State Securities Law Drew Stiff Opposition
On May 18 1931 a Oklahoma State Senate session ended with Sen Ray Grantham leading a bid to kill a bill backed by Selected Investments Corp others. The bill passed and Gov Johnston Murray signed Selected Investments into receivership with 34 million dollars in trust certificates blocked from redemption pending audit. State Securities Commissioner Herschal Ross resigned and a stop sale order was issued against the firm securities as lawmakers debate lobbying and compliance amid a widening probe.
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Harry Culver
United Tress
Oklahoma City
Senate
Ray Grantham
Ponca City
Selected Investments Corp
Grantham
Rinehart
Logan
George Miskovsky
State Banking Commission
Dinniham
Banking Commission
Miskovsky
Qliskovsky
D. McCarty
Paul Harkey
Idabel
Wiliam Rigg
Selected Investments
J. Phil Burns
United Securities
Selected
John Levergood
Shawnee
Bert Larason
Jim Bullard
Duncan
Ike Tolbert
Pauls Valley
Se Iecten
Brig General Gibb Plans Post Visit to Fort Sill
Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Gibb commander of the Combat Development Experimentation Center plans talks on new artillery developments with Fort Sill officials Friday. He will confer with Philip C. Wehle and others before departing Saturday. The center, based on a soldier scientist model, operates a large field laboratory at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation California to develop tactics for future atomic and non atomic battlefields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Gibb
Army
Fort Sill
Philip C. Wehle
Artillery Silo
Department of Combat Development
Army Artillery Bhoard
Gibb
Ivan Tervel
Post Field
Army of the Future
Ifunter Liggell Military Reservation
Calif
City Boy Awarded 433 For Injuries
Superior Judge Robert S Landers approved an agreed judgment for seven year old Lawton boy Larry Joe Sales in a damages suit filed by his mother Lucile Sales against Barbara Ami Hodges. The October 2 accident at Second and I left the boy with a broken collarbone and contusions. medical expenses totaled 183.86 with the remainder for general damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Landers
Lawton
Larry Joe Sales
Lucile Sales
Barbara Ami Hodges
Second and I
Dignified Telegram Delivery Promised by Postal Service
The Postal Service Ministry will begin July 1 a dignified telegram service for congratulations or condolences. Messengers will wear formal cutaway uniforms instead of ordinary attire.
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Tokyo
Postal Service Ministry
Weeks Urges GOP Unity for 1959 60 Wins in Tulsa
Secretary Sinclair Weeks told a Tulsa Republican dinner that Republicans must unite for 1959 and 1960 election victories and back President Eisenhower’s program of economic strength and peacetime readiness. He warned delay would be disastrous and urged presenting a clear record to the American people. A $20,000 check was presented to the National Republican Committee by Dan P. Holmes as Oklahoma’s contribution.
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Tulsa
Sinclair Weeks
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Weeks
United States
Parison
Dan P. Holmes
National Republican Committee
Noises in Attic Reveal Escapee Husband in Baton Rouge
Mrs Joseph Allain heard strange noises in the attic and called police. Officers found her husband, Joseph Allain, who had escaped from jail and returned home without informing his wife. He was taken into custody as authorities investigated the escape and breach of confinement.
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Hubby
Baton Rouge
Joseph Allain
Allain
Ike's Plan To Shakeup Pentagon Is Muddled
Eisenhower weighs Defense Department reform as Congress debates options. JCS criticisms, calls for a single chief, and proposed advisory staffs spark varied signals from Twining Burke Gavin and lawmakers. Sputnik context and private committee findings fuel pressure for action while McElroy forms a citizen-army panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Pentagon
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Congress
Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
Ready-to-Help Home Demonstration Club attends Lawton council meeting
Mesdames Hester Glandon and Ed Cranfill officers of the Ready-to-Help Home Demonstration club attended a county clubs council meeting in Lawton to discuss local community programs and county activities.
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Indiahoma
Hester Glandon
Ed Cranfill
County Clubs Council
Lawton
Sill Man Denies Assault Count
Juan C. Borton a 22 year old Fort Sillman pleaded innocence after being charged with felonious assault for allegedly stabbing Richard Ebisch at Second and early Sunday morning Ebisch told police he was cut in the back and lower stomach as he turned toward the suspect Mrs Ebisch was involved when the assailant allegedly took a cigarette from her hand Justice of the Peace Woodrow Giles set a preliminary hearing for 10 am Friday and remanded Borton to county jail on 1000 bond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sillman
Juan C. Borton
Warren Crane
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles
Richard Ebisch
Carnell
Bisch
City Man Faces Burglary Count
L. C. Brown, 17, of Bell, was charged Monday with second degree burglary of a delivery truck owned by Everybodys Cleaners on Arlington Drive. He allegedly took a pair of trousers and two coats. items were recovered and returned to owner John Henry Nelson. County Attorney Warren Crane filed the complaint in Justice of Peace Woodrow Giles' court. Postal rules forbid mailing of mining postals and lottery, endless chain and fraud matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Brown
Bell
Everybody's Cleaners
Arlington Drive
John Henry Nelson
Warren Crane
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles’ Court
Expert Calls for $5,000 Farm Income in Missouri
Kansas City report quotes J v Burch director of Missouri extension urging small farm families to seek supplemental income if farming cannot cover costs. He cites a 1,100 farm survey in Grundy County showing average net income of 1600 and warns 300 Grundy farms may be lost in a decade. He notes trend toward larger, fewer farms and advises counties to help families find other work.
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Kansas City
Burch
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Missouri
State Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Grundy County
Missouri
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City Boy
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A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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Tiny) Duval
Okla
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Gaither Committee
Nelson Rockefeller
Secretary of Defense
McElroy
Kenneth Otis
Pittsburgh
Farmers Lumber Company
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TRE
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Uthe D
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