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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1928
Page
7
The fragment shows a court notice dated September 7 1928 from Pontotoc County Oklahoma with seal and signatures of Court Clerk L E Franklin and Deputy Byron Roberts. Attorneys Holt and Gilbreath represent the plaintiff and the filing date is 7 25 5tw.
Mrs. Mary J. Phillips sues F. E. Yates in Pontotoc County District Court to quiet title to Lot 4 Block 3 College Addition Ada Oklahoma. Defendant must answer the petition by the deadline stated in the notice.
The Hoover camp sees two Democrats joining its ranks as Governor Smith loses ground. Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma and Dr. D. E. Mitchell of Tennessee switch sides amid a tentative $3,000,000 Democratic budget. Smith defends his anti Tammany stance while Owen and Mitchell forecast shifts in southern votes and Tennessee outcomes.
Aaron Saenz, governor of Nueva Leon and Obregonista leader, declared support for President Calles and urged unity behind Obregonist principles. He said the movement would oversee congressional integration amid the president elect’s murder and maintain ties with national institutions. Dispatches report Port Frontera renamed Cuidad Alvaro Obregon.
A Texas guard died and deputies were wounded as eight convicts escaped from a Sugarland prison farm. Four convicts were recaptured by dawn near Richmond while armed posses hunted through marshes. The breakout began when guards disarmed Jim Jeeter. R. H. Tucker allegedly killed Henry Ward, a dog sergeant, and Tucker was later recaptured.
The sheriff will sell at 2:00 PM August 27, 1928 at the Pontotoc County Court House front entrance lands described as a 30 acre tract in Section 2 Township North Range 6 East Indian Base and Meridian to satisfy a January 18 1928 district court judgment in cause No 8622 Isadore C C Mott plaintiff and E F Porter Lucile Porter Salina Smith N T Heard administrator of Tom G Smith deceased Louis Lea and Mrs Louis Lea defendants. The judgment amounts to 642.00 with interest and costs including taxes paid and attorney’s fees and is foreclosing plaintiff’s mortgage on the lands. Sheriff W B Walker undersheriff P H Deal. McKeown Green attorneys for plaintiff. 7-25-5tw
The executive committee set a tentative $8,000,000 budget for the Democratic presidential campaign with possible needs ranging from $2,500,000 to $3,500,000. Col. Lehman will direct fund solicitation. Gertrude Pattangall, former Maine committeewoman, supports Hoover, arguing Smith victory would threaten Prohibition repeal and denouncing Smith and Raskob as having repudiated the party platform.
Robert L. Owen, former Democratic senator from Oklahoma, said he would not engage in a conflict of words with the Democratic nominee after Governor Smith stated his intention to vote for Herbert Hoover. Owen declined to amplify the remark.
Enid and Garfield county storage holds about 3.5 million bushels with state elevators totaling 5 million in storage and 6 thousand cars marketed through Enid this season. Grain men estimate total Enid market handling around 20 thousand cars and 30 million bushels. Yields exceed earlier forecasts by 3 million bushels across the district.
President Coolidge and Secretary Jardine completed a long train trip to Cannon Falls Minnesota where Coolidge unveiled Colvill’s monument and praised the First Minnesota infantry’s stand at Gettysburg. He noted unity and cooperation across regions and referenced flood relief funding for the lower Mississippi Valley.
Fifty injured and three likely fatally when a seven car Sixth Avenue train collided with a stalled train near Columbus Avenue and Sixty ninth Street. Fire, panic, and a fire in a wheelbox preceded the crash. two men trapped cried out as cars telescoped and burned before firefighters freed passengers. Notable victims include Charles A. Durani and John and Joseph Tarrio.
A massive oil train fire near Guernsey Wyoming is reported to have killed eight men though official confirmation was pending. The blaze involved 27 cars derailed by a weakened track after heavy rains, consuming 2000 yards of wreckage and oil spills with estimated losses over $1 million.
Cordell, president of the state board of agriculture, says he has heard of withheld quarterly federal aid to Oklahoma A and M College experiment station only from newspapers. He plans to visit Stillwater for Farmers' Week to learn why the federal appropriation is delayed.
The Presbyterian Synod of California and Nevada adopted a resolution disapproving Governor Alfred Smith over his stance on the eighteenth amendment and urged Presbyterians to back a party prioritizing prohibition. Dr. Hugh Walker, once a Prohibition party member for 42 years, said he would join to defeat Smith.
Gene Tunney earned 525000 dollars for the title defense against Tom Heeney in New York. He fought 1972 seconds totaling 525000 dollars, averaging 266.22 dollars per second. Heeney pressed hard for 32 minutes 52 seconds as Tunney retained the heavyweight championship for another year.
Oklahoma City July 27. Exonerating Sheriff Frank C Foxx of laxity in law enforcement, W O Gordon reports resignations at Earlsboro have brought about a careful condition in that city. Gordon's report to Governor Johnston says no further inquiry will be made into alleged lawless conditions in Pottawatomie county. Boll weevil damage is the taxes you pay.
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