County Chamber Forms Watchful Panel on Solicitors
A Cham ber of Commerce meeting at the revival tabernacle united to curb fake advertising schemes. A secret committee will vet solicitations before citizens donate. The group backed a county fair plan, advancing stock sales to relieve debt and fund a self sustaining Ada event. Committees were appointed to push the exhibit for the Oklahoma City state fair and to study a permanent free county fair under township levy laws.
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Chamber of Commerce
Revival Tabernacle
Gowing
O. K
Ada
Fair Association
Pontotoc County
J. F. McKeel
Hill
Oklahoma City
B. A. Pratt
Luther Harrison
Pontotoc
Washington, D. C
Marvin Brown
Oklahoma
White House
Correll
Airship pilots go on strike in New York
Aerial mail pilots began a strike in New York today as no pilots appeared to fly the Chicago mail to Bellefonte Pennsylvania. The walkout follows the Post Office Department refusal to reinstate two pilots discharged for refusing flights due to fog. No information was released from Belmont Park about the strike. Washington and New York air mail planes left on time, but reports to the department showed no other flights in operation.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Bellefonte
Penna
Post Office Department
Belmont Park
Washington
Western Division
Agricultural Department Expands Student Farm Projects
More than 500 students at East Central Normal participate in soils crops farm animals poultry fruits and vegetables courses. Residents of Ada and Pontotoc counties grow crops and animals as part of their program under Pratt Hill and Mrs Duvall supervision. The department links classroom study to practical home project work and community center development with support from A M College experts and the International Harvester Company materials.
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Agricultural Department
East Central Normal
Ada
Pontotoc County
B. A. Pratt
Hill
Duvall
Normal
A. & M. College
Pratt
Frisco
Union Valley
Center
Bution
Hughes
Bowers
Miss Edwards
Vaness
George Overturff
Maxwell
McCracken
Colberg
Butcher
Allen
Normal Agricultural Department
International Harvester Company
Pres. Cantwell
Agricultural College
Callarman
Old Veterans to Get Low Fares On Railroads
Confederate veterans in Ada will receive one and one third fare the round trip for the August 26 to 28 reunion. The U S Railway Administration issued a letter to Maj Gen D M Hailey detailing reduced fare rules for Oklahoma Division units and auxiliaries with special identification certificates.
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A. M. Crow
Confederate Veterans of
Ada
E. E. MacLeod
Western Passenger Bureau
U. S. Railway Administration
D. M. Hailey
McAlester
Chicago
Oklahoma
United Confederate Veterans and Auxiliary
Okla
Confederate Veterans
Aaa
Portland
Ore
U. C. Va
Ebpn
E. Macleod
Chicago Strikes Freeze City Transit in Major Labor TieUp
Fifteen thousand street and elevated railway workers walk out in Chicago halting transport. Carmen demand 85 cents an hour, an eight hour day, and overtime pay. union leaders had agreed on 65 cents but workers vote to strike at four this morning. Meanwhile local business owners in the Phonograph Shop and Ada Music Co expand operations with new partners.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carmen
Phonograph Shop
Ince
Texas
Ada Music Company
Messrs
Bates
Penrose and Row
East Main Street
Edwin Wright
Penrose
Phonograph Shop, Inc
Who Owns the Air Over Your Head Court to Decide
Kansas City July 29 A farmer Frederick Hoenemann sues a plane owner seeking to restrain flight over his land claiming livestock disturbance. Legal debate compares ownership of air to ownership of land and traces precedents from England and U S courts on progress with air travel.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Frederick Hoenemann
Hoenemann
England
Massachussett
Supreme Court
Highest Court
Indiana
National drive to improve stock begins Oct 1
The United States Department of Agriculture launches a nationwide Better Live Stock crusade in cooperation with state colleges and agencies. The plan aims to replace scrub domestic animals with purebred stock, improve production efficiency, and recognize progressive breeders with official emblems.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
Belgian Foreign Affairs Committee Approves Peace Treaty Ratification
Brussels July 390 The foreign affairs committee of the Belgian chamber of commerce has passed favorably upon ratification of the peace treaty with Germany.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Belgium
Foreign Affairs Committee
Belgian Chamber of Commerce
Germany
Marriage Licenses Reported for James Estill and Elizabeth Jones
James A Estill 26 of Roff wed Elizabeth Jones 24 of Roff. Elmer Hobbs 22 of Maxwell married Beulah Malloy 20 of Maxwell. W R Caudill 18 Sasakwa married Othella Washington 18 Sasakwa.
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Jas. A. Estill
Roff
Elizabeth Jones
Elmer Hobbs
Maxwell
Beulah Malloy
W. R. Caudill
Sasakwa
Othella Washington
Creston man who murdered mother escapes guards then hangs self
Roy Emerson of Creston Iowa who was recently convicted of murdering his mother escaped custody on the way to Mount Ayr jail and committed suicide by hanging under a highway bridge using his coat as a rope.
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Kellerton
Roy Emerson
Creston
Iowa
Mount Ayr
Carmen GHGAGO to Vote in Strike Referendum
Chicago workers face a strike vote by the surface and elevated men union of about fifteen thousand members after a meeting drew only six thousand attendees. Officials say it may take another day to complete the referendum.
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Chicago
Chicago AAU War Deepens Amid Riots and Death Toll
Chicago amid escalating race violence with 26 dead and close to 1000 injured as whites and blacks clash citywide. Two regiments arrive, 8000 troops ready. officials offer no troop rationale. States Attorney Hoyne to probe August grand jury. Adjutant General Dickson reports improved yet tense zones including stockyards. Berger Odman, white, shot in the abdomen and died.
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Chicago
Woodlawn
Englewood
Hoyne
Dickson
Berger Odman
Ada Music Company Buys The Phonograph Shop
Ada Music Company completed a purchase of the Phonograph Shop in a deal finalized yesterday. The acquisition expands Ada’s presence in local music retail and signals consolidation in the regional phonograph market.
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ADA Music Company
Ada Music Com
American Troops to Begin Return from Occupation
The First Division of the American army will entrain for Brest around August 15 as they begin returning to the United States. After their departure only about 8 000 American troops remain in the Army of Occupation.
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Associated Press
Spain Adheres to League of Nations Treaty Pact
Madrid July 30 The foreign minister introduced a bill in the senate to empower the government to adhere to the League of Nations and the international labor agreement in the Versailles treaty.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Senate
League of Nations
VAT Dynamiters Traced by Bloodhounds near Wilburton
Bloodhounds from McAlester led officers to J. E. Graham Leonard Mosveller and L. E. Loveless in Wilburton Oklahoma after they dynamited three dipping vats. Graham slept in a wagon near Charles Newsom's home while others were found at Loveless's residence. The suspects' shoes matched tracks from the blast site. Seventeen vats have been blown up in the area this year, including yesterday's attack.
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Wilburton
Okla
McAlester
J. E. Graham
Leonard Mosveller
L. E. Loveless
Graham
Charles Newsom
Loveless
Rand School Charter Revocation Case Dismissed
New York attorney general filed to revoke the Rand School of Social Science charter. Supreme Court Justice McAvey dismissed the proceedings, following a joint legislative committee inquiry into radical activities.
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Associated Press
New York
Newton
New York State
Rand School of Social Science
Supreme Court
McAvey
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