Five Killed On Highways Of Oklahoma
Five Oklahoma residents died in weekend traffic crashes across the state and region. The mishaps included drownings near Nashoba and near Bartlesville, a man swept from a horse in Pushmataha County, and multiple injuries as cars rolled off hillsides near Chickasha and other locations. Authorities listed victims and noted several survivors in serious condition as the nationwide weekend toll reached seventy five.
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Associated Press
Marlin Ray
Chickasha
Ray
Cecil Griffin
Henryettan
WR. Rutherford
Henryetta
Okemah
George Hicks
Watongz
Kingfisher
Let Us Alone Is Lawton Man's Plea
An Oklahoma City open letter to President Roosevelt from Lawton argues Oklahomans should vote their own convictions in the Democratic primaries without guidance from the president. The writer notes Oklahoma sentiment and questions involvement in the state senatorial race featuring Elmer Thomas, Governor Marlan, and Gomer Smith.
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Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
Lawton
Okla
Byrne Ross
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
Marlan
Gomer Smith
Wheat Farmers Hope for Drier Fields as Warm Weather Returns
Oklahoma wheat farmers welcomed a stretch of warm, fair weather aimed at drying fields for harvest operations. Forecasters predicted continued sunshine with only partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow, and no rainfall in the last 24 hours. Temperatures topped 91 degrees in Pauls Valley and Waurika.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Pauls Valley
Waurika
New Kind of Violin Kin to Earthquake
Pasadena scientist Dr. Hugo Benioff unveils a seismograph inspired violin and cello that translate earthquake vibrations into music. After eight years of research, instruments promise deeper tones and reduced distortion, with Caltech planning a research center to expand development.
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Pasadena
Calif
Hugo Benioff
Benioff
California Institute of Technolog
HOLC Celebrates Fifth Birthday As Foreclosure Figures Decline
Washington reports the Home Owners Loan Corporation marks five years since its 1942 start to shield homes from foreclosure. By June 1938 HO Lenders held about 80,900 dwellings with 1 million borrowers aided and $3 billion in loans issued since 1933. Foreclosures have eased with 3,253 filed in April, and 30,000 borrowers have repaid in full while 750,000 keep satisfactory payments.
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Washington
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Concerts Offer Attractive List Of New Numbers
Ithaca NY reports a program by the Music Department under Harle E McCall featuring brass quartet, a band concert and a Marionette Show. Evening rehearsals on Tuesdays and campus broadcasts over KADA will showcase classical pieces, marches and swing band music. Public is invited to attend.
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Harle E. McCall
Theampus
KADA
Ada News
Former College Student Drowned In Lehigh Fishing Trip
Leo Pol je Breaney 22, of Lehigh, died by drowning after cramps during a fishing trip at Deep Blue ship pit. Mary Matthews and a sister aided in the search. Hugh Crowder pulled the body from the water but resuscitation failed. A Lehigh High School graduate who attended East Central Teachers College, he worked for Magnolia Petroleum at Jesse field and was nicknamed Tarzan. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Lehigh.
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Leo Polje Breaney
Lehigh
Mary Matthews
Hugh Crowder
Brezney
Rudolph Breaney
Stella
Anna
Rudolph, Jr
Lehigh High School
East Central Teachers College
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Jesse Field
Tarzan
Former President of A. and M is Dead
LUBBOCK Tex June 1 Dr Bradford Knapp 87 president of Texas Technological college and leader in agricultural education died today of heart disease He had been in ill health for months He was known as the Father of extension work in the United States He served as president of Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater 1928 1923 and earlier as dean of agriculture at the University of Arkansas Survived by Mrs Knapp and five children Dewitt Knapp of Lubbock Dr Roger Knapp of New Orleans Bradford Knapp Jr of Washington Mrs Irvin Hurst of Oklahoma City and Virginia Knapp Funeral services will be held Monday.
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Lusbock
Tex
Bradford Knapp
Texas Technological College
Seaman 4. Knapp
United States
Knapp
Texas Tech
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
College of Agriculture
University of Arkansas
South
Clarion
Iowa
Wright County
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Drilling Progress Report in Region Notes Wells and Status
Moderate act iv ity continues across the region as Petroleum company efforts persist despite industry pressure. Operators report multiple completions and drilling progress in districts such as Magnolia, Aller, and Bebee with wells to be tested, swabbed, or plugged while operations move toward deeper targets.
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Tom Morris
Cromwell
Norris
Magnolia
G. Statler
Aller
Minton-Osborne
Jones
Barbara
Reed
Whitney
Seven Accused of Attack On Farmer at Dyess Colony
Osceola Arkansas June 13 seven persons faced arraignment before Magistrate Newille on assault charges filed by Paul Finch a farmer advocating administrative reform at Dyess Colony Finch says he was attacked and beaten when he tried to address a colony meeting four former colony members were treated for head injuries Accused include Richard Dickinson James Tankersley Sam Richards Tom Franks F A Zucnat Dr R F Turner and Helen Hertin Dickinson and Richards are deputy sheriffs
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Osceola
Ark
Newille
Paul Finch
Dyess Colony
Finch
Richard Dickinson
James Tankersley
Sam Richards
Tom Franks
F. A. Zucnat
F. Turner
Dyess
Helen Hertin
Dickinson
Richards
Ad Administration
Poly i Ad
Girl Drives Car As Convicts Flee
Three Harlem prison farm convicts escaped near Huntsville in a get away car driven by a young woman. Guard Dan Ault fired at the vehicle as the escapees fled on a Harlem farm road at about 5 14 am. The trio James Smith 18 Dallas Ita McKay 19 Lake Victor and Claude Jett 20 Atlanta were already in custody before attempting to flee.
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Huntsville
Tex
Harlem
Dan Ault
James Smith
Dallas
Ita McKay
Lake Victor
Claude Jett
Atlanta
Ault
McCoy
Smith
Gregg County
A . Harrison County
McCullough County
Lost Airliner Found Near Yosemite Peak Sighting
A Fresno prospector located the wreckage of a TWA plane missing since March near Buena Vista peak, 18 miles southeast of Yosemite Valley. Eight bodies were scattered nearby, and a co pilot’s briefcase bearing H M Salisbury’s name was recovered as authorities documented the discovery.
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Yosemite
Calif
TWA
Buena’ Vista Peak
Yosemite Valley Ranger
Sierrs
Nevada
Frama
H. O. Collier
Fresno
Forest Townsley
Collier
H.M. Salisbury
Kansas City
Bess Lake
Buena Vista Peak
Exhibit Brings Work Of Artists From Young American Painters
East Central Journal reports an exhibit of children's art from the third annual Young American Painters show, originally staged March 6 1938 at Rockefeller Center New York. The works, selected from public private and parochial schools nationwide, capture homes and scenes as seen by young artists. The display argues art education for all students to enrich daily life and cultivate beauty.
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East Central Journal
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Library Hall
United States
Problem Boy Dies In Electric Chair At Rockview
Wendell Forrest Powers twenty is executed in Pennsylvania's electric chair at Rockview prison as the first of seven condemned men to die in two months. He confessed to killing Mrs Wilma V Carpenter during a December burglary and tried to assault her companion. The case is part of a series of planned executions including Rey Lockard and others.
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Bellenfonte
Wendell Forrest Powers
Pennsylvania
Mary Griffin
Jimney
Rey Lockard
Attoona
WEA
Spike
Matthew
Sonny" Karmond
Loeckard
Bridge Crash Claims Life Of Harold Brewster At Red River Bridge
On the Red river bridge southwest of Randlett Oklahoma Harold Brewster twenty from Loveland Oregon was killed in a two car crash. Olin Lindsey thirty one and Lee Griffith fifty one of Loveland suffered cuts and bruises. Ed Alexander forty driver of the second car had two broken ribs and a fractured hand. Patrolmen reported Brewster’s car struck a guardrail and was hit from behind by Alexanders car pushing both vehicles through the rail.
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Harold Brewster
Loveland
Red River
Randett
Alfred Brown
Prague
Okla
Kurink Brown
Olney
Tex
Arizona
Praiie
Okemah
Clifford W. Flerberger
Nashoba
Pushinataha County
Herberger
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Onie
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Randlett
Here
Olsla
Olin Lindsey
Lee Griffith
Brewster
Ed Alexander
Alexander
Ten-Year Old Cow Wins Grand Champion at Northeast Oklahoma show
In Bartlesville Oklahoma the 1939 Northeast Oklahoma Jersey show crowned Valiant Cowslip a ten year old cow as grand champion. Valiant Cowslip, from the imported Cowslip Fern dale Rosette line, also produced junior female champion Valiants Noble Princess. Keystone farms Bartlesville dominated the event held at Lakeview with C.H. Carpenter presiding.
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Bartlesville
Olla
Tunea
Northeast Oklahoma
Jersey Parish
Valiant Cowslip
Valiants Noble Princes
Keystone Farms
C.H. Carpenter
Lakeview
Jailor killed as three inmates escape Galveston jail
In Galveston Texas three convicts fled the county jail after Jailer Ernest E Goode aged 42 was shot twice in the chest and Jailer William Lindgren was beaten and disarmed. Suspects Peter John Calandra Roland C Tyler 28 and Edward Francis Sutton 34 were at large. Sheriff Frank Biganne said the trio had fled by the causeway before escape could be blocked.
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Galveston
Tex
Vpi
Galveston County
Ernest E. Goode
William Lindgren
Frank Biganne
Peter John Calandra
Roland C. Tyler
Edward Francis Sutton
Gogde
Tyler
Lindgren
So Sorry Japan Says Of Bombing
Hong Kong June 13 UPI Japan expressed regret that American staff at Lingnan University faced danger and a Chinese employee was killed in air raids on Canton. The note to US Consul General Southard reiterates requests that American property be identified with flags on rooftops after June 8 bombs fell on the campus.
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Hong Kong
UPL
Japan
Lingnan University
Canton
Addison E. Southard
United States
Southard
Reid
Bank Bandits Hit Three Banks In The South
A band of outlaws led by Charles Chapman and Floyd Hamilton escaped after robberies at Bradley La Ack La and Minden La. Loot totaled between 20000 and 25000 dollars. Sheriff Dee Griffin says search continues across the Louisiana Arkansas border region 20 miles south of Lewisville Ark. Local pursuit involved peace officers from three states.
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Lewisville
Ark
Charles Chapman
Floyd Hamilton
Louisiana
Arkansas
Dee Griffin
Lafeyette County
Bradley
Ack
Minden
Civilian Bombing Probe Is Sought
Senator Pittman filed a resolution directing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to investigate and report actions to end the bombing of civilian populations. The measure seeks to condemn such bombing and to consider congressional steps at the next session.
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Washington
UPI
Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
Wheat Acreage Is Given Boos!
Congressmen sent to the White House a bill to relax wheat planting restrictions for 1939. The measure would set the maximum acreage at 55,000,000 under crop control, with AAA experts noting cases could yield 44 to 50 million without the amendment. Senate approved. House delayed. Case and Lanes objected on differentiation between soft and hard wheat. Lamineck withdrew objections but criticized the agricultural program as faulty.
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Washington
White House
AAA
Senate
Case
B.S. D
Ohio
House
Lamineck
Insurgents Seize Castellon de la Plana Seaport
Spanish insurgents declare the occupation of Castellon de la Plana and its port of Grace tonight opening a coastal plain for an offensive against Valencia. Dispatches say the city remains largely civilian and Valencia lies 40 miles away on the Mediterranean coast. Grau’s capture gives the insurgents their first eastern sea port.
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France
Castellon de la Plana
Grace
Valencia
Mediterranean
Grau
Revision of Medical Ethics Is Proposed
SAN FRANCISCO June 13 Proposals to revise and amplify medical ethics and to establish a central authority to speak for the profession on legislative proposals and help matters went before the American Medical Association today Dr Robert Peers of Colfax California proposed a committee of five to simplify clarify codify and revise the principles of medical ethics Dr T K Gruber and other Michigan delegates proposed amendments to set up a public relations committee to act for the profession
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
Robert Peers
Colfax
Calif
T. K. Gruber
Michigan
Forceps Removed After Three Years in Kansas City
Mrs Esther Cornett of Bromley Missouri had seven incan forceps removed from her abdomen after three years. The instruments were forgotten by the surgeon who removed her appendix. The physician said the forceps perforated part of the intestines and would have caused death.
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Kansas City
Esther Cornett
Bromley
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Holc
Ithaca
N.Y
Christine Morton
New York State College of Home Economics
Leo Breaney
Marnelia Employe
Lubbock
Fitts Field
Berkeley
Cal
William Duncan
Centro
Air
Rosin Sense
Janet Shock
Dayton
Miss Shock
Dennison University
Dennison
Paul Welsh
Bob Gerrandt
Bank Bandi! Gang
Spain
China
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