Refugees Flee Bilbao as Siege Tightens and Evacuation Races
In St Jean de Luz France on May 4 refugees from Bilbao near 10 000 people await evacuation as insurgent forces close in. The Habana liner will carry 4000 refugees with another ship to move 4000 children to England. French steamers Margaux Carimare and Chateau Palmer race to Bilbao with space for 2000 more. Basque forces hold west of Bermeo as Italian troops suffer losses and diplomatic evacuations continue.
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ST. Jean DE Luz
France
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Nervion
Bay of Biscay
Habana
England
Bordeau
Margaux
Bordeaux
Carimare
Chateau Palmer
Bermeo
Bermen
Juan Antonio Aguirre
Faulknor
Anarchists Arm Puigcerda and Leo D Urgell Fight to Finish
Rebellious anarchists barricaded two Spanish border towns Puigcerda and Leo D Urgell and declared a fight to the finish. Each town mustered about 200 armed men with machine guns against Catalan government forces twice their size.
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Perpignan
Puigcerda
Leo D’urgell
Weather Outlook Across States With Mild Warms
Monday high near 70 and low around 53, Tuesday 64 with .32 inch rain. Oklahoma sees partly cloudy nights and Wednesday warming, Arkansas cloudy then partly cloudy, East Texas partly cloudy turning warmer, West Texas fair then warmer, Kansas mostly fair west and showers possible in extreme east. Winds light to moderate along the coast.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas
Paving and Public Works Approved in Ada WPA Plan
A WPA supervisor reports a paving project on Tenth Street from Broadway to Townsend with property owners supplying materials. A second swimming pool at Glenwood Park is approved, to start by May 8 if possible. About 370 workers are on county highways under WPA, with several paving and graveling projects in progress across 43 miles of roads.
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Tenth Street
Broadway
Townsend Avenues
M. P. Latimer
WPA
South Broadway
Latimer
Glenwood Park
Ada
Francis Allen
Murray County
Highway 13
Stonewall
Jesse
Nominations Named for Oklahoma Cotton Growers Directors
Oklahoma City May 4. Nominations for seven of nine districts were announced by H J Denton editor of the Oklahoma Cotton Grower. Opposition arose in one district fifth, Walter Bryan Dill challenging Albert Fletcher Cloud Chief. Other directors were renominated without opposition. Districts no word from include No 1 P W Walker Blair and No 6 A F Duke Chickasha. Voting by mail ballots, results to be announced at the state convention May 24.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
H. J. Denton
Oklahoma Cotton Grower
Blaine
Custer
Dewey
Major
Washita
Woodward
Walter Bryan
Dill
Albert Fletcher
Cloud Chief
J. G. Windle
Granite
James L. Flow
Hobart
W. L. Mautchenson
Frederick
Walter Colbert
Ardmore
George A. Moncrief
Alex S. Foreman
Sallisaw
D. C
Chickasha
Joint Ada P T A Groups Meet Tonight at High School
A joint meeting of Ada P T A groups is set for tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium. Supt. B R Stubbs will give the principal address and officers will be installed. Each P T A contributes a program item including a mixed chorus from Hayes and a one act play with music by Ada Junior High.
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Supt
B. R. Stubbs
Hayes
Ada Junior High
State Supreme Court Rules Officers Not Liable in Corporate Contract
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that corporate officers are not personally liable for a company's failure to fulfill a contract when they do not bind themselves to the agreement. The decision upheld Tulsa County Court findings that Woodland Oil president Fred Cotton was not personally liable to A. B. Watkins and others for funds and drilling obligations in Red River county Texas. Heirs' attempt to reach Cotton and other officers was rejected.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Tulsa County
Fred Cotton
Woodland Oil Company
A. B. Watkins
Watkins
J. H. Barham
P. J. Burford
Red River County
Texas
Tulsa
Woodland Company
Cotton
Supreme Court
Winter Wheat Crop In Fine Condition In 1937 Outlook
Chicago experts report despite belt deterioration last month that 1937 winter wheat production may reach the largest since 1931. Estimates average 652 million bushels, near April figures, with 1936 output at 519.6 million. Spring wheat area seen around 22.6 million acres, above prior estimates.
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Chicago
United States
Department of Agriculture
Cummings proposes universal rifle and pistol registration
Attorney General Cummings asks Congress to require every firearm owner to register with the revenue bureau. Registration would be free, but a $1 tax would be charged for each firearm sold. He argues gun possession by criminals is a major enforcement issue and the current act is too limited.
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Washington
Cummings
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The
Revenue Bureau
Speaker Bankhead
Four Wells in Hunton Record Potential Rate
Moore No. 1 Frazier, 23-27, emerges as one of the most productive wells in the Hunton field. The report highlights high output from the well, signaling strong underlying quality and continued drilling interest in the area.
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Hunton
Moore
Frazier
MUSE AREA BUSIER WITH LIME POTENTIALS
Lime potentials were reported from six wells in the Muse area near Steedman and Mays. Notable figures include E H Moore No 1 Frazier with 5853.28 barrels, E H More No 8 A G Smith with 426.88 barrels and 965000 feet of gas, and Amerada No 8 Woolley with 2705.44 barrels and 3166000 feet of gas.
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Hunton
E. H. Moore
Frazier
North Line
Fitts
E. H. More
G. Smith
South Line
Moore
Akers
Amerada
Woolley
Blackstock No. 1 Thompson Poised as Depth Increases Near Muse
The Blackstock No. 1 Thompson near Muse is drawing attention as it reaches 3 380 feet in the Mays formation. The well’s continued descent will largely shape hopes of higher structure potential. E H Moore No 1 Thompson is drilling below 2 285 feet and More Inc has pits for No 2 Muse and No 2 Thompson at 33 2 7.
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Thompson
Muse
Mays
E. H. Moore
More, Inc
Oil tests advance in Steedman area with Wilcox wells
Work progresses as deep tests approach in Steedman. Delaney No. 1 Norris reports Senora sand at 693 feet with good gas flow. Boettcher Oil and Gas builds a derrick for No. 1 Sledge et al. No. 1 Richardson spud expected this week, both Wilcox tests slated.
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Steedman
Delaney No
Norris
Boettcher Oil and Gas Co
W. A. Delaney Jr
Richardson
Pawhuska Attorney Elected Governor of Rotary District 12B
Guthrie May 4 Frank McCoy Pawhuska attorney won the Rotary District 12B governorship as 1100 Rotarians closed the 12th district convention Jeff Williams Chickasha attorney was elected 12A governor yesterday The district was split for the first time Roy Johnson Newkirk outgoing governor McCoy won unanimously after Dan Proctor Ada withdrew as a candidate
Baseball Results and Education News Highlights
Baseball results from major matchups include Cleveland Detroit Philadelphia Brooklyn and others with noted pitchers and line scores. In education news the U S Office of Education reports a 1936 decline in public school enrollments the first in national history, about 130 000 fewer students than two years earlier. Oklahoma Regents announce a special meeting on May 14 to adjust faculty due to a missed legislative appropriation.
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Washington
Office of Education
Norman
University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Regents
Morelock Land Purchase Debate Near Ada Campus
Oklahoma City May 4 members of the house appropriations committee were notified to meet to pass on a senate bill seeking a 22000 appropriation for 15 acres of land in Ada adjoining East Central State Teachers college. The owner Mrs G L Morelock, wife of an Ada grocer, valued the tract at 30000 to a private buyer, but said the state would need room for college expansion.
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Oklahoma City
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Ada
East Central State Teachers College
G. L. Morelock
al Nichols
F. N. Shoemake
Nichols
Dwight
Wendell
Pontotoc County
Clinton Hospital
University
Crippled Children’s
State Board of Affairs
Clinton
Marland
Sharpe Philpott
Insurance Board
Coe
Oklahoma County
House
Boren seeks probe over Trent in resettlement unit
Representative Lyle H. Boren of Seminole Oklahoma said he will seek a congressional investigation unless D P Trent is removed as regional administrator for Texas and Oklahoma The demand cites alleged politics incompetence and mismanagement of the resettlement administration program in the two states Boren plans an early conference with Dr W W Alexander to press for removal
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Washington
Lyle H. Boren
Seminole
Okla
Resettlement Administration
D. P. Trent
Texas
Oklahoma
Trent
Boren
W. W. Alexander
Rotary endorses Bruce Williams for International director
Bruce Williams of Joplin Missouri won unanimous endorsement for Rotary International director at the 15th district conference in Muskogee Oklahoma. More than 700 delegates from Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and Kansas attended the three day session with Williams and H Roe Bartle of Kansas City as principal speakers. A final meeting was held at noon.
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Muskogee
Okla
Bruce Williams
Joplin
Rotary International
Williams
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Edward and Wallis Reunited at Chateau De Cande
Edward Duke of Windsor reunites with Wallis Warfield Simpson at Chateau De Cande in Monts France after five months apart. They enter the castle arm in arm as guards and gendarmes look on. plans for marriage are said to be foremost in their minds.
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James B. Oldfield
St. Wolfgang
Austria
France
Wallis Simpson
Tours
Boilai
Edward
Oklahoma Senate Hears Chain Store Tax Bill Return
Oklahoma City May The senate voted 30 to 8 to recall the chain store tax bill from the house for further consideration. Governor Marland vetoed a bill restricting circulation of initiative petitions, saying it weakens constitutional rights.
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Oklahoma City
May
Senate
House
Funeral for J L Lane at 2:30 Wednesday
Funeral services for J L Lane who died from injuries in a southeast Ada crash will be held Wednesday at 2 30 pm in Criswell Funeral Home chapel. Lane formerly lived in Kiowa and worked for Tri County Land at Fits town. burial at Rosedale Cemetery with American Legion assisting. Survived by widow Emma Lig on and three children. Another victim Gladys Rowe buried in DeQueen Ark. Husband G H Rowe injured. two more patients in local hospital. Wayne Parnell and Mrs Parnell still here and believed out of danger.
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J. L. Lane
Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
Mr. Lane
Kiowa
Tri- County Land Company
Fittstown
Rosedale
McAlester Post
American Legion
Lane
Emma Ligon
Gladys Rowe
DeQueen
Ark
G. H. Rowe
Wayne Parnell
Parnell
Chickasha
Ada district calls bids for Hayes ward school addition
School District 19 Ada invites bids for a South Mississippi Avenue Hayes ward school addition to include an auditorium office library cloakroom and two classrooms. Bids due by 2 p m May 18. Albert S. Ross Ada architect. Funding comes from surplus gross production tax revenues. Washington school opened a new auditorium through similar financing without bonds.
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Board of Education
Ada
Hayes Ward School
South Mississippi Avenue
Albert S. Ross
Washington School
Oklahoma bank loans rise since December state call
Howard Johnson state bank commissioner released a consolidated statement showing loans and discounts across Oklahoma increased by 1 384 569 90 to total 17 448 326 today.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Howard Johnson
Johnson
Senate panel considers 12.6 million school aid bill
A senate committee moved forward a $12.6 million school aid bill after the house approved it with $5.8 million allocated for a portion of the program. The measure proceeds to continued coverage on page 2.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
PESSIMIST QUIP SETS TONE IN DODGY JOB INTERVIEW
A humorous exchange unfolds as Miss Fanny Frail asks for a stenographer while a hopeful employer offers an intelligence test. Zeke Burr mutters about his hat and wife’s nagging as the scene hints at stubborn, stubborn humor amid a peculiar job chat.
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Fanny Frail
Zeke Burr
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