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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1929
Page
1
St Joseph reports Frederick Dane linked to the Chicago St Valentine’s Day massacre. Chicago police identify him as the master gangster alias Fred Burke and others, with $41,500 rewards. Dane shot a patrolman and fled after robbing a bank in Jefferson Wisconsin.
James Benton McCauley longtime Vanoss banker died at age sixty six after a two week illness. He organized the First State bank in Vanoss in 1910 and led it until his death on his birthday. Survived by Agnes Patterson wife and children R A McCauley Ada and Vanoss residents. Funeral held at his son's home with Rev A N Avery officiating. Interment planned for Olivet Kansas.
Police across the midwest hunted Frederick Dane described as a murderer and bank robber. He died or fled after a traffic crash. a patrolman was fatally shot and three others aided his escape. Police found bank securities, weapons, and explosives in his Lake Shore Drive mansion, linking him to a November Farmers and Merchants bank robbery in Jefferson Wisconsin.
Attorneys for five defendants announce a youth claiming to be Connie Franklin has admitted he is M Franklin a former state hospital inmate. The admission could affect the case as crowds gather in a full court for the murder trial of Alex Faulks Herman Greenway Bill Younger Joe White and Hubert Hester amid fears of mud and crowds. Mrs Lily Baker Franklin’s mother reportedly travels with the Monroe county sheriff toward Clarendon Ark as proceedings begin.
Ada will host the Yellow Dog drive with Shriners selling memberships to fund aid for children lacking shoes warm clothing and books. The event includes visits by committees from the Jeannine club with music from the high school band and a downtown campaign atmosphere.
Nine of fifteen former Union Industrial Bank of Flint officers and employees pleaded guilty in circuit court to embezzlements totaling 3.592 million dollars. The remaining six stood mute and will face trial. Named defendants included Elton D. Graham, former cashier.
Kansas sees unsettled conditions with possible rain or snow and cooler trend in the northwest Tuesday. Arkansas reports cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight and Tuesday. Oklahoma mostly cloudy with intermittent rain in east and central areas tonight and Tuesday.
Prospects for early completion of the Bebee road project are bright as the second week of work on the undertaking starts. J C Hynds secretary of the local chamber of commerce says good weather could bring the project finished in less than two weeks. The bridge near Springbrook would have been finished Saturday if rain had not delayed work. The county is building bridges and grading while the township fills abutments north and west of Bebee. Maxwell people are aiding the effort and once finished the road will be maintained by the county.
Frederick December 16 Bill Grode held as a material witness in the murder of L D Adkisson Grandfield filling station operator released on 2000 bond. Bill Chance waived preliminary hearing pleaded guilty held without bond and Tom Spence implicated by Chance held for investigation.
The Japanese delegation to the London naval conference arrived in Washington at 9 40 a m for four days of talks with President Hoover Secretary Stimson and American officials prior to the London conference. They were welcomed at Union station by Secretaries Stimson and Adams along with other state and navy officials and Captain Alan Buchanan.
The Rev. S. W. K. Sandy of the British Wesleyan Mission in Tayeh Hupeh has been captured by bandits and held for a ransom. The abduction mirrors a prior case of Rev. Ulrich Kreutzen, who was later released after paying a ransom. Other missionaries fled uprisings and sought protection from an American gunboat as Tayeh remains a communist stronghold.
Oklahoma City Dec 16 bids on ten state highway projects will be received by the state highway department tomorrow. Projects include Muskogee county paving and bridges on U S 73 near Summit, and grading and drainage on state highways Nos 14 11 41 and 48 with multiple bridges across several counties.
A man from Happyland shoots himself after illness and crop failures as his family contemplates relocation to Arkansas. Ada and Pontotoc county readers await tomorrow’s final criminal district court term featuring W. J. Walker charged with the August 1928 First National Bank of Allen robbery and potential trial outcomes.
Two aviators from Seville headed southwest across the Atlantic on a 6000 mile journey to Montevideo Uruguay. Major Tadeo Larre Borges of Uruguay and Lieutenant Charles of France departed at 12 40 pm local time in a Breguet plane with 1460 gallons of fuel and a dual control. The route planned includes Cape Blanco Pernambuco and the La Plata estuary with favorable weather reported.
Chicago dispatch reports 14 year old Eddie Scheffer known as Two Gun boasts of predatory exploits in multiple cities including New York and Chicago. He admits roaming joints and claiming gunfire, while police seek his Bergenfield New Jersey parents. Officers found an automatic pistol and a revolver on him after a hospital attendant alerted authorities.
Exports from the United States in November totaled 448 million dollars, down from 544.9 million in the same month last year, according to initial trade data. The report notes a broad decline across major categories and highlights weaker demand in international markets.
Pawhuska December 16. J George Wright Osage tribe superintendent will stay two more years beyond his retirement age next January 8. Wright, a veteran Indian service official, began as Rosebud chief clerk in 1883 and later served as agent and commissioner of the five civilized tribes. He now handles distribution of oil funds totaling over 225 million dollars to the Osages. Brussels farewell gift 50 000 francs to Turin poor.
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