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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1921

Page

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Daring American Balloonists Face Death in Frozen North

The three airmen, led by Lt Stephen Farrel, suffered frost bite and shock after landing ten miles south of Shipsans trading post in ten degree below zero weather. They wandered four days before Indian trapper George McClelland found them and warned their survival would have depended on drifting ten miles farther north.

Stephen Farrel Shipsans Hudsor Bay Company George McClelland McClelland Moose Factory Malliece Europe Hill America

Nels Darling to Address Ada Chamber Meeting

Hon. Nels Darling of Oklahoma City will speak at Ada Normal auditorium Monday night at 8 30 under the Ada Chamber of Commerce. The lecture is free to the public and aims to boost community betterment and city building through a turnout of residents and workers.

Ne's Darling Oklahoma City Ada Chamber of Commerce Champer of Commerce Ada Chamber of Commerce Darling Nels Darling Clive Mr. Darling Wloe

Harding to Be Made Mason in Columbus Initiation

President-elect Warren G. Harding will receive the thirty second degree Mason title in Columbus today. He travels from Marion by auto and will be welcomed by the Columbus consistory and Scottish Rite officers from nearby states. The initiation may finish late tonight, with about a hundred Marion friends expected and ceremonies conducted across several degrees.

Columbus Warren G. Harding Marion Seenator Harding

Senate panel ends naval disarmament talk without result

Washington January 5 the senate foreign relations committee resumed discussions on world naval disarmament but adjourned subject to the chairman's call. The panel did not reach a conclusion and expects to reconvene within a few days.

Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Reward Offered for Policeman Slayer in Chicago Case

Edwin Morris alias Foster is sought as the alleged murderer of Chicago patrolman John Mullen and as the jewelry store robber who took over 18000 in money jewelry and securities. A $250 reward is guaranteed by Chief Fitzmorris and Morris is identified by companions as Mullen's slayer.

Chicago Edwin Morris Foster Fitzmorris John Mullen Morris Mullen

War Finance Bureau Measure Becomes Law After Veto Override

The War Finance Corporation revival became law as the House readopted the measure over the President's veto by 250 to 66 with three present, following Senate approval yesterday. The move secures funding and authority for wartime finance operations.

Washington War Finance Corporation House Senate

Reed says 40 million of relief funds aided Polish army

Senator Reed reports in the Senate that forty million of the 150 million dollars allotted for European relief was spent to keep the Polish army in the field. He says he has documents in his office supporting the claim.

Associated Press Washington Congress Reed Missouri Senate

Blaca os Lynched in Meridian Mob Lynching

Meridian Mississippi January 4 Robert Lewis a Black man charged with killing railroad watchman T. W. Greer was seized by a mob of about two hundred men from a policeman and lynched.

Meridian Miss Robert Lewis T. W. Greer

Bruty police charge against Wight cop dismissed

Frank Palmore city night policeman was exonerated on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon after a preliminary hearing in Justice H. J. Brown's court. The judge dismissed the charges, finding Palmore acted in the line of duty when he struck Charley Dodd with the butt of his revolver during a disturbance.

Frank Palmore H. J. Brown Judge Brown Charley Dodd Dodd Robert Johnson Johnson Palmore Walter Dodd Dodd Brothers Kitchens Oe Stern Goteher

Bank Robbery Shocks Pawnee County Area

Tulsa dispatch reports the First State Bank of Meremac in Pawnee County was robbed last night. All wires to the town were cut while details remain scarce, according to C. R. Covey the oil operator with local interests who received the information.

Tulsa First State Bank Meremac Pawnee County C. R. Covey Covey

Unhappy Married Folks Tell News of Your Troubles

The Evening News invites letters from unhappy married readers detailing the causes of marital strain. Write openly about the heart and experiences, sign as you wish, and allow the paper to publish unedited confessions to help others.

The Evening News

Oklahoma Senate Fights Over Committee on Committees

Oklahoma City Jan 5 The Oklahoma Senate stalls on forming a committee on committees as E E Woods proposes members. Democrat R L Davidson says Republicans would control senate committees but doubts the plan. More talks planned today before 38 standing panels are named. Committees on appropriations likely first. The senate meets at 1:89.

Oklahoma City Senate Oklahoma E. E. Woods Claremore John Gobbie H. Brown Roy Hewey R. L. Davidson Tulsa BE. P. Hill McAlister Committee On Committees House State Capitol James A. Harris Republican State Central Committee

Ada banker urges faith and cooperation after recent downturn

P. S. Case of the Merchants and Planters Bank of Ada says the critical stage is past and the money situation is easing. He cites wartime spending, deflation, and a gradual swing to normal as signs of brighter prospects for Ada and Pontotoc County, urging prudence, economy, and confidence to restart growth.

P. S. Case Merchants and Planters Bank of Ada Evening News Mr. Case Pontotoc County

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Big Bag Will Chamber 01 Commerce Harding Belure WAR Finance Bureau J C. S Wight Henry C. Wallace Des Moines Iowa Wallace Farmer W. S. Kenyon A. B. Cummins Arthur Capper Kansas Pawnee E. W. Sinclair
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