Women Differ With Sheriff In Death Case
Wetumkea October 7 1930 two women estranged wife and her friend held as material witnesses in the fatal shooting of Bill Davis 42 a well to do Creek Indian at his farm south of here coroner's jury verdict death at unknown hands sheriff said Mel Davis and Lettie Har40 claim Davis committed suicide in front of them five bullet wounds found three in chest two in left arm pistol lay at his side about 493 in cash found in pockets physician said Davis was sleeping
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Wetumea
Hughes County
Holdenville
Bill Davis
Davis
Here
Harve Ball
Mel. Davis
Lettie Har- 40
Ball
Marland Leaves To Visit In Mexico
Oklahoma City October seventh reports Governor Marland traveling to Mexico for vacation while a rift grows over state finances. State Auditor C C Childers and State Treasurer Hubert Bolen are not aligned on issuing an additional two million tax anticipation notes, with Bolen pushing four million and Childers seeking delay until after November elections.
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Oklahoma City
Marland
Mexico
State
C. C. Childers
Hubert Bolen
Childers
Bolen
Capitol
General Rainfall Hope Fades Away
Oklahoma faces bleak drought with only slight chances of rain as a moving low pressure system shifts away toward Utah and Arizona. Traces of rain fell in Elk City Geary Waynoka and nearby areas but failed to dampen dusty soils amid forecasts for partly cloudy skies. Barry Wahlgren warns that strong winds may bring back dangerous black blizzards delaying planting with Oklahoma City recording a high of 86 and a low of 66.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Barry Wahlgren
Federal Weather Observer
Utah
Arizona
Elk City
Geary
Waynoka
Wahlgren
Sallisaw
Oklgnoma
Oklahoma insured savings and loan associations loans rise
Oklahoma insured savings and loan associations reported 1,502 home construction and home purchase loans in the first eight months. Total assets reached 45.561 million dollars, up 2.026 million, with mortgage loans at 34.014 million and savings at 33.707 million. Associations operated in Ada Ardmore Broken Arrow Cherokee Chickasha Claremore Enid and other cities including Oklahoma City Tulsa Muskogee and Anadarko. The Moon travels about 1.5 million miles per Earth orbit.
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Washington
Fallon
Oklahoma
Ada
Ardmore
Broken Arrow
Cherokee
Chickasha
Claremore
el Rero
Elk City
Enid
Guymon
Kingfisher
Muskogee
Newkirk
Wnowata
Oklahoma City
Pawhuska
Sorid Springs
Sapulpa
Prizes Offered To Sculptors Of News Panel at Rockefeller Center
A 185 sculptors from 26 states competed for a bronze panel design theme News to adorn the AP building at Rockefeller Center New York. First prize 1000 dollars with 500 and 250 for runners up plus 6500 to the winner for execution if approved by Rockefeller Center and AP. Jury includes John Gregory Holger Cahill Wallace K Harrison L Andrew Reinhard and Lloyd Stratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center, Inc
John Gregory
National Sculptors” Society
Holger Cahill
Federal Art Project
Wallace K. Harrison
L. Andrew Reinhard
Llloyd Stratton
The
Sleeping Sickness Vaccine Safer Horse Health
Assistant Secretary Harry Brown told Senator Duffy that sleeping sickness has appeared in at least 30 states and farmers must obtain vaccine from commercial sources. He noted federal funding would be needed for vaccine supply and licensing already allows manufacture and sale by various contractors. Brown advised farmers to seek county rehabilitation supervisor guidance and possible Farm Security Administration loans for losses.
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Washington
Harry &. Brown
Dully
D-Wis
Brown
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Minois
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
Farm Security Administration
Frankfurter to Visit President at White House Weekend
President Roosevelt said professor Felix Frankfurter of Harvard Law School would visit the summer White House this weekend. The talks may touch on the Supreme Court vacancy after Justice Cardozo’s death, though Roosevelt gave no confirmation of any appointment. Frankfurter regularly visits at this season.
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Hyde Park
UPI
Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
White House
Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Benjamin Cardozo
Ada Jaycees Drive Christmas Lights Upgrade Plan
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce launches a non profit Christmas lighting campaign to raise 900 for new and rented equipment and added features. About 20 volunteers met for breakfast as Gus Lemp outlined districts and distribution of sketches showing the planned decorations for the season.
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Ada
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
Teauty
Jaycees
Gus Lemp
Drive
Fears For Lardner Safety Grow As Search Continues
In LT. Jean de Luz France on October 10, fears for the safety of James P. Lardner son of the late humorist King Lardner increased as two weeks passed without a trace. The American volunteer in the International Brigade fighting for the Spanish government remains unconfirmed as killed or captured. US Ambassador Claude G. Bowers said efforts to locate him are ongoing and negotiations for exchanges of Americans held in insurgent Spain proceed, following a prior exchange of 14 Americans for 14 Italians.
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Jean DE Luz
France
James P. Lardner
King Lardner
Spain
United States
Claude G. Bowers
Lardner
International Brigade
Bowers
Game Warden Seeks Home For Foster Fox
Oklahoma City October 7 Game Warden KD Turner who has owned a pet fox for only hours began seeking a home for the animal. He cites a state law banning keeping wild animals in captivity unless in a zoo or with a keeper's permit. Wright City ranger HB Griffin shipped the seven month old fox to Turner noting it rides in cars and follows its master without a chain.
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Oklahoma City
Turner
HB. C. Griffin
Wright City
Bodies of Man and Niece Recovered in Farm Pond
In Pryor Oklahoma October 8 194? Hoy Conatzer 40 and his three year old niece Florence Leata Conatzer were found dead in a stock pond at his farm after an apparent wagon overturn while hauling water. Sheriff Walter Panter and undertaker W W Green led the search and called the drownings accidental.
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John Conatzer
Owasso
Conatzer
Green
State Soions For New Federal Judge
Washington October 7 The Oklahoma congressional delegation will support a bill from the United States judicial conference creating a new federal district judge for the western Oklahoma district Rep Jed Johnson predicts the bill's passage Johnson would back his law partner Sam Wilhite of Anadarko for the post Fletcher Riley Lawton Oklahoma supreme court judge and Elmer Thomas hometown figure is also a prospect Other prominent names include James I Phelps El Reno state supreme court justice W C Fields former U S district attorney western Oklahoma and HE UL Richardson Lawton former district judge
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Washington
Oklahoma
United States Judicial Conference
Jed Johnson
Okla
Johnson
Sam Wilhite
Anadatko
Fletcher Riley
Supreme Court
Elmer Thomas
Lawton
Riley
Circuit Court of Appeals
James I. Phelps
el Reno
W. C. Fields
U. S
UL. Richardson
Three Die on State Roads Over Weekend
Weekend traffic in Oklahoma claimed three lives and left 19 injured. Mrs. Clarence Akin of Ardmore was killed when her car collided with a CCC truck near Ardmore, while her 9-year-old son Don was seriously injured. Denman Painter, 21, died from injuries after being struck by a truck last week. A man identified as Bert Sterwig, 35, was found dead on railway tracks near Ardmore. Seven injured in a collision north of Wewoka, including H. M. Chambers, 35, of Wewoka, with serious injuries. Jack Donaldson, 18, from Central Oklahoma City high school, in critical condition after a rollover returning from a football game. Enid resident treated in Oklahoma City hospital.
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Associated Prem
Oklahoma
Clarence Akin
Ardmore
Don
Oat Denman Painter
Bert Sterwig
Martinsville
WPA
Wewoka
Tury
H. M. Chambers
Jack Donaldson
Oklahoma City
Enid
New Altimeter Promises Safer Flight
A radio controlled altimeter, developed by United Airliner and Western Electric, translates peaks and obstructions into cockpit signals. Demonstrated successfully, it measures distance to obstructions using radio waves and shows readings on two dials, improving safety beyond standard pressure altimeters.
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New York
United Airliner
Western Electric Co
Damages Sought in Wallace vs Sunray Oil Case
Joe Wallace seeks 48647.25 in an amended petition filed Monday in Oklahoma City district court against Sunray Oil. He alleges severe burns from a welding unit fire on June 22, 1934 while employed, causing permanent disability. Wallace says an oral agreement for permanent switcher work was made to drop suit, but he has not been employed. Original action began May 1-7, 1936.
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Joe Wallace
Sunray Oil Company
Wallace
Oklahoma City
Petion
Monument Erected for Casey Jones in Kentucky
In Cayce Kentucky on October 1 a dedication honors Casey Jones with a monument. Senator Aiken Barkley remarks that dismemberment of Czechoslovakia was worth the price if peace is kept. Casey Jones, famed engineer of the Cannonball wreck, is memorialized as his widow and two granddaughters unveil a brass‑plate marker.
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Cayce
Senate
Aiden Barkley
Casey Jones
Czechoslovakia
Barkley
Casey
Vaughn
Miss
Sim Webb
Uverman
Sim
Pontotoc County Fifth in Gas Sales
Pontotoc county ranked fifth in gasoline consumption for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, with 9,254,720 gallons inspected and accounting for 32.2 percent of the state total. Oklahoma County led with 53,470,034 gallons and Tulsa followed at 44,703,179. Total state net tax reached 12,812,004.06 with Pontotoc paying 370,188.80 and refunds totaling 1,331.71.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Tax Commission Division of Research and Statistics
Wallons
Oklahoma County
Tulsa
Beaver County
Rér
Darter County
Oklahoma
Garfield
Kay
Pontotoc
Pottawatomie
Creek
Muskogee
Seminole
Carter
Atkinson Reported Slightly Improved After Crash
Harry Bennett, 36, and Eemond Atkison, 25, were reported with improvement after a car crash near Calvin. Guy Morris, 23, Ada, died from a broken neck when the car overturned after missing a curve at an embankment.
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Harry Bennett
Adaman
Calvin
Holdenville
Eemond Atkison
Guy Morris
Ada
Mother Seeks Trace of Daughter and Her Husband
Mrs. H. J. Isenberg of Fittstown seeks news of her daughter and the latter's husband Mr. and Mrs. M. L Hill who have not been heard from for a month. The couple, formerly in Fittstown, were in Dorchester, Texas about a month ago picking cotton. Mrs. Isenberg seeks information on their present whereabouts and will reward returns for amount in
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H. J. Isenberg
Fittstown
M. L Hill
Dorchester
Texas
Soaking Rains Restore Moisture Across Western Oklahoma
Slow soaking rains spread through western Oklahoma easing heat that lingered from summer. Totals include Guyman 1.51 inches unofficial, Beaver 0.30, Sayre 0.71, Clinton 0.50, Frederick 0.42, Elk City 0.33, Carnegie 0.20, with Enid and other towns noting showers. Oklahoma City reported 0.20 inches as statewide heat eased after a high of 92 degrees in Pauls Valley.
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Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Guyman
Beaver
Harry Wahlgren
Tomor
Nitas
Sayre
Clinton
Frederick
Elk City
Carnegie
Enid
Woodward
Alva
Waynoka
Geary
Weatherford
Fairview
Tennessey
Oklahoma City
Patrol Patrols Save Farm From Blaze Near Marland
In Marland Oklahoma patrolmen Floyd Park and C B Powers rescued farmer Whitlow and his son from a barn fire. They pulled a newly bought tractor and plow to safety, saved 200 bales of hay two hogs about two dozen turkeys and other belongings worth about 1100 dollars, with no insurance.
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Marland
Okla
Oklahoma Patrol
Whitslow
Noble County
Floyd Park
C. B. Powers
Whit- Tow
Bates
Whitlow
Coalgate Triumphs In Regional Gridiron Classic
Coalgate high school overturned a 32 to 6 halftime deficit to defeat Stonewall 20 to 12 in the annual grid classic. Stonewall opened with a scoring drive but the Coalgate running game and a sharp passing attack rallied the visitors in the second half. Lineups list Stonewall players Goodall Griffin Gibson Echols Brown Kennedy Gettings Leach Jones and Stonewall QB. Coalgate players Chigo Ruffin Piloach Carson Hodges Haffner Williams Martin Vietta Paris Garriman and QB Garriman. Additionally, Philadelphia report notes Fred Rossi, unemployed wood carver, built a miniature orchestra synchronized to phonograph music using tin cans and dental instruments.
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Coalgate High School
Stonewall
Coalgate Club
Goodall
le. Griffin
St. Morrs
le. Gibson
Echols
Re. Echols
Rt. Brown
Re. Kennedy
Gettings
Leach
Jones
Coalgate
Chigo
Ruffin
Piloach
Carson
C. Hodges
Haffner
Williams
Martin
Vietta
Paris
Garriman
Philadelphia
Fred Rossi
Rossi
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