Word: vaught
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...father's name was Noah and his mother's name was Minerva, but he is merely Judge Edgar Sullins Vaught. Although Noah was a Confederate Veteran and Edgar was born in Virginia, the Judge is a Republican and a habitant of Oklahoma City. He is one of the best toastmasters and storytellers in the State, has been superintendent of Oklahoma City's schools, president of her Chamber of Commerce, international president of the Lions Clubs. On the Federal bench, to which Calvin Coolidge appointed him in 1928, Judge Vaught has a reputation for fairness: a big, bluff...
Question arose at the trial as to what law or regulation requiring competitive bidding Defendant Giles was accused of breaking. Said Judge Vaught critically: "I have investigated here now for nearly a week to find out just exactly what is contained in the first executive order made under the Emergency [Relief] Act. . . . I also tried to find orders made by the persons to whom the original power was delegated by the President. I couldn't find them. I think I have a pretty good library. It is a strange thing if there...
Next morning Judge Vaught was half an hour late in appearing at the trial. He promptly addressed the jury...
...conviction by a jury in Oklahoma City of the seven kidnappers who held Charles Frederick Urschel, Oklahoma oilman, for $200,000 ransom (TIME. Oct. 9): life sentences by Federal Judge Edgar Sullins Vaught on Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates, leaders of the kidnapping gang, and on R. L. Shannon & his wife Ora who hid Urschel on their Texas farm; a suspended sentence of ten years on the Shannons' 22-year-old son Armon; sentences of five years on Clifford Skelly and Edward Berman, Minneapolis money passers who handled part of the ransom. George ("Machine Gun") Kelly & his wife Kathryn...
Making the return journey to New York last week Mrs. Putnam and Mechanic Eddie de Vaught were taking off from Abilene, Tex. Mrs. Putnam, by her own explanation, neglected to make a sufficient run before boosting the 'giro into the air. Lacking momentum, the ship failed to get altitude, clipped a landing light at the edge of a parking enclosure. Pilot Putnam "sat down," striking two automobiles, damaging the plane, injuring nobody. Then she proceeded to Oklahoma City to resume her flight in another 'giro which is owned by the Beechnut Company...