Oklahoma Beer Bill Faces Oklahoma House Hearing
A crowded Oklahoma House committee heard arguments on a 3.2 beer measure with light wine and ale provisions. Supporters claim revenue benefits and a crackdown on bootleg beer while opponents warn of wrecked families and social harm. Final votes were expected in an executive session tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
Maren
House of Representative Chambers
Duke
Treacue
Baptist Young Peoples
Rome
TR. CC. Garland
Latimer County
Hotel Men's Association
Rowse Tard
Mre
Elizabeth House
Roosevelt orders 15 percent pay cut for all government workers
President Roosevelt issued an executive order cutting salaries of all government employees by up to 15 percent starting next Saturday. The measure extends the Hoover era 8 1 2 percent furlough scheme and runs through June 30, aiming to save about 50 million dollars, with post year actions tied to living costs. All employees are affected unless exempt by law. including army and navy enlisted personnel and officers. Pacific coast ball club tests Chinese outfielder Lee Gum Hong as season opens.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Hoover
Army
Navy
Oil Control Plan Progress Reported In Washington
Officials and oil producers advance details of a proposed federal plan to stabilize the oil industry with a 2,000,000 barrel daily national cap and quotas for states. Ickes has not formally approved but backs major provisions. A federal law to bar illegal interstate shipments is contemplated.
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Washington
Ickes
Oli
Ada schools elect teachers for upcoming year
Ada voters elect teachers for the next school year to begin in September. B R Stubbs becomes city superintendent June 1 while retaining Ada high school duties. Several ward schools see principal changes and staffing trimmed under an economy plan.
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Ada
B. R. Stubbs
Stubbs
Ada Hich School
J. I. Hinshaw
A. R. Wallace
Willard Ward School
H. M. Zimmerman
Ada Junior High School
Anett Daugherty
Purcell
Okla
Willard
Wallace
Jessie Bagley
Hays
Bonnie Allen
Irving
C. W. White
Glenwood
A. Fioyd
Washington
Mabel Browall
Board of Education
Oklahoma Rain Spurs General Showers Across Ada Area
Rain fell briskly this morning bringing general showers to Ada and much of Oklahoma. Forecasters predict possible thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Pontotoc county may benefit if rains are soaking but not excessive, while spring foliage progresses with warm days and no late freezes.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Execution Held Up For Time By Lack of Funds
LITTLE ROCK March 29 Woody Williams, a negro murderer, remains alive after authorities delayed his execution due to insufficient penitentiary funds. He was to die for killing a grocer's clerk, but a law moved the electric chair to Tucker state prison farm and ordered no electrocutions. Governor Futrell granted a 30 day reprieve, with extension possible if funds do not arrive.
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Little Rock
Woody Williams
Williams
Tucker State
Futrell
High Spots Blue Sky Bill Fueled Federal Securities Act
Washington reports the administration’s bill for federal control of interstate securities sales. It requires filing with the Federal Trade Commission before sales and enforces signers’ liability for misrepresentations. The measure imposes penalties for fraud and allows appeal of revocation in the DC Court of Appeals.
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Washington, Mar
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Status of Income Measure in Doubt
Oklahoma City March 29. Reports say weakening support in the Oklahoma House may prevent enough votes to attach the emergency clause to the income tax bill. Conference committee report due at 2 p.m.. Senate amendments to be considered. Senators Ritzhaupt Guthrie Willis now favor emergency clause after previously opposing it. Senate vote March 9 28 to 13. emergency 26 to 15. 30 votes needed.
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Conference Committee
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Willis
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Beer prohibitions loom in eastern Oklahoma counties
Eastern Oklahoma remains largely dry as forty counties within the five civilized tribes still prohibit possession, sale, and manufacture of intoxicants. Hastings amendment, 1919 law, faces a potential test as 3.2 beer is debated. federal and state bars reinforce the prohibition across the Indian territory.
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Muskogee
Mar
Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
W.W. Hastings
Tahlequah
Hastings
R. L. Williams
F. E. Kennemer
Indian Territory
Five Tribes
Summers Gets Two Years for Embezzlement
Bill Summers, former court clerk, was sentenced to two years in the McAlester state penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling funds from March 26, 1930, to December 27, 1932. He admitted taking about 2,420 dollars for personal use from accounts and asked to surrender his own commitment papers.
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Truman Harrison
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Court House
Harrison
Val Crawford
Kansas Will Bar Out Beer Vendors
Kansas City Kan March 28 State Attorney General Roland Boynton says a plan to start 3.2 beer deliveries to homes in Kansas faces a dry law barrier and quick state enforcement. He warns beer wagons crossing the state line will be halted, cargo confiscated, and swift court action pursued.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Roland Boynton
Boynton
Officers to watch for beer runners at borders
Federal prohibition authorities will maintain vigilant watch to prevent 3.2 percent beer from entering Oklahoma. Bee Demonbrum, chief enforcement officer, says borders will be monitored but cars will not be stopped indiscriminately. Penalties for illegal transport into a dry state include a $1000 fine and up to six months in jail, with harsher penalties for subsequent offenses. In Neillsville Wisconsin, Police Chief Fred Rossman arrested his son Floyd on burglary charges after a report of stolen goods. the chief faces a possible contest of his son’s not guilty plea.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bee Demonbrum
Demonbrum
Neillsville
Wis
Fred Rossman
Floyd
Federal judge rules atheists cannot naturalize in court
In Muskogee March 28, Federal Judge Robert L. Williams declares atheists cannot naturalize in his court citing Giuseppe Zangara as an example. He argues belief in a higher moral power is essential for national life and cites historical decay from neglect of religion.
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Muskogee
Robert L. Williams
Giuseppe Zangara
Zangara
Williams
Limit Lifted From Liquor Prescriptions
The senate passed a bill to remove limits on the amount of liquor physicians may prescribe for medicinal use. The measure, sponsored by Senator Copeland, was advanced without debate and sent to the house. Senator King called up the bill and it moved quickly.
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Mar
Senate
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Utah
Copeland
N.Y
Oklahoma City Parole Revoked Over Robbery Case Details
Gov Murray revoked the leave of absence for Harry Hull of Muskogee county from a 25 year sentence for conjoint robbery after Hull was reported wounded in an alleged attempted robbery at Fort Worth. Parole for Parker Norman of Kay county and Riddle Drum of Carter county for car theft were also revoked.
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Harry Hull
Muskogee County
Murray
Hull
Fort Worth
Parker Norman
Kay County
Riddle Drum
Carter County
Nar cotics theft at Ada hospital leads to arrest
L. P. Harp of Pampa Texas was arrested after a narcotics theft at Ada hospital. The night box was found torn open and later hidden in a vacant downtown office room. Miss Eugenia Davis questioned Harp as suspicions rose during his hospital visits. Police traced him after witnesses reported him at the desk and in residence areas near the narcotics room.
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Ll. P. Harp
Pampa
Tex
Ada Hospital
Harp
Eugenia Davis
Miss Davis
O. H. Miller
Mr. Gilliam
Held For Attempt To Blackmail Mrs. C. A. Lindbergh
Akron Ohio reports a 15 year old Hudson high school boy was arrested for a crude blackmail attempt against Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh for 25 000. Post Office Inspector Ernest D. Claggett said the youth admitted mailing two letters but feared his father would kill him. Detectives caught him near the mail spot and he likely faces juvenile authorities.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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Ernest D. Claggett
Pontotoc County Calves Shine At State Fat Stock Show
The Pontotoc county boys who fed calves for the state fat stock show were honored at a Ada Chamber banquet at the First Baptist church dining hall. Prizes include a $100 top calf, with 20 calves making top scores and winners from Stratford and Ada receiving Hereford heifer prizes.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Ada
Pontotoc County
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
Bul Kitchens
Stratford
Route 3
Garfield County
Paul Kitchens
Truitt Young
Kenneth Hudson
Raymond Wood
Floyd Kitchens
Trustt Young
Fitzhugh
McAlester Man Sentenced to Death for Ax Killing
Tom Morris, 39, a repeated offender, was convicted of murder and condemned to death by an Oklahoma district court jury for the ax slaying of Mrs. Joe House and her husband, the former McAlester police chief, in their home on November 27. The state alleged robbery as the motive.
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Tom Morris
Morris
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