Allen FFA and Town Team Open Local Locker Plant
The Allen Oklahoma community and its FFA chapter, guided by B. L. Comstock, opened the state’s first FFA sponsored locker plant in a school building. The operation uses 312 lockers, employs a butcher and bookkeeper, and relies on 34 FFA boys for labor. Profits are slated to support the school board, plant upkeep, and the FFA, with projected yearly net around $6,000 after repayment.
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Allen Ffa
Horn of Plenty
Foix of
Allen
B. L. Comstock
FFA
Comstock
Com
Oklahoma
L. R. Watson
Allen School
Ada Chamber Budget Revealed By New President
More than a hundred business leaders gathered at the Aldridge Hotel as Wendell Thomas, newly elected Ada Chamber of Commerce president, stated that the board approved a 20000 dollar annual budget for the coming year.
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Aldridge Hotel
Wendell Thomas
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
Chamber
Keith Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
Critios
Ada Chamber Dairy Calf Program Targets 200 Sponsors
The Ada Chamber of Commerce dairy calf drive aims to reach 200 sponsored calves this year, with 79 already signed through Wednesday. The program, praised as a model for other towns, allocates calves to Pontotoc county residents and requires sponsors to provide the first heifer calf in payment.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Pontotoc County
Ada
Stillwater
Oklahoma
FFA
Lester Smith
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
White Implement Company
Thomas
Holdenville
Sulphur
Wewoka
Seminole
Deputy Slain and Two Wounded Near Pauls Valley OK
Deputy Lon Pearson was killed and two others, Clarence Mays and sheriff’s deputy Paul, were wounded west of Pauls Valley Oklahoma. G W Beasley, identified by Deputy Sheriff Bill Paul as the killer, fled in a car after the shooting as Texas officers and Garvin county deputies hunted near the Oklahoma Texas border.
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Garvin County
Beasley
Mays
Highway Patrol
Texas
Oklahoma-Texas
Fred Creger
J. B. Carpenter
Carpenter
Buddy
Claud B. Swinney
Paul
G. W. Beasley
Oklahoma
Homer Paul
State Highway Patrol
Rudolf Hess to serve life in Span dau prison cell 13
Berlin reports Rudolf Hess and six other major Nazi criminals will be flown to Span dau prison within three weeks to serve out life terms in near solitary confinement. The four power setup seeks to avoid publicity to prevent legend building in German minds. Cells are stripped of glass and death-inducing items, with minimal furnishings.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Spandau
No. 2
Fuehrer
Nuernberg
Hess
Tragic Fire Claims Infant Son in Lyda Home
A fire Thursday morning killed London Lyda seven months old and nearly destroyed the Lyda residence at 130 West Fifth. Firefighters found the baby in a burned carriage eight feet from the door as flames consumed a two room dwelling. Parents survived with two older boys. relatives include Sam Hawkins of Frisco and Mrs. Pearl Lyda. Funeral plans pending.
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London
Lyda
Bud) Lyda
Clarence
West Fifth
Lester
Edward
Eden
Vernon Younts
Herman Landrith
Landrith
Sam Hawkins
Frisco
Pearl Lyda
West Fourth
Criswell
Farmers Bureau Meeting Set for Friday in Fitzhugh
The Farmers Bureau announces a Friday night meeting in Fitzhugh at 7 30. President Phil McLachlan and secretary Raymond Robbins will lead reports on past actions and current plans with open attendance for all county farmers to join in discussion and upcoming activities.
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Farmers Bureau
Fitzhugh
Phil McLachlan
Raymond Robbins
Oklahoma Weather: Clear Tonight and Friday
Fair conditions persist in Oklahoma with warmer readings in the east and south. Tonight’s low around 28 to 34 degrees with increasing southeast wind by Friday.
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Oklahoma
Ethyl Gasoline First Sold in Dayton February 1923
Ethyl gasoline made its debut on February 2 1923 in Dayton Ohio marking a milestone in motor fuel history. The new product aimed to improve engine performance and reduce knocking as automakers adopted higher compression engines.
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Dayton, O
U S Wins Victory In U N On Arms Reduction Method
The United Nations Security Council approved a plan to study conventional armaments by a world commission, with the United States pushing separate atomic control. Russia abstained with Poland as the vote stood 9 to 6, leaving atomic energy under the existing commission pending the Baruch plan. The debate ended with American and Soviet delegates exchanged compliments as the council prepares final vote.
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Charles A. Grumich
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
United States
Russia
Poland
Atomic Energy Commission
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Gromyko
Bedridden Member Tops Legion Auxiliary Drive
Sulphur February 13 Special Mrs Mollie B Simmons membership chairman of the auxiliary of Platt National Park Post No 148 American Legion has topped the quota of 198 for 1947 by registering 200 members Despite being bedridden she used her bedside telephone to drive the effort Active since 1923 when the auxiliary was organized she is past president of the local auxiliary and past membership chairman of the fifth district The auxiliary recently presented her a twenty year pin in recognition of her long service
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Mollie B. Simmons
Platt National Park
American Legion
Simmons
Fifth District
Piston Reverses Direction Up To 6000 Times A Minute
A motor car piston stops and reverses direction as often as six thousand times each minute, illustrating the rapid mechanical action inside internal combustion engines and the demands on engine components.
Britons reshuffle Palestine command amid renewed Holy Land violence
Maj. Gen. G. H. A. MacMillan took command of British forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan, replacing Lt. Gen. Sir Evelyn Perring as violence erupts. Measures tighten in Jerusalem with four secured compounds. seven Jews wounded and four kidnapped in Arab Jewish skirmishes. A fisheries launch and a police barge were damaged by time bombs in Haifa. Tel Aviv press hints at a new Palestine scheme for the British cabinet.
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Jerusalem
G. H. A. MacMillan
Rhine
51St Highland
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Suepesane
Evelyn Parer
Holy Land
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Mishmar
Large Colonial Wild Turkeys Outran Men and Reached 50 MPH
Wild turkeys in colonial times were much larger than today’s domesticated birds and could outrun a man or fly at speeds near 50 miles per hour.
Schools Out Now So Teachers Can Attend Convention
Oklahoma teachers and students head into a long weekend as the OEA convention takes the campus. Governor Turner and State Superintendent Hodge are slated to address general sessions while Emory University’s L D Haskew critiques the proposed 26.5 million dollar state school program.
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OEA
Oklahma City
College
Roy J. Turner
Oliver Hodge
DEA
L. D. Haskew
Emory University
Atlanta
Oklahoma
Iceland Trade Delegation Arrives in London Seeking Coal
A Icelandic trade delegation arrived in London on February 13 seeking coal purchases. The visitors aim to secure fuel supplies amid postwar trade considerations and supply concerns in Europe.
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London
Iceland
Draft Board Quietly Ends Rush as 18 Year Olds Register
In Pon totoc, the two draft boards reduced staff after 1944, leaving only Jack Loyd and Mrs. Gassaway on duty. As 18-year-olds turn, they must register on birthdays, with rules for weekends or holidays. By late 1946 most work centered on veterans, discharges, and a national file inventory, with 9 500 men registered and about 1 000 still in service.
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Draft Board
Selective Service
Pontotoc Board
Jack Loyd
Gassaway
Loyd
Army
Navy
Marines
Britain War Footing as Attlee Enforces Power Cuts
Britain shifts to a war footing as Prime Minister Attlee imposes strict controls to enforce a nationwide five hour electricity ban to curb a severe coal shortage. A defense act carries penalties and a nine member coal cabinet coordinates coal mining and transport while troops and relief workers aid snow clearing and rail access.
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Robert Hewett
London
Great Britain
Attlee
England
Scotland
Wales
George Isaacs
Britain
Newcastle
Thames
Channel
Four Students Hurt In Plane Crashes
Two University of Oklahoma students Sam K. McCall of Norman and Richard Trent of Oklahoma City were injured when their PT-22 plane crashed near Norman after an engine failure. Wilbur Ashford of Shawnee and Gerald M. Bradley of Stigler, Oklahoma Baptist University students, suffered cuts and bruises when their rented plane crashed into a farm building near Shawnee.
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Norman
Shawnee
University of Oklahoma
Sam K. McCall
Richard Trent
Oklahoma City
Max Westheimer
Wolf Centrahoma Win Openers In East Central Tourney
In Oklahoma City, the East Central basketball tournament opened with two games by 2 p m Wolf beat Sasakwa 20 16 in Class B and Centrahoma edged Latta 25 23 in Class C The games were among the day’s early results.
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Wolf
Sasakwa
Centrahoma
Latta
Funeral Friday for Jane Paris Mother of France Paris
Funeral services will be held Friday in Tulsa for Mrs. Jane Paris 87 mother of France Paris general manager of the Grand River Dam Authority. She died at her home after moving to Tulsa in 1934 and survived by two daughters Mrs Thomas H Ward Ada and Mrs Walter C Martin Bartlesville.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jane Paris
France Paris
Grand River Dam Authority
Paris
R. W. Paris
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Seminole
Oklahoma City
Thomas H. Ward
Ada
Walter C. Martin
Bartlesville
Th' Pessimist Th' Pessimist
Bob em Lem Wheeler wakes from a church vigil to reveal he removed the bandage from his left shin. The note recounts a last week incident and the aftermath in a local setting.
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Em Lem Wheeler
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