Wife Admits She And Lover Drowned Mate
Bartlesville Oklahoma June 14 county attorney said the widow of Benjamin Franklin Matthews 52 confessed she and her lover plotted the drowning of her husband in a muddy slough. Essie Matthews 57 and Leonard Overcast 37 Oklahoma City gave statements that Overcast drowned the farmer Sunday so the couple could be together. The widow said she shouted orders as her husband lay struggling and that Leonard followed plans to drown him after delaying for weather. Children Gene and Rosa Lee witnessed the drowning according to the confession.
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Benjamin Franklin Matthews
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Frank
Oklahoma WPA Wage Scale Likely To Rise
Representative Jed Johnson said Aubrey Williams indicated Oklahoma’s WPA wage scale would be raised from 21 to 22 dollars, aligning with Kansas. Johnson expects the move by July 1, noting Oklahoma remains in the Southern region and had the nation’s lowest wage scale.
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Kansas
Jed Johnson
Anadarko
Johnson
Aubrey Wiliams
WPA
Williams
Jonanson
Senate-House
Elmer Thomas
Noted lease sale in Tonkawa oil field changes hands
In Oklahoma City on June 14 Poling and Morgan of Blackwell buy the Three Sands Tonkawa lease from Lew Wentz of Ponca City. Lease established by Sidney Smith in 1923 as the Andy Gump after the No. 2 McKee well, first produced in 1922. Since then 8,593,429 barrels have been produced from 45 wells, 17 active. Sam McKee’s heir deaths and related transfers noted. Senator Eugene Raynaldy of France dies of heart attack at 63.
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Jesse
Three Sands
Tonkawa
Sam McKee
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Blackwell
Lew Wentz
Ponca City
Sidney Smith
McKee
Andy Gump
Fonkgwa
Wentz
John J. McCaskey
Pittsburgh
McCaskey
Gain in U S Crude Output in Past Week
Tulsa, June 14. Production of crude oil in the United States rose by 28,949 barrels daily in the week ended June 01 to an average of 3,135,424. East Texas up 752 to 364,000. Texas down 1,177 to 1,188,525. Louisiana up 1,426 to 259,065. Kansas up 10,425 to 148,650. California down 3,400 to 671,750. Eastern states up 3,115 to 202,951. Rocky Mountain region down 7,320 to 67,580. Estimated weekly average compared with prior week.
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McCall Pleads Guilty On Kidnapping Arraignment
Franklin Pierce McCall pleaded guilty at arraignment in MIAML Florida to kidnapping James Bailey Cash Jr for ransom, a capital offense, and denied killing the five year old Princeton boy. A special jury found him indicted on kidnapping with a May 28 abduction for 910000 ransom. Judge F Atkinson ordered counsel and set a trial date.
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Simpkins Wins In Jesse Phone Dispute
Oklahoma City June 14 A three year old dispute over the right to operate a telephone exchange at Jesse Pontotoc county was settled when the corporation commission denied the Southwest Telephone Companys application for a certificate of convenience and necessity and left exclusive operating rights to R C Simpkins. The article notes Mexicans army strength at under 40000 privates and 367 generals.
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Corporation Commission
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Howard Wilborn Bound Over For Death Of Woman
Howard Wilborn thirty was bound over to district court in Coal county on a murder charge involving Estelle Thomas twenty two at a farm house north of Cairo. He testified he tied a horse, walked 200 yards, and that a struggle for a pistol led to her being shot in the back of the head with no powder burns. Sheriff Walter Clark led the investigation.
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Coal County
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W. B. Thornsbrough
Coalgate
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Cairo
Walter Clark
AAA Announces Wheat Loan Rule
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration released rules for wheat loan eligibility. Loans await if the July crop estimate shows production above normal domestic use and exports, with 1938 farm totals not exceeding 105 percent of soil-depleting acreage. Producers should prepare for 1938 loan wheat applications.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Anna Barnett Is Free Fights On
After two weeks in jail, Anna Laura Barnett wins release on contempt charge by surrendering 8500 dollars in furnishings to satisfy a furniture company judgment. Hearing set July 12 to decide house ownership. Women’s clubs circulate petition to recognize Barnett rights in oil rich estate.
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Anna Laura Barnett
Jackson Barnett
Barnett
Oklahoma summer enrollment tops 2200 for term
Registrar George E. Wadsack announced on June 14 that University of Oklahoma summer term enrollment reached 2,200, up 300 from last year. Graduate enrollment set a new record at 1,068, exceeding prior highs of 850 and last summer’s 734. total summer enrollment last year was 1,709.
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Norman
George E. Wadsack
University of Oklahoma
State denies Ada telephone rate increase request
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company request for rate hikes in Ada and 13 other Oklahoma cities was denied by the state corporation commission. Commissioner A. S. Shaw said an order denying the increases will be drawn and the company may appeal to the state supreme court. A statewide rate hearing could follow later.
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Lane Sisters Trio Rise From Vaudeville Roots to Sister Act
Lola Lane RoseMary Priscilla Lane joined Gus Edwards revue and Broadway shows, later touring with Fred Waring and appearing in Varsity Show. Rosemary Lane sought voice lessons and design work while all three pursued film soars. Now the Lane sisters are collaborating in Sister Act.
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George Scarbo
Lola
Gus Edwards
Broadway
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Priscilla
Lane
Fred Waring
Hollywood
Argentina's Corn Crop Below Normal Faces Export Shift
Chicago June 14 Argentine corn crop expected at about 179 million bushels, half normal due to drought. Grain men foresee renewed American export demand to Europe for at least a year, with potential U.S. exports to exceed 275 million bushels based on Buenos Aires estimates. L. C. West notes roughly 84 million bushels exported since last November, the heaviest since 1922.
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Argentina
Europe
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Buenos Aires
L. C. West
Chicago Board of Trade
Ada Man Hurt After Crash With Lumber Truck
Ada printer John Owens, 35, was seriously injured late Monday when his car struck a heavily loaded lumber truck six miles south of Ada on highway 3. Deputies say Owens attempted to pass Bond, 48, of Moyer, and lost control as another vehicle approached, leaving Owens thrown onto the pavement. Bond reported he had tried to reenter line. Owens' condition improved to not critical by Tuesday morning.
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John Owens
Ada
Charlie Shockley
Owens
Monroe Bond
Moyer
Bond
Shockley
Texans Move To Draft John Garner
In Austin on June 14 a Texas move to draft John N Garner as the 1940 Democratic presidential nominee gains steam. The state women’s division executive committee lauded Garner as the hope of the nation and pledged aggressive support while praising his lifelong party service and authority on law making. Secretary Vann M Kennedy announced a new organization to draft Garner for the presidency.
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Austin
Tex
CPI
John N. Garner
Texas
Garner
America
Ada loses parks suit appeal in supreme court
The City of Ada lost an appeal to the state Supreme Court from a Pontotoc County District Court ruling denying judgment on the pleadings in a death damage case. The suit, by Joe Parks as administrator for William Harvey Harbort, stems from a car plunging into an Ada excavation under a former railroad viaduct on Aug 15 193. The court ruled that an order overruling a motion for judgment on the pleadings is not appealable.
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Ada
Supreme Court
Pontotoc County
City
Joe Parks
William Harvey Harbort
Cradle Speaker At Assembly Here
Dr. A. L. Cradle state superintendent spoke at the first general assembly Tuesday at East Central. He urged state responsibility to carry on school plans as district valuation has declined. He noted House Bill 6 aids equalize education and enables a nine month term this year with a 3 mill levy to fund teachers’ salaries. Secondary aid of 3.5 million supports poorer districts, contingent on a ten mill levy. Cradle urged educators to learn the financial system. conferences followed for superintendents and teachers as part of an annual campus program.
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East Central
Crable
State Department
May Reroute Road Over Free Ferry
May reroute state highway 38 over a free ferry across White River to remove a toll bridge at Des Arc from the highway system. A federal suit seeks authority to condemn land for a state owned ferry to operate a quarter mile from the span. Hearing set for June 23. The legislative session approved 120000 for Des Arc and Powhatan toll bridges to end tolls with other spans. Owners refused to sell. A free ferry exists at Black Rock near Powhatan.
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White River
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Powhatan
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Belmont Harbor
Wheat yields in Oklahoma fall short of government estimates
Wheat in northwest Oklahoma is harvested with binders and combines in most fields while some lowlands remain too soft. Early returns show 40 to 45 percent damage from freeze rust and insects, signaling total state production near 30 to 35 million bushels versus government 72.4 million. Crop varies greatly by field. test weights range from 32 to 59 pounds. Three more hot dry days expected to bring standing wheat to ready for combining.
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Oklahoma
Enid
Comines
Senate backs rail loan law easing RFC funding
Washington June 14 the senate banking and currency committee reported favorably on legislation to liberalize government loans to railroads The measure would waive the ICC certification requirement for one year allow equipment and maintenance loans remove existing collateral rules and leave security decisions to the RFC President Roosevelt reportedly has no objections and expects swift passage Also noting an appeal in a separate case Kenay Catawney 31 of Creek blonds appeals a one year and day sentence for assault with a dangerous weapon at a Sapulpa area resort citing self defense
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Kenay Catawney
Creek Full Blond
Joe Alexander
Sapulpa
Criminal Court of Appeals
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Kellyville
Alexander
Police Guard Lindy’s Home in Brittany Refuge
French gendarmes patrol the northern Breton coast around Lindberghs island retreat after new menacing letters were received. Lindbergh, wife and two sons stay with Dr. Alexis Carrel. writers blame Hauptmann for the baby’s death and make no direct threats reportedly.
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France
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Charles’ A. Lindberg
Tite Lindbergh
Alexis Carrel
Lindbergh
Inee Island
Bruno Hauptmann
Witers
Hauptmann
High Court Rules on County Highway Fund Split
The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a Stephens County ruling striking at a county practice of dividing highway funds into thirds for individual commissioners. The Oklahoma Tractor and Equipment Co won $1,189.59 from a county warrant issued in 1920-31 after claims the warrant was mishandled. The court noted sufficient unincumbered appropriation but that the warrant would overdraw the commissioner’s share, condemning the scheme. In Tokyo, a train wreck on the Sanyo line near Okayama killed and injured dozens, many schoolchildren returning for summer vacation.
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Stephens County
Oklahoma Tractor and Equipment Company
Board of County Commissioners
Stephens ‘County District Court
Tokyo
Sanyo
Okayama
Northwestern honors Ada student in debate prize
Kathryn Qualls of Ada was among five students sharing the Agnes Layr debate prize at Northwestern University. Announcement came at the June 11 commencement. Qualls, a sophomore in speech, earned the prize for services rendered and proficiency in public discussion as a member of the women's debate squad.
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16Th Street
Ada
Agnes Layr
Northwestern University
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Nelson enters not guilty plea in Lubbock DUI case
Aaron Nelson pleaded not guilty at arraignment in justice court of A. W. Oliver on driving while intoxicated. He was released on $2000 bond as grand jury set a preliminary hearing date. Nelson was arrested after his car reportedly crashed into two parked autos in the 100 block of East Thirteenth.
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Justice Court of
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