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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
7
Legal notices declare heirs and unknown claimants must answer by late June 1928 in cases involving Joe Porter Herbert Porter Katie Porter and Mary Cunningham estate disputes. Writings detail extensive land descriptions across townships one north range six east with court seals and attorney listings.
Ada Oklahoma July 12 1928 auction sale of 77.21 acres in Pontotoc County part of Galloway Lewis property near Ada with oil and gas prospects and cash terms plus a district court publication notice from Pontotoc County Oklahoma informing Royalties Association of Oklahoma and other defendants of a mortgage foreclosure and other claims with court dates and attorney details and parties including W L McKinley Annie E McKinley and Maud McSwain heirs.
Notice declares sale at 2 p m on June 25 1928 at Pontotoc County Courthouse Ada Oklahoma to satisfy a district court judgment against Walter C Lovelady and Ada Lovelady in favor of Commerce Trust Company for 601 23 plus interest and 60 12 attorney fees with a prior 3 000 mortgage. A special execution was issued and delivered to the sheriff.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma on May 28 1928 notice is given that A E Nolen plaintiff and Stella May Smith et al defendants in a district court action will sell at public auction on July 2 1928 at 2 PM at the south front of the Pontotoc County courthouse Ada to satisfy a tax lien judgment of 63 65 with 18 percent interest plus 25 attorneys fee 30 25 costs and accruing costs on the Northeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter Section 30 Township 4 North Range 6 East. The sale is without appraisal and the proceeds to be applied as directed by the judgment and order of sale. Witness the undersigned.
Notice of sheriff sale issued by the District Court of Pontotoc County Oklahoma. The 154.65 acre parcel described as Lots 3 and 4 and the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 4 Township 4 North Range 4 East will be sold on June 25 1928 at 2:00 PM at the south front door of the Ada Court House to satisfy a foreclosure judgment of $5148.18 plus interest costs and accruing costs in favor of Oklahoma State Bank of Ada against Kansas E Gray and others. Sheriff Harrell. Attorneys for plaintiff: Harrell and Kerr. 5-24-5tw
The St Louis San Francisco railway faces a Supreme Court hearing on December 3 over compelment to keep shops and division headquarters in Sapulpa Oklahoma. The railway had moved operations to Tulsa and sought federal relief against state and corporate commission orders.
Russia plans an icebreaker and airship expedition to Franz Josef land after a radio tip linked to Italia. At Spitzbergen, Braganza and Hobby crews search northeast coast while Lieut Holm surveys with a naval monoplane and awaits Haakon’s message.
The Albert Kaser family of eight perished in a fire of undetermined origin at their two story farm home near Covert Kansas. Neighbors found the charred bodies of the parents and six children after 11 p.m. in their beds on the second floor. A coroner's inquest was planned.
In Eufaula Oklahoma on June 4, Roy Nicholson, Other Key and Jeff Kimbro pleaded guilty to robbing the Hitchita State Bank. District Judge Harve Melton sentenced them to 25 years each in the state penitentiary at McAlester. About $600 of the $1,000 stolen was recovered. A fourth man who drove the getaway car remains at large. They also confessed to a nearby We tumka filling station robbery. trial for that crime is unlikely. Judge Melton also sentenced Tom France to four years for burning a neighbor’s house and barn.
In the Canadian house of commons W. G. McQuarrie of New Westminster cited a U S dispatch about American flags torn from a car carrying American tourists in Montreal. Premier Mackenzie King rejected compulsory measures and suggested bilateral talks between governments.
Oklahoma and Texas officials prepare for final hearings in Dallas to determine fair tolls on four Red River bridges Denison Gainesville Preston and Terral. Audits of company books were completed by Missouri Commission auditors and will be presented at the session.
A federal grand jury indicted 11 Melrose Park residents including village president Gus Bohlander and trustee Anthony Palma for running a large alcohol operation. 119 stills were found, with sugar use totaling 11 million pounds in one year. Joe Montana, said to lead the syndicate, faced prior murder charges. Federal raids in February spurred the case amid claims of water-supply disruption.
May 31 report from Oklahoma City notes Governor Johnston absent leads state board of equalization to postpone, then adopt tentative valuations on ten toll bridges and permanent on five. Key Ada-Konawa bridge valued at 75 000, Bridgeport at 100 000, Purcell Lexington at 133 000, with several others listed. Also tentatively set are Durants and Gainesville bridges, and Rock Island railroad properties at 40 8 million. Southwestern Bell at 16 400 000.
Notice of tax liens for unpaid income taxes and penalties totaling 6 442 455 62 against Henry Blackmer fugitive oil magnate believed hiding in France filed in U S district court. LIens cover 1916 through 1923 and were issued by IRS Intelligence chief Hugh McQuillan.
Washington June 1 UP The federal bureau of education announced that of the million persons teaching in 1926 seventeen percent were men an increase of three percent since 1920 The bureau noted a long decline in male teachers between 1860 and 1920 due to low salaries and women entering the field Ardmore May 31 The City Commissioners awarded a Soldiers Memorial contract to Hugh McIntyre whose bid fit the 6399 architect estimate exclusive of two bronze tablets.
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