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Final Home
VOL XUL NO. 13.
PRICE: City 2c; Outside Jc
VETERANS’ COMMANDER BUYS LEGION POPPY
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Hits Another
Statements for Publication Withheld, But Lawrence is
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By DAVID LAWRENCE
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. school vacation period. The nation's
in six weeks.
comes the perfection of the Pack-
aircraft. If the
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A. Rogers, depute sheriff.
Ivan
Vantine, >217 Spruce street. Kansas
Vantine
notified officers by telephone he was
had rented one.
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holes.
rated railroads.
Work at Standstill
South Walker avenue underpass at
the Priam-Rock Island tracks win be
completed and ready for use between
June 10 and 11. It was announced
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OKLAHOMA CITY'S
OFFICIAL CENSUS
Abolition of the office of general
counsel of the veterans' bureau and
creation of a general legal head was
pud feted
The office of Administrator Hines
would not discuss the prediction.
Roman Firing
Squad Shoots
U. S. Citizen
. . . Someone •
Can Fill Yours?
Boy Kills Self
After His Car
CITY BUILDING RECORD
MAINTAINED FOR MAY
City bullding permit total for May
—Pape 11
—Page 20
—Pape 23
-Page 24
Reorganization Hinted
In Veterans’ Bureau
You Can. Fill
Someone’s Wants
P
6′139
980
GYRO HEDGE HOPPER
REACHES SAN DIEGO
POLICE TO PULL IN
“ABANDONED” AUT08
Bullets in Back Claim His
Life Nine Hours After
Conviction.
Perhaps the reason is that an examination of all available data reveals
a much stronger resistance to price declines than anybody imaginea and
perhaps it to due to a feelipg that the security markets reflect things that
have happened instead of future trends
walkout nt carpenters five weeks ago
The dispute. over which craft should
No matter if you WANT to
buy. WANT to sell. WANT
to rent, WANT to trade—no
matter what you WANT to
do—Oklahoman and Times
Want Ads are ready to serve
you, promptly and efficiently.
we rose much more rapidly than we had bargained for.
Professor Einstein had requested me to make certain
measurement. while we shot upward, but try as I
would, this proved impossible.
"Our measurements of cosmic rays, however, which
Professor Heu prevlously had measured up to 27,000
feet, were carefully conducted up to 50,000 feet."
Asked what conclusions he had made from his
measurements. Professor Piers rd replied: "I don t want
to make a statement yet as to that •
Mrs. Beyer Wins Sgeond
Hole No. 2, 385 yards, per 5-Mrs.
Beyer was in the rotgh off the tee
and barely got out with her iron Mrs.
Mrs. House, thrown from her car.
suffered lam of four teeth, a bruise
on the left side of her. face and
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Free Bridge Opening
Will Be Celebrated
T..
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Co. contractors, will pour the last
concrete early next week, but several
days will he required before vehicles
are permitted to use the improve-
ment
Contract on the South Robinson
avenue underpass, under the same
tracks, will be awarded in about 30
days at the Chicago offices of the
Rock Island Bids already are in on
this project.
> rNHIS observation has been made be-
X fore, but I want to repeat that
leaving immediately for Edmond, He
said his boy did not own a car but
treasurer's office county
avenue. Kansas City, Mo ; Floyd Scott.
11 years old, Morris. Kan., and
Henry C. Johnsor, 20 years old, 4514
South Madison avenue. Los Angeles.
California.
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It may be that ths country is on the verge of a hardening of prices
snd that government offieials regard such a development as Indicating not
----------only that the bottom has been reached but that the future cannot be any
its capacity for worset than the past and inevitably it must show improvement during the
-------last haIf of the current year
Private Views of Experts
Forecast Better Business
(BHERMAN, Texas. May 29.-(_
Highway commisaions of Texas ana
, ruuenns governor wnat to do and
what not to do, in his absence. All of
which is entirely out of bounds
IXYILL airplane travel a few years
W hence be through the strato-
sphere, above a height of ten miles?
V r the possibilities suggested by Pic-
card eventuate, today's highschool
• graduates will be hustling to business
nppotntments in a purple vastness,
cloudless and windless, locked in oxy-
gen-chambered airplanes slamming
E hrough the ether at the rate of *00
, miles an hour. I wonder.
Wilson K. Hunker. 17 years oM,
farmer of near Wheatland, was killed
Friday morning at his home when a
accidentany.
Hunker to a brother of J . H. Hunker,
president of the First National bank
of Wheatland
The body of the gun victim was
taken to Hahn funeral home. He to
survived by his parenta, Mr and Mra.
Joshua Hunker, two brothers and a
sister, all of Wheatland.
Egypt Nameu.s.‘Envoy
LONDON, May 29—-Me Eayp-
tian legation announced Friday that
Fesostris 8idarous Pasha, mintstar to
Belgium and the Netherlands, hu
swssw**
one up on Mra.
r w the HM nine
He-i most eoncerred, he said, about his apparatus
tor measuring the gamma rays—those mysterious rays
which are rich in radium and which may vossibly
emanate from the stars • "
Professor Piccard’s balloon probably will remain for
several days on the Gurgl glacier where it landed,
until workmen from the Riedinger works at Augsburg
can come down to dismantle it.
tt the folk of this mountain town have their way
the aluminum gondola which carried the two acientista
higher than man had ever gone before will remain
here as a memento not only to the night itself but of
the unexpected international publicity It gave a spot
hitherto virtually unknown to the world at targe
"1 would be glad to leave it •here," Proteasor Piecara
said, "but I am not its sole owner. you know " he was
referring to the substantial contribution to the flight
, Otoass tore le Pass t, Cetumn 1
NEmzzi
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eEE
something greater than the Nobel iace or recent stock market declines on
peace prise should be fashioned vineingly about an upturn to business
mfor the genius who will perfect some “ J " ....
•industry which will absorb the yonth-
fU1 energy of the nation during the
There to a creat deal more confidence now that better times are coming
than there was a month ago and it to difficult to explain just why in the
face of recent stock market declines officials are beginning to talk so con-
wineiKelg .he -- Ei-- • - "u
AU Over Oklahoma
Dorothy Dix
Bociety
Bridge Leson
Sports
On the Air
Crossword Puzzle
William Duke, 72 years old, sem-
fractured wrist and body
two children. James, 16 yean old, and
Melvin, 12 years old, were in a large
car on their way to their home in
Detroit. A trailer contained all their
household goods: they had been in
and near Oklahoma City since last
October
Tulsa Women in Final Play of State Competition
Require Twenty Holes To Determine Title; Mra.
Drennan is Runner-up.
। mmrEm.mem I am vutem
aorMurrayiissotamillar, gives the ! courses for highachoolstudent
the eve of hto descent upon Holywood,
f issues a publie xtatprheme vieim ,1
The three companions of the gun
। victim gave their names as Junior
Hicks. IS years old. 1737 Jefferson
> ard Deisel motor for
Beisel engine. wih
rested and placed to the county jan
gave their names as LeRoy Petty, *
M Patterson and K L. Jones
Patterson was arrested on the high-
way near Arcadia and the whlky
taken from his car. Pete Donaldson
and John Wallace, county highway
patrolmen said. Fattenon led them to
the still where Jones and Petty were
taken in custody.
Brother of Wheatland
Banker Is Gun Victim
The Chicago Bridge and Iron
Works has been conducting a con-
. test for beauty in water tank con-
atruetidn. which has resulted in the
• presentation to the public of more
than ISO designs for attractive tank
' construction
Some of the plans disguise com-
Pletelyethe old drum tank on mile-
Beautirication of the town water
tank win detract a trifle from the
monotony of the avernge Ok is homa
• town. Who is going to set the ex-
ample?
commtasioned officers held the pris-
oner.
Four militiamen bound the con-
demned man to the eeat and the com-
mander called hto squad to attention.
The soldiers fixed their bayonets
and waited while the priest tried once
more to approach the man in the
chair. Schirru nodded him away and
the soldiers raised their rinles.
At the word of command they fired.
An army doctor said death was in-
stantaneous.
SAN DrEGO, Calit, May 29._u_
Johnny Miller. Poughkeepsie. M. Y.,
•viator, has completed the first trans-
continental flight by an autogyro
"lane. He planned to take off Satur-
j*y for Los Angeles from the North
Lsland naval air station here, where
he landed late Friday after a two-
hour trip from Yuma. Aris
The Beyer-Drennan state women's
championship golf final in detail
Hole No. 1, 375 yards, par —Mra.
Drennan was down the middle with
her. tee shot but Mr Beyer laid her
shot In the rough ofl the left. Mra.
Drennan placed her second shot on
the green snd Mrs Beyer used an Iron
to play a pretty shot out of the rough,
onto the green. Mrs Beyer took three
Pottawatomie county authorities
Friday were investigating an automo-
bile crash on the Oklahoma City
highway near McLoud Thursday aft-
ernoon. resulting in injury to six per-
sons
The injured
W. B. "BII" Frederick. Shawnee,
skull fracture broken right arm and
severe lacerations about the face and
body
- pay from theregulnr’schoobonr were well of the Beyer
but”ispala trom tuition. Meht-wenk her^co^d i00rzardngadyantsowith
e""-- “em —imk—— iAant, LA.i . O- A—VUr HFYEr 105V ne’
, 181 advantage when she topped her third
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, May 29
• Last week we had quite an
unusual murder out here (and
it‘s getting
very hard to
put on any-
th ln< un-
usual Tn the
way of a
murder). a
well known
P o litician
fSWtA
they could
.. ... .. find no rea-
son. Then it was discovered
that he was on the verge of
financing a preacher in estab-
lishing a radio broadcasting
station. So now the murderer
will surrender and show that
his deed was to save the pub-
lie.and he will be acquitted
with, honors, and his seryices
will be in demand everywhere
The regret is that this hero
Work
Ruby Nell. Shawnee. Oklahoma Gas comamana
•nd Electrie Co employ, broken teg. Oklahoma will be
lacerations about the head and body -
Ruth Harper. Shawnee, Southwest-
•ra Bell Telephone Co employe, brok-
en leg. cuts about the face and body
Katherine Clark. Seminole, head
•nd chest injurles, several broken
m.
pug5,a ‘t. s
over the Red river between De n tal
and.Purant, on. highway 75. The
b ridge was completed April 1.
.nd ishoped to have" the govemors
and highway mm m tarion era of both
states here for the celebration.
i ihcaaibazeambonn aapant-en
report will be filed with John Rover,
and
Rogers anidthin is the finst audit or
fig
to have a regular audit made four
tmesannunily. Pau Huaton, county
cfawtoraiukrotduz • "hen J. ■
LEHogsette. 36 yeafs old. King,
fisher, chest and knee injuries,
i.* were taken to * Shawnee hon-
total after receiving emergency treat-
meLtut the William Lisle drug store,
" 2336 Went Tweireh Cit car owners who leave their
Som ci Xn^^nt^-’ more than th"* sc"ztmn
etyrhgsmitenemnhatopagdrivera *"
Scot i appeared the twocarsder igeued Pridny by John Watt, po-
met.in head-on collislon. Only one ■ lice chief.
° the ata "A conacious, Scott aaid. t—
(Copsriat, 1931, tor Oriah—re TIim» - 2
WASHINGTON May Although government officials Kre stn
teeth to make predictions publicly about the future of American business,
the most signifieant thing this week has been their readineas to talk private-
ly and not for quotation about the possibillties of an upward swing before
the end of the summer.
Balloon ist Foiled in Einstein Quest,—-
But Proved Upper Air Fit for Travel
Other Appointments To Be
Made Late Friday,
Twenty-four instructors, to con-
duct summer school classes in six
Oklahoma City schools beginning
July 1, were approved Friday after-
noon by members of the board of
education, meeting as a committee
tor selection of teachers.
.Classes will open Monday in the
Capitol Hill junior highschool. in
Central and Classen highachools and
Jeffetson, Uncoin and Lee element-
ary schools.
.Those who winl teach at Central
highschool are:
„Oladys Shepherd, Raymond Ryder,
Wayde, . MeCalister, Greta Hansen,
Delta Link, J. B Green, Martha T
Denny. L. B. Demand. Robert Reid,
C. Guy Brown, T. R. Seemen and
Mary Margaret Blackford.
Those who will teach at Capitol
Hiil junior highachooi are: Rora
anafinelkiRosers, James aathews
On Ramsey Building Walker Underpass To
Brick. concrete and carpenter work Be Open By June 15
government
Three Arrested When
Deputies Raid Still
Eleven’ gallons of whisky, 250 gal-
lons of mash and a 50-gallon .till
were selzed early Friday by otticers
who found them secreted in a wooded
section four and one-half miles
northeast of Arcadia. Three men er-
Oklahoma City Times
- Bening Kiltlon of The Daily Oklahoman)
Paid Circulation Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper Published in Oklahoma -
* generating propelling gases from gar-
bags and rarrot tops. 1’ adapted to the )
automobile industry, oU stocks will be .
• Airs. Beyer Golf Cbambion
auztesrtzreardm ^f^r Extra-Hole Alatcb
InsUe Todey
Oraduates Pictures z.
•"21 uw F- umi mm vwu b car nut - m--------------—- ■ 11
had. rented one. . .__2 4 ."No.hard feelings," said members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Frida! as they gave wav
The early morning tragedy occurred i to the American Legion after the Legion was granted sole rights to sell poppies on-tKavetrway
one mile east qt.Arcadia on highway during the day. Frevious plan* had been for both organizations to sell at the Mme time Thf
At the funeral home in Edmond ' " "*"
where the body was taken. Rogers
■anWd th- car was purchased snd 11
| sensed in Missouri MmtlfleaUon wa.
, established when Rogers called the
police department at Kansas City.
Family On Way North |
Mra. J. W House, her husband, and
Impressed With General Anticipation of Upturn In
Conditions Before End of Summer.
POCTOR BROOKS late president
. H.ofBaylor University lor 20 years,
fazhioned afarewel word for the
< graduating etass of 1931 as the im of
■ death wa chining hi nn«*« I
probably was the most remarkable
, commencement word apoken this
spring The following lines were cut
e -rom St:
x . BrNOPsis—otte Krnaelein haa sunt qucceeded. after meveral fsllurM in
i Fserczozrop-shetnanamsseme"ber, tTAJwrseig'lL’BS
antmatatton“eathersuiteenwhen hehatstent. Doctor""Otterachin2
O' , red 10 eC. him have hit room, saying that he did not care whethep He pe.
mainedor not . Then. Rohna, the head elerk, who wasentltlea woscasdint
Count Rohna, discovered that room No. 216 vm vacant. Doctor OttorMchlau
da“a"apsn 2225
Utn, the Aane2r.and Lh:..hanezome mans Baine Naftern, he tinned Uruhl"
(PLS ASK yUKN TO TAGS 4 AND RS AD ON)
_ _________zre unify the legal, medical and other
Thursday night, as he was taking his work the several groups under Ad-
customary walk after dinner ministrator Hines was the line along
---" _ --- his which the Post said changes would
- r be made
putts to Mrs. Drennan's two Mrs.
Drennan one up.
City His father.
t ‘THERE will be tote at dincussion of
A the 5-4 opinion of the supreme
. equrt whereby two foreign born per-
mm were refused citizenship for reg-
< Storing their unwillingness to bear
arms for the country under all circum-
* stances.
In the courtyard of the fort a com-
pany of the black-shirted twelfth
... - I mwtltyzrousformadninnoilon aguar
Muigr started his mitht from Phil- ru« own country volunteered for the
the tetn several days ago. He made tiring squq and drew up spaces
the trip to easy etotes. from the chair in which two non-
atelybzacommittecpzorrhea wemnd.
Okluto, Plan A celebration for the i After witnesafng the execution at
"Intellectuals" charged with instigat-
Ing a Plot to overthrow the fascist
' -1
Youth on Way to Kansas City
Vi<wi WrogkAge, Draws
Gun, Dies Instantly,
CANAL ROBBER GANG
captured in Mexico:
of A Lng A, capture
Police asserted this gang waylaid
canoes on Rotated canali,forced the
occupants out, seized the CAnon
chemeed their markings and wold
Prosecutioirin Brunk
Impeachment Ooses
ABER GURGL. Austrian Tyrol. May 29. — (P)—-
• Although delighted with th« success nt his bal-
loon voyage to the stratosphere. Prof August Pie-
card's greatest regret is that he could not. make cer-
tain measurements which Prof Albert Einstein, his
teacher, had requested him to make.
As we started,' Profeasor Piccard Mid Friday,
"the wind suddenly became weaker which meant that
Man Convicted of Plotting
— Mussolini‛sDeathIs------
Executed.
No Priest Is Received
Faculty Named
' tifications of the urban community in *
. Oklahoma, and for that matter, the
whole country
for enrichment courses for six 1
- aecent upon Hollywood ' s.thencommittee decided.
issues a public statement adviingte Theboard members late Priday were '___-
lieutenant governor what to do and conidering election ot 1,167 teach- one up
what nor to dn in hi -■----- a l era for the Oklahoma City school — 1 P
i tem for next fan. Only 11
menta were reported Lelri
R Barton, superintendent.
Personnel of faculties for 42 white
elementary schools, —— - —---
schools, three senior 2-
stx junior highschools ,
pleted at the meeting ______
Pridaymust be verified after July 1.
Ehrtonrinnane ofthenextnacai year.
a A look back to the mart of
"nesand.disappear Adverse
enticum hat no maaninf now.
onl^f the worthwhilt thinks.
As a matter of fact are not the
things that the dying Doctor IBrooks
voiced in th* evening of lift true al-
' waya? They were jurt as true when
Doctor Brooks was a boy as when he
' was on his deathbed. The difference
was in Doctor Brooks, not in the ex-
• perlences he learned from.
Why does not the average man in
' the strength of his youth see AS
elearly as a Mg* who has been
through it all, and why wUl not boys
. and girls, just breaking out Into man-
hood and womanhood, sweeten thetr
AzheleAves.wha phesephy they
may accept finally when they are Juz
' about through with Mfe?
-tucn"ttrse
. I-”*- P and .Lealle Kendall; miro was an iron to within ten feet 2-. .2-. y mnnu secuuve mon in
toule ford and - * *• 1* " ***»
Rail Union official
ish authorities, after consultation with
Woman Hurt Seriously
Others in Two Machines Are
Slightly Injured, Still In ,
Daze When Shot Is Heard.
Choosing the strangest of settings
for his pact with death, a well dressed
youth, about 22 years old, shot ana
killed himself at 1:30 o'clock Friday
morning after his rented roadster had
crashed into the trailer of a parked
ear. strewing the highway with debris
and injuring several persons.
Mumbling to three companions not
to My anything, the youth looked over
the wreckage and sought to aid an
unconscious woman, vietim of the
crash.
Without warning, he stepped behind
his own crumpled car, placed a re-
EpMmnanWi FeyanatthaumslaauCountay ?;»tsdeteated.Mrs.R,
goifi championship on the Oklahoma city aSt and S>un^""b
be reacnea torrid battle that went 20 holes berore a decision'could
Drennan was straight all the way.
Mra Beyers third was K remarkable
wood to the green she ran down her
putt to win the hole while Mra. Dren-
W Beyer was
r School
. himel. The boy had no business
with the gun. Probably he had no
' busineas with the automobile, al-
though it may be unfair to My that
since we do not know what mission
, he was on to the car. A boy carrying
a revolver may get into serious trouble
, any minute. Don't carry a gun. Every
boy wants an automobile. Many boys
stretch themselves to get a car when
they would be better off without one
until their financial condition make*
tt safe for them to invest. The first
' big dartre today is an automobile
^Boya aliaUld ihelr feet on the
"ground before they get their feet on
. th* accelerator
\ dh .
dn
The fact that Prof Douglas C. Me-
Intosh promised to fight only for a1
, cause he considered just, is likely to
be overlooked.
' citizen were to be given
the privilege of deciding on the Just-
teneas. of A cause in time ot war, we
Would be so busy arguing over funda-
y?*1 f?11? tlwt are fully de-
, elded, that the war would be over be-
fore the individual could make up his
e mind.
TTENTY-SDC PAGES— OKLAHOMA CITY, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931.
_________ w„„ wea n, ini CLEVELAND, May 29.—(-ATbert would be a sweeping reorganization of
M and Mrs. Drennan picked U to shoot wen H. Hawley. 65 years old. general sec- the veterans administration within
weeka, and hvenherPxdourtoshoot.wel rotary-treasurer of the Brtherhood’or the next 10 days
four with Mrs Beyer on the Eeen.in Locomotive Firemen and Enginmen Co-ordination and consolidation to
ywereBot "tok 7w Jeton inthenome. died suddeniy or a heartCattack here unify the legal, medical and other
teach. . NI . ° putt. Mrs Beyor I Thursday night, as he was t**— hi work nt the several groups under Ad-
City school ays- I Mateh Even nt an customary walk after dinner .
>nly 11 replace- Hole nT « 151venat. Siih. . u Hawley was first elected to his
neceisary by J wHoenF.6u175yard8 par 3-Both | brotherhood office in 1PM. and after
ndent.t --were nnsthe Ereen. from, the tee, 1 that never talled of re-election .“Me
acn^ missed a long putt. Mra. Beyer began his railroad career 46 years ago
1a, seven Negro ’ *”* W ST —Column ” I as A fireman on the Now York ele-
aPshehnolcama Tire-Marked Body
» — Of Woman Is Found
greatest waste is the loafing multitude
between June and September, auunuon m ue swes maustry nas Deen rar from Mtisfactory the comnonite
' TUBT when ikeindustn is as pnies.otnzeadine aron and steei producta unchanged for the fim time
, J flat on ita back as it can be, along
Dies of Heart Attack WASHINGTON, May 20-p_me
_____ Washington Port said Friday there
----------------------Pottawatomie County Officials ay
l chunve.otsnl Investigate Collision. "
nanitwprputted.. Allaquare, I M on the iert side of her. fnce and an
Hole No. 1, 160 yards, par 34-Mrs. abraron on the left knee rh. 4^^-.
Beyer was again in a trap and Mra. , were scratched but not SSrouhe hurt
put.shesarzpprennamnma"m
55 Cooler Weather And
Hole No. 4. 395 yards, par »-Mn Clouds Due Tonight went over the ,000,000 mart Priday
Drennans tee shot was to the rough --8- when a no-fee permit for the $1,100,-
to the left. Mra Beyer s shot was 1 d ana ngt. ____ 000 Addition to the federal building
down the middle 20 yards farther S. 4and. unettledweathez: with was insued
Mra Drennan's necond left her in the 1 foplerstempergturesrriday.nisht,.was The total Priday was $1,512,606 ex-
rough Mrs. Beyer kept her ad van-1 mrtcaslasb J P Slaughter, federal -------"
tage on her second Mra Drennan's | mgeorl shower. ,.1 .. . each, setting tnr the forty-fifth con-
tbird was. an iron to within ten feet 1 Ture.v nhowerssteh Thuraday and secutive month the eitys $1,000,000
DulaIng record.
II EMPLOYMENT. For Rent,
J "For Sale and other wants
made known through the
Oklahoman and Timet Want
Ad columns reach more per-
, sons . to Oklahoma City and
vicinity than can he reached
in any other manner.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo . May to _
caeProsecution of the impeachment
cooeiuded by the Maaougirgenate the
house of representatives Friday.
John O Madden. Kansas City chief
cotmarl for Bruak. immediately fled
A demurrer asking the treasurer be
declared not guilty of the nine Ar.
eles at impeatitunent because the ev-
Snctthe cnargurftclent vo supbort
ROME. May 2» — ( -Convicted
of plotting the aasassination of Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini, Michele Schir-
ru. an American by naturalisation,
was executed at dawn Friday by a fir-
ing squad.
H? y led into the interior court ~
at Fort Braschi and seated astride a
chair with his back to the marksmen. A
A battalion of blackshirt mUltiamen
formed three side of a hollow square
•round him and directed a volley of •
shot into his spine.
Theapeclal tribunal for detense ot
the •tote, composed of seven militia
officers, witneased the execution. The
offilal bulletin read as follows:
to This, momning « the hour of 427 -
in the interior court of Port 'Waabfd =ura
meamsaroau ata setzasz
"2
the Terrorist Michele Schirru.
Fira American Executed
Schirru. 32 years old and once a
resident of New York, was the first
American to taste fascist justice for
suchanoftense and the seventh"per.
son to be executed under the defense
of the state law, designed to punish
qttempta to overthrow the regmeor
T"iAlyhadnothadssapitaipuntsh-
ment for 68 years until the first of
these executions in 1928.
The tribunal from whose decision
there is no appeal convicted Schirru
after 50 minutes of deliberation on
•even counts, including attemoted
assassination, possesston of bomta
wounding of three detectives and
membership of an anarchist organiza-
t^Th. trial consumed most of
Write. To Wife. Momher
Schirru died without receiving a
priest who had come to offer rellgfous
comfort, but he was permitted to
write a letter to his wife to the United
Statesand another to his mother to
erania.
He did not flinch when they
'trapped him in the ehair but h. had
tert much at the apparently careless
good humor which he exhibited dur-
ing hto trial.
The execution took place within
nine hour* of his conviction.
Two hours before he was taken out
of his cell the jailer told Schirru to
prepare himself. He wrote the two
letters, drank • glass of wine, held out
his wrists for the handcuffs and fol-
lowed a squad of soldiers out to ths
prison van which took him to Fort
Casal Braschi, five miles outride
Rome.
Countrymen Pertorm Execution
Friday John W Fox Construction
OLD WESTBURY, N:r. Mny *•-
| ^f chib mAri, nprthgo Shesalisbury 3-story Ramsey building, pending net-
lleve Chat someone mi bejlaetthe steel window frames, has
lberately run an AutomobleOver her caused * ceasation of brick work, be-
several time.. cause no carpenters s re on the job to
-------- bulld molds tnT concrete, and brick
Count?., I. work cannot enclose the building un-
wuu-Y i reasurer Is til concrete is poured in the floors.
AnA:. L Ca . Windows in dispute are not being
Audited by State set hi either the Ramsey buuding.
- "‘I built by Starrett Brothers, or the Flrat
Natlonal bank, being built by Manhat-
tan Construction Oo
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 42, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1931, newspaper, May 29, 1931; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1963274/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.