Woods Thankful But Bullet Missed Heartened by Judge
In Okmulgee Oklahoma Don Woods a 28 year old law student and real estate man attempted suicide in county jail before a scheduled sentence. He survived the shot to the heart and was released from court days later claimed to be devoutly thankful and planned to reunite with his wife and children after writing forgiveness letters.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Don Woods
Barnum
Woods
Mounds
Judge Barnum
Ratification Vote Shows Strength Of Haskell
Oklahoma City November 29. Both houses of the Oklahoma legislature met in extraordinary session and ratified the governor’s action calling the session for Oklahoma. They filed three bills: to relocate the capital to Oklahoma City, appoint a capital commission, and compensate senators and employees. Senator Eggersman protested Has kell’s call. Ratification passed the house 80 to 26 and senate 33 to 9 before adjournment to reconvene at 2 p.m. J Elmer Thomas was named senate president and W B Anthony speaker of the house.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Noth Houses
Oklahoma
Senate
Eggersman
Pottawatomie Civiunty
Haskell
House
J. Elmer Thomas
Lawton
W. B. Anthony
Marlow
Fortner sentenced for forging check and sent to penitentiary
Dwight Fortner of St. Louis, jailed after supreme court dismissal of his appeal for forging a check, begins serving his term in the penitentiary. Since conviction he had been managing a hotel at Eldorado Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Dwight Fortner
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Fortner
Eldorado
Ark
Oklahoma Capital Bill Sets Seat of Government in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma enacts a capital bill creating the state capitol commission to locate and finance a new capital. The plan authorizes gift or land sale proceeds to fund a one million seven hundred thousand dollar capital fund, designates site surveying, and requires gubernatorial approval before contracting for Capitol construction. Emergency clause noted for immediate effect.
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State of
Oklahoma
Board of Capitol Commissioners
Oklahoma City
State Capitol Commission
State Capital Commission
Register of Deeds
Oklahoma County
State Capitol
Guthrie
Commission
Columbia Bank to be Investigated by State Officials
Guthrie Oklahoma November 30 In a writ of mandamus the state supreme court orders the state banking board and banking commissioner E B Cockrell to deliver all records in the Columbia Bank Trust Company and related failures to State Examiner Taylor. The deposits of the failed banks totaled about 5 million dollars, with Norton as president of the Columbia bank. Norton is said to be rebuilding his fortune in Bartlesville while questions about responsibility for the Tulsa and Kiefer bank failures persist. Governor Haskell had declined examiner access following the failures. Also reported: Wears and Paddy Rabbitt died from injuries after a motor car crash in Pittsburg Kansas yesterday.
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Oklo
State Supreme Court
State Banking Board
E. B. Cockrell
State
Taylor
Columbia Bank & Trust Company
National
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Kiefer
Haskell
Examiner
Columbia Banks ® Trust Company
J. H. Norton
Norton
Columbia Bank
Nor‘ton
Kiefer Bank
E [Norton
State Guaranty Fund
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Vinita
Loulaville
Rooke
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Funct Bank
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Kans
W. Ts Wears
Paddy Rabbitt
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