Bloodmobile Here Aug 26 in Pontotoc County
The American Red Cross blood program plans a Aug 26 visit to Pontotoc County with a donor drive at the First Christian Church from 10 am to 4 pm. Luke Dodds will donate his 25th pint, Dr. Ray A. Northrip assists, and Ada and rural areas set quotas for 200 donors to reach 150 pints.
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Pontotoc
American Red Cross
Red Cross
McSwain Theatre
Luke Dodds
Ray A. Northrip
Ada
Tom Granger
F. P. Hunter
General Service
Vera Jones
Allen
Iva Henson
Byng
Lood
First Christian Church
Ada Girl Admitted To Polio Ward In Ada
A 12-year-old Ada girl Helen Moore daughter of Philip Moore 725 West Seventeenth was admitted to the polio ward at Valley View hospital Saturday. Hospital authorities report seven polio suspects or sufferers hospitalized with six acute cases two in iron lungs and a third lung available if needed. Otis Sliger five and his brother Houston Slier nine of Wapanucka were discharged Saturday with no paralysis symptoms.
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Ada
Helen Moore
Philip Moore
West Seventeenth
Valley View Hospital
Otis Sliger
Houston Slier
Wapanucka
Sulphur Air Scouts Headed to Vance Air Base
Sulphur region Air Scout Squadron left Sunday at 7 a m for Vance Air Base Enid in a new bus with instructor Floy Stout. About 200 scouts from Region 9 Oklahoma Texas New Mexico and part of Arkansas will attend for a week of aviation instruction including altitude chamber experiences. Sulphur attendees include David Ballinger Wesley Bates Jerry Carter Hal Ingram Billy Martin Jay Denman Bill Halpain Gordon Richards and Floyd Holbrook.
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Unday
Vance Air Base
Enid
Floy Stout
Air Scouts
Stout
Seotor Air Scouts
Region 9
Okla
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
David Ballinger
Wesley Bates
Jerry Carter
Hal Ingram
Billy Martin
Jay Denman
Bill Halpain
Gordon Richards
Floyd Holbrook
Happyland School Enrollment Opens August 18
Happyland school announces enrollment starts Monday August 18 at 9 a.m. Classwork begins August 25. Principal Mrs. Marie Vincent also says the lunchroom will operate on opening day of classwork.
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Happyland School
Marie Vincent
Fittstown Notices of Visits and Illnesses
Miss Helen Johnson of Hicko visited Edna Snell on Thursday. Sam Marshall is reported to be very ill. Several families from Ada, Seminole, Stonewall, Ardmore, Longview, and Twitty visited local households and relatives over the weekend.
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Helen Johnson
Hicko
Edna Snell
Bell Artor
Stonewall
Finis Logan
James McGaha
Ada
Orval Reeves
Stanley Williams
Oklahoma City
Roy Nuner
Jiggs Jackson
Seminole
Z. C. Jackson
Sam Cole
L. W. Furgeson
Longview
Texas
Oren Cherry
Irvin Williams
Twitty
Merle Osborne
McElroy
Sales
Stewart
Blue
Bristow
Fred Linder
Women Behind Big Men of Oil Plan Houston Meeting
About 800 women who work in the oil industry will travel to Houston for a two day convention of the Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America on September 12 and 13. Delegates will hear speeches from industry leaders and discuss ways to recruit more women into oil roles and deepen their knowledge of the oil business. The article notes women participate in many non drilling roles and may eventually join rig operations.
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Los Angeles
Houston
Tex
Association of
Tobacco HeiR and Third Wife Wed on Sapelo Island
Richard J. Reynolds Jr., 46, and his Canadian divorcee Muriel Greenough, 33, wed Friday night in Reynolds 60-room Sapelo Island mansion. Reynolds, recently divorced from Marianne O'Brien Reynolds, plans a world cruise aboard his newest yacht after a London launch next month.
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Sapelo Island
Richard J. Reynolds Jr
Tobacco Heir
Reynolds
Muriel Greenough
Toronto
Marianne O’brien Reynolds
Miami
Miami Beach
New York
Golden Isles
London
Tracy City Fines On Illegal Slots Called Legitimate
In Tracy California the police chief and police judge defended regular fines on slot operators while slots ran. The U S Tax Court ruled former operator Charles A Clark could not deduct $32225 in fines from income 1944 to 1946, calling the arrangement a sham since slots were illegal without permits.
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Tracy
Calif
Washington
U. S
Charles A. Clark
Clark
California
E. C. Wyman
Fent
Brief Pictorial History of Oklahoma Now Published
The Oklahoma Historical Society announces A Brief Pictorial History of Oklahoma a 20 page brochure for out of state tourists. Dorothy Holcomb writes the 6300 word history text with 71 illustrations curated by Myrtle J. Cook. The book sells for 50 cents and will be marketed to schools and libraries.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Historical Society
Charles Evans
Dorothy Holcomb
Union Memorial Room
Myrtle J. Cook
Society
Historical Society
Chronicles of
Evans
Vamoosa Announces Its School Dates
KONAWA Special Enrollment at Vamoosa is set for August 29 with regular classes beginning September 1 Superintendent E J Evans reports The 1952 53 faculty is complete New teachers include Mrs T E Johnston in upper grades and public school music Principal George Hinn science industrial arts and girls basketball coach Social studies by Herman Robertson who also coaches boys basketball High school speech and English by Neil Horton and 4 H club work Hea lt h economics by Mrs Leah Blaylock Commerce and school store by Carrie Halley Lunch program cook Ellen Brewer Custodian Lonnie Baker bus drivers Jess Russell Dick Griffin Ed Sharber Improvements include inter communication system opaque projector Webster tape recorder library books and remodeling of home economics with sewing machine Added equipment includes refrigerator and deep freeze truck chassis and film
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Konawa
Vamoosa
E. J. Evans
T. E. Johnston
Bowlegs
Evans
Johnston
Vamposa
George Hinn
Herman Robertson
Neil Horton
Leah Blaylock
Carrie Halley
Anice Bowles
Ellen Brewer
Lonnie Baker
Jess Russell
Dick Griffin
Ed Sharber
O. T. Damron
Board of Education
Damron
J. A. Davis
J. E. Goss
Beulah Barger
George Ennis
Eorge Ennis
Dennis O'Dell
Kathleen Deaver
Charles H. Billingsley
A. D. Thomas
Viola
W. H. Leikam
Herman Burton
Leo Hill
Elemntary School
Joel Scroggin
Roy Lurber
Hollie 5. Scott
Loren Notley
Notley
Scott
Ant
Damron Sai
Konawa Schools Announce August 25 Enrollment
Konawa public schools set enrollment for the 1952 53 term on August 25 with classes starting September 2. Major summer work included re roofing the grade and high school buildings. New staff include Loren Notley as assistant football and basketball coach and head coach Hollie S Scott.
Detachable Collar Fashions Sparked by 1825 Labors
In 1825 Hannah Lord Montague cut away a soiled collar from her husband shirt and invented a detachable collar. The idea quickly influenced fashion, leading to multiple styles of removable collars worn with existing shirts. The anecdote highlights early practical innovations in textile design and daily attire.
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Hannah Lord Montague
Eisenhower Sees Peace as Key Issue for Campaign
President hopeful Dwight D. Eisenhower said peace is the most important issue and urged Americans to understand the complex problems of world peace. He indicated plans to speak in Philadelphia, campaign in the South, and work with farm leaders and GOP backers to outline a constructive approach.
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Edward D. Ethell
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
GOP
Philadelphia
Dixie
Congress
Arthur E. Summerfield
Harold Stassen
Allen Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Milton R. Young
R-Nd
Republican Party
South
John Minor Wisdom
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Virginia
U N Chief Issue Dominates Idaho Primary Races
In Boise Idaho voters cast ballots in a primary where the United Nations dominated the hotly contested race. Rep John T Wood of Coeur d Alene faced Erwin Schwiebert of Caldwell for the Republican nomination in the 1st District over Wood U N withdrawal. Hamer Budge and W H Jensen faced minimal opposition in other races.
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Boise
Idaho
United Nations
John T. Wood
Coeur d’Alene
United States
Erwin Schwiebert
Caldwell
Wood
U. N
Hamer Budge
W. H. Jensen
Downey
Big Comedown For One Reporter
The luxury liner SS Silverstar docked after cruising Havana, Miami and Vera Cruz. George Southworth of the Miami Herald met an official who hinted the ship held important news for a reporter. The official then conferred with the captain and returned to say someone aboard wanted to buy a paper.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Vera Cruz
High Seas
George Southworth
Miami Herald
Southworth
Ruling Expected On Slayer Beaman Sanity
Oklahoma City district judge Albert C Hunt was to decide if Jacquelyn Kay Beaman 21 is sane after a two week mental examination at Central State Hospital Norman. Beaman is charged with murdering her scoutcar officer husband in their apartment during a dispute over a five dollar bill. She had earlier been examined at Coyne Campbell hospital.
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Oklahoma City
Albert C. Hunt
Jacquelyn Kay Beaman
Train Hit by Shots and Rocks Near Shenandoah Junction
In Shenandoah Junction West Virginia a Norfolk and Western passenger train was fired on and stoned as it departed town last night. The engineer and brakeman reported rifle fire passing close by and a rock shattered a window in a passenger car. No injuries among 15 passengers were reported and officials have no motive.
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Shenandoah Junction
Norfolk and Western
Patrol Act Saves Snake Bitten Boy in Pawnee
State Highway Patrol credited with saving Michael Emmons after a copperhead bite in Pawnee Oklahoma. Troopers Hall and Shultz obtained anti venom from Stillwater hospital and delivered it to Pawnee within an hour aided by Lt. Flanagan and Lt. Smith. Boy was reported resting comfortably.
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Pawnee
Okla
State Highway Patrol
Michael Emmons
Emmons
T. E. Hall
R. E. Shultz
Stillwater
H. J. Flanagan
W. J. Smith
Campaigns will be lively with names and scars of the past
Eisenhower and Stevenson face a campaign where names will be used and battles over anticommunist history emerge. Stevenson cites Senator McCarthy while McCarthy mocks Adlai’s stance on Alger Hiss. Hiss era deposition notes surface from Stevenson's time as governor.
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Washington
Gen. Eisenhower
Gov. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Grindstone Lake
Wis
Adlai
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Illinois
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada NEWS Want Ads
Ada residents learn that investing more money in the vested Ada News Want Ads yields larger results for sellers and advertisers. The notice urges readers to place ads to maximize visibility and response.
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Ada News
Man Held After Fatal Shooting Near Konawa
Konawa Oklahoma Special report Pat King 64 a Seminole Negro and former Konawa area resident was shot and killed at the home of Raymond Jefferson five miles southeast of Konawa Omer Gillham deputy sheriff says Jefferson 35 is jailed in Wewoka following the incident The shooting occurred about 11 p m Saturday after an altercation during which King tried to drive away with Jeffersons two children Three bullets hit King in the lower chest Jefferson says King earlier took his family for a car ride witnesses say King arrived at the Jefferson home earlier in the evening then returned.
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Konawa
Pat King
Konawa Area
Raymond Jefferson
Omer Gillham
Jefferson
Gillham
King
Oklahoma City
Allied air attack destroys North Korean chemical plant
Allied fighter bombers pounded a North Korean chemical plant near Namsok, with 150 planes including Marine squadrons. Reports say heavy explosions and black smoke blanketed the site as U N warplanes conducted 150 sorties against hilltop positions near Siberia Hill amid ongoing front line fighting.
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William C. Barnard
Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Namsok
Wonsan
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Siberia Hill
Eighth Army
Air Force
Navy
Mrs Ancel Sales Leaving McLish
Mrs. Ancel Sales, seven year McLish faculty member, resigns to teach and coach at Moore High near Oklahoma City. Her girls basketball teams won a state title and other honors while she taught in the Junior high. Mr. Sales will join Midwest City for the coming year. Superintendent Mitchusson seeks a replacement.
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Ancel Sales
McLish
Moore High School
Oklahoma City
Sales
McLish High
Midwest City
H. F. Mitchusson
McLish Schools
Drunk Driving Charges Filed Against Elmo Escue
Charges of drunken driving were filed in county court against Elmo Walton Escue of Ada Route 5 after he was apprehended by Highway Trooper Aubrey Mitchell about one mile east of Ada on Monday.
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Elmo Walton Escue
Ada
Route 5
Escue
Aubrey A. Mitchell
October Draft Call Up Increases Army Quotas
The Army called for 47 000 draftees in October up from 30 000 in September, bringing total inductions since Sept 1950 to 932 000. The Marine Corps has drafted 81 430 men, while Navy and Air Force rely on volunteers and reserves. The Marine Corps halted drafting last May.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Denial and accusation swirl over Barkley use claim
CIO Secretary James B. Carey accused that Alben Barkley was used as a pawn by Democratic leaders at the Chicago convention to gain leverage and then discard him. James Farley rejected the claim saying he supported Barkley and later backed Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
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Washington
Alben Barkley
CIO
James B. Carey
CBS
James A. Farley
Barkley
Farley
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Carey
Chicago
Jim Farley
Intensify Blood Donations Drive Across Nation
Washington reports a major blood donation drive led by the Office of Defense Mobilization with support from the National Advertising Council. The American Red Cross is the official collecting agency to aid wounded veterans in Korea and stock plasma for possible atomic attack use.
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Washington P
Office of Defense Mobilizaton
Truman
National Advertising Council
ODM
American Red Cross
Korea
Death Rate Down Expectancy Up
A Brookings Institution study shows the U S death rate fell about 45 percent in the first half of the century while life expectancy rose. The 1900 rate was 17.2 per 1000 versus 9.6 per 1000 in 1950. Pneumonia and respiratory diseases declined while cancer and malignant tumors increased.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
Indian School Funds Meet Set On August 26
W H Clasby director of Indian education state department of education will chair a conference in County Superintendent Norman C Mitchells offices at 9 a m for appointing Indian education to districts qualifying for Indian aid.
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W. H. Clasby
State Department of Education
Norman C. Mitchell
Driving On Left Of Center Charged In Ada Area
Nolen Curtis Nabors of 60412 West ighth was charged with driving to the left of the center line after being stopped Sunday about one and a half miles east of Ada by highway patrolman Aubrey A. Mitchell. The infraction was filed Monday in the peace justice court of Percy Armstrong.
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Nolen Curtis Nabors
Westighth
Ada
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Peace Justice Court
Percy Armstrong
Knifing Lands Konawa Man in Jail After Robbery
Merrill Walker about 24 of Konawa is held in Wewoka jail after a Saturday night knife attack on Dallas Robinson about 50. Robinson says Walker forced him from his car, took $10, and cut him. Patsy Harjo, passenger, had $17 and a wrist watch taken. Walker was captured Sunday. Robinson’s car found abandoned north of town. Police say all three had been drinking. charges expected Monday.
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Konawa
Merrill Walker
Wewoka
Dallas Robinson
Omer Gillham
Robinson
State Hospital
Norman
Walker
Patsy Harjo
Gillham
Friendship Ends Drama Free Romance in Ireland
Breda O Sullivan, 24, says there is no romance or wedding with Frank Hagostak, 27, the American GI who sent a bottle note in 1945. He flew to Ireland and met her, but she will not move to America. they will remain pen pals as they tour Blarney Castle and other sights.
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Cork
Ireland
Breda O’sullivan
Frank Hagostak
Arc Welder
Johnstown
Atlantic
America
Blarney Castle
Blarney
Breda
Frank
Jap Thinks Nation Too Poor to Rearm
In Hiroshima Hayato Ikeda argues Japan is too poor to rearm and should focus on living conditions. He estimates a 51 division army 5000 aircraft and a navy equal to the Pacific war force would cost over 1 billion dollars to create and nearly 3 billion annually to maintain, totaling Japan’s entire national income.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
Wolf Schools Complete Faculty for 1952 53 Term
KONAWA Special The Wolf district announces a full faculty for 1952 53 with John Ryan superintendent teaching mathematics and driving training Wayne Phillips high school principal teaching English and coaching girls basketball Mrs Wanda Woolwine teaching home economics and commerce Paul Spurlock elementary principal teaching science and coaching boys basketball Miss Minnie Harrison Mrs Wayne Phillips and Mrs Dewey Wright teaching grades one through six seventh and eighth grade teachers will be departmentalized Enrollment starts August 25 with about 160 students expected In 1951 52 enrollment was 110 students across grade junior high and senior high schools
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Konawa
Wolf
John Ryan
Ryan
Wayne Phillips
Wanda Woolwine
Paul Spurlock
Basketll
Minnie Harrison
Dewey Wright
Harrison
Phillips
Wright
Rayne
Police Nab Dozen During Weekend
An even dozen violators were apprehended by city police over the weekend. Disturbance led the list with five arrests, followed by drunkenness three, reckless driving one, fighting one, and prowling two. Fines totaled 69 dollars.
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Sulphur Air Scout
Happyland
Fittstown News
Marty
Reynoldses
Konawa Schools
Wes
SOS
By James Marlow
J Aypanies
Allied
Mrs. Ancel Sales
Moore Highschool
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