Francis High School Tests Home Economics For Boys
Superintendent A G Henry introduces a six week trial at Francis high school with boys in home economics and girls in manual training. Boys bake muf fins and explore apron wearing while girls craft doo dads and learn carpentry and upholstery skills. Students warm to the programs and seek continuation.
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Francis
Pauline Brown
Gilbert Marler
Gerald Wilcoxson
Owen Driver
Junior Deaton
Marion Henson
Billy Coburn
Don Jackson
Angeline West
Inez Davis
Ima Mae Walston
Sarah Hardwick
Madgalene Green
Ruth Weldon
Nadine West
Dorothy Kerr
Pauline Hogue
Hazel Chism
Oneta Lamb
Joanne Linder
Louise McComas
Opal Harris
A. G Henry
Francis High School
Henry
Don L. Jackson
Colberg
East Central State College
It Takes All Kinds And Here s a Few
A string of quirky clippings from March across towns show odd incidents. Elton Shaw survived a gas near-miss in Denver after turning on jets and napping, then lighting a cigarette by mistake. In Klamath Falls Charles Currier apologized to the driver after stepping into traffic. In Fairbury a bank savings spree tied up two accountants as a little girl deposited 5000 pennies. Grand Island saw Sam Bates buy a kite to replace one lost, producing two kites in trees. Dansville reports a draft registration manhunt that ended with detectives locating the absentee.
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Denver
Elton Shaw
Grand Island, Neb
Sam Bates
Sam
Charleston
S. C
Mobile
Savanna
Middle Tennessee
Vicksburg
Jo Johnston
9Th Texas Infantry
Arch
Kentucky
Hart
Ft. Hudson
E. L. Andrews
Summit
B. S. Poindexter
Poindexter Family Archive Preserves Confederate Soldier Letter
A Dallas area man, B C Poindexter, guards a century of Poindexter kin history including a Confederate letter dated May 25, 1863 from Jackson Mississippi. The letter, written by his father B S Poindexter during the Vicksburg campaign, details marches, camp life, and hopes of surviving the war.
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B. S. Poindexter
Vicksburg
Jackson
Mississippi
Grandmother’s Farm Mystery Opens Rural Address Clue
A registration lists Grandmother's farm as an address prompting inquiries into who the grandmother is. In Indiana Robert Cannon loses his pocketbook in a coal mine and a fireman finds it in a coal conveyor and reclaims it from a locomotive tender. In Iowa a Jersey cow named Bessie calves twice in under five months, sparking expert note. Medford, Oregon reports stolen and returned rings amid ongoing thefts.
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Vincinnes
Ind
Robert Cannon
New Julian
Here
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Flora
Cannon
Hudson bombers riddled after long missions in RAF service
Reports from foreign sources indicate Lockheed Hudson bombers used by the British Royal Air Forces sometimes return from 350 mile missions with nearly 200 bullet holes. On January 1 1941 the United States and Canada counted 2656 airports seaplane bases and landing fields. Parachute troops of the U S Army are testing a new automatic parachute opening system. A line attached to the plane pulls the ripcord when a trigger is released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Forces
United States
Canada
U. S
Health Drive Turns Humor To Life Saving Public Health
Burley Walker, Ada health official, says the drive against open privies may seem amusing but delivers results. WPA helps build sanitary privies at a $21 material cost to homeowners, reducing typhoid deaths by 60 percent as over 110000 privies are built nationwide, including 1500 in Pontotoc County. Information on construction is available at Ada city health offices.
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Burley Walker
Sone
Asker Sai
Oklahoma
Works Projects Administration
WPA
Walker
Ada
City Health Department
Konawa CCC Camp Celebrates Birthday of Corps
Konawa CCC camp 2829 marks the eighth anniversary of the civilian conservation corps with an open house and soil conservation lectures. Camp commander Jack Dempsey and superintendent W E Sutherland oversee a unit of about 200 at Konawa in the Soil Conservation district. Public invited to the birthday party with full program to be announced.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Konawa
Oklahoma
Jack Dempsey
CCC
W. E. Sutherland
Why Oh Why Does Bugler Call Early Dear June
Soldier diary recounts 5:30 am wake ups in formation at Battery Street, one absent Pvt Willie, alerts that simulate wartime maneuvers lasting 24 hours, meals served on china, twice daily mail, after supper freedom to visit Abilene unless on duty, and a pending alert.
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Battery Street
Pvt
Willie
K. P
Abilene
Fitzhugh Juniors Banquet Honors Seniors and Parents
Saturday night the Fitzhugh high school annual banquet brought juniors, seniors, and attending parents together. Eugene Stewart gave the welcome, Lawrence Harris delivered the response, Geneva Dearman led the invocation, and Mrs. Albert Horn provided a piano solo with the girls’ quartet. The program included Sasakawa entertainer Frank Streetman and Ada attorney Jeff R. Laird speaking on intelligent citizenship, with nautical decorations and alumni servers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh High School
Geneva Dearman
Eugene Stewart
Lawrence Harris
Albert Horn
Frank Streetman
Sasakawa
Jeff R. Laird
Ada
P.T.A
Charles Burnett
Urban Dew
Abe Holloway
Victor McKee
Wilma McKee
Tommie Smith
Lucille Sullivan
Eston Clark
Christine Barton
Nannie Howard
Beatrice
Vivian Lane
Wayne Wilkerson
Jadeline James
Wesley Beasley
Audrey Jones
Jesse Epperson
Merle Myers
Howard Benton
Fran cis Street Methodist Church Changes Pastors
Oklahoma City reports Dr. A. G. Williamson will take over the Franc is Street Methodist church in St. Joseph Missouri starting June 1. Williamson resigned as president of Oklahoma City University and will succeed Dr. Frank C. Tucker who becomes superintendent of Methodist churches in St. Louis.
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Oklahoma City
Francis Street Methodist Church
St. Joseph
A. G. Williamson
Williamson
Oklahoma City University
Frank C. Tucker
Tucker
St. Louis
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A brief classified notice explains higher returns on vested amounts in the Ada News ads. It outlines terms for investors seeking increased yields through long term placements and assures compliant handling by the paper’s advertising department.
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Ada News
Let U S Take Over Factories Aimed At Defense
U S Chairman Vinson proposes legislation to empower the government to seize Allis Chalmers and other defense plants when strikes disrupt defense production. He argues existing law only allows seizure when owners refuse orders. workers strikes can equally threaten national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Allis-Chalmers
United States
Allis- Chalmers
Two Die After Ardmore Blast
An explosion at an Ardmore oil rig fatally burned two workers and left five others in critical condition. Elmer Smith of Olney Texas and Abe Kaufman Ardmore owner died from severe burns. The injured include Charles Anderson Leonard Hughes Hays Kraft Lee Bryam and Phil Swart. Forehand and Douthit escaped injuries.
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Ardmore
Elmer Smith
Olney
Tex
Abe Kaufman
Here
Charles L. Anderson
Kaufman
Leonard Hughes
Wilson
Hays Kraft
Lee Bryam
Pike City
Phil Swart
Anderson
Hughes
Kraft
Garland Forehand
Douthit
New Wilson
Forehand
Kaufman and Anderson
Marines to Recruit In Ada Area In April
The Marines plan to land in Ada this April to recruit aggressively. Captain Kendrick reports recruiting sergeants will canvass Ada and surrounding areas on April 3, 4 and 5 to enlist men for the Regular Marine Corps or the Marine Corps Reserve with higher pay and options for four years or the duration.
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Ada
Kendrick
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Reserve
Charge Filed Against Ada Man In Kidnapping Case
A 29 year old unemployed man was charged with attempting to rob Victor Hughes and his wife after kidnapping them Saturday night. John Henry Matthews pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing was set for April 7. Hughes identified Matthews in a police line up after a wild car ride through town ending near Latta school.
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Victor Hughes
Glass Company
Hughes
J. D. Willoughby
John Henry Matthews
Matthews
Li Freeman
West Main
Freeman
West Twelfth Street
Latta School
State Department of Public Safety
Vichy Protests Shelling of French Merchantmen
French ambassador Henry Haye delivered a note to the U S State Department for transmission to Britain protesting British warship shelling of a French merchant convoy off Algiers. He sought U S help in relaying the protest and explained barter talks over food exchanges between occupied and unoccupied France.
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Washington
Gaston Henry Haye
State Department
Vichy
Algiers
London
United States
Henry Haye
France
Roosevelt Speech Praised and Criticized in National Address
Washington observed President Roosevelt's Jackson Day speech with mixed reactions. Supporters hailed it as a magnificent plea for unity while opponents warned it signaled a dangerous step toward war. The address was broadcast from the presidential yacht Poto.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Italian Fleet Had Edge In Numbers
A British naval officer said Italians fielded three battleships, 11 cruisers, and 14 destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean clash last Friday and Saturday against Britain's three battleships, one aircraft carrier, four cruisers, and unknown destroyers. He claimed Britain sunk three to four Italian cruisers and two to three destroyers, with Vittorio Veneto damaged, while British losses were none.
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London
Mediterranean
Britain
Vittorio Veneto
Moving Day Radio Shuffle Ended In Widespread Tuning Confusion
Saturday dawn brought a nationwide radio moving day as stations shifted frequencies to clear channels. Many listeners faced scrambled dials and mis-tuned broadcasts while engineers prepared orderly assignments for 883 stations from 100 watts to 50 000 watts.
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Federal Communications Commission
Annie
Ada Housewives
Biscuits Draw Him Back Here
W T Grant president of the Business Men's Assurance Company and J W Sayler visited Ada after a three state Dallas conference. Grant recalled Mrs C G Hall’s biscuits praised years ago and enjoyed a sequel edition of her baking. They praised Ada’s homes activity and modern downtown fronts.
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W. T. Grant
Business Men’s Assurance Company
J. W. Sayler
Ada
Kansas City
Dallas
Grant
C. G. Hall
BMA
Hall
Airline crash hearings to probe air travel safety
The special House committee led by Representative Nichols plans major recommendations to improve aviation safety. They return from Cincinnati and will begin testimony in Atlanta about a crash that killed Representative Byron and Senator Lundeen, with witnesses including weather and civil aeronautics officials and crash survivors. The panel will then tour St. Louis Chicago Salt Lake City and Lovettsville for further testimony.
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Washington
House
Nichols
Okla
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Byron
Weather Bureau
Civil Aeronautics
St. Louis
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Lovettsville
Senator Lundeen
Minn
World’s largest bomber tires weigh over a ton each
The Douglas B-19 tires exceed a ton per wheel. A major aircraft maker trims its commercial lineup from three dozen models to two, cutting fabric choices from 276 to 34 and leatherette options from 118 to seven.
Dynamite Caps Missing In Pawhuska Panic
Police chief O W Henson revealed 2000 dynamite caps stolen from a state highway department magazine were scattered around Pawhuska Oklahoma causing residents to move carefully as volunteers aided the frantic search. Children found caps in a tree and on a street while 2000 caps remained missing.
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Pawhuska
Pawhuskan
O. W. Henson
State Highway Department
Soldier learns his enlistment ended 15 days ago
Private Dayne Penny of Bucyrus Ohio, a member of the 134th field artillery band at Camp Shelby Mississippi, is stunned when an officer asks when he is going home. Penny realizes his enlistment expired 15 days earlier and phones his wife to come fetch him.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Dayne Penny
Bucyrus
Ohio
134Th Field Artillery Band
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Missouri
Fort Hudson
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William Stratow
Bessie
Jersey
Elmer Roberts
University of Illinois Animal Genetics Department
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M. H. Johnson
Pontotoc County
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U.S
Mac
Port Everglades
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BMA Company
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