Estate of George W Hicks final settlement set for May 25 1985
Notice from Pontotoc County Oklahoma probate court that administrator P J Richardson and Manuel Shumard will present final reports for settlement on May 25 1985 at 10:00 a.m. in Ada Oklahoma County Court. Persons with claims may appear and contest.
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Pontotos County
Okin Ti
George W. Hicks
Cheir
P. J. Richardson
Manuel Shumard
Vsald Cay
Ada
Oklahom
Farmer Turns To Animal Training in New Venture
WAYKOMIS May 17. Cecil Cornish a 29 year old Gar field county farmer heads to New York City for Madison Square Garden engagement with trained horses and a jumping bull. His horse Smokey waves flags counts and plays dead while the Brahma bull jumps touring cars.
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Waykomis
Cecil Cornish
Garfield County
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Cornish
Smokey
Oklahoma towns face closure over water promises
Off the Record reports that cities refusing to provide free water to state institutions may trigger closures. After statehood, lawmakers accepted offers from towns, many promising free water, but bills rose as institutions grew. Gov. Leon C. Phillips vetoed water line items where he could uncover such arrangements.
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Oklahoma City
Phillips
Leon C. Phillips
Budget Cuts Tighten Oklahoma Institutions and Tax Outlook
Governor trims 54030 for institutions and 126208 for department spending, with no cuts to an 11500000 school bill. Session ends as bills become law, prompting talk of further tax measures to bolster income. Former Oklahoma reporters Irvin Hurst and Meredith Williams join Phillips administration, handling highway outreach and press relations.
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Phillips Administration
Irvin Hurst
Statehouse
Oklahoma City
Highway Commission
Meredith Williams
Leon C. Phillins
Williams
Hurst
Capitol
Stranger Has Let Mangum Man Down
County Clerk Roy Briggs refused to appear as a government witness in a Boston case against Benjamin Zuckerman after receiving a telegram from an assistant U. S. attorney. Briggs had been summoned to bring records on Greer county oil and gas leases but was advised there would be no trial and that he should disregard the subpoena.
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Mangum
Roy Briggs
Benjamin Zuckerman
Zuckerman
Briggs
U. S
Boston
Mass
Greer County
George F. Garity
Gov. Moore Declines Barbershop Convention Invite
Trenton New Jersey May 3 1947 Gov Harry A Moore said he would like to attend the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America convention on June 3 and 4 but quipped that he is a bathroom singer and that bathroom singers would feel chagrined if he joined barber shop singers.
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Trenton
Harry A. Moore
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Bath Room
Barber Shop
Antlers Superintendent E L Rodman Found Dead
E L Rodman longtime Antlers superintendent and former state board member was discovered dead in his hotel room. The physician indicated death had likely occurred several hours earlier. Rodman served on the state board during two administrations in Oklahoma.
Ada Man Named Church Officer Cushing May 12
Ada man named Ada E M Qualls was elected vice president at the 32nd annual Oklahoma Christian church convention attended by 690 delegates. A resolution urged legislation to stop sale of U S war materials to Japan to prevent making the United States an economic partner to the destruction of morals and sister nations at war.
Another On Way For Grandpa FDR
President and Mrs. Roosevelt expect a tenth grandchild likely in July. Mrs. Roosevelt announced at a press conference that Anne Clark, wife of John Roosevelt, youngest son, is expecting. The Roosevelts married last June in Nahant MA and live in Boston where John works at a department store.
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Washington
Southern Baptists Open 50th WM A Pageant At Oklahoma City
Thousands of church workers gathered in Oklahoma City for the Southern Baptist convention dedicated to a south wide revival. A pageant on the 50 year history of the Womens Missionary Union climaxed preliminary meetings as leaders from northern groups plan to address southerners. Governor Leon C Phillips to welcome attendees. separate meetings scheduled for J Frank Norris due to doctrinal disagreements.
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Oklahoma City
Convention of Southern Baptists
Women's Missionary Union
Arthitud
Hudson
Cleveland
Northern Baptists
L. K. Williams
Chicago
National Baptist Convention
J. M. Dawson
Waco
Tex
Temple Baptist Church
Detroit
Mich
First Baptist Church of
Fort Worth
World Fundamentalist Missionary Baptist Fellowship
Nazis Census To Guide Nation Wide Regimentation Efforts
A 70,000 strong volunteer census workforce begins counting to guide German policy. The regime seeks data on jobs shortages and excesses, potential conscription for essential tasks, and three questions on citizenship, language, and belonging to a folkish group. Axis unity and frontier tours by leaders underscored new colonial aims.
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Lewis
Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Italy
France
Hitler
Mussolini
Mammoth airship proposed as carrier for warplanes
Washington May 17 A high navy officer told a Senate subcommittee that a mammoth airship could serve as a mother ship for nine bombers and 12 to 15 attack planes, releasing them from 9 000 to 10 000 feet. President Roosevelt ordered halting plans for immediate construction and urged caution over safety of a larger craft. Congress trimmed a 500 000 allotment from the naval bill as debate over dirigibles continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
A. B.cook
Bureau of ‘Aeronautics
Senate Appropriations
Cook
Navy
Swanson
Senate
New British Plan Assailed By Jews
London reports that a British government white paper on Palestine outlines a ten year path to an independent state with treaty relations to the United Kingdom. Jewish leaders condemn the plan as creating a territorial ghetto and failing to satisfy commercial and strategic needs.
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League of Nations
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
London
Government of
Tree Punctured Blimp Collapses at Naval Station
LAKEHURST NW N J May 17 A four man board began an inquiry into the crash of the K-2 the navy’s largest nonrigid airship struck a tree during landing at the naval air station after an overnight observation flight Commander Jesse L Kenworthy and eight crewmen escaped injury when the craft collapsed on the field branches had punctured the helium bag Damages are slight and repairable at low cost ANADARKO OK May 17 The fourth annual ram sale will be held May 20 one of two such events in the state this year.
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Lakehurst
Board of Inquire
Navy
Naval Air Station
Jesse L. Kenworthy
Kenworthy
Anadarko
Poison Ring Victims Multiplied as Police Probe Expands
Philadelphia police probe the Stay-for-pay syndicate as exhumations and new arrests surge. The ring used arsenic in Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey New York and Connecticut and possibly the Pacific coast to target dissatisfied spouses and lovers. Victims buried for cold or heart disease were later found to contain arsenic while other methods included bludgeoning drowning and even tainted typhoid concerns.
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Philadelphia
Xing
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Pacific Coast
MD Ger
Socrates
Paul Petrillo
Morris Bolber
Arsenic Syndicate
Denmark Backs German Nonaggression Talks Cautiously
Berlin report says Denmark accepted Germany's offer to negotiate a nonaggression pact while Sweden Norway and Finland declined. Danish sources warn the pact's fate hinges on questions about a North Schleswig plebiscite and rights to oversee the German minority, with no unconditional pledge to sign.
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Berlin
Denmark
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Hit‘ex
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Foreign Office
Schleswig
Hitler
Stan Laurel Wins Divorce From Russian Dancer
Stan Laurel won a divorce from dancer Iliana after a court appearance with two witnesses describing attempts to make Iliana behave and stop actions that embarrassed him. Uliana did not attend court and allowed the divorce by default.
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Los Angeles
Stan Laurel
Iliana
Iliara
Uliana
Night Accidents and Death Toll Prompt Safety Push
Oklahoma safety officials report night driving causes most fatalities with 72 percent of deaths occurring after dark in the first quarter. Night hours five to ten p.m. account for about one third of total accidents, urging motorists to slow, use headlights properly and combat fatigue. Landmark Abbott building moved from Woodward to a farm for remodeling as a residence.
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Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
Oklahoma Patrol
Oklahoma
Higheen
Safety Department
Landmark
Woodward
Abbott
Still Negotiating For Soviet Support
London reports say negotiations with Russia over joining the Allied front proceed in cabinet talks and a foreign office meeting with the Russian ambassador. Britain hints at a new plan obliging Russia to fight for Poland and the Baltic states in return for Allied aid and a mutual defense pledge, with joint declarations against aggression and exchanged military ideas.
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London
Foreign Office
Batain
Russia
Moscow
Britain
Poland
Rumania
Estonia
Latvia
Finland
France
Warned, Tried It And Lost His Life
In Pittsburgh on May 17 an oxygen tent flame cost Eugene A Boehm his life during hospital treatment for asthma. Coroner J F Henney said Boehm, 40, an Ambridge unemployed steelworker, struck a match to light a cigarette and the tent burst into flames. A fellow patient tried to intervene but could not prevent the deadly fire. Hospital attendants had repeatedly warned Boehm about smoking near oxygen.
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Pittsburgh
Eugene
Boesh
J. F. Henney
Ambridge
Boehm
Will Petition For New Bar Set Up
Oklahoma City May 1 Nine Oklahoma attorneys including a legislator who helped junk the state bar act were delegated to petition the supreme court to establish a new bar association by name. The committee was to draft regulations for attorneys and the court will govern acts and qualifications by repealing the old bar act. Don Welch speaker of the house was on the committee chosen by bar president Logan Stephenson. Others include Francis Stewart William O Coe F B Spellman A B Honneld Frank M Bailey and Crawford W Cameron among others. Hull Drafting Note Washington May 17 GP Secretary Hull said he was preparing a note to Japan on the Shanghai settlement in reply to a Japanese request for more representation on the municipal council. The United States is contacting Britain and France about the matter.
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Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
John Haney
Patrice Huey
Crrrie MW. Walker
Notize la
Oikla Homa
Patricia Haney
Minora
Pontetoc
Oklahoma
Sas
Fontanhoma Towiet
Enat
Leaxe
Naual Roynition
Wiil
Anti Works
A. D
John T. Mabarg
Board of Trustees
Ora Kelso
Oklahoma City
WPI
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Nar
Don Welch
Logan Stephenson
Francis Stewart
William O. Coe
F. B. Spellman
Alva
A.B. Honneld
Tulsa
Frank M. Bailey
Chickasha
Mcalester
A. Francis Porta
el Reno
Crawford W. Cameron
Mari“el
Hull
Washington
Japan
Shanghai
United States
Britain
France
Logan With Press OKLAHOMA CITY May 17
Logan Hill Logan a Camanche county legislator has joined the news staff of the Lawton Manning e535. This memo notes a personnel move affecting local political and media circles with an Oklahoma City dateline and a rise in staff at the Lawton publication.
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Oklahoma City
Hill Logan
Camanche County
The
Lawton Manning
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