Ada High basketball team to skip local games this season
Ada High School will likely not field its cag ing squad on Ada’s home court due to objections from East Central conference members and inadequate facilities. The team may appear only in the East Central conference tournament in March, with Holdenville Weleetka Wewoka Wetumka Henryetta and Seminole listed as away games.
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Ada High School
Albert Hacker
Ada High
Ada
Hacker
Henryetta Tooms
Holdenville
Weleetka
Wewoka
Wetumka
Henryetta
Seminole
Purcell
Burkhart
Wright
Winn
Lambert
Montin
Conley
Hill
Stalcup
Tennessee
Stalecup
Two AMR Reports on Record Before Solond
Two aircraft investigations reach Congress with overlapping points and some divergences. The House special committee favors a single national defense department and aviation spending of 20 million dollars annually, while the president’s air board opposes a defense department and a unified air service. Col William Mitchell faces trial amid these debates as Rep Reid files a preliminary brief urging a separate department of air until a national defense department is formed.
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Washington
Congress
House of Last Congress
Department of National Defense
Air Board
Defense Department
Air Service
Col
William Mitchell
Rep
Reid
Illinois
Mitchell
Department of Air
National Defense Department
Largest Room Converted Into College Museum
Room 301 in East Central's administration building, the largest room, will be turned into a museum after the new classroom block is occupied. Officials say old relics have not been stored, space is needed for classes, and room 361 measures 40 by 28 feet with room 203 adjacent for future expansion.
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Prem Ywridays
East Central
Clothing Spending in the United States Reaches Billions
The article notes that Americans spend about four billion dollars annually on clothing, highlighting the scale of consumer apparel expenditure in the United States.
Baptist Society Moves To Dismiss In Jackson Barnett Case
The American Baptist Home Missionary Society asks Oklahoma Supreme Court to dismiss the government intervening petition in the Jackson Barnett case. The petition seeks to set aside two gifts of 550000 dollars each to Bacone College and to Barnett’s wife Anna Laurie Barnett. The society argues the government has no interest and would not be affected by any judgment.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
State Supreme Court
Jackson Barnett
Chas. B. Selby
Barnett
Bacone College
Muskogee
The
Missionary Society
Tigers Guests at Feast of Lions
Football squads from East Central State Teachers College and Horace Mann High School attended a Lions Club banquet hosted at Presbyterian church. Speakers included Harry Scheinberg Captain Jack Kelley and Judge Qrel Busby as well as coaches Luther Edge and Raymond Cox. Eighty Lions and Tigers were present.
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East Central State Teachers College
Horace Mann High School
Lions Club
Presbyterian Church
Harry Scheinberg
Jack Kelley
Qrel Busby
Red” Grange
America
Grange
Wilburn Capps
Jake Ashley
Luther Edge
Raymond Cox
East Central
Robert S. Kerr
Stewart Linscheid
Horace Mann
Eeast Central
Linscheid
Lions
W. D. Little
Tigers
Order of DeMolay Elect Officers for Year in Ada
At the regular DeMolay meeting Clifford Byrne was elected master counselor succeeding Renfro Herndon. Other officers named include Drew Page senior counselor Harrall Allen junior counselor Edward Montin scribe Charles Harwell treasurer. Installation scheduled for December 29 with several candidates to be initiated.
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Order of DeMolay
Clifford Byne
Renfro Herndon
Ada
Masonic Lodges
Clifford Byrne
Drew Page
Harrall Allen
Edward Montin
Charles Harwell
Ada High School Queen of Activities Contest Under Way
A lively popularity contest at Ada high school continues with two finalists to be chosen after next Wednesday. Winners will perform at a December 23 Convention Hall program with proceeds funding about 40 letter sweaters for the football squad and other senior letters. Contestants are Ava Saunders Cleo Sumpter Lady Percy Shaw and Audrey Whitwell.
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Ada High School
Queen of Ada High School
Convention Hall
Ava Saunders
Cleo Sumpter
Lady Percy Shaw
Audrey Whitwell
Local Gins Deliver 3775 Bales of Cotton at Fort Towson
Fort Towson reports local cotton gins have shipped 3,775 bales. No further details on mills or buyers are provided in the brief notice.
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Fort Towson
East Central Tigers Grid Schedule For 1926 Revealed
Oklahoma A. and M. region schedule shows East Central opening September 24 at home against Texas Sherman Austin College. The slate includes Oklahoma rivals Phillips Murray Aggies O U Central College and other non Oklahoma games at Conway Drury Springfield Durant and Tawlequah. Local sports writers predict a tight 1926 season with strong conference teams competing hard.
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East Central
Austin College
Sherman
Texas
C. Raymond Cox
Oklahoma
Tigers
Hendricks College
Conway
Arkansas
Drury College
Springfield
Missouri
Phillips
Haymakers
Murray Aggies
Ada
Central College At
Edmond
Lynn Waldorf
Oklahoma City Goldbugs
Redskins
Tawlequah
Savages
Durant
Geary Declares Holiday to Welcome Farm Girl
Geary Oklahoma honors Frances Smith who was named best all around representative of the American farm girl at the Chicago International Livestock Show. Schools closed, crowds cheered as Miss Smith arrived, Blaine county presented a diamond brooch and roses.
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Geary
Okla
Frances Smith
Chicago
Miss Smith
Blaine County
Stephenson Seeks Final Appeal From Indiana Prison
D C Stephenson, former Indiana Klan leader, returns to state prison with one last option to overturn his life murder conviction of Madge Oberholzer. Judge Sparks overrules motions as Stephenson faces continued legal defeats and awaits higher court review.
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Noblesville
Ind
D. C
Sparks
Veterans Consider Purchase of Latest Victrola Creation
Pontotoc county ex servicemen group weighs buying a new Orthophonic Victrola from Gwin & Mays to enhance the Norman Howard post quarters. Post Commander Gardner Braly reports the plan received approval and is to be completed before Christmas to enliven holiday gatherings.
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Norman Howard
Legion
Pontotoc County
Gardner Braly
Gwin & Mays Drug Company
Senate Panel Opposes Nye Seating in North Dakota
The Senate elections committee adopted an unfavorable report on seating Gerald P. Nye as senator from North Dakota with only two members voting in favor. It held that Governor Sorlie lacked authority to fill vacancies by appointment, and the case will go to the Senate floor for extended debate.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate Elections Committee
Nye
Sorlie
Add
Goff
West Virginia
Senate
Bootlegger Sought for Siki Murder in Hell's Kitchen
New York December 16 An obscure bootlegger is a prime suspect in the murder of Battling Siki the Senegalese boxing star. Police say Siki was threatened over a $20 liquor debt before his body was found face down in a gutter in Hell's Kitchen. The article notes Siki's risqué exploits in Memphis and New York, including clashes with taxi drivers and a wine bearer, before his death.
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Associated Press
New York
Siki
Tolice
Louis Phal
Ring
Underworld
Hell's Kitchen
Memphis
Pennsylvania Station
Tulsa Deserter Coleman Rickerson Sentenced to Life for Hijacking
Tulsa district Judge Waldker sentenced Coleman Rickerson, 24, an Army deserter and confessed hijacker, to life imprisonment on three counts of hijacking. Rickerson, who led a gang of young hijackers, wept as the judge declared life, noting no murders were tied to the crimes.
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Tulsa
Waldker
Coleman Rickerson
State
Tulsa County
Rickerson
Watson Case To Jury
Tahlequah December 15 The case of Julie Lee Whitson charged with murdering his wife on a camping trip east of Ft. Gibson last September is expected to go to the jury later today.
Central Asia Credited as Cradle of Mammal Evolution
Chicago reports the third Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History outlines Central Asia as the origin point for much reptilian and mammalian life. In the Gobi Desert, stone age implements predate European finds, and fossils of the Baluchitherium reveal a massive three million year old specimen preserved upright in quicksand.
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Chicago
Central Asia
Toy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of National History
Europe
Gobi Desert
Mr. Andrews
Mongolia
Central Asian
Caspian Sea
Pacific Ocean
America
Baluchitherium
Merit System Urged to Expand in U S Civil Service
The forty second annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission argues for extending the merit system to all nonpolitical federal employees and urges broader municipal and postmaster reforms. It notes retirement Act improvements, character investigations, fingerprinting, reemployment efforts, and extensive examinations with 216135 people assessed and 48804 classified appointments in the year ended June 30 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Congress
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
Executive Civil Service
Actuaries
Washington
Division of Investigation
Information Office
Preserve Old French Quarters in New Orleans
A seven member commission will advise the city council to protect the Vieux Carre historic district from modern development. The goal is to keep landmarks like the Cabildo St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square preserved as in 1856 and to maintain the area’s traditional character and memories.
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New Orleans
Vieux Carre
Cabildo
St. Louis Cathedral
Napoleon House
Girod
Lafitte
St. Helena
Pontalba
Jackson Square
William Makepeace Thackery
Jenny Lind
Lafayette
General Jackson
Chalmette
Louisiana
D’armes
Don Antonio Ulloa
Spain
Taxpayers urged to settle taxes by January 15
County treasurer Albert Chamberlain warns taxpayers to pay by January 15 to avoid penalties. Many callers report paying for the past year and redeeming land previously sold for taxes, with penalties to follow per law.
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Albert Chamberlain
Officials Seek Miner Carl Anderson in Picher Shooting
Ottawa county officials search for Carl Anderson a 32 year old miner in connection with a boarding house shooting in Picher last night. Jacob Crowell 25 was killed and P E Fain 30 was wounded both victims are miners.
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Miami
Ottawa County
Carl Anderson
Picher
Jacob Crowell
P. E. Fain
Woman Banned from Speaking in Public in Norway
A Norwegian woman faced official ban for speaking in public within the past decades, reflecting restrictions on free expression. The case highlights state limits on speech and gendered enforcement in contemporary history.
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Norway
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Solond
College
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Baptist Society
Roff Moral Heroes School
Scout
Harry
Tiger Gan
Stephenson
Barnsdall
Barnsdall Oil Co
Bootlegger
Muuagker Oenterges For Life AY Tulsa
Nia
Asia
D. CC
District of Columbia
Prohibition
T. S. Broaderick Auctioneer
Ada, Oklahoma
Francis
Busby
Brod
Breco Hospital
Jos. G. Breco, M. D
Wilson H. Lane
X-Ray Laboratory
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