American Vice-Consul Wounded in Mexico City Region
In Aguas Calientes Mexico on July 16 American Vice-Consul Harold Bretherton was shot in the back and slightly wounded. The State Department has ordered the Mexico City embassy to urge a formal investigation by Mexican officials. Bretherton, born in Canada with a Montana upbringing, has served as consul since 1915.
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Washington
Harold G. Bretherton
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
Mexico City
State Department
Foreign Office
Ravens
Agus Calientes
Bretherton
Canada
Montana
Holdenville Wins Site for 500 Barrel Refinery
Holdenville businessman A. G. Todd submitted a plan to the Holdenville Chamber of Commerce for a 500 barrel oil refinery near the city beside the Holdenville Gypsy pool in section 25-8-8. The plant aims to be operational by September 1 and will use a unit system with future expansion. Todd also secured a contract with Kingwood Oil Co. to supply crude for the refinery.
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Holdenville
A. G. Todd
Pontotoc Singers Convene at Pleasant Hill
The Pontotoc county singers gathered at Pleasant Hill school house on Saturday night and Sunday with a large crowd despite heat. Prominent singers from other places attended and participated. Dinner was served on the grounds Sunday for several hundred attendees.
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Pontotoc County
Pleasant Hill School House
Australia loan over subscribed in New York in one hour
The five million dollar Commonwealth of Australia five percent external loan, issued by a banking group led by J. P. Morgan and company, was over subscribed within an hour after books opened in New York on July 20.
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New York
Commonwealth of Australia
J. P. Morgan and Company
Onlroma Lad Captures Western Amateur Golf Title
Keefe Carter, 19, from Oklahoma, won the Western Amateur Championship at Lochmoor Club by defeating Russell Martin of Crosmoor Club Chicago 3-2 after 36 holes. He is the first winner from south of the Mason Dixon line and the youngest major champion except Chic Evans. Carter, of Oklahoma City, previously won the Oklahoma state amateur title in 1924.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Keefe Carter
Oklahoma
Lochmoor
Russell Martin
Frossmoor Club
Chicago
California
Chic Evans
Carter
Oklahoma City
Mediums fail to crack couple's dead communication code
Mrs. J. Allen Gilbert of Portland and her husband, both spiritualism students, created a pass word for posthumous messages. Scientific American reports 1389 claimed messages lacked the proper signal. Gilbert offers 500 for a coded message though no one has produced the code word despite private details and tests.
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New York
J. Allen Gilbert
Portland
Ore
The
Scientific American
Gilbert
Jim
Joshua
Three Ada Students Among Oklahoma Summer Graduates
Three Ada students Vivian Burris Anna Blanche Cottingham and L Verne Walters graduate from the University of Oklahoma at the 16th summer commencement August 4 George E Wadsack announces 145 total graduates Twenty two will receive graduate degrees The class pursues nine degrees led by Bachelor of Arts and 53 graduates Dr William Bennett Bizzell begins as university president July 1 and will give the commencement address Dr Earnest C Mobley will deliver the baccalaureate sermon August 2
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Norman
Ada
Vivian Burris
Anna Blanche Cottingham
L. Verne Walters
University of Oklahoma
George E. Wadsack
Misses Burris
Cottingham
Walters
William Bennett Bizzell
Earnest C. Mobley
First Christian Church of
Oklahoma City
Okmulgee Gas Company Granted First Revocable Permit
Oklahoma City July 20 The Okmulgee Gas company received the first revocable permit under the Tenth legislature by the state corporation commission. The permit replaces the 20 year municipal franchise which expired today.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Okmulgee Gas Company
State Corporation Commission
Harris Sues For County Commissioner Seat Recount
Frank Harris, defeated Democrat, files suit in district court claiming a recount shows he won Washington County commissioner. R. E. Boggess, Republican, holds office after state supreme court dismissed the case for being filed before Boggess assumed the office.
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Bartlesville
Frank Harris
Washington County
R. E. Boggess
Harris
State Supreme Court
Boggess
News Want Ad Promises Buy Rent or Sell Options
Classified notice invites readers to use a News want ad to buy rent or sell items. It highlights quick placement and broad reach for prospective buyers tenants and sellers seeking to connect through the publication.
Taxpayers Debate City Water Rates and County Budget
The Taxpayers League met Friday to discuss city water rates and the county budget. Reported water department revenue has fallen from about 25 000 yearly to near 50 000 with repairs and higher industrial rates. expenses and debt service leave a 24 100 shortfall to be raised by tax. County finances show taxable value drop from 17 million to 15 million, auditing needs, and a proposed 52 945 levy deemed unnecessary given expected state highway transfers and other revenue. The group urged self sufficiency in water rates and urged excise board funding for county office audits.
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Tax Payers League
Excise Board
Water Department
J. F. Mekheel
County Highway Department
State Highway Department
Stratford
Stonewall
Allen
Ross
League
Cruise Board
A. K. Thornton
Wood Whitaker nuptials in Alhambra California
Fred Wood of Alhambra California and Mrs Bess Whitaker wed Thursday evening by Judge Brown. They will reside in California. Mrs Wood a county pioneer and daughter of W J Akers has long been known here and many friends wish her happiness.
Marriage of Miss Annie Neal and Herbert T Hamilton
Miss Annie Rebecca Neal and Herbert T Hamilton of Ada were married in Pulaski Tennessee on July Fourth. The bride, daughter of Dr. and Mrs J H Neal, is noted for college work piano and high school achievements. Hamilton, a college man and businessman in Marshall Tennessee, is Ada born son of Mr and Mrs A N Hamilton and will reside in Marshall.
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Annie Rebecca Neal
Herbert T. Hamilton
Ada
Pulaski
Tennessee
J. H. Neal
Tenessee
Pulaski High School
Martin Colege
Hampton School of Music
Hamilton
Marshall
Herbert Hamilton
Christian University
Harper
Kansas
A. N. Hamilton
Lawton Considers Sunday Closing Of Moving Picture Shows
Lawton voters will decide on Sunday closing of moving picture shows after the city council set plans for an election. The exact election date remains to be determined in the coming weeks.
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Lawton
McIntosh Officials Plan Fireproof County Offices
McIntosh county officials meet after a fire destroyed records worth about 500000 in uncollected taxes. They plan to reestablish offices and erect a fireproof courthouse, with only the treasurer’s financial and district school ledgers saved.
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Mcalester
McIntosh
Garment Escrow Case Ties Former Reliance Worker
McAlester reports Frank Parrona former employee at the Reliance Shirt company claims unpaid wages after the firm’s state penitentiary contract ended. He seizes prison-made garments as part of the dispute with other employees.
White Takes Office as Western District U S Marshal
Ewers White, newly appointed United States Marshal for the western district of Oklahoma, took the oath of office today before Federal Judge John H. Cotterall in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Ewers White
Western District of
Oklahoma
John H. Cottera
Shawnee Baseball Player Injured In Bus Wreck
Shawnee baseball player Robert Hart was hurt when the team bus overturned six miles from Stratford while traveling to Ada. He was taken to Ada hospital with injuries to the pelvis. later he returned to Shawnee with an attendant as the only reported injured player.
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Robert Hart
Shawnee
Ada Independents
Ada
Stratford
Hart
Automobile ownership in five European nations totals 86 million
In Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany a combined 86 million people own cars. The figure translates to roughly one vehicle per 175 residents, with numbers cited as 191 and 937 in related statistics.
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Sweden
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Teen Confessed Slayer Bert Henson Sentenced to Life
Bert Henson, 16, confessed to killing Claude Fain seven miles from Perry. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by District Judge Claude Duvall at Perry Saturday after arrest and confession. the victim used the alias Tom Gardner, with home listed as Arts home.
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Bert Henson
Claude Fain
Perry
Claude Duvall
Henson
Tom Gardner
aHrtshorne
Tulsa Man Faces Trial Over Pipe Theft at Refinery
Wallace Bogard told officers he came from Texas and is to stand trial in Tulsa on a charge of stealing 6,000 feet of four inch pipe from the Constantin Refinery Company. He shocked attendees at arraignment by mocking his bond with two $1,000 bills.
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Tulsa
Wallace Bogard
Texas
Court of Common Pleas
Bogard
Constantin
Oklahoma rises to second in cotton production
From a sixth place in 1907 Oklahoma has become the United States' second largest cotton producer when area is considered the first cotton state.
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Oklahoma
United States
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