Army planes return after round-the-world flight
Clover Field Santa Monica greeted the three Army world cruising aircraft as they landed ending a 27,000 mile globe circling mission. Lieuts Smith Nelson and Wade led the trio in a journey that set multiple records and spanned 150 days from Seattle to Constantinople and back.
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Cloves Field
Santa Monica
Cal
Clover Field
Globe
Lowell BH. Smith
Los Angeles
Erick Nelson
Leigh Wade
United States Army
Sand Point Aviation Field
Japan
Komandorski Islands
America
China Sea
Kagoshima
Shanghai
China
Seattle
Constantinople
Turkey
John H. Mears
Nellie Bly
Julies Verne
Henry Frederick
Frederick
Andre Jaerger- Schmidt
Free admission tickets for Oklahoma State Fair available
Students and teachers of Pontotoc County schools need not worry about fair costs. The county superintendent's office reports a sufficient supply of admittance tickets to cover all who wish to attend the Oklahoma State Free Fair in Oklahoma City.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Frank Wilson Faces Five Charges After Arrest
Frank Wilson, held in county jail, faces five charges from Texas and Oklahoma burglary cases plus a federal Mann Act count. Police say articles found in a Chevrolet linked to the alleged boxcar plunder. two 14 year old girls were involved in the federal case.
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Frank Wilson
Sheriff's Office
Wilson
Texas
Oklahoma
Memorial Lane Drive Aims To Line Road To Ada Cemetery
The Norman Howard post of the American Legion launches a civic program led by Post Commander Rupert S. Kerr to plant trees along Memorial Lane to Rosedale cemetery. Citizens will be invited to sponsor trees and help line the route with shade trees as Armistice Day activities are planned. The post also seeks to mark every Ada street and place a marker near the new bridge to guide travelers. Delegates Kerr and Slade Norman reported on the national convention at St Paul.
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Norman Howard
American Legion
Memorial Lane
Rosedale Cemetery
Veterans Organization
Post
Legion
Convention Hall
Ruperts. Kerr
Kerr
Ladies of the Cemetery Association
Ada
Legionnaires
Legion Post
Robert S. Kerr
Slade Norman
St. Paul
Large Civil District Court Docket Set for Pon totoc County
District Judge J W Bolen will open the civil session October 6 in Pon totoc County. The docket lists 160 civil jury cases and about 225 non jury matters and the session may extend over more than two weeks. A criminal docket is expected after civil matters conclude due to prior funding delays.
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Pontotoc
J. W. Bolen
Davis Responds to Daugherty in Push for Honesty in Government
John W. Davis declares he will press campaign by condemning corruption and refuses to retract any statements. He rebuts Harry M. Daugherty by arguing the race centers on honesty in office, not bolshevik rhetoric, and vows to continue attacking perceived official misconduct.
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New York
Haying
John W. Davis
Harry M. Daugherty
Davis
Daugherty
Russia
Reds
Means silent on statement in Daugherty case
Concord North Carolina Sept 23 Gas ton B Means figure in the Daugherty investigation refused to discuss the case further after repudiating sensational testimony. He arrived with his wife and child at his mother's home. Camp Perry Sept 23 Senator Smith W Brookhart said he wired Senator Ashurst that he might call the committee together to hear more testimony.
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Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Daugherty
Means
W. G. Means
Camp Perry
Smith W. Brookhart
Senate
F. H. Ashurst
Arizona
Washington
Brookhart
Iowa
Arizona Senator Proposes Joining Charity Committee Meeting
N Y Sept 23 Senator H E Ashurston of Arizona, a member of the State Charity committee, telegraphed Senator Smith W Brookhall, chair of the committee, that he would attend if it was considered advisable to end a meeting.
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N&tWw
York
Spt
H. &. Ashurston
Arizona
da Zherty Committee
Smith W. Brookhall
Ada May Be Denied Sunday Baseball in Near Year End
Ada baseball fans may lose Sunday games as A O Green reports failed efforts to secure a game for this Sunday. An attempt to host Healdtson failed. a possible Sunday week game with Oklahoma City of the Western League was not definite and three-game series requests could not be fulfilled under current conditions.
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Ada
A. O. Green
Healdtson
Green
Oklahoma City
Ada Claims Part in History’s Air Route Stop
Ada near the air route around the world gained brief historic significance as round world fliers passed over Atoka, about 50 miles from Ada, drawing local crowds and radio rumors that Ada would be included in the itinerary. No planes appeared and Ada residents waited in the skies as reports proved unfounded.
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Ada
Pontotoc
Atoka
Chinik
Tokic
Paris
Rey‘kavjik
Dallas
Ada to Celebrate Bridge Opening Across Canadian River
Ada officials announce a October 10 celebration at the bridge spanning the Canadian river. Governor Trapp and state officials will speak as crowds from nearby towns gather for a day of barbecue coffee buns and events. The bridge dedication honors Hon Tom D McKeown who championed its construction.
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Canadian River
George D. Key
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Key
Trapp
State Highway Commission
Tom D. McKeown
Ada
Roy Givens
Cotton Price Jumps After Forecast By Agriculture
Washington report shows crop forecast revised to 12.595 million 500 pound bales, down 191,000 from two weeks prior. September 16 condition 55.4 percent of normal, yield 149.2 pounds per acre. last year 12.787 million bales. Oklahoma at 64 percent condition, 1.262 million bales produced. ginning reaching 66,967 bales.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Cotton Soars On Bureau Report Rallying Futures
In New Orleans on September 238 cotton futures leapt the daily trading limit as the bureau report arrived. October rose to 22.50 and December to 22.82, with a 200 point jump spanning all months.
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New Orleans
Bureau
Government Cotton Report Triggers 190-Point Rally
The government cotton report released today proved extremely bullish and sparked a strong buying wave. Prices jumped 190 points to 23.90 for October, hitting the 200 point daily limit, while December traded at 23.25 as mill interests led demand.
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New York
Liberty Day Set in Oklahoma Statewide Observance
Oklahoma officials declare October 18 as Liberty Day to be celebrated in all county seats by non members of the Ku Klux Klan. A statewide convention of anti Klan delegates will meet in Oklahoma City on October 27.
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Okmulgee
Ku Klux Klan
Oklahoma City
M. M. Alexander
Gity Mourns as Gurus Williams Laid to Rest
A large crowd gathered at the First Christian church in Ada for the funeral of James Curtis Williams, Ada’s first high school football casualty. Rev. H. W. Wallace led a brief service before the cortege proceeded to Rosedale cemetery. Mill Creek and Ada communities sent floral tributes and expressed sympathy.
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H. W. Wallace
First Christian Church
James Curtis Williams
Ada
Rosedale Cemetery
Mill Creek
Rochester
Minn
E. O. Parker
Miller
Miss Woods
Curtis Williams
Mayo Brother's Hospital
City Schools of Ada Expect Record Enrolment Rise
City Superintendent J E Hickman predicts Ada will see enrollment climb beyond previous years after harvest. He notes current dip from opening rush due to cotton field and farm work, with a steady rise anticipated after November and through the rest of the year.
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Ada
J. E. Hickman
Hickman
Mrs Ferguson challenges election law validity in Texas
Mrs M A Ferguson challenged the validity of the law allowing suits to contest elections as an injunction hearing proceeded to disqualify her as the Democratic nominee for governor. She appeared in person denying any agreement with her husband James E Ferguson that he would be governor in her name.
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Austin
M. A. Ferguson
Tigers Head to Greenville for Preseason Clash
East Central's Huskies under Coach Joe Milam prepare for a Friday game in Greenville Texas versus Burleson College. The 50 man squad trains through three weeks and travels Thursday at 11 am by the OCAA for a non conference test seen as a season barometer.
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East Central
Tiger
Huskies
Joe Milam
Greenville
Texas
Burleson College
O.C.A
Texas Battle Ground
Skull
Milam
Oklahoma dairy survey finds one third each lossing money breaking even and profiting
The Blue Valley Creamery Institute reports Oklahoma dairy cows split into three groups by profitability with a third losing money a third breaking even and a third profiting. Better feeding and breeding are identified as solutions as production costs rise and farms diversify amid deflation.
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Oklahoma
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Institute
Anadarko Democrat Johnson Bonds Out in Oklahoma County
Johnson of Anadarko the Democratic nominee for state senator in the 1th district appeared at the Oklahoma County Sheriff office and posted 1000 bond after a warrant was issued on a complaint by Marie Rendall 21 who alleged he is the father of her child and seeks support. Johnson plans to plead not guilty at arraignment before Judge Cheek Thursday.
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Oklahoma City
Johnson
Anadarko
Tom Cavnar
Oklahoma County
Marie Rendall
James C. Cheek
Oklahoma
Crawford Holds Merritt On Assault Charge
Manuel Merritt was bound over to district court by County Judge Tal Crawford on a charge of assault with intent to do bodily harm after an incident at the Township fair in Rofs on September 2. His bond was set at $1000.
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Crawford
Merritt
Manuel Merritt
Tal Crawford
Jim Cozier
Rofs
Woman Confesses in Poison Plot Involving Minister
Mt. Vernon Illinois September 23 Mrs Elsie Sweetin after an all night vigil confessed she was implicated with Rev Lawrence Hight of Ina in a plot to poison her husband and Mrs Hight so they could marry Hight had confessed yesterday. Sweetin denied part in the plot until her cellmate proximity prompted a waiver of preliminary hearing and grand jury indictment anticipated October 23. The minister said his affection for Sweetin began in church and he lamented his fall from his wife, while parishioners sought to support him.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Elsie Sweetin
Lawrence Hight
Ina
Thompson
Associated Press
Mrs. Sweetin
Hight
Sweetin
Theodore Roosevelt Virtually Assured New York Nomination
Rochester report says Theodore Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy has virtually secured the Republican nomination for New York governor. A group of prominent leaders pledged support after H Edmund McHord withdrew from the assembly speakership, boosting Roosevelt as the likely nominee.
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Rochester
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
United States
H. Edmund McHord
Roosevelt
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Gity
Gurus Williams
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