Man Struck By Train Killed On West Main Street
Bert Pittsenbarger about 67 died in a local hospital after being struck by freight engine No 4154 on West Main street Saturday morning. An observer said he tried to intervene but was too late. The engine stopped about 20 feet beyond the impact. Pittsenbarger, who could not hear well, died minutes after being rushed to a local hospital. His wife in Sundown Tex was notified and service arrangements were pending arrival.
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Pittsenbarger
Sundown
Tex
Ada
Pakistan
Jullundur
Jullunur
Tara Singh
Punjab
Nankana Sahib
Watermelon grower details seed market and bargains
J. M. Henderson of the Egypt community near Ada reports a nine acre watermelon crop with no yield increase. He promotes seed pricing deals, offers refunds on seeds from overripe fruit, and credits Asa Hutchison as having the best patch this year while outlining seed cost and quality influences. Melons are sold daily at Twelfth and Stockton, near the Salvation Army building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Henderson
Egypt
Ada
Henderson
Pontotoc County
Asa Hutchison
Hutchinson
Twelfth
Stockton
Salvation Army
Lake Is Problem What to Do With Green Leaf Lake Park
Oklahoma City August 23 state planning board members will meet with Gov. Roy Turner and agency heads to discuss the disposition of Green Leaf Lake Park near Muskogee. The park, once U S Department of Agriculture property, was controlled by the War Department and Camp Gruber after the war began. Attending will Kelly D. Bush fish and game director Dick Chiles state park director and C L Stanley regional War Assets administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Planning and Resources Board
Roy J. Turner
Green Leaf Lake Park
Muskogee
U. S. Department of Agriculture
War Department
Camp Gruber
Kelly D. Bush
Fish and Game
Dick Chiles
State Park Department
C. L. Stanley
War Assets Administration
Noble county fair board cancels fall free fair
Members of the Noble county fair board in Perry Aus cancel plans for a county free fair this fall due to lack of facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Aus
Noble County Fair Board
Speed of sound in air linked to temperature changes
Contrary to popular belief, the speed of sound in air depends on temperature variations rather than changes in density, according to recent physics discussions. The finding highlights how thermal conditions govern acoustic propagation more than air density alone.
Mrs. Agnew Dies Saturday at 66
Loma Louise Agnew 66, longtime Ada News bookkeeper, died at 4 20 p m Saturday at home 601 North Beard after eight weeks illness. Funeral Monday at 2 30 p m from First Methodist with Rev Virgil Alexander officiating. Burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survives include a half brother A M Stuart Ada an aunt Mrs Liza Glaze Sulphur Bluff Tex and four cousins. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named from The News staff.
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Loma Louise Agnew
Ada News
North Beard
First Methodist Church
Virgil Alexander
Tulsa
Rosedale Cemetery
Palo Pinto County
Tex
Oklahoma
Ada
the News
Bessie Harrison
Ada 10 Years Ago To Serve As Nurse When Mrs. Agnew
T. H. Wyatt
T. A. Wilkenson
Ben Whitehead
Clint Farmer
A. M. Stuart
Liza Glaze
Sulphur Bluff
Claborne
Hubert Glaze
S. J
Willie Stuart
Strawn
Veterans Begin Cashing Terminal Pay Bonds nationwide
Washington August 25 government starts cashing terminal pay bonds next week. About 8.9 million bonds worth 1.8 billion issued. 5 million eligible to apply within one year and one week. Estimates show 50 percent may cash bonds. 2.5 percent interest. New York leads with 920,700 applicants.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Army Times
New York
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Prison Farm Break In Texas By Escaping In Rain
About thirty five to forty Negro convicts escaped from the Ramsey No 2 state prison farm near Otey Brazoria County during a tropical storm with rain and high winds. Warden T T Easley reported the inmates left a building to gain their escape and Harris County deputies set up a watch as runaways often head toward Houston.
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Houston
Tex
Ramsey
No. 2
Otey
Brazoria County
T. T. Easley
State
Huntsville
Harris County Sheriff's Deputies
Tortoise Features Horny Beak-like Jaws
The tortoise lacks teeth and has jaws covered by horny beak-like plates with sharp cutting edges.
Corn Belt drought shakes pantry prices across nation
NEA report warns drought across corn states could lift prices for milk, eggs, butter and cereal products. Experts fear reduced corn and wheat supplies may push meat and dairy costs higher while grain shipments to Europe shrink and livestock trading shifts.
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Chicago
NEA
America
Justice Department
Europe
NEA Service
Herman Steen
Millers National Federation
Department of Agriculture
Steen
W. A. Netsch
Armour & Co
Wesley Hardenbergh
American Meat Institute
William T. Brady
Corn Products Refining Co
Drought Threat Grows As Pacific High Pressure Stalls
Edward L A Wagner reports that a stationary Pacific high pressure off the Washington Oregon coast drives hot dry winds into the Plains and Midwest. Temperatures rise to 90 100 degrees since July 4 with scant rainfall threatening corn and grain as experts warn of potential Dust Bowl like damage if pattern does not shift.
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Illinois
Mexico
Corn Belt
U. S
New York
U.S
Washington-Oregon
Plains States
Mid-West
Pacific
Northwest
Rockies
Mississipi
Plains
Ivan Tannehill
U.S. Weather Bureau
Northwest Coast
Plains State
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Russia
Ukraine
U. S. Plains
Club leaders invited to training on Cooking Frozen Foods
Local clubs select members to attend a leader training on frozen foods Friday August 29 at 10 00 am in the kitchen of the home demonstration agent. A member who uses a frozen food locker may demonstrate at the September club meeting. Open to other interested members.
Mina Miller Edison Dies at 82 in New York
Mina Miller Edison 82 widow of Thomas A Edison died Sunday night at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after a coma. Her death followed her long public life with Herbert Hoover campaigns and a history as a noted beauty and former wife of Edison. Burial is set at Rosedale Cemetery in Orange after services at First Methodist Church.
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New York
Mina Miller Edison
Thomas A. Edison
New Jersey
Navy
Charles Edison
Thomas Miller Edison
John Eyre Sloane
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
James Coss
Herbert Hoover
Edison
Hoover
America
Menlo Park
Edward E. Hughes
Fraklin
Rosedale
Orange
N. J
First Methodist Church
Turner to Discuss School Program
Governor Turner will discuss the state school reorganization program on a statewide radio report to the people. He will cover school annexations under House Bill 85 school financing teacher salaries teaching standards and teacher shortages. He will also address an investigation into canteen fund shortages at the state penitentiary. Stations include KADA Ada at 5 15 p m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
State Penitentiary
Kada
Ada
Molotov Backs Marshall Plan For Korea Commission Report
Moscow radio reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov agreed to Secretary Marshall’s proposal for a joint American Russian Korean commission report. The broadcast released the letter and reply, noting Molotov instructed the Soviet delegate to cooperate in drafting a joint report to facilitate immediate government discussion of Moscow’s decision aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio
V. . Molotov
U. S
Marshall
Molotov
Moscow
Washunga Names Principal for School Year
Washunga announces Mrs. Alan Fink has been employed as principal of the Washunga school. The school will reopen on September 1.
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Washunga
Alan Fink
Washunga School
Pasture Boost Urged to Aid 1947-48 Livestock Feed
Pontotoc county farmers dairymen and ranchers are urged to plant fall winter and spring pastures to supplement the limited grain supply. Recommendations include conserving feed, harvesting cowpeas mungbeans and peanut hay, culling unproductive stock, and sowing oats rye and pasture mixtures with proper phosphorus and lime to improve pasture growth and animal nutrition.
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Pontotoc County
Pontotoc
Choctaw Chickasaw Confederation Meets September First
Delegates from the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes will gather in Ada for their annual conference on Monday September 1 at 10 a.m. Online ballots will be sent from Muskogee to enrolled members on whether to accept an $8.5 million offer for coal and asphalt lands. W. W. Short presides and invites all Indians to attend.
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Gs Ada
Federal Government
Indian Office
Muskogee
W. W. Short
Oldest peace justice in Oklahoma claims title
Nowata Oklahoma August 23 George A Martin 82 years old claims the title of oldest peace justice in the state. He was first elected justice of the peace here in November 1916 and has been reelected every two years since. In 30 years he has heard more than 7000 criminal and civil cases and married well over 1000 couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowata
George A. Martin
Oklahoma
Martin
Walters Roundup Club Advances to Promote Local Rodeos
Sig mon Glascock has been named president of the newly organized Walters Roundup club in Walters. The group plans to organize and promote rodeos in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walters
Sigmon Glascock
Security Zone Concept Emerges in Inter American Defense Talks
At the Inter American defense conference a five nation group Brazil Mexico Peru Bolivia and the United States proposes a western hemisphere security zone to limit treaty reach to hemisphere aggression and to unite forces under a single command though Argentina opposes the scope as of today.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Hawaii
Galapagos Islands
Mexico
Peru
Bolivia
United States
U. S
Greece
Argentina
New synthetic cheer up drug enters medical field
A new synthetic medication named syn dexyl promises to lift patients from depressive states. Medical researchers report its potential to reduce mental health symptoms and improve mood in controlled trials.
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Bert Pittsenbarger
Ahloso Y
USDA
Mrs. Loma Louise Agnew
The
Wes
David Thompson
Prairie Farmer
Grocery Manufacturers of America
Richard F. Uhlmann
Chi
Central Plains
Dispatch
Acme
Cage Board of Trade
Paul Willis
Ucts
Edward L. A. Wagner
Margaret Baade
Ass’t Home Demonstration Agent Leader Training School
Pickett
Ella McCause
Haphago
Estelle Maden
Union Valley
Leo Faust
Mrs. Edison
C. H. Hatley
Defense Conference
G. Milton Kelly
India
Subcontinent
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