Ransom Money Recovered in Texas Farm Find
The U S justice department reports $73 250 of the Urschel ransom buried in a cotton patch on a Cass Coleman farm near Coleman Texas. Coleman uncle of Kathryn Kelly is in custody and the search for the remaining $126 750 continues as more relatives are raided across Oklahoma Texas and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Urschel
Coleman
Texas
Cass Coleman
Kathryn Kelly
Division of Investigation
Dallas
Memphis
Department of Justice
Harvey Bailey
George A. Bates
St. Paul
Kelly
John M. Keith
Lanzford Ramsey
Keith
Ramsey
Harvey Hailey
Kansas City
Kellys
Colemans
Oklahoma
Tennessee
I T
Herbert K. Hyde
U. S
Ursehel
Minneapolis
New Creamery 11 Get Started in Ada
Robert KR Randolph and family plan to move from Sulphur to Ada to launch a creamery. Machinery from Sulphur will be placed in Rennie and Ninth, aiming for a rapid startup this week. Initial focus on butter and sweet cream with later cottage cheese cream cheese and ice cream. Randolph cites Ada’s ideal location for dairy business growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert KR. Randolph
Ada
Randolph
Rennie and
Ninth
A. & M. College
Smith-Huces
Stillwater
Boys and
Drilling Begins at J. E. Craddock Well in Fitts Field
King and Delaney started drilling at the J. E. Craddock well in SE SENE of 25-2-6, Fitts field, Pontotec county. Surface pipe is at 208 feet and cementing awaited. Over 50 workers are laying a gas pipeline from Fitts to Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King and Delaney
J. E. Craddock
SE Sene
Fitts
Pontotec
Ada
Ranger turned motorist says spur woes still bite
Henry Hitch of Liberal Kansas once rode the range on horseback and now has a car. He explains that whenever he climbs in without his spurs, the machine quits running, a stubborn habit he jokes keeps him tied to the old days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Action Liberal
Kans
Henry Hitch
Spokane Detective Bar Keep Ordered To Quit
Spokane detective Harry Albright cannot serve as bartender while on duty. Chief Ira Martin ruled that Albright must quit the beer parlor side job, stating KM doesn’t look right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Harry Albright
Ira Martin
Albright
Four Ada Residents Injured In Highway Crash En Route To Rebekah Meeting
Four Ada residents were seriously injured when their car veered off a gravel highway near Konawa and Maud, overturned an embankment, and left two passengers with fractures and serious injuries. Driver Liegert suffered compound leg fractures. Lenore Rogers and Elmer Dean were hospitalized with multiple injuries. Ruth Collins fractured her right shoulder and expected to leave for home soon. The group was en route to a Maud tri county Rebekah lodge meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Collins
Suee
Maud
Rebekah
Konawa
Mrs. Rogers
Miss Collins
Ada
Bailey Identified as Bank Robber in Kingfisher Heist
In Oklahoma City a Kingfisher bank official identified Harvey Bailey as one of three men who robbed the Peoples National Bank of Kingfisher on August 9, stealing 6024 dollars and 33 cents. Bailey stood with Bob Brady and Jim Clark, with Bailey stationed at the front door and Brady handling the money.
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Oklahoma City
Ursehel
B. C. Brigham
Kingfisher Bank
Harvey Bailey
Peoples National Bank of Kingfisher
Brigham
Federal Building
W. C. Geers
United States
Bailey
Giigham
Geers
Kingfisher
Bob Brady
Jim Clark
Clark
Brady
Drisham
Rorer credited with capture of notorious mobster Kelly
Washington reports William A. Rorer of the Bureau of Investigation earned the credit for capturing George “Machine Gun” Kelly in Memphis after a nationwide pursuit. Hoover and other officials vowed a relentless campaign against kidnappers and racketeers as Kelly faced trial at the earliest date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
Kelly
Urschel
Justice Department
William A. Rorer
Bureau of Investigation
San Francisco
Birmingham
Rover
Memphis
Departmental
Kansas City Depot
Rorer
National University Law School
University of Virginia
Randolph-Macon Academy
J. Edgar Hoover
Division of Investigation
Hoover
Louisville
Chicago
Southwest
San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Hugo Hold Up Sees Frisco Clerk Robbed of 600
Two men robbed a Frisco railway clerk in Hugo Oklahoma this afternoon taking about 600 dollars. The clerk was forced to drive with the robbers to a spot south of town where he was bound near a Negro cemetery before the pair fled in a wine colored Chevrolet sedan toward Highway 70. Hugo and Paris, Texas officers searched for the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo, Okla
Hugo
Paris
Texas
Duck Hen Trapped After Downtown Chase In Misty Rain
Carl Hoeltzer and bystanders watched a mallard hen land in a misty downtown street. A brief chase ended with the bird captured, ending the unusual duck sighting in the city core.
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Kansas City
Carl Hoeltzer
Oklahoma City Set for Kelly Kidnapping Trial Start
George Kelly and wife Kathryn were captured in Memphis and will be moved to Oklahoma City for trial in the Charles Ursel kidnapping case. Judge Vaught set October 9 as the Kellys trial date as the Memphis jury clears its current docket. Hyde said they would be held in Memphis until the present case reaches the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
George
Kelly
Kathryn
Memphis
Renn
Charles F. Ursehe
Edgar S. Vaught
Kellys
Herbert K. Hlyde
Hyde
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
Urschel
Keenan
Tenn
George E
Southwest
Department of Justice
Charles F. Urschel
J. R. Tichnor
S. E. Travis
Raney
Kathryn Kelly
Will D. Lee
R. C. Shannon
Kelives
W. A. Rover
Rayner Street
Tichnor
Ticknor
New Code for Wives
ST. LOUIS Sept. 27 A draft code for housewives by Judge M Hartmann of the court of domestic relations outlines duties for wives. It urges wives to rise before husbands light the pipe and hand the morning paper, offer a hot dinner each night and provide personal recreation for the husband. The judge specifies a ten percent salary share to the wife for personal expenses and a welcome at the door, with other duties described.
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ST. Louis
M. Hartmann
Court of Domestic Relations
Hartmann
Oklahoma Woman Key in Locate George Kelly in Memphis
Melvin H. Purvis of the Justice Department said an Oklahoma woman named Miss Arnold, a friend of Mrs. Kelly, helped locate George Kelly in Memphis after she traveled with the Kellys following the Ursenel kidnapping. Federal agents questioned her thoroughly and traced Kelly's whereabouts.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
George Kelly
Memphis
Melvin H. Purvis
Department of Justice
Miss Arnold
Purvis
Kelly
Kellys
Oil Test in Alfalfa County Hits 1000 Feet of Oil
Tex O Kan Oil company No 1 Acre in Alfalfa county has 1000 feet of oil in the hole with total depth 6034 feet. Drilling contractor R W Willis and banker Webb Glidewell report the test shows oil and gas at 5017 feet and may be in the broken formation above the Mississippi lime. Enid residents gather as Harry Acre and others rush to the site.
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Roberta
Mary
Leota
Mona Keyes
United States
Hollis
Okla
Baylor University
Waco
Enid
Tex-O- Kan
Acre
Alfalfa County
R. W. Willis
Webb Glidewell
Helena
Harry Acre
Oswerome
Mississippi
Cotton Movement Accelerates at Ada Gins in Busy Season
Cotton flows rapidly into and out of Ada as three local gins report 917 bales. The Peoples compress shows heavy activity with 4 659 bales received to Monday night and ongoing arrivals. Cotton is baled at Ada from Konawa Shawnee Wetumka Sasakwa Holdenville and shipped mainly to Galveston and Houston with 3 797 bales reported shipped.
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Ada
Konawa
Shawnee
Wetumka
Sasakwa
Holdenville
Rofs
Stratford
Stonewell
Lontotoe County
Galveston
Houston
SINGERS MEET SUNDAY AT COALGATE
The Tri county Singing convention brings singers from Atoka Coal and Pontotoc to Coalgate on Sunday October 1 for a day of singing with a basket dinner. Quar tets invited include W O Stamps Abilene Texas W W Combs Dallas Idabel Ada and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-county
Atoka
Coal
Pontotoc County
Coalgate
W.O. Stamps
Abilene
Tex
W. W. Combs
Dallas
Idabel
Okla
Hartford
Ark
Ada
Public Service Valuations Issued For Local Utilities
Valuations for cas and light companies have been received by Charley Floyd, county tax assessor, from the state tax commission showing reductions aligned with earlier telegraph and telephone valuations. Also reported are 1933 figures for Central States Power and Light for Allen and Stonewall and for Oklahoma utilities, plus other local property valuations awaiting final totals before tax levies are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service
Cas and Light Companies
Charley Floyd
State Tax Commission
Central States Power and Light Corporation
Allen and Stonewall
Murray Given Deed for New Lake Site
Oklahoma City September 23 A deed for a 35 acre lake site in Tillman county was accepted by Governor Murray in the name of the state bringing to 19 the number of reservoirs begun with federal relief funds since last spring. The latest site was donated by John C Prescott Chickasha. The Carter and Love county lake is the largest under construction with 90009 dollars appropriated by the legislature.
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Oklahoma City
Tillman County
Murray
John C. Prescott
Chickasha
Carter and Love County
Jefferson
Haskell
Muskogee
Ellis, Jackson, Texas
Logan, Delaware, Beckham and
Greer Counties
Pontotoc County Officers Lead State Meeting in Oklahoma City
Pontotoc county officers attended a state meeting in Oklahoma City Tuesday to discuss tax issues under new laws. State examiner John Rogers urged each group to appoint a five member committee to confer with his office and the attorney general on procedures, with Milton Garner chosen chair of Pontotoc’s county clerks’ five member panel representing all 77 counties.
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Pontotoc
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
John Rogers
Milton Garner
Pontotoc County
Prison band to march in NRA parade in Moundsville
Sixty inmates from West Virginia's state penitentiary will have a first ever night out to participate in Moundsville NRA parade. The prisoners sing a track about wings of a Blue Eagle as they prepare for the public march event.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
State Penitentiary
Moundeaville
NRA
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Robert R. Randolph
Gradsoge Wes
NDA
Horer
Aqabers
Alfalfa
Floyd
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
O. G. and
Francis and Roff
Southwest Utilities Service Company
MacThwaite Oil and Gas Company
Miles Cunningham
Federal Reserve Bank
Will D. Lee Ward
Urechel
Floyd Wiebenga
A.@. Clark
F. Fitzsimmons
R. E. Peterson
Lee
New Lake
New York Stock Exchange
New Jersey
Morgan
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