Chicago Checks Up On Results Of Great Fire
Chicago reports progress after the big weekend fire at the stockyards. A man found dead is identified as Isaac Means with a second death linked to shock. Packing plants remain operating, livestock receipts are revised, and the Red Cross treats about 1100 injured in the blaze response.
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Chicago
Isaac Means
Walter Burnfield
Swift
Armour
Morris
Wilson
Red Cross
Ada Rodeo Attracts Hundreds For Weekly Program
Ada’s ball park filled Sunday for Pete Woods rodeo featuring riders and bull doggers from Oklahoma cities. Dick Truitt nearly tied a world bulldogging record with a 7 second run on a Brahma steer. The event includes broncho riding calf roping bulldogging and wild cow milking with plans for a June Round-up and 30 head of wild range steers.
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Ada Ball Park
Pete Woods
Oklahoma
Dick Truitt
Stonewall
Zed Colbert
Ada
Canto
Oklahoma City
Colbert
Fred Owens
Buster Wolfe
Pete
West Plains
Brakmas
F. E. Gilbreath
Southwest
Woods
General Grant Jumpin est Frog Wins Calaveras Jump Jubilee
Angels Camp California May 21 The frog General Grant wins Calaveras county annual jumping jubilee by leaping 12 feet 5 inches from 155 entrants The crowd totals about 20000 Budweiser once held the record at 13 feet 1 inch but is said to have aged out of contention.
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Angels
Calif
Angels Camp
General Grant
Calaveras County
Louis Fisher
Ada Celebrates College Silver Anniversary With Civic Pride
At a jammed Ada Chamber of Commerce old timers dinner, leaders recalled the bid to locate a school in Ada and its surge to national prominence. Judges and legislators praised past support, while contributions from residents funded faculty salaries and delegates to the legislature.
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Chamber of Commerce
East Central
J. F. MecKeel
Ada
Murray
W. H. Ebey
Oklahoma
Thomas P. Holt
Tom Hope
John Beard
W. C. Duncan
East Central State Teachers college honors spring graduates
East Central State Teachers college conferred bachelor degrees on 111 spring graduates, the largest class in school history. Commencement speaker Jim Hatcher urged health, ambition, professionalism, and community involvement, stressing the spiritual side of teaching and the need for moral education.
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East Central
East Central State Teachers College
Jim Hatcher
Chickasha
State Board of Education
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
Hatcher
Pontotoc County
Claude Sayre
St. Luke’s’ Episcopal Church
Cain
Molloy
A. Linscheid
EK. C
Linscheid
A. L. Fentem
Oklahoma
Ada junior high school holds large graduation class
Ada junior high held a graduation program in the Ada high school auditorium Thursday night. Speaker Mrs. E. H. Schroeder, the first woman chosen for this address, urged gratitude courage and parental influence while praising students and presenting diplomas to 160 graduates.
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Ada Junior High School
Ada High School
E. H. Schroeder
G. G. Overturf
Tanti Study Club
Rebecca Sue Crain
B. E. Collins
Mrs. Collins
Raymond McGinnis
American Legion
Margaret Harris
C. E. Moore
Virginia Schroeder
Supt
B. R. Stubbs
James Kent Smith
Large Sum to Aid Cattle Industry Passes House
The House approved a 150 million dollar cattle relief appropriation and a flexible sum for Bankhead Cotton Control Act administration. Farm administrator Chester Davis estimated 6.837 million needed for cotton this year and next. Buchanan said 100 million for dairy and livestock relief and 50 million to purchase cattle. The text then shifts to an unrelated crime narrative about a fraudulent check and suspects in a separate incident.
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Washington
House
Senate
Chester Davis
Davis
Buchanan
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Three Oklahoma Auto Fatalities Reported in Separate Crashes
Three Oklahomans died in yesterday’s crashes as E. L. Freeman of Tulsa and W. L. Steelman of McAlester perished. Jacob Naker of Tulsa and W. H. Minton of McAlester were seriously hurt near Atoka. Clarence Langston of Heavener died after a grade crossing collision. In Missouri, W. A. Grundy of Oklahoma City was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Lees Summit involving a driver identified as Black.
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Associated Press
Missouri
E. L. Freeman
Tulsa
W. L. Steelman
McAlester
Jacob Naker
W. H. Minton
Atoka
Clarence Langston
Heavener
W. A. Grundy
Oklahoma City
Lees Summit
Martin Clark and Lenora Agee Wed in Ada
Mr. Martin Clark of Ada and Miss Lenora Agee of Holdenville were married Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Ada. The ceremony was conducted by Dr. C C Morris with a floral altar and white tapers. Mrs. Clark is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W H Agee of Holdenville, a Holdenville High School and East State Teachers College alumna. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. H G Clark, attended East Central and works for Cities Service Oil.
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Hazel Atlas
R. W. Simpson
Karl Weaver
W. A. Lewis
Western Union Messenger
Weaver
Ada
Lewis
Nell Hodgin
East Central Teachers College
Okfuskee County
East 17Th Street
Annie Pope
West 15Th
Johnston
Boy Scout Council
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Martin Clark
Lenora Agee
Holdenville
First Baptist Church
C. C. Morris
Clark
W. H. Agee
Holdenville High School
East State Teachers College
H. G. Clark
North Highland
East Central
Cities Service Oil Company
Veterans Make 300000 Poppies in Oklahoma Sale
More than 300 000 poppies made by disabled World War veterans at the Muskogee government hospital will be offered for sale across Oklahoma on May 26. Legion members will sell them at 10 cents each with 1 cent to the maker and 9 cents to aid destitute veterans and families. Oklahoma’s quota is 240 000. 69 000 have already been sent to Delaware and Arizona posts from the Muskogee hospital.
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Muskogee
United States Government
Oklahoma
American Legion
Legion
E. R. Crager
American Legion Auxiliary
Delaware
Arizona
Counties Share Oklahoma City Sales Tax Proceeds
Oklahoma County receives 22 083 dollars and Tulsa County 20 021 dollars from April sales tax collections on March sales the tax commission apportions 383 506 to Canadian Carter Creek Grady Grant Harmon Kay Logan Muskogee Oklahoma Ottawa Pittsburg Pontotoc Seminole and Washington counties with higher returns linked to investment this year.
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Oklahoma City
Tax Commission
Canadian County
Carter
Creek
Grady
Grant
Harmon
Kay
Logan
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Pontotoc
Seminole
Tulsa
Washington
Cotton Payments Expected Soon
The farm administration reports 9.17 million dollars paid since January 1 in rental and benefit payments to cotton, tobacco, and corn hog farmers. Tobacco received 6.64 million, cotton 2.25 million, corn hog 291 thousand, with cotton payments at about 250 thousand daily and first installments around 50 million due within six weeks.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Alleged Kidnap Plot Foiled in Oklahoma City Shawnee Arrests
Shawnee and Oklahoma City police arrested Leonard McElfresh and Willard Cook in connection with an alleged kidnapping and extortion plot. They allegedly targeted R. B. Thomas to force him to cash a check, detaining him and abducting a girl during the incident weekend.
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Thomas
Stanley Rogers
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
R. B. Thomas
Oklahoma County
Leonard
Buster’ McElfresh
Willard Cook
Earlsboro
Vaughan Addresses Vanoss Graduates
The Vanoss high school senior class held baccalaureate services Sunday May 13 at eleven in the high school auditorium. Oklahoma City state superintendent John S. Vaughan delivered the address before the largest crowd of the year and spoke on planning for the future with literary references.
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Vanoss High School
John S. Vaughan
Oklahoma City
Vaughan
Edna Gaar
C. W. Crawford
Cotton spinning gains in April
U S government census data show the cotton spinning industry operated in April at 104.5 percent of capacity on a single shift, up from 102.9 percent in March and 95.7 percent a year earlier. Spindles in place reached 31,011,200 with 26,450,750 active during the month. active spindle hours totaled 7,260,010,234, averaging 234 hours per spindle.
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Washington
Census Bureau
County Officials Filing Snapshots and Ballot Actions
Filing for county offices closed Saturday afternoon at 5. Printing of ballots and June registration follow, with July 3 as the first primary. One man withdrew twice. 78 Democrats filed for various county and township posts. few oppose. Notable filings include W F Schulte for county attorney and Della Bedford and Milton Garner unopposed for clerk posts. Three constables have no opponents. JP and constable races dominate the slate.
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Justice of the Peace
W. F. Schulte
Della Bedford
Milton Garner
G. C. Overturf
W. E. Black
Joe Harrington
Ada
Charlie Turner
Midland Township
Constable
Tupelo Freshmen Visit State Penitentiary
Tupelo freshmen toured the state penitentiary at McAlester Miss Horston sponsored the educational trip. On the way they stopped near Lake McAlester for lunch and ice cream. The group found the visit interesting with several students noted.
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Tupelo
McAlester
Penitentiary
Lake McAlester
F. S. Baird Appointed Dixon Co. Sales Manager
Frederick S. Baird, after 15 years with W. C. Dance of Oklahoma City, becomes sales manager for the Dixon company of Ada. The distributor of musical instruments, electrical refrigeration and other modern appliances plans faster territory service and stronger performance. Personnel changes among Dixon salesmen will be announced later.
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Frederick S. Baird
W. C. Dance
Oklahoma City
Dixon Company
Ada
Baird
Dixon
Nudism Will Be Bad for Laundries in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on May 18, the Oklahoma Laundry Owners Association heard Arch Long of Kansas City argue Nudism is spreading globally and will affect laundries. He cited visible dress changes, predicting reduced sun dry volume as fewer clothes are worn. He warned even clothing could become scarce as societal norms shift.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Laundry Owners’ Association
Arch Long
Kansas City
National Association
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General Grant Jumipin
A. Linseheid
W. D. Little
Dillinger
Jesus
NDA
Christ As
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Christ
Couny
Vanoss
Laverne Zumbro
Odette
Lord
J. W. Stringer
R.“E.calloway
Frank Hecock
Witherspoon
Isaacs
Proffitt
W. J. Horston
N. H. Heck
Alex Scott
Jewel Dillon
Erma Nell Carter
Mildred Montgomery
Robbie Dee Calloway
Edith Hoover
Robert Knott
D. B. Proffitt
James Sherrock
Billie Silliphant
Clovis Bottoms
Willie James
Elsie Chambers
Loma MaeKillian
Helen Johnson
Ruth Tinger
Frank Crosser
Louise Clifford
Bill Saint
Ravenel Stanford
Nina Heck
Thelma Greer
Thelma Witherspoon
Ethel Traylor
Lillie Traylor
Quint Scott
Albert Kemp
Montie Hagar
Sybil Jennings
M. C. Jennings
J. B. Isaacs
Glen Witherspoon
Nina Faye Witherspoon
F. S. Baird
Dixon Co
Spiesey
City Bank
The
First National Bank
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