Germany plans to build submarines and tensions rise
London reports confirm from the German defense ministry that U boat submarine construction is part of the Reichs armament program. Britain France and Italy debate steps, with talks on naval policy and possible three power consultations amid renewed Versailles Treaty concerns.
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London
German Defense Ministry
Europe
Britain
France
Italy
Stresa
Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Ada Students Win State Awards At Norman Meet
Ada high school and Horace Mann students excelled at the University of Oklahoma state meet with multiple first place finishes in bookkeeping Spanish and American history. Ada’s Jean Rose won bookkeeping, Virginia Schroeder captured first in first year Spanish, and June Mason won here but not at Norman. Purcell and Wynnewood competitors earned top positions in geography and Caesar contests amid wider disciplinary awards and related prison sentencing notes.
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University of Oklahoma
Ada High School
Horace Mann High School
Jean Rose
Ada High
Norman
Virginia Schroeder
Louise Henkle
Stratford
Charles Williams
June Mason
Horace Mann
Williams
Billy Hanks
Purcell
Joe Rogers
Wynnewood
Wayne Hammond
Demonstration Home Plans Open to Public in Ada
The East Central State Teachers College Home Economics department will open a five room bungalow at 826 East Fifth Street for Better Homes Week showing a limited budget furnished by local merchants. Public hours are Fri 2 to 5, Sat 9 to 8, Sun 2 to 7 30 with additional home tours at 529 South Highland on May 5.
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Home Economics Department
East Central State Teachers College
Better Homes
Better Homes Committee
Ada
Home Ec
Grindstaff and Laves
East Fifth Street
A. R. Sage
South Highland
The
National Committee
CBC
Aair
KADA
C. C. Morris
Hugh Norris
E. Cc
T. C
L. J. Barton
Dr. Gullatt
Opal Blankenship
College Department of Home Economics
Kerr Bill Wins Senate Favor, Merges State Departments
The Oklahoma Senate passed H. B. 274, introduced by Aubrey Kerr of Ada, uniting proration, conservation, and well log departments of the corporation commission into a single conservation department. The measure funds the new department from proration tax and related fees, with local districts handling activities and records before state transmission.
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Senate
House
Aubrey Kerr
Ada
Corporation Commission
General Revenue
Sheriff Pursues Forgery Suspect Across States
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser heads a multi state chase after Earl Smith wanted on forgery charges in Ada and Arkansas for automobile theft. Smith was arrested in Popular Bluff Missouri this week and waived extradition as Kaiser plans the long trip home with the suspect.
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Clyde Kaiser
Earl Smith
Popular Bluff
Smith
Kaiser
Arkansas
Pontotoc County
Longest Oklahoma Legislature Session Records Set
Oklahoma City April 26 the Fifteenth Legislature reaches eighty days, likely the longest session since 1907. With organization completed in January and adjournment not before April 30, it will run at least 83 days. The first legislature met 160 days, with William H. Murray as speaker. Intervening sessions lasted 59 to 70 days.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Assembly
House and
Senate
William H. Murray
House of Representatives
Oregon Capitol Burns in Overnight Blaze
A fire destroyed Oregon’s 60 year old state capitol building in Salem last night. Fireman Floyd McMullen was killed when a crumbling chimney crushed him. The dome collapsed and the rotunda burned as officials moved operations to the armory and bank facilities for state records and funds.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
State Capitol
Floyd McMullen
Willamette University
Charles H. Martin
Senate
House
Secretary of State
State Treasury
Bailiff Prayer Leads To Reversal Of Grable Death Sentence
Oklahoma City April 26 1935 The state appellate court granted a new trial for Lloyd Grable a garageman on death row after a bailiff prayed in the jury room during deliberations The court ruled prayer at that time violated statutes Grable who had maintained innocence faced a prior stret of appeals and a postponed execution date The case also recounts a bank robbery at Fletcher Comanche County and a later gun battle with officers in Holdenville
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Oklahoma City
Lloyd Grable
Grable
James S. Davenport
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Thomas A. Edwards
Thomas H. Doyle
First National Bank
Fletcher
Comanche County
McAlester
Murray
Criminal Court
Mary Jo Frey
Jess Herman
Chickasha
George Littlefield
Davenport
M. L. Bergan
Stanley Bates
Bank To Pay Depositors At Chickasha With 100 Cents On Dollar
In Chickasha Oklahoma First National bank depositors will receive over 300000 dollars starting Monday under a treasury approved loan from the Oklahoma National Bank. J D Sugg John B Nichols and Tom Fatheree are named underwriters. Sugg acts as liquidating agent for the depositor payments.
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Chickasha
Okla
First National Bank
Oklahoma National Bank
Treasury Department
Washington
J. D. Sugg
John B. Nichols
Tom Fatheree
Sugg
First National
Dust Pneumonia Fatal to Two in Beaver Oklahoma
Beaver Oklahoma reports two deaths from dust pneumonia, a 77 year old boy and Mrs. Frank Ridgeway 43, a farm wife. Leah Isaac 7 of Turpin is among the other victims, with Mrs. E L Fickel of Beaver seriously ill and hospital capacity strained.
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Beaver
Okla
Beaver Hospital
Frank Ridgeway
Leah Isaac
Turpin
Here
E. L. Fi
Babcock Denies Anti-Drilling Injunction in Oklahoma City
District Judge Lucius Babcock refused to block further drilling in the eastside Oklahoma City oil zone. Nine homeowners sued over the city charter amendment and election, but the judge ruled the amendment and extension ordinance valid and allowed drilling permits to proceed. The decision clears the board of adjustment to handle 10 pending permits and anticipated 20 more applications by Monday night.
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Oklahoma City
Lucius Babcock
Eastside
Babcock
J. R. Keaton
City Board of Adjustment
Man Nown Jall Yeager Shootings Scrape Ends in Jail
Witt Thomas, 35, blacksmith, shot up the Hughes county town on Main Street last night. He was in Holdenville jail with a wounded shoulder after a terror-filled hour as residents watched the suspect, described as an alleged shooter, be taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Ball
Bill Gaddy
Holdenville
Thomas
Pete House
Ball
House
Gaddy
Harve
Tragic Double Murder Surviving Waitress Wounded in Madill Cafe
In Madill Oklahoma April 25 supporting tragedy at Sallies Quick Lunch where W A Taylor estranged husband shot and killed Nightwatchman Homer Moss then killed himself after firing on waitress Geneva Viers Taylor briefly listed in Ardmore hospital Moses widow and three daughters survive.
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Madill
Geneva Viers Taylor
Ardmore
W. A. Taylor
Homer Moss
Sallie
Taylor
McKinney
Texas
Moss
Sallie Perryman
Perryman
East Central Announces Summer Session Plans On Campus
Complete plans are ready for the next term at East Central as the annual summer session opens May 20. Registration occurs May 18 and 20 with eight credit hours available per student and optional extra hour on recommendation. Advanced standing offered for work at accredited colleges.
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East Central
Teachers College
New Rule Lets Small Swine Producers Farrow for Home Use
The secretary of agriculture issues a ruling under the 1935 corn hog program easing limits for swine producers who hold corn acreage within contract limits but lack a hog base. Small producers with six hogs or less for 1932-33 and no hog payment may slaughter excess 1935 pigs for home use, while market hog production remains unchanged. The change aims to help farmers with small base herds maintain home hogs.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Ada and Classen Tie for Public Speaking League Honors
Stillwater April 27 Ada high school and Classen high of Oklahoma City tied with three firsts each in the Oklahoma public speaking league contests. First place winners included Dolores Coleman and Margie De Grush of Classen and Ada's one act play won a cup. Freethias Rice of Ada won best actor, and John Loy Geary took first in interpretive reading of prose with a gold medal.
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Stillwater
Ada High School
Classen High
Oklahoma City
Dolores Coleman
Betty Escaliente
Margie de Grush
Ada
Freethias Rice
John Loy Geary
Texas Oil Allowable Cut Sets New Daily Limit
The Texas railroad commission reduced allowable oil products from about 1 049 000 to 1 027 845 barrels daily effective May 1, a cut of 5 055 barrels from Interior Secretary Ickes estimate. East Texas rate drops to 3.4 percent. specific district cuts listed include Panhandle Moore County North Texas Foard West Central West Texas East Central Southwest Texas and Gulf Coast with varied barrel limits.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission Today
Texas
Ickes
Ernest O. Thompson
East Texas
Panhandle
Moore County
North Texas
Foard County
West Central
West Texas
East Central
Southwest Texas
Gulf Coast
Suit Over Valued Oil Land Seeks Division in Pontotoc
A district court in Pontotoc County heard a long running suit over roughly $1,000,000 in oil land and royalties owned by Andrew J. Harden. Mrs. Elizabeth Harden seeks half the oil property and income, contending it should be divided. The judge ordered all dealings with Harden property go through the court clerk and appointed the clerk to receive oil income while the case proceeds.
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Pontotoc County
District Court
Andrew J. Harden
John Fitts
Elizabeth Harden
H. H. Edwards
Edwards
Harden
Farmers Can Market All of Spring Wheat
Pontotoc county officials say farmers under contract who planted wheat for pasture last fall may harvest it for grain. The ruling allows excess wheat from 1934 contracts to be used for market, aiding growers facing drought and dust storms with a cash return.
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Pontotoc County
Midwest
Local 60od Cheer Clubs Grow At Roff Meeting
On Monday April 22 at Mrs Kelso’s home a good attendance joined new members. The group focuses on home work with plans forming for canning vegetables and fruit. Mrs Farmer is noted among the organizers.
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Good Cheer Club
Kelso
Ada Couple Wed In Shawnee
Mrs. C. J. Keylor announces the marriage of Dorothy Keylor to Mr. Audrey Click Jr. on April 23 at 3 30 p m at the First Baptist parsonage Shawnee with Rev. Doss officiating in a small ceremony. The bride wore a pale pink lace suit and pink accessories attended by Nell Dell Keylor and Nell Dunn. Both couples attended local schools and East Central State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Keylor
East Twelfth
Dorothy
Audrey Click
B. A. Click
East Seventeenth
First Baptist Church of
Shawnee
Doss
Nell Dell Keylor
Nell Dunn
Click
Pdo High School
East Central State Teachers College
Cardui Eases Woman’s Monthly Pain Says Mrs Hunt
Mrs. Herbert W. Hunt of Hallsville Texas describes relief from crippling cramping and nausea after using Cardui. She says persistent fatigue and sluggishness vanished and her health improved. If Cardui does not help seek medical advice.
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Cardus
Herbert W. Hunt
Hallsville
Texas
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Night Watchman
Oakman
Pontotoc
Miss Fitzgerald
Rice
Commission
Hale
the Federal Deposit
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Congress
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Ada, Oklahoma
Cc. H. Rives
H. P. Reich
H. J. Huddleston
D. F. Fleet
H. F. Blassingame
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