Nine Missing Turn Into Oklahoma Slaying Mystery
Ray Evans disappearance and the linked vanishings of Chester Comer and the Simpsons deepen a mystery that spans central Oklahoma. Authorities traced Comer's movements from Pon toc county to Blanchard and Piedmont, with no bodies found and key questions left unanswered as Comer died in a shootout.
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Ray Evans
Shawnee
Seminole
Pontotoc
Ada
National Guardsmen
Boy Scouts
Comer
Evans
Simpsons
L. A. Simpson
Warren
Blanchard
Elizabeth Child
Pontotoc County
FEBA Finalizes Funds Allotment as FERA Ends
Washington reports the Federal Emergency Administration announces liquidation of its programs after spending over 3.0 billion dollars since 1933. Harry L Hopkins says 26 states and the District of Columbia already received final grants, with 22 more removed from allotments.
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Washington
Federal Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Hopkins
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Alaska
FERA
Dole
Oklahoma
Texas
Ada Justice Of The Peace Court Handles Multiple Check Cases
Bennie Sanders pleads guilty to one $190 bad check and is fined 50 plus costs and 30 days in jail. He denies two other bogus check charges with bonds set at 1,000 and 500 and hearings in December. Clarence Weems Edgar Mills and Paul Sexton face forgery charges with bonds at 3,000 each and January 3, 1936 hearings. Walter Gannon pleads not guilty to auto larceny. preliminary hearing December 28 with 1,000 bond. Sanders was located in Bowie Texas and returned by Sheriff Clyde Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B
Bennie’’ Sanders
Ada Justices of the Peace
C. R. Anthony Co
Sanders
A. W. Oliver
Sherwood W. Hill
Ben Cooper Motor Company
Hill
Aldridge
Ada
Bowie
Texas
Clyde Kaiser
Clarence Weems
Edgar Mills
Paul Sexton
O. F
Johnson
Byars Drilling Company
Jantz Appeals Reckless Driving Sentence After Ada Crash
Leroy Jantz, 22, appealed to the district court Saturday noon to overturn a Justice Hill verdict. He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine and costs for reckless driving in a crash that killed a horse owned by B. J. Jeter west of Ada on October 31.
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Leroy Jantz
District Court
Court of
Sherwood W. Hill
Slantz
Anda
B. J. Jeter
Ada
Suspect May Solve Tar Theft Mysteries
City police logged a suspect last night after he was placed in jail and found with a burlap bag holding four pairs of gloves and a half gallon of whiskey. The arrest follows a report by B G Ingraham of stolen pork and beans, cooking oil, and soap from a car parked near East Thirteenth Street.
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Jim Rogers
B. G. Ingraham
East Thirteenth Street
Renzo Cooper Elected Ada Lodge Master No. 119
Renzo Cooper was elected and installed as worshipful master of Ada Lodge No. 119 A F and A M. He succeeds Dr. Edward Davis who led the lodge in 1935. Other officers named include Ed Haley W. M. Lee and Miles Grigsby. Installing officer was William Powell. New appointees for 1936 include Wiley Jeter Lowell Brown Clint Farmer Wyly Keith and R B Fauntleroy. Erosion is cited as the cause of soybean focus in China.
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Renzo Cooper
Ada Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Cooper
Edward Davis
Ed Haley
W. P. Lee
Miles Grigsby
D. W. Swaffar
William Powell
Francis
Ray Adams Gets Ten Year Term In District Court
Conviction of Ray Adams on larceny of automobile produced the heaviest sentence on opening day of a two week criminal docket in the district court. Evans charged with stealing an auto from J W Kennedy at Fittstown was noted.
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Ray Adams
Evans
J. W. Kennedy
Fittstown
van Buren Green
Green
Sixth Man Killed as Oklahoma Jail Break Unfolds
Five prisoners escaped Muskogee city jail in a bold break led by the Irish O Malley gang. In the chase near Clayton Oklahoma a sixth man was killed and detective chief Bol ton was critically wounded. Police and guards pursued across multiple states as authorities warned of possible gang revenge and coordinated manhunts intensified in Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas.
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Clayton
Okla
Muskogee City
Muskogee
Buck Wright
Wright
Pine Valley
John Helm
Pushmataha County
Pittsburg County
John Blackburn
Marsh Corgan
Dan Heady
Kansas City
Dewey Gilmore
Dallas
Tex
Russell Cooper
Fort Smith
Ark
Leonard Short
Galena
R. N. Hickman
Tulsa
Highway 64
Warren
Federal
Okemah
Heady
Gilmore
Cooper
City National Bank
Oklahoma
Sebastian County
Dan T. Heady
Otto Jackson
Floyd Y. Henderson
Woman Judge Has Go on Record
Judge Sarah T. Hughes, Texas’ first and only woman jurist, reflects on a year on the bench with 118 jury trials and 509 non jury cases disposed of in six months. She discusses politics, public service, and her preference for the bench while noting her ambition to aid the state.
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Dallas
Sarah T. Hughes
Texas
Hughes
George Washington University Law School
James W. Allred
1Ifth District
Farley predicts Roosevelt win in 18 states
Postmaster General James A. Farley, Democratic National Committee chairman, said 18 states are definitively in Franklin D. Roosevelt's column. He listed Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Indiana as certain for Roosevelt after a nationwide swing.
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New York
James A. Farley
Roevelt
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Ohio
California
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Utah
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Indiana
States
Oklahoma Death Sentence Commuted to Life for Wieland
Governor Marland commuted Herman Wieland's death sentence to life imprisonment after a board found him insane. Wieland, a former Muskogee Veterans Hospital cook, was convicted of killing Roy Stretch, 17, his brother in law. The governor also revoked Norris Crabtree's parole for possessing liquor and alleged attempt to disarm an officer.
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Oklahoma City
Herman Wieland
Marland
Wieland
Veterans Hospital
Muskogee
Roy Stretch
Norris Crabtree
Crabtree
Tulsa
Mustangs Upset TCU In Southwest Conference Clash
In Fort Worth on November 30 the Southern Methodist Mustangs defeated Texas Christian University 20 to 14 in a sensational Southwest Conference battle. The win pushes SMU toward Rose Bowl consideration behind a strong passing and running performance.
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Fort Worth
Tex
California
Texas Christian
Oklahoma soil erosion menace surpasses state records
The report shows Oklahoma has 25,225,815 acres affected by gullying with 28,102,194 acres showing sheet erosion. Only 8,319,859 acres are free of water or wind erosion, while wind erosion threatens 7,014,999 acres, severe in 4,736,046. Soil Conservation Service efforts include 25 camps and 10 demonstration projects to curb the losses.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Cadets Build Early Lead After Long Range Fire
Army opened with heavy long range firing for 20 minutes and built a commanding lead, neutralizing a spirited Midshipmen rally as the Cadets seized control of the game in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Army
Oklahoma exhibitors dominate region five at Chicago grain show
Judging for the junior grain and hay class at the 36th International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago began with top corn ribbons. Oklahoma entrants swept region five awards, led by Lee Cole of Shawnee and Tom Smith of Boley, while other Okla. winners included George Wortham, Will Arthur, Tom Hill, and Jess Smith among several top placements across white and yellow corn categories.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
New Zealand
Job D. Scott
Gallatin
Tenn
Lee Cole
Shawnee
Okla
Tom Smith
Boley
George Wortham
Konawa
M. L. Peeck
Stillwater
Grover Marr
Allen
OkKla
Cletus Howell
Wewoka
A. O. Sawyer
Paul N. Jackson
Fort Cobb
Glen Baker released on $1000 bond after plea of not guilty
Glen Baker of Fittstown was freed on a $1000 appearance bond Monday after waiving arraignment before County Judge John Boyce McKeel and entering a not guilty plea. He faces charges of illegal possession of intoxicating liquor with similar counts pending in the same court.
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Glen Baker
Fittstown
John Boyce McKeel
Potato hoot legegers and French fried Variety note
In these days of potato hoot legegers watch the French fried Variety. It is cut.
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Chester Comer
Oscar Morgan
Amber City
el Paso
New Mexico
East St. Louis
Lit
George M. Lorius
Albert Heberer
Piedmont
Amber
FEBA
Bennie Sanders
Walter Gannon
Justice Hill
Leroy Slantz
China
Joe Clark
Clark
Lloyd Robinson
Mose Puller
O’ Malley
Double Okemah
Short
Bolton
Elmer Bernard
Bernard
Blackburn
Garrett
Norman Cobalt
Cobalt
Claude Wood
J. W. Ragsdale
Claremore
O'Malley
Arthur Glenn Austin
Jack Miller
Austin
el Reno
Wagoner
Jenks
Garland Marrs
Ben J. Harrison
State Athletic Commission
L. H. Dillard
Carthage
Walter (Irish) O'Malley
First National Bank of
Neosho
Waller
Irish) O'Malley
Illinois
August Luer
Alton
Ill
Betty
Floyd Henderson
Virril Melton
Fred Reece
Ashe
Southwest
Galena, Mo
Missouri Supreme Court
Springfield Mo
Dewey Short
W. Evan Sutherland
Will Rogers Memorial Fund
THE
First National Bank
G. J. Morton
R. W. Simpson
8. K. Grant
F. C. Norris
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