Government Buys Cookson Hills And Fannin County
M C O Blackwell announced federal approval to purchase 51 900 acres of eroded farmlands in two projects in Oklahoma and Texas The Cookson Hills tract covers 94 099 acres in Oklahoma for 258 000 and 17 000 acres in northern Fannin county Texas for about 135 000 The move aims to move landholders to better farming areas and convert Cookson Hills into a regional park with wooded sections for conservation and fish propagation The effort will reduce farm distress while saving road and school costs for the districts involved
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Stillwater
M— C. O. Blackwell
Federal Resettlement Administration
Oklahoma
Texas
Cookson Hills
Fannin County
Blackwell
Cookson Hillis
Fanning County
Traffic Signals On Main Street To Aid Ada Traffic Flow
Ada prepares for a new traffic signal system with twelve boxes at Main Street intersections to be activated next Saturday. Raymond Rains predicts easier traffic, while Percy Armstrong oversees installation and a Tulsa style ordinance now governs moving rules, parking, and prohibitions.
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Raymond Rains
Ada
Percy Armstrong
City Hall
Main Street
Broadway
Townsend and
Rennie Avenues
Board of City Commissioners
Chief Rains
Mein Street
Frisco Railroad
Farm column warns red harvester ants harm alfalfa stands
On Oklahoma farms red harvester ants threaten alfalfa by forming nests that halt growth. The column notes the ants surround their nests and may prevent proper emergence, urging readers to address the pest.
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Oklahoma
Cotton output forecast for Oklahoma falls from 1934
Reports from crop correspondents forecast Oklahoma cotton production at 750000 bales by October 1 1935 down from 317000 bales in 1934 and 1266000 bales in 1953. The October 1 condition was 56 percent of normal with heavy May June rains delaying planting and drought reducing upland yields.
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Oklahoma
United States
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Furniture styles through English regal eras
The text traces changing furniture ornamentation across English history. Elizabeth I’s reign featured elaborate furnishings. James I’s era favored thrift and reduced ornament. Cromwell’s period continued the spartan trend. The Restoration under Charles II revived splendor.
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Filizabeth
James
Cromwell
Charles II
Hastings Bound Over On Check Charge
Pat Hastings bound over for trial in the Fourteenth district court after a preliminary hearing for feloniously obtaining property by false and bogus checks. He awaits trial in Pontotoc county jail in default of a 31,000 bond.
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Pat Hastings
Fourteenth District Court
A. W. Oliver
Hastings
Pontotoc
W. L. Farmer
van Furen Green
William ‘Happy’ Craven
W. F. Payne
Green
Payne
Craven
Oliver
Producers Attend Corn-Hog Meetings in Pontotoc County
County council heads urge all corn hog producers to vote on October 26 expressing support or opposition to the AAA production control program. Meetings cover the program story and current situation to prepare a representative producer opinion on continuing the measure.
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Pontotoc County
AAA
Landman pleads for Indian relief funds in Muskogee
Superintendent A M Landman of the Five Civilized Tribes Indian agency warned last night that without quick emergency relief thousands of Indians face hunger and possible starvation. He urged an allocation of relief funds noting a hard winter could claim many lives and the Indian bureau cannot provide medical aid. He said poverty counts are unknown but conditions among the Cherokees are desperate and called total relief discontinuance unthinkable.
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Landman
Bond Reduction in Drunk Driving Case by District Judge
District Judge Tal Crawford cut Emmit Anderson’s bond from 5000 to 2500 after a habeas petition arguing the $5000 bond was excessive. Anderson had pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice A W Oliver, who set the initial 5000 bond. Oliver and Justice Sherwood W Hill have recently set 5000 bonds in similar local drunk driving cases.
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Tal Crawford
Emmit Anderson
Anderson
A. W. Oliver
Oliver
Sherwood W. Hill
Drop in Relief Rolls Reported in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports show relief rolls fell from 111 428 on September 1 to 105 496 on October 1. WPA and FERA figures also note 14 995 WPA workers. Observers doubt direct relief can end by November 1, Hopkitt’s national deadline.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Works Progress Administration
FERA
WPA
Harry L. Hopkitt
Density of Virology Microrganisms in a Square Inch
A claim states sixty trillion ultra viruses can crowd into a single square inch and that such density would spark a skeptical reaction from the average New York subway commuter.
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New York Subway
Tax assessing and budgeting details reach taxpayer doorstep
The article traces the tax cycle from assessor to state boards, budgets trimmed to income, and levies set for county and town, with protest periods and potential refunds. It lists specific county, Ada, Allen, Francis, Roff, Stonewall, and Chickasaw township levies and school district rates, noting delinquency dates and refunds if levies change. It also mentions a separate Ackia battle memorial commission appointment led by Harold Ickes.
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County Equalization Board
State Equalization Board
County Excise Board
Eque Zaton Board
Oklahoma City
State Commission
Comacy
Taxpayer
Fred McCoy
I1 Paver
Crippled Children
Ada City
General E
Roff
Stonewall General
Chickasaw
Stonewall
Ada
Chickasaw Township
Allen Township
Francis Township
Fitzhugh
Midland
Maxwell Township
U. G
Ackia Battle Memorial
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Rankin
Ackia
Miss
Hauptman Fets Execution Stay in Lindbergh Case
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals stayed Hauptmann's execution indefinitely to allow a U S Supreme Court appeal on constitutional rights violations. Brisk briefing granted defense 30 days to file a petition. automatic date if not perfected by November 14. If the high court refuses, a late December or January electrocution date could be set.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
Lindhergh
Supreme Court of the United States
Egbert Rosecrans
Supreme Court
Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Josecrans
Joseph Lanigan
Sosecrans
Chickasaws to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Victory
Oklahoma City Oct 15 The Chickasaws plan celebrations for the 20th anniversary of a battle credited with turning the tide of the French and Indian War in favor of the American colonists. Governor Douglas H Johnston received a letter from Congressman J E Rankin of Mississippi supporting the plan.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Marland offers bill to fix Grand River dam project flaw
Oklahoma Governor E W Marland says he will urge President Roosevelt to approve the 15 million dollar Grand River dam project and will initiate a corrective measure within 90 days if needed. He proposes to include the revenue bond bill with the fix and notes a recent ruling on an initiative petition for municipal utilities.
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Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Frank C. Carter
Grand River Dam
Marland
William Cullen Bryant
Norman
Carter
Grand River
Acquittal Ends Year-Long Kidnaping Case for Robinson Family
In Louisville, Francis Robinson and her father-in-law Thomas Robinson Sr. were acquitted of conspiracy in the Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll kidnapping after a seven hour plus federal jury deliberation. Stoll’s husband Berry Stoll and Mrs. Stoll lament the verdict as injustice while plans for divorce emerge. The case tied to Thomas H. Robinson Jr who was executed in Illinois for a related murder tied to the kidnapping.
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Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
Francis Robinson
Thomas H. Robinson
Nashville
Tennessee
Robinsons
Louisville Society
Alsoo
Robinson, Jr
Marland Drops Repeal Suggestion Amid Apathy
Oklahoma Governor F. W. Marland indicated he would abandon plans to place a repeal and liquor control measure on a ballot, citing lack of interest from hotel leaders and voters. He favored studying control efficiency in other states rather than calling a statewide meeting.
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Oklahoma City
FE. W. Marland
Marland
Fifth arrest eyed in Wolco payroll murder case
Pawhuska Oklahoma October 14 sheriff said a fifth arrest may be made in the Christmas Eve payroll murder near Wolco. Four charged suspects are jailed, one has pleaded guilty. Jack Ford 29 pleaded guilty to murder and armed robbery and faces November 12 sentencing. Kermit Blevins Esley Pruitt and Frank Smith are also named. Smith remains jailed in Tulsa. the others are held locally.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Jess Whitechurch
Dick Conners
Wolco
Jack Ford
Kermit Blevins
Esley Pruitt
Tulsa
Gerald Thompson Dies in Electric Chair in Joliet
Gerald Thompson, who became Catholic late in life, was executed in Joliet for the murder of Mildred Hallmark, 19, of Peoria. In his final days he issued a rambling statement urging others to seek religion for solace as he faced the electric chair.
Ada Man Is Accused Of Embezzlement
Joe Rogers bound over to the Fourteenth district court for trial after a preliminary hearing on embezzlement charges. He allegedly misappropriated about 65 dollars from employer Gladys Perry's cafe on West Main Street, leaving 50 in currency and 15 in change missing. Rogers pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was jailed for the next term after failing to post a 22,000 bond.
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Joe Rogers
Fourteenth District Court
Sherwood W. Hill
Rogers
Pontotoc
Hill
Gladys Perry
West Main Street
Ada Men Escape Injury After Truck Hit Car
Mayor J. D. Willoughby Orville Snead and George Toler escaped injuries when a truck loaded with posts or cord wood struck their city police department car on state highway 19 near Center Ada seven o clock Monday night. The driver fled westward and was not located despite county officials searching the area.
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J. D. Willoughby
Orville Snead
George Toler
Oklahoma City
Adamen
Snead
Ada
Center
Toler
Mr. Willoughby
State Works Progress Administration
Wontotoe County
City Police Detailed For Safety Work Ada
City police under Chief Raymond Rains assign four officers Frank Shipley Ernest Bray L E Franklin and W B Mc Daniels to enforce braking and lighting rules as Ada joins a state wide highway safety campaign. Motorists may be stopped for brake tests and parking rules drunken driving and stop sign enforcement will be stepped up to reduce hazards.
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Raymond Rains
Frank Shipley
Ernest Bray
L. E. Franklin
W. B. McDaniels
Simpson Praises Oklahoma Tax System At Conference
Prof. Herbert D. Simpson of Northwestern University praised Oklahoma's taxation system and finances at a National Tax association convention in Oklahoma City. He called his talk a surveyors view of tax problems, noting defects stem from administration not the system and highlighting the state constitution's relative newness allows tax experimentation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Herbert D. Simpson
Northwestern University
National Tax Association
Simpson
Brookings Institution
Grasshoppers Observed In Texas County
Grasshoppers were seen in large numbers in Texas county fields near Guymon on October 15. County Agent H C Hyer said no damage reports had been received. Dr Claude L Fly noted four weeks of dry weather slowed wheat growth reducing damage risk, echoed by a local farmer east of town.
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Guymon
Texas
H. C. Hyer
Claude L. Fly
Trent Reports On Resettlement In Oklahoma Texas
D. F. Trent, director of the federal rural resettlement program, announced after talks in Washington that about 15 900 of 38 000 families in Oklahoma and Texas on the program no longer require financial support. He said aid will go to eligible families chosen by county workers and county agents will determine loan sizes enduring the new rolls.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Texas
D. FP. Trent
Washington
Trent
Man Stricken at College to Recover
J Beverly Sales a 37 year old Vaness high school history teacher was stricken with a sudden stomach hemorrhage Monday afternoon while walking in the Science building at East Central State Teachers college. He was rushed to a local hospital where doctors said he is resting nicely and expected to recover.
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J. Beverly Sales
Vaness
Sales
East Central State Teachers College
Young Haynes and D B Young wed at Holdenville
Miss Ellen Haynes daughter of Mrs Ada Haynes Oklahoma City and Mr D B Young of Holdenville were married Friday at 6 pm officiated by Dr C C Morris Baptist church pastor. They plan to live in Holdenville after a Texas trip.
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Ellen Haynes
Holdenville
D. B. Young
C. C. Morris
The
Baptist Church
Texas
Ada Haynes
Oklahoma City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Young
Crosbie
Drumright
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