C C C Workers Transforming Wintersmith Park Appearance
Ada citizens welcome a six month extension of the Civilian Conservation Corps program at Wintersmith Park. About 200 young workers have transformed the park into a scenic area with a large pool, bathhouse, amphitheatre, and extended, accessible drives. The camp houses crews building bridges, roads, and paths across the lake and woods, with more improvements planned for spring visitors.
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Husky Young Conservation
Wintersmith Park
Ada
Oklahoma
Poultry Club Activities Highlight Indian Community Work
No. 2 Poultry Department in Stillwater Oklahoma reports a lively 4-H program with both girls and boys teams presenting demonstrations on packing a school lunch and judging grain. A new club house on the school campus hosts meetings and a community canning program. Separate notes tell of Home Demonstration clubs aiding a crippled girl in Pontotoc County and kitchen garden tips including rhubarb recipes.
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Fletcher Watson
Collins
van Hyning
Jack Norton
Norton
Pontotoc County
Summers Chapel Club
Vanoss
Home Demonstration Club
Keetoowahs Back Collier Plan For Indian Rights Bill
In Muskogee Oklahoma on March 20 the Keetoowah band of fullblood Cherokee Indians voted to endorse Indian Commissioner John Collier's proposed bill of Indian rights. They will send a delegation to meet Collier as he explains a plan for communal Indian life and formation of two cooperative communities in eastern Oklahoma including Cookson Hills areas used as hunting and grazing zones.
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Muskogee
Mar
Gore
Nighthawk Keetoowahs
John Collier
Nighthawks
Collier
Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Cookson Hills
Roosevelts Big Stick: Labor Conflict Puts Recovery at Risk
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt may use the National Industrial Recovery Act to license entire industries, including autos, to preserve industrial peace if codes fail. NRA chief Johnson and railroad coordinator Eastman monitor tensions as leaders seek a settlement without broad use of legal powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Cummings
White House
Johnson
New York
Joseph B. Eastman
Pauls Valley Panthers Win East Central District Title
Monday night action at the East Central district invitation tournament saw the Pauls Valley Panthers crush Varnum 34 to 13 to claim the Class A crown. Ada finished third in the Big Five behind Ardmore and Pauls Valley, while Stratford took Class B and Mill Creek won Class C with a 36 to 27 victory over Pleasant Grove.
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Pauls Valley Panthers
Varnum
Pauls Valley
Ardmore
Ada
Mill Creek
Pleasant Grove
Misfortunes Multiply for Beaumont Family
In Beaumont on March 20 17 Mr and Mrs Frank Reese face a cascade of illness. Four children contract measles then chicken pox arrives. Father contracts pneumonia and becomes critical while mother also falls ill and is hospitalized. Eight pound daughter born as trio in adjoining rooms. Neighbors tend the other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morgan
Pontotoc County
Martha McPheters
Reese
Two Killed In Oklahoma Railroad Crossing Collisions
Two men died in separate highway rail crossings in Oklahoma on Sunday. Frank Scott of Lawton was struck by a Frisco freight train at a grade crossing, leaving a widow and three children. In Hugo, C L Redwine, a farmer, was killed when a northern gale drove him into a moving freight train. his widow and five children survive.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Frank Scott
Lawton
Hugo
C. L. Redwine
Insurance Board Defies Governor In Oklahoma City
The state fraternal insurance board appointed by Governor Murray ordered licenses for 32 fraternal associations despite the governor’s order. Insurance Commissioner Jess Read faced conflicting directives as the Royal Neighbors of America obtained a temporary restraining order. The board, Read, and members J. J. Glaser and S. A. Brausell weighed actions while suits over tax rates continue.
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Oklahoma City
State
Fraternal Insurance Board
Murray
Jess Read
Read
Royal Neighbors of America
Rock Island, Ill
District Court
State Board
J. J. Glaser
Alva
S. A. Brausell
Norman
King
Surplus of Horses and Mules Declines in Oklahoma
A Oklahoma State College official warns that a 13 year decline in horses and mules has created a market shortage and contributed to broader agricultural surpluses. Dealers must travel farther and pay higher prices while profitable for those who raised stock.
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W. L. Blizzard
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Oklahoma
Oil production climbs in most states and regions
United States crude oil output rose by 62 692 barrels daily to 2 447 864 barrels last week as reported by The Oil and Gas Journal. Oklahoma and Texas showed gains while California Kansas and the Rocky Mountain district varied with changes in daily averages and allotted barrels.
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Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Kansas
Rocky Mountain District
Oklahoma City
Seminole-St Louis
East Texas
Lathropeel
Kilgore
Joiner
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Southwest
State of
North
Louisiana
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain Area
Tax decision favors schools in Oklahoma City ruling
Oklahoma City March 19 The state court of tax review reaffirmed that under the ad valorem tax amendment districts may exceed the old 15 mill levy. Protestors sought to modify the ruling, with an early appeal to the state supreme court anticipated. Judge Asa Walden predicted the high court will adjust its sales tax interpretation.
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Oklahoma City
State Court of Tax Review
Common Schools
Putnam City
State Supreme Court
Asa Walden
Supreme Court
High Court
Walden
John S. Vaughan
Vaughan
Murder mystery of orchestra leader draws in suspects and press
Detective Bannister probes Juliet France and a blond suspect linked to Tracy King’s murder. The case touches Captain McNeal and rival reporters as Bannister weighs guilt, innocence, and a possible confession in a tense, ongoing unraveling.
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Tracy King
David Bannister
King
Bannister
Herman Scurlach
AL Dragan
Joe Parrott
Stormer
Parrott
Melvina Hollister
Canary
Captain McNeal
Detective Bureau
Miss Hollister
Matthew
McNeal
Juliet France
Jim Paxton
Gainey
Post
Flemming
Little Gene Carr Recovers After Lost Boy Sighting
Little Sidney Gene Carr, a 3 year old missing for over 20 hours, was awake and cheerful at an Elk City hospital early today, with nurses saying he is doing fine. The incident occurred Saturday in the northern area.
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Elk City
Sidney Gene Carr
Unusual Sun Circles Seen by Ada Residents
An Ada Sunday afternoon sighting described a large sun surrounded by a circle and three other illuminated rings in nearby positions. Intersecting areas appeared brighter as if the sun behind a small cloud with rainbow colors showing in portions of the circles.
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Ada
Jailer's Shot Kills Prisoner in Sallisaw Jail Break
In Sallisaw Oklahoma on March 19 Charles Hutchins a jailer and deputy sheriff shot and killed Ed Lee a jailed suspect in a robbery with firearms as Lee attacked him with a club during a jailbreak attempt A murder charge was filed against Hutchins and he faced a hearing.
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Sallisaw
Ed Lee
Charles Hutchins
Lee
Hutchins
Rube T. Pollock
Lee Pollock
Tulsa
Blackwell
Okla
Wichita, Kan
Hanner Rats Win Intramural Title In Overtime Drama
Mel Hart tied the game to send the Hanner Rats into the extension where they edged past the rival Athletes in Aggiel. Victory followed after a late surge as Ike Gilmore and others teased out weather and campus jests amid a festive engineer ball and St Patrick honors.
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Hanner Rats
Mel Hart
Giants Fail to Seize Edge as Mancuso Recovers
Miami Beach Florida reports the New York Giants struggle with top catching as star Gus Mancuso recovers from an injury. The team aims to sharpen passing and secure a stronger offense in forthcoming games.
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Miami Beach
Fla
New York Giants
Gus Mancuso
Final Figures On Cotton Crop From Census Bureau
Washington reports 1933 cotton ginnings at 12,659,95% running bales equal to 13,043,110 five hundred pound bales excluding linters. 1932 crop totaled 12,709,647 running bales and 13,001,508 equivalent bales. State totals list Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Florida Georgia Louisiana and more with final ginnings by states in running and equivalent bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georia
Louisiana
SUGGESTS RELIEF BONDS FOR OKLAHOMA PROJECTS
Oklahoma City on March 21. Senator Louis Ritzhaupt Guthrie advocated a 15 million dollar relief bond issue by the next legislature to fund permanent road park and public building improvements. He proposed retiring highway bonds with gasoline taxes public improvements with a 1 percent sales tax and park improvements with an amusement tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Louis Ritzhaupt
Guthrie
Ritzhaupt
Tragic Train Collision Kills Two Mexicans Near Wagoner
In Muskogee dated report, two Mexicans from San Antonio Salvador Luna and Abraham Garcia were killed when their car was struck by a Katy passenger train five miles north of Wagoner. Levario Valazquez was injured. a fourth man and two women escaped injury. The group was traveling to Minnesota seated in a rumble seat.
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Muskogee
San Antonio
Tex
Salvador Luna
Abraham Garcia
Wagoner
Katy
Levario Valazquez
Minnesota
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C.C.C
Poultry Department
Stillwater, Okla
Kallihoma
Georgia
Indian Territory
Red Bird Smith
Sam Smith
Red Bird
Keetoowans
Stratford
Maysville
Insurance Board
Laura Lou Brookman
Chapter
Denise Lang
Dionces
Miss France
Little Gene Carr
Atlaites In
Aggiel
Van
Hanner
Hubert Laird
Crutchfield Boys
Mel
Ike Gilmore
Chamberlain
Herb Turner
Samba Chi
Herb
Theta Pond
Lawrence Hammond
Princess Pat
M. D. Timberlake
St. Pat’s
Order of the Knights of St. Patrick
King Winter
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virsaias
Giants
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