Burns Campaign for Governor Gains Ground in Oklahoma
Lieutenant Governor Robert Burns tours Pontotoc and eastern Oklahoma as a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful. He carries Red River counties two to one and Oklahoma County by six thousand, touting a policy program to reorganize 6291 local government units and fund rural schools while avoiding factional attacks. Burns’ long service includes Seminole’s first municipal counselor, state senator roles, and Oregon leadership promotion of initiative and referendum.
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Robert Burns
Pontotoc County
Burns
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
Red River
Murray
Seminole
Payne County
Chickasha
Cordella
Stephens
Arkansawyers
Izard
Arkansas
Oregon
Coos County
Senate Banking Committee Advances Glass Finance Plan
The senate banking committee approved a $280,000,000 bill to loan federal reserve banks to private industry. The plan, drawn by Senator Glass, blends direct loans with financing through banks and limits total loans to the FED surplus about $140,000,000.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Senate Banking Committee
Senator Glass
D-Va
Roosevelt Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Glass
Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
Virginia
Reconstruction Corporation
Jesse Jones
RFC
Black and Glass
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank
Special School Levy Wins in Ada Ballot
Ada voters approved the annual school levy with strong support though turnout was light only 126 ballots cast and only two opposed, ensuring funding for a full school year as in past practice.
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Ada
Buffalo gnats menace Arkansas farms across seven counties
Swarms of Buffalo gnats crippling spring planting in Cypress Bayou area north of Little Rock. Relief officials order an investigation as gnats fatally bite work horses and mules and threaten hogs cattle and poultry across seven counties.
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Little Rocks
Ark
Arkansas
W. R. Dyess
Cypress Bayou
Little Rock
Red Cross
Oklahoma political race crowded to limit as books close
Oklahoma City reports a record surge in filings for 212 state offices with about 1 300 to 1 400 candidates expected by 5 p m. The field includes major contenders, minor races, and rival party entrants as observers note lively congressional contests and unusual candidate names.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Election Board
William H. Murray
Corporation Commission
W. A
Pat Murphy
Pat
Labor
Pat Duffy
Sayre
Pat O’tracy
Drumright
Will Rogers
Moore
Robert KE Lee
Andrew Jackson Jordan
Robert William Murray
Theodore Roosevelt Samuel Wilcox
W. W. Hastings
E. W. Marland
Marland
Jim McClintie
McClintie
Wilburn Cartwright
Phillips Gives Employees Big Raise in Wages
Phillips Petroleum increases in wages by about 14 percent totaling roughly 750000 dollars annually for field workers up to base foreman retroactive to April 1. The raise follows a prior rise in the marketing and sales unit and aims to restore previous pay reductions while stressing improved oil industry conditions.
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Phillips
Bartlesville
Phillips Petroleum Company
Frank Phillips
Cannon Acquitted in Election Law Conspiracy Trial
Bishop James Cannon Jr and Ada L Burroughs were acquitted by a jury on conspiracy to violate an election law tied to the 1928 campaign against Alfred E Smith. The jury deliberated three and a half hours.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Ada L. Burroughs
Alfred E. Smith
Boy Burned to Death in Cave Near Clarksville
Pete Fines, 13, died when a cave he explored with two younger brothers collapsed and caught fire. Brother John, 12, was critically burned fleeing, another 6 year old escaped with minor injuries. They are sons of tenant farmer Henry Fines.
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Clarksville
Tex
Pete Fines
John Fines
Henry Fines
Governor White Receives Dillinger Kidnap Plot Report
Gov. George White said he received supposed inside information that John Dillinger gang members set up a Columbus headquarters to kidnap him and his daughter Mary. He would not reveal the source, and stayed calm about the threats. No extra guards were ordered for the mansion though night guards remain, as Adjt. Gen. Henderson had earlier urged protection.
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McNutt
Indiana
Pierpont
Makley
Lima
Jess Sarber
Clark
Dillinger
Bec
Muncie
Ind
Columbus
George White
Mary
Chicago
Harry Pierpont
Charles Makley
Russell Clark
Ohio Penitentiary
Adjt
Frank D. Henderson
Henderson
Pierpont, Makley and Clark
Donkey Ball Debuts With Ada Kiwanis Victory at Park
Ada Kiwanis defeated Ada Rotarians 1 0 in the first Donkey Ball game here at Ada ball park the match drawn by a laughing crowd. The Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the new event and will face the night’s Lions versus Junior Chamber winner for the tournament title.
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Ada Kiwanians
Ada Rotarians
Ada Ball Park
Lions
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Earl Norman
Tandy Boiles
Boiles
Dr. Miller
Roy Ramage
Rotarians
Jim Keltner
Biles
Dade Evans
Norman
Jim
Harwell
Alderson
Vester Willoughby
Dan Proctor
Strickland Gillilan
Ada Students Shine At State Contests In Norman
Ada high school placed fourth in literary contests at the state inter scholastic meet in Norman. Earl Platt won first in book keeping and William Core won first in Class A Spanish. Jean Rose finished third in Class B Spanish, Paul Dick Norrell was second in radio theory. The one act play placed second to Central Oklahoma City with Janice Bowles cited as best actress. directed by Mrs. Iona B. Freeman. Other entries came from Ardmore Gazebo Pawhuska and Cleo Springs.
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Ada High School
Norman
Earl Platt
William Core
Jean Rose
Paul Dick Norrell
Central
Oklahoma City
Janice Bowles
Iona B. Freeman
Ardmore
Gazebo
Pawhuska
Cleo Springs
Japan Expounds NESE Policy to China Tensions
Tokyo reports an official interpretation of Japan's NESE stance on China. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota says Japan cannot ignore efforts to aid China that threaten Asian peace and will welcome other nations' dealings with China if it benefits China. Diplomatic circles note conciliatory tone.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Koki Hirota
Asia
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Francis Lindley
Foreign Office
Hirota
Government Collects Beer Revenue Totaling 145 Million
The Internal Revenue Bureau announced 145,506,089 dollars in beer tax receipts for the year ending March 31, 1934, covering April 1, 1933 to March 31, 1934 after beer legalization on April 7, 1933. Distilled spirits and wines brought in 52,083,532 dollars from December 1 to March 31.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau Today
Germany Defies Dictation With Demand for Armaments
Berlin reports Germany will not bow to disarmament dictates. Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath declared that victory powers no longer control Germany and rejected ultimatums. Neurath criticized French intransigence as German newspapers quoted him on the Nazi stance.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Vietor
Konstantin von Neurath
Baron von Neurath
Texas Seeks Higher Crude Oil Quota
Lon A. Smith of the Texas railroad commission said the federal oil administration will be asked to raise Texas production allowances. Commissioner E. O. Thompson travels to Washington to confer with Harold L. Ickes and other federal officials, aiming to lift the Texas quota above the current excess of 28,900 barrels daily.
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Austin
Tex
Federal Oil Administration
Texas
Lon A. Smith
Texas Railroad Commission
Smith
E. O. Thompson
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
National Oil Administration
Killing at Cushing ends after razor attack
Fay Snodgrass a 25 year old Drumright Oklahoma singer died shortly after his throat was cut during a confrontation near the Bo-Peep barber shop in Cushing. Investigators say his brother Buddy and the Claude brothers were present and the two Claude men are held for investigation. Snodgrass had performed at a Petroleum Motor Transport convention in Drumright before traveling to Cushing. Also announced is the engagement of Lenora Agee to Martin Clark with a May 20 wedding planned at the First Baptist church in Holdenville.
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Cushing
Fay Snodgrass
Drumright
Okla
Ellis
Bert Claude
Snodgrass
Buddy Snodgrass
Claude Brothers
Petroleum Motor Transport
W. H. Agee
South Echo
Holdenville
Lenora
Martin Clark
First Baptist Church
Miss Agee
East Central State Teachers College
Clark
East Central
Cities Service Oil Company
Keen Interest in Bible Schools of Pontotoc County
Report details Life of Christ courses across Lula Ada Owl Creek Frisco and Pleasant Hill schools. Teachers Townsend Grindstaff Gray Mayfield Akers Hokett Lovelace Miller Phelps led pupils through the Gospel of Mark with strong student reading and prize harmony.
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Miller
C. O. Townsend
Lula
Life of Christ
Messrs. Townsend
Charles Grindstaff
Claudia Gray
Miss Gray
Haskell
Robbie Upton
Lornette Hamilton
Illa Byrd
Lois Reed
Billie
Joe Phillips
Lola Kennedy
Townsend
Ada
Hall
S Hill School
J. E. Hall
Gladstone Hall
Roff
Hall’s Hill
Christ
Kenneth Meisenheimer
Vancele Thomas
Leon Reynolds
Imogene Gray
R. W. Simpson
Haske School
Lula Union
Farm Women’s Club
Lions Club
Owl Creek School
W. B. Hokett
Owl Creek
Mark
Jewell Hokett
Lystorious Maples
Earl Gill
Jessie Horton
Viola Hokett
T. J. Akers
Union Valley School
Seth Parker
Tom Akers
Stonewall
Inez Mayfield
Maude Lee Hughes
Dora Muncrief
Betty Lou Keithly
Braxton Chaffin
Alice Caswell
Union Valley
Frisco
Eldo Whipple
Lela Standridge
Margaret Daniels
Loraine Parker
Jack Henry
Melba Hisan
Cora Lee Welch
Lorene Morris
Ruby Lawrence
Pontotoc County
Malcolm Stegall
Pleasant Hill
Highway 48
Tulsa County
Perintendent
First Aid Certificates Awarded to Ada Students
Coleman VanCuren and Lawrence Hammond were among 89 senior engineering students at Oklahoma A and M college who earned first aid certificates after completing 15 hours of in class training led by J B Hynal of the U S Bureau of Mines at McAlester. Besides wall certificates, participants received pocketbook certificates and a copy of the Manual of First Aid Instruction.
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Coleman VanCuren
Lawrence Hammond
Ada
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
J. B. Hynal
United States Bureau of Mines
McAlester
Whiskey Warehouses Destroyed in Major Kentucky Fire
In Lexington four Pepper distillery warehouses burned, destroying whiskey valued over five million dollars. One watchman, Stanley Travis, 24, died trapped between flames. Losses include 15,000 barrels and 11,000 cases of liquor. a $400,000 distilling plant was threatened but likely saved. Cause under investigation.
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Lexington
Stanley Travis
Schenley Products Co
New York
Fred Pauley
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Hobert Burns
Buffalo Gnats Greate Menace
Cannon
Gov. White
Ohio
Defiant
Ada News
VanCuren and
Hammond
Nature
P. A. Norris
G. J. Morton
S. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
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