Tommy Ford Faces Court on Embezzlement and Maladministration
Tommy Ford, suspended county treasurer, faces two court appearances this week. He is charged with embezzling $1,000 connected to $11,000 in township bonds and overdraft schemes tied to $77,000 bond purchases. Joe Smalley is named jointly. Ford pled not guilty. bondsmen surrendered his $100,000 surety bond.
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Pontoto County
Tommy ‘Ore
Hursday
Jal Crawford
Ford
Forner
Joe Smalley
Virgil Stanfield
Riddle Exhibit Stumps County Agents at Office
An odd fruit-like exhibit arrives with a banana colored skin and square form, some guess it is a Paw paw. Mrs. F B Crawley of Walnut Grove hosts, son J W Crawley from Cumberland County Kentucky brings it from farm along the Cumberland river. Several say it grows near Cotton Creek mouth east of Francis, Kentucky.
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F. B. Crawley
Walnut Grove
Ann Dodd Named County Treasurer Deputy in Ada
Mrs. Ann Dodd, former deputy county clerk and U S Indian Service worker, was chosen from 15 or 16 applicants to succeed Walter N Hughes as deputy to County Treasurer Lee Daggs. Hughes resigned to join a private business in Ada. three deputies in the office were those who served during Tommy Ford's term.
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Ann Dodd
Walter N. Hughes
Lee Daggs
Hughes
Ada
Dodd
Milton Garner
U.S. Indian Service
Tommy Ford
Jerry Folsom Heads to Haskell as Trusted Scout Leader
Jerry Folsom, an eighteen year old Choctaw Indian and life scout, leaves Ada for Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas to study commercial work for service in the U S Indian Service. He has served as assistant junior scoutmaster of Troop 9, led campfire programs and tent inspections, worked four years at Scott’s Ready to Wear, and earned praise from Scout Executive Harry Miller.
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Edward Bok
Jerry Folsom
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kansas
United States Indian Service
Jerry
Grenfell
Ada
Simpson
Scott
Jerry Falsom
Harry Miller
Ewing Fidler
Brigase
America Remains Liberty Bulwark at Oklahoma Legion Meet
At Muskogee, Sept. 5, the Oklahoma American Legion convention moved into its second day with Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson calling America a bulwark of personal and religious liberty. He warned against un-American foreign influence and a return to might makes right while urging readiness for defense, not offense. Okmulgee won the drum and bugle contest over Bartlesville, the 1937 winner.
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Muskogee
Okla
Lpi
Oklahoma American Legionnaires
Louis Johnson
America
Johnson
Family of Nations
Europe
Asia
Okmulgee
Bartlesville
Ardmore Couple Injured In Crash Near Lexington
Ardmore grocer J. O. Trotter and his wife were injured when their car crashed into the rear of an Oklahoma Transportation bus on U S 77 near Lexington. Both legs broken and the wife suffered a fractured arm. Witnesses said the car could not stop as the bus halted. Mrs Cruella Whitehurst, driver of the other vehicle, was uninjured.
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Ardmore
J. 0. Trotter
Oklahoma Transportation Company
U. S. 77
Lexington
Trotter
Oklahoma City
Cruella Whitehurst
Weevils Hit Cotton Across Choctaw County
Choctaw and Custom gins report heavy weevil damage to the cotton crop this year. The best bale at the Choctaw gin was ginned for J. G. Spears of Fittstown, with 15 to 16 staple and good color from 21 acres planted under national allotment. Estimated county yield ranges from 7000 to 9500 bales, with allotments likely reducing planted area by about 25 percent. Prices offered include 18 cents and 18 dollars per hundredweight for seed.
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J. G. Spears
Fittstown
Spears
Pontotoc County
Girl Slayer To Be At Victim's Funeral
Ruth Emilyn Hause a 14 year old basketball star plans to attend the funeral of her 17 year old brother Raymond House who died after a quarrel over a bicycle. She was released to her parents until after the funeral and no charges have been filed. A juvenile hearing may be ordered.
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Seminole
Okla
Ruth Emilyn Hause
Rex Spurr
Claremore
Robert Hargrave
George House
Hargrave
Bob Aubrey
Raymond House
Varnum High School
Creek County Officials Injured In Pair Of Stratford Crashes
Early Tuesday morning Mrs. Harvey Perry of Stratford remained in critical condition after a head on collision three miles north of Stratford Saturday night. Two Creek County officials injured in a separate crash one half mile east of Stratford Sunday night included Virgil Deshan deputy sheriff released from hospital and Jack Campbell assistant county attorney still under care with a fractured leg. Homer Payne of Stratford drove the other car, suffered head lacerations, and was treated at home. Patrolmen Bob Simpson and Ralph Thompson investigated the incidents.
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Harvey Perry
Stratford
Crees
Virgil Deshan
Drumright
Jack Campbell
Sve
Wien
Homer Payne
Payne
Perry
Ada
Motion Picture
Hint
Ade
Bob Simpson
Ralph Thompson
Young Couple Held On Charges In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City police hold a 1 year old man and his 20 year old wife in the county jail on investigation of a series of forgeries using post card check forms. Inspectors say copies were used to pay farmers in Oklahoma and Kansas. no charges yet filed. The couple were brought by postal inspectors Zurmehly and Hill.
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Oklahoma City
Clinton
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
C. EB. Zurmehly
George Hill
Wichita, Kas
Tulsa
Serious Injuries After Highway 18 Collision Near Stratford
Mrs. Harvey Perry of Stratford was seriously injured when two cars collided on Highway 18, three and a quarter miles north of Stratford at 9 p m Saturday. The northbound vehicle carried Mrs Perry and others. the southbound car bore G H Briton and son Jimmy of Stratford. Several occupants sustained minor injuries. An Ada ambulance transported Mrs Perry to Stratford for medical care. highway patrol investigation ongoing.
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Harvey Perry
Stratford
Perry
G. H. Briton
Jimmy Briton
Bill Richardson
Brad Perry
Honey yields in Oklahoma exceed normal forecasts
Oklahoma officials report a fall honey harvest of about 1,500,060 pounds from 58,077 hives, worth roughly 240,000 dollars at retail. About two thirds of the crop is for sale, with the rest for home use on about 12,549 farms. A large apiary network in central and eastern Oklahoma dominates commercial production.
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Oslahoma City
Oklahoma
Jne C. Scott
State Board of Agricultorted
J. M. Goin
State Department
Goin
Family Interference in Chicago Leads to Noted Note Found
Four fishermen found a floating bottle and uncorked it to reveal a note signed by three girls. The message asked the recipient to write to one, with the others promising to respond if they deemed the writer nice, and the wife of one fisherman later impounded the note.
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Chicago
Longtime East Central State teacher H P Butcher dies
H P Butcher a psychology professor at East Central State Teachers College died Sunday afternoon following a stroke. Funeral services were held Monday at First Methodist Church with Rev W Blackburn officiating and burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Born in 1886 in McComb county Timvis he taught 40 years and influenced thousands while also serving as superintendent of schools in Allen County before joining East Central in 1923. He is survived by his wife Mrs Butcher a son Carl P Butcher of Midland Texas and five brothers Jan N E Butcher of Oklahoma Oliver Butcher of Sedan Kansas L M Butcher of Wichita Kansas Luther Butcher of Yoxena Mississippi.
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H. P. Butcher
East Central State’ Teachers College
First Methodist Church
W. Blackburn
Rosedale
University ‘of Kansas
Butcher
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Oklahoma
Allen
East Central
Department‘ of Education
Mr. Butcher
Man
McComb County
Timvis
Rain Threat For Oklahoma Outings
Rain clouds threatened holiday outings in Oklahoma after a weekend of heavy rains in the panhandle where wheat planting is starting and scattered showers eased early autumn heat. Guymon reported 4.3 inches in 24 hours, Boise City and Beaver over an inch, with showers across the northwest. Oklahoma City forecast partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with local thundershowers in the west this afternoon or tonight.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Guymon
Boise City
Beaver
McAlester
Wayneka
Enid
Ponca City
Elk City
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Harry Wahlgren
Cotton Farmers Meet In County for 1938 Program
Pontoroc county cotton farmers gathered Saturday at Convention Hall for instruction in the 1938 agriculture department cotton program. E D Hunter directed the meeting while discussions covered the cotton situation policies, loans, market quotas, and U S production for world or home markets. Crop insurance for cotton was not provided for 1939 but may expand if the wheat trial succeeds.
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Pontoro¢ County
Convention Hall
Agriculture Department
E. D. Hunter
Stillwater
U. S
Will Confer About House Girl Case
County Attorney Robert Hargrave said he would confer with County Judge Bob Aubrey tomorrow to decide whether to hold a juvenile hearing in the Emilyn Bause case. The 14 year old allegedly shot her 17 year old brother Raymond during a quarrel.
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Wewoka
Robert Hargrave
Bob Aubrey
Emilyn Bause
Raymond
George Harte
Claremore
Shelis
Ruth
Varnum
Wrexall Spurr
Youths Return From Fort Worth Robbery Suspects
Three youths named Lee Shipley L Drum mond and Dan Lanier Jr were returned to Ada Sunday night after confessing they robbed a Choctaw Cotton Oil company safe in Fort Worth. They are in county jail with no charges filed yet. crime traces included an old watch and several gold coins found by Texas officers last week.
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Fort Worth
Choctaw Cotton Oil Company
Ada
Raymond Hains
Lee Shipley
L. Drummond
Dan Lanier Jr
Monay the
Tarve
Texas
Ater
Roosevelt Grants Major Farm to Market Road Aid
A $205,822 grant for reconstruction and improvement of farm to market roads in Pontotoc county was approved by President Roosevelt. The Ada News reported 571 WPA workers are on nine Pontotoc projects, performing grading drainage culvert and bridge work while sponsors provide fencing and right of way 60 feet wide. The grant follows an earlier $85,000 program and is expected to last through early next year.
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Washington
Pontotoc County
Roosevelt
Ada
Elmer Thomas
Ada News
WPA
WPS
World Record In Wheat Forecast
The International Institute of Agriculture forecast a 1988 wheat crop peak for the northern hemisphere at 105,000,000 metric tons. Estimates exclude Soviet Russia, China, Iran, and Iraq, with large gains noted in Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Lithuania.
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Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
Russia
China
Iran
Iraq
Rumania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Poland
Lithuania
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Board of County Commissioners
Crawford
Smalley
John Boyce McKeel
Dagggs
Haskell
Scouts of Troops
Oscar Cantwell
Fred Barringer
Gene Wells
Preddie Hoipkemier
Billie Ralph Williamson
Dick Fentem
Jerry Pennington
Herbert Johnson
Marshall Perot
Pontotoc
Liberty
Legionnaires
Mr “Corrigan
White House
Douglas
Corrigan
Gnally
Roosevelt Doug
Creek County
Ephrata
Wash
Nate Washington
Grant County
East Central College
Ft. Worth
WEA
Eater
The
First National Bank
P. A. Norris
J. A. Leverett
G. J. Morton
J. E. Martin
S. K. Grant
Orel Busby
F. C. Norris
R. W. Simpson
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