Ada Real Estate Deal Sets New City Record
W H Abernathy closed a ten day option by paying 75000 to KR Hern don for multiple Ada properties. The purchase includes Arcade hotel with three ground floor business rooms, several dwellings, and 140 feet by 100 feet of adjacent land. Abernathy plans to move to 1126 West Fifteenth and, via son Overton, establish an Ada automobile sales agency. Possession soon. Arcade lease expires next January.
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Ada
W. H. Abernathy
KR. A. Herndon
Mr. Abernathy
Twelfth Street
Abernathy
Carter- Nance-Laselle
The
News Today
West Fifteenth
Herndon
Arcade
Overton
Fort Worth
Texas
Mystery in Deverauzx Case Shocks Oklahoma
Tulsa May 11 Judge John Deverauzx a former state supreme court justice lies near death from a drug induced illness and a severe head wound while police seek a ten thousand dollar promissory note missing from his bank vault Mrs James former wife of Jesse James and Goldie Gordon admitted taking the note and are detained for investigation as witnesses and suspects
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Associated Press
Tulsa
John Deverauzx
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
James
Jesse James
Goldie Grdon
Deverauzx
Mrs James
Goldie Gordon
Grain Growers to Hold Meetings at Grain Markets
The U S Grain Growers Inc announces officer conferences by its sales department in principal markets to discuss zone sales offices and management. The first session will be in Columbus Ohio May 12 led by J W Anderson of the Equity Co operative Exchange. Similar meetings follow in Kansas City Omaha St Paul Minneapolis Chicago Spokane and Fort Worth with invitations to farm organization officers.
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Chicago
U. S. Grain Growers, Inc
Farmers’ Co-Operative Grain Marketing Corporation
Columbus
J. W. Anderson
Equity Co-operative Exchange
St. Paul
New Co-Operative Company
Kansas City
Omaha
Minneapolis
Spokane
Ft. Worth
Custafson
Farmers Executive Committee
Wheat crop forecast for winter variety at 629 million bushels
Washington May 9 The Department of Agriculture forecast a winter wheat crop of 629,287,000 bushels based on crop condition on May 1 at 88.8 percent of normal and a revised harvest area of about 26,271,000 acres.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Polish Insurgents Cease Hostilities In Upper Silesia
AP reports that an interallied commission and Polish insurgent leaders agreed last evening to suspend fighting in Upper Silesia. Insurgents will hold a deportation line and stay in place while the Upper Silesian question awaits final Allied settlement.
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Associated Press
London
Interallied Commission
Upper Silicia
Central News
Warsaw
Allied Council
Five Men Await Electric Chair in Oklahoma Penitentiary
At McAlester five inmates including three Black men and two white men remain on death row awaiting stays of execution while appeals are reviewed. Charlie Walker faced execution for stabbing Doc Harkins. William H. Tait and C. W. Gobin await dates for murder charges.
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Associated Press
Mcalester
Charlie Walker
Doc Harkins
Pittsburg
William H. Tait
C. W. Gobin
District Court
Comanche County
Russel Sprague
Lawton
Tait
Gobin
Rovertson
Ledbetter
Blakely
Levy Young
Mangum
Walker
Young
Eli Thomas
Thomas
Calhoun
Gasser Reported Near City of Roff Among locals
Reports say a giant gasser was found at 350 feet on the L. E. Bolen farm four miles west of Roff. Estimated five million cubic feet vented, causing panic as gas escaped and a man was lifted by pressure. Sheriff Duncan notes audible surge and ongoing investigations.
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Roff
L. E. Bolen
Duncan
Ada
New Gasser
Grocers Hear Railroad Plight Described At Convention
In Cincinnati on May 11 B M McKeen former Pennsylvania Railroad VP 1920 described the railroads financial plight and its impact on shippers saying only one cent of each dollar remained after operating costs and in 1917 about 2.33 cents remained to pay interest on invested money.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Southern Wholesale Grocers Association
B. M. McKeen
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
U. S. Invited by Council Amid World War Revisit
President Harding and his cabinet considered an invitation from the allied supreme council to send representatives to sit with the council conference of ambassadors and the reparations commission. No decision was announced as the cabinet gathered and officials refused to discuss the matter.
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U. S
Washington
Harding
Allied Supreme Council
United States
Conference of Ambassadors
Reparation Commission
Germany Delivers Unconditional Reparations Acceptance
Germany's acceptance of the en tente reparations was delivered to Premier Lloyd George in London by Dr Sthamer the German minister to Great Britain on May 11.
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London
Germany
Lloyd George
Sthamer
Great Britain
Stillwater Man Shot in Ardmore Hotel
Price Hays of Stillwater was shot and seriously wounded early today in an Ardmore hotel by an unknown assailant. A. Goodholm, who registered with Hays and has an adjoining room, is being held for investigation.
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Ardmore
Price Hays
Stillwater
A. Goodholm
Hays
Trade declines in April exports and imports dip
The department of commerce reports the nations foreign trade fell in April. Exports totaled 340 million dollars, down from 387 million the prior month and 648 million in April 1920. Imports rose three million from March to 252 million but were 241 million below April 1920.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Bank Run Fears Quell After Confidence Measures In Dallas
Crowds gathered at Security National Bank as rumors of its peril spread. Dallas Clearing House and the Eleventh District Reserve Bank issued statements of solvency and pledged support. Bank officials offered cash to depositors and a federal reserve guard escorted money inside.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Security National Bank
Dallas Clearing House Association
Eleventh District Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Trust
Waitewash Rinted In Bergdoll Case
Washington May 11 Reiterated charges that Colonel John E Hunt commander of the disciplinary barracks at Governor's Island was white washed by a court martial in Bergdoll escape were made by Representative Johnson Democrat of Kentucky as the house investigation resumed. He would prove the trial was a white wash with the record admitted to the committee. Hunt defended the judge advocate praising him for Bergdoll matters while criticizing his prosecution. The issue of Hunt's promotion during charges was questioned but he said promotion followed normal military law.
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Washington
John E. Hunt
Governor’s Island
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Representative Johnson
Kentucky
House Investigation Committee
Johnson
Hunt
Bergdoll
Trophy Won in Meet Is Now on Display at Ada High School
Ada High School displays the district meet winning trophy awarded to the school orchestra. As the first orchestra to win, they will defend the cup for three consecutive years. success could make it permanent property if repeated.
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Ada High School
Daniels Bound Over for Trial
From Wednesday's Daily Rarius Daniels was bound over for trial in district court on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Emmett Caudle, shot five times by Daniels at the Daniels home, was the main witness for the state. The testimony details events leading to the shooting and prior interactions between Caudle and Daniels.
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Rarius Daniels
H. J. Brown
Emmett Caudle
Daniels
West Fourteenth
Caudle
Candle
Railroad Labor Board Adjourns Hearing Today
Chicago May 11 The railroad labor board ended hearings on rules and working conditions as B M Jewel said testimony is complete except for one exhibit to be filed next week W T White said no further direct testimony will be offered The board will consider a letter alleged to have ordered defamation of unions to obtain information from supervisory employees tied to I W Geer of St Louis and the Pennsylvania lines The Pennsylvania denied the letter'sauthenticity.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewel
W. T. White
I. W. Geer
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania
City Auditorium Nears Completion After $100000 Spend
Altus reports its new city auditorium nearing completion with a cost exceeding 100000 dollars and seating for 3600 to 4000 people.
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ALTUS
Economic revival seen as Germany accepts reparations terms
Washington officials praised Germany's decision to meet the fixed indemnities, urging that the move could spark a worldwide economic revival. American economists expect the state department to press ahead with foreign policy questions, guided by equal opportunity and American rights abroad.
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Washington
Ruhr
United States
Germany
State Department
Department
Allied Heads Meet Ten Complete Plans
Paris May 11 Premier Bri and ministers of war finance marine public works and liberated regions Marshall and General Weygand met Premier Millerand to discuss executing the allied ultimatum to Germany. They debated disarmament clauses and the allied financial measure but did not announce decisions.
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Associated Press
Paris
Briand
Marshall
General Weygand
Millerand
Germany
Berlin
Supreme Council
London
Allied Council
Germany Accepts Allied Terms After Ultimatum
Berlin reports Germany's new cabinet prepared to formally note acceptance of the supreme allied council demands. Chancellor Julius Wirth cited the heavy burden on German industry yet warned that refusal would invite French Ruhr occupation. Reparations total about 33.75 billion dollars, with installments and export shares.
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Berlin
Germany
Entente
Supreme Allied Council
London
Julius Wirth
Reichstag
Wirth
Ruhr
Vsune
Council
Silicia
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Rofe
Emmet Caudle
TIMES
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Michael Clementi
Mike
Papa Clementi
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Dawes
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