Financial Return Expected On 1,200 Head At Buxton Ranch
An Oklahoma experiment at the old Horseshoe ranch south of Fitzhugh tests large scale sheep farming. C C Buxton owns the herd and Frant Reed oversees 1,200 head using Bouillet ewes with Cordell rams. Wool is weighed and sold at an estimated 32 cents per pound, predicting a $3,840 return from about 12,000 pounds of fleece. Edwards and three assistants shear the flock in a single day, averaging 350 head daily with skilled technique. The operation aims to show profitability for large and small flocks alike in the region.
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Old Horseshoe Ranch
Fitzhugh
C. C. Buxton
Oklahoma City
Buxton
Edwards
Pete
Reed
Hillsdale
Enid
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
Coalgate
McAlester
Duncan
Holdenville
County girls to attend meet in Tishomingo next week
Mrs. Jesse Morgan states five girls from county clubs will travel to Tishomingo for a judging school run by Murray Agricultural College extension division. The group includes Jewell Hokett Vernice Johnson Edith Bryant Nadine Howard and Drucilla Scott under Morgan's supervision.
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County
Canning
Jesse Morgan
County Home
Stillwater
Fitzhugh Club
Edith Bryant
Cedar Grove
Nadine Howard
Lawrence Club
Drucilla Scott
Union Valley
Tishomingo
Spaniards At Bull Fight Forget War
In Vitoria 20 000 Spaniards attend a bullfight as bombs and fighters loom near Bilbao. Jean Belmonte performs in a gold costume and wins ears and tail, while Basque crowds cheer amid a war backdrop and air raids.
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Edward J. Neil Vitoria
Spain
St. Prudence
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
Vitoria
Plaza de Toros
Jean Belmonte
Basque Sea Coast
Bronx
Chicago
Pork supply push aided by rising hog and corn prices
Chicago on May 24 reports record spring hog prices near 12 dollars per hundredweight and May corn above 1.35 a bushel. Stockyards receipts remain light with half the hog alleys closed, signaling a nationwide effort to boost pork output as traders note 90 percent of 1937 corn planting likely complete and moisture favorable for crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Excitement Grows Over Muse Area Oil Test
Reports say Blackstock No. 1 in Thompson area reaches 4 465 feet with a Bromide sand test due soon. Muse No. 1 in 33 27 SW NE SE runs lower but yielded Hunton lime. Moore No. 1 Thompson in nearby 33 2 7 north offset shows a strong Hunton lime indication.
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Muse
Blackstock No
Thompson
Hunton
Moore No
Dropped Honeymoon Cruise Planning by Wallis and Duke
Monts France May 24. Wallis Warfield and the duke of Windsor abandon plans for a honeymoon cruise amid rumored British warship objections. They may honeymoon near Biarritz then Austrian castle. wedding June 3 in private attendance of friends. Erosion figures state soil loss equals combined Illinois Connecticut and Massachusetts area.
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Monts
France
Wallis Warfield
Duke of Windsor
Charles Mercier
Chateau
Herman L. Rogers
Windsor
Spain
Rogers
Southeastern Dean Quits as Board Dismisses President
Miss Marie Taylor resigns as dean of women at Southeastern Teachers College amid shock over the state board of education removing President Kate Galt Zaneis. Dr Everett H. Fixley also resigns in protest, citing a political education ring. Acting president will be Dr W B Morrison starting June 1.
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Fixley
Crabb
Zaneis
State Board of Education
Rancher Charged With Cattle Theft in Oklahoma Case
County Attorney Howard Phillips said Boyd M. Mann a former Chickasha rancher is jailed in McCurtain county on a federal cattle larceny charge. Mann was brought from Indio California by a federal investigator and declined to comment.
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Idabel
Okla
Howard Phillips
Boyd M. Mann
Chickasha
McCurtain County
Phillips
Mann
Indio
Calif
California
Big Crowds At Park Openings Draw Warm Opening Day
Large crowds at Wintersmith and Glenwood parks celebrate opening day as summer facilities attract swimmers and picnics. Residents praise Glenwood bathhouse, with park hours daily and June 1 opening for Wintersmith fishing and Glenwood children’s pool.
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Wintersmith
Glenwood Parks
Glenwood Park
Glenwood Pool
Glenwood
John D Rockefeller Dies at 98 in Florida Home
John D Rockefeller Sr founder of the world’s greatest dollar dynasty died Sunday at 4 05 am EST in his Florida winter home The case ments He would have turned 98 on July 8 His death was attributed to sclerotic myocardia His vast fortune largely given away through his son Rockefeller Jr and foundations His body to be sent to Pocantico Hills and Cleveland for burial Read details on his long career oil mines railroads and philanthropy and the large gifts to the Rockefeller Foundation and universities
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John D. Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockfeller Sr
Harry L. Merryday
Croescus
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Eugene Hermener
Florida
Ward Madison
John D. Rockefeller Jr
New York
John H. Yord I
Congress
Midas
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield
Standard Oil Trust
William Avery Rockefeller
John Davidson Rockefeller
Richford Village
Tioga County
Finger Lake
Upper New York State
Johann Peter Rockefeller
America
Coblenz
Rhine
New Jersey
Mr. Rockefeller
Orlando Beach
Damage suit filed over fatal accident in Fittsfield
Lillie Ratliff sues E. C. Hunter for 50000 dollars alleging negligence in a January 20 accident on the Dennis lease. Roy Ratliff, 44, died after a four horse team crossed a flooded narrow concrete bridge over Clear Boggy creek, the wagon overturning. Ratliff was a teamster for Stahl Petroleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittsfield
Roy Ratliff
Lillie Ratliff
E. C. Hunter
Hunter
Stahl Petroleum Corporation
Ratliff
Graduation list for East Central State Teachers College spring class
The notice lists Bachelor of Arts candidates including Vincent Kermit Barnes and many others from Ada and surrounding towns along with addresses. A closing riff mentions rapid-fire machine guns and French caddies reclassified as farmers, signaling a shift in wartime or military context.
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East Central State Teachers College
Vincent Kermit Barnes
Ada
Route 4
Marcella Pearl Byard
Mounds
Lewis Guthrie
Colbert
North Turner
Velma Faye Cole
Stuart
Mable Vinita Davis
West Fourteenth
Dorothy Fagan
Ravia
Bess Dickens Fitts
East Ninth
Edward Aaron Gaston Jr
Weleetka
Abbie Lewis Glascock
Altus
W. Broadway
Orion Jennings
Seminole
Box
East Twelfth
Marjorie Presnal Sugg
Eva Barbee Twibell
Celia Walker
Carmeleta Vaughn
Maysville
Leland Glen Witcher
Barbara Bess Woods
East Seventeenth
Charles Hughes Young
East Thirteenth
Insects Sing in Unison Amid High Altitude Facts
A note on high altitude flight cites air temperature around 70 degrees below zero and reduced air density hindering motor cooling. It adds that many species of insects sing in unison.
Lindberghs Welcome Third Son in Coronation Week
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh announces the birth of a third son to his wife and himself. An aunt in Cleveland says the baby was born May 12, the night of King George VI's coronation. Lindbergh did not attend the coronation event or confirm further details.
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Weald
Kent
Eng
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Cleveland
George VI
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Buxton Ranch
Pete Edwards
Mrs. Morgan
Blackstock
E. H. Moore
Duke
Wallis
Illinois
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Southeastern
Dean
Joe
Pixley
The
Associated Press
Rockefeller Foundation
General Education Board
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
University of Chicago
East Central Grads
Ruby Imogene Avery
Francis
Ralph Gray Benham
Crowell
Kathryn Mae Fisher Bettes
East Twelth
Mary Nell Boswell
West Ninth
Maxine Bynum
West Sixth
Virginia Calico
Macomb
R. E. Carleton
Stratford
Ruby Ednar Cottrell
Knight Hall
Mildred Louise Criswell
East Fourteenth
Margaret Anna Dickson
Shawnee
West University
Mary Opal Dillon
Ardmore
Alene Rowland Duncan
Bowlegs
Ira Nell Dunn
Florence Willis Emerson
South Hope
Raymond Estep
Purcell
Edna Mentzer
Vaness
Davie Hill
Morris
East Young
Paul Pierce Jackson
Lee Ola Johnson
Herbert Overton Kelso
Roff
Mary Florene Kilpatrick
West Seventeenth
Thomas K. Klinglesmith
East Main
Lorene Thelma Lawrence
Pauls Valley
Ethel Mayhue
Harvey King McArthur
Albertyne Moore
East Sixteenth
Leonard L. Morin
Frisco
Elizabeth Francis Norman
Wewoka
S. Okfuskee
Nola Velma Ogburn
Fred Oliver Rayburn
Frances Carl Rose
George Thomas Ross
East Tenth
Jack Secrest
West Main
Grace Slaton
West Tenth
Beatrice Smith
Haileyville
Lee Douglas Tiffin
Byars
Route 1
Eva Nadine Ansell
South Johnson
Doris Yvonne Watson
Bonnie Sheets Weber
Konawa
Charles Lee Williams
Robert Glynn Wahemneaas
Tupelo
Jessie Pauline White
Iawa
Beatrice Templeton Heron
C Engelbrecht
Lindbergh III
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