Notable local greetings and visits from city residents
Mrs. Fred Faunt LeRoy joins her husband in Chicago where he performs in a major theatre. Mrs. J. B. Argenbright of Wewoka visited in the city yesterday. Mrs. Nellie B. Ingram and daughter Christine Farnsworth of Wewoka drove to Oklahoma City for shopping and friends. Hon. Jim Hatcher of Chickasha, now on the state board of education, visits his parents near Stonewall. Judge and Mrs. Powers travel to Shreveport for the winter. Milton Yarbro arrives for Christmas with his parents while studying optometry in Chicago, expecting to finish in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Faunt LeRoy
Chicago
Mr. Faunt LeRoy
Nellie B. Ingram
Christine Farnsworth
Wewoka
Oklahoma City
Jim Hatcher
Chickasha
Stonewall
Mr. Hatcher
State Board of Education
Milton Yarbro
T. M. Yarbro
Local Happenings Report Illnesses and Visits
Murray Beeker is seriously ill with pneumonia at 501 S Townsend. James M Brymer of Sulphur Bluff arrives for a short visit with Mrs Mary Jane Stuart and niece Mrs Lena Agnew. Nadine Griffeths condition remains practically unchanged and she may be taken to Oklahoma City for treatment soon. Emaline Collins Miss orders for her mother Mary Collins death. Mrs T M Rushing 215 N Oak hospitalized in Sherman. J D Sandifer of Smackover Ark visits city relatives then heads to Münster Texas for weekend with daughter Mrs F E Knott. Mrs James Watters and children return to Norman after visiting Mr and Mrs H G Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Beeker
Sam Beeker
S. Townsend
James M. Brymer
Sulphur Bluff
Tex
Mary Jane Stuart
Lena Agnew
A. M. Stuart
Nadine Griffeth
Oklahoma City
T. M. Rushing
N. Oak
Sherman Hospital
James Watters
Norman
H. G. Clark
Watters
Norman student, Ada weekend visit by Fleet family
Mrs John Fleet and her son Carl visit Ada for the weekend while Carl attends the University in Norman during the fall.
Grace Turner Visits Sister Ruth in Sasakwa Oklahoma
Miss Grace Turner of Sasakwa visited sister Ruth Friday and returned home Saturday morning. Ruth will host Grace Saturday night and they will spend the weekend with relatives and friends in Okmulgee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Turner
Sasakwa
Ruth
Okmulgee
Ava Lee Wormington Rapidly Recovers in Breco Hospital
Ava Lee Wormington, once believed seriously injured after a midweek automobile strike, is reported to be rapidly recovering at Breco hospital. Misses LaNell Ruth and Lucille Mills spent Friday in Ada and drove to Wayne Saturday to visit their parents for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Lee Wormington
Breco Hospital
Misses LaNell
Ruth
Lucille Mills
Ada
Wayne
Weekend Visit and Local Injuries Reported
Willis P. Anderson spends the week end with his wife and family in Ross. Mr and Mrs Frank Norman drove to Ada Friday night for the varsity versus freshman basketball game and to visit friends. Mrs Harold Strohm, who had an operation last Monday in an Oklahoma City hospital, is reported to be recovering well. Fr R Papee of Francis was rushed to Breck hospital Saturday after an injury on a Crawford Drilling rig, with condition not yet decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis P. Anderson
Ross
Frank Norman
Ada
Harold Strohm
Oklahoma City
Fr R. Papee
Francis
Breco Hospital
Crawford Drilling Company
Foreman Lawrence Shey Undergoes Major Surgery
Lawrence Shey of the Santa Fe railroad underwent a serious operation at Brece hospital Thursday night and is reported to be recovering as well as can be expected. Mrs. Marie Bailey has returned from Sherman hospital and is slowly improving at her home on 720 E Twelfth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Shey
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Brece Hospital
Marie Bailey
Sherman
Texas
Ada native H J Conley returns for a brief visit
H J Conley once a furniture dealer in Ada now living in Seminole spent Saturday in Ada renewing acquaintances. He said he was glad to be back but would not stay long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Conley
Ada
Seminole
Willie Moore Returns Home After Texas Visit
Willie Moore and his son Joe from the Rio Grande valley Texas visited relatives and friends then returned home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Moore
Joe
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Faculty member Miss Hazel Mitchell visits Ada on weekend route
Miss Hazel Mitchell, formerly a student at East Central and now a Pontotoc School faculty member, stopped in Ada during her weekend trip to Ross to visit her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Mitchell
East Central
Pontotoc School
Ada
Ross
El Paso Visit Ends as Father Sees Daughter Return to Health
The narrator reports taking his daughter Grace to a Baptist Sanitarium in El Paso Texas. He left her feeling better despite a hard trip. He met several former Ada residents during the journey while noting Weldon Hagar’s scarlet fever quarantine lifting and Beston Brady’s business trip to Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
Miss Grace
Baptist Sanitarium
Ada
Local Officials Relate Staff Changes At County School
J B Hill county farm demonstration agent has gone to Stillwater for a conference at A and M college. Miss Kerr from Oklahoma City arrived as substitute teacher in the junior high for Miss Marjorie Hatch who is ill. Hatch is reported to be improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
Stillwater
A. and M. College
Miss Kerr
Oklahoma City
City
Marjorie Hatch
Miss Hatch
Peiping Letter From Mrs Hoover Recounts Old Chinese Lessons
Mrs Herbert Hoover writes to Chuan Yuen-Tung a 76 year old Chinese language teacher from thirty years ago. Her note thanks him for a photograph and uses a Chinese word in the message sent from Peiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Herbert Hoover
Chuan Yuen-Tung
Up-to-date Santa Claus sails with record mail shipment
Washington reports a steam ship sailing from New York to Hamburg carrying 26 532 sacks of mail the largest single shipment ever to leave the United States. George Washington embodies the festive nickname for the vessel as it departs on December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Santa Claus
George Washington
New York
Hamburg
Wreck of the Manuka Off New Zealand Coast
Two hundred passengers and crew were landed safely after the steamship Manuka was wrecked at Long Point between Bluff and Dunedin. The cargo including a collection of British pictures valued at £25,000 was reportedly lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Long Point
Bluff
Dunedin
Bromfield Heads to Hollywood to Write Talkies
New York December 17 Louis Bromfield the novelist joins a growing list of authors moving to Hollywood to write for the talkies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis Bromfield
Hollywood
The
Talkies
Miners Return to Work As Taylorville Strike Dims
In Christian county five of six mines are active or poised to reopen as the National Miners Union strike in the Taylorville field wanes today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylorville
Christian County
National Miners Union
Widow reports jewelry theft during fortune telling
Beverly Hills police were told by Mrs. C. M. Branch that jewelry valued at $38,000 disappeared while two women conducted a fortune telling session in a darkened room. The incident was reported yesterday and police opened an inquiry into the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
C. M. Branch
Former post stamps clerk convicted of embezzlement
Manila December 17 Florencio Reyes a former stamp clerk in the bureau of posts was found guilty of embezzling 212349 pesos worth of stamps He received a ten year prison sentence and a fine equal to the embezzled amount about 106000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Florencio Reyes
Bureau of Posts
Moore House At Elmhurst May Be Moved For Park Save
New York reports that the Elmhurst Long Island house where Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas may be relocated to a city park for preservation as subway construction threatens its razing. Borough President Harvey urges moving the house to save the poem’s birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elmhurst
L. I
Clement Clarke Moore
Harvey
Duncan Men On Trial In Bombing Case
Claud Cheves and C. C. Knight of Duncan face district court trial for bombing William Enlow a wealthy Comanche farmer’s garage in June. Cheves also stands accused of assault with intent to kill Deputy Jim Brown the night of September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Claud Cheves
C. C. Knight
William Enlow
Cheves
Jim Brown
Curtis Rogers
Wesley Harreld
Brown
Fatal blast hits farmer amid jail plot charges
On June 2 Enlow went to his garage to start his car and a blast wrecked the garage and automobile. He was severely injured. Brown investigated and filed charges against Knight and Cheves. The state says the murder plot against Brown was planned in the county jail while Cheves was held on the bombing charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enlow
Brown
Knight
Cheves
Duncan Robbery Trial Ends With Jury Deadlock
Claud Cheves of Duncan faced trial for robbing C. C. Goode, a filling station operator, with firearms last June. Testimony finished. Cheves denied guilt, blamed Goode and Deputy Jim Brown, and claimed alibi amid an old feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Claud Cheves
C. C. Goode
Cheves
Goode
Jim Brown
Jim Browns
Tonkawa Policeman Acquitted in Osage Shooting case
Tonkawa policeman W. M. Morgan was cleared of murder charges over the fatal shooting of Virgin Simkins an Osage Indian of Pawhuska. The charge was dismissed after a preliminary hearing with Morgan and fellow officer Abe Plummer testifying they believed Simkins intoxicated and attempting to strike them. Authorities had earlier deemed prosecution unwarranted but Simkins’ brother Frank Pawhuska pressed for charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Simkins
Abe Plummer
Plummer
Frank
Pawhuska
Arkansas records reveal young Hoover on 1892 state payroll
A 1892 Arkansas payroll record shows a young Bert Hoover listed as an assistant to the state geologist with a monthly salary of 40 dollars. The payroll voucher, endorsed by J Oscar Humphrey, was found during a search of period records in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Hoover
Arkansas
Bert Hoover
J. Oscar Humphrey
Geologist Branner Conducts Mineral Survey in Arkansas
John C. Branner, former state geologist, conducts a mineral survey across northern Arkansas. The president earned a geology degree at Stanford University in 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Branner
Arkansas
Stanford University
Explosion at Mines Station Kills Two Engineers
In Bartlesville a blast at the United States Bureau of Mines experimental station killed petroleum engineer R. R. Brandenthaler and Meredith Miles, 28, a junior engineer. Dynamite expert Gustave Ware and machinist Robert Holt were slighty burned and released from hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
United States Bureau of Mines
R. R. Brandenthaler
Meredith Miles
Robert E. Holt
Gustave Ware
Brandenthaler
Miles
Bureau of Mines
Washington
N. A. C. Smith
Highway Section Opens to Traffic Near Stonewall
Five and a half miles of the No 19 Stonewall highway are ready for traffic as rain delays final opening. Resident engineer George Toler says progress on the Stonewall project is good and the completed sections lie just past Stonewall toward Ahloso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 19
Stonewall
George Toler
Stonewall Highway
Toler
Ahloso
Road project near Roff to finish soon after January first
Weekly engineer report shows 70 men and 41 teams on the routing to Roff. Work began November 26 and six months are allowed for the contract. Five miles of the old road are included in the new route with grading and culverts under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roff
Fatal Shooting at Fort Smith Tasman Hardware Merchant Involved
Claud Mannan 35 of Midland Arkansas was shot and killed in a downtown boarding house by Custer Hamby who surrendered to Sheriff John B Williams. The motive is said to be long standing trouble between Hamby and his wife. Mannan was at the door of Mrs Hamby s room when shot. Hamby held on tentative murder charge awaiting coroner s inquest in Sebastian county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tort Smith
Ark
Claud Mannan
Midland
Custer Hamby
John B. Williams
Hamby
Mannan
Sebastian County
Hartford
Oklahoma City
Body of Woman Found Identified as Beatrice Clutts
The body of a woman found near Marked Tree Arkansas was identified as Mrs Beatrice Clutts of a Memphis Tennessee family. Her husband said she had been in Chicago two weeks and left there by automobile for Memphis. he will be questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark
Beatrice Clutts
Memphis, Tenn
Chicago
Memphis
Police to Question Clutts in Wife's Death Case
Memphis police inspector Will Griffin said he would question Horace C. Clutts, railroad freight agent, about the death of his 23 year old wife whose body was identified at Marked Tree Arkansas this morning. Clutts is being brought to Memphis by Arkansas authorities but is not under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Will Griffin
Horace C. Clutts
Marked Tree
Ark
Clutts
Arkansas
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Convicts Escape McAlester Penitentiary Tunnel
In a surprising break, inmates tunneled out of McAlester Prison. Officials launched a manhunt as the escape drew rapid police attention and prompted security reviews at the facility.
Five Oklahoma Prison Escapees Lure Weekend Hunt Near Krebs
Five white inmates tunnelled from a Krebs Oklahoma state prison yard under a wall and fled in a stolen truck. Bloodhounds lost the trail as authorities investigated a wreck near the Arkansas line that killed two men. James Fletcher, in a life sentence for murder, is blamed for knowing of the tunnel and guiding the other escapees. One other felon, Ed Young, had prior escapes tied to Friday the 13th dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
State Penitentiary
Krebs
Here
Arkansas Line
Poteau
James Fletcher
Craig County
Fletcher
Ed Young
Comanche County
Liberty
Louisiana
Prizes Shared At Pon totoc County Poultry Show
Dozens of fine poultry were taken from Pon totoc County after the county show. Hundreds of visitors inspected the birds as awards totaling several hundred dollars were distributed among exhibitors. Awards list many Ada residents and local farms for multiple breeds with cups offered by local sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Association
Clyde Kaiser
County Association
Congressman Nolan to wed Estelle Flanders in Washington
Minneapolis notes that Rep W I Nolan Republican Minnesota will marry Mrs Estelle Flanders of Minneapolis in Washington on December 23. Nolan succeeded Congressman Walter Newton last June after Newton joined President Hoover's private staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
W. I. Nolan
Minnesota
Washington
Estelle Flanders
Nolan
Walter Newton
Hoover
Poultry Show Winners Include Buff Orpington Top Prize
On Buffalo county fair circuit two Buff Orpingtons vie for best pullet while W J Coffman Hardware offers a twenty dollar loving egg prize. C A Bailey wins with a Dark Cornish as Anthony Floyd Jr dominates Brown Eggs with Ada route 1 results. Grundy Hooten wins White Leghorns with Ada route 1 placing first and J D Hooten second. J D Hooten also tops Barred Rocks with route 1 first. Anthony J Floyd Jr takes the Buff Orpington class with Ada route 1 first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke George
Ada
C. B. Bailey
Clyde Kaiser
Brown Leghorn
J.C. Carr
J. F. Weldon
Young Tom
JT. M. Yarbro
C. S. Aldrich
Rhode Island Reds
Rollow Hardware Company
Lute Douge
Buff Orpington
W. J. Coffman Hardware Company
C. A. Bailey
Anthony Floyd, Jr
J. D. Hooten
Buff Orpinetons
Anthony J. Floyd, Jr
County Schools Advance Plans for Transportation and Unification
County education leaders outlined plans to reduce high schools and consolidate resources. Committees will standardize monthly transport expense reports, coordinate gas oil and truck purchases, and set a 8 to 10.5 cent per student cost. Transportation to Pleasant Hill serves eight students. Smith Hughes program may be revived with joint county efforts and agent cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Pigg
Stonewall
Teague
Stegall
Pleasant Hill
J. H. Beard
Vaness
Smith-Hughes
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma to bid on 19 state highway projects tomorrow
Oklahoma City reports state highway department bids due tomorrow for 19 projects across Muskogee Washita Custer McIntosh Wagoner Rogers Pontotoc and other counties. Projects include grading drainage and 7 bridge constructions with routes on Nos 73 14 266 11 48 41 10 and 9. The listings name specific county sites and bridge work along with segments near Ada Inola Muskogee and Fort Gibson. In Chicago Miss Elizabeth Merrill 22 and instructor William C Booth wed after Thanksgiving ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Muskogee County
Muskogee
Summit
Washita
Custer
Bessie
McIntosh County
Okmulgee
Wagoner
Rogers Counties
Inola
Verdigris River
Pontotoc County
Ada
Washita County
Cordell
Washita River
Pushmataha County
Tuskahoma
Pushmataha
Leflore
Alvion
Caddo County
Kiowa
Fort Cobb
Rock Island
Arkansas River
Fort Gibson
Chicago
Elizabeth Merrill
William C. Booth
Merrill
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City Press
J. B. Argenbright
C. A. Powers
Shreveport
W. ©. Powers
Emaline Collins
Mary Collins
J. D. Sandifer
Smackover
Mmes. Horphemier
Robinson
Muenster
F. E. Knott
John Fleet
Carl
Sam A. McKeel
Weldon Hagar
Harry Hagar
Sixteenth
Beston Brady
Durant
Auto Electric Sales and Service Company
Shawnee
Lawrence Hildenbrand
Oklahoma Baptist University
Hildenbrand
Ponca City
Nice
France
Pharon Flaminius Raiberti
Cardington
Eng
Howden
Bedford
London
Stephens County
New York State
Auburn
Edgar S. Jennings
NEA
Buffalo Times
Buffalo
Duncan Nears Eng
Tonkawa
Bert’ Hoover
Henry Sullivan
Desperado
Rochester
Stephen Pawlak
Deathollaws
Fort Shaith
McAlester Prison
J. H. Austin
John Beard
Dearwood
Stratford
John Davis
Partridge Rocks
W. B. Sanders
Jersey Giants
Joe Belt
Hen. S. A. van Duren
RB. S. Bowser
Oscar Belt
Rhode Island
Ada Hatchery
White Rock
Dearwood Clay
C. A. Baily
Guy Andrews
Doe Kelly
John Grone
Golden Seabright
Bantam
Alice Cluck
Mille Fleur
County Schools Advance Plans
Supt
J. E. Teague
Byng
Dale Boren
Allen
Ray Stegall
Latta
Pontotog
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