Jury Clears Official On Three Counts
A district court trial ends with Mrs. H D Garner cleared on three charges of neglect of duty failure to deposit funds and misappropriation. The widowed mother of seven plans to regain the county clerk post once a suspension order is lifted by District Judge Tal Crawford.
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HD. Garner
Garnet
Tal Crawford
Garner
Emerick
Virgil Stanfield
Stanfield
Val Crawford
Tunnel
Therm
Fewer Weekend US Traffic Deaths Reported
Weekend traffic crashes killed fewer than fifty people nationwide with Oklahoma contributing one fatality, Tom Hallford of Foyil, who died after a motorcycle collision near Foyil. State tallies list Michigan leading with six deaths and multiple others across California Texas New York and more. The London directory note on the name Smith appears in an unrelated line.
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Oklahoma
Tom Hallford
Foyil
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New York
North Carolina
Ohip
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
London
Ford Farm Project Hopes to Prove Small Land Can Sustain Life
Detroit June report describes Henry Ford's back-to-the-land initiative on a 300 acre Dearborn site. About thirty youths aged 17 to 20 live, work eight hours daily for two dollars a day plus meals and shelter, sharing profits from crop sales. Ford envisions a nationwide movement and calls it more than an experiment aiming to show an individual can live from a small piece of land.
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Detroit
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Ford
Oan
Oklahoma City Neurologist Beaten in Suspected Home Attack
Dr Julia Seifert a 45 year old Oklahoma City neurologist was found in a mutilated condition after an apparent beating in her apartment. Footprints led from the back door with no forced entry and jewelry and $47 remained untouched. Suspect or motive unclear with any acquaintance or hidden intruder possible. Dr Seiferts husband died in 1933 after coming from St Louis.
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Oklahoma City
Julia Siefert
I. R. Coultrup
Seifert
Ernest F. Seifert
St. Louis
Deed Set Aside By Jury Action
A jury verdict ruled in favor of Florence Good to nullify a deed to her 110 acre property obtained by her son John A. Good for five dollars an acre amid allegations of inadequate consideration and undue influence. The trial occurred as Judge H H Edwards heard ouster proceedings against county clerk H D Garner.
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H. D. Garner
H. H. Edwards
Wewoka
Tal Crawford
John Boyce McKeel
Florence Good
John A. Good
W. EB. Sanders
Elmer Sanders
D. V. McDonald
Crawford
Oklahoma City
Sanders
McDonald
Willard Anderson
Busby Warns U. seniors on social security risk to democracy
Norman June 6 Orel Busby Aila attorney and former state supreme court justice addressed 1 025 University of Oklahoma graduates warning social security is being held up as a goal for younger Americans. He urged careful stance against demagoguery and party blocs and warned that the generation will decide whether America remains a democratic state or veers toward totalitarianism.
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Norman
LPL
Orel Busby
Aila
State Supreme Court
University of Oklahoma
America
Busby
Oklahoma
McCool accuses Crable of political use of school seminars
Oklahoma City dated June 7 CPR M McCool of Norman democratic candidate for state superintendent accuses incumbent A L Crable of turning state school seminars into political meetings. Crable defends them as annual conferences run by college officials with open attendance. Remaining seminar dates include Weatherford Langston Durant Ada Muskogee Tahlequah Ardmore and Edmond.
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City
Cpr. M. McCool
Norman
McCool
Goodwell
Alva
Crabb
Colle
Crable
Weatherford
Langston
Durant
Ada
MuskKogee
Tahlequah
Ardmort
Edmond
FSA Plans Doubling Help for Tenant Farmers in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City June 7 The Farm Security Administration will double the number of tenant farmers helped over the next year state director W E West announced. A state advisory committee will pick new counties for small farm purchase loans with a Congress estimate of 25 million dollars before adjournment. Oklahoma may receive about 1 million of that allocation. last year the state got 427000. West said the fund is too small for wide impact and the big effort remains rehabilitation loans to enable tenants to farm with long term plans, livestock and equipment on adequate land. Last year Oklahoma borrowed 2,193,746 for this purpose and the amount may double.
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Oklahoma City
Farm Security Administration
W. E. West
Congress
West
Oklahoma
Imperial Valley Hit by Heat and Earthquakes
Imperial Valley endured a brutal day with three earthquakes causing no reported damage while temperatures surged to 119 degrees the highest thus far this year. The coroner reported a death linked to the heat, Delia Trujillo three months old of Brawley.
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EL Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Delia Trujillo
Moore renews attack on fee system in justice courts
Oklahoma City June 6 Pim B Moore Norman attorney who wrote on the evils of the fee system in justice of peace courts answered a criticism by Evert Cris mor e Oklahoma City justice. Moore reiterated that permitting officials to collect fees and keep them as compensation invites deceit and corruption. He urged the legislature to place collected fees in a public fund and substitute salaries. Crismore had argued an amendment to the constitution would be needed to change the system.
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Oklahoma City
Pim
B. Moore
Norman
Justice of Peace Courts
Evert Crismore
Crismore
Moore
Oklahoma Barberate Journal
Justice Courts
County Profits On Dice Charge In Pontotoc County
In Pontotoc County a dice game was halted by Sheriff Clyde Kaiser's forces late Saturday. Eleven men and one woman paid fines totaling 370 dollars after their attorney entered a guilty plea in A W Oliver’s justice court on Monday. Each was fined 250 dollars plus costs. a table and gambling paraphernalia were confiscated. The group named included Bill Gibbon Luke Gilmore E J Johnson Fred Stone E J Ryan C A Miller E W Jones Frank Stausmith J J Morris Simon Patton John Hider and Betty Brown. They were upstairs in a building on Court Street just north of the courthouse when arrested.
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Pontotoc County
Clyde Kaiser
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Bill Gibbon
Luke Gilmore
E. J. Johnson
Fred Stone
E. J. Ryan
C. A. Miller
E.W. Jones
Frank Staussmith
J. J. Morris
Simon Patton
John Hider
Betty Brown
Court Street
Court House
Mishap Delays Boeing 72-Passenger Clipper Flights
Seattle June 6 The giant Atlantic clipper 72 passenger flying boat tests postponed as Boeing officials assess damage from a water trial mishap on Puget Sound yesterday. Loose plates require at least four days for replacement. longer if the craft must be moved to the launching dolly. Possible causes include a floating log puncture or a gasoline dip valve issue in the left wing amid seawing damage. Test Pilot Edmund T. Allen involved.
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Seattle
Boeing
Puget Sound
Bosing
Boeing Company
Edmund T. Allen
Pilot turned plane for final taxi before takeoff
Officials said he became aware of a mishap, turned the plane around for the final taxi run, and was satisfied with the plane's stability before takeoff.
Cold Drink Man Seeks Prize In Blind Operators Contest
Jack Fisher, known as Cold Drink Man, operates a stand in the county courthouse. He competes for a commission prize to reward the greatest percentage gain in receipts among blind-operated stands in the state courthouses. Fisher ranks fourth for two months, behind Muskogee Tulsa and Stillwater. The contest opened June 1 and closes June 30.
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Jack Fisher
Jack
Muskogee
Tulsa
Stillwater
REA Lines To Be Staked June 13
Staking of posts for the Interstate Cooperative Power and Light lines will begin June 13. REA engineer B. Keeton said two crews will work 16 hours daily to finish soon, with final approval of the loan backed by Rural Electrification Administration expected. the agency lent $1 million plus an initial $135,000.
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Interstate Cooperative Power and Light Company
B. Keeton
REA
Oklahoma City
Bert Loftin
E. T. Archer Construction Company
Kansas City
Keeton
The
Rural Electrification Administration
Osage County Taxpayers Lose Appeal on Unconstitutionality
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled against Osage County taxpayers Jess Gordon P Splummer and Jim Keefe who sought 5702 from Sheriff Richard Conner and the county board. They claimed deputy salaries and mileage were illegally paid under a special law later found unconstitutional. The ruling upheld the district court decision that the payments were made in good faith before the law was invalid.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Osage’ County
Richard B. Conner
Board of County Commissioners
Jess Gordin
P. Splummer
Jim Keefe
Osage County
Robbery Suspect Identified After Kansas City Shootout
Kansas City June 7 Pip Higgins chief of detectives said a bank robbery suspect felled after an hour long gun battle on Kansas City's south side was Marvin Bryant 30 who had served sentences in Ohio and Indiana reformatories Bryant was wounded in the body and legs and listed in critical condition A blood transfusion was given $571.98 taken from the Citizens Bank of Belton Mo and recovered from Bryant's car Bryant had been living in Kansas City for some time
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Kansas City
Pip Higgins
South Side
Marvin Bryant
Oh Ma
Indiana
Bryant
Higgins
Citizens Bank of
Belton
Real Summer Heat Evidenced by Thermometer
The government thermometer confirms a real summer weekend with warm readings. It rose to 93 degrees during Saturday afternoon and cooled to 75 degrees overnight into Sunday, not providing full relief after the heat of the afternoon.
Good Samaritan Experience Costs Driver Stopped for Distress
Tulsa truck driver Gene Nichols said being a good Samaritan cost him about 80 dollars after stopping for a distressed woman between Hugo and Soper. A man emerged, held a pistol, and took the cash, according to the sheriff's department.
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Tulsa
UPI
Gene Nichols
Betwee Hugo
Soper
Grand Jury Set To Open Session In Pontotoc County
Grand jury to convene June 20 to examine county courthouse affairs as 12 of 35 drawn jurors will serve. District Judge Tal Crawford ordered the panel after a 305-signature petition by taxpayers and local officials prepare for investigations not yet disclosed. W. V. Stanfield, county attorney, may seek state help. first such grand jury in about 15 years.
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Tal Crawford
Pontotoc County
Della Bedford
Clyde Kaiser
Crawford
Prand
Pontotec
W. V. Stanfield
State Attorney General
John Knox
The
Taxpayers League
Grand
Grand Jury
Local Name List From Ada and Stonewall Areas
A long OCR list of names and addresses from Ada Stratford Stonewall Francis and nearby areas. The roster includes Hawkins Alien W M Braggs Stratford Rt 2 Aden Floyd McBride Ada John Sparks Ada Rt 2 H B Darrough Stonewall R 1 Ralph Chiles Ada I R Gilmor FA Stephens Ada Rts 1 George T Pittman Pontotoc J A Erving Rolf R H Patterson Ada Rt 5 H E Dyer Roff Rt 2 a Hugin Hall Stonewall Rt 1 W A Henson Francis X T Smith Ref Guy Sinnett Ada J M Tilley Vaness Andrew Bryant Francis Leslie Prince Ada A H Hendrix Rott Lee Eddleman Ada J J Taylor Roff Rt 2 Milton B Yarbro Ada J M Sallee Stonewall H P Reich Ada S A Lambert Stratford Rt 2 3 H Anderson Stonewall Rt 1 O F Okin Francis W E McDonald Ada Rt 5 O G Rose Ada J S King Ada Rt 54 J C Nabors Hickory Rt 1 A T Keltner Ada LE Fairchild Rott
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Join Hawkins
Alien W.M
Braggs
Stratford
M. C. Burk
Ada
Floyd McBride
John Sparks
Ada Rt
H. B. Darrough
Stonewall
Ralph Chiles
I. R. Gilmor FA. Stephens
George T. Pittman
Pontotoc
J. A. Erving
Rolf R. H. Patterson
H. E. Dyer
Roff
A Hugin Hall
W. A. Henson
Francis XT. Smith
Guy Sinnett
Ada J. M. Tilley
Vaness
Andrew Bryant
Francis Leslie Prince
Ada A. H. Hend
Rix
Rott
Ransom Money Bill Recovered In Florida Case
In Princeton, June 7, federal agents recovered an eight dollar bill from the ten thousand nine hundred dollar ransom paid for five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. The bill was handed from two Tennessee policemen who were traveling between Jacksonville and Tallahassee after a Miami claim. The source of the bill’s origin was not determined.
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Princeton
Pla
Miami Daily News
James Bailey Cash
James
Jacksonville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
There
Tallahassee
Tennessee
Miami
Frisco Employes To Meet Tuesday
The Frisco Employes club will hold its regular June meeting Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Convention Hall. A short program entertainment refreshments and a business session are planned. All interested persons are invited to attend.
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Frisco Employes Club
Convention Hall
Fight and Car Mishap In Ada Occurs Monday
A fight at a county courthouse hall in Ada led to a leg fracture for carpenter Joe Chapman after a fall, an ambulance transport to a clinic, and a separate accident where Rev. J. M. Woodward, 94, Nazarene minister, was struck by a backing car but declined ambulance, taken to hospital by the driver. Two women suffered minor injuries when their car rolled over the lake bluff at Wintersmith park and ended in a ditch.
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Ada
Joe Chapman
Buck Wakeley
Jenator
Chapman
J. M. Woodward
The
Nazarene’ Church
Townsend and Main
Wintersmith Park
Texas Plane Crash Fatal To Two Men Near Hillsboro
At Hillsboro Texas June 7 a single engine plane crashed after attempting to land. Pilot Jim Moody 35 and passenger Raymond Yegler 24 were burned to death when the craft overshot the field and spiraled from about 125 feet, bursting into flames.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Jim Tom Moody
Raymond Yegler
Here
Moody
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