Bates Pays Highest Price of Year for Angus Bull
Charles T. Bates of Ada paid 2550 for Revolution 3rd of Strathmore at the Kershaw sale, the year’s top Angus bull price. Revolution 3rd, calved Oct 1, 1934, is son of Revolution 100th, with a line to Old Earl Marshall, and weighs over a ton. Bates also acquired Royal of Don Head and several of the finest cows at Muskogee and Miami sales, building about 75 cows near Tishomingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Bates
Ada
Revolution 3Rd
Strathmore
Kershaw
Earl Marshall
L. R. Kershaw
James C. Perrin
Bloomington
Wisconsin
Bates
Muskogee
Royal
Miami
Washita
Tishomingo
J. £. Cummings
Annual Camp For Farm Women Set In Sulphur Park
County farm women plan a two day camp June 29 and 21 at Sulphur in Cold Springs Platt National Park with 22 clubs represented. A tacky party kicks off events June 20 and guests include husbands. Camp since 1927, campers supply their own gear and expect top participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Women’s Club
Jessie Morgan
Cold Springs
Platt National Park
Berry Season Brings Bountiful Dewberries to County Markets
The region sees a strong berry harvest as Betties yield profit and cooks alike enjoy canning. Dewberries arrive in abundance and high quality across the county, while Youngberries and Newherries appear in notable quantities with improved sizes and flavors. Strawberries, though limited commercially, are of high quality and were picked just before the dewberry rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyne
Young Musicians Earn Excellent Rating At National Piano Tourney
Ada youths Sam Sanders and Jeanette Smith, both 16, earned excellent ratings with high honors at the national piano playing tourney in Oklahoma City. Judge Charles Haubeiel of New York City presided as their teacher Mrs. W. A. Hill accompanied them to the event. Marriage licenses were issued locally for Harold Keehn and Edna King and for Elmore Patton and Dovie Patton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Sanders
Jeanette Smith
Ada
Oklahoma City
Charles Haubeiel
New York City
W. A. Hill
Harold William Keehn
Tomball
Texas
Edna Hart King
Elmore Patton
Dovie Patton
Roft
Four Defendants Convicted In District Court Term
District court term ending Friday saw four defendants convicted and sentences set by Judge Tal Crawford on Saturday. Notable results include Baker Lou Forrest’s five year term for second degree rape. Finis Caton Allen's guilty plea to drunken driving with a $150 fine and suspended year in state prison. P A Curry’s drunken driving reduced to reckless driving with a $50 fine and costs. and Frank Grier’s jury verdict for grand larceny with June 13 sentencing. Additional sentences and continuations covered numerous cases including acquittals and a hung jury in a murder-related trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal Crawford
Baker Lou Forrest
Medlester ‘State Penitentiary
Finis Caton
Allen
P. A. Curry
Frank Grier
Joyd Parrish
McAlester
Juanita Hawkins
Tishomingo
W. W. Brumley
A. D. Caldwell
Roff
Bob Howell
Holdenville
Forrest
Vaughn
Purgson
Raymond Melton
A3sault
Celd
L. H. Laseman
Miss Hawkins
Homer Bryant
John Craven
Caton, Curry
John Ragsdale
Andy Cox
Jimmie Redfern
Joan Gilmore
George Morrison
Albert Brady
WPA
Brady
Morrison
East Main Street
J. E. Hall
A. A. Caldwell
Caldwell
Hall
Ford
Tommie F. Ford
Joe Smalley
Chester
Thumnan Hice
Bill Cummings
Skinny
Herion
Steve Mitchell
Earl Boone
Harvest Time In Northwest Oklahoma Busy Harvest Scene
Northwest Oklahoma harvests are underway with combines dominant and threshers few. Farmers anticipate 30 bushels per acre in better fields while poorer plots yield 8 to 12 bushels. Moisture is light, grain weight solid, and farmers fear too much rain could stall gains as public labor shortages persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Fune
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Combine
Unlikely Adjournment Date Mentioned By Barkley
Washington report says Senator Barkley, Democratic leader, indicated adjournment is a possibility but not probable. He told reporters congressional readers cannot give President Roosevelt a definite quitting date and expect adjournment around two dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkley
Washington
Sen. Barkley
Taday
Roosevelt
Stamp Collectors to Receive Baseball Stamp at Cooperstown
Children may mail self addressed envelopes with three cents to the post office to obtain the new 00th anniversary baseball commemorative stamp stamped at Cooperstown on first sale day. Entries must reach the post office before closing time Saturday, with issuance set for Monday, June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Mary West
Cooperstown
New York
Governess Charged With Kidnaping in Frisco Case
San Francisco dispatch June 9 a 19 year old governess Miss Margaret Polly Weil was charged with kidnapping a five year old boy she claimed to ransom at 1600 dollars to pay her mother's Nassau New York farm mortgage. Police Inspector John Engler noted the plan failed as she wore a stolen fur cape from a Los Angeles robbery on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
CPLA
Margaret Polly Weil
Nassau
N.Y
John Engler
Weil
Los Angeles
San Francisco Kidnaping Case Ends With Arrest
Hess was charged with kidnapping after a ransom note demanded 1600 dollars for the return of Krehe Osborn, a governess vanished Wednesday with a five year old child. Police traced clues across the Bay Area. Miss Graham Timms Gaylord was arrested in a San Jose hotel with the child unharmed. She claimed the money was for a relative and said she would do it again. A new traveler safety device maps routes on a steering wheel roller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Timms Gaylord
San Jose
Here
George Page
One Killed When Truck Overturned
In Talibina 25 miles east of here a WPA workers truck overturned killing Eli Williams 58 of Whitesboro. More than a dozen injured including four seriously Willie Thomas 30 Indian Tom Odom 40 Terry Jacobs 50 and Warren Linville all of Whitesboro area. Ten others suffered cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talibina
WPA
Here
Eli Williams
Whitesboro
Willie Thomas
Tom Odom
Terry Jacobs
Warren Linville
Foster Funeral Held In Private Town Ceremony
Bartlesville June 9 Henry Vernon Foster noted multi millionaire was buried in a private service attended by family and close friends. The Rev J S Bugiong of St Luke's Episcopal Church read the service in the Foster home living room. He was later buried in Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Henry Vernon Foster
J. S. Bugiong
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Fostertown
Memorial Park
Atoka's Early Days: 1867 1885 Foundations Described
A condensed reminiscence by Mrs. B S Smiser recounts Atoka's founding era from 1867 to 1885. It covers the town's Choctaw namesake, early residents like Mrs Flack and J D Davis, the first church built in 1868, the opening of offices, the first post office in 1808, and the Indian Citizen newspaper rising to prominence under Smiser and Standley, shaping local governance and press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoka
B. S. Smiser
Old Settlers
B. S. Smiler
A. E. Flack
J D. Davis
Jack Juzon
D. Davis
Sandy
Etta Denney
Bro
J. Davis
Croctaw Court House
J. 8. Murrow
Rev. Burns
Wapanucka
Murrow
Ron McBride
Sam Butler
Alonzo Davis
J. D. Davis
Flack
Tsoinda
C. Hebert
First General Mercantile, Co
Amelia
Jim Kay
Bro. Murrow
Clair Bassett Hunker
Eva Balls
Clara Burns Murrow
Bond
Ataska
J. H. Moore
T Inge
Choctaw Council
Roberts Bros
Eufaula
H. F
Harry O’brien
Atoka Independent
B.S. Smiser
James 8. Standley
Lehigh News l
Indian Citizen
Standley
Citizen
Norma E. Smiser
United States Commissionery Court
Indian Territory
A. Telle
J. W. Jones
Texas
J. H Chambers
W. S. Farmer
W.L. Richards
Tinois
Joe G. Ralls
United States
John BH
D. H. Linebaugh
A. D. Brown
Kansas
Kentucky
J. G. Campbell
J.5. Standley
Mississippi
Washington
Dr Francis W Godwin Demonstrates Liquid Coal Fuel
Dr Francis W Godwin of Armour Institute of Technology demonstrated a new liquid coal motor fuel in downtown Chicago driving a 1939 stock model automobile on liquid coal. The fuel is a blend of light fuel oil pulverized coal hydrocarbon and a secret substance, claimed to cost about 10 cents per gallon with expected mileage of 15 to 17 miles per gallon, with more research needed before market readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Retail Corp Association
Godwin
Navajo tracking skills kept alive by ritual horse release
Santa Fe dispatch reports Sanford Hassell of Gallup says Navajo trackers preserve their art as they supervise loose horses on reservations. He cites their ability to read earth prints after rain, and recalls two trackers locating a boy lost six weeks despite washed prints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Hassell
Gallup
N. M
Redmen
Hassell
New Mexico
Quirky Oklahoma News Briefs Mix Robbery, Oddities
A Toledo style oddball roundup reports a Wichita man seeking a cigarette match during a bank till robbery, a Frederick liquor raid miscue with gin down a window, and a 235 pound US Commissioner in Oklahoma City considering long walks. Plus Anadarko officials scramble for Indian princess opener, Vinita tomato oddity, Cordell water woes, Lawton party tale on age, and local notes from small towns.
Blind Girl Works Way Through School
Norman Oklahoma June 10 UP Helen Jen Allen a blind student plans to work her way through the University of Oklahoma by operating a cold drink and confection stand on Buchanan hall first floor. She will enter next fall after graduating from the state school for the blind at Muskogee. She notes work can be done as easily in darkness as in light.
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Norman
Okla
Bling
Helen
Jen
University of Okla
University
Buchanan Hall
Miss Allen
State School For the Blind
Muskogee
Contract Awarded For Tish Building
TISHOMINGO June 10 Special Construction of a new building for the Armstrong Dry Goods company was scheduled to start late this week after award of contract to the E. B. Bush Construction company of Oklahoma City. The building will be 50 by 100 feet, completed within two months, and modern throughout with glass front and all fixtures. Also included is a terse note on a separate Philadelphia crime item about a burglar and a judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Armstrong Dry Goods Company
E. 3. Bush Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Farm Boy's Five Year Path From Grand Champion
STILLWATER Okla June 10 UPI Hamilton of Fort Cobb parlayed a $1980 grand championship prize into a growing beef cattle operation valued at over $2,000 with 100 acres of crops. At 18 he roams two pure bred herds, oversees $3,291 in project income, $4,065 in total credits, and eyes college to deepen agricultural knowledge. He has earned $390,600 in livestock winnings over 15 exhibitions since his calf won the purple rosette five years ago. He remains active in the Oklahoma FFA and pursues a professional farming career while considering whether his future is a present or a future in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hamilton
Fort Cobb
Stillwater
Okla
UPI
Rand
J.C. Hamilton
Straightway
Young Hamilton
FFA
Oklahoma Ffa
Hamilton
Tingo
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Queen Elizabeth of England
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Hoosevelt
King George
Foster
D. C
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Bavert
Ted
Atoka County
Old Settlers’ Reunion
Santa FE
Cushing
Clarence Whittington
Whittington
Prederick
Frederick
Logen Spain
Paul Showelter
U. S
Federal Building
Anadarko
Maurice Bedoka
Bill Karty
Parker McKenzie
Maurice
Vinita
Bill Strickland
Bill
Cordell
Raymond Symcox
Lawton
Precilla Stanley
Tillman County
Alice Robertson
Stanley
Chattanooga
Tish Building
Philadelphia
Curtis Bok
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