Relatives dispute heirs to Barnett oil riches in federal case
In Muskogee Oklahoma more than 200 claimants from six states Canada and Mexico seek to prove kinship to Jackson Barnett the world richest Indian whose oil wealth valued around 2 600 000 has drawn a federal court fight a year after his death Dominant claimant Anna Laura Lowe Barnett white widow of the Creek remains central as Judge Robert J Williams oversees a sprawling heirship action with over fifty lawyers involved and the US attorney and a former US attorney among intervenors.
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Muskogee
Jackson Barnett
Barnett
California
Canada
Mexico
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett
Robert J. Willliams
C. A. Sunpners
Charles W. Miller
United States
Barett Riches
Henryata
Cushing Field
John ©. Knox
New York City
Hard Head Resists Bullet After Chicago Hospital Incident
A 26 year old Black man, Getter Biddell, was shot in the head during an argument at a Chicago hospital. A second Black man testified that Biddell drew a knife and sparked the confrontation before the shot was fired.
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Chicago
Getter Biddell
Biddell
Relief Officers Aid In Flood And Storm Districts
Tex relief commission officials moved to create emergency aid in six of eleven districts amid flood and storm conditions. Assistant director E A Bausch said calls for more funds came from scattered areas and directed caseworkers to assess all aid applications due to destruction from weather. County reports on baseload increases will guide further allotments to prevent hunger while applying existing eligibility rules.
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Austin
Texais Relief Commission
E. A. Bausch
Tommmission
Etarmar
Hach
Poachers Employ Fish Hook Trap On Wild Geese
Investigations reveal poachers set long lines baited with corn and hooks to catch wild geese. Geese swallow the hooks and are killed for meat, allowing poachers to claim their bounty.
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Amuerst
Marella social notes and visitors in Big Sandy area
Local notes record visits by Marella residents to Big Sandy Tennessee and Salt Fork, with gatherings at Epworth League and multiple social visits. Names include Richard Finch Hazel Donald Edith Hall Alyne Daves and many Claunchs and Pierces among others. Rental checks noted as received by several locals.
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G. Pierce
Neal Pierce
H. Melton
Big Sandy
Tennessee
Richard Finch
Azel Donald
Monroe Ogletree
Alone Daves
Willie Marie Melton
Grover Daves
Salt Fork
C. J. Payzie
Marella ‘Epworth League
Ruth Tollet
J. A. Claunch
G .Pierce
J. C. Claunch
Jim Claunch
Phula Damron
Alyne
Edith’ Daves
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Mussolini
Stork
Ellis Funeral Home
Texas
Centennial
Henry
Bookles Worth
Portland
Association
Norwood Bidg
Sead Bee
Nawmess Ss
Tepeewene
Joe Claunch
Jocal Fa
Ravenwood
Niggerhead ET An
Gerrocess
Indianapolis
Continental
Timken
O. K
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Este
ConocoTravel Bureau
Denver
Sentusz
Camip
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