Mysterious Slaying of Three Bachelors Baffles Oklahoma Officials
Sheriff Bob Lackey and investigators questioned eight people after the hill country killings of William Gann Homer Beasley and Hobart Watkins near McAlester Oklahoma. A forged note blamed others, a bloodstained axe was found, and a possible motive tied to moonshine whiskey theft and grudges.
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Mcalester
Here
William Gann
Homer Beasley
Hobart Watkins
Beasley
Gann
Jack Rackley
Bill Moore
George Baker
Homer
Hobart
Moore
Baker
Ben Riley
Jones Estes
Hilton Grigsby
Bob Lackey
Watkins
Lackey
Hitler's fall to spark German military rule, predicts Steel
New York Post commentator Johannes Steel foresees Hitler stripped of power within two weeks. He outlines seven steps toward a German military dictatorship, including Hjalmar Schacht as economic czar and various potential successors to Hitler, with postwar power shifts.
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New York
New York Post
Johannes Steel
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Steel
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Franz von Papen
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hohenzollern
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhr
Tne
German Ministry of Economics
Reichsbank
Hjalmar Schacht
England
America
Nunn Campaign Slayer Confessions Trigger Transfer
Two prisoners confess to the slaying of C Nunn Democratic candidate for president of the state agricultural board. Kenneth Chew 21 and Will L Davis 35 expected to be moved to McAlester for safekeeping. charges likely. Chew claims he shot after trying to board Nunns car and forcing a lift. Davis says he rode along, both deny knowing Nunns identity at the time. Nunn died after being bound near Sallisaw and later refusing to name his attackers.
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Muskogee
C. N. Nunn
State Agricultural Board
McAlester
Clay Flowers
Wagoner County
Nunn
Porter
Kenneth Chew
Will L. Davis
Chew
Mr. Nunn
Bill Davis
Sallisaw
Kiamichi
Beggs
Davis
Five Die in Separate Air Crashes Across Three States
Five men including Jimmy Wedell a famed speed flyer died in separate crashes. Wedell 34 died near Patterson Louisiana when his trainer crashed. In Vermont near New Rutland two aircraft collided during airport dedication killing a pilot and photographer. Roosevelt Field New York residents W J McMullen 32 and R L Oakes 30 died the pilot of the other ship survived. In Illinois Trivola James Carl Ryan ik and Dr Robert Thomas Plummer 29 died when their plane spun and burned after takeoff.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Wedell
Wedell
Patterson
Rutland, Vt
W. J. McMullen
R. L. Oakes
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
James Carl Ryan
Yates City
Robert Thomas Plummer
Trivola
Ifl
Dr. Plummer
Wedell Held Speed Record Pilot Dies in Crash
Patterson La June 25 James R Jimmy Wedell 34 famed speed flier and holder of a world land plane record 305.33 mph was killed in a plane crash while teaching student Frank Sneeringer of Mobile Ala to fly. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff as Wedell and Sneeringer embarked on a training flight over Patterson.
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Patterson
Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation
Wedell
Sneeringer
Harry P. Williams
New Orleans
Williams
Husky
Wedell and Sneeringer
Aviation World
United States
Canada
Mexico
London
Melbourne
Australia
James R
Jimmy” Wedell
Holter
Frank Sneeringer
Mobile
Ala
Wedelland Sneeringer
Oklahoma postoffice projects get emergency funding approval
Secretary Morgenthau and Postmaster General Farley approved seven Oklahoma postoffice projects to be financed by an emergency appropriation in the deficit act. Cities include Claremore Hugo Wewoka Pauls Valley Anadarko Elk City and Henryetta with site and building costs ranging from 65 000 to 180 000 dollars. Additional offices in Alva Bristol Holdenville Cushing Clinton Mangum to be contracted under separate funds.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Morgenthau
Farley
Claremore
Hugo
Wewoka
Pauls Valley
Anadarko
Elk City
Henryetta
Alva
Bristow
Holdenville
Cushing
Clinton
Postoffices
Mangum
Whale story and a wedding in brief report
In Philadelphia a fishing party eight miles off Long Beach, New Jersey, faced a surrounding wall of about 200 whales for three hours. Skipper Stephen Shadow and three Philadelphia businessmen kept still to avoid provoking the whales. Separately, former East Central student Miss Imogene Norvell and Mr Jodie Allsup of Oklahoma City wed at Dr C C Morris’s Baptist church in Vanoss with a small family ceremony.
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Philadelphia
Stephen Shadow
SteHa
Point Pleasant
N. J
Long Beach
N 1
Shadow
Imogene Norvell
East Central
Jodie Allisop
Oklahoma City
C. C. Morris
First Baptist Church
Allsup
Wilson Packint Company
Sanitation Drive Aims to Fight Typhoid in Pontotoc County
ERA sanitation work continues with FERA labor to eliminate typhoid fever and other diseases. Citizens supply materials while labor is provided. Ada mayor J D Willoughby D J Turley and W M Phillips of Francis coordinate. program covers many county areas to protect residents.
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Pontotoc County
J. D. Willoughby
Ada
D. J. Turley
W. M. Phillips
Francis
Rainey Plans Three-State Tour Across Midwest and Canada
House Speaker Henry T. Rainey takes a five speech circuit starting in Toronto for a Civitan banquet and then moves to Mackinac Island Michigan Eureka Springs and Hot Springs Arkansas before Tulsa Oklahoma for Democratic rallies.
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Henry T. Rainey
Canada
Michigan
Arkansas
Oklahoma
House
Toronto
Civitan International
Mackinac Island
Mich
Eureka Springs
Ark
Hot Springs
Tulsa
Okla
Prisoner Hathcock Re-Arrested After Weekend Escape
City officers said Red Hathcock, one of two inmates who escaped from the local jail Saturday night, was arrested in Maud shortly after the breakout. His liberty proved brief as he was picked up the same night. Hathcock and two others captured at Maud may face charges of breaking into a store there.
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Manchester
Tenn
Dick Wilkerson
Here
Coffee County
C. D. Huffman
Huffman
Wilkerson
Henry Walls
William Peel
Edward Peel
Elijah Peel
Louis Garner
John A. Gibson
Glenn Warren
Henry Sherrill
John Enley
Gibson
Billy Richardson
Hathcock
Maud
Hathecock
Castile
Former Tennessee Governor Horton in Critical Condition
Chapel Hill Tennessee June 25 AP Henry H Horton 68 former Tennessee governor remained in critical condition at his farm home after suffering a paralytic stroke. связи
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Chapel Hill
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee
Here
Four Desperadoes Escape Texas Jail Stand-Off Ends
Four armed inmates escaped from Lubbock county jail in Texas after slugging a jailer and abducting a bank official and an assistant justice of the peace. They released two hostages eight miles northeast of Lubbock before fleeing into west Texas plains as officers hunted them with orders to shoot to kill. Victims included Walter Posey of the First National Bank and Campbell Elkins. the four men headed south of Lubbock and skirted east of O'Donnell and Tahoka. Posey described the group’s treatment and escape plan while police pursued.
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Big Springs
Tex
Lubbock County
West Texas Plains
Here
Ed Stanton
John B. Mosely
Swisher County
Huntsville Penitentiary
Andrew H. Nelson
Bill Coupe
J. B. Stephens
Walter S. Posey
First National Bank of
Posey
Lubbock
O'Donnell
Tahoka
Family wiped out in Arkansas service station tragedy
In Fordyce Arkansas Lee Grimmett 47 manager of a local service station was found shot to death his wife Ola 55 and daughter Nancy Louise 9 were found with skulls crushed by neighbors alerted to the home by gunshots early today Grimmett lay with a rifle beside him while the woman and girl were beaten into unconsciousness
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Fordyce
Ark
Lee Grimmett
Ola
Nancy Louise
Grimmett
Gubernatorial Candidates Off For Whirlwind Campaign Finish
Oklahoma campaign heats up as leaders push ground swell efforts in the governor race. Tom Anglin seeks to buck 14 rivals with pledges of economy and tax reform while Marland and allies plan statewide blitz including a Tulsa meeting and Friday rally.
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Oklahoma
Tom Anglin
Murray
Chickasha
E. W. Marland
Tulsa
Texas bankers given sentences
Gus Russek of Schulenburg a veteran state senator and banking committee chair was fined 5000 dollars, four months in the New Orleans workhouse and a suspended four year term for misappropriation of First National Bank funds. Charles A Vogt and Otto G Vogt pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate banking laws. each received 560 dollar fines and 13 month suspended sentences.
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Houston
Tex
Gus Russek
Schulenburg
Texas Senate Banking Committee
New Orleans
First National Bank of Schulenburg
Russek
Charles A
Otto G. Vogt
T. M. Kennerly
Vogt Brothers
Escape from City Jail by Chapman and Red Hath
D Chapman and Red Hath cock escaped Sunday night from the city jail after being jailed on drunken charges. They slipped through a broken window after bars were pried apart, and authorities believe an outside helper aided the escape.
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D. Chapman
Red” Hathcock
Brinkley Protest Filed Over Kansas Residency
A protest against Dr. John R. Brinkley appearing as a Republican gubernatorial candidate on the Kansas primary ballot was filed by J. Densford of Salina. Secretary of State Frank J. Ryan said Brinkley was not a Kansas resident, challenging his eligibility.
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Topeka
John R. Brinkley
Alf. M. Landon
J. Densford
Salina
Frank J. Ryan
Densford
Brinkley
Kansas
Ada Lodge tops Amity in Masonic degree team contest
About 250 Masons from Oklahoma and beyond gathered Saturday night for the Ada Lodge No. 119 versus Amity Lodge of Oklahoma City contest. Ada scored eight errors to Amity's 15, granting Ada the win amid fellowship. Attendees from Stillwater, Norman, Shawnee, Guthrie, Chickasha, Durant, and beyond assisted in a night of shared program and camaraderie.
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Ada Lodge No. 119
Amity Lodge of
Oklahoma City
C. B. Jones
S. D
W. C. Morrison
J. D. Russell Compton
S. S
Otto Kruger
J. S
Walter Nichoson
E. R. Stedman
Howard Bayer
Ddy
Stillwater
Rush Springs
Francis
Rosedale
Pontotoc
Bethany
Sparks
Stonewall
Sasakwa
Bailey
Konawa
Asher
Allen
Wilburton
Holdenville
Healdton
Roff
Norman
Chickasha
Washington
Wetumka
Sayre
Pauls Valley
Guthrie
Shamrock
Drumright
Weleetka
Seminole
Maromec
Atoka
Stratford
Tishomingo
Durant
Marshfield
Wis
Troups
Austin
Texas
Five Injured In Wreck East Of Ada On Highway 12
Five young people were injured Thursday night when a Ford overturned after a Buick driven by C T Isaacs attempted a turn east of Ada near Oak Hills Country Club. Injuries ranged from fractures to deep burns. all were treated at Ada hospital with most showing rapid improvement.
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Ada
Oak Hills Country Club
Bob Knott
Bill Derrick
A. C. Ward Jr
Ruth Blackburn
Marie Chandler
C. T. Isaacs
Allen
Mrs. Isaacs
Roy Prichett
Isaacs
Ford
Buick
Miss Blackburn
Miss Chandler
Derrick
Knott
Ward
Sheriff Holds Don Rodriguez for Further Questioning In Kidnapping Case
Col June 25. Sheriff Ralph Whitton said he has undisclosed information prompting Rodriguez 23 to be held for more questioning in the April abduction of 6 year old June Robles Tucson Aziz. He noted a glimmer of new hope but will not rush to reveal details, insisting Rodriguez denies involvement yet will be kept.
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LA Junta
Col
Ralph Whitton
Don Rodriguez
June Robles
Tucson
Aziz
Rodriguez
Seminoles Of Florida Plan To Visit Kin
A group of Seminole Indians from Florida plans a summer visit to Oklahoma relatives. A large bus owned by Ben Harjo of Holdenville will transport the travelers along smooth highways once used by their ancestors in the Trail of Tears.
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Florida
Everglades
Holdenville
Jime
Florida Everglades
Ben Harjo
Nutter Leads Oklahoma Cotton Tag Office
Oklahoma City June 25 The state cotton tag office opens under I. E. Nutter former Anadarko county agent. Nutter will administer the Bankhead cotton control law in Oklahoma. Tags issued for last year’s farm cotton to avoid quota tax. Applications for tags due by July 1.
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Oklahoma City
I. E. Nutter
Anadarko
Nutter
Oklahoma
Bozarth Appeal Attacked in Brief
Oklahoma City June 25 State's attorneys general filed a brief with the criminal court of appeals in the Bozarth case Okmulgee district judge fined under 500 dollars for allegedly defrauding the state The brief challenges the judge Bogarth argument that presenting duplicate salary claims does not constitute a crime
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Oklahoma City
Today
Criminal Court of Appeals
Mark L. Bozarth
Okmulgee
Bogarth
Wounded man shot by shotgun in Ada Darktown
At 2 30 Sunday morning Dewey Eastman colored was shot in the arm by shotgun discharge in Ada Darktown. He was taken to Breco hospital where doctors found the shot had torn flesh and bone from his right arm. Homer Bryant colored is held in the county jail during police inquiry.
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Dewey Eastman
Homer Bryant
Darktown
Ada
Eastman
Breco Hospital
McAlester Resident W G Clark Dies After Long Career
W G Clark aged 84 a resident of McAlester since 1909 died at his daughter's home Mrs George Porter. A retired Iowa lawyer and a prominent Mason he was said to be the eldest ranking Knights Templar in Iowa. Burial will be in Centerville Iowa.
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Mcalester
W. G. Clark
George Porter
Iown Bar
Oklahoma
Knights Templar
Iowa
Centerville
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J. Berry King
Robert Burns
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Burns
Masons
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W. T
Bill) Sherman
Cotton Tag
Bozarth
Brie
John Vaughan
Pontetec County
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J. F. McCkeel For
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Ray Stegall
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