Oil output drops for week across United States
U S oil production fell 32 268 barrels daily to 2 992 055 for the week ending Oct 3. Oklahoma down 33 050 to 547 525 while East Texas rose 2 152 to 444 036. Texas up 19 421 to 1 176 684. California and Kansas fell. Rocky Mountain output up 5 240 to 63 150.
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Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
East
Texas
Louisiana
California
Kansas
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City
S. Louis
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
East Central
Gulf Coast
Southwest
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain Area
College Campus Activities Highlight Test Scores and Programs
East Central reports improved student performance on English and arithmetic standardized tests, with 8&5 and 8&2 not reaching targets. Courses begin October 5 led by Miss Knight, Mr. Wallace, and Mr. Barton to assist struggling students. Epworth Club hosts Methodist ministers sharing guidance for faith and success.
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A. Linscheid
East Central
Knight
Wallace
Barton
California
Epworth Club
L. E. Shackelford
First Methodist Church
Shakelford
J. C. Curry
Physical Education Classes Enrollments Report
In the Physical Education department for men there are thirteen in applied anatomy sixteen in history of physical education and in the four activity classes which include gymnastics drill intramural and athletics there is a total of sixty five The intramural season will start as soon as the football season is over according to Mr Flack director of the department.
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Flack
Pi Kappa Delta Eta Chapter Get-Together
The Eta chapter invites new students to a forensic meeting on Wednesday night October 14 at 7 30 p m to discuss campus debate activities and plans for the coming year. Eta hosts the 1936 37 Province Pi Kappa Delta debate tournament with a state chapter as host.
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Pi Kappa Delta
East Central
Eta
Pi Kappa
New Binary Adding Machine Promises Algebraic Computations
Paris Oct 5 UPI a new adding machine that can handle algebra is announced by the French Academy of Sciences. It uses a binary base with numbers written in powers of two and counts to two before resetting. The device promises to extract square roots and perform addition subtraction and sign handling, and may be adapted for telegraph use.
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Paris
French Academy of Sciences
Death Valley Scotty Feats a Golden Castle Kitchen
Death Valley Scotty shows off a $2,581,000 castle kitchen in Death Valley California with Spanish tiles copper pots and a four inch oak breakfast table. He favors his simple shack for daily cooking and says fancy food isn’t better for anyone.
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Death Valley Ranch
Calif
U.P
Death Valley
Hollywood
Spain
Balearic Isles
Scotty
Jesse Residents Vote For Incorporation Of Townsite
Residents in the Jesse area voted 42 in favor and 3 against a proposal to submit incorporation. The petition, filed by C. E. Pettyjohn N. H. Carter R. N. Davis and A. H. Ritchie, seeks inclusion of parts of Sections 1 and 2 in Township 1 North Range 7 East.
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Jesse
C. E. Pettyjohn
N. H. Carter
R. N. Davis
A. H. Ritchie
Township 1
Range 7
Norris Appeal Now In Circuit Court
The federal circuit court of appeals heard George W. Norris’s appeal from a three month jail sentence and $1000 fine on perjury charges. Norris contends the senatorial investigating committee lacked power over him as his 1930 primary filing was rejected and he was not a candidate.
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Omaha
Neb
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
George W. Norris
Alva
Okla
Broken Bow
Norris
Nebraska
1956 Toll of Violent Deaths Heaviest in Pontotoc County
The 1956 count in Pontotoc County reaches 38 violent deaths with remaining months uncertain. Auto accidents cause most fatalities, including a six-life crash near Fittstown on August 25. Also noted are drownings, gun incidents, and oil-field accidents, leaving a grave, yearlong tally across multiple causes.
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Pontotoc County
Lision
Fittstown
Plan to organize Indian clubs in Oklahoma counties
Oklahoma City Oct 3 CP Sam Battles state democratic chairman announced an all Indian committee to organize Indian clubs in counties with Indian populations to aid the fall campaign. Mrs Jessie Moore heads the Indian bureau and county chairmen names span Atoka to Seminole with tribal cooperation expected from Kiowa Comanche Caddo Apache Wichita and Arapaho tribes.
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Oklahoma City
CP Sam Battles
Jessie Moore
Indian Bureau of State
Democratic
Battles
Ford's partnership idea links farming and industry in soybean drive
Detroit October report shows Henry Ford promoting a farm industry partnership. Soybeans yield oil for enamels and foundry cores, meal for cattle feed, and plastic mouldings. Ford envisions farmers becoming industrial suppliers using small processing units to extract oil and sell products in winter.
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Detroit
Mich
CP Henry Cohen
Ford
Blacksmith Wins Illinois Champion Liar Title After Turkey Trick
In HERSCHER Illinois Donald Meyer a blacksmith wins the title champion liar of Illinois after shooting a tree limb to drop seven wild turkeys suspended by their legs and then squeezing the limb to trap them, carrying the birds home.
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Herscher
Ill
Donald Meyer
Illinois
Greatest returns for amount in vested
Ada News classifieds highlight strong value with investment options offering high returns on vested amounts. Local readers consider trusted channels to grow savings through structured plans and guaranteed growth projections.
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Ada News
Gubernatorial and Senatorial Races Narrow After Withdrawals
Minnesota politics shift to two party battles as Democratic nominees Delaney and Curtis withdraw to back President Roosevelt. Farmer-Labor candidate Ernest Lundeen faces GOP rival Theodore Christianson for the Senate and Benson for Governor. J. M. Gentry warns of limited funds for federal aid without legislative action.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
United States
Roosevelt
Patrick J. Delaney
Fred A. Curtis
South St. Paul
J. F. D. Meighen
Democratic State Central Committee
Delaney
Farmer-Labor
Ernest Lundeen
Minneapolis
Theodore Christianson
Elmer A. Benson
Martin A. Nelson
Floyd B. Olson
Curtis
New York
James A. Farley
Farmer-Laborites
Grandmother of Milton Keating Dies Near Sardis
Milton Keating secretary of the Ada chamber of commerce learned on Monday that his grandmother Mrs Annie Keating died Sunday near Sardis Mississippi. She was in her late eighties and had lived on the same plantation since marriage. Keating was out of town and could not reach Sardis for the 11 o clock funeral Monday.
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Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Annie Keating
Sardis
Mississippi
Keating
Treasury Statement Shows Higher Receipts for First FY
The treasury report for the three months since July 1 records receipts of 1 155 915 677 for 1936 versus 998 464 465 in 1935, a rise of 137 451 212. Expenditures fall to 1 660 799 746 from 1 830 486 231, reducing outlays by 169 686 467.
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Washington
Treasury
Battle Over Speaker Heats Up In Democratic House
Uncertainty surrounds the next House vote to name speaker as factions loyal to Leon Phillips and J. T. Daniel claim sufficient caucus support. Daniel cites 61 signers. Phillips backers hint many on Daniel’s list may defect. A November election outcome could swing the result and a GOP wave might prompt coalitions or shift power.
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House of Representatives
Leon C. Phillips
J. T. Daniel
Daniel
Phillips
House
County Adds Two Bloodhounds to Pontotoc Sheriff Unit
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser received two 10 month old bloodhounds to bolster tracking capacity for Pontotoc county. The dogs will be housed at Mose Henry's home near Center and used as needed for cases. Henry expects to name them Alvis and Charley after local deputies.
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Clyde Kaiser
Pontotoc County
Old Boston
McAlester Penitentiary
Henry
Center
McAlester
Kaiser
Mose
Alvis
Charley
Alvis Jones
Charley Shockley
Sheriff's Department
Oklahoma Officials Eye November Special Session
State officials expect Governor Marland to convene a November special session around November 20. The agenda includes: passing a homestead tax exemption bill per a constitutional amendment and deciding if gasoline diversion funds should continue paying state notes or be returned to the highway commission for road building.
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Phillips
Marland
Statehouse
J. M. Gentry
Oklahoma
Highway Commission
Boeing
Henshaw repeal bill backed by governor sparks protests
Oklahoma City October 3 A fiery dispute over Governor Marland’s endorsement of the Henshaw prohibition repeal bill erupts with criticism from J W Williamson executive secretary of the United Days who calls the move a trick to seize control of the state. Heflin of the Oklahoma Temperance League reports hotel men druggists and beer dealers meeting to plan a campaign. The measure faces a November 3 election with Governor Marland staying out of active campaigning while Leon C Phillips vows to oppose it calling it too powerful.
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Oklahoma City
J. W. Williamson
United Days
Marland
Williamson
Wets
Martin Heflin
The
Oklahoma Temperance League
Heflin
Leon C. Phillips
House of State Representatives
Oklahoma
Mormon Church Cares for Needy Members at Conference
Salt Lake City Utah Oct 3 The Mormon church assured county state and federal governments that none of its 15000 needy members will be added to public relief rolls this winter Church President Heber J Grant told 6000 church members at the 107th semiannual conference that the church is ready to provide necessities for all in need Heber criticized the Townsend pension plan and urged a return to Brigham Young era work and self reliance to end idleness and the dole and re establish independence and industry among church members
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon Church
Heber J. Grant
Townsend
Church
Brigham Young
Grant
Federal Administration of Relief
WPA
Oklahoma Egg-Laying Contest Honors Go to Viseur Pen
A pen of S. C. White Leghorns owned by O. A. Viseur of Okmulgee Oklahoma won the 15th Oklahoma Egg-Laying contest at Oklahoma A and M college. The 10-hen team laid 145 eggs in September to total 2751 eggs for the year, with the high individual hen placing fourth.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A
M. College
S. C. White
Viseur
S. C
Dryden
Modesto
California
Dublin
Texas
W. S. Hannah and Son
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Michigan
Ohio
Charges Filed Against Morton In Theft Cases
Cecil Morton faces multiple Saturday charges in Sherwood W Hill justice court marked as second and subsequent offenses. One count alleges attempted theft of domestic fowls halted by Penny Long arriving with a gun. Another accuses petit larceny for stealing seven wrenches from Otto Duncan.
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Cecil Morton
Justice Court of
Sherwood
Otto Duncan
Negro Smokestack Sitter Falls to Death in 192-Foot Plunge
Pinky Frazier, a middle aged black man, died after tumbling from a 102 foot smokestack where he had perched since 5 a.m. He lost his grip at 11:23 p.m. and plunged 192 feet in Cartersville Georgia.
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Cartersville
Pinky Frazier
Frazier
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