Oil production across nations shows mixed weekly gains
Production of crude oil rose 42 161 barrels daily to 3 335 122 nationwide for the week ending Feb 25 as the Oil and Gas Journal notes gains in Oklahoma 5 350 barrels to 445 825 East Texas 150 to 372 547 and Texas total up 7 404 to 1 Louisiana up 2 275 to 266 905 California slid 10 706 to 623 509 Kansas fell 1 725 to 157 700 Eastern states including Wisconsin and Michigan up 1 367 to 306 454 and the Rocky Mountain region up 1 628 to 280 000.
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Tulsa
Okla
These and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
East
Texas
Louisiana
California
Kansas
Wii- Nois
Michigan
Rocky Mountain Weet
Azana Resigns As Spanish President
Manuel Azana, in a public letter, resigns as president of the Spanish republican government. He sent the letter to Di ero Martinez Barrio, the republican cortes president and constitutional successor, who was in Paris. Azana, exiled near a estate, declares he cannot carry on the presidency as France and Britain no longer recognize the republican regime.
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Sous- Salve Vance
Manuel Azana
Diero Martinez Barrio
Cortes
Azana
Paris
France
Britain
Spain
Cipriano Rivas
Martinez Barrios
Tepub-linan
Republicans Predict 1940 Victory Path With Key States
The Republican National Committee foresees a 1940 win by carrying New York and 21 other states deemed unquestionably Republican based on 1938 results. It notes 23 Democratic Senate seats up, Democrats hold 69 seats, and Republicans aim to take the House. Idaho and New York labeled tossups amid border-line Democratic contests. The Democrats’ congressional committee surveys sentiment for 1940.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
North Dakota
Wyoming
Oregon
Idaho
Ilinois
Montana
Senate
House
National Committee
democratic congressional+ committee
Planting Trees To Pay For His New Farm
A farm buyer considers planting 20 acres to trees to repay the land in 20 years via posts. Expert notes foresight can shorten this to 10–12 years with 4500 trees per acre and posts at 10 cents each. Forestry could become a steady regional industry as trees are cultivated and managed like crops.
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Farm Security Administration
State Forestry Service
Sa’ of Posts
L. L. Bennett
Caddo Courty
Jong
Europe
Tomatoes Should Be Seeded By First Of March
Stillwater researchers advise Oklahoma gardeners seed tomatoes by March 1 to maximize June sales. Earl Burk notes early seeds yield higher market value, with later sowing delaying harvest into July and reducing total July August yields. Plants start in flats then hotbeds, using a soil mix of loam manure and sand with superphosphate, moved to bands at three weeks, reaching transplant height near frost free date around April 20.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Earl F. Burk
Chizshoma A. and
M. College
Settlement Of Oil Company Strike Near
Tulsa observers report stronger signs of a near settlement in the 68 day oil workers strike against Mid-Continent Petroleum. Officials show cautious optimism as pickets withdraw in rain and state capitol eyes develop ments while Governor Phillips vows action if impasse persists. Conciliator J C Cooper heads home for Shawnee and Oklahoma City meetings were planned.
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Tulsa
Oil Workers Union
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Phillips
J. C. Cooper
Federal Labor Department
Shawnee
Oklahoma City
Okemah beard campaign marks 37th anniversary
In OREMAE on February 27, about three hundred local business men began growing beards to promote Okemah’s 37th anniversary celebration set for April 22. In ALTUS on February 27, Marion Wilson of Chalmers Indiana witnessed a rabbit drive here, seeing hundreds of jackrabbits killed during a visit.
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Oremae
Okemah
Altus
Marion Wilson
Chalmers
Ind
Kansas Oil Inventory Tests Begin March 1
Kansas to conduct physical tests on about 4600 prorated oil wells as required by conservation rules. Exemptions exist for approved alternate methods in Zenith of Stafford, South Trapp, and Bemis pools. Meetings in Washington reported Morgenthau defending dollar stability and using gold value as a monetary reserve weapon.
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Kas
Kansas
Conporation Commission
E. G. Dahlgren
Stafford
South Trapp
Barton County
Ellis County
Bemis
Ellsworth County
Schnieder Pool
Russell County
Commission
Washington
Feb
Morgenthau
Congress
House Coinage Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
United States
Influenza Spreads at Oklahoma A and M College
An influenza outbreak at Oklahoma A and M College in Stillwater widens with 35 new infirmary cases in three days and about 200 high school students missing class. College officials consider curtailing campus social activities and moving beds to increase capacity as doctors warn cases rise.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Earle Albright
W. Co. Thompson
Funeral plans set for Judge Floyd Staley
Tulsa reports funeral services for District Judge Floyd Staley, 44, who died of heart disease. Services Monday at 10 a.m. at Second Presbyterian Church with Rev. W. H. Murphy officiating. Active pallbearers include district court judges. honorary pallbearers feature Gov. Leor C. Phillins, former Gov. E. W. Marland, and State Senator Henry Timmins. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorial services set March 11 for Staley and two other judges.
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Tulsa
Okla
Floyd
Staley
Second Presbyterian Church
W. H. Murphy
District
Common Pleas Court
Rae
Leor C. Phillins
E W. Marland
Henry Timmons
Rose All Cemetery
Tulsa County Bar Association
Jerome Fischer
O. E H. Searcy
Muskogee
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Minnesota
No Clothes Or No Nude Ranch Sally at New York World Fair
New York world fair officials debated placing Sally Ranch at Flushing Meadows as a novelty of the world of tomorrow. Sally, arriving from the west, offered to draw crowds with her act but insisted on free rein, warning there would be no nude ranch if any stipulations appeared.
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New York
Sally Ranch
Flushing Meadows
Sally
Polish And Danzig Students Clash In City
Polish and Danzig students clashed today as the Danzig senate demanded Warsaw publicly disavow agitation for incorporating Danzig into Poland. Six Poles were injured and police made several arrests. The protest was delivered to Vladimir Perkowski, the Polish government representative in Free City of Danzig. It was the second since Polish students adopted a Feb. 23 resolution for incorporation.
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Danzig
Warsaw i
Poland
Vladislav Perkowski
American Embassy Closes at Perpignan After Catalan Collapse
The State Department announced the closing of the American provisional embassy to Spain at Perpignan on the Spanish border due to the loyalist government collapse in Catalonia. Diplomatic circles expect ambassador powers to be sent to Madrid to reopen the embassy as Franco’s government is recognized by the United States. In Mazatlan, federal troops defeated rebels near La Palma, killing six and wounding several in a third battle in five days.
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Washington
State Department
Spain
Perpignan
France
Catalonia
Madrid
United States
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Mexico
la Palma
Too Much At Once For This Family
Mountain Home Arkansas February 2 A farmer Vero Hutcheson faced a string of misfortunes last week a damaged calf auto theft and a head injury to eight year old Sonny The collie cow wandered into a cotton gin and ate cottonseed leaving the family in a very serious mood and the incident set a tense tone for the household.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Vero Hutcheson
Sonny
Rennes
France
Brittany
Quimper
City of Ada Wins Second Suit in Week
The city of Ada and Joe Parks win a second suit in a week after a district court jury returns a verdict in favor of the defendants in a suit by Central States Power and Light for 4000 feet of water pipe. Attorney Mack Braig notes a prior hung jury. Parker’s damages suit related to a death at a railroad intersection also ends in a favorable verdict for the city.
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City of
Ada
District Court
Joe
Parks
Tal Crawford
Central States Power and Light Company
Dosseamon
Mack Braig
Hugh Sandlin
Holdenville
Parker
Harvey Harbort
Sally Rand Sued For Alleged Theater Attack
Sally Rand faces a $150,747 lawsuit from two camera fans claiming she attacked them in a local theater. Hazel Drain and C Ray Stanford allege damages to camera and personal injuries while Rand appeals a prior conviction from Los Angeles.
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Sally
Rand
Sally Rand
Aly
Hazel Drain
Miss Drain
C. Ray Stanford
Los Angeles
Grand Jury Asked to Probe Juror in Grey Case
Tulsa March 7 Special Prosecutor Davis asks for a grand jury investigation of at least one juror who freed County Commissioner J B Grey on a false claim charge. He also seeks probes into defense counsel for Commissioner John Miller and aims to strike trials of Miller and Commissioner Harry Hopkins from the current docket amid strike-related law violations. Davis cites recent alleged abuses as reason for an immediate grand jury, Judge Rowe to rule after afternoon session.
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Tulsa
J. B. Grey
Phil W. Davis, Jr
Davis
District 1
Prentiss E. Rowe
Alsov
John Miller
Miller
Harry L. Hopkins
W. B. Henneberry
Rowe
in-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Rewe
Full checks to state's needy assured today
Oklahoma City March 1 The federal government's resumption of participation in Oklahoma's social security program guarantees full checks for March for the aged needy and dependent children Allocation of 1 532 447 to Oklahoma for February and March was announced by the federal board The board had withheld February grants during a dispute with the state commission With federal funds bolstering state appropriations about 18 85 pertraged persons 18 to every needy blind and 8 for dependent children for March Elsie Parker supervisor of public assistance and head of the social service staff of 450 during the controversy was re employed by the state board
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Olahoma
Federal Board
State Commission
Elsie Parker
Social Service
State’ Board
Roosevelt Returns Tanned and Refreshed
President Roosevelt, fresh from ten days at sea aboard the battleship Houston, sails toward Charleston then Washington. He will attend St Johns Episcopal church services and participate in ceremonies marking the first Congress 150 years ago.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
United States
Caribbean
Houston
South Atlantic
Charleston
S. C
Washington
Navyuard
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Senate
House
Farm Auction Proceeds Stolen Near Ponca City
Clyde Overstreet, a farm auction firm employee, was robbed of about 399 dollars by a masked gunman in Ponca City area. The bandit forced him to drive northeast, then returned toward Ponca City as an accomplice circled in another car. Checks in the deposit were untouched. Overstreet could only provide a meager description of the men.
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Ponca
City
Clyde Overstreet
Community Farm
Overs Street
Overstreet
Ponca City
Kaw City
Banner Month Begins for Income Tax Returns
Washington March 1 Treasury starts its banner month of income tax collections aiming for about 425 million. Officials expect 1938 payments to show business fell below 1937, which set a record of 723 million last year. In Salt Lake City a plate licensing error results in mismatched numbers and workers facing indicators rather than dismissal.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Salt Lake City
Utah
State Tax Commission
State Penitentiary
Phillips Hails Elastic Oklahoma School Aid Bill
Oklahoma City March 1 Gov Phillips expressed satisfaction with an 11.9 million school aid bill described as elastic enough to fit a balanced budget. The plan requires districts receiving aid to levy 13 mills, with state support filling the gap. If aid proves insufficient lawmakers may reconvene to raise taxes. The bill also sets a minimum program, a teacher salary schedule, transportation costs, and tight oversight of a 500 thousand isolated-district fund.
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Oklahoma
City
Phillips
Louis Ritz, Haupt
Guthrie
Philips
General Revenue
General Revenue Fund
Chamberlain Recognizes Nationalists in Spain War
British Parliament approved Chamberlain's move to recognize the Spanish nationalists as the legal government. Franco commands about 500,000 troops and 800 warplanes as Madrid battles on, with fears of intensified Franco attacks and possible foreign intervention.
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London
Marca 1
Chamberlain
Spain
Gon
Franco
Madrid
Valencia
Negrin
Untl
Icante
Britain
Six Minute Verdict Acquits Johnson
Acquitted by a six minute verdict J Arthur Johnson a 44 year old sporting goods clerk was found not guilty of murder in the slaying of Dr A G Wainwright Tulsa physician on January 18 The record shows defense and prosecution agreed on self defense after Johnson retreated and fired five pistol bullets on a busy downtown street
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Tulsa
March
L—Lpi
J. Arthur Johnson
Sporting Goods
A. G. Wainwright
Johnson
Dr. Wainright
Defense testimony in Wainright case hinges on threats
Defense witnesses testified Dr. Wainright, who had lived with Johnson and his wife for a decade, helped cause Mrs. Johnson to become a narcotics addict. They said the physician threatened to kill Johnson for sending Mrs. Johnson to a sanitarium on numerous occasions. County Attorney Dixie Gilmen stated he sought neither conviction nor acquittal, and that the facts are indisputable regardless of the jury’s verdict.
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Dr. Wainright
Johnson
State of
Oklahoma
Kelly Sweeps To Mayor Nomination In Chicago Primary
In Chicago March 1 Mayor Edward J. Kelly led the Democratic primary with a dominant vote, defeating Thomas J. Courtney and earning the party's nomination. Dwight H. Green won the Republican nod over William Hale Thompson as both parties head toward the April 4 election.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Tate
Thomas J. Courtey
Kelly
Courtney
Dwight H. Green
U. S
al Capone
Green
William Hale
Big bin" Thompson
Kelly-Nash
A. Nash
Besen
Thompson
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