Richmond Jail Escape Sparks Manhunt After Shootout
In Richmond Virginia two death row gangsters Walter Legenza and Robert Mais ambushed guards during a jail transfer wounding Warden Moore and Deputy Sergeant Delph and injuring Officer Toots. They stole a mail truck and fled toward Twentieth Street prompting a wide manhunt by state and local police.
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Richmond
Walter Legenza
Robert Mais
Richmond City
W. A. Moore
John A. Delph
W. A. Toots
Racine
Legenza
Mais
Fourteenth Street
Joe Richardson
H. D. Moon
E. T. Carpenter
State Penitentiary
E. M. Huband
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
New Orleans
Baltimore
Mars
Ginter Park
DeSoto
Charles W. Moss
Virginia
Moss
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Warden Moore
Selph
Marland Silent on Federal Relief Crisis
Oklahoma gubernatorial nominee E. W. Marland said he would monitor relief problems and delay direct action as federal funds could be cut. Advisors discussed with Harry L. Hopkins how such cuts might affect Oklahoma and 123 other states, but Marland ruled out interceding with the federal relief administrator.
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Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Marland
General Harries Dies at 74 in Maryland
Major General Herbert Harries, veteran commander of Brest, died at Waverly Maryland at age 74 after pneumonia. He was credited as the first American officer to enter Berlin after World War I as head of the U S military mission to Berlin after the armistice.
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Washington
Herbert Harries
Brest
Waverly
Maryland
Berlin
United States
Oklahoma FERA to shut down relief May resume on curtailed basis
Oklahoma City Oct 3 FERA work and direct relief will shut down today until Friday when it will resume on a curtailed basis Carl Giles state FERA administrator announced The federal allocation for October is cut to 1 000 000 from 2 500 000 for September 186 000 needy Oklahomans face scrimping Indications are less than 7 a family will be available for relief no increase has been approved by Washington and Giles has not appealed for state funds Most counties have exhausted their September allotment
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Oklahoma City
FERA
Oklahoma
Carl Giles
Washington
Giles
Pontotoc County Crude Output Rises in 1934 Eight Months
Pontotoc county produced 1,909,140 barrels of crude oil in the first eight months of 1934, with August the peak at 275,377 barrels. State fields total 119,006,000 barrels. Production is constrained by proration, with Wilcox sand wells limited to 100 barrels daily and the field to 1,500 barrels a day. County ranking remains eighth or ninth among Oklahoma counties this year.
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Pontotoc County
Proration Department
Fitts
Ada
Wilcox
Allen
Bebee
Conservation and
Patman pushes fight for veterans bonus payments
Rep Wright Patman of Texas told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Louisville that a bill for immediate payment of adjusted service certificates is on file. He aims to push the measure when Congress opens and would issue 2.2 billion dollars in certificates backed by currency. He cited treasury gold and profits from revaluation to argue funds exist. He criticized bankers for a credit monopoly and warned interest charges eroding small balances.
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Louisville
Wright Patman
Texas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Texan
Congress
Patman
Oklahoma Campaigns Ramp Up With Democratic Push
Oklahoma voters faced a rallying message from Senator W B Pine claiming 30000 Democratic pledges and 20000 votes to elect a Republican governor. Democratic leaders announced a Saturday concerted campaign with speakers across many counties, outlining public works and employment plans amid the machine age.
Fourth Death Sentence In Week Imposed at McAlester
McALester Okla Oct 5 The fourth death sentence in a week was imposed on Goldie McCollom serving twenty years for robbery for stabbing two fellow convicts on April 15 He was tried for killing Tom Wilkins Howard Porter and John Williams pled guilty in separate cases leaving the judge to decide.
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Harve L. Melton
Judes Melton
Porter and
Williams
Stall Heads Photographers Group in Oklahoma for 1935
Ada photographer UP MB Stall will lead the Photographers Association of Oklahoma in 1935. Tulsa's R. B. Ward is vice president and Stillwater’s Harry Smith serves as secretary-treasurer. The 1935 convention site will be chosen later by the advisory board. Stall has a 50 year career and national recognition for his exhibits.
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Tulsa
MB. Stall
Ada
Photographers Association of Oklahoma
R. B. Ward
Harry Smith
Stillwater
Stall
Southwestern Photographers Association
Indians to Meet in Muskogee Soon
A meeting will be held in Muskogee on Tuesday October 15 at 10 AM to discuss the Wheeler Howard bill for eastern Oklahoma Indians. Senator Elmer Thomas and Commissioner John Collier will attend to contribute to the discussion. All interested Indians are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
John Collier
Indian Bureau
Pontotoc County Oil Field Happenings Day by Day
Oil field notes from Pontotoc County detail new location announcements, depths reached, and current drilling status across Ada and nearby sections. Key wells include John Fitts field No. 2-B Cradduck and Craddock No. 1-B, with depths around 447 feet, plus multiple Dawes Harden and Magnolia wells in 30-2-7 and 27-2-6. Reports note temporary slowing in Fitts field and clarify rumors of a multi-million sale are untrue.
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Harry Blackstock
John Fitts
Ada
Cradduck
Blackstock
Craddock
Ris
D Blackstock
Dawes Harden
Lynch Et al
Thompson
Jesse
J.E. Crosbie
Magnolia
Moore-Deaner
Edwards
Hunton
Shaffer
Norris
Petty
Russell
McMil
Viola
Carl Wolff
Fitts
Oklahoma
Jack Lynch
Crosbie
Hedrick
W. A. Delaney
B. C. King
Sam Miller
W. A
Gus) Delaney
Pontotoc County
Tulsa
Delaney, King and Miller
Carter Oil Company
Delaney
King and Miller
H. L. Blackstock
J. E. Crosbie
California Officials Probe Baby Selling Claims
In Sacramento three state agencies vow investigations into alleged baby selling in California. A report by Elizabeth Owens cites physicians profiting from birth and hospital fees, with mothers unable to pay urged to consent to adoptions and foster parents paying the bills.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Elizabeth Owens
State Department of Welfare
Charles B. Pinkham
State Board of Medical Examiners
L. R. Daniels
State Osteopathic Board
C. O. Hunt
State Chiropractic Board
Drilling Activity Builds Oil Prospects in Ada Graben
Saturday reports detail wildcat tests at Jarrett No. 1 Johnston Bebee field and Benedum Trees No. 1 James in McClain county with Hunton lime core data awaited. Other rigs near Jesses, Norris, and Cradduck show multiple wells at various depths, signaling potential Bebee field extension and ongoing Ada area oil development.
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Johnston
Bebee Field
Hunton
James
McClain County
Bebee
Fitts
Jack Lynch
Thompson
Fleetborn Superior
John Norris
Shaffer
Susan Norris
Jessce
Graben
Ada
Mrs. Garner Chosen Democratic Nominee for County Ticket
The Democratic central committee elected Mrs. H. D. Garner widow of Milton Garner as the party’s nominee for county clerk. In a run off style vote from five candidates, Garner led 53 to 40 over Otis Wilfong after initial ballots, with 93 of 112 committee members present.
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Democratic Central Committee
Otis Wilfong
H. D. Garner
Milton Garner
Denver Davison
Garner
Anne Dodd
Marie Bailey
J. W. Bohannon
Suspected Bank Robber Tied to Safe Thefts in Multiple States
Hot Springs Arkansas police say Willie Pete Dunegan, 27, a suspected member of a Kansas Missouri Arkansas bank robbery band, admitted involvement with safes hauled to Ira Brackett farm near Mannford Oklahoma. Officers allege he drove the truck for eight safes from looted banks and earned about 8 500 from the raids.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Willie Pete Dunegan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Dunegan
Joe Wakelin
Ira Brackett
Mannford
Okla
Donegan
Brackett Farm
Wakelin
Hugh Edwards
Joe Anderson
Kansas Highway Police
Brackett
Ada Housing Pressure Spurs New Building Permits
Ada sees rising housing demand with an active building program under discussion. This year permits issued total about 22 800 dollars for 18 projects including residences and businesses. Some homes planned on city outskirts avoid permits while adjoining properties seek city services.
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Ada
Ghostly haunt cleared by Auburn police raid
In Auburn Maine a late night raid on an empty house exposed six youths in sheets posing as ghosts. Blood stained floor and a bucket of abattoir blood were found. the spectral activity had drawn residents and police to the scene before dawn. The youths face police explanations.
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Auburn
CPA
Mt. Auburn
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Ickes Eyes New Public Works Cash for Job Relief
Secretary Ickes signaled plans to seek a substantial PWA appropriation from the next Congress to sustain employment until private industry resumes hiring. He denied a $1 billion figure, saying no definite amount has been discussed, with about $200 million needed for next year’s projects, including reclamation, power and flood control in the West.
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Washington
Ickes
Congress
PWA
Public Works
PWA_ as_ security
Reconstruction Corporation
Seven convicts tunnel out of Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Seven sick prisoners escaped the Oklahoma state penitentiary by tunneling under the wall from the tubercular sanitarium. The men, including three bedridden, used a tunnel ten feet deep and twenty feet long to reach a waiting Ford, with an attendant aiding them before they vanished on a highway near the prison.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Sam Brown
J. P. Crowley
Tulsa County
Jack Berry
Vern Brothers
Coney Coffey
Jack Capps
Choctaw County
Earl Williams
Pottawatomie
Charley Points
Oklahoma County
Crowley
Brothers
Berry
A. J. Gardner
Pottawatomie County
Gardner
Ford
Cotton acreage under discussion in 1935 plan
Senator Russell met with President Roosevelt in Washington to urge immediate 1935 cotton acreage allotments under the Bankhead plan. He pressed attention to small farmers in distributing the remaining 10 percent surplus and noted concerns about public understanding of the program.
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Washington
Senator Russell
D-Ga
Roosevelt
Russell
George
Delmar and Unsell Plead Not Guilty in Bank Robbery
Frank Delmar and Aubrey Ansell pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment charging them with robbing the Peoples National Bank of Kingfisher last May 31. They were jailed on $50,000 bonds. A December trial is likely. a third man, Jim Clark, faces possible death sentence under a new federal law.
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Oklahoma City
Frank Delmar
Aubrey Ansell
Peoples’ National Bank of
Court Rules On Dividend Tax Oklahoma Supreme Court
Oklahoma City October 2 The state tax commission lost its bid to levy income taxes on dividends from tax exempt obligations. The supreme court affirmed a lower district court ruling in favor of K H Hudson, shielding dividends from First National Bank & Trust Co American First Trust Co and a building and loan company from the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Tax Commission
Supreme Court
Oklahoma County District Court
K. H. Hudson
First National Bank & Trust Co
American First Trust Co
Scott appeals after guilty plea in manslaughter case
Jim Scott sentenced to 99 years for the fatal shooting of Abe Works in Madill appeals to the criminal court of appeals for relief from the long sentence. He argues life terms only apply to murder and that a 99 year manslaughter term is effectively a life sentence.
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Oklahoma City
Cepr
Jim Scott
Criminal Court of Appeals
Scott
Madill
Abe Works
Marshall County
Oklahoma
Marshall County District Court
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