Federal court opens in new building in headline docket
Judge R L Williams presides as eastern district of Oklahoma hears a crowded first session. Defendants like Barron Crockett Case Reed Starrett face guilty pleas and sentences while others receive probation or reformatory terms. The proceeding fills the room and spills into the hall as cases are disposed.
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Federal Court
R. L. Williams
Oklahoma
Dallas B. Barron
Seminole County
Pauls Valley
O. E. Crockett
Hughes County
Owen E. Crockett
Ted Coberly
Pontotoc County
Cecil E. Reed
Carter County
Floyd L. Rice
Edward William Mozingo
James Millett
John Moore
T. A. Starrett
Fred Gay
Starrett
Leavenworth
Gay
Pittsburg
Ernest Forbus
Choctaw County
Mary Bishop
J. M. Beddingfield
McCurtain County
Bailey Howe
Murray County
Bill McIntosh
J. H. Robertson
Garvin County
Pittsburg County
Southwestern Reformatory
el Reno
Ht. L. Williams
Federal District Court
John Bell
Luther Smith
Samuel Boyd
Frances Kuhn
Coal County
Millard Whitson
Beulah Whitson
U. Ss. Industrial Institute
Alderson
W. Va
John Heck
Robert Horton
Odie Heck
Bryan Hall
Coa County
Horton
U. S. Southwestern Reformatory
Hall
District Court Arraigns Group For March Criminal Term
Judge J F McKeel presided an arraignment session listing defendants and charges for a March term. Cases include burglary second degree, robbery first degree, murder waivers, forgeries, and other felonies with various dispositions and bond statuses.
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J. F. McKeel
Cecil Bryant
W. E. Drake
John Drake
Homer Sutterfield
B. F. Walker
Edna Sorrell
Francis Mardis
Eunice Mardis
Rich Warren
Jim Frasier
al Kemp
Owensby Wilson
Cecil Morris
M. D. Roberts
Lewis Nabors
Cecil Polk
Barton Wright
Justice of Peace Court
Pontotoc 4-H Rally Adapts Tallied Competition Honors
Pontotoc county 4-H clubs held their annual Ada rally with about 350 youths and adults present. Fitzhugh 4-H won the top point total, while Vaness and Frisco followed. Lorena Parker and Imogene Robertson led in individual events. County officers were elected and a Byrds Mill 4-H camp with Coal county was planned for August 17–18.
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Pontotoc County
4-H
Ada
S. Bil
van Hyning
Jessie Morgan
Picket
Pickett Club
Imogene Robertson
Lorena Parker
Frisco Club
Jeanette Smith
Fitzhugh
Lorene Parker
George Lucas
Vaness Girls
Egypt
East Central College
Coal County
John Davis
Kenneth Hudson
Latta
Jack Martin
Frisco
Coal County Club
Byrds Mill
Lee Craig
Duvall
Miss Maloney
Mr. Green
Oklahoma A
M. College Stilwater
Rescue at Bias bay saves Fulton crew from burning gunboat
Rescue boats reported saving 187 sailors from the U S gunboat Fulton after it burned at Bias bay 50 miles northeast of here. HMS Wishart arrived with 139 men including Captain McHenry and officers while Chinese SS Tsiwan and HMS Whitshed aided in the rescue and patrol duties. The cause of the Fulton s destruction was not immediately reported.
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Hong Kong
Fulton
Bias Bay
Here
H. M. S. Wishart
McHenry
S. Tsiwan
Hongkong
H.M.S. Whitshed
U. S. S. Fulton
H.M.S. Wishart
Robber suspects ally autos in Whitesboro heist tie
In Seminole on March 14 two companions of gangster Pretty Boy Floyd bought a Ford sedan and Ford coupe from George Fowler’s Maud dealership using bank loot. Investigators link the cars to Whitesboro Texas bank robbery loot and identify the buyers as W A Rush and Adam Richetti, Floyd lieutenants, who are wanted on multiple bank robbery charges. State agents traced the currency to the Whitesboro loot and hurried to Oklahoma City to pursue them.
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Seminole
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Oklahoma
Whitesboro
Tex
W. A
Shine) Rush
Adam _ Richetti
George Fowler
Maud
Fowler
Rush
Richetti
Oklahoma City
Freeling enters Democratic race for at large Congress seat
O'F LaHOMA CITY March 14 73 S P Freeling former state attorney general announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination as congressman at large.
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O’lahoma City
Mar
S. P. Freeling
Cotton consumption totals for February reported by census
Cotton consumed during February was 477,890 bales of lint and 59,674 bales of linters, compared with January at 508,034 and 57,769 and February last year at 441,203 and 50,602.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Four Years for Hospital Guard at State Insane Hospital
Walter McCarty, former guard at the state hospital for the insane at Supply, was sentenced to four years in the McAlester peniteniary for second degree manslaughter in the fatal beating of an inmate last year. His attorney gave notice of appeal and he was remanded pending a 32,500 appeal bond. Judge Wybrant criticized hospital management for overburdening staff with more than 56 violent inmates.
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McCarty
Wybrant
Labor talks in Seminole stall 48 hour oil holiday
Mediator Dr. Georgze Stocking announced indefinite postponement of conciliation conferences between major oil companies and employees in the Seminole district. Federated unionists sought wage raises and end to company unions, with a 48 hour strike planned on 15 minutes notice if no progress.
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Seminole, Mar
Seminole District
Georgze Stocking
National Petroleum Labor Policy Board
Seminole Field
Federated Unionists
Stocking
Federated Committee
Consolidated, Carter
Amarada
Barnsdall
Shell
Skelly
Phillips
Champlin
Empire Oil & Gas
Stanolind Pipeline
Oklahoma Pipeline
Tidal
Texas
Gypsy
University of Texas
Seminole
Tulsa
Washington
Milk price raise approved by producers and bottlers
Oklahoma City reports a one cent per quart increase in retail milk prices, effective Monday, with producers bottlers and distributors agreeing. Milk delivered to consumers will be 9 cents per quart for ordinary grade.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Hurts Fatal to Coalgate Woman in Vehicle Crash
Mrs Stacy Neely of Coalgate died at a local hospital after an automobile crash two miles south of Centralioma on Tuesday afternoon. D D Mauldin Calvin and W C Hamilton of Stuart were seriously hurt and taken to Ada hospital with head injuries, a broken pelvis, and a crushed lower spine vertebra.
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Stacy Neely
Coalgate
D. D. Mauldin
Calvin
W. C. Hamilton
Stuart
Centralioma
Roosevelt warns against paying debts with paper money
President Roosevelt said paying government obligations in paper money could enable running expenses to be funded this way. He spoke as the House worked to move the independent offices appropriation bill which adds 350 million dollars for veterans and government employees. He warned a Senate approved bonus could be vetoed to stop a habit of such payments.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Independent
Two Burned to Death in Picher Fire
A young mother Mrs Christine Peace 22 and her son Billy Gene died last night in a two room home fire sparked by her attempt to light a kitchen fire with coal oil. Gerald Peace the father a zinc miner rescued his four year old son Horace Neal. The explosion occurred as he worked in a garden nearby.
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Picher
Christine Peace
Billy Gene
Gerald Peace
Horace Neal
Peace
Paul Crane to Have Charge of Engineering on New Outlet
Paul Crane will lead the engineering department for the new outlet project. He will oversee design, construction, and testing, coordinating with operations and management to ensure timely completion.
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Paul Crane
Ada to get new ten mile highway northwest
R. W. Black, district engineer, said work orders have been issued for a new highway from Ada toward the northwest. Jones & Brooks of Oklahoma City will build it, with Paul Crane as resident engineer. The route runs from Highway 19 near Sandy bridge toward the Asher bridge, about ten miles, linking oil fields and providing a shortcut to Shawnee. Grading and drainage to be done by mid summer.
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R. W. Black
State Highway Commission
Ada
Jones & Brooks
Oklahoma City
Paul Crane
Highway 12
Highway 56
Highway 19
Sandy Bridge
Asher Bridge
Springbrook
Canadian River
Bebee-Maxwell
Shawnee
Direct Relief Plan Prepared for County Distribution
Mrs. Dora Webster Cox county director of Social Welfare now heads federal direct relief. Plans segment county into districts with two workers per area and Ada district receiving supplies. Investigators will visit homes for applicants lacking sufficient information to determine eligibility. Warehouses and scheduled pick up days expected later.
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Dora Webster Cox
Social Welfare
Ada
Rofs
Stonewall
Allen
Vaness
Rebee and
Francis
Federal plans detailed to aid Oklahoma schools
At East Central State Teachers college a federal program outline showed Oklahoma schools may receive aid to extend terms for 1930 31. Education officials explained eligibility criteria and that funds cover teachers salaries only with no payments for work before February 15.
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Oklahoma
East Central State Teachers College
Ed Morrison
Pontotoc County
Clay Kerr
Mana han No 1 Norris could join Fitts field producers
Oil field reports indicate continued activity at the Fitts area with the Manahan No. 1 Norris in 18-2-7 expected to be a producer within days. The McAlester sand in the Manahan No. 1 Reynolds-Wagner well showed oil in core at 1 770 feet as preparations to complete continued.
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Fitts
Manahan No. 1
Norris
McAlester
Manahan
NID PLANNED FOR RURAL FAMILIES
A relief program to aid distressed rural families in the south will be inaugurated March 12-13 at an Atlanta conference with Harry Hopkins and federal relief officers from 12 southern states. The plan aims to build self-sustaining, cooperative measures between the federal government and states.
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Washington
South
Atlanta
Harry Hopkins
Relief Administration
Roosevelt
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Virginia
Murray Remark Draws Sharp Retort From Women Council
Oklahoma City March 14 The governor William H Murray drew a barb from the women's democratic council over his comment about be whiskered female politicians seeking equal rights to state office The council led by Mrs Frank Korn of El Reno announced a second meeting in Tulsa Saturday and suggested government by mustaches as a reply to the governor The Whoosit Sisters mocked the remark saying they lack mustaches but are active in government.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
William H. Murray
Women’s Democratic Council
Frank Korn
el Reno
Tulsa
John A. Cane to face murder trial for wife and three children
Prosecutors announced that John A. Cane, a former veterans hospital patient who confessed to killing his wife and three children and guided officers to the bodies, likely will stand trial for murder on April 16.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Upp
John A. Cane
Veterans’ Hospital
Greater returns for the amount invested
Brief classified ad notes better value for money on investments. It highlights the idea that shifting funds to prudent options yields higher returns. No specific products or entities are named.
Grand Larceny Charged After Bicycle Theft
Eugene Willis faces a preliminary hearing Friday March 16 on grand larceny for stealing a bicycle belonging to Billie Kent Heipkemeier of 801 East Fifteenth. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Sherwood W. Hill and pleaded not guilty. The bicycle has been recovered.
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Eugene
Willis
Billie Kent Heipkemeier
E. Fifteenth
Sherwood W. Hill
City approves 11 percent wage rise for Oklahoma City workers
The city council moved to restore a cut from last fall by approving an 11 percent wage increase for municipal employees effective April 1.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Oil drill activity rises in Fitts field spread
Tuesday reports show Manahan No. 1 Norris testing in SW NW SE of 18-27 at 1 655 feet with likely reach of McAlester sand this afternoon. No. 1 Reynolds-Wagner offset in 18-2-7 produced oil at 1 725 1 764 feet in McAlester sand as groups monitor progress for a new field producer.
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Fitts
Deaner-Moore
Edwards
NE SE
Coal County
Westheimer-Daube
H. L. Blackstock
Lewis
Manahan
Franks
T. Fleetborn
Reynolds-Wagner
M. S. Hughes
Collins Institute
Bebee Field
Deaner- Moore
National Oilwell Cementing Company
Los Angeles Petroleum Company
Nese
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George Phillips
Pontotoccoun
District Court Arraigns Group
Alma Burton
Raymond Edwards
Barney Sewards
Jim Welsh
Granville Parker
Roy Deaton
Bill Bird
Sterling Jones
R. L. Klepper
Arthur Arnett
ALY Automobiles
Seminole US
Dr. Stocking
Sultana
Milwaukee
Mrs. Neely
Kerr
Bebee
Jacobs
Cosby and Moran
Wilcox
al Jacobs
Ada Fire Department
Lookabaugh
Capitol Hill School
NID
Jim Lookabaugh
Capitol Hill
Tulsa Central
Murray
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