Plot nipped in Brazil as rebels faced siege and raids
A Rio de Janeiro based cavalry plot to join a communist revolt was thwarted as reports cited 60 to 469 rebels killed and 104 captured. Government forces pressed from Recife toward Socorro with air power and naval reinforcements while a nationwide state of siege limited civil rights and police rounded up suspected radicals.
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Lauro Fontoura
Brazil
Pernambuco
Melvino Reis
Socorro
Recife
Parahuba
Alagoa
Rio Grande Do Norte
Ntal
Macahuba
Pinto Soares
Natal
Macahoba
South America
United States
Rio Grane Do Notre
Olinda
Afogados
Areias
Sun Gay
Ceara
Highway Fund Shows Increase In Receipts In County
County records indicate a projected rise in highway fund income for Pontotoc with five month receipts nearly $25k, and total 1935-36 outlook around $123k. Deputy clerk Willard Anderson notes gains in automobile licenses and gross production taxes may drive stronger funds, while oil field production changes after January 1936 could alter the outcome.
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Pontotoc
Willard Anderson
Anderson
Two Louisiana Convicts Escape From Prison
Two Louisiana convicts, Robert Hudson of Lake Charles and Robert T. Fuller of Oberlin, escaped Angola Penal Farm after overpowering a guard with a shovel and seizing his shotgun. The escape occurred in Camp E, with no serious injuries reported.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Robert Hudson
Lake Charles
Robert T. Fuller
Oberlin
R. L. Himes
Angola
Himes
Independents not solid for Borah in 1932 era
Senate independents split over a Borah presidential bid with Norris backing Roosevelt and Johnson estranged from party, while La Follette has become a progressive and Nye remains aligned with Borah. Couzens unlikely to support. Nay debates linger on convention strategy and funding.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Washington
Borah
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
la Follette
Wisconsin
Johnson
California
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Couzens
Michigan
Nye
North Dakota
Frazier
Norbeck
South Dakota
Ethiopians Reported Killed as Italian Front Advances
A Rome communique says about 100 Ethiopians including two provincial governors were killed north of Dolo on the southern Ethiopian campaign. Italian losses were four natives killed, five wounded and two missing amid rain hindering preparations. The report also notes the death of Lij Yasu in exile and details troop movements on the northern and southern fronts.
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Associated Press
Rome
Dolo
Italy
Ethiopia
Lij Yasu
Menelik
Haile Selassie
Harar
Tembien
Gheralea
Makale
Addis Ababa
Jijiga
Haile Selas
Nine on missing list narrows hunt in Oklahoma
Gravely wounded suspect Chester Comer may talk after a new blood transfusion as officials press him for clues to nine vanished persons. Authorities fear five bodies may be in a single Oklahoma grave while linking the case to four disappearances in New Mexico. Police detail items found in Comer's car and a large search of more than a thousand volunteers in rain and mud.
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Oklahoma City
Chester Comer
Comer
Ray Evans
Shawnee
L. A. Simpson
Piedmont Farmer
Simpson
Warren
Elizabeth Childers Comer
Lucille Stevens Comer
Col
Charles W. Daley
State Crime Bureau
Oklahoma
Alberquerque
New Mexico
George M. Larius
Albert A. Heberer
East St. Louis
Ill
Dwight Brantley
Department of Justice
Manhunt in Blanchard for missing trio linked to car theft
Town Marshal Oscar Morgan and two others pursued a man after a roadside gunfight near Blanchard Oklahoma. The wounded suspect may be Chester Comer sought for questioning in the disappearances of Ray Evans L. Simpson and Warren Simpson, with a brown briefcase under investigation.
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Oklahoma’ City
Chester Comer
Blanchard
Oscar Morgan
Okla
Morgan
Chickasha
Comer
Ray Evans
L. A. Simpson
Warren
Lucille
J. R. Sanders
Simpsons
Jack Stanley
Simpson
Sunnyside School
Here
Stanley
Saunders
Oklahoma City
Evans
Sheriff shifts search as Fitzhugh confusion narrows area
Sheriff Kaiser moves the search center eleven miles northwest toward Fitzhugh in a bid to locate the missing five after a suspect’s confession reference. National Guard units from Ada Konawa and Wewoka join deputies and Legion volunteers in a dawn operation east of Fittstown amid graveside false leads and dogged clues, including discarded oxford footwear.
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Chester Comer
Pontotoc County
Fitzhugh
Comer
Fittstown
Clyde Kaiser
American Legion
Kaiser
National Guards
National Guard
160Th F. A
Konawa
Wewoka
G. R. Naylor
Walter Mosier
Pottawatomie County
Anderson Denies Theft of Turkeys at Arraignment
Theodore Anderson was committed to Pontotoc county jail to await a preliminary hearing on larceny of domestic fowls after arraignment before Justice Sherwood W. Hill. He pleaded not guilty to taking three turkeys from J. M. Hamblen and could not post the $1,000 appearance bond.
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Theodore Anderson
Pontotoc County
Sherwood W. Hill
Anderson
J. M. Hamblen
Relief appropriation petition filed with governor present
Gov Marland's 2.5 million relief measure gathered about 191,181 signatures and was filed with Secretary of State Frank Carter by B F Graham in the governor's presence. Only 51,000 names needed to qualify for the ballot. Carter has preliminarily checked around 19,000 signatures as valid.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Frank Carter
B. F. Graham
State Planning Board
Carter
Stearns Held On Perjury Charge In Sulphur Case
Louis Stearns son of W H Stearns bound over to district court after a preliminary hearing in Sulphur on perjury charges. He allegedly swore a 15 year old Pontotoc county girl was 18 to obtain a marriage license. W H Stearns remains jailed awaiting district court trial on two criminal assault charges connected to the same girl and her sister with the latter charge carrying possible death penalty.
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Louis Stearns
W. H
Bill’ Stearns
Murray County
J. A. Dunn
Young Stearns
Pontotoc County
W. H. Stearns
Stearns
Wheat King May Resume Trading
Chicago dated report states Arthur W. Cutten, famed wheat king, is free to resume trading under a U S circuit court of appeals ruling. The grain futures administration had suspended him for two years over 500000 bushel position reporting. The court reversed the suspension, determining past violations do not justify current action. Government officials signaled potential appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago Wheat King
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Grain Futures Administration
Cutten
Court of Appeals
Grain Futures Act
Washington
J. W. T. Duvel
Supreme Court
Governor Commutes Death Sentence for Goldie McCollum
Gov Marland announces he commutes Goldie McCollum from the death sentence to life imprisonment for slaying a fellow convict. McCollum had been slated for execution December 6. The action follows the Criminal Court of Appeals ruling a similar case reduced to life for another prison killer based on testimony from inmates. Eight jurors who convicted McCollum petitioned for the commutation.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Goldie McCollum
McCollum
Criminal Court of Appeals
One Killed Four Burned in Wellington County Shop Explosion
An explosion and fire at the county shops building in Wellington Kansas killed Charles Wilcox aged 60 and seriously burned four other workers. Fire destroyed the structure and a brick wall crushed the victim as rescue crews battled the blaze. County Engineer E C Kirk said six others were not trapped and were accounted for.
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Wellington
Kans
Charles Wilcox
E.C. Kirk
Two Texas Men Found Shot to Death Near Hamilton
The shot-torn bodies of W. E. Blackwell, 36, and Co C. Gann were found today at the Gann home seven miles north of Hamilton Texas. They had been bathing there while Mrs. Gann was away on a visit. A boy who came to clean the house found the bodies. Investigating officers could not determine a definite motive but suspected a third person may be involved.
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Texas
Hamilton
Tex
W. 2
Blackwell
CC. Gann
Gann
Coroner's Jury Extends Inquiry On Martin Death
In Mena Arkansas the coroner's jury extended the investigation into the death of John W. Martin into December 2. No verdict yet as investigators await evidence including a ranger report on fingerprints from the post office. Martin was found shot in the back with a pistol beside him. Investigators note disarray in the money order room and ongoing records check.
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Mena
Ark
Pos
John W. Martin
Stats Rangers
Martin
Mrs. Alvin Karpis Granted Divorce
Tulsa records show Mrs. Alvin Stayman Karpis granted a desertion divorce from fugitive Al Vin Karpis. She won restoration of her maiden name, left Tulsa, and notices served by publication after papers were returned from West Plains Missouri. The couple had no children and lived together briefly.
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Tulsa
Okla
Alvin Stayman Karpis
Alvin Karpis
Karpis
West Plains
Paroled Hagler Dies Before Parole Hearing
Harrisburg man Earnest Hagler serving six to twelve months for license fraud sought parole claiming illness. His parole papers arrived hours after Hagler died, ending the case without parole.
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Harrisburg
Earnest Hagler
Hagler
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