Rural Communities of Pontotoc County News
Rural Communities of Pontotoc County reports visits, illnesses, and social events across Francis Ada and surrounding towns. Notable items include hospitalizations, civic meetings, church activities, school events, a burglary on West Main, and community Christmas preparations with fund drives and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
J. R. Foreman
Hickory
Sherman Hospital
Eastern Star
A. F. Bickel
B. W. Weems
Ralph Clark
Anita Seaborn
A.E. Kile
I. D. Nichols
W. W. Price
Masons
Galveston
Civic League
Holy Land
P. B. Hamer
Mesdames Clark and Tyson
Young Peoples Missionary Society
Alma Price
J. L. Casenberry
N. C. Bowen
Gaither
Jim Ewing
Virgil Stanfield
A. A. Taylor
Lois Pollock
Elizabeth Pickens
Glyde Welch
J. R. Kirk
Ferris
Texas
Jewel Barton
Norman
Sloan Reese
Maysville
Virgil Etchieson
Ada
J. M. Etchieson
Grover Castleberry
Hot Springs
Ark
Millard Watson
B. E. Ratliff
Indictments by Seminole Grand Jury Close Probe
In WeWoka the Seminole county grand jury returned three indictments and three accusations. Victor Billingsley and W. A. Billingsley face conspiracy charges for forging a release document. J W Fowler and E G Posey are charged with embezzlement and corruption. Homer Bishop faces accusations of neglect and malfeasance as county attorney. Luther Lane and Euel Short are also named. A formal statement disputes Bishop and Lane charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewoka
W. A. Billingsley
Seminole
Victor H. Billingsley
George C. Crump
Billingsleys
J. W. Fowler
Homer Bishop
Fowler
E. G. Posey
Billingsley Brothers
Hugh Evans
Evans
Victor Billingsley
Seminole County Grand Jury
George G. Crump
Crump
Bishop
Wolf Township
Posey
Justices of the Peace
Luther Lane
Euel Short
Jesse L. Day
Seminolle County
Special County
Good Will Tells On Hoover Visit
President-elect Hoover and Bolivian Foreign Minister Dr. Alberto Palacios exchange goodwill aboard the U S S Maryland off Antofagasta Chile during a Latin American goodwill mission. Palacios conveys Bolivian gratitude as the Maryland sails toward Valparaiso to complete the west coast tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. West
Associated Press
U. S. S. Maryland
Valparaiso
Maryland
Antofagasta
Chile
Hoover
Alberto Palacios
Bolivia
Hernando Siles
Chacabuec
Gouzens Winner in Tax Contest With Senator Couzens
Washington dispatch reports the Treasury failed to extract additional income tax from Senator Couzens Michigan. He received a 989833 refund on 1920 taxes and accused the Treasury of mismanagement and political pressure. Senator La Follette urged inquiry. Couzens lauded the refund as evidence against Internal Revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Couzens
Republican
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Ford
Government loses suit on stockholder tax dispute
The government sued to collect 33 million dollars in additional tax from stockholders as Mellon and a senator clashed. The case failed in federal court and at the board of tax appeals. The board granted a refund in place of the disputed assessment. Senator Couzens paid seven to eight million dollars income tax on Ford stock profits in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itations
Mr. Mellon
Board of Tax Appeals
Senator Couzens
Ford
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Roff
R. M. Hood
Willard Duran
Francis
George Dale
J. J. Jo Nell
R. F. Chumbvy
Robt. Dowdy
A. J. Crain
Deer
Ellen Heathiman
Hier
Burret Heathman
RE. M. Suddath
Dallas
Suddath
Alberta Bickel
McDonald
Alberta
Denton
Ada Hospital
Vaness
Mollie Sturdivant
Western Oklahoma
Lellar Willbanks
Ft. Worth
Tex
Gim Cartright
John Jones
Adella Jones
Old Town
Co. L. Berger
Bernie Price
Cole
Balkum Jones
Oklahoma City
Effie Patterson
Myrtle Roberts
Mary
Helen Patterson
J. J. Shaw
Ethel Tilly
Becka Wyatt
Sherman Tilly
Masonic Orphanage
Jane Downing
Eld
Gim Downing
Gimmie
Jones
Missionary Baptist Church
Truman
Primitive Baptist Church
Frank M. Lynn
Rocky Chapel
Young Peoples
Connie Meeks
Lulu Collins
Duff Hunt
Joe Shaw
Don 3Aird
Methodist Church
Earnest Williams
Grover Odell
Haileyville
Santa Claus
Good Will
Vanoss
Ida Standridge
Shaw’s
Carl Solomon
J. L. Tilly
P. A. Templeman
Sulphur
Stonewall A
Stonewall
Amos Austelle
Edgar Sallee
Webber City
Novella Gibson
Tupelo
J. L. Sanders
Frank Kite
Kite
Frank Tate
Jennings
Lewis Lillard
Eugene Birge
Aline Rives
Juanita Underhill
Clyde Lillard
W. P. Rives
J. B. Heneger
Jim Smith
Lois Furlong
T. C
Kate Hatcher
Union Valley
Pauline aAustelle
Ira Fish
J. W. Murphy
Atoka
L. Rives
J. W. France
L. P. Carpenter
Daughter Obis
Emmitt Gill
St. Louis
Mrs. Williams
iNair
Pennis
Shaws
Eversharp
Dad
Bill Ford
Toyilanid
Tinker Toys
ABC and
Animals
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