Two Men Charged In Floyd Death In Roff
J M O Neal and J H Shrader were held to answer for murder in district court after a preliminary hearing. Walter Floyd city marshal of Roff was slain. both defendants face possible habeas corpus action before the resident district judge Friday. Fourteen witnesses testified. Shrader was found to be in the wrong place at the time, and severance of the case remains with the trial court.
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J. M. O'Neal
J. H. Shrader
Joseph Anderson
Walter Floyd
Roff
Justice Anderson
O'Neal
Shrader
Anderson
CANDIDATES IN LEGION LA FAY MISS ADA CONTEST TIE
The five week preliminary contest for the American Legion Miss Ada race ends Saturday with thirteen entrants. The top three advance to finals, two weeks later, for a trip to the national convention in San Francisco. Finalists' photos will appear in Model Clothing window Wednesday as San Francisco papers seek images for coast coverage. Current leaders are Vera C James, Johnnie Howell, Theodescia Ward, Nell Grant, Elva McGlothlin, and Bernice Roach.
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American Legion
Ada
National Convention of the
San Francisco
Vera C. James
Johnnie Howell
Theodescia Ward
Nell Grant
Elva McGlothlin
Bernice Roach
Thompson Named on Committee to Form New Athletic Rules
M. Z. Thompson director of athletics at East Central Teachers College joins Ed Gallagher of Oklahoma A and M College and B. W. B. Cottrell of Oklahoma City College on a committee to rewrite the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference constitution and by-laws. The move responds to rapid growth and frequent rule changes, with the revised constitution to be presented at the next annual conference meeting in November.
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M. Z. Thompson
East Central Teachers College
Ed Gallagher
Oklahoma A
M. College
BW. B. Cottrell
Oklahoma City College
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference
Leaders Organize to Launch McAdoo for Presidency
New York July 7 details show William G McAdoo supporters meeting with 4 dozen intimate friends to plan a presidential bid. The New York Evening Post reports confidence he will enter the race though no formal announcement has been made. Samuel B Amidon was chosen to run the campaign.
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McAdoo
New York
William G. McAdoo
Boom
New York Evening Post
Samuel B. Amidon
Kansas
Mr. Amidon
Evening Post
Veteran Judge Day Dies At Lake Michigan Home
Willam R. Day former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court died at his cottage on Mackinac Island Michigan at 5 80 this morning He was 74 The funeral will be Thursday in Canton Ohio He had been a noted figure in national government serving from 1897 to 1902 and on the retired Supreme Court list He was known for major opinions in United Shoe Machine Corp Southern Pacific Pacific cases and read a daily telegraphic baseball summary to the bench during World War I era He was a lifelong baseball fan and attended games at the pall park whenever possible
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Macinac Island
Mich
Willam R. Day
United States Supreme Court
L. Day
Canton
Ohio
Judge Day
Washington
McKinley
Supreme Court
Justice Day
United Shoe Machine Corporation
Southern Pacific-Con- Pacific
United States Steel Corporation
Pall Park
Iral
Death in Battle Declared Accidental for Insurance
Oklahoma City July 9 The state supreme court ruled that death in action on a battlefield counts as accidental death for life insurance. Mrs. Churchwell of Altus will receive double indemnity on Corporal Omar Churchwell’s $1,000 policy, now held by Great Southern Life. The decision upholds a $2,000 payout and confirms the ruling of the Jackson County district court. Justice Thompson wrote the opinion, noting the insured’s death in war could not be predicted.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Omar Churchwell
Altus
Oklahoma
France
Mice
Churchwell
Jessie Moore
William P. Thompson
State Supreme Beach
Company M
257Th Infantry
Oklahoma National Life Insurance Company
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Jackson County
Supreme Court
Death in Muskogee: Neighbor Says He Shot at Robber
John Breeding, 51, died after being shot in the back yard of J W Nunlee during a reported robbery. Nunlee, awakened by voices, fired at a dark figure. Breeding later told neighbors of a robbery and assault before succumbing at the city hospital. Police and county officials investigate the shooting.
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Muskogee
John Breeding
J. W. Nunlee
Breeding
Numles
Nunlee
Nanlee
Bare lip births and recovery through speech and sight
One in about two thousand children has a bare lip at birth yet many are later restored in speech and appearance. The note highlights the potential for normal development despite early facial differences.
Bull on Warpath Wrecks Train
Bull on Warpath disrupts a westbound Katy passenger train near Apadakie. The bull charged the engine, overturning it and the baggage car into a ditch. The engineer and fireman escaped. passengers were unharmed.
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Bull
Tulsa
Katy
Apadakie
Four Rural Schools To Open for Summer Work Floyd Says
Four rural schools will open Monday for summer terms of about two to two and a half months, county superintendent A. Floyd says. The sessions prevent loss of time during cotton picking season and, while once more popular, rural summer work now shares this duty with Fast Central Teachers College terms aiding teacher advancement.
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A. Floyd
Fast Central Teachers College
County Man Finds Relic Tooth of Giant Mastodon
J. W. Reed of near the old Collins Institute brought to the city a petrified tooth weighing 18 pounds believed to be from a mastodon. He says the animal could have weighed 15 to 20 tons. The relic, embedded in clay, is on view in Simpson's window on West Main Street for several days.
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J. W. Reed
Collins Institute
Simpson's
West Main Street
Livestock Parishes in Fire at Ranch Barn near Ponca City
Fifteen mules and horses perished as a large barn at the Big Z ranch ten miles southwest of Ponca City burned Saturday night. A motor truck a carload of oats 50 sets of harness and hay and other items were destroyed. Owner W H Zanselous estimates the loss between 50000 and 76000 dollars.
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Ponca City
Big Z Ranch
Here
W. H. Zanselous
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