Hickman Returned to Los Angeles to Await Trial
William Edward Hickman, 19, of Kansas City, was brought to Los Angeles to face charges of kidnapping and murder in the Marion Parker case. About 4,000 spectators watched as he arrived by train, was manacled to two detectives, and escorted to the county jail amid a police and press caravan. He appeared calmer and in better physical shape after the long transfer.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Kansas City
Marian Parker
Hickman
Jackson
Alameda
Edward Hickman
Maran Parker
Pacific Coast
Pendleton
Ore
Echo
Tom Guadena
C. L. Lieuwallen
Hickman Confession Details in Parker Case
The Evening Express reports an unofficial confession by William Edward Hickman claiming Marian Parker was alive when dismemberment began after strangulation. The confession notes Parker was unconscious but not dead at that moment.
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Los Angeles
The
Evening Express
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Hickman Arrives in Santa Barbara After Parker Slaying Confession
An orderly crowd of 200 gathered in Santa Barbara to view William Edward Hickman, the confessed slayer of Marian Parker, as the train transporting him to Los Angeles halted briefly.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Hickman Prisoner Near Los Angeles Confesses Kidnapping Murder
William Hickman on the way to Los Angeles after fully confessing to kidnapping Marian Parker, dismembering her, and selling the body to her father. District Attorney Asa Keyes released details of the sequence from the kidnapping at school to the grisly homicide and grisly postmortem actions.
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Hickman
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
California
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Marian
Marjorie
Pasadena
Negro Assaults Repeats as Clark Is Arrested Again
Eli Clark, a Black resident, is accused of repeated assaults on Will Freeland in Darktown. Freeland remains hospitalized after both December 16 and Christmas Eve incidents. Clark faces two assault with intent to kill charges with Freeland as the victim while officials weigh legal action.
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Eli Clark
Will Freeland
Darktown
Freeland
Clark
T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
Bombings injure nearly twenty in Buenos Aires bank blasts
Christmas eve blasts at the National City bank of New York Buenos Aires branch and the First National bank of Boston Argentina branch injure about 20 people. A clock stopped by the Buenos Aires explosion read 11 54. Three are seriously hurt and 16 others lightly hurt as victims are treated at a local hospital.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
National City Bank
New York
First National Bank
Boston
Beunos
Sacco-Vanzetti
Half of Oklahoma weak schools fund issued as warrants
Oklahoma City. About half of the 1.5 million dollar fund for weak school districts has been issued as warrants. Distribution has been at four dollars per capita, with rural schools largely served. Remaining funds to be distributed as term ends and transfers are reported by superintendents.
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Oklahoma City
John Vaughan
Vaughan
Oil field activity slows in Pontotoc county for Christmas
In Pontotoc county the oil field shows light operations during the Christmas weekend with many workers heading home. The Jolly-Ogg No 1 in Bebee reports 103 barrels, tapping Sylvan shale at 2608 feet and Hunton lime later. Ramsey Webb No 4 yields 50 barrels per hour and 12,000,000 cubic feet gas, the field’s largest producer.
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iFrom
Santa Claus
Pontotoc County
Allen Field
Ada
Jolly-Ogg Oil Corporation
Santa
Bebee
Jolly-Oggz
LaSelle
Jolly-Ogg
Sylvan
Hunton
Rebee
Ramsey Interests
C. B. Shaffer
Shaffer
Conservation Oil Company
Abe
Rural Students All Appreciate Shriners
Pontotoc County rural schools thank Shriners and Ada citizens for Christmas candy sacks given to almost 4000 students. J. H. Norman reports letters from teachers, students, and parents praising the Shrine club’s efforts to gladden rural schools during Old Santa season.
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Pontotoc County
Shriners
Ada
J. H. Norman
Pontoc County
Shrine Club
Mr. Norman
Juror Petition Sparks Contempt Bid in Remus Case
Judge Chester R. Shook held John S. Berger in contempt for presenting a juror petition claiming Berger influenced the Remus murder verdict. Berger apologized, saying he did not initiate the petition. Shook summoned all Remus jurors to explain signatures and set a Tuesday appearance for Berger.
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Cincinnati, CO
John S. Berger
George Remus
Chester R. Shook
Berger
Shook
Imogene
Remus
Pecans Seek Government Experimental Station
Ardmore December 21 Oklahoma pecan growers request senators and congressmen to help establish a government experimental and research station in the southwest for pecan industry development. Arch Clark secretary treasurer of the Oklahoma Pecan Growers association says the push follows resolutions from the Ardmore convention and asks Senator Elmer Thomas to lead the effort.
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Ardmore
Oklahoma
Congress
Southwest
Arch Clark
Oklahoma Pecan Growers’ Association
Elmer Thomas
Buy it rent sell it fing it with a News want ad
Local classifieds offer a quick way to list items for sale or rent and to seek buyers or tenants. Readers can place want ads to connect with sellers and landlords across town.
Port of Missing Planes Claiming Another Casualty
Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and three crew members vanished after leaving Roosevelt Field in the Sikorsky Dawn for Harbor Grace Newfoundland. The group included navigator Bruch Goldsborough and radio operator Fred Koehler. They expected a 14 hour flight, but only tracked to Cape Cod before vanishing amid ice and storms. Grayson’s father in Muncie speculates she may have headed toward London.
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New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Harbor Grace
N. F
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Oskar Omdal
North Pole
Amundsen
Bruch Goldsborough
Fred Koehler
England
Roosevelt Field
Cape Cod
Nova Scotia
Weather Bureau
Muncie
Ind
A. J. Wilson
Grayson
London
Mr. Wilson
Murder charges to be filed against Henry Ginnis
From Tuesday's Daily report, Henry Ginnis faces murder charges for the fatal shooting of his brother in law James Mooney. Mooney died after a bullet struck an artery at his home on West Seventh street. authorities say the feud dated to Ginnis's marriage to Mooney's sister and stems from Mooney whipping Ginnis’s child.
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Henry Ginnis
James Mooney
Hugh Mathis
Mooney
Ada
Jim
West Seventh Street
Ginnis
Louisiana oil wells report varied production and gas flows
The Daily notes multiple oil and gas wells in Pontotoc and adjacent counties showing flow rates from 500 to 600 barrels daily to 30 million cubic feet of gas. Wells include Waffle No. 5 in section 20-5-8 and No. 4 McElroy near 17-5-8, with fishing and testing ongoing and a fire at one site threatening production.
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Louisiana Oil & Refining Corporation
Louisiana
C. B. Shaffer
Allen Field
Pontotoc County
Louisiana Oil and Refining Company
McElroy
Louisiana No. 1
Perry Ne
Snowden and McSweeney
Gilmore
Ramsey Brothers
Minnie Butler
Ramsey No
Miller
Oil field worker burned to death in Allen district
The 35 year old H. Henderson died from burns after a blaze at Louisiana Oil and Refining Waffle No 5 in the Allen field. Fireman Claude Fields was severely burned but survived. Henderson’s home was listed as Louisiana and his wife was notified.
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H. Henderson
Criswell
Pontotoc County
Henderson
Louisiana Oil and Refining Company
Allen Field
Claude Fields
Louisiana
Allen
Menden
Sam Cook Drilling Company
Warfle “Oo
Trageauy
Ada
Fields
Parker No. 5
Dawn plane sighting leads to search area shift
Orleans Massachusetts reports that Mrs Frances Wilson Gray's plane named the Dawn turned back shortly after crossing over Cape Cod en route to New York. Leon Deschamps of the French cable station said the craft vanished after 7 PM and likely searched between Cape Cod and Roosevelt Field due to a heavy wind and clear skies.
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Orleans
Mass
Frances Wilson Grayson
Cape Cod
Leon Deschamps
French Cable Telegraph Company
Deschamps
New York
Roosevelt Field
Ocean
Name of Town Baffling Sunset Man in Texas
Denton Texas December 24 Seven towns named Sunset in the United States perplex Henry Green 19 who says he lives in one Sunset but cannot identify it He visited Sunset Texas but it was not his home and he doubts it is in Arkansas or Louisiana It took five weeks to travel from his home to Texas seven months ago He now has funds to return home for Christmas and seeks his parents Officials in Denton try to help The postal guide lists Sunsets from Maine to Washington and South Carolina to Arizona
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Denton
Texas
Sunset
United States
Henry Green
Arkansas
Louisiana
United States Postal Guide
Maine
Washington
South Carolina
Arizona
Senator Andrieus A. Jones Dies in Washington at 65
Senator Andrieus A. Jones of New Mexico died in his Washington apartment from angina pectoris at age 65. He had a history of attacks and had recently suffered a cold that triggered his final relapse after a period of partial recovery.
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Washington
Senaator Andrieus A. Jones
New Mexico
Jones
Senate
Pioneer Resident James B Donaghey Dies at 43
Ada mourns James B Bart Donaghey a pioneer of the city aged 43 died at his home after a long illness. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 3 pm from First Methodist Church with Rev A N Averyt officiating and burial in Rosedale Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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James B
Bart) Donaghey
First Methodist Church
A. N. Averyt
Rosedale Cemetery
Ada
M. P. Donaghey
Bart Donaghey
Mr. Donaghey
Park Filling Station Latest To Be Visited
The Park filling station at Oak avenue and West Main street was the latest in a string of robberies. The Saturday night attack stole about $40 from the cash drawer and no trace of the bandits was found that night.
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the Park
Oak Avenue
West Main Street
Swinford Allen store robbed of about 250 in merchandise
Robbers struck the T. L. Swinford store in Allen, taking roughly 250 worth of goods. No arrests have been made and no clues were left as the bandits entered by breaking the lock and disappeared after midnight.
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Vanzetti
Parker
DANTA
Ramsey
Chi
Rough
UW Remus
Mrs. Grayson
Driller
Senator Jones
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