Boer Veteran Leads Invasion of Italian Somaliland
Four thousand Ethiopian tribesmen led by Boer war veteran Colonel Siwiank invaded Italian Somaliland, claiming captures at Dolo near Kenya and advancing up to 45 miles. A larger force crossed toward Oddur, with Somali tribes joining. Ras Desta’s 109000-man army moved toward the Italian left flank as Graziani’s tanks hold oasis fronts. Air raids reported with bombs and a gas claim near Gelogubi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Siwiank
Italian Somaliland
Dolo
Kenya
Lugh
Graziani
Ras Desta
Hodeh
Udi
Gerlogubi
Gorsa
Handamara
Mudleh
Gelogubi
Mrs Karpis Faces Life as Public Enemy Lady in Tulsa
Dorothy Slayman Karpis details life under the glare of fame as Alvin Karpis’s wife. She recalls 1931 32 jail time, being barred from a Tulsa business college, and ongoing public scrutiny while awaiting divorce hearings set for November 15. She says she will seek a quieter life elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Public Enemy
Alvin Karpis
Karpis
Henrietta
Chicago
Dorothy Slayman
Italian advance pushes toward Makale near Aduwa
Dispatch from Aduwa reports Italian forces using a new mountain road to Ma kale 60 miles south of Aduwa with supplies. General De Bono heads field operations as Mussolini ally Ciano scouts Makale. Some Ethiopians surrender, calling occupation law by force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aduwa
Ethiopia
Makale
Emilio de Bono
East Africa
Aksum
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Irea
Aduna
Degiac Haile Selassie Gugsa
Nakale
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Oklahoma Baptist student union convention in Ada
State convention of the Baptist Student Union brings students from Oklahoma colleges to Ada for a three day event October 18 19 and 29 with leading denominational figures from Oklahoma southwest and Nashville slated to speak speakers include Judge Sam Latimore Rev E F Hallock Dr Andrew Potter Dr L R Scarborough Miss Sybil Brame and others final meetings Sunday at 3 o clock with local hosts coordinating visiting delegates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Convention of the Baptist Student Union
Oklahoma
Ada
Southwest
Nashville
Tenn
Sam Latimore
Oklahoma City
E. F. Hallock
Norman
Andrew Potter
Oklahoma Baptist Mission Board
L. R. Scarborough
Southwestern Bptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Sybil Brame
A. Linscheid
East Central College
Josh Lee
A.& Aulick
Shawnee
H. G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
Bennett
W. R. White
Distirbange Results In Whiskey Charge
Earl Boone of Adaman faced county court on illegal possession of intoxicants after officers found 12 pints of tax paid whiskey at his home north of the city. Boone and E. F. Lisle were released on $500 bonds after pleading not guilty to possessing 175 bottles of whiskey found at the same location. Boone waived arraignment and bond for the second charge was set at $800 by County Judge John Boyce McKeel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Boone
Young Adaman
Boone
E. F. Lisle
John Boyce McKeel
Oklahoma forecasts halving debt by 1938 fiscal year
State Treasurer Hubert L Bolen predicts Oklahoma can retire about half of its debt by the end of the 1938 fiscal year. He estimates outstanding indebtedness at 17 061 280 91 and notes funding bonds totaling 10 310 000 cut interest payments by nearly 1 000 daily. The warrants were exchanged for bonds earlier this month. Evident miscellaneous line mentions fashion in English design tied to Catherine of Grazganga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Cotton harvest lags as 1935 Pontotoc crop falls short
The Pontotoc county cotton harvest shows delays with only eighty bales ginned before October 1, 1935, versus 1,817 bales in 1934. Since October 1 picking has resumed and several hundred bales have been ginned, but overall yield may be much shorter than recent years due to bad weather and boll weevil damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Stanley R. Roff
Pontoto County
New Wells Spurred Around Section 28-2-7 Oil Field
Oil activity surges around section 28-2-7 after Amerada finds oil in the Bromide sand at a gas well and Carter Oil expands eastward. Five producers in upper Simpson include Amerada and Carter wells, with No. 3 George Smith in McLish yielding up to 4982 barrels daily. additional drillings and location staking by Carter, Magnolia, Stahl Petroleum, Skelly, and Fleetborn Simpson push north and east. Some wells show tight sand requiring acid treatment before completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitts
Amerada Petroleum Company
Upper Simpson
Amerada
Carter Oil Company
Carter
George Smith
McLish
Catlett
Smith
Bishop
Stahl Petroleum
Dennis
Skelly
Park College
Fleetborn-Simpson
Wooley
Bond Concludes Visit to Ada and Pontotoc County
Reford Bond chairman of the state corporation commission completed a three city trip visiting Ada and Pontotoc County events. He spoke on taxation and state agency work before Ada citizens and the Pontotoc County League of Young Democrats and toured the John Fitts oil field. He spoke to East Central State Teachers college students and Ada civic leaders at a Rotary club luncheon. Bond’s oil field tour followed discussions on production allotables and commission achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reford Bond
State Corporation Commission
John Fitts
Ada
Pontotoc County
Ira E. Dugan
Judge Bond
Four in jail in Tulsa payroll robbery murder case
Osage county Sheriff says Wesley D. Pruitt 40 is arrested and four suspects remain jailed on murder charges in the Christmas Eve payroll heist killing Jess Whitechurch near Wolco. Victim Whitechurch died four days after the hijacking and capture followed a long car ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Wesley D. Pruitt
Jess Whitechurch
Wolco
Dick Conners
Osage County
Pawhuska
Jack Ford
Frank Smith
Kermit Blevins
Ford
Kilgore
Tex
Blevins
Smith
Conners
Whitechurch
Mac Sykes
Sand Springs
Two Teens Paroled After Burglary Guilty Plea
John and Bob Kendrick pleaded guilty to second degree burglary and were sentenced to seven years each in the state reformatory at Granite. District Judge Tal Crawford then ordered parole on good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Bob Kendrick
Tal Crawford
State Reformatory
Granite
Crawford
Italian ships carry 635 casual ties through canal to Italy
Italian ships moved 635 casualties through the canal Friday and Saturday en route to Italy. The men were victims of sickness and wounds. Weekend ships through the canal to the war zone carried 6,500 Italian troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Said
Italy
Stratford Lees home becomes shrine in Roosevelt dedication
Stratford On The Potomac Virginia was dedicated as a shrine to Robert E. Lee. President Roosevelt called Stratford a permanent memorial to a brave civilization, with Mrs Roosevelt and other dignitaries in attendance as speeches were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford-On-The-Potomac
Stratford
Lees
Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
R. Walton Moore
Robert W. Bingham
Court of St. James
Cotton control by ANA approved in southern hearing
Spokesmen for the cotton belt praised the agricultural adjustment administration as testimony at a public inquiry confirmed the AAA program reduces cotton producers' woes. The men argued the cure does not reach tenant farmers and sharecroppers dubbed the forgotten men of the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Enn
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
H. C. Nixon
Tulane University
New Orleans
Alabama
AAA
South
Nixon
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Arkansas
Walter Moskop
Trumann
Ark
Cully A. Cobb
Pontotoc County Warrants Cancelled For Irregular Payment
Three Pontotoc county highway fund warrants totaling 6002.10 were canceled after county attorney Virgil Stanfield issued an order stopping payment. The warrants, drawn on the Pontotoc county highway fund and issued to Thomas Motor company for two tractors and 14 wheelers on August 19, 1935, were deemed not regular by the county attorney and later ordered canceled by county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
J. Fred McKay
Virgil Stanfield
Pontotoc County Highway Fund
Thomas Tile Company
Stagefield
Stanfield
George Collins
Board of the County Commissioners
Collins
Board of Commissioners
Farmer Chronister Faces Breach of the Peace Charge
W H Chronister a 60 year old farmer near the Fitts oil field was arraigned on breach of the peace and pleaded not guilty. He was released on a 1000 appearance bond with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Tuesday October 22. Chronister allegedly threatened oil field workers after fences on his farm were torn down during rigging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Chronister
Fitts
Chronister
A. W. Oliver
County court arraigns two on liquor possession charges
Charges of possession of intoxicating liquor were filed Saturday in county court against Earl Boone and E. F. Lisle. Arrests followed a raid on a house near Ada on Highway 48 in which 175 bottles were seized. Boone and Lisle pleaded not guilty and were each held on $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Boone
E. F. Lisle
Ada
Highway 48
Boone and Lisle
John Boyce McKeel
Couple Married in Hospital Bedside Ceremony
Miss Margaret Sweeney and Gerald Updike both of Sapulpa wed in a Tulsa hospital at the bedside of the bride’s ailing father Dr. R. M. Sweeney, a pioneer Sapulpa physician, in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Margaret Sweeney
Gerald Updike
Sapulpa
R. M. Sweeney
Two Killed One Hurt Near Ardmore
Ardmore Oklahoma October 14 two Carter county residents died and a third was seriously injured in weekend traffic crashes. T W Loyd 68 died at Ardmore hospital from injuries after being hit Sunday afternoon by a car driven by Ben Mobley Jr Norman. Bonnie Shelton 18 County Line died in Duncan hospital from Sunday wreck when a small coupe lost a tire near County Line. Harry Carmen recently released from McAlester penitentiary crashed into a truck east of Ardmore while fleeing with a stolen car. his right arm was so badly mangled it was amputated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arndmore
Carter County
T. W. Loyd
Ardmore
Ben Mobley, Jr
Norman
Loyd
Bonnie Shelton
County Line
Duncan
Harry Carmen
McAlester Penitentiary
Denies Epidemic Meningitis In Muskogee County
Dr. Charles Ed White county health officer said there is no epidemic with only three spinal meningitis patients in the county detention hospital. Irene Adkisson and her infant brother are improving, a isolated black man nears discharge, while other doctors warn of higher than usual cases in the county and several Cherokee schools remain closed in the danger zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Charles Ed. White
Muskogee County
Irene Adkisson
Jack
Cherokee County
White
State Highway Commissioners Split Over Buy Authority
Oklahoma City Oct. 11 The state highway commission divided over whether the state highway engineer Van T Moon should buy equipment directly. J M Gentry and Dr W E Grisso backed the move at Governor Marlands request, while Scott Ferris questioned the governor's stance and sought his guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highay Commission
van T. Moon
J. M. Gentry
W. E. Grisso
Moon
E. W. Marland
Scott Ferris
Marland
Worcestershire donor gives $50,000 for farmers' pension funds
H. Summer of Worcestershire England has donated 50000 dollars to support pensions for farmers families. The gift aims to relieve hardship among farming households and secure long term welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Summer
Worcestershire
England
Two Aimed Whiskey Charges Filed Against Men
A federal charge of violation of internal revenue laws was filed against Tom Alexander about 37 and a state charge of illegal possession of intoxicating liquor was filed against Leonard Groves 19. Deputies raided a lunch room three miles south of Ada on highway 48 and found three pints of whiskey. Groves admitted running the cafe and pled not guilty, jailed on a 9906 bond. Alexander was jailed awaiting U S Commissioner W C Edwards filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Laws
Tom Alexander
Leonard Groves
Ada
Charley Shockley
Elmer Hodges
E. V. “Punk” Cochran
Alexander Place
Alexander
Groves
John Boyce McKeel
Italians Claim To Have Taken Another Town
Reuters reports unconfirmed rumors that the Italian army near Aduwa surrounds Makale, about 60 miles southeast of Aduwa and 500 miles north of Addis Ababa, as Italy presses southward in Ethiopia. In Washington, Secretary Roper said the United States will withhold a decision on League sanctions while concerned nations define a clear program, and the munitions board is not yet ready to advise on extending an arms embargo to raw materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Reuters
Makale
Il Duce
Aduwa
Washington
United States
League of Nations
Italy
Sec. Roper
Ethiopia
Roper
National Munitions Board
Auto fatalities gain in 1934 exceed prior year
Fifteen percent more people were killed in automobile accidents in 1934 than 1933, totaling 33,980 deaths and a new all time high at a rate of 26.9 per 100000. Late 86 city figures show the rate rising into 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
United States
Honeymooners Targeted by allegedly bogus minister in Oklahoma City
A man claiming to be a minister flashed a license supposedly from Muskogee county and said he had married the couple in Oklahoma City. Cliff Myers doubted the legality and the man fled toward a telephone office, while the couple may be hunting another preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Here
California
Cliff Myers
Muskogee County
Myers
Oklahoma Youth Aid Grants Approved for 3074 Students
Ed Morrison announced that 3,074 Oklahoma high school students will receive $6 each in October for school jobs. The National Youth Administration assistant state director noted all applications had been approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ed Morrison
National Youth Administration
Oklahoma
Morrison
Italian Troops Dig Trenches on Egyptian Frontier
Cairo correspondent reports Italian forces in Libya digging trenches placing underground mines and fortifying the Egyptian border to strengthen defenses amid mounting tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Hawas
Libya
Ethiopian Emperor Declares Undefeated War Stance
Addis Ababa reports Emperor Haile Selassie states Ethiopians will not fight a decisive battle until Italians reach interior mountains. They withdrew from Aduwa and Aksum for strategic reasons, and a government spokesman says no southern Ogaden offensive is planned, defense remains the priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Aduwa
Aksum
Ogaden
Five aviators killed in Italian seaplane crash
Five aviators died October 1 when two seaplanes from the High Seas school at Orbetello crashed during night exercises over the Tyrrhenian Sea near Tuscany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
High Seas
Orbedelio
Tuscany Island
Tyrrhenian Sea
Melton pleads not guilty in assault charge
W T Melton a local real estate dealer pleaded not guilty at arraignment in justice court on charges of assault with a sharp weapon arising from an October 2 incident in which H C Stiles was wounded. Bond set at 1000 for a preliminary hearing October 17. Stiles reportedly struck first. Melton may claim self defense. Melton is a one legged cripple from a past train accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Melton
Justice Court
H. C. Stiles
West Fifth Street
Justice A. W. Oliver
Melton
Stiles
Two Men Sentenced for Hijacking and Robbery in Texas
Glenn Davis of Ardmore Oklahoma and Larry Ducote of Louisiana received 19 year penitentiaries for robbery with firearms kidnaping for extortion and theft over fifty dollars. They pleaded guilty in district court in Gainesville Texas and were returned to Tarrant county jail Fort Worth. They had been held since their arrest. Davis and Ducote faced charges related to the hold up and beating of W. E. Benson who was forced to ride in their car and was dumped two miles from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Glenn Davis
Ardmore
Okla
Larry J. Ducote
Louisiana
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Davis
Ducote
W. E. Benson
Benson
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Somaliland
Mrs. Karpis
Public Enemy No
Bremer
West Plains
Edward Bremer
Floyd
Alvin
The
Associated Press
Ras Seyoum
Tigre
Uate
Baptist Student Union
Catherine of Grazganga
Charles II
Portugal
Sutton
Fitts Pool
Bond
Sykes
Kendricks
ANA
Fitts Field Farmer
State Highway Commissioners
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