Twenty Six Dead in Southern California Rain Disaster
Twenty six people are reported dead and thousands homeless as the heaviest rainfall in southern California isolates the region from Ventura to San Clemente. Bridges collapse, homes are destroyed, rail and air service halt, and evacuation of tens of thousands proceeds as four days of downpour flood streets and rivers.
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Los Angeles
California
Ventura
San Juan Capistrano
Sierra Madre Mountains
Long Beach
Pacific Ocean
Lytle Canyon
San Bernardino
San Clemente
Th' Pessimist Pokes At Local Habits In Quirky Rant
A humorous, clipped piece mocks local mores calling out bootleggers and election humor. It notes women’s payoff from paint and questions the fate of a past stock company famous for a spring sensation under a waterproof tent.
Oklahoma General Fund Faces Near Ten Million Deficit
Oklahoma City March 2 State Auditor C C Childers projected the state's general revenue deficit would reach 9 925 843 by June 30. Overdraft now 8 591 734 but spring tax receipts may limit further rise. Oil tax shortfall and delayed big taxpayers ease are noted alongside income tax returns rising to 12 436 by March 1.
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Oklahoma City
Pall
C. C. Childers
Childers
Hubert Bolen
Oklahoma
Marland
C. C
Brown
Woman Killed In Seminole Accident
A two car collision east of Seminole killed 23 year old May McIntosh of Coweta who was driving for two Seminole Indian women. Injured were Munnah Dasar 70 Lucy Casar 45 and driver W H Spiller 30 plus Gus Delozier 30 and Norman Reynolds 30. Reynolds, an Amerada Oil worker at Fittstown, suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Norman Reynolds
Fulstown
Liston
Seminole
Here
May McIntosh
Coweta
Bowlegs
Munnah Dasar
Lucy Casar
W. H. Spiller
Cromwell
Gus Delozier
Rescuers Fear Lost Airliner Has Cracked Up
A large skyliner with nine aboard vanished after a fierce storm over the Tehachapi mountains near Huntington and Shaver lakes. Rescuers, hampered by weather, searched by air and ground, led by TWA officials, for pilots Graves and crew plus passengers including Stanford students and several named travelers.
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Fresno
Calif
UPI
Here
Huntington
Shaver Lakes
Transcontinental
Western Air Transport
John Graves
San Frantisco
Albuquerque
N. M
Los Angeles
Eahachapi Mountains
San Joaquin Valley
Graves
Hunt
Paul Richter
TWA
Charlot
Atte
Tracy Dirlam
Mary Dou Dirl
Stanford
Mansfied
Ohio
L. B. Watts
San Francisco
Camden
N. Watts
Oiesman
H.N. Salisbury
Kansas City
Walnut Grove
V. Krause
Floyd Bolin Held in Jail on Whiskey Charge
Floyd Bolin pleaded not guilty at arraignment in county court on unlawful possession of whiskey. The complaint alleges Bolin had illicit pints of whiskey. Judge John Boyce McKeel set bond at $500, which Bolin had not posted by late Monday.
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Floyd Bolin
Bolin
John Boyce McKeel
Gilmore Brothers Peace Bonds Dissolved by Judge
District Judge Tal Crawford ordered the peace bonds for five Gilmore brothers dissolved. Joe Buck Ed John and Bill Gilmore were placed under $1000 bonds last summer after disputes over their mother's estate. Two brothers sustained gunshot wounds during the clashes.
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Gilmore Brothers
Allen
Tal Crawford
Joe
Buck
John
Bill
Plea Change in Whiskey Case Involving Floyd Bolin
Floyd Bolin, charged with unlawful possession of whiskey, changed his plea to guilty at a second appearance before County Judge John Boyce McKeel. He had entered a not guilty plea at arraignment. The complaint alleges Bolin possessed 11 pints of bonded whiskey at arrest. Sentencing had not occurred by late Wednesday.
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Floyd Bolin
John Boyce McKeel
Bolin
Federal charge against Z A Fine jailed in Johnston County
Z A Fine was placed in Johnston county jail Monday on a federal charge for violating the internal revenue act. He will be transferred to the federal jail at Muskogee.
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Z. A
Johnston County
Muskogee
Bomb blast kills Amarillo man amid $1000 rewards offered
In Amarillo Texas Louis A Keck 52 died from injuries 13 hours after a bomb exploded under his automobile starter. Rewards totaling 1000 were posted for those responsible Gov Allred offered 500 and Amarillo News Globe added 500. No arrests yet. Keck had a permit to carry a gun after threats. Footprints near a garage and an explosive expert testimony point to a nitroglycerin based device.
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Amarillo
Texas
Louis A. Keck
James V. Allred
Bill Adams
Keck
E. Bell
Bell
Tex Thornton
Keel
Minor injuries in two-car collision at intersection
At about 10 20 Tuesday night at the intersection of Fourteenth street and Rennie avenue Alva Dickerson age 316 West Sixth received slight cuts and abrasions but was not seriously hurt. His car collided with another driven by Father Hilderbrand priests of the Catholic church. Both cars were badly damaged.
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Fourteenth Street
Rennie Avenue
Alva Dickerson
West Sixth
Fourteenth
Father Hilderbrand
Catholic Church
Retail Sales Rise Despite Depression Era Gloom
The commerce department estimated retail sales for 1937 at 39.93 billion dollars, up 5.2 percent from 1938 and about 60 percent above the low year of the downturn, yet still roughly 10 billion below 1929 levels.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Treason Trial Opens as Krestinsky Denies Charges
In Moscow a treason trial of 21 Soviet leaders begins with N N Krestinsky protesting his innocence. Prosecutors cite confessions linking Krestinsky and co defendants to spying for Germany Britain Poland and Japan. Dismissed confessions prompt tense courtroom scenes amid a jammed chamber and US observer Joseph E Davies.
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Moscow
N. N Krestinsky
Soviet Union
Krestinsky
Hans von Seckt
Leon Trotsky
Supreme Court of the
Joseph E. Davies
United States
Alexis I. Rykoff
Russia
Nikolai Bucharin
pRewspanels
Nikolai Lenin
Japan
Germany
Britain
Poland
High Water In La California Flood Threatens Venice Homes
Los Angeles March 1. Storm waters swelled across Los Angeles County in the heaviest flood since the New Year’s Day 1934 cloudburst. Hundreds of Venice beach resort homes faced menace as lifeguards urged residents to be ready to flee.
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Los Angeles
Arroyo Seco
Ventura
Ventura River
Ventura Oil Field
Santa Barbara
Glendale
Riverside Rancho Estates
Southern Pacific Steel
Los Angeles County
Venice
Norman Reynolds Improves After Severe Injury at Work
Norman Reynolds, a pump man for Amerada Oil, was seriously injured on a well in the Fittstown area when machinery parts struck him. He was reported somewhat improved early this morning by attendants at a local hospital, after suffering a severe skull fracture.
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Norman Reynolds
Amerada Oil Company
Fittstown
Reynolds
Fitts Field
Federal Old Age Aid Cut Off Oklahoma Unworried
The Social Security Board halted federal grants for Oklahoma old age pensions aid to the blind and dependent children until compliance with the social security act. Hearings showed irregularities including $685,000 wrongly distributed and a pension paid to a dead man. The state welfare commission admitted faults and promised drastic reform while facing a possible multi million dollar unwarranted payment exposure.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Oklahoma
State Welfare Commission
Mlingis
Oklahoma State Commission
Oklahoma State Welfare Commission
Marland vows Oklahoma will not lose federal aid
Oklahoma Governor Marland declared that despite word of withdrawal of federal pensions the state will not lose any federal aid under the social security act for old age, aid to the blind, and aid to dependent children. He said the state will be reimbursed by the federal board for payments.
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Social Security Board
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Marland
Federal
Washington
John Eddieman
Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission
Federal Board
Oklahoma Commission
Eddlenan
Medical Group Holds Meeting in Ada Session
Physicians from the district gathered in Ada for the 38th quarterly Southern Oklahoma Medical association session under Pontotoc County Medical association auspices. Speakers included Dr. Fulcner, Akin, Messenbaugh, Cowling, and Cantrell Wilson. A banquet, symposium on Traumatic Surgery, and a tea with a book review followed. A marriage license was issued to Leon Bailey and Lois Rainwater of Calvin. The U.S. imports 1,060,000 pounds of split bombed from the Far East annually.
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Ada
Southern Oklahoma Medical Association
Pontotoc
A. R. Sage
Leon Bailey
Lois Rainwater
Calvin
Oklahoma Supreme Court backs oil well spacing law
The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld the 1935 oil well spacing law as constitutional, affirming state power to regulate spacing in common oil and gas pools. The ruling supports limiting wells to curb waste and protect royalty owners, including increasing Patterson’s award by 47.68 to reflect postcompletion proceeds.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Russell B. Patterson
Tulsa
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Wellston
Lincoln County
Patterson
North Wellston
4 H Club Members Head to Tishomingo Livestock School
Four 4 H club members left Saturday for Tishomingo to take part in a livestock judging school. They were accompanied by Wayne Cinnamon, assistant county agent. The program, led by an ex extension worker from A M, serves as a precursor to spring state contests and includes members from Cedar Grove, Francis, Byng and Pecan Grove clubs.
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Tishomingo
Wayne Cinnamon
Cedar Grove
Francis, Byng
Pecan Grove
Joe Scott To Speak At Ponicroe County Schoolmasters
Ponicroe County Schoolmasters club meets Tuesday evening March 8 at Aldridge hotel at 6 45. Joe Scott president of the state board of agriculture will deliver the principal talk and the Vaness schools will provide music.
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Ponicroe County Schoolmasters Club
Aldridge
Joe Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Vaness
Pershing Still Gaining Ground
General John J. Pershing woke from a fairly restful sleep in Tucson after a week of reported danger. Doctors said the immediate danger had passed though heart and kidney complications could still arise, with convalescence expected to take a protracted period and a limited bulletin cadence.
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Tucson
Atiz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Reiland Davison
Lindsay Man Freed Of Arson Charge
Grant Miller of Lindsay Oklahoma was tried in Wichita on a charge of attempted arson for allegedly offering an employee $200 to burn a broomcorn warehouse. District Judge Ross McCormick dismissed the case after defense argued no evidence supported the accusation.
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Wichita
Kas
Grant Miller
Lindsay
Okla
Broomecorn
Ross McCormick
McCormick
Miller
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Compton
Los Angeles County Major Disaster Emergency Council
Bridge Falls
Paul V. McNutt
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
McNutt
Fourteenth and
Rennie
Federal Social Security Board
BR. M. Curnutt
Barnshaft
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Dr. H. Hyde
Alva
Commission
Curnutt
Hyde
Carnutt
United Siates
Far East
Ada News
Pershing
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