13 May 1926
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1926
Page
1
Admiral Byrd flies over the Arctic, returning after circling the top of the world. The test flight shows the feasibility of pole travel by military aircraft.
Airplane flight over the north pole marks the second Arctic expedition led by an American, Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd sharing honors with Admiral Peary. The Byrd planed trip from New York to Spitzbergen took 33 days since sailing for King's Bay, with a 15 hour 30 minute polar crossing. Presidents and allies, including Amundsen and Ellsworth, congratulated the achievement as other nations prepare their own attempts.
Oklahoma City May 7 The state treasury received a $1 169 694 34 cash item from State Auditor C C Childers via A S J Shaw representing gross production tax for the prior month and early May. April receipts totaled $1 874 901 22 with $62 278 89 from gross production. Expenditures for April were $1 755 881 51 including $786 482 48 ordinary expenses and $517 111 06 highway.
Mrs. A. J. Cox shot and killed her two daughters aged four months and three years then killed herself with a rifle on a lonely Casa Grande ranch. A blood stained diary describes a snakebite injury and failed attempts to seek help. The tragedy occurred Tuesday and was found by her husband Wednesday after a week away.
Ada lodge A F and AM earns top honors for degree exemplification and will confer the Masters degree in full form May 20 in Durant Oklahoma. The Ada team led by John Gardner will rehearse with at least 30 Masons as hundreds of Oklahoma and North Texas Masons attend from Sherman Denison and nearby towns.
Tornadoes, hail and a small tornado damaged towns in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Two killed include Leonard Tidwell 14 and Joe Williams. Magnolia petroleum tank farm near WeWoka threatened by fire after lightning strike. Dallas hailstorm causes widespread damage with roofs and cars affected.
In Houston on May 12 the Southern Baptist convention adopted a declaration stating Genesis as the special creation of man and rejecting any evolution or theories of animal ancestry.
All singers and teachers of Pon totec county are notified of a singing at Knox on the fourth Sunday in May at 2 30 p m for organizing and setting aside one Sunday each month for an all day singing. W L HOWARD. Ardmore Oilwell No 1 Pruitt starts pumping after 2000 feet drilling No 8 Doyle.
Paused by Templeton the state will try Ernest Burkhart first for the murder of W. E. Smith in Fairfax. Hale and Ramsey will be tried later for the same crime. Burkhart to appear May 24. Smith died in a May 1923 explosion that wrecked his home. an Osage wife and a servant girl also perished.
Cattle numbers 900 with few above seven dollars for medium steers, top cows six dollars, handy weights six to seven, light calves nine, heavies eight. stockers scarce. Hogs 1,200 steady to five cents lower with tops around 13.35 and bulk 13.00 to 13.30. packing sows unevenly higher, some over 11, stags and stockers steady.
A severe storm in eastern Oklahoma left one dead and two fatally injured, with several others hurt and property losses in the hundreds of thousands. Leonard Tidwell, 14, died when his Coal Creek home collapsed. Mrs. R. M. Masterson near Coal Creek suffered near fatal injuries and was sent to a Fort Smith hospital. Ralph Brantley, 10, of Boynton, was critically wounded by a wall splinter and remained near death in a Muskogee hospital.
Reports from districts northwest of Okmulgee detail extensive destruction from the cyclone. Dozens of white and Black farmers and families were injured lightly while three Black hospital patients suffered skull fractures. Aunt Dolly Stidham, elderly Creek freedwoman, is believed near death after her house collapsed and left four broken ribs. The cyclone leveled barns oil derricks and lease houses about six miles north of Okemah near Bald Hill.
Congressman Tom D. McKeown reported from the International Boy Scout Council convention in Washington. He stressed Lt General Baden-Powell's speech on global youth work and contrasted scouting with the League of Nations, urging early enrollment of boys into scouting to curb crime tendencies.
An alleged assailant in the shooting of O. T. Hunt, commissioner of public works, was arrested at Ardmore and awaits identification by Ada officers. Police will verify if the Ardmore suspect is connected to the November shooting of Hunt after he was removed from a southbound train.
Word reached here Wednesday evening that Charles L. Orr broke a leg in a Holdenville baseball game during the afternoon. The injury occurred while sliding to second base and he was taken to Oklahoma City for surgical care. Orr had served as assistant county attorney of Pontotoc county before moving to Holdenville.
The storm caused limited damage overall with Berry Hill district hardest hit. Two storm patients are at the white hospital: five year old Norman Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Thomas, and Mrs. T. R. Jennings, wife of a local white farmer.
London May 12 The Great British general strike ends after a week of disruption. Trades Union Congress leaders met Prime Minister Baldwin and ministers to announce the stoppage is over to resume miners’ dispute talks. Authorities estimate up to 5 million workers involved, with some disorder along Clyde and London docklands. Government rushes volunteer help to maintain food and distribution networks.
Oklahoma City May 6 Three district membership contests are under way in the Oklahoma department of the American Legion Harold Janeway department adjutant says districts align with congressional divisions First district battles fourth district in a running feud while sixth fights eighth and third opposes seventh By April 30 first led the fight by 484 members third led seventh by 34 and eighth led sixth by 40 contests had run one month At start first six seventh third and eighth were ahead by 7 24 and 142 members respectively The first fourth clash ends May 17 while the other two run to June 1.
May 12 report confirms the Norge second airship to fly over the pole. Roald Amundsen plans 100 men and anchors to secure the dirigible while its crew of 17 sails toward Nome Alaska. The craft travels about 50 miles per hour, 348 feet long, hydrogen inflated, fuel load 6000 kilograms benzine.
Berlin reports reveal an attempted fascist plan to restore the Hohenzollern empire and seize power. Police found documents detailing a hardline coup including forced resignations, dissolution of parliaments, and expulsion of Jews. The draft noted ties to the former Kaiser and Bavarian reactionaries, awaiting a favorable moment amid cabinet crises.
The U S department of agriculture lifted a quarantine on sections of southeastern Mexico previously infested with foot and mouth disease in cattle. The ruling barred entry of cattle sheep swine hides skins or other by products and feeding materials from that area into the United States.
According to Fred Brydia chair man of the Democratic central committee of Pontotoc county the proposed round of the county by state and district candidates promises to be a rousing time. To date 8 candidates have signified their intention of being in the party and still others are expected. County candidates will not be given any speaking time everything being reserved for the state and district crowd. The round will begin at Allen Friday May 28 at 9 am At 1 pm the party will be at Stonewall and at 7 pm will meet the Roff voters. Saturday will be spent in Ada the speaking beginning at noon.
New York reporters say twenty three sailors aboard the steamer Donetta, seized 60 miles southeast of Atlantic City, face piracy accusations after the vessel loaded with a 1 420 000 liquor cargo was brought to port. Coast guardsmen linked the seizure to a Port Chester bootlegging ring. six suspects were indicted. A second ship, the Atlanta, described as a 50 foot armed power boat, was released after a night battle near Atlantic City with patrol boat No. 113.
Luther Prince, a head of police, was slightly injured Saturday night while navigating a dense traffic jam. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and returned to duties. Prince said three men in a Ford caused the crash but did not identify them.
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