Jury Acquits Thames Mitchell in Tax Evasion Case
Thames E. Mitchell, former National City Bank chairman, is acquitted on all counts of income tax evasion involving 1920 and 1929 payments totaling more than 850000. The jury reached the verdict after a little over 24 hours of deliberation.
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New York
Thames E. Mitchell
Mitchell
National City Bank
National City Company
W. D. Thornton
Greene Cananea Copper Company
No Change in Railroad Wages
Washington reports railroads have postponed a 12 1 2 percent wage cut until June 36 1934. Labor unions will continue on the current schedule with a ten percent deduction through mid next year as government policy aims to revive business activity. Eastman, coordinating transportation, credits the delay to administration recovery plans and says unions must ratify the agreement.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
County Baseball Tourney Planned In Ada County
A county baseball tourney organized by the Ada Independent ball club runs July 5 to 9 with all county teams not in the district sandlot event invited. An 60 40 prize split, entry fees of 2.50 to Roy S. McKeown, and bracketing on July 4. Participants must have played at least three games with their club.
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Ada Independent Ball Club
Roy S. McKeown
Ada Evening News
Wilcox Oilers
Oklahoma City
Pontotoc County
Tupelo
Stratford
Death Calls for J Hoyt Lewis
Hoyt Lewis aged 32 died early this morning at a local hospital after years of illness. Funeral services set for Friday at 10:30 at his parents home Dr and Mrs E F Lewis 801 South Broadway with Dr C C Morris officiating. Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery Criswell Funeral Home. He is survived by his widow, his parents, three brothers and four sisters.
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Hoyt Lewis
E. F. Lewis
South Broadway
Pr. C
Jailed Farmers Sentenced After Iowa Farm Riot
Judge Earl Peters in O'Brien county court sentenced 20 northwest Iowa farmers to one day in jail and a $50 fine for taking part in a riot at a farm mortgage foreclosure sale on April 27. Some admitted ties to the group that dragged Judge C. C. Bradley from his courtroom and choked him with a rope. Sentences are immediate. conspiracy charges remain pending with trials set in Orange City on July 10.
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Earl Ters
Northwest
Iowa
O'Brien County Court House
Peters
Lemara
Here
C. C. Bradley
Orange City
Simon T. Jossem
Téers Farm Relief Organization
William Cleussen
Secretaries Named for 36ers Team Roster
The document lists secretaries for the 36ers including James Fears and W F Kramme with additional names Lawrence Gaspar Edwin Shafer Ben Niewendorp Jack Hamp John Herzoz Mike Terzog A C Larson Frank Fulton Frank Ludwig George Popken Matthias Schmit Thomas Bunt R C Appliedorn Martin Carleon John Ling and Eli Kramme.
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36Ers
James Fears
W. F. Kramme
Lawrence Gaspar
Edwin Shafer
Ben Niewendorp
Jack Hamp
John Herzoz
Mike Terzog
A. C. Larson
Frank Fulton
Frank Ludwie
George Popken
Matthias Schmit
Thomas Bunt
R. C. Appledorn
Martin Carleon
John Ling
Eli Kramme
Carlock Urged for Oklahoma Public Works Director
Washington reports support for John Carlock Ardmore viceroy foe of Gov Murray in a plan to appoint him director of public works in Oklahoma under the new federal setup. He would head a three member advisory board and seek $60 million for army housing flood control roads and other projects.
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Washington
John Carlock
Ardmore
Murray
Oklahoma
Carlock
Farley
Thomas
Gore
John Mahr
State Building and Loan League
Home Loan Bank
John Tomerlin
Oklahoma City
H. L. Standeven
Tulsa
S. Morton Rutherford
Maher
W. EB. Mcintosh
Miami
Water in City Lake is Safe
Rumors claimed typhoid contamination in Wintersmith Park lake. A tested sample from the swimming area shows the water is safe and meets drinking water safety standards. Also announced is the marriage of Morfydd Elizabeth Freeman to Knox B. Cardwell on Sunday June 25 at 3 p.m.
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City Lake
Wintersmith Park
O. R. Freeman
South High School
Morfydd Elizabeth
Knox B. Cardwell
W. H. Cardwell
Ardmore
Job Hunters Loud In Demands From Federal Posts
Democrats line up for federal jobs as Roosevelt plans post vacation allocations. Farley faces pressure as a House committee probes job prospects under new and existing programs. Up to 30,000 positions eyed across public works and relief efforts, with collectors, marshals, and district attorneys among early appointments. Political ties fade for Tennessee Valley Authority and Public Works jobs as qualifications take priority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Internal Revenue
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ickes
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals
Alabama Representative Edward B. Almon Dies at 73
Rep Edward B Almon of Tuscumbia Alabama died of heart disease in a Washington hotel He was 73 and served nearly 20 years in Congress He chaired the house roads committee and backed government operation of Muscle Shoals He was elected in 1914 after a long Alabama political career and a state judge tenure
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Washington
Edward B. Almon
Tuscumbia
Ala
Almon
House Roads Committee
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Congress
Youths Capture in Gatesville Slaying Case
Grady Applezate and Willard Scott, two of four youths charged with murder in the ax slaying of W. J. Leonard, Gatesville reformatory blacksmith, were captured at Morcon early today. The remaining suspect is James Anderson.
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Gatesville
Tex
Grady Applezate
Willard Scott
W. J. Leonard
Gatesville Reformatory
Morcon
James — Anderson
Hoover To Write Secret History At Stanford
Former President Herbert Hoover will work in Stanford University archives on a project to preserve undisclosed historical material. He plans to edit some items for publication while keeping many records sealed for years, with millions of documents from war negotiations and armistice periods.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert C. Hoover
Stanford
Hoover
Hoover War Library
University Associates
Europe
Lindbergh Home Becomes Child Welfare Center in New Jersey
The Sourland mountain estate High Field near Hopewell is to be operated by a corporation for child welfare work. Trustees include Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Dr. Abraham Flexner. The house, scene of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932, will host education and welfare efforts for children.
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Hopewell
N. J
Sourland Mountain
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Gustav Bach
Hudson County
Jersey City
High Field
Henry L. Breckenridge
Col. Lindbergh
Hunterdon County
New Jersey
James M. Phelan
Lindbergh
Abraham Flexner
Breckenridge
Owen R. Lovejoy
Lindberghs
Hopewell-Wertsville
Farm ad drives cotton cutback as wheat plan also starts
Washington officials predict strong farmer participation in a week long cotton production cutback campaign with two payment options and a goal to reduce this year's crop by at least 3,000,000 bales. A separate July educational wheat reduction drive plans blank contracts from August 1 with reductions up to 20 percent once London conference results are known.
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Washington
South
Chester Davis
Cc. B. Cobb
Davis
Spaniard Arrested in Vatican Bomb Plot
Demetrio Solamon, a Spaniard born in Alexandria and holding a Spanish passport, has been arrested in Rome for planting the bomb at St Peter's. Police traced the device to Solamon after a fountain scene and passport reveal. The blast injured four pilgrims but caused limited property damage. he will be tried in Italy under the Lateran treaty.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Vatican City
St. Peter’s
Spain
Demetrio Solamon
Solamon
Vatican
Solomon
Alexandria
Egypt
Rome
St. Peter's
St. Peter's Square
Giovanni Secchi
Italy
Stolen Milk Cows Recovered and Related Thefts Solved
Two milk cows taken from Bob Johns and a neighbor near Wynnewood were found four miles south of Wynnewood after an odd chain of events. Five mules and horses and three saddles stolen elsewhere were also identified and returned. D. J. Mills, tied to the cow thefts, was arrested at Sulphur in connection with horses and mules thefts. A truck owner’s arrest in Murray County helped link the transportation case to the livestock recoveries.
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Bob Johns
Rofs
Wynnewood
D. J. Mills
Pontotoc County
Sulphur
Murray County
Reward for capture of Pretty Boy Floyd raised to five hundred
Jackson county Missouri Sheriff Thomas B Bask increased the reward to 500 dollars for information leading to the capture of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd within Jackson county. The total reward for Floyd now stands at 6500 dollars across Missouri Oklahoma and Ohio. A second 500 dollar reward was offered for information on machine gunners in the Union Station massacre that killed four officers and their prisoner Frank Nash.
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Mount Vista
Bluffs
Oklahoma
Greenwood Junction
Winslow
Ozarks
Loftin
Charles
Floyd
Humphrey
Kansas City
Thomas B. Bask
Charlies
Pretty Boy
Jackson County
Missouri
Ohio
Frank Nash
Union Station Plaza
Texas Weighs Repeal In August Ballot Fight
Rival camps clash over the Eighteenth amendment as prohibitionists and anti prohibitionists set conventions to pick delegates for a state convention. Texans will vote August 26 on repeal and the winning slate will sit in the November 24 convention to cast the will of the majority.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Frisco Earnings Show Increase
The St Louis San Francisco Railway reports May operating revenue of 2 546 495 14 up 67 438 30 from last year and net railway operating income of 352 774 44 up 95 268 85. For the first five months of 1933 operating revenues total 15 634 729 18 down 2 095 253 54 and net income 103 223 59 down 697 772 70.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Today
Murray Backs Cotton Acreage Reduction Plan
Oklahoma Governor Murray announced support for the national cotton crop reduction plan and proclaimed June 25 through July 1 as Cotton Acreage Control Week. He urged all cotton farmers in the state to decide by week end how much their acreage will be reduced.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Local Postage Rate Slashed to Two Cents per Ounce
The Postmaster General's Department announces a local postage cut effective July 1, 1935. Local letters and first class matter will be 2 cents per ounce or fraction where city or village carrier service exists, and 1 cent for each ounce or fraction when no carrier service is established, excluding postal cards and private mailing cards.
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Postmaster Generals Department
Thompson Wins Seat in Congress in Texas District
Galveston June 26 Clark W. Thompson, a young Galveston businessman, appears elected to the late Rep. Clay Stone Briggs seat in the 7th congressional district. Thompson, a Democrat, leads rival Thomas D. Picket by about 1900 votes as final tallies near.
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Galveston
Texas
Clark W. Thompson
Clay Stone Briggs
Thompson
Thomas D. Pickett
Palestine
Garner Starts Preparation Of County Budget
Milton Garner county clerk readies the county budget for submission to authorities on tax matters. All accounts balanced, July 10 filing with the excise board looms as the budget awaits approval by the county commissioners before final submission.
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Milton Garner
Garner
Excise Board
Oklahoma City Condemns Pollard for Department Funds
A house resolution branded Sam Pollard a traitor after he admitted taking department funds alleged to total over 48000 dollars. Governor Murray signed the resolution and filed it with the secretary of state as Oklahoma statutes enacted.
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Oklahoma City
Sam Pollard
School Land Commission
Oklahoma
House
Pollard
Murray
Hitler extends Nazi control over Reichstag immunity
Berlin June 24. Hitler cabinet moves to strip Reichstag immunity when not in session, amending section 7 of the constitution. Prosecutions of Reichstag members will proceed without parliamentary consent, except during rare session days. The cabinet also allows officials to be pensioned before retirement age.
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Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Heinrich Lahm
Julius Lippert
Gunmen Sought In Arkansas After Northwest Shootings
Two machine gun desperados linked to a Fay etteville hold up fled toward Alma and into the Ozarks after a clash that left H. D. Humphrey wounded and A. M. Salyers unharmed. Webber Wilson was also injured in a collision as the gunmen fled in Salyers’ car, later forcing the Loftin couple from their vehicle near Van Buren.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ozark Mountains
Here
Fayetteville
Alma
H. D. Humphrey
A. M. Salyers
Webber Wilson
Humphrey
Salyer
Wilson
Salyers
van Buren
Mark Loftin Jr
Loftin
Six World War veterans to Oklahoma City for examination
Six Pontotoc county veterans Jesse Becer Charley H Garrett Charlie C Palmer James L Harrison Guy D Jackson and Benjamin L Hyden head to the Oklahoma City army recruiting office Tuesday for a physical exam required for wartime veterans joining a national reforestation effort. If all six are not accepted others will be selected from local applicants. They depart at 6 a.m. from the county courthouse with Harold Constant and Charley Stone accompanying.
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Oklahoma City
Army Recruiting Office
Pontotoc County
Jesse Becer
Charley H. Garrett
Charlie C. Palmer
James L. Harrison
Guy D. Jackson
Benjamin L. Hyden
Harold Constant
Norman Howard
American Legion
Constant
Legion
Charley Stone
Rail freight loadings show steady increase for week
The American Railway Association reports for the week ended June 14 that revenue freight loadings reached 587 931 cars, up 23 385 from the prior week and 69 533 above the same week last year. Most commodities rose, with misc freight 229 516 cars and coal 93 604 cars, while livestock dipped 351 from the prior week.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Cannery Now in Operation Under Mrs McNeal
The public cannery opened today led by Mrs. McNeal and will operate as long as needed. Those unable to can themselves may have their products processed on shares with tomatoes and corn cored at half and beans at one third toll if prepared beforehand. Canners must provide their own jars. tin cans will be sealed at no extra charge.
Four Accidental Deaths Reported Across Oklahoma
Four Oklahomans died in accidental deaths Sunday. Tulsa swimming coach Ray A. Smith died of a heart attack while swimming. A car crash near Commerce killed Tommy Bear and injured John Steen. Tom Hill of Seminole died when his truck overturned near McAlester. his wife and two children survived. A collision near Holdenville killed Josie Powell and seriously injured Mr. and Mrs. George Tiger.
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Associated Press
Ray A. Smith
Tulsa
Tommy Bear
John Steen
Commerce
Tom Hill
McAlester
Josie Powell
Wewoka
George Tiger
Holdenville
Drowning of 15-Year-Old Elmer Schwartz Near Pond Creek
Elmer Schwartz, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Schwartz of Pond Creek Oklahoma drowned Sunday in the Salt Fork river two miles north of town. He was being towed by another youth when rocks were thrown from the bank. He released his grip and began to sink, and his body was recovered an hour later.
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Pond Creek
Okla
Elmer Schwartz
Wesley Schwartz
Salt Fork River
Here
Elmer
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Steuer
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Railway Labor Executives’ Association
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Morgan
Pearl Benson
Bosque County
Leonard
Tom Gillespie
Meridian
J. Hoyt Lewis
Ada
Texas Slayers
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