Supreme Court Upholds Wentz Claim 10 Office
Oklahoma City sept 24 LP The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled against Gov Murray upholding the 1929 law creating the three member highway commission and confirming Lew H Wentz in the office after Murray ousted him in 1932 The decision restores Wentz possession and directs the district court to issue writs enforcing the ruling with Miss Maud Thomas barred from interfering until the mandate issues
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Oklahoma City
Lew H. Wentz
Ponca City
William H. Murray
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Wentz
State Supreme Court
Murray
Maud O. Thomas
Teaver
Siiliwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Myers
Thomas
Wents
Supreme Court
Robert Hefner
Oklahoma County District Court
Miss Thomas
Senate
W. J. Holloway
K. F. Lester
James Bb. Cullison
Charles Swindall
Edwin K. McNeill
W. H. Kornecay
Fletcher Titler
J. W. Clark
Thomas G
Commission
Ada boosters hear defense of state highways plan
W D Little defended the state highway commission against charges by R A Singletary of the Oklahoma City chamber of commerce. Singletary urged designating a New Orleans to Seattle route as a U S highway. Ada boosters welcomed aid while Little blamed federal officials for any politics delaying the program.
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State Highway Commission
R. A. Singletary
Coad Roads Division
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
McAlester
W. D. Little
Ada
Aldridge
Seattle
Wash
U. S
Oklahoma
Little
Oklahoma Commission
Federal Bureau of Roads
Singletary
Puerto Rico Reels From Devastating Hurricane
Gov Beverley urges workers to rebuild as Puerto Rico faces vast damage and uncertain casualties. Death toll estimates range from 100 to 200 with injuries above 1,000. University of Puerto Rico reports no buildings spared. Piedras assembly hall destroyed. Medical facilities strained. 25 dead reported at Arecibo.
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James R. Beverley
University of Puerto Prico
Piedras
Rio Piedras
Prisoner Ledbetter moved as tension rises in Arkansas
Harrisburg arkansas Sept 24 Expressing fear for his prisoner's safety chief deputy sheriff C T Sullivan transferred 31 year old farmer Ledbetter accused of killing his two year old stepson to a jail in another Arkansas city The baby's mother who married Ledbetter at Piggott Ark about a year ago said she would take the stand in his defense She claimed the child was disobedient and that Ledbetter did not cause the death assigning the blame to an accidental fall from a wagon
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Harrisburg
Ark
C. T. Sullivan
Herman Ledbetter
Arkansas
Sullivan
Ledbetter
Piggott, Ark
Murray Reprieves Two Condemned Men
Oklahoma City September 28 Gov Murray stayed the death sentences of Luke Nichols 42 a carpenter and Joe Martin for two slayings. Nichols was convicted of killing Harriett Crawford 26 on a Cherokee street last spring. Martin pleaded guilty to killing Peter Van Nearop in Noble County during an argument. The reprieve lasts until January 28.
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Oklahoma City
Luke Nichols
Joe Martin
Murray
Noth
Nichols
Carpenter
Harriett Crawford
Cherokee
Martin
Noble County District Court
Peter van Nearop
Tupelo Woman Injured In Car Crash Near City
Hazel Mooney a 38 year old resident of Tupelo was taken to Breeo hospital with serious injuries after a car accident a mile north of Tupelo. Doctors report a skull base fracture and internal injuries whose full extent is unclear. Mooney is said to have a wife and child.
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Hazel Mooney
Tupelo
Breeo Hospital
Mooney
Mrs Hoover Pictured Operating Sewing Machine
A historic caption shows Mrs Hoover at a sewing machine with a proverb about saving votes, illustrating a light political moment.
Hurricane narrowly misses Santo Domingo after Puerto Rico torment
Reports from Santo Domingo say the hurricane that battered Puerto Rico yesterday passed south of Port au Prince this morning with no serious damage. Wind speeds were up to 80 miles an hour at 4,000 feet but fell to 80 mph by 4:30 as high peaks dampened the storm’s force.
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Santo Domingo
Port al Prince
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Port Au Prince
Lts
Virgin Islands Hit by West Indian Hurricane Says Governor
Governor Paul M. Pearson informed Secretary Wilbur that the full force of the West Indian hurricane struck the Virgin Islands. He reported no deaths on St. Thomas Island.
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Washington
Paul M. Pearson
Virgin Islands
Wilbur
St. Thomas Island
Arkansas House Speaker Neales Slightly Improved in Fort Smith
Irving C. Neales, speaker of the 1931 and later special sessions, was reported slightly improved but still very critical in Fort Smith. He suffers from acute Bright's disease and history ties to the 1931 highway audit bill and the 1932 highway bond refunding measure.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Irving C. Neales
Arkansas House of Representatives
Neales
Bright
Automobiles Proliferate Since Ford’s Early Model T
Since Henry Ford introduced the first automobile, over 57 million cars have been built. The puzzle asks how all these vehicles manage to arrive at the same street to park, hinting at common urban parking patterns and distribution.
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Henry Ford
County excise board outlines tentative budget plan
The county excise board announced a tentative appropriations schedule aiming to fit total needs of 97 107 dollars within projected revenue of just over 66 000 dollars. Cuts affected deputies salaries supplies court funds and other areas to reach the balance. Highways funding will not rely on a tax levy, as in the prior year, while separate school and township estimates remain to be reviewed.
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County Excise Board
Excise Board
Cotton yield reported by census bureau for current year
Asht on Sept 23 report shows total cotton of this year s growth ginned before Sept 16 at 2 656 530 running bales including 51 9390 round bales half bales and 325 bales of American Egyptian Winnings to Sept 16 last year 2 092 758 running bales including 56 458 round bales and 797 bales of American Egyptian Oklahoma winnings this year to Sept 16 were 81 602
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Ashington
Oklahoma
Williams, former Senator Williams, dies at 78 in Yazoo
Former Senator John Sharp Williams, 78, died at his Yazoo County plantation near Yazoo City. Born July 30, 1854 in Memphis, he served 16 years in the Mississippi House and a lengthy Senate career before retiring in 1922. He was noted for defending Woodrow Wilson and healing North South rifts.
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Yazoo City
Misa
John Sharp Williams
Congress
Here
John Sharpe Williams
South
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
League of Nations
Wilson
Mississippi
United States Senate
Williams
Memphis
Shiloh
Tennessee
Yazoo County
House of Representatives
Joe” Cannon
James K. Vardaman
Vardaman
Pat Harrison
Oklahoma Socialist Party eligibility for 1954 ballot action
Oklahoma City Sept. 24 The state election board ruled that socialist candidates are ineligible to file for state and national offices before 1954 under an attorney general opinion. Court action to place the party's presidential electors on the November ballot will be discussed at tomorrow's state executive committee meeting, Siegfried Ameringer said. The party was declared non existent after 1930 and recently won reinstatement by petition.
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Oklahoma City
State Election Board
Siegfried Ameringer
Curtis to Address Oklahoma Voters Across Districts
Vice President Curtis to speak in three Oklahoma districts this week beginning in Enid on Thursday. He will stay in the eighth district Friday visiting Ponca City and Pawhuska for a barbecue and Indian festival with Osage and Kaw participation. The itinerary includes a Pawhuska gathering with the Kaws and a speech at the Muskogee state fair in the afternoon.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Curtis
Enid
Eichta
M. C. Garber
Ponca City
Pawhuska
Muskogee
Federal officials in Oklahoma for route dispute probe
Thomas H. MacDonald chief of the federal bureau of roads and C. E. Swain arrived in Oklahoma City for an inspection tour. They will study the dispute over federal aid funds tied to the Duke to Gould northern route and a south route favored by Governor Murray.
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Oklahoma City
Thomas H. MacDonald
Federal Bureau of Roads
C. E. Swain
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
MacDonald
Highway Commission
Duke
Gould
Bureau
Murray
J. E. McKeel
Charles Wilson
Washington
Valuations Down in Pontotoc County Totals Fall Sharply
Pontotoc County records show total valuations at 14 676 499 for this year, down from 18 089 713 last year, with real estate leading the loss. Public service assessments drop from 4 765 745 to 3 850 095 and personal property from 2 265 582 to 1 996 152, aided by a 20 percent reduction on real estate and public service valuations. County excise board set to resume appropriations work after final valuations are approved.
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State Equalization Board
Charley Floyd
Pontotoc County
County Excise Board
Sts. L. & P. Corp
Continental Tel
Kt AG. Ry
Oe MacThwaite
Cikia
Pipletiny
Prairie D*peline
Winn denied writ in habeas case over Ada murder charge
Mrs. Jeffie Winn was returned to Pontotoc county jail after the denial of a writ of habeas corpus before District Judge P. L. Gasseway at Coalgate. Testimony showed quarrels and threats by her husband A G Winn, who threatened to shoot her over a deed to 200 acres. she fired in self defense. The packed court heard witnesses from nearby farms and her friend Mrs. Shaeffer described her condition. Defense attorneys plan a rehearing petition in the criminal court of appeals.
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Prem
Jeffie Winn
Pontotee County
P. L. Gasseway
Coalgate
A. G. Winn
Winn
Bert Curlee
Tom Holt
Winn Place
Coal County
Ada
Territorial
Curlee
Margaret Shaeffer
East Fourteenth Street
Robert Wimbish
W. R. Chancellor
Kefore
Death sentence of Negro stayed in Oklahoma
Charney Dumas, a Black convict from a Coal County road camp, had his death sentence for attacking a white girl at Coalgate postponed after his attorneys appealed to the criminal court of appeals. He confessed, pleaded guilty in district court, and claims prejudice influenced the penalty.
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Oklahoma City
Charney Dumas
Coalgate
Criminal Court of Appeals
Coal County
Tiny Gil Greeted With Big Hand
In Minneapolis on September 28 a vaudeville crowd gave a warm reception to a newborn girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Cuttler of Willmar Minnesota. Texas Guinan echoed the crowd urging a big hand for the tiny child while her mother watched.
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Minneapolis
CLM
Texas Guinan
W. G. Cuttler
Willmar
Minn
Aged Man Burned to Death in Home
Perry Sept 28 Ed Hughes 73 a pioneer resident and former train mail clerk was killed by a fire that destroyed his home He carried his wife to safety then perished from smoke and fumes Firemen extinguished the blaze after the interior was burned out and Hughes body recovered The fire started from an overturned coal oil lamp and caused about 2000 in damage
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Perry
Ed Hughes
Hughes
Flames Destroy Cotton House of Gin at Stonewall
Ada fire department answered a Stonewall blaze Saturday afternoon in a cotton house attached to a gin owned by I. B. Case and associates. Firefighters fought the flames until under control. the gin sustained some damage and a large quantity of cotton was reportedly in the building.
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Stonewall
Ada
Case and Associates
Norris to stump for Roosevelt across nation
A nationwide speaking tour by Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, a Republican, to back Governor Roosevelt’s presidential bid was sponsored today by the National Progressive League. The group said in a formal statement it was created under Norris to support the Democratic nominees and the progressive principles he upholds.
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Norris
Roosevelt
Washington
George W. Norris
Nebraska
National Progressive League
Real estate man in Lyons ends life amid financial troubles
George Purdy 65 a retired insurance and real estate dealer shot himself early today in Lyons Kansas. His elder brother Frank Purdy committed suicide on April 4 1931. Purdy married last August to Myrtle Groves of Tulsa Oklahoma who survives him.
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Lyons, Kans
George Purdy
Frank Purdy
Myrtle Groves
Tulsa
Okla
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Chattanooga
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William T. Sehmitt
Schmitt
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Twelfth Street
U. S. Commissioner's Office
Grand Jury
Civil Service
U. S. Marshal
Tom D. McKeown
Oanel
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Mr. Winn
Tiny Gil
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