborer’s poison death last summer and a secret service informer uncovered a nationwide counterfeiting and murder ring spanning eight states.
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Philadelphia
Schuykill River
Secret Service
Alaska Aims To Become Switzer Land Of Dairy
In Taft Auditorium Father Bernard Hubbard argues Alaska larger than Texas, says it could rival Switzerland with dairy farms and cheese plants. He notes rich deposits of tin, iron, coal, manganese, silver, gold and platinum and claims the territory could support about 6 million people, with room for pioneers rather than riffraff.
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Alaska
United States
Russia
Switzerland
Bernard R. Hubbard
Daniel Boone
Davey Crockett
Hubbard
Taft Auditorium
Texas
Eskimos and Igloos Misconceptions Challenged in Alaska
Father Hubbard challenged common beliefs about Alaska and its people. He presented a motion picture showing King Island and Eskimos living in cliff dwellings along steep shorelines, noting temperatures resemble Minnesota and the Dakotas rather than Arctic extremes.
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Alaska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Scotland
Father Rubbard
Could Use Safe Route To Work In Tahlequah
Harmony Reeder a deaf mute cobbler seeks a safe walking route from his shop to his home west of town. He has no car and previously sustained painful injuries after a truck struck him while walking. He then walked railroad tracks and was recently struck by a freight train without serious injuries.
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Tahlequah
Harmony Reeder
Reeder
Refugees On Way Back From Miami Aboard St Louis
Nine hundred seven Jewish refugees were reported returning to Europe aboard the liner St Louis after five days off the Florida coast. Cuba had refused asylum again, prompting renewed appeals to President Roosevelt as the ship set its course for Germany.
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Miami
Fla
Germany
St. Louis
Florida
Cuba
Roosevelt
Europe
Havana
Ada News Classified Ad Returns Amount Vested
A short classified notice indicates a returns amount is vested. The item lists no names, dates, or local details beyond the financial status.
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Ada News
Resignation call for admiralty chief over Thetis sinking
The London Daily Express urged Earl Stanhope to resign as first Lord of the Admiralty after the submarine Thetis sank in Liverpool Bay, 99 of 103 crew lost. The paper faulted his leadership and absence from the scene, while Stanhope defended rescue difficulties and tidal conditions.
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London
London Daily Express
Earl Stanhone
Admiralty
Thetis
Daily Express
Sanhope
Independent
Liverpool Bay
Stanhope
House of Lords
Man on drunken spree kills two in Anaconda
Anaconda Montana June 7 A 33 year old metal worker shot and killed two men, wounded a passerby, and wounded before being overpowered. Ed Stewart the night police chief and Albert Oldhaber former deputy sheriff were among those shot. Bartender Floyd Bissitte was threatened with a rifle through a saloon door. The shooter, Enock Huckoveh, was held in Deer Lodge penitentiary for protection from possible mob violence.
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Anaconda
Mont
Deer Lodge
Mike Mahoney
Enoch Huckoveh
Ed .Stewart
Albert H.oldhaber
Burt Jones
Huckoveh
Louis Matkich
Jones
Murphy brothers face separate fates in Oklahoma killings
In Enid on June 7 W E Bill Murphy, 49, was sentenced to six years in the state penitentiary for manslaughter in his brother Harry Murphy’s death. Another brother Roy Murphy received the death penalty and awaits August 31 execution on death row at McAlester after an appeal.
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W. E
Bill) Murphy
J. W. Bird
Harry Murphy
Roy Murphy
Bird
Dudley Brannon
Roy
McAlester
Shariff Bronom
Harry
Jam
Tecumseh reelects Clyde Pitman city manager
Tecumseh commission reelects Clyde Pitman as city manager, stating he has held the position two and a half years. Other briefs note a fire destroying two Choctaw Cotton Oil mill warehouses in Shawnee, a Muskogee health survey request costing about 25000 dollars, Capron plans to issue more bonds with a 23000 dollar WPA grant, dairy improvement efforts in Logan county, land purchases aiding Pottawatomie farmers, idle WPA workers in Okmulgee, and 155 miles of rural electric lines bid in Payne Logan and Lincoln counties.
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Shawnee
Calhoun Sparks
Stillwater
Central States Rural-Electric Co-Operative, Inc
Payne, Logan
Lincoln
Washington
Blind Bluesman Louis Bloomfield Struggles for Ride Home
Louis Bloomfield, blind and hungry at 39, sits in an ancient car on Broadway between Main and Tenth streets in Clarksville Texas. He has no gasoline, a driver left him in Konawa, and he earns pennies by playing guitar for gas money while hoping to return home.
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Louis Bloomfield
Clarksville
Texas
Konawa
Bloomfield
Broadway
Main
Tenth Streets
Double Error in Her Name at Valley View Hospital
A hospital notice corrects a misidentification of the new assistant superintendent of nurses at Valley View. The person is Miss Marjorie Graces, not Mrs. Margery Graves, with the surname spelled Graces.
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Miss Graves
Mrs. Graves
Valley View Hospital
Haz
Marjory Graces
Graces
Marjorie
Margery
Berry'll Pay For Marland Picture
Oklahomas Lieut. Gov James E Berry says he will pay to have a full sized portrait of former Gov Marland hung in the governor private office If the state wont cover the cost Berry plans an out of state trip so Sen James E Rinehart may act as governor during Gov Phillips absence next week The current Marland portrait sits smaller than other governors portraits.
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el Reno
Senate
Child Mother and Son Warded by Peruvian State
Lima Peru June 2 1934 The Peruvian government declared child mother Luis Medine and her infant son wards of the State to shield them from grave harm. The baby born May 14 at a caesarian operation witnessed by physicians was described as five years old and precocious. The mother's parents said she was born Sept 23 1934 on EMID June 77 0. A Trainer retired after 49 years railroading and turning to hog-raising after travel. Mussolini praises Italy’s military women though Italian men may not share the view.
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Peru
Luis Medine
Emid
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Mussolini
Italy
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