Campaign heats rise as election near in heated exchanges
The AP reports a busy political scene with less than five weeks until November 2. Roosevelt accuses opponents of red herring tactics while Landon criticizes civil service orders and plans a lake States tour. Knox campaigns in Ohio as Democrats and Republicans trade charges over social security and communism.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Syracuse
N. Y
Topeka
Kans
Landon
Lake States
Production Tax Holds To Year’s Estimate In Pontotoc County
Pontotoc county's gross production tax derived mainly from oil remains aligned with the year’s estimates for 1936-37. Revenues are split between the county general road fund and general school fund, with July and August payments totaling $2,708.22 to the school fund and $17,829.67 to the other. The latest monthly payment is $9,912.06, bringing the three month total to $39,181, slightly above the $30,000 expectation.
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Pontotoc County
County General Road Fund
General School Fund
Pecan Crop Outlook in Pontotoc County Shrinks
Local growers report an extremely small pecan crop with estimates around 1,000 pounds for Pontotoc County. I R Gilmore notes cultivated varieties may outpace natives due to late frost. Cotton picks slow as roads remain wet, with one gin idle over ten days until enough bales accumulate.
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Oklahoma
I. R. Gilmore
French Senate Accepts Bill on Franc Devaluation
Paris reports the French Senate approved article one of the monetary bill by 137 to 127. The article suspends the June 25 1928 law fixing the franc at 65 milligrams of gold and the Bank of France guarantee to exchange paper money for gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bank of France
Girl Reporter In Newsmen's Around The World Race
The Hindenburg with three New York reporters and four passengers launched from Larkersburg at 11 15 p m EST for Frankfurt Germany in an air race around the world. FE A Ekins Leo Hieran and Dorothy Kilgallen are among the reporters aboard the dirigible. Kilgallen joined the race late per editor assignment.
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Larkerurst
N. J
New York
Frankfort
Germany
FE. A. Ekins
Scripps-Howard
Leo Hieran
North American
Alliance
Dorothy Kilgallen
New York Evening Journal
International News Service
Melton Says Oklahoma City Seeks Security Funds
Harve L. Melton director of public welfare said Oklahoma expected approval of a 1,154,000 dollar grant to match state payments under the security law. The state applied for October November and December funds. The public welfare commission approved an $8 pension for the aged on October 1 and set a 2 per child aid for dependent children for the coming month.
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Oklahoma City
Harve L. Melton
Washington
Public Welfare Commission
Old Welfare Board
Onake Bite Fatal to Frenzied Preacher
In Jonesville Virginia Rev T Anderson died after a faith demonstration at a religious meeting Sunday. He had been bitten three times by snakes two on his right hand by a copperhead and once on his left by a rattlesnake. His daughter appealed for aid but doctors said he waited too long.
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Jonesville
T. Anderson
T. B. Ely
Anderson
Ely
Fraser to Seek Centralized Attorney General Legal Work
Oklahoma City Sept. 32 — Pi ted Fraser Democratic nominee for Congress in Comanche county said he would introduce a bill in the legislature to have all state department legal work handled by the attorney general's office. He noted many departments now employ separate attorneys.
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Oklahoma City
Ted Fraser
House
Comanche County
Bacteria varieties split between harmful and essential roles
Of the 2,000 known bacteria types about 100 are harmful while the remaining 1,900 varieties are necessary for life in various ways.
Landon Attacks Old Age Pensions Tax Plan
Gov Alf Landon released a social security study arguing that old age insurance taxes under the New Deal would fall mainly on earners. He urged a pay-as-you-go pension system funded by broadly distributed direct taxes, calling the current act wasteful and a hoax on workers.
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Landon
Roosevelt
John G. Winant
Social Security Board
LaFollette
London
John D. M. Hamilton
Earl Browder
Mr. Roosevelt
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Twentieth Century Fund
Filene Foundation
Milwaukee
More Money Needed for Age Pensions in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports P. C. H. Hyde of Alva says the state can only offer about a 14 dollar monthly pension without new revenue. He notes the 1 percent sales tax earmarked for old age pensions and child welfare brings roughly $500,000 monthly, with about $400,000 for pensions. Over 80,900 applications filed, with more coming in. Hyde projects 75,000 pensions approved.
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Oklahoma City
P.C. H. Hyde
Alva
State Social Security Commission
Hyde
Whiteman Named Colonel by Texas Governor
Paul Whiteman, banished to lieutenant colonel on the governor's staff, received the rank at a joint legislature session in Austin. Governor Allred praised the King of Jazz for his summer of honor at Fort Worth's frontier centennial, and Whiteman quipped about buying a big ranch and riding Texas horses.
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Whiteman
Allred
Fort Worth
Texas
Quotable Verse on Life Fragments by Sterne
A reflective line notes that smiling and especially laughter enrich a person’s fragment of life, suggesting joy adds value to existence and memory. The aphorism frames happiness as a reward in daily living.
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Sterne
Incinerator Project Begins in Ada With $32,000 Price Tag
Work started on Ada incinerator as stakes go in and signs rise under PWA supervision. Grady Musgrave, resident engineer, reports initial activity minimal until mid month with the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. as contractor for over $32,000. Completion expected by early February alongside a $28,000 Vamposa school addition contract to J. T. Chapman & Sons.
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Ada
Grady Musgrave
PWA
Musgrave
George G. Toler
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Com
September Sets Water Receipts Record for Ada
Ada’s water department reports September receipts of 8830.59 from rentals, topping all months except August 1936. Total deposits reached 191, with 14 new taps at prices from 8.50 to 390, and August 1936 had a prior high. The figures come from J H Norman, city water office.
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Byrds Mill Springs
Ada
J. H. Norman
City Water Office
Norman
Water Department
Non Jury Civil Docket Set for October 14 15
A motion demurrer and non jury civil docket before District Judge Tal Crawford was set for hearing starting at 9 a.m. on October 14 and continuing through the next day. The docket totals more than 100 cases and may grow with additions before hearings.
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Tal Crawford
Roosevelt story told in Syracuse address
President Roosevelt cited a 1933 recovery tale in Syracuse about a silk hat drifting away after a friend saved a man who could not swim. The anecdote illustrated gratitude and later reproach as the rescued man blamed the loss on time and tide rather than the saver.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Roosevelt
Communist presidential candidate Browder jailed in Terre Haute
Earl Browder along with four associates was arrested on vagrancy charges by Terre Haute police chief James C. Yates to block a scheduled communist rally. Browder, novelist Waldo Frank, and Seymour Waldman were jailed after arriving from Chicago, with state chairman Charles Stadfeld and party worker Andrew Remes also taken into custody. Beecher backs crackdown on communism in the city.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Earl Browder
James C. Yates
Browder
Chicago
Waldo Frank
Seymour Waldman
New York
Yates
Charles Stadfeld
Andrew Remes
Indianapolis
Communist Party
Samuel Jeecher
Beecher
Gary
Indiana State Teachers College
Evansville
Deputies Reapprove Blume Devaluation Plan Amid Senate Clash
Paris Sept 30 Deputies rejected Senate changes and reapproved Blume devaluation plan in near original form. They refused modifications on government price level controls with strong Senate opposition. Battle between houses to continue with decree powers for Blume seen as unresolved.
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Paris
Leon Blume
France
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Blum
County CCC Quota Not Yet Complete for Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County welfare board reports about 3 youths short of the 90 needed to form 32 CCC companies destined for Pacific coast camps on October 12. Some 62 applicants will undergo physicals and inspections in central Oklahoma before final assignment, with eligibility set at ages 17 to 28 and family relief connections.
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Pontotoc County
Texas
Oklahoma
CCC
Pacific Coast
County Welfare Board
Central Oklahoma
WPA
Donnie Hughes Named Juvenile Officer Here
Miss Nonnie Hughes begins work today as juvenile officer of Pontotoc county. County Judge Boyce McKeel announced the temporary appointment to care for underprivileged and delinquent children while awaiting a federal permanent worker.
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Nonnie Hughes
Pontotoc County
Boyce McKeel
Miss Hughes
O.E.R.A
Peace Officers to Meet October 7 in Miami
OKLAHOMA CITY Sept 38 Col Charles W Daley chief of the state crime bureau announced the semiannual convention of the Interstate Peace Officers association will be held Oct 7 in Miami Speakers include John F E Osborn Oklahoma City secret service operative Mac Q Williamson attorney general Dwight Brantley special agent in charge of the FBI C J Elliott and Harry J Meade Joplin Mo and Percy Boyd Commerce Okla Daley said officers from Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma were expected to attend A pistol shoot is scheduled.
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Oklahoma City
Charles W. Daley
State Crime Bureau
Interstate Peace Officers Association
Miami
John FE. Osborn
Secret Service
Mac Q. Williamson
Dwight Brantley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
C. J. Elliott
Harry J. Meade
Joplin
Percy Boyd
Commerce
Dust Bowl Drain Hits Southwestern Kansas Counties
Four years of drought and dust storms cost the Dust Bowl region in southwestern Kansas 4,500 residents since spring 1933. Fourteen counties suffered the heaviest losses as crop failures and rainfall shortages worsened. State Agriculture Secretary J. C. Mohier blamed the drought for the population decline.
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Peka
Kans
Kansas
Broad Plains
J. C. Mohier
State Board of Agriculture
Democrats announce Black to speak in Miami and Poteau
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Senator Hugo Black of Alabama is slated to speak Friday night at Miami and at the third district meeting of the League of Young Democrats in Poteau on Saturday.
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Oklahoma City
Democratic
Hugo Black
Alabama
Miami
League of Young Democrats
Poteau
Giants Win IRS Game of Series
New York fell to the mud and weather as the Giants led by Carl Hubbell dominated the opener 6 to 1 at the Polo Grounds. George Selkirk and Dick Bartell homered for the Yankees, but Ruffing faltered and the NL champions seized control with strong fielding and timely hits.
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Giants
IRS
New York
Kies
Polo Grounds
Cpthe
Yankees
Carl Owens Hubbell
Bill Terry
Hubbell
Charley
Red
Yankee
George Selkirk
Dick Bartells
DiMaggio
Gehrig
King Carl
Two Guilty Pleas Lead to Prison Terms in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc county prisoners begin serving sentences after pleading guilty before District Judge Tal Crawford. John Ryan was sentenced to one year for obtaining property by a false check. Virgil Stanfield dismissed remaining local charges. Jerry Kingsberry got five years for second degree burglary after admitting he entered an Ada home and took clothing.
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Pontotoc County
McAlester
Tal Crawford
John Ryan
Virgil Stanfield
Ryan
Jerry Kingsberry
Kingsberry
Ada
Papal Secretary to Investigate Coughlin Visit to U S
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli the papal secretary of state will travel aboard the Conte Savoia to meet American church leaders. The talks will cover major issues including the political activities of Detroit radio priest Rev. Charles E. Coughlin. This marks the first papal secretary of state trip to the United States.
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Vatican City
Eugenio Paccelli
Oil Field Worker Walter Corvin Dies in Bebee Lease Accident
Walter Corvin a 48 year old Pontotoc county oil field veteran died after inhaling gas fumes while cleaning a Bebee field Burk No 1 well. He worked as tool dresser for Benedum and Trees company with Dick Sparrow at the scene. Funeral plans pending. Survived by wife and young son. Corvin helped drill Bebee field wells since 1921 and was well known among industry workers.
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Walter Corvin
Pontotoc County
Bebee
Benedum and Trees Company
Burk No. 1
Dick Sperrow
Criswell
Sparrow
R. L. Story
Benedum and Trees
Corvin
Carter- Nance-LaSalle
Roper Sees Closer Trade Relations
Secretary Roper said the tri power understanding will lower excessive tariff barriers and foster more uniform relations between Britain France and the United States. He called it one stroke toward world economic stability and an increase in trade.
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Washington
Roper
Great Britain
France
United States
New Yorker Is Held for Extortion Try on Harry Sinclair
Frank Vitolo, 33, of Yonkers New York, arrested on charges of trying to extort large sums from oilman Harry Sinclair and other financiers and their wives. The FBI announced the arrest authorized by J Edgar Hoover.
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New Yorker
Harry Sinclair
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frank Vitolo
Yonkers
N. Y
Harry Sinclear
J. Edgar Hoover
Vitalo
Air racer crashes near Salisbury during England to Johannesburg derby
CAPETOWN Sept 30 The England to Johannesburg air derby leader Captain S S Halse reportedly crashed outside Salisbury about 678 miles from his goal but escaped unharmed. The report from Reuter's British News Agency notes the incident as he piloted toward Johannesburg.
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Capetown
South Africa
S. S. Halse
Johannesburg
Reuther
Salisbury
Record Temperatures Flag Extreme Readings in Sahara and Siberia
A 136 degree Fahrenheit reading was logged in the northern Sahara while a 92 degree below zero reading appeared in northern Siberia. The extreme values highlight unusual global temperature gaps.
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Sahara
Siberia
New Tax Lists Certified By County Assessor Wednesday
Bill Bevers, Pontotoc county tax assessor, Wednesday announced completion of new tax lists from 1936 rolls and their certification to County Treasurer Fred McKay. The collection date was not announced but likely in November as the 40 day protest period expires. Deputy County Clerk Willard Anderson explains protest begins when budget estimates are filed with the Oklahoma tax court. The certified tabulation shows 75,464.68 dollars including 420 dollars special.
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Bill Bevers
Pontotoc
Fred McKay
Willard Anderson
Oklahoma Tax Court
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Dust Bowl
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McAlester Penitentiary
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