Pontotoc Democrats Adopt Uninstructed Delegation Pact
Pontotoc county Democratic convention on a peaceful, record setting note endorsed an uninstructed delegation to state and national conventions. Scott Ferris of Pauls Valley won unanimous support for national committeeman and W. 58. Livingston of Seminole for delegate at large. Fred Brydin was elected chairman and Gardner Braly secretary.
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Pontotoc County
Scott Ferris
Pauls Valley
Livingston
Seminole
Fred Brydin
Gardner Braly
Oklahoma City
C. O. Barton
W. A. Delaney
W. M. Pegg
Jess Emery
Ed Thomas
Leonard Braly
Tom Hope
George Price
Orel Busby
Robert Kerr
Ahloso
Henry Lovelady
Allen
Otto Strickland
Bebee
George Wilsone
Canyon Springs
Joe Hardin
Center
J. J. Copeland
Capitol Hill
J. W. Balthrop
Coenway
Wade Allison
Dages-Price
Knox
Ben Hampton
Lanham
J. D. Gaar
Lawrence
W. S. Wood
Lightning Ridge
L. O. Cobb
Lovelady
Will Ross
Lula
W. R. Shuler
Maxwell
E. E. Sutton
Oakman
P. M. Wright
Owl Creek
Wayne Murphy
Pickett
I. R. Gilmore
West Roff
John Roff
Rocky Chapel
Mike Roff
Steedman
Tommy Ford
Stonewall
Jim Denton
Sunshine
W. H. Brents
Tyrola
Tom Chandler
Union Valley
Jim Turner
Vaness
R. H. Walker
Walden
Bill Brumley
Wilson
J. B. Faber
J. O. Abney
W. P. Hillhouse
Jess Bond
W. Swatter
F. R. Tated
S. A. MecKeel
J. P. Crawford
Tal Crawford
W. T. Melton
German Plane Bremen Delayed by Wet Field at Baldonnell
In Dublin on April 3 the Bremen spent time in the Baldonnell hangar due to soggy ground and uncertain weather delaying its trans Atlantic hop. Col James Fitzmaurice was expected to replace Copilot Arthur Spindler for the flight, with Baron von Huenefeld watching anxiously as the German crew prepared for departure.
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Dublin
Bremen
Baldonnell Airdrome
America
Arthur Spindier
Germany
Col
James Fitzmaurice
Irish Free State Air Force
Baron von Huenefeld
Fitzmaurice
Spindler
Keel
Feud Turns Deadly as Sheriff Fires on Marshall County Attorney
In Madill Oklahoma a long simmering feud ends in gunfire in a county commissioners room. Sheriff Ed Long shoots Marshall county attorney Franz Kim as Kim approaches in armor after a dispute over prisoner transport and a $62 claim. Kim is critically wounded in Sherman Texas.
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Madil
Court House
Franz Kim
Marshall County
Sherman
Texas
Ed Long
Paul Buford
Kim
Commissioners
County Commission
Earl Ayers
Russell Little
Long
Oklahoma
Madill
Ardmore
W. O. Gordon
State Attorney General
Ewing C
London
Carter County
J. Berry King
Gordon
King
Oklahoma Delegates Not To Be Instructed
Reports from Oklahoma county Democratic conventions show a uniform move to send uninstructed delegates to the state convention on April 10. Delegates to the national Houston convention will be chosen, with counties bound to vote as units. A dry wet clash occurred at Oklahoma County, where Rev. B. M. Nelson was elected temporary chair. the county followed the trend of noninstruction.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Houston
B. M. Nelson
James S. Ross
Alfred Smith
Oklahoma County
Bloody clothes found near White's dairy spark police inquiry
A sack of bloody clothes found at Mrs. Rowe's home near White's dairy is being traced by the county attorney's office. Onie Knight allegedly left the clothes in exchange for fresh wear and vanished. Police seek Jack Jackson of Centrahoma, last seen with Knight at 2 am Monday in Knight's car headed to Ada. Coal Gate officers report Jackson unlocated after a daylong search. Knight reportedly drove Jackson's Whippet coupe to the Rowe home around 8 am Monday, and Rowe family members helped Knight with fresh clothes.
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Rowe
Knight
Maine Democrats vote to back Smith for presidential nomination
In Waterville on April 3 the Maine Democratic convention approved sending 12 delegates to the national convention with instructions to vote as a unit for Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. The vote was 489 to 174.
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Waterville
Maine
Alfred E. Smith
New York
McKeown Reports Flood Control Bill Passes Senate
Congressman Tom D McKeown announces a Senate approved flood control bill with a 525 million dollar appropriation. Army engineers would survey tributaries for reservoir control and relief measures for the Canadian river and related streams in Oklahoma. He expects House action soon and cites broader Mississippi Valley support this summer.
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Tom D. McKeown
Senate
Army
McKeown
House
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Six year old kills aunt in North Carolina tragedy
In Asheville on April 3 a six year old, Raymond Fluder, shot and killed his 17 year old aunt Mabel Fluder in the Juno section. The boy said he took his father's shotgun from the home while she read school books. The shot severed the jugular vein.
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Asheville
N. C
Raymond Fluder
Mabel Fluder
Juno
Ada Sees Continued Gains In Building Boom
Ada's economy shows ongoing growth as multiple new projects progress. A funeral home on E Twelfth Street advances toward completion at $15,000 permits, the Aldridge hotel on Twelfth and Broadway moves toward September 1 opening, and Ada High School will cost about $175,000. Residential activity adds $4,050 in permits last week, totaling $19,050 for the period.
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J. A. Criswell
E. Twelfth Street
Aldridge Hotel
Twelfth and
Broadway
Ada
Ada High School
Bank Wing in Supreme Court Ada Bank Case
The First National Bank of Coalgate cannot recover on a conspiracy charge involving $6,000 deposited in the First National Bank of Ada to influence its takeover and reorganization. P A Norris and H H Horner, a bank examiner, were named in the suit arising from the Ada bank’s failure.
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High Court
First National Bank of Coalgate
Oklahoma City
First National Bank of Ada
State Supreme Court
Ada Bank
P. A. Norris
H. H. Horner
National Bank
First National Bank of
Ada
Norris
First National Bank In
Mrs Goodhue Remains in Critical Condition in Hospital
In Northampton Massachusetts on April 3 Mrs Lemira Goodhue age 78 the mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge remained in critical condition in Dick inson hospital where she has been hospitalized with influenza since December. She had a slightly more comfortable day and received Mrs Coolidge twice.
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Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Arrest in bomb cases linked to gang tied to liquor crimes
Federal operatives arrest six men in Chicago connected to a chain of bombings and murders including the Deneen Swanson attacks. Lorenzo Juliano, named ring leader, denies slayings while another captive, Arthur Forshaw, is described as a failed undercover agent. Authorities say more arrests are pending.
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Chicago
United States
Deneen
J. A. Swanson
Johnson
Pat Roche
Lorenzo Juliano
Sveral
Juliano
Arthur Forshaw
Deneen- Swanson
Branson RefusesParticipation in Oklahoma Supreme Court Ruling
Chief Justice Fred P. Branson refused to participate in an Hefner written opinion in a case where Rose Baldwin won 2592 dollars against the city of Oklahoma City after a collision with a city health department truck. The printing firm was accused of disseminating libel against the court. Justice Phelps clarified the chief justice spoke only for himself.
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Oklahoma City
Fred P. Branson
State Supreme Court
R. A. Hefner
Supreme Court
Rose Baldwin
City Health Department
Hefner
Branson
James I. Phelps
Testimony Focuses on Franklin Audit in Pontotoc Court
In Pontotoc county district court Judge John L. Norman presides over the L. E. Franklin case as J. N. Davis from the auditor's office testifies about alleged altered claims. The lengthy audit and figures chronicle Franklin the suspended court clerk facing possible ouster, with defense objections over bond and prior term records and the jury seated for a civil angle hearing.
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Pontotoc County
John L. Norman
L. E. Franklin
J. N. Davis
Clbms
Davis
L. E B. Franklin
Okemah
Main
John Rogers
Franklin
Norman
Jones and Groth Win in Ada City Election
Somer Jones was elected Ada mayor to a third term with 1,399 votes to 1,101 for T. O. Cullins. Henry Kroth won the public works and property post with 1,424 to 1,045 for Walter Smith. Voters rose to 2,500 in Tuesday's mayoral race versus 2,293 in the primary.
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Somer Jones
Ada
T. O. Cullins
Jones
Cullins
Henry Kroth
Kroth
Walter Smith
West Texas Field Shows Bigger Gain Over Seminole Area
Tulsa report notes West Texas crude oil output rose by over 11 000 barrels daily while Seminole fields fell by 5 705 barrels in the week ending March 1. National weekly gain totals reached 21 174 barrels with California adding about 14 000 barrels per day of light crude and 1 500 in heavy gravity oil.
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West Texas
Seminole
Tulsa
Oil and Gas Journal
United States
California
Stealing Chickens Costly to Three Boys
Judge Orel Busby in a district court Saturday held that night chicken thefts can affect freedom and that the practice is not limited to any race. Three boys aged 18 to 19 were sent to Granite State Reformatory for offenses committed Friday night and pled guilty before the judge. Grady Nickle received 18 months, Gordon Blood 12 months, and Jim Jordon a similar term as juvenile offenders.
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Orel Busby
Granite
Grady Nickle
Gordon Blood
Jim Jordon
Justice Court
Busby
River Bed Land Again in Court
The South Canadian river bed dispute returns to Pontotoc county district court in a civil suit by Bert D. Paine and others against W. R. Ramsey and several oil concerns to quiet title. The action centers on accreted lands added to the original Mattie Harjo allotment and later transferred to Paine. The petition details chain of title from 1920 through 1927 and notes the impact on multiple locations in the river bed. Meanwhile, the docket covers the corruption case against suspended court clerk L. E. Franklin with jury selection underway and possible trial next morning under Judge John L. Norman.
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South Canadian
District Court of
Pontotoc County
Bert D. Paine
W. R. Ramsey
Ada
Jonas B. Milner
D. A. Crumley
Allen
Homackla Oil Corporation
Edward H
L. E. Franklin
Franklin
John L. Norman
Okemah
Orel Busby
Norman
Frankl
Majestic Gains 69 Tons With Cabin Conversion
Heaviest ship Majestic added 69 tons after converting unused space into cabins at Southampton England. The White Star liner remains world’s heaviest ship and adds new accommodation thus expanding passenger capacity.
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Southampton
England
Majestic
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