Roosevelt Addresses War Debts and Silver Policy At White House
The president framed war debts and silver for a listening world at the White House. He signed the sugar control bill and planned the $417 million tax bill, with debate over sugar tariff cuts and debate on coinage policy continuing. Hull backed study on trading war debt concessions for tin, and AFL leader Green urged the LaFollette public works plan amid unemployment figures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Great Britain
NRA
Trade Commission and Justice Department
Darrow
Hull
Green
American Federation of Labor
East Central State Teachers College Faculty Growth
The East Central faculty grew from 16 teachers 25 years ago to 66 today. Lecturers now have at least twice as much college training, and the student body is eight times larger, so each educator now teaches about four times as many students as the first faculty.
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East Central State Teachers College
East Central
Oklahoma Wheat Crop Above 7.6 Million Bushels in 1934
Oklahoma’s 1934 wheat crop is estimated at 7.565 million bushels by the state agriculture board. Abandonment totals about 588 thousand acres, 14 percent of autumn planting, leaving 3.612 million acres for harvest due to drought, wind storms, and insect damage. Board president Harry B. Cordell says output will top 1933 by over 5 million bushels.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Board of Agriculture
Harry B. Cordell
Government reports record 6 billion in outlays this year
Washington May 9. Federal expenditures through May 7 total 6,000,153,779 for the fiscal year ending June 30. Emergency spending accounts for 3,342,715,504 while routine costs amount to 2,657,438,274. The deficit stands at 3,410,509,129 versus 2,710,203,597 a year ago.
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Washington
Lea and Son Depart for Prison in North Carolina
Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr. were moved by guards in two cars with a machine gun and an automatic rifle to serve sentences for bank law violations. Lea Jr. faces six to ten years. Lea Sr. may pay 25 000 dollars or serve two to four years. They are also under indictment linked to the Holston Union National bank affair. L E Gwinn, counsel, may seek habeas corpus in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea
Luke Lea Jr
North Carolina
Tennessee Supreme Court
United States
Laurence E. Brown
Frank Lakey
Asheville
N. C
Hill McAlister
Leas
Lea Jr
Lea
Knoxville
Holston Union National Bank
L. E. Gwinn
Oil Field Happenings in Pontotoc County Report
Day by day updates from Pontotoc County oil fields show wells like Harry Black stock No 1 in Fittsfield pushed to 4260 feet with swabbing planned after Wednesday night could not drop oil below 1500 feet. Los Angeles Petroleum Flatt 36-5-4 Bebee slows after early 700 barrel burst. other wells drill and report oil flows and gas pressure with various depths and improvements.
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Pontotoc County
Harry Blackstock
Lewis
Fittsfield
A. C. Huckleberry No
Hiller
Ada
Hunton
Los Angeles
Moore-Wirick No. 2
Moore- Wirick
Ward Merrick No
Norris
Magnolia
Deaner-Moore
Edwards
Los Angeles Petroleum Corp
Bebee
H. L. Blackstock
Fitts
Moore-Wirick
Ward Merrick
Rudeo
Mayer
J. E. Crobsie, Inc
Dawes Harden
Opera
Kidnapping Plot Figure Found In Custody Of Investigators
An important suspect in the June Robles kidnapping has been located and is in investigators custody. A written plot document ties him to the April 25 abduction of Tucson heiress June Robles and outlines plans to move her to Santa Cruz Sonora and Cananea for ransom. The ransom was set at 15000 dollars and the money would be collected within 12 hours. The report notes the relatives and other suspects and explains why contact with the Robles family failed.
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Tucson. Ariz
Associated Press
June Robles
Mexi
Can
Santa Cruz
Sonora
Nogales
Ariz
Cananea
Bisbee
Robles
Ada Chooses O E Welborn as Health Officer
Ada city commissioners selected Dr. O E Welborn as health officer at Tuesday afternoon meeting. The board did not decide on a city attorney yet with most agenda items devoted to handling claims and routine business.
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Ada
O. E. Welborn
Board of City Commissioners
City of
Supreme Court wipes out oil proration rulings in Oklahoma City case
Oklahoma Supreme Court voided all pre April 10 1933 proration orders in the Oklahoma City oil field, striking a blow to the old system and blocking prosecutions under those orders. The ruling, in H F Wilcox Oil and Gas Co v commission, limits retroactive action but preserves tax inquiry powers.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
H. F. Wilcox Oil and Gas Co
Tax Commission
Busby
Monroe Osborn
Orel Busby
Osborn
Commission
Paul Walker
The
Walker
Hamilton identified as bank robber in Dallas case
Texas witnesses named Raymond Hamilton as one of two men who robbed the Grand Prairie State bank of 1548 on March 19. J T Yeager cashier J F Waggoner vice president and Maude Crawford bookkeeper testified. Hamilton pled not guilty at arraignment on an habitual criminal indictment as both sides rested at noon.
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Dallas
of Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Grand Prairie State Bank
J. T. Yeager
J. F. Waggoner
Maude Crawford
Hamilton
Dean Gouldin
Two AG Builders Sign With Union
Seminole May 9. Two rig contractors Bouyer and Hollis signed a tentative closed shop wage pact with the rig-building division of the union. Wages rise to 12 dollars per day for eight hours until a Tulsa conference May 14 settles the dispute. Thirty men return to work in the Seminole area after a week-long strike by rig builders.
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Seminole
Union
W. E. Hicks
E. L. Bouyer
Shawnee
E. H. Hollis
Ada
Tulsa
Hicks
Heflin's bid to return to Congress fails in Alabama
Former Alabama senator Heflin loses bid to regain a seat in Congress as contemporaries cite new political figures like Huey Long taking center stage.
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Senator Heflin
Alabama
Congress
Huey Long
Bishops' Life Enure Stands At Methodist Conference
The 22nd quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South defeats term limits for bishops and declines to elect new bishops. It amends the discipline to allow retirement for unacceptability and inefficiency with Bishop James Cannon Jr. presiding. Cannon is retained as one of 11 active bishops after attempts to retire him failed.
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Jackson
Miss
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James Cannon Jr
College of Bishops
Cannon
Murray Seeks Final Federal Relief Payout
Oklahoma City May 9. Governor Murray files a final claim with FERA auditor W H Brummett Jr for about 223000 to settle overdrawn relief funds. The auditor will complete checks and a Washington schedule in a few days and expects allotment within a week.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
W. H. Brummett, Jr
FERA
Sam Bounds
Brummett
Washington
Accidental Wounding of Ada Lee Turnbow
Ada Lee Turnbow six a fatal injury by a stray .22 rifle discharged by her brother Everett thirteen in their home at 831 West Sixth. The bullet struck her right side and exited the back while she stood near a table. She was rushed to Sugg Clinic where doctors hoped the lungs and intestines were spared.
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Ada Lee Turnbow
Mary Turnbow
Everett
Ada Lee
Sugg Clinic
Bradshaw Receives Prison Term in Webbers Falls Shooting
Thomas Skeet Bradshaw brother of Ford Bradshaw was jailed five years after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill Charles Green during a Webbers Falls shooting last October. He also received a two year federal sentence for liquor possession, to run concurrently if released from state prison.
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Muskogee
Thomas
Bradshaw
Ford Bradshaw
Cookson Hills
Webbers Falls
Here
Charles Green
McAlester
Man Who Saw Battle of Gettysburg Dies in Tulsa
P. H. M. Zeigler of Newkirk, who witnessed Gettysburg as a ten year old and heard Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, died last night in Tulsa. He served as Kay county’s first treasurer after statehood. Funeral services set for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in Newkirk’s Methodist church.
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Newkirk
M. Zeigler
Lincoln
Tulsa
Ziegler
Kay County
Greater Returns for the Amount Invested
Classified ad notes that readers can expect higher yields from prudent investing. The notice outlines guidance on value and efficiency of returns, urging careful selection of options and consideration of risk.
Nelson Talks to Stonewall Grads in Baccalaureate
E H Nelson of the East Central College faculty told Stonewall high school seniors May 6 that education should build character. He cited Ruth 1 16 and warned that nations fail when they abandon God, urging graduates to resist heathen influences and give God a chance to use them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Nelson
East Central College
Stonewall High School
Ruth
Nelson
Burrow School and Teacherage Destroyed by Fire
A report to Sheriff Clyde Kaiser states the Burrow school building and teacherage were destroyed by fire around 3 this morning. Investigators began examining the fire’s circumstances. Burrow lies in the county’s far southeast. A separate note mentions the Treasury mobilizing 1800 men to curb illegal liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Kaiser
Burrow
Sheriff’s Office
U. S. Treasury Department
Insull Bond Fight Moves To Trim Heavy Chicago Bond
Judge Will M. Sparks ordered a hearing for Samuel Insull in the county jail hospital to reduce his $200000 bond. His attorney Floyd E. Thompson will argue that $100000 suffices to assure appearance and that the higher bond violates constitutional rights.
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Chicago
Will M. Sparks
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Samuel Insull
Insull
Floyd E. Thompson
Thompson
Insull to Be Arraigned in Federal Court Friday
Samuel Insull will be arraigned in federal court Friday in Chicago charged with using the mails to defraud in the sale of stock in Corporation Securities Inc. and with bankruptcy law violations. He remains in Cook County Jail before Judge Phillip L. Sullivan as nine associates charged in the bankruptcy case await arraignment.
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Chicago
P—Samuel Insull
Cook County
Phillip L. Sullivan
Corporation Securities, Inc
Insull
Cuba Moves to Enter Divorce Trade With Law Amendments
Havana officials approve changes to divorce law amid secrecy but close sources expect a six to seven month residency requirement for divorce eligibility and an expanded set of grounds. The cabinet session lasted long as pressure to liberalize grows.
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Havana
Cuba
Boy Saves Train Near Sallisaw
May 9. Fifteen year old Stanley Cook on his way to school two miles west of Sallisaw spotted a broken Missouri Pacific rail connection. He warned a companion to tell the teacher he would be late and ran a half mile to flag the oncoming passenger train with his cap and lunch pail.
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Sallisaw
Stanley Cook
Missouri Pacific
Stanley
Osage Headright Not Saleable Under State Supreme Court Ruling
An Osage headright is declared inalienable for life by a state supreme court decision, upholding a district court ruling against H. H. Brenner who sought a receiver to collect a $1,000 judgment from W. D. Musgrove, headright holder. Gold Star Tea planned for Mother’s Day hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary at Dr. Sam A. McKeel’s home with invitations nationwide and transport provided for Pontotoc county Gold Star Mothers.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
H. H. Brenner
W. D. Musgrove
Brenner
American Legion Auxiliary
Sam A. McKeel
West Fourteenth
Pontotoc County
Roy Chrisman
Ada
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New York Harbor
Ezar
Stonewall Grads
Naomi
Mr. Nelson
Athens
Rome
Burrow School
Inull Petition
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