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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1927

Page

4

Points on youth, Monroe Doctrine and Tulsa fair noted

The column discusses youth and public reception of graduates, defended Monroe Doctrine amid European meddling, promotes a proposed Negro state fair in Tulsa October 5-8 to aid education and farming, and urges Oklahoma highway bond funding while highlighting rail expansion near Pontotoc county. It also covers oil prospects in Pontotoc, consumer habits like cash buying, and a general overview of regional crops and markets.

America Monroe Oklahoma Tulsa Booker Washington Tuskegee Highway Commission Pontotoc County Pontotoc

Eight escapees from reformatory thwarted near Berlin

Prison escape attempt ends with eight convicts on the run. Sheriff Green and deputy Stout pursue in Sayre bound car using highway 33. Two captives recaptured near Granite with bloodhounds. Warden Waters notes gang assigned to weed cutting under Bert Johnson guard.

J. T. Jackson Clarence Irons Arthur Cornett Lewis Chapman Tom H2gzes Sayre Sheriff Green Jake Stout Becxham County Texas Berlin Granite George A. Waters Reformatory

Dempsey Sharkey Fight Judges in Disagreement

New York July 26 two judges of the Dempsey Sharkey bout filed reports with the commission narrowing disputes over the seventh round events last Thursday. Judge Mathison said he saw three fouls and a near knockdown, while the other judge differed on the rounds and fouls.

New York Demsey Dempsey Sharkey Tom Flynn Snd

Wanted contact regarding Ida Fletcher and associates

A notice seeks to contact Miss Ida Fletcher or her associates through Mrs. B. Cox of Sapulpa Oklahoma. It notes Fletcher lived near Davis Oklahoma twelve years ago and mentions a land sale reference in section 20-5-8 with Edgar Hutcheson noted.

Smith Brookhart Iowa Brookhart Intermediate Credit Bank Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System Cox Sapulpa Okla Ida Fletcher Edgar. Hutcheson

Convicts Break From Reformatory. One Slain in Sayre Shootout

Oklahoma City July 26 A failed escape from the Granite state reformatory ends with Eddie Shaw slain when Sheriff E M Green tries to seize six fugitives at Sayre Berle Searcy and Merle Hurhey are wounded two others are back in Granite cells as the escape attempt unfolds with gunfire and injuries across two locations.

Oklahoma City State Reformatory Granite Sayre Reformatory Hospital Eddie Shaw E. M. Green Berle Searcy Merle Hurhey Green

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