Funeral services set for Guy Morris crash victim
Ada residents mourn as Guy Morris 23 died in a tar crash four miles west of Calvin. Edmond Atkinson 25 remains critical after injuries from the same crash. Henry Bennett 36 improved. three Ada youths were involved. Services for Morris will be held at Criswell Funeral Home with burial in East Hill cemetery. He is survived by his widow Edna Morris, his mother Cora Morris, five brothers and two sisters.
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Little Hope
Edmond Atkinson
Ada
Holdenville
Atkinson
Henry Bennett
Morris
Criswell
East Hill Cemetery
Rolf
Edna Morris
Cora Morris
West Twelfth Street
Oklahoma court strikes down county salary raise law
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the 1937 law boosting county judge and county attorney salaries from 2100 to 2700 dollars a year unconstitutional. The affected counties include Logan, Washington, Pontotoc, and Canadian. The court said the measure was special and not uniformly operative.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Logan Washington
Pontotoc
Canadian
Yank Volunteers To Leave Loyal Spain
SAN FRANCISCO Oct 5 7 Plans for the return of all American volunteers from Spain were announced by the Abraham Lincoln brigade friends. A statement said volunteers would cross the French border within a month and return home. The brigade planned a $150000 drive to charter a liner for transport.
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San Francisco
Spain
Friends of the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
David McKelvy White
National Brigade
Will Rogers museum dedication speakers announced
Oklahoma City reports Vice President Garner and RFC chair Jesse Jones invited to dedicate the Will Rogers museum in Claremore on November 4 with possible nationwide broadcasts to follow. Governor Marland will invite about 5,000 from other states. Rogers family will attend. Mary Rogers will be present. Aides will send representatives.
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Oklahoma City
John Nance Garner
Jesse Jones
RFC
Will Rogers
Claremore
Oklahoma
Wiley Post
Marland
Garner
Jones
Roosevelt
Eddie Cantor
Fred Stone
George M. Cohan
Mary
Mointure
Ino
Bridle At 13 Girl Granted Annulment
Riverside report states Mrs. Mattis Mae Matthews obtained a decree of annulment from Amon R. Matthews. The pair wed September 16, 1937 in Cameron Texas. The mother, Mrs. Stella Thornburg, Chelsea Oklahoma, contends the bride was not of legal age.
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Riverside
Calif
Mattis Mae Matthews
Amon’ R. Matthews
Cameron
Texas
Stella Thornburg
Chelsea
Oklahoma
Said
Hungarian border guards withdraw after Czech protests
Official sources report two Czechoslovak frontier cities were invaded by Hungarian border guards who retreated following protests from Czechoslovakia. No shooting occurred as the Hungarian army ordered withdrawal after direct protest.
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Prague
Marland Plans Mexico City Visit Before Leaving Office
Oklahoma Governor Marland will depart for Mexico City for a week’s holiday and possible talks with Mexican officials about foreign oil interests expropriated by Mexico. Sources expect a meeting with President Cardenas next week as he nears leaving office in January.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Mexico City
Cardenas
Tax Rolls Ready For Collection
County Tax Assessor Bill Bevers prepared the rolls to hand to the treasurer. First quarter taxes become delinquent November 4. Pontotoc county total taxes for the year 3640,202.73 with $149,679.01 in personal taxes and $165,486.46 on public service corporations. Second quarter delinquent January 1, third quarter delinquent March 1, final quarter delinquent May 1.
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Bill Beyers
Tressurer
Pontotoc County
Bevers
Hopes Fade For Payless Road Workers
County officials defer highway fund payments as the attorney general’s office confirms Pontotoc county is right to withhold warrants. County Attorney Virgil Stanfield returned from Oklahoma City stating the protest period on the 1938-39 budget bars warrants until resolved, affecting about 80 workers awaiting September pay.
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Pontotoc County
Virgil Stanfield
Oklahoma City
Wackers
Stanfield
Oklah
Lont
Bernard Goodall
Lee Dages
Prison Officials Cited For Contempt
STMNETT Texas Oct 5 Warden W W Ward and C J Ellingson managers of the Texas prison system were cited for contempt for releasing a prisoner without authority Governor Allred Attorney General Moran and District Attorney McDonnell filed a petition to compel their appearance in Sumiet on Oct 14 and to require them to explain the release of Arthur Huey before his term expired If the reasons are unacceptable the court may order Huey returned to the penitentiary.
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Stmnett
Tex
W. W. Ward
Arthur Huey
Huey
Ford Bondsmen Smalley Named In Recovery Suit
A district court suit filed in Pontotoc County seeks more than 200000 in judgements tied to county bond purchases made on August 22. Defendants include Ford Joe Smalley Shawnee bond salesman United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co and the board of county commissioners. The action seeks return of 77051.06 paid for bonds and two 154102.42 penalties plus a court ruling sharing half the recovered money and property with relator Mack M Braly. The suit accuses Ford of arranging overpriced bonds and seeks remedies under state law.
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Tommy Ford
Pontotoc County
Ford
Joe Smalley
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Board of County Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners of
Ponto’ Toc County
Mack M. Braly
Smalley
Board of Commissioners
Pontatoc County
Aed
Salvation Army Drive Nears Campaign Goal
At the victory luncheon Wednesday, Salvation Army budget drive workers reported cash and pledges totaling 3700, only 300 short of the 4500 goal. The campaign began Tuesday with dozens of business and professional volunteers from civic groups, and callbacks are planned to reach nonreporting workers.
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Salvation Army
Green Says A.F.L. Will Extend War Into Canada
William Green head of the American Federation of Labor says the AFL will widen its fight against the rebel committee for industrial organization into Canada. He demands Canadian trade and labor congress purge its local affiliate or face loss of AFL financial backing. The stance follows President Roosevelt urging peace and comes after W G Russell of Toronto urged amicable settlement.
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Houston
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Canada
Roosevelt
Canadian Trade and Labor Congress
Jocal Ci.c
A.F
L. International Union
Jocal
Escaped Lion Kills Man On Ocean Front Boardwalk
In Wildwood New Jersey an escaped circus lion killed Thomas Saito, 37, a Japanese national, after dragging him under the boardwalk. Police and a fire posse shot the animal at about 100 feet, ending two hours of terror.
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Wildwood
South Jersey
Ocean Front Board
Thomas Saito
Rainfall shortages prompt urgent Oklahoma needs
Oklahoma weather observer Berry Wahlgren reports abnormally high temperatures dried soil and scarce stock water in southern areas. Harvesting conditions improve for feed crops and corn but winter wheat planting is delayed. some wheat may be replanted while pastures and milk production suffer.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Berry Wahlgren
Federal
Wahlgren
Germany presses reparations claim over Sudeten land
Berlin reports indicate the foreign office would press Czechoslovakia for reparations to Sudetens for injustices since 1918 as the international commission finalizes the fifth occupation zone. The effort aims to secure peace and neighborly ties, with plebiscites planned by November 30.
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Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
International Commission
Sudetenland
Sudetens
Munich
Ins
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Karlsbad
Adolf Hitler
Ernst von Weiszaecker
Oklahoma Governor recommends two million tax notes
Governor Marland announced a recommendation to issue two million dollars in tax anticipation notes to keep state government operating through January. He warned of declining crude prices and the need for new revenue, urging counties to bear more school costs while the notes would prevent a cash shortfall and keep the general fund solvent into December if not issued.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Oklahoma
Wall Streets In Response To Peace
New York October 3 Wall Street's week old peace boom pushed stocks to yearly highs as business recovered from wartime restrictions. Hundreds of millions more in security values returned to world exchanges since the Munich conference a week earlier lifting sentiment from gloom to hope. Industrial shares rose to near year highs amid revived home demand and reports of rising Youngstown steel activity and September engineering construction awards the largest since 1929. Brisk demand for hides and rubber accompanied the rally.
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New York
Wall Street
Youngstown Steel
Girl Who Freed Her Lover Sentenced
Lulabelle Kimmel a jailer's daughter in Lexington was sentenced to 60 days in jail for freeing two prisoners Charles Godwin and Bill Wilson to save the man she loved from the gas chamber. She also received a four month term for releasing Wilson, suspended for three years under probation.
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Lexington
W. C
Lulabelle Kimmel
Lulabelle
Charles
Godwin
Bill Wilson
Wilson
Resignation of President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia
Prague reports Eduard Beneš resigns ending his 1935 to 1939 tenure as Czechoslovakia’s president. Benes faced Munich terms and German pressure, with General Jan Syrovy expected to act as president until elections by the national assembly.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Thomas G. Masaryk
Sudetenland
Germany
Britain
France
Submissiog
Adolf Hill
Jan Syrovy
National Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Hamilton Answers Roosevelt Plea on Name Calling
John D. M. Hamilton, Republican national chairman, said the Roosevelt administration’s name calling harmed business and employment. He responded to a administration statement urging peace talks to replace quarreling, arguing it delayed recovery.
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Washington
John D. M. Hamilton
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Oil Company Named In Damage Suit At Ada
A damage suit was filed in district court naming Action Oil Company as a defendant along with Clell Golf in a case filed by Minnie Belle Minton for her ten year old daughter Verna Hinton. The petition seeks 3000 dollars actual damages plus 5000 dollars punitive. The accident occurred two miles south of Ada when a car driven by Glover collided with an oil company vehicle driven by Goff. The plantiffs allege permanent injuries to Verna Hinton.
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Blackstock Oil Company
Verna Hinton
Minnie Belle Minton
Clell Golf
Onz
D. 32
Goff
Ada
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