Voting Precincts of Pontotoc county outlined and changed
Three new voting precincts created in Pontotoc county Ada area and precinct boundary changes listed. Inspector names and polling places detailed for Ward 1 through outlying precincts Greenhouse Pecan Grove and others. Also notes on Capitol Hill renamed Colbert and Walden renamed Homer.
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Ada
Election Board
Pontotoc County
Ahloso
Pecan Grove
Captol Hill
Colbert
Walden
Homer
Greenhouse
J. Fred Orr
Main Street
Townsend Avenue
Rennie Avenue
City Hall
J. O. Abney
Katy Track
Mississippi Avenue
Bob Ford
L. B. Trone
Hays School
Gary Kitchens
Katy
Chevrolet Garage
S. W. Hill
C. G. Rose
Willard School
Joe Allen
North Side Methodist Church
E. B. Gregory
Glenwood
E. G. Reed
Seventeenth Street
Oak Avenue
Viete
Convention Hall
Cad F Patteson
Capitol Hill
Ben Brundage
RFD
Conway
He A. Blackburn
Allen Red
J. W. Fairchilds
Roff
Egypt
Marvin Floyd
East Roff
J. J. McLeod
Fitzhugh
O. A. Holloway
Francis
J. W. Craddock
Franks
Lovelady
W. M. Ross
Lightning Ridge
J. P. Ables
Maxwell
E. H. Light
Stratford
Oakman
L. D. Baird
Owl Creek
J. H. Davis
Stonewall
Steve Fish
Steedman
H. S. Farris
Sunshine
Will Brents
Hickory
Tyrola
Tom Chanaler
Union Valley
N. M. Boyles
Vaness
A. H. White
Lee Collins
Walder
West Roff
Cliff Collins
Rocky Chapel
N. Clampitt
Canyon Springs
Jay Hardin
Pontotoce
Pickett
Frank Fowler
Wilson
Vanoss Red
Lindbergh Tries Hand as Locomotive Engineer
Colonel Charles Lindbergh, after a morning hop from Coton, Pa., landed at a field at 7, reporting engine trouble and choosing adjustments over a New York run. He was stranded by fog last night, stayed at Coxton yards with Lehigh Valley Railroad officials, rode a Buffalo to New York mail train to Mountain Top, then returned to Caxton yards with Lindbergh at the throttle and spent the night at the YMCA.
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Wilkes Barre
Charles Lindbergh
Coton
Lindbergh
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Coxton Yards
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
New York
Mountain Top
Caxton Yards
Appellate Court Affirms Three Cases in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals affirmed but reduced Otis Scott's sentence from twelve to seven years for the Ned Scarborough slaying after excluding his intoxication testimony. It also affirmed Earl Williams's fifteen year sentence, dismissed Jess Stringfellow's case for lack of notice, and upheld Choice Pickett's eleven year term for killing taxi driver Maxie Sewell in Duncan in 1925.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Otis Scott
Tulsa County
Ned Scarborough
Scott
Earl Williams
Nowata County
Jess Stringfellow
Mayes County
Pickett
Stephens County
Maxie Sewell
Duncan
State Penitentiary
Stephens County District Court
Sewell
Briggs elected president of Southeastern States Teachers College
Eugene S. Briggs superintendent of Okmulgee schools since 1925 was chosen president of the Southeastern States Teachers College at Durant by unanimous vote of the state board of education. He will assume duties July 1, succeeding H. G. Bennett, who moves to Oklahoma A and M college at Stillwater.
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Hiram Johnson
Hoover
White House
Johnson
Republican Party of
California
Harding
Hughes
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Oklahoma City
Eugene S. Briggs
Okmulgee
Southeastern States Teachers College
Durant
State Board of Education
Briggs
H. G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
Bennett
Bradford Knapp
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
John Vaughan
Johnston
Vaughan
State Board
Oklahoma Democrats Split Over Smith Candidacy At National Convention
Oklahoma's Democratic delegation held caucuses to decide the first presidential ballot for Governor Alfred E. Smith. Judge James R. Tolbert led Smith supporters while Armstrong and Haskell backers pressed for control. Administrations aides predicted Hull or Jones styling the ballot order, with Smith possibly on later ballots. Delegates reported heavy organizing amid heat and crowded convention floors.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Alfred E. Smith
Oklahoma
James R. Tolbert
Hobart
Smith
New York
James R. Armstrong
Oklahoma City
Charles N. Haskell
National Platform Committee
Lee Cruce
Ardmore
Smith Group
Judge Tolbert
Armstrong
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Jesse Jones
Texas
Haskell
Tolbert
Rice Hotel
Brazos Hotel
John Rawls for Sheriff of Pontotoc County
Ada resident John Rawls announces his candidacy for Sheriff of Pontotoc County in the upcoming Democratic primary on August 7. A longtime public servant with 20 years in law enforcement and prior roles as Deputy Sheriff and Ada Police Chief, he pledges impartial law enforcement and firm action against criminals and bootleggers.
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John Rawls
Ada
Pontotoc County
John
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Stewart Indicted on Perjury Charge
Robert W. Stewart head of the Indiana Standard Oil company was indicted on three counts of perjury related to his Continental Trading company testimony before the senate oil committee. His counsel denounces the indictment as political and vows immediate trial. Former Ada Girl Weds Clyde Hall in Independence Kansas.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Indiana Standard Oil Company
Continental Trading Company
Senate Oil Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Stewart
The
Indiana Standard
H. S. Osler
Continental
Opal Leona Bennett
R. L. Hall
Clyde Hall
J. C. Hall
Jennings
Okla
Independence
Kansas
Hall
Ada
Lofton, Bennett
M. F. West
Joe D. Bennett
Hugh Bennett
Ed Bennett
This City
George Harrison
Vera Daggs
Bank robber Brasher jailed seven years in Granite reformatory
Tecumseh June 22 John A Brasher 21 of Cleveland county was sentenced to seven years in the state reformatory at Granite by Judge Hal Johnson after pleading guilty to a bank robbery. He stole $800 from the Macomb state bank and was captured shortly after.
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Tecumseh
John A. Brasher
Cleveland County
State Reformatory
Granite
Hal Johnson
Macomb State Bank
Father of Kimes Boys Shot Dead in Raid near Bowlegs
C Kimes father of George and Matthew Kimes the Oklahoma bandits held in McAlester penitentiary was shot and killed near Bowlegs by deputy Jack Sparks during a raid on an underground still. Shaw Nelm Jim Clinton and Sparks chased the suspect after days of surveillance when Kimes opened fire with an automatic. An unidentified man fled the scene and attacked Clinton with an axe.
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Kimes
Seminole
C. Kimes
George
Matthew Kimes
Oklahoma
McAlester
Lafe
Bowlegs
Jack Sparks
Seminole County
Shaw Nelm
Jim Clinton
Sparks
Nelm
Clinton
Shooting confrontation ends with capture of assailant
Sparks fired after Kimes raised his gun to shoot Nelm and then helped Clin ton. The man with the axe was captured but refused to give his name, while a third man who fled during the fight escaped.
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Sparks
Kimes
Nelm
Clinton
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ADA Weekly News
Wm. Dee Little
Byron Norrell
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
ADA Evening News
ADA Weekly
Ae An
Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Kemal
Gov. Johnston
Bebee
M.C. Grigsby
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Panhandle
Boss Ware
Pennsylvania
Mr. Vare
Vare
Adamen
United States
Canada
Mexico
America
la Follette
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Union
A. & M. College
Carter
Sweetwater
Pontotocco
Lindbergh Tries Hand
Balbo E
Southeastern
Okmulgee School
Durant College
Cruce
Independence, Kansas
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