Fitts Pool Structures May Alter Opinions of Petroleum Geologists
Wichita March 23 Hundreds of petroleum geologists hear a new theory by A I Leverson president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists at the open Fitts pool Pontotoc county Oklahoma He argues the pool is tilted between two ancient earth surfaces due to past disturbances and erosion He suggests the pool mouth is the shallowest point from which oil is extracted and the oil trend deepens away from it The discussion may alter seismographic sounding methods and the structure differs from anticlines or grabens The convention serves as a clearing house for exchange of study results and may spur discovery of oil pools in new areas A separate paper hints that gas formations on Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune resemble earth bound oil accumulations with Jupiter s red spot noted as an island of solid hydrocarbon
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Wichita
Mar
A. I. Leverson
Themerican Association of Petroeum
Fitts Pool
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Severson
Leversen
Fitts
Leverson
Con
United States
P. D. P. Hull
Tulsa
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
F. M. van Tuyl
Ben H. Parker
Higher Taxes Will Soon Be Order of Day
Washington reports a looming push for large tax increases to fund a possible bonus, with debate over repealing the pink slip publicity feature. The Patman plan's bonus payment faces senate scrutiny while veterans leaders seek unity to push the measure through. The House approved a currency payment plan for the bonus, amid tax-boosting concern from the chamber of commerce.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Roosevelt
Patman
House
van Zandt
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank N. Belgrano, Jr
American Legion
Vinson
Belgrano
Ploc
Local DeMolays Capture Honors in State Meet
Sunday's Ada DeMolays won basketball and wrestling state titles with Ada defeating Bristow to claim the basketball crown and edging Holdenville in wrestling. Other entrants included Holdenville, Ponca City, Bristow, Stillwater, Tonkawa, and Ada. In basketball Ada beat Stillwater 74? to 19? and Bristow advanced by forfeit from Tonkawa with a final Ada win by three points 19 to 16. An all tournament basketball team was named.
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Humphries
Bristow
Clifton Green
Ada
Hendricks
White
MacDaniels
Holdenville
Ponca City
Stillwater
George Whitten
Leo Williams
Frank Penney
Close
de Wright
Clas
Henry Johnson
Walter Whitten
John
Ada DeMolays
Tonkawa
February business gains mirror yearly upturns in 1935
The Commerce Department survey as of March 7 shows February business above February 1934. Retail sales rose modestly yet higher year over year, industrial output up about 10 percent, and autos up roughly 50 percent. Freight car loadings were steady while miscellaneous freight climbed 7 percent, signaling broader improvement.
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Department of Commerce
Barber Pittsburg Girl Survives Gas Station Fire Hair Singe
Betty Mulsch 12 was drinking at a filling station when a truck collided with a gasoline pump spilling fuel over her hair and clothing. The fire was extinguished by D W Morgan, leaving only minor burns and a singed hairstyle with no serious injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Betty Mulsch
Betty
D. W. Morgan
Criminal Court Docket Set For Monday April 8
A docket of about thirty criminal cases posted for district court on April 8 includes two murder cases and offenses from robbery with firearms to forgery in the second degree. The docket lists defendants and charges for April 8 through April 13 1935 with cases of larceny burglary murder and attempted larceny of domestic fowls.
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Leonard Hudgens
Whitey Jamison
Albert Dixon
Sam Sealey
Frank Duty
Jack B. Chapman
Jess Spence
Harvey Wilson
John Ryan
Walter Hearn
J. R. Hearn
Speedy Culberson
Clarence Jones Et al
Chester Webb
Arnold Brown
James Lewis
Cecil Rose
Lloyd Mayes
Buddy Mayes
Bill Frazier
Edgar Sherrill
Harmon Underhill
L. W. Williams
Earl Brumley
Robert Johnson
Buck Gamill
Emmet Pates
Jim Welch
Granville Parker
Earl Atterberry
J. R. Drake
W. E. Drake
W. A. Skidgell
A. A. Gilbert
Security Bill Progress With House Democrats
President Roosevelt met with the House Ways and Means Committee as they rewrite the social security bill. Chairman Doughton said the measure is ready for presentation by April 1, with no substantial changes expected. Perkins opposed several amendments including board independence and unemployment tax exemptions for small employers and domestic workers.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Perkins
House
Democratic Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Samuel B. Hill
D-Wash
Vinson
D-Ky
Lew
D-Md
Cooper
D-Tenn
Capitol Hill
Morgenthau
Labor
Social Insurance Board
Uder
Labor Department
Miss Perkins
Capitol
Dust storms spark bizarre tales from Guymon Oklahoma
Reports from Guymon Oklahoma recount a week of dust storms with strange incidents. A horse hanged by wind blown sand, a man fainting from water drop, a kitchen sand blast, a prairie dog seen 100 feet up, and animals driven to danger. A couple circled 200 miles returning home, refueling in Elk City. An old timer proclaims resilience amidst grit.
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Guymon
Okla
New Mexico
Elk City
Oklo
Oklahoma Senate passes 5 percent gross production tax bill
Oklahoma lawmakers advance a five per cent gross production tax with an emergency clause. The senate 28 to 15 votes on the measure and 31 to 12 on the emergency. the house 100 to 9 with 101 to 8 on the emergency, and Governor Marland ally Ralph Haynes switches to yes for the emergency.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Senate
House
Legislative Conference Committee
Ralph Haynes
Marland
General Revenue Fund
Tax Commission
Bower Broaddus
Fidler Drops Libel Suit Against Murray
Oklahoma City March 21 state senator W C Fidler drops a $50 000 libel suit against former governor William H Alfalfa Bill Murray after Murray apologizes and pays attorney fees and court costs The suit concerned statements published in the Blue Valley Farmer weekly paper.
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Oklahoma City
W. C. Fidler
William H
Murray
The
Blue Valley Farmer
Owens Bound Over On Forgery Charge
Nathan Owens charged with forgery in the second degree was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing before Justice Sherwood W. Hill. Bond was set at $1000. He pleaded not guilty to issuing a forged $3.25 check to Luther Prince.
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Nathan Owens
District Court
Justice of the Peace
Sherwood W. Hill
Owens
Luther Prince
Judge Williams attacks land tax bill in Oklahoma
Former governor and federal judge Robert L. Williams urged the Oklahoma Senate Agricultural Committee to reject a proposed graduated land tax constitutional amendment. He favored homestead exemptions and proposed alternatives such as an excise tax on land receipts or a one percent rural urban levy.
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Paul Robarts
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Mar
Robert L. Williams
Oklahoma
Huey Long
Muskogee
Senate Agricultural Committee
Williams
United States Supreme Court
Federal Land Bank
Thomas H. Owen
Supreme Court
Campbell Russell
Oklahoma House Kills Horse Racing Bill Amid Moral Debate
Oklahoma City March 23 The Oklahoma house defeated a bill to legalize horse and dog racing and pari mutuel betting amid a clash between revenue hopes and moral concerns. Rep Joe Chambers urged revenue and breeding benefits while opponents led by Dr J A Morrow and Rep Austin R Deaton warned of youth harm and weak net gains.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Oklahoma House
Oklahoma
Joe Chambers
Tulsa
Chambers
Kentucky
Olahoma
Denton
J. A. Morrow
Sequoyah County
Austin R. Deaton
Pontotoc County
Deaton
Morrow
Kellogg Flags Armament as Europe Peace Risk
Former Secretary of State Frank Kellogg argues in a signed AP piece that breaking treaties is not a peace plan. He says Europe faces no imminent war but warns arms buildup by nations including Germany threatens stability and that alliances have failed to keep peace. Kellogg urges U S disarmament efforts and prudent state department diplomacy.
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Europe
Frank B. Kellogg
Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
Germany
Hitler
State Department
Senate passes administration relief bill amid big fight
The Senate, after eight weeks of debate, approved the administration's 4.88 billion relief measure by 68 to 16 with a silver rider. A 4.0 billion greenback amendment failed, and conferees were named to settle differences with the House. President Roosevelt aims to end the relief dole with job programs and major funding for highways rural electrification housing and public works.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
House
Thomas
Dokla
Garner
Carter Glass
Virginia
Treasury
United States
Glass
Alan
Wheeler
D-Mont
McCarran
Dnew
George
D-Ga
Wallace
McKellar
Copeland
Keyes
Hale
Treasury-Post Office
McCarren
Roosevelt
Congress
CCC
February Employment Rises Across Industrial Sectors
The labor department reports 200000 more workers in industrial employment from January to February and total weekly wages up by 10800000. Factory, coal and metal mining, quarrying, wholesale trade, hotels, banks and laundries show gains with durable goods rising 4.8 percent and payro lls 11.6 percent. Of 900 manufacturing industries surveyed, 72 had higher employment and 76 higher payrolls.
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Washington
Mar
Labor Department
Tragedy on Scooter Ends in Fatal Injury in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana 73 year old Thomas Hopkins died from complications after a fall from a child scooter he was using. Hopkins suffered a fractured thigh in the mishap.
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Shreveport
Thomas Hopkins
Hopkins
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Eby
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Bill
Race
Morgantown
W. Va
F. M. Brand
Thomas Earle Boggess
Frank Kellogg
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