Ada City Ordinance Prohibits Riding on Moving Vehicles
Ordinance 496 Section 37 38 39 40 restricts jumping sliding or riding on moving vehicles on Ada streets. Prohibits sleds skates or sports in roadways likely to harass drivers or injure others. Bans placing dangerous items in streets. Police enforce all provisions with immediate effect after passage May 29 1923. Repeals conflicting ordinances. Signed by Mayor Fisher City Clerk Deaver and City Attorney Harrell.
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Police II
Police Department
City of
Ada
Oklahoma
Board of
Comynisstone
Ee Yie
Commissioner of
Public Justice and Safety
H. Fisher
J. C. Deaver
Lowery H. Harrell
USC Gridders Focus on Rose Bowl Prep
USC football coaches suspend excuses as they stage a mandatory morning workout ahead of the Rose Bowl clash with Pittsburgh. Coach Howard Jones seeks a sharp defense against the Panthers and aims to polish an offense with Jesse Hill returning to boost the Trojans.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Panthers of
Pittsburgh
Pasadena
Howard Jones
Men of Troy
Trojan
Carnegie Tech
Jones
Panthers
Jesse Hill
Pacific Coast
Southern California Football Board of Strategy
Jock Sutherland
Wheat quotations rise on farmers corp action gains noted
Chicago December 21 wheat rallied as the farmers national grain corporation intervention lifted prices. December futures closed at 1.21 a bushel, March and May gains reported, with a late bid 14 cents above cash prices aiding trading.
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Chicago
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Christmas Banquet Highlights Roff Athletes and Town News
Roff football players attend a college banquet in Ada. Local residents return home for holidays including Jimm Glass from the Beebee oil field and Carlyle Phillips from West Point. The piece notes sports results, marriages, school holidays, and administrative changes in the Pennsylvanian athletics committee.
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Hal Crumley
Granvil Taylor
R. M. Hood
Mill Creek
Tom Sutherland
Colberge
Jno
Southerland
Dessie Cunningham
Tishomingo
Oscar Parker
Ada
Roff
W. S. Pickens
W. F. Fleet
Dora Delisle
Hickory
Judge Threatens Hanging in Kansas City Attack Case
Russell C. Arnold 53 faces a capital charge for kidnapping and attacking 14 year old Dorothy Van Camp. Judge A Stanford Lyon warned he would face hanging if he pleaded guilty, as Arnold reversed his plea and was sent to jail without bond for a preliminary hearing. Police are checking for other missing neighborhood girls.
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Lyon
Arnold
Dorothy van Camp
Emile Loubet Former French President Dies at 91
Emile Loubet former president of France died at 9 35 p m last night in Montelimar aged 91 He had spent his later days in a village store smoking a pipe and discussing events with peasants His physician said his death was due to old age not a specific disease He remained conscious through hours of agony before death
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Montelimar
France
Emile Loubet
McSwain Hosts Free Christmas Show for Ada Kids
Mr and Mrs I G Killough managers of the McSwain theater invite all city children under 15 to a free Christmas party starting at 10 tomorrow. The program includes three comic pictures and the event aims to become an annual Ada tradition.
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I. G. Killough
McSwain Theater
Ada
Six Injured in Crash Near Poteau on Narrow Bridge
Six people were injured in an automobile collision five miles south of Poteau. Vehicles driven by C. S. Canaday of Fort Smith Arkansas and W. R. Graham of Canada collided while crossing a narrow bridge. Canaday and his wife and their son Don, and Graham and his wife and daughter Katherine suffered serious injuries and were taken to a Fort Smith hospital after emergency treatment by five Poteau physicians. Governor Holloway to spend Christmas with in laws in Texarkana Arkansas. he will be absent from the office Monday through Wednesday. Oak Avenue Baptist Church services announced by Pastor Bob Naylor.
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Roff
Stratford
Faye Hurley
Rofft
Santa Fe
N. M
Miss Hurley
Georgia Montgomery
Rofs
Byng Boys
Roff School
C. A. Cannon
Eastern Star Chapter
Jim Rogers
C. E. Scott
E. E. King
Fort Worth
Texas
Simpson
Lynn Price
Mulhall
Okla
W. W. Price
Gladys Kelley
Sulphur
E. F. Kelley
Poteau
Here
C. S. Canaday
Fort Smith
Ark
W. R. Graham
Canada
Canaday
Don
Graham
Katherine
Oklahoma City
Holloway
Texarkana
Local residents return and relocate in area
Roff and nearby residents traveled and hosted visitors during the week with several moves and visits noted. Families from Seminole and McCloud visited and several members attended community events and church meetings in Ada and Fitzhugh.
Wray Named Penn State Coach Succeeding Lou Young
J R Ludlow Wray known as Lud is named the new football coach at the University of Pennsylvania succeeding Lou Young who resigns to join the council on athletics in an executive role. Sydney Hutchinson also resigns as chair.
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Council On Athletics
John P. Butler
Young
Hutchinson
Wray
Pennnsylvania Athletics
Venn
Philadelphia
J. R. Ludlow Wray
Lud
University of Pennsylvania
Lou Young
Sydney Hutchinson
Suspect Arrested in Wichita Attack on Wellington Society Girl
Police say G. L. trans, 24, of Wichita was arrested for investigation after being linked to an alleged attack on a prominent Wellington society girl at a downtown Wichita hotel. Officials report they are informed the assault occurred.
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Wichita
Kan
Wellington
G. L. Trans
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Last night after Evans was said to have induced the girl to accompany him to his room following a bridge party.
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Evans
Former Ada Resident Sends $26 Gift to Charities
Joan Rinard, a former Ada resident now in Tufkin California, sent a $26 check to the United Charities general fund. Mrs. Orville Snead, secretary, says he has contributed to relief of the unfortunate in his former home for several years. He is currently in a hospital for an operation.
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Iss Joan Rinard
Ada
Tufkin
Cal
United Charities General Fund
Orville Snead
Rinard
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