Pontotoc County Frey Fair details and 4-H Directors
Pontotoc County Frey Fair at Ada Fair grounds September 26 27 28 29 features active department directors covering Livestock Sheep Poultry Horticulture 4-H and Education with district 4-H school at Murray College August 22 23 24. Names include Sam Dew Charles Auten Wesley Brantley Leonard Young A P Young A Floyd Raymond Robbins John Doyle Tucker Billy Joe Gibson James stake Smith Milton Jackson Truman Scromins Dosce Byrd Milton Voytes Jacob Samuel Madnox Milton You Cain Milo Long list notes 4-H booth coordinators and department leaders. mung bean crop praised for soil building forage and seed market potential. Fall pastures urged with soil tests winter small grains and legume forages like Hop Clover Black Medic White Dutch Bur and Sweet Clover plus vetch rye mixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaclt
Livestock Department
Sam Dew
Charlie Auten
Boel
Charles T. Bair Dary
Jerseys
Wesley Brantley
Leonard Young
R. E. Cowling
Guernseys
Howmith Vinu
M. Phillips
Drake Skinner
A. P. Young
Raymond Robbins
A. Floyd
A. C. Griffith
W. W. Gibson
Lester Lillard
J. R. Newby
Dale Myers
Gardin Seed
John Doyle Tucker
Joe Tom Griffith
Billy_Joe Gibson
James Stake Smith
White
Milton Jackson
Milton Voytes
Truman Scromins
Coatton
Dosce Byrd
Miark
Dale Youcain
Iteumes
Samuel Madnox
George the Angus
Dean Young
Durie
Gene Lang
Poland
China
Dewayne Cox
Chuster White
Ray Peterson
Hampshire
Gilbert Gallup
Berkshire
Carroll Pederson
Clyde Wingard
Dairycagtle
Jersey
Richard Soutee
Calvin Dutin
Future Farmers Department
B. L. Comstock
T. E. Jones
Department of Education
N. C. Mitchell
Oklahoma
Murray College
Stillwater
Paul G. Adams
Pantotoe County
Milton Voyles
dicLish Club
Pontotoc County
American Personnel Landing At Mukden Held
Gen Albert C Wedemeyer said Mukden reports indicate American personnel landing there likely to be interned if Japanese are driven back by Russians. Mukden, a Manchurian industrial hub, was occupied by Russians. Allied humanitarian teams reported contact with POWs in camps, including one 60 miles NW of Mukden where Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright was found. Japanese claimed Red Cross and Swiss legation would aid captives, reducing need for further personnel. We will provide protection to those who have already gone. future liaison will be avoided.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyre
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Moscow
Wedemeyer
At Bute
Jonathan Wainwright
King Tay
Arthue
International Red Cross
Legation
Ohnce No. 17
Red Cross
Cone
FDR
Roosevelt
Peiping
Esinan
Shantung Province
Fengtai
Peining
Fukahashi
Farrison
North China
U S Marshal Sells Washing Machine in Oklahoma City
The federal building south entrance hosted an auction led by U S deputy marshal Fred Hill. A used washing machine, property of the United States government from an FHA foreclosure, sold to T C Allman of Route 6 for the OPA ceiling price of 4 dollars after opponent U S district attorney Sheldon bowed out.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Building
Fred Hill
U. S
United States
T. C. Allman
Route 6
Modert Sheldon
U. S.trict
Plans Made For Veterans Hospitals
Washington plans a 200 million dollar two year hospital construction program to meet anticipated veterans needs. Forty new hospitals and many additions are proposed, aiming for 300000 beds by the end of the 1947 fiscal year. Sites include Kansas general medical and surgical and Missouri neuropsychiatric facilities, with Jefferson Barracks in Missouri among additions for 1947.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Federal Board of Hospitalization
General Medical and Surgical
Kansas
Oklahoma
Neu- Topavehiatric
Missouri
General Omer
Jefferson Barracks
Termination Of Lend Lease Made Official By White House
Washington August 21. President Truman ordered termination of lend lease operations with notices sent to participating governments. Discontinuance takes effect on receipt by missions, with cancellations allowed where all red governments accept them or where completion serves U S interests. Uncompleted nonmunitions contracts and finished goods in the U S total about two billion dollars. JL
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Washington
White Hous
Charles G. Ross
Foreign Economic Administration
Ross
White House
Truman
United States
Husky Colonel Appreciates Men Under Him
Russell Brines profiles Lt Col Frank W Murphy and his regimental combat team fighting on a brutal Japanese ridge in the Philippines. The piece highlights Murphy carrying a wounded comrade through enemy fire and meeting guerrilla contacts, plus anecdotes about Sgt Mya Gigovich and Lt Col Powell A Fraser’s prolonged combat service with the 32nd Division.
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Manila
Husky
Frank W
Yank) Murphy
Murphy
Scottsdale
Penn
Col. Murphy
Yan
Mya Gigovich
Wilkes Barre
32Nd
Vily Verde
Gigovich
Gipovich
Rade
Marshal Tito
Liya
United States
America
Europe
Home Demonstration Projects Begin Tailoring School at Ada
Miss Merrifield and the East Central college Home Demonstration unit opened a Tailoring School with fourteen demonstrators from six clubs Ada area. Visitors included Miss Lemna Maloney and Miss Eldo Marquina from Venezuela studying 4-H methods. Training covers cutting fitting interlinings padding and form preparation. A three day 4-H training at Murray College August 22–24 follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrifield
Home Economic Department
East Central College
Ada
Momer
Rye
Colbert
Newlnil
Verble
Frank Miller
Shawnee
Colbert Club
Miller
Grove
Sam Dew
C. J. Richards
Union Valley
Ed Stephens
Faler
McLish
A. W. Oliver
Cherry
Snyder
Sparks
Vwaness
Jeff Farley
Misa Lemna Maloney
Eldo Marquinu
Venezuela
South America
Miss Marquina
Wintersmith Park
Murray College
Hart
Pecan Grove
Tishominge
Pickett
Gant
Watermelon Pickle Weighs In On Thick Rind Preservation
A recipe outlines preparing thick rind watermelon pickles with limewater, cinnamon, and spices. It details selecting firm rind, soaking, cooking times, draining, and sealing in sterile jars with syrup poured over rind.
Thirty People Held As Police Search For Sadistic Slayer
Windsor Ontario reports thirty people detained as authorities intensify the hunt for a sadistic killer blamed for two Windsor slayings within ten days. Police describe the suspect as a maniac and note a threatening note signed Civilian sergeant-sergeant. The first victim, Frank Sciegliski, 36, was found slain in a vacant lot with six stab wounds. the second victim, Sgt. Hugh B. Price, 45, an overseas veteran, was also found there with fourteen stab wounds.
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Windsor
Duncan MacNabb
S. Army
Slasher Evans
U. S
Frank Sciegliski
Hugh B. Price
Scent of victory returns as perfume shipments resume
As the war ends in Europe, rare perfumes flow to the United States. Some arrive on ships carrying American troops returning from the East. Bulgaria, once a major distiller of attar of roses, is again producing this essence, with an ounce produced from 200 pounds of rose petals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Bulgaria
Sunday Dinner Tomato Juice Cocktail Recipe
A fragmented recipe notes a tomato juice cocktail using tomatoes celery green pepper onion and seasonings. It suggests cooking times for fresh and canned tomatoes, then pressing and chilling the mixture before serving. The text also mentions watermelon based recipes as a current feature.
Fight Rising Costs and War Aid Urged by Officials
The Office of Intermillitin urges citizens to curb spending, ration essentials, and buy only needed goods as prices stay high after the war. Merchants, seamen, and nurses are urged to stay on duty, while crop, canning, and farm labor plans must adapt to shortages. A US commission will back Greece’s upcoming free election, with Britain and France sharing responsibility.
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Washington
Office
Intermillitin
Merchiant Marine
Yourenost
Department of Agriculture
Sinar
Ant
United States
Greece
Russia
Britain
France
Alee Ee
Man Killed As Officers Look For Boys Near Kiowa
In Kiowa Oklahoma two teenage youths were being sought while a third was held and a 14 year old Oklahoma City girl, Ann Doser, was critically wounded after four hitchhiking youths ordered a man, Mcl Graw E Streckenfinger of Pittsburg Kansas, to stop his car on US 69. Streckenfinger, 20, was shot five miles south of Kiowa and later died. Slusster, 17, from Austin Texas, is jailed in Atoka. two other youths fled on a freight train.
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Kiowa
Okla
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Highway Patrol
MclGraw E. Streckenfinger
Pittsburgh
Kas
Streckenfinger
Here
U. S. Highway 69
Magers
Austin
T. Raley
Spi
Bill Livingston
Billy Slusster
Tex
Slusster
Atoxa
Atoka
Ann Doser
Youngoya
Slussler
Four Prisoners Are Released From Peiping Camp
CHUNGKING Aug 21 The OSS announced four Doolittle raid fliers were released from Peiping prison camp by a humanitarian team. They are recovering at the Grand Hotel De Pekin with medical care. one in serious condition. The raid on Tokyo in 1942 involved 16 bombers from the Hornet and most crews bailed out or crash landed. eight were captured and some executed by Japan.
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Chungking
Office of Strategic Services
Doolittle
Tokyo
A. Peining
Peiping
Grand Hotel de Pekin
Beri Beli
Miers
United States
Japan
China
Russia
War Department
Roosevelt
White House
U.S
Quisling Trial Plea Before Judge Selem Details Treason
Quisling faced life trial as he denied knowing of any German request to betray Norway. Judge Selem pressed for yes or no answers while prosecutors cite 540,000 from Germany and documents authenticated by Alfred Rosenberg. Quisling defended himself on day two, as German officers Haeder Heitel and Jodl figures were named in the inquiry.
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Ned Nordness
Narwas
UN Quisling
Erik Selem
Erich Roeder
Quisling
Sling
Norwegian
Gurmany
Germany
Norway
Annaeus Secrecdt
Alfred Rosenberg
Grerd Adm
Erich Haeder
Wilhelm Heitel
Gustav Jodl
Schroedt
Wiliam Hagelin
Huistfince
Quislinn
Interior
Ada News
Mrs Wainwright Hears Of Husband Rescue
SEATTLE, N Y Aug 21 More than three years of anxious waiting ended today for Mrs Jonathan Wainwright wife of the lieutenant general captured at Corregidor She learned by the Associated Press that her husband had been rescued from a Japanese prison camp She last saw him in May 1941 and received his letter January noting he had dropped to 35 pounds underweight but saved enough to endure
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Pittsburg
Streckenfinger
Merchant Marine
M. E. Streckenfinger
New York
Houston
Tex
Hom
Sea Service
Seaneateles
N. Y
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Associated Press
Wainwright
Job Seekers Visit Local USES Office
Robert Wood, manager of the local USES, said Tuesday that Pontotoc county faces worker shortages as plants lay off thousands. A Monday rush brought 134 contacts, with 32 unemployment claims and many immigrants and veterans seeking help. The office will handle all job seekers and urged employers to call USES to place orders for workers.
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Pontotoc County
Robert Iood
USES
U. S. Employment Service
Planta
Ares
Wood
Stabilization For Salaries Almost Out Of Picture
Washington reports salary stabilization is nearly obsolete as most proposed raises will not push prices higher. Government officials say over 95 percent of requested raises fall outside price-increase rules, prompting a likely relaxation of controls. The salary stabilization unit will shrink, maintaining only core rulings on raises affecting price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Internal
Tne
War Biter Board
Youngster Reunited Hope As Father Safe In Prison Camp
Eleven year old Pat Devereux expresses joy that Lt Col James P. Devereux, held in a Japanese prison camp near Peipingt, is alive and hoped home soon. His mother, who lost her husband in 1942, and Col. John P. Welch, Pat’s grandfather, describe the boy’s maturing during four years apart. The family had moved from Hawaii to join relatives in Butler after Devereux’s Wake Island service and capture. The article notes Pat, also called Fat Lady, traveled with Welch for medical treatment at Deshon General Hospital.
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Butler
Pat
Hawaii
United States
Col. Devore
Wake II
Devereux
Wake
Fadlady
Col. Welch
Deshon General Hos
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U.S. Marshal
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Russell Brines
Hal Boyle
Powell A. Freser
Fraser
Brunswick
Presbyterian College
Clinton
South Carolina
Bugulas
Kenneth
Pulis
Earlsboro
Tishomingo
Nevys
Ilome
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Danzey
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General Doolittle
Ray Aperido Nichols
Imperial Jagat Army
New China
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