Quest Ship Sails With Shackleton On Two Year South Polar Voyage
The Quest, a 111 foot ship built in 1917, leaves Cape Town for two years of exploration with Sir Ernest Shackleton and nineteen crew from British dominions. The voyage aims to reach uncharted South Atlantic Pacific and Arctic seas, search for a petrified forest and the fabled Panaki island, and sound ocean plateaus near Gough's Island. Major Carr will fly scouting routes and photograph the expedition aboard one of only three such biplanes.
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London
Quest
Sir Ernest Shackleton
South Atlantic
Pacific
Artic Seas
Thames
Sir Ernest
South Polar
Tpanaki
Gough's Island
Africa
America
Capetown
South Africa
Shackleton
South Pole
Weddell Sea
Norway
C. R. Carr
Antarctic
Soldiers Brought Back After Fleeing Country
Private Charles J. Speck and Private Jensen faced charges of stealing army goods from Fort Sill Oklahoma. They fled to Copenhagen Denmark but federal authorities pursued them and now extradition papers are in transit. Indictments had been returned against them and others after their departure.
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Lawton
Chas. J. Speck
Jensen
Fort Sill
Okla
United States
Copenhagen
Hone
Denmark
Department of Justice
New State Party Seen as Hope for Labor Leaders and Farmers
In Shawnee on Sept 17 a new state political party emerged from labor and farmers unions led by Edgar Fenton John Simpson and H A Davis. They aim to field a complete state ticket at next spring primaries seeking alliance between labor and agricultural groups.
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Shawnee
Oklahoma Farmers’ Unions
Edgar Fenton
John Simpson
Farmers’ Union
Fenton
H. A. Davis
Presifiee
Prisoner Amos Anderson Sent to Federal Court Today
Amos Anderson, a Negro prisoner, left the county jail Saturday with Deputy U. S. Marshal Sumpter for Muskogee to face liquor charges in federal court. He had escaped from county prisoners on the Lawrence road last August, then returned and surrendered to finish his sentence.
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Amos Anderson
U. S
Sumpter
Muskogee
Anderson
Lawrence Road
Duncan Boy Dies From Hijacker Wounds
Ben Cole, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Coleman, died after being wounded by an unknown hijacker who robbed him and friends returning from the fair grounds. Police chase leads but no arrests.
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Associated Press
Duncan
Ben Coleman
Clyde Coleman
Fair Grounds
Floyd Leads Poland China Hog Sale at Ada Fair Grounds
Curtis Floyd of Ada and A O Holloway of Fitzhugh sold registered Poland China hogs for a countywide crowd. The 20 head averaged 32 dollars with a yearling sow at 72.50 as the top price. Holloway’s herd averaged 22 dollars. Eight animals left the county for buyers in Hanna and nearby towns, signaling growing interest in registered stock.
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Poland
Fair Grounds
Curtis Floyd
Ada
A. O. Holloway
Fitzhugh
Mgr. Floyd
Floyd
Outlook Bright Says Norris on Economic Upturn
P A Norris a local banker and farmer reports from New York and financial centers that the country has passed the business crisis and expects better times. He cites higher cotton prices as a driver of revival and says Oklahoma farmers will be cared for, with the southwest improving compared to last year.
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New York
P. A. Norris
Norris
Oklahoma
Southwest
World Council Opens With Focus on Global Church Problems
The eleventh general council of the Alliance of Reformed Churches opens in Pittsburgh with the Presbyterian system. Dr. John McNaugher notes 35,000,000 members in 70 bodies as leaders meet September 16 to 25 to address worldwide church issues after wartime disruptions.
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Associated Press
Pitsburg
General Council
Alliance of Reformed Churches
John McNaugher
Pittsburg Theological Seminary
Dr. McNaugher
General Council of the Alliance
Edinburgh
Scotland
Aberdeen
Bank Robbers Sentenced After Guilty Plea
Bust Wood of Tahlequah and Charles Brackett of Claremore were sentenced to two years in the Oklahoma penitentiary after pleading guilty to the April 25 robbery of the First State Bank of Lotus Grove. Judge Edgar Brewster handed down the sentence in Pryor Oklahoma.
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Pryor
Okla
Lotus’ Grove
Wood
Tahlequah
Charles Brackett
Claremore
É¢Ath
Oklahoma
Edgar Brewster
Oklahoma moves to standard Braille for blind readers
ANONA OFTY reports the Oklahoma legislature funds and supports a transition to the Revised Braille system for blind readers. Mrs. R. Dale notes books value 200 dollars, with access via Inter-Library Loan and traveling libraries. The shift unifies five old systems after a push from the American Library Association and veterans’ reading needs.
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Anona
Oklahoma
Commission For the
R. Dale
Dale
Alaska
Offty
American Library
Dasciciation
Electrical advance subject for talks
Chicago September 17 Midwestern electric development plans to be discussed at the Great Lakes division convention with Indiana in French Lick September 21 to 24. About five hundred representatives from Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin will attend. Topics include linking the Mississippi River Valley high power network with national lines and expanding energy reach to more communities and farms.
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Associated Press
Chicao
Middle West
Great Lakes
National Electric Light Association
Indiana State Electric Association
French Lick
Ind
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi River Valley
William C. Lounsbury
Superior
Wis
B. J. Mullaney
Illinois Committee On Public Utility Information
Fred R. Jenkins
Chicago
National Association
Electric Light and
H. J. Burton
Jackson, Michi
Isissippi Valley
Milan R. Bump
Henry L. Daugherty Company
Nationalectric Light Association
Aviators Die In Dallas Tail Spin Crash
Three aviators were killed when their aircraft went into a tail spin at about 186 feet altitude near Dallas. The plane crashed and burst into flames on impact, with all bodies badly burned.
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Dallas
New West Brought In
Chicago dispatch reports Shaffer Oil and Refining Company has brought in a second large well near its Comins Oklahoma refinery. The wells, located in Skinner county, show an initial flow of about 1200 barrels per day each and are expected to settle to roughly 750 barrels daily per well.
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Chicago
Hit
Shaffer Oil ‘& Refining Company
Comins
OU Homa
Rider dragged by wild broncho escapes serious injuries
Frank Reynolds a rough rider with the Booger Red outfit performing at the Fair Grounds was dragged twice about the ring when a bucking horse veered as he tried to dismount. He fell and was nearly unconscious but suffered only minor head and back injuries, doctors said, and he is expected to recover rapidly.
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Frank Reynolds
Fair Grounds
Reynolds
Jefferson Davis Monument Height Increased for Second-Tallest Memorial
Louisville plans to raise the shaft to 351 feet and dedicate the monument to Jefferson Davis at Fairview Kentucky. The project, previously set to finish next June, is now deferred with Daughters of the Confederacy raising about 20000 dollars via souvenir certificates to complete the work.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Washington Monument
Fairview
Daughters of the Confederacy
John H. Leathers
Jefferson Davis Home Association
South
Jefferson Davis
Monument
The
Home Association
Babe Ruth Hits 55th Home Run of Season in New York
RECORD NEW YORK September 15 Babe Ruth belted his 55th home run breaking his rookie season mark of 64. The shot came in a game between the New York and St Louis teams with Bayne pitching and one runner on base.
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New York
Babe ‘Ruth
Newark
Louis
Bayne
School Exhibits Highlight Rural Fair Prizes and Suspected Robbery
The article lists first and second place results across home economics, handwork, history, physiology, and sewing events in various centers including Frisco Oakman and Vanoss. It also reports a local robbery near a hay tracks junction where a sheriff’s deputy identified a suspect, Sampson, after a nighttime search and expects arraignment on a later date.
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Mary
Homer
Alloso Homer
Alahoma History—Center
Story
Vanoss
Bethel
Frisco
pyslolozy—Center
Ahloso Sai
Union Valeeigh School
Union Ey
Pol Odel
Stone- 1
Leonard Morin
Paul Cheshier
Genter
Spreights Eppler
Oakman
Sam Hunt
S ‘ Eppler
Ster Hice
Stonewall
Hunt
Forn Club
Harry Miller
Ada
Edgar Sallee
Denton Floyd
Pran Morin
Tnward Morin
Ray N
Ray Algen
John Sallee
Dafewall
Oba Robertrel
Trials Club
Frank Reed
Stonerey
George Reed
Tound
aNgence Hunt
Easel Riddle
Heat Club
Stoneways
Jasper Turner
Stoneheg
John Palmer
Wipulkccks
Kilpatrick
Sampson
All Boys Crave Watermelons Judge Leniency in Melon Theft
Justice of the Peace W H Fisher leniently fines four county boys one dollar each for larceny of watermelons. Two pleaded guilty earlier with withheld judgment until trial. Boys claimed they believed they had permission to take a few melons for eating. The judge urged humane consideration in light of the craving for watermelons.
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Justice of the Peace
W. H. Fisher
Justice Court
Fisher
Sweet Will to Answer Charge in Oklahoma City
H. L. Sweet, held on a bogus check charge in this county, was moved to Oklahoma City by county officers to answer a similar charge there. He is also wanted in Purcell on another bad check count. The local preliminary hearing has been repeatedly postponed due to defense petitions.
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H. L. Sweet
Wayne Wadlington
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Sweet
Purcell
Parachute Man Hurley Over Chief Bluff Tragedy Near Glen Dive
Casper Wyoming pilot Bert Cole ferried parachutist Larson who plunged 2600 feet after landing on a cliff during a 60 mph gale near Glen Dive Montana. Larson was swept over a hundred foot drop as rescuers found body. incident followed by a separate death story in Bartlesville.
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Merachite
Casper
Wyoming
Glendive
Montana
Larson
Bert Cole
Rehérs
J.M. Perry
Ada
J. L. Boring
Pecan Grove
Ben Boring
Sam Hawthorne
Pearl Bennett
Mary E. Aldridge
Jessie Settles
Sturdevant
J. M. Duncan
O. F. Johnson
Allen
Ernest Roberts
Francis
Opal Dennis
Lula Riddle
Stonewall
Pauline Roberts
W. R. Riddle
Ethel Hopkins
Ruth Starrs Ahlinaen
Associated Press
Bartlesville
Thomas J. Ray
Ray
Findlay
Lincoln
G. A
Stone River
Libby
Andersonville
North Country
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Dennison
Tex
International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston
Galveston
Beaumont
Carl Morris to Battle Chicago Man This Month
Oklahoma’s Carl Morris the “White Hope” faces Capt. Bob Roper of Chicago in a 12 round decision bout at Convention Hall on September 22. Tulsa promoter Ged Ghan names Morris’s opponent and notes Roper’s unrecorded knockout loss history against top contenders.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Carl ‘Morris
Oklahoma
Jim’ Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Bob Roper
Chicago
Convention Hall
Ged Ghan
Roper
Bill Brennan
Tom Gibbons
Harry Greb
Bob Martin
Gunboat Smith
Charlie ‘Weinert
Morris
Charlie Einert
Jersey
Weinert
Missing Lawrence Parker Fuels Family Missing Persons Case
Mrs. Parker reports her son Lawrence Parker, last seen leaving his home at 320 West Sixteenth Street Thursday evening, may be connected to a suit against four men. Police are investigating his disappearance and family says no home trouble exists.
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Lawrence Parker
West Sixteenth Street
Parker
West
Fau Gts Parker
Hami
Moi
Ada Nine Finishes Season With Strong 24–3–1 Record
Ada baseball under Cal Sparks posts 24 wins 3 losses and 1 tie in 28 games. The club beat Konawa Atoka Brown's Indians Asher Wilson & Co Roff Francis Chandler and others, totaling 17 opponents in 256 innings with 160 runs for and 45 against. The team prepares for an independent state championship series against Cosden of Tulsa on Sept 18 19 and 20.
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Alel
Frem
Cosden
T Company Club
Tulsa
Ada Boys
Ealth
le Amather
Cal Sparks
Ada
Beggs
Konawa
Purcell
Chandler
Sparks
Atoka
Brown’s
Indians
Asher
Crane Company
Brown
Brown's Indians
Oklahoman
Wilson & Co
Oklahoma City
Roff
Francis
Denison
Okmulgee Pig Club Owns Largest Share Of Best Bred Hogs
In Okmulgee County the pig club now owns more than half the pure bred hogs. Members who win first prizes at the county fair receive state fair school courses and free trips to the state fair in Oklahoma City. Second prize winners get a trip to the Oklahoma state fair at Muskogee. The county lists 482 club members across all groups with pig club ranking third in size.
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Okmulgee
Muskogee
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Duncan Boy
Pontetoc County
McIntosh
Ead Singeruardgne
If Books
Jeff Davis
Attinetie
Ae —Oakman
Union
Athloso
Hurley
Carl Morris
Okmulgee Pig Club
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