Committee Vetoes Oil Tax Increase In Oklahoma
Oklahoma House debate on the delayed 14.27 million dollar yearly common school financing bill. Gibbons seeks a 3 million cut, Chambers proposes 10.2 million, Branan urges redrafting to eight point two million with adjustments to aid and revenue replacements.
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Oklahoma City
House
Gibbons
Oklahoma County
Education Committee
Rep
Chambers
Tulsa County
Branan
Muskogee County
Oklahoma House oil tax bill heads for minority report
Oklahoma City February 24 House oil and gas committee voted against the Speck bill to raise gross production tax to ten percent. Minority reports will be filed and the measure moves to the revenue and taxation committee. The session also tackles school financing and a broad based sales tax with two year limit.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House of Representatives Oil and Gas Committee
Coker
McCurtain County
Flanagan
Cottonecounty
House
J. T. Daniel
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Oil Committee
Oklahoma
Texas
Structural Failure Tied to Bay Plane Crash
J Monroe Johnson stated that investigators found unmistakable evidence that a structural failure caused the transport plane crash in San Francisco bay killing 11. An air commerce official noted a motor dropped detachably from the aircraft away from the crash site and engineers will continue examining the motor.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
San Francisco Bay
Johnson
Air Commerce Bureau
Air Commerce
Senators Clash Over Power To Shape Trade Pacts
U S Senate debate on extending the reciprocal trade agreements act slows as senators from both parties push for tighter congressional control. Vandenberg Capper Pepper Andrews Ellender Overton argue limits on internal taxes notice requirements more direct oversight. Harrison defends administration line amid Brazil badassa nut oil dispute.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vandenberg
Capper
Congress
State Department
Pepper and Andrews
Florida
Ellener
Overton
Louisiana
Harrison
Teader
Brazil
Alf M. Landon
Mississippi
Oklahoma Announces Nine Road Project Bids Opened
The Oklahoma Highway Commission called bids totaling around 408 240 for nine road projects to be awarded March 16. Proposed works include grading drainage and bridges on US 60 69 and 283, landscaping on US 81 and 270, plus a Fort Smith railway overpass at Paden and a Frisco grade crossing in Tulsa. Contracts were awarded to firms including Ottinger Cook Moran Buckner Nims Frost and Standard Paving with bids ranging from about 4 094 to 116 885 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Muskogee County
Muskogee
Nowata County
Coody’s Bluff
Major
Garfield County
McIntosh
Checotah
Beckham
Greer
Willow
Jefferson County
Ryan
Watonga
T. C. Ottinger
Hinton
Carter County
Ardmore
A. L. Cook
Ottawa
Kan
Cleveland County
Moore, Richards & Mullinax, Inc
Ellis County
Shattuck
Nowata
Moran & Buckner
Gkfuskee County
Fort Smith & Western Railway
Paden
Nims €& Frost
Hydro
Tulsa County
Frisco
Fortieth Street
Tulsa
Standard Paving Co
Wagoner-Rogers
Inola
Williams Bros
Ferris Heads Oklahoma Victory Dinner Drive
Scott Ferris named state chairman of the statewide victory dinners for President Roosevelt on March 4. He will appoint county and city chairmen the next day. The state committee includes Governor Marland and most of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation along with numerous state leaders.
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Oklahoma City
Scott Ferris
National Democratic
Roosevelt
Ferris
Marland
Oklahoma
Washington
James E. Berry
W. J. Holloway
M. E. Trapp
Jack Walton
Henry S. Johnston
J. B. A. Robertson
R. L. Williams
A. P. Murrah
R. T. Stuart
Donnelly Reid
Bob Fredericks
Rex Belisle
S. W. Hayes
Sam Battles
John C. Catlett
Ed Falkenberg
John Shaw
J. P. Kroutil
John Halley
Frank Martin
W. S. Key
H. C. Jones
Spring School Elections Set for Local Districts
Preparations for the annual spring election involve choosing a clerk for the school board and deciding on the 10 mill levy needed to fund full term schooling and qualify for state aid. Some districts may also vote on building project levies.
Suit seeks to halt Capitol drilling on state parkway
Lloyd W. Judd files federal suit to stop British American Oil Producing Co from drilling four wells on state lands south of the capitol. Judge Franklin Kennamer may hear the request for a temporary restraining order as Judd charges drilling reduces prop erty value.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol
Lloyd W. Judd
John Shirk
Judd
L. M. Nichols
Board of Affairs
Shirk
Paraguay Withdraws From League of Nations
Paraguay completed its withdrawal from the League of Nations as of tonight after the two year notice expired. A foreign office statement cited no reason to remain a member, noting Paraguay left during the Gran Chaco war when the league lifted an arms embargo in favor of Bolivia.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
League of Nations
Foreign Office
Gran Chaco
League
Bolivia
First Court Bill Blocked In Senate By Objections
Senate action on a retirement bill for Supreme Court justices was blocked by objections from Senators King and McNary. The measure would allow voluntary retirement at 70 with full pay and has White House support. McCarran planned to bring it up soon amid tariff law debates.
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Senate
King
McNary
Tydings
Washington
Dutah
R-Ore
Supreme Court
House
Roosevelt
High Tribunal
McCarran
D-Ney
Mc Nary
Nevada
Judiciary Committee
High Court
Pittman
D-New
D-Nev
Senate opposition coalesces against Roosevelt court plan
Washington reports Senate opponents of President Roosevelt's court program claim enough votes to defeat the bill after Senator Thomas J. Tydings joins the anti campaign.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Thomas Tydings
Farmers Cut Debts Through Resettlement Programs
Washington February 24 The Resettlement Administration reported it has helped over 49 600 farmers reduce debts and cut 41 million dollars from red ink in 17 months through voluntary debt adjustment committees. Debt installments decreased from 160 million to about 119 million. Back taxes totaling nearly 3 million were paid to local governments as cases move to resolution.
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Washington
CC. B. Baldwin
Baldwin
Farmer Unearths Twenty Skeletons on Arkansas Farm
In Hampton Arkansas on February 24 a farmer named J E Hall found the decapitated skeletons of 19 adults and a child buried about six inches deep on his field ten miles south of town. Sheriff S S Parker opened an inquiry as residents gathered puzzled by what age these remains might be.
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Hampton
Ark
South
Arkansas
J. E. Hall
Here
Hall
S. S. Parker
Herschel Shelton
el Dorado
Pioneer County
Hall Farm
Dixon Released On $1,000 Bond
John Dixon bound over to district court with a $1,000 bond on a charge of receiving stolen property after a preliminary hearing in the justice court of A. W. Oliver. He allegedly took 15 pounds of fresh beef from Edgar Patton knowing it was stolen from Leroy Cleveland by Joe Jett Fred Good and Patton, and was released after posting bond.
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John Dixon
District Court
Justice Court
A. W. Oliver
Dixon
Edgar Patton
Leroy Cleveland
Joe Jett
Fred Good
Patton
Townsend Guilty Of Contempt For Walkout From House Panel
Dr. F E Townsend was found guilty by a federal jury of contempt of the house of representatives for his May walkout from a house committee investigation into the Townsend movement. The maximum penalty is a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail. Townsend said the verdict was not unexpected and vowed his work would go on as he awaits possible new-trial motion. Judge Peyton Gordon granted three days to file, delaying sentencing.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
House of Representatives
House
Townsend
Peyton Gordon
United Automobile Workers of America Union
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
New England
United Shoe and Leather Workers Union
Horner
Henry Horner
Illinois
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Chicago
Committee For Industrial Organization
Century Wallpaper Mills
Decatur
Ill
Los Angeles
Brownie
Detroit Radio & Television Corporation
Detroit
Star Terminal Transfer Company
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
San Francisco
Machinists’ Union
Cleveland
Metcalf Neckwear Company
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Tucker Convicted in Slayings of Officer Reynolds
A Superior Court jury found W. R. Tucker, 60, guilty of manslaughter in the highway death of veteran police officer Hugh Reynolds at a crash scene north of here. Reynolds was struck at the wreckage while patrolling the area. The jury deliberated 12 hours and recommended ten years imprisonment.
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Seminole
W. R. Tucker
Hugh Reynolds
Reynolds
Here
Final local vote totals on U.S. Supreme Court proposal
The Ada News reports final local results from a national poll on President Roosevelt's Supreme Court plan. In Ada, 63 voted for and 133 against. local votes were signed to verify authenticity, with opposition leading early and widening to about two to one. The nationwide result will be announced later.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Ada News
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
NEA
National Association
Ada
Madrid Holds Out as Civil War Battles Rage In Spain
Reports from Oviedo and fronts near Madrid describe heavy fighting as government attackers push to seize Pinzarron Hill on the Jarama front while insurgents claim major defeats in Oviedo and counterattacks along the Valencia to Barcelona corridor.
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Associated Press
Oviedo
Bayonne
Francisco Franco
Bay of Biscay
Madrid
Pinzarron
Jarama River
Valencia
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Viver
Franco
Francoist victory claim routs Oviedo garrison
Salamanca dispatch reports 2,500 killed in the Oviedo garrison defeat as Francoist forces claim a crushing victory. Government militiamen numbered over 10,000 wounded in two days, with Basque–aligned units driving toward Oviedo and encircling Vega factory, while two villages Prenadio and Areces are said to have fallen.
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Salamanca
Spain
Oviedo
Francisco Franco
Nalon
Trubia
Vega
Santander
Prenadio
Areces
Farm Debt Official to Be Here Friday
G. H. Scroggins district farm debt adjustment supervisor will visit Ada on Friday March 5 to advise Pontotoc county farmers. Meeting at the county agent's office at 10 a.m. farmers should bring a complete list of creditors and amounts owed including unpaid taxes.
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G. H. Scroggins
Ada
Pontotoc County
Couldn't Afford A Doctor Dies With A Fortune
Arnold Bell a 69 year old retired park foreman lay ill in a rented Decatur room. His landlord questioned why no doctor was called and Bell said I cannot afford it. Police found about 50 000 in negotiable bonds and mortgages concealed in his room after his death.
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Decatur, Ill
Arnold Bell
Oklahoma County Young Democrats seek dues refund
R P Moore leader of the Oklahoma county chapter demanded a refund of $180 paid February 17 from the league treasury. He said he would ask state president John Shaw for the return as part of fallout from a credentials committee report adopted at the Tulsa state convention.
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Oklahoma City
R. P. Moore
Oklahoma County
League of Young Democrats
League
Moore
John Shaw
Tulsa
Cleveland Torso Slayings Probe Focuses on Suspect
Detectives questioned a man about the disappearance of Mrs. Alnn Zibert as the eight Cleveland torso slayings from 1934 to date loom. The latest victim, found on the Lake Erie shoreline, matches the description of several missing women linked to the case. Police say the killer can be charged only with health ordinance violations, not murder, given evidentiary limits.
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Cleveland
Alnn Zibert
Lake Erie
East Side
Zibert
Thomas Latkovich
Samuel R. Gerber
Flavia Pillot
Canton
John
Miss Pillot
William Sargent
Kingsbury Run
James Hogan
Hogan
Orley May
Two Bound Over On Drunk Driving Charges
George Blackman and Orville Atchison were bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing held Wednesday. Judge A. W set bond at $2000 each. The pair face charges of drunken driving on December 22, 1936, on Highway 48 north of Ada.
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George Blackman
Orville Atchison
Justice A. W. Oliver
Highway
Ada
Widow Seeks 50000 in Pontotoc Lawsuit Over Drowning
Mrs. Lillie Ratliff widow of a Pontotoc county teamster filed suit in district court seeking 50000 against Stahl Petroleum and contractor E C Hunter. She alleges negligence caused her husband’s drowning on Clear Boggy creek January 30 in the incident.
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Oklahoma City
Lillie Ratliff
Pontotoc County
Stahl Petroleum Company
E. C. Hunter
Los Angeles claims largest land area among U S cities
The note states Los Angeles is the largest city in the United States by area, covering more ground than New York.
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Los Angeles
United States
New York
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