Scholarships Spread Across Ada Firms for East Central College
Ada based businesses and professionals provided numerous scholarships to East Central College last spring covering registration fees for both semesters. Donations came from First National and Oklahoma State banks with four scholarships to Leroy Land Patricia Hogan Tommy Kelton and Jack W Harber. Ada Coca Cola Bottling Works supported Marvin Hawk Barbara Marie Barnes. Additional single scholarships were given by many firms including Martin Clark Oil Company Richardson Motor Company and S and Q Clothiers among others. Dial Currin chair of the Oklahoma State Board of Regents for Higher Education added $100 to the fund which remains unallocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
East Central College
First National
Oklahoma State
Leroy Land
Oklahoma City
Patricia Hogan
Snow
Oklahoma State Bank
Tommy Kelton
Jack W. Harber
Seminole
Ada Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Marvin Hawk
Schuster
Barbara Marie Barnes
Latta
Perry- McGee Furniture Company
Paul Barrett
Stratford
Dial Currin
Oklahoma State Board of Regents For Higher Education
Stevenson Back to Campaign Planning and Reuther
Gov Adlai Stevenson returned to campaign planning in Springfield as aides watch reactions to his stand against full state control of tidelands. He backs Truman veto on states quit claim to tidelands and urges a federal state balancing solution. He plans a New York New Jersey visit and Labor Day Detroit speech to launch his run with CIO AFL support. Stevenson denies Cabinet talks and says no commitments have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Truman
Tidelands
Stevenson
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
New York City
New Jersey
Detroit
American Legion
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Automobile Workers
AFL
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Two Belmont Women Frisked by Unmasked Man at Easels
In Belmont California yesterday two amateur landscape painters were approached by a man who stripped to the waist and posed naked before their easels. The women told police they ignored him and continued painting before packing up and leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Calif
Indians Receive Oil Dividend On Cardston Reserve
Indians of the Blood Reservation near Cardston have received their first dividend from oil rights. The initial payout totaled $21,000 as tests proceed on the reservation and two oil wells have been drilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardston
Canada
Here
Annual Labor Day Gathering of Choctaws and Chickasaws
The Fifth Annual Labor Day meeting of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations will be held near the Old Choctaw Capitol at Tushkahoma from August 31 to September 1. Activities include religious services, singing, and informative addresses by tribal and U S officials. Principal Chief Harry J. Belvin invites participation and communal dining under shade trees in the Kiamichi Range valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tushkahoma
U. S. Indian Service
Harry J. Blevins
Kiamichi Range
Belvin
Coalgate Man Weds Here After Prison Release
Paul C. Miller, 43, who served 10 months for forging checks and was released from Oklahoma State Penitentiary, married Gertrude Baker, 59, in Ada after a one month courtship. Miller, a Centrahoma native and fiddler, plans to live in Canton with his wife and asserts he was wrongly jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Miller
Canton
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
FBI
Lfe
Gertrude Baker
G. W. Maxey
Ada
Miller
Coalgate
Centrahoma
Oklahoma Agencies Spend $289 Million in Past Fiscal Year
Oklahoma agencies used 289,316,990 dollars in state and federal funds, up 9,662,390 from the prior year. Public welfare led spending at 92,921,125 dollars, followed by education and highway work, while general government costs fell 17.33 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
James K. Smith
Blood Donor List Rises During Week
Pledges from Fittstown and Harden City push the Red Cross mobile unit visit to 188 donors. Walter Graper, blood recruitment chairman, submitted a 26 name list with Rev. Morris Morgan assisting. The unit opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ada First Christian Church and will accept donations until 4 p.m. Officials hope to meet the county 150 pint quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittstown
Harden City
Red Cross Mobile Blood Unit
Walter Graper
Graper
Morris Morgan
Church of God
Ada
First Christian Church
Illinois Central tester wins for gate stopping device
Clay Owens of Effingham Illinois receives fifty dollars and a citation from the Illinois Central Railroad for an improved train signal device. The invention keeps gates open if a stopped train remains in the signal area and closes only when the train moves again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Clay Owens
Effingham
Owens
Stevenson Favors Equitable Tideland Solution
Governor Adlai Stevenson rejected full state control of offshore oil lands and urged an equitable arrangement that protects both state and federal interests. He spoke after talks with Texas Governor Allan Shivers about breaking the legislative stalemate over tidelands, while Shivers signaled opposition and prepared to report back to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Texas
Stevenson
Shivers
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Supreme Court
Tuman
Austin
Tex
Swedish Officials Continue Search For Slayer of Nine
Police hunt Tore Hedin an ex-policeman linked to nine killings across southern Sweden. The suspect faces the arson death of his parents in Kvarnleev and the axe murder of his fiancée Ulla Oestburg at Huorva Old Folks home, where the matron was also killed before a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Tore Hedin
Hedin
Hurova
Kvarnleev
Ulla Oestburg
Huorva
Ellender Sees Ike Help to Hold Farm Belt for Dems
Sen. Allen J. Ellender said Ike can keep midwest farming states in the Democratic column this fall. He criticized Ike on farm policy, disputed Aiken’s five state switch claim, and said southern states including Louisiana will back Stevenson and Sparkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Midwest
Gen
Eisenhower
Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senrge D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate Farm Committee
Aiken
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
South
Louisiana
Adlai Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
McAlester Clerk Sings His Way to National TV
McAlester railway mail clerk Kenneth Hudelson gains fame as a songwriter. His song I Pledge My Love will be played on a national television show Monday. Hudelson says he wrote the tune and words in 35 minutes while in bed after a mail run to Amarillo. Born in Okmulgee he learned guitar harmonica and piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Kenneth Hudelson
Hudelson
Amarillo
Okmulgee
Plan Aluminum Plant in Alaska Near Skagway
MT McKINLEY NATIONAL PARK Alaska Aug 23 Aluminum Company of America said it will construct a 400 million dollar aluminum smelting plant in Alaska The project depends on land purchase and government approval Leon E Hickman ALCOA vice president and general counsel said initial output will be 200000 tons of aluminum annually The plant will be in the Taiya Valley district near Skagway financed entirely with private capital The project is expected to take about four years and provide about 40 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Mckinley National Park
Alaska
P—Aluminum Company of America
Leon E. Hickman
ALCOA
Hickman
Cays Valley
Skagway
Taiya
Bacall and Bogart Welcome Daughter Leslie
Hollywood August 23 Bacall wife of Humphrey Bogart gave birth to their second child a girl weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces The baby will be christened Leslie after the late actor Leslie Howard The Bogarts also have a son Stephan age 4 Bogart waited in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital fathers room during the birth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Tren Bacall
Movies
Humphrey Bogart
Leslie
Bogart
Leslie Howard
Bogarts
Stephan
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Gordon Dies in Apparent Accident at Lake Camp
Clyde F. Gordon, 58, of Chanute Kansas, died from a shotgun discharge while seated alone in his car at a Lake of the Ozarks camp. Authorities say the death appears accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Clyde F. Gordon
Chanute
Kas
Lake of the Ozarks
Second Bad Check Charge Is Filed
A second bogus check charge was filed Saturday naming Bertha F Landrum and D P Mondrell held in Paonia Colorado before Percy Armstrong justice. They are accused of passing a $25 check drawn on First National Bank and a $26 43 check drawn on Farmers National Bank of Carnegie cashed at multiple merchants including Consumers Oil Stations J C Penney's Hudson Oil and Goodrich Silvertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha F. Landrum
D. P. Mondrell
Paonia
Colorado
Percy Armstrong
Peace Justice
First National Bank
Farmers National Bank of Carnegie
Consumers Oil Stations, Inc
Eugene Hagar
Goodrich Silvertown
J. C. Penney’s
Hudson Oil Company
Polio Strikes 12 More Oklahomans
Polio struck 12 more Oklahomans Saturday including a 25 year old Inda mother and her 5 month old child admitted to St John’s Hospital in Tulsa. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reported Oklahoma’s 1952 caseload at 579 up from 334 a year ago with 278 hospitalized and 117 in the acute stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Inda
Rogers County
St. John’s Hospital
Tulsa
National Foundation For
Former Ada Resident Carrie Lee Eugle Dies in Texhoma
Mrs. Carrie Lee Eugle formerly of Ada died Saturday at her Texhoma home after a heart condition proved sudden. She was sister to Wilbur P. Lee of this city. Funeral plans undecided though likely Monday. Lee had visited her a week earlier. another sister Miss Helen Lee teaches in New York. Lucille Preston also resides in Texhoma. Mr. Lee returned to Ada for the funeral of D W Swaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Lee Eugle
Ada
Wilbur P. Lee
Texhoma
Mr. Lee
Helen Lee
New York State
Lucille Preston
Lee
D. W Swaffer
Bailey Seeks 1000 Tons Steel for Oklahoma Turnpike
Oklahoma City August 23 Turner Turnpike manager H E Bailey says he has written New York underwriters asking U S Steel and federal officials to push delivery of 1000 tons of bridge steel. If delivered by September the 88 mile Oklahoma City Tulsa road could open February 1 with remaining work finished by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
H. E. Bailey
Turner Turnpike
New York
Baily
Oklahoma City-Tulsa
U. S. Steel
Bailey
Ada Newcomers Host Luncheon Meeting
The Ada Newcomers club held a Friday luncheon with guests Mrs. W. E. Able Mildred Sanford Clara Roper and Mrs. O. B. Tiffin. Hostesses Polly Ann Holmes and Mary Chapman organized the informal program with back-to-school themed table decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Newcomers Club
W. E. Able
Mildred Sanford
Clara Roper
O. B. Tiffin
Polly Ann Holmes
Mary Chapman
Tulsans Hurt In Kansas Accident
In Humboldt area near Iola Kansas a head on collision Sunday left one dead and three injured. Victim Albert Olive 75 of Ola was deaf and mute. Survivors include Arthur E. Baker and wife and their 18 year old daughter Mary Ellen of Tulsa Oklahoma. Mrs Baker and Mary Ellen were released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola, Kas
Humboldt
Kas
Albert Olive
Ola
Arthur E. Baker
Tulsa
Okla
Mary Ellen
House Burns Down in Isolated West Haven Neighborhood
WEST HAVEN Conn It was news to Leonard Alogna and to the local fire department that his house burned to the cellar and smoldered on return from Boston yesterday. Firefighters wet the ruins but could not save the unoccupied home which had been closed for remodeling in a secluded area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Haven
Conn
Leonard Alogna
Alogna
Boston
Alagna
Old House Sold Des Moines for 32000 Dollars
The 1918 house built for E. T. Meredith, former Secretary of Agriculture under Wilson, has been sold for 32000 dollars. It features seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms on two upper floors and had been vacant for about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
E. T. Meredith
Wilson
East Central Announces Freshman Fall Pre enrollment
East Central State College invites freshmen with under 15 hours and not yet oriented to report September 4 for pre enrollment programs. Fall registration opens Monday September 8. Dean of students T. K. Treadwell announces the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
T. K. Treadwell
Buffet Dinner and Organization Meeting Set for Tuesday
A Citizens for Eisenhower club will be formed Tuesday night at 7 with a buffet supper at Oak Hills Golf and Country Club. Reservations for the campaign kickoff and meeting are by phone. Principal speaker is Mrs. C Harold Brand from Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens For Eisenhower Club
Oak Hills Golf and Country Club
C. Harold Brand
Oklahoma City
State Republican Committee
League of Women Voters
Mail from Korea GIs Sparks Local Response
U S 25th Division soldiers of Company D 14th Infantry Regiment collected 300 letters in 10 days after they asked for mail from home girls. Cpl. Melvin Bodner of Bronx Pfc Joe Bridges of Wilson and Pvt Robert English of Tucson wrote to small town newspapers seeking correspondence. Among responders is a 215 pound strip teaser and a forward on a women's basketball team.
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U. S. 25Th
Korea
14Th
Melvin F. Bodner
Bronx
N. Y
Joe Bridges
Wilson
Robert English
Tucson
Ariz
Texas vote count drags as two races wait final tally
In Dallas Texas two tight races for state supreme court and a congressional seat neared final counts after unofficial returns showed Culver leading Bell 307 721 to 300 736 and Thompson ahead in the 9th district 29 127 to 28 962 as other districts reported incomplete tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex.s
Supreme Court
Texas
Congress
Frank P. Culver
Ft. Worth
Atty
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Clark W. Thompson
Galveston
T. W. Buckshot Lane
Wharton
Texas Election Bureau
Culver
Bell
Thompson
Lane
Jack B. Brooks
Beaumont
Joe H. Tonnhill
Jasper
Tonnhill
Brady Gentry
Tyler
R. L. Whitehead
Longview
John Dowdy
Athens
Jim Norton
Nacogdoches
Turtles Move From Slaves Diet to Gourmet Delicacy
In early America slaves protested due to terrapin in their diet, while in the gay nineties turtles became an expensive gourmet dish before fading from menus. The National Geographic notes this historical shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
National Geographicity
Clever Burglar Is Finally Trapped
Ex convict known as The Cat, 45, of New York, long accused of disguising as a chauffeur and driving a Cadillac to loot wealthy homes, was held in Nassau County. Police say he stole jewelry worth over 300000 and may have a million dollars in loot from the past year. He was arrested leaving a Great Neck mansion on Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
New York
Robert Russell
Nassau County
Russell
Great Neck
Long Island
Secondary uranium found in Alaska across Bering Strait
Secretary of the Interior Chapman announced the discovery of varying amounts of the secondary uranium mineral zemerite on the Seward Peninsula Alaska. Geological survey officials say such minerals could serve as a uranium source for atomic bombs. Finds were made by the Alaskan geology branch for the Atomic Energy Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chapman
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
Bering Strait
Russian Siberia
Geological Survey
Atomic Energy Commission
Revival Begins at Sulphur Church
The Calvary Baptist church of Sulphur opens an outdoor summer revival today through Sunday August 31 led by evangelist Rev. L E Maples from Miami Oklahoma and singer George Reno Jr of Fort Worth Texas with Rev Dean Rainwater as local pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church of
Sulphur
L. E. Maples
First Baptist Church
Miami
Okla
George Reno Jr
Fort Worth
Texas
Dean Rainwater
Calvary Baptist Church
Michigan State retires backfield coaches on staff list
Three former Michigan State stars serve as coaches on the Spartan staff with Steve Sebo as backfield coach alongside assistants Hal Vogeler and Don Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State
Spartan
Steve Sebo
Hal Vogeler
Don Mason
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada
A local report notes higher yields on vested Ada investments. Officials say the program's revised terms boost returns for eligible holders, with adjustments applying to recent contributions and existing accounts. Community reaction is mixed as residents weigh risk and potential gains.
Seminole Man Mishap Victim Dies En Route to Ada
John Luther Foster a 56 year old Seminole shoe repairman died en route to Ada hospital after a pickup spin half a mile north of Connerville Saturday afternoon. High patrolman Henry Van Arsdell said Foster lost control, was ejected and crushed under the vehicle. Foster had been en route to Tishomingo to move household items and was not driving fast. His wife Bulah Foster followed in another car. The accident reportedly occurred around 2 pm but was reported two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Luther Foster
Ideal Street
Seminole
Ada
Connerville
Murphy’s Bait House
Tishomingo
van Arsdell
Foster
Bulah Foster
French Doctor Sets Out Alone to Drift Across Atlantic
Dr Alain Bombard, a French physician, put to sea on a frail raft from Casablanca toward the Canary Islands with the aim of proving shipwreck victims can survive on sea provisions. He carries 24 days of army rations and a plankton filter as he aims for North America and the Caribbean before typhoon season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casablanca
Alain Bombard
Canary Islands
Here
America
Bombard
Canaries
Central America
Caribbean
Middle Atlantic
Letter Cherishing Youth Ties Recalled by Virgil Sturgill
Virgil L. Sturgill writes from Ashville North Carolina on August 22 1952 to a newspaper editor recalling his student days at East Central State Normal School Ada Oklahoma around 1916 to 1920. He mentions Senator Kerr and a youth football squad with names of local teachers and classmates expressing desire to renew old acquaintances and requesting information about East Central State University Ada Pontotoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Kerr
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Blue Mound
Jesse
Black Rock
Kerr
Clark
Joe Tobias
Roy Steagall
Fentem Brothers
Jap Rogers
Hurd
Sears
Gordon
Roddy
Ollie Weir
Ada
Watson Brothers
Cottingham
France
Virgil L. Sturgill
Labor Board orders union contract negotiation start
National Labor Relations Board issues an order giving the company 20 days to begin negotiating a contract with the union for operation workers. The decision names the company and union involved and sets the timeline for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations
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Custer County
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Dan
Clinton
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Lee Moore
Johnston Murray
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McAlester Man
Plan Aluminum
Adan
Kansas
East Central
Club
Mrs
Harold Brand
The
Young Republicans
John Hazlitt
Bill Harris
County Federation of Young Republicans
Paul Marston
Northeastern
E. Paul Enix
Raymond Kelton
Kelton
Texas Wesleyan
J. Chalmers Herman
Rose Foesche
Knight Hall
Etta Schneider
Vernon Upchurch
University of Texas
D. J. Nabors
Oklahoma University
Upchurch
Nabors
Cadillac
Sulphur Church
Ada News
J. L. Foster
Tacoma Circle
Ashville
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