Stoneybroke Angus Sale Draws 500 Buyers For 88 Head
Carlton Corbin of the Stoneybroke ranch near Ada presided over an 88 head Angus sale that brought $31,695 and drew an estimated 500 people. Oklahoma breeders led demand with FFA and 4-H youth among bidders. Top lots included 30 bulls selling for $9,025 and 53 females bringing $19,950. a college cow was donated for Erica of S. B. 4th at $1,000 with no price bid and given to Panhandle A and M. College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Corbin
Ada
Oklahoma
Stoneybroke Ranch
Corbin
Stoneybroke
Monay
Angus Angels
Hereford
Richard Johnston
Milo
Okla
Panhandle A
M. College
Erica
S. B. 4Th
Bass
Durant
Air Born Babe and Mother Safe After In-Flight Birth
Pauline Largson of California gave birth to a baby girl aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Medford to San Francisco. An undergraduate nurse passenger Olga Kempton and purser Arthur Peterson assisted. Both mother and child were hospitalized in Medford. no injuries reported.
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Medford
Ore
Pauline Largson
Santa Rosea
Calif
Southwest Airways
Olga Kempton
Eureka
Norfolk, Va
Chincoteague Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Portsmouth
Naval Hospital
Memorial for Paul B. Mason Retired Prairie Oil Lawyer
Paul B. Mason sixty seven retired attorney and Prairie Oil and Gas Co counsel from 1919 to 1943 died yesterday of a heart attack in Independence Kansas. He was a member of the Kansas and Oklahoma Bar associations and survived by his widow and five children. A note from the era says more aliens left the United States than entered it during 1931.
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Independence, Kas
Paul B. Mason
The
Prairie Oil and Gas Co
Kansas
Oklahoma
United States
Highway 99 Ada To Tishomingo In Fine Condition
The Ada to Tishomingo stretch is now in excellent condition with Fittstown to Tishomingo repaired and resurfaced. The Fittstown road is finished and traffic flows from Lake Texoma routes. Allen-Calvin section of highway 12 is near completion by September with base thickened and surface pending. Roy Grace, division engineer, provided the details.
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Roy Grace
Fantastical rumors swirl about $10 million Sandia base project
Albuquerque reports rumors of a huge underground military complex on the mesa east of the city near the Sandia and Manzano mountains. The Denver Post claims caverns for atomic war defenses and storage for bombs, with Sandia base tied to the armed forces special weapons project and Maj. Gen. Groves. officials offered no confirmation.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Mesa
Sandia
Manzano Mountains
Denver Post
Howeer
Rio Grande Valley
Sandia Base
Kirtland Army Air Field
Navy
Los Alamos
Trinity
White Sands Proving Ground
Alamogordo Air Base
Roswell Air Base
Hannis
Robert M. Montague
Post
Henry F. Hannis
U. S. Engineers
Montague
Tsaldaris seeks broad coalition to form new Greek government
Constantín Tsaldáris announced plans to form a new Greek government on a broad coalition basis to replace Demetrios Maximós. The U S embassy in Greece, with 300 million dollars in aid, urged liberal participation and discussed joint direction with Themistokles Sophoulis who may assume presidency of the council while Tsaldaris would be prime minister. Sophoulis hinted liberals should govern if populist policies fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Constantin Tsaldaris
Demetrios Maximos
Thhe
United States
Greece
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Iberals
Tsaldaris
Premier Katayama dodges bold question from children
In Gawa Village Japan on August 26 Premier Tetsu Katayama and Education Minister Ta tuo Morito face reporters from the Nozumi Childrens' Association newspaper. Ten and 12 year old reporters ask what the socialist party plans for children. Katayama shuffles and avoids a direct answer saying they are still young to ask such questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gawa
Japan
Tetsu Katayama
Tatuo Morito
Nozumi Childrens’ Association
Socialist Party
Katayama
Ex-Wasps to See P 80 Demonstration at Convention
At Ponca City Oklahoma a P 80 Shooting Star flight by Capt Thomas Bell at Tinker Field opened the Sec ond Annual convention of the Order of Fifinella ex Wasps. Spotlanding contests continued with Virginia McPike Coakley Faith Buckner and Jackie Hughes placing first second and third. Brig Gen Harry Johnson Brooks Field spoke tonight and Western Day featured Ponca Indian dances with a Fifinella member invited into the tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
Thomas Bell
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Order of Fifinella
Virginia McPike Coakley
Brooklyn
Faith Buckner
Chicago
Jackie Hughes
Reedley
Calif
Harry Johnson
Brooks Field
Tex
Ponca
Java Island: richest and most populated in the Netherlands Indies
Java stands as the richest and most densely populated island within the Netherlands Indies, reflecting its economic prominence and high population concentration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
the Netherland Indies
Navy Jet Skystreak Sets World Speed Record at Mojave
Maj Marion E. Carl pilots the blood red Douglas Skystreak to 650 plus mph across a 3 km course in four passes. He tops the previous mark set by Comdr Turner Caldwell Jr and notes the jet’s near silent approach and wide open throttle aboard the TG-180 engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Lindley Maroc
Calif
Navy
Mojave
Marion E. Carl
Skystreak
Carl
Hubbard
Ore
Patuxent River
Caldwell
Maj
Vanoss Residents Share Weekend Visits
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tilley of Daugherty and Oscar Kettner of Maysville, with Mrs. Abn, Mrs. Brewington, Mrs. Ida Berger, Mrs. Wilson Phillips, and the Standridges, visited the Standridges Sunday. Wilson Phillips and family, Verlin Berger, and Wanda Faye visited Ida Berger Sunday. Casey Jones of Oklahoma City visited Vanoss friends last week. J. M. Owens of Depew visited Vanoss friends Monday and Tuesday last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Tilley
Daugherty
Oscar Kettner
Maysville
Brewington
Ida Berger
Wilson Phillips
Carl Standridge
Standridges
Verlin Berger
Wanda Faye
Casey Jones
Oklahoma City
Vanoss
J. M. Owens
Depew
Oklahoma Couple Visited Ida Berger This Week
Mr and Mrs Frank McNamara of Oklahoma City visited Mrs Ida Berger during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McNamarra
Oklahoma City
Ida Berger
Mrs Ragland Visits Mrs Henderson on Thursday
Mrs Ragland visited Mrs Lenora Henderson on Thursday for an informal social call in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ragland
Lenora Henderson
Social Visits Mentioned By Local Residents
Mrs Ida Berger and Mrs G M Pitt visited Mrs Standridge Friday evening Betty Jo Choate Mr and Mrs Aut McCullar and Mr and Mrs C E Childres Jr visited Mr and C E Childres Sr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Berger
G. M. Pitt
Betty Jo Choate
Aut McCullar
C. E. Childres, Jr
C. E. Childres
Mrs Adella Jones Confers With Mrs Pitt
Wayne Cuzzins arrived from Vaness Saturday to begin work as high school principal and coach. Mrs Adella Jones called on Mrs Pitt Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adella Jones
G. M. Pitt
Wayne Cuzzins
Vaness
Turner vows audits to fix penitentiary shortages
Governor pledges independent audits and thorough investigations to uncover deficits at the penitentiary. He seeks a ruling on paying audits from contingency funds and notes reforms under new warden C. P. Burford, praising progress and urging convictions if theft is proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Burford
Burford
Washita Valley
Okahoma
Housing Trouble Begins At Home-If It's Like This
Mrs Jennie Rod die Skaggs saleswoman at Franklin's Ada store won the merit award in a chain contest after selling 1000 dollars in one week. Her prior work includes operating the Roddie Dairy in Ada and she is known locally as Miss Jennie.
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Franklin’s
Jennie Roddie Skaggs
Ada
Skaggs
Aluminum house woes spark frantic intrusion tale
George Peabody faced invasions and misread fears as neighbors and a fake inspectors swarmed his aluminum home project. His daughter vanished for 80 hours during two rainstorms and was found safe near the Peterson farm in Waldo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Conn
George Peabody
Peabody
Mrs. Peabody
Charles Peterson
Waldo
Ohio
Industrial Meeting Set for Sulphur
A meeting of the South Central Industrial Development Association will be held at the Artesian hotel in Sulphur with a steering committee from multiple area chambers of commerce including Ada Ardmore Allen Konawa Seminole Madill Wewoka Tishomingo Coalgate Holdenville Pauls Valley Durant and Sulphur. The group will organize to promote regional industrial growth with support from Dr Leonard Logan and Ada secretary manager Keith Marshall. Mayor W A Emerson will welcome attendees. Lex James Sulphur Chamber secretary will join the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Central Industrial Development Association
Artesian Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Ardmore
Allen
Konawa
Seminole
Madill
Wewoka
Tishomingo
Coalgate
Holdenville
Pauls Valley
Durant
Sulphur
Keith Marshall
Leonard Logan
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
W. A. Emerson
Lex James
Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Britain’s postwar aid terms explained to save dollars
Washington outlines how Britain’s loaned dollars were to be used and the convertibility rules. It describes the 1947 pause on pound to dollar swaps, steps to limit future convertibility, and U.S. approval needed for any large dollar outlays to prevent Britain running short of dollars.
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Britain
U. S
Russians Free Three Yanks After 12 Days Detained in Soviet Zone
Three American soldiers were released unharmed after 12 days in a Soviet zone near Seoul. They said guards with tommy guns accompanied them, they were not subjected to close questioning, and the cross border incident occurred after missing a marker at the 38th parallel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Roberts
Seoul
Korea
Phyongyang
Yohyon- Ni
Tommy F. Pugsley
Renton
Wash
John D
Seattle
Gerald Geffen
Port Chester
N. Y
38Th Parallel
South Korea
Stalin
Lenin
Hopie
Pugsley
Hopfe
G. I. Chow
Joe Lewis Geffen
Joe Louis
John R. Hodge
U. S
North Korea
C. P. Korotkov
Admiral King Improves at Bethesda Navy Hospital
The Navy reports Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King has improved and is up and about in his Bethesda room. He and former wartime chief of naval operations entered Bethesda ten days ago with arterial hardening and signs of a mild stroke without paralysis.
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Washington
Navy
Ernest J. King
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Chiefs of Naval Operations
Marriage Licenses Issued in Ada and Nearby towns
A list of couples obtaining marriage licenses includes Calvin C Cradduck 23 and Willa Jean Norman 18 of Ada J W Kincade 21 Holdenville and Jimmie Boren 18 Atwood Frank Edward Beast 31 Wewoka and Gladys Mildred Pruitt 24 Wewoka John Delbert Ellis 23 Wewoka and Jeanne Duncan 19 Ada Roy Gene Brown 21 Ada and Katherine Alexander 18 Ada John W Langwell 41 Dustin and Lillian Woodruf 7 Calvin Tony Morgan 21 Roff and Mandell Nichols 18 Centrahoma Warren Hughey 25 Ada and Virginia Ruth Mayfield 24 Ada Glynna Deane Gaines 21 Ada and Max Pinkard 23 Ardmore Lindsay D Puckett 41 Shawnee and Lou Ellen Watson legal age Shawnee Charles E Wright 25 Murphysboro Ill and Chloe Norris 24 Ada Keith Grimes 23 Ada and Marjorie Lollar 20 Ada Tommy J Fullerton 22 Ada and Donna Jo Ryan 18 Ada Joe R Coleman 21 Scotland Tex and Edna Birl York 18 Ada Doy L Battles 21 Coalgate and Fadelma L Miller 20 Ada W H Bailey 22 Ada and Wilhelmina Ryan 21 Ada
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Calvin C. Cradduck
Willa Jean Norman
Ada
J. W. Kincade
Holdenville
Jimmie Boren
Atwood
Frank Edward Beast
Wewoka
Gladys Mildred Pruitt
John Delbert Ellis
Jeanne Duncan
Roy Gene Brown
Katherine Alexander
John W. Langwell
Dustin
Lillian Woodruf
Calvin
Tony Morgan
Roff
Mandell Nichols
Centrahoma
Warren Hughey
Virginia Ruth Mayfield
Glynna Deane Gaines
Max Pinkard
Ardmore
Lindsay D. Puckett
Shawnee
Lou Ellen Watson
Legal Age
Charles E. Wright
Murphysboro
Ill
Chloe Norris
Keith Grimes
Marjorie Lollar
Tommy J. Fullerton
Donna Jo Ryan
Joe R. Coleman
Scotland
Tex
Edna Birl York
Doy L. Battles
Coalgate
Fadelma L. Miller
W. H. Bailey
Wilhelmina Ryan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panhandle A. and
A. L. Myrick
Sulphur Springs
Marvin Simpson
Robert Lee
Carl Landrum
Revolution
Landrum
Arley Hudson
Supply
State Angus Breeders Association
Sam C. Bullerton
Miami
L. R. Kershaw
Muskogee
Clarence Burch
Rains
Fittstown
Army
Rio Valley
Army Air Forces
U. S. Army Ordnance
General Electric
Roy SJ Turner
NEA
Cleveland
Tony LeVier
Western Hemisphere
England
Elizabeth Lavella Derryberry
B. M. Derryberry
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