Positive Aid Pledged For Business Recovery Efforts
Secretary Hopkins promised the administration will take positive steps to aid business as Roosevelt discusses tax reform with treasury officials. A White House conference with Morgenthau and Hanes aired possible tax measures and a balance budget. Hopkins stressed action over speeches while noting ongoing recovery plans and internal unity to ride the recession.
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Hopkins
Roosevelt
Treasury
White House
Morgenthau
John W. Hanes
Hanes
F ‘Rmer
Wall Street
S.e
Harold D. Smith
Michigan
Smith
Ormer
Frank Murphy
Britain Aids China Finances Stabilization Fund
London reports Sir John Simon announced in Parliament that China's government formed a 10 million pound currency stabilization fund with 5 million contributed by two British banks. The treasury would guarantee the British banks' 5 million pounds and seek parliamentary approval.
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London
John Simon
Commons
China
County Superintendent Urges Care Over School Funds
County Superintendent Ray Stegall warns Pontotoc district boards to spend carefully as gross production tax revenue falls and state aid prospects dim. He cites lower December checks, calls for strict purchasing laws, and says most schools can finish the term with careful spending despite the threat.
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Ray Stegall
Pontotoc County
Stegall
Thurmond Decision Due On Monday In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Governor Phillips planned to decide Monday whether A L Thurmond Jr. must serve a two year manslaughter term after a car collision killed real estate agent M K Beam. Thurmond was convicted twice and briefly paroled for 50 days before this ruling.
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Phillips
A. L. Thurmond Jr
Elk City
Thurmond
M. K. Beam
James E. Berry
Phil Kennamer
Kennamer
Society
John Gorrell Jr
Mid-Co Airlines Service Continues Across Midwest
The Civil Aeronautics Authority authorized Mid-Continent Airlines to continue passenger and mail service in the midwest. The certificate covers Tulsa Oklahoma to Huron South Dakota with stops at Kansas City Saint Joseph Omaha Sioux City Watertown and Sioux Falls. Service to St Paul Minneapolis and Bismarck Mandan is listed with Aberdeen South Dakota as a route point. Sioux City airport will be resumed once the facility is ready.
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Civil Aerodautics Authority
Mid-Continent Airlines Inc
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Mid-Continent
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Okla
Huron
S. Dak
Kansas ‘City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Neb
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Sioux Falls
Hurron
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Minn
Watertown
S."dak
Bismarck-Mandan
N. Dak
Aberdeen
Middle-Aged Man Held For Quizzing In Officer's Death
McALESTER March 8 A middle aged man was questioned tonight in the fatal shooting of W W Gossett a 70 year old deputy sheriff and jailer whose bullet pierced body was found beside his car near Blanco The suspect who has been around the jail was not employed there was arrested at Kiowa Gossett was shot just above the heart His gun was found near the body with one shell exploded and powder seared his clothes He was killed by a bullet from his own gun
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Mcalester
Walter Haggard
W. W. Gassett
Blanco
Haggard
Gossett
Sheriff's Office
Kiowa
Pontotoc County School Men Oppose Senate Bill on State Aid
Pontotoc County Schoolmasters Club backed House Bill No. 6 and rejected Senate Bill No. 187 after a round table at the Aldridge hotel. Ray Stegall warned Senate funds would be earmarked with little latitude for distribution to where needed. County Judge Hoyt Driskill emphasized schools’ role in preventing juvenile delinquency and noted per capita prison costs often exceed student costs.
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Senate
Aldridge Hotel
Ray Stegall
Stegall
School Ten
Hoyt Driskill
Driskill
Reorganization Bill Approved By House
The House passed a bill empowering President Roosevelt to reorganize the executive branch by a 246 to 153 vote and sent it to the Senate. It rejected an amendment that would void any presidential order if disapproved by one house within 60 days, preserving congressional veto only by active rejection.
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Roosevelt
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Congress
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No Diminishing Of Britain's Planning No Diminishing Of Britain's Planning
London March 8 War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha outlined to the Commons a comprehensive plan to expand and equip the British army for service on the European continent at outbreak of war and to build independent reserves across the empire. The program includes manpower reserves in the middle east and India, an anti-aircraft command for Britain, and reorganized methods of grafting and equipping units to speed wartime mobilization.
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British Empire
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Commons
Middle East
India
Great Britain
Strike Conference Fails To Break Oil Workers Stand
Tulsa report centers on a threatened settlement of the Oil Workers union strike against Mid-Continent Petroleum. Union officials pledge no retreat and demand reinstatement of all dismissed men while Governor Phillips convenes with company and union leaders for talks.
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Okls
Oil Workers
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Phillips
Oklahoma City
James Rinehart
John Coulter
International
Seminale
Union
Myself
Fingerprint honor for 14 year old in Oakland
Ray Wesley Conover, 14, filed his fingerprints with the federal Bureau of Identification and earned the honor of being the millionth person recorded by the civil identification section. The filing occurred in Oakland, California, highlighting early civic participation in federal identity records.
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Oakland
Cal
Ray Wesley Conover
Federal Bureau of Indentification
Bureau
County Funds Invest in Road Warrants to Support Highway
County Commissioners approved investing up to 10000 of sinking funds in road warrants held by highway workers supply men and dealers. Treasurer Lee Daggs will fund purchases with no more than 1000 on a single warrant, responding to banks declining warrants against the highway fund. The move, long considered, follows legal review by County Attorney Carloss Wadlington.
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Lee Daggs
Carloss Wadlington
Lewis Appeals For United Labor Move
John L. Lewis CIO president urged AFL to study his plan for a united labor movement uniting CIO AFL and four railroad brotherhoods. AFL negotiators rejected amalgamation proposal favored by Lewis to retire Green and himself from leadership. Bates of AFL peace committee called for an honorable settlement at a neutral labor department meeting.
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John L. Lewis
CIO
AFL Today
United Labor Movement
Lewis
Cio-Afl
Roosevelt
AFL
Raiload
William Green
AIL
American Congress of Labor
Labor Department
Hardy C. Bates
AFL Peace Committee
American Federation
Labor
Professors Are Backed By Student In Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on March a former pupil William Selvidge of Carter County defended Dr Carter A Ewing and Dr Royden Dangerfield University of Oklahoma government professors on the floor of the house. He demanded that sources for reports questioning their Americanism be made public. Selvidge praised them as brilliant scholars and top lecturers who taught no politics.
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Oklahoma City
Biggest Oil Output Rules Eyed by Texas Ahead of Spring
Texas projects a possible end to Saturday shutdowns and a trial push toward higher output with a plan to remove spacing rules. Lon A. Smith of the railroad commission and Ernest O. Thompson of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission push cooperation over proration to curb waste and encourage orderly field development.
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Lon A. Smith
Texas Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Railroad Commission
Federal Bureau of Mines
Smith
House Votes To Put Teachers Colleges Under Regents Board
Oklahoma legislative action moves six teachers colleges under a new eight member regents board. The measure, approved by the house, would place colleges at Alva, Edmond, Tahlequah, Durant, Ada and other institutions under centralized governance. The plan aims to streamline operations, reduce duplication, and control tuition and curricula across state teacher education.
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Senate
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Phillips
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Cameron Agriculture College
Lawton
Board of Regents
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Tahlequah
Durant
Ada
Edmond
Northeastern
Oklahoma Junior College
Miami
Muskogee
Franco orders blockade of coastal Madrid territory
Burgos dispatch reports that Generalissimo Franco moves to crush war supply lines and expedite the end of the 31 month conflict by ordering a blockade of all coastal areas under the Madrid government.
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Franco
Spain
Madrid
Death claims Santa Fe leader Samuel T. Bledsoe
CHICAGO March 8 CP Samuel T. Bledsoe 70 longtime president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway since 1983 died at his home. A lawyer originally from Kentucky he began with the Santa Fe system in 1915 rising to senior legal roles and serving as general counsel. Surviving are his widow a daughter Martlett Cormack Beverly Hills and a son Virgil T. Bledsoe Phoenix.
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Samuel T. Bledsoe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Santa Fe Line
Oklahoma
Line
Clinton County
Kentucky
University of Texas
Jamestown
Southern Normal School
Business College
Bowling Green
Bledsoe
Cumberland
Grayson
Sherman
Texas
Ardmore
Indian Territory
Cop Memory Traps Offender In Court
In Indianapolis a motorcycle officer recalled a two year old speeding arrest on taxicab driver Jack Warner. Judge Karahell verified the record, adding 36 more dollars in fines and a 30 day jail term for the old charge. In New York Emma Juch, 78, opera star of a bygone era, died last night.
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Indianapolis
Cosmos Sansone
Jack Warner
Warner
Charles J. Karahell
Sansone
New York
Ufi
Emma Juch
New Cotton Plan Talked By Wallace
Secretary Wallace presented to President Roosevelt proposals to ease the cotton situation. The plan could include a two price system with foreign buyers paying world prices while domestic producers receive a six cent per pound bounty to farmers cooperating with the program.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Hopkins
Francis B. Sayre
State Department
Congress
New Work Starts in Allen Oil Field
Allen area activity expands with Barbara Oil- No. 6 Mount spudding SE NW NW of 36-5-7. A. L. Bowles No. 1 Mount spudding SE SW NW of 13-4-8. Phillips Petroleum plans to deepen No. 8 Norris in 25-1 2-6 from 4 165 feet. Crosbie No. 3 Harden deepens from 4 270 feet. Wage increases for Italian private industry workers noted.
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Barbara Oil- No
Allen
A. L. Bowles
Phillips Petroleum
Norris
Crosbie
Harden
Chick hatches with four legs in Holdenville locale
In Holdenville on March 7, a chicken laid by George Cole hatched with four fully developed legs, promising an unusual dinner table sight. Local residents report the extraordinary occurrence and await confirmation of the chick’s health and viability.
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Maren
George Cole
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