Legionnaires Parade at Convent in Louisville
A six hour parade at the eleventh American Legion convention in Louisville features about 30 000 veterans marching past the reviewing stand. Drum corps and bands from across the nation wear uncomfortable uniforms while veterans salute National Commander Paul V. McNutt and officials.
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Stanley G. Thompson
A. P
Louisville
France
National American Legion
Memorial Auditorium
Third Street
University of Louisville
American Legion
Paul V. McNutt
Filebre Carter
Edward E. Spafford
Miami
Fla
Sam Browne
Caesar la Monica
Wichita
Kan
District of Columbia
Mississippi
Alabama
California
Wyoming
Texas
Hawaii
Pacific
Italy
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Iows
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Porto Rico
Weather Dims Nation’s Crop Prospects
The agriculture department on October 1 forecasts a six percent drop in this year’s crop yield below the ten year average due to severe drought. Pacific Northwest drought continues to hinder winter wheat prep, while vegetable crops falter. Potatoes are projected at 329 million bushels, apple shipments fall about 15 percent, and the commercial apple crop is 29.5 million barrels with prices about 50 percent higher than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Northwest
Etchieson Free After Hearing Manslaughter Case
Judge P H Deal acquitted Vergil Etchieson of manslaughter in the fatal Sept 22 shooting of Felix Brown at the Ada Rooms. The district courtroom heard from hotel staff and officers as witnesses who corroborated the events and stated Etchieson acted in his officer duty.
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P. H. Deal
Justice of the Peace
Vergil Etchieson
Felix Brown
Ada
Etchieson
Ruby Boelkins
Tom Fisher
Elmer Lloyd
R. S. Schofield
A. R. Sugg
Brown
Fred Bowles
Stanfield and
Rogers
Shipley
Reinstatement Ends OU Pep Orders Paddle Episode
Fifty nine members of two University of Oklahoma pep orders were reinstated after a weekend review by the board of regents faculty committee and order members. Those with satisfactory attitudes were readmitted. others signed pledges to follow university rules. The move ends the paddling episode and abolishes the Jazz Hounds and the Ruf Neks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
University of Oklahoma
Frank Buttram
Board of Regents
Jazz Hounds
Ruf Neks
MacDonald and Party Leave for America
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald sails from Southampton aboard the Berengaria with his daughter Ishbel and key aides for talks with President Hoover on disarmament and peace. Ambassador Dawes remains in Britain. The mission aims to rally U.S. and British efforts for global peace.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Ishbel
Southampton
Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
Vho
Mr. MacDonald
Southhampton
Waterloo Station
MacDonald
United States
Downing Street
Rose Rosenberg
Esther
Laborite
Daily Herald
England
Edison Eyes New Rubber Source Amid Perpetual Hunt
The note questions whether Edison pursued alternative materials by considering steak menu items as potential rubber sources while he persisted in his broad search for a viable material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Two Injured In Automobile Crash Near Ada
Howard Rogers and Anntie Blocker of Ada were injured when a car they drove struck Charles W. Doolittle's vehicle on Stonewall road about five miles south of Ada. Blocker was thrown through the windshield with head and face cuts. Rogers suffered a damaged arm. Doolittle, who was uninjured, says he stopped to avoid the oncoming Rogers car. It was not known whether charges would be filed against Rogers.
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Howard Rogers
Anntie Blocker
Ada
Charles W. Doolittle
Stonewall Road
Rogers
Doolittle
Legion Puts Over Big Park Program This Summer
Norman Howard Post of the American Legion reports on a summer park program turning the Ada city park into a modern playground. The note details attractions new walks landscape decor croquet lighting benches playground equipment and a wading pool gifted to Ada. Total summer expenditures reached 2553 30 with receipts of 2942 19 leaving 213 89 in Legion funds.
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Norman Howard Post
American Legion
Legion
Ada
SY i Goole
Awe
General Fund
Ark Entertainment
BOS
The
Drilling Locutions Boost Okla County in Fiscal Week
Pontotoc county participates in oil drilling revival as Allen field sees new wells. Bebee region favored. list shows Independent O.1 and Gas No. 2 Norris, Homackin No. $. Shields, Empire No. 4 Norris, Bumpers No. 1, American No. 4 Roberts, Benedum and Trees Nos. 1 Northam and Stafford with locations in 19-5-5e to 31-5-5e areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom Sanday
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Allen Field
Bebee
Independent O.1 and Gas Company
Norris
Se-Ne-Nw
Homackin Oil Company
Shields
Empire Oil and Refining Company
Bumpers
American Oil and Refining Company
Roberts
Benedum and Trees
Northam
Stafford
Eight miners dead in Covington mine blast at Fort Smith
In Oklahoma and Arkansas reports, eight coal miners died after a gas explosion at Covington Coal No. 7 mine near Fort Smith and Poteau. Six bodies were recovered in the No. 1 mine, with two killed outright. rescue crews faced deadly fumes and lack of masks as they worked through the night.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Covington
Jenny
Panama
Okla
Huston Smith
Shadypoint
Robert Hanson
Jenny Lind
Willoughby Wells
Joe Eudoc
Poteau
Covington Coal Company
Here
Jeff Shelton
William Cates
Cate
James Howard
Cameron
Herman Curetan
Joe Eudoe
Shady Point
Willoughby Wiley
Waggoner pleads not guilty in federal mail fraud case
Charles D. Waggoner president of Bank of Telluride Colorado pleads not guilty in federal court to mail fraud indictment. Trial set for next Friday bail kept at 100000. Indictment cites manipulation defrauding six New York financial houses of about half a million dollars. Waggoner arraigned before Judge Kennedy in Cheyenne temporarily sitting here. Waggoner's wife and son not present. Downtain and Miller among subpoenas.
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New York
U.P
Charles D. Waggoner
Bank of Telluride
Colo
Waggoner
T. Blake Kennedy
Cheyenne
Wyo
Colorado
Wyoming
Charles D. Waggoner Jr
C E. Downtain
Telluride Bank
Harry Miller
Telluride
Grand Jury
Allen R. Campbell
Ellwood Rabenold
Rabenold and Scribner
Autumn Fashion Eccentricities Warned By Magazine
A women's magazine predicts autumn fashions will feature eccentricities. The remark is noted as lacking tact while a tongue in cheek aside mentions the Mexican army with 369 generals and 5646 privates, claiming the 369 are resisting promotions.
Mrs. Stages of Oklahoma City Died at Enid
Mrs. Thomas H. Stages, 59, died suddenly in Enid after returning from the state fair in Oklahoma City. She was the mother of Mrs. Wilburn Cartwright of McAlester, wife of the congressman. Surviving are her husband and two other children, Olan B. Stages of Hennessey and Horace M. Stages of Dallas.
Pontotoc County Winners At Oklahoma City Fair
Pontotoc County exhibitors placed ninth of 22 in the county display at the state fair. Buster Daniels of Frisco won second in group 2 corn with the Silvermine variety. Pontotoc’s women’s booth was 14th. last year 19th, the year before 23rd. An incomplete 4 H list shows Strained honey Eldred Solomon first Vaness first Melvin Solomon second Spurgeon Solomon third. Comb honey Lois Watson Ada first Doris Watson second Glen Watson third. Beeswax Spurgeon Solomon first. Woolen dress Lois Watson ninth. Wash dress Delma Scott third. Kitchen curtain Alene Scott tenth. Hegari Woodrow Horton eighth. A bulletin notes many women are taking up the law, and more are leaving it.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Eldred Solomon
Vaness
Melvin Solomon
Spurgeon Solomon
Lois Watson
Ada
Doris Watson
Glen Watson
Delma Scott
Alene Scott
Woodrow Horton
Compress Season Slows as Cotton Labor Hurdles Persist
Local compress records show 1580 bales processed, including 676 wagon cotton from Ada area gins and 289 railroad bale deliveries. Additional 315 bales arrived from in-route shipments to be processed at the first compress on the line. Delays stem from recent rains, slow picking, and labor shortages. season extends through Christmas with hopes of beating last year’s output.
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Ada
Galveston
Stratford
Roff
Atoka
Torch Murderer Convicted of Second Degree Murder
White Plains N Y September 28 Earl F Peacox found guilty of second degree murder in the killing of his wife The jury rejected temporary insanity and chose a 20 years to life term after he claimed the act followed a sarcastic remark about their apartment and their make believe marriage He killed her in Mount Vernon April 21 then hid the body and burned it with kerosene six days later in the woods The state said the killing was deliberate and premeditated due to her leaving him
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White Plains
N. Y
Earl F. Peacox
State Board of Public Affairs
Peacox
Mount Vernon
Martial Law Declared in Borger by General Wolters
Brigadier General Jacob Wolters announced martial law in Borger Texas at 9 am following a troop train from Fort Worth. Proclamations by Governor Moody set the order for September 28 and restrict firearms, gambling, and public behavior while preserving business property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Tex
LMR
Jacob Wolters
Fort Worth
Wolters
Moody
Texas National Guard
John W. Naylor
Fred W. Edminston
Louis Davidson
Clarence E. Parker
Harry H. Johnson
Taylor Nichols
Naylor
Military Provost Court
Lamont Woman Dies from Gasoline Can Explosion
Mrs. Lewis Miller of Lamont dies in Enid hospital from burns suffered when a gasoline can exploded at her home. She leaves a husband and four small children. A baby born after injuries also died and will be buried with her.
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Enid
Lewis Miller
Lamont
Here
Enia
Moss in county jail on murder charge for shooting uncle
Moss, 35, a boiler maker, shot and killed J R Bradon, 65, at his home near Redfork. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment in common pleas court and awaits a Friday preliminary hearing. Police were summoned after the shooting.
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Tulsa
P—c. P. Moss
J. R. Bradon
Moss
Common Pleas Court
Redfork
Bradon
Governor declares martial rule in Borger area
State troops will stay in Borger and Hutchinson county until crime is cleaned up or until a successor governor removes them. A separate proclamation stripped county peace officers of duties, transferring enforcement to the military. General Wolters and Colonel Roberts command the troops. Clem Calhoun named district attorney after Holmes’s assassination.
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Austin
Tex
Borger
Hutchison County
Moody
Jacob F. Wolters
Hoouston
56Th Cavalry Brigade
O. E. Roberts
Taylor
141St Infantry
Paul D. Page
Clem Calhoun
John A. Holmes
Calhoun
Hamlin
104Th
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MacDonald Sanguine
McAllister
Everglades
Alitos
Biscayne Boulevard
Flabler Street
Covington Mine
Pontotog County
Deglan Hutchinson CO
Court House
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