Campaign Interest Picks Up In State Office Races
As the July 3 primary nears interest grows in races for secretary of state state auditor attorney general and state treasurer. Names include L B Sneed Derry E Sneed Frank Carter Charley H Pittman C. C Childers Albert Hunt Mac Williamson O H Searcy Beett Ferris Owen F Renegar Jess Pullen Ray O Weems Hugh L Harrell Ben F Lafayette Lewis Terry J O Crawford W D Hastings and A P Roberts. Governor Dern of Utah to pilot inaugural westbound train with dedication by Rio Grande president J S Pyeatt.
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Associated Press
R. A. Sheed
Oklahoma Democracy
L. B. Sneed
Bristow
Murray
Bert McDonel
King
Statehouse
Albert Hunt
Supreme Court
Mac Q. Williamson
Paulé Valley
0. H. Searcy
Tulsa
Beett A. Ferris
State Banking Department
Democratic National
Charlies West
Oklahoma City
Owen F. Renegar
Jess Pullen
Ray O. Weems
Hugh L. Harrell
Weems
Ben F. Lafayette
Checotah
Lewis Terry
J.O. Crawford
Oklahoma County
W. D. Hastings
A. W. White
Okahoma City
J. P. Dellinger
Ringling
T. T. Parks
Chelsea
Charles E. Thomas
A. P. Roberts
Henry H. Dern
Utah
J. S. Pyeatt
The
Rio Grande
Pontotoc County Cotton Reduction Contracts Sent for Review
Pontotoc county farmers have 1 532 cotton reduction contracts moved to Washington for final decision. About 12 396 acres will be taken out of cotton, reducing county production by roughly 1 600 000 pounds. First payments estimated at 56 000 dollars based on 312 cents per pound.
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Pontotoc County
Washington
State Board of Review
Henry Ford's Formula for Recovery and Happiness
In a copyrighted Financial Post interview Henry Ford outlines his formula for recovery: work with the mind to create education and science driven leisure, and for individuals to find useful tasks and dive in. He says work is the cure for troubles and notes many future jobs remain unforeseen.
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Toronto
Ont
Henry Ford
Financial Post
Ford
Escaped Gangster Norvell Returned to Prison
Randol Eugene Norvell, fugitive gang chief who escaped a prison sewer 50 days ago, was captured in East St. Louis and returned to Chester Illinois State Penitentiary. Sheriff Peter Fitzgerald led the operation with local authorities. Norvell surrendered amid firearm display.
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East ST. Louis
Randol Eugene Norvell
Southern Illinois
Chester
Norvell
August Luer
Alton
Peter Fitzgerald
Madison County
Peter Crouch
Minnie
Nameoki
Ill
New Dotsero Cutoff Opens Linking Denver to Transcontinental Rails
Bond Colorado June 16 The Governors of Colorado and Utah opened the Dotsero cutoff a 3 5 mile rail link with an eight mile Moffat tunnel built at 18 000 000 connecting the old Moffat line with the Denver Rio Grande Western and used by Burlington Rock Island and Western Pacific This establishes Denver on a transcontinental main line after 75 years Governor E C Johnson of Colorado will take the throttle at the eastern terminus to guide the west bound locomotive.
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Bond
Colo
Colorado
Utah
Moffat
Denver
E. C. Johnson
Chinese Troops Pursue Bandits In Hopei Province
Chinese troops aided by villager volunteers seeking a one thousand silver dollar reward scour the countryside for bandits who killed American missionary Dr. J. H. Ingram in his summer bungalow. General Yu-Hsueh-Chung sent a cavalry detachment to aid the search as officials vow swift justice. Dr. Ingram died while defending his wife and grandchildren.
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Peiping
China
J. H. Ingram
Yu-Hsueh-Chung
Hopei
Dr. Ingram
President Signs Bank Insurance Act Extends Deposits
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending temporary bank deposit insurance for one year and raising the limit to 5000 full guaranteed. The act also advances RFC lending authority and delays federal reserve membership deadlines to July 1, 1937. Jesse Jones said RFC has a 1 billion dollar fund and will act cautiously.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
RFC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
The
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hubbell Gomez Most Popular of Baseball Stars
New York report shows left handed pitchers Carl Hubbell of the Giants and Vernon Gomez of the Yankees top the popularity poll for the all star teams to play July 10 at the polo grounds. First 20 000 ballots from several regions give Gomez 18663 votes to 18176 for Hubbell.
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New York
Carl Hubbell
Giants
Vernon Gomez
Yankees
Polo Grounds
New England
Louisiana
Illinois
Texas
Gomez
Hubbeil
Days Open Fire on State's Beer Law
Oklahoma City June 15 The state Anti-Saloon League filed a referendum petition to repeal the beer law and restore the former dry law with a November vote. About 57 000 signatures are needed within 90 days, and copies will be sent to ministers to gather signatures from congregations.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
W. J. Losinger
State Anti - Saloon League
Losinger
Trade Review Says Seasonal Recession Less Severe Than Some Years
Dun and Bradstreet notes the weekly trade review that the seasonal downturn in commerce has been milder than in prior years. Shopping gains occur in industrial centers and southern areas while government expenditures support retail sales. Building activity rises after the home modernization program began.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Weekly Trade Review
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Scale of Wages and Hours Revised for ITIO Workers
Oklahoma City June 16. Union head Pi G H Church says a working contract for ITIO workers includes a revised wage and hour scale and union recognition for collective bargaining. The agreement, if approved, would affect about 969 workers in the Oklahoma City Sem inole and Wynona areas.
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Oklahoma City
G. H. Church
Church
Seminole
Wynona
Harrell Taken by Death pastor of Ada church
Rev. T. B. Harrell longtime First Baptist pastor in Ada died Thursday afternoon at Sherman Texas hospital. Burial is planned for 2 pm Saturday in Van Alstyne Texas. Lowrey Harrell Ada attorney was with his father at death. He served Ada from 1906 to 1909 and helped establish the church during its early growth.
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T. B. Harrell
First Baptist Church
Sherman
Texas
van Alstyne
Lowrey Harrell
Ada
Harrell
Wallace fixes milk price plan for Oklahoma City area
Secretary Wallace issued a license for Oklahoma City milk distributors establishing an equalization pool. It sets prices paid to producers including Class 1 at 1.90 dollars per hundred pounds of 4 percent butterfat and tiers for Class 2 and Class 3 based on Chicago butter prices plus premiums. Minimum resale prices by fat content are defined for wholesale and retail quotes.
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Washington
Wallace
Oklahoma City
Okla
Chicago
Senate rejects amendments as housing bill goes to conference
Washington June 16 the senate passed the housing bill 71 to 12 and sent it to a conference committee to resolve differences. Major provisions include a federal housing administrator and a 200 million fund to insure private loans for home repairs and 5 million national mortgage associations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Steiner
R-Ore
National Mortgage Association
Mutual
Federal Reserve System
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Black
Gore
Tydings
Austin
Dickinson
Goldsborough
Hale
Hastings
Herbert
Metcalf
Patterson
White
Arkansas Man Killed in Junction Crash at Arkadelphia
D D Adams 58 a planter banker and cotton broker was killed instantly in a collision of his car with a lumber truck at a street intersection in Arkadelphia. Earl E Aud drove the truck. Adams a native of Missouri once led Union Bank and Trust Batesville and headed Adams Hicks Mining and cottonseed oil interests. He left a widow and three sons.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
D. D. Adams
Adams
Union Bank and Trust Company
Batesville
Earl E. Aud
Missouri
Adams-Hicks Mining Company
Joplin
Indian Bill Passes for Indian Self Government Reforms
Washington June 16 Congress completed action on Roosevelt requested legislation to grant Indians greater self government. The house adopted the conference report and sent it to the White House. The measure abolishes the land allotment system and lets reservation Indians form cooperatives for farming and industrial enterprises funded by a $10 million revolving fund.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
State education board approves teacher pay schedule
The State Education Board approved a new salary plan for about 7,000 teachers in weak districts, yielding a 10 percent average increase. The minimum rises to 40 a month, with master's degree holders and five years' experience earning 115 monthly, up from 100. Principals and superintendents pay scales to be set later. The action came as faculty changes occurred at Southeastern Durant and Northwestern Alva. A campaign visit by a candidate was cancelled en route to Checotah.
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Oklahoma City
John S. Vaughan
Board of Education
Vaughan
J. Lee Cunningham
Southeastern
Durant
Oo. T. Bourns
Northwestern
Alva
G. C. Jackson
Outlaw Not Jim Clark Killed in Miami Gun Battle
Police seek identity of a slain gunman in Miami Oklahoma after a Tuesday night confrontation with a merchant officer. A fingerprint match failed to confirm the dead man as Jim Clark, the last of 11 convicts who escaped from Lansing penitentiary on Memorial Day 1933. witnesses viewed the body and another ex convict said the man resembled Clark but was not him. No further clues to identify the deceased were found.
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Miami
Okla
Jim Clark
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Clark
Tugwell Confirmed as Undersecretary of Agriculture
Dr Rexford Tugwell won Senate approval 53 to 24 for promotion from assistant secretary. He will depart early next week for a farm lands trip amid a heated, public debate over his radical reform ideas and brains in government.
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Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
Senate
Ada Lodge to Contest Amity in Masonic Degree Contest
Ada Lodge No 119 A F and A M will hold a Masonic degree contest with Amity Lodge No 473 in Oklahoma City at the local hall next Saturday night June 23. The event starts at 7 pm with judges including Fred Hurlburt D M McCroskey and John Barber. A large crowd is expected and dry ice cooling is planned for the hall.
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Ada Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Amity Lodge No
Oklahoma City
Amity
Dougherty Lodge No
Ada Lodge
Fred Hurlburt
D. M. McCroskey
Asher
John Barber
Norman
Berry King Injured in Auto Crash Near Muskogee
Attorney General J. Berry King and his aide helped free the trapped Texas family after a head on collision under a Muskogee underpass. The Ransom family suffered skull fractures and severe injuries while King and Red Williams aided victims and aided shift to hospital care.
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Muskogee
Okla
J. Berry King
Texas
Warner
Potum
Kins
Lee Ransom
Lee, Jr
Almo
Maxine
King
Red” Williams
Williams
Oklahoma City
Ransom
Applications for bale tags on stored cotton before June 1 1934
Farmers ginners buyers and warehousemen are urged to file applications for bale tags designating cotton already in storage to certify exemption from the ginning tax. Tags will be affixed at the gin warehouse barn or other storage sites by a designated person. Applications must be completed by the end of the month per county agent J B Hill.
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J. B. Hill
Hill
Ada Revises Downtown Traffic Rules
Ada traffic authorities announce new rules to ease congestion on Twelfth and Main streets. Center parking on three blocks of Twelfth is removed to reduce crossing hazards and ensure emergency access. Double parking on Main street will be eliminated. a slow lane and a faster lane will separate traffic. Merchants urged to park off Main to free spaces for shoppers.
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Ada
Twelfth
Main Streets
Twelfth Streets
Main Street
Ada hosts heated county races ahead of July 3 primary
Campaigners mix gubernatorial and federal bids as Ada voters hear from candidates including McKeown Looney Searcy McDonald Marland King Walton and others. State offices and county posts draw intense activity with nightly county campaigns and standstill in some offices.
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Ada
Tom D. McKeown
Joe Looney
Wewoka
J. W. Bolen
Looney
O. H. Searcy
John A. McDonald
Durant
Marland
E. W. Marland
Ponca City
Court House
Oklahoma
President Roosevelt
J. Berry King
J. C. Walton
Congressman McKeown
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Langer Faces New Trial Bid and Dual Governorship Bid
Federal judge delayed sentencing Gov William Langer and four co defendants for defrauding the U S government to June 29. Lieut Gov Ole Olson was sworn in as acting governor while court fights over Langer's eligibility proceed. The defendants were convicted of conspiring to obstruct relief legislation by soliciting contributions to the Leader, a Langer administration newspaper paid with federal relief funds.
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Bismarck
N. D
William Langer
United States
Andrew Miller
North Dakota
Ole H. Olson
Langer
One Killed Five Injured In Wreck At FultonArk
Fred Ogen 24 of Valliant Oklahoma died in a hospital after an automobile collision at Fulton Arkansas, Sunday night. Five others were injured when a car driven by Mrs John Burke of Harlingen Texas crashed into a ditch and burned. Miss Mary Harper and Raymond Burke survived with injuries.
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Hope
Ark
Fred Ogen
Valliant
Okla
Fulton
Ogen
Mary Harper
John Burke
Raymond Burke
Harlingen
Texas
Mrs Dall Quietly Sets Nevada Home as Divorce Moves Forward
Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall arrives with two children and her attorney at a Lake Tahoe cabin in Cal-Neva Nevada as a potential six week residence to establish grounds for a Nevada divorce from Curtis B Dall. Her location near Elliott Dall’s former residence fuels rumors of Reno or Minden proceedings.
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Cal-Neva
Nevada
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Lake Tahoe
Curtis B. Dall
New York
Elliott
Elizabeth Donner
Philadelphia
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