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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1929
Page
8
Police quickly dispersed demonstrators and arrested many as both cities hosted large parade events by the Reds. Protests centered on labor and political tensions with authorities warning against disorder. The actions followed a series of marches through public streets and intersections.
White House notes President Hoover believes the misguided youths who demonstrated should be released from jail and sent to their parents. Attaches report most demonstrators were very young. all were released without fines or jail time after White House recommendation.
About 50 people claiming allegiance to the Communist Party were arrested outside the White House for parading without a permit during a protest against Hooven policy in Haiti and the administration's business conferences. Several banners accused Wall Street of war and imperialism.
A crowd of about 500 protesters singing the Internationale tried to storm City Hall in New York. Mounted police forced the crowd back and ten people were arrested.
Odges clubs a. f. and a. m. hold called meeting Monday evening for work in the F. C. degree. Visitors welcome. W. J. Witcher, W. M.
Representative Cartwright introduces a bill to authorize Texas and Oklahoma to build two free highway bridges over the Red River. The first bridge would sit just west of the Denison Durant railroad span, the second about six miles north of Gainesville.
Washington December 14 The Herbert Schiff Memorial trophy presented by President Hoover to Lieut Thomas Gerry Fisher U S N commander of training plane squadron seven of the eleventh naval district honors the unit with the fewest accidents per hours flown. Fisher and his command of about 50 officers and men logged about 9000 flight hours this year without a mishap.
Washington lawmakers approved 200000 dollars to fund American delegates for the London naval conference. The George Washington will carry the delegation, which is expected to sail around January 10, as Japanese delegates begin their route to London.
Secretary Adams is examining remarks credited to Major General Smedley D Butler of the Marine Corps made in Pittsburgh about Marines on foreign soil during elections. The inquiry seeks Butler's own account of the December 5 address, a standard step.
The National Broadcasting Company plans to relay Christmas programs from England Germany and Holland across its network on Christmas day. NBC will also transmit a Christmas carol program from Madison Square Garden with over 15000 singers and about 400 clubs and societies invited to participate.
James Caldwell a 19 year old messenger for the Guaranty Trust Company says he is heir to a 100 million dollar Scottish estate of Lady Jane Ennis. He claims a great great aunt link and says lawyers in Boston are handling the case while he awaits conferences. Caldwell estimates his share at 1.25 million dollars.
Amanda Covington, once described as a mammy of Confederate days, died in Bennettsville, South Carolina this morning. She claimed to be 126 years old, with physicians attributing death to influenza and noting her eyesight and hearing were normal shortly before death.
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