Vets Gift Shop Brings Christmas Cheer to Oklahoma Hospitals
Oklahoma veterans in hospitals receive gifts through the American Legion and Auxiliary Gift Shop program. In Sulphur 100 patients will get gifts, with Ada sending 52 items to add to others from Ken and Durant. The Gift Shop operates in several hospitals enabling veterans to select gifts for family, wrapped and mailed at no cost. Beginning December 22, officials will visit multiple facilities to distribute gifts to veterans and to the veterans’ families, funded by the annual Poppy sale and local posts and units.
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Oklahoma
Eddie Cantor
American Legion
Ada
Sulur
Ken
Durant
Sulphur Hospital
American Legion Auxiliary
State of Oklahoma
Will Rogers Hospital
Oklahoma City
Veteran’s Hospital
Muskogee
Veterans Hospital
Sulphur
C. R. Anthony’s of
Mary
The
Muskogee Hospital
Veteran's Ward
Norman
Veteran's Hospital
Supply
Vinita
Taft
University Ward
Ada Unit
Shi Cash
Robert Ferguson
Reason for Sirens Sounding Off Here
Ada residents heard sirens as moves of prisoners between McAlester state penitentiary and Granite occurred daily. Prisoners travel by bus with guards in front and behind, escorted by city police through town each morning around 9 and again about 5 pm, with trips lasting under 15 minutes.
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Ada
McAlester State Penitentiary
Granite
McAlester
Tulsa High School Plans Christmas Party For Twins Father
Central high school home room organizers shifted their Christmas party to honor Junior Ellen and Joan Kirby Gordon after pupils learned 25 year old George Gordon, a veteran completing schooling, is father of 3 year old twins. Mrs. Gordon is Clara Ellen Kirby of Oklahoma City.
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Tulsa
Ellen
Joan Kirby Gordon
George Gordon
Gordon
Mrs. Gordor
Clara Ellen Kirby
Oklahoma City
Liberation foundation: economic freedom for women
Norway’s alternate UN delegate Mrs Aase Lionees says economic freedom is the foundation of women’s liberation. She emphasizes equal access to employment and financial independence as essential for social progress.
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the Liberation of Women
Aase Lionees
Way
Hodge Names Seven Key Aides in Oklahoma Education
Oklahoma City December 21 Dr Oliver Hodge state superintendent elect announced seven key hires in the state department of education with board approval. Named were Truman Bennett assistant superintendent of public instructions Mildred Dunagin private secretary Standifer Keas chief high school inspector LeRoy McClendon state agent for Negro education Lena Wood Hays head of certification Roy Emans director of finance and W H Clasby head of transportation. More postings planned at the discretion of department heads.
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Oklahoma City
Oliver Hodge
State Department of Education
State Board of Education
Truman Bennett
Pittsburg
Public Instructions
Mildred Dunagin
Hodge
Standifer Keas
Dill
LeRoy McClendon
McCurtain County
Sunray Plans 83 Mile Oil Pipeline From Allen to Drumright
Sunray will build 83 miles of 8 inch pipeline from its Allen refinery to Drumright linking with Great Lakes Pipe Line. Cost about 1 million dollars. Wilcox Oil and Gas gains half ownership of the Bristow to Drumright segment. Pipeline to extend throughput to 20 000 barrels daily at Allen pumping station.
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Sunray
Allen
Drumright
F. L. Martin
Great Lakes Pipe Line Company
Bristow
Wilcox Oil and Gas Company
Great Lakes Company
Wilcox
Ada Firemen Hold 30th Annual Banquet Echoes Service Motto
More than 50 firemen attended the Ada fire station banquet, the 30th annual event. Fire Chief Ed Halsey recalled the department’s early slogan On the jump and ready to go to do any service for humanity, now a living standard. Mayor Frank Spencer and several councilmen praised the department while toastmaster Dudley Young led the evening.
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Ada
Ed Halsey
Fire Department
Dudley Young
Frank Spencer
H. J. Huddleston
Vernon Roberts
Joe Hensey
Ada Fire Department
Dickey Resigns as Hospital Manager
TM Howard R Dickey business manager of the University Hospital Crippled Children's Hospital and University of Oklahoma School of Medicine resigns effective January 1 He will become administrator of San Jacinto Memorial Hospital near Houston Texas President Dr George L Cross says he will recommend William L Jesse Dickey's assistant to succeed him Dickey has served since 1927 in his current role since 1935
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Oklahoma City
Howard R. Dickey
University Hospital
Crippled Children’s Hospital
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
Dickey
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Houston
Tex
George L. Cross
University of Oklahoma
William L. Jesse
Salt Mine Output at Salnic Romania Tops Eighty Thousand Tons
At the great salt mine in Salnic Romania more than 80 000 tons of rock salt are mined each year indicating significant production activity and regional mineral wealth.
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Salnic
Romania
Missouri Officials Reject Osceola Reservoir Project
Governor Donnelly and his water advisory panel reject the Osceola reservoir along the Osage river as part of the Pick-Sloan plan. They say benefits do not outweigh sacrifices and urge withholding funds and withdrawal of federal authorization. The project would flood 249000 acres across Bates Vernon Cedar and St Clair counties and affect the Marais des Cygnes river region.
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Jefferson City
Phil M. Donnelly
Osceola
Osage
Missouri
Pick-Sloan
Missouri River
Bates
Vernon
Cedar
St Clair
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Automotive engineer predicts broad bodies and wider windows
Harold T. Youngren of Detroit, an automotive engineer, states that car bodies will widen and the long tapering hood of modern cars will disappear as designs seek more window area. He argues the trend aims to improve visibility and style.
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Harold T. Youngren
Detroit
Jesse Bonds Allen Dies at 59 in Holdenville
Jesse S. Bonds 59 an attorney long based in Allen died after illness Friday morning in Holdenville hospital. Funeral at Allen Funeral Home chapel Monday at 2 with Rev. W G Beasley officiating burial in Allen Cemetery. Survived by widow Mamie. daughters Mrs Bill Watson Weatherford and Jo Ann Bonds. sons Russell Fresno Herman Hartford Jesse Jr Gainesville Clifford Allen. brothers Jiles Upper Lake and George Richmond. two granddaughters Judy and Gail.
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Jesse S. Bonds
Allen
Holdenville
Allen Funeral Home
W. G. Beasley
Allen Comery
Legal Bar Associations
Pontotoc
Hughes Counties
Arkansas
Mr. Bonds
Mamie Russell
Lamar
Ark
Oklahoma City
Alen
Cumberland Law School
Lebanon, Tenn
Mamie Bonds
Bill Watson
Weatherford
Jo Ann Bonds
Russell
Fresno
Calif
Herman
Hartford
Woman freed after six months in jail as barbaric witness treatment
In Little Rock, Circuit Judge Gus Falk released Frances Morris, 21, held six months as a material witness in a murder case. He called the practice barbaric and urged legislature to abolish it, noting the witness could be kept jailed to secure testimony.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Gus Falk
Frances Morris
Morris
College recital set for Sunday afternoon in college auditorium
Advanced violin and piano students from Miss Hanks Keat and Finnell programs perform. Notable soloists include Don Hatch with Vivaldi and Dvorak pieces, plus Bonn ie Puckett Jewel Cunningham Jackie Parrish Martha Drummond Ann McBroom and others performing works by Clementi Bach Debussy Chopin and Horace Mann students Auto Races theme.
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Francis Hanks
Margaret Keat
Helen Finnell
Miss Hanks
East Central
Don Hatch
Mr. Blackburn
Francene Pearce
Betty Jean Pate
Bavaldi
Anton Dvorak
Bonnie Puckett
Clementi
Jewel Cunningham
Jackie Parrish
Martha Drummond
Bach
Ann McBroom
Golliwog
Debussy
Reba Nell Bethel
Clare de Lune
Frances Mayhue
Horace Mann
Cathrine Collins
Chopin
Tulsa gas engineer and company owner dies at home
Thomas W. Morrow 51 a consulting gas engineer died today at his Tulsa home after a heart attack. He owned Oklahoma Meter and Gas Testing Co and was vice president of Hail Engineering Corp. Morrow came to Tulsa in 1919 as oil field instrument sales manager and later became a consulting engineer in 1924.
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Tulsa
Okla
Thomas W. Morrow
Oklahoma Meter & Gas Testing Co
Hail Engineering Corp
Morrow
How to Tell You Have Reached Middle West
HAL BOYLE jokes about the midwest signal signs from Manhattan to Chicago era travel. He notes lunch prices, courteous service, spacious rooms, generous ice cream, childful scenes, and friendly locals with plain talk. Imagery contrasts urban pace with neighborly habits and common courtesy.
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Middle West
War Vet Won’t Sell Eye. New Plan Lets Him Train
Paul Walker, a 37 year old disabled veteran from Grenda Kansas, offered to sell an eye for 3000 dollars but the Wichita VA found he has a knack for shoe repair. He will enroll in a 12 month shoe repair course in Kansas City with tuition and living costs covered and later gain on the job training to start his own shop in Grenola.
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Wichita
Kas
Veterans Administration
Paul Walker
Grenda
Walker
Europe
the Eagle
Wichita VA
Kansas City
National Trades School
Grenola
Intimate Pictures Of Hitler And Eva Braun Shown
Army seizure of 31 reels of color films reveals private life of Hitler and Eva Braun from 1939 to 1941. The footage includes Berchtesgaden gatherings and Eva Braun bathing, with shots used to identify Nazi associates and guests at the Alpine retreat.
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Richard A. O’regan
Frankfurt
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Berchtesgaden
Eva
Berlin
Europe
Heinrich Hoffman
Hiters
Hitler
Himmler
Ribbentrop
Goering
Fuehrer
Starnberger See
Chief See
Wolfgang See
Braun
Gretel
Fegelien
Tulsa U Receives Veteran's Estate
Tulsa University announced a $10,000 Veterans Administration check from a former student who named the school as beneficiary in his national service life insurance policy. The beneficiary is Captain Howard W. Merkel of Marion Iowa, missing in action over New Guinea July 10 1943, later listed as killed in action. Merkel attended Cornell College and Iowa State College and studied in the Tulsa university's ppm division from 1939 to 1940.
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Tulsa
Okla
C. I. Pontius
University of Tulsa
Veterans Administration
National Service
Merkel
Cornell College
Iowa State College
Tulsa University
Six Balloons Found in Wood Near Enumclaw As Search Continues
Army Air Rescue teams at McChord field investigated six balloons found in woods above Enumclaw west of Mt. Rainier. Officials hope the deflated pink and gray balloons, each about three feet wide, may be clues to the Marine Corps transport plane missing with 32 men since December 10. Navy search efforts extend east of Toledo, Washington, with planes on standby at Sand Point NAS.
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Seattle
Army Air Rescue
McChord Field
Enumclaw
Mt. Rainier
Marine Corps
San Diego
Army
Melvin McCullough
Navy
Toledo
Wash
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Gorilla Size: Males Weigh 400 Pounds and Stand Over Five Feet
A field note states male gorillas weigh 400 pounds or more and reach a height of five and one-half feet, illustrating their substantial size and build.
Husky Ex Marine Brings Warm Santa Cheer in Memphis
Bill Henson a 23 year old ex Marine and Memphis State sophomore works as Santa to help needy children. He wears white foliage and sits on the knee of youngsters for four weeks earning 22 dollars weekly, spending it on toys and clothes for the unfortunates. His self funded effort has left him ninety dollars in the hole. He fought on Saipan and Tinian and says other Santas were cold and businesslike. Store officials praise him as the best Santa Claus they have had with a gift of genuine warmth.
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Memphis
Tenn
Santa Claus
Santa
Toyland
Bill Henson
Nick
Bill
Kindergarden
Young Henson
Memphis State College
Saipan
Tinian
Pacific
Walter Smith
Don’t Pity The Poor Postman Not Quite Yet
A G Gaar, a foot-carrier, notes women’s sympathy for extra Christmas load. Regular eight hours rising to ten with two extra hours daily. Extra help, veterans, and college students assist. Carriers now work longer while delivering more letters and Christmas cards. Packages overload prompts extra trucks and relay boxes. Local visit by Mrs Retha Irwin of Lawton mentioned.
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A. G. Gaar
Gaar
Xtra
Retha Irwin
Lawton
Fay Alord
Women Return to Factories After Postwar Slump
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports rising women factory employment in September reaching 3,227,000. A gain of 293,000 since February but still 1,600,000 below wartime peak. figures surpass prewar levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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