Italia search effort suspended as Norway waits on Italy
Oslo May 29 reports say an auxiliary relief expedition to locate the Italia has been suspended indefinitely while Italy weighs developments. Lieutenant Holm sails from Tromsoe aboard the Hobby for Spitzbergen to conduct an air reconnaissance along the northern coast.
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Oslo
Norway
Luetzlow Holm
Hobby
Tromsoe
Spitzbergen
Amsterdam Island
Citta di Milano
U?p
Legation
Riiser-Larsen
Nortwegian
Siberia
Mssages
Italia
Tremsoe
Luetzow Holm
Braganza
Leutzow Holm
Holm
Kings Bay
Coal Mining Team Aids Search for Italia
A telegram from Long Year City says the coal mining company at Kings Bay Spitzbergen has placed its dog team at the disposal of parties seeking the best dirigible Italia.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Longyear City
Oil production shows increase in Tulsa report
The Oil and Gas Journal notes a revival in crude production for the week ending May 26. West Texas gains to 293,210 barrels daily, Oklahoma district trends mixed with Seminole rising, and California lifting light crude by about 6,000 barrels amid regional steadiness.
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Tulsa
Oil and Gas Journal
West Texas
Hendricks
Yates
Oklahoma
California
Mid-Continent
Oil Well Developments And Production In Oklahoma Area
Sunday's report notes two Bebee field wells Jolly-Ogg and Brothers Roper No 2 in section 29-5-5 with oil in the hole after shots last week. Ramsey's Roberts No 1 in 39-5-5 pumps about 250 barrels daily. Garland Oil test near Stratford shows oil water mix with strong flow from 2713 feet, signaling potential for Pontotoc Garvin and McClain counties. Louisiana Oil & Refining deepens Reed No 4 in 18-5-8 and drills Paulusta No 2 across the river. Goondita Harris No 1 in 10-1-11 progresses at 1745 feet.
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Superior
Garland Oil Company
Stratford
Pontotoc
Garvin
McClain
Louisiana Oil & Refining Corporation
Louisiana
Goon Ita Harris No
Coalgate
Pair Bound Over On Burglary Charges in Gateway Station Theft
Ted Rogers Jr and Cecil Stewart were bound over to await district court action after appearing before Justice H Brown on second degree burglary charges. Each was released on $750 bond. They are accused in the October 30 1927 robbery of Gateway Filling Station where $28 50 in accessories was stolen.
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Ted Rogers Jr
Cecil Stewart
District Court
H. Brown
Gateway
Joe Ratliff Pioneer Citizen Dies in Tishomingo
May 25. Joe Ratliff prominent Indian Territory pioneer citizen, Johnston County first prosecuting attorney after statehood, later state senator, died at his home in Tishomingo. He was a leading criminal lawyer and active in state politics. Funeral plans were not completed.
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Joe Ratliff
Tishomingo
Indian Territory
Johnston County
Ratliff
Russell Sees Clarita Well as New Ada Prospect
C N Russell geologist reports the McCraw well in section 35 1 8 Clarita reached the Hunton lime at 1808 feet and sits in the top of the second member at 1912 feet. He estimates 150 more feet of Hunton. Oil shows 48 to 50 degrees gravity with limestone saturation increasing with depth. The well is seen as a major Ada territory find and challenges coal county theories, promising county development and Ada prosperity. Russell has long urged western Coal county drilling despite skeptical expectations of water.
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C. N. Russell
McCraw
Clarita
Hunton
Ity
Ada
Coal County
Pontotoc
Russell
Ford Is Second in Local Foot Race at Chester
Henry Ford finished second in a recent foot race in Chester after hiking seven miles with W. W. Mitchell, Ford’s younger Ford plant general manager, who asked to run his best. The 100 yard sprint ended with Mitchell ahead as Ford chased with hats off and coats flying.
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Chester
Henry Ford
W. W. Mitchell
Ford
Mitchell
Spring Haven Club
Wallingford
Cattle Thieves Use Autos Nab Registered Heifer
Prof. A T Watson awoke to a car passing his yard at 1 am and thieves drove to his barn and loaded a registered Guernsey heifer into the vehicle. The eight month old animal, valued at 75 dollars when two months old, vanished by dawn with car tracks indicating the heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Watson
Work Begins on North and South Highway
The long belt highway from the Kansas line to Texas via Seminole and Konawa starts near Cox Springs two miles northeast of town with about fifty teams and many workers beginning Monday to grade and drainage from Salt Creek. Contractors Taylor and Younger of Blackwell bid $44,634 for the Konawa to Salt Creek segment in Huddleston district and more crews will be added next week.
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Kansas
Texas
Seminole
Konawa
Cox Springs
Salt Creek
Taylor & Younger
Blackwell
W. E. Huddieston
Buy it Rent it Find it with a News Want Ad
Classifieds invite readers to buy rent and locate items and services through the News Want Ad section. The catchy slogan promotes quick growth of classified listings and consumer reach.
Vaught Named United States Judge for Western Oklahoma
Oklahoma City attorney Ed S. Vaught was nominated by President Coolidge to be a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma. The lifelong educator and lawyer, born in 1873 in Virginia, rose from Oklahoma City public schools superintendent to federal judge, succeeding the late Walter N. Sanborn.
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Washington
Edward S. Vaught
Oklahoma
United States
Western District of
Oklahoma City
Ed S. Vaught
President Coolidge
Western
John M. Cotteral
Guthrie
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth District
Walter N. Sanborn
Vaught
Retreat
Virginia
Jefferson City
Tenn
Carson and Newman College
Tennessee
Emory and Henry College
Blackstone
Charles B. Ames
State Bar Association
Ada's Busy Building Boom Reaches New Heights
Ada movers rush a six story Aldridge hotel and a new high school toward September completions. The rapid program includes a $10,000 East Main brick store, a $15,000 W Twelfth street addition, a modern two story Criswell funeral home, a Gay Nash garage, and seven new residences totaling $27,500 in two weeks.
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New York
Woolworth
Chicago
Wrigley Tower
Ada
Aldridge
R. W. Simpson
Walter N. Wray Dodge
East Main
W. C. Rollow
West Twelfth Street
J. A. Criswell
East Twelfth Street
Fred Gay
Gay- Nash
McALESTER MAN FREED ON CHARGE OF MURDER
William Mullins was acquitted by a district court jury in McAlester of murdering Lafe Lewis a McAlester contractor last January. The jury deliberated 20 minutes. The lone witness linking Mullins to the crime was Margaret Cole, Mullins' sister in law, whose testimony the court warned jurors to weigh for mental deficiency as ruled by Judge Harve Melton.
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McAlester
William Mullins
Lafe Lewis
Mullins
Margaret Cole
Death sentence reduced for Hubka in 1926 Tonkawa killing
Oklahoma City May 26 The death sentence of Joseph Hubka for killing his brother in law Joe Jerothy in Tonkawa in 1926 was reduced to life in prison by the criminal court of appeals. The court affirmed conviction but found enmity between the men made the death penalty too severe and noted insanity findings were not final.
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Oklhoma City
Joseph Hubka
Joe Jerothy
Tonkawa
Criminal Court of Appeals
Hubka
Kay County
Novotny
Noble County
Petition by Cobb and Masche protests initiation petition
Joe Cobb and Ted Masche filed a protest with Secretary Graves Leeper alleging flaws in initiative Petition No. 104 to call a self convening session of the state legislature. Protest cites forged circulator names, fictitious signers, illegible or missing addresses, and nonresidents. demands a complete hearing. The ten day protest period runs tonight.
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Oklahoma City
Joe Cobb
Shawnee
Ted Masche
Bristow
Graves Leeper
Tom Johnson
Pushmataha
State Supreme Court
Cobb
Washington Signs Tax Bill Cutting Corporate Rates
President Coolidge signed a tax reduction measure delivering a net annual cut of about 222.3 million dollars. The act favors corporations with lower rates and higher exemptions while retaining individual tax rates, and includes immediate repeal of the automobile tax with other changes phased in over 30 days.
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Washington
Coolidge
House
Senate
Senate rejects Edgar Adams for Alaska federal judgeship
In a tight vote the Senate rejected the nomination of Edgar J. Adams of Eugene Oregon to serve as federal district judge for the first division of Alaska.
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Washington
Senate
Edgar J. Adams
Eugene
Ore
Alaska
Five Year Sentence Upheld In Gracemont Bank Robbery
Oklahoma City May 26 Convicted robbers Henry Cornett Walter O Quinn and Jack Newman must serve five years each after the state appeals court affirmed the district court verdict They robbed the First National Bank of Gracemont in February 1924 taking 2900 cash and 3200 in bonds Bohannon testified as a state witness Evinger’s appeal was dismissed as he is a fugitive from justice
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Oklahoma City
First National Bank of
Gracemont
Henry Cornett
Walter O'Quinn
Jack Newman
Criminal Court of Appeals
District Court of
Caddo County
Paul Evinger
Happy Bohannon
Newman
Cornett
Osage County
O'Quinn
Bohannon
Evinger
Cotton Losses Blamed on Agriculture Bureau
A preliminary Senate report blames the Bureau of Agricultural Economics for the 1927 cotton market collapse costing U S growers an estimated 300 to 400 million dollars. The Agriculture Department unit is cited after a three month investigation by the Agriculture Subcommittee.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Agriculture
Clarita Well Bridged After Shot Last Night
About 2500 people witnessed a shot at the Mc Craw well in section 35 1 8 near Clarita late yesterday afternoon. The blast bridged the well, requiring cleaning before production estimates. Interest spiked as motorists blocked roads amid oil industry talk. the Hunton lime on Sylvan shale at 1907 feet was the target. Ogg Petroleum reported trouble with Bebee field wells, both bridged by recent shots.
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Thesday’s
McCraw
Clarita
First Boll Weevil Reported By Hill Official
Agent J. B. Hill reports the first boll weevil seen this season. It was brought in last week by Stewart Price of Bebee. Officials believe other farmers may have observed weevils, but this specimen prompted the notice.
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J. B. Hill
Stewart Price
Bebee
Mr. Hill
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Reed
T. B. Slick
Harris
Hyde
Anderson & Pritchard
Culley
Sunray
Culley Ee Glypsy Peters
Tatiana
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Hamly Theatre
Stanfield
Hamly
Robery
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