Sally and David wed after family consent amid scandal free news
Sally Barr embraces a surprise romance with farmer David Nash after her mother Enid intervenes to end a threatened elopement. The wedding takes place at the Barrs Fifth Avenue home with Canfield ties and a discreet public announcement, while Oklahoma reports a paroled perjury conviction case involving Will Cornelson and Major County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Sally
Enid
Court
Darling
Van
Canfield
Courtney Barr
New York
Courtney Barrs
Barrs
Fifth Avenue
Horace Greer
Society
Governor Grants Parole for Life Prisoner Burns
Oklahoma City Aug 20 parole issued by Governor Johnston to Wiley M Burns life term man convicted of murder in Choctaw county in November 1919. Lieutenant Governor Holloway who was county attorney at the time supported clemency saying Burns pleaded self defense and was ill healthed and should be paroled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Will Cornelson
Cornelson
Johnston
Wiley M. Burns
Choctaw County
W. J. Holloway
Holloway
Burns
Leeper Responds to Mandamus Over Oklahoma Atheist Charter
Graves Leeper secretary of state filed an answer to a mandamus suit seeking to force him to issue a charter to the Oklahoma branch of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. He moved to quash the case citing insufficient grounds, while a stipulation defined atheism as disbelief in God and stated the association's purpose is to teach atheism in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
American Association For the Advancement of
Guthrie
The
Association
Leeper
Edwin Dabney
Webster
Oklahoma
France
Lord Haldane
England
War Office
Britain
Germany
Territorials
Woman Kills Man Then Ends Own Life in Dallas Home
In Dallas on August 20, Mrs. E. W. Wilson shot and killed Leroy Limerly at her home and then fatally shot herself. Her 16 year old daughter Dorothy Walker awoke to the gunfire and alerted a doctor as her mother fired the final shot. Cafe employees said the couple argued yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
E. W. Wilson
Leroy Limerly
Rock Island Agrees To New Wage Scale
Rock Island officials announced a wage agreement with 6 000 employees granting an annual increase of 450 000 dollars retroactive to June 1 1928. The deal was reached after two months of talks with the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and Freight Handlers and T E Bickers of the US Board of Mediation. Clerks receive seven dollars extra monthly. miscellaneous classes five dollars. day workers two to two and a half cents per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Island
T. E. Bickers
United States Board of Mediation
Bride and groom start new life in Ada service area
Sunday ceremony at First Methodist church united Miss Helen Southern and W O Smith. The bride, daughter of G W Southern of Pauls Valley, taught near Pauls Valley and worked with Sturgess Music. The groom comes from Texarkana and works as chief engineer for Southern Ice and Utilities. Attendants were Rochelle Wharton and Ariel Smith. They will reside in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Ice and Utilities Company
Rochelle Wharton
Ariel Smith
J. R. Gilliland
Seminole
Ada Hospital
George Dale
Mary Ann
New Mexico
Mr. Dale
Theoff Schools
Pontotuc County
Mildred Smith
Joe T. Roff
Bill Kirk
Marshall Kirk
Enid
Ross
Christian Church
J. W. Bryant
Church of Christ
East Hill Cemetery
John C. Roff
Clay Jones
Clovis
N. M
Arlene Hughes
Ada
Nebraska
Roff
Clay Russell
Elizabeth Craig
Fort Smith
Ark
Jim Huddleston
L. O. Cobb
Sissel
St. Jo
Texas
C. C. Cooper
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Ralph Clark
Arkansas
Grandma Freeman
Cleve Carroll
Jim Henson
Charlie Kitchens
Memphis
J. J. McLeod
East Roff
Methodist Church
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Capital City Press
David Nash
A. M
Sally Barr
Sally Ford
Arthur van Horne
Nash
Grant Proctor
Enid Barr
Mandamus
Atheist
Topeka
Kan
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Iowa
Kansas
Albany
N. Y
Smith
William Allen White
Curtis
Joint Congressional Committee
Robinson
Hubert Work
Hoover-Curtis
Nicholas Murray Butler
Hoover
New Bern
N. C
Simmons
North Carolina
Senator Capper
Missouri
Vanoss Sherman Tilly
Marshall
Clint Sturdivant
Altus
H. B. Williams
Earnest
Purcell
Henry Collins
M. L. Collins
Claxton Erwin
Don White
Sybil Brooks
Arkansas City
Adella Jones
B. D. Garland
White
Mr. Strickland
West
Crowder
Vesta Bradley
R. L. Moss
Union Hill
R. E. Mullens
Cordell
L. E. Sloan
Templeman
Hinkle
Summers Chapel
Vaness High School
R. L. Walker
Midland
Eld Rice
Stratford
John Roberts
J. E. Kensey
C. M. Long
Doc Walker
Stansberry
Bessie Massey
Gim Shannon
Gim Bonannon
Mary Bradley
Laula Sarrett
Indian Territory
T. B. Givens
Hattie
W. T. Givens
Francis McKee
Tollie Crumley
Loretta Welch
John Nichols
Wilson
I. D. Nichols
Hickory
Clyde Welch
Marjorie Bullock
Madill
Juanita Leeper
George E. Tyson
McLeod Ee Ee
Bes Sharrock
Keith McLeod
Los Angeles
Cal
Jessie Lee Bolson
Munsie Reese
Maurice
Jack Reese
J. W. McLeod
B. M. Sharrock
Ravia
W. W. Sharrock
Stonewall
W. F
C. W
Jesus
C. W. Sharrock
Coalgate
E. L. Thompson
Vashtai Forbes
Mags
Mattie Graham
Rdm
Ernest Graham
Mill 4
Braggie Ravia
Gainesville
Denia McKee
Elizabeth Ann Pickens
Cloan
Lloyd George
Butler Grocery
West Main Street
Mip
Browns
Detroit
Cleveland
I. McNair
Frisco
Okla
Pontotoc County
Congress
Fourth Congressional
Fred L. Patrick
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