Two Girls Drowned in Blue River at Crossing
Two Wealdton girls Geraldine Winslett and Jessie Winslett, ages 16 and 25, drowned at Huvthes Crossing on Blue River near Com nerville while wading to help a friend. Their bodies were recovered about 1:30 pm with neighboring residents assisting. preliminary reports state they stepped into about seven feet of water and could not be saved.
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Wealdton
Huvthes
Blue River
Nerville
Geraldine Winslett
Jessie Winslett
Ue Fer
Tory
J. R. Wanslett
Faculty Changes In Ada Schools Announced Today
Ada schools announce widespread faculty moves as Supt Morrison lists who shifts to new assignments. Mrs Grayce George will registrar in junior high home economics, Miss Lena Bethefore moves to Phoe nas library, Coach Bob DeMoss to Washington school duties and athletics, and several others step into new grades and departments.
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Ada
AL Pol
Grace School
DOT
Bex O. Morrison
Grayce George
Viela Beay
Mok Grae Payne
Lawton
Gena Adsir
Junio
Righ
Lena Bethefore
Phoenax
Arnzy
Pauline Whitsets
Kayes
Schook
Tunter Alith
Dedtera
Bob DeMoss
Washington School
Jumon High School
Herrotacus Bill Harris
Washington
Perncipat
Pueblo
Calp
Molt
K. Jones
Proms Spencer
Austin Kiswelk
Harold Graeam
Aggies Arrange Grid Broadcasts Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma State area will carry Oklahoma A and M football broadcasts through eleven star radios and several independents. Robert Enoch of MTOR announced the radio contract with Aggie athletic director HE PF. The Aggies will have outlets in Tulsa, Muskogee, McAlester, Shawnee, Ada, Ardmore, Lawton, Enid, Stillwater, and Miami with WNAD Normans’ Jack Payne handling play by play and Cy Casper of KTOK providing color for all nine games.
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Stillwater
Oki
Ang
Oklahoma
Robert Enoch
MTOR
Oklahoma City
He.pf. Ba
Aagie
Nagagie
Tulsa
Muskogee
McAlester
Shawnee
Ada
Ardmore
Lawton
Enid
Stillewater
Miami
Bowers Nominated Hartford Contends Bowles for Governor
At the Democratic convention in Hartford delegates chose Cheater Bowles former OPA administrator as the party nominee for governor amid lively cheers and signals. Bowles is praised as correct on economic policy and high taxes in the party’s platform.
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Hartford
OPA
Cheater Bowles
Fox
Relish Recipe and Community Meeting Notes From Local Home Economics Unit
A scanned snippet describes a sweet pepper relish recipe with onions celery seed mustard seed and canning steps. It covers a home demonstration at Mrs Lucile Young's home, devotional plans for a fair exhibit, and upcoming neighborhood recreation at the high school gym. Members listed include Mrs ALFL Young Mrs Duanl Wycka and others with a note on 4 H club activities and upcoming meetings in August.
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Hedds
Fitzhugh
Selub
Pridaz
Lucilte Young
BP. Youtz
Warh
Vasning
Elizabeth Youne
Ainother’s
Young
Alfl Young
Duanl ‘Wycka
Firs Elzateta
Opal Young
Aistene
Wallace Proclaims Party Doctrine In New York Address
Wallace warns that the party will allocate anyone who preaches overthrow by force and violence while denying a purge of progressives. He labels communism clericalism and capital as three international menaces to US prosperity, rejects attacking Catholics, and argues capitalism differs from communism and Catholicism.
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NEW Vyosa
Wallace
Nhx Progresve
NSC
Figs
Talin
Gondwet
Progressive Party
United States
Church
Istate
Men Die in Mine Blast at Waynesburg No. 3 in Maryland
In Lonaconing Maryland three mine foremen died in a blast at Waynesburg Mine No 3 of George's Creek Coal Co near Koapt Meadow. Bert Smith of Allegany was found 100 yards from the dust clogged opening. State Mine Inspector Powers said cause undetermined.
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Lonaconing
Waynesburg
George's Creek
Koapt Meadow
Maryland
Bert Smith
Allegany
Frank T. Powers
Frostburg
Fleven Hurl When Bus Hits Truck
Garden Plains Kansas August reports a Santa Trailways bus collided with a truck on U S Highway 54 near Garden Plains. Injured include Mrs Nora Boggs Phillips Smith 18 Mrs Toan Mec 2 Mrs Charles Elt Wichita Mrs Charles Bennett Pratt KS Dora Zrabruk Caldwell Wes Myrtle Wicholson Stilwell OK Sue Spear Tulsa OK Ed Arrington Portsmouth VA H Ivers Reeds MO his son George 20 and Mrs John Stamp Florence 125 taken to Wichita Hospital. Sheriff deputy Fol Gray aided driver Alphonse Mies 22 Garden Plain who said he slowed to 15 mph and signaled before the collision.
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Garden Plains
Kas
Santa Trailways
Here
U.S. Highway
Nore Bogzs
Phillips Smith
Airs
Toan Mec
Charles Elt
Wichita
Charles Bennett
Pratt
Dora Zrabruk
Caldwell
Wes
Myrtle Wicholson
Stiilwell
Okla
Sue Spear
Tulsa
Ed Arringtom
Portamouth
H. Ivers
Reeds
George
John Stamp
Florence
Wichita Hospival
Fol Gray
Alphonse Mies
Garden Plain
Benim
Russian Teacher In Critical Condition After Jump From Soviet Consulate
Kina, a 32 year old Russian schoolteacher, leaped from a third floor window at the Soviet consulate. Hospital officials said she remained critically ill early this morning while a strong police detail guarded her. A subpoena to testify before the committee on un American activities looms for Mrs Rosenine as testimony may be three months away.
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New York
Sez
Otsana Stepanev
Kina
Corm
Roosevelt Hospit
Cst
Rosenine
Jefferson Davis Name Confusion In Civil War Era
A fragment notes that two figures share the name Jefferson Davis in Union and Confederate leadership during the Civil War, highlighting a historical naming coincidence without delving into detailed actions or biographies.
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Jefferson At. Davis
Fire Claims Second Life in Pauls Valley Oil Well Blaze
Oil well blaze near Eola in Garvin County kills Dick Grimm, 20, of Pauls Valley. His companion, Mrs Pauline Finney, 30, Denver, died Thursday. Two others burned seriously, Ned Butte and Ray Biffle, reported improving. Fire started when gas vents ignited as crews tried to seal the well.
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Bit File
Petty
Milking Shorthorn Sale Set Oct 11 in Oklahoma
Plans for the Oklahoma Milking Shorthorn Breeders' constrained sale in Chickasha on October 11 are complete. About 35 females and 5 bulls will be sold from official merit cows, with consignments totaling around 40 head. James W. Box, president, notes all cattle stem from quality stock and the event is aided by Chickasha Chamber of Commerce and Grady County farm agents at the Grady County farm grounds.
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Chisitasha
James W. Box
Sand Perings
Assddia
Statement of Agriculture
Bir
Box
Chickashe Chamber of Commerce
M. + Tucker
Grady County
Mode Kom
Ctimton
Totasy
Discovery of rare mineral in British Columbia reported
A prospector Ernest Johnson, 33, reports a strike of a mineral used in energy prevention. Find near Gunface in Bridge River district, about 120 miles north of Vancouver. Descriptions include webbed feet, duck bill like features, and beaver-like tail. details confirming the existence of the mineral vary.
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Vancouver
Ernest Johnson
Gunfice
Bridge River District
T H Atkins to Retire After 33 Years Bromide Postmaster
Postmaster T H Atkins of Bromide will retire on August 16 after 33 years of service. He arrived as an accountant for Rock Island Railroad, helped found local Sunday School, and served the Presbyterian church many years with his wife Mary. His daughters married into naval and medical families, with ties to Pearl Harbor and Sioux City.
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Almena
Joe Lee Bet- Unger
U.S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Marguerite
George Booth
Withurtom
Sarah Drake
Markus Wurtiel
Sioux City
Iowa
Tom, Jr
Brug Traffic Is Still Growing Despite Enforcement
Washington reports that illicit drug traffic is increasing while arrests rise. Ongoing seizures include 2 types of opium cocaïne totaling 6,? ounces this fiscal year, roughly $0,000 in value, and 17,073 contraband cigarettes seized in 60 months, with 3,180 people arrested by the Bureau of Narcotics, up from prior years.
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Washington
Treasury
Bursa
Marcolies
Crude Motion on Pictures Described as Early Invention
A note describes the npotrope 2 toy revolving cylinder with slits showing a sequence of pictures creating apparent motion, claimed to have been invented about 30 years before motion pictures emerged. The device demonstrates early attempt at animated illusion using rotating perforated discs.
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Npotrope 2
Oklahoma Farm Views News Highlights Growth and Tests
Oklahoma spring hog herd expected to reach 3 580 000 head, up 4 percent from 1947, per Howard S Whitey of Oklahoma A and M College. Breeding farm from Ada leads in laying test points. Foreman Poultry Farm and others report ongoing tests with leghorns and Reds. A Stillwater melon display shows large fruit, while Payne county agent notes good dates for crop inspections. Marshall county farmers report yields of 60 bushels of cash and 41 bushels of barley per acre due to sweet corn and crop practices.
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Fierd
Ada
Rrode Island Reds
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A
College
J. A. Hanson
Corvahia
Oce
Lowell
Mich
Floyd
C. E. Niehus
Fairmont
Pet
Jeghorn
Marvit
Neff
BH. B. Harris
Marshall County
I H Plant Faces Strike Monday in Springfield
Executive board members of CIO United Auto Workers 492 announce a midnight Monday strike at the Inter national Harvester plant in Springfield Ohio as a contract expires. Simultaneous wallouts at Harvester plants in Melrose Park Illinois Memphis Tennessee Evansville Indiana and Port Wayne Indiana are planned if no agreement is reached. The union says there will be no work without a contract and about 2700 of 3200 workers are members. Local company representatives failed to reach an agreement after a six hour Chicago meeting.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
International Hervester
Harvester
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UAW Exc
Chicago
Sintec
Ragweed Rise Prompts Allergy Outlook and Remedies
Aug. 4 in Kentucky reports a peak ragweed season linked to a large corn crop. The USDA forecasts a record crop with high pollen potential. Dr. Armand E. Cohen notes antihistamines and pre season shots as relief options for allergy sufferers.
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Malcolm Papterson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Weill
Armand E. Cohen
New scalp has girl smiling in Boston surgery
Esther Carrrney a Dracut girl, 11, emerged from hospital after six weeks with a scalp graft covering her head where hair was torn from eyebrows back. Surgeons said the skin graft, done by Dr. Varattad KH Katangian, restored her normal life in a month or so. She was injured June 22 when a belt in a Haverhill factory machine caught her as she bent to pick up a hack. Authorities called the operation one of the most successful grafting feats in recent times.
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Boston
Esther Carrrney
Dracut
Esther
Varattad KH
Katangian
Cam Tate
Haverhill
Wes
Long
Amburt Rair
New Jersey agency calls all unemployed workers
The New Jersey State Employment Service issued an urgent call for all unemployed workers from Hackensack to Cape May. The notice seeks cow binders for wartime production and aims to place jobless residents into available positions across the state.
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Trenton
N. J
Oklahoma
New
Tessex
Hackensack
Cape May
Comet Headed Meteorite Scene Described in Fragment
A fragmentary description notes a comet head believed to hold a mass of meteoritic matter varying from sand grain size to large masses. The text mentions meteorites occasionally striking Earth and discusses the potential scale of such a cometary fragment.
Republicans Claim Saving of Billions To U.S. Taxpayers
Frances M Leach reports Republicans claim nearly 6.35 billion dollars in taxpayer savings from two years of GOP driven budget cuts. The statement, issued by Chairman Taber, asserts cuts total 6.347 billion over fiscal years 1947 and 1948, while Democrats accuse miscounting and padding.
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U.S
Frances M. Leach Wasrington
Ava
Dan
Tzber
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Treasury
Taber
Commrais Targary
Three Names Added To Oklahoma Road Fatality Account
Three deaths recorded on Oklahoma roads this year with two more victims identified. Marjorie Ann Futman, two, of Durant, died when a car overturned after hitting a culvert four miles east of town. Claude McVay, 28, of Lawton, killed when his car overturned at high speed. A man tentatively identified as L A Hanson, possibly the other victim from a truck accident last Sunday, was recovered near Pauls Valley. Mrs Patton and her five month old son were unhurt. Fort Sill soldier Jor Gilmore was hospitalized. A brother of Hanson was notified. The toll adds to a growing tally for the year.
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Tre
Marjorie Ann Futman
Jack Putman
Charent
Claude McVay
Lawton
Killee
L. A. Hanson
Ruskesewe
Pauls Valley
Body Identified in Rush Creek Near Maysville
The body of a man tentatively identified as Hanson was found in Rush Creek near Maysville, five miles north of Pauls Valley. Investigators say a second victim, Carman or Ozie Inter, may be involved as a truck left the road and plunged into the creek during a search for a missing companion.
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Hany Soy
Africa
Massachusetts
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