May Day Bombings Rock Chicago Loop
Five bombs exploded in Chicago near 2:20 am on May Day injuring a night watchman and causing about 159000 dollars in damage. Authorities arrested five youths and weighed motives from radical groups to labor disputes at Sprague Warner and Marshall Field sites. Police blamed a May Day demonstration while noting possible teamsters involvement.
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Sprague
Warner Grocery Co
Undrworld
Willettuss and Teamine Co
Hibbard-Spencer-Bartlett Hardware Co
Stratford
Marshall Field & Co
Arthur Mason
Charlies Bregantio
Aliman
Chicago Loop
North Side
Sprague-Warner
Teamsters
Allman
Bombs Shake Chicago Business District On May Day
May Day bombings in Chicago damaged prestigious sites including Marshall Field & Co. and Illinois Bell Telephone. Police report five blasts from moving cars caused extensive property damage estimated in the thousands, possibly 150000 pounds, with no fatalities or injuries. Four men loitering near Marshall Field were detained for questioning. further details not released.
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Chicago
Loop
Illlnois Bell Telephone Co
Makie Mills
Police Department
Marshall Field & Co. Uniform Division
W. Wells
Illinoik
Bell Telephone Company
W. Washington
Sprague, Warner & Co
Erie
Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett Wholesale Hardware Company
North Water Street
Howard Willett Teaming Company
E. Grand Avenue
Commonwealth Edison
Marshall Field
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Bismarck
Loans Fall Off in April Despite March Banking Holiday
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reported April advances of 233 million dollars versus 262 million in February. The month showed several emergency banking act provisions in operation, including stock subscriptions and loans to banks. Notable loans included 12.5 million to National Bank of Detroit and 1 million to American National Bank of St Paul, with others to W B Worthen and Otto Bremer. Some large loans had not yet been advanced by April 15. A special advisory committee was named to work with California on a 5 million earthquake loan program.
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Congress
Corporee
National Bank of Detroit
American National Bank of
Bremer
American National Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
California
Rainey
April Busy Month Forghty Poll
April brought variable weather and a busy record for the area. The marriage license bureau issued 37 licenses under the county clerk. City police logged 142 arrests for the month, with ten on Saturday and five on Sunday, including disturbing the peace drunkenness fighting possession of intoxicating beverages carrying a concealed weapon and a federal-warrant arrest.
Pioneer Osage County Clerk Dies at 70 in Tulsa
C P Thomas Lehby longtime Osage county resident and first district clerk after statehood died in a Tulsa hospital at age 70. He served until 1928 and was re elected last year. His widow a daughter and three sons survive.
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Pawhuska
C.P Thomas Lehby
Osage County
Tulsa
Dozens seek federal reforestation jobs in Pontotoc
Dozens of young men lined the Pontotoc county courthouse hall seeking 69 positions in a nationwide forest service reforestation program. Applicants age 18 to 25 must have dependents and be physically capable. Approved workers will earn 30 dollars monthly plus clothing food and shelter with funds often directed to descendants.
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C. L. Gibson
Pontotoc County
Government Sets Zero Hour for Hoarded Gold
Washington May 1 The treasury ends gold hoarding with a rule banning possession of more than 100 dollars in gold coin bullion or certificates and requiring licenses for export or use Those who ignore the order face up to ten years in prison and a 10000 dollar fine Secretary Woodin signals prosecution of persistent hoarders About 700 million in gold and certificates remain in private hands.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Woodin
United States
Faculty Shakeup Expected at Oklahoma Colleges
Oklahoma City May 1 LP Educators and politicians await potential faculty changes at Northwestern and Southeastern state teachers colleges after the board of education removed Presidents W W Parker and Eugene S Briggs. Protest grows as Alva students plan mass meeting and 32 telegrams surface from Alva opposing Parker.
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Oklahoma City
Northwestern
Board of Education
W. W. Parker
Eugenes. Briggs
Alva
Parker
O. E. Hatcher
East Central Teachers College
Ada
Northeastern State Teachers College
Tahlequah
R. S. Newcomb
O. S. Bradshaw
W. V. O'Connell
Kathryn Wynant
Northeastern
Vaughan
Farmers’ Independent Association
The
Farmers’ Cooperation Association
Murray Places Zone Under Martial Law
Governor Murray declared martial law over a two block wide zone on the east side of Oklahoma City after a reported near riot between whites and blacks. The national guard controls a boundary line area while negotiations seek a formal segregation ordinance. Dust storms in western Oklahoma add to the day’s unsettled weather.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
National Guard
East Side
Hit and run bicycle crash in San Francisco sighted
Mrs. Adele Raffetto reports a boy on a bicycle struck her and fled at a speed of about 20 miles per hour in San Francisco, describing the hit and run incident to authorities.
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San Francisco
Adele Raffetto
Hog rush floods Oklahoma City stockyards
April 28 saw flood of hogs into the Oklahoma City stockyards with an estimated 4,600 to 5,000 head auctioned in a single day. Prices topped near 3.60 dollars per hundred pounds as a week of higher values driven demand.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Oil Field Wells Shut Down Repeat
The Oklahoma City Wilcox sand zone operations were shut down awaiting a corporation commission order for reopening based on new potentials and permits. Production for wells with taken potentials is expected to resume tomorrow. The allowable will represent 9.5 percent of April and 10 percent for May.
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Oklahoma City
Corporation Commission
Wilcox
Simpson
Severe dust storm hits Enid and northwest Oklahoma
A severe dust and sand storm blasted northern and northwest Oklahoma and the Panhandle this morning. Enid was struck at noon with a strong southwest wind turning the sky yellow and dust piling high. Watonga logged a 4 mile per hour wind as the storm reached peak severity.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
Watonga
Dust Storm Sweeps Texas Panhandle Disrupts Travel
Amarillo reports one of its worst sandstorms of spring with winds up to 50 mph. Dust obscures buildings, motorists use lights, planes depart before the dust thickens, and air traffic may be stalled until conditions improve. Weather observer Collman calls the storm general across west Texas and neighboring states, threatening wheat in dry areas.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas Panhandle
English Field
H. T. Collman
U. S
West
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Beer Campaign War Opens in Oklahoma as Vote Looms
Oklahoma City May 1 10 The first week of the 3.2 per cent beer campaign opened with both sides rushing to organize across 77 counties for the July 11 election. Anti beer forces plan county seat rallies while beer advocates set up county directors and a state campaign manager. The election cost is expected around $60 000 with a May 15 report on referendum costs and a June 15 deadline to raise funds.
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Oklahoma City
Prohibition
J. W. Cordell
State Election Board
Officer Killa Forest Regru Texasakana Action
Three youths seeking shelter at the Texarkana police station were fired upon by Police Officer Martin Banks. Ernest Barnes 17 of Garland City Ark was killed, Banks said he mistook the youths for ambushers. No charges were filed. police chief and mayor defended the officer.
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Texarkana
Ark
Martin Banks
Ernest Barnes
Garland City
Banks
Barnes
Tom Sewell
A. B. Clark
Moody's Raw Commodities Index Hits New Height
Moody's Daily Index of 15 principal sensitive raw commodities rose to 105.9 in New York on May 1, the highest since 1931. The level surpassed the 1932 September peak and marked a new peak for the series based on 1931 as 100.9.
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New York
Pmoody
Texas Oil Refinery Destroyed By Fire at Gladewater
A massive oil fire in Gladewater Texas destroyed the Gregg refinery and damaged the Trinity refinery. Fire departments from Gladewater Marshall Kilgore and Longview aided efforts to prevent spread. Four men were overcome by gas. two hospitalized. Blistered feet reported among workers.
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Gladewater
Tex
Marshall
Kilgore
Longview
Gregg
Trinity
Dages Explains Bond Payments Across City Districts
City clerk Lee Dages clarifies that improvement bonds may only apply to obligations within the issuing district. A resident could buy 50 cent bonds for his district to cover paying assessments at face value, but cannot use bonds from another district. He notes how a $500 bond may clear $135 of a $1535 paying obligation and the remainder could be sold to others in the same district.
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Lee Dages
Mississippi Avenue
Daggs
Dages
Gandhi to Begin Three Week Fast in Jail
Mahatma Gandhi announces a nonconditional three week fast starting May 8 in Yerada jail. He aims to protest untouchability and caste oppression while his son Devidas tries to dissuade him. Observers fear the frail leader may not survive the hunger strike.
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Poona
India
Mahatama Gandhi
Yerada
Devidas
Mahatma
Gandhi
Boettcher Kidnapper Pleads Guilty in Denver Federal Court
Arthur Youngberg a 28 year old Winnipeg lumberjack confessed guarding Charles Boettcher II during his imprisonment on a South Dakota ranch and pleaded guilty to kidnapping. Judge Symes postponed sentencing after other trials. Boettcher was held nearly 17 days. his father Claude Boettcher paid $60 000 ransom.
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Denver
Colo
Parthur Youngberg
Winnipeg
Canada
Charles Boettcher II
South Dakota
Boettcher
Chamberlain
Claude K. Boettcher
Status of beer in Indian Territory Ardmoreite
Ardmore attorneys review state and federal barriers to 3.2 per cent beer in the Indian Territory section of Oklahoma. Congress must repeal two federal acts, and Hastings amendments, before beer can be sold or shipped there. A beer bill would only apply to former Oklahoma Territory.
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Ardmoreite
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Congress
Osage Indian Reservation
Osage Nation
Code of Laws of the
United States
Oklahoma Territory
Wallace and Morganthau Chief Dogs of Agricultural Machine
President Roosevelt assigns Wallace and Henry Morgenthau Jr. to implement the omnibus farm relief bill. Wallace will direct production curtailment and price supports with local committees, while Morgenthau moves to centralize farm credit by launching the Farm Credit Administration ready for 2 billion dollars in refinancing.
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Roy F. Henrickson
Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate
House
Henry Mongenthau Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Ada High Leads State Meet Honors in Norman
Ada high school earned several places in the state interscholastic meet at Norman with Juanita Deering taking second in bookkeeping Mary Jack first and Mildred Kinsey third in shorthand and Zula Mae White third in Spanish A. Mitchell McDaniel reached the tennis quarterfinals in Class A while East Central athletes figure prominently in track and field with top contenders named. Rosedale High cheered an undefeated baseball tilt as Dale fell to Tulsa in district action.
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Ada
Norman
Ada Hid
Juanita Deering
Mary Jack
Mildred Kinsey
Zula Mae White
A. Mitchell McDaniel
Earl Moore
Chickasha
McDaniel
Oklahoma City
Clifton
Clifford Green
Horace Mann
Omstead
Waggoner
Tonkawa
Norris
Slagle
Edmond
Barrett
Okmulgee
Arnett
Jones Academy
Brown
Walters
Bristow
Maud
Wiley
Tishomingo
Jones
Oklahoma
Rosedale High School
RK. J. Duty
East Central
Dale
Tulsa
Oliver Rus Walker
No Tax Penalty Delayed Pending Governor Action
Portotoe county board of commissioners authorized County Treasurer B E Henni gan to suspend tax penalties on delinquent accounts while awaiting Governor Murray's decision on a bill to extend payment time. If signed by Saturday midnight, penalties are waived. if not, penalties will be collected as law provides.
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Portotoe County
New York Woman 1090 Seeks Long Life to Vote Again
A 1090 year old New York resident expresses a wish to live longer to participate in a referendum repealing a law. The remark highlights civic engagement and humor about aging.
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New York
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