Francis Man Held as Driver in Ada Girl’s Death
Frances Allen, 17, died after being run over while asleep on Francis road. Joe Murphree, foreman on a Francis school project, was arrested, arraigned on manslaughter, and released on $1,500 bond with a June 24 preliminary hearing set. The crash occurred near Homer school house. Murphree is accused as the driver based on vehicle ownership and circumstantial evidence.
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Frances Allen
Francis Road
Joe Murphree
Francis
Murphree
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Anderson
Carson
Ada
J. W. Dean
Dean
Homer School
ADA USCS Clubs Kelp Undefeated Record Sunday
Roy Schuler, driver of the car carrying four including victim Frances Allen, denies alcohol use by himself or Roddie Lowrey on the day of the Homer school house tragedy. He recounts a Sunday of car trouble, a late return to Ada, and an attempted call for help before the fatal incident near the Homer school house.
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Roddie Lowrey
Frances Allen
Homer School
Roy Schuler
Francis
Lowrey
Lowry
Byrds Mill
Ada
Ada Independents win in tenth in thriller over Weleetka
The Ada Independents remain undefeated with a 13 to 12 victory over Weleetka after a neck and neck game. Deaver drove in T Waner in the tenth to seal the win as Formby and Sanders were keyed by hard hitting on both sides. The win marks the seventh straight for Ada in a dramatic county contest.
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Deaver
T. Waner
Ada
Formby
Sanders
Johnson
Lucas
Pryor
Weleetka
Independent
Independents
R. Waner
Nurses Charged With Bringing In Booze From Cuba
A Navy court martial acquitted Ruth Anne Anderson a nurse charged with bringing liquor into the United States on a transport. Catherine C. Glancy and Ruth Anderson faced the trial as the first women to appear before a Navy general court martial.
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Washington
Ruth Anne Anderson
United States
Navy
Washington Navy Yard
Wilburn
Catherine C. Glancy
Navy Department
Ruth Anderson
Washington Navyuard
Cuba
Norfolk
No More Parties with Strange Men Ends in Tragedy
A young woman recounts a deadly incident after a night ride with two companions and two men. Frances Allen died after a farm house ride and a car stop near Homer school house, as Jewel Ethridge, age 18, described the events and her shock at the tragedy.
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Jewel Ethridge
Frances Allen
West End
Ada
Girl Suffers Guts In Uptown Auto Accident
The daughter of Mrs. Lee Cook sustained a badly lacerated cheek and minor head cut in a 3:25 p.m. East Main Street crash. Riding with Miss Dubie Lee Dean in a Ford touring car, the front collision shattered part of the windshield and glass showered the child. Dr. Breco said injuries are not serious.
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Lee Cook
East Main Street
Dubie Lee Dean
Dean
Livestock Market Report from Oklahoma City
June 17 cattle numbers around 1100 with steady trade. Medium fed yearlings at 8.00, grass steers 5.50 to 6.00, good cows 3.75 to 5.00, feeders 7.00 to 7.50, stockers active to steady. Hogs around 600 with 5 to 10 cent advance, top 12.50, bulk 12.20 to 12.45, stockers 11.00 to 11.50, packing sows 10.75 to 11.00.
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Oklahoma City
Duncan Man Slain in Shooting at Home
Duncan June 17 Sam Wimberly is dead and Fayette Miller is hospitalized after a shooting at the home of Bill Morgan fifteen miles southwest of here. Linda Morgan 14, is jailed charged with the shooting as Wimberly and Miller allegedly pointed guns at Morgan and his older son Clem when the younger opened fire.
Oklahoma City Ada Atoka Road May Be Abandoned
H R Hudson president of the company warned before the corporation commission that the Oklahoma City Ada Atoka railway faces complete abandonment of freight and passenger service unless bus line competition is reduced. The road seeks to cut passenger service to one daily train per direction if bus lines stay parallel. Testimony ended. commission decision may take weeks.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka
H. R. Hudson
Hudson
Corporation Commission
County Child Welfare Drive Aims to Top Quota
Ada leads Fontetoe county in a push to reach a $3,000 county quota for the World War orphans fund. Committees from Ada, Allen, Stonewall, Francis, and Roff appeal for contributions as ministers urge support. State and district leaders express confidence Oklahoma will go over the top in the $75,600 national drive.
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Ada
M. O. Matthews
Fontetoe
Legionnaires
Allen, Stonewall
Francis
Roff
Pontotoc County
Jhin Hatener
Oklahora
National Child Endowment Fund
Hatcher
Oklahoma
A. Linscheid
Ardmore Man Claude Pruett Nabbed After Shootout
Ardmore resident Claude Pruett was arrested Saturday afternoon by Police Chief Sam Hargis and Sheriff W B Walker after fleeing a West Main street restaurant. Held on a Carter county assault charge for a policeman shooting, Pruett had a prior prison sentence overturned by Governor Walton and had been elusive since the incident.
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Claude Pruett
Ardmore
Sam Hargis
W. B. Walker
Pruett
West Main Street
Carter County
Hargis
Sheriff Walker
Walker
Man Slaughter Charged in Street Car Fatality
In Oklahoma City on June 13 charges of second degree manslaughter were filed against Mrs. Zena Barrett for a motor car that struck and dragged Miss Helen Melichar 30 feet as she stepped from a street car in a residential area. Melichar, 26, died later at a city hospital. The motorman could not confirm an attempt to stop the car. Melichar could not speak. She was a department store clerk.
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Oklahoma City
Zena Barrett
Helen Melichar
Miss Melichar
M. D. Timberlake
W. F. Schulte
J. D. Lydick
Oklahoma Bar Association
Wyley Jones
Schulte
Timberlake
Lydick
The
Bar Association
E. H. Jones
Victoria Lucky
First National Bank of
Ada
Mceel
N. B. Haney
McKeel
Duncan Over Top In Welfare Drive For Orphan Kiddies
Duncan led the American Legion Child Welfare Endowment Campaign raising its $3,000 city quota without soliciting help. John F. Eddleman of Duncan and Ernest Brown of the Oklahoma National Bank coordinated the effort and the fund drive continues beyond the initial target.
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Duncan
Oklahoma City
American Legion Child Welfare Endowment
John F. Eddleman
The
American Legion
Ernest Brown
Oklahoma National Bank of
Brown
Mr. Brown
Pontotot County Loses Gas Tax Revenue
Pontotoc County suffered a sharp drop in gasoline tax revenue after a March 23 law change. From nine months of data, the county averaged 1800.40 monthly, then fell to 921.27, an estimated annual total of 10549.56, due to the shift in apportionment from population and value to area and population only.
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H. C. Stephens
Pontotoc County
Stephens
Loyalty Theme S Keynote Of Hatchers Talk
James Hatcher Oklahoma Legion commander spoke to East Central students on loyalty to school and state and urged teachers to join the Oklahoma Education Association. He backed nine months of instruction, moonlight schools funding, and unity against intolerance while praising school support for the child endowment fund and flag etiquette. Dr A Linscheid forecast 800 teachers joining.
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James Hatcher
East Central
Oklahoma
American Legion
Oklahoma Educational Association
Hatcher
Legion
Kentucky
Jacok Waltons
Indiana
Florida
Gregory
Braman Oil Field Shows 13 Wells Producing 2488 Barrels
Thirteen wells in the Braman oil field are producing a total of 2,488 barrels. The report highlights continued activity and output from the field's operations.
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Braman
Ally
Groff Buys Sulphur Democrat. Hugo Publisher Plans Triweekly
Sulphur Democrat announces D. Q. Groff of Hugo has taken active control of the paper. Beginning next week the Democrat will be issued as a tri weekly publication with possible afternoon daily plans if conditions are favorable.
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D. QO. Groff
Hugo
Democrat
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Ball Park
Ada Independents
Weleetka Tribe
Roy Sanders
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
B. A. Pratt
Ford Mercer
Chicago
Ford
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Hill
Atos
Rooming House
Frances
Ade
Uptown
Ada- Atoka
Clair
Wewoka
Pontoton County
Victoria
State Legion
College Assembly
D. C. Groff
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