Two Hollywood women held on charges in Pantages case
Nancy Lee and Janice Hill were jailed in Los Angeles on $25,000 bail each after being charged with attempting to influence a state's witness in the Pantages murder case. District Attorney Baron Fitts said the pair offered a payoff to a witness and noted their suspected planting in the rooming house to intimidate prosecutors.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Alexander’ Pantages
Nancy Lee
Janice Hill
Baron Fitts
Miss Lee
Miss Hill
Fitts
Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pringle
Lois Pantages
Joe Rokumoto
Gardner
California
Huston Heads Republicans in unanimous Nominating Vote
Claudius H. Huston of Tennessee was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee succeeding Dr. Hubert Work. Huston pledged full dedication, severing active business ties, and aiming to build a strong organization to express public opinion in support of the party. Work welcomed the vote as 91 members attended and DuPont resigned as first order of business.
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Washington
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Claudius H. Huston
Tennessee
Hubert Work
Colorado
White House
Southern National
Huston
Republican Party
Nat
Republican National Organization
Dr. Work
Work
T. Coleman DuPont
Funerals Held for Two Auto Victims in Oklahoma
Funerals conducted for Leona Richardson 24 in Oklahoma City and Mattie Pratt 42 in Enid after a collision 10 miles east of Enid. Pratt’s daughter Katherine Pratt remained in serious condition with a 50 50 chance to live. Injured occupants from Shidler identified as KF Cummings J Me Casslin and O y Dill were treated and released.
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Enid
Oklahoma City
Leona Richardson
Mattie Pratt
Here
O. Y. Dill
Shidler
Ada News editor Veris Hobson dies after illness
Verris L Hobson longtime Ada Evening News city editor dies at Ada Hospital after four days illness from intestinal infection and peritonitis. He served in World War I with the Marines and was active in the American Legion Masons and Knights Templar. His funeral was at the Christian church with Legion honor guard.
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Verris L. Hobson
Ada Evening News
Ada Hospital
Ella Hobson
Clyde Milam
Verus
Tulsa
American Legion
Christian Church
H. W. Hunter
C. C. Morris
Blue Lodge of Masons
Ada
Veruis
Hugo
France
Knights Templars
Sapulpa
Rosedale
Legion
Veruis L. Hobson
Hobson
Plane Crash Kills Oklahoma Teen and Memphis Youth
MEMPHIS Tennessee September 6 Miss Ruth Greer 18 of Woodward Oklahoma and Ennis Douglas 17 Memphis were killed in a plane crash at 10 15 a m today Frank Hays the aviator was believed fatally injured The accident occurred over Parkfield and Millington Memphis suburb Greer was en route to Birmingham where she studied at Birmingham Southern college She stopped for a visit and decided to fly over Memphis The ship dived both victims were dead on removal from the wreckage Hospital attaches said Hays chances of recovery were slim.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ruth Greer
Woodward
Okla
Ennis Douglas
Frank Hays
Hays
Parkfield
Millington
Greer
Douglas
Ruth Greer Victim In Memphis Plane Crash
Ruth Greer Woodward high school popularity queen last year died in a Memphis plane crash with Ennis Douglas and his brother Law son. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlisle Greer of Woodward and had been funding a Birmingham college course. Her body is to be brought home for burial as the community resumes its school year amid grief.
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Woodward
Ruth Greer
Memphis, Tenn
Woodward High School
Carlisle Greer
Birmingham
Ennis Douglas
Lawson
China asks powers to waive privilege in China
Nanking Sept 6 CP C T Wang foreign minister said he was mailing new notes to the United States Great Britain France Norway and the Netherlands urging them to give up their extra territoriality rights in China without delay.
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Nanking
China
C. T. Wang
United States
Great Britain
France
Norway
Netherlands
Court Considers Ledbetter's Plea for Reinstatement
Oklahoma City Sept 6 The Oklahoma Supreme Court after two hours of deliberation considering Hugh A Ledbetter the Ardmore attorney disbarred temporarily in 1927 and permanently that year awaits a decision in an upcoming opinion or order Ledbetters brother W A Ledbetter attended as counsel testimony tied to a contempt finding against H Bart Martin and a $7.54 payment claimed to a Justice J W Clark during a campaign fund dispute remains a factor in the reinstatement request
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Hugh A. Ledbetter
Ardmore
Ledbetter
Albert Hunt
Tulsa
State Bar Commission
Supreme Court
W. A
W. A. Ledbetter
H. Bart Martin
O. O. Owens
Martin
J. W. Clark
Clark
Ada Man Delights in Aerial View Over Clouds
Dr. J. G. Breece praised the panoramic sunlit cloudscape from a Curtiss Command-Aire plane. A 10 minute ascent through clouds brought miles of prairie like soft snow, with a canyonlike rift on the return and Ada city lake framed by clouds. Lieut. Paul Hinds piloted the aircraft for the Ada airport tour.
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J. G. Breece
Norman
Ada
Curtiss Command-Aire
Paul Hinds
Man Kills Wife and Burns Home in Arkansas Tragedy
In Siloam Springs Arkansas a farmer Will Dennam 50 his wife 51 and Mrs E E Coldwell 80 are found dead with the Dennam home burned after a dawn attack Neighbors reported a four room house in flames at 6 30 am Dennam and his wife were discovered deceased in the backyard Dennam had stab wounds to the throat and three deep slashes across his neck while Mrs Coldwell was burned beyond recognition A coroner's jury found Dennam killed his wife then died by suicide with uncertainty about Mrs Coldwell's death outcome The case notes a separate political discussion about the Senate tariff debate and the Norris Ware Vare controversy in Pennsylvania.
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Siloam Springs
Ark
Will Dennam
E. E. Coldwell
Dennam
Legion Approves Pledge as Oklahoma Convention Closes
Legions in Ponca City finalize plans with committee reports and officer elections. Grace Prentiss of Fairfax addressed the convention as the Auxiliary met in conjunction, while reports on relief work and veterans’ hospital programs were slated for final sessions.
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Ponca City
The
American Legion
Grace Prentiss
Fairfax
American Legion Auxiliary
M. R. Harris
Claremore
G. A. Rhodes
E. J. Rose
Jack Gable
Sulphur
Muskogee
Veterans‘ Hospital
Norman
Ernest
Red) Ryan
Kansas Department
Frank Haucke
Williams Pleads Guilty In Bridgeport Bank Robbery Case
ANADARKO Sept 6 P C Williams escaped from Caddo county jail and was recaptured in Clovis N M He pleaded guilty in district court to the Bridgeport State bank robbery charge March 17 1923 and received a five year penitentiary sentence Judge Will Linn noted he claimed innocence but pleaded guilty to avoid a possible acquittal due to past record He denied kidnaping claims and said officers aided his escape to seek bond and potential pardon He also claimed he had affidavits proving he was in California at the time Mexico City President Portes Gil praised a United States college football game by the University of Mexico led by Reginald Root formerly of Yale and hopes for future cross border games.
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Anadarko
R. Williams
Caddo County
Clovis
N. M
Bridgeport State Bank
Williams
Will Linn
State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
California
Mexico City
Portes Gil
United States
University of Mexico
Reginald Root
Yale
Vare Senate Seat Fight Delayed by Republican Leaders
Senate Republican leaders, meeting in Washington, vote to postpone action on the Norris resolution to deny William S. Vare a Senate seat until the December regular session. Senator Watson of Indiana will propose a date for a vote once Norris’s contest moves. The Nebraska Republican plans to delay until after debate on the Simmons tax return measure.
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Norris
Nebraska
Ware
Senate
Reed
Pennsylvania
Vare
William B. Wilson
Wilson
Washington
William S. Vare
Watson
Indiana
Simmons
Senate Republicans eye quick settlement of Pennsylvania election case
Republican leaders in the Senate, haunted by the three year dispute over William S. Ware's right to a seat, weigh a rapid settlement of the Pennsylvania election case to move on to tariff work and fill the long vacant Vare seat.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Williams
Ware
Senate
Pennsylvania
Young Teacher Faces Flapperism Charge At School
Miss Kildren Doyle a 23 year old principal at a Knox county high school weighs formal charges by parents who accuse her of flapper era thinking. She asserts the indictment reflects a general attack on youth and asks dismissal as the board convenes. A record enrollment follows the allegations. In Chicago Helen Hicks leads after a second 78 at Flossmoor in the women’s 72 hole medal play championship.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Kildren Doyle
Here
Knox County Board of Education
Doyle
Chicago
Helen Hicks
Inwood
N. Y
Flossmoor County Club
Oil Production Declines Across Most Areas
Oklahoma shows a rare weekly rise in crude output while Gulf Coast heavy and eastern light oils post gains. Nation wide, total daily average for the week ending Sept 7 falls to 2,951,790 barrels, down 18,374 from the prior week, with California and midcontinent regions contributing declines.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma City Pool
Oklahoma
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Gulf Coast
Yates Pool
West Texas
California
Santa Fe Springs
Oklahoma City
St. Louis-Pearson
North Louisiana
East Central
Taos
Rees
Mid-continent
Southwest
Texas
U. S
College enrollment larger than year
Officials report enrollment for the college exceeds the same point a year ago with larger classes and more sections. Incoming students continue as rural school summer terms close, likely for two to three weeks.
Lott Beats Hall In National Tennis Singles Match
George M. Lott Jr of Chicago defeated J Gilbert Hall of South Orange New Jersey in three sets 12 10 6 3 6 2 in a third round National Tennis Singles Championship match at Forest Hills. Rain paused play yesterday after Lott won the first set.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
George M. Lott, Jr
Chicago
J. Gilbert Hall
South Orange
N. J
Lott
University Adds Director of Personnel Morrison
A new department adds Prof. W. B. Morrison as director of personnel. He spent last year at Columbia University and returns with new ideas to apply locally.
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W. .B. Morrison
Columbia University
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C. Douglas Buck
Ruth Banker Pratt
New York
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Miss Richardson
Cummings
Cumming
Vertio L. Obound
American Legion Home School
State Executive Committee
State Legion Convention
Child Welfare Committee
Child Welfare Corporation
E. W. Marland
William H. McFadden
Marland Oil Com
Byng High ‘School News
Archie McCurry
Robert Myers
Melba Myers
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