Highway Fund Claims in Jeopardy as Revenue Runs Short
Taxpayers League auditor John Knox finds May and June filings total about 51 000 against the county highway fund while May and June receipts total 29 861 28, leaving roughly 21 000 short to issue warrants. County officials warn no more revenue this year and past obligations may go unpaid. some claimants already paid while many local firms await funds.
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Pontotoc County
Court House
John Knox
The
Taxpayers League
W. W. Stanfield
Knox
Wyatt
T. H. Wyatt
Bill Pichardson
Tew Oil and Gas Company
al Jew
Sam Tew
Rel'tow Hardware
Ada
Skelly Gil Company
Victor L. Phillips
Ohio Oil and Gas Company
A. A. Caldwell
George R. Collins
C. F. Camp Company
Tulsa
Patterson Steel Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Board of County Commissioners
W. 5
Furlong
B.D. Garner
Oklahoma campaign enters final drive for July 12 primary
Three weeks remain before Oklahoma voters go to the polls on July 12 to decide the Democratic nominee for governor and a host of county races led by Pontotoc County contests. The campaign heats up with candidates and party rivals, election machinery mobilizing, and precinct officials and registrars set to oversee a busy ballot as summer weather rises.
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Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Ches
John Boyce McKeel
al G. Nichols
Waka
State Senate
Admits He Tossed Boy Off High Cliff
SPINE Texas June 21 A ghastly confession by Francis Marion Black Jr admitted he wrestled with 11 year old Marvin Dale Noblitt atop a 400 foot Big Bend cliff and tossed him to death to collect insurance. The state read Black's statement detailing two prior murder attempts and plans to drown or run over the boy. The admission was entered after Judge C R Sutton overruled a defense objection.
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Spine
Texas
Francis Marion Black, Jr
Marvin Dale Noblitt
Big Bend
Rocky Canyon
C. R. Sutton
Roy Jackson
Black
Harold Wyone
A. E. Owen
Wynnne
Sutton
Jackson
Harlingen
Tex
Slack
New Braunfels
Bay
Alpine
Part of Old State Tax Held Invalid by Oklahoma Judge
District Judge Lucius Babcock ruled part of the 1933 state tax act invalid and awarded 21,380 in judgments to six corporations for refunds. The ruling applied to debts between parent and subsidiary and affiliated firms, delaying net assets taxable. Corporations named include Cimarron Utilities Co Deep Rock Oil Refining Co Coline Oil Corp Coline Gasoline Corp Folsom Morris Coal Mining Co and National Zinc Co Inc. Hurricanes off Florida coast place the white heron near extinction.
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Oklahoma City
Lucius Babcock
Babcock
Tax Commission
State Supreme Court
Cimarron Utilities Co
Deep Rock Oil Refining Co
Coline Oil Corp
Coline Gasoline Corp
Folsom Morris Coal Mining Co
National Zinc Co., Inc
Jack Fisher Weds Gladys Messick in Ada
Jack Fisher, operator of the concession stand in the courthouse, married Gladys Messick of Snyder on Saturday night. Both are blind. Rev. ET Cortsinger performed the ceremony. they reside at 500 North Townsend.
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Jack Foster
Court House
Gladys Messick
Snyder
G. C. Messick
Ada
Fisher
Oklahoma City
Myrtle Meeks
ET. Cortsinger
Church of God
North Townsend
Insects At War Now In This Area Southeastern Oklahoma
In southeastern Oklahoma the boll weevils flea hoppers and walnut datana larvae threaten crops. Entomologist Ephraim Hixson warns the cotton crop is late and squares are punctured by weevils. Dusting with scabium arseniate is advised and details are in experiment station bulletin 222.
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Stillwater
Oxia
Oklahoma
Ephraham Hixson
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Ada
Olten
Cot‘ton
Hixson
Experiment Station
Abandoned Auto Linked To Oklahoma Jailbreakers Near Humansville
Springfield dispatch reports a police search south of Humansville for two men alleged as fugitive jailbreakers from Medford Oklahoma. A 1933 Ford coach, stolen in Wakita Oklahoma, was found abandoned with a sawed off shotgun nearby. Authorities say Kraft and Rushing are wanted for questioning in a string of Oklahoma and Kansas robberies following the jailbreak.
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Springfield
Vpmua
Polk County
Humansville
L.B. Howard
Highway Patrol
Medford
Okla
Wakita
William Otto Kraft
Roy Rushing
Harry Butler
O. L. Viets
Tishomingo Shows Present Features at Thompson Theater
Tishomingo presents Shirley Temple in Rebetea of Sunnybrook Farm at the Thompson Theater with shows Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The Thompson and sister Princess theaters are owned by the Thompson circuit. Ed Linch, formerly of Atoka, manages the venues. Princess operates Fridays and Saturdays, Thompson runs full time. Popular admission prices remain. Both theaters boast latest equipment.
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Thompson Theater
Tishomingo
Shirley Temple
Spies In U S Claim Germans Run Large Ring
Federal grand jury indicts 18 people in New York on charges of conspiring to obtain U S defense secrets for Germany. Indictments name German officials and several alleged spies including former Seversky workers and Luftwaffe officers. four defendants remain jailed awaiting trial as investigations continue.
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New York
U. S
Germany
Seversky
Farmingdale
Long Island
Johanna Hofman
Europea
U. S. Army
Eric Glaser
Gunther Rumrich
Seversky Plant
Otto Voss
Erich Pfeiffer
Secret Service
Liewis
Udo von Bonin
Hermann Menzel
Air Ministry
Ignatz Grieb
Werner Gudenberg
Jessie Jordan
England
Lamar Hardy
Washington
Light Gain In Crude Output In Past Week
U.S. crude production rose by 2 881 barrels daily to 3 138 105 for the week ended June 18 per the Oil and Gas Journal. Oklahoma fell to 446 050, East Texas down to 363 497, Texas to 1 189 636, Louisiana up to 262 675, Kansas to 159 550, California up to 679 500. Eastern states including Michigan declined to 196 219. Rocky Mountain region up to 70 040.
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Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
East Texas
State of Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
California
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Pen ready to start making mills in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City expects a new mill operation to begin within three weeks at Manchester penitentiary. Chairman L. M. Nichols said $5,500 worth of equipment has been ordered. The state plans to buy a stainless steel utensil line and finish out a prison plant with items from Ohio vendors.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Manchester Penitentiary
L. M. Nichols
Board of Affairs
Ohio
Nichols
Ada Sees Heavy Rain and High Winds Sunday
Ada residents faced a heavy downpour and strong gusts Sunday afternoon as clouds gathered to the northwest. About 1.35 inches of rain fell in the first 45 minutes, with wind surges driving a washing rain, causing surface waters to run off and creeks near Adams to rise, though little damage was reported.
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Ada
Adam
John Nordahl 81 Dies. Funeral Set Near Chickasha
John A Nordahl retired carpenter died at his home near Chickasha Oklahoma yesterday at age 81 Born in Norway he came to the United States 49 years ago He lived in Grady county four years east of Chickasha Funeral services will be held at 3 30 pm tomorrow at Cement for Nordahl with burial to follow in the local area
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John Nordahl
Oklahoma City
John A. Nordahl
Nordahl
Norway
Grady’ County
Chickasha
Jailer Shot During Prison Escape Attempt
ARAPAHO June 21 County Jailer Bill Clark aged 45 was seriously wounded when prisoner Mike Gault 26 of Lee County attempted to escape from the third floor jail of the Custer County courthouse. Clark's daughter Piney 25 fired warning shots aiding her father. Gault was unharmed and held on second degree burglary with armed robbery charges in Sayre related to a $10,200 pavilion robbery.
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Arapaho
Bill Clark
Mike Gault
Lee' Dey
Custer County Court House
Clark
Clinton
Garnett Simpson
Gault
I Gault
Sayre
Seles
New Proposal For D. C. Wilcox Zone OKLAHOMA CITY
The state corporation commission studied a proposal to set a 165 barrel daily marginal oil allowance for producing wells in the Oklahoma City Wilcox zone. Excess production would receive a percentage allowance. A five percent four month decline was urged for Potentials in SB class areas if proration cannot be lifted promptly. Declines vary by field from 1 to 5 percent for Lucien Moore Seminole Bethel Billings Wilcox Keowuc Falls Crescent Jesse and Edmond, with tests optional.
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Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Lucien Field
Moore Field
Seminole Field
North Bethel
Billings-Wilcox
Keobuck Falls
Crescent
Jesse
Edmond
Four Killed In Norman Auto Mishap
Norman Oklahoma June 14 four persons were killed and two injured critically in an automobile collision five miles south of Norman. The deceased were Ernest T Johnson 28 Oklahoma City Miss Hollie Wolser 25 also of Oklahoma City Edward Porter 30 and Jece H Arnott both of Durant. Critically injured Victor Simpson broken back and shoulder and Lewis Rowland head injury and broken leg both of Durant. Sheriff Ivan Kennedy said the Durant men were en route to Kansas wheat fields. Police said the crash occurred when one car swerved to pass a truck and collided head on with the other.
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Norman
Ernest T. Johnson
Oklahoma City
Hollie Wolser
Gess
Edward Porter
Jece H. Arnatt
Durant
Victor Simpsson
Lewis Rowland
Ivan Kennedy
Cleveland County
Newton
Kas
Kansas Wheat Fields
Simpson
Kennedy
Arnott
New Suspect Identified in Mattson Kidnapping Case
Niagara Falls, June 20. Police Superintendent Edwand T. Pierre announced the arrest of a man plausibly matching the kidnapper description of Charles Pletcher Mattson, 10, of Teroma Washington. The suspect, held on a vagancy charge, carried a bag of newspaper clippings and said he had been in Washington during the time the boy vanished.
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Niagara Falls
Edwand T. Pierre
Charles Pletcher Mattson
Teroma
Wash
Pierce
Washington State
Mattson
Tractors and Licenses Spark County Tax Controversy
In Pontotoc county records from 1937 38 a 1932 Allis Chalmers tractor shows a $1 license tag while four county owned or rented tractors face a court injunction as county officials argue over ownership and tag records. C N Johnson salesmen arranged rental The district court action seeks permanent injunctive relief with a hearing set for July 1.
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Pontotoc
Cula” Meharg
C. N. Johnson
Archman Company
Oklahoma City
C.N. Johnson
Allis Chalmers
Johnson
J. E.hall
A. A Caldwell
Mathis
Pendinjja
Reframing Farm Stewardship Through Soil Conservation
A historical reflection quotes Jefferson on honoring farmers and Chatfield’s dictum that agriculture transforms soil into value. It argues that soil protection and productive practices negate the idea of worn-out farms, stressing proven soil conservation methods.
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Daniel Webster
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Lord Chatham
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