Roosevelt seeks authority to cut veterans pay and balance budget
President Roosevelt urged Congress to grant power to cut veterans’ compensation and government salaries to curb a projected 1.2 billion dollar deficit. The plan, backed by White House talks, would cap reductions at about 1% and exempt certain war veterans while allowing the president to set rates for others. A bill reflecting the proposal was prepared for immediate submission.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Coneres
Treasury
Congress
United States
White House
Prohibition Case Highlights Wewoka Store Policy
Federal court heard a case over displaying malt beer cans yeast and caps with a verdict of guilty against M. and P. store manager W J Marlow in Wewoka. Sentence suspended as a government moral victory and warning to other store managers.
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W. J. Marlow
M. and P
Wewoka
Prohibition
Willines
Marlow
R. L. Williams
J. W. Holt
Transportation Indemnity Company
Lindsay lawyer convicted in First National Bank robbery
Henry Hinkle Jr. once a partner of Col. Cicero J. Murray was found guilty by a district court jury and sentenced to 20 years for leading a bank robbery in Lindsay last year. The gang looted about $26,000 in cash and securities. Buster Murphy received 15 years earlier.
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Arthur Bramble
Hinkle
State Senate
Lindsay Bank
Garvin County
Perky Praises Ada Farm Boy Support at Chamber Event
Oklahoma City state supervisor J. B. Perky praised Ada Chamber of Commerce for aiding local farm boys in livestock projects. He noted Ada’s effort has spurred strong showings at the fat stock exhibition in Oklahoma City this month, with Vanoss sending 40 calves, the largest group from any community. Perky spoke at a Future Farmers of America banquet hosted by Konawa, with R. Floyd accompanying him. Guest, a former Ada resident, previously studied at Fast Central Teachers College and Oklahoma College for Women.
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J. B. Perky
Oklahoma City
Ada
Chamber of Commerce
Perky
Verky
Vanoss
Future Farmers of America
Konawa
R. Floyd
Williams Resigns from Federal Farm Board
Carl Williams of Oklahoma submitted his resignation to President Roosevelt effective March 15 from the Federal Farm Board after serving as cotton expert and vice chairman. His six year term, begun under President Hoover, would have expired in 1935, and he edited the Oklahoma Stockman in Oklahoma City before joining the board.
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Washington
Mar
Carl] Williams
Oklahoma
Federal Farm Board
Roosevelt
Williams
Oklahoma Stockman
Oklahoma City
Hoover
Oklahoma bill proposes $50 pension for 80+ former highway commissioners
Oklahoma City March 10 house bill by Rep Grunert would grant a $50 monthly pension to all former highway commissioners over 80 for the next two years. The measure would cover Col Sidney Suggs Ardmore the first state highway commissioner, according to legislators.
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Oklahoma City
Grunert
Carter County
Sidney Suggs
Ardmore
Motorsport fatality in Seminole TUPOLO man dies in crash
Semino le March 10 UP Haskell Smith 25 of Tupelo was killed instantly at the west edge of Seminole when his car collided with the rear of a highway truck driven by J W Welton Welton was not held Smith had a broken neck and died at the scene
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Holt
Jesse
Ada
Jesse Holt
John Turner
Seminole
Mar
Haskell Smith
Tupelo
J. W. Welton
Welton
Smith
Woman Pays Back Untyped Back Taxes With $480 In Bills
In the county treasurer’s office, a woman delivered $480 in old style saddle blanket currency to settle delinquent taxes accumulated over five years. The amount includes $260 worth of back warrants for Union Hill School District.
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Lb. E. Hennigan
Union Hill
Ada High Grad Instructor At Southwestern Weatherford
Mrs Vada Mae Guest is employed as student assistant in the commercial department at Southwestern State Teachers College for the current school year She will receive her degree at the end of the spring term with a major in commercial work and minors in English and history She is affiliated with Alpha Gamma Gamma local business fraternity for commercial students.
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Southwestern
Guest
Fast Central Teachers College
Ada
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
W. E. Atkins
Weatherford
Mar
Vada Mae Guest
Southwestern State Teachers College
Alpha Gamma Gamma
Praline Explosion Claims Two Lives in Oklahoma City Area
Robert Wright, 24, son of Carl Wright and Mrs. Wright, is reported improving at St Anthony's hospital after burns from a fire that killed Carl Wright 42 and June Keplinger 40 last night. Mrs Wright said the blaze began when Carl entered the kitchen with a pail of kerosene and a lantern. the liquid ignited, clothing catching fire. The son sustained facial burns.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Wright
Carl Wright
Purcell
St. Anthony’s Hospital
June Keplinger
Oklahoma Senate unlikely to adopt emergency clause on income tax bill
Senator Al Nichols said the senate would probably not adopt the emergency clause to Governor Murray's income tax measure when returned by the conference committee. The bill faces amendments in the house including a shift from a flat 5 percent corporate tax to a 1 to 5 percent sliding scale. Unverified rumors say Murray may push the question to an initiative election.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
al Nichols
Senate
Murray
House
Nichols
Stonewall Boys Eye Sapulpa in State Finals Quarterfinals
Stonewall High School basketball, coached by Clifford Elliott, has a strong season and meets Sapulpa in the Oklahoma City quarterfinals. The team won the county conference, reached the East Central Invitation finals, the state district tournament at Atoka, and the regional meet at Durant.
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Stonewall High School
Clifford “Pooch” Elliott
Stonewall
Sapulpa
Oklahoma City
Weleetka
Atoka
Durant
Stonewall Boys
Fast Central Debaters Win Six Honors at Durant Forensic Meet
East Central college teams earned six of twelve places at the interstate forensic contests in Durant. The girls team Lois Armstrong and Geneva Gororee won first among 16 teams, while the boys team Silas Freeman and Leonard Grindstaff took second among 49. Individual honors went to Lois Armstrong and Gertrude Pendergraft in extemporaneous speaking, Nay lor in oratory, and Denton Texas entrants among the boys. Coach W. W. O'Connell and Dean Ina Mackin led ten students to the meet.
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Durant
Lois Armstrong
Geneva Gororee
Silas Freeman
Leonard Grindstaff
Central Teachers
Edmond
Wichita Kan
Fast Central
Denton
Texas
Flossie Roberts
Bertha Mae Meaders
Kermit Kiles
Isaac Simond
Gertrude Pendergraft
Miss Naylor
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Smith
James Hester
Hicks
Texas Christian University
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James D. Hester
Commerce
Hendrix
Ark
Kan
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Okla
Emporia
Grindstaff
Freeman
Simmons
San Marcus
McMurray
Trinity
Waxahachie
Baylor
W. W. O'Connell
Ina Mackin
Stubbs Named New City School Superintendent
B K Stubbs, long time high school principal, elected to serve as city school superintendent while retaining principal duties. He succeeds I M Hinshaw who resigned. Board cites retrenchment and program changes. Stubbs' career spanned Ada high school principalship six years and prior posts at Stonewall, Roff, East Central College, and other schools. He will assume office June 1.
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I. 5. Hinshaw
G. Witherspoon
Stubbs
Atoka High School
East Central State Teachers College
Atoka County
Stonewall
Roff
East Central College
Ada High School
Engineering Overhaul at University Of Oklahoma
Governor Murray issues a sweeping order abolishing the school of engineering at the University of Oklahoma and eliminating normal work at both the university and Oklahoma A and M college. Transfers include geology to A and M and engineering to Stillwater, with pre-law and pre-med moved to Norman.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
University of Oklahoma
University
Oklahoma A. and M. College
A. and
M. College
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
State University At
Norman
Ted
Wm. H. Murray
State of
Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
The
Board of Regents
Board of Agriculture
Sneed and Holmes Reunite After Fredericksboro Battle
Col. R A Sneed Oklahoma secretary of state and ex Confederate commander met Oliver Wendell Holmes retired Supreme Court justice in Washington marking Holmes second birthday. They recalled the second Fredericksboro battle and shared tears and laughter during the visit.
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Washington
Mar
Fredericksboro
Col
R. A. Sneed
Oklahoma
United Confederate Veterans
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Sneed
Holmes
Curfew Sounded In Lawton For Juveniles
Lawton city council passes ordinance mandating 9 30 pm curfew. The fire whistle will ring nightly and police are instructed to ensure all juveniles are off the streets after it blows.
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Lawton
Iowa Legislature to Hear Farm Relief Demands
The National Farmers Holiday Association delegates from 16 states and the District of Columbia adopted a resolution calling for a national strike and mortgage foreclosures moratorium. They demand refinancing of farm loans at lower rates under the Frazier bill and a public utility style federal banking system.
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Des Moines
Iowa
District of Columbia
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Oklahoma Governor urges joint budget conference
Governor Murray asked for conference committees from each house to review a five million dollar reduction for the next biennium. He urged naming a strong joint committee today to negotiate the two major supply bills as the house institutional bill nears the senate appropriations panel. He noted salary cuts and changes may be needed and prefers presenting matters before a joint committee rather than individual house hearings.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Senate
Murray
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Oklahoma Senate panel reports gasoline tax diversion bill
The senate revenue and taxation committee sent the house gasoline tax diversion bill to the senate without recommendation. A pass recommendation was rejected. The plan would divert 33 15 per cent of highway revenue to cover the state deficit. Eight thousand Oklahoma workers could lose jobs if enacted.
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Oklahoma City
Mareh Ta
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Senate
Caseline
Oklahoma
W. E. Wood
Okmulgee
Oklahoma Good Roads Association
Weed
Wood
Oklahoma Petroleum Marketers Association
J. Paul Gleason
Ente Chamber of Commerce
Frey Would Control Insurance Loans
A bill to grant the state bank commissioner emergency powers to restrict cash surrender and loans by insurance companies and fraternal beneficiary societies will be introduced in the house by Rep Ebey of Pontotoc County and others. The measure, with governor consent, would allow rules to safeguard policy holders creditors and shareholders amid banking holiday pressures and reserve withdrawals.
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Oklahoma City
State Bank
Ebey
Pontotoc County
Insurance
No Salary for Maude Thomas in Highway Commission Bond
The house refused to approve an appropriation to pay salary to Maude Thomas of Beaver as a Republican highway commission member during Governor Murray’s pursuit of Lew Wentz last summer. It kept the provision to pay her traveling expenses and bond premium totaling 805.25 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Roosevelt fills important posts in diplomatic appointments
President Roosevelt sent the nomination of Robert W. Bingham of Louisville to be ambassador to Great Britain. He named Jesse Isidor Straus of New York to Paris and Josephus Daniels of North Carolina to Mexico City. Eugene O. Sykes of Mississippi was reappointed to the Federal Radio Commission.
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Roosevelt
Robert W. Bingham
Louisville
Great Britain
Senate
Paris
Jesse Isidor Straus
New York
Mexico City
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Eugene O. Sykes
Mississippi
Federal Radio Commission
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