Ada man dies in head on crash near Atoka coal line
Two cars collided head on near the Atoka coal county line killing C. T. Loman of Ada and Mrs. Tisha Griffin of Bennington. Four others were injured including Raymond Hale of Durant, Frances Dodge, Ed Brewster, and Jack Loman. Funeral services for Loman set for Friday at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist church.
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Thoreday's Daily
C. T. Loman
Ada
Atoka
Coal County
Tisha Griffin
Bennington
Raymond Hale
Durant
Griffin
Jack Loman
Loman
First Baptist Church
C. C. Morris
Repeal Carries in Rhode Island
Providence May 2 Rhode Island stood against prohibition as Wisconsin and Michigan voted for repeal. Hopkinton was the only town voting to retain the amendment by 150 244 to 20 874 and 319 to 293 against repeal. Rhode Island never ratified the Eighteenth Amendment and had three years of state prohibition.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hopkinton
Mrs L G Lawson of Holdenville Dies at 62
Meridian Miss April 23 Mrs L C Lawson prominent Holdenville Okla musician and former president of the federation of music clubs in that state died in a Meridian hospital after an illness of several weeks She was 62 and had come here to visit her brother Sam Howard secretary of the Meridian chamber of commerce The body was taken to Holdenville for funeral services and interment
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Meridian
Miss
L. C. Lawson
Holdenville
Okla
Federation of Music Clubs
Lawson
Aso
Sam Howard
Meridian Chamber of Commerce
Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight lines lose cars in week
New York May 2 report shows UP Missouri-Kansas-Texas lines lost 7 275 freight cars last week, an increase of 249 cars over the previous year.
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New York
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
Oklahoma farmers face drop in loan approvals says state manager
Ned Hoelman, state manager for the agricultural credit association in Oklahoma, reports total loans to farmers and stockmen reached 917000 dollars but notes applications have fallen to less than half the volume seen 30 days earlier.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Farmers and Stockmen
Agricultural Credit Association
Ned Hoelman
Store Breakin Lends into Pen
Quick action led to the arrest of Robert Dawes and Earnest Jones, both Texas negroes, after breaking into the Brown Bill shoe store on Main Street. They pried the door, entered the back, but fled when spotted. later pled guilty and received four-year penitentiary terms. Dawes's home is Blossom and Jones hails from Marshall. W E Drake also pled guilty to burglary near Lovelady and was bound over on $2,000 bond.
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Robert Dawes
Earnest Jones
Brownbill
E. Main
W. W.W. Walker
Oakman
J. D. Willoughby
J. F. McKiel
Dawes
Blossom
Texas
Jones
Marshall
W. E. Drake
John L Barringer Death Shocks Ada Community
John L Barringer, a longtime cattleman near Ada, dies by suicide at his ranch amid angina history. He used a car chain to hang himself, was found southeast of the ranch house, and had planned with a son-in-law not to travel to the ranch again. Survived by his widow and several children. mourned as a respected Ada figure.
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J. L. Barringer
Bcattleman
Lawrence
Ada
Barringer
Rarringer
Walter Rarringer
Walter
Isham L. Cummings
Cummings
Walter Barringer
L. Cummings
Roy Rains
Bob Guest
Frank Blair
Britton Turner
Roswell
N. M
Blairs
Turners
Crater
County School Heads Unchanged Across Pon totoc County
County superintendent James W. Huff reports no major changes in administration or high school staff across Pon totoc County. Supers and principals including Bryan W. Weems at Roff, J Arthur Herron at Francis, L C Brown and O D Duke at Stonewall, Dewey Hodges at Allen, FE W Murphy at Vaness, Otto Krausse, Lloyd R. Watson, A L Hathaway, J E Trague at Byng, Jay Stegall at Latta, Albert Mediock, and C O Townsend at Lula will continue in their posts with reappointed faculties for next year.
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Pontotoc County
James W. Huff
Roff
Bryan W. Weems
Francis
J. Arthur Herron
L. ¢. Brown
O. D. Duke
Stonewall
Dewey Hodges
R. L. Wear
Allen
FE. W. Murphy
Vaness Consolidated Project
Otto Krausse
Lloyd R. Watson
Fitzhugh Schools
A. L. Hathaway
Byng
J. E. Trague
Jay Stegall
Latta
Albert Mediock
C. O. Townsend
Lula
Electrically Trapped Prover Killed In Oklahoma Garage
Richard Youns, a Negro, died in Oklahoma City when a home made electrical trap linked to a 114 volt wire to a car front fender electrocuted him after breaking into a garage owned by fireman O F Dodson. A coroner’s verdict of death by electrocution was recorded.
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Oklahoma City
Richard Youns
O. F. Dodson
State Teaching Certificates Lose Appeal As Exams Go Unattended
No one appeared on the scheduled day for state examinations for first second and third grade teaching certificates. County superintendent J. W. Huff notes an abundance of degree holders and life certificates reducing interest in low grade certificates. A special college examination drew a few candidates seeking credit in agriculture Oklahoma school law and Oklahoma government for certificate purposes.
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J. W. Huff
Oklahoma
Murray vetoes tax extension in Oklahoma City
Gov. Murray vetoes a bill to extend tax payment deadlines without penalty. The veto blocks a measure to push first half ad valorem deadline to June 15 and second half to September 1, arguing taxes must be paid to run government.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Man Narrowly Escapes Fatal Wheel Incident on Freight Car
J J Yates of Kansas City was crushed by a wheel momentarily at Francis as a freight car shift began. Fellow rider Jack Shannon pulled him free just before the wheel would have crossed his body. Yates, now in Ada hospital, suffered a crushed pelvic bone and serious bruising while recounting the escape.
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J. J. Yates
Kansas City
Francis
Ada Hospital
Jack Shannon
Yates
Horace Mann Debaters Earn State Runner-Up Sport
Horace Mann seniors William Schulte and Charlies Young took second place in the Oklahoma state debate tournament staged over two days with 25 teams. They lost the final to Altus pair Marjorie and Roy Henry after a long run through rounds judged by University of Oklahoma faculty, under coach Gordon M. Harrell.
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William Schulte
Charlies Young
Horace Mann
Marjorie
Roy Henry
Altus
University of Oklahoma
WNAD
Schulte
Young
Gotebo
Hugo
Oklahoma City Central
Ada
Seminole
Poteau
Gordon M. Harrell
Oklahoma City Board Removes Two College Presidents
The state board of education discharged two college presidents, Eugene Briggs of Southeastern State in Durant and W. W. Parker of Northwestern State in Alva, amid political controversy. Wade H. Shumate and O. E. Hatcher were named to replace Briggs and Parker, with other college presidents re-elected and summer-session faculty retained pending later recommendations.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Teachers’ Colleges
State Board of Education
Murray
Eugene Briggs
Southeastern State Teachers’ College
Durant
W. W. Parker
Northwestern State Teachers’ College
Alva
Wade H. Shumate
Mangum City
Briggs
O. E. Hatcher
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Parker
Teachers’ Colleges
Alva and
John Vaughan
Robert W. Kelso
Southeastern
Vaughan
Kelso
Shumate
Teachers College
A. Linscheid
East Central
Ada
M. P. Hammond
Northeastern
Tahlequah
M. E. Breson
Central
Edmond
C. W._ Richards
Southwestern
Weatherford
Oscar Stewart
School For the Blind
Muskogee
J. W. Blattner
School For the Deaf
Sulphur
Ada man seriously injured in street collision
John McKinney of Ada was struck at Townsend and Thirteenth by a car said to be driven by Mrs. I. G. Killough. He sustained a head injury and was unconscious at Ada hospital. respiration and heart were reported good as of early afternoon.
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John McKinney
West Fifteenth
Ada
I. G. Killough
McKinney
Ada Hospital
Townsend and Thirteenth
Governors Map Out Course For Owl Regulation
Oklahoma and Kansas governors convened to seek federal oil regulation and an import limit. They named committees to push emergency Ickes measures, with a two year limit, and would send a proposal to Washington to curb crude imports and control production.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
William H. Murray
Alf M. Landon
Washington
Interior Ickes
Landon
Congress
Texas Senate
Five Young Men Charged in Slaying of Joe Bell
In Muskogee area five men face murder charges for the killing of McAlester funeral supply salesman Joe Bell whose body was found near Muskogee after a robbery. Names include John ny Matlock Ewell O Neal Maxwell Peak Billy Prescott and Jim Payne. Separately Henry Bullet Rowland a waiter is charged in the shooting death of D W Hicks during a dispute at a Parsons Kaw drinking party.
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Muskogee
Joe Bell
McAlester Funeral
Bell
Johnny Matlock
Ewell O'Neal
Maxwell Peak
Billy Prescott
Jim Payne
Henry
Bratton Considered for Federal Bench
Senator Sam G. Bratton of New Mexico is reported on Capitol Hill to be under serious consideration by President Roosevelt for appointment to the Tenth circuit court of appeals. If Bratton is chosen, Governor Arthur Seligman might become New Mexico's next senator.
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Washington
Sam G. Bratton
D-N.m
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Bratton
Arthur Seligman
New Mexico
Paroled Ku Klux Leader Phillip Fox Granted Clemency
Gov. Eugene Talmadge parole d Phillip E. Fox of Dallas Texas former Ku Klux Klan publicity chief serving a life sentence for the 1923 killing of Atlanta lawyer William G Coburn in Coburns office Fox was freed after months of review by the state prison commission and follows their recommendation.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Phillip E. Fox
Dallas
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
William G. Coburn
Coburn
Talmadge
Fox
State Prison Commission
Pollard asks Texas fields shut in except East Texas
Thomas G. Pollard of Tyler former state senator filed a motion with the Texas Railroad Commission asking that all oil fields in the state except the East Texas field be shut in for 30 days. He owns interests in East Texas wells royalties and lands and seeks fair proportional curtailment across all pools or fields.
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Austin
Tex
Thomas G. Pollard
Tyler
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Pollard
Seminole Proposal Seeks Per Capita Indian Payments
At Mekusukey mission the Seminole national council drafted resolutions for a committee to present to John Collier. The chief proposal asks for per capita payments to tribesmen from funds held by the federal government.
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Mekusukey Mission
National Council of the
Seminole Indians
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Mrs Roosevelt starts holiday tour by car to New York
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt leaves Washington in an open sports car for a spring time holiday tour. She will reach New York for a farewell dinner to Ruth Bryan Owen next Tuesday night and drive back the following week with June Hamilton Rhodes. Nancy Cook is her accompanying guest.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
June Hamilton Rhodes
Nancy Cook
White House
More Applicants for Forest Work in County
Federal relief supervisor C L Gibson reports 50 applications filed for reforestation work with 19 more to reach a county quota of 69. Applicants must have dependents and meet health and employment needs. the list will be sent to Oklahoma City for approval. Approved workers go to McAlester for exams and two weeks conditioning before active service. If not accepted, more applicants will be added until the quota is filled.
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C. L. Gibson
Gibson
C. FE
Lindbergh to Testify in Means Whitaker Trial
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has agreed to testify Monday in Washington as Gaston B. Means and Norman T. Whitaker face charges of conspiring to steal 35000 from Mrs Eva McLean. Means already convicted of taking 104000 from McLean as part of the kidnap case. The testimony requirement arises from defense demands and government proof of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.
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Washington
the Post
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Gaston B. Means
Norman T. Whitaker
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Means
McLean
Lindbergh
Whitaker
Fox
Iowa farmer and officer battle ends with arrests
Four men identified as leaders in the clash at the J. F. Shields farm were arrested at the foreclosed sale scene in Denison Iowa. The scene drew 1800 farmers as 40 deputies and 12 state agents faced off guarding the sale and seven machine guns trained on the yard.
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Denison
J. F. Shields
Frank North
Vail
Herman Blume
Deison
Fritz Blume
Herman
W. H. Meyer
Shields
Harrison County
Council Bluffs
Neola
Atlantic
Red Oak
Court House
J. KB. Shields
Louis Houlihan
Blume Brothers
Theodore Blume
Meyers
North
Congress
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Pound and Dollar Battle for Plus Paris
Paris May 3 The fight between the American dollar and the British pound shifts toward the pound as Bank of France sales of borrowed sterling weaken both currencies. The dollar opens at 21.78 francs, falls to 21.68, and closes at 21.65. The pound slides from 85.40 to 85.10 francs, with a market hit by the dwindling dollar value and tourist losses.
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Paris
France
Bank of France
University of Oklahoma expels student over beer party
Norman May 3. Expulsion of one University of Oklahoma student for alleged participation in a beer party last Friday night was announced by Dean S W Reaves chair of the students discipline committee. He declined to reveal the student’s gender. Authorities said three former students were also involved.
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Norman
University of Oklahoma
S. W. Reaves
Son of Governor Marries at Weatherford
Johnston Murray second son of Gov W H Murray marries Miss Willie R Emerson at the Weatherford Methodist church. The bride is a music professor at Southwestern State Teachers college and daughter of Mrs Frances Emerson of Weatherford. Murray works for a utilities company in Blackwell where they will live.
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Weatherford
Johnston Murray
W. H. Murray
Willie R. Emerson
Methodist Church
Willmoore Kendall
Hobart
Southwestern State Teachers College
Frances Emerson
Murray
Blackwell
Six Men Escape From Frederick County Jail
Four white men and two Black inmates escaped at breakfast time from the Frederick county jail by improvised ropes and fled in a stolen Ford sedan. Accused of burglary were Lloyd Freeman Harold Free Jim Firestone Bert Smith Fred King and Buster Lee. The two named Black prisoners are identified as nezeroes. The stolen car belonged to county Assessor Mellie Thompson.
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Frederick Frederick
Lloyd Freeman
Harold Free
Jim Firestone
Bert Smith
Fred King
Buster Lee
Nezeroes
Mellie Thompson
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Ralph d. Pryor
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E.bb. Shawer
Kansas Producers and Land Owners Association
Cicero S. Murray
Oil’ States Advisory Committee
Wirt Franklin
Independent Oil Producers Association
W. N. Davis
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