Startling Figures On Oklahoma Spending And Pecan Prospects
Figures from Senator Gore in Congressional Record show Oklahoma with 6 353 taxing units, 2 500 000 people, and a total debt near 2 340 000 000. State and federal tax outlays reach 177 000 000 and 306 000 000 respectively for recent years. Pecan crop estimated at 20 000 000 pounds, largest on record, with prices low but potential income for producing regions evident.
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Thomas P. Gore
Gore
Oklahoma
Democratic National Platform
United States
Unpopular Preacher Examines Judgment and Nation’s Fall
The lesson centers on Jeremiah's unpopular prophetic call warning Judah of imminent destruction unless they repent. It contrasts hollow worship with a pure heart, notes Jerusalem’s doom tied to wicked living, and reflects on how future leaders Ezra and Nehemiah restored national life after exile. The piece also touches pecan theft, taxation jokes, corporate ownership, Ada’s prospects, Roosevelt youths, and education accountability.
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Jeremiah
Temple
Judah
Jerusalem
Hezekiah
God
Jehovah
Egypt
Babylon
Ezra
Nehemiah
Hitch-Hikers Nuisance and Menace Across America
A columnist compares hitch-hikers to a growing nuisance and safety threat, noting fingerprinting of suspects in Wichita and multiple murders linked to hitch-hiking in Oregon, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The piece also cites Pretty Boy Floyd and the broader impact on motorists and crime.
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Bingville
America
Wichita
Kan
Oregon
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Ohio
NEA Service
Calvert to lead Oklahoma Parent Teachers Association
Norman reports Mrs. George E. Calvert of Oklahoma City elected president of the Oklahoma Parent-Teachers Association for the coming year by 400 delegates at the 1955 congress at the University of Oklahoma. Speaker W B Bizzell praised the League of Nations for censuring Italy over Ethiopia.
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Norman
Oklahoma Parent-Teachers Association
George E. Calvert
Oklahoma City
Parent-Teachers Congress
University of Oklahoma
W. B. Bizzell
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
E. W. Marland Uged
Will Rogers
John Vaushan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
H. S. Keaggy
Okmulgee
E. E. Brown
Duncan
J. P. Mattox
A. C. Leikman
Bartlesville
Floye Coates
Newkirk
Harry W. Goans
Tulsa
C. E. Cooper
Sapulpa
T. Leach
Tonkawa
Homer Greet
Mountain Fronts and Italian Army Move Toward Aduwa
The chieftain asserts an Italian army is marching toward Aduwa with a large force. He believes the advance may not reach Makale, while describing a population hiding in hill villages and the desertion of a once-busy street as heavy artillery passes over the mountains toward Aduwa.
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Josh Lee
Vinita
Lee
Julius Caesar
AAA
Congress
Aduwa
Makale
Roosevelt Courage Echoed as Columbus Found Unknown Seas
Oklahoma City October 13 Governor E W Marland likened President Roosevelts bold policy moves to Christopher Col umbus venturing into uncharted waters He praised Jefferson as a political Columbus and urged continued reform to soothe depressoin hardships while resisting conservative critics who warn of constitutional danger The speech framed the New Deal as a voyage of discovery toward social security and national progress.
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Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
Christopher Columbus
E. W. Marland
Womens’ Jeffersonian Club
Executive Mansion
Peoople
Columbus
Thomas Jefferson
White House
Jefferson
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Pontotoc
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ADA Weekly News
Okla
Mexico
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Adolfo de la Huerta
Calles
California
Cardenas
de la Huerta
Los Angeles
France
Roosevelts
William Allen White
Emporia
White
Landon
Midwest
East
G. O. P. Kite
Marland
President
United States Senate
First National Bank
G. J. Morton
R. W. Simpson
S. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
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