Tunney Battles Heeney in Night of Heavy Hitting Boxing
The promoter eyeing a Tunney reign states big gates will come despite losses. Tunney dominates Heeney from round three with a brutal display, injuring Heeney’s sight and delivering a relentless body attack before the referee stops the bout in the eleventh.
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Tunney
Heeney
Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Gates
Impressario
Madison Square Garden
Tom Heeney
Tom
Ed Forbes
Gene
Jim Horbett
Inmates Flee Asylum Fire Spreads Chaos at Central State
Nashville escapees from the Central State hospital for the insane surged into the countryside after a blaze began in the main building. About 900 of 1,272 patients returned by dawn. 350 escaped, with 15 remaining at large, including Jesse McPherson and Samuel Kemper. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Nashville
Tenn
Central State Hospital For
Jesse McPherson
Samuel Kemper
Wilson County
Nashville Fire Department
Jurist Refuses to Comment on Validity of Contracts
In Tecumseh Oklahoma District Judge Hal Johnson refused to include remarks on the legality of highway extension contracts in a mandamus ruling directing payment to contractors. The suit by Ward Beekman Brooks and H L Canady seeks payment for work in Pottawatomie county done under state highway department authority. An appeal is noted by Assistant AG W L Murphy and Edward M Box, with the court staying the order until August 10. The contractors' lawyers oppose commentary on validity. a Supreme Court supersedence action may delay payment pending ruling.
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W. L. Murphy
Edward M. Box
Oklahoma City
W. C. Fidler
Court
Johnson
State Highway Department
Murphy
Box
State Supreme Court
William Thompson
C. E. Hall
Supreme Court
District Court
Tex Says Radio Cost Him Big Boxing Loss
New York July 28 report that promoter Tex Rickard blames radio for a loss of 150000 to 250000 on the Tunney Heeney fight. He says radio helped the audience stay home, warns against future broadcasts without higher compensation, and notes NBC paid 15000 for air rights. Tunney and Heeney retreat from public view.
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New York
George Lewis Rickard
Rickard
Tex
National Broadcasting Company
Tunney
Friends
Connecticut
Heeney
New Jersey
New Zealand
Interest on Loans and Leased Lands Aid Oklahoma Schools
Oklahoma City July 26 Interest on loans and leased lands collected by the land office commissioners paid 2.34 toward education for 729 789 pupils in the year ended June 30 1928. Total apportionments 1 709 249 72 up from 1 516 525. Three months 306 511 38 went to common schools 42 cents per pupil from loans and leases 11 cents from the quarter mill levy. Tulsa 42735 pupils received 22649 55 and Oklahoma County 25936 pupils were given 19046 08.
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Oklahoma City
Commissioners of the Land Office
Oklahoma
School Land Department
A. S. J. Shaw
New Bethel Supper Draws About 35 Dollars and Speakers
The New Bethel supper raised about 35 dollars with many candidates giving speeches. Mrs. Lucille Winters is ill this week. Mrs. J M Sales and Mrs. Farrel Sales visited Mrs. Barnes on Sunday. Leonard Walker and wife visited Ada on Tuesday. Mrs. J B Farnham and children from Oklahoma City returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. W P Barnes. Verna Novella and Helen Foster visited cousins Vada and Allene Foster Sunday. John Webb, working in oil fields north of the river, visited family this weekend. Bud Walker and wife visited in Colbert Monday. Moss Ruth Barnes visited relatives in Steedman this week.
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Walter Fields
Gary
Floyd Rolland
Summers Chapel
Ben Gordon
Blanchard
Alex Ellis
D. D. Willson
Graford
Texas
O. R. Bevers
Murtry
Hartshorne
J. T. Barnes
Charlie Hightower
Oklahoma City
J. Q. Moore
Charlie Hitcher
Center
M. R. Wood
Roy Watson
Pauline
Claud Barnes
Breco Hospital
Impson Anderson
Joe Roberts
J. L. Brecheen
Audra Sweeny
Ada
Maxwell
Paul Edd Harris
Joe Robertson
Will Gordon
Babe
Ms. Bailes
Sidney Evans
J. A. Pannell
Walter Corvin
E. H. Light
Grandma
J. O. Moore
Alfred Summers
George Carter
Vaness
Lindsay Davidson
Mack Fleming
E. W. Cotton
Cotton
Oma
Estell Ledford
Yeager
Lucille Winters
J. M. Sales
Farrel Sales
Barnes
Leonard Walker
J. B.farnham
W. P. Barnes
Verna
Novella
Helen Foster
Vada
Allene Foster
John Webb
Bud Walker
Colbert
Moss Ruth Barnes
Steedman
Galey Sunday School Elects Officers and Plans Organ
Galey Sunday school held a well attended session reorganizing and electing new officers. A singing class was formed and plans to obtain an organ were discussed. The community saw a fine rain Saturday night and several locals were mentioned visiting friends and relatives in nearby towns. Pauline Barnes, ill, moved to Ada hospital and is reported improving.
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Clyde Carr
Chism
Lela
Virgie Newby
Pauline Barnes
Ada Hospital
Clayton
Rufus Ward
J. R. Newby
Two Men Dead and Two Wounded After Small Legal Suit
In Keota Oklahoma on Main Street in front of the State bank two men were killed and two wounded after a courtroom dispute ended in gunfire. Sam and Henry McCann were killed. Judge Low and Dick Pyatt were wounded. Greenwood and his son surrendered to the city marshal and were jailed in Stigler on related killings.
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Keota
Okla
Henry Spence
Justice of the Peace
Greenwood
McCanns
Low
Pyatt
Oklahoma Oil Firms Defy 1927 License Tax Law
Oklahoma City report notes more than twenty large oil companies refuse to pay the 1927 corporation license tax. Attorney General Edwin Dabney says a written demand has been served by J Berry King. A test case to compel payment may be filed after last year’s federal suit challenges the law’s constitutionality. About $100000 yearly could be collected if upheld.
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Oklahoma City
Edwin Dabney
J. Berry King
King
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