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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1929
Page
4
Readers questioned a pastor who died by his own hand after robbing a bank and led a double life. The piece also surveys Hoover's tariff battle, MacDonald’s naval talks, Swedish farm relief, Bowers's Tragic Era, and party politics shaping 1930s conventions plus Pontotoc county dairymen diversifying farming practices.
Brutal killings occurred after inmates at Canon City state penitentiary refused a “safe getaway” plan. J. J. Ellis died after being thrown from cell house No. 3 and others including Abe Wiggins Marvin Duncan and an unidentified guard were slain as convicts objected to their captivity.
Casualty list from Canon City Colorado reports 12 total deaths after a prison riot. Names of guards J G Irwin W Rinker R P Brown John Ellis Abe Wiggins Charles Shepherd McClelland and convicts Danny Daniels James Pardue Red Riley A H Davis Albert Morgaridge are listed among the dead. Injured guards Myron H Goodwin shot through kidney and E J Hollister shot in the body.
President and Mrs. Hoover bid farewell to Lord and Lady Gald as they depart the White House. Prime Minister MacDonald and daughter will live at the British embassy before traveling to Philadelphia and New York en route to Canada. Senator from Arkansas targets tariff lobby activities and questions the source of tariff funds.
Oct 7 report from Chicago details Andrew Cerva being robbed by two men with pistols while in his parked car with Miss Alma Niemeyer. They claim not to want his money but his car, slipping his wallet and cash to the floor as they drive away.
A five member sub committee led by Senator Caraway will investigate lobbying tied to the tariff bill. Members include Senators Walsh Borah Robinson Blaine with Democrats and Republican independents opposing the measure. Norris of the judiciary committee named the group and Caraway plans immediate organization.
Ada flower lovers plan a one day event at the Aldridge Hotel on Wednesday October 16 to showcase local growers work and allow public viewing. Mrs. L J Barton urges all city residents to attend and help plan the show.
Colbert school sits on a hill above Ada with gas and running water. The faculty led by Principal Davie Hyden includes Mrs G L Morelock and Miss Pauline Eppler with Life Certificates. Students excel in 4-H, basketball, harmonica band, and dramatic arts while plans include poultry fair and improved clubs.
Senator Sheppard of Texas introduced a bill to amend the Volstead act making the purchase of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes illegal and to hold purchasers liable as well as manufacturers and sellers. He cites a court ruling that the purchaser was not liable in transportation cases and aims to close that loophole.
The article notes sudden temperature changes with chilly nights and warm days. Yesterday the thermometer ranged 55 to 77, and today 84 to 79 with rainfall totaling .30 inches yesterday and .27 inches this morning. Some say the rain aided county oil field roads.
Dieudon ne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, missing a week, reached Manchuria safely after a 52 hour nonstop flight from Le Bourget covering about 5500 to 6000 miles. They were detained by Chinese soldiers who mistook them for Russians, later released after authorities confirmed the crossing near Tsitsihar.
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