Giles Announces Ample Relief Funds for Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Feb 28 state relief administrator Carl Giles unveiled a broad plan to flood the state with federal aid. The program includes direct relief in all counties focused on women, immediate 25000 for food distributions, sewing rooms in 100 cities, and summer camps for girls, plus 50000 monthly to revive transient aid and new CWA grants. Giles named aides to run the program and transient stations, and projected ample funds through January 1.
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Oklahoma City
Carl Giles
Oklahoma
Giles
Murray
Washington
Civil Works Administration
Charles J. Birt
Madison
Wis
William Plunkert
Mobile
Ala
Plunkert
H. L. True
Rosemary Antin
Montgomery
True
Harry Hopkins
Panhandle
Charge Chick Theft Arraigned In Local Case
Grover McCullard and Dan Houtchens were arraigned Monday before Justice S. W. Hill on larceny of domestic fowls. They pled not guilty and bond was set at 1000 for a preliminary hearing on Thursday March 1. The theft is alleged to have occurred February 22.
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Grover McCullard
Dan Houtchens
S. W. Hill
Hill
Automobile driver finds himself in a Sunday station
James Benney opened his car window and saw his vehicle had entered a subway after following streetcar tracks at 29th Street. Ice on the windshield caused a misperception as traffic halted for 42 minutes while he exited and rejoined the surface.
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Philadelphia
James Benney
Benney
29Th Street
Schuylkill River
Exports Decline as Imports Rise in January Trade
U S department of commerce reports January export value at 170 million dollars, down from December’s 190 million, while imports rose to 129 million dollars from 124.3 million. The trade balance fell to 41 million, with exports down 11 percent and imports up 4 percent from December, amid seasonal norms.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Boettcher finds gas sand near Burris Heirs well
Interest in the Fitts oil gas field remains strong as new wells arrive. The Boettcher Oil and Gas No 1 Burris Heirs in NE NW NW at 97-27 located gas sand around 1 050 feet on Tuesday, with gauging to follow. The nearby No 1 Wooley well previously yielded 20 million cubic feet, while Burris Heirs sits about 100 feet higher. Equipment moves into the graben centered on the Mana han well in 1827 as more wells prepare to probe oil near the producer, expanding the field northward.
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Fitts
Boettcher Oil and Gas Company
Burris Heirs
Wooley
Manahan
Floyd and Ruby Floyd Divorce Tied to Tulsa Outlaw Ring
County Attorney Holly Anderson reports Charles Arthur Floyd known as the Pretty Boy was divorced from Ruby in Tulsa five years ago while he served a Missouri prison sentence for robbery. Records show no remarriage. Floyd, with an 8 year old son, has had two gunfights with officers recently. in one encounter he allegedly killed officer Erv Kelley.
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Tulsa
Holly Anderson
Charles Arthur Floyd
Ruby
Missouri Penitentiary
Anderson
Floyd
Ruby Floyd
Erv. Kelley
Corn Hog Signups Begin After County Meetings
County agent J. B. Hill led 16 meetings to train committeemen on corn hog contract details for this year. Starting Thursday contracts will be available at various sites with Hill’s office available until the March 15 deadline. The program aims to cut hog production to match reduced foreign markets and prevent feed over supply.
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J. B. Hill
Hill
Roosevelt favors new commission for communications
President Roosevelt in a special message to Congress proposes creating a federal communications commission to unify control over wires cables and radio. He calls for transferring current powers from the Federal Radio Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission and grants authority to investigate existing companies and recommend new laws.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Radio Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Committees
Federal Power Commission
Federal Radio Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Chicago Bushman Gorila Baths At Lincoln Park Zoo
Edgar Robinson, keeper at Lincoln Park Zoo, notes Chicago Bushman the gorilla loves baths even in cold weather and insists on regular soapy soaks.
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Chicago
Bushman
Lincoln Park Zoo
Edgar Robinson
Relief Officers Leaving Abandoned Governor’s Relief Office
The final link of Governor Murray’s relief work will be severed tomorrow as Edna McKinnon state social service supervisor abandons the office. Myrtle Corder and clerks Dixie Dickson Blanche Killough will also leave. McKinnon expects to receive the last county supervisor reports at the capitol tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Edna McKinnon
Myrtle Corder
McKinnon
Dixie Dickson
Blanche Killough
Permanently Fund Public Schools Proposed by Rogers
Rep. Rogers proposes a perpetual federal aid system for public schools starting July 1, 1985 with 3 dollars per pupil in average daily attendance based on prior year data. An emergency $50.9 million for the rest of the current year and $100 million for the year ending June 30, 2035 would be allocated by need under normal length terms.
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Washington
Rogers
D-Okla
Man Dies After Injuries Near Tupelo Railroad Tracks
Jud Isom of near Tupelo died in a local hospital from injuries believed to have occurred Saturday night. Found in a ditch beside the O C A and A railroad tracks three miles south of Tupelo, he was moved by Burley Mooney to Mack Keys’ home and then to Ada for treatment. Skull fracture and other injuries sparked a possible foul play inquiry. Isom farmed for Aubrey Archer and his father C S Isom lives near Sherman Texas.
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Jud Isom
Tupelo
Burley Mooney
Mooney
Isom
Mack Keys
Ada
Aubrey Archer
C. S. Isom
Sherman
Tex
Byrd and Britain Square Off Over Antarctic Claims
Washington reports renewed British pressure on U S interests in Antarctica. London hints it will assert title by discovery if Byrd claims land beyond Royal claimed zones. The 1928 British note listed several areas including Coats and Kemp Lands plus King George V Land. Byrd’s Marie Byrd Land lies just outside the British Ross dependency.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Great Britain
United States
George
South Pole
Byrd
England
State Department
Ross Dependency
Falkland Island Dependencies
Antarctic
Coats Land
Falkland Islands Dependencies
Enderby Land
Kemp Land
Queen Mary Land
Adelie Land
Wilkes Land
King George V. Land
Oates Land
Marie Byrd Land
Rockefeller Mountains
Colorado Posse Seeks Slavers After Farmhouse Attack
Enraged residents form posses in Wellington to hunt robbers who killed a man and a boy and wounded a woman. Sheriff Saunders holds three suspects and seeks two more, saying the killers were surprised during a burglary attempt at the Smiths’ farmhouse. Funeral services were held in Hugo for Dorsey Shawhart, 25, who died from burns from a log fire incident.
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Wellington
Colo
George Saunders
Clifford Smith
Robert Griffin
Smiths
Hugo
Dorsey Shawhart
Critics of NRA Press Reforms Demand Full Investigation
Critics of the National Recovery Administration press for a thorough probe as Miss Mary W. Dewson of the National Consumers' League cites 25 state studies alleging wage theft and abuse. She cites cases from Delco and Frigidaire workers and calls for wage readjustments and tighter enforcement of work week rules.
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Washington
NRA
Mary W. Dewson
New York
National Consumers’ League
Hugh Johnson
Dewson
Ruth Scott
Massachusetts
Delco Products Corporation
Dayton
Ohio
Floyd Hartwell
Frigidaire Corporation
Edward F. McGrady
Hartwell
Convict Opens Warden’s Safe at Joliet Prison
Convict Joseph Allman, described as a professional safecracker, opened Warden Frank D. Whipp’s safe in Joliet’s state penitentiary in three minutes and forty seconds. He claimed he invented a magnetized lock operable only by remote control and noted the feat took longer due to his condition.
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Joliet
Illl
Joseph Allman
Frank D. Whipp
State Penitentiary
Allman
Whipp
Berrie Must Serve Life Term for Poison Slaying
In Oklahoma City the criminal court of appeals denied Rev. S. A. Berrie’s rehearing petition. The Muskogee Psalm writing preacher must serve life in state prison for poisoning his first wife to wed his 18 year old secretary Ida Bess Bright.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Oklahoma Tag Fee Suit Struck From Docket
Four of nine Oklahoma Supreme Court justices dissented as the court dismissed an attack on a 50 cent auto tag fee. A. V. Darlund and other motorists sue the Oklahoma Tax Commission seeking licenses statewide without the notary fee. Attorneys plan further district court action and possible appeal to the high court.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
A. V. Darland
Wewoka Hardware Merchant
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Supreme Court
Manahan No 1 oil well tied to 83 inch pipeline
Oil from Manahan No 1 Reynolds-Wagner in 1827 north ward extension of Fitts field was being run today through the Oklahoma Pipeline Co 83 inch line to its trunk at Francis. The well flowed after cleaning and swabbing at about 480 barrels a day with two 500 barrel tanks ready for pipeline disposal.
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Manahan No
Reynolds-Wagner
Fitts
Oklahoma Pipeline Company
Francis
Manahan
G. A. Manahan
Boettcher Oil and Gas Company
Burris Heirs
Boettcher
Wrecked United Airlines Plane Found in Mountain Pass
A United Air Lines transport crashed in a mountain pass near Salt Lake City killing eight aboard. The ship fell vertically with no fire, trapping pilots and five passengers in wreckage. stewardess Miss Carter survived only by her intact body.
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Salt Lake City
United
Line
Leon Cudderback
H. T. Lewis
United Air Lines
Mary Carter
Stewardness
Omaha
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lloyd Anderson
Cheyenne
Eric C. Danielson
J. J. Sterling
Benton Harbor
Mich
Marcellus Zinsmaster
Des Moines
Towa
Ewald W. Berglund
Boone
Here
Miss Carter
Lincoln Highway
Murray Wins in Supreme Court Oklahoma Solon Funds Case
Oklahoma City AP reports the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in favor of Governor Murray in a salary litigation related case. The court ordered the state auditor to pay about 117000 to Southern Prison Co for materials for the sub-prison near Atoka. The court upheld transferring 92400 from the penitentiary appropriation to cover potential prisoner increases at McAlester. The transfer, made before the 1935 fiscal year end, followed 1933 legislative action making subprison construction part of the main penitentiary.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
State Supreme Court
Southern Prison Company
San Antonio
Texas
Atoka
Board of Affairs
State
McAlester
Frank Carter
Baltimore Plan Lets Police Shoot Starling Birds
Baltimore ordinance aims to empower the police commissioner to assign patrolmen to kill starlings with shotguns. The taken birds would be turned over to hospitals and charitable institutions for consumption.
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Baltimore
Oil Fill Houses as Coalgate Sees Quiet Deals
Oil activity in Coalgate Oklahoma has filled vacant houses as lease and royalty trading rises under cover. Ramsey Petroleum Co. made two acreage deals with major oil firms along the county line and four new locations started northeast of town. Police chief Bill Jones, shot in the leg during a Cookson hills outlaw search, remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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Coalgate
Okla
Ramsey Petroleum Company
Acreace
Bill Jones
Cookson Hills
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