Night of Suspects in Kerr Murder Case Deepens
In Chapter XXIII, attorney Cilly Pierce visits police headquarters to discuss the murder of Amy Kerr. Sergeant Dolan updates her on new suspects Harvey Ames and Hunter while confirming Kerr remains the main target. Billy Harmon is identified as the driver of the car that struck Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Pierce
Amy Kerr
Cilly
JT Kerrigan
Harry Hitchins
Amy
Sergeant Dolan
Amy _ Kerr
Dolan
Kerr
Delian
Harvey Ames
Hunter
Jim
Billy Harmon
Hutchins
Vanoss School Journal Christmas Cheer and School News
Village paper notes students and staff at Vanoss School share holiday messages and events. Reports honor Earnie Keef birth, seventh grade crafts, senior news, glee club officers, a student council race, and upcoming school program with Christmas performances.
Death by own action honors Japanese soldiers in Nap frontier
UPI report from Tientsin describes Japanese House of Peers touring North China when machine gun fire during an inspection caused them to dive for cover. Capt. Santo explains Japanese officers and men often choose death in action to avoid dishonor or failing the emperor, a practice cited by several officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Thompson
United Press
Tientsin
House of Peers
Japan
Tehchow
North China Battle Zone
T. Santo
Santo
Ardmore salesman reports kidnap and robbery in north Texas
George R. Norris a 47 year old Ardmore Oklahoma traveling salesman told Dallas police he was kidnapped and robbed by two young men who forced him to drive through north Texas for about 30 hours They stole his car and $6 but overlooked $90 in a secret pocket of his overcoat He was dropped off in downtown Dallas after being driven from Gainesville Wichita Falls and Fort Worth and was en route from Gainesville to Ardmore when he picked up the robbers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
George R. Norris
Ardmore
Okla
Norris
North Texas
Gainesville
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Harry
Amy
Kerrigan
Jim Kerrigan
Cilly
Mutchins
Jim
Priscilla
Hutchins
Goodby
Miss Clara Seward Teaches One-Pupil Term in Sumner
Miss Clara Seward of Sumner teaches at Hidden Hollow school north of town with a single pupil, eight-year-old Mary Louise Mason, during the current term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Clara Seward
Hidden Hollow School
Here
Mary Louise Mason
Mystery intersects at Priscilla's eerie visit
Priscilla Kerr investigates strange intrusions in her apartment after Sergeant Dolan's lunch ruse. Harry Hutchins pressures Cilly with gossip while Kerrigan is suspect in Amy's case. Hutchins leaves, Cilly notices a curious book reversal and searches for clues in her own room.
Tate Asks New Trial for Ogee
Shawnee Oklahoma December 18 The state filed a motion for a new trial for Lindon Ogee Ada farmer convicted of manslaughter in the slaying of George Kelly alleging new evidence about a pistol found near Kellys body Ownership of the pistol had not been established at the first trial Mrs Kelly testified her husband was unarmed when shot Ogee claimed Kelly had a pistol and is due to be sentenced to five years Tuesday before District Judge J Knox Byrum
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Lindon Ogee
Ada Farmer
George Kelly
State Today
Kelly
Ogee
J.knox Byrum
Tom Wyatt
Elza Evans
Ambassador to Britain Dies at Johns Hopkins
Robert Worth Bingham United States ambassador to Great Britain died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at 6 21 p m CST He was 66 and had been a patient since November 25 Physicians cited abdominal Hodgkins a poorly defined disease described as a tumor likely causing blockage and inactivity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Robert Worth Bingham
United States
Great Britain
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bingham
Burris City Notes On Local Happenings And Visitors
Bill Evans recently moved from a Shawnee hospital to Hot Springs Arkansas shows signs of improvement. A joint shower for Mrs. O H Allen and Mrs. Babe Wilkerson was hosted by Mrs. C A Brunson Mrs. Ralph Cates and Mrs. C H Cooper with many attendees including Mrs. Jack Mason Mrs. A L Mason and others. An overnight visit occurred as Mrs S L Savage stayed with Mrs J C Woolley. R R Cushenberry did business in Ada. Bill Newport of Seminole Sinclair Prairie Oil did business in Burris City. Mrs Sheik Lloyd and daughter Perry visited Seminole early weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Evans
Shawnee Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
J. A. Moon
Shawnee
C. A. Brunson
Ralph Cates
C. H. Cooper
Bruson
O. H. Allen
Babe Wilkerson
Jack Mason
A. L. Mason
Alice
Cates
J. G. Calhoun
Flavius Hall
W. L. Parrott
Allen
Wilkerson
J. C. Woolley
B. B. Patrick
John Clark
Pearl Evans
Cooper
Brunson
S. L. Savage
R. R. Cushenberry
Ada
Calhoun
Bill Newport
Sinclair Prairie Oil Company
Seminole
Burris City
Sheik Lloyd
Perry
Reynolds fund to fund North Carolina campaign against syphilis
Trustees of the Zachary Smith Reynolds Foundation announced the $7,000,000 memorial fund, established in 1936, would be used exclusively for a campaign in North Carolina to combat syphilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
Zachary Smith Reynolds Foundation
North Carolina
Mrs Casey L Delaney Taken By Death
Mrs Casey L Delaney 63 died suddenly Saturday at 4 45 p m at her home 1025 South High School avenue She will lie in state at Criswell's Funeral Home until Monday morning Funeral services will be at the Catholic church in Hartford Arkansas with burial in the cemetery there She is survived by three sons W A Gus Delaney Jr Ralph and Raymond Delaney all of Adaz a daughter Mrs Bernice Rutledge of Ponca City a sister Mrs James Pitchford of Ada a brother L A Ward of Clarksville Arkansas She had been ill several days but was up when stricken She was born and reared at Hartford Arkansas
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Casey L. Delaney
South High School Avenue
Criswell
Hartford
Arks
Bernice Rutledge
Ponca City
James Pitchford
Ada
L. A. Ward
Clarksville
Ark
Delaney
Arkansas
Local Social Calls Dot Saturday and Sunday Visits
A string of neighbors and relatives from Wewoka and nearby towns visited each other over the weekend. Names include Frazier Norman Thurman Lilley Hoosier McComas Williams Thurman Bowman Dean Bel liew Hardwick Scroggins Rader Johnson Thurman and others with several calls to and from Joe Bowman and Mary Jo Wilcoxson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier
Wewoka
Geo
Norman
Frank Bruner
Tulsa
Williams
Mildred
Velma West
Faye Thurman
Theodore Thurman
Roy Johnson
Helen Lilley
Mrs. Jordan
Oakman
Glen Hoosier
Purcell
Hoosier
Jack McComas
Sulphur
Don Hardwick
Hazel Scroggins
Abby Williams
Myrtle Rader
Harrison
Mrs. Bowman
Sidney Dean
Beliew
Joe Bowman
Earl West
Ray Thurman
Ray Hills
Roy Johnson Jr
Claudie Lee
Jimmy Lee
George Free- 2
Margaret Brown
Mary Jo Wilcoxson
Marie Johnson
Dorthy Matthews
Hazle Phillips
Bobby Jean Lee
Mrs. Algood
Rader
Annual Report Of Club Work In Pontotoc County
4-H girls added 17586.59 to farm family incomes during the past year, per annual club activity reports compiled by Mrs. Jessie Morgan, county home demonstration agent. The savings came from gardening and canning, home sewing, meal preparation, and home and yard improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Jessie Morgan
Vernice Johnson
Uhion
Royal American Livestock
Kansas City
Ada Chamb
Commerce
Junior Chandler
Francis
Hugh Norris Joins John Davis Boys Club Council
Hugh Norris a faculty member at East Central college was added to the John Davis Boys Club governing council at a called Friday meeting The council suspended operations for December and left decisions to Bufford Howard supervisor After bills are paid $35.35 remains in the club treasury part of $150 donated by Kiwanis three months ago to cover expenses while a permanent funding plan is developed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Norris
East Central College
John Davis Boys Club
Bufford Howard
Kiwanis Club
Red Cross Plans 1938 County Program After Low Drive
Red Cross in Pontotoc county will set next year’s activities at a January board meeting. Despite raising 1260 of the 4500 goal, funds will fund a 1938 program after the 1936 drive’s expenditures, with remaining money spent by August. 4-H girls and boys record high activity with gardening, food canning, clothing, and home improvements, totaling thousands in value and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Pontotoc County
Crow census eyed after massive crow kill in Elk City region
Claude Beeson district game ranger linked a blast near Dempsey in Roger Mills county to a large crow kill. State Game Warden Tur ner and Watts Brewer witnessed the 156 dynamite bombs explode. Beeson said at least 50 000 crows may have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk City
Okla
Claude Beeson
Beeson
Dempsey
Roger Mills
K. D. Turner
Watts Brewer
Ed Gaines
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Marion White
Cilly Biuff
Police Headquarters
Bayview Apartments
Wheeler
Miss Pierce
Olan
Corbett’s
THE
Vanoss School Journal
Ernie Keef
Earnie Keef
E. T. Keef
Vanoss
Yeager
Oklahoma
Eunice Watts
Clyde Moore
Frisco
Katherine den
Audrey Faye Jones
Prairie View
Tommy Jones
Big Flat
Flippin
Audrey Faye
F.H.A
East Central State Teachers College
Glee Club
Girls’ Glee Club
Juanita Zumbro
Marie Boyd
Eleene Alley
Venus Tiffin
Eunice
Miss Spradlin
Vaness Auditorium
Star of the East
Christmmias
Santa Claus
Marvin Hunt
Mrs
Manila Sue Farris
Victoria Tiner
Anna Mae Powell
Agnes Townsley
Floy Mae Eddings
Nell Abston
Dorothy Mae McKinney
Margie Lee Berger
Naomi Huddleston
Janeta Abston
Titania
Queen of the
P. J. Richardson
Mary Ann McCabe
Candy Kids
Mary Orange
Patsy Ruth McClure
Goldie Faye Shumard
Mattie Beth Martin
Jumping Jacks
Bruce Cushman
Hairy Dean Frost
Jack Troutman
James Gideon
Billy Gene McDonald
Roberta Cummins
Lorene Fayne
Jimmie Ruth Reeves
Dorothy Austell
Geneva Childers
Gela Abston
Tate
North
Texas
Wichita
Kas
Ganesville
Cily
Harry Hutchins
Shapter XXIV
Curry
the St. George
Shore Road
St. Ann
Britain
Robert W. Bingham
0. L. Delaney
W. A. Delaney, Jr
East Central
Chicago
Robert William Gilmore
Coast
Thomas Andreasen
Gilmore
Ada News
By William Ferguson
Youngs
NEA Service, Ine
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