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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1928
Page
2
A pursuit through icy streets as a doctor uses hypnotic power on a girl to track a suspect. The chase navigates down a wind swept avenue with downed trolley wires and dangerous live ends, while pedestrians gaze on and the sleet glosses the pavement.
Doctor and companions race through a fog bound station as a mysterious woman heads toward Wilkins and Oak Ridge. They learn the last Oak Ridge train left ten minutes ago as wires fail and suburban service is halted.
Alumni and students illustrate broad paths in business and professional lines as East Central College reports growing enrollment for the new term. Officials cite 937 current enrollment with potential to exceed 1000 resident students plus about a thousand in extension and correspondence programs. The institution supports county and city schools with teacher placements and rural education classification while offering diverse departments beyond teaching to fit state professions. The piece notes many alumni do not become teachers and jokes about a Society for the Prevention of Useless Christmas Gifts amid crime wage concerns.
In a tense pursuit, Ashton, Mallory, and Doctor McAlister chase Wilkins through a sleetbound night toward Oak Ridge. A decoy setup with a dummy shadow and bell trick misleads them as Wilkins slips away with the map, leaving the car and girl behind as they regroup.
The Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals reversed a Payne County district court verdict finding M. J. Otey former financial secretary of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanic College guilty of embezzling 1989.50 and sentenced him to eight years plus a $500 fine. The reversal centered on a prejudiced opinion in a state auditor's letter admitted as evidence. The case ties to a 1924 impeachment attempt against John A. Whitehurst of the state board of agriculture.
Birmingham newspapers will report plans to remove the hood from Klan regalia by February due to internal opposition and evolving laws. The move is to be announced at a Montgomery meeting with Klan leaders and officials endorsing the change.
A new map for automobile tourists attaches to a windshield with vacuum cups and rolls up like a window shade when not in use. Germany plans the world’s longest railroad bridge crossing over two miles of Baltic Sea water.
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