Murder at Paradise Lake in Marguerite Gahagan tale
Maudie O Connor and her daughter Mary vacation at Paradise Lake when they discover Herbert Cord shot dead. Suspicions fall on Miss Millie Morris and Jeanie Morris amid tension with Margie Dixon while townsfolk speculate on motives and inquest plans as the case unfolds.
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Maudie O’connor
Scottie
Finn McCool
Mary
Paradise Lake
Herbert Cord
Chris Gordon
Maudie
Millie Morris
Jeanie Morris
Cord
Margie Dixon
Miss Millie
Jeanie
Hert
Margie
Herb
Herbert
Millie
Mary O’connor
Paradise
Paradise Lake murder mystery unravels through locals
At Paradise Lake the Cord murder prompts a wave of gossip as Jeanie Morris counts on a quiet romance, while Mary O Connor and Maudie debate motives. Dennis Flynn and Ted Palmer file reports, hinting the crime stems from numbers rackets and Grand Jury pressure.
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Maudie
Grand Jury
Cord
Denny
Jeanie Morris
Dennis Flynn
Violets For Rings Is Tom's Exchange
JERSEY CITY N J Oct 14 Violets from Portugal were exchanged today for two wedding rings when W Thomas Yarbrough AP correspondent in London met his bride to be Julia Fisher of Renees City Yarbrough, Oklahoma, will address the AP managing editors meeting in Chicago this week The marriage will be this winter in Kansas City They return from wartime London aboard the S S Exeter
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Jersey City
N. J
Portugal
W. Thomas Yarbrough
Associated Press
London
Julia Fisher
Renees City
Yarbrough
Exeter
Chicago
Miss Fisher
Sociated Press
Oklahoma City
New York
St. Louis
Kansas City
Purcell
Okla
Shawnee
Louisiana Fair Trade Act Declared Unconstitutional
Civil Judge Harold A. Moise ruled the Louisiana fair trade act unconstitutional in a liquor distributors case. He denied an injunction to halt whiskey sales below stipulated prices. The Brown Forman Distilleries Co sought to restrain four defendants from undercutting listed prices with New Orleans retailers. The defendants included American Drug Stores Inc Broad Inn restaurant Walgreen and the Royal Family Store.
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New Orleans
Harold A. Moise
Brown Forman Distilleries Company
American Drugtores, Inc
Broad Inn Restaurant
Walgreen
Royal Family
Moise
Cotton Consumption Rises for September in U S
The Census Bureau reports September cotton consumption at 875 682 bales of lint and 129 731 bales of linters, up from August figures. On hand totals show 1 636 521 bales of lint and 444 527 linters in consuming establishments, with large stock in public storage and at cotton presses. Imports of foreign cotton in September were 25 413 bales, while exports of domestic cotton reached 189 215 bales of lint.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Dover Schools Open Despite Shelling Warnings
Dover England reopened schools after Dunkirk retreat amid shelling danger. Captain F R Powell warned parents share blame if shells injure children and urged the Home Security ministry to move pupils out of town. One school showed blast damage with boarded windows. Australia installed ultra high frequency radio beacons at airports for airline navigation.
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Dover
England
Dunkerque
Racial superiority argument clashes with American ideals
The text rejects racial superiority as unscientific and urges equality of opportunity. It argues differences among nations arise from training and indoctrination, not inherent race, noting American democratic civilization rests on equal native ability across social ranks and that education shapes outcomes. It cites 1941 car registrations rising 24.77 percent and sevenfold growth in farm motor trucks since 1920.
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Western Hemisphere
Latin America
Africa
China
Japan
Police blotter records 18 hours with no arrests
City police reported a record 18 hours with no entries on the nightly blotter. Desk Sergeant Drew Thomas noted it as the first such quiet period he recalls, with no arrests, drunkenness, disturbances, or crimes recorded by midnight Saturday.
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Drew Thomas
Stalin
Six Road Deaths During Weekend
Six people died in Oklahoma over the weekend in separate accidents. Velma Newberry of Elmore City was killed. two brothers, John 32 and Ernest 35, were gravely injured. A third victim, Mrs. Anna Guilliams, 64, of Britton, was struck by a train near Oklahoma City. Earlier fatalities included Pvt. Walter Raider, 20, at Fort Sill. Billy Kathryn Van Hooser, 16, Holdenville. Marvin Hammons, 20, Healdton. and C. E. Rhodes, 80, Collinsville.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Velma Newberry
Elmore City
Nagro
John
Ernest
Ardmore
U. S. Highway 77
Davis
Anna Guilliams
Britton
Oklahoma City
Pvt
Walter S. Raider
Fort Sill
Billy Kathryn van Hooser
Holdenville
Marvin Hammons
Healdton
C. E. Rhodes
Collinsville
Confession in Fort Worth solves Marion Miley case
In Fort Worth Texas on October 13 1930 Tom C Penney confessing to participation in the Miley and her mother slayings in Lexington Kentucky September 28 led to the arrest of Robert H Anderson of Louisville on murder charges. Penneys signed statement described a scuffle during a robbery attempt and identified a .32 caliber shell matching the bullets. Detectives credited tips from a Lexington newspaper carrier and statements by Tommy Lunsford and Bud Tomlinson as key to breaking the case.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Kentucky
Marion Miley
Tom C. Penney
Miley
Lexington
Robert H. Anderson
Louisville
Penney
Hendricks Brown
Ernest Thompson
A B. Price
Anderson
Hugh Cramer
Thompson
Cramer
Tommy Lunsford
Penney’s
Bud Tomlinson
Packers Questioned Before Court Trial
Oklahoma City in October 1934. Richard B. O'Donnell, special investigator, questioned several men connected with the packing industry in preparation for a federal grand jury probe into livestock practices. The inquiries took place in the federal building jury room with Thomas Daley of Chicago assisting.
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Oklahoma City
Oet
Richard B. O'Donnell
Federal Building
O’donnell
Thamas Daley
Chicago
O'Donnell
Fort Worth
Tex
Late John Stink Had No Relatives
Dave Parsons a Pawhuska pharmacist and former OU student testified in Osage County district court that his exhaustive study of Osage records found no living relatives of the late John Stink wealthy tribesman. The appeal seeks to assign Stink estate valued at 60 000 to 100 000 to John Wagoshie as first cousin amid claims by Sally Allen a supposed granddaughter and other claimants. Photographs allegedly showing likeness between Sally and Stink were introduced into evidence.
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Pawhuska
University of Oklahoma
John Stink
Dave Parsons
Stink
John Wagoshie
Parsons
Sally Allen
Sally
Marriage Licenses Issued for Ada and Allen Pairings
The court clerk’s office released marriage licenses for several couples. Ada residents include Thurman Seer and Mildred Clarke Smith, Joseph Oden Jr and Myrtle Turley, and Levi McClellan with Beatrice Seals. Allen residents Ozexil Douglas with Loma Caruthers. Ada pairs also include Donald Ledford and Evelyn Kyle. Santa Monica and Los Angeles residents are listed for Seer and Smith.
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Ozexil Douglas
Loma Caruthers
Allen
Donald A. Ledford
Evelyn Elizabeth Kyle
Ada
Thurman Slyde Seer
Santa Monica
Calif
Mildred Clarke Smith
Los Angeles
Joseph Albert Oden Jr
Myrtle Turley
Levi B. McClellan
Beatrice Ermalean Seals
Morocco Runs Stork Hospital for Sacred Birds
In Morocco a dedicated stork hospital treats injured birds funded by wealthy Moors who revere the animals as sacred. The facility operates to aid the winged visitors despite local fears and challenges.
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Morocco
Pecan Fraud Trial Defendants Change Plea and Found Guilty
OKLAHOMA CITY October 13. Defendants P R Bruce Brough and John L Fitz-Gibbon pleaded nolo contendere in a $710000 pecan orchard mail fraud case after a trial was halted by Federal Judge Edgar S Vaught. Sentence set for January 5 with option to surrender for credit time served. The case marked the largest mail fraud probe in the western Oklahoma district following more than three years of investigation.
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Oklahoma City
P—R. Bruce Brough
John L. Fitz-Gibbon
Edgar S. Vaught
United States Supreme Court
Vaught
U. S
Hyde Markes
Herbert K. Hyde
Louisiana
Brough
Fitz-Gibbon
Charles E. Dierker
U.S
Oklahoma
Fitzibloom
Fort Worth
Texas
Securities and Exchange Commission
C. W. Aston
Dierker
Dentist Silences Grinders to Hear Texas Oklahoma Game
An Ada dentist shut his office Saturday to allow a lawyer and guests to hear a Texas vs Oklahoma football broadcast. A mock proclamation restricted the dentist’s motors from 2 to 6 PM, promising penalties for bets. the dentist closed shop, and the lawyer listened to the game amid suspicions of bets outcomes.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Accra
Demosthenes
Marriage Licenses Issued At Ada Court Monday Morning
The Ada court clerk's office issued wedding licenses to multiple couples including Joseph Albert Oden and Myrtle Turley both of Ada and Lewis B. McClellan with Beatrice Seals. Frisco pairs J S Delapp with Daisey Clutter and Harold Walton with Omas Green. Hickory pair Darrell Goodmann and Geneta Hayes. Robert Chronister and Ar etta Gates both of Frisco. 70-year-old J S Delapp and 63-year-old Daisey Clutter.
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Court
Joseph Albert Oden
Myrtle Nan Turley
Ada
Lewis B. McClellan
Beatrice Armalean Seals
Robert Chronister
Aretta Gates
Frisco
J. S. Delapp
Daisey Clutter
Darrell Goodmann
Geneta Hayes
Hickory
Harold Walton
Omas Green
Swiss village bomb deaths reported by authorities
Swiss military authorities say three people were killed when bombs from unidentified aircraft destroyed a house in Buhwil in the night. The incident occurred in the village of Buhwil, Bern canton, prompting an official statement on the casualties.
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Bern
Switzerland
Buhwil
Demonstrations Show Traffic Gears Shift in City Driving
Demonstrations in major cities reveal that the average motorist in downtown traffic shifts gears or depresses the clutch about 360 times per hour as congestion and stop starting grip drivers.
Navy Releases Version of Greer Encounter Details
Navy officials testified that a British patrol plane helped steer the destroyer toward the U-boat in the North Atlantic clash. The account rejects Germanys claim that the Greer dumped depth charges before the U boat fired its torpedo, stating the torpedo came first and eight minutes later depth charges followed. Admiral Harold R Stark provided the statement to the Senate naval committee chaired by Walsh and answered questions from the panel.
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Washington
Navy
Greer
North Atlantic
Walsh
D.-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Knox
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
No Shortase Near In Newsprint Now
Norbert A. McKenna an OPM official told a press association that defense activities were consuming 30 percent of the nations paper supply but there appeared to be no imminent shortage of newsprint. He spoke at the Inland 57th fall meeting.
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Chicago
Norbert A. McKenna
OPM
Inland A Press Association
McKenna
Inland
Oil Output Rises Across Several States in Week
United States crude oil production increased by 239 785 barrels daily for the week ending October 11, with Texas up 223 350 to 1 463 650 and California rising to 662 750. Oklahoma fell 4 400 to 428 100, Illinois up 8 760 to 421 000, and other regions shown with varying gains and losses.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
East Texas
California
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rocky Mountain States
Illinois
That Rat Uplifts Rescue Stunt in Sewer Scene
In Sedalia on October 14 Hector a burly Maltese chased a rat into a sewer. Firemen flooded the sewer to rescue both, the rat emerging later with the dog alive but worn. A separate note mentions nylon fibers could replace silk for parachutes.
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Sedalia
Hector
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad notes increased value for vested amounts in Ada News listings. Investors and residents are advised to compare options and consult financial guidance before committing funds. Details include terms, rates, and eligibility for enhanced returns on long term placements.
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Ada News
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