Small Boy Dies After Auto Accident
William Ervin Smithers six year old son of Mr and Mrs Bl ic Smithers 518 North Broadway died at a local hospital about 845 Monday of injuries from being struck by an automobile Sunday evening The boy ran across Sixth and Broadway in front of a car driven by R L Thompson Route 3 Ada He suffered a skull fracture and bruises Officers said Thompson was not held and no charges were filed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ervin Smithers
Blic Smithers
North Broadway
Luther Davis
Frank Smith
R. L. Thompson
Ada
Sixth and Broadway
Thompson
Alaskan Wolves Cutting Down On Reindeer
National Geographic says Arctic wolves are destroying Alaska’s reindeer, reducing a herd of about 550000 by an estimated 50000 over the past decade. The U S government fights wolves by air patrols and poison bait while stores experiment with substitutes for Santa’s sleigh animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rudolph
William Mann
National Zoological Gardens
National Geographic Society
Alaska
Society
St. Nick
Mann
Washington Foo
New York
National Geographic
Santa
Lapland
U. S
Hudson's Av
Fish and Wildlife Service
New Homes Found For Ten Orphans In Hayden
The ten Montoya children orphaned by their parents double suicide have new homes. Six children live with Charles and Baca in Denver, including Buddy 11 and siblings Ray 9, Ted 9, Leroy 7, Dorothy 3, Helen 16. Betty 13 and Phillip 4 and Priscilla Jane 1 stay with Paul Olivas in Denver. Mary 6 resides with Alex Druan in Redcliffe. Funeral services for the Montoyas were held in Steamboat Springs yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden. Colo
Montoya
Charles Baca
Denver
Buddy
Ray
Ted
Leroy
Dorothy
Helen
Bacas
Betty
Phillip
Priscilla Jane
Paul Olivas
Mary
Alex Druan
Redcliffe
Colo
Philip Montoya
Steamboat Springs
Crime Club Not Social Affair in Jacksonville
Four men freed after saying they joined a crime club thinking it was a social group. Four others and a woman are charged with breaking and entering after detectives found a club with dues, by-laws, and trial procedures. The clubhouse contained weapons and items stolen from a southside hardware store. Suspects include John Grega, Barry B. Godwin, Charles F. McCarty, Brantley P. Moseley, and Ruby Lee McCarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla.p
Sct
G. H. Houston
Houston
John Grega
Barry B. Godwin
Charles F. McCarty
Brantley P. Moseley
Ruby Lee McCarty
Charles McCarty
Epidemic Sweeps Town From January Onset
An outbreak began last January with the disease infecting as many as 80 percent of residents at a certain stage of the spread.
Women Named Key in Needle Making for Medical Use
Jane Eads reports that at a new South ern Pines factory the majority of the 300 workers will be women who manufacture hypo dermic needles. Sheldon Whitaker notes women outperform men in repetitive, detail oriented steps, with 15 operations from start to finish and final sharpening done by hand. He highlights demand from Red Cross, military, and pharmaceutical labs for injectables. Whitaker, long in the business, also shares a personal note about frequent needle injections for hay fever and his son Don’s emergency appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Eads
Washington
Sheldon Whitaker
Malvern
Southern Pines
N. C
Whitaker
Mr. Whitaker
Red Cross
Armed Forces
Don
Los Angles
Lone Gunman Steals 4000 at W. T. Grant Store
A lone gunman robbed approximately four thousand dollars from a crowded Salt Lake City department store today. Two female cashiers at the W. T. Grant Co. reported the incident as the man demanded money and handed them a bag to fill. Barbara Pugley described being threatened as she wrapped currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
W. T. Grant Co
Barbara Pugley
Appendicitis Makes It Four In Rows
In Weymouth England six year old Peggy Wood ward was rushed to Weymouth hospital with appendicitis. Her seven year old brother Victor followed on Tuesday and Peggy's twin Jean joined on Thursday. Tonight twelve year old Robert Woodward completed a four patient run with appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
Eng
Peggy Woodward
Weymouth Hospital
Victor
Peggy
Jean
Robert Woodward
45th Infantry Division Names New Chief of Staff
Lt. Col. William Van Stuck of Oklahoma City has been appointed chief of staff for the 45th infantry division. He succeeds Lt. Col. William Rowe Cook, who returns to his previous role as staff judge advocate in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hokkaido
Japan
William van Stuck
Oklahoma City
45Th Infantry Division
William Rowe Cook
Navy Cross Presented Posthumously to Sgt Clayton L Roberts
The Navy Cross was awarded posthumously to Sgt Clayton L Roberts for his selfless action against the enemy on October 27 1950 in Korea. The ceremony at a Rattan Oklahoma church honored Mrs Opal Roberts and was attended by family including Miss Dixie Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton L. Roberts
Opal
Rattan
Here
Johnny Jennings
U. S Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
NAC
McAlester
Roberts
Korea
Veterans of Foreign Wars Appoint Campaign Committee
Buck Burgess Coleman Nelson and Bill Hampton were named by the local VFW post as the committee to assist the county March of Dimes director Reverend Phillip Roy al of Antlers during January's campaign. Hampton was appointed chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Burgess
Coleman Nelson
Bill Hampton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
County March of Dimes
Phillip Royal
Antlers
Hampton
Antlers Soldier Seeks Tiger to Battle Rats in Korea
Pfc. Bill E. Padgett of Antlers writes to a local paper seeking a tiger to catch giant rats in Korea. He offers 100 Won note as payment, about one cent in U S currency, per Sgt. Lloyd House, a Korean War veteran just home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Bill E. Padgett
Antlers
Korea
Bank of Korea
Lloyd House
Antlers Realtor Warns on Deer Season Access
Clark H. Webb, an Antlers cattleman and livestock leader, said that if the game and fish commission declares a deer season soon hunters may struggle to reach mountainous deer areas as stockmen plan to fence inlets to block access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark H. Webb
Antlers
Game and Fish Commission
Local Oklahoma turkey farmers ship 3500 for Thanksgiving
R. J. Edwards of Jumbo Claude Winters of Antlers and Vincent Schillings of Big Cedar Valley near Antlers marketed about 3500 Thanksgiving turkeys. Edwards shipped 1500 Winters 1200 and Schillings 800. Edwards expects to ship another 1500 for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Edwards
Jumbo
Claude Winters
Antlers
Vincent Schillings
Big Cedar Valley
Edwards
Winters
Schillings
Distinguished Service Cross to Muskogee Family for Heroic Son
In Muskogee Oklahoma on December 2 1950 Set Alton M Ashworth of the First Cavalry Division was killed in Korea. His parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Ashworth will receive the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for his actions near Unsan where he halted an enemy machinegun with grenades and helped his unit press the objective despite mortal wounds. Col Harry Phipps will present the award on behalf of Lieutenant General Leroy Lutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Alfred Ashworth
Set
Alton M. Ashworth
Korea
Harry Phipps
Leroy Lutes
Fourth Army
Ashworth
Eighth Cavalry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Unsan
Stratford Society News Band Mothers Dinner Plans
The Band Mothers and husbands shared a covered dish dinner in the school lunch room with Mrs. M. C. Phillips presiding. The club sponsors a ball game Tuesday night featuring Stonewall and Stratford teams with proceeds to buy instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Society
M. C. Phillips
Stonewall
Stratford
Le Don McAnally Wins Scout Ticket Contest Record
Le Don McAnally of Pack 6 Horace Mann labeled the top ticket seller in the annual Scout Ex position contest and set a new personal record. Bruce Long of Pack 3 Washington School took second, while Joe Tiner of Troop 24 Kiwanis club sponsorship earned third prize. Prizes included $10, $6 and $3 gift certificates for Scout gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Don McAnally
Horace Mann
Kenneth McAnally
Kathryn Maughan
Bruce Long
Louis Long
Washington School
Tom Granger
Joe Tiner
Dorothy Tiner
Troop 24
Boy Scouts
Kiwanis Club
Big Four Begin Secret Talks On East West Disarmament
In Paris the Big Four powers opened secret talks aimed at shaping agreement on rival East West disarmament plans. The session lasted about an hour with Luis Padilla Nervo presiding. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky was the top official present, joined by US Ambassador Jessup, UK official Selwyn Lloyd, and French delegate Jules Moch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Selwyn Lloyd
Jules Moch
Jap Tormentor of Coalgater to Die
Tomoya Kawakita a 29 year old Nisei and interpreter at Oeyama POW camp in Honshu faced a death sentence for treason. George Simpson a Coalgate soldier and Bataan death march survivor testified against him in Los Angeles. Kawakita was identified in 1947 after returning to study at USC and his death sentence was upheld on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate Record Register
Tomoya Kawakita
Oeyama
Honshu Island
George Simpson
Coalgate
Bataan
Los Angeles
Simpson
Europe
Kawakita
USC
Federal District Court of Appeals
B 36s Thunder Over Atlantic on Mediterranean Flight
Six B 36 bombers from Carswell Air Force Base reportedly thundered across the Atlantic on a nonstop mission to a Mediterranean area base. The aircraft of the Strategic Air Command took off at 6 a.m. CST for their first long flight, with Ellith Air Force Headquarters saying the landing time would be near dawn tomorrow and the destination to be released once all aircraft are on the ground. They are expected to return to Carswell within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Atlantic
U. S
Mediterranean
Sky Giants
Strategic Air Command
E'elith Air Force
Carswell
Downtown melee lands fifteen in custody on vagrancy charges
Indianapolis police report fifteen people were arrested late last night on vagrancy charges after a brawl damaged several downtown eateries. The incident involved men and women and prompted police to act to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Three Warren Brothers Return Home From Korea
Three Quitman brothers are coming home from Korea. Private Carol Wayne Warren was killed in action February 19 near his 17th birthday. His brothers Private James W. Warren and Corporal Whitton Warren, both wounded, flew to the United States last week to accompany his body to burial in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Quitman
Korea
Carol Wayne Warren
James W. Warren
Cpl
Whitton Warren
States
Sinclair to Drill for Oil in Ethiopian Ogaden Desert
Sinclair Oil Co plans a second test drill in the Ogaden Desert of Southeastern Ethiopia after a previous failed attempt at Gumburru two years ago. Representative Rene Bender states the only way to know if oil exists is to drill, and the company intends to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Sinclair Oil Co
Ogaden
Ethiopia
Gumburru
Rene Bender
Bender
Strike Called by Insurance Agents Across Nation
Prudential Life Insurance Co agents walked out for higher pay in two thirds of states. The AFL Insurance Agents International Union says it represents about 15,500 of the company's 18,000 agents from Maine to California, with about 100 in Oklahoma. Picketing of Prudential offices is planned for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prudential Life Insurance Co
AFL Insurance Agents International Union
Maine
California
Prudential
Oklahoma
Hoover Confident of National Spirit in Iron Curtain Nations
Former President Herbert Hoover told 700 delegates from the United States and 11 foreign countries at the ninth annual youth forum of the New York Daily Mirror that national spirit will redeem Iron Curtain countries from Communist tyranny. He urged not fearing nationalism and said its other name is patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
Kremlin
Teel Fined for Reckless Driving
Teel Fined for Reckless Driving after pleading guilty to charges filed in Ada. Leslie Graden Teel of Route 5 appeared before Percy Armstrong, peace justice, Friday. He was fined ten dollars and costs for the one vehicle accident one quarter mile west of Ada on SH 12. A highway trooper, H D Van Arsdell, investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Graden Teel
Ada
Percy Armstrong
Peace Justice
Teel
SH 12
H. D. van Arsdell
SH 19
Latta Singing Convention Meets Today at Latta Baptist Chapel
Latta News reports the Latta Singing Convention gathering today at 2 PM at the Latta Baptist Chapel. Community notes include Jill and Ricky Eller recovering from tonsillectomies, Mose Lee recovering from surgery, and Wilbur Hoover driving the school bus in Mose Lee’s absence. Bennie Scott visiting his grandmother in Latta, and a fish fry hosted by Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Stegall with guests from Ft Worth Stonewall and nearby areas. The Presbyterian Missionary Society met with Miss Kennon as guest speaker and several members listed as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta
Latta Baptist Chapel
Jill
Ricky Eller
Mose Lee
Lee
Wilbur Hoover
Bennie Scott
Washington
Mary Lou Scott
Ray Walker
M. L. Stegall
Leroy Battles and
Ft. Worth
Ed Stevenson
Stonewall
Grover Lovelace
Herbert Cooper
Calvin Grave
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Lee Andrews
Neva Kennon
F. H. LaFollette
Andrews
Kennon
Troy LaFevers
Veda Bolding
Bob Mayberry
Bunny Rogers
Joe Lovelace
Westley Brantley
A. L. Graham
Greater returns for amount in vested
Classified notice notes Ada News Want Ads offering improved returns on invested funds. Details emphasize value for advertisers and timely opportunities to place notices. Public notices outline rates, deadlines, and contact information for readers seeking better value in classified listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
November Happenings Spell Funny, Odd Oklahoma Tales
Oklahoma City recounts a string of humorous misadventures in November. A wife discovers $800 forgotten in a shirt pocket while a tidy puzzle pieces together $120 and funds sent to Washington. A cafe till heist nets $140 as a gun threat spooks waitress Doris Gates. Tulsa boy lights a closet, nearly igniting a school. An owl shorts grid service after striking a 24,000 volt line. A California fugitive named Al Price is caught in Tulsa. Water bills briefly vanish as two workers discard 2,000 undelivered bills. The state weighs a post season Larceny Bowl between Granite Rocks and McAlester Outlaws. A teen applicant named Tonsilitis Jackson amusingly challenges navy recruiters with a family of similarly named siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Feldman
Oklahoma City
Mary Deen
Washington
Doris Gates
Miss Gates
B. J. Shearon
Tulsa
Muskogee County
Haskell-Boynton
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
al Price
McAlester
California
Water Department
Granite Rocks
State Reformatory
Granite
Oklahoma Penitentiary Outlaws
Ardmore
Navy
Tonsilitis Jackson
Mama Jackson
Dudley M. L. 73 Dies. Ada Daughter Remains
M. L. Dudley died Sunday night in Hugo after a year of ill health. He lived in Hugo since 1910 and was tied to Shaap Drug Co now McKesson Robbins for about 40 years. Surviving: widow Margaret. daughters Mrs. Harvey J. Lambert of Ada and Mrs. Kay Morrison of Fort Worth. son Paul Dudley Navy officer at Washington D. C. Funeral at 10:30 from Hugo Presbyterian Church with burial in Hugo cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Dudley
Harvey J. Lambert
Ada
Hugo
Presbyterian Church
Dudley
Shaap Drug Company
McKesson- Robbins
Fort Worth
Margaret Dudley
Lambert
Kay Morrison
Paul Dudley
Regular Navy
Washington, D. C
More Figures For Anti Phone Rate Hike
Oklahoma City cities opposing a 1.95 million dollar annual rate increase by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company prepare new figures. Clinton city attorney Everett Arney says an auditor hired by several cities reviewed the company's books as hearings restart. The hearing began last September and paused in October to allow more cities to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
State Corporation Commission
Everett Arney
Clinton
Commission
Iraq Balky Over New Syrian Setup
Iraq decided not to recognize the new Syrian government installed by Col. Adib Shishekly after a bloodless coup. The official party paper said Syria’s short lived regime of Premier Marcuf Dewalibi was not accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghdad
Iraq
Syria
Adib Shishekly
Said
Marcuf Dewalibi
Shishekly
Newsmen Moved Into Camp for Pregnant Women
In Ismailia Egypt on December 1 the British Army moved 15 British and American news correspondents into the pregnant women's camp and classified them as officers wives for admin purposes. Some correspondents protested. A War Office spokesman in London said the move aimed to protect reporters from danger amid the Suez Canal Zone crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ismailia
Egypt
War Office
London
Suez Canal Zone
TV eyeglasses touted to soften images for viewers
In Rochester New York a new pair of special TV eyeglasses from Bausch & Lomb Optical Co claims to reduce glare and produce gentler human pictures. Glasses are precision ground and polished after a year of research. Experts say they do not fix vision defects like nearsightedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Bausch & Lamb Optical Co
Egyptian official expels AP chief Fred Zusy from Cairo
The Egyptian Interior Ministry orders Associated Press Cairo chief Fred Zusy expelled for alleged bad faith in reporting. He must leave by Friday with the Foreign Ministry confirming the move, while AP and the U.S. embassy lodge representations and press statements note the government provided no formal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Interior Ministry
Fred Zusy
Associated Press
al Misri
Zusy
Egypt
Fouad Serag Ef] Din
Zuly
Abdel Basit al Haggagi
Shad
Foreign Office
Associated Press Office
New York
al Mistri
al Abram
Orphan Elena Arrives in U S After Six Years of Effort
Italian orphan Elena Erbez, age ten, arrives in Los Angeles with her adoptive mother singer Helen McClure and her husband Rob ert Priester after a six year effort to clear immigration. Rep Poulson secured a bill later signed by President Truman May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mama
Helen McClure
Elena Erbez
Italy
Rome
Grossetto
Robert Priester
Rep. Poulson
R-Calif
Elena
United States
Truman
San Merino’s 38 Square Mile Heart of Italy
San Merino, a tiny country of 38 square miles, lies in the Apennine Mountains at the heart of Italy. Its location and compact size mark it as one of Europe’s smallest states nestled inland among larger neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Merino
Appenine Mts
Italy
Lotteries Ruled Out By Oklahoma City Committee
The City Charity Solicitations Committee announced that permits for benevolent lotteries held by local schools churches veterans groups lodges and similar organizations will not be issued in the future. Commission Secretary C N Kenery called the fund raising games violations of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
City Charity
Commission
C. N. Kenery
U S Learns Fast On Atom Weapons
Las Vegas reports Dr. Alvin C Graves says U S knowledge of atomic weapons has nearly doubled in the past year and the stockpile has grown likewise. He notes progress exceeds any similar period since the 1945 Alamogordo detonation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Alvin C
Graves
Alamogordo
N. M
Oklahoma City Police Chief hints easing gambling stamp crackdown
Police Chief L. J. Hilbert says he may soften the campaign against federal gambling stamp holders. He ordered 19 arrested for vagrancy but could allow some to return stamps and resume lawful operation if they quit and repudiate fees. He warns future violators will be charged with vagrancy each time they move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
L. J. Hilbert
Hilbert
88 Passenger air liner about ready for service
The four engine 88 passenger super constellation will enter service with Eastern Air Lines later this month. Eastern has ordered 30 planes and 38 more will be built for other airlines. Several have been ordered by the Air Force and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Eastern Air Lines
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
EAL
Air Force
Navy
Atomic fuel not likely for years
Nobel Prize winner Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg said coal and water power will face no competition from atomic fuel for at least 20 years. The UC Berkeley chemist, discoverer of plutonium, spoke before flying to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize on December 10. He noted atomic energy is already used in practical ways as radioactive tracers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Glenn T. Seaborg
University of California
Stockholm
Seaborg
Edwin M. McMillan
Daughter-In-Law Of Cobb In Los Angeles
Mrs. Marjorie B. Cobb 34, daughter in law of Ty Cobb, was revived after an overdose of sleeping pills. She cited despondency over the death of her husband Herschel Roswell Cobb, who died April 13 after a divorce suit for misconduct with another woman. Hospital attendants reported her condition as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Marjorie B. Cobb
Ty Cobb
C. A. Calvert
Herschel Roswell Cobb
Cobb
Fatal Fall Kills Twin Boy in Larchmont Bedroom
In Larchmont New York 16 month old John Charles Gilson fell five stories from an open bedroom window while his twin Jo Ann was pulled back by their mother Ann Gilson. The father Charles B Gilson works as a radio announcer in New Britain Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larchmont
N. Y
Gilson
John Charles
Jo Ann
Ann Gilson
Charles B. Gilson
New Britain
Conn
Graf Ranch
Idaho
Kortes
Wyoming
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