Law and Order Meeting Forms Community Enforcement League
A large audience attended a law and order enforcement meeting at the courthouse. Col George Thompson opened with remarks, Dr Wilson urged citizen participation, Senator Roddie outlined key enforcement points, and Hon Bob Wimbish spoke on lawful authority. The group then organized a Law and Order Enforcement League with W S Kerr as president and Byron Norrell as secretary.
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Law and Order Enforcement
Court House
George Thompson
Briles
Normal
Ada
Wilson
First Methodist Church
South
Edgar Ratliff
Col. Geo. Thompson
Roddie
Law and Order Enforcement League
W.S. Kerr
Byron Norrell
Kerr
R. M. Roddie
Geo. Thompson
W. H. Braley
G. W. West
J. W. Beard
Robt. Wimbish
Prof. Briles
O. B. Weaver
E. S. Ratliff
E. W. Hardin
Oklahoma Battle Looms Between Haskell and Owen
Muskogee Oklahoma Aug. 9 East side politics heat up as Governor Haskell and Senator Owen gear for a possible clash after Owens term ends. Haskell bids for the job, banking on support from the capital city Shawnee oil interests and eastern allies, despite lacking Owens funding.
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Muskogee, Ok
Robert Owen
Haskell
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Gore
West Side
U. S. Senate
Shawnee
Democratic State Organization
Red Oak Editor Arrested For Mail Law Violation
Asa A. Harder editor of the Red Oak Herald is held on a $300 bond awaiting federal grand jury action for sending material through the mails calculated to incite arson murder or assassination. The piece carries racist language linked to attempts by blacks to reside in Red Oak Latimer county Oklahoma. The item lists nearby game seasons and licensing details for residents and nonresidents.
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Asa Harder
Red Oak
Asa A. Harder
Red Oak Herald
Federal Grand Jury
Wilburton
Harder
Mountains
Latimer County
Rock Island Road
McAlester
Atoka County
Caney
Land boom on Oklahoma east side after suits dismissal
Regional leaders and attorney A W Ledbetter hail Judge Campbell’s dismissal of federal Indian land suits as clearing a cloud on over two million acres across thirty thousand titles. They say statehood value and private investment will rise, benefiting five civilized tribes and landowners alike.
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Campbell
East
Oklahoma
Hon
G. H. Johnson
Oklahoma City
United States
A. W. Ledbetter
Judge Campbells Decision Affects Indian Land Title Suits
A historical brief notes Judge Campbell's ruling on Indian land title cases will shift federal cases to state courts, save the government substantial annual costs, and influence agency work and guardianship assumptions while affecting full blood rights and federal authority.
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Campbell
Uncle Sam
Washington
J. George Wright
Congress
Murderer Hendrix Still Free Defies Law in Pontotoc County
Ada Oklahoma reports Will Hendrix the Choctaw killer remains at large in Pontotoc County after escaping a federal jail in Paris Texas and then fleeing his hiding place. Deputies chase with slim hopes as Hendrix uses woodland craft and loyal supporters to elude capture. Last week cattleman Henry Lobo witnessed Hendrix shoot at him and ride away.
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Ada
Will Hendrix
Liberty
Pontotoc County
Hendrix
Defi
Paris
Tex
Henry Lobo
Hendrix Place
Lobo
Alderman Crowder Stricken With Typhoid Fever
Alderman L. J. Crowder, a popular citizen, has been seriously ill at his College Heights home for three weeks with typhoid fever. His family remains hopeful that the hardest stage has passed and recovery may come in a few days.
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L. J. Crowder
College Heights
Printing Copies of Laws Ready in Three Weeks
Guthrie Oklahoma August 10 The state board of affairs announces printed copies of laws enacted by the last legislature will be ready for the public in about three weeks Delays were caused by changes in publication style and revision of the material ordered by the State Legislature adjourned early in March.
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Guthrie
State Board of Affairs
Muskogee Farmers Seek Human Fiend and Wild Horse Outing
A Muskogee district tale reports a search for a man believed to have caused Eva Newton's death after her fifteenth birthday marriage to Perry Newton and the birth of twins. Neighbors threaten lynching while Ada area locals recall the Wild Horse Mountain fishing trips with the Hope party.
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Muskogee
Okla
Spaulding Bridge
Eva Newton
Perry Newton
Eva Hensley
Newton
Williams and Japp Travel to Promote Lawton College
Lawton Oklahoma August 9 J Roy Williams and Representative A H Japp left for Stillwater to attend a state board of Agriculture meeting and a farmers institutes gathering to advocate locating the secondary agricultural college in Lawton.
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Lawton
J. Roy Williams
A. H. Japp
Stillwater
State Board of Agriculture
Ada mob fears govern release over Warren case
Relatives of George Warren the Wynnewood man charged with killing Frank Hatcher a deputy sheriff at a negro picnic offer to surrender Warren to Pontotoc county authorities if protection from mob violence is guaranteed They demand an immediate preliminary hearing upon arrival in Ada and speedy removal from the county to curb potential lynching amid tense local feeling.
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Oklahoma News
Moman Pruiett
Moman
Ada
Geo. Warren
Wynnewood
Frank Hatcher
Moman Prusett
Pontotoc
Warren
Miss Wallie Price and Leona Visit Sulphur
Miss Wallie Price Leona and Os Chauncey have gone to Sulphur for a few days.
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Wallie Price
Leona
Oscar Chauncey
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LAW and Order
Wimbish
Law Enforcement League
Heg
Bob Wimbish
Jim Pullin
Georgia
Doyle
Supreme Court
Furman
Baker
Bob
Germain
Owen
Col. Owen
Okahoma
Aldrich
MR. Nigger
East Side
Welches
Mulfords Deado
Spiro
Skeeter Skoot
Xitos
Rexall Store
F. J. Etter
Cleburne
Texas
Captain Etter
Wild Horse Fishing Club
Mr. Hope
Hensleys
Alabama
Bacone
Agriculture Board
Pruiett
Ramsey
Hooper
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