Woodin to take complete leave as Morgenthau named acting treasurer
President Roosevelt announced Secretary Woodin will take a complete leave of absence at week’s end for health reasons. Henry Morgenthau Jr. will serve as acting secretary of the treasury, with Undersecretary Dean Acheson resigning to pursue new duties.
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Washington
Troosevelt
Woodin
Henry Morcenthau, Jr
the Treasury
Dean Acheson
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
New York
O'Neal backs planned agriculture to end depression
Edward A. O'Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged a "planned agriculture" at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation sessions in Columbus on November 15. He defended AAA production curbs, opposed farm strikes and violence, and supported a managed currency and national planning including planned agriculture as the path out of the depression.
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Columbus
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
O'Neal
McKeown Committee Praised By Sabath On Receivership Probes
A. J. Sabath lauds the McKeown led judicial committee for exposing abuses in federal receivership and attorneyship appointments in Chicago. He credits rapid work and calls for renewed investigations, praising McKeown and urging other sections to send such untiring members to Congress.
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Chicago
Tom D. McKeown
Ada
A. J. Sabath
Illinois
Judicial Committee
Tom McKeown
United States
Congress
Sabath
Mr. Sabath
Congressman McKeown
Ada Masonic Degree Team Seeks Ardmore Title Clash
Ada Masons head to Ardmore for a Saturday contest against Dougherty for a plaque trophy and state championship potential. The team includes captain M. Z. Thompson and 12 others. the match starts at 7 p.m. The Ada unit also plans to attend the November 21 district meeting in Hugo to confer Master Mason’s degrees.
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Ada
Ardmore
Dougherty
Amity Lodge
Oklahoma City
M. Z. Thompson
Homer Burkhart
W. M
Renzo Cooper
J.C
W. P. Jeter
J. W
J. L
Ernest Sawyer
S. D
Ed Haley
J. D
Clyde Alletag
S. Renfro Herndon
J. S
L. M. Williams
John Merrick
Huco
Ex Service Man Killed Near Hominy
Jack Bunch a 35 year old former service man from Hominy was killed last night while trying to alight from a moving freight train two miles south of Hominy. He apparently leaped from the train and was mangled by contact with a cattle guard. The Cherokee Indian leaves a widow and three children.
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Hominy
Jack Bunch
Here
Bunch
Dissension in Farmers Ranks Hits Midwest Strike
Wisconsin and Minnesota farmers split on the strike as state holiday associations permit cream marketing while forbidding other farm produce moves. A Madison mail vote shows anti strike sentiment edging ahead with county results inconclusive. Strike leaders urge renewed picketing as Congress weighs farmer problems. Vince A Day reports the plan to present a price fixing proposal backed by four governors.
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Minnesota
Farm Holiday Association
Wisconsin
State Farm Holiday Association
Madison
Congress
Minnesota Holiday Association
Vince A. Day
Floyd B. Olson
Des Moines
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Day
Government troops clash with rebels in six Cuban provinces
In Cuba a government drive against rebels intensified with clashes near Bayamo and Lara. Casualties were reported among 35 Batista loyalists, while new rebel bands formed near Placetas Manajanabo and Camajuani. Santa Clara garrison seeks reinforcements under martial law as Batista plans to release most political prisoners.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Bayamo
Oriente
Santa Clara
Lara
Antonio Cruz
Placetas
Manajuanabo
Camajuani
Col. Batista
Azores
Oklahoma farmers push 15 cent cotton loan plan
A coalition led by C. O. Moser of New Orleans and including the Oklahoma Cotton Growers association and state Farmers Union Gin association will urge Secretary Wallace to grant loans of 15 cents a pound on next year’s cotton with acreage reductions required. The plan has the backing of the Oklahoma bankers association, Oklahoma A and M College and more than 50 farmers.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wallace
C. O. Moser
New Orleans
American Cooperative Cotton Association
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
State Farmers Union Gin Association
State Bankers Association
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Winter Storms Racket Across Nation Freeze Records
New Yorkers faced the coldest November 15 on record while Chicago and Minnesota towns recorded historic lows. The blizzard claimed four lives in Pittsburgh and rough seas delayed search and ship movements off Lake Ontario amid widespread snow from New York to the Midwest. Europe faced a surprise naval push off Ireland as two British steamers struggled. In Camden New Jersey a court clerk's cellar theft saw a thief grab a dress suit and a sled.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
St. Paul
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Lake Ontario
D. EB. Calléndar
New York
West Virginia
Panhandle
Europe
Irish
Saxilby
Camden, N. J
Herbert Richardson
Camden’s
Chancery Court
Secret Negro Organization Sparks Farmerville Tension
In Farmerville Louisiana authorities probe a secret negro organization and its alleged white organizers after a confrontation near a planned lynching. A 30 year old man named Mack Leslie was killed by two deputies as he resisted being taken for safety, five bullets in his body. Fourteen African Americans were detained over alleged plans to march on Farmerville to demand more rights.
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Farmerville
Mack Leslie
Pat Murphy
Gold price cut in U S plan sparks bond decline
Washington fixed the price of new mined gold below world levels as the dollar fell against the pound at London opening. Bond quotations dropped with the slide, raising Treasury borrowing concerns for the recovery program. Officials warned to protect market value of government securities after a White House financial briefing.
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Washington
C?p
London
RFC
Treasury
White House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Explain Relic Plan at Governors Conference
President Roosevelt prepares to present the civil works plan to governors and relief workers in Washington. The program allocates 400 million dollars from public works funds through February to put 4 million men to work 30 hours weekly on highways sewers drainage and other immediate projects using force accounts and local machinery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry H. Hopkins
Hopkins
Civil Works Administration
Relief Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Public Works Administration
Public Health Service
Deputized agent Turreu injured in Arkansas car chase
J L Turreu the 38 year old DOJ investigator on the Kansas City Union Station slaying case was injured when three men trailing him from Memphis forced his car off a Tru mann Arkansas highway. The incident followed reports outlaw Verne Miller was seen in the area. Turreu is hospitalized with minor injuries and expected to be discharged.
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Jonesboro
Ark
J. L. Turreu
Department of Justice
Kansas City Union Station
Memphis
Trumann
Turrou
Turreu
Verne Miller
Miller
Ickes explains purpose of new relief program
Washington November 15 Secretary Ickes described the 460 million civil works fund to blunt this winter's unemployment until major works under the 23 billion public works program can begin. He spoke to governors, mayors, and officials promising 4 million jobs by February 1 under fund allocations.
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Washington
Ickes
Civil Works Fund
Public Works Administration
Harry N. Hopkins
Civil Works
Oklahoma Baptist Convention Selects New Officers
The Rev. C. C. Morris of Ada was elected president at Tulsa as the Oklahoma southern Baptist convention opened. He succeeds Rev. Andrew Potter of Oklahoma City. Vice presidents are Rev. Rupert Nancy of Oklahoma City and Rev. T. W. Medearis of Bristow. All other officers were reelected. H. G. Bennett of Oklahoma A. and M. College spoke.
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Tulsa
C. C. Morris
Ada
Oklahoma Southern Baptist Convention
Andrew Potter
Oklahoma City
Rupert Nancy
T. W. Medearis
Bristow
H. G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Texas Railroad Commission Sets Oil Allowable at 868 412 Barrels
The Texas railroad commission fixed the state oil production allowable at 868 412 barrels daily, below the federal allocation of 875 009 barrels. Effective 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, the order notes 47 131 wells in Texas with the East Texas field at 394 060 barrels daily, likely to rise with new completions.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
East Texas
Filling Station Robbed on Monday Night
The Filling Station at 801 W Main Street was robbed Monday night. Manager J L Parker reported the crime to city police. The thief took four inner tubes a box of cigars a box of mixed candy broke locks on the middle pump and stole about 20 gallons of gasoline.
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W. Main Street
J. L. Parker
Parker Not To Be Appointed Five Tribes Superintendent
John Collier, head of Indian affairs, denied Oklahoma rumors that A. M. Landman would be replaced by Gabe Parker as superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes. He said Parker is ineligible due to lack of civil service status, despite Parker's prior good record.
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Washington
John Collier
The
Cadets of Indian Affairs
Oklahoma
A. M. Landman
Five Civilized Tribes
Gabe Parker
Landman
Parker
Coliber
Gassed Chickens tied to Henhouse Thefts Solved
Walter Matone pleaded guilty to a string of poultry robberies in Washington Pennsylvania admitting he sprayed gas in henhouses to render chickens unconscious before stealing them and received a one year jail sentence.
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Washington
Walter Matone
Funeral planned for boy killed duck hunting near Spiro
Nov 13. Funeral arrangements underway for Abraham B Underwood 13 of near Spiro after a duck hunting accident on the Poteau River. The body was found on the river bank with the shotgun charge lodged in the abdomen. officials say an inquest is not needed.
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Spiro
Abraham Bb. Underwood
Poteau River
Here
Potean County
Sam James
Capone Seeks Freedom Again From Atlanta Penitentiary
Al Capone, serving a ten year sentence for tax evasion, filed a second petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court in Atlanta. Judge Underwood set 10 a.m. Saturday for the government to show cause why Capone should not be released amid new claims of statute of limitations issues and new evidence.
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Atlanta
al Capone
Chicago
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Federal District Court
Marvin Underwood
Capone
Frank Doughman
Couchman
Train derailed by miscreants in Booneville Arkansas
A westbound Rock Island passenger train derailed after a switch was tampered with in Booneville Arkansas. Three people were slightly injured: engineer W E McColpin, passenger Mrs James Gwyn, and brakeman Brain Goodwin. Fireman W P Eubanks escaped injury as the train entered the yards. Investigators pursue suspects.
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Booneville
Ark
Rock Island
W. E. McColpin
Little Rock
James Gwyn
Amarillo
Tex
Brain Goodwin
W. P. Eubanks
Murder Suspect Held At Shawnee In Ontario Woman Slaying
Virgil M. Brown 45 was arrested at the home of his stepmother in Shawnee for questioning in the October 17 slaying of Marie Elmsley near El Reno. Police recovered Elmsley’s car papers, two dogs, and jewelry in Brown’s possession as the Canadian County attorney prepared to question him.
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Shawnee
Virgil M. Brown
J. G. Scott
Marie Elmsley
Windsor
Ontario
el Reno
F. A. Budd
Scott House
Budd
Elimsley
Elimesley
Highway 66
Brown
Elmsley
Sam Robertson
Amphibian plane lands on Monogahela river in Pennsylvania
Charleroi residents see a amphibian aircraft crash into the Monogahela River and pilots surface, mistaking Maryland for Pennsylvania. The chatter notes a $50 bet about the state and mentions pre war liquor returning and Sidney Franklin's New York visit. The World Fair awards a farm to the 22 millionth visitor, prompting sharp reaction as the prize is deemed an insult.
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Charleroi
Monogahela River
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Sidney Franklin
America
New York
Chicago
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