Novelist Van Evers Reverses Hollywood Dream
Hal Boyle profiles Dale Van Evers 61, former Hollywood writer turned historical novelist. He quit a 1500 weekly Hollywood salary to pursue frontier history, writing six novels including The Vouragers. His research drives precise details of the early West, including lesser-known frontier life and indigenous practices.
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Wal Boyle
New York
Hollywood
Dale van Divery
America
Shieh
Hui
van Evers
Vollywyood
Adler I
Carlin
Washanginn
D. C
Van
Mississippi
van Sory
Hasband
Cheeks Delwity
Craflstman
Lawton Obscure 1920s items on construction and events
The notice lists plans for a new residence site, business buildings, and a church. It mentions war damage from army vehicles and relics from a heat wave era. Public service sale to Consolidated Gas Utilities is noted alongside local delays, elections, rainfall, and fair preparations in Lawton and Comanche County.
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Prast
Dille
Oklahoma
Public Service Company
Consolidated Gass Utilities Corporation
Boys Start Safari Away From School
In IOUSTON Texas two brothers aged 7 and 4 fled toward Munting Bayou after their pajama plan to camp out for a year to avoid school. Police stopped the boys as they headed into the wild with an air rifle and tarpaulin, insisting they would endure a year of freedom from tests.
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Iouston
Tex
Cornelius Filamdwicz
Raymoied
Munting Bayou
Raymond
Driving Too Slow Brings Man Fine
NEW HARTFORD New York A peace justice fined Markle 66 of Frankfort ten dollars for driving between five and ten miles an hour on Route 5 a main state highway The driver claimed speed causes most accidents and a labor day traffic line was followed by others
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New Hartford
N.Y
Aushur Markle
Markle
Frankfort
Wrench Star Arrives Hollywood for New Movie
Maurice Chevalier arrives from Paris to begin a film project in Hollywood. The star, appearing younger than his years, drew attention on arrival yesterday as film plans move forward in the city.
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Hollywood
Maurice Chevalier
Paris
Oklahoma Cotton Ginners Seek 25 Percent Rate Hike
Oklahoma City AP report states the Oklahoma Corporation Commission weighed a proposed 25 percent rate increase by the Oklahoma Cotton Ginners Assn as a ruling was set for today or Thursday. The ginners claim a $329,000 loss last year and seek higher gin rates from 6 cents to 75 cents per 100 pounds and bagging costs from 3.85 to 4 dollars per bale.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Cotton Ginners Assn. Commission
Ray, C. Jones
Ginners Association
Cooperative Ginners Group
Tourist Trikes Note To Ben Franklin Hotel About Cracked Liberty Bell
A Columbus Ohio girl, visiting Philadelphia, writes to Dear Ben Franklin at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel asking that the cracked Liberty Bell be cared for. The note thanks Ben for a picture and expresses concern over the crack.
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Philadelphia
Ben Franklin
Columbus
Ohio
Trike
Benjamin Franklin Hotel
Murder appeal and liquor cases heard by Court of Appeals
In Oklahoma City the States Criminal Court of Appeals heard oral appeals on 21 cases including 11 drunk driving convictions three illegal possession cases and one liquor transportation case. Nathan Ellis appealing a murder conviction in Custer county was among the docket.
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Oklahoma City
States Criminal Court of Appeals
Nathan Ellis
Custer County
Welcome Tulsa Patrolman Delivers Baby in Patrol Car
Patrolman George Moore of the Tulsa Police Department assisted in delivering Mrs. Raymond Wells' baby girl in his patrol car at Osteopathic Hospital. Moore said he often covers fatal accidents, but helping bring a life into the world is a pleasure.
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Tulsa
Ola
Osteopathic Hospital
George Moore
Raymond Wells
Moore
Dover man pays 53 fine for driving without license
George Ferner, returning from California, faced a abrupt stop in Dover Ohio when his 1938 car accrued a $53 fine for driving without a license.
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Dover
Ohio
George
Ferner
California
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McCord
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