The Okfuskee County News (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1937 Page: 1 of 6
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30 'Degrees Early Today To
Be Passed As Readings
Drop-This Evening
1 Oklahoma' a fruit crop will Bur-
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t cause of fre4ing weather mot-
Into the state Observer Barry
Wahlgren of the federal weather
bureau predicted today
i A hard freeze with tempera
(tires ranging from 18 to 22 de
green in the northern Sector atm
22 to 28 in the sduthern was
forecast
Wahlgren said the fruit 10:48
4 would be almost total in the
north and central sectors Tem
peratttres were expected to drop
below freezing shortly after
3 nightfall A continued freeze is
more damaging to fruit than a
- pard one of short duration he
raid
Fair Weather Seen
The state skies cleared today
of yesterday's dust storm one
's or the worst ever to strike in
Oklahoma Panha ndle schools
were closed because of the dust
' that redtteeti Visibility to zero at
several voints
Fair but cold weather was
71 forecast for tonight with slowly
rising temperatures Friday
Oklahoma City had a low of
St) degrees early today Wayno-
ka reported 28 Ardmore 31 Tul-
Fa 36 and Elk City 26 Waih-
gren said fruit did not suffer
from last night's short fre(tze
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Dust Short Lived
A high pressure area extended
from the west Canadian prov-
ineeR to Oklahoma and Texas
brought the cold weather Snow
fell in some northern states It
was 2 below zero in Prince Al
bert Canada
The temperature here sortly
before R am was at the 30 de-
' gree mark the same as (Maha-
1 ma City
Oicemah experienced the worst
dust storm of history yesterday
afternoon after the silt had been
remaining high in the air until
1 Mid-afternoon when It began to
lower and reduced visibility to
less than half a mile It was
t short lived however and begat
4 lifting about nightfall
SCHOOL OFFICIALS IN
CONFERENCE MEETING
Sidlb
J W Bell and Kenneth Galla-
gher Wednesday evening were
In Weloetka attending a meeting
of the Creek conference Prague
notified the group that it would
not enter the conference for at
least a year and no other mem-
bers were approved
The conference will not spon-
sor any activities this spring and
will resume the league contests
next fall in football Bell said
NEW LONDON SCHOOL
TO RE-OPEN MONDAY
NEW LONDON Tex March 25
(LIB—Classes will resume Mon
day at the tragic New London
rchool
First there will be a roll call
to establish definitely how many
IMPlie survived and how many
died in the explosion that wreelt-
Pd the main building last Thurs-
day The best estimates were
about 450 dead out of 1200 pu-
To: ti:e
Operetta Beirtg
Presented Today
b hih 51-ceretta Ro
r mance of Cinderella" will be pre- 1 WITH EGG THEFT
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sented for the last time tonight
at the iiiith sehool auditorium
i it was announced by school of-
ficials today
I
I Burglar Count Brings Two
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An afternoon performance Wan I
Terms In Prison
given for school children today
For Them
with the show tonight especially i '
for adults All seats will sell at
25 cents J W Bell principal WANTED OTHER PLACES
I said The auditorium seats only ----
I 250 persons Hughes County Probably To
I he operetta directed by E Prosecute Pair
M Long is based on the legend
Next
i of Cinderella and is considered
i an outstanding production
Officials from a number of
I counties today were seeking
I SEVEN DIE As Clyde Faulkner and Vernie Wat-
son who were sentt-nced to five
years in the state penitentiary
BUILDING BURNS on a plea of guilty to burglary
ch a rges
They entered the plea in dis-
Mother Five Children Are trict court Thursday morning
after being bound over for trial
Victims Of Tenament Wednesday
Blaze County officials said Hughes
and Pottawatontie counties were
JERSEY CITY N J March eeking the men in connection
25 tliji)--SeVen persons were with burglaries of stores in both
burned to death ealry today in Hoblenville and Shawnee
a fire that swept a three-story 1 Faulkner's confession which
frame building was secured here also said that
JERSEY CITY N J March
25 011:9—SeVen persons were
burned to death ealry today in
a fire that swept a three-story
frame building
The dead were Mrs Rose
Burkard 54 and five of her
children and John Gorman 69
All were tra!pped on the top floor of the- Willing Gorman
operated a lunk shop on the first
floor and had been warned on
several occasions police said
that trash he had accumulated
constititted a fire hazard
Rose Burkard 19 was res-
cued by a passerby who heard
her screams She was on a lower
floor The bodies of Mrs Burk-
aril and three of the children
were found in bed The body of
another child lay near the door
Gorman's body was in a rear
bedroom
STRIKERS WALK
OUT OF PLANTS
Lewis Chrysler Plan Talks
To End Tieup At
Detroit Plants '
DETROIT March 25 UP) IN GOLD THEFTS!
Six thousand sit-down strikers
began to march out of Chrysler Mine Loot May Reach To
Corp plants in Detroit today to
clear a path for strike settle- - Nearly Million
ment negotiations between John Agent Says
L Lewis and Walter Chrysler at
the state capitol ! DENVER March 25 (LIM—Five
The nine plants had been oc- men are under arrest charged
cupted 16 days and the strike' with stealing thousands of dol-
affecting 60000 employes A lam worth of gold from the
truce between Chrysler and the world famous Homestake Mine
United Automobile Workers of at Lead S D it was announced
America )required abandbiamentil today by Rowland K Goddard
of the plants Reached in Gov! chief of the U S Secret Service
Frank Murphy's office at Lan- Officers said the alleged theft4
sing last night its terms wetle might total $1000000
ratified by the sit-downers in al: Ion L Smith Denver minin
i g
plant-to-plant cruise of UWA :operator is under arrest here
leaders this morning i and Harrv134 Williams described
Wilson Official
Is 4-H Speaker
Edward F Wilson president
of the Wilson & Company Meat
Packers will be a speaker for
the banquet for 4-H club mem-
bers which is being given by his
company in OklahOma City to-
night Wilson worked in the Oklaho-
ma City plant to start his car-
reer which hastaken him to the
top of the company The ban-
quet is being held in connection
with the livestock show for 4-1-3
and PFA members -
Some ' 30 Okfuskee county
tnuth are attending the show
Severely Damaged
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ON MEN CHARGED
he also participated in a burglary
at Checotah officials said 1Nance Leaving Martand
e Just 'what action will be taken
ill the case was not )(flown thin?
afternoon but was expected -On IncreasedAutaTa
they would be turned to Hughei
county :
The men were returned tiler I
yesterday by Deputy Roy Mo-
gridge to complete a check on
btolen property but were re-
tuned to the Oltfuskee county
Jail
Mogridge has worked out the
case with the aid of other offi-
cials which has baffled officers
in several countlea for tie past'
1
few weeks
The men were charged with
the theft of eight eases of eggs
from the Davis PrGduce in Oke-!
matt which was admitted in the
confession by raulliner The con-
fession implicated Watson
Officials said both men have
served several terms the state:
penitentiary
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DENVER March 25 (111")--Five
men are under arrest charged
with :dealing thousands of dol-
lars worth of gold from the
world famous Homestake Mine
at Lead S D it was announced
today by Rowland K Goddard
chief of the U S Secret Service
Officers said the alleged theft4
:might total $1000000
Ion L Smith Denver mining-
operator is under arrest here
and HarrxD Williams described
as a Deadwood S D gambler i4
held at Billings Mont Richard
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mane Robert E Lee and At
thur Flavin Homestake miners
are held at Deadwood
SENATE ASKS U S
RESEARCH ON CANCER
WASHINGTON March 25 (lP)
Homer T Bone De Wash
is preparing a bill to authorize a
federal subisdy of $1000000 per
year for research work into cau-
ses and possible cure of cancer
Declaring cancer to be tile
greatest killer in the world"
Bone said be hoped to introduce
the measure within a few days
and expected it would he ap-
proved speedily
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This connection of the New London school gas line to the nearby
main of an oil company was the one which raised snch a storm
at 1112 minim board of inquiry held to determine the catt
of II:e blaq v loich deAroyed the school and killed 4 t5 stments
and teachers Tho "wet" gas this line carried In the school
leaked in smile marmot' collectrd in the cellar or the schcol
and uas t'311f e -o1 the terrific exrlosion This connection
was se:Aner unauthorized nor was permission granted—th coin-
pany just didn't oidect
OKLAHOMA - CITY March 25 (UP)—House Floor
Leader Jim Nance today deserted the administration on
its proposal to raise the motor license tax minimum from
$250 to it:4 announcing he would fight the thasure while
state newspaper editors attacked in the senate revenue
6)connuittee the 2 per cent sales
COUNTY GROUP itax on advertling
Nance 'itsserted that since he
had fotWit through the $250
WINS AT license fee he could not
support the administration
ett 1 ore
Bogard Has Champion Du-
roc Jersey Barrow At
Stock Show
Dempsey Bogard of Bearden
cxhibited the champion Duroe
Jersey fat barrow at the Okla-
homa City livestock shoW it was
annonnced here today
A large number of the Okfus-
kee county entries in the show
were placed in the prize winnim:
class
The winners other than Bo-
gard's chaniploil:
Poisand China fat barrows
—William Allen Bearden sixth
Jimmie Hopper Bearden sev
enth Poland China harrows--
Gilbert Alley Mason third Day-
ton Rose Bearden sixth Duro('
Jersey fat barrows—Dale Ear-
nest Okeinah third and ninth
Pigs weighing front 251 to 300
pounds—Dempsey Bogard Bear-
den first
Hampshire fat harrows— Ray
Hart Prague fourth Burdell
izcott Dustin ninth and Louis
Wiley Dustin tenth
Hampshire barrows weighing
251 to 300 pounds—Maurace
Drown Dustin third Dayton
Rose Bearden sixth and Bill
Rhea Bearden seventh South-
down 'lambs—Basil Jones Bear-
den ninth
Okfuskee county placed fifth
In a county exhibit of 4-H club
lambs
$40000 MAIL POUCH
REPORTED MISSING
SAN FRANCISCO March 25
tiLS)---A mail pouch containing
$40000 disappeared from a San
Francisco-Oakland ferry boat
Mon-day postal inspectors re-
vealed today
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annotirwe'l plans to set the
sine die adjourn meat April 17
despite the fact that the senate
is literally "snowen under" with
lax 111118 and other work
Tax Itetartk Ilecovet'y
Western Oklahoma leaders and
Rep Ion Phillips minority
leader are alligipAl nzttiost the
motor liconse bill
The state newspaper editors
told the senate revenue commit-
tee that the sales tax on adver-
tising et'ght defeat recovery ef-
forts and cause the state to lose
more sales taxes than it could
ever hope to gaiu from the advertising-
levy
They argued that advertising
was a service to stimulate trade
that a tax on this stimulant
would lead to curtailment of
advertising and thence to busi-
ness stagnation
School Bill Delayed
Speaker J T Daniel named
five house leaders on a red worm
repeal "conciliation commission"
in an effort to iron out a strug-
gle between house and senate
over repeal of the restrictive fish-
ing law
Other developments:
1—The house education commit-
tee killed a far-reaching
teacher tenure bill by Rep
Shipley of Ottawa county
without a public bearing
2—Rep 1719yd Harrington' school
bloc leader said the $12-
000000 per year education
bill would not be brought up
until next week
RABIES TREATMENT STARTED
Rabies treatments for the
young daughter of Mr and Mrs
Frank Capeheart of - Oketnah
have been started after the 11-
year-old girl was bitten by a
stray dog- it was announced here
today
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He Gives Approval Of Plans
Of Roosevelt For
Changes
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PHILLIPS FOR VACANCY
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State Apicoves Action Of
Roosevelt In This
Appointment
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WASHINGTON March 25 (t11:) ' COLDLY GREETED
—The White House injected an
unexpected twist in the judicial French Suggestion Is Not
:ontroversy today by making pub-
lie a pledge of support to the Readily Accepted
president's court program pro- Italy Sees War
posal by Federal Judge Robert --
L Williams of Oklahoma ac- BULLETIN
companied by a promise to re LONDON March 25 WF1--
tire at the age of 70 Purace !imposed a naval
Williams' precedent-breaking blockade of the Spanish coast
statement accompanied his form- today British authorities indi-
al nomination by President Roose- rated their willingness to ne-
velt to a vacancy in the tenth U rept it
S circuit court of appeals
Williams now a federal dis- ROME March 25 01J0—Ital-
trict judge for eastern Oklahoma an spokesmen expressed belief
mprepsed his views in a letter today that if France appeals to
to Attorney General Homer Cum- the League of Nations against
mings O&M was forwarded by alleged dispatch of Italian rein-
tbeWhite House to the chairman forcements to Spain: Europe
of the senate judiciary committee would be near war
which ' must approve Will Mots' wint a4rjr -emilLt1S a 6Pokes-
promotion ' man repeated the government's
WillianiS letter said: complete denial that Italy had
"It is agreeable to me in event sent any volunteers to Spain
of such since promotion (to the circuit Feb 20 when an inter
bench) to retire at age of 70 rational ban was imposed on
under act of Feb 25 1919 as such units for the civil war cont7
amended March 3 1929 when hatants
retiring age is reached This If an appeal wcre made by
Would be in harmony with the France for intermaional action
president's judiciary program and perhaps even a blockade of the
court plan which I endorse and Spanish coast informant said
approve" I Italy would refuse to participate
Williams is 68 years old and! in any league discussion anti
thus would retire in two years 1 would not accept or bow to any
tinder the terms of his voluntary judgment passed against her
proposal to retire at the age of ' even under menace of Interna-
70 ! militory lonnitiaq
NOM! ATKIN PRAISED
111' STATE LEADERS
INIFSKOGEE March 25 (UP) —
Legal leaders throughout Okla-
homa today praised the nomina-
tion of Judge Robert L Williams
for s position on the federal cir-
cuit court of appeals to succeed
Ow late Judge George McDer-
mott t:om the Methodist minister
riding horseback over a Texas
circuit Williams rose to become
the third governor of Oklahoma
and a distinguished Jurist
!IEN SPONSOR CANDIDACIES
OP PHILLIPS BROADDI'S
OKLAHOMA CITY March 25
(UP) — Both house minority Lead-
er Leon Phillips of Okemah and
Sen Bower Broaddus of Mils
kogee opposing candidates for
the federal judgeship held by
Judge Robert L Williams Mus-
kogee will have men in Wash-
ington next week fighting for the
appointment for them it was
learned today
This development came within
a short time after President
Roosevelt sent to the senate for
confirmation of Williams' eleva-
tion to the Tenth Circuit Court
of Appeals bench
At the Hospitals
Clinic Hospital
A C Cooper son of Mr and
Mrs Ben A Cooper Welty un-
derwent a tonsileetomy Thursday
morning
C A Porterfield entered the
Clinic hospital for treatment
Wednesday
Okemah Hospital
Dee Roberts was dismissed to-
day after undergoing an opera
i day after undergoing an
Itio"n several days ago
Freeze
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IDamages Asked 1
nIOTHER GAMBLING
County Deathsi
' DEVICES NOT TO
More than 10 bills have been
l'atrodueed in the legislature REivutp iill AREA
asking the state to waive !notion- I
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ity and permit suit to b3 filed
agains I
t it
Two of the eases invoRed are !Miracle Hill Green Work
m
from °Mu et
sk- county The I
tieaths of To E Brack nd U County'
Bracken a 1
Lorena Douglas Together To 'Clean
p
Neglitence of highway deparl-1 SATURDAY IS LAST DAY
ment or its employes is blamed
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SPANISH PATROL
ROME Mareh 25 UM—Ital-
ian spokesmen expressed belief
today that if France appeals to
the League of Nations against
alleged dispatch of Italian rein-
forcements to Spain: Europe
would be near war
Ot an Attf emiiltts a Spoke--
In an repeated the government's
complete denial that Italy had
sent any volunteers to Spain
since Feb 20 when an inter-
national ban was imposed on
such units for the civil war com-
batants If an appeal are made by
France for intermaional action
perhaps even a blockade of the
Spanish coast informant said
Italy would refuse to participate
in any league discussion ano
would not accept or bow to any
judgment passed against her
(Nen under menace of Interna-
Conal military penalties
Allegations that Italy had sent
additional men to Spain were de-
bounced by a government spokes
man as "a pack of communist
lies"
A charge that Italy had sent
such units was made at London
yesterday by the Russian am-
bassador to England before mem-
bers of the International Com-
mittee on Non-Intervention
the Spanish civil war
NAVAL PATROL IS
PROPOSED BY FRANCE
LONDON March 25 CM--
Prance has proposed to Great
Britain a four-power naval patrol
plan to keepvolunteera and war
munitions out of Spain it was
said officially today
The Italian Germany Britisb
and French navies would be au-
thorized to turn back vessels to
flying any of the flags of 27 na-
tions signatories of the non-intervention
agreement which might
be carrying men or munitions for
the civil war combatants
A government spokesman said
that the proposal would receive
a sympathetic consideration of
the cabinet
POPE PREPARES FOR
SERVICES ON EASTER
VATICAN CITY March 25
WA—Preparations were complet-
ed today for the first public ap-
pearance of Pope Pius since h11
Illness
The Holy father will appear at
St Peter's on Easter Sunday
weather permitting the pontiff
will impart benediction to the
faithful from the central loggia
facing the huge St Peter uare
Tonight
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SATURDAY IS LAST DAY
Proseciiiion To Follow If
! Such Machines Are
Not Removed
! All slot machinie- marble ma-
I chines punch boards and tu her
gambling devices must iVf ta It
Ont of operation in Okfusliee
nounty by 'Saturday ofthdalsit
)varned nit afternoon
The decision wits announced
i by County Attorney Jess Miracle
I Sheriff Donnie Hill and Chief of
Police W O Green The group
intends to make the ordor or-
feetive throughout the county
and promised proseution if any
mach Ines coming iU1ttl th
classilleation remain in operation
in Okfositee county t Dor Satur-
day or if they are played after
that time expires they said
Asturilay Jy Deadline
The officials set Saturday as
the (IeadI1I1( ill 'order' to gi ve
owner of the premises of a fine"
normally to move theta -out
--Regarding the —order the ef-
ficials said
'We are goin g to clean
ihe entire county and see that
Flys that way Thu operation or
all machines of this type is la
direct violation of the statutes
tif the state of Oklahoma and the
toleration of such machines
(marble machines slot machines
punch boards and pin machines)
in places of business subjects tho
owner of the premises to a nine
or jail sentence or both The per
son who operates (plays) the
machine and the person who
owns the machine is subject to
the same rule
Follows Ministers' Drive
"In view of the fact that some
persons were of the opinion that
they could legally operate such
machines we're giving them an
opportunity to save their invest-
ment') and will take no unfair
advantage of them
"All machines of this nature
must be removed from operation
by Saturday"
The action came tfliout three
months ago after Menial) minis-
ters demanded and secured the re-
moval of the slot machines from
the county when O P Nash was
county attorney However at
that time the ministers working
throughout their congregations -
and with petitions look no ac-
tion against the marble ma-
chines the punch boards and
other gambling devices These
machines coiltinued to operate
here and were brought out !it
larger number with the removal
of the slot machine
Drive Is Widespread
The decision to clear the coun-
ty of "all these games" CaME
Thursday morning at a confer-
ence of the three officials' wino
asked Chief of Police Lee Car-
ter to "clean them out of We-
leetka" Sheriff HAI promised to taith
care of the remaimiler of the
°linty as Creen said "I'll not
ask for any support from county
deputies to 'keep them out of
Okemah our own force will han-
dle that part of tine job and do
It well"
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KERLEY TO NORMAN
Arlim Kerley today was to be
returned to Ric strte hospital at
I Norman by Sheriff Rennie Hill it
was announced
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