Arkansas Tornado Toll Rises to 31 as Search Continues
In Green Forest area and Saline County the toll reached 31 with 30 injured and more than 50 hurt in two tornado events. Red Cross workers and National Guardsmen aided stricken communities in Saline and Carroll counties as damage exceeded 200 000 dollars and Missouri reported further storm impacts.
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Little Rock
Ark
Green Forest
Red Cross
National
Eureka Springs Hospital
Missouri
Arkansas Line
Tornado Toll Rises Across Arkansas Missouri Area
Disaster reports show at least 26 dead with many injured across southwestern and central Arkansas and neighboring Missouri areas. Green Forest and nearby towns faced extensive destruction as tornadoes destroyed homes and cut power. National guard aided relief as estimates put dead above 20 in Green Forest and total fatalities possibly exceeding 390 pending confirmation.
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Little Rock
Ark
Green Forest
Eureka Springs
National Guard
Harrison
Tornado Toll Rises Across Missouri and Arkansas
A severe storm system torn through southwestern Missouri and northern Arkansas killing more than twenty and injuring over fifty. Green Forest Ark suffered heavy damage with 16 bodies recovered and two churches used as dressings stations and a morgue. Denver Ark and Marshfield Mo also reported fatalities amid destroyed business districts and fires follow storms. Hail and high winds damaged homes and farms across Howell and Oregon counties.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Border
Missouri State Line
Green Forest
Coin
Denver
Marshfield
Howell
Oregon
Missouri
Delight
Saline County
Here
Joplin
Oregon Counties
Tornado Kills About 30 in Green Forest Ark Area
A Red Cross telegram from P. T. Sweat the Carroll county chapter chairman at Eureka Springs Ark reports approximately 30 persons killed and 75 injured by the tornado that struck Green Forest Arkansas and nearby areas last night.
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ST. Louis
Green Forest
Ark
American Red Cross
P. T. Sweat
Carroll County
Eureka Springs
Lightning ignites oil tank near Holdenville
A lightning strike during a heavy rain Saturday night set off an explosion at the Magnolia tank farm two miles north of Holdenville. One 55,000 barrel oil tank burned fiercely into a late hour, with downtown area hearing the blast. The oil’s value was about $200,000.
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Holdenville
Magnolia Tank Farm
Shanghai Fighers to Surrender
General Pi Shu Chen of the northern Shanghai defense forces agreed to capitulate after negotiations with Chiang Kai Shek. The Kuomintang flag was raised over his headquarters as news spread that the surrender had been arranged. Thousands of Shantungese soldiers remained unaware in some sections.
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Shanghai
China
Pi Shu-Chen
Chang Kai-Shek
British Troops Fire On Shantungese At Shanghai Settlement
British troops in Shanghai killed at least 12 Shantungese and wounded about 20 as they repelled a fresh attempt to breach the International Settlement barriers. Nationalist forces moved along the railway toward the north station while Japanese marines tolerated sniper fire from elevated positions.
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Shanghai
China
Chapel
Durham Battalion
Shanghai North Station
Promising Well in Maud District Southwest of Tecumseh
The Tidal Osage Oil company reports a promising producer at the Kenyon farm in Maud district. At 4128 feet 2500 feet of oil rose and 75 barrels were swabbed in an hour with some gas. At 4180 feet Hunton layer 40 feet thick topped at 4140 feet and changed to green shale. Location lies between Tecumseh and Maud.
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Maud District
Tidal
Osage Oil Company
Kenyon Farm
Hunton
Tecumseh and
Maud
Want Ads Readership Booms Across Community
Regional classifieds section reports strong reader engagement as residents browse buy it rent it sell it and find it listings. Advertisers credit targeted exposure and steady daily circulation supporting local commerce and service offers.
Governor Whitfield Dies in Mississippi
Governor Henry L. Whitfield of Mississippi died at 4 41 this day from bone cancer that began in his left leg leading to an amputation on November 20 He had recently returned to duties but was bedridden again Mrs Whitfield was with him in the executive mansion at his death Lieutenant Governor Dennis Merriott of Pittsborough automatically became chief executive of the state
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Jackson
Miss
Henry L. Whitfield
Mississippi
Ada to vote on bonds for sewer plant and lighting
Ada voters will face a bond issue election on April 12 for a new sewage disposal plant and a white way lighting system. Mayor Somer Jones announced the call, with registration opening Wednesday for 20 days. Civic clubs back the measures amid potential suits if action is delayed.
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Ada
Somer Jones
Hutchinson
Alien
Winners of Crop Contest Prizes Receive Checks
Checks totaling 1290 dollars were handed out Saturday afternoon to Better Farming contest winners in Pontotoc county. A. A. Lucas chaired the ceremony at the Convention hall and noted lower than expected farmer participation and incomplete reports. No contest is planned for this year. Ada led the premium fundraising with Roff as the other contributing town.
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Pontotoc County
A. A. Lucas
Lucas
Ada
Roff
County
Kay County Struck by Severe Storm Damage In Oklahoma
Friday night storm smeared Kay and Osage counties with hail and rain. Three injured near Tonkawa, four at Burbank, White Eagle station wrecked, roofs blown off in multiple towns, Union school razed, bridges washed from footings, Arkansas River rose, damage to fruit trees and greenhouses expected to grow.
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Ponca City
Kay County
Osage County
Tonkawa
Burbank
White Eagle
Here
Apperson
Union
Storm Rakes Ponca City With Heavy Rain and Wind
Ponca City endured a 3.27 inch rain mainly in 45 minutes with strong winds. A Santa Fe station at White Eagle six miles south was blown over, train crews report no injuries and no further damage noted.
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Santa Fe
White Eagle
Here
Tornadoes wreak damage across Pawhuska and Blackwell areas
Telegrams report eight or nine houses destroyed in Pawhuska with the Sinclair Pipeline station and several company houses burned. Two Amos Boggus family members severely injured and two Strivner family members hospitalized. Doty hotel roof blown off and fire destroyed the building. In Kay county near Tonkawa, William Olmstead home demolished. three Olmstead sons seriously injured, LaVerne 15 blown unconscious but least hurt.
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Sinclair Pipeline Station
Burbank
Amos Boggus
Blackwell
Kay County
Tonkawa
William Olmstead
LaVerne Olmstead
Orville
Clarence
Storm lash hits Ponca City and Osage county areas
A high wind and heavy rain swept southwest of Tonkawa with no damage reported locally. A Ponca City house lost its roof and low areas flooded up to three feet. Minor wind damage occurred at the western Osage county edge across the Arkansas River.
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Tonkawa
Here
Ponca City
Osage County
Arkansas River
Smith oil test near Ada excites Oklahoma drilling circle
Interest grows as the Smith well in section 7 3 7 east of Ada moves toward a test. New York capitalist R H Smith and Oklahoma Drilling Co executives arrived to watch the operation expected to yield results within days. Other prominent oil men also observed the drillers who continue boring at 2872 feet depth.
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Pontotoc County
Smith
R. H. Smith
New York
Oklahoma Drilling Company
Ada
Ada’s 1900 Founders Shaped Ada’s Early Streets and Population
Ada grew from a 1900 population near 109 to a mapped townsite by Alfred H Constant and associates of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory company. The founders created Constant, Beard, Stockon, Rennie avenues in Ada. Early residents faced lawless parcel grabbing and fierce land disputes as the town formed.
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Ada
Alfred H. Constant
The
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Company
Wounded Attorney Admits Receiving Anonymous Letter
West Frankfort March 17 Arlie O Boswell Williamson county state attorney says at the hospital he received an anonymous note by mail yesterday and had earlier received several threats He notes the timing may relate to his prosecution of three Birger gang members sent to ten years to life.
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West Frankfort
Arlie O. Boswell
Williamson County
Marion
Boswell
Birger
Oil Well Blize Not Serious Fire Injures Two Apprentices
Two apprentices were burned but not seriously when gas in Homa ckla Gilmore No 7 in the Allen field ignited Saturday. The fire was contained with minimal rigging damage as drilling reached 540 feet and a gas pocket of 1.5 million cubic feet was encountered at 425 feet.
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Gilmore No
Allen Field
Ramsey
Craig No. 1
Bebee
Butler
Allen Territory
Gilmore
Wheeler Farm
Snowden and
McSweeney
Schuh Statement May Be Used Against Wife
In Pryor Oklahoma March 22 Judge A B Coppedge weighs whether statements attributed to Ben Schuh after Leonard Greer s body was found in Spavinaw may be admitted in the murder trial of Anita Greer. W W Powell opens for the state as defense objects to admission of Schuh statements.
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Associated Press
Pryor
Ben Schuh
Leonard Greer
Spavinaw
A. B. Coppedge
Anita Greer
W. W. Powell
Schuh
Vinita
Greer
Spavinan
Coppedge
Large spruce felled in Maine cut into six logs
One of the state's largest spruce trees was felled on an Aroostook County farm. The tree measured 33 inches in diameter and was divided into six logs, each 12 feet long.
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Maine
Aroostock
Sheffield receives $80,000 music chair in memory of Hoyle
The estate of the late Mrs. Rossiter Hoyle bequeaths eighty thousand dollars to the University of Sheffield England to establish a chair of music in memory of her husband.
Parole Appeal Set for Dr. Cook Case to Reach Circuit Court
Washington reports legal action planned to test a five year parole granted to Dr. Frederick Cook the Arctic explorer now serving a 14 year Leavenworth sentence for oil stock promotion The appeal would be pressed by Fort Worth District Attorney Zweifel and could reach the United States Supreme Court before final resolution
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Washington
Frederick
James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
Texas
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sargent
Department of Justice
Zweifel
United States Supreme Court
Cook
North Pole
Leavenworth
Siskine Williams
Forth Worth
Johnston Orders Action Concerning Irrigation Bill
Oklahoma City March 22 Administration urged the House to concur with Senate amendments to the irrigation and drainage commission law. Governor Johnston said he would insist the House join or kill the bill. The Senate passed a related measure to fund cotton bagging production and save growers up to 1,000,000 annually. The calendar was trimmed with many prohibition and other measures defeated. The Senate plans further consideration of appropriation bills and continued conference work on the institutional bill.
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
Senate
Johnston
House
Board of Affairs
McAlester
Granite
Jess Pullen
Temperance
Judge to review Cook probation release ruling at Leavenworth
Dr Frederick A Cook will remain in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth while a test is made of a federal judge's authority to release a prisoner on probation after a sentence has begun. The former explorer and oil operator, jailed 14 years for using the mails to defraud, had been ordered released but the department of justice said it would cooperate with an appeal to test the probation interpretation.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth
Department of Justice
Wilson
Fort Worth
Cook
Circuit Court of Appeals
Wife of Bandit Silent on Gang Location
Oklahoma City March 21. Mrs. Ray Terrell wife of the bank bandit remains silent on the location of five bandits who killed Cape Buchanan Borger Texas patrolman in a gun battle Saturday. County jail officials stated attempts to learn the bandits whereabouts have failed. Texas officers here to return Mrs Terrell to Temple to face charges in connection with the February 8 robbery of the H Temple Jewelry store believed Ray Terrell led the group.
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Oklahoma City
Ray Terrell
Cape Buchanan
Borger
Texas
Last Year's Cotton Crop Reported by Census Bureau
The 1926 cotton crop was placed at 17,687,607 running bales or 17,910,258 equivalent 500 pound bales by the census bureau in its final ginning report released today.
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Washington
Census Bureau
House Adopts Motion to Send Bill to Conference
The Oklahoma House approved Logan of Okmulgee county’s motion to strike the remainder of the printed bill and send it to a house senate conference committee. The vote was 54 to 11. Windle of Greer county attempted to reconsider and was tabled. Windle warned the move risks taxpayers’ money.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House Today
Logan
Okmulgee County
House-Senate
Windle
Greer County
Oklahoma House to adjourn at noon unless reconsideration
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Speaker Dave Stovall announcing the house will adjourn promptly at noon tomorrow unless it reconsiders a recent resolution setting the adjournment date sine die. He urged members to avoid delaying with minor amendments to the appropriation bill.
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
Dave Stovall
House
Oklahoma bill keeps all building funds for state schools
Senate and house conferees reach agreement on the institutional bill allowing all building appropriations for state educational institutions to remain in the measure. Conference committee report anticipated to be presented to both houses this afternoon.
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Okilahoma City
Senate
House
Untaxed Autos in Pontotoc County Still Over Thousand
Pontotoc county remains home to about 1200 auto owners without current year license tags as March passes. W S Kerr, highway department agent, notes no rush yet in the county though tags total around 2800, below last year’s close. A last minute rush is anticipated when the extension expires and penalties loom.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
W. S. Kerr
Highway Department
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