The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 168, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1931 Page: 2 of 18
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IN 2 OIL BLASTS
Jan Frcve Fatal to Employe
Of HiNnblf: Co at
Kilgore Tex
PR )THERS ARE INJURED
03econd Exploslon Occurs at
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Wichita Falls Refinery
Plant
United Premi
KILGORE Tex Apr 11 If —Joe
rt4wmb empye cf the Humble 011
etAl was burned to deah Fr!dNy when
everal tanks lenited by the backflre
‘')f In auto exploded
WF NI J Pendleon and John Petting-
way were et verely burned
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IVICIIITA FALLS Texaa April la —
nerhree men were injured critically and
Incnother burned glchtly then a ter-
frcitte explosion blew the top !rem the
lant percolating tower or the Pan
frpanclie Refining Co '4 crackIng plant
(were today Fire iollowed the ex-
neloglon Fire which rolowed the bast did
C623(1000 Carnage
a The Inpued:
w rt K Krull cracking unit operator
rg Clnrence A Walker helper
Jim A Horn repair man
Lawrence Worthley attendant
II A11 except Worthley were Injured
ctertously end Nxere taken to a hos-
npltal They were burned by the save
of fire foliowIng the blaat
a The Panhandle plant 19 one of the
tlargest refinertee In Texas
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:ACED RESIDENT DIES
((Mrs Sarah Albright Lived
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Here Since 1901
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( Mrs Sarah I !bright 81 city rest-
rdent sines 1901 tiled this morning
crier a short illness at her ho:ne 822
W Strand-ay
1 Mr Albright came here before
-stAtehood with her husband anti one
daughter from Lincoln Neb Her four
sons Ed W ard Roy Ernest and
Howard all were born here and still
ireside in the city
Her daughter is Mrs L J Burns
wire or the Lions Club president Mrs
'Albright also is survived by three
brothers and two sisters Her husband
died In 1923
CITY GIRL INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Car Full of Children Collided With
Bus on ta W 29th-st
Martha Davis 15 was given first
Aid treatment last night at Capitol
Hill Hospital Clinic for injuries re-
ceived in an auto accident at 13 W
2Vth-8t and Robinion-av
Miss Davis was thrown from the
auto In which she riding with
several other boya and girls when it
collided with a bus hospital atten-
dants said
The girl's right shoulder bone Vali
broken and she received a serious
"Alain wound She lives with her Eis-
ler Mrs On Ounter at 47th-8t end
S: Lee-ay
Police said the accident waa not reported
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N EW' YORK April le —For the
past four yeArs radio throiago
the Atwater Kent auditions and
other contests has bePn unearth-
ince many new voices whitn some
day probably will win fame Tre
Cent auditions hate -(13-iOeren
40 sinvera--20 glrn and 20 bo)s—
and already most of them a:e well
on their way to fame
These 40 have capitalized the:r
StiereVi In either the talgies radio
concert Cr in opera A1 of them
hate utilized their are of the
la5 000 annual tea arcl to farther
their vocal training
D ONALD NOVIS Pasadena Caif
tenor who on the first a a ard
of $5000 in 1928 has become ft pop-
via! star in the taltie& his sixth
picture having been released re-
cently Hazel Arh who won the gir's
iston honorri In 1928 is using her
contralto voice wIth notable ou -
ties In cnntert anti la 11Y1 heard In
radio each Sunday etenitig In
NOC'e Catholic hour
Agnes Davis Denver akhoo'
teacder whose rich 6oprano oice
won the 5000 SWIM in the first
audition In 1927 is now in her
second peaon with the Philadelphia
Grand Opera Wilbur Evans (Etat
winner in the men's division has
sung upward of 80 a CXV3af con-
certs in all parts of the country
has apotared In the talkies and bm
armed notable succeNes as a radlo
ainger
Carol Deis soprano of Dayton
Ohio and Raoul Nadegu New 'York
baritone winners of 1930's con
test have been offered contracta to
appear weekly in the troadcast of
a popular national radio hour but
haie turned down the offer to give
further attention to their voice
training under their scholarahips
a
oT only have the winners of
1 1 the auditions been sucsemful
but many of the finalists have won
fame
Marie Feeley Manchester N Th
soprano IF ho was barely 18 when
she placed fourth In the 1927 au-
dition haa filled repeated engage-
ments as a concert singer in the
east and midweet !Aa t year she
broke all records In the Chicago
College of Music by winning the
scholarship in both singing and
dramatic arts each carrying 81000
c- '-
Although fifth ()tong the girl
finallats in 1228 Carmel Rosell a
Cuban beauty with a fine New Or-
leans cultural background is now
the leading soprano with Let Petit
Opera Louisianan
Wilfred Engleman Detroit choir
singer mad his first trip to New
York to Cu In the finals of 1928
Ile won third place For the last
year and a half he has been in
Milan Italy preparing under the
celebrated maestro Carpi for a
debut itt grand opera After he
won the audition award he sang
several engagements with the De-
troit Grand Opera Co
The Kent audition a will be held
again this year and it is expected
that 10 more potential opera radio
and stage stars will be unearthed
NEW ORLEANS MEN
STUDYING AIRPORTS
Inspeet Landing Poe fillies In Texas
And California
By toned rross
NEW ORLFANS—A group of New
Orleans civlo and state officials are
I n !Teen ng was t ern alrporta from
Texas to California
A L Shushan president of tho
New Orleans Levee Board John
Klorer chief engineer and J A
Thomaa board member comprise the
group which is otudying voriews types
of landing fields In p'eparation for
the plane for the bind and water air-
port to be built here
4-11 CUB BOYS IN CONTEST
Twenty 4-11 Club boys asplring to
represent Oklahoma County in a state
judging contest May 25 competed or
plseea on the county team at "
chamber of comnierce yesterday
Team personnel will not be an-
riounced until April 24
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Fame and Wealth Comes to Youths
Selected in Annual Radio Auditions
These radio audition mucus ke die 1Ln e lading mats
of opera and the stage in the future liley are at left Carol lids
soprano of Payton Ohio innpr of the Atwoter Kent audition in
Hazel Arai upper right iVashington I) C enttralto inner of the Prifi
audition and Donald roris Inner left tenor of Pasadena (alit also
winner In 19I8
Wife Mother of Doomed Man
In Bitter Attack on Murray
By NOEL HOUSTON
Ntahonia Nebts Stall Cortryondent
M'ALESTER Okla Apr 11 16—A mother who wants Gov W H Murray
to attend the execution of her on tonight and a wife who wants "no One
so heartless' at her husband's death sat In a small dilapidated house In
McAleater today and tearfully expressed their grief
The to women wers urged not to cry by the doomed mans father
who said he might attend the elec-
NEIN MURRAY trocution tonight of Ma son E S
(Choc) Hembree
"I don't want to go" he said "but
'Choc Is entitled to have five friends
AX TO FALL and he's not been told about It
"I wouldn't want to see lt but
feel maybe I ought to be there in his
greatest nedt"
— James B Mothers Oklahoma City
(Continued rr)m rage One) Hembree's attorney was to arrive In
bidders on the 500000 barrels Bids McAtester late today The father
satd he intended to ask Mothers if he
of seven companies Including the two
should try to see his son executed
state companies were approximately The family did not know whether
the same with an eighth bidder the :Mothers planned to witness the ex
Tesnok AI lir OPrinn rel TPX11A I edition
(Continued rr)m rage One)
bidders on the 500000 barrela Bids
of seven companies Including the two
state companies were approximately
the mune with an eighth bidder the
Lone Star Cement Co Dallas Texas
low at certain points and higher than
most blddera on other points
All bids were On the destination
price
Banks Wentz Silent
Commissioners Lew H Wentz and
Hawks svere silent on the question of
retabulation excepting to say the
asvard had been delayed
It was rumored that Wentz and
Hawks favored awarding the bid to
the Lehigh company for the 5ooono
barrels and have nothing to do with
privafe cont recta
Previously it was reported the com-
mission might make a private con-
tract McKee! and 'Hawke were the tar-
get of the minority report of the leg-
islative committee which was adopted
by the benate
McKeel was art attorney for the
Oklahoma Portland Cement Co for
24 sears
Murray Saya 'Hand( Off'
The commission is handling the
cement lnels and I have nothing to
My Gov Murray said He also re-
fused to eay whether he would issue
Co executise order ousting Wentz
The ak fell on seven highway em-
ployes late yesterday
Patronage priviliges for four anti-
Murray senetore and of President
Harry B Cordell of the state board
of agriculture were reduced
Hawks announced the removal of
tag agents in dstrI is represented by
setts George Jennings Sapulpa and
Ilerdin Ballard Purcell
These senetors opposed Murray's
legislative program I hroughout I he
I3111 tvisston and foueht especially
the governors attempt to oust
Wentz Republicen commissioner
"I attempted to see Gov Murray to
protest the action of Hawke but
could not get into his office" Ballard
said
'From employes of the governor's of-
fice I learned I hat this was hts irst
move to reialete for myactions
the biehway commission
for I he cement deed
"They also informed me t hat the
war wits on so far as the adnnnistra-
tion and myself were concerned
All I Can do is to try to be re-
eleiited for the next session"
Purcell Arent Fired
The removal of Carl W ISIcCiain
tsg agent at Purcell v as aimed at
Ballard McClain ss ss replaced by
Ante Belle Trent
sen Jelmines was the hardest hit
of t he anti-Murray solons
At Sapulpa H I Dean was replaced
by John W Berry and at Drum-
wright Therrul Wt18 succeed-
ed by l'ph Thomas
In the license division several
changes effecting appointees of Sen
H P Deugherty Chelsea and A C
Easter Bartlea‘ille tell made
( (MIMI l'nrr
Murray rappet has old enemy Cor-
dell by vetoing an appropriation of
WOO for running the Kate plant
board tint!' July
V: J lackey state seed analyst In
charge of the office said he anti four
other employes seoud be thrown out
of work
"Gott Murray's action in killing the
approptlation mean a ft loss Of thou-
sands Of dollars to tle farmers of the
state who IU be linable to sl-dp out
certified seed to other markets as
they have done' In the past- Lackey
said
III t ity 111111(11n:
111 gDvernor announoel
a mild let° the bill providing for a
joint Oklahoma City and county
Tn 'Ras hclie-ed to be a direct
slap at tle city flr Its ote agalnbt
the gmerhor in his campeogn
"of courae I bhall veto that 13111"
Pa I d Murray
'It lb not a bound bmunebs propobi-
tion for the county or city Anal- and
I gee no reason for making some tax-
payer 'lying In a small county linage
he:p pay tot a atructure that the
"It ig not a bound buinexis propobi- i $ y I nited
Pres!
Without requiring the tii-e If a widl
BRIDOEPOEIT Conn —James Al- 1
tion for the county or city either ard
I gee no reason for rnaktlig some tax- bell Scott b)xer boasted an "un- variety of vt-getalles and sauces
payer living In a small county village defeated" record tIntil his wife plt a Often the eot el the supplornen- 1
tary offsets s '
he:p pay for a etructure that the deci-too o him In hi In a domegtic bout inizredients the aving
city might get more benefit from :Scott brie toid the COW t carried his made at tho mat murky – 'I-t
And begides It might prove a bur- !rIng aotivities into their home She - ' j
ugar
foods e ls v s
den to the poorer taxpayera of t'e captured the judge b (leciio' in her ' are mor deiciou ith
dibtrict aho should be protected" i OivOrce pica 1 The Suiar Inttitute I
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'Visit Denied Dimity
The family was dented the privilege
today of visiting Hembree who is fa-
ther husband brother on and uncle
to the little clan gathered In Me-
Alester Warden Sam Brown told the rela-
tives yesterday was the last day they
could visit Hembree
Yesterday the family wen tn Okla-
homa City pleading with the governor
le clemency
- We wee to get back In time to Pee
him yesterday but we had five flat
tires and couldn't get here until a:ter
midnight" said the wife
Brother 1 niter Sentence
Ay Hembree 25 the younger broth-
er who is under a 25-year appealed
sentence for the same crime drove
the auto to Oklahoma City and back
He spent most of the morning fix-
ing flat tires in the front yard Ay
ih tking his brother's death
Mrs William Hembree the con-H
!denmect man's 'nether eitting In a!
Isinall rocking chair was so emo-
tionally wrought over the approach-
ing death of her son she could hardly
express her grief
While she bewailed her son'a oath
she held on her lap and nursed front
a bottle her Infant granddaughter
The baby's mother—lienihree's sister
died a month before Hembree as-
situn ed the school teacher vi 'itch is
to end In hts execution
Bares Gov Murray
l"1 dare the governor to come And
see my boy murdered" she said be-
tween choked sobs
wish the governor would have to
see my boy die—he killed him" (Gov
Mizrray has disregarded the chat-
lerarfot ''l don't want the governor here"
broke in the wife don't want
anyone PO hear leSA to see my hus-
band die"
Hembree tho wife as bitter
beoause Murray refused to Pee her
y?sterday In her final plea for Hem-
bree's life
While the women wandered aim-
lessly about tho house Hembree's t'vo
daughters -Eddie 7 and Delores 5—
played about I he house apparently
unaware of their fetlier's nealing
death
The doom d man's mother was wor-
ried about the burial of her i‘on and
cried a hen she thoueht of his lying
In t he prison cemetery
Ima p8rent$ !old their farm in
Molt& Conn! y to v age a defense for
their bey and today said t hey V ere
penniless
CANADA'S ICE CREAM
DEMAND INCREASED
Per Capita Conmmption Over Callon
puring 'tear 1930
By tnitett Fres§
WASHINGTON—Canadg Me the
tted 6!aes is eat Ing more Ice
cream and the yearly per capita con-
sump:on of the prodkct lAst year was
one gallon as compared with three-
f:fths ot a gallon In 192c)
Canadian goNernim nt statistics
place the production last year at
9797436 gallons an Increase of more
than 1 2VO000 gallons over the previ
JULIAN RECORD
CASE DELAYED
Court Appearance of City Oil
Promoter Set for
April 27
Pr-Le C C Julian property
6 hedCed in district curt thls
wa6 delayed until April 27
Jol:an city o'1 promoteer alts 'or-
nered to aprrar In court to
hether e c ns any property real
or perso:al
Juhan's attorney 0 A Carg111
in Ark nsas today and his a-wear-A
J L tiowdy asked to have the ease
erntinued until Cargill return! Goydy
&LD said Julian la 111 at his
hotel room
The order Aas issued Aprq 9 by
Di“rict Judge Sam Hooker upkn
complaint ni John balsberry L3
Aligeles Calif former aesociete
Siberry is attempting to collect tko
pidgmeita one for $117800 and tile
other for '6751018 a hich he Calms
Julian has faiied to pay
A deputy sheliff served the order
on Julian w hen he w ent Into the
uourthcuse to confer with County'
At!orney Lewii R Morris in COIMCC
tinti With charRes of attempted ex-
t rtion and kidnaping in a rectilt
Laredo Texas case The Texas near-
is set for next Tuesday
MORE ABOUT
HEMBREE CASE
((ontinued I rout Page One)
Christlan tk ten I feel the way r do
about my brother: he told Rev
la riles
Letter Scores Murray
James Mathers Hembree 's attor-
ney: wrote a letter to Gov Murray
today a copy of which Mrs Hembree
exhIbited clong with
-1: still say that Choc Hembree a
humble Indian without money
friends or political influence NA EIS
murdered by the state of Oklahoma"
Mothers' letter indicated be had
given up hope of executive clemency
IA'arden Sam Brown wa-s ill at his
home today and had not appeared at
the prison Officials said they be-
lieved be would be able to attAmd
the execution which will be hie first
Dr J A Munn prison phyalcian
has invited three doctors to attend
the execution
Letter (hen Hembree
Matters seri the doomed man a
letter which waa to be read to hint
In death row
As you pass to the great beyond
which is not too awful if vieWed from
the right angle" the letter read "I
want you to know I do not believe
you have been given a square deal
"I want you to know your wife has
been a tireless soldier In your behalf"
Hembree ate his Irvt breakfast this
morning—bacon and eggs shredded
wheat coffee and biscuits He asici it
was the first brealavit be had eaten
In three months
For dinner he ordered fried fish
combination salad French-fried po-
tatoes muffins and banana pie
The last day on earth for Hembree
dawned bright and clear at the state
penitentiary today
By leaning his head against the cell
door and looking down death re NV
Hembree could see a lattice work of
sunlight on the floor of the death
chamber where be will die tonight
Death in the electric chair at mid-
night will he the penalty for Hem-
bree's assault on a 23-year-old school
teacher near Duncan Okla a year
ago
Hembree was laughing and joking
as the last hours of his life slipped
peat
Will Not Cive
"rn not give up until they put rne
in the chant" Hembree laughingly
told the chaplain who has been his
ceinstant friend and advisor
The R James plans to Fpend most
of today in death row with Hem-
bree consoling
Hembree was taken from the row
8n the first floor to they death row
in he basement last night The seven
condemned murderers who ere dooni-
ed to to later bid him adieu
Pala Say Coodhy
"So long Choc and good luclt" said
on
"Weill be with you before long"
ehoutsd enother and laughed boister-
ously When Hembree had been locked up
to death row to spend his last night
alone sv h hl thca 'its he shouted
to ths dPparttng rr:PTI m Brown:
"You haven't heard from the gov-
ernor yot have yoti?
"No"
'Let no know if you do will you
I'd kinda like to know"
:0 tin see Evecuilon
About 50 peraona will witnesa Item-
bree's execution said De:mty Warden
L E Murray Witnesses vi11 include
prison officials several county at-
torneys and shetins doctors and
newspaper men
Many peraons who wanted In wit-
ness the executton were denied ad-
mHtiance card because the death
Chamber is small
Hembree's wfe and two small chil-
dren waited in a 111 tIP house in Mc-
Alester for either Hembree's death or
rescue from the electric chilli
Clemency Hope Fades
Hope for clemency dwindled almost
to mulling when (icy W H Murray
yesterday agalre refused Mrs Hem-
bree's picas to MVO the condemned
n
Mrs Hembree was looking forward
to a last NISit with tier 1usbar1 but
WINS to to refused Prison officials
said the last day ids see Hembree was
viv:!e
EIIIMEEUM11
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POPULARITY OF
CHEAP CUTS OF
MEAT IS GROWING
Due to Nex Idea in SeaF:on-
ing Meat with Sugar as
Well as Salt
Ity United Pre is Mount Vern
WASHINGTON' April 16 — Prince tom et th
und Princess Takamatsu of Japan the intotrrllbe cat
dined last nicht at the White House the pogrime
sitting Rt tables adorned ith boa- Lasln vher(
toms from the cherry trees sent to Washington
thla country by a Jspanese emperor clamic Linc(
Today they will perform the tra- tance they
dalonal functions of celebrated vial- in spirit to
trrs to the American capitol—vis:t the cherry
riin-crton National Cemetery and i Bazitrt's
seiitrday During those hours Mrs
Hembree was In Oklahoma City try-
ing to save her husband
Mrs Hembree has taken in wash-
ing ht McAlester trying to save
money to ernp16y attorneys In her
husband 's defense Before Hembree's
conviction she and her part-Indian
husband owned a 8mal1 farm In
Stephens County
Boomed Man Sleeps
Hembree a lio-ge heavy-set man 39
yesrs old waa visited this morning
by the prison physician He reported
Hembree slept soundly during the
night and apparently was under no
St rain
Rich Owem prison building super-
intendent svho will pull the switch
that send Hembree to his death
vss to test out the dynamo and chair
during the day
Hembree was convicted at Damian
September 1?30 on a charge of crim-
inal assault The district court ser-
dirt made it mandatory that Jude
a L Richardson Lawton sentence
him to death
His younger brother Ay Hembree
it free on $25000 bond pending ap-
peal Hembree steadfastly protevits his
immeence He was Jovial and ap-
oaren'ly ss is touched only by the
frantic Cr: 'ts or his desiltute family
to gron clemency for him
Mrs Hembree had only 25 cents
when she reached Oklahoma City yes-
terclay to plead for him State capi-
tol employe's gave them money for
food and sent them onward to Me-
Alester catching rides 'rem motorists
Appeals Are Futile Chickasha A M Harris Oklahoma
"He couldn't have done that'' she City Martin Keency Oklahoma City
cried as she souRht conference with I and Noble Anderson Oklahoma City
the governor "He was such a kind Negro
Never hefore has such attention
WASIIINGI'ON—Canada Me the
ttAted 6!aes !8 eat Ing more ice been paid to cooking inexpensive k
cream and the yearly per camta con- meat By slow cooking ard thought- lc''
suini-:on of the Prodkct )ASt Year Was ful seasoning many housewives K
one gallon aa compared with three-
fifths of a gallon In 1029 have surprised themsives with
canadian goNernrm nt statistics tasteful mt-at dishes at loW cost
place the production It year at Among the various methods nnw
97974:16 gations an Increase of more in voguo the the of sugar and Fait r
then 1 20o000 ganons over the prevl-
in perfecting the favor of the meat f
ous vear The Increase in the CO!-
eumpiion of Ice cream over the past is gaining in favor SInic cocks add
ten )ears has been 170 per cent equal parts of salt and sugar to the
pot-roast or stew Others use these
BOXER'S WIFE WINS COUNT ingredients in quantitics to suit
their taste
Jud:e irants her Disorve for Forced The economy of this snple sea
Home Sparring soiling lies in the fact that it de-
ve!ops a fine flavorful meat dish
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With Hoover in White House
PRINCESS TAKAMATSU
This Sale is for
MID AY and
SATURDAY
Only
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STATE BUREAUS
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Some Appropriations May Be
Reduced 25 Per Cent "
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Mount Vernon layin wreaths on tile in the agrdtilture board budget weie
tot" et the 1-7"k"e'" Seller end made vas given by the governor
the tomb of Washington -
ILI the afternoon they ts-:1 make
the pilgrimage to the beautiful Tidal TWO-HEADED FISH
Lasin v here in the shadow ef the
Washington Monument and u 1th the HATCHED IN WEST
claasic Lincoln IvIemorial In the ells-
tance they will return rnoinLLiarily CO Found Out of 20000 Eggs at
In spirit to their native land amom i aillotitla Hatchery
the cherry blossoms around the ----
Bazdn's rIrri atARY5VIIT17 Ca Ilf---If you catch
a two-headed trout In the North
man about home and bes!dca Ind lans Yuba Myer next ear don't break
don't do tiIngs like that" I 3our flaA Of anake-bite on the
"WA are deetitute When Choc v-ils i locks
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In jall it summer I managed to
raise five bales of cotton What little !
money I got for It went for his de-
fense" she sobbed The condemned
man's mother Mrs William Hembree
challenged the governor to wilness
the execution
Hembree and his younger brother
were arrested shortly utter Miss
Leota Eck-ley and Chad Thurman
ere assaulted on a lonely c'sd near
Loco 01: March 9 1930
Mss Bosley was a teacher In the
Loco school Her home was at Gaines-
ville Texas Thurman a newspaper
man lived at Nacona Texas
The couple V' PA threatened with
guns according to testimony in the i
trial They were taken to a f!elet I
where the girl was attacked In at-
tempting to force Thurman to at-
tack the girl the assailants fired at
Thurman The shot missed him'
striking Miss Bosley in the side She
was In a hospital near death 1°1'1
Eeve re 1 days 1
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Brothers Identified Ars
Both Thurman and Mss Bosley r
Identified the two Hembree brothers !
as their assailants The brothers:
were arrested as a result of a broken ri
auto fender found near the beene of I fir t
the attack 111
Hembree's companions In death I
row--all convicted murderers—were
Benny Nichols Pontotoc County
Negro Paul Cole Seminole: Co !quit
Davis Carter County Henry Lovett 1 SE
Chickasha A M Harris Oklahoma!
City Martin Keeney Oklahoma City
IGOVERNOR CUTS
M7ray today said he had cut
arTr-prit:ons for many state offices
co:-tned In the departmental
bIll
Sirre departments may be cut 25
pe7 cent he said
Among t'e departments that have
fe I the eoernor a pruning knife are
c'Aries and correction office
stTery general's office state board
et azrieulture find the state examiner
tthd inspretor
Murry refused to Oise lose amounts
eh department had been cut
-In each department's budget they
mizie allpvrinces for printini
and 'ethers' and I hill having a hard
:me fm(ing cot wilat they mean by
th iced olte-s said
"In AII these I am cutting
ilovvn the amount set aside for print
Ir 1' and 'o'hers'"
It Is believed Murray has reduced
the appropriation in the state ex-
aminer and insperuor's ()Wee by cut
tl!-7 the twId force The same move
imvie In the charities find col
reetton office forve The number of
st(novrapiltr5 in the attorney gem
e:als office was reduced Murray re
duced the number of assistant attor
nevs from I I to 8 by legislative ac
He tried to reduce the number
to five
intmaIion ah to where the cut
In the agrdeulture board budget IN et a
made vas given by the governor
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Several dozen of these clout) e-
headed trout Nke le hatched recently
at the Y uba River hatchery LI milea
t of Downleville
Accordnw to Guy Tahler foreman
t the hatchery about 60 of theae
freaks make their appearance out of
thou! 200000 eggs hatched
The Biggest Furniture
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done wih his Met 'Is he shouted r-1 Aii'es-V:ifk‘ - - - !:' -:r4-i : e-:-k" -
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prison officials several county at-
!orneya and aberills docors and re i a
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Many peraons who eanted to wit- i: 1 v
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miteince ctrd i because the death - ix
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Magee, Carl C. The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 168, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1931, newspaper, April 16, 1931; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2009649/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.