One of the heaviest district court dockets in years
A district court term set by Judge Tal Crawford opens in April with 127 criminal cases and one civil case. The docket emphasizes drunken driving, with trials scheduled from April 8 to May 10. Names of defendants include many charged with murder, rape, theft, and forgery as well as embezzlement and grand larceny cases.
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Tal Crawford
Edgar Herndon
Bee Prince
Sam Wright
Helen Carter
Ross Reynolds
Jay Isaacs
J. Isaacs
Ed Hughes
Thomas Forsythe
Ed Reeves
Betty Joe Clark
Ernest Williams
Montie Britain
L. M. Derryberry
Lloyd Amburg
Joe King
Aaron Nelson
Joseph Norman Leard
Raymond F. Cornell
Ernest Carl Matthews
Charley Arbuckle
Leo Smith
Bill Stockton
T. J. Halsell
Bill Tollison
Sam Jones
Board of County Commissioners
H. D. Garner
Henry Gibbs
Lloyd Palmer
Francis Byrd
Kenneth Gillespie
Walter Cooper
Nick Brand
Annenberg and Bookie Face Tax Evasion Barriers
Chicago report on Moe Annenberg and Rich Bookie facing tax evasion charges in federal court. Government seeks back taxes and penalties totaling 5 548 384 with conspiracy ties to lottery schemes. Judge James H Wilkerson to hear arguments around April 1 as prosecutors press for a swift decision amid a large defense.
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Chicago
Moe Annenberg
United States
America
James H. Wilkerson
California
William J. Campbell
Annenberg
Anneberg
Byng High Girls Defeat California Milk Producers 34 15
Byng high school girls led by Emma Fulkerson defeated the California Milk Producers team 34 to 15 in Ada. Byng's guards McAdams Risenhower Haynes and Stevens restricted the California offense while Fulkerson sparked the scoring surge, boosting state championship credentials.
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Byng
St. Joseph
California
Californians
Milk Producers Association
Ada
Bertha Frank Teague
Byng High School
United States
Emma Lela Fulkerson
McAdams
Risenhoover
Haynes
Stevens
Fulkerson
Collier
F Sales
Orbirn
Capella
Anderson
McMasters
Olson
Thurman
Warren
East
Plenty Of Water For Cows Needed At All Seasons
During mid winter the dairy cow water supply is a major profit factor. Clean fresh water at proper temperature keeps milk production high and reduces water related losses. Cows may use twenty to twenty five gallons daily, so provide constant access to good water year round.
Dr Blattner to resign as Oklahoma deaf school head
Dr J W Blattner superintendent of the State School for the Deaf at Sulphur is expected to submit his resignation at a board of education meeting next Friday Capitol sources said. A committee recommended his replacement after a recent investigation. Blattner led the Sulphur school for nearly 25 years and previously held posts at the Colorado Texas and North Dakota schools for the deaf.
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Oklahoma City
J. W. Blattner
Sulphur
Board of Education
Capitol
W. B. Harvey
DeWitt Waller
Enid
Blattner
Texas Opens Her Oil Gates Wider
Texas reports a daily oil production record of 1,566,877 barrels on March 23 as March 1 increases lifted output. Officials expect a cutback starting April 1 after proration hearings and district surveys indicate current allowables exceed demand. Commissioner Jerry Sadler warns continued overproduction risks chaos and price declines.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission Conservation Agency
Texas
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
Two More Linked To Murder Group
New York March 23 two more men were charged with first degree murder in the Brooklyn murder for cash syndicate case. District Attorney O'Dwyer cited statements by gangsters linking Abe Kid Twist Reles to the wider plot and identifying Maxie The Jerk Golob and Frank Dasher Abbadando as mur derers of John Spider Murtha as he walked with a companion.
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New York
Brooklyn
O’dwyer
Abe
Kid Twist
Reles
Dillinger
Maxie
Golob
Frank “Dasher
Abbadando
John “Spider” Murtha
Florence Westfield
Murtha
Weather Week Shows Mild Climates With Minor Rain
The weather observer reports a warm week with Thursday peak at 81 degrees and a rainfall trace. Average weekly temperature near 57 degrees with a few cool nights, and a calm spell following a hot Tuesday.
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W. E. Pitt
Cash Income Of Farmers Rises In Early 1940
Washington reports the agriculture department tallies cash income of farmers at 1.378 billion for January and February 1940, up 218 million from the same period in 1939. Government payments lead the gain, with 224 million to farmers in 1939 crop programs. Market receipts total 1.154 billion, up from 1.064 billion last year as subsidies advance earlier. March prices ease slightly from February.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Harvard Researchers Trace Bougainville Natives Deep Inland
Harvard scientists Dr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Oliver report findings from a two year study among Bougainville residents, detailing a race of dusky skinned inland tribes, their agriculture, rituals, headhunting past, and a complex language. They seek clues on Melanesian ancestry and origins before Austronesians. Stone monoliths near villages puzzle researchers. Previously, tax figures show Remittances up to 2.7 million and 41 426 taxable returns.
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Cambridge
Mass
South Sea Islands
Harvard
Harvard University
Bougainville
Douglas L. Oliver
Peabody Museum
Olivers
Pacific Islands
Melansia
Oliver
WPA Builds 178 Miles of Roads and 25 Bridges in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County completed 178 miles of highways and 25 bridges under the Works Progress Administration in four and a half years ending December 31. Rural roads totaled 162.48 miles, urban streets 15.22 miles, with 1.09 miles of new sidewalks and 1.23 miles rebuilt. Bridges measured 1,450 feet in total length across wooden steel and masonry types.
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Pontotoc County
Works Projects Administration
Ron Stephens
State Income Tax Collections Gain
State income tax collections have risen 30.40 percent over last year thus far in the current period.
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Oklahoma City
Sheppard Backs Garner as 1940 Presidential Candidate
Senator Sheppard of Texas declares on NBC that John Nance Garner is the liberal leader and ideal successor to the presidency in 1940. He cites Garner’s 37 years in federal service and “greater liberalism” as core to the administration’s program and says Garner is the first avowed Democratic candidate.
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Washington
Garner
Sheppard
Dtex
NBC
Congress
John Nance Garner
Texas
John Garner
Roosevelt
Henryetta Sinks as Ground Level Falls Across City
Henryetta residents faced a sinking city today with 24 blocks settled six to 16 inches. Initial fears blamed mines, but engineer K O Brookshier proposed a subterranean landslide along a geological fault as the cause. A new survey of mine workings is underway to test the theory.
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Henryetta
Okla
Shenandoaha
K. O. Brookshier
Brookshier
Henrys‘ta
Cotton Men Seek Recovered Acreage At Oklahoma Convention
At the Oklahoma cotton exchange annual meeting Horace Hayden urged restoring cotton acreage under federal controls praising reciprocal trade treaties. He noted Oklahoma’s 40 percent reduction versus Texas 23 percent and said only 75 percent of allotments have been planted, with 3 million acres out of cultivation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Cotton Exchange
Horace Hayden
Oklahoma Cotton Council
Oklahoma
Texas
Hayden
Roosevelt Holds Line Over Trade Legislation Veto Threat
Washington reports that President Roosevelt would veto continued three year trade program if Senate ratification of treaties is required. Hull and aides pushed the stance as Senate debate opens with Pittman Norris and Harrison weighing the veto risk and constitutional issues.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Hull
Pittman
D-Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
Norris
D-Neb
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Home For Children Nears Completion
Finishing touches go into the Berean Home for underprivileged children, six miles north of the city. Rev. Roland C. King says completion is expected by April 10. Donations of beds sheets and supplies are sought and visitors are welcome to the concrete block facility west of Highway 99 past Six Mile Corner.
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Roland C. King
Six-Mile Corner
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