Texas Storm Death Toll From Hurricane Damage
Edinburg Texas reports 11 deaths so far with complete survey due. Deaths recorded Matamoros six Harlingen three Rio Hondo two Brownsville listed none though total unknown. Property loss is expected to be tremendous as relief workers assess the scene.
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Edinburg
Tex
Texas
Matamoros
Mexico
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Harlingen
Rio Hondo
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Tamaulipas
Great Texas Rio Grande hurricane toll shifts relief efforts
Allen Stanfield named deputy U S marshal following the Coal County slaying. The narrative recalls the September hurricane striking the lower Rio Grande valley with 32 dead and about 1,500 injured, triggering mass relief by trains and Red Cross as the region faced floods and millions in crop losses.
Oklahoma cotton gin rates cut by 25 percent
Oklahoma planters will pay 20 cents per 100 pounds for picked cotton and 22.34 cents for snaps and bellies this fall, down from 25 and 30 cents. The commission kept bagging and ties at $1. Commissioner Hughes dissented. Chairman Walker cited gin profits and last season’s below-rate ginning as reasons.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
NRA
Memphis
State Corporation Commission
E. R. Hughes
Paul Walker
Commission
M. &. Louthan
Three Pleas of Guilty In Court
Three pleas of guilty in district court reduced the day to one trial. Elmer Jorden admitted larceny of a domestic animal while Jasper Golden and Otis Blondell pleaded burglary in second degree. Judge Mekheel deferred sentence to November 1 to allow rehabilitation and avoid penitentiary time. Bunnie Jennings was found guilty of driving an automobile while intoxicated. Sentence left to the judge after jury could not agree. Friday’s docket includes John Leader second degree burglary H V Davis et al case of personation Freeman Spann and Omer Fotoms second degree burglary.
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District Criminal Court
Elmer Jorden
Jasper Golden
Otis Blondell
J. F. Mekheel
McKeel
State Penitentiary
Bunnie Jennings
John Leader
H. V. Davis
President Roosevelt orders naval action over Cuba crisis
President Roosevelt directs Secretary Swanson to sail to Havana aboard the Indianapolis with no orders yet given for intervention. Admiral Standley orders concentration of warships around Cuba as tension rises while Marines prepare at Quantico and ships hold at Key West, Philadelphia, and Newport.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Claude Swanson
Havana
Cuba
Indianapolis
Swanson
Annapolis
White House
H. Standley
Atlantic
Guantanamo
Santiago
Mississippi
Norfolk
Key West
Fla
Standley
Quantico
New Mexico
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Newport
R. I
Three Men In Speeding Car Not Identified
Witnesses reported a westbound speeding coupe on Eighteenth street carrying a shotgun and pistol. They checked photos of Whitey Walker and two escapees from McAlester prison but could not identify occupants. Surrounding towns had no reports of such a group.
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Eighteenth Street
Whitey Walker
McAlester
Machado's Family Arrives in Canada
Machado, the deposed Cuban president in exile in Montreal since fleeing Havana, was joined by his wife and son in law Senora Machado and Dr. Bello Baldoman Grau who arrived by train from Philadelphia.
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Montreal
Gerardo Machado
Havana
Senora Machado
Bello Baldoman Grau
Philadelphia
Prisoners Escape Okmulgee Jail Amid Break
Five inmates escaped from Okmulgee county jail in the early hours. A sixth prisoner, Ben Hanson, fell when a blanket rope broke, leaving no trace of the fugitives. Authorities say the group sawed bars and pried a window to descend from the fourth floor.
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Okmulgee
Okmulgee County
Hugh Cowan
Jess Pollard
Hobart Winchester
Ira Dilard
Curley Gee
Ben Hanson
Hanson
Don Loomis
Community Fairs Rise in Pontotoc County
Officials cancel the county fair for lack of premium funds but nearby communities hold or plan fairs. Allen staged an excellent display with women’s clubs and 4 H judging by Mrs. Jessie Morgan and Mrs. John Davis. Lightning Ridge announces a fair for Friday September and other communities weigh fairs.
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Allen
Jessie Morgan
John Davis
Lightning Ridge
Trains Crash in Binghamton Wreck Toll Probed
A milk train collided with an Erie passenger flyer on the Susquehanna line near Binghamton resulting in fourteen deaths and twenty five injuries. Investigators seek signal and crew culpability while witnesses describe the devastating scene. Names of some victims and a survivor account are included.
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Binghampton
WN. Y
Erie Railroad
New York
Binghamton
Johnson City
Endicott
M. H. King
Elmira
Hornell
Hoboken
Erie
Charles W. Kress
William Derizo
A. C. Morris
Anda
Harry Lannon
Susqueing Department of
Donald Burns
Susquehanna
Harry Westfall
Eli Stanaken
M. C. McCollom
Susque
Schools Settle Into Daily Task At Fall Term
Fall term routines begin as enrollment steps near completion. College freshmen attend a mixer at the college auditorium to meet East Central faculty and peers. City schools report smooth operation amid book shortages. Traffic signs and white crosswalk lines are installed near schools. Police are stationed at campuses to supervise crossings and enforce sign compliance.
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East Central
California Oil Touches Dollar Mark Once More
New York reports that prices moved higher as oil code results showed gains. Standard Oil of California raised its posted crude price to one dollar per barrel, again the first time this year. South Penn Oil and Tide Water Ltd followed with similar ten cent increases. A Tennessee financier was noted as holding an option on forty million six hundred six thousand pounds of tobacco, prompting caution about market risk.
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Brownsville
Harlingen
San Benito
Rio Grande
Gulf
New York
Sept
Standard Oil of
California
Wall Street
South Penn Oil Co
Pennsylvania
Tide Water Ltd
Tennessee
Whitaker Receives Two Year Term For Murder
J C Whitaker were found guilty of murder in the Willis Akers slaying on February 26. Semence set at two years. Other cases: J D Cole acquitted of auto larceny. Zack Blue jailed for six months on domestic fowl larceny. Hire Princhett given 45 year sentence for robbery with firearms. Grady Mickle sentenced to 99 years for robbery with firearms.
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J. C. Whitaker
Willis Akers
J. D. Cole
Charley Norris
Zack Blue
J. F. McKeel
Hire Princhett
McKeel
Prichett
Oklahoma
Grady Mickle
Judize McKeel
No County Free Fair This Year
No township or Pontotoc county free fair will be held this year due to lack of funds for premiums. Valuations unsettled and ad valorem levy limits prevent estimating funds after a constitutional amendment. If valuations and levies are set by September 15, funds could not be used for state fair timing. Community Day exhibits may proceed without premiums.
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Pontotoc County
Fair
County Excise Board
City backs civilian camp plan at Winter Smith Park
Local officials confirm approval of a CCC camp at Winter Smith Park with cost cuts from 42 000 to 25 000. Mayor Chambless and park commissioners push changes, aiming for a fall opening under supervision of a landscape engineer and funded wage accounts.
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Herbert Maier
Civilian Conservation Corps
Wintersmith Park
T. J. Chambless
Maier
L. A. Braly
The
Park Commission
Chambless
Washington
Anti-Saloon League Launches Six Point Prohibition Program
Chicago reports the Anti-Saloon League under Dr. F Scott McBride unveiled a six point program aimed at preserving the eighteenth amendment. The plan includes retaining prohibition, defending state laws, electing law officers, boosting voter turnout, and educating the public that beverage alcohol is a narcotic habit forming drug.
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Chicago
F. Scott McBride
Anti- Saloon League
Central States
Bailey Recaptured After Oklahoma City Jail Transfer
Harvey Bailey, alleged kidnap plotter, fled Dallas jail using a pistol hidden in a mattress. Recaptured in Ardmore then moved to Oklahoma City where he faces charges for Urschel kidnapping and a Sept. 18 trial. Four other suspects linked to the ring are jailed. Bailey is under heavy guard with a life sentence looming.
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Oklahoma City
Harvey Bailey
Joseph B. Keenan
Oklahoma County
Bailey
Dallas
Tex
Charles F. Urschel
Ofl
Ardmore
Nick Tresp
Ursehel
Albert Bates
R. G. Shannon
Armon
Paradise
Arschel
Two Seminole Men Hurt in Collision Near Stonewall
Dr J A Vanvrant and T M Pickle of Seminole were treated in Ada Sunday afternoon after their car collided head on with a truck about a mile east of Stonewall. Thompson and his son from Maud, in the truck, were unhurt. Pickle had a slight head cut. Vanvrant suffered a severe scalp wound and a chin cut. Both left Breco hospital Sunday night.
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J. A. Vanvrant
T. M. Pickle
Seminole
Ada
Stonewall
Thompson
Maud
Pickle
Vanvrant
Breco Hospital
Lamson Murder Case Defense Calls More Witnesses
In San Jose on September 6 defense witnesses testified for Davis A. Lamson accused of killing his wife Allene. Herbert F. Ormsby described Lamson as kind and attentive toward his spouse while Mrs. Ormsby corroborated her husband’s testimony.
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San Jose
Cal
Davis A. Lamson
Allene
Herbert F. Ormsby
Lamson
Negro Wounding and Arrest in Dark Town Disturbance
Two bullets struck Man ning Peters a Black man as he left a disturbance in Dark town while Sir Clark Leon Clark and Eastman were arrested by city officers. Peters had a sawed off shotgun but opponents took it. He was wounded but continued on his way.
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Manning Peters
Sir Clark
Leon Clark
Eastman
Darktown
Peters
Garretson Returns as Head of Journalism at Oklahoma City U
Gilbert I. Garretson founder of the schools journalism at Oklahoma City University will return this fall to lead the journalism department. Announcement by Eugene M. Antrim notes Garretson left in 1930 on a three year leave of absence after directing student expeditions.
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Oklahoma City
Gilbert I. Garretson
Oklahoma City University
Eugene M. Antrim
Garretson
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