Airspeed trailer trip mystery deepens with Betty’s disappearance
Martha Brittain and Bet Ty Haynes begin a coast trip to push Airspeed trailers. Hitchhiker Gerry Neal vanishes along with Betty after Speddon flees. Martha's search in San Francisco reveals cryptic messages from Betty while Neal offers cautious support and secrets.
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Martha Brittain
Betty Haynes
Gerry Neal
Neal
Jack Speddon
Long Beach
Speddon
Betty
Martha
San Francisco
Frisco
Petty
Cotton Giving Way To Cattle In the South
ATLANTA June 7 farmers in nine states below the Mason Dixon Line are shifting from cotton to cattle to boost profits. In 1936 southern herds rose by about 0.75 million head amid economic strain and soil fertility concerns, with state totals lifting livestock numbers from 17,032,000 to 17,780,000 across Georgia Florida North and South Carolina Tennessee Alabama Mississippi.
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Atlanta
South
Mason and Dixon Line
U. S. Agriculture Department
Georgia
Florida
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Miss
Letter From Editor Reflects on Mexico City Visit
The editor recounts a trip to Mexico City and nearby areas noting traditional farming methods remain similar to 200 years ago. Crops yield low, plows are often animal pulled, and harvests are still hand-cut and thresh with cattle. Government land reform aims to help peas. Honeyed crops include the century plant gamney used for pulque and rope. The editor cautions Pontotoc county farmers against emigrating to farm there.
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Mexico City
Republic
Pontotoc County
Mexico
Missouri
Homestead Exemption Cuts Pontotoc County Valuation
A preliminary survey shows the new homestead exemption reduces Pontotoc County valuation by 511,857 despite real estate rising. Public service estimates rise to about 4,000,000, while total real estate drops to 8,134,264 after exemptions. personal property climbs to 3,877,705, yielding an overall county decline. Ada and Allen show varied impacts. Stonewall and Francis/Roff fall short of increases without the exemption.
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Pontotoc
C. W. Floyd
Pontotoc County
Homestead
Ada
Allen
Francis
Roff
Stonewall
Tax collections rise with state revenue gains in 11 months
State tax collections for the first 11 months of the current fiscal year totaled 51 760 268 dollars, up 27.55 percent from last year. Income taxes reached a record 6 672 437 dollars, up 43.11 percent, while sales taxes climbed 96.84 percent to 9 258 630 dollars amid a rate increase.
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Oklahoma City
Tax Commission
H. L. McCracken
War Admiral Cripples Self After Belmont Victory
War Admiral won the Belmont Stakes in record time despite a late stumble that injured his right foreleg and likely ends his season. The victory followed Derby and Preakness wins, with a time of 2:28 3-5, tying the American record for the distance and eclipsing Man O War’s Belmont mark. Louie Ray, a former Dale high school athlete, was killed when work rig failed near Wewoka, with Clanton and others attending his funeral.
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New York
Samuel Riddle
Man O ° War
Louie Ray
Dale
Wewoka
Ray
Blackwell Oilers
Shawnee
Ucal Clanton
Ada Independents
Clanton
Lightning Destroys Fort Sill Balloon in Lightning Strike
An army observation balloon at Fort Sill was destroyed by a lightning bolt during field exercises ending the field artillery school. Sergeant Thomas W. Wyllsey said no crew were aboard. the 94 foot craft costing 8427 was one of two balloons on the reservation. Major General Upton Birnie will come from Washington to witness maneuvers.
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Fort Sill
Thomas W. Wyllsey
Army Post
Wyllsey
Ada Residents Attend Ray Funeral in Wewoka
Several Ada residents traveled to Wewoka Monday afternoon to attend the funeral service for an unnamed local figure. The brief item notes attendance by local people and the moved show of support.
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Ray
Wewoka
Baseball Camp Set for Ada
The week of June 21 is set for a tryout camp in Ada by the Springfield Missouri baseball club of the Western association. Aspiring players ages 17 to 23 should bring shoes gloves and uniforms to Ada ball park for daily workouts supervised by St Louis Cardinals scouts. Prospects pay their own expenses but refunds may occur if a player signs with the Springfield club.
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Ada
Springfield
Western Association
Ada Ball Park
St. Louis Cardinals
Richard Cox
Huntsville
Ala
Southern farming shifts away from cotton cash crop
Farm leaders recognize the south must diversify beyond cotton after years of reliance on corn and cotton, acknowledging the economic risks of a cotton dependent system and the need for new agricultural methods across Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
South
Roosevelt Says He Has No Further Recommendations
President Roosevelt announced he completed his legislative recommendations for the session and would urge Congress to pursue measures outlined by Senator Robinson. Robinson urged enacting judicial and government reorganization, minimum wages and maximum hours, farm tenant aid, low cost housing, and tax dodging prevention with extension of nuisance taxes, tied to TVA and Columbia Basin authorities and possibly the Bonneville dam bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Robinson
Tennessee Valley
Columbia Basin
Bonneville Dam
Muse Area Drilling Expands With New Oil and Water Hits
Activity rises as the Muse area around 33-27 sees multiple wells. Moore No. 1 Muse produces Hunton lime, Blackstock No. 1 Thompson yields about 80 barrels daily, while several offsets and nearby test wells push development toward Jesse and deeper formations.
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Muse
Jesse
Fitts
E. H. Moore
Hunton
Moore
Thompson
Harry Blackstock
Caney
Statler
Brown
Blackstock
Jesse the Deep Rock
Garrett
Francis No. 1
Jesse Pool
Nix
Marland to Be Commencement Speaker Here
East Central State Teachers College announces its summer term baccalaureate and commencement speakers. On Sunday July 25 Dr Roy Rutherford pastor of the First Christian Church Oklahoma City will preach the baccalaureate sermon. On Thursday July 29 at 10 am Governor Marland will give the commencement address in the college auditorium.
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East Central State Teachers College
Roy Rutherford
First Christian Church
Oklahoma City
Marland
Oklahoma
Lieutenant Hughes Heads Home After Submarine School Graduation
Lieut. W. C. Hughes Jr. and his wife are due to visit his parents Judge and Mrs. W. C. Hughes at Pontotoc lodge. He recently graduated Friday from the U. S. submarine school in New London, Conn., and will proceed to Ada after a brief stay.
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Honolulu
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
California
San Francisco
M. W. Morton
St. Joseph, Mo
Ada
W. C. Hughes Jr
W. C. Hughes
Pontotoc Lodge
Hughes
U. S. Submarine School
New London
Conn
Hailstorm damages Harmon County crops and homes
A 15 minute hailstorm in Harmon County near Hollis caused about 1.525 million dollars in losses. Wheat and fruit crops were destroyed and many roofs and windows damaged. County Agent Clarence Burch urged immediate relief and reseeding within 10 days as an appeal to relief agencies was filed.
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Hollis
Okla
Harmon County
Clarence Burch
Burch
Gould
Resettlement Administration
Fields Heads Oklahoma Vets Of Rainbow Division
Oklahoma World War veterans of the Rainbow division banquetted tonight after choosing new officers. Raymond Fields Guthrie publisher and toastmaster at tonight s banquet was elected president. He succeeds Arthur Brock Tulsa Leonard J Hill Tulsa and George Shorney Oklahoma City were elected vice presidents Kenneth Keith Claremore was elected secretary treasurer.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma World War Veterans of the Rainbow Division
Raymond Fields
Guthrie
Arthur Brock
Tulsa
Leonard J. Hill
George Shorney
Kenneth Keith Claremore
Agreement Reached to Eliminate Nuisance Gasoline Taxes
In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee approves a bill to remove nuisance taxes on gasoline and lubricating oils. Rep Wesley E Disney of Tulsa Oklahoma announced the plan, to be proposed in the next congressional session.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Wesley E. Disney
Tulsa
Okla
Isney
Congress
Florida's Average Temperature and Hamlet Ghost Part
A reader notes Florida's average annual temperature at 70.8 degrees. Another remark mentions Shakespeare reputed to have played the ghost in Hamlet.
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Florida
Shakespeare
Windsor couple find domestic peace in Austrian castle
The Duke of Windsor and his bride settled into Wasserleonburg castle in the Dobratsch mountains south of Austria for privacy after their marriage. The duchess hunted for dust-collecting ornaments as ghosts of six wives linger in portraits. Only one of 25 gendarmes remained on duty at the mountain pass as peasants went about their work below.
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Noetsch
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Wasserleonburg Castle
Dobratsch Mountains
Gail River
Julian Alps
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Bluebeard
Wasserleenburg
Neutsch
Confesses to six hold ups in Arkansas towns
Detective Chief O N Martin said Harley Baskin a 33 year old former Little Rock police officer deputy sheriff and state revenue agent confessed to six holdups in five Arkansas cities last month He named accomplice Harry Campbell a Texas convict escaped from Huntsville in February during a 25 year robbery sentence The loot included a liquor store in Texarkana They traveled from May to Monroe LA Houston TX Memphis and West Memphis passing worthless checks Baskin said he and Campbell split at Memphis and Baskin was later captured near Porum Oklahoma Prosecutor Fred A Denham was to be asked to file robbery charges today.
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Little Rock
Ark
O. N. Martin
Harley Baskin
State Revenue Department
Arkansas
Martin
Baskin
Harry C. Campbell
Texas
Huntsville
Texarkana
Campbell
Monroe
Houston
Tex
Baskins
Memphis
West Memphis
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Porum
Fred A. Denham
Congress weighs Roosevelts agenda as session extends
Washington June 5 The House leaders and President Roosevelt expect Congress to stay in session into late summer. They list aims including supreme court reform agency restructuring wage standards and tax measures while Robinson adds planning and conservation bills to the Senate agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
Rayburn
Supreme Court
Senate
Robinson
Percheron Show Plans Honor Ada Breeder Charles Bates
Ada Oklahoma breeder Chas T Bates named one of 65 leading horsemen to help plan the first National Percheron Show set with the National Dairy Show in Columbus Ohio October 9 to 16. The event offers a 5500 purse for Percherons and 15000 for dairy breeds, with judges Carl Roberts and Harry Stamp leading ribbons. Great Britain France and Canada send representatives.
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Chas. T. Bates
Ada
Okla
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Bates
Jerseys
Great Britain
France
Canada
Carl Roberts
St. Adolphe, Man
Can
Harry Stamp
Roachdale
Ind
Mother Charges Son With Fraud In Land Deal
An 81 year old widow, Florence Good, sues her son John Good in district court seeking to cancel a warranty deed to land valued for oil and gas leases. She alleges he used false statements to obtain the deed for $650, with higher value known, to defraud siblings after her death. The petition seeks return of $300 and declaration of ownership of the described parcels.
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Florence Good
John Good
Court Plan Faces Big Hurdle as Session Winds Down
Congressional leaders said no more major legislative proposals would be pursued this session. The Roosevelt proposal to add five Supreme Court justices unless incumbents over 70 retire remains the main obstacle to adjournment. Bankhead noted action would wait for Senate agreement while administration leaders hint at compromise and possible two or three new judges.
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White House
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Bankhead
House
Senate
McCray Sentenced On Guilty Plea For Burglary
Albert McCray was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary by District Judge Tal Crawford on Thursday after pleading guilty to second degree burglary for entering and robbing a store belonging to R. R. Sweeney in the locality.
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McCray
Albert McCray
State Penitentiary
Tal Crawford
R. R. Sweeney
Dining car equipment totals from a midline inventory
The record notes average equipment counts for a dining car including 800 china pieces 240 glassware 550 silver items 980 napkins and tablecloths and 200 kitchen and pantry items.
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Comstock
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Deauville Club
Coit Tower
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Auing Harmon CO
Fields Heads
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