Westbrook Proposes Rural Rehab Plan for Southern Farmers
Atlanta March 12 A relief official urges southern state directors to implement a permanent rural rehabilitation program. Westbrook says 75 percent of rural Southerners live in small communities and that relief should be tied to self sufficiency supported by wages and landlord cooperation.
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Atlanta
Mare
Lawrence Westbrook
Westbrook
Florida
Texas
Oklahoma
Missisippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Alabama
Virginia
Byng Girls Triumph to State Finals in Bi District
Byng girls crushed Atoka 45 to 19 to advance to the state finals in Oklahoma City. Atoka boys narrowly defeated Varnum 27 to 25 in the finals, with Maxwell scoring four field goals for Atoka and McDonald totaling 12 for Varnum.
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Atoka
Byng
Atoka High School
Varnum
3Yne
Oklahoma City
Tulsakis
Pt Atoka
Baroso
F O
H. Toney
Grannaus
Samplex
Ee Cartwright
Ce Cage
Ee K. Toney
Axley
Summit
G S. Sample
A Atoka
Maxwell
Te Howard
Malone
Willeford
Turner
Pemberton
Hawkins
Pf Varnum
Gilpin
Tina
McDonald
Collier
Davis
Ee Short
Hiller
Dave Phillips
O. U
Mundy Seeks Co. Commissioner Post in District One
W H Mundy farmer and auditor announces candidacy for county commissioner from the first district in the Democratic primary on July 3. He cites experience in farming and financial work with Choctaw Cotton Oil and pledges fair treatment, prudent road spending, and efficient county management. Nichols letter included endorsing political integrity and opposition to campaign donations.
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W. Hardy Mundy
Mundy
Pecan Grove
Ada
Choctaw Cotton Oil Company
Bruner Opposes Collier Measure in Indian Nations
Okmulgee leader Joseph Bruner, chief of the Indian National Confederacy, schedules a March 12 meeting in Muskogee to oppose the Collier reform bill. Collier plans Oklahoma talks with the Five Civilized Tribes on March 22. Bruner argues reforms are unnecessary and segregation would undo two centuries of progress for American Indians.
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Joseph Bruner
Okmulgee
Indian National Confederacy
Severs Hotel
Muskogee
National Senate
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Collier
Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
George Burris
Ada
Grand Council of the Confederacy
Bruner
Dillinger May Attempt Rescue In Ohio Raid
In Lima Ohio authorities fear John Dillinger may lead a raid to free his jailed associate Harry Pierpont. There are signs including a missing Leipsic woman linked to Dillinger henchmen and a judge's warning that Dillinger is moving with armed men. Meanwhile the Makley Pierpont Clark murder trial proceeds with jurors being selected.
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Lima
John Dillinger
Ohio
Dillinger
Harry Piepont
Pierpont
Jess Larber
E. E. Everett
Charles Makley
Russell Clark
Larber
Clark
Flier Delivers Mail On Foot Into Pueblo In Fog
Pi Lieut. D W Buckman Army mail flier brought the mail into Pueblo on foot due to dense fog. Flying from Cheyenne he landed at the municipal golf course five miles east of the airport and hiked with the sack of mail into town.
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Pueblo
Colo
D. W. Buckman
Army
Cheyenne
Buckman
Veteran Frisco railroad worker Maples dies in Fort Smith
William H. Maples 57 longtime Fort Smith resident and Frisco railroad employee died at his home from a heart attack. Burial expected in Bentonville Arkansas. He was born in Christian Missouri and is survived by his widow three stepsons three brothers and one sister with names listed.
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Fort Smith
Ark
William H. Maples
Fort
Marshall, Mo
Herschel
Dave Maples
Galena
Hattie Bledsoe
Cleves, Mo
Circulation Gains in February Totals Over 5.3 Billion
Money in circulation rose in February to 5 355 068 788 dollars with per capita at 42 41, up 50 cents from January. Treasury notes 167 546 469 in gold certificates remain the bulk of the outflow while no gold coin was in circulation.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Senator Nichols Condemns Campaign Racketeering
WeWoka March 10 Special Senator Allen G Nichols of WeWoka writes to state employees urging them not to donate to campaign funds and condemns candidates who pressure low paid workers. He calls such acts racketeering and vows to protect employees from unscrupulous political solicitation.
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Allen G. Nichols
Wewoka
House of Representatives
Senate
Highway Department
Claimed tenant evictions spark AAA protest in cotton belt
Memphis reports three telegrams to Henry Wallace Cully Webb and Norman Thomas alleging forced removals of Arkansas sharecroppers under the cotton control program. Ed Boston near Tyronza and other tenants are cited. Thomas calls for a show-down and criticizes AAA policy as harming sharecroppers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Henry A. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Cully A. Webb
AAA
Norman Thomas
Tyronza
Ark
William R. Aamberson
Robert Keebler
H. Clay West
Tyronza, Ark
New York
Wallace
League For Industrial Democracy
Thomas
South
Mid-West
Mrs Roosevelt views San Juan slums and relief needs
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt toured San Juan squalor observing squalid homes and welfare offices. She met residents and relief workers to discuss plans to curb slum conditions amid Puerto Rico hurricane recovery context. In Arkansas a man named Kleier received a life sentence after a murder trial, with prior hung juries.
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Bess Furman
Associated Press
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Presidenta
Roosevelt
New York
Ada primary filing closes as candidates enter race
Seven candidates file for mayor with T. J. Chambless seeking re election. Nominees for finance and city clerk race include Lee Daggs and Albert Chamberlain. Street commissioner race features five contenders led by incumbent J H Pryor. One unopposed, Walter D Grindstaff seeks re election as School District 19 treasurer. Ward 1 races feature O S Massey and H E Morris while Ward 4 includes Don Evans and W W O Neal. Dr A R Sugg retires as Ward 1 representative.
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Ada
T. J. Chambless
Chambless
J. H. Norman
Joe Hensley
J. D. Willoughby
Percy Armstrong
Bill Ragan
J. H. Sloan
Walter D. Grindstaff
O. S. Massey
H. E. Morris
Don Evans
W. W. O'Neal
J. A. Criswell
A. R. Sugg
Greater Returns for the Amount Invested
A classified ad highlights value for investors seeking higher returns. It promotes potential profits from careful capital allocation and prudent selection of opportunities.
Presbytery Meeting At Latta Convenes Delegates and Missionary Ordination
Chickasaw Presbytery met with the Latta congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian church Friday about 50 delegates and visitors attended. The ordination of Rev. Jose Fajardo of Colombia, S A, as missionary was a highlight.
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Presbytery
Latta
Chickasaw
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Tecumseh
Jose Fajardo
Columbia
South America
Guy Murphy
Amorica
Albert Medlock
Ada
Albert Lingo
Liberty
Clyde McMahan
R. B. Brown
Rock Creek
Meeting of
Young Peoples’ Societies
Mabel Milam
Amorita
Helen Haines
Miss Stone
Marlow
Emery Newman
Ernest Angsley
A. A. Collins
Marshall, Mo
Co. L. Bolding
Comanche
J. J. Jones
Sulphur
D. F. Blasingame
J. E. Bell
Muskogee
Bill Stricklin
Rockey
Billie Read
Elk City
Oil field supply houses expanding in Ada
Six oil field equipment firms are preparing to serve the Ada area with Bradford Supply already established on North Broadway. National Supply begins a concrete floor project across Frisco tracks, while Parkersburg Rig and Steel plans tanks and derricks. Taubman Supply occupies Stockton Lumber grounds. Republic and Continental expand with new yards and stores near East Main. More firms eye Frisco tracks as Ada grows its supply network.
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Ada
Bradford Supply Company
North Broadway
National Supply Company
Frisco
Broadway
Parkersburg Rig and Steel Company
Johnston Avenue
Taubman Supply Company
Stockton Lumber Company
Republic Supply Company
Townsend Avenue
East Main
Continental Supply Company
Oklahoma City
Ada & Atoka
Main and
Rennie
L. G. Denny
M. M
Weather aids rapid oil field development near Fitts area
With clearing skies, new locations in the Fitts field advance as drilling crews move equipment and begin tests. Westheimer-Daube No 1 drills at 2000 feet in Atoka formation while multiple crews relocate and lay gas lines, signaling a rapid field expansion pending fair weather.
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Fitts
Westheimer-Daube No
Lowman
Stonewall
Atoka
McAlester
H. L. Blackstock Et al
Lewis
Manahan
Norris
New Se
Blanchard
G. A. Manahan
Reynolds-Wagner
John Mabee
Lance
Schermerhorn
Norris Land
Brown
Daniels
J. C. Shaffer Inc
Deaner-Moore
Edwards
Coal County
Emanuel
Mayer
Sc Sene
M. S. Hughes
Huckleberry Announces New Drill Site North of Ada
A. C. Huckleberry announces a location seven miles north of Ada near Highway 48. The site lies south of the well drilled last fall and southeast of the group already drilled.
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A. C. Huckleberry
Ada
Highway 48
Newly Weds Die in Death by Own Action Pact
In Pecatonica Illinois Ray Holcomb and his newlywed wife Nell Holcomb died by firing shotguns at each other after marrying within hours. Coroner says it appears to be an self-inflicted pact driven by fear of public scorn. Nell had just divorced Jay Holcomb's brother and married him. A note signed by Nell asks forgiveness and says bury them together. Friends note this was her fourth marriage.
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Pecatonica
Ill
Ray Holcomb
W. R. Julian
John Holcomb
Ray
Nell
Fugitives Sought in Los Angeles Escape Couple and Trio
In Los Angeles County sheriff deputies pressed a renewed hunt for Charles Floyd known as Pretty Boy and three accomplices after a failed attempt to capture a green car with four occupants. The group, linked to a claimed $20,000 stash and ammunition, has been seen near homes of movie stars. Separately in Oklahoma City Jed Judkins, on parole for a Kansas bank robbery, was arrested hiding under a farmhouse bed in Spencer amid inquiries into Level and Pew bank robberies.
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Los Angeles
Charles Floyd
Oklahoma
Los Angels County
Sheriff's Deputies
Norris Stensland
Sheriff's
Oklahoma City
Mar
Jed Judkins
Stanley Rogers
Level
Depew
Spencer
Judkins
Kansas
William Emanuel Appointed to National Rivers and Harbors Panel
Ada dealer William Emanuel, a leader in the Southeastern Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, has been named to the advisory committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Committee. The appointment came on the suggestion of Congressman Tom D. McKeown. Frank R. Reid chairs the committee. The group promotes flood control development as a major goal.
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Ada Man
Advisory Committee of Rivers and Harbors Group
William Emanuel
Southeastern Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
National Rivers and Harbors Committee
Tom D. McKeown
Congress
Frank R. Reid
Southeastern Oklahoma
Emanuel
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