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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1929
Page
4
Two revealed ages 21 and 18, confessing a shared half sister link and a harsh home life. They described hardship with social work, poverty, and temporary jobs before shoplifting silk hose. Authorities planned to send them to their home community and end penalties to deter reoffending.
The message recounts Jay appealing to the Interior Department to seek Soviet government help in locating them. A telegram from New York to Borah notes Mrs. Willebrandt’s intercession and expresses gratitude, adding that friends of Eielson and Borland join in the appeal.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Wilbur asked Soviet icebreakers to assist in locating Lieut. Eielson and Earl Borland after their plane disappeared off the Siberian coast six weeks earlier. Alaska Governor Parks was directed to urge the icebreakers Lipke and Staypol in the vicinity to aid, amid bad weather and lack of suitable craft.
In Nome Alaska two passengers R B Julian and W B Miller and pilot Phil Graham vanished after taking off for Elephant Point last Tuesday. Pilot Frank Corbandt and mechanic Pope joined the hunt from Teller today to locate the trio Carl Ben Eielsen and Earl Borland amid ongoing search efforts.
Mrs. Orville Snead sends another contribution to the Red Cross at McAlester for miners families. P. A. Norris adds a $50.00 gift, bringing Ada donations to $278.10 for relief efforts.
Senator Tom Connally of Texas wired thanks to Gov. Harry G. Leslie of Indiana for his efforts to rescue him from a snowbound Indiana town. The senator said inquiries poured in after publicity of the incident and blamed mistaken identity for the confusion.
Russell C. Arnold 53 waived preliminary hearing on a capital charge after confessing to kidnapping Dorothy Van Camp 14, chaining her in an underground chamber and assaulting her. Arnold arraigned before Circuit Judge Stanford Lynn. trial set for January 183 with death penalty sought.
The body of Frank Morrison about 40 was recovered from Number 4 Brewer mine eight miles south of McAlester. Morrison, fire boss, entered the mine at 10 o clock to hang curtains directing air currents. He did not return shortly after, prompting a rescue search by a party that concluded when recovery was made.
Morrison died of suffocation in a mine owned by the Southern Fuel Company of McAlester. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
McALESTER December 2 A Christmas cheer is to reach the state prison with 2856 inmates to receive a full holiday from duties and a special roast turkey dinner tomorrow menus include cranberry sauce giblet dressing corn potatoes Lyonnaise breaded tomatoes salad green onions bread mince pie fresh apples assorted nuts and a candied fire on the menu. A 48 piece prison band will perform a one and a half hour program followed by a movie comedy.
Sensational low estimates of Argentina's wheat surplus spurred heavy buying in Chicago. Wheat futures closed with gains across months, December at 1.2578, March 1.3158, May 1.3558, and July 1.3638.
Frank Gorman, famed pistol shot and athlete, guards Jesse N Livermore’s Nassau county home from a Livermore mansion at Sands Point Long Island. He resigned as a Nassau detective and sleeps in a dedicated room near the stock operator’s two young sons amid kidnapping threats.
Pez challenged Senorita Conception after resenting her father’s interest in the rival. The two women met in a city corral where Senorita Esperanza struck Senorita Conception and Conception struck the corral.
Cuba readies for Santa Claus with decorated trees and holiday cheer in Havana and western Cuba. Forecasters predict real cold weather for Christmas Day as northern storms bring a chilly crowding into the semi tropical island. Topcoats and heavier clothing are common on Havana streets as cold snaps persist.
The National Broadcasting Company will try to re broadcast King George VI's London Naval Conference address from January 21 at 6 am EST using short waves after receiving permission from the BBC. Santa Claus brings Christmas snow to the Midwest and Chicago area as deep fields whiten streets. In Ottumwa Iowa a Rock Island line passenger train wreck occurred near Eldon Des Moines injuring baggage man Thomas Evans after a rail broke.
Washington, Dec. 24. Rep. Leatherwood of Utah died here today after a period of illness. A Republican stalwart from Salt Lake City, he was noted for his opposition to the irrigation committee and later the Johnson-Swing Boulder Canyon dam bill, drawing national attention.
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