Oklahoma Supreme Court Denies Writ to Block London Reinstatement
The Oklahoma Supreme Court refused a writ to stop District Judge T. G. Chambers from reinstating Ewing C. London as Carter County sheriff after London’s removal and a new trial order. The case involved F. M. Dudley and Kirby Fitzpatrick seeking to keep London from resuming the office. Separately, the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association criticized London’s record in a December meeting at Holdenville.
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Oklahoma City
T. G. Chambers
Ewing C. London
Carter County
State Supreme Court
F. M. Dudley
Kirby Fitzpatrick
Ardmore
Chambers
London
Fitzpatrick
Holdenville
Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association
Ewing London
Indians Seek Return of Patent Lands in Oklahoma
Attorney George A. Mansfield says two suits will challenge a 1908 act allowing Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to lease sell or mortgage lands held under patents. If unconstitutional, patent land transfers since then could be reversed and oil and mineral rights settlements pursued. He warns of vast wealth and minor land issues and notes possible U S Supreme Court action.
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Ardmore
George A. Mansfield
Mansfield
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Senator Kinney Granted New Trial in Jack Daniels Case
Indiana report states State Senator Michael J. Kinney of St. Louis among 22 federal defendants convicted for conspiring to steal 891 barrels of pre war whiskey from the Jack Daniels distillery in St. Louis. A new trial was granted for Kinney today by Judge Robt Baltzell after his counsel argued insufficient evidence. other defendants sought new trials but were denied.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Michael J. Kinney
St. Louis
Robt. C. Baltzell
Kinney
Ben Cooneaster
Cincinnati
Cold Wave Edges Toward Normal Temperatures Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a gradual easing of the intense cold wave in many sections with moderation expected in the north east of the Mississippi within 36 hours. Tennessee and Florida areas show little change while elevation from the Dakotas and Minnesota has risen toward the southern Atlantic and eastern Gulf Coasts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Tennessee
East Gulf States
Florida
Rocky Mountains
Dakotas
Minnesota
Atlantic
Gul Coast
Field Conference of Oil Scouts to Meet in Ada
A field conference for oil scouts will be held in Ada on January 25 to 27 with 6 to 100 representatives of large oil companies from Oklahoma and Kansas. John Fitts of Ada arranged the three day route through Pontotoc Coal and Atoka counties and outlined surface formations for the visitors. University professors will join, bringing attention to local oil strata mapping. a dinner is planned on arrival and two nights in Ada.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Kansas
John Fitts
Pontotoc
Coal
Atoka
Fitts
Oklahoma City Faces Challenge to Highway Certificate Fee
Mrs. Eddy Wall of Oklahoma City files for a restraining order in the state supreme court to block a 1.56 dollar fee for a title certificate and patented container required under a controversial highway law. The petition alleges the measure violates procedure and funding rules, with up to 900,600 dollars at stake.
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State Highway Department
State Supreme Court
Eddy Wall
Senate
House
Highway Department
Cotton crop in Pontotoc county tops estimates
December report shows Pontotoc county has ginned 26,341 bales, up from 22,379 a year ago. Officials expect the season to surpass 27,000 bales, the largest since 1920 when around 40,000 were ginned.
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Pontotoc
Buel Bradford
Pryor football star Ord Lee killed at Washam home
Murder charges filed against Henry Davis and Roy Washam after Ord Lee Pryor high school football star was slain at a country dance near Claremore Oklahoma on Christmas night. Prohibition agents revoked permits for home wine production across the United States.
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Claremore
Okla
Henry Davis
Roy Washam
Ord Lee
Pryor
Lee
Washam
Fire Destroys Two-Story Allen Block Sparks Ada Response
Early Tuesday rumors claimed Allen burned, but Ada fire crews reached the scene at 6 30 and found a two story building collapsed, blocking flames from an adjacent shop. The Corner Drug Store and Allen telephone exchange burned to ash, and the town lost telephone service as flames spread.
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Allen
Ada Fire Department
Fd Haley
Allen Telephone Exchange
Franklin Announces Candidacy for Democratic Governor Nomination
Dec 26 William M. Franklin, clerk of the state supreme court since 1914, formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor next year. He has been twice nominated and reelected without resigning his office to campaign.
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Franklin
Oklahoma City
William M. Franklin
State Supreme Court
Jackson Day Banquet Tickets Sold In Tulsa
Democratic state committee chairman R L Davidson announces the Jackson Day banquet will be moved to January 6 6 30 p m in the Crystal Ballroom Mayo hotel Tulsa tickets are 250 and available by remitting to P O Box 1523 Tulsa Mrs Clay Jones Ponotoc county vice chairman asks future attendees to notify her so the event can be prepared for
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Ll. Davidson
Democratic State Committee
Mayo Hotel
R. L. Davidson
P. Co
Tulsa
Clay Jones
Roff
Pontotoc County
Col John C Coolidge Confined by Illness in Vermont
Plymouth Vermont December 28 Col John C Coolidge father of the president was confined to his bed today after losing use of his right leg due to faulty circulation His personal physician Dr Abbert Cram Bridgewater said the condition is not serious Frasshoppers are reported more prevalent than usual this year across New England the middle Atlantic states and the Ohio Valley.
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Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Abbert ©. Cram
Bridgewater
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Fifteen Christmas Weddings in Pontotoc County
Records from the court clerk show fifteen couples wed during Christmas week in Pontotoc County with five couples filing for divorce. The piece highlights holiday nuptials and ensuing petitions for dissolving marriages.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma secretary weighs pardon for John Shields
Oklahoma City December records show Secretary of State Sneed and Attorney General Short debating if a 1923 pardon signed by Governor Walton for state real estate dealer John Shields should stand. Mayor Cargill and Tipton figures emerge in a money-for-pardon controversy with a $4000 donation claim and denials.
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Oklahoma City
Short
John Shields
J. C. Walton
QO. A. Carsinl
John Tipton
Aldrich Blake
Watton
Tipton
Cargill
Oklahoma City Times
Walton
Beaumont
Tex
Committee to Review Better Farming Contest Reports
The committee appointed to examine the reports of contestants and award premiums will meet Wednesday January 6 and close the matter as speedily as possible. All reports must be in by that time or applicants needing a little extra time should see the committee. A A Lucas chairman.
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A. A. Lucas
Better Farming Association
Ada Development adds oil field to Ada area pipeline
An Ada Development Company field in section 6-3-7, four miles east of Ada, connects with the Oklahoma Pipe Line and sends oil to the Francis pump station. A four inch line is filled and three wells on the Jack Lloyd farm are producing while two more in the section are drilling. Cold weather暂停 drill work at Frick and Rives Manville Braly farms. operations led by Harry Hager and Sani Beeker.
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Pontotoc County
Ada Development Company
Ada
Oklahoma Pipe Line Company
Francis
Jack Lloyd
Frick
Rives-Manville-Braly
Harry Hager
Sani Beeker
Tragic Death of H. H. Jpegesy King Found in Harris Hotel
H H Jpegesy King, 48, a driller and tool dresser in the oil fields, was found dead in his room at the Harris hotel early Wednesday. Officials list heart attack as the likely cause after his body was discovered by his former colleague W Ball. King, a longtime member of the oil fraternity, had worked for Ed Gillette for two years and previously with Independent Oil, with properties in Okmulgee and West Virginia. He leaves two daughters in Salem West Virginia and a brother there. The body remains in a local morgue awaiting relatives guidance on disposition.
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Ada
H. H. Jpegesy King
Harris Hotel
M. L. Lewis
King
Ed Gillette
Salem
W. Va
Oil Fraternity
W. Ball
E d Gillette
Independent Oil Company
Okmulgee
West Virginia
Fire destroys Atoka County Courthouse in Oklahoma
A Sunday morning fire gutted the Atoka County courthouse origin in the court clerk office. Loss is estimated at 140000 with 60000 insured. Ten prisoners were moved to the armory then the jail kitchen as flames raged. The building, a landmark erected after statehood, may be rebuilt.
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Atoka
Oklahoma
Trial of Traynham Begins in Lynching Case
In Clarksdale Mississippi the trial of J T Traynham a planter from County Spur begins after a defense motion to quash was overruled. He faces murder charges linked to the lynching of Lindsey Coleman a Black man seized by a mob and shot after Coleman was acquitted for killing Grover C Nicholas plantation manager. Four others are charged with murder in connection with the lynching.
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Clarksdale
Miss
J. T. Traynham
County Spur
Lindsey Coleman
Coleman
Grover C. Nicholas
Steedman Youth Found Dead After School Event
Drury Davis a 21 year old Steedman man was found dead at his home Sunday morning the death attributed to aggravation of leakage of the heart County Attorney J W Dean said an inquest will be continued Wednesday with testimony to be taken by the jury Davis had been at a school house meeting Saturday evening and was discovered by his parents Sunday morning The inquest was delayed due to the justice of the peace not arriving and the family’s burial plans.
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Drury Davis
Steedman
J. W. Dean
Davis
Dean
Justice of Peace
Two Planets Merge Into Sun In Astronomical Theory
Kansas City December 30 Col John Millis retired Cleveland engineer proposed in a paper that two large celestial bodies collided to form the sun and the solar system. He described a dualistic theory where fragments from the crash coalesced into planets including Earth, with all motion aligned in one plane.
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Kansas City
Col
John Millis
Cleveland
Astronomical and Mathematical Section
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Col. Millis
Livestock Market Report Mixed Cattle And Hogs
Cattle numbers around 13800 with steers steady and best cows at 5.35. Load steers 8.30 top, yearlings 8.00, calves 9.00 to 9.50 for best years, heavies 7.50 8.00, stockers 7.00 and bulk 6.75. Hogs 700 head, lights 12.75 top, heavies about 11.50, bulk 11.25 11.65.
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Oklahoma City
Ada Merchants Count Stock Before New Year
Ada stores conduct year end inventories this week to start the new year with clear records. Some shops close all day to complete inventories while others plan early January clearance sales to tidy shelves before invoicing for the year.
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Ada
Oklahoma Mason William Fredal Found Dead With Rope
William Fredal a 58 year old stone mason living in Oklahoma City since 1890 was found dead last night his body suspended from a rafter after borrowing a dollar from his daughter to buy rope. The body was frozen.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
William Fredal
Bitter Arctic Storm Seizes Nation Across U S and Canada
The nation endures a sweeping cold wave with sub zero temps from the Rockies to the Atlantic as 30 deaths and extensive property loss are reported. Chicago records 13 deaths and the Ohio river freezes as far south as Texas and Florida feel the chill.
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Northwest
United States
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Northland
Dixie
Florida
Pennsylvania
Cold Wave Eases As Western Oklahoma Warms Tonight
Oklahoma City reports a break in the extreme cold with western and northwestern areas warming tonight. Temperatures forecast four to ten above in the north and eight to sixteen in the south, minimal wind, and no direct property damage attributed to the cold. Ada records six degrees above zero, with statewide lows near zero in spots.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Atoka County
Tulsa
Okmulgee
Bristow
Yuthrie
Okemah
Pawhuska
Enid
Muskogeed
Secretary of Interior Visits Pawhuska
Secretary of Interior Dr. Hubert Work and Assistant Secretary J. H. Edwards arrived in Pawhuska this morning to begin a visit.
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Secretary OF Interior
Pawhuska
Dr. Hulbert Work
Interior
J. H. Edwards
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