Jury selection continues in Hamilton murder trial at Weatherford
In Weatherford Texas R H Hamilton watches jurors chosen for the murder trial over his son in law Tom Walton Jr with eleven sworn by noon. The crowded courtroom held 500 and Theresa Walton Hamilton attends. jurors are all married men with children and the defense questions self defense.
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Weatherford
Texas
R. H. Hamilton
Tom Walton Jr
Hamilton
Theresa
Walton
University of Texas
Florence Hendricks
Austin
Parker County
R. B. Hood
Defense
Veniremen
DD. D. Cannon
J. £. Regan
C. B. Yeane
Jim Whitsett
W. P. Wright
W. D. Hightower
G. B. Bullington
Harris trial underway at Chandler in Oklahoma
Jeff Harris, 65, facing murder charges in the July 4 raid on James Harris’s tenant home near Tecumseh, as veniremen struggle with opinions on prohibition officer raids. The trial, tied to both Lowery and James Harris deaths, proceeds with jurors being questioned amid delays and multiple recusals.
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Chandler
Prohibition
Jeff Harris
Oscar Lowery
Harris
American Legion
Hal Johnson
State District Court
James Harris
Lowery
Tecumseh
W W. Thomason
Federa’l Prohibition
Thomason
Manville Receives High Masonic Honor in Washington
Mahion F. Manville Ada post master earns knight commander in the Supreme Council Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction meeting in Washington D C. He is acclaimed for meritorious service to Masonry and holds top rank in the Red Cross of Constantine. Manville is active in Ada Lodge 119 and York Rite bodies and serves as Reigning Sovereign of Ada bodies.
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Mahion F. Manville
Adam
Supreme Council
Southern Jurisdiction
Washington, D. C
Manville
Ada
New K. C
Order of the ‘‘Red Cross of Constantine
Ada Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Royal Arch Masons
Ada Council
Ada Commandery
Knights Templar
Albert Pike
McAlester
Sale of J R Perdue estate set for November court sale
Notice in Pontotoc Oklahoma states administrator with will annexed will auction the J R Perdue estate on November 16 1929 at 10 am at the county courthouse Ada Oklahoma. Cash due on court confirmation bids must be in writing by November 16 1929.
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Glardean
J. R. Perdue
Pontotoc
State of
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Glenwood
Ada
Pontotec County
Township 4
Fire destroys Consolidated Film labs in Hollywood
A blast and blaze at the Consolidated Film industries lab in Hollywood killed Albert Lund and caused estimated losses up to 50 million dollars. The building valued at 400 thousand dollars housed master films including Hell's Angels and The Taming of the Shrew, with officials cautioning figures may rise as inventories are checked.
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Hollywood
Cal
Consolidated Film Industries
Albert Lund
Douglas Fairbanks
Doheny Trial Planned After January Next Year
Government announces it will move to bring E. L. Doheny to trial on a charge of bribery involving $100,000 paid to A. B. Fall. Special counsel Owen J. Roberts says co counsel Atlee Pomerene will leave for Los Angeles to prosecute related civil suits and that December is too short a court month to set the trial.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
E. L. Doheny
A. B. Fall
Roberts
Atlee Pomerone
Los Angeles
Doheny
Tishomingo Man Dies of Wounds in Ardmore Hospital
Ira Sampson a 40 year old Tishomingo farmer died after five hours on an Ardmore hospital operating table from bullet wounds suffered in a Teller bridge quarrel across the Washita river south of Tishomingo. Unmarried, Sampson died today after the shooting yesterday morning. J Arthur Keltner and Robert Ayers were jailed in local custody. Ayers was arrested in Atoka. The quarrel began around 7 am yesterday. Sampson spoke to Murray county attorney Kenneth Clark before dying. details of his statement were not released.
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Ardmore
Ira Sampson
J. Arthur Keltner
Robert Ayers
Atoka
Teller
Washita River
Tishomingo
Sampson
Kenneth Clark
Murray County
Miss Earl Hester Enroute to Roumania Missionary
Miss Earl Hester from Ada attended Hast Central College and sails toward Roumania for missionary work. The diary recounts a Madeira to Funchal voyage with vivid sights, market life, ox cart rides, and notes on Baptist and Methodist churches as well as local cathedrals during a landfall stop.
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Misa Earl Hester
The
Baptist Messenger
Miss Hester
Madeira
Funchal
Baptist Mission
Beirut
Syria
Senate May Condemn Act of Bingham in Censure Move
Washington Oct 28 Senate consideration of a resolution to censure Senator Bingham Republican Connecticut arose after a bitter clash with a lobby committee that condemned his ties to the Connecticut Manufacturers association The judiciary committee chair Norris planned a formal record of the senate stance as the battle over tariff questions and the role of lobbyists in Bingham's conduct continued to unfold.
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Washington
Bingham
Connecticut
Senate
Savage
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Charles L. Evanson
Connecticut Manufacturers Association
Caraway
Robinson
Indiana
Matthews Elected by Business Group at NASM Convention
M. O. Matthews of Ada was elected vice president for Oklahoma at the National Association of Manufacturers meeting in New York. John E. Edgerton of Lebanon, Tennessee, was re elected president for the tenth year, with Henry Abbott of Calculagraph Company as treasurer and J. Lewis Benton as general secretary.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Hotel Roosevelt
New York
M. O. Matthews
Ada
Oklahoma
Matthews
John E. Edgerton
Lebanon
Tenn
Henry Abbott
Calculagraph Company
J. Lewis Benton
Bacon
Boy Run Over by Auto Injures Carl Earnest
Carl Edward Earnest four year old son of Mr and Mrs S F Earnest of 602 E Seventh was injured this morning on North Mississippi when run over by an automobile. Charlie Shockley the driver rushed the boy to Breco hospital where he received treatment.
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Carl Edward Earnest
S. F. Earnest
N. Mississippi
Charlie Shockley
Breco Hospital
Caraway hearings loom over tariff bill fate
Intermittent reports from the Caraway lobby investigating committee on efforts by groups and individuals to influence tariff legislation are expected to be used by opponents in the Senate fight. Chairman Caraway will resume hearings and thoroughly examine the extra official controversy before tackling other parts of the inquiry.
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Bill Washington
Caraway Lobby
Senate
Caraway
Supreme Court to Review Wurzbach Campaign Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review government charges that former Republican representative Harry M. Wurzbach of Texas used unlawful contributions from federal office holders in his bid for re election. Wurzbach, of Seguin, argued the indictment misapplied the statute tied to primary elections and questioned its constitutionality.
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Washington
Harry M. Wurzbach
Texas
Supreme Court
Wurzbach
Seguin
Congress
Billy Herring Pioneer Peace Officer Dies in Muskogee
William Uncle Bill Herring, famed Muskogee city marshal and deputy U. S. marshal in territorial days, died today in Muskogee. He helped capture Cherokee Bill and other outlaws and served on the local police force until two years ago. Survived by son B. Frank Herring of Oklahoma City.
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Muskogee
William
Uncle Bill) Herring
United States
Herring
Cherokee Bill
Oklahoma
Southwest
Slicks Oklahoma City Field Sets New High Record
Slicks No. 1 Glidden in the south Oklahoma City pool set a new 24 hour production peak with 17 276 barrels from 4 a m yesterday to 4 a m today surpassing the previous record of 16 421 barrels by the No 1 Glidden. Action to save the trees has become national.
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Slick
Oklahoma City
T. B. Slick
Glidden
Swsw
Mid-Kansas
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Supreme Council of
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R. K Moss
Wimbish & Wimbish
Carnegie
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
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By Ted Vosburgh
Associated Press
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement
Bulletin 23
Bulletin
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Princeton
Bhown
Carnegie Tech
Dartmouth
Dickinson
Lafayette
New York University
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Washington and Jefferson
William J. Bingham
Homer E. Wark
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Athletic Board
John R. Turner
University O of West Virginia
Lehigh University
Tulane
Pennsylvania State College
R. D. Hetzel
Board of Control
Centre College
J. Turck
Washington and
Jefferson
S. S. Baker
Foundation
Northwestern
Centre
Howara v. Savage
Carnegie Corps of Investigators
Bizzell
Norman
W. B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
Carnegie Foundation
Soldiers’ Field
Norman S. Taber
Brown
Thomas S. Baker
John M. Fox
Holy Cross
H. H
By Williams
U. S. Pat
Tr.williams
NEA Service
C. L. Brewer
Missouri
Film Laboratory
William Lebarron
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Productions
Fall
Carl
Mississippi
Shockley
Miss Earl Hester
Rumania
Act OF Bingham
Evanson
Alesia
Rock of
Gibraltar
Strait
Spain
Morocco
Algiers
Paul
Lillias Trotter
Miss Trotter
Manufacturers’ Association
Finance Committee
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
American Tariff League
Hoover
J. A. Arnold
Southern Tariff League
Carl Earnest
Billy Herring
B. Frank Herring
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