Ginning decision sets precedent in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds the state Corporation Commission’s power to fix cotton ginning rates, a ruling seen as limiting utilities from taking rate cases to federal courts. The decision preserves two-step proof but declares rates valid, with the commission acting in a quasi judicial capacity on merits.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
State Corporation Commission
Henry Osborn
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Public Service Corporation
Retford Bond
The
Commission
East Central School District Prepares for Promising Year
A fine spirit exists throughout the school and district as expectations run high for the coming year. The faculty is composed of former East Central students led by Superintendent Albert Horn and Principal Charles Goddard along with Rubye Smith Beatrice Shannon Leilian Flarr and Jay Alford.
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East Central
Albert Horn
Charles Goddard
Rubye Smith
Joe Bunch
Beatrice Shannon
Leilian Flarr
Jay Alford
Butler errors over League sanctions and war imagery
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler denounces League of Nations sanctions as dangerous and warns that excessive war propaganda could awaken American fighting instincts. He contrasts Ethiopian warfare with Geneva politics and recalls U.S. entry into World War I after voting for peace in Wilson’s era.
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Newton Square
Smedley D. Butler
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Marine Corps
Great Britain
Italy
United States
Europe
Wilson
Silver Stocks Below Figures Set by Statute
Treasury silver purchases lag the statutory goal as European gold flows to the United States. From $915 million in silver to $1.67 billion, gold rising to $9.54 billion, the silver share climbs to 17.5 percent though the law targets 33 1/3 percent. Critics say the drive aims to push silver prices to $1.29 an ounce, not to amass metal.
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Europe
United States
Congress
Treasury
Centra Homa School Sets Plans For New Year
From the East Central Journal the Centra homa superintendent notes a better year ahead with many new activities. Regular subjects continue with extra curriculars like agricultural projects plays and athletics. The school paper is planned and high school students join the Better Youth Program. School opened Sept 2 with about 300 enrolled.
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East Central Journal
Centrahoma School
Oklahoma See Federal Revenue Rise With Incomes
Pr H C Jones reports Oklahoma federal tax collections may exceed 50 million this year, up from better business and higher incomes. He notes more residents will owe taxes and changes in rates won’t greatly affect totals. Oklahoma County paid the most state income tax, 197 495 of 624 848, with Tulsa second. Per capita net taxable income peaked in Bartlesville at 61 15, followed by Ada 860 46, Tulsa 50 90, Oklahoma City 43 93.
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Oklahoma City
H. C. Jones
Internal Revenue
Oklahoma
Jones
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Bartlesville
Ada
Tulsa
Fittstown School System Reports About 700 Enrolled
The Fittstown system under J. W. Owens shows enrollment near 700 as grades one through six move to two new six room buildings after Sunday dedication. Junior high uses Onward and Franks buildings. two outlying districts provide students. Carl Coleman and Linette Townsend coach coed softball with games each Friday afternoon.
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East Central Journal
Fittstown Scheol
J. W. Owens
Onward
Franks
Carl Coleman
Linette Townsend
Leon Smith
Fittstown
Valeria Tulkerson
Lois Nordean
Juanita Townsend
Margaret Bush
Pearl Murret
McBee
Sprawls
Charles Walker
Joe Holmes
Cleo Sumter
Pecan Marketing Program Sought by Agriculture Department
Washington reports the agriculture department plans a new national pecan marketing agreement within weeks after a September expiry. Hearings were held in Montgomery Alabama at industry request as a potential fall marketing scheme gains approval from half of handlers and two thirds of growers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Montgomery
Ala
Kerr elected president of Mid-Continent Oil and Gas group
Robert Kerr of Oklahoma City was elected president of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association meeting in Tulsa. A member of Anderson Kerr, independent operators and drilling contractors, he rose as a late dark horse candidate to lead the year’s work and appoint committees. Kerr is known as an attorney and former Legion post commander with ties to Ada and Oklahoma City.
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Robert S&s. Kerr
Oklahoma City
W. 8. Kerr
Ada
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Tulsa
Dark Horse
Kerr
Anderson-Kerr
Oklahoma
Boo Kerr
Legion
Oklahoma Department of the Legion
Pontotoc County Begins Cotton Movement Amid Delayed Picking
Pontotoc County gins report about 600 bales received as cotton season unfolds. Farmers anticipate a fair crop around 6 090 bales though some expect picking to continue into Christmas with favorable weather. Prices around 10 10 cents per pound bolster a slow but rising cotton economy as gins process more of the crop.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
North Broadway
Main Street
October 31 Deadline Set for 1935 Corn Hog Contracts
Washington reports the Farm Administration fixed an October 31 deadline for receipt of corn hog contracts and announced over 61 million dollars already paid. With 35,592 contracts received, about 150,000 remain with review boards. Iowa leads in payments, Oklahoma reports over one million paid. A separate note recounts J Henry Brown misplacing his car and mistaking a salesman's demonstrator for his own, prompting a Seminole search.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Boards of Review
Iowa
Oklahoma
J. Henry Brown
Wolf
Seminole
Brown
Greatest returns for the amount invested
Classified ad highlights strong value offerings and optimistic buy options for readers seeking high returns on investments. Emphasizes affordability, practicality, and potential growth opportunities across featured products and services.
Ada Girls Sift Rumor Of Karpis Lookalike Incident
Ada residents chased a tale of Public Enemy No 1 and a possible Karpis sighting after a man posing as a New York visitor wooed a local woman. A missing eyebrow and a lip scar led to suspicion, but a detective magazine photo revealed the man was not Karpis and he left town.
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Alvin Karpis
Public Enemy No. 1
Karpis
Ada
Wilbur FP. Lee
Sheriff's Office
Honolulu
Jeff Laird
Bill Cantrell
Quote Highlights Race Tensions in Ada Home
A Black maid in Ada’s wealthy circle is quoted describing the abuse she endures from white employers. The remark notes the necessity of a hardened skin to withstand daily mistreatment. The account underscores ongoing racial strain in affluent households.
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Ada
Frisco Man Vows To Share Burglar’s Loot
C. M. Klepper says after a burglar hit several nearby houses he told his wife he would give the thief half of anything found at his house if the intruder came again and got something.
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C. M. Klepper
Tombstone Inscriptions Spark Debate On War Died In Action
The remark notes a preference among some veterans to have Died Inactive engraved rather than Died in Action on their tombstones. It discusses attitudes toward war service and memorial wording with no graphic detail.
Garbo Screen Triumph Prompts Morbid Admiration
Dorothy Woods remarks on Greta Garbo’s latest success calling it a triumph while joking she would not mind if Garbo harmed herself, a provocative line reflecting bold theatrical critique and public fascination with Garbo.
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Dorothy Woods
Greta Garbo
Garbo
Sorority Pledges Learn to Smoke at College Annex
A nostalgic visit recalls an East Central Journal staff remark that sorority pledges spend spare time at the college annex trying to learn to smoke. The piece notes the scene remains recognizable from years past.
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East Central Journal
Locked in cashier freed by passerby at bank
Mrs Oo H shabranner a First National bookkeeper found herself locked in after hours. Vic Vallery unlocked the door. An address book belonging to an anonymous man was left on a desk listing 113 girls with addresses and notes.
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Oo. H.shabranner
First National
Vic Vallery
Ada
Bob Wells
Bill Mackin
The
Tigers Roar
Work Humming In Section 28-2 Ozarks Oil and Birds
A Missouri school hosts 1000 orinze birds brought from near Lebanon as a new course study. Kansas City philanthropist George Leonard funds a turkey course at the mountain school and engages Mrs Honsinger for services. Section 28-2-7 shows drilling activity with several wells. McKay No. 2 reports potential 2612 barrels daily and Bromide production previously flowed 400 barrels per hour.
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Ozarks
Lebanon
George Leonard
Kansas City
Mountain School
Honsinger
Fitts Field
E. H. Moore
McKay
Smith
Simpson
Northwest
Viola
Hunton
G. Smith
Fleetborn-Simpson
Woolley
Magnolia
Skelly
Parks College
Dennis
Sixty Pontotoc men get WPA PWA work assignments this week
Sixty unemployed Pontotoc county men were moved from relief rolls to public works projects this week per the NRS. Forty nine work at a rock quarry near Roff producing rock for WPA and PWA uses with a crew already at work. Eleven join a malaria control project near Steedman. Additional jobs are planned on a bridge over the South Canadian river two dormitories at East Central college and a city water reservoir in Ada.
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Pontotoc County
Public Works Administration
National
Steedman
South Canadian
East Central College
Ada
Sugar Stack Falls Injures Hale-Hassell Worker
Claud Hill of the Hale-Hassell company was injured when a sugar stack toppled at work shortly before noon Friday. He suffered a broken leg a dislocated wrist a fractured thumb and minor bruises. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and reported not seriously hurt.
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Claud Hill
Hale-Hassell Company
Hill
Lewis Returns From Dallas To Face Charge Here
H. E. Lewis and a late model automobile were brought back from Dallas Texas after waiving extradition. He faced a complaint alleging removal of mortgaged property from Oklahoma in violation of state law. Bond was set at 1000 dollars by Justice Sherwood W. Hill with a preliminary hearing scheduled for November 6. He posted bond and was released.
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H. E. Lewis
Dallas
Tex
Lewis
Oklahoma
Sherwood W. Hill
Expert To Teach Turkey Raising At Ozarks School
Mountain Home Ark Oct 18 A new chapter in education unfolds at the School of the Ozarks in Taney county Missouri with a chair of turkey raising held by Mrs Gladys Hensinger known as Turkey Queen of the United States. Officials say she is likely the only woman worldwide to occupy such a position and she brings a long record of champion birds.
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Mountain Home
Ark
School of the
Langer Faces New Perjury Indictments in Fargo
Former North Dakota governor William Langer and three associates were indicted on perjury charges connected to an affidavit of prejudice against Judge Andrew Miller. The indictments allege false statements before the jury panel during the original conspiracy trial, with retrial now delayed to October 29.
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Fargo
N.D
William Langer
Frank Vogel
Oscar F. Erickson
R. A. Kinzer
Andrew Miller
Sanger
United States
P. W. Lanier
Bismarck
Miller
Langer
Miller i
Lanier
District Attorney's
Federal Clerk of Court
United States Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Scheme to Defraud Pensioners Reported
IP An alleged scheme to defraud aged men and women eligible for the recent old age pension was cited today by VV era Finley sponsor of the initiative petition and a pension commission member. He warned that blank forms printed to apply for pensions could be sold and not recognized by the commission. W A Pat Murphy state labor commissioner and pension board chairman said a meeting is likely Monday to discuss problems and that pension payments could not start for some time.
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Oklahoma City
Vvera Finley
The
Pension Commission
Finley
Old Age Pension Commission
Stat
W. A
Pat Murphy
AOA BOY SELECTED FOR FLIGHT CONTEST
The sixth class of candidates for flight training and appointment as aviation cadets in the naval reserve was selected. They must report for elimination flight training on Nov. 11 at naval reserve bases including Opa-Locka Miami and naval air station Anacostia. Names include T. A. Shaw Ada Oklahoma and C. E. Cantilon Glencoe Oklahoma.
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Washington
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Naval Reserve Aviation Base
Opa-Locka
Miami
Fla
T. A. Shaw
Ada
Okla
W. H. Hedden
Austin
Tex
Naval District
San Diego
Calif
A. Bord, Jr
Midland
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
D. C
C. E. Cantilon
Glencoe
Firemen Complete Latest Instruction Course
Ada fire department personnel including regulars and volunteers have finished a three day course led by R. P. Lewis. The program, part of ongoing training, concluded Thursday night with Lewis guiding analysis of each man’s duties to improve technical understanding of their work.
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Ada -Fire Department
R. P. Lewis
Lewis
Beating Case Yields Jail Terms and Fines in Ada
Three men Jim Daggs Batey Daggs and James Wheeler were sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 50 plus costs after a trial for assault and battery on Melvin Jones near Ada on Oct 12. Defense witness Earl Davis was jailed for failing to post bond while facing related charges.
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Sherwood W. Hill
Jim Daggs
Batey Daggs
James Wheeler
Melvin Jones
Ada
Earl Davis
Virgil Stanfield
Jones
Davis
NYA Allocates Monthly Aid for Needy Pontotoc County Students
A National Youth Administration program distributes 306 monthly stipends to needy students in Pontotoc county high schools. Payments up to 4 dollars per student aim to aid education. selection rests with school superintendents and relief workers. Recipients include Vaness 12, Ada 8, Francis 7, Stonewall 6, Fitzhugh 6, Byng 5, Lula 5, Latta 2, Fittstown 2, Allen 1, Roff 1, and Ada separate school (negro) 1.
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National Youth Administration
Pontotoc County
NYA
Vaness
Ada
Francis
Stonewall
Fitzhugh
Byng
Lula
Latta
Fittstown
Allen
Roff
Ada Separate School
Helena Shocks Spark State of Emergency in Quake Hits
Eight shocks of moderate intensity rocked Helena Montana prompting a declaration of a state of emergency and martial law like control by Commissioner A M Shellady. Relief actions including a Red Cross station at Fort Harrison and a soup kitchen were set up as fissures opened in the soil and 156 tremors were counted since the previous night.
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Helena
Mont
A. M. Shellady
National Guard
Fort Harrison
Paul T. Carlson
St. Louis
American Red Cross
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Montana National Guard
Oscar Baarson
Arraignment Docket Shows Alcohol and Theft Charges
The district court arraignment docket for the regular criminal term lists eight intoxicated driving charges and seven grand larceny cases among 41 total indictments. Felix Clark faces first degree manslaughter over a fatal shooting in Ada. other cases include larceny of animals and automobiles, forgery, bigamy, bogus checks, and related offenses.
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Felix Clark
Richard Abbams
Clark
Bill Payne
Pioneer Rancher William Roff Dies in Ardmore
Duncan notes William H. Roff aged 70 a retired stockman who once owned a ranch including the Ardmore site. He died suddenly today from a heart ailment. The old Roff ranch house remains at Ardmore’s east side.
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Duncan
William H. Roff
Ardmore
Roff
Sharp Weapon Charge Highlights Local Arrest
A local case involves alleged embezzlement burglary in the second degree and petit larceny, with one count of each charged alongside a sharp and dangerous weapon accusation.
Board Abandons Cookson Hills Park Project
MUSKOGEE October 19 4 It was announced today that the Cookson Hills 55000-acre part project in Cherokee county has been at least temporarily abandoned by the national park board Lack of funds was given as the reason The action does not jeopardize the Oklahoma R2 project in Muskogee county officials said.
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Muskogee
Cookson Hills
Cherokee County
National Park Board
Oklahoma
Muskogee County
Pairings Listed in Local Marriage Notices
Local marriage notice shows multiple couples from Ada Pontotoc Stonewall and surrounding towns with ages ranging from teens to early fifties. Names include Davis Palmer Peterson Bennett Ramer Floyd McGehee Harris Copeland Stevens Cochran Bruner Ashby Moore Pollard Harris Owens Floyd Graves Owensby and others.
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W. Davis
Lele
Myrtle Palmer
Ada
Chris Peterson
Vanoss
Catrina Bennett
Cyrus Ramer
LaVerne Floyd
Homer McGehee
Stratford
Evelyn Harris
Thomas J. Copeland
Gladewater
Tex
Pearl M. Stevens
Jessie Cochran
Stonewall
Zillie Bruner
Frank Ashby
Alberta Moore
Allen
John Pollard
Konawa
Jewell Harris
Sasakwa
Robert Owens
Freddie Elm
Grace Graves
Connerville
Derrie Owensby
Pontotoc
Arvil Reynolds
Delia Little
Port Reopens as 75 Guards End Dock Strike
Seventy five guards armed with machine guns rifles and other firearms marched to the Lake Charles waterfront and opened the port to shipping which had been blocked for ten days by the dock strike of the International Longshoremen's Association. There was no disturbance.
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Lake Charles
International Longshoremens Association
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