Carlton Weaver Helped Shape Oklahoma History in Ada and Wilburton
Carlton Weaver, youngest member of Oklahoma's constitutional convention, helped carve Pontotoc County and Ada as county seat alongside William H. Murray. A journalist-turned-politician, Weaver led in the house and later owned Ada Weekly News before moving to Wilburton where his state park bears his name. He valued good service, honesty, and community rooted in Ada and Latimer County.
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Carlton Weaver
Oklahoma
Ada
William H. Murray
Pontotoc County
Murray
Carlton
Weaver
House of Representatives
House
Ada Weekly News
Wilburton
Latimer County
Jobs drive in Oklahoma farming reform and growth
The speaker urges soil rebuilding and water control to boost rural populations and create farm related industry. He envisions terrace farming, pasture land, higher beef and dairy yields per acre, and processing plants at trade centers to link farming and industry, projecting rural growth and county population doubling in fifteen years.
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Bureau of the Census
Oklahoma
Bilbo’s Passing and Demagoguery in Southern Politics
Senator Theo G Bilbo retires amid lingering charges and debate over demagogic tactics across the South. The author contrasts Mississippi’s hopes with leaders like Williams while urging a sober statesman from Mississippi. The piece also touches on work as wealth, comparing France and Germany and advocating productive labor for national happiness.
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Theo. G. Bilbo
Mississipi
Huey Song
Louisiana
Talmadge
Georgia
Rankin
Mississippi
Hefler
Alabama
Penver
Florida
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Congress
Virginia
Washington
John Sharp Williams
The Russian Opposition and World Organization
The speaker argues that the United States aims for a global role but notes Russian opposition to a practical United Nations system. He asserts U S policy in the Philippines and Pacific islands, and claims Russia and its satellites block world organization efforts. He contends Russia vetoes any move toward a strong international body.
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United States
Russia
Japan
Toto
China
Pacific
United Nations
Defining aggression at Rio talks tests hemispheric unity
At the Rio conference, the unsettled question of what constitutes aggression reemerges as nations seek a workable trigger to unite against a war maker. Litvinov’s concept of collective responses faces historic resistance, while Cuba proposes economic aggression as a test case.
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Rio
League of Nations
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Romania
Estonia
Latvia
Poland
Turkey
Iran
Afghanistan
League
Germany
Spain
Austria
Czechoslovakia
San Francisco
United Nations
Cuba
Guillermo Belt
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
U. S
Coroner's Jury Delays Report On Payne Death
Coroner's jury probing the J L Payne death postponed findings until Wednesday afternoon. Investigations continued Tuesday morning with two groups active. Payne, 70, died Sunday from a shotgun wound in the Rofs community. Services were held at Nazarene church Pauls Valley with burial at Mt Olive cemetery. Surviving: wife Irene Payne, children Joyce and Jerry, and step-daughter Louise Murphy.
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J. L. Payne
Rofs
Nazarene
Pauls Valley
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Irene Payne
Joyce
Jerry Payne
Louise Murphy
Wildcat Will Test New McClain Area
The Smith-Horton Drilling company will start roads and clearing location this week for a wildcat test in northern McClain county west of Norman at Mid-Continent Petroleum's No 1 Berry estate. The well near 32-9N-3W aims for the Wilcox sand around 10 000 feet with Mid-Continent holding about 600 acres and Gulf Oil Carter Magnolia Phillips Sinclair among nearby operators.
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Norman
Okla
Smith - Horton Drilling Company
McClain County
Here
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Berry Estate
Mid-Continent
Newcastle
Blue Hill
Carter Oil Company
Gulf Oil
Carter
Magnolia
Phillips
Sinclair Prairie
Mrs. Alice Holmes Dies After Long Life and Illness
Mrs. Alice B Holmes of Ada aged nearly 90 dies at a local hospital after 11 years of invalidism. Funeral Wednesday at 1 pm from First Methodist with Dr E H Nelson and Rev T J Jared officiating. burial in Lexington. Survived by three daughters and three sons. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named from Ada Cush ing Oklahoma City Tulsa and other towns.
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Alice B. Holmes
East Ninth
First Methodist Church
E. H. Nelson
T. J. Jared
Lexington
Holmes
Morelock
Dwight Morelock
G. L. Morelock
Stella Skinner
Delia Pennington
Ada
A. A
Billy, Rendall, Meredity
Howard Sharp
Chickasha
Vircil Hensley
Tulsa
Wedemeyer urges sweeping reforms in China
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer says China must immediately implement broad political and economic reforms. He argues military force cannot root out the communists and calls for removing corrupt officials at national and local levels to win popular support as he returns from a China mission. Bacteria that cause plant diseases are seldom found in soil.
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Nanking
Albert C. Wedemyer
Truman
China
Tokyo
United States
Wedemyer
U S Efforts To Boost Japanese Trade Face Political Storms
U S plans to revive Japanese foreign trade aim at a self sustaining future but face widespread opposition. Prices for Japanese felt body goods have surged, and anti Japanese sentiment grows in Manila and across Chinese markets. Analysts warn Japan may dump goods and draw raw materials from China, stirring fear of economic dominance by Japanese merchants.
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Japan
Tokyo
J. Marcus
New York
Manila
Roxas
Chinese State Council
China
Control Yuan
America
Hong Kong
Li Chi-Shen
Wedemeyer
Nanking
Tientsin Hsin Sheng Pao
Tu Yu- Ming
Inter-American conference speeds mutual defense pact
Delegates from ten nations reached near final agreement on a treaty for hemisphere defense. A five nation subcommittee endorsed measures against aggression and Argentina accepted two thirds voting rules. Draft clauses include a hemisphere security zone and joint action against external aggression. Canada invited to participate as talks move toward weekend completion.
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Philip Clarke Quitandinha
Brazil
Inter-American Conference
Argentina
Truman
Ricardo J. Alfara
Panama
Arctic
Antarctic
Canada
Alfaro
International Court of Justice
United States
Schools Announce Enrollment and Opening Dates
Center plans enrollment Friday with classes starting September 1 under principal Dee Burdine and new teacher Opal Blevins in first four grades. Pleasant Hill sets Thursday enrollment with classes to begin Monday. new teachers Lois Watson and Ethel Watson. Ahloso opens Monday with a school lunch program starting Tuesday. faculty includes Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Treas and Mrs. De West. Homer enrollment Friday. Charles Gentry principal with Edna Hart and Jewell Bowers as teachers. hot lunch start date TBD.
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Center
Pleasant Hill
Dee Burdine
Burdine
Opal Blevins
Lois Watson
Ethel Watson
Ahloso
J. C. Treas
de West
Homer
Charles Gentry
Edna Hart
Jewell Bowers
Gentry
Dairy queen to represent Kingfisher at Enid show
A dairy queen to represent Kingfisher county will be chosen at a Thursday meeting in Kingfisher. Farm girls aged 12 to 18 are eligible to compete at the Sooner State Dairy Show in Enid on September 2. Benadryl is noted as highly effective for hay fever hives. Jupiter and Saturn have moons larger than Earth.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Kingfisher County
Enid
Job Placements By OSES Totaled 9200 In July
Job placements by the Oklahoma State Employment Service totaled 9 200 in July down slightly from the record 9 600 in June. Executive director H E Pendergast said July placements remained 5 percent above July of last year as gains in manufacturing trade and service offset declines in construction utilities and government hiring.
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Oklahoma State Employment Service
H. E. Pendergast
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
The
Commission
Pontotoc County
Aunt seeks uncle in Germany via Ada and Osnabruck plea
Helen Acker in Ada requests help locating her uncle Gerhard Hagemann born May 28, 1893. She explains wartime flight, illness of her husband, and two adopted boys needing information. She asks for rapid contact and provides her Osnabruck address for responses.
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W. E. Hansen
Osnabruck
Germany
Helen Acker
Gerhard Hagemann
America
Ada
Eng
Hagemann
Helene Acker
Ned Niedersachsen
Missing Child Found Near Home in Marion
Carolyn Peterson, 20 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson, was found alive after a four day search feared as a kidnapping. Dr. Dan Murphy said she was in good condition tonight at Marion City.
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Marion, O
Carolyn Peterson
Charles Peterson
Dan Murphy
Marion City
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