Morning at the Plaza Sets Scene for a Hidden Life
In the dining room of the Plaza Mary and Ladd discuss Janice French and Duke Martin over breakfast after a night chasing a French story. Ladd contemplates his past and his evolving view of love as he walks Fifth Avenue, recalling early struggles and rise in journalism.
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Plaza
Mary
Ladd
Central Park
Mary Smailed
Zelli's
Paris
Janice French Sand
Duke Martin
Mary Franklin S Quest Leads To French Case Follow-Up
In a clipped vignette set in a Harlem apartment, Tom Ladd, a news editor, plans a follow-up on a French case as he finishes a day and contemplates his life with Sam the servant. The scene blends journalism plotting with intimate details of Ladd’s home and thoughts.
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Mary Franklin
Lower Fifth Avenue
Sam
Yassuh
Tom
Ladd
Tom Ladd
Crassie
Fenelon
Duke Martin
Hopeful ruling in city county joint building dispute
Hope for settlement of the controversy over joint ownership of a new city county building emerged Thursday as the deadline neared. Mayor Bill Grawford and chamber of commerce members urged an agreement to allow work to begin before year end. County Clerk Tom Grant maintained objections, noting no special county commissioners meeting had been called before July. The project would house federal and state relief offices and the health unit. the county planned a 5000 dollar material appropriation expiring if unused by fiscal year end.
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Bill Grawford
Chamber of Son Merece
Deadrock
Tom Grant
Xié
Board of ‘County - Commissioners
Two Wells Under Way In Southwest Bebee Extension
Two wells in the southwest extension of the Bebee oil field are drilling now offsetting producers. Lake No. 4 A Summers, SW of 25-58, at 3,600 feet Saturday. Superior No. 2 Summers, NW of 36-5-4, south offset to the Lake well, at 1,700 feet Saturday. Elsewhere in Bebee the Senora Oil Co No. 1 Norman and Flemming, SW SE SW of 8-5-5, acidized Munton. Hatcher No. 1 Newby, SE NE INE of 24-5-4, ready to start drilling. No. 1 Sutter, NE SE NE of 24-5-4, being put on pump as a Viola lime producer. Four miles SE of Allen the Conoco No. 1 Hudson, SE of 18-4-9, below 9,020 feet in Simpson with Wilcox as goal. Phillips No. 1 Shemwell, NW SE NW of 8-5-10, drilling plug after setting pipe to Viola lime. Delaney No. 1 Foster, NW NE NE of 17-5-10, set sump face pipe for a test SE of Phillips discovery. West of the area the No. 1t Beeker in NE NW SW of 8-5-10.
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Bebee Oi
Lake No
Superior No. 2
Behee
Senora Oil Company No
Norman
Flem
Simpson
Calvin Pool
Shemwell
Viola
Foster
Phillips Discovery
Beeker
Ruling Grants Pen Money For Water And Maintenance
Oklahoma City dated June 23. Attorney General Williamson ruled that the board of affairs may use McAlester penitentiary revolving funds for maintenance and water to offset budget shortfalls after the legislature trimmed appropriations. The board can spend with governor's written consent, deeming an emergency as soon as funds exhaust.
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Oklahoma City
Williamson
Board of Affairs
McAlester Penitentiary
Varius
Fort Sill Library Chief to Retire After 25 Years
Master Sergeant Mortis Swett, a Fort Sill library pioneer and author, will retire June 30 after 25 years developing the post’s 60,000 volume collection. He helped start the library, expanded it after World War I, and oversaw its move to a modern building in 1935 with a 73,000 capacity and 1.26 lakh circulation last year. Swett plans to relocate to Lawton after retirement.
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Port Sill
Fort Sill
United States Army
Mortis Swett
U. S. Military Academy
West Ky
Srt. At
School of Fire
Quy
Swett
War Department
Aj Library
Army Post
Sgt. Swett
Lawton
Stonewall Man Held on Murder Charge
Stonewall resident Gordon P. Dunn was ordered held without bond by a Shawnee peace justice for a preliminary hearing July 10 on a murder charge stemming from an auto crash near Shawnee on June 13 that killed Monroe Linn of Atoka. Dunn, recovering in a Shawnee hospital, was to be taken to the prison hospital at McAlester for the hearing. The complaint alleges Dunn was drinking when his car collided head on with a lumber truck driven by Lynn near Shawnee, with Linn dying the following day.
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Gordon P. Dunn
Stonewall
Shawnee
Monroe Linn
Atoka
Dunn
Tom Wyatt
MeAlester
Lynn
Ling
Oklahoma tag deadline nears for license renewals
Oklahoma Tax Commission and Department of Public Safety warn that July 1 is the deadline to renew all vehicle licenses. After June 30 penalties double the original tag fee. Local tag agent T. J. Chambless urges immediate action as enforcement tightens with possible vehicle seizures or sales for noncompliant owners. Tourists may use visitor permits, but local workers become residents for tax purposes. Road patrols will check licenses, including chauffeurs licenses, this week.
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Oklahoma Tax Commission
Department of Public Safety
T. J. Chambless
State Tax Commission
Highway Patrol
Turnover To Be Gradual At Some State Institutions
Oklahoma officials plan a gradual turnover in state institutions including McAlester penitentiary Stringtown sub-prison and Western Oklahoma Tubercular sanitarium Clinton. New Western Oklahoma Tubercular sanitarium head to replace Dr W C Tisdal. an assistant deputy warden at the penitentiary to replace John Russell to be chosen within days. A July 1 shakeup at the penitentiary is anticipated as officials seek competent sober staff for hospitals and penal services.
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Oklahoma City
Goy
Phillips
Board of Affairs
McAlester Penitentiary
Stringtown
Peehat
Western Oklahoma Tubercular Sanitarium
Clinton
W. C. Tisdal
BE. W. Smartt
Smartt
John Russell
Enid School Man to Northwestern appointments announced
Enid superintendent Dewitt Waller will become president of Northwestern State College Alva effective August 1. S C Percefal dean will head Northwestern Oklahoma Junior College Miami. State board of regents made the appointments after a special meeting.
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Oklahoma City
Enid
Dewitt Waller
Northwestern State College
Alva
S. C. Percefal
Northwestern
Northwestern Oklahoma Junior College
Miami
State College Board of Regents
Waller
University of Oklahoma
E. E. Brown
Perceful
EH. L. Smith
State Department of Education
Ada Man Is Named In Liquor Charge
OKLAHOMA CITY June 24 Hugh Steed of Ada is named in a liquor possession charge filed in common pleas court after sheriffs found 52 pints and 40 quarts of liquor in a car in Oklahoma City.
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Ada Man
Oklahoma City
Hugh Steed
Ada
Common Pleas Court
New Plan For Driver’s Licenses Proposed
The plan would replace the expensive design graph costing 3300 in rent with county processing. The county tag agent would type the license and attach fingerprints in the county office, and only a carbon copy would be mailed to the state office.
Six Oklahomans Die Violently Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports six Oklahomans died violently Sunday: two drownings, three auto deaths, and one streetcar incident. Harold King, 20, Oklahoma Baptist track star, drowned near Wanette. 14 year old Dollie Marie Shelton drowned at Lake Gondola Medicine Park. 72 year old R E Westmoreland killed by a streetcar in Oklahoma City. Everett Denson, 36, of Laverne died in a car overturn near Rosston. R C McAllister, 35, and Walter Anderson, 52, killed in a Oklahoma City auto crash. Four others injured. Mrs. Barney Clinton, 25, Shawnee, critically. Clifton M E Clark, Oklahoma City, and Tom Garrett, Newalla, improving.
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Harold King
Oklahoma Baptist —University
Wanette
King
Lake Gondola
Medicine Park
Lawton
Dollie Marie Shelton
R. E. Westmoreland
Oklahoma City
Rosston
Harper County
Everett Denson
Laverne
Shawnee
R. C. McAllister
Walter Anderson
Barney Cliitton
Clifton
M. E. Clark
Oklahoma
City
Tom Garrett
Newalla
Dream Sheep Can Take A Rest But Sleep Still Elusive
Norman report quotes Miss Ellen Kelly of the University of Oklahoma urging relaxation to aid sleep. She warns counting sheep may hinder rest and recommends focusing on calming sensations like wind and rain. Guthrie notes a five mill levy proposal for fair structure and separate school buildings. Vinita reports a $218,000 federal building dedication.
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Norman
Ellen Kelly
University of Oklahoma
Guthrie
Logan County
Government to Resume Bang’s Disease Testing for Cattle
J B Fill, county agent, learned that the federal government will resume Bang’s disease testing for cattle on a smaller scale starting July 1. Farmers receive no indemnity. instead, they are paid based on the animal’s market value. Free veterinary service and lab tests return, with applications available at Hill’s office. Testing focuses on primary and secondary counties, Pontotoc included, with W J Cook of Holdenville as the veterinarian.
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J.B. Fill
Lainec
Bang
Hill
Pontotoc
W. J. Cook
Holdenville
New Spending Program Given Cash By Demos
Washington June 22 President Roosevelt announced a new 6.86 billion lending program as essential for enactment this session. Conference attendees included congressional leaders and admin officials. Barkley indicated the bill would be drafted and introduced early next week with loan rates likely 2.75 to 3 percent. Attendees named to head agencies include Jesse H. Jones for the federal loan agency and John M. Carmody for the federal works agency. Senate confirmation pending.
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White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Barkley
Jiending and Works Agencies
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
John M. Carmody
Rural Electrification Administration
Jones
Texas Barker
Garner
Reconstriction Finance Corporation
Federal Loan Agency
Carmody
Federal Works Agency
HEA
Society of Industrial Engineers
Senate
Governors Meet as Debates Over Public Works Spending
At the New York state governors conference Republicans and Democrats spar over federal public works funds. Herbert H. Lehman defends the program as largely beneficial while Raymond Baldwin cites higher costs and Washington administration. Wyoming's Nels H. Smith says WPA costs exceed state oversight.
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Albany
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Lehman
Baldwin
WPA
NYA
Washington
Nels H. Smith
Wyoming
Phillips Warns Tulsa Police To Enforce Prohibition
Oklahoma City June 26 Phillips advised Tulsa police commissioner Ed Shields to enforce the prohibition law or the state would clean it up. Shields and Tulsa police chief Randolph House conferred with the governor. Phillips said it was Shields duty to enforce and if not he would. A California girl sent recall cards to 400 persons invited to her wedding.
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Oklahoma City
Pi—Goy
Phillips
Tulsa
Eddie J. Shields
Shields
Randolph House
Parm
California
General Craig to retire as chief of staff soon
General Malin Craig prepares to turn over the Army chief of staff role to Brigadier General George C. Marshall at the start of the new fiscal year. He plans a California retreat to keep his mouth shut and retire to golf and travel after a 45 year career guiding peacetime Army expansion and modernization.
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Washington
Malin Craig
War Department
California
Craig
George ,C. Marshall
Roosevelt
Air Corps
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Puerto Rico
Farmer FDR To Get Honor From His Local Grange
HYDE PARK New Jersey June 26 Tim Roosevelt renowned farmer and national figure will receive a certi ficate for 25 years of continuous dues paying Grange membership at Chapel Corners. He plans to attend with Mrs Roosevelt and forego visitors, spending a third day at his estate while about 275 local Grange members gather. County officials finalize supplemental budgets transferring funds across departments as the fiscal year ends.
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Hyde Park
N. J
Tim Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country Squire
Chapel Corners
Naional Farm Organization
Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Washington
Ethan A. Coon
Rhinebeck
New Yale State
Grange
White House
Con
Growth of Bermuda grass on contour furrows noted
Geary Oklahoma June 26 Five weeks after Bermuda sprigs were planted on pasture contour furrows at the William J Tonkinson farm southeast of Geary grazing was already underway. Chester P Davis CCC camp Soil Conservation Service supervisor reported 75 to 90 percent emergence on the Tankinson farm. Planting occurred late March with early April rain moisture held by furrows aiding steady growth. Tonkinson praised the pasture improvement and noted the contour furrows cost he 10 55 would be repaid by benefits. He is building a full conservation system using contour cultivation strip crops and terraces on cultivated land.
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Geary
William J. Tonkinson
Chester P. Davis
Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Tankinson
Mr.Tonkinson
County Officers Make Arrests At Ada Hall
County officers conducted a Saturday night checkup on conditions at local hot spots. Eight individuals were detained and jailed for intoxication. Six arrests occurred at Brumley’s amusement hall two miles west of Ada on highway 13.
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Vigins
Brumley's
Ada
Highway 13
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