Commentary on Legislature, Lynching Debate, and Erosion Program
A reflective column discusses the our state legislature and governor Marland, praising Kerr, Deaton, and Nichols for their service while noting compromises in lawmaking. It covers anti-lynching debates, southern resistance, and race issues, then reports Secretary Roper urging steady business evolution. Finally it previews Pontotoc County soil erosion efforts, showing Stillwater creek work and Springbrook plans under a ten year national conservation program with no landowner costs beyond basic labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Aubrey M. Kerr
Austin R. Deaton
Senate
al Nichols
Ada
Stillwater Creek
E. P. Weston
Springbrook
Extension of NRA Program Wins Senate Committee Approval
The Senate Finance Committee voted 16 to 3 to report a resolution extending the recovery law until next spring with three changes. It would prohibit price fixing, limit codes to interstate business, and grant President Roosevelt a brief period to review current codes. The action followed a two-hour executive session and was later discussed with White House officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
NRA
Blue Eagle
Roosevelt
Harrison
Congress
Donald Richberg
White House
Senate
Clark
DMO
Hastings
Lafollette
P-Wis
Byrd
D-Va
Black
D-Ala
Gore
D-Okla
AAA
Two E C Students Killed In Bus Accident
Two East Central students died in a bus crash as authorities investigated the collision. The report notes another incident involving slot machines being seized and later returned as a new law is set to legalize such devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C
Animhe
Justice Court
Sherwood W. Hill
Herman Hamilton
G. E. Buckley
Ada students and residents injured after incident
List of individuals from Ada and nearby towns with ages roles and injuries including broken arms shoulders back deep cuts and head injuries. Names include Bertha Martin Floyd Smith Ruth Edwards Pauline Williams Velma Caudle Olen Self John Newkirk Amalia Rives and J B Cochran among others with affiliations to local schools or bus service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Martin
Allen
Floyd Smith
Mangum
Arie Roberts
East Ninth
Ada
Ruth Edwards
Stigler
Clara E. Rohl
Beggs
Flora McAfee
Okemah
Ben Stevens
Maud
Edith Shields
Trousdale
Loretta Coppick
Pauline Williams
W. C. McClain
Freddie McClain
Joe Peters
Shawnee
Velma Caudle
Bowlegs
Olen Self
John Newkirk
Seminole
Carl Mayfield
Konawa
Amalia Rives
Stonewall
J. B. Cochran
Linscheid
Anie Roberts
Nance Bus Lines
Was a true Indian chief a ruler or a figurehead
In Oklahoma a Smithsonian claim sparked debate among tribal leaders and scholars. Vernon Whiting says chiefs existed with tribal recognition but no legal power. Homer Chandler notes chiefs were leaders without legal rights. Grant Foreman and George Labadie describe headmen and chiefs as power limited by influence and white contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Smithsonian Institution Ethnologists
America
Vernon Whiting
Pawhuska
Indian Affairs
Bunk
Homer Chandler
Miami
The
Association of Indian Tribes
Sitting Bull
Chandler
Grant Foreman
Northwest Indian Authority
George W. Labadie
Osage
Report on Arkansas River flood control projects considered
The House flood control committee asked Army Engineers for a detailed report on 26 reservoirs on the Arkansas and White rivers to curb Mississippi River floods. Rep Ferguson says these projects costing 126 million dollars may replace the proposed Eudora spillway, with nine Oklahoma and one Colorado reservoir funded from Mississippi program money. The ten sites would span the Arkansas Caddo Salt Fork Cimarron Verdigris Grand Illinois Ten Killer Canadian and would not touch Oklahoma’s share of relief funds.
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Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Army Engineers
Arkansas
White Rivers
Mississippi River
Ferguson
D.okla
Eudora
Oklahoma
Colorado
Caddo
Salt Fork
Great Salt Plains
Drury
Cimarron
Mannford
Verdigris
Cologah
Grand River
Pensacola
Markham
Fort Gibson
Illinois River
Canadian River
Eufaula
Tragedy As Bus Overturns Near Rofs Kills Three Students
A bus carrying East Central State Teachers College students overturned on State Highway 12 four miles south of Rofs. Two students Mrs Erma Watson and Mrs Priest died. 20 others injured including six seriously. Mrs Erma Watson of Ada and Mrs Priest from Atwood died en route or shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State Teachers College
Rofs
Erma Watson
W. J. Watson
North Francis
Ada
Erma Jack
East Central College
Criswell
Arbuckle Mountains
Dougherty
East Central
Murray County
Hickory
April arrests total 243 for Adam police department
The Adams police court logged 243 arrests in April with 448 dollars added to the city treasury after guilty findings. Most arrests were for drunkenness and investigation cases, plus 14 consortive offenses among a night round-up of 14 and four more docketed next night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
J. D. Willoughby
Missouri Legislature Approves 500000 For May Relief
Both houses approve a resolution to spend 500000 as Missouri's share of May relief costs to secure quick reinstatement of the state to the federal relief rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
Pardon Board to Review About Twenty Clemency Applications
Oklahoma City May 1 The state pardon and parole board will consider roughly twenty clemency applications at Granite reformatory Monday. Clemency attorney Fred Cunningham announced the plan today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Pardon and Parole Board
Granite Reformatory
Fred Cunningham
Harden Divorce Filed by Tulsa Woman After 55 Years
Tulsa May 1. Elizabeth Harden 69 filed for divorce from Andrew J Harden after 55 years of marriage and 21 years separation. She accuses him of frequent striking and seeks a share of oil property he owned. They wed April 4 1880 when she was 14.
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Tulsa
Elizabeth Harden
Sooner Nine Defeats Aggies 1-0 In Pitching Duel
The Oklahoma nine edged Oklahoma A&M 1-0 in Stillwater as Mayo Parks bested Dean Weber in a tight pitching duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sooner
Aggies Stillwater
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Aggies
Mayo Parks
Dean Weber
Ramsey Petroleum Company Lands School Land Lease
An oil and gas lease for 10 acres of state school land in Pontotoc county Oklahoma was awarded to the Ramsey Petroleum Company by the school land commission for $100. The lease covers land in the northeast southwest northeast of section 3n 7e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Pontotoc County
Ramsey Petroleum Company
School Land Commission
Death of Suspected Kidnapper Likely Solves Robles Case
Tucson reports that a government source says the actual kidnapper of six year old June Robles is dead. DOJ agents prepare to present evidence to a federal grand jury as indictments may be returned for up to four men connected to the nine day desert captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Department of Justice
Oil man Pratt urges unit-operation to stabilize industry
Wallace E Pratt of Houston told the U S Chamber of Commerce that oil must stabilize without regimen tation and advocated unit operation where each pool is run as a unit with net earnings shared by landowners. He warned production control is essential to avoid coal substitutes and preserve private initiative for new oil fields.
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Washington
Wallace E. Pratt
Houston
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Pratt
America
Phillips Petroleum strikes big gusher in Fitts field
Day by Day Happenings in Pontotoc County Oil Fields reports Phillips Petroleum completes another high flow producer in the Fitts field. No. 1 Norris yielded 1080 barrels in the first hour, amid drilling delays and equipment challenges, as Magnolia No. Shaffer flowed 1119 barrels in 3.5 hours and Delaney No. 1 G. Smith drilled toward deeper Hunton formation. Carter Oil advances No. 9 Richards and potential No. 2 Smith wash in forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Lunsford Joins Oklahoma Industrial Commission
T B Lunsford, a Poteau attorney, assumed office as a member of the Oklahoma Industrial Commission today completing its reorganization under Governor Marland. The board will review work injury claims and a chairman will be named, with the choice reportedly between Lunsford and Edgson of Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Industrial Commission
Marland
T. B. Lunsford
Poteau
Lunsford
Eddgson
Shawnee
Delaney No 1 George Smith Test Tops Lime In Pontotoc County
Information from Saturday night reports that the Delaney No 1 George Smith test in section 26-2-6 west of the Fitts oil field in south Pontotoc County topped the Viola lime at 3800 feet. Pipe is being run to the lime as the field shows weekly progress with Hunton and Sylvan intervals and Phillips 5 and 6 Norris wells nearby. Phillips Petroleum has begun staking wells farther west in 25-26 as the pool gains major status.
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Moore No. 2
Mitchell
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma City
George Smith
Fitts
Pontotoc County
Highway 48
Hunton
Sylvan
Delaney
Norris
Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Corporation
Dust Storm Fatality Report in Oklahoma Panhandle
A sixth death in five days from a dust storm related respiratory ailment was reported in the Oklahoma panhandle. Ruby McCoy, 13, of Guymon, died after bronchial pneumonia followed measles. Forecaster Harry Wahlgren warned of possible rain but said clearing skies and higher temperatures would follow.
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Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
Ruby McCoy
John McCoy
D. S. Lee
Oklahoma
Harry Wahlgren
Oklahoma City
Sheriff Nabs Man in Randolph Hotel Fire Probe
Walnut Ridge Arkansas May 1 Sheriff M C McLeod said he detained a man listed as John K Gibson and set bond at 35000 in the hotel Randolph fire investigation at Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Ridge
Ark
M. C. McLeod
John K. Gibson
Randolph
Pochahontas
Governor Marland Seeks Return of Forger Howard Cole
Oklahoma Governor Marland asks for the return of Howard Cole from Nebraska State Prison who will be released tomorrow to face forgery charges in Tulsa County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Marland
Howard Cole
Nebraska State Prison
Tulsa County
Texans Vote On Liquor Questions
The Texas legislature approved a double ballot on state dry laws for August 24 and November 1936. Electors will decide repeal of prohibition and whether to establish a state liquor monopoly, with the legislature given power to regulate liquor traffic.
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Austin
Texas
Mitchell Auto Break-in at Aldridge Hotel Leaves Goods Stolen
A burglary of a car in the back of the Aldridge Hotel harmed Mike Mitchell, owner of the Aldridge Coffee Shop. Between 8 and 9 30 Tuesday night a thief shattered a window and unlocked the door, taking a coat hat gloves laundry and shirts while leaving other items behind.
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Aldridge Hotel
Mike Mitchell
Aldridge
Edward E. Conroy Named DOJ Bureau of Investigation Chief
Edward E. Conroy, stationed at Little Rock for a year, returned to Kansas City as agent in charge of the Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Justice. He succeeds R. B. Nathan, transferred to Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Edward E. Conroy
Little Rock
Ark
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
R. B. Nathan
Birmingham
Ala
Trials to rain from TNT bombs near Dalhart
Tex Thornton, an oil well shooter, attempted to use ground bombs to induce rain four miles northwest of Dalhart Texas. About 390 farmers watched as a dust storm swept over the field forcing spectators into autos with windows rolled up.
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Dalhart
Texas
Tex Thornton
Thornton
Here
Panhandle
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United States Congress
Roper
United States Chamber of Commerce
DeMeryl Turner Priest
Atwood
East 17Th
North Francis Street
Hollister
Arkansas River
Andrew J. Harden Cifo
Ramsey Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Magnolia
Magnolia No
Shaffer
Deep Rock Oil Corporation
Ed Moore
Moore No
Akers
Moore No. & Akers
Carter Oil Company
Richards
Smith
G. Smith
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