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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1926

Page

2

Ward Schools Honor Students Crowned for the Year

Ada city schools announce lists of honor students across grades from Washington to Francis schools. The report names eighth to first graders with high averages, noting new city clerk O. B. Ramsey and local civic updates.

Ward Schools City City School J. E. Hickman Superntendent Ada Washington School Ethel Click Aliie Mare Davis Filmore Guin Geo. Lykins Pauline Mackey Louis Pruitt Gertrude Pendergraph Monta Bush Minnie Dell Cromwell Walde Derryberry Josephine Goddard Nena Mae Henry Frances Hearn Grace Holstine Lester Hunt Condie Lewis Wayne McCooy Eveline Morris Laverne Rose Brooks Russell Mary Emma Witcher

Eruption Kills Dozens In Hakkadie Volcanic Disaster

Reports from Tokyo state the Hakkadie volcano eruption near Tokachi province on Hokkaido Island killed fifty confirmed dead with more than 200 injured. About 200 buildings were swept away and 1 800 acres of farm land inundated as rescuers continued work with 800 relief volunteers aiding doctors and nurses.

Associated Press Tokyo Tokachi Hokkaido Island Young Mens Association

Two East Central students win college scholarship medals

Tom Young and D J Nabors at East Central State Teachers College earn gold medals for scholarship and overall student excellence. Young, from Davis area, carried a 95 percent average this year and engages in tennis and debating. Nabors, from Tupelo, completed 65 semester hours with over 93 percent, active in debating, track, and societies, aiming to become a journalist.

East Central Tom Young D. J. Nabors Ada Evening News Davis Murray County Yuma Ariz Tom Yuma, Ariz Davis High School Young East Central State Teachers College Tupelo Security State Bank Henry Wells Nabors D. J Teachers College O. J Forensicratorical Society Forum Literary Society

Man Held In Jail Here To Face False Pretense Charge

Linville Swafford now in county jail will face false pretense charges filed by the county attorney. He allegedly changed a car number and mortgaged property he did not own to secure a Chevrolet at Prince Chevrolet garage on April 24, posing as Carl Pannell.

Linville Swafford Swafford Prince Chevrolet Carl Pannell Prince-Chevrolet

Buy It Rent It Find It Want Ads Read By Everyone

Classifieds feature a broad Want Ad section inviting readers to place listings for sale rental and services. The column highlights reader interest in local opportunities and items available through newspapers and online channels.

Woman Accepted in State as Candidate for Secretary of State

Oklahoma City May 25 The state election board formally accepted Mrs. Ara Jones Hudson as a Democratic candidate for secretary of state for today. The board, after an open hearing May 5 on Gov. Trapp’s gubernatorial eligibility, took both matters under advisement and noted opponents argue the women's amendment may affect eligibility for eight state offices.

Oklahoma City State Election Board Ara Jones Hudson Gov. Trapp Election Board Hudson

Young Man Seriously Hurt After Horse Stumbles

Jesse Byrnes was dumped from his horse on Sixteenth Street near Broadway and is in Ada hospital with a brain concussion. Witnesses say the horse stumbled on the pavement causing the fall. Hospital officials cannot release personal details about Byrnes, including his residence. A separate item notes Okfuskee county will begin a new courthouse project costing 133,850 dollars with a 90 day completion estimate.

Jesse Byrnes Ada Sixteenth and Broadway Byrnes Okpmah Okfuskee County Board of County Commissioners

More Pavement in Store for Ada is Present Indication

Reports from Ada city sections indicate several additional blocks may be paved this summer. Commissioner Lee Dages says no petitions had reached his office by 10 this morning, though some may within a week. A petition seeks paving on East Tenth Street between Broadway and Rennie and West Thirteenth between Broadway and Townsend. There is also talk of paving on West Eighteenth to connect South Town with state paving just west of the city.

Gertrude Buchannan Chickasha Guy Meaders R. T. Blackburn First Methodist Church Sam Jack W. S. Buchannan South Twelfth Street East Centre State Teachers College Pi Kappa Sigma Frank W. Meaders South Broadway Ada Oneir Oklahoma City Harry Miller Wayne Wadlington Rowell Kennon Eugenia Godfry Miss Godfrey Ada _ high school Ada Boy Scout Troops Asbury Methodist Church L. P. Trone Stonewall Messrs Saunders and Young Lee Dages Accounting and Finance East Tenth Broadway Rennie West Thirteenth Townsend West Eighteenth South Townsend

Gambler Whitman alias Lord Beaverbrook faces multiple swindling charges

Philadelphia from May 25 reports Robert Whitman alias Herman Krueger known as Lord Beaverbrook confessed after breakfast that Atlantic City gamblers took between 75 000 and 100 000 from him in six months. He is jailed without bail awaiting extradition for defrauding a New York woman of 125 000 and held for swindling a Philadelphia woman out of about 180 000. He said he fooled others but the gamblers outsmarted him.

Philadelphia Robert Whitman Herman Krueger Atlantic City Whitman Krueger Lord Beaverbrook New York

Chicago man bites policeman on the nose

A man in Chicago bit a policeman on the nose in a notable incident. The remark about residents in spring suits and ice cream cones adds a humorous, nonfactual aside.

Chicago

Assault charge twists in Oklahoma case with hospital wound

Robert Johnson lies in Breco hospital with a leg wound after a Friday night shooting in a family dispute. He faces an assault charge while Arthur High, the man shot, is freed. County attorney Hugh Mathis says Johnson was the aggressor, though wounded. Also notes John Birchfield’s long criminal record and past bank robberies and escapes across Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Robert Johnson Breco Arthur High Johnson High Hugh Mathis Famly Mathis

City Attorneys Back Campbell Russell Tax Protest Measure

Oklahoma City news reports municipal lawyers across the state urge placing Campbell Russell’s initiative tax protest bill on the August primary ballot. They argue the 1907 revenue statute for municipally operated works is unconstitutional and wasteful, and that repealing it would save taxpayers money on fees and taxes.

Oklahoma City Campbell Russell Excise Board Frank Martin

Bold Break for Freedom Ends in Four Killed at Tucker Farm

Four convicts killed in a bold attempted breakout from the Tucker prison farm near Pine Bluff Arkansas after a plan by trusted guards and inmates. Benny Casey life term murderer, among those slain, was being returned to a Kansas prison after a prior killing. Warden Dee Horton cited no names of the guards who fired.

Pine Bluff Ark Tucker Benny Casey David W. Burns Kansas State Penitentiary Alicia Burns Casey Kansas Penitentiary Dee Horton Bryan Vick

British Miners Reject Settlement

The national conference of miners' delegates in London rejects Premier Baldwin's wage cut proposals. The resolution says the miners oppose accepting a settlement that does not assure a decent standard of living, while showing general agreement with the plan's aims but withholding approval until details from the coal advisory committee are released.

Associated Press London National Conference of Miners Baldwin Coal Advisory Committee A. J. Cook Miners’ Federation Thre Eggs

Farm relief effort shifts to Senate after Haugen defeat

Washington May 22 Friends of farm relief legislation turn to the senate as the main hope to salvage any part of the wreckage from the house defeat of the Haugen Price stabilization measure. Western senators vow to pursue a bill to bridge differences and gain approval in both houses amid legislative chaos. Meanwhile, Haugen supporters in the house work with western farm groups to craft a bill that retains some features while dropping Price stabilization elements.

Washington Friends of Farm Senate House Friends of the Haugen

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