Walton Offers Resign to Help Pass Anti Klansmen Bill
Oklahoma Governor J C Walton pledges to abdicate if the Oklahoma legislature will pass his anti klan bill and unmask the Ku Klux Klan. Lawmakers split over impeachment plans as party loyalty tests loom with session opening tomorrow at 9 a m. The bill would require secret organizations to file rosters and ban public masks with limited exemptions.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
Oklahoma
W. D. McBee
Mr. McBee
House
Ku Klux Klan
Tennessee
Iti
Williams Takes Up at Walton and Klar
Tulsa October 7 Judge Robert L Williams former governor instructed Oklahoma's first federal grand jury since martial law to meet. He sharp ly rebuked Governor Walton and law violators, warning that the law must be upheld amid a time of mob action. The charge covered federal liquor violations federal banking laws and violence against federal officers.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Robert L. Williams
Walton
God of Hosts
Williams
Walton Grants Sixty Fourth Pardon in Oklahoma
Gov. J. C. Walton pardoned David O. McNeal who was convicted of murder in Beaver county in 1921 and sentenced to life. The pardon cites a judge’s recommendation and jury approval, marking Walton’s sixty fourth clemency.
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Oklahoma City
David O. McNeal
District Court
Beaver County
J. C. Walton
W. C. Crowe
Crowe
S. Twyford
McNéal
Walton
Ada youth John Fleet joins Oklahoma University band
Norman Oct 9 John Fleet of Ada is the sole local representative in Oklahoma University 119 piece band this year. He plays solo cornet in his third year on the band roll and previously served as second trumpet in the university orchestra. Fleet belongs to Kappa Kappa Psi national band fraternity and Kappa Psi honorary.
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Norman
John Fleet
Ada
University of Oklahoma
Fleet
Kappa Kappa Psi
Kappa Psi
Oklahoma Expenditures Top $1 Million In September
Oklahoma state expenditures for September reached $1,128,378.51 against August $1,061,008.62 and a year earlier $518,345.13 above. Receipts totaled $381,247.58, up slightly from August. Auditor C. C. Childers warned of rising costs and urged fiscal conservation to avoid a potential bond issue.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
C. C. Childers
Case
Childers
Stengel’s Centerfield Homer Gives Giants Game One Victory
Casey Stengel belts a homer to the centerfield wall in the first game of the World Series. The Giants beat the Yankees 5 to 4 after a ninth inning rally led by Stengel's blast and Bush earlier tripled to tie the game. Hoyt started for the Yankees, replaced by Bush. Watson and Ryan pitched for the Giants.
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McGraw
Yankee Stadium
New York
Casey Stengel
New Stadium
Yankees
John McGraw
Stengel
Bush
Yanks
Giants
Waite Hoyt
Joe Bush
Ryan
Watson
County Poultry Show Aims To Be Best Ever This Year
Farmers expect a strong county poultry show with rising pure bred interest and improved exhibits. Oklahoma A and M researchers cite frost timing to destroy chinch bugs, urging plowing of cotton stalks and removal of grass cover to expose hibernating pests. Extension staff plan a coordinated campaign across the chinch bug region to protect grain crops from damage.
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Stillwater
A. and M. College of Oklahoma
C. E. Sanborn
Professor Sanborn
E. B. Scholl
Oklahoma
Woman Fires at Priest During Confession in Chicago Church
Emma Strutaznsky, kneeling for confession at St Michael the Archangel Greek Orthodox Church, shot Rev Basil Setsuk as he knelt. She claimed the priest squandered church funds and shouted in Ukrainian about oppression. Police consider mental illness. an inquest will determine charges or commitment.
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Chicago
Emma Strutaznsky
St. Michael the Archangel
Basil Setsuk
Galacia
Robert Crow
Setsuk
Enforcement Officer's Home Blown Up in Ohio
The home of Charles Pearce a prohibition enforcement officer at Smith Field Ohio west of Steubenville was dynamited. Pearce his wife and a 17 month old child escaped serious injury as the house collapsed inward and city hall windows were broken. Miners en route to work reported seeing four strangers near the house and an automobile speeding away shortly before the blast.
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Steubenville
Charles Pearce
Smithfield
Ohio
Here
Pearce
Nazarene Delegates Gather for Eastern District Assembly
About 250 to 400 delegates from the eastern half of the state and neighboring states are expected for the Nazarene church Eastern District Assembly in October 24 to 28. Rev R E McCain prepares for one of the state’s largest gatherings with prominent speakers and singers. all district pastors and four delegates per church will attend. Delegates will be fed in the convention hall basement, funded by district Nazarene churches.
Katy Bridge at Tyrola Hit by Flood Again
The Katy bridge at Tyrola suffered new damage from rising South Canadian river waters on Saturday. Two more bents broke away, halting traffic and forcing detours via Holdenville. Four bridge sections out, making reconstruction timing uncertain as repair crews worked before new flood impacts halted progress.
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Katy Road
Katy
Tyrola
South Canadian
Oklahoma City
Holdenville
State Sleuths Get Last Red Cent for Dennis Search
Oklahoma City report says the remaining 473.07 from the 5000 dollar fund for arresting Fred Dennis was paid out today. Auditor C. C. Childers closed the account with warrants to C. W. Wilkie and Lee Mullinix, former Oklahoma City policemen who filed expense accounts. Mullinix tracked Dennis to El Reno.
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Oklahoma City
Fred Dennis
C. C. Childers
C. W. Wilkie
Lee Mullinix
Walton City
Mullinix
el Reno
Cotton Receipts Rise On Fair Weather Promising Harvest
County weigher John Ward reports 92 bales arrived Tuesday, second best day this season after 99. Season total stands at 598 bales by 10 a m today as heavy dew delays picking. Compress pressed about 125 bales on Tuesday.
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John Ward
State's Cotton Crop Near Million Bale Mark
Oklahoma's 1923 cotton crop is projected at 945000 bales in a conservative estimate by John A. Whitehurst president of the state board of agriculture. Forecast depends on first frosts. last year yielded 627000 bales and two years ago 481000.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Commonwealth
Union
Board of Agriculture
John A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Whitehurst
Divorce Surge Surpasses Marriages in Pontotoc County
In Pontotoc County October records show nine days into the month with only two marriage licenses issued while four divorce petitions were filed in district court. The trend marks the first time divorces exceed marriages in the county's history, with growing divorce filings and lighter license activity this month.
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Pontotoc County
Clek
Reget
Marriage License Bureau
Pontotoc County Prepares Supplementary Vote Report
Pontotoc county election officials report a large number of ballots mailed after last Friday's return on six amendments. Chairman John Beard says a supplementary county tally will be sent today and the measure favored by the legislative amendment is indicated by the ballots received so far. A penny in the slot elevator is described in a brief invention note.
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Pontotoc County
Police arrest man after fatal bus district auto strike
Walker K Elliott a 25 year old Black man was seized in Oklahoma City after a high speed chase following a hit and run that killed Jewell Woody 17 as she attempted to board a street car. Elliott moved from Guthrie four months ago and is held for county authorities. Police search continues for the driver’s identity in Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Walker K. Elliott
Jewell Woody
Elliott
Guthrie
Marie
Youth Aids Jail Delivery Free Notorious Bank Robber
Five masked men stormed the Gay jail with a youth believed under 28 directing the operation. They freed Ed Lockhart, a 20 year bank robber from Sequoyah county, after corraling jail staff and hurriedly escaping in a waiting car. Lockhart had been on 90 day leave from the state penitentiary awaiting extradition.
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Jay, Okla
Ed Lockhart
Jack Carey
Pery Arthur
Carey
Arthur
Lockhart
Perry
Banedit
Carey Bee
Reeply
Jal
Pete Baker
Kansas
Oklahoma
Baker Place
Ben Smith
State Penitentiary
J. C. Walton
Sequoyah
Harrison
Arkansas
Henry Starr
Santa Fe Re Routes Trains Through Pauls Valley
Santa Fe will detour trains via Pauls Valley for repairs to washed out track near Rosedale. The temporary schedule preserves Oklahoma City connections and offers a direct Pauls Valley link not previously used, adding about two miles to the route.
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Santa Fe
Pauls Valley
Rosedale
J. H. Shackleford
Shackleford
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Area Gets Two New Interurban Rail Lines
Two electric railway lines receive state charters to operate under a common board of directors with $800 000 each. One line will run Shawnee to Coalgate covering seventy seven miles, the other Oklahoma City to Shawnee over thirty nine miles. Directors named are H. R. Hudson Ernest Worley C. A. Birge G. B. Trest and RB. A. Birge of Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
R. A. Sneed
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka
Shawnee
Coalgate
H. R. Hudson
Ernest Worley
C. A. Birge
G. B. Trest
RB. A. Birge
Road Conditions Improve in Pontotoc County
County repairs bring rural roads to good condition after heavy rains. Bridges and culverts washed out have been replaced and the Ada-Aflen gravel road is resurfaced to handle heavy traffic on the main artery.
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Pontotoc
Oklahoma City Freed of Military Troops
Oklahoma City demobilized the last troops on duty today by order of Governor Walton as acting adjutant general Barrett announced. About 125 officers and men are affected. Martial law remains in effect with troops in Sulphur Shawnee and Tulsa serving as court aides despite reduced numbers.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
C. F. Barrett
Barrett
Sulphur
Shawnee
Tulsa
Held For Federal Charge Mobery Awaiting Transfer
Mobery is jailed on a federal charge for violation of the national prohibition act. Arrest was by federal officer Jake Simms of Durant who conducted the raid on Moberys premises.
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M. Mobery
Mobery
Jake Simms
Durant
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