Final witnesses bolster Hines case in Dewey trial
In New York on September 7 the prosecution rested its case against James J. Hines, a Tammany district leader, with James D. Murray testifying that Hines tried to block Dewey’s years-ago appointment as special rackets prosecutor. Cornelius Casey, Troy fire chief, said Schultz sought help to bar police intervention, and Stryck signaled a motion to dismiss the charges tomorrow.
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New York
PIA
Ganzland
James J. Hines
Dutch Schulte
Thomas Dewey
Tammany
James D. Murray
Hines
Dewey
Cornelius Casey
Troy
Schultz
Casey
Murray
Lloyd Paul Stryck
Road Commission Expands Staff With Eight Technicians
Oklahoma City September 7 The state highway commission voted to hire eight technicians for the traffic planning survey to fill a retrenchment gap. The staff includes three draftsmen four assistant engineers and one calculating machine operator at about 135 dollars monthly, boosting payroll by roughly 1 000 dollars. Names were not given and federal approval is required. Grisso stressed the positions are technical, not political, and were needed to finish a report mandated by the legislature.
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Oklahoma City
Pthe State Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Roads
Grisso
Rob Payroll Truck Held Up Near Show Low
In Show Low Arizona on September 7 two masked highwaymen stopped a mail truck 10 miles north of Taylor and escaped with two payroll pouches containing funds for Southwest Lumber mills at McNary and a jogging camp at White River. The driver Ison said the men blocked the road at a dip into Bull Hollow canyon and drove away in a 1929 Buick. Deputy Sheriff Orson Whipple reported the payroll haul totaled 21,000 in one pouch with another undetermined amount.
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Showlow
Ariz
Bull Hetlen
Taylor
McNary
White River
Ison
Bull Hollow
Orson Whipple
McNery
North Canadian River Flood Submerges Highway Route
Heavy weekend rains in the panhandle caused the North Canadian River to spill over near Woodward and reach eight feet at Canton, blocking state highway 15 between Woodward and Mooreland. Light northwest showers were possible but no general rain. In separate news, Leota Gant filed for divorce from John Gant and custody of their two year old child in district court.
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Woodward
Okla
Panhandle
North Canadian
Canton
Mooreland
Leota Gant
John Gant
County Board Backs Action to Recover Misused Funds
After a heated session County Attorney W V Stanfield was authorized by the board of county commissioners to sue former treasurer Tommy F Ford and his bondsmen to recover all money misappropriated during his tenure. The vote stemmed from disputes over whether to seek the invested amount or double that sum as penalty with Thompson fearing legal action by taxpayers.
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Board of County Commissioners
Ford
W. V. Stanfield
Tommy F. Ford
Fred McCoy
Claude V. Thompson
Ada
Stanfield
Taxpayer's League
Thompson
Ben Ratcher
McCoy
W. W. Stanfield
Rizley Opens GOP Drive For Votes In Oklahoma
Guymon September 7 Ross Rizley Republican candidate for governor opened his campaign in his hometown with a sharp attack on state costs a pledge to cut them and criticism of his Democratic rival Leon C Phillips Rizley implied the opponent is financed by major oil interests and aligned with New Deal enemies.
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Guymon
Ross Rizley
Leon C. Phillips
Rizley
Phillips
Oklahoma
Reorganization of Relief Is Sought by Oklahoma Delegation
Pi members of Oklahoma's Congressional delegation sent a telegram to President Roosevelt requesting immediate authorization of a central state agency to eliminate duplication of relief and ease a crisis among the state's needy. Congressman Jack Nichols said the telegram carried approval of all delegation members and grew from a conference on the state relief problem called by Ron Stephens, state WPA administrator.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Congressional
Roosevelt
Jack Nichols
Ron Stephens
WPA
Murder Charge in Slaying of Childress Barber
In Childress Texas Pe-Quintus Ticet was charged with murder over the death of 36 year old barber C G Ricks. Held on a 2600 dollar bond. Witnesses testify the pair argued over US and Germany military strength and Ticer struck Ricks twice. he was arrested at his farm home near Childress.
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Childress
Tex
Fire Station Remodeling Bid Opening Today
Bids for a 570 000 remodeling project on the city fire station will be opened at 2 pm in the city clerk's office. Albert Chamberlain said 14 bid sets were released to contractors. Work starts after a 30 day protest period ending September 26. contract award follows.
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Albert Chamberlain
Defies Board To Drop Pension Aid
Governor Martin L. Davey challenged the social security board to suspend federal grants for Ohio old age pensions. He accused the board of political manipulation while arguing the state’s administration failed federal requirements and faced hearings on aid suspension.
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Washington
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Social Security Board
Daves
A. J. Altmeyer
Spending and Lending Bonds Put On Sale
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau offered 1.135 billion dollars in bonds and notes for sale to investors as the first major step toward financing the spending program approved by Congress. The offering includes 700 million dollars of new money to help fund an estimated 4 billion dollar deficit for the current fiscal year due to expanded relief public works and national defense spending.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Advance Sale Of Cougar Tickets
Season tickets for Ada high school games are available now. Since Tuesday, response has been highly encouraging. The Contrahomas, the girls organization, handle the sale. Adult tickets are $2.00 and student tickets $1.00. A fine schedule is planned with several home games likely to turn into classics as the Cougar team gains strength.
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Ada
Contrahomas
Ada High School
Tulsa Woman Escapes Death In Car Fire Near Tulsa
Tulsa Sept 7 UP Mrs Felix Ailalfer wife of a Tulsa police lieutenant narrowly escaped injury when she fled from her burning car two miles north of here in Osage County as the blaze discharged two boxes of pistol cartridges in the vehicle.
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Tulsa
Felix, Ailalfer
Here
Osage County
Hitler Seeks Negotiations With England
Germany's leader shifted to seek talks with Britain in an 11 hour bid to avert a European crisis over Czechoslovakia. He blamed Czechoslovak delays and the border clashes, ordered Sudeten leaders to halt negotiations, and sent Konrad Heinlein to investigate the Marisch-Ostrau incident amid Sudeten protests.
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Nurnberg
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Great Britain
Iauhrer
Konrad Heinlin
Czechoslovakia
Maebrisch- Ostray
Heinlin
Hitler
Britain
Feuhter
Czechoslovaka
Marisch - Ostrau
Edouard Benes
Milan Hodza
Mai
Koller
Knorrer
Texas Proration Attack Suit Challenges Oil Field Basis
In Austin Texas a federal suit attacks the validity of the Texas railroad proration order as applied to the East Texas oil field. Former Governor Dan Moody Rice M Tilley and Phillip Crocker of Fort Worth represent Rowan and Nichols Oil Co seeking a temporary restraining order. The hearing date is uncertain as three judges prepare to rule with two resident judges absent.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
U. S
Dan, Moody
Rice M. Tilley
Phillip Crocker
Fort Worth
Rowan and Nichols Oil Company
Big List of PWA Project Approvals
Washington September 7 The Public Works Administration approved 317 non federal projects costing 45 475 991 with 20 446 937 in grants and 2 109 863 in loans Officials said the list is among the largest since 1938 and reflects accumulated applications over Labor Day holiday It does not signal a rapid program pace The total federal and non federal approvals now stand at 5769 for 1 358 287 000 toward which PWA has authorized 715 388 128 in grants and 42 013 633 in loans
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Washington
Public Works Administration
PWA
Aged Shawnee Man Killed After Cow Chase
Shawnee Sept 7 Ernest Crane 59 longtime Pottawatomie County resident was struck by a car and killed while chasing cows a quarter mile west of Tecumseh. Driver W W Simpson 23 Shawnee said the setting sun blinded him and he did not see Crane when he ran in front of the vehicle.
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Shawnee
Ernest Crane
Pottawatomie County
Tecumsst
W. W. Simpson
Crane
Ford and Smalley Face Embezzlement Trial and Ouster Hearing
Former county treasurer Tommy Ford, suspended after a four-count accusation of maladministration, stands trial for embezzlement today. Joe Smalley faces related charges as the district court begins proceedings at 10 am before Judge Tal Crawford. Lee Daggs has been named to serve during Ford’s absence while Ford seeks a $100,000 surety bond to possibly resume office.
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Tommy Ford
Joe Smalley
Word
Allty
Ford
Board of
County Commissioners
Tal Crawford
Lee Daggs
Grisso Plans Oklahoma Highway Commission Resignation
Oklahoma City September 7 Chairman W T Grisso of the state highway commission said today he would resign around year’s start and urge a reorganization. He has two years left of a six year term. Governor nominee Leon C Phillips backs revising the highway law and appointing a new panel. Grisso cited political domination and personal reasons.
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Oklahoma City
W. TE. Grisso
State Highway Commission
Grisso
Leon C. Phillips
File Charges On Admitted Slayer
Lawrence Kansas September seven County Attorney Charles A Springer filed two murder charges against Ernest Fenstemaker 25 of day accused him of slaying two women a hitchhiker and an elderly farm wife Police Chief Dude Anderson said Fenstemaker had signed statements admitting both slayings that of Mrs Charles Bachelor 61 last Sunday and Miss Faye Kyle 24 last May 10 Kyle was strangled after a criminal assault Her body was found near a side road Fenstemaker a former CCC worker told police he shot Mrs Bachelor wife of his employer when she came into the room as he took 14 from Bachelor's clothing
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Fenstemaker
CCC
Bachelor
Two Oil Company Workers Are Killed Near Odessa
Odessa, Tex Sept 7 Two oil company workers were killed when an automobile overturned on the Goldsmith highway ten miles northwest of Odessa. Thomas Norman Brown 21 of Houston a Texas A and M senior and son of Gulf Oil engineer Tom F Brown safety Houston died. D M Sanders 26 a pipeline pumper from Henderson was also killed. Bodys to be buried in Houston and Henderson.
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Odessa
Tex
Thomas Norman Brown
Texas A and M
Houston
D. M. Sanders
Here
Goldsmith Highway
Brown
Tom F. Brown
Gulf Oil Company
Oil Company
Goldsmith
Sander’s
Henderson
Miss Oklahoma Ready For Atlantic Beauty Parade
Ada's Marjorie Ann Adams of Ada competes in the Miss America national beauty contest in Atlantic City. Forty four contestants pose in swimsuits for photographers, attend a Rotary luncheon, rehearse for a talent contest, and gear up for further talent testing the next night.
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Ada’s
Atlantic City
N. J
WPI
Oklahoma
Marjorie Anni Adams
Ada
Women Pickets Stir San Francisco Strike Trouble
In San Francisco on September 7, well dressed women pickets clashed with non strikers outside 35 major department stores. Police boosted to 300 officers after violence erupted as stores opened, with pickets pulling hair and attempting to drag workers into doors. Police quelled disturbances and warned against manhandling workers entering work.
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San Francisco
County Democratic Meeting Saturday Plans Delegates to State Convention
Pontotoc county Democrats shift from precinct meetings held Tuesday to a county gathering on Saturday September 10. Rural precincts met Tuesday afternoon urban precincts Tuesday night with varying attendance as delegates to the state convention are chosen for a campaign ahead of the general election.
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Pontotoc County
Fire Started By Boiling Gasoline In City Home
City firemen contained a blaze Wednesday afternoon at 308 West Sixth Street when a boiling mix of gasoline and water was ignited by stove flames during a clothes cleaning attempt. R. W. Holland was the resident. no injuries reported and only minor damage expected.
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R. W. Holland
West Sixth Street
Seek To Restore CID UAW Peace
In Detroit a CIO United States Conference sought to heal rift between two UAW factions. John J. Lewis led negotiators including Philip Murray and Sidney Hillman against Homer Martin and the Martin board. A private gathering followed a planned meeting with Martin’s executives as observers forecast a compromise.
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Detroit
John J. Lewis
Committer For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Lewis
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Martin
R. J. Thomas
Murray
Hillman
Ue Pressman
CIO Coun
Carl Broome Seeks State Senate Nomination
Campaign material from Carl Broome is reportedly eaten by voters at his restaurant while he pursues the democratic nomination for state senator. Branded hats and the slogan Carl Broome for Senator appear on the scene.
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Carl Broome
Broome
Former WPA Supervisors Sentenced for Forgery
Two Pontotoc county WPA supervisors pled guilty to forging relief check endorsements and cashing them in Adz stores. Jack Barnes 37 drew three years in federal prison, disappeared during the investigation, later found. Roy N Shorty Priest received two years. both sent to the federal reformatory at El Reno by Judge Eugene Rice. Priest long-time Pontotoc resident. Barnes assigned from another county.
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Pontotoc County
WPA
Jack Barnes
Adz
Roy N. “Shorty
Associated Press
Muskogee
Federal Reformatory
el Reno
Eugene Rice
Priest
Pontator County
Barnes
Two Hour Parking Law Enforced In Ada City
City police issued nearly 100 tickets in the last two days as Ada renews its two hour parking ordinance. The measure, enacted years ago, had lapsed but was reactivated Tuesday morning. Mayor Bill Crawford said first offenses carry no fine but repeat violations will be fined.
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Ada
Bill Crawford
Plan Opposition To Auto Test Plans
El Dorado Arkansas on September 7 1937 plans were announced for a statewide movement opposing the automobile testing law. State police argued whether to seek Supreme Court aid to enforce the statute while Representative F C Purvianec and about 200 Union County residents sued to test constitutionality and won a temporary injunction. A mass meeting was set for Saturday to organize ongoing opposition.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Cals
Whci
Supreme Court
F. C. Purvianec
Union County
Will Rogers statue sent to memorial museum site
The life sized bronze statue of Will Rogers by Jo Davidson will be shipped from Brussels on September 15 and placed in the Will Rogers memorial museum at Claremore on November 4. The statue will arrive about a month after shipment and a similar piece will be installed in the Washington statuary hall. Mayo Clinic doctors say James Roosevelt will undergo gastric surgery the first of the week, with his mother present, after arriving in Rochester for treatment of a gastric ulcer. Dragonflies can fly backward as well as forward.
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Oklahoma City
Will Rogers
Brussels
Belgium
Jo Davidson
Will Rogers Memorial Museum
Claremore
Washington Statuary Wall
Rochester
Minn
Mayo ‘Clinic
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
No Testimony Is Presented For Defense
Tommy F. Ford former county treasurer and H. Smakey Shawnee bond salesman faced district court trial on embezzlement charges over a municipal bond purchase at a $1 000 premium. Both men were bound over on $2 500 bonds. no defense testimony was offered. County Attorney W V Stanfield led five witnesses detailing the August 22 Weleetka bond sale and related records.
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Tommy F. Ford
John
Boyce McKeel
Doe H. Smakey
Ford
City of Weleetka
Armignment
J. I. McCauley
State Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Less Taxes Urged For Demo Platform
Oklahoma City reports that GMA pledge against higher state taxes should be in the Democratic platform at Tulsa convention September 12. France Paris of Tulsa says party workers back Governor nominee Leon C. Phillips on keeping the 2 percent sales tax and not increasing the oil gross production tax. He adds that stabilizing state government and efficient operation should be in the platform, with leaders in the House and Senate aligned with Phillips on taxes.
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Oklahoma City
GMA
Tulsa
France Paris
Paris
Leon C. Phillips
House
Senate
Phillips
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Riziey
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Junior Burr
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