4-H Clubs Elect Officers In Stillwater
Southern Oklahoma 4-H clubs elected state officers Thursday afternoon. Carl Newman Granite Greer county was named state president on the first ballot. J W Hayes Beckham county became vice president after a three way race. Beatrice Terry Utica Bryan county won secretary treasurer on the second ballot. Mixes Louise Wilson Carter county was chosen song leader on the second ballot in a field of four. Officers bring long 4-H experience and will uphold high standards set by retirees.
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Jay
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Carl Newman
Granite
Greer County
J. W. Hayes
Beckham County
Beatrice Terry
Utica
Bryan County
Mixes Louise Wilson
Carter County
Pontotoc 4-H delegates attend Stillwater roundup
Pontotoc county representatives at the state 4-H club roundup at Stillwater returned tired but delighted with a week of play and study. Four girls Roberta Johnson Doris Watson Gladys Chaffin and Dorothy Secarberry joined by Truett Young Kenneth Hudson Robert Kerr and two other boys participated.
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Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Jessie Morgan
Roberta Johnson
Doris Watson
Gladys Chaffin
Dorothy Secarberry
Truett Young
Kenneth Hudson
Robert Kerr
New Orleans Cotton Soars After Morning Lows
Prices rallied sharply after an early decline as bullish weather and crop data, stock strength, and active trade spurred buying. October rose to 7.26 cents and December to 7.43 cents per pound with late profit-taking easing gains. Exports for the day reached 25,365 bales.
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New Orleans
U?p
Otober
Kansas livestock market report August 10
Agricultural prices list a hog run of 4 500 with top 4.60 for 170 210 pound hogs and cattle with 1 100 calves showing steady to 25 cent lower values on killing classes. Steers priced to 9.00 for 1292 pound and stocker and feeder classes range 4 25 to 9 55. Sheep top lambs at 5 25 with ewes down to 1.00.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Kansas
USDA
Colorado
Gardens Show Rich County Farming Efforts By Farm Women
Mrs. Gertrude Hammond led garden yields with 162 quarts canned from 10 rows of beans and 160 bushels of potatoes from 100 ares. cherries produced 127 quarts. George Sureenier harvested 156 bushels of large potatoes after spraying for potato bugs. Kitchen upgrades by Ada and Cedar Grove members featured running water, built in cabinets, and zinc lining.
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Pontotoc County
Morgan
Extension News
Extension Department
A. and M. College
Gertrude Hammond
Colbert Home Demonstration Club
George Sureenier
Cedar Grove
A. and M
Poultry market results from Chicago trade report
Poultry prices steady to firm for August 10 with gains in several categories. Hen and Leghorn hen prices range around 14 and 11 cents respectively, colored broilers 12 to 14 cents, fryers 12 to 14 cents, roosters 9 cents, turkeys 10 to 12 cents, ducks 10 to 12 cents, geese 10 to 11 cents, and Leghorn broilers about 12 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago Dairy Prices and Grades on Aug 10
Unsettled butter prices listed with ranges and scores including 93 for creamery specials and 92 for extras. Firsts and standards show a 90 score, with carrot standards noted. Eggs line shows unsettled current receipts and extra firsts at 17 ½ cents with 12 ¼ cent current receipts.
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Chicago
Potatoes Mixed U S Shipments With Slight Weakness Report
Chicago market report shows 69 carloads on track 193 and total U S shipments at 338. Supplies moderate and trading slow with Cobblers and Missouri U S No 1 mostly 5 to 6 cents, Kansas combinations 7 to 7.5 cents, Nebraska No 1 8 to 8.5 cents, Wisconsin Early Ohios 7.5 cents, Minnesota Early Ohios 7 to 7.25 cents.
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Chicago
U. S
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Wheat soars in late trading on New York stock cues
Wheat jumped more than 2 cents a bushel in late dealings as New York stock action influenced Chicago trading. Traders reported broad buying with demand for United States hard winter wheat and a mixed close with oats up slightly and corn down a bit.
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Chicago
New York
East
United States
Chicago grain prices for wheat corn and oats
Wheat prices list No 2 red 56c No 1 hard 57c No 2 hard 56 57c No 3 hard 53 53c No 2 yellow hard 56c No 3 mixed 55c Corn No 2 mixed 33 34c No 1 yellow 33 34c No 2 yellow 33 34c No 3 white 33 39c Oats No 2 white 19 19 ½c No 3 white 17 2 ½c
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Chicago
Aus
Cotton futures rise on strong demand and crop fears
New York cotton markets boosted by unfavorable crop signals and stock strength with December reaching 7.44 cents, then retreating as profits emerged. New Orleans spot cotton closed steady after sales of 1,613 bales with prices from 6.59 to 7.39 cents and stock totaling 904,716 bales.
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New Orleans
Pursued robber abandons loot near Foraker
A man who robbed the Exchange Bank of Shidler alone today was captured in a wood near Foraker after abandoning the loot and his automobile. Sheriff Dick Schultz took the robber to Pawhuska.
Robber Across Exchance State Bank Robbery Near Foraker
In Shidler Oklahoma a man held up four employees and a customer at the Exchange State Bank then abandoned the loot and his car about four miles northeast of Foraker and fled on foot. Bank vice president John Casselman and Elmo Hester chased the car and recovered some cash. The robbery occurred after entering the bank vault. a tire blew out the car and the robber disappeared into the woods as possemen converged. The robber was armed.
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Shidler
Okla
Exchange State Bank
Foraker
John Casselman
Elmo Hester
Forager
Casselman
Bank Robbery At Shidler Nabs Cash In Vault Heist
In Shidler Osage county today a robber held up four American Exchange State Bank employees forcing all five to lie on the floor and entering the vault. He escaped in a blue automobile with an undetermined amount of cash as posses pursued northeast toward Foraker. Bank staff named were John Casselman vice president Elmo Hester cashier Joe Norman assistant cashier Pearl Bragg stenographer and customer Elbert Leininger.
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Ponca City
American Exchange State Bank
Shidler
Osage County
Foraker
John Casselman
Elmo Hester
Joe Norman
Pearl Bragg
Elbert Leininger
Roosevelt Garner clubs organized countywide
Oklahoma City Aug 6 Roosevelt-Garner clubs formed in almost every one of the 204 Oklahoma county precincts last night and will hold regular meetings until after the November general election. Republicans led by A Gray Gilmer county chairman planned a central committee meeting to establish one of the 50 000 republican clubs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
A. Gray Gilmer
Central Committee
Frantz Proclaims Oil Ban to Save School Land Funds
Tulsa territorial governor Frank Frantz used a grand proclamation read by Ben F. Berkey to halt oil drilling on school lands near Cleveland Oklahoma, preventing Milliken’s rig from starting and securing state control of oil rentals and royalties totaling over 20 million dollars. The bold bluff led to immediate action and a government takeover of subsurface and surface lands.
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Ponca City
Frank Frantz
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ben Berkey
Guthrie
Oklahoma Territory
Frantz
Fred L. Wenner
School Land Commission
Wenner
Milliken
Cleveland
Pawnee County
Ohio
Buckeye
Ben F. Berkey
Berkey
Shamrock
Pawnee
Ed Gray
United States
United States Marshal
Gray
Jones elected 10 head Legion Post commander
At the Norman Howard post of the American Legion meeting in Legion Hall on Tuesday night Alvis Jones was elected post commander. About 100 members attended with reps from outposts in Stonewall Roff and Lawrence. Val Crawford was chosen first vice commander and Wryly Keith was noted.
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Norman Howard Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Alvis Jones
Stonewall
Roff
Lawrence
Val Crawford
Wryly Keith
Nine fire calls in July exceed previous records
August threatens July's record for fire department calls as Chief Ed Haley reports $16 150 value of buildings and contents involved and $585 loss. A false alarm at Nineteenth and Johnston upset a fireman. a later call tied to a grocery-store break in. A local Black man sought to identify two youths he says urged the false alarm.
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Ed Haley
Nineteenth
Johnston
Hoovers 58th Birthday Notable for Modest Observance
President Hoover marked his 58th birthday with little fanfare starting early at the desk. A birthday cake with 58 candles was prepared and a vast greeting card bearing 40 000 signatures traveled to the White House. Mollie Carron Hoover's former teacher and Ernest Dudley Chase led card efforts as Boy Scout groups planned visits.
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Washington
Hoover
Ernest Dudley Chase
Winchester
Mass
Mollie Carron
West Branch
Iowa
Brooklyn
Chickens In Henryetta Found With Gold Nuggets
Henryetta Aug 10 A local housewife found two small gold nuggets in the crops of chickens bought at a city meat market. Market officials learned a cupful of nuggets had been taken from chickens at the market owner's place. He suspects the nuggets came from an abandoned oil well site where the birds scratch.
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Henryetta
Estimates Put National Grain Crops In Lower Range
The Agriculture Department estimates this year’s crops from Aug 1 conditions show corn at 2.82 billion bushels, down from a month ago, wheat total at 722.69 million, winter wheat 441.79 million, spring wheat 280.90 million, durum 51.10 million, other spring wheat 229.80 million, and oats 1.2147 billion.
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Washington
U?p
Department of Agriculture
Bullington Named Texas Republican Gubernatorial Candidate
Orville Bullington of Wichita Falls became the Republican nominee in Texas with an aggressive bid for governor ahead of the August 27 run off. He is an attorney, former Republican national committeeman and convention delegate who participated in the Texas Oklahoma boundary dispute and major Texas lawsuits. The party platform calls for strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. The general election will pit Bullington against either Governor R. S. Sterling or Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson.
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Dallas
Tex
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Texas
Texas-Oklahoma
Bullington
Grand Old Party
R. S. Sterling
Miriam A. Ferguson
Cotton advances twelve dollars per bale this week
New Orleans reports October cotton futures at 7.37 cents a pound, lifting prices about 12 dollars per bale or nearly 50 percent from six weeks ago. Government crop estimate of 11 306 000 bales, stock market gains, wheat strength, and a banking syndicate plan to take over 3 000 000 bales boosted the advance.
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New Orleans
Farm Board
Pleas Of Guilty Move In District Court
Judge Orel Bus saw several defendants plead guilty in district court on Tuesday. James Melton admitted guilt to grand larceny and burglary in the second degree and received five year terms concurrent. Charley Massey, linked to a Clyde Baily home robbery, got seven years. Houston Myers faced burglary charges and drew three years. Roy Davis pled guilty to two forgery counts and received five year terms concurrent.
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Orel Busby
James Melton
Charley Massey
Clyde Baily
Houston Myers
Allen
Roy Davis
Boy Held in Norman for Fatal Neighbor Shooting
Norman Oklahoma August 10 a 17 year old farm boy George Norton was held as the investigation into the fatal shooting of Pat Elk hart 38 a neighbor is pursued. Norton said Elk hart threatened his family. Norton parents were witnesses. Kane Norton and family had moved from Fort Smith Arkansas, Erkhart had recently moved from Seminole and was married.
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Norman
Okla
George Norton
Pat Elkhart
Justice of the Peace
Lucien W. Wilson
Young Norton
Erkhart
James Norton
Nortons
Fort Smith, Ark
Seminole
Germany moves to restore order with drastic emergency decree
Berlin reports President Hindenburg approved a new emergency decree to curb two months of political violence. The measure, prepared by the Von Papen cabinet, could impose the death penalty in extreme cases and set up speed courts to prosecute terroristic crimes amid ongoing riots, bombings, and arson.
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Berlin
Aus
von Hindenburg
von Papen
Neudeck
UCP
Franz von Papen
Reich
East Prussia
Ded Anegriff
Hitler
Brenslau
Seidenberg
Reichsbanner
Marienburg
Germany
Stimson speech on Briand Kellogg pact draws mixed reactions
In Tokyo officials see implications of Stimson address while Geneva League circles praise U S assurances. Washington views the remarks as framing a cooperative open door policy and guidance for future League action in the Sino Japanese crisis.
Dance Shooting Near Atoka Leaves Unclear Victim
Witness says he was en route to Cement City from Tulsa last night when he chose to attend a dance near Atoka. He did not know what caused the shooting or who was hit and claims no involvement. He fled as bullets flew. Atoka officers planned to question him.
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Cement City
Tulsa
Atoka
Humphreys Opposes Gasoline Tax Cut in Oklahoma
W D Humphreys of the state tax commission declares a proposed 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax cut would destroy the road program. He dismisses oil company officials and bootlegging chatter as buncombe.
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Oklahoma City
W. D. Humphreys
State Tax Commission
Japanese seek full report on Stimson Manchuria speech
The Japanese foreign office asked the U.S. embassy in Washington for a detailed report on Secretary Stimson’s New York address to the Council on Foreign Relations. Tokyo signals possible representations if the report confirms press dispatches and objects to Manchuria references.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Washington
Stimson
New York
Japan
Manchuria
Council On Foreigen Relations
Governor halts executions over forged documents in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Murray ordered that criminal court of appeals stays of execution and judgments be sent to him to prevent further prison escapes via forged papers. Four inmates escaped recently using a judge’s forged name, including Earl Quinn slated for death for the Blackwell teachers murder. stays hold until appeals are decided.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Criminal Court of Appeals
Criminal Court
Earl Quinn
Kay County District Court
Jessie
Zexia Griffith
Blackwell
Proctor McDonald
Charlie Latimer
Singers invited to Rocky Chapel singing and dinner
An all day singing and dinner is planned at Rocky Chapel on Sunday August 14. The event at Rocky Chapel is described as nine miles south of Ada and invites all, especially caged singers, to attend and enjoy the meal.
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Rocky Chapel
Ada
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