Farmers Meet in Oklahoma City For State Convention
Two hundred delegates from Oklahoma travel to Oklahoma City for the annual Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America Oklahoma division convention. John A. Simpson of Weatherford declares farmers are progressive and essential to the nation's future, city officials and Chamber of Commerce welcome the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.l Overholser
Oklahoma City
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union of America
Oklahoma Divin
John A. Simpson
Weatherford
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Mr Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Mental Rupture Suffered By Man Asking Exemption
A New York request for military exemption cites a supposed mental rupture that would prevent gun use. The board heard the claim yesterday and rejected the exemption, noting the condition did not qualify as a valid impairment.
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New York
Otherwige
Man Released and Re-Arrested in Oklahoma Shoe Embezzlement Case
Mike Sandefer was discharged by Justice of the Peace TF Connell on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses by a bogus check, but was immediately arrested on an embezzlement charge involving 100 pairs of shoes in Avecadia Oklo. He waived preliminary hearing. bond set at 1000 dollars. The plaintiff asked only to recover the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Sandefer
Justice of the Peace
TF Connell
Avecadia
Oklo
Sandefer
Callihan
Sanderer
Roxana Withdraws Vacuum Request in Healdton Field
Roxana Petroleum withdrew its application for installing vacuum pumps in the Healdton field and filed with the state corporation commission for permission to operate a vacuum system similar to Magnolia. If granted, Roxana would guarantee a maximum four-ounce pressure on the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxana Petroleum Company
Tts
Healdton
State Corporation Commission
Magnolia Company
Roxana Company
Steels
Twenty Dollar Hog Exerts Push in Hog Prices at Chicago
A Chicago stockyards analyst notes hogs are valued at 1-100th of a penny per karat while hogs stay costly. Today the heavy hog price rises to 20 dollars per hundredweight, up 3 dollars in eleven days. Government bacon contracts were set by packers using 20 dollar hogs as a basis.
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Chicago
Ealie
Senator Urges More War Taxes and Less Bonds
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin urged in the senate for higher war tax rates on profits and incomes to raise more than 3.5 billion dollars, proposing elimination of consumption taxes. He advocated fewer bonds and more taxes, arguing governments seek war while people want peace, and noting protests by conscripts.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Finance Committee
Generally Fair Skies Promised Ahead of Midweek Forecast
Tonight and Wednesday generally fair with little temperature change. Partly cloudy conditions expected across Kansas and Arkansas and neighboring states as a weak disturbance moves through. Local forecast notes indicate minimal wind effects and no precipitation expected in the near term.
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Arkansas
Railroads Seek 15 Cent Rise inState Coal Rates
Five railroads led by Chicago Rock Island Pacific and joined by Missouri Kansas Texas Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Gulf California Santa Fe and Frisco filed with the state corporation commission for a 15 cent a ton increase in intrastate coal and coke rates. No hearing date set. They call current intrastate rates non compensatory and confiscatory arguing interstate rates prove discrimination against out of state shippers.
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State Corporation Commission
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Gulf, California & Santa Fe
Frisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Selby and Scott Review Claude Ray Books at Capitol
County Attorney Selby and Aw County Attorney Scott began a morning audit at the state capitol, seizing ledgers from the state school land department once handled by Claude Ray, the former bookkeeper now facing a four charge embezzlement indictment. Ray’s bond was set for September 11 in district court. An accountant’s report supported the audit, and McSelby said the county attorney’s office is prepared to prosecute all cases against Ray.
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Selby
Scott
State Capitol
Claude Ray
Ray
Ant
McSelby
Sheep to Trim White House Lawn to Set Example
Washington article reports President Wilson accepting advice from the National Sheep and Wool bureau to replace lawn mowers at the White House with sheep. The plan aims to show the nation the need of a sheep for every family and promote natural lawn care.
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Chicago
Wilson
National Sheep and Wool Bureau
White House
Bureau
Former Mine King In Lead Belt Is Dead
Harry J Cantwell of St Louis, a pioneering lead belt magnate and former head of the St Jose Lead Company, died last night at Her Springs Arkansas. Once a mining fortune maker in southeastern Missouri, he later failed to fund a Montana silver venture backed by William R. Hearst and spent years in uncertain mining ventures, including a half million dollar option near Miami Oklahoma eighteen months ago.
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ST Louis
Harry J Cantwell
Her Springs
Ark
Missouri
St. Jose
Montana
William R. Hearst
Cantwell Wa
St. Louie Friends of the Cause
Miami
Oklo
Local lieutenant weds amid war service and rumors
Lieutenant Lawrence D. Hinman married Isabel Catalfoil at her mother's home, following training at Fort Logan where he earned a commission. The couple planned a brief trip before his reported return to service. A city hall interview elicited a joke about love, with a Black respondent denying romance and confirming marriage.
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Lawrence D. Hinman
Isabel Catlfoil
Elizabeth Guilfoil
West
Sixth Street
Father Mutsears
Joseph's Catholic Church
Hinman
Fort Logan
Roots
Cotton pickers paid up to one dollar per hundred in North Louisiana
North Louisiana farmers are paying as much as one dollar per hundred pounds for cotton pickers in Shreveport area Aug 21. The rate has risen from a former average of fifty cents per hundred pounds, reflecting higher market demand for labor.
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Shreveport. le
North Louisiana
Farmer Misses Rabbit and Kills Self in Oklahoma
Mountain View farmer George Burgess, a young man and member of the first draft, attempted to shoot a rabbit late yesterday and killed himself by a brain shot. The incident occurred near Mountain View, Oklahoma, and is reported as a special dispatch by George Burgess.
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Lone Wolf
Okla
George Burgess
Mountain View
Burgess
Offutt Preparing Tax Compilation on Public Service Firms
County Tax Assessor Offutt toray began compiling data on the amount of assessments turned on by the various public service corporations of Oklahoma county together with the valuation placed on property adjoining that owned by these corporations. The report will suggest that the valuation of the public service corporations be raised and will be presented to the state equalization board tomorrow by J. M. Rook, assistant attorney general. The county equalization board will hold a meeting Thursday morning in the tax assessor's office if the report is approved to the state board for the purpose of raising the assessments of their corporations to raise the sectional assessment demanded of Oklahoma county by the state equalization.
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Offutt Toray
Oklahoma County
State Equalization Board
JM Rook
County Equalization Road
Tae
OM County
Canadians Smash Way Into Lens At Verdun Front
Allied dispatches report French forces in Verdun region broke through German positions after heavy artillery on a fourteen mile front. Canadian troops and French units advanced at dawn, taking prisoners from multiple German divisions as the line held firm against counterattacks. Italians and Austrians clash on Isonzo as Italian batteries support initial gains near Trieste amid stubborn enemy resistance.
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France
Verdun
Hethingcourt
Brronvaux
Poitioos
Isonne
Rome
Theetack
Aisne
Martebise
Epehy
Ae Juentia
Bri
Petrograd
Ocna
Jassy
Fokstfini
Riga-Mituat
Carcasie
Pelmir-Ralumer Secor
Turke
Freight Crushes Auto Fifty-Four Dead Near Saybrook Junction
A freight engine running light on the Shore Line at New Haven & Hartford crashed into a car, killing eight people. The victims include Robert Ho Rohinff, his wife Miss Mabel Wakner, Louie Astocive, and three children, all residents of New Haven. The wreck occurred near Saybrook Junction, Conn., as a party of four adults and four children were in the auto.
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Saybrook Junction
Conn
Shore Line
Dieleen
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Stetirk
Army Mules Live Uptown San Diego Goes Dry Tonight
Army men in San Diego prepare for a citywide alcohol ban as a midnight order closes saloons, taverns, and wholesale liquor houses after quartermaster deliveries. two mule units coordinate clearance amid the downtown displacement.
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Army Mules
San Diego
United States Army
San
SX Mego
Cal
War Moves Of The Last 24 Hours In Europe
Allied reports describe a coordinated assault on the western outskirts of Lone Germans. German forces launched a simultaneous counterattack but were repulsed. five thousand prisoners reportedly captured. Reinforcements from Gaida were noted arriving in Flanders.
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Green
Caprea Teonso Front Canadiana
Gaida
Flanders
British Tanks Go Over Tops For 500 Yards
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM Aug 21 Associated Press reports a British tank offensive near the Ypres Poelcapelle road north of St Julien. Tanks led infantry to seize German strongholds including Triangle Hibau and Cockoro farms in a deep advance as enemy surrender and retreat followed the heavy assault.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
Yprer-Poelcappelle
St. Julien
Ftnemy
Hibau
Cockoro
Bible Demand Is Greatest In U. S. History
New York reports a wartime Bible rush as printers struggle with heavy orders for the New Testament, with electrotype plates scarce and presses running long hours yet months behind on fulfillment.
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U. S
New York
Publlees
Pocket Sien
Nublithere
Railwaymen Press Conservation Plan For Rail Improvements
The National Association of Railway Commissioners urged the state corporation commission to limit new station contracts, delay grade crossing projects, and modestly curtail passenger service where feasible. They argued conservation of material and labor amid wartime needs and asked the state to avoid broad orders for improvements.
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National Association At Railway Commissioners
State Corporation Commission
Cor
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Herbert Cute
The
Food Administration
Lead Belt Is
Harry J
Cantwell
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Isonzo
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