Keep Your Eyes Off the Ball For Real Football Insight
The Ada News previews viewing football by watching line play and teamwork rather than the ball. It argues fans miss the action and key blocks unless they study guards tackles and holes opened by Moon Mullen Van Meter and Palmer during a pivotal 80 yard drive by East Central Tigers against Abilene Christian.
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Babe Ruth
East Central Tigers
Abilene Christian College of
Abilene
Tex
Charley Benson
Tigers
Clarence “Moon” Mullen
Bill van Meter
Gib Palmer
Genson
George Fentem Named Director Of East Central Bands
Announcement Friday names George Fentem son of Prof. A L Fentem as director of East Central college band and Horace Mann high school band this year. He brings fourteen years directing bands including seven at Wewoka high school. Fentem plans a high standard band at Horace Mann and welcomes support from friends in his home city.
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George Fentem
A. L
Dad” Fentem
East Central College
Horace Mann
Wewoka
Central College
Fentem
Horace Mann Training School
Motive for Long shooting remains unclear
In Baton Rouge the Weiss family offered no clear motive for Dr. Carl Weiss to shoot at Senator Huey P. Long, a bid that ended with Weiss's death at Long’s hands of Long's bodyguards. His brother in law A J Pavy said Weiss appeared calm and described him as public minded but never politically active.
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Baton Rouge
Carl Weiss
Huey P. Long
Senator Long
Pavy
Dr. Weiss
C. A. Weiss
Carl Austin Weiss, Jr
Long
Yvonne
Capitol
James V Chapman Chili Con Carne Recipe Wins Praise
James V Chapman of Ada crafted a chili con carne recipe that drew praise from visitors Beverly and Mrs. Smith of Dallas. The Smiths, on a national tour evaluating noted recipes, visited Ada after hearing of Chapman's dish and deemed it fully satisfactory after tasting two bowls.
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James V. Chapman
Ada
Dallas
Tex
Chapman
Beverly Smith
Mrs. Smith
Smiths
Oklahoma City
Jim
New York
America
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins
Oxford
The
American
Makesim Campbell
Southwest
Roosevelt Defends New Deal as Recovery Gains Pace
In a letter to Roy W. Howard Roosevelt argues the New Deal's basic program nears substantial completion with a breathing spell for industry. He says unemployment falls and tax changes widen the base while stressing public confidence and broad recovery through government acts.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Howard
Hostilty
Congress
Edward L Doheny Oil King Dies at 79 in Beverly Hills
Edward L Doheny the oil magnate and figure in the Teapot Dome era died at his Beverly Hills townhouse at 79 after months of illness. He built a western oil empire, faced charges in Elk Hills and Teapot Dome, and was acquitted in the later trial that followed.
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California
C. A. Canfield
Los Angeles
New Mexico
Mexico
Peru
British Guinea
Doheny
Tampico
Mexican Petroleum Company
New California
South America
Edward L. Doheny II
R. M. Sands
Vil
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Small Girl Dies From Porch Swing Fall Injuries
Joe Lee Hilbert daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Hilbert 514 East Twelfth died Friday in Duncan after injuries from a fall from a porch swing two months earlier. Born January 25 1929 in Duncan she had been in Ada since April. Funeral held at First Methodist church. She was a pupil of Dubie Lee Deans school of the dance and appeared in several revues.
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Aho
Little Joe Lee Hilbert
A. L. Hilbert
East Twelfth
Duncan
First Methodist Church
Hilberts
Ada
Joe Lee
Dubie Lee Dean
School of the Dance
Crawford Named County Commander by Oklahoma Legion
Theodore H. Otteson of Okemah announces the appointment of Vol Crawford as County Commander of the American Legion. Crawford previously led the Norman Howard Post of Ada and served as adjutant and service officer for the Okemah post. Ada friends praise the honor.
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Vol Crawford
American Legion
Theodore H. Otteson
Okemah
Crawford
Legion
Norman Howard
Ada
Barnett bondsmen face $51,000 claim in Oklahoma
Bondsmen for W. J. Barnett were served with a $51,000 claim for funds allegedly unaccounted for during his administration. Howard C. Johnson, the current bank commissioner, said the claim targets the American Surety Co. and that Barnett was bonded for $25,000. most shortages trace to the Farmers' State Bank of Bethany where Barnett kept deposits.
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Oklahoma City
W. J. Barnett
State Bank
Barnett
Howard CC. Johnson
American Surety Co
Baltimore
Johnson
Farmers’ State Bank of
Bethany
Man Taken Into Custody After Ambulance Run
An excited voice called an ambulance to West Twelfth Street near the Frisco tracks. The man was loaded into the ambulance and rushed to a hospital. After a brief diagnosis he was placed in the city jail, unable to choose a railroad track as a resting spot.
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Twelfth Street
Police Ordered to Shoot Photographers at Huey Long Site
Baton Rouge state highway police under Col. E P Roy were ordered to shoot photographers near the state capitol or hospital where Huey Long battles for life after an attempted assassination. Entrances to the capitol and hospital were restricted to those with business, as officers searched approaching crowds.
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Baton Rouge
E. P. Roy
State Capitol
Huey Long
Escape Foiled at McAlester Prison
McAlester penitentiary guards thwart Curtis Black a life term bank robber after they discovered him sealed in a hollow space behind a new wall being built around the facility. He had been hiding for nearly 18 hours.
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Mcalester
McAlester Penitentiary
Curtis Black
Dallas Inventor Demonstrates Water Fuel Claim
Dallas inventor H Garrett prepared to power a small light plant with a water-burner while skeptics dismissed the water to gasoline idea as perpetual motion. Garrett claimed 92 percent efficiency from electrolysis while critics noted the need for generator power and questioned profitability.
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Dallas
C. H. Garrett
Garrett
E. H. Flath
Southern Methodist University
Flath
Oil magnate Doheny in high profile DC bribery case
Washington reports Edward L. Doheny and Abert B. Fall faced a DC supreme court trial over alleged conspiracy to defraud the government after senate probes into Elk Hills and Teapot Dome leases. Fall was convicted of bribery. Doheny was acquitted.
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Doheny
William Hitz
Frank Hogan
Mark Thompson
Oy Owen J. Roberts
United States Supreme Court
Atlee Promerene
United States
Senate
Norris
R-Neb
Washington
Edward L. Doheny
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Great Western
Elk Hills
Teapot Dome
Abert B. Fall
Interior
Harding
Fall
Elk Hill
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Navy
Interior Department
Youth Pleads Guilty in Chicken Theft Case
A juvenile thief fled with six birds from Kinsey stocery Thursday night. Local officers arrested him quickly. He pleaded guilty before Justice A W Oliver and was sentenced by Judge Tal Crawford to one year in the state penitentiary.
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J. A. Kinsey Stocery
A. W. Oliver
State Penitentiary
Fleek
Oklahoma Jerseys Win at St Paul
At the Minnesota state fair Jersey division judging three Oklahomans dominated. Howard F. Morgan of Seward, Okla., exhibited the grand champion bull and several senior bulls. Dr. Fred A. Glass of Tulsa captured top awards for the grand champion cow and multiple other cattle classes. R. L. Weekly and son of Oklahoma City earned junior and younger bull honors.
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ST. Paul
Howard FE
Morgan
Seward
Okla
Fred A. Glass
Tulsa
R. L. Weekly and Son of
Oklahoma City
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Petroleum Securities Corporation
Albert B. Fall
Croesus
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Oklahoma
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