Stratford Soldier Maurice Carpenter Dies From Combat Wound Related Paralysis
Maurice Carpenter of Stratford died Thursday from a paralytic condition linked to a combat wound he suffered in Africa on April 9 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy earning the EAME Medal with three battle stars and the Purple Heart. Surviving are his widow two daughters parents two sisters and two brothers. Services were conducted Friday by the Ada VFW post, the first held exclusively by the local veterans post.
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Maurice Carpenter
Stratford
Fonduck
Africa
Carpenter
Serrano
Italy
Rome
U. S
Scotland
U.S
North Africa
EAME
Willie E. Carpenter
Cynthia Ann
Mary Katherine Carpenter
Leek Carpenter
Joy Anderson
Phoenix
Ariz
Wanda Carpenter
Oklahoma City
Frank B. Carpenter
Troy Carpenter
Konawa
Ada Vfw
Veterans Post
Rudell Dies at Konawa After Long Residence Since 1899
B R Rudell died at Konawa Friday aged 91. He had lived in Konawa since 1899. Funeral at Watts Chapel in Konawa Sunday at 2:30 p m with Rev Alexander Best and Rev Keith Kelly officiating. Burial in Violet Cemetery. Born January 5 1854 in Sebastian County Arkansas. Survived by two daughters Mrs Bertha Bates Konawa and Mrs Grace Nuckells Houston Texas five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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B. R. Rudell
Konawa
Watts Funeral Chapel
Alexander Best
Keith Kelly
W. S. Lee
Violet Cemetery
Mr. Rudell
Sebastian County
Arkansas
Essie Rudell
East Central College
Rudell
F. T. Swan
Bertha Bates
Grace Nuckells
Houston, Tex
Yuletide Mail Rush Underway At Local Post Office
Postmaster Mary West says the Yuletide mail rush is starting as coal strike restrictions ease. The office has extra staff and an additional truck to speed deliveries while downtown counters see thousands of Christmas cards and brisk buying through the rest of the month.
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Mary West
New Deep Oil Pool Near Lindsay Oklahoma
A new deep oil pool was opened two miles northeast of Lindsay in Garvin county Oklahoma. The No. 1 Martin Rose tested 100 barrels per hour through casing from the Bromide sand at depths 9.918 to 10.814 feet. Drilled by Max Pray of Chicago and R L Bauman of Fort Worth.
Oklahoma Brews Up 16 Oil Pros This Week
Tulsa reports 26 wells producing initial 7 591 barrels of crude while 28 dry holes were found. Five new gas wells added 22 690 000 cubic feet. Notable producers include Daube estate No 4 Lee Long in Stephens county and Phillips Petroleum No 1 Weeks in Garvin county.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Daube Estate
Lee Long
Stephens County
Velma
Phillips Petroleum Co
Antioch
Garvin County
McClain County
Grady County
Caddo County
Superior Oil Corp
Weller
California
Cotton County
Comanche
Tillman
Stephens
Choctaw County
Link Oil Co
Link Pool
Muskogee County
Danciger Oil & Refinings Co
Frank Stasta
Lincoln County
Anderson-Prichard Oil Co
Caudilla D
Ada Woman Reports Cash Stolen From Home
A local woman claimed five thousand dollars in cash was stolen from her home. She filed charges against two men, who were later alleged to have thrown the money inside the front door. A warrant for their arrest has been issued.
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Ada
Rev J W Harvey 103rd birthday veteran minister dies
Okmulgee Oklahoma report of the death of Rev J W Harvey a retired Baptist minister aged 103 who died after a three day illness at City Hospital He celebrated his 103rd birthday on October 4 and was Okmulgee's only living Civil War veteran having served two years in Price's Brigade with the Confederate army. He had lived in Okmulgee for 26 years and was born in Scott County Missouri.
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Okmulgee
Okla
J. W. Harvey
Price
Pineville
Harvey
Scott County
Young Girl Boss Of Denver Fly Factory Foils Big Bosses
Jo Ann Durand a 14 year old from Denver owns a fish fly factory employing 114 women. She spoke at the national manufacturers congress in New York and credited her success to a hobby-turned-business born from tying flies for her father. The crowd hailed her as a remarkable boss in a remarkable business.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Jo Ann Durand
Denver
Colo
Jo Ann
Office of Defense Transportation
Joan
Colorado
Gift for a Yank Who Gave drives Ada hospital drive
Ada residents continue the Gift for a Yank Who Gave program to honor veterans in hospitals. Quick deadline Tuesday prompts gifts or ecards to be sent with a list of contents and a note, directed to local chairwoman Mrs. Robert Ferguson at 1440, to be included with others for Oklahoma hospitals.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Robert Ferguson
Oklahoma tourism program to be discussed in Muskogee
State officials civic and business groups meet in Muskogee on Wednesday to discuss a tourist and recreational program for Oklahoma. Gov-elect Roy J. Turner will headline the speaker list, with Wendell B. Barnes presiding. The Izaak Walton league also plans to discuss a plan for recreational resources to be presented to the next legislature.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Izaak Walton League of America
Wendell B. Barnes
Tulsa
Ikes
Nimitz Warns Of Weakening Nation In Pearl Harbor Speech
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz warned that a militarily weak United States would be a prize for modern conquerors. He said future aggressors would strike first, citing Pearl Harbor anniversary remarks in Dallas before the Philosophical Society of Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
United States
Naval Operations
Philosophical Society of Texas
Yule Season Takes Hold As Ada Prepares for Christmas
The Ada area fills with Yuletide activity as stores, lights, and trees appear downtown. Shoppers rush to finish gifts and plans for parties, with decorations spreading from fire station and Cummings building to other downtown landmarks. The season reshapes church, school, and community events toward Christmas celebrations.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Cummings
Coal County 4-H Boys Engage in Swine Breeding Program
Eleven 4-H boys from Coal County receive purebred Duroc Jersey gilts and a purebred boar via the First National Bank hog foundation. Lawrence Stutte and W R Reed assist in selection. pigs sourced from Smith-Hughes Boys in Hydro. Prizes of 50 dollars and a 25 dollar bond announced for April. plan to grow Poland China program later.
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First National Bank
Coalgate
Coal County
Lawrence Stutte
Clairita
Smith-Hughes
Hydro
Oklahoma
W. R. Reed
C.'s
Poland
Leo James, Jr
Olney
Charles Stutte
Billy Joe Woods
Ellis Davidson
Clarita
Floyd Nelson
Jerel Woods
James Edward Wood
Bill Kirby
Dorsey Brown
Keith Daniel
David Lacy
TWA Announces Far East Service to Palestine and India
Trans World Airlines plans the first scheduled commercial service to Palestine and India starting soon, with Washington as the origin and stops in New York Lydda Dhahran Karachi and Bombay. The 9000 mile route would be the airline’s longest, with a 42 hour 40 minute total trip time and 10 hours on ground at layovers. Domestic flights will also be added to reach 80 percent of pre strike totals.
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Washington
Trans World Airline
Palestine
India
New York
Bombay
Lydda
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Karachi
TWA
United States
Toys Donated Pour In For Ada Lions Santa Drive
About six pickup truckloads of toys were gathered by the Boy Scouts Saturday afternoon for Ada Lions Club to supply underprivileged children with Santa Claus. Keith Marshall praised the response as much nicer than expected and urged curbside donations of repairable toys to complete the program.
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Boy Scouts
Usabl
Ada Lions Club
Ada
Keith Marshall
Lions
Marshall
Royal Jupiter Heads 22000 Mile Exhibition Tour
The grand champion steer Royal Jupiter, owned by Firestone Rubber Co., begins a nationwide 22000 mile tour. Oklahoma A&M College Shorthorn displays a $12000 heated air conditioned truck with fancy features to publicize the hairy passenger. Jupiter travels to about 1.5 million people with daily massage and three hours of exercise.
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Chicago
Royal Jupiter
Firestone Rubber Co
Firestone
Oklahoma A & M College
Jupiter
Stillwater
Okla
Dee Peterson Killed After Fall From Truck
Dee L. Peterson Jr., 20, former Commerce high school and Oklahoma A and M football letterman, died Friday night from injuries after falling from a moving pickup bed on Highway 66 while with friends. He was on terminal leave from the Army Air Forces. Survivors include his parents and two brothers of Commerce.
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Commerce
Okla
Dee L. Peterson, Jr
Commerce High School
Oklahoma A
Peterson
Army Air Forces
Highway 66
Here
Maj Smith to Get British Award for Military Cross
Major Walter G. Smith of Pontotoc County receives notice from the British embassy that Lord Inverchapel will present the Military Cross at the Washington DC embassy on Tuesday December 17. He is asked to coordinate seat reservations with other ex servicemen and may bring a close relation or friend. Reservations require notice by December 10.
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Walter G. Smith
East Seventeenth
Washington, D. C
Lord Inverchapel
Smith
Pontotoc County
Kansas City
Army
France
Germany
Christmas Seals Appeal Seeks Postcard Remittances
Ada area updates report slow remittances for Christmas seals with Homer Peay noting Roff as the only town sending checks. By 5 p m Friday the total reached 1096 dollars. Peay urges Allen Vaness Fittstown Fitzhugh and Francis communities to mail their checks to C C Byrnes the county association treasurer.
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Homer Peay
Ada
Roff
Allen
Vaness
Fittstown
Fitzhugh
Francis
Peay
C. C. Byrnes
County Association
Unseasonably Warm Dec 7 Shatters Record In St Louis
In St Louis record warmth hits 69 degrees in Forest Park marking a new all time Dec 7 high. The warm spell follows four days in the 60s after a cold snap last Monday when the thermometer fell to 21. Meteorologist Harry Wahlfen said a north west low pressure system brings warm southerly and westerly winds.
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ST. Louis
Forest Park
Harry Wahlfren
Oklahoma grain winners shine at Chicago show
Henry Kuntz of Cyril Oklahoma won the grain sorghum class championship at the International Hay and Grain show in Chicago. He also earned a reserve champion ribbon for blackhull kafir and top prizes for sorghum varieties, with other Oklahoma growers taking multiple corn wheat and barley honors.
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Chicago
Milo
Henry Kuntz
Cyril
Okla
Kuntz
Oklahoma
Tom Hill
Seminole
Q. L. Klutts
Boley
Tollie Collins
Konawa
G. C. Raper
Maud
FFA
Bill Hill
Laverne Raper
A. L. Aherton
Renfrew
Dellis V. Nelson
Goltry
Fred Riesen
Bison
Russell Pierson
Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association
United States
Canada
Nickel Candy Bar Price Rise Reflects Postwar Inflation
The nickel candy bar is no longer a nickel as postwar price hikes push costs to six cents for standard bars and ten cents for small pecan almond and cherry cream varieties. Retailers followed wholesale and producer increases, though some stores have yet to adjust.
Bounds Resigns To Return to Hugo
Oklahoma City reports Assistant Attorney General James W. Bounds resigns effective January 1 to enter private practice in Hugo. He will form a partnership with State Rep Hal Welch, slated to be appropriations chairman. Bounds has four years in the attorney general’s office and previously served as executive legal assistant to the state supreme court.
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Oklahoma City
James W. Bounds
Hugo
Bounds
Hal Welch
House
State Supreme Court
R. L. Williams
Mystery resolves over 10 cent toll tale in Alton
Six Alton High School girls debunked the myth of a car crossing the Mississippi with two girls hidden in the trunk. In a letter to the Alton Evening Telegraph they explained they paid a 55 cent toll to Missouri but had 45 cents home, so they stored the two smallest girls in the trunk to save a dime.
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Alton
Ill
Mississippi River
Missouri
Alton High School
Alton Evening Telegraph
Rhode Island densest state with small population noted
The passage notes Rhode Island as the smallest state with the highest population density. It also mentions Arizona having many full blooded Indians and an Indian population around 50 000, second to Oklahoma. A brief tip discusses protecting furniture with transparent wrap and tape.
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Arizona
Oklahoma
Sinnett- Meaders
Ada Chamber Seeks Employment Data From Local Firms
The Ada Chamber of Commerce sent out employee questionnaires to 214 reporting firms, finding 500 women and 1,594 men employed. About 300 farms and city schools plus East Central College had not yet reported, with 25 percent higher results than expected. Information will be kept confidential and reported only by groups.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Chamber of Commerce
Elmer Kenison
East Central College
Kenison
Miss Chaddick Named Executive Director for Scout Council
Bernice Chaddick of Francis named executive director for the South Central Area Girl Scout Council of Oklahoma. The area spans 13 counties with offices at Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha. She is East Central State College graduate with study at Oklahoma University and teaching experience in Mill Creek, Blackwell, and Ardmore.
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Bernice Chaddicke
Francis
South Central Area Girl Scout Council of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Chaddick
East Central State College
Ada
Oklahoma University
East Central
Players’ Club
Alpha Psi Omega
National
Mill Creek
Blackwell
Ardmore
Delta Kappa Gamma
Sorority For
Greyhounds Average 35 MPH Over 25 Yard Sprint
Greyhounds can sustain about 35 miles per hour over a 25 yard sprint, highlighting their remarkable short distance speed and acceleration capabilities.
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Kathleen Winsor
Amber
Dee Peterson
Maj. Smith
Academy of Science
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Golden Gate Park
International
Rhode Island
The
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Ohio
John L. Lewis
Eaton
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
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Miss Chaddick
A. DeWitt Vanech
Tom Clark
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