Escheat Cases Involving Land Owned By Corporations
State escheat actions target foreign firms owning Oklahoma land for more than seven years. The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co Wilbur State Bank and National Life Association face suits by W. W. Stanfield in Pontotow County with Judge Tal Crawford ruling against the companies. If won, property reverts to state with proceeds possibly split between informer attorney and county school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unan
Pontotocounty
Oklaoma
Supreme Court
Hancock Company
Lightning Ridge
New Asphalt Plant Near Ada Prepares to Start
Test runs completed and final adjustments made as Barndollar Crosbie Rock Asphalt Plant near Ada readies to operate. A drag line digs a drainage ditch to replace pumps, overburden is cleared, and drilling at the quarry west of Ada is slated to begin midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barndollar- Crosbie Rock Asphalt Producing Company
Ada
Old Ada Asphalt Company
Frisco
Elm Tree Insect Warns Owners And Drowns Youth
Elm sawfly and drowning tragedy reported. Cimbex americana infestation discussed with control by destroying cocoons and spraying with arsenate of lead. Craig, 175 yard lake crossing attempt, drowned after night cries. divers failed to locate body. lake drained by father.
Two Die After Truck Overturns Near Tishomingo Oklahoma
Hershell Harris 35 and Jack Ballard 30 were killed in a late Saturday truck crash a dozen miles north of Tishomingo Oklahoma. Harris died Monday at 11 45 a m from a basal skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage while Ballard died from a pelvic fracture and rib injuries. Eleven men were aboard the truck with others escaping with minor injuries and driver Sol Stallin 42 said the vehicle went out of control on loose gravel after returning from a Johnston county road project.
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Hershell Harris
Tishomingo
WPA
Pontotoc
Jack Ballard
Milburn
Harris
Ballard
Sol Stallin
Johnston County
Germany closes Catholic schools in Bavaria boycott
Munich June 21 Hundreds of thousands of Catholic school children quit their parochial schools across Bavaria in obedience to a Nazi policy. The move affects many parishes and raises tensions as authorities enforce closures and prompt nationwide concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Pope to oppose closing of Catholic schools in Germany
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XI will oppose with all his power the closure of Catholic confessional schools in Germany. They report the German government is proceeding with a plan to replace clerical teachers with laymen despite the concordat with the Vatican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XI
Germany
Six to NYA Agriculture Short Courses Reach Pontotoc Youth
Six Resettlement boys and girls from Pontotoc county are sent to NYA agricultural short courses at Stillwater and Tishomingo. Iva C. Jones confirms eligibility and approvals. Courses cover farming and homemaking, with boys learning gardening poultry livestock terracing and crop rotation and girls studying homemaking and food conservation. Participants include Ida E. Spears Stonewall route 2 Delia Bell Spears Stonewall route 2 Pauline Laughlin Allen route 1 Florence Kroner Roff Mildred Finch Ada route 5 Ray Parker Stratford route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
NYA
Stillwater
Tishomingo
Iva C. Jones
Ida E. Spears
Stonewall
Delia Bell Spears
Pauline A. Laughlin
Allen
Florence Madge Kroner
Roff
Gen. del
Mildred L. Finch
Ada
Ray Parker
Stratford
Harvey Adds To Hereford Herd In Pontotoc County
W. E. Harvey bought ten top Hereford heifers from the late Robert Hazlett’s herd, moved them to his Ada area ranch, and helped push Oklahoma’s high bred stock value as about $305 000 of the sale total. Harvey’s registry now includes about 100 Herefords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hazlett
Kansan
Pontotoc County
W. E. Harvey
Ada
Hazlett
Harper and Turner
Scullin
Harvey
Lake Drenched Lake Drains. Body of Boy Recovered
Cordell June 21 The body of William Price Craig 17 son of M M Craig Washita county farmer was recovered from the lake after the lake was drained authorities said the youth had been missing since yesterday and his body was found in shallow water near the shore
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Cordell
William Price Craig
M. M. Craig
Washita County
Gardens Thrive In Pontotoc County despite dry spells
Gardens judged across Pontotoc County last week total 65 with strong yields despite uneven rainfall. Women report cucumber barrels, large tomato crops, and abundant beans squash and okra as demonstrations continue for the upcoming vegetable show rescheduled for next Wednesday in the 200 block East Main. The Interstate Commerce Commission has stayed authorization for Fine Motor Freight Lines Inc of Tulsa to operate as a common carrier pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
Jessie Morgan
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
the Fine Motor Freight Lines Inc
Tulsa
Okla
Texans Denounce Dust Bowl Picture in March of Time
West Texas Chamber of Commerce and Texas House protests against Dust Bowl images in March of Time newsreel and Life magazine. Leaders criticize scenes as unrepresentative while noting regional wheat prospects and growing Panhandle activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas House of Representatives
Panhandle
March of Time
Life Magazine
Milburn McCarty
Eastland
WTCC
D. A. Bandeen
Stamford
John Hendrix
West Texas
McCarty
Oklahoma and Washington Notes on Farm Credit and Roads
A June dispatch reports the Farm Credit Administration critique of Oklahoma cooperative gin cotton buying 1933-34 noting risk and patronage disparities. It also covers E. E. Keevin’s bicycle safety zone proposal to Rep. Cartwright and road fund allocations for relief and farm to market roads.
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Charles C. Haslet
Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Oklahom Cooperative
FDA
Otis T. Weaver
Deval, Okla
Omer W. Herrmann
Army appoints two Oklahoma men to second lieutenants
The war department announced Elon Bramble Bogers of Manchester Oklahoma as a second lieutenant in the infantry reserve corps and John William Turner of Oklahoma City as a second lieutenant in the infantry reserves.
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The
War Department
Elon Bramble Bogers
Manchster
Okla
Infantry Reserve Corps
John William Turner
Oklahoma City
Infantry
Senator Lee Presents Roosevelt Signed Copy of Desert on the March
Oklahoma Senator Josh Lee presented an autographed copy of Paul Sears Deserts On The March to President Roosevelt. Sears is a University of Oklahoma professor and Lee long served as a public speaking instructor there.
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Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Paul Sears
University of Oklahoma
Lee
Naval academy candidates certified for medical exams
Representative Wilburn Cartwright of McAlester Oklahoma says Joseph Warren Brindley of Hugo Oklahoma and Frank G Edwards of McAlester have qualified in mental examinations for appointment to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and will take the physical examination Brindley is to report at the academy for physical examination June 2
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Wilburn Cartwright
McAlester
Okla
Navy Department
Joseph Warren Brindley
Hugo
Frank G. Edwards
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Brindley
Representative Lyle Boren’s Zebra Rug Gifted by Uncle
In Seminole Oklahoma Representative Lyle Boren displays a zebra rug in his office. The rug came from the skin of an animal killed by his uncle Dr R R Culbertson of Maud Oklahoma who recently returned from Africa where he killed zebras leopards and lions. Culbertson also hunted in South America and Alaska and may travel to India next year to hunt bengal tigers. Boren owns about 30 pipes ten in his office most given to him with one purchased for one dollar. The collection includes corn cob pipes.
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Lyle Boren
Seminole
Okla
R. R. Culbertson
Maud
Africa
Boren
Culbertson
Indian service summer schools held in Oklahoma dates and directors
Indian service summer schools to run in Sequoyah and Chilocco Oklahoma from June 14 to July 23 and July 6 to July 31 respectively. P W Danielson and George C Wells will chair with L E Correll as dean at Chilocco. The institutes aim to exchange ideas on Indian education and policy. Colleges like University of Oklahoma and Northeastern Oklahoma Teachers College at Tahlequah plan to cooperate and grant credit. Tuition will be charged as programs are self supporting. Representative Cartwright comments on highway improvements amid relief appropriation debates.
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Indian Service
Sequoyah
Oklahoma
P. W. Danielson
Chilocco School
George C. Wells
L. E. Correll
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Northeastern Teachers College
Tahlequah
McCraw seeks speedy trial in Texas oil antitrust case
Attorney General William McCraw said a decree embodying the Supreme Court ruling will be filed next week to accelerate the $17,000,000 anti-trust suit against 15 major oil companies and two associations. He noted no trial has occurred on the merits and the court could rule on motions quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
William McCraw
Supreme Court
High Court
McCraw
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Travis County Trial Court
Five Die in 1929 Salt Lake Ski Plane Crash Search
Five men and two women perished when a Western Air Express plane crashed into a Utah mountain peak last December. Rescue teams abandoned the search due to avalanches and deep snow, believing bodies may lie across a half mile of snow buried slope south of Salt Lake City. authorities say only prolonged sun and rain will reveal the wreckage.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Western Air Express
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
R. W. Groo
Utah State Highway Patrol
Worms Threaten Pecans and Walnuts in Oklahoma Groves
Oklahoma entomologist Ephraim Hixson warns that a Walnut Datana outbreak may defoliate pecan and walnut trees across the state within 10 days. He notes white leaf clusters signal the pest, whose larvae cluster in numbers of 100 to 1,000. Gathered clusters can be burned. other control options include torching or spraying a lead arsenate mix. Early attack reduces severity of the second brood expected around midsummer.
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C. F. Stiles
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Ephriam Hixson
Oklahoma A
M. College
Hixson
Datana
Religions Past and Present in Mexico Temples and Churches
Byron Norrell surveys Mexican religious history from Toltec pyramids at Teotihuacan and Cholula to Aztec sacrifice, Spanish churches, and Guadalupe shrine. He notes relics, temple ruins, and the impact of conquest on churches, with Juarez's 1857 seizures reshaping property.
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Mexico
Byron Norrell
Mexico City
Yucatan
Valley
Quetzalcoatl
San Juan Teotihuacan
Cholula
Puebla
National Museum
Cortez
Montezuma
Cuernavaca
Republic
Benito Juarez
Mian Surrenders After Weeklong Search at Seminole
Harvey Hardin, 22, sought in the hammer beating of Charley Smith, 54, at his Seminole home, walked into the city police station in Okla after a two-state manhunt. He said he struck Smith to get money for his wife and child. charges await updates on Smith’s condition.
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Seminole
Oklo
Harvey Hardin
Charley Smith
Hardin
Jake Sims
Smith
Sims
Slot Machine Confiscated in Woolley City
County officers seized a slot machine from a Woolley City store Friday night and took $7.65 from the machine to the court fund. A charge of permitting a gambling device to operate in the business will be filed against the store owner.
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Woolley City
Williamson declines to draft gross production tax bill
Oklahoma Attorney General Mac Q. Williamson said he would not prepare a proposed measure to raise the gross production tax. In a letter to Cotton County Rep Charles Flanagan and Comanche County Rep Ted Frazer he noted that initiative measures should come from the people and the attorney general's office would review phases later.
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Oklahoma City
Mac Q. Williamson
Charles Flanagan
Cotton County
Ted Frazer
Comanche County
Williamson
Attorney General
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Constitution
Upper Bavaria
Young Craig
Frank Tipton, Jr
Dewitt Shrum
NYA Agriculture
Texas
Hendrix
E. E. Keevin
Lynn
Mass
Keevin
House Roads Committee
Cartwright
Bureau of Roads
Roads Committee
Congress
Tasco
Prescott
Guadalupe
City of Churches
Mian
Har
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
P. A. Nor
G. J. Morton
S. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
EK. Martin
B. C. King
R. W. Simpson
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