Crable Files New Claims For State Aid
Oklahoma City October 20 A L Crable state superintendent filed new claims for 479265 in first payments of state school aid to 29 counties but warned six others tardy in filing budgets may delay all payments. Auditor Carter rejected 689000 in claims due to governor trimming the quarterly show budget. Crable agreed to withdraw and revise claims.
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Oklahoma City
A. L. Crable
Frank Carter
Phillips
Crabl
Carter
Crable
Garfield
Grant
Kay
Muskogee
Noble
Cimarron
Cartes
Top Animals Bring Fancy Prices At American Royal
At the American Royal Livestock show in Kansas City, the top animals drew high prices. The grand champion steer sold for 1650 dollars at 1502 per pound, exhibited by Oklahoma A and M College and bought by Lou Williams. The grand champion lamb from Kansas State College sold to Jacob Brothers for 130 per pound and designated for Mercy Hospital. The junior grand champion lamb, Dwight Winchester, sold to Jacob Brothers for 75 cents per pound for hospital donation. Swift & Company bought the vocational division lamb from J R Martin Jr for 17 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas State College
Jacob Brothers, Livestock Commission Concern
Mercy Hospital
Dwight Winchester
Waukomis
Okla
Swift & Company
J. R. Martin Jr
Amber
WPA Official Sees No Aid From War
Maude Farrell, national director of WPA social work, told the Oklahoma social welfare association that a war boom cannot solve unemployment. She warned it is a snare and a delusion and that unemployment will persist after six years of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Upumirs
Maude Farrett
WPA Social Work
Oklahoma Social Welfare Association
Nowata Water Shortage Prompts Conservation Measures
Nowata officials say Verdigris River levels leave about 27 days of water at the intake. City bans using city mains for washing cars and lawn watering. Emergency plans outline pumping water from wells near the plant as a contingency.
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Nowata
John Hall
Verdigris
Adan Builds Oil Refinery For British
Harry A. Scott, Ada native and construction superintendent for Badger Pi d Son, led the building of a refinery complex at Abadan in South Iran for Anglo Iranian. The project created 17,000 jobs, refining 90,000 barrels daily as British interests and Persian partners shape oil output amid looming war. Scott recalls Persian life, English influence, and early career from Tulsa to Swansea and Persia.
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Harry A. Scott
Ada
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser
Scott
Persia
B. Badger Pid Son Company
Abedan
Iran
Persian Gulf
Badger Company
England
America
United States
Beots
Abagan
Tulsa
Cosden Company
Drumwright
Altea
Houston
Texas
Swansea
Llanderey
Anglo-Iranian Company
Arabia
Ben Harden
Abadan
Leeth
Russia
France
J. S
iMitter
Enter*tsinment
Ben Bernie
Bob Burns
Ford
Chevrolet
Buick
Uviag
Garj
Iraq
Officis
Red Glover
Beaumont
Hased
Bagdad
Scarlet Fever Cases Quarantined In Ada and Vanoss
Health unit reports three scarlet fever cases with quarantine in Ada north of town and Vanoss. Caldwell Rogers seriously ill in Vanoss. Dr Ivan Bigler notes many sore throats among Vanoss students. Public urged to seek private physician care if symptoms appear. Milk production in US cited as 45 trillion quarts annually.
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Ada
Vanoss
Calvin Rogers
Ivan Bigler
Seminole County Health Unit
United States
Fewer Oklahoma Turkeys To Market In November
Oklahoma turkey producers plan to market fewer birds in November this year than in 1938, says G K Terpening. He notes that December will see a larger share marketed, as finish and price prospects favor later marketing and demonstrations by poultry packing firms will show advantages of marketing finished birds.
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Oklahoma
South Central States
G. K. Terpening
Oklahoma A
M. College
Terpening
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Arrington of Centrahoma Found Dead at Home
E Arrington a Centrahoma resident about 70 was found dead at his home around 8 Friday morning. An inquest found he probably took his own life Tuesday night with a gun. Funeral services by Criswell Funeral Home Ada. Survivors include three daughters Herbert Craig postmaster Centrahoma W F McCarty Pauls Valley L B Taylor Snow two sons Gordon and Tom Arrington Ada a sister Mrs Mary Burnett Conroe Texas and 13 grandchildren.
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H.E. Arrington
Centrahoma
Arrington
Criswell Funerel
Ada
Herbert Craig
W. F. McCarty
Pauls Valley
L. B. Taylor
Snow
Gordon
Tom
Mary Burnett
Conroe
Texas
Tomato Juice Shown To Help Prevent Tooth Decay
Dr. Marks Elliott of Boston Mass reports tomato juice helps prevent tooth decay in young children. Working with Miss Dorothea Nicoll of the Massachusetts department of health, they tested its effect by feeding small quantities to 62 children in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Marks, Elliott
Boston
Mass
American Public Health Association
Dorothea Nicoll
Massachusetts Department of Health
Vitamin G in Tomato Juice Cited for Bone Health Benefits
Report notes the Acate tuberculosis sanatorium observed gradual improvements over several months. The physician credited vitamin G in tomato juice for aiding dental and skeletal calcium and phosphorus utilization, a claim echoed by public health service workers this week.
Wage Hour Law Aids Wage Stabilization In First Year
Officials who guided the wage hour law say its stabilizing effect on wages in competitive business was more notable than the small rise in pay. The 25 cent minimum affected about 1 of 36 million workers. next week 30 cents will affect 2 to 3 percent. The law also nudges the work week from 44 to 42 hours and requires overtime pay.
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Washington
South
FDR Faces Severe Drought Challenge On Own Farm
Hyde Park dispatch reports President Roosevelt seeing drought effects firsthand on his Hudson Valley land. Wells run dry, 30,000 Norwegian spruce seedlings killed, plans to plant 50,000 more next spring. Farm relief supporters push for a $50 million drought aid program across 24 states.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Moses Smith
Rislessee
Washington
Washington Enjoys Three Ring Affair
A chilly dawn at Capitol Hill framed a day of unusual sightings as Fritz Kuhn testified before the Dies committee, Dick Powell dined with Arkansas lawmakers, and Ann Rutherford joined Hollywood figures with South Carolinians in Congress. The Senate carried on with its neutrality debate amid sparse galleries.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Fritz Kuhn
Dies Committee
unAmerican
Dick Powell
Arkansas
Ann
Animals In Zoo Do Not Like Drouth
Oklahoma City October 23 zoo superintendent Leo Blondin reports animals at Lincoln Park Zoo suffer from drought. Blinded by heat and hunger, beasts howl for rain with peacocks cranes and India the camel misbehaving. The keeper notes Madna Washington the bison died last night and Martha the zebra shuns her coat, signaling distress.
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Oklahoma City
Leo Blondin
Lincoln Park Zoo
Blondin
India
Madna Washington
Bisott
Martha
Press Search For Motorist Killer
A Philadelphia father describes finding his 12-year-old daughter Eleanor O Connell dead after a driver struck her and left. Police press a wide search as clues include a license number and fragment of glass. The distraught parent recalls pleading for help and the attitude of passing motorists.
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Philadelphia
Get
Eleanor O'Connell
Lawrence O'Connell
Putes
O'Connell
Dav
Ein
Old Gas Wells Back Water Supply Near Nowata
Abandoned gas wells on farms of L. R. Shreck and G. W. Burnett near Nowata provide a defensive water source. The wells, sunk to 1500 feet, tap multiple water strata and yield from a shallow 35-foot reservoir, ensuring a reliable supply if shallow sources run dry.
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Nowata
L. R. Shreck
G. W. Burnett
New six story business building planned at Ada intersection
Mrs. George Smith of Ada announces plans for a six story store and office building at Twelfth street and Renne avenue with basement and two stories to start this week. William T. Schmidt designs the project with James Lewis handling the foundation work and future two floors, as construction aims for three floors now and completion by Maresh on the first three.
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Twelfth Street
Rennie Avenue
George Smith
Ada
State Eightway Department
Maresh
Aldridge Hotel
Duncan Woman Hears Son Sing on Los Angeles Broadcast
Mrs Leonard Bumpas of Duncan listened to a radio program from the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles. She thought a singer sounded like her son Carl and learned he was performing with Ovin Tucker's orchestra, a detail she had not known.
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Duncan
Leonard Bumpas
Ovin Tucker
Coconut Grove
Los Angeles
Bumpas
Carl
Tucker
Handy Hunting If Quail Do Part
Sapulpa based cleaning shop owner Oren Whittenton hopes quail will roost in his building during duck season. He observed birds darting in at dusk and leaving at dawn, believing the covey seeks food and water nearby.
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Sapulpa
Oren Whittenton
Whittenton
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WPA
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Germany
Abad
Beyrat
Syria
Greece
Italy
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Marseilles
Straits of
Gibraltier
New York
Gladewater
Badgar Company
Rplanes
Paris
Tigris
Euphrates
Zabulous Gengnis Kahn
Harry Scott
Far Omeras
E. Arrington
FDR
Drouth
Scotland
Forth
Rosyth
Edinburg
Southampton
Keeper
Twelfth-Rennie
Son
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