First Flurry of Excitement Slows in Madill Oil Boom
Madill residents reassess oil boom prospects after Pure Oil company well near the Washita river yields a thin limey sand core. Fewer land sales occur as bankers report buyers paying on the barrel head and titles largely unchecked. County rivals Durant and Tishomingo seek boom commerce while road planning for the discovery well advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Busby
Pure Oil Company
Quentin Little
Marshall County
Madill
Joe Hanan
First National Bank
Marvin Bryan
Madill National
Washita
Little County
Marshall
Johnson
Bryan Counties
Durant
Tishomingo
Johnson County
Don Welch
Reuel Little
Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
PWA Proposes GRDA Debt Extension Plan
The Public Works Administration urged GRDA to stretch debt repayment to 50 years from 30, arguing $150,000 annual relief could lower power rates. GRDA officials said action awaits study. Meetings planned with GRDA Public Service Co and OG&E to discuss wholesale rates and line acquisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Okla
Public Works Administration
Grand River Dam
Carl L. Gerhardt
GRDA
PWA
Phillips
Gerhardt
Public Service Co
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
R. K. Lane
The
Judge condemns killer in manslaughter verdict
In New York a judge denounced Ernest Kehler as a "dirty bum" after a jury found him guilty of first degree manslaughter in the death of Dr. Walter R. Engelberg. Kehler, a 24 year old Canadian boxer, could face up to 20 years as he awaits sentencing. His bride wept in the corridor and his wife spoke of heartbreak as he was led away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter R. Engelberg
Ernest Kehler
Dr. Engelberg
Brooklyn
Kehler
Peter J. Brancato
Mhunder
Barbara Muriel Kehler
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
A classified ad notes higher yields from investments tied to vested Ada accounts. Readers are asked to compare rates and terms, claiming better value per dollar and clearer payoff timelines for retirement plan holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
House Agrees To Some Increases In Farm Funds
Washington March 12 economy blocs reach accord with farm state members to accept part of senate increases in farm appropriations. Expect about 200 million dollars added for parity payments while a 87 million addition to surplus disposal funds and 25 million for farm tenant loans are proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Ford
D-Calif
Hex Tales Probed In Murder Case
Reading Pennsylvania March 12 UP strange tales of hexers and ritual doctors were explored as authorities weigh pressing a murder charge against Warren Faust a 25 year old artist crippled by infantile paralysis. He is held after his father Alvin Faust 50 a WPA worker was shot dead in the family Fleetwood home. District Attorney James F Marx said the investigation points to a shared belief in hex lore and ritual doctors with the son describing the father shouting that he was God and Holy Moses empowered to do this. The elder Faust often visited doctors and returned home crazed while the son is said to have a persecution complex and sometimes accompanied him.
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Reading
Warren Faust
Alvin
WPA
Fleetwood
James F. Marx
Faust
Pennsylvania
God
Moses
Marx
Stratford Man Held for Attack
Stratford Oklahoma March 12 County Attorney Sam Goodwin said 82 year old James Cummings, blind pensioner, is held for an attack with a pocket knife and ice tongs on his daughter Ira Cummings. She fled to a neighbor’s home and is reported in serious condition with wounds to face neck and back. Cummings fell and lay in the night air for two hours before he was found and a guard placed at his bedside amid fears of pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Okla
Sam Goodwin
James Cummings
Ira Cummings
Goodwin
Miss Cummings
Jack Blackburn
Cummings
A. H. Shi
Seven Defendants Change to Guilty Pleas in Court
Seven defendants changed pleas to guilty in a federal district court session the second day of the March term. Defendants named include Sauler Lafloner, Walter Andy Shores, Daisy Griffin, Irene and Eugene Martin, Idella Davis, Odie Clark, William Parish, Fannie Lewis, Cecilier Smith, and others. Sentences ranged from probation of five years for several internal revenue cases to two years probation for embezzlement post office funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal District Court
Sauler Lafloner
Seminole
Internal Revenue
Walter Andy Shores
Coal County
Daisy Griffin
Pontotoc
Irene Martin
Eugene Martin
Idella Davis
Odie Clark
William Parish
Atoka
Fannie Lewis
Cecilier Smith
Tom Cornelius
Victor Mabary
Johnston
Willard Stone
Lou Hampton
Coal
Hardee Robison
Ben Washburn
O. W. Grisham
James Woodrow Baird
Latimer
Post Office
House Passes Big Expansion Bill for Navy
The U S House approved a 655 million expansion plan to build 21 combat ships 22 auxiliary vessels and 1011 airplanes over two years with funds to be voted later The vote was 303 to 37 and final passage followed swift debate including rejects of two amendments to halt plane sales to foreign governments and to remove three proposed aircraft carriers from the bill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Navy
House
Senate
Navy
Rep. Schafer
Rwis
Rep
Fish
R-N.y
New Plane Fuel Tank Is Bullet Proof Nowadays
Washington reports a new bullet proof fuel tank for American military planes has been developed by the army and navy. Details are confidential but sources say rubber seals bullet holes and self sealing tanks are used on newest combat planes with crew armor or armor provisions. Maj. Gen. Arnold told lawmakers such changes are necessary and tests on protective coverings have been exchanged between services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Europe
Army
Navy
War Department
Germany
France
England
Henry H. Arnold
Air Corps
House
War
Navy Departments
School Closed Till Back Wages Paid
In Shamokin Pennsylvania unpaid teachers and custodians in Coal Township district lead a two day strike over five months back pay. Schools remain shut as furnaces cold and pupils sent home while the district faces demands for overdue wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Coal Township
Pope Marks One Year On Throne Of St Peter In Rome
Pope Pius XII closes ceremonies marking one year as pope. He prays for peace and urges an end to hostilities in a mass at St. Peter's Basilica. Cardinal Pignatelli di Belmonte reads the devotion letter as crowds gather outside the basilica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter
St. Peter’s
College of Cardinals
Sacred Assembly
St. Sebastian
Cardinal Pignatelli di Belmonte
Europe
Judge Orders Talk With Pastors For Ada Dyer Act Defendants
Ada youths Leon Ryles and Bob German, aged 17 and 23, pleaded nolo contendere to Dyer Act charges. Federal Judge Alfred P. Murrah advised them to consult their church pastors and return next Wednesday for a decision. They were released on recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Alfred P. Murrah
Leon Ryles
Bob German
Murrah
German
State Penitentiary
Ryles
Students Walk Out at Air Training Scheme in Canada
Premier Hepburn said police found in full detail that 200 to 300 students walked out on February 10 in protest at doing chores during the air training scheme. Police found no evidence of violence and reported to the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Thomas
Ont
Mitchell Hepburn
Canadian Air Training
Hepburn
W. . Stringer
Stamp Theme Pony Sparks Stamp Critics
Washington reports the new pony express stamp set for release April 3 drawing sharp Philatelic criticism. Experts question the rider reins saddle and horse nose, noting anachronisms and a 50 year mismatch in saddle use and stamp aesthetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pony Express
Susan B. Anthony
No Pony Express
Post Office Department
Americanism to Be Issue Says Carr
Colorado Governor Ralph M. Carr warned at the Young Republicans state convention that the upcoming election will hinge on Americanism rather than party labels. He criticized the New Deal as violating constitutional spirit and urged tax policies that let businesses earn fair profits to spur jobs. The convention backed a census reform and nominated Emerson Phillips and Julia Hildt as delegates to the Philadelphia GOP convention.
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Norman
Ralph M. Carr
Colorado
Young Republicans
Congress
Emerson Phillips
Pawnee
Julia Hildt
Tulsa
Philadelphia
Verbal blows fly in duel over Oklahoma liquor repeal
Oklahoma City March 12 Prohibition repeal campaigns clash as C A Cardwell director for the Oklahoma Committee for Liquor Control says the Oklahoma Municipal League backs a rival bill forcing revenue to the general fund. T B Williams of Oklahoma City and Byrne Ross of Lawton push a plan allocating funds to cities counties state and pension costs. Frank Higginbotham of the Municipal League calls Cardwell’s bill unfair and notes cities would bear costs with no extra revenue. He cites 22 district meetings with a statewide gathering planned. Williams defends his measure and contrasts it with the Henshaw bill defeated in 1936. Cardwell says 50 000 signatures secured toward his 76 000 requirement with a deadline of April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
C. A. Cardwell
Oklahoma Committee For Liquor Control
Oklahoma Municipal League
Phillips
General Fund
Cardwell
Municipal League
T. B. Williams
Byrne Ross
Lawton
Frank Higginbotham
The
Wiliams-Ross
League
Seminole
Duncan
Chickasha
Williams
Henshaw
Safe Joins Bryan County In Case
Oklahoma City March 12 The state joined Bryan county in a fight against a federal suit to recover state taxes paid 30 years ago by Indian couple Lake and Minnie Brewer. Assistant Attorney General Houston Hill argues that time bars recovery of 233 dollars on taxes assessed 1908 1911. He says the Brewers were Oklahoma citizens and the government had no right to sue for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bryan County
Houston Hill
Eastern District Court
Lake
Minnie Brewer
Brewer
Hill
Congress
Okama
Pure Oil seeks 20 acre spacing in three county field
The Pure Oil Co. filed for 20 acre well spacing across 30 000 acres after strong showings in its Marshall county wildcat near the Red river dam. Hearings are set for 10 a m March 22 at the state capitol. The request covers townships five six and seven south ranges six seven eight east in Marshal Bryan and Johnston counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Pure Oil Co
Marshall County
Red River
Corporation Commission
State Capitol
Marshal
Bryan
Johnston
England's Bristol Records Bomber in War Effort
Bristol reports progress in bomber production during the war. The city supports aircraft output and strategic efforts against the enemy, highlighting industrial contributions and local morale.
New Trial Motion Will Be Heard in Creek Nation Estate
Federal Judge Robert L Williams will hear testimony for a new trial by two claimants Dora Brady and Bertha Barnett over shares in the Jackson Barnett estate. Attorneys for the claimants filed affidavits of prejudice to try to disqualify the judge. Williams gave M E Rosser 30 days to take depositions supporting turning the estate over to the Creek Nation. Motions were overruled for six other claimant groups seeking a new trial in the two to three million dollar estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Robert L. Williams
Jackson Barnett
Dora Brady
Bertha Barnett
Williams
M. E. Rosser
Child Strangled by His Scarf in Warsaw Yard
In Warsaw Indiana a three year old boy Donald Eugene Gagnon died after his scarf became caught on a picket of an open corn crib. His mother had sent him outside to play fifteen minutes earlier and found him hanged when she looked out. The scarf apparently snagged on the pickets as he climbed the fence and either failed or jumped down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Donald Eugene Gagnon
Carrier takeoffs and landings crash rates cited
Military observers report about 66 of 100 carrier takeoffs or landings for Japanese pilots result in crashes, while British and U S Navy figures are about 23 of 100 and under one per 100 respectively.
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U. S. Navy
Pruning Fruit Trees Why Annual Shaping Helps Yields
Pruning directs growth to form a strong framework that bears heavier fruit loads and prevents shading of fruit wood. It extends life and improves fruit quality, with careful annual pruning during dormancy in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oil Production Of U S Up For Week
Daily crude oil production in the United States rose 21,398 barrels to 3,826,363 for the week ended March 9, the Oil and Gas Journal reported. State totals show Oklahoma up 13,200 to 426,850 and Texas up 24,404 to 1,472,535, with declines in East Texas and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Louisiana
California
Eastern
Illinois
East Texas
Texas
Kansas
Theft of $30,000 Shakespeare Folio Probed
Investigation into the February 9 theft of a gilt tooled red leather first folio of Shakespeare from Williams College Library expands to England. State Detective John F. Horgan says three men are involved, with FBI agents now on the case. The London printed volume dates from the early 17th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Williams College
England
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John F. Horgan
Britain
London
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U.S
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
Chamberlain
U. S
Joseph P. Kennedy
NEA
Pure’s
Wildcat
Denison
Agin
Killer
Hex
Mamma
Jane
Boots
Mary Mueller
Baltimore, Md
Carr
Prohi
Safe
Bristol
Macon
Paroenheim
Barnett
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