Other Members of Black Legion UE for Arrest
Detroit on May 27 12 members of the Black Legion faced kidnapping and slaving charges in the Poole case. The examination was adjourned to next Tuesday as prosecutor Duncan C McCrea anticipated more arrests within days. Witnesses identified Poole’s bullet pierced body. The Rushing family ties linked defendants to Poole’s widow.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A Poole
Duncan C. McCrea
Voole
McCrea
Gwen Rushing
Marcie
Pr. A. A. Altshuler
Rushing
Lowell Rushing
Poole
Owen Rushing
John A. Ricca
Hamtramck
Michigan
Congress
Washington
Mary Zuk
Rep. Hoffman
The
Wayne County
Black Legion cases surge as Detroit hearings begin
Twelve detainees are brought into common pleas court in Detroit to face kidnapping and murder charges connected to the Black Legion. Rep. Dickstein pushes for federal inquiry into the group’s alleged international links and possible ties to the Black Shirts.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Common Pleas Court
Rep
Dickstein
Congress
Negres Girl Charged in Altus Slaying as Lynching Looms
A 19 year old African American girl Olivia Garvin was charged with murder in the slaying of WPA worker Harlan as a mob formed outside Altus Oklahoma court. Deputies ferried her to Hobart for safety while crowds pressed the jail and police warned against violence.
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Altus
WPA
Hobart
Okla
S. E. Harlan
Court House
Olivia Garvin
Weldon Ferris
E. O. Rollins
Harlan
A. W. Edwards
Ada Area Receives Light Rainfall Across Several Days
Ada reports a slow rise in rainfall since May with showers every few days. Central moisture has kept soil damp as light rains totaled .05 inch on Monday and .22 inch on Tuesday, with varying regional downpours and sprinkles midweek. Vegetation appears lush due to cool spring and intermittent rain.
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Ada
Orville Bandy Receives Eighteen Month Sentence
Orville Bandy, 22, pleaded guilty in district court and was sentenced by Judge Tal Crawford to 18 months. He was accused of obtaining money under false pretenses after reversing his plea from not guilty. The case involved the sale of a horse owned by his father without authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Bandy
Tal Crawford
Bandy
A. W. Oliver
Hawaiian sportsmen seek bird sanctuary and mongoose control
Hawaiian sportsmen must protect game birds before shooting them. A 60,000 acre bird reservation is being established near Waianae on Oahu, while efforts to eradicate mongooses to prevent bird predation proceed.
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Honolulu
Waianae
Oahu Islands
Pair Freed of Kidnap Charge in El Dorado
In El Dorado Arkansas on May 27, Mr and Mrs Joe Mitchell were cleared of kidnapping charges tied to the disappearance of 14 year old Polly Peace. Polly testified she had asked the Mitchells to take her to Texas and threatened to leave them and hitchhike when they tried to return home before Junction City.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Joe Mitchell
Polly Peace
Mitchellas
Texas
Polly
C. A. Peace
Mitchells
Junction City
Ignition Spark Says Faulty Resistance Unit Likely
If the ignition spark is not hot enough, the resistance unit is probably at fault and should be replaced.
Silence Orders Cut Swedish Car Crashes
Sweden lowers automobile accidents by banning horn use except in extreme emergencies. Official decree limits horn sounds to urgent safety situations to reduce noise and disruption nationwide.
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Sweden
WPA program in Pontotoc County touches road and city life
Officials from state and district WPA meet Ada Chamber groups at the Aldridge hotel to review the fifth district Works Progress Administration. The Pontotoc County tour covers Ardmore to Ada and Coalgate, detailing road projects school improvements armories sanitation and other undertakings with $244 875 spent through April 30 1936 including relief and non relief labor and equipment.
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WPA
Pontotoc County
Ada
Chambers of Commerce
Aldridge
Works Progress Administration
W. S. Key
George van Noy
Carter
Coal
Garvin
Jefferson
Johnston, Love
Marshall
Murray
Pontotoc
Ardmore
Coalgate
Milton Keating
Col. Key
Supply hospital in Oklahoma City overflows with patients
Oklahoma City May 27 The state board of affairs hospital representative said county judges and physicians will meet at Western Oklahoma hospital in Supply to discuss problems of mentally deficient adults and delinquent children as patient numbers rise. Dr Jon L Day reported Supply Hospital admitted 67 patients in April and released 46 cured.
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Oklahoma City
Arthur Grunert
State Board of Affairs
Western Oklahoma Hospital
Supply
Grunert
Jon L. Day
Farm Planks Considered By Party Leaders
Farm organization leaders expect special attention to tariff and farm policy at the national conventions. The national Grange will urge a farm plank to preserve the American market for American farmers and repeal the most favored nation clause of the reciprocal trade act. Delegates may split on soil conservation and farm relief, with Democrats backing current policy and Republicans favoring high tariffs and land purchases.
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Jerry Greene
Associated Press
Washington
UM Farm Organization
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
Grange
Brenckman
United States
American Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
Farm
New Well in Old Cement Field Reported in Oklahoma
Anadarko May 26. Marathon Oil and Jersey Petroleum report a new deep oil discovery in the old cement field of southern Caddo county at Inetr No. 4 Marchand SW SE NW 2-5N-9W. The well struck sand in the Pennsylvania series at 46 225 to 6 567 feet and briefly produced oil again. Estimated output 1 000 to 2 000 barrels daily with about 10 000 000 feet of gas. Seven inch casing installed atop the sand. Operators plan further drilling once the new well clean self. The cement field, first discovered in 1916, is expected to yield more wells.
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Anadarko, Okha
Crddo County
Oniav
Marathon Oil
Jansey Petroleum Companies
Inetr No. 4
Marchand
Sooon
Orville Bandy Held for Selling Father's Horse
Orville Bandy, 22, was detained in the county jail Tuesday night for failing to post 2000 bond for a May 28 preliminary hearing on a charge of obtaining property under false pretenses. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice A W Oliver Monday. He is accused of selling his father's horse without permission. the purchaser was the complainant and the horse was later recovered by the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Bandy
Bandy
A. W. Oliver
Blaze damages auto at local residence
A midnight fire at the home of O F Johnston 816 East Eighteenth destroyed an automobile. Firefighters extinguished the blaze but the cause remains undetermined and the car was badly damaged.
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Oo. F. Johnston
East Eighteenth
Claremore Police Chief James A Simpson Dies at 51
Claremore May 26 1917 James A Simpson 51 chief of police died at his home after a heart attack He had been in poor health for months in his second year as chief He previously served as a county highway patrolman Survivors include his widow two sons and a daughter all of Claremore A broken engine may have caused the car trouble due to loose breaker point contact
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Claremore
James A. Simpson
Simpson
Negro Ducked but Window Couldn't at Mack's Cafe
Two men named Jack Carter and Steve Cameron faced police court charges after a plate glass window at Mack's cafe 206 East Main was shattered when a pop bottle was aimed at a black porter who entered the cafe and refused to remove his cap. The porter fled before questioning.
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East Main
Jack Carter
Steve Cameron
Ada Police End Busy Weekend With 36 Arrests
Ada police reported a 16 hour period from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon with 36 arrests for drunkenness fighting and illegal whiskey possession. Most defendants pleaded guilty paid fines or posted bond and were released.
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Ada
Oklahoma City Review Delays Hang of Arthur Gooch
The case of Arthur Gooch, sentenced to hang on June 19 under the Lindbergh kidnapping law, has been referred for review by Robert Turner acting pardon attorney for the Department of Justice. Gooch was convicted of kidnapping two Paris Texas officers and clemency advocate John R. Hardcastle said Turner advised the appeal was being studied.
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Oklahoma City
Arthur Gooch
Robert Turner
Department of Justice
Gooch
Paris
Tex
John R. Hardcastle
Turner
Park Opening Draws 3000 for University Band Concert
A crowd of about 3,000 gathered at Franc s Wintersmith Park for the summer opening concert by the University of Oklahoma band. Harry Morris praised park recreation while the CCC landscape engineer PD V Shuhart attended and suggested improvements. The event featured Miss Wilda Griffin with the band under Prof Wehrend, and many attendees enjoyed the pool and picnic areas as visitors from nearby Ada joined in.
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Wintersmith Park
University of Oklahoma Band
Harry Morris
Park Board
Professor Wehrend
Wilda Griffin
PD. V. Shuhart
CCC
Park Bow
Ada
Bic
Jimmy Alderson
H. E. Morris Jr
Jimmy Olson
Frank Hughes
Townsend Plan Aide Contempt Vote Sets Case for U.S. Attorney
A six to two recommendation by a house investigating committee cites Dr. F E Townsend and two aides for contempt and routes the case to the United States district attorney. Wunder of New York and J B Kiefer of Chicago also face contempt for failing to appear as subpoenas commanded. District Attorney Garnett says the case likely waits until fall for action and may involve documentary evidence only.
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Washington
House
F. E. Townsend
United States
Clinton Wunder
New York
J. BR. Kiefer
Chicago
Townsend
Garnett
Tolan
D-Call
Collins
R-Cal
Federal Treasury
Kiefer, Wunder
Bell
D-Mo
Gavagan
Pp- NY
Lucas
D-Ill
Hollister
Rohio
Ditter
R-Pa
Hoffman
R-Mich
District of Columbia
Sheridan Downey
Dr. Townsend
Thomas W. Hardwick
The
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
Downey
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Old Age Revolving Pension, Ltd
Hardwick
America
Congress
J. B. Kiefer
James R. Sullivan
Wunder
Judg eship bill still hangs fire in Oklahoma
The House Rules Committee postponed action on Rep. P. L. Gassaway's bill to create a roving federal judgeship in Oklahoma. The measure, passed by the Senate last year, may be folded into a larger bill adding more judgeships, risking its defeat.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Rep
P. L. Gassaway
D-Okla
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Gassaway
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