Tragic Mid Pacific Navy Plane Crash Kills Six
Six naval aviators died in a mercy flight crash during fleet maneuvers in the mid Pacific aboard the giant GP7 patrol plane. The crash happened at night south of Midway as crews searched for survivors and the fleet returned to Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Clausen
Associated Press
Pennssylvania
Lpi
United States
mid-Pacific
Pennsylvania
Harry A. Brandenburger
Belleville
Charles Joseph Skelly
San Francisco
P. C. Lits
Ocean View
F. M. Derry
Gloucester
Mass
P. J. Poteau
Aviation
Wrentham
Q. A. Sharpe
Heavener
Oklo
Mid- Pacific
Lieut
Mathis B. Wyatt
Saratoga
Richard Chadwick
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Midway Island
Midway
Pacific
Increase of More Than Million Dollars in 1935 Valuations
Pon totoc county shows total 1935 assessed valuations at 11,012,815, up from 9,851,277 in 1934. Personal property climbs to 2,567,773 and real estate to 8,445,042, with oil field growth largely driving gains in districts 19, 39, and 45. oil production itself does not boost ad valorem taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Bill Bevers
John Fitts
Ada
Fitts Field
Bevers
Harden City
Fittstown
Unusual Hen Lays Odd Twin Eggs Near Ada
Four miles north of Ada resident UNUSUAL HEN W. Blackburn reports his Buff Orpington laid two eggs in one day. One egg had a double yolk while the other lacked a shell and showed a thin covering stretched into a small rope. If continued, breeding such chickens could bring him fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. ¢. Blackburn
Ada
Mr. Blackburn
Oklahoma Astronomer Predicts End of Coats
Ada resident Dr. D M Martin told a street crowd that ten years hence Oklahomans won’t need overcoats, citing a cool spring and weather changes. He toured with a 240 power telescope at Main and Broadway, claiming government service and membership in the Astronomy Association of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burris
Oklahoma
D. M. Martin
Ada
Martin
Main and
Broadway
Astronomy Association of America
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Heaven
Fittstown
United States
Rrussia
Philippines
China
Japan
Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Palestine
Australia
Alaska
Russia
Seattle
Wash
Harding
Chattanooga
Indian loans expand vocational education under 1936 act
The Interior department approves a system of Indian education loans for vocational and higher training. Of 175000 for the new year, 350 Indian youths may receive aid in trade schools colleges and professional programs. Applications will be handled by Ruth Bronson and Evelyn Pierce under the education division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Congress
Indian Office
Giing
Ruth M. Bronson
Indian Service
Mount Holyoke College
Evelyn Pierce
Education For the
Red River washes out pilings of railroad bridge
Red river flood waters washed out piling of a railroad bridge at Garland City and backed up on Highway 55 between Fulton and McNabb. Two sections of piling of the St. Louis Southwestern bridge on the east side of Garland crossing gave way. Rail traffic had been suspended before the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Red River
Garland City
Fulton and
McNabb
St. Louis Southwestern
Garland Crossing
Fitts field praised as efficient oil operation in Oklahoma
W A Gus Delaney and John Fitts spoke to Tulsa American Petroleum Institute members recounting the Fitts area in southeastern Oklahoma. Fitts described the Graben geology and wedging producing horizons with maps and wildcat drill history from 1916 to 1930. Delaney credited cooperative field development and cited Bromide sand area potential above 550000 barrels daily with a 15000 barrel daily allowable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitts
W. A
Gus” Delaney
John Fitts
Oklahoma
Tulsa
American Petroleum Institute
Ada
J. R. McWilliams
Carter Oil Company
A. L. Leverson
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Mr. Fitts
George Morgen
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
San Angelo
Texas
McWilliams
Delaney
Delaney, King & Miller
Seminole
Oklahoma City
East Texas
Federal Provision For Education Of Indian Children Affects This County
Two Pontotoc county schools are included in special Indian day schools under federal jurisdiction. George C. Wells notes Kalihoma and Hickory Hill receive federal support with teachers and field staff aiding products and 373 contract Choctaws in four schools. The program includes boarding schools, day schools, and support for 3,259 Indian pupils in 1934 across 44 tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burris
Pontotoc County
George C. Wells
Wells
Hickory Hill
Kalihoma
Jack Norton
Northeastern Teachers College
Tahlequah
Ada
Nora Benton
East Central
Here
Office of Indian Affairs
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Five Civilized Tribes
Durant
Murray Agricultural School
Tishomingo
St. Elizabeth's School
Purcell
St. Agnes’ Mission
Antlers
Sbacone College
Muskogee
Days
Bacone College
Hgher
Congress
Glenn Palmer
Federal Building
Pontotoc
Coal
Grady
McClain
Garvin
East Central District
Sophia Bobelek
J. George Kuntz
Postmaster urges clearer addressing in Ada
Ada postmaster James W. Lewis notes the city has grown rapidly and urges residents to use legible full street addresses. He warns that simply writing Ada, Oklahoma causes delivery delays or misrouting to similarly named individuals and asks customers to send change-of-address notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Lewis
Lewis
Ada
Oklahoma
Longfellow Dana Acquired by Middlesex Court on Statutory Charges
Cambridge Mass May 29 Superior Court Judge Nelson P Brown acquires Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana 53 former Columbia English professor and noted lecturer at end of trial on statutory charges involving a 16 year old boy in Middlesex Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
P—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana
Columbia University
Superior Court
Nelson P. Brown
Middlesex Superior Court
Greatest returns for the amount invested
Classified ad notes strong value for readers seeking smart investments with high potential returns. Frugal buyers and investors are urged to compare options and consider long term gains in a fluctuating market.
UOPEGT CONFESATES TO FIVE BANK HOLDUPS
Director Hoover said Thomas R Lim erick confessed to five bank robberies and is suspected in five more. He admitted the robberies at Security National Bank Superior Nebraska November 22 1934 eight thousand dollars First National Bank Dell Rapids South Dakota November 7 1934 three nineteen thousand dollars First National Bank Hudson South Dakota January 5 1935 fourteen hundred dollars First National Bank Smith Center Kansas February 1 1935 two thousand one hundred thirty three and Ellsworth Minnesota State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thomas R. Limerick
St. Joseph
First National Bank
Smith Center
Kan
Ellsworth, Minn
State Bank
Bank robber Limerick charged in Kansas City thefts
U S District Attorney Maurice Milligan filed charges of robbery of a national bank against Tom Limerick described as a ranking public enemy. He was arrested at St Joseph after a night club brawl and confessed to five bank robberies. He already faces Nebraska indictments for robbery and Lindbergh law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U. S
Maurice Milligan
Tom Limerick
Limerick
St. Joseph
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investita‘in
Washington
Nebraska
County Criminal Docket Announced by County Judge
County judge John Boyce McKeel announced a June schedule for the week of June 11 listing 33 cases to be disposed by jury. Some cases are appeals from lower courts and others charge offenses such as practicing the barber trade without a license resisting officers and defrauding a boarding house keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boyce McKeel
Justice of the Peace
Mckheel
Boy Tries for Flight Record in Transcontinental Flight
Nineteen year old Peter Dana great grandson of Richard Dana and Henry W Longfellow took off at 420 a m Central Standard Time after an overnight stop on a San Diego to Boston transcontinental flight. Flying a low wing monoplane he aims to set a record for junior sportsmen pilots. Jack Fisher a private pilot rides with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Peter Dana
Richard Dana
Henry W. Longfellow
Jack Fisher
Senators Vote To Override Roosevelt Veto On Patman Bill
Washington May 23 The senate roll call shows 41 Democrats 11 Republicans and 1 Progressive voting to override the veto while 28 Democrats 12 Republicans and 9 others voted to sustain it. Senator Norbeck was the sole absentee noted as favoring override.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Adams
Burdman
Bankhead
Bibo
Black
Bone
Bulow
Byrnes
Caraway
Clark
Copeland
Costigan
Donahey
Duffey
George
Hatch
Lewis
Logan
Long
Maloney
McAdoo
McCarran
McGill
McKellar
Minton
Moore
Murphy
Murray
Neely
Overton
Reynolds
Russell
Schnellenbach
Sheppard
Smith
Thomas
Oklah
Utah
Trammell
Truman
van Nuys
Wheeler
Borah
Capper
Carey
Davis
Dickinson
Frazier
Gibson
Norris
Nye
Schall
Steiner
LaFollette
Farmer-labor
Shipstead
Ashurst
Bailey
Barkley
Brown
Bulkley
Burke
Byrd
Chavez
Connally
Coolidge
Deitrich
Fletcher
Gerry
Glass
Gore
Guffey
Harrison
Hayden
King
Tonergan O'Mahoney
Pittman
Pope
Radcliffe
Robinson
Tydings
Wagner
Wash
Austin
Barbour
Couzens
Hale
Hastings
Johnson
Keys
McNary
Metcalf
Townsend
Vandenberg
White
Senator Norbeck
R-Sd
Mass
Nev
Ida
N. M
Okla
Oklahoma physicians asked to resign from medical board
Governor Marland called seven newly appointed state medical examiners to resign and turn in their commissions for four year terms. The physicians, bound for a conference in Oklahoma City, faced an apparent move to force an executive session of the board. Board members listed include Dr. J. D. Osborne of Frederick as chairman and Dr. Thomas McElroy of Ponca City as vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Marland
Oklahoma
State Board of Medical Examiners
J. D. Osborne
Frederick
Thomas McElroy
Ponca City
L. E. Emanuel
Chickasha
W. W. Osgood
Muskogee
WW. F. Ray
of. G&g. &. Johnson
Pauls Valley
C. E. Bradley
Tulsa
Voting Veteran Altschuler Becomes SF's Oldest Voter
In San Francisco Levi Alt Schuler aged 105 is qualified as the citys oldest voter. He says itll be nothing new to vote for another president and notes he has voted for 29 presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Levi Altschuler
Altschuler
New Gulf-Pacific Highway Route To Pass Through Ada
Ada officials announce plans for the Gulf-Pacific highway to run through Ada as Col. F M Witherspoon and a 50 to 109 car motorcade prepare to travel New Orleans to Seattle. Milton Keating says Ada is the largest U S city without a federal highway through it and aims to attract highway commissions to back the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Puget Sound
Seattle
Wash
Col
F.M. Witherspoon
Shreveport
Gulf to-Pacific Highway Association
Oklahoma City
American Good Roads Association
Keating
United States
Flag Pole Square
New Orleans
Louisiana Purchase
Northwest
Middlewest
Col. Witherspoon
Roosevelt
Gulf-Pacific Highway Association
Senate Blocks Patman Inflationary Bonus Bill Amid Veto Fight
The Senate failed to override President Roosevelt's veto on the Patman inflationary bonus bill by a 54 to 40 vote. The House had overridden earlier, but the Senate action ends the measure for now and prompts a new push for similar legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Allotment Board
White House
Clark
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
van Zandt
Farmer-Laborite
Couple Married at First Christian Church
Miss Anne Clifton daughter of Mr and Mrs George Clifton Ross and Mr Ernest Wanner son of Mr and Mrs Albert Wanner Seminole married Saturday evening in the parsonage of the First Christian church Rev Ivan J Young officiated witnessed by Rudolph Wanner brother in law The couple will reside in Seminole where Wanner is affiliated with the Harlow Lloyd Service station
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Clifton
George Clifton
Ross
Ernest Wanner
Albert Wanner
Seminole
First Christian Church
Ivan J. Young
Rudolph Wanner
Wanner
Harlow-Lloyd
Garter Employees Tour Fitts Field in Oklahoma
A 29 member Stan Janette girls club from Carter Oil, Oklahoma Pipeline, and Ajax Pipe Line in Tulsa toured the Fitts oil field in Pontotoc County aboard a chartered bus. A H Hitchell of Carter Oil supervised the trip and predicted ongoing activity in the field for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Janette Girls Club
Carter Oil Company
Oklahoma Pipeline Company
Ajax Pipe Line Company
Tulsa
Carter Company
Fitts
Pontotoc County
Fitts Field
Ada
A. H. Hitchell
Mitchell
Hearings Waived in Ardmore Bank Records Case
W J Barnett and his brother N S Barnett waived preliminary hearing on charges of wilfully destroying or removing records of a failed bank. They were released on $2000 bonds pending district court trial likely in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
W. J. Barnett
N. S. Barnett
American Bank and Trust Company
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Heavener, Oklahoma
Alfred W. Johnson
Harris Laning
Breese
Cruisaleigh
USA
MEY
R. R. Bridge
W. A. Delaney
A. Ff
POL Master
Uopegt
Ounty Criminal Docket
Veto Oatained
Clifton
Garter
Barnetts
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