Tolerance and patriotism take center stage in Oklahoma
In a rambling Times-Democrat column, the paper urges tolerance and brotherly love as the path to peace in Oklahoma. It cites political fights over judicial nominees, calls for openness in investigations, and praises Governor Trapp’s stance on death sentences. It also touches on oil drilling in Pontotoc, Ford’s endorsement of Coolidge, and broad moral appeals against intolerance.
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McKeown
Times Herald
Dallas
Texas
Tom D. McKeown
U. Veterans Bureau
14Th District
Tom McKeown
Times-Democrat
Trapp
Oklahoma
Muskogee
East Central College Sets State Enrollment Record
East Central College at Ada reports 1070 enrollments for September to now, beating Edmond’s Central College by eight students. The six state teachers colleges note East Central’s ascent follows degree program expansion and regional demand, with historical growth despite funding and competition challenges.
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East Main Street
Ada
Oklahoma City
A. Linscheid
East Central College
East Central
Central College
Edmond
Southeastern State Teachers College
Glen
J. C. Walton
Electric chair awaited its victims in Oklahoma history
Twenty months after Sam Watkins was executed in the state electric chair, Oklahoma’s chair had not been used. Governors Appleby Wallet and Trapp clashed over executions, with Wallet delaying and commuting, while Trapp allowed death sentences to proceed. Eight condemned in 1923 were spared by executive action, including Jack Pope and Aaron Harvey who plotted multiple murders for insurance.
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Trapp
Pope
Harvey
Haworth
Mcalester
Okla
Sam Watkins
Atoka
Wallet
Aaron
Red) Harvey
Jack Pope
McCurtain County
Oklahoma adopts electric chair in 1916 executions
The article notes that Oklahoma replaced the noose with the electric chair in 1916 by legislative act and has since executed more than twenty men. It reports pending appeals for Cleo Goben J W Phillips and John Double Head, and that Walton commuted sentences of William H Tait Arthur Henderson and Fred Godfrey to life imprisonment. Richinho gunned a man during a February robbery in Craig County.
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Richinho
Ketcum
Craig County
Cleo Goben
J. W. Phillips
John Doublehead
Criminal Court of Appeals
Walton
William H. Tait
Arthur Henderson
Fred Godfrey
Oklahoma
Former Oklahoma Governor Walton Resigns from Kiwanis
Oklahoma City report states J C Walton former governor resigned from the Kiwanis club. Board of directors announced the resignation was accepted at a meeting held yesterday and provided no further details.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. .Walton
Kiwanis Club
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