Oklahoma Oil Field Sets Higher October Allowable
In John Fitts field southern Comanche County proration boosts an October oil allowable to 30 000 barrels daily, nearly doubling September. Eight new wells added over the week raise field output to 550 188 barrels daily with 26 030 more barrels daily from new and deepened wells, and further increases are expected by October 20 as Carter No 1 George Smith adds 4 9892 barrels daily. The field expands into Section 28 27 toward the upper Simpson formations with Bromide McLish and Viola targets driving new wells and deeper work.
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John Fitts
Woratotoe
State Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
McLish
Simpson
George Smith
Italian Warships Ignore Salute of British Vessel
Aboard the steamer Cairo City in the Mediterranean on October 12, reporters describe rising tension as Italian destroyers conduct target practice while British, Greek, and Egyptian ships observe. The Cairo City dipped its flag but claimed the Italians did not salute, while other Britain flagged vessels face canceled calls and air service disruptions in the region.
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Cairo City
Mediterranean
Italy
Whedivil
Khedive Ismail
Marseilles
Cairo
Alexadria
Straits of Messina
North Africa
Marseille-Alexandria
Straits of
Messina
Athens
Aunt Sue Seeks Airplane Ride at Will Rogers Christening
In Muskogee on October 14 Aunt Sue, who led events at the Will Rogers christening from a small cottage, watched the humorist rise with pride.
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Muskogee
Sue
Will Rogers
Oklahoma Crop Report and Garden Club News
The Stillwater farm column details a long decline in Oklahoma horse and mule populations since 1920 with a shift toward stallions and higher stud values amid regional variations. It also covers recent rains, crop conditions for corn grain sorghums hay and fruits, plus upcoming November garden club courses at Oklahoma A and M Stillwater campus.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Peter Nelson
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Nelson
Muskoosee
McIntosh
Okmulgee
Leflore Haskell
Sequoyah
Oklaooma
Commonwealth college notes protest over Mother Bloor release
Commonwealth college labor school near Mena Arkansas addressed resolutions to Nebraska Governor Cochran and the Omaha jail superintendent protesting the persecution of Mother Ellzeere Bloor a 75 year old labor leader and others arrested after the Loup City chicken pickers strike. A Mother Bloor defense meeting produced committees to draft protests demanding immediate release.
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Mena
Ark
Commonwealth College
Cochran
Nebraska
Omaha
Nebb
Ellzmeere Bloor
Loup City
Neb
Mother Bloor
Charlotte Moskowitz
Bloor
Ada marriage announced for Avanelle Warner and Jessie Little
Mrs. Edna Warner announces the marriage of her daughter Avanelle to Jessie F. Little. The ceremony took place October 5 in Ada conducted by Judge Sherwood Hill. The couple will reside near Homer for the time being.
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Edna Warner
Avanelle
Jessie F. Little
Ada
Sherwood Hill
Homer
Blacksmith’s Son Targeted For grease on the wheel
W Hardy Mundy remarks a local blacksmith once cursed for leaving smut on a saddle now faces similar scorn as his son is accused of smearing grease on a steering wheel.
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W. Hardy Mundy
County Notes and Local Oddities Highlight Ada County
Oklahoma born Judge John Boyce McKeel visits county office and remarks on an Oklahoma flag. Local pecan shipments reach 1,200,000 pounds last year. A quirky sequence includes Tom Kelly and a defeated squirrel and a helper maid. Mack Braly enters his father’s Ada booster office. Winnie McLachlan faces a glove mix up after shop theft incident.
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John Boyce McKeel
Oklahoma
Washington
Ray Stegall
John
Tom Kelly
a_ squirre
Kelly
Mack M. Braly
L. A. Braly
Ada Booster
Winnie McLachlan
Local Shopper Pays $46 With Sixteen One Dollar Bills
A customer bought $46 worth of goods from J Kent Smith and paid with sixteen one dollar bills. A note mentions circular distributors dumping papers on upstairs residents and yards, alleging neighbors receive the overflow.
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J. Kent Smith
Business Trend Still Upward
A weekly survey by the department of commerce shows rising trade in 34 cities with strong retail and wholesale activity. Consumer buying increases as winter merchandise and football weather boost demand, while construction and public works expand and employment edges higher.
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Bernard S.ohara
Associated Press
Department of Commerce
Association of Commerce In Chicag
New York
Straws Point Direction of Political Wind
Washington dispatch notes that campaign talk centers on money value of the New Deal with critics stressing extravagance and waste while Democrats cite private gains from policy. Hoover risks, processing taxes and Supreme Court rulings loom. a wait and see mood dominates as potential nominees surface.
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Edward Duff
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
AAA
Hoover
Supreme Court
West
Louis McHenry Howe
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
New York
Frank Knox
Chicago
London
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
Vandenberg
Michigan
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Lowden
Illinois
Il Duce Expects European War, Allen Asserts
Allen says Mussolini appears to fear a European war after talks in Rome. He reports the leader plans to stay in the League despite sanctions and regards war as likely while Italy pursues control in Ethiopia.
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Allen
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Henry Allen
Kansas
Il Duce
United States
Alien
America
Italy
Empire of Haile Selassie
Emile de Bono
League
I Duce
League of Nations
Social notes from Vanoss area gatherings and appointments
Saturday and Sunday visits and dinners mark social life in Vanoss with multiple households hosting or visiting relatives and friends. Key events include J J Rogers elected to schedules committee and Rev R R Farris named pastor for the coming year. communities gather for church services and family visits.
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Robert Brice
Bessie McGehee
Carson Philips
Christine Berger
G. M. Pitt
J. J. Rogers
Vanoss
Ada
L. G. Harris
Maxwell
John Bradley
Griffith
R. R. Harris
C. M. Nelson
L. M. Bradley
Marie Richardson
Alpha Children
Mary Troutman
Novalee Bradley
Naomi Bradley
Arthur “Frisco” Vernon
Evelyn Mitchel
Anna Belle
Christene Berzer
Bonnie Philips
Jack Jones
Vaness
Lois Watson
Bixby
Mildred Hudson
J. J. Shaw
Roy Childres
Client Childres
Beatrice Collins
Rumright
Hattie
Mattie Childres
Helen
Flora Richards
E. O. Rogers
Louise Roger
Wilma Jewel Berger
June Standridge
R. R. Farris
Virginia Chickasha
Missionary Baptist Church
Bids Open for City Reservoir as WPA Plans Advance
Bids for the 5,000,000 gallon reservoir are due by October 24 and contract awards planned for November 4. The project uses a 28,500 city bond issue and 31,560 PWA grant. Concurrently, draftsmen push plans for two dormitories at East Central State Teachers College with bids advertised by October 30 and construction slated to start in November.
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PWA
Percy Armstrong
Public Works and Property
Armstrong
Kansas City
East Central
Fittstown
Harden City
Promotion of Maj Raymond O. Barton to lieutenant colonel
Word has been received of Maj Raymond O. Barton being promoted to lieutenant colonel. Col Barton is the son of Judge and Mrs C O Barton of this area.
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Raymond O. Barton
Col. Barton
C. O. Barton
Charles Key Dies at --- Mid-South Cotton Leader
Jackson Tennessee reports the death of Charles Key an elderly president of the mid-south cotton growers association who had long been active in the cotton cooperative movement since 1923.
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Jackson
Tenn
Charles Key
Mid-South Cotton Growers Association
Cotton Cooperative Movement
Cotton by counties Oklahoma 1935 1954 preliminary report
The department of commerce bureau of census releases a preliminary Oklahoma cotton report by counties valid up to October 1. It covers crops for 1935 and 1954 with quantities in running bales and half bale rounding. linters are excluded.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Oklahoma
State Pecans Indicate Largest On Record
Oklahoma reports October 1 pecan condition at 69 percent of normal with estimated production around 20,000,000 pounds, signaling a record crop for the state though some regions show varied yields. Southern states east of the Mississippi project 18,480,000 pounds, not a record, while 1926 and earlier peaks exceed current totals.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi River
Ada couple Alma Mark rider and W C Lindsey wed
Miss Alma Mark rider daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Harkrider of Okmulgee married Mr W C Lindsey son of Mr and Mrs Q O Lindsey at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Kirby 509 East Fourteenth. Rev J C Curry officiated with relatives present. The couple will reside at 599% South Townsend.
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Alma Markrider
W. C. Lindsey
Joe Kirby
East Fourteenth
J. C. Curry
First Methodist Church
Sam
Key puts more men to work on water project
Oklahoma City October 16 PW S Key state works progress director issued an order giving 47 men work on a water conservation project in Craig county.
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Oklahoma City
PW. S. Key
State Works Progress Director
Craig County
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A. and M. College Horticulture
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