Local Roff News Highlights Community Life
Roff residents visit relatives in Mangum Ada and Seminole. Freshman play The Girl Who Forgot at the high school. Scouts earn merit badges and plan events. Weddings, visits, church services, dances, and school programs fill the week with social and civic activity.
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Jim Huddleston
Mangum
A. J. Crain
Ada
Mansel King
Seminole
Ralph Clark
Arkansas
Mitchell
Earlsboro
Clyde Welch
Ritton
Hickory
Grandpa Mitchell
Tom Southerland
Dolerg
George E. Tyson
Methodist Church
Madille
A. L. Bullock
Roffites
Lloyd Pinnick
Doris June
Norman
Oklahoma City
Woman's Missionary Society
Mesdaimes P. B. Hamer
N. C. Bowen
Geo. Dale
Geo. Tyson
Homer Leeper
W. W. Price
J. O. Rownell
Ed Johnson
L. Cross
Vincent
L. Pippen
Bun Davis
Frank Kelso
Norlene Davis
Jesse Collins
N. ©. Bowen
Sasakwa
Tom Roff
Jennie Braly
J. C. Roff
Claud Russell
Ed Bunyard
FF. Crumly Sr
Blue
J. J. Robnett
R. M. Suddath
Carl Shultz
Anna Legborn
Loretta Welch
Weiner
The
Park
L. H. Crowder
Lehigh
Vera Dowell
Cross
R. F. Crumley
Tulsa
Wewoka
Okemah
John Avon
Goodner
Chas. Grindstaff
Center School
Grindstaff
Turner Falls
Cader McKee
Conway
Henry L. Cloud
Francis
John Wayne Powell
Clifford Gay
Henry D. Johnson
Edward Lee
Everett Core
C. D. Headwood
Jimmie Olson
Paul Bucey
Harold Brown
Jimmie Fretwell
Harold Todd
Clyde Alltage
Cal Marsh
Philemon Baptist Church
Debenture plan stirs fight in Senate over farm relief
Advocates pressed to widen support for the debenture plan as Senator Norris proposed a price restraint feature to curb overproduction. President Hoover’s critics warned of risks while Senator Borah’s backing grew. a vote was seen Tuesday with plans to attach the provision to later bills. A protest by the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation targeted proposed stabilization corporations.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Hoover
Borah
Idaho
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
House
Baptist University Professor 15 Fired
Shawnee April 30. Dr J L Gillispie 55 head of Christianity department Oklahoma Baptist University was discharged on alleged incompetency. Gillispie says the action masks a dispute with the current administration over ministerial education. University officials deny link to other recent firings tied to a sex questionnaire incident.
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Shawnee
J. L. Gillispie
Oklahoma Baptist University
Gillispie
W. W. Phelan
Phelan
H. D. Powers
Bernie O. Wells
School closes with picnic as three absent
The school ended Friday with a woods picnic and a pleasant time for attendees. The recent cool weather harmed gardens and cotton. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ingram traveled to Ada Saturday afternoon. Mike Thompson of Maxwell was
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Ethel Wood
Geneva
Holdenville
Zella Pennington
J. C. Maddox
Frank Dryden
M. R. Wood
C. E. Pennington
Mary Thompson
Ada
Lee Tucker
Howard Wood
Stratford
Selma Minner
Edith Maddox
Ruby Dryden
Lyman Pennington
Alton Shipley
J. N. Thompson
Author Gibson
Henry Little
C. A. Pennington
Willard Ingram
Mike Thompson
Maxwell
Locked brake believed cause of fatal accident near Chickasha
In Oklahoma a two-vehicle crash south of Chickasha killed 22 year old Birdie Watkins and injured her sister Viola Harley and Laura Heim. Bride Alonzo Harley and three others were returning from a wedding when the crash occurred. Watkins body sent to Walters, Heim treated at home, Harley hospitalized, others with minor injuries.
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Chickasha
Okla
Here
Birdie Watkins
Viola Harley
Laura Heim
Alonzo Harley
Walters
Miss Watkins
Miss Helm
Waurika
Harley
Temple
Murray Exonerated In Ear Bite Case At Local Court
A. G. Murray was exonerated on a maiming charge after appearing before Justice T. O. Cullins. The victim Tom Wyatt was found to be the aggressor with Murray alleged to have bitten Wyatt's ear.
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Murray
A. G. Murray
T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
Tom Wyatt
Justice Cullins
Wyatt
Disarmament Conference Bars Trained Reserves From Treaty
Geneva April 27. Despite objections from Germany and Russia, the preparatory disarmament commission ruled out limiting trained army reserves in the draft treaty. American ambassador Gibson had indicated the United States would not insist on reserves, while Britain shared the stance to progress toward disarmament. Count von Bernstorff pressed for limits, but no action was taken as the conference adjourned until Monday morning.
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Geneva
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Loudon
Maxim Litvinoff
Count von Bernstorfft
Germany
Russia
Netherlands
Sweden
Tsiang Oso- -Ping
Mellon inquiry framed over 1925 Canada visit and Alcoa ties
Senate judiciary panel considered whether Andrew Mellon traveled to Canada in 1925 while stockholding in the Aluminum Company of America and signed papers related to a Canadian land deal. Senator Walsh pressed deposition in a 1925 anti trust suit, arguing the trip suggested Mellon’s interest in conducting trade, though the record remained vague and under review.
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Washington
Canada
Andrew Mellon
Aluminum Company of America
Senate Judiciary Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Norris
Mellon
Senator Walsh
Montana
Aluminum Company
Walsh
Melon
Secretar Welsh
Buck Garrett In Serious Condition At Home
Buck Garrett veteran peace officer and Carter County sheriff for many years is in serious condition at his home 223 North Washington street after suffering his fifth paralytic stroke. He was returned from Oklahoma City and has gradually weakened since the attack, according to Ardmoreite reports.
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Buck Garrett
Carter County
North
Washington Street
Garrett
Oklahoma City
Ardmoreite
Driver Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Oklahoma Crash
Park Elerick, a truck driver, faces second degree manslaughter charges in a crash near Maud that killed five people. A preliminary hearing was set for May 10 with a $2,000 bond. Two Laird children and several relatives survived or perished in the collision.
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Frank Laird
St. Louis
Grace
Frankie
Ord Herndon
Mace Herndon
Oklahoma City
Elerick
Laird
Talkies Planned for White House
Washington reports that talkies will be installed at the White House. Engineers have examined the building in preparation for equipment installation.
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Washington
White House
Gibson Shocks League With Arms Policy Uturn
Hugh S. Gibson announced at the disarmament preparatory commission that the United States would withdraw its reservation to exclude trained reserves from any arms limitation. The session heard Spain push for an international force of peace aviators led by Clifford Harmon, while Russia objected as beyond the commission’s remit. President Loudon sent the proposal to the League of Nations council.
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Geneva
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Gibgon
Council of the
League of Nations
Senor Cobian
Clifford B. Harmon
Loudon
Harmon
International League of Aviators
Sr. Cobian
Spain
Maxim Litvinoff
Cobian
Council of the League of Nations
Commission
Oklahoma superintendent can remove school board members
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a county superintendent of public instruction has the power to remove a school board member for failure or refusal to perform duties. The decision involved Creek county official Oliver H. Akin who discharged Mark Harris after a protest and hearing, with the court upholding the superintendent's authority to declare vacancy and appoint a successor.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Oliver H. Akin
Creek County
Mark Harris
Harris
Akin
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
Buck Garrett Near Death at Ardmore Home
Ardmore April 30 Buck Garrett a famed two gun peace officer in early Oklahoma affairs was reported to be losing ground in his fight against paralysis after his fifth stroke. He is 58 and his father in law H M Chancellor a former US marshal arrived to be at his bedside.
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Ardmore
Buck Garrett
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Garrett
H. M. Chancellor
Marsden
Chancellor
United States
United States Marshal
Carter County
Oil Production In United States Drops Amid Week Losses
Oklahoma and California fields show pullback with about 16 000 barrels less each in light oil while heavy oil rises slightly. The Oil and Gas Journal estimates weekly average US production at 2 647 369 barrels, down 22 143 from the prior week, with light oil down 26 706 barrels.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
California
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
St. Louis- Pearson
St. Louis-Pearson
Long Beach
Seal Beach
Santa Fe Springs
Gulf Coast
Bercaank
Tee Wees
St. Louis
Pearson
Cushin
Shamrock
Bristow
le Caister
West Tex
North Louisiana
Arkansas
North Central
PRA Ae
Texas
Panhandle
East Central
Kansas
Mid-Continent
Decision in Sherman County toll bridge suit awaited
Oklahoma City April 329 The district court of Sherman Tex will rule today in an injunction seeking to stop toll collection on the Texas side of the Denison Durant toll bridge The Texas attorney general’s office reports the case is under advisement and favorable action is expected The Red River Bridge company now under federal receivership is alleged to lack authority to operate and collect tolls in Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City
District Court of Sherman
Tex
Texas
Denison-Durant
Rice M. Tilley
W. C. Lewis
Oklahoma
Durant
Red River Bridge Company
Lewis
Sherman
Federal
R. L. Williams
S. C. Boswell
Highway Commission
J. B. Hurley
Boswell
Attorney General's Office
Old Highway Commission
Toswell
Oklahoma Attorney General
Rowe Held on Statutory Assault Charge at Preliminary Hearing
Rowe was bound over to the district court on a charge of assault with intent to kill after a preliminary trial before Justice T O Cullins. Bond set at 4000 for April district court appearance. Crowded hearing drew Byng residents amid allegations Rowe attacked a Byng employee’s wife on April 12.
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Co. B. Rowe
T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
Justice Cullins
Byng
Rowe
Pair Acquitted on Patronage Charge in Mississippi
Meridian Mississippi April 26 A federal jury acquitted Perry W Howard James G Buchanan and George F McClelland of violating the federal patronage act. Ed L Patton Jackson was also exonerated by judge due to insufficient evidence in the conspiracy case. Howard a Republican national committeeman and former assistant attorney general at Washington.
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Meridian
Miss
P—Perry W. Howard
James G. Buchanan
George F. McClelland
Ed L. Patton
Jackson
Edwin R. Holmes
Howard
Mississippi
Washington
Child Struck by Car Injures Betty Ward in Ada
A three year old girl, Betty Ward, was struck by a motorist at Twelfth and Townsend around 10 30 this morning. She was taken to Ada hospital with internal injuries and head and body bruises as condition remained uncertain. Spectators said she darted into the street while her mother watched.
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Betty Ward
Lewis Ward
Twelfth
Townsend
Ada Hospital
Miss Harris
Three Men Burned in Gas Explosion Near Holdenville
In Holdenville Oklahoma a gasoline truck collided with a Frisco passenger train at Spaulding eight miles south of town. Driver Hoyle Boles 26 of Konawa died. Three men burned seriously include John Keener 28 and others listed as hospitalized.
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Holdenville
Okla
Hoyle Boles
Konawa
John Keener
W. L. Miller
Sapulpa
Jap Cousins
Muskogee
D. F. Armstead
Daniels
Spaulding
Here
Boles
Shell Petroleum Company
Robinson Flays Senator Borah Over Religious Liberty Plea
Senator Robinson of Arkansas denounces Senator Borah of Idaho for a recent plea on religious liberty in the senate. He says Borah never voiced such eloquence during Hoover campaign, calling him a “dumb oyster” on the religious issue while discussing the pending farm relief bill.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Parker's Father Dies in Fort Scott
A. W. Parker of this city reports his father L. H. Parker died at the old home in Fort Scott Kansas after suffering a stroke. Parker had been summoned to the deathbed earlier in the week and received a telegram Saturday afternoon confirming the death.
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L. H. Parker
A. W. Parker
Fort Scott
Kansas
Mr. Parker
Golf Balls Stay Sized and Weighted by Royal and Ancient
The Royal and Ancient club in St Andrews decided at its spring meeting that the size and weight of golf balls will remain unchanged, preserving standard play across Britain.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
The
Royal and Ancient Club
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