Ada High School Holds Largest Class Bacclaureate Sermon
Seventy seven graduates heard Rev. R. T. Blackburn of the First Methodist church deliver a sermon on worldliness and temptation at the Ada high school baccalaureate service held in the convention hall. The program included hymns by the choir and orchestra, an invocation by Rev. H. W. Wallace, and a benediction by Rev. K. E. McCain, followed by a long list of graduating seniors.
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R. T. Blackburn
First Methodist Church
Convention Hall
Ada High School
H. W. Wallace
First Christian Church
Blackburn
Jesus
Christ
Lord
Hymn of Praise
Mendelssohn
J. E. Hickman
Shelley
R. T
Durant
Ada
Oklahoma
Committee On Transportation
Durant Lodge
North Texas
Ware Leads in Pennsylvania Republican Senator Primary
Philadelphia May 19 Congressmen William S Vare led the Republican nominating race for U S senator as returns from 6329 of 8281 districts showed Vare with 548 800 Pepper 427 634 and Pinchot 270 498 Pepper led outside Philadelphia while Pinchot trailed.
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Philadelphia
William S. Ware
United States
George Wharton Pepper
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Pinchot
Dity
Vare
Pepper
Ada booster sees Ada as world’s finest town after East tour
J C Hynds secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce reports after a May 2 to 18 trip through 26 big Eastern and Midwest cities with Tulsa boosters. He cites interest in Ada, noting New England farmers’ struggles versus Oklahoma plains and recounting demonstrations and questions from eastern residents. He handed out 4 500 pieces of Ada literature and has three inquiries about conditions back home.
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Ada
J. C. Hynds
Chamber of Commerce
United States
East
Middle West
Tulsa
Hynds
Mr. Hynds
Oklahoma
New England
New England States
Norge airship Norge reaches Teller Alaska after polar flight
Capt Roald Amundsen and the Norge completed a first flight from Spitzbergen to Alaska arriving in Teller Alaska at 2 a m EST. Crew reported safe and well and officials learned the craft may have landed or anchored near Teller. Cordova naval radio overheard the Norge communicating with Nome at 6 25 a m EST.
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Vancouver
B. C
Spitzbergen
Alaska
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
Norge
Teller
Earth
Nome
United States Naval Radio Station
Cordova
Tulsa Mayor Declines Run for Governor Nomination
Tulsa Mayor Herman Newblook announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor. He said his next two years belong to Tulsa and he will be too busy to canvass the state for the nomination despite urging from Democrats statewide.
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Tulsa
Herman Newblook
Oklahoma City Livestock Prices May 19
Cattle yard reports 1,600 head with slow trade. Texas grass cattle and steers around 6.75 to 6.35, slaughter cattle 10 to 15 cents lower in spots, butcher cows 4.75 to 5.50, heavies 7.50, stockers steady. Hogs 1,400 head mostly steady. top 13.90, bulk 13.50 to 13.85, pack ing sows 12.75 to 13, stags 10.50 to 11, stockers 12.76 to 13.50.
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Oklahoma City
Lions Ready for Diamond Tilt in May Benefit
The Lions announce a charity baseball game against the Kiwanis to be played Thursday May 27 with proceeds split 60 40. The event aims to clean up unsanitary areas and reduce flies and mosquitoes, with local business parking on side streets and official support from the Chamber of Commerce and city officials.
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Lions
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commercce
Oscar Parker
Floyd Haynes
Odessa Lucas
Melba McCoy
Associated Press
W. D. Little
Great News Gathering Organization
Muskogee
J. Hugh Biles
Lowell Turner
Harvey Faust
Burgess Steed
Lions Quartet
Lincoln Ellsworth Sends Greetings to President
A message of greetings from Lincoln C. Ellsworth, American backer of the Norge flight, was received at the White House and forwarded to the president at Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Washington
Lincoln C. Ellsworth
Norge
White House
Williamsburg
Norge dirigible reaches Teller Alaska in message link
The War Department announced the Norge airship is at Teller Alaska about 75 miles northeast of Nome. Communication between Nome and the Norge was established at 11 p.m. May 14 Alaska time. The chief signal officer’s office received the message confirming the position.
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Washington
War Department
Teller
Alaska
Nome
Department
Trans Polar flight success reaches President Coolidge
President Coolidge received a radio message from Lincoln Elisworth in the Norge announcing a successful Trans-Polar flight. He promptly sent back congratulations via naval radio. The message, dated May 14 from Nome and May 15 at the White House, confirms the achievement and conveys respectful greetings.
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Williamsburg
Lincoln Elisworth
Anti Leader Claims Trapp Hooded Friend
Judge M M Alexander Oklahoma anti Klan leader alleges Gov Trapp brokered a secret Klan coalition promising patronage if elected and urges 77 county chairs to mobilize for the primary. He says the Klan quietly organized to guard party machinery and caucuses and expects a formal statement within a week.
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Tulsa
M. E. Trapp
Ku Klux Klan
M. M. Alexander
Okmulgee
Trapp
Alexander
Oklahoma
Unclaimed Infant Adopted After Hospital Stay
An infant at Breco hospital, once kept for lack of claim, has been adopted by an out of town couple capable of providing care. The mother died weeks earlier from confinement and lye ingestion, yet the child remains healthy and normal.
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Breco Hospital
Mfe
Nevada's lethal gas chamber readied for Friday execution
Reno reports Nevada has completed a final overhaul of its lethal gas chamber to execute two condemned men, John H. Randolph and Stanko Jukich. The stone chamber is whitewashed, chairs painted, air holes sealed, an electric steam heater installed, and room temperature set to 80 degrees for the planned Friday hanging.
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Reno
Nevada
John H. Randolph
Stanko Jukich
Ada Ward Schools Scored as Superior Model The Irving School Lags
East Central Teachers College supervisor W C C Herring completed scoring Ada ward schools on grounds building equipment and organization. Irving totals 1212 points placing it as a Model School while Glenwood Washington Willard and Hayes score 1287 1450 1370 and 1401 points and all other city schools rank as Superior Model.
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W. CC. Herring
East Central Teachers College
Ada
Irving
Glenwood
Washington
Willard
Hayes
Viaduct on Twelfth Street Condemned by City Dads
City commissioners unanimously condemned the Twelfth street viaduct crossing the Katy railroad track as unsafe for auto traffic and urged the railway to provide a street crossing. The action follows a pending matter with last week’s resolution.
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Twelfth Street
Board of City Commissioners
Katy
Twenfth Street
Oklahoma Cowboy Poet Addresses Horace Mann Grads
Dr. E E Dale known as the cowboy poet urged Horace Mann High School graduates to pursue education, noting his own rise from cattle plains to Harvard and Oklahoma University. He warned against impatience for opportunity and stressed faith in self and God, with diplomas presented by Prof. John W. Zimmerman.
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E. E. Dale
East Central Auditorium
Harvard
Oklahoma Normal School
The
Normal
Dale
J. P. Morgan
Spence
Nicholas Roosevelt
Teddy
Ben Plain
Lincoln
Dr. Dale
Nen
Horace Mann High School
John W. Zimmerman
Forest Fire Rages in Northern Reserve Strikes 2 Dead
Five thousand fire fighters battled the Allegheny National Forest blaze near Warren Pennsylvania. The inferno has killed two woodcutters and caused about 2 million dollars in timber and property damage across 8 000 acres in Elk and McKean counties. Four burn victims were treated at Cane hospital as conditions cooled.
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Associated Press
Warren
Alleghany National Forest
Federal Department of Forestry
Washington
Elk
McKean
Cane
Ada public schools announce teaching staff for 1920s
The Ada board of education announced the teaching force after reviewing applications. A committee led by Superintendent J. E. Hickman approved principals, department heads, and assistants across high school, ward schools, and various subjects including English, history, languages, science, music, home economics, manual training, and regular work.
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Ada Public Schools
Board of Education
J. E. Hickman
City Superintendent of Schools
Hickman
K. W. Harris
Wilbur P. Lee
Jas. L
Abbie Horn
Mary McKay
Annie C. Byrd
Ben K. Cudd
Roy I. McKeown
Albert J. Hacker
Paul W. Myers
Emeline Dawson
J. E. Garrett
Louise Barney
Burgess Steed
Geo. Lir Dougherty
Churchill Thomas
Chas. M. Bliss
Jas. H. Huff
Grace Rushing
Clifton Parker
Ward
Hayes
Harvey Faust
Washington
A. Floyd
Glenwood
Chas
F. Spencer
Irving
C. D. Booker
Willard
Viola West
Jessie Bagley
Effie Lawson
Annie Laurie Warr
Bernice Hargis
Midwest Storm Kills Three as Tornado-Forced Damage Grows
Severe wind and rain swept Illinois Indiana and parts of Michigan on May 19 killing three people including aviator Ross C. Kirkpatrick and a 13 year old girl Virginia McQuiston. Damage reached about 500000 with extensive property loss in Harvey Illinois where a 70 mile wind tore a path two blocks wide. Chicago saw heavy rain and basement floods while several communities reported overturned houses wrecked sheds and toppled trees and poles. Dozens injured across Illinois and Indiana as storms continued with hail delaying communications.
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Chicago
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Harvey
Argo
Ill
Ross C. Kirkpatrick
Ford Airways Service
Air Metal
Kirkpatrick
Detroit
William Arnold
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Virginia McQuistion
Farmer-Labor party calls state convention in El Reno
The executive committee issues a mass convention call to be held in El Reno on May 31 to consider August primary candidates. It states that all who accept the Farmer-Labor platform and renounce other parties will be seated as delegates.
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Farmer-Labor Party
el Reno
North Pole expedition claims open water seen from Norge
Nome Alaska May 27 Lincoln Ellsworth of the Amundsen Ellsworth trans polar expedition told the Associated Press he saw much open water at the North Pole during a pass over it last Tuesday in the dirigible Norge. Two Fairbanks airplanes with rival film outfits followed the airship's course and planned to return to Fairbanks.
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Associated Press
Nome
Alaska
Lincoln Ellsworth
Amundsen-Ellsworth
North Pole
Norge
Ellsworth
Peary
Byrd
Pole
Fairbanks
Teller
Port Clarence
Bearing Sea
Francis Plans Picnic and Barbecue This Saturday
Francis prepares for a large Saturday event on May 29 featuring a picnic and barbecue. The program includes amusements and political speeches. The notice urges readers to check News Want Ads for results.
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Francis
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