Simmons On Top Leads Americans
Chicago June 6 Al Simmons, once a bush leaguer, now valued at least 75 000 by Mack, leads American league batters with a .415 average after a hot nine game stretch. He has 44 runs and 123 total bases, with five doubles a triple and two home runs this week.
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al Simmons
Gonnie Mack
Athletics
Mack
Philadelphia
Simmons
Ty Cobb
McManus
Browns
Ken Williams
Sammy Hale
Harry Rice
St. Louis
Durst Trails Batting Leaders in American Association Race
Durst of St Paul rises among leaders with a .372 average for the Saints. Eddie Murphy of Columbus leads at .412, while Ainsmith of Minneapolis sits runner-up at .392 and Webb of Toledo at .377. Earl Smith of the Millers tops home runs with 12, adding 138 total bases and 75 hits.
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Thie Speaker
Indians
Red Wingo
Tigers
Bob Meusel
Yankees
Babe Ruth
Meusel
Yanks
Gabby Hartnett
Cubs
Mostl
White Sox
Pirates
Rogers Hornsby
Cardinals
Earl “Sparky” Adams
Bancroft
Boston
Earl Smith
Pittsburgh
Burrus
Hornsby
St. Louis
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Philadelphia
Wheat
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Bottomley
Wright
Durst
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Saints
Eddie Murphy
Columbus
Eddie Ainsmith
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Brief
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Christensen
Boone
Guyon
Louisville
Leborrveau
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Fiswer
Butler
Luce
Southern Association leaders amid high hitting pace
Gulley of Little Rock takes the batting lead at .414 as he belts 13 hits in five games and tops total bases with 133. Crowder of Birmingham hits .421 over 21 games while Cullop of Atlanta and J Smith of Atlanta remain near the top with .412 and .388 respectively as baserunners and outfielders post strong showings across the circuit.
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Little Rock
Cullop
Atlanta
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Barger
Good
Rhinehardt
Memphis
J. Smith
Crowder
Birmingham
J. Stewart
Onga
Eichrodt
Nashville
Taylor
Martial Law Torch to Age Trial in State
Oklahoma City June 6 Nate Hantaman must face trial as the state criminal court of appeals upholds his vagrancy conviction from Tulsa. His attorneys failed to file a brief after appealing, and the court notes they will not consider merit lacking contention. A mob flogged Hantaman during the vagrancy case, reportedly with over 100 lashes, amid prior marshal law and a military investigation ordered by former Governor Walton.
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Nate Hantaman
Oklahoma
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Hantaman
Tulsa
Appelate
J. C. Walton
Marshal Law
Believed Student 15 Slayer of Professor Turner
Baton Rouge police renew their search for the slayer of Prof. Oscar B. Turner of Louisiana State University. The agronomy instructor was found dead with multiple head and throat wounds from a heavy ax beside the crime scene. Authorities suspect a student who rifled a desk containing missing examination papers before today’s class.
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Baton Rouge
Oscar B. Turner
Louisiana State University
Turner
Polar Flight May Unlock Old Secret
The Arctic news columns note Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth may uncover traces of Swedish air explorers Solomon Andree Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel who vanished after attempting a North Pole flight from Spitzbergen in a drifting balloon. Their efforts predated airplanes and dirigibles and inspired Swedish faith in a future clue to their fate.
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Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
North Pole
Solomon A. Andree
Nils Strindberg
Knut Fraenkel
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Sweden
Captain Scott
South Pole
Amundsen
United States
Andree
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm
Philadelphia
Wise
Supreme Court rulings and term adjournment details
The Supreme Court ruled a federal court cannot compel a nonresident to testify before the railroad labor board in Robertson v. Ohio. It adjourned the 1925 term and outlined plans for the 1926 term starting October 5.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal
Railroad Labor Board
Supreme Court
D. B. Robertson
Ohio
Railroad Brotherhood
Jaw Forward Surgery Could End Chinless Inferiority
New York doctors discuss Lancet report on using a special plate to push the lower jaw forward, aligning molars and restoring a receding chin. The piece links jaw projection with perceived character and social advantage, tracing ideas from primitive man to modern society.
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William Parker
New York
Lancet
Progress on Fanks to Pontotoc road underway Ada work
J. J. Townsend reports good progress on the Franks to Pontotoc road from Ada. Crews are on the hill with the new route east from Kiwanis park cutting about a mile and a half off the distance and making travel less steep as County Commissioner Pace plans to continue until completion with Kiwanis Club of Ada cooperation.
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J. J. Townsend
Ada
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Kiwanis Park
Pace
The
Kiwanis Club of
United States Leads in Pork Production
Washington reports the United States holds as many hogs as Europe combined and accounts for nearly two thirds of hog products entering international trade. The Agriculture Department notes regular swings between over and underproduction leave farmers with misaligned market timing and profits.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Department
Constable William Cook Held on Bribery Conspiracy Charges
Sapulpa June 9 William Cook constable in Coxs court and former Creek county deputy sheriff under Abner Bruce lies in county jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on conspiracy and bribery charges He could not make a 7500 bond.
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Sapulpa
William Cook
Justice of the Peace
Cox’s Court
Creek County
Abner Bruce
Electric fans to accompany Arctic expedition
Boston dispatch reports Donald B. MacMillan plans to take electric fans red ribbons and necklaces on his Arctic Expedition this summer. The fans aid color plate development and officials hope for striking color photographs of Eskimo life.
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Boston
Donald RB. MacMillan
Cotton association seeks direct European cotton sales
Oklahoma City The Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association moves to sell Oklahoma cotton directly to Europe. C L Stealey, general manager, leads a commission traveling to Europe to meet the International Master Spinners Association and discuss direct contracts. They will study Denmark’s cooperative marketing model during the trip.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
C. L. Stealey
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Europe
International Master Spinners Association
Master Spinners Association
Stealey
Denmark
LSU Instructor’s Axe Killing Baffles Officials
In Baton Rouge on June 9 police and detectives failed to solve the axe murder of Oscar B. Turner, LSU agronomy instructor. Students of the School of Agriculture began their own inquiry as coroner’s inquest continued with no recommendations.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Oscar B. Turner
Louisiana State University
School of Agriculture
Kentucky Mine Is Death Trap With Seventeen Victims
Bodies of 17 missing miners, seven white men and ten negroes, were recovered at the West Kentucky Coal Mining Company after an explosion. They were found at the 490 foot level and brought to the surface, with three others found earlier. A coroner's inquest was planned for today, expected to be routine.
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Sturgis
West Kentucky Coal Mining Company
Morley Named Leader of Oklahoma Groups in 3 Roles
Morley was elected president of the Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association at its annual meeting and was chosen president of the Oklahoma Bankers Association at its Tulsa convention. He also leads the Izaac Walton League and serves as chairman of the state fish and game commission. He has long headed the American National Bank in McAlester.
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Oklahoma
Amarleon
Sam McAl
McAlester
Morley
Langley jailed for contempt amid drunkenness charge
Pikeville Kentucky June 10 Congressman John W Langley republican jailed after 10 hours and a $10 fine for contempt of court. He was released early this morning and still faces drunkenness charges before Police Judge J P Marrs. The warrant was sworn by Mrs W P Henripizie. Langley earlier faced federal indictments over liquor withdrawals and awaits a possible Atlanta prison sentence. In Oklahoma City a separate note reports General Roy Hoffman predicting Oklahoma will raise its $150000 Child Welfare Endowment goal with local pledges and Legion support.
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John W. Langley
Kentucky
J. P. Marrs
Marrs
Langley
W. P. Henripizie
Hich
Atlanta
Washington
Oklahoma City
Roy Hoffman
American Legion Child Welfare Endowment
Oklahoma
E. W. Marland
Marland
Legion
Hoffman
The
W. J. Pettee
J. F. Owens
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Child Welfare Endowment Fund
Norfleet Fulfills Long Fight Against Confidence Men
Leavenworth Kansas June 6 J Frank Norfleet a 60 year old Texas rancher settled Friday his score with con men Six years earlier he lost 45000 in Dallas and pursued the last man W B Spencer across the nation from Texas to Florida Cuba and beyond Spencer faced habeas corpus in Fort Worth while Norfleet recovered from a broken jaw before the government took the man back for trial in Texas Hamilton deputy will escort Spencer to the penitentiary after his eight year sentence is determined.
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Kan
J. Frank Norfleet
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
W. B. Spencer
Everglades
Florida
Cypress Swamps
North Carolina
Mountains
Canada
Cuba
Spencer
Norfleet
Salt Lake
Sper
Hamilton
Senators Seek Rules Reform In Next Congress
Chicago News notes many senators will propose changes to Senate rules in the upcoming session, all acting spontaneously and denying that the vice president pressured them.
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Senate
Chicago News
Oklahoma Man Bean 6 Granted Complete Pardon
E G Bean former Seminole county treasurer who served a 10 year sentence for embezzling county funds since 1921 received a full pardon from Governor Trapp. Pardon followed recommendations by Nina G Young and Edward M Box after a public hearing with minor protest from Kirby Fitzpatrick.
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Oklahoma City
E. G. Bean
Seminole County
Trapp
Nina G. Young
Edward M. Box
Bean
Box
Kirby Fitzpatrick
First Oklahoma town tops quota in Sand Springs honor
Adjutant Miller reported to Department Headquarters at 4 05 p m on Monday June 1 that Sand Springs became the first Oklahoma town to exceed its quota of 1250 dollars.
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Sand Springs
Oklahoma
Miller
Department
Fred Elam Held on Federal Possession Charge
Fred Elam was arrested Saturday by county officers who allegedly found ten gallons of choc beer on his premises and his case will be turned over to federal authorities. He remained in the county jail pending arraignment and bond, with U S commissioner Howard West. Elam previously charged district court action claiming $940 was taken by officers when arrested for drunkenness and found $50.
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Fred Elam
Elam
U. S
Howard West
Qualls Sentenced for Transporting Liquor in Oklahoma City
Bob Qualls of Stephens County must serve 60 days in jail and pay a 200 dollar fine after fleeing officers during a liquor still raid. The state Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the Stephens County District Court sentence.
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Oklahoma City
Bob Qualls
Stephens County
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Stephensounty District Court
Qualls
Drug Smuggling Plot Found at Atlanta Penitentiary
Officials uncovered another drug smuggling scheme at the Atlanta federal penitentiary. Investigators say several inmates and guards are suspected, with evidence pointing to coordinated trafficking within the facility.
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Atlanta Penitentiary
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