Pontotoc County Apples Win Big at State Fair
At the Pontotoc county fair and Tulsa Oklahoma events, Emmet Licht near Maxwell won blue ribbons in the collective exhibit. H. B. Williams of Vanoss earned two blue ribbons for Golden Delicious apples in multiple exhibits and claimed $59 in Tulsa prizes plus 42% at Oklahoma City. The state marketing commission will pay $2.50 per bushel for all his apples. Carl Solomon of Vanoss placed fourth in honey. The county exhibit ranked fourteenth overall while poultry sweepstakes winners included Adam Wagner of Allen and O. T. Walker of Ada with Rhode Island Reds.
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Pontotoc County
Emmet Licht
Maxwell
H. B. Williams O. Vaness
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
State Marketing Commission
Los Angeles
California
Oklahoma
Carl Solomon
Vanose
Pontotoc County Fair
Adam Wagner
Allen
Rhode Island Reds
O. T. Walker
Ada
Eugene Aucuetus
4-H Clubs Shine at State Pair Show at State Fair
Pontotoc 4-H club members won nine ribbons at the state fair with second place in potatoes among them. The school exhibit also did well and awards are noted in The News. The beer building on fair grounds, funded by Oklahoma City at $50 000, housed about 1 000 youths this year, signaling strong recognition of 4-H work statewide.
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Pontotoc
Oklahoma City
4-H club trip to state fair crowds Oklahoma City building
Pontotoc county boys and girls who won trips to the state fair in Oklahoma City enjoyed training courses, entertainment, and sightseeing. The new 4-H club building, sponsored by the chamber of commerce, proved crowded with 400 girls in dormitory areas and hundreds more in exhibits. Wings may be added next year to ease space.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Jeanie Morgan
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Mra
Morran
Oklahoma fair premium winners and seed corn tips
In addition to state fair premiums, the Oklahoma list includes A. C. Griffith and Mrs. Rosa Griffith of Roff with multiple honey and candy entries, H. B. Williams of Vaness with apples, and Grimes Golden and Jonathan varieties noted. Also a seed corn advisory from C. B. Cross of Oklahoma A and M urges attention to plant and ear, with guidance on ear size, husk, and stalk development.
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Oklahoman
A. C. Griffith
Roff
Rosa Griffith
H. B. Williams
Vaness
Grimes
Jonathan
C. BR. Cross
Oklahoma A. and M. College Agronomy Department
Cross
Oklahoma City Livestock Prices Edge Down as Supply Grows
Cattle trade slow with increased steer and yearling supplies. Medium to heavy steers around 6.00, short fed yearlings 4.50 to 5.25, bulk grassers 2.50 to 4.00, canners-cutters 1.00 to 1.75, bulls 1.50 to 2.00, heavy calves 4.00 to 4.50, fancy light veals to 5.00. Hogs 1,400 head 5 lower, packer top 3.55, outsiders 3.65, bulk 3.25 up, sows 2.25 to 2.90. Sheep 200 head unchanged, natives 4.50 top, bulk 4.00 up, throwouts 3.00 to 3.50.
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Oklahoma City
Packer
Bulk
Wisconsin and Minnesota Cobblers See Mixed Prices
Chicago reports market activity on North Central potatoes with totals 441 shipments and 336 on track. Northern white stock steady while other varieties hold fair value. Wisconsin and Minnesota Cobblers bring 60 to 65, select up to 70, Minnesota Early Ohio s 55 to 60, North Dakota listings noted.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River Ohios 65 70 South Dakota Ohios 624 65 Idaho Rus
In a cryptic score note, Red River Ohios defeated South Dakota Ohios with 65 to 70 as Idaho Rus posted a 1.95 15 line. The fragment hints at multiple team results and a time or distance measure.
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Red River
South Dakota
Idaho
Butter Price Report From Chicago Market Units
Chicago market report shows unsettled butter trading with 5 759 units today. Creamery specials score 93 with 2043 21 extras 92 20 and firsts 90 91 19 193. Firsts 88 89 17 18 seconds 86 87 15 16 standards 90 centralized carrots 193. Prices remain unchanged overall with 4134 unsettled totals.
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Chicago
Market Report: Poultry Prices and Truckloads Listed
Chicago readers see quoted poultry prices by category with multiple live and dressed figures for hens leghorn roosters turkeys ducks geese and broilers across a range of prices. The document lists 38 live trucks and various weight categories indicating active wholesale activity.
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Chicago
Cooked Springs
Rock Springs
Grain Prices Fall as Market Dips on Hoover Speech
Chicago grain markets slid with wheat at Winnipeg hitting new bottom under 49 cents a bushel. Wheat closed 2 to 3 cents lower, corn down 12 to 13 cents, oats off 3, and provisions down 5 to 27 cents as traders cited NY market declines and Hoover speech as unlikely to spur gains.
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Chicago
New York
Hoover
Winnipeg
Petober
Grain spot prices in Chicago report
Wheat No 1 hard 533 No 2 hard 523 4 cents. Corn No 2 mixed 27 273 No 1 yellow 273 3 No 2 yellow 273 3 No 1 white 273 No 2 white 27 272 Oats No 2 white 169 17 No 3 white 157.
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Chicago
Cotton opens bullish but slips under pressure on grains
Opening advance in cotton on bullish weather and crop tips turned mixed as local and southern selling, linked to grain and stock declines, pulled Dec futures from 7.21 to 6.90. Prices steadied later with modest 8 to 10 point declines and December near 7 cents. Mountain fields cut output from 73,294 to 72,197 barrels a day as weekly production figures release.
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New York
Cotton market lifts then slips on weather and stocks
New Orleans prices rose early with December at 7.20 and March at 7.35 but later fell as weak stocks and hedge selling emerged before the government report due Saturday. December eased to 6.88 and March to 7.05, with a rally later to 7.02 aided by short covering. Exports total 25,477 bales.
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New Orleans
Central Belt
Longs
Cotton closes lower in New Orleans trade
Spot cotton in New Orleans fell 13 points to close with sales of 4 068 as futures values slipped. Prices quoted were 6.47 for low middling, 6.97 for middling, and 7.32 for good middling. Receipts reached 9 931 with total stock at 934 315.
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New Orleans
Slight Decrease in US Production Reported
Oil and Gas Journal notes an 8 541 barrel daily drop in US crude output last week. Total production fell to 2 160 170 barrels from 2 169 241. California down to 475 000, Texas up to 915 387, East Texas to 379 208, Oklahoma 386 120, Kansas 99 915, Eastern region steady at 114 000.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Southwest
State of Texas
Kansas
North
Louisiana
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain Area
California
Santa Fe Springs
Long Beach
Playa de Rey
Elwood
Kettleman Hills
United States
Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
East
Rocky
City Taxes to Hold Steady as Budget Tightens in Ada
Pontotoc county excise board recessed after drafting a lean budget for fiscal year starting July 1 1952. Ada city finances show only small tax relief with a 6 mill general levy amid reduced valuations and lower income. Dazys notes 4.40 mills funded bonds and interest prior, with 82 695 requested this year to fit the levy. Surplus shrank from 7000 to 800 while other income declined. Board also to set township and school district allocations.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Excise Board
Lee Dages
Dazys
Notorious Prisoner for 55 Years Jess Pomeroy Dies
Bridgewater Massachusetts report says Jesse Pomeroy, who spent 55 years in prison from age 14 including 40 in solitary, died of heart disease at the state farm. Authorities recall his lengthy confinement, repeated escape attempts, and rarity of pardon while noting his early murder conviction and life imprisonment.
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Jess Pomeroy
Bridgewater
Mass
Jesse Pomeroy
Massachusetts
State Farm
Robert C. Sherman
Pomeroy
Charlestown
State Prison
William Gaston
Alexander H. Rice
Oklahoma City boy sentenced for whisky making to buy books
An 11 year old boy admitted in county court he made whisky for 50 cents a day to buy books and continue schooling. He received a suspended 30 day jail term from County Judge C C Christian. The youth’s alleged employer Carl Trippen, 25, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined 50 dollars on a liquor charge.
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Oklahoma City
C. C. Christian
Carl Trippen
Woman seeks divorce after two years for desertion
Chicago report states Mrs. Bessie Smolen sues husband George for desertion after he left home two years ago in April claiming he would go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Judge Charles A Williams grants her divorce decree, noting the prolonged separation.
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Chicago
Niagara Falls
Bessie Smolen
George
Charles A. Williams
Yankees Crush Cubs in Fourth Straight World Series Triumph
The New York Yankees swept the Chicago Cubs 13 to 6 in the final 1932 World Series game at Wringley Field. Gehrig and Ruth led a powerful Yankee attack as Cy Moore and Herb Pennock closed the victory, while Cubs pitchers Bush Warneke May Grimes were knocked around, ending Chicago’s hopes.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press Sports Foster
Chicago
New York Yankees
Broadway
Chiceszo Cubs
St. Bernard
Yankees
Cub
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Cubs
Guy Bush
Lon Warneke
Jakie May
Bud Tinning
Burleigh Grimes
Barrace
Johnny Allen
Frank Demaree
Wricley Field
Bush
Warneke
Southpaw
Grimes
Cy Moore
Allen
Missouri
Herb Pennock
Pennock
George Piper
Herb
Bill Herman
Riggs Stephenson
Ben Chapman
Bruins
Rail unions Likely to Extend 10 Percent Wage Cut
Dow Jones reports union leaders seek members’ consent to indefinitely extend the 10 per cent wage cut to defer negotiations until year end. Railroads would need assurance the cut won’t be restored and could post a 20 per cent cut plan by January 1 if extension is approved.
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New York
Pdow, Jones & Co
Hoover
Dow
Jones
Cardus Aids Women in Gaining Strength and Color
A Roanoke Virginia woman details relief from weakness back pain and fatigue after using Cardus. She credits three bottles with weight gain improved color and vanished back pain and notes her mother had used the product. Sold locally by druggists.
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Cardus
F. H. Scott
Roanoke
Raul
Latta Pupils Enjoy Oklahoma City Three Day Trip
Seventh and eighth graders from Latta Consolidated School returned from a three day visit to Oklahoma City. They toured the state capitol the Historical Building Lincoln Park and downtown areas. The group viewed exhibits at the state fair and rode streetcars while a World on Parade display and fireworks closed the day.
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Latta
Treasury reports 1933 first quarter deficit of 401 million
The government ended Q1 fiscal year 1933 with a deficit of 401,947,000 after spending 839,098,000 and collecting 437,151,000. Income taxes plunged from 512,857,120 to 174,140,500 while miscellaneous internal revenue rose to 169,727,977. Public debt stood at 20,611,241,804. National banks used bonds under the home loan law to back currency up to 112,000,000.
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Washington
U Theovernment
Three Held On Assault Charge In Oklahoma Strike
Three men were held with out bond for preliminary hearings at Hartshorne after an attack on John Deller, a special state operative, in the Oklahoma coal strike area. They face charges of assault with a deadly weapon robbery and rioting. Deller may lose an eye after a fractured skull and other injuries. Officials vow to mobilize agencies to curb unrest following two bombings near McAlester. About 1 000 miners and union sympathizers heard Frank Watson speak at a picket line north of McAlester.
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Mcalester
Okla
Hartshorne
John Deller
Oklahoma
Justice of the Peace
A. C. Sewell
Deller
F. J. Springer
Murray
Frank Watson
Watson
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