Oil wealth reshaped Dewey Smith estate and a missing heir
The Dewey Smith estate grew from modest holdings to oil royalties after 1945, as oil was discovered and leases sold for the Smith children. The missing heir Merry Christmas King Ball, traced to Smith, seeks a one eighth royalty stake now in dispute before the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Smith
Phillips
Lawton
McClung
Pete J. Dixon
Smith
Max Phillips
Cotton County
Dalton L. Jobe
Merry Christmas
Wuhule
Merry Christmas King Ball
Memphis
Tenn
Clara Glass
Mercy Christmas
Cleo Ball
M. Ball
Walters
Cities Service Oil Co
State Supreme Court
Toby Morris
Supreme Court
Ball
Wayne Smith
Cameron College
Bob Austin
Miami
Oklo
Law Enforcement Can't Stop All Traffic Accidents
Oklahoma City reports state safety officials say higher patrol activity alone cannot curb highway crashes. Jim Lookabaugh notes 1956 education emphasis and 1957 expansion, despite a 11 percent rise in 1936 railie incidents and a 15 percent increase in highway deaths from 1953 to 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
CAP
Oklahoma
Jim Lockabaugh
Lookabaugh
Republican Finance Group Head Quits
David Bartlett of Tulsa resigns as chairman of the Republican Finance Committee. State GOP Chairman Walter Curry says a successor will be appointed soon and county officials will be asked to recommend policy committee members. The state committee adopted a resolution to organize the policy group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
David Bartlett
Tulsa
Republican Finance Committee
GOP
Walter Curry
Curry
State Committee
Sergeant Rich Convicted of Assault at Parris Island
At Parris Island a special court martial found Marine sergeant William E. Rich 23 Canton North Carolina guilty of assault on recruit Kenneth Allen Benjamin New York City. Rich faced multiple charges but was convicted of assault consummated by a battery and sentenced to reduction to sergeant and a 600 dollar monthly fine for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
William E. Rich
Canton
N. C
Korea
Clinton L. Jones
Pensacola
Fla
Rich
James F. Mahoney
Marine Public Information Officer
Jones
Pvt
Kenneth Allen Benjamin
New York City
Laverio Glussich
Brooklyn
N.Y
Dominick Tomaro
East Paterson
N.J
Gaetana Inglima
North Bergen
Tomaro
Sick Bay
John A. Scott
Baltimore
Tomato
George P. Gunther
Hamburg
Benjamin
Glussich
Inglima
Gunther
Tomare
Court martial entries proceed for Sgt Corey and Cpl Walsh
The record indicates Sgt Daniel J Corey of Boston Massachusetts will face a summary court martial while Cpl William Walsh of Lyndhurst New Jersey awaits a special court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J.corey
Boston
Mass
Cpl
William Walsh
Lyndhurst
N. J
House Education Committee Named Oklahoma
Speaker Bill Harkey named five House members to a 13 man committee to study higher education. The panel includes J. W. Huff Ada chairman Jim Cook Wilburton Robert Lofar Miami Robert Bailey Norman and Frank Ogden Guyman. The Senate named Virgil Young Norman as its chairman. Gov Raymond Gary will appoint the remaining five members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bill Harkey
House
Reps
J. W. Huff
Ada
Jim Cook
Wilburton
Robert Lofar
Miami
Robert Bailey
Norman
Frank Ogden
Guyman
Senate
Virgil Young
Raymond Gary
Efforts To Put U.S. 75 On Federal System Map
Tulsa meeting March 21 will outline plans to place U S Highway 75 on the interstate system. Tulsa merchant John H Dunkin will speak. The Tulsa Chamber of Commerce area development committee led the announcement with highway officials and boosters from Okmulgee Bartlesville Baxter Springs present. Highway 75 runs from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico across Oklahoma and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
M—A
John H. Dunkin
C. A. Border
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Kansas
Okmulgee
Bartlesville
Okla
Baxter Springs
Kan
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Student Convicted Of Assault Charge In Oklahoma Stillwater
Robert Coats a 23 year old former student was convicted yesterday of assault and battery in the October shooting of Jim Slater Baltimore. The jury left punishment to District Judge Robert L Hurt. The case arose from a fight over Coats estranged wife Betty who is 11 years younger than Coats. Coats had originally been charged with assault with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater i
Robert Coats
Coblahom Arm
Aggie
Robert L. Hurt
Coats
Jim Slater
Baltimore
Betty
Insurance code bill approves by Oklahoma House panel
The House Insurance Committee approved the insurance code bill and sent it to the calendar for full House consideration. The measure updates and codifies state insurance laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensurance Bell
Ok'd
Oklahoma City
House Insurance Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Linw
TAX Commission
Clinton
Discovery of Oil
Jobe
Martin W. Howare
Republican Finance Group
Reveille
Inghima
House Education Committee
Pat
Sunbeam
Cecil Easton
Masonic Temote Building
Lawtonian Hotel
U.S. 75
Southwest
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!