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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
3
Mayor Fisher announced a city crackdown requiring two headlights and a tail light on all motor vehicles and dimmers to reduce glare. Three arrests were made for traffic violations with light fines, as Ada motorists improve driving manners.
Commissioner H C Stevens reports several culverts washed out across his district Monday night. Two bridges on Little Sandy along the Oakman road via Hird are gone. He urges building substantial reinforced concrete bridges to withstand high water.
E H Rhyne former Stephens county sheriff was shot in Duncan Oklahoma by Bob Calmes a barber. He later died at a hospital. Calmes gave himself up after the incident on the courthouse stairs where Rhyne stood on crutches from a December attack. There were no witnesses.
Dr. Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg presented the 42nd annual report of the Presbyterian Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare at the General Assembly. He said prohibition remains unfinished, urging elected officials with courage and honesty to enforce it and envision 100 percent patriotism as 100 percent prohibition.
A massive Oklahoma storm caused widespread damage from Clinton to Leedey. Rivers rose to dangerous levels, communications failed, and reports of fatalities in Leedey and Butler emerged amid floods. Rescue efforts and road closures dominated the crisis as weather systems moved east.
New York May 22 reports Prof Blair Bell of Liverpool University has found a potential cancer cure. Dr L E Haughey of Concordia who studied abroad in surgery confirms a collodial lead treatment targets diseased tissues and is part of the proposed method.
Nolan Youns of Ada won the shorthorn medal at the annual junior-senior stock judging contest held at A and M College. The article also notes political and meteor event items from London and a meteor near Karnovskoy in Russia. King George, Bonar Law, Earl Curzon and Stanley Baldwin are mentioned in a brief UK political update. A large meteor near Tsaritsyn is reported with a deep ground impact.
London May 21 Andrew Bonar Law resigned as prime minister after medical advisers urged retirement. He briefly held the post after Loyd George was ousted by Parliament, and a general election was called to choose members of parliament.
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