Campaign swings into eastern area for final speaking
In a cross country push the major party nominees court voters in the east. Roosevelt heads to New England with talks in Providence and Worcester while Landon defends public ownership and criticizes the New Deal. Browder’s Terre Haute broadcast is blocked by eggs and a crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
Earl Browder
Terre Haute
Browder
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Indiana
Hull
Veteran Engineer To Ride Frisco Train To Sulphur Today
Ed Keatley, long time Frisco engineer, will ride the day train extended to Sulphur as a guest of the Sulphur Chamber of Commerce. The service expansion marks the third improvement on the line this year, with Sulphur reconnected to passenger service after years off the main route. The schedule shows Tulsa departure at 6 15 a m and Ada arrival at 11 10 a m with Sulphur arrival at 12 10 p m and return through Ada at 2 40 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Keatley
Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Murray County
Frisco
Scullin
Ada
Friseco
Tulsa
North
Kansas City
Dallas
Would Rate Matt Kimes as Trusty in Oklahoma City
Warden Roy W. Kenny of McAlester penitentiary asks Governor Marland to grant Mathew Kimes a trusty ship for the life prisoner who killed Deputy Sheriff Perry Chuculate after a bank raid. The state board of affairs will decide. Kimes has served since July 11, 1927 with 11 days out on leaves and a clean merit record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Roy W. Kenny
McAlester Penitentiary
Marland
Matt Wimes
Perry Chuculate
Sequoyah County
State Board of Affairs
L. M. Nichols
Mathew Kimes
Kenny
Valley View Hospital group names officers and board
A new Valley View community hospital organization formed at the Chamber of Commerce meeting elected S C Boswell as president P A Norris as vice president and Milton Keating as secretary treasurer The board includes P J Greenan F P Swan Mrs George Smith and many Ada area members An executive committee was chosen and progress reports outline site preparations and utility plans ahead of construction northeast of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas New Community Hospital
Valley View
Chamber of Commerce
North Broadway
S. C. Boswell
Commonwealth Fund of New York
P. A. Norris
Ada
First National Bank
Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
P. J. Greenan
Coalgate
F. P. Swan
Konawa
George Smith
B. C. King
M. O. Matthews
L. T. Smith
Roff
W. B. Osborn
Gordon Witherspoon
John McKinley
Karl Andrews
Stratford
L. H. Harrell
W. A. Delaney, Jr
Pete Ackley
Fittstown
Denver Davison
R. W. Simpson
C. H. Massey
W. M. Pegg
Allen
Arvard Hudson
J. Huffman
A. Linscheid
Foster McSwain
John J. Fleet
E. N. Sallee
Stonewall
Louis Gluckman
S. M. Baubluts
W. D. Little
J. I. McCauley
W. A. Delaney
Roosevelt Says Human Beings More Important Than Machines
President Roosevelt opened two days of New England campaigning with a pledge against regimentation by self serving minorities. He declared people are more important than machines and urged using America’s resources for human welfare, addressing industrial workers in Rhode Island. The event included Governor Green and Mrs Roosevelt. Sonny Valdez defeats Frankie Covelli in a ten round lightweight bout in Los Angeles.
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Roosevelt
Harold D. Oliver
Providence
R. I
Get
New England
Rhode Island
America
Massachusetts
Theodore F. Green
President Roosevelt
United States
Los Angeles
Calif
Sonny Valdez
Tucson
Frankie Covelli
Brooklyn
Browder targets rotten egg attack in Terre Haute campaign
Communist candidate Earl Browder failed to give a radio campaign speech after a belligerent crowd thwarted him. A judge denied his injunction to block local interference, with a hearing held the day before and the case awaiting ruling. Browder blamed unidentified assailants as police units stood by near the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Fearl Browder
Albert Wens
Browder
H. C. Collins
Vigo County Law and Order League
B. F. Small
Albert Owens
Women Strike Sympathizers Attack Train Crew at Minden
In Minden Louisiana on October 20 a crowd of several hundred women from the railroad workers auxiliary seized a northbound Shreveporter at water stop, beat engineer Mark Willis and a brakeman, tore clothing from supervisor W F Salisbury, and forced a resignation telegraph to the company president. The southbound Hustler was rerouted while the locomotive was moved to the roundhouse. The strike has persisted for over a month with prior incidents including a three hour caboose detention and a fatal derailment and burned bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minden
Woods
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Mark Willis
W. F. Salisbury
Willis
C. P. Couch
Salisbury
Baton Rouge
Jla
Hope
Ark
Coushatta
Democrats Headquarter Destruction Signals Ada Growth
Democrats vacated a campaign HQ at 119 South Broadway after James W. Lewis directed a crew to wreck the front of the building to remodel it into a drug store. The move followed goodwill banter as the removal of plate glass windows bearing Democratic standard bearers began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotee County
Choice
South Broadway
Oklahoma Gas and Electric
Ada
Rollow Building
Main
Broadway
James W. Lewis
Adam
Lewis
Safety Week to Be Observed in Ada in November
Ada to observe a safety week in November led by Police Chief Roy Keller. The drive runs the first week with Bill Darnell from Oklahoma City assisting. A Junior Safety Department will be formed from Ada public school youths with a commission and regalia to promote safety work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Roy Keller
Bill Darnell
Safety Division
Oklahoma City
Keller
Camp Fire Opens Ada Offices as Johnston Leads Growth
Camp Fire in Ada begins a formal expansion under county executive Reo Johnston who opened headquarters in Room 314 Cummings building. A guardians meeting led by Zetta Armstrong plans future activities as 98 girls join eight groups with a goal of 500 members.
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Ada
Reo Johnston
Miss Johnston
Cummings
Zetta Armstrong
Eudal Blake
Wilma Shaw
Valera Keefe
Wesley Martin
Molly Moore
Charlie Jean Johnston
Ocie Skinner
Rochelle Smith
Elizabeth Tennis
Nell Slater
Margaret
Camp Fire Girls
Ponca City
C. T. Johnston
Charles T. Johnston
Pontotoc County
Truitt First in Wild Cow Show at Madison Square Garden
Oklahoma contenders dominated rodeo events at Madison Square Garden led by Dick Truitt from Stonewall winning wild cow milking in 39 seconds. Grace White of Ringwood captured cowgirls bronc while Everett Shaw of Newata claimed calf roping. Texas defeated Oklahoma 4 to 2 in mounted basketball.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Grace White
Ringwood
Okla
Everett Shaw
Nébwata
Dick Truitt
Stonewall
Texas
Oklahoma
Ginning Report by Counties Oklahoma 1936 and 1935
The department of commerce through the bureau of census releases a preliminary report listing cotton ginned prior to October 1 by county in Oklahoma for the 1936 and 1935 crops. Quantities are on running bases with round bales counted as half. linters excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Oklahoma
Elko Lynching Fears After Four Slayings In $40 Holdup
Luther Jones a 52 year old ex convict is guarded after allegedly admitting he killed four men in a cabin near the Elko stockyards. Police said Jones described taking $40 from the ranchers before the shootings. Two ranchers from Carson Valley and a third from Elko were among the victims. Jones also faced accusation in a kidnapping case tied to Utah taxi driver Levon Neil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Nev
Luther Jones
C. A. Harper
Jones
Indiana
Montana
Harper
Steca
Otto Heitman
Walter Godcke
Carson Valley
Carlin
Ada Man Dies From Highway Accident Left Temple Injury
Mrs. Underwood, gravely ill since Monday, delayed funeral plans for her husband who died Sunday night from a temple bruise after being struck on highway 48 near Ada. The procession was set for 3 PM Tuesday at Oak Avenue Baptist with Rev. Milo Arbuckle officiating. Sheriff Clyde Kaiser found no blame on M M Summers. the driver halted and assisted the injured man. Survived by Mrs. Underwood, nieces Mary Northcutt and Lula Pate, nephew Palmer Byrd of St Louis, and half-brother Jimmie Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Underwood
Rosedale Cemetery
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Milo Arbuckle
Ada
Clyde Kaiser
M. M. Summers
Colbert
Mr. Underwood
Highway 48
Pontotoc County
Mary Northcutt
Lula Pate, Neices
Palmer’ Byrd
St. Louis
Jimmie Underwood
Jesse
Physician Theron Shackleford Dead in Haskell Oklahoma
Dr Theron T Shackleford 50 Haskell physician died after a long illness Funeral services set for tomorrow morning Born January 31 1886 in Okolona Arkansas he trained at Louisville Medical College class of 1910 Practiced in Foreman Arkansas Heavener and Haskell Survived by wife son two brothers Dr L C Shackleford Foreman Ark and E W Shack leford Oklahoma City two sisters Mrs Ola Norman and Mrs Lucy Loudermilk Fort Worth Texas
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Haskell
Okla
Theron T. Shackleford
Doctor Shackleford
Okolona
Ark
Louisville Medical College
Foreman, Ark
Heavener
L. C. Shackleford
Foreman
E. W. Shackleford
Oklahoma City
Ola Norman
Lucy Loudermilk
Fort Worth
Tex
Burglars Strike Huddleston Home in Thursday Night Theft
Mrs. Charles Huddleston reports a burglary at 300 East Sixteenth Thursday night. Items stolen include a man's suit a gladstone bag a dress shirts and a clock. Police investigate a man who had been rooming at the house and may have moved on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Huddleston
East Sixteenth
Conviction In County Court Withdrawals And Forfeitures
A county court proceeding closed with one case trial and several bond forfeitures on appeals from city court. Wilford Jeter’s case was dismissed. Gladys Perry’s municipal court conviction was affirmed with a $4 plus costs fine. Appeals by Herman Hamilton and Forrest Simpson were withdrawn with fines and costs paid. Bonds forfeited for City of Adams defendants Harry Phillips T L Cook Boyd Strunk Bill McCarty E L Haley and Louise Lovelady for nonappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Jeter
Mack Braly
Gladys Perry
Herman Hamilton
Forrest Simpson
City of Adams
Harry Phillips
T. L. Cook
Boyd Strunk
Bill McCarty
E. L. Haley
Louise Lovelady
Pleads Innocent To Drunken Driving Charge
Henry F E Cherry entered a plea of not guilty on a drunken driving charge at arraignment in Justice A W Oliver's court. He posted a $2,500 bond and a trial was set for October 29. Cherry was arrested by Constable Joe Harrington on West Sixth Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry FE. Cherry
A. W. Oliver
Cherry
Joe Harrington
West Sixth
All-Time Oil Output Jump Sets Week Peak Record
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a new U S weekly crude oil production high for the week of Oct 17 at 3 079 874 barrels per day, up 50 281 from the prior week. Oklahoma and East Texas show gains while Louisiana and California fall. Kansas and Rocky Mountain states also rise.
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Tulsa
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Journal
Oklahoma
East
Texas
Louisiana
California
Kansas
Michigan
Rocky Mountain States
Oklahoma City
Seminole
St Louises
East Texas
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Central
Southwest
State of Texas
North Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Arkansas
Mexico
Rocky Mountain
United States
Visitation Tour by Dr. Herring Advances Across Colleges
Dr. Herring continues a tour of western and central U S colleges to study dormitory management systems. He sent a note from Cedar Falls Iowa after attending the fifth year celebration of Iowa State Teachers College and plans to visit Richmond Kentucky before finishing the trip. He met Mrs. Herring in Springfield Illinois and notes snow storms in Denver may force earlier travel.
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Linscheid
Dr. Herring
Cederfalls
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
Herring
Springfield
Illinois
Teachers College
Richmond
Kentucky
Denver
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Associated Press
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Icke
PWA
Ickes
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John W. Davis
Bennett Champ Clark
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Clark
Vandenberg
Mich
Wallace
Gerald L. K. Smith
E. F. Townsend
Smith
Union Party
William Lemke
Idaho
Borah R
Ida
Matt Kimes
Trusty
West Virginia
Valley View Hospital Organization
Board of Directors
C. C. Morris
Frank Meaders
Executive
Valdez
Ada News
BY Williams
Democrats
Camp Fire Executive
Needham
Mildred Jeter
Katherine Curry
Guardians
Truitt
Beckham
Bryan Fat
Carter
Cleveland
Comanche
Oy Fay
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Lady
Greer
Harmon
Hughes
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnston
Kiow
LeFlore
Lincoln
Logan
Rel Love
McClain
McCurtain
MelIntosh
Marshall Ae
Murray
Ome Muskogee
Okfuskee
Okmulgee
Crug
Pawnee
Payne
Pittsburg
Pontotoca Aa
RY Pottawatomie
Pushmataha
Sequoyvah
Stephens
Tillman
Wagoner
Washita
Nevada
Joe Stecca
Huddleston Home
Ment Head
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