Roosevelt Addresses Veterans at Chicago Legion Meeting
President Roosevelt spoke to World War veterans at the American Legion convention in Chicago Stadium. He defended economy measures, opposed special benefits, and urged unity while reaffirming government responsibility for disabled veterans. He recalled service, noted his own disability, and urged continued national recovery efforts.
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Chicago Stadium
Chicago
Rooseveltt
American Legion
Natoonal Press
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Legion
Hyde Park
N. Y
New York
United Nation
Navy
United States
National Treasury
White House
Century of Progress
Longtime Midland native C L Jones dies in Purcell
C L Jones a Confederate veteran aged 84 died Thursday night in Purcell after living with his daughter Mrs Edna Tinsley for ten years He spent 30 years in Old Midland and was grandfather of E N Jones of Ada He had relatives in Purcell Vanoss and Texas Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM in Purcell.
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C. L. Jones
Midland
Purcell
Edna Tinsley
Jones
E. N. Jones
Ada
Vanoss
Texas
Steedman Child Dies. Funeral Set at 11 A. M.
The two year old son of Mr and Mrs Willie Johnson of Steedman died at home Saturday morning. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Steedman Cemetery at 11:00 a m. Burial in Steedman Cemetery, Keith Funeral Chapel in charge.
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Willie Johnson
Steedman
Steelman Cemetery
Steedman Cemetery
Keith Funeral Chapel
Mrs Virzil Harold Dies in Paoli Kansas
Mrs Virzil Harold daughter of Rev and Mrs Kimbrough of Allen died in Paoli Kansas on Monday October 2. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 3 PM at the Allen Baptist church. Burial will follow in Allen cemetery with Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. She is survived by her husband four children her parents three brothers and a sister.
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Virzil Harold
Funeral services held for Miss Mamie Rogers at Ada home
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 30 at the home of Mrs. Tal Crawford 121 East Fourteenth for Miss Mamie Rogers sister of Mrs. Crawford She died in Shreveport La Monday morning Rev C C Morris officiated Burial was in Rosedale cemetery Keith Funeral Chapel in charge Survivors include Mrs Crawford of Ada and Phillip Rogers of Lubbock Texas
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Tal Crawford
East Fourteenth
Mamie Rogers
Crawford
Wallace W. Dages Dies at 57 in Ada
Wallace W. Dages, 57, died suddenly at his home on West Thirteenth this morning at 9 39. Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday at 3 o clock. Burial will be in Rosedale cemetery with Criswell Funeral Home in charge. He spent 43 years in Ada since the area began settlement. Survived by widow Mrs Dages six daughters Mrs Sarah Sweeney Mrs Opal Berringer Daisy Elizabeth Catherine and Zelda Daggs two sons J W and Bary Daggs and two brothers Lee and Crockett Dagas.
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Wallace W. Dages
Rosedale Cemetery
Criswell Funeral Home
Mr. Dagges
Ada
Dages
Sarah Sweeney
Opal Berringer
Daisy
Elizabeth
Catherine
Zelda Daggs
J. W. and
Bary Daggs
Lee and
Crockett Dagas
Earl Allen Dies After Brief Ada Business Career
Earl Allen died Sunday morning October 1 in Albert Pike Memorial Hospital McAlester following a brief illness. He opened the A T drug store on West Main with associates August 1 and had built local standing since moving to Ada. He was 49, born June 7, 1891 in Kasse Texas and moved to McAlester in 1913. He had 20 years as jeweler and druggist before relocating to Ada. He leaves a widow and two children. He was a Knight Templar and member of various fraternal orders in McAlester.
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Earl Allen
A-T
W. Main Street
Albert Pike Memorial Hospital
McAlester
Mr. Allen
Masonic Cemetery
Knights Templar
Allen
Kasse
Texas
Ada
Scottish Rite
Elk, Oddfellow, M. W
W. OO. W
Death notice for Miss Mamie Rogers at Shreveport hospital
Word reached Ada today of Miss Mamie Rogers death at 4:30 this morning in a Shreveport hospital where she was visiting. Paralysis caused her death. The body will arrive tonight. Funeral arrangements are pending. Rogers spent most of her life in Ada with her mother Mrs. M. E. Rogers and family having moved here in the city’s infancy. She lived with her sister Mrs. Tal Crawford and Judge Crawford and was widely esteemed by friends who mourn her loss.
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Mamie Rogers
Shreveport
Miss Rogers
Ada
M. E. Rogers
Tal Crawford
Judge Crawford
Work Rushes On Federal Building Project
Contractors overseeing the federal building at the corner of Twelfth and Rennie expect completion within 60 days. One car of stone remains, with plastering started last Saturday and to be intensified in the coming weeks.
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Federal
Twelfth An Rennie
Construction completes soon for new building exterior
Interior finishing will finish about mid month according to J L Harvey the construction superintendent. With major work done, sidewalks and back paving have begun and some concrete poured. Work on walls and facing stone was delayed to avoid wall damage.
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J. L. Harvey
Cotton Checks Flow to Pontotoc Farmers
Uncle Sam will pay Pontotoc County farmers to plow up cotton to cut production and ease price depressions. More than 200 checks were issued Saturday at the county agent office with hundreds more arriving this weekend. Total county payments exceed 82 000 toward a final near 93 000.
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Sam
Pontotoc County
J. B. Hill
Stringtown Wins In Hitless Game
Stringtown defeated Tupelo 2 to 0 in a rare hitless game. Breuster pitched for Stringtown and Williams for Tupelo. The two runs came in the sixth inning when Leard threw to Rudy Jones at first base for an error, scoring the winning tally.
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Stringtown
Tupelo
Brewster
Strintown
Williams
Leard
Rudy Jones
Isaacs
Daniels
Jones
P King
Anglia
Robins
Bower
Caesar
Bond
Sue
Faudree
Norris
Williford
Bowman
Roberts
St Brewster
Meena Ini
Kelly Prepares for Legal Battle
Oklahoma City Oct. 3 George Kelly known as Machine Gun Kelly faces a criminal fight over charges of robbery with firearms in Urschel kidnap conspiracies. He and Albert Bates were arraigned and seek venue changes while federal charges loom. Kathryn Kelly may seek trial and Kathryn’s lawyer said efforts to pressure a guilty plea are unlikely.
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Oklahoma City
George
Kelly
Oklahoma
Charles F. Urschel
Memphis
Albert Bates
James H. Mathers
Ursechel
Walter Garrett
Mathers
Criminal Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Bates
Kathryn Kelly
John Roberts
R. G. Shannon
Kathryn
Herbert K. Hyde
Kellys
Lewis R. Morris
Cotton Ginning by Oklahoma Counties 1933 1932
The Commerce Department Bureau of the Census releases a preliminary report listing Oklahoma counties by cotton ginned before Sept 16 for 1933 and 1932. Quantities are in running bales with round bales as half a bale and linters excluded.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Oklahoma
Relief payrolls reach 7045 in Pontotoc county September
September relief payrolls in Pontotoc county totaled 7045.30 under relief chairman C L Gibson. 1721 men worked on roads school grounds and lakes projects while 1757 registered but did not work. 3478 total registered by September 30. Direct relief supported 12 families with 90 dollars in groceries.
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Pontotoc County
C. L. Gibson
Byrds Mill
Allen
Escape Key Found Tied to Bailey Jail Break
Federal investigators have recovered the key to the cell Harvey Bailey used during his Labor Day escape from Dallas county jail. A peddler, not officially connected to the jail, held the key for some time. Tom L. Manion, former jailer, and Grover C. Bevill, a Dallas butcher, face federal trial Tuesday for aiding Bailey's escape. Manion pleaded not guilty, Bevill pleaded guilty.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas Times Herald
Harvey Bailey
Bailey
Tom L. Manion
Grover C. Bevill
Manion
Bevill
Execution dates set for two Oklahoma death-row inmates
The criminal court of appeals scheduled Tom Morris for execution on November 24 for slaying Mr and Mrs House of Mc Alester and Earl Quinn for killing Jessie Griffith, a Blackwell school teacher killed with her sister Zexia on December 28, 1930, in a paired dispatch.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Tom Morris
Jose House
McAlester
Earl Quinn
Jessie Griffith
Blackwell
Zexia
Cardui Promoted For Women’s Aches And Tired Nerves
A vintage advertorial extols Cardui a purely vegetable tonic used for over 50 years to improve general health and ease monthly periods. It claims safety for women of all ages and helps overcome pains and tired nerves.
Flames wipe out lodge near Ada in log structure
Fire Monday night destroyed the Kappa Alpha Phi lodge on the brow of the hill southwest of Ada. Firemen fought the blaze from three blocks away and extinguished it after the roof fell. The building and all furnishings were a total loss.
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Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity
Ada
Cuban officers surrender after bloody Havana hotel battle
In Havana on Oct 3 a day long clash at the National hotel left 44 dead and 89 wounded among soldiers officers and civilians including an American. The fight involved hundreds of troops and ended with police escorting surrendered officers to prisons or hospitals as sniping persisted across the city.
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Havana
National
ABC Revolutionary Society
ARC
Ramon Grau San Martin
Machado
Fulgencio Batista
Grau
ABC
United States
Eishtynine
Lee
Alchena Franca
Police Recover Dresses as Theft Suspect Prepares Charge
Police recovered six dresses from a paper suit bag carried by a man detained Friday night on Main street. Furman Hargis of Pontotoc reported a bag stolen from his automobile earlier that night. Officers planned grand larceny charges against Willie Moore as the items matched the seized property. A Chevrolet coach was reported stolen from A Boiles on East Tenth Street.
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Furman Hargis
Pontotoc
Main Street
Neal
Willie Moore
A. Boiles
E. Tenth
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