Seventy Four Missing After San Juan Collision Sinking
Coastwise steamer San Juan sank off Pigeon Point after a fog bound collision with the S C T Dodd. 65 to 74 passengers aboard with 45 crew. Minami search continuing at daylight. Dodd carried 27 San Juan passengers and crew. 9 Giders rescued. ambulance service mobilized for up to 112 survivors.
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San Francisco
San Juan
Pigeon Point
Here
Minami
Los Angeles and
San Francisco Navigation Company
S. C. T. Dodd
S Am
Frank Lyren
P Pacific
Pacific Coast
Pacific Mail Steamship Line
James K. Nelson Company
California
Dodd
Captain Berryhill Dead Icon of Creek Law Enforcement
Capt Berryhill of Wichita former captain of the Creek Nation Light Horsemen died of heart trouble in Okmulgee. He led whipping penalties at the tribal tree and executed 15 to 20 Indians for crimes, including one squaw for murdering her husband. An Evans ton report notes a local kid gang halted a robbery, then fled.
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Okmulgeer
Cpp. L. Berryhill
Wichita
Old Creek
Berryhill
Light Horsemen
Old Creek Nation
Ada drought and heat record set in 18 year span
Ada weather notes show 55 days with no rain if no rain falls in 24 hours, surpassing 1918 54 days and 1923 53 days droughts. Temperature records also highlight 32 days at or above 100 in 1918 and 30 in 1913, with 1915 noted as a cooler year.
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Ada
E. A. MacMillan
League of Nations council opens 56th session at Geneva
The council added the United States accession to the world court to its agenda as a conference of signatories will meet to discuss statute revisions and Root formula. Britain signals active league participation while urging faster ratifications. Persia and China make payments to league funds and health program funding, with China settling 1929 arrears.
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Geneva
United States
World Court of International Justice
Council of the
League of Nations
World Court
League
Elihu Root
H. Dalton
Great Britain
Dalton
Mohammed Ali Kahn Foroughi
Persia
Rockefeller Foundation
Health Organization of the League
China
One Center of Anxiety in Palestine Amid Rising Tensions
Reports from Jerusalem note fear for Jewish safety in Tiberias the sole major center of anxiety as Arab and Jewish clashes flare across Palestine. Moslem demonstrations challenge British and French forces while Beisan and Tiberias areas see attacks repelled and leaders urge restraint.
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Jerusalem
Pfear
Tiberias
Omar
al Jaffa
Syria
Trans-Jordania
South Stratfordshire Regiment
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Litka
Motza
Beisan
Galilee
Hippin
Mizpah
Lord Melchett
Munami transfers 10 San Juan survivors to Shawnee
A radio from the steamer Munami reports 10 survivors from the sunken San Juan were transferred to the coast guard cutter Shawnee and were en route to its dock in San Francisco Bay. No reason for the transfer was given.
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San Francisco
McCormick Steamship Lines
San Juan
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Aston Bound Over In Justice Court
Aston, president of the Aston Tire Company, was released on a 2500 bond after a preliminary hearing in district court on a false pretense charge. T. O. Cullins, justice of the peace, presided. the hearing lasted most of the day. Aston allegedly sold stock while knowing the company was insolvent.
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Aston
Justice Court Co
Aston Tire Company
T. O. Cullins
Colonial office casualty figures to Saturday
A colonial office communiqué reports total casualties to Saturday including killed or died of wounds Moslems 83 Christians 4 Jews 109 and wounded in hospitals Moslems 122 Christians 10 Jews 133.
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Colonial Office
Okemah Man Asks Court to Enjoin Violence
R B Lewis who rents a business building in Okemah was arrested on a liquor charge. While in jail the landlord Shade Epperson canceled the lease. Epperson files in federal court asking the court to enjoin Lewis from any shooting after Lewis threatened to cut Epperson.
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Okemah
Muskogee
R. B. Lewis
Shade Epperson
Epperson
Lewis
Pontotoc County Free Fair Opens Amid Livestock and Home Arts Exhibits
The Pontotoc County Free Fair starts a four day run at the fair grounds east of the baseball park on W Main. County agent J B Hill reports favorable prospects despite dry heat. Entries are open through tomorrow as farm girls and women prepare canning sewing and home improvement displays with budgets and club exhibits.
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Pontotoc County
W. Main
J. B. Hill
Pontotoc
Hill
Ada
Jessie Morgan
Six Chicago gang leaders indicted in bomb case
A Chicago grand jury indicted six men led by James Belcastro on charges of unlawful possession and sale of explosives tied to a wave of violence attributed to the "bomb trust" in the city. State's Attorney John A. Swanson arranged arrests after an undercover operation. Indicted are Belcastro Angelo Lucci Mike Casselli Stephen Fricke and Vito Fiocca. Penalties range from five to 25 years.
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Chicago
Chicago “Bomb Trust
John A. Swanson
Trust
James Belcastro
Octavius Granady
Angelo Lucci
Mike Casselli
Stephen Fricke
Vito
Gus Fiocca
MacDonald Sees Britain Declining War Build Against U S
Ramsay MacDonald told the League of Nations that Britain will not arm against the United States and expects an Anglo American naval pact with about twenty points. He said three points remain open and all commonwealth units may sign optional World Court clauses.
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United States
Ramsay MacDonald
League of Nations Assembly
Conserva
MacDonald
League Assembly
Great Britain
World Court
British Commonwealth
League
League of Nations
Palestine
Mrs Lindbergh Narrowly Escapes Plane Collision
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh was aboard a plane that avoided a head on crash at the National air races in Cleveland. The other plane piloted by William Goss and Howard Mays from Charleston fell, causing no injuries. Lindbergh then rode with her son Colonel Charles A Lindbergh as he greeted her upon landing.
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Cleveland
Evangeline Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
William Goss
Howard Mays
Charleston
W. Va
Lindbergh
Financial relief for rain farmer cooperative loan pledge
Chicago Aug 29 Immediate relief for grain farmers via federal farm board loans on unhedged grain used as collateral was promised by Alexander Legge. The board would loan 10 cents per bushel to cooperative members, while plans for a national grain marketing corporation were not finalized.
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Chicago
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Legge
National Grain Marketing Corporation
George Farrand
Agricultural Marketing Act
Democrats Plan to Advance Tariff Bill Debate
Senate Finance Committee prepares to move forward with amendments to the Republican tariff bill amid a looming, long contest. The committee holds the final draft and special studies as debate over administrative provisions and manganese rates sparks cross‑party criticism.
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Senate
House
Harrison
Mississippi
Nye
North Dakota
Wheeler
Montana
Hoover
Tariff Commission
Republican
Oklahoma State Board Concludes Assessments in Oklahoma
The state board of equalization closed its books after evaluating real and personal property in all counties. It plans to set the state levy next session, likely at 3 12 mills, with total assessments at 1 829 000 090 dollars, up from 1 791 600 000 last year.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Equalization
Holloway
Jack Williamson
Loans Hit New High At Fed As Brokers’ Holdings Rise
Washington reports that loans to brokers held by New York Federal Reserve member banks for the week ending August 28 totaled 6.2179 billion dollars, up 132 million and a new record high.
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Washington
New York Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Production found again in Bebee oil field
The Benedum Trees M. O. Matthews No. 1 in section 21-5-5 Bebee area produced oil after a break from Woodford shales flowed over the derrick. The well, drilled to about 2009 feet, was pinched in with no later activity announced. The discovery drew many oil men to Bebee.
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Benedum & Trees
M. O. Matthews
Woodford
Matthews
Bebee
Admits Arson Plot In Memphis Child Fire
Rosebud Ankton a 15 year old girl confessed to setting a fire at an industrial settlement home in Memphis that cost eight orphan lives. She said she was angry because she had been whipped and described throwing matches into a rubbish heap. Rosebud aided in the rescue of 72 orphans who escaped unharmed.
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Evanston
Memphis
Tenn
Rosebud
Ankton
Two Women Die In Fort Smith Area Auto Crash
In Arkansas near Fort Smith, two women teachers Ava Wingfield 24 and Opal Laneer 22 were killed when their car fell 20 feet into a creek bed after missing a bridge during a detour on US 71. Roy Wingfield husband to Ava, sustained a concussion and was hospitalized with recovery expected. The Wingfields resided in Cordell Oklahoma and Laneer in Magazine Arkansas.
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Smith
Ark
Fort Smith
Ava Wingfield
Opal Laneer
Roy Wingfield
Sandlot Champions to Meet Independents in Oklahoma City
The St. Louis Magnolias winners of the Oklahoma Sandlot league tournament, will appear here Sunday September 15 to face A. O. Greens Independents. Green may schedule a second game Monday September 16 but Magnolias have not yet agreed. The Magnolias are rated as the top independent team in Oklahoma, while the Ada Independents take pride in matching up against the champions.
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St. Louis Magnolias
Oklahoma City
A. O. Green
Green
Magnolias
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Ada
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