Storm victims in three counties seek Red Cross aid
Oklahoma City dispatch reports eight dead and about 2,000 homeless in Jackson Kiowa and Tillman counties after Saturday tornadoes. Red Cross under M A Lassiter begins relief efforts from Altus with funds from Congressmen McClintic. Additional damage and multiple injuries noted across nearby Blair Headrick and Kansas towns.
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Oklahoma City
Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman
Altus
M. A. Lassiter
Oklahoma
The
American Red Cross
Medical aid requested for Blair and Headrick storm area
Elmer Garnett chairman of the Jackson county Red Cross unit urged the state health department to send urgent medical assistance to Blair and Headrick where sanitary conditions are dire. A physician will proceed to the stricken area today with medicines to counter any epidemic threat.
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Oklahoma City
State Health Department
Blair and Headrick
Elmer Garnett
Jackson County Red Cross
Blair and
Headrick
Garnett
Blair Tornado Victims Count Eight Dead in Oklahoma
A tornado in southwest Oklahoma left eight dead and about 2000 homeless as counties Jackson Kiowa and Tillman rushed aid. Blair mourns three dead Elmer Castles George A Rogers Hugh Smith while others face injuries and uncertain recoveries.
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Blair
Okla
Oklahoma
Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman
Elmer Castles
George A. Rogers
Hugh Smith
L. C. Cann
Altus
Headrick
Here
Otis Rice
Kiowa County
C. R. Fogle
E. A. Simpson
Mangum
L. C. McHanna
Suiay
Building boom lifts city receipts for 1928
Weekly city building permits rose by 20000 to push year total toward 600000. Three permits issued this week two for business structures one residence for Mack Broom at 2000. Major project a 12000 brick business building on West Main by W A Banks.
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Mack Broom
W. Main
Frisco
W. A. Banks
Main Street
Gay- Nash Motors Company
W. Twelfth
Rollow
Criswell Funeral
Ford
Gay-Nash
Simpson
College
Murder charges filed against Pawhuska man Wiley Burns
Murder charges were filed today against Wiley Burns in the death of Albert Williams near Webb City. Roy Davis, Burns' father in law, released on bond for drunken driving and as a material witness. Davis waived preliminary hearing. Burns likely to face a preliminary trial early next week. Burns and Davis were arrested after Williams' body was found Sunday.
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Pawhuska
Wiley Burns
Albert Williams
Webb City
Roy Davis
Burns
Davis
Williams
Tornado Damage Halts Traffic and Triggers Army Relief
Scarcely a splinter remained standing as rail and highway bridges in the tornado area were badly damaged and traffic stood still on Sunday. Wire communications were non existent and relief committees were working to care for the homeless. Army tents from Fort Sill were requested for temporary shelter.
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Fort Sill
Hoover Curtis meet in Washington at campaign kickoff
In Washington on June 19 Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Senator Charles Curtis met for the first time since their nomination. A Hoover representative invited Curtis to noon talks. cameras interrupted their lunch conference at Hoover's home as they planned campaign strategy with the national committee and delegation.
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Washington
Republican Party
Commerce
Hoover
Charles Curtis
Commerce Department
Curtis
McNary
Oregon
Borah
Idaho
National Committee
William S. Ware
Republican Organization
Pennsylvania
Walter F. Brown
Reed backs Smith blocking plan as convention nears
Washington dispatch reports Senator Reed claims he can block Governor Alfred E. Smith for the Democratic nomination. Maryland Governor Albert E. Ritchie withdrew, boosting talks of Reed as a decisive factor. Ohio and Porto Rico delegations are eyed as potential Smith support on the first ballot. Thousands converge on Houston for the Sam Houston Hall convention preparations and housing for up to 50,000 attendees.
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Houston
Tex
Albert E. Ritchie
Maryland
James A. Reed
Missouri
Alfred E. Smith
Clem Shaver
National Democratic Committee
Edward S. Villamore
Reed
Smith
Villamore
Porto Rico
Henry Dooley
Ohio
Atlee Pomerene
Marie McCurry
Ohio State Democratic Committee
Democracy
Sam Houston Hall
Texas
San Jacinto
Shaver
Convention Hall
General Housing Committee
One Killed Two Injured In Bus Car Collision Near Wynnewood
A late night crash three and a half miles south of Wynnewood left G. W. Slater dead and two Slater brothers slightly injured. The bus driver Joe Whitehead said the car, from Sulphur, had one light and was going fast, turning aside to avoid the impact before striking the bus rear.
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Wynnewood
G. W. Slater
A. M. Slater
G. I. Slater
Sulphur
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Joe Whitehead
Chandler Dealer Killed in Iowa Car Accident
June Foster Chandler a 30 year old Chandler furniture dealer and undertaker was killed yesterday afternoon at Wautoma Iowa in what is believed to be an automobile accident shortly after leaving a hospital in Rochester Minnesota word received here states
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Chandler
June Foster
Wautoma
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Hundreds Work to Fortify Arkansas Levees as Flood Crest Grows
Memphis dispatch reports hundreds laboring on Arkansas levees as White and St Francis rivers crest. Main Mississippi county levee deemed safe for now, dependent on drainage ditches. White River crest near Newport to Georgetown at 29 feet with a 30 foot raise. Kenne t crevasse flood nearing Greene and Craighead counties threatening 30 000 acres. Red Cross aiding refugees, about 200 Jackson County families homeless.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
St. Francis
Mississippi County
Newport
Georgetown
Kennett
Greene
Craighead
Red Cross
Jackson County
Blaze at West Main dental office quickly put out
A small blaze in Dr. Enloe's dental office on West Main street was discovered shortly before 7 pm Saturday. The chemical extinguisher was used and flames were extinguished with little or no damage. no one was present when the fire started.
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Dr. Enloe
West Main Street
Oklahoma tornado leaves thousands homeless in four counties
Altus reports nearly 2,000 homeless across Jackson Kiowa Tillman and Greer counties after a weekend twister. Red Cross worker Edith Miller takes command with J A Walker directing disaster relief. Funds and clothing pour in from Chickasha Cotton Oil and Lew Wentz while towns like Mangum Snyder Hobart Frederick and others pledge aid. The urgent needs are money seeds livestock and shelter as crews survey over 150 square miles and Fort Sill tents run short.
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Altus
Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman
Greer
Edith R. Miller
St. Louis Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
J. A. Walker
Chickasha Cotton Oil Company
Lew Wentz
Red Cross
Mangum, Snyder
Hobart
Frederick
JIL Production Shows Increase Across US Crude Output
Oil and Gas Journal reports US crude oil production rose by over 8 000 barrels daily for the week ending June 16. Oklahoma gains, led by northern fields, plus West Texas and California shifts, pushed Mid-Continent totals higher despite some declines in Seminole and Gulf Coast areas.
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Tulsa
United States
Oklahoma
West Texas
Oil and Gas Journal
Tonkawa
Burbank
Osage
Hendricks
Texas
Gulf Coast
Mid-Continent
California
Cushing
Shamrock
Bristow
Seminole
Okahoma
North Louisiana
Arkansas Light
Arkansas Heavy
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Southwest
Rocky Mountain Area
New Bebee Field Drilling Surges with Two New Wells
Gratifying prospects rise in the Bebee field as two new producing wells report oil in the hole awaiting development. Two rigs are being built signaling sustained summer drilling while overall Bebee output for the week reaches about 500 barrels.
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Bebee
B. A. LaSelle
Bumpers- Sterritt No. 2
Off Petroleum Corporation
Roberts
Hoover And Curtis Nominee For Republican Ticket
The Republican convention at Kansas City adjourned after naming Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas as running mate to Herbert Hoover. Curtis, a long time senator and former presidential candidate, won on the first ballot amid a surge from Pennsylvania New York Illinois and others. Final tally Curtis 1052 Ekern 19 Dawes 13 MacNider 2.
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Kansas City
Hoover-and- Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Kansas
United States Senate
Curtis
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
Oklahoma
Hoover
Senator Borah
Idaho
McNary-Hansen
Leona Curtis Knight
Rhode Island
Corse
Pennsylvania
Herman L. Ekern
Wisconsin
Dawes
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
Farmers Centering Ambitions Now For Democratic Meeting
Kansas City reports that western farm leaders defeated in pushing equalization fee into the Republican platform will push their fight to the Democratic convention in Houston. Frank W. Murphy of Wheaton Minnesota a convention delegate urged the farm minority plank be supported at Houston saying Republicans rejected farm relief. He claimed the farmers must seek relief from the party even if their vote is not regarded as essential to party success.
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Kansas City
Houston
Frank W. Murphy
Wheaton
Hoover landslide seals 1928 Republican nomination
Herbert Hoover wins the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot at the party convention in Kansas City, with Frank Lowden withdrawing after the farm relief plank dispute and delegates poised to split. The convention adopts a Coolidge styled platform with added buttresses amid farm policy tensions.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Coolidge
Lowden
Oregon
Til
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