Photo Finish Saga in Linda Gordons Racing Pact
Linda Gordon returns to Manhattan with no cash but big dreams to revive a racing empire. Uncle Sandy recalls William Radford and their shared love of horses, revealing past debts, a fire, and a plan to buy the Pompey colt. Linda vows to race again, hoping for a comeback with renewed resolve.
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Bruce Radford
Linds Gordon
Sandy
Norman
Barry
William Radford
Alexander
Reidford
Sandy Gordon
Saratoga
Tanforan
Linda Gordon
Bruce
Linda
New York
Turimen
Weekend Accidental Deaths Surge Across Nation
Across the long Labor Day weekend, four Oklahoma deaths and near 300 national violent deaths were tallied. Causes ranged from a car overturn near Okemah to a fatal train collision near Tahlequah and a truck overturned incident near Lamar.
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Sey
Associated( Press
George £. Dangerfield
Okemah
I. A. Patterson
Tulsa Theater Electrician
Tulsa
J. W. Thomas
Farmer
Tahlequah
Cecil White
Viei
Lamar
Cole
Theft Report From Fort Worth Targets Choctaw Office
Fort Worth reports reveal an old safe opened at the Choctaw Oil office with a gold watch and antique coins missing. Three youths, Lee Shipley Lo Drummond and Dar Lanier Jr., were detained by Texas officers and later implicated. Ada Oklahoma authorities to be contacted for return and further questioning.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Choctaw Oil Company
Ada
Oklahoma
Raymond Rains
Aera
Rains
Lee Shipley
Lo Drummond
Dar Lanier, Jr
Tax Collections Show Big Slump in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports a sharp drop in July and August tax receipts for the fiscal year. Total collections fell to 6.99 million below last year, with July the weakest month. production taxes also lowered. Despite high overall state revenue last year, a rough $8 million deficit loomed as expenditures rose.
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Oklahoma City
Max Recovers From Wound In Oklahoma Rodeo
Six year old pony Max owned by How Burgess near Stratford Oklahoma survived a near fatal injury from a collision at the Fourth Anna Firemen's Rodeo. Veterinarian R H Gump says Max is almost fully well and will return home this week. The Pontotoc county free fair riders will feature a new horse and mule pulling contest with dynamometer measurements to showcase draft strength and breeding. Prizes will be offered in light and heavy classes September 21 to 24 with five new exhibit buildings and concurrent horse racing and Tidwell shows.
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Max
Stratford
Burgess
R. H. Gamp
Glenn Ray
Gumep
Gump
Pontotoc County
State Agricultural Department
Fait Board of Law Dew
H.R. No. 4
Ada
Oklahoma
Wool Situation Report Indicates Possible Price Rise by Year End
Domestic wool prices likely bottomed with a small advance possible before 1938 ends. Mill consumption in late 1938 may exceed early year figures, while finished goods stocks have fallen and June July demand rose. California and other states show ongoing tariff protection and CCC loans supporting prices, with Oklahoma placing over half its 1938 wool output through the Midwest Wall Marketing Association in Kansas City.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Australia
Oklahama
Soga
Midwest Wall Marketing Association
Kansas City
Oklahoma City School Board Faces Court Hearing Tuesday
OKLAHOMA CITY Sept 5 All but two of the city school board members face a district court hearing tomorrow amid speculation on replacements for four members dismissed after a trial. The hearing stems from a grand jury charge of negligence in bond adequacy for former treasurer Ray M Scruggs and will affect seven seats. Possible successors named include E L Hisel Ben Hunter and L T Hill all Capitol Hill businessmen. Day Ferler and Ross Lillard pledged to block new appointments until the trial ends. Four suspended officials were Roscoe Price Otto Rose Moses Schilling and Mrs J Poole. The other three to go on trial tomorrow are Ferler Lillard and Robin Knighti.
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Oklahoma City
Ray M. Scruggs
E. L. Hisel
Ben Hunter
L. T. Hill
Capitol Hill
SAC
Day Ferler
Ross Lillard
Ward One
Roscoe Price
Otto Rose
Moses Schilling
J. &. Poole
Texans Organize Independent American Party for Governor
Delegates from 21 Texas counties formed the Independent American party in Dallas and nominated Laverne Somerville of Dallas for governor to oppose W. Lee O'Daniels. EB Lo McGauley of Cleburne, an oil man and former Texas Ranger, led the effort. Somerville had not yet accepted the nomination and may not appear on the November ballot.
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Dallas
Texas
Independent American Political Party Today
W. Lee O'Daniels
Pew
EB. Lo McGauley
Cleburne
Laverne Somerville
McCauley
Pleasure Flight Fatal For Tulsa Man
A Tulsa theatre electrician named Patterson, 43, died when his monoplane stalled and crashed eight miles east of Tulsa during a short private flight. His wife watched as the craft dove from about 406 feet. RB Lindsay, a civil aviation inspector, said there was no chance to recover. The incident prompted no transatlantic flight plans from Dutch officials this year.
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Tulsa
A. Patterson
Tulsa Theatre Electrician
Lindsay
Civil Aeronautcs Authority
Patterson
Here
Petterson
Ro Fount
Ada News
Professor Nelson Injured in Auto Accident Near Lexington
Professor EH Nelson of East Central State Teachers College was injured near Lexington Oklahoma Sunday afternoon while en route to Ada for the funeral of colleague R P Butcher. His car overturned in a heavy rainstorm just north of Lexington.
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EH. Nelson
East Central State Teachers College
Lexington
Oklahoma
Nelson
Ada
R. P. Butcher
Heavy Rains Cause Floods in Southwest Kansas
In Liberal Kansas heavy rain swells Cimarron and Beaver rivers. The Cimarron flood wipes out the Rock Island bridge at Arkalon, under repair since August 18 after collapse during a freight train wreck that killed two transients and injured five. Train service routed via Amarillo as 3.12 inches falls in the area.
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Liberal
Kas
Kansas
Cimarron
Beaver
Rock Island
Arkalon
Terington
Amarillo
Tex
Martha Raye plans October wedding in Hollywood
San Francisco Sept 3 UP Martha Raye announced during a visit that she has chosen October for her wedding to David Rose, a Hollywood musical arranger. The ceremony will be formal but not large, and she seeks privacy. Her divorce from Buddy Westmore is final this month.
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San Francisco
Martha Raye
David Rose
Hollywood
Vinita Homecoming Parade Opens Fourth Will Rogers Rodeo
Crowds filled Vinita Oklahoma for the annual homecoming and Will Rogers memorial rodeo. Rodeo Queen Mickey Friend, 17, led a forty minute parade with Governor candidate Leon C. Phillips, Rep. Wrey B. Disney, and Lt. Gov. James E. Berry on horseback. Phillips stood out in a 10 gallon hat and blue shirt as he rode with officials. An old timer S D Hurst, born 1857 near the Kansas Indiana line, joined editors and locals in the festivities.
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Vinita
Ohia
Will Rogers
Accident Victim Improves After Friday Crash
Cletus Watson, injured Friday on Highway 12 near Fitzhugh, showed improvement Saturday with a fractured leg and scalp wound. Passenger G. O. Bullard was uninjured. Watson was taken by ambulance to a Ada hospital.
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Cletus Watson
Highway 12
Fitzhugh
Watson
G. O. Bullard
Ada
Swollen Streams Subside In Texas
Rain swollen streams subsided in flood ravaged areas of northern Colorado where seven lives were lost. Crews began repairing damage from cloudburst flooding along the eastern slope as searchers recovered Miss Georgie Goodrich, 17, in Bear Creek canyon near Morrison. An unrelated note records a rise in automobile travel and touring expenditures in 1937.
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Denver
Colorado
Georgie Goodrich
Evergreen
Cole
Bear Creek Canon
Morrison
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