Notice by publication in Pontotoc County Oklahoma deed case
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma Blanche Russell sues Jim Stephens and others to quiet title to Lot 4 in Block 38 in Alien Oklahoma. Defendants must answer by February 15, 1947 or judgment will be for plaintiff. Writs and notices issued January 7, 1947 with Della Bedford court clerk seal.
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Jim Stephens
State OF
Oklahoma
Laintiff
C. B. Krump
W. T. Elsen
Irs
Assi
Rachel Mercer
Blanche Russell
Eall
District Court
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Pontotoc
Alien
Innes
Washington, D. C
State Forecloses on Land in Pontotoc County
The State of Oklahoma on relation of the Commissioners of the Land Office filed suit in Pontotoc County on July 23, 1937, against Bertha Thay Cooper nee Holkum and others to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the East Half of the Northwest Quarter and the East twenty acres of Lot 1 in Section 31 Township 3 North Range 5 East. Defendants must answer by February 10, 1947, or the suit will proceed. Attorneys: Everett H. Welborn and Roy F. Lewis.
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District Court
State of Oklahoma
Commissioners of the Land Office
Pontotoc County
J. H. Hoikum
the Land Office
Indian Meridian
Oakman Sunday activities and 4-H reorganizes officers
Community notes report a strong turnout at Sunday school and League meeting. Oakman 4-H club reorganized January 7, 1947 with officers President Donald Cochran and others, plus several local residents mentioned in Sunday visits and social calls.
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Geneve Cecil
Mack Holcomb
Bobby Leeds
Oakman
Mr. Smith
Ada
Mrs. Baade
William Carter
Donald Cochran
Bobby Cochran
Vestal Lynch
Bennie Hampton
Leon Adams
Mary Florence Lee
Patsy Bryan
Jessie Fern Bryan
Leota Hampton
Bobbie Seeds
Danny Jo Seeds
Marlene Higdon
Barbara Fox
Bar- Fox
Valley
Joe Crawford
Elmo Covin
Millard Anderson
Edd Lamb
Elmer Scroggins
W. J. Guest
Dewey Higdon
Haskel Nance
Oklahoma City
J. M. Nance
Bobié
Kathern
Prestalene Ainsworth
Sidney Binkley
Jackie Lamb
Camel driver Hadji Ali honored in Arizona memory
Arizona recalls Hadji Ali the Syrian camel driver famed for introducing camel travel to American deserts in an era of novelty. The tribute honors his colorful character and disruptive pursuit beyond success.
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Arizona
Hadji Ali
Syria
Saul the First King of Israel Lived in a Tent
The historical note describes Saul as the first king of the Hebrews who had no fixed residence and dwelt in a tent rather than a permanent home.
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Saul
Survivors Tell of Wreck and Rescue in Antarctic
Six Byrd expedition seaplane survivors recount the crash in Antarctica and two weeks of exposure before rescue aboard Pine Island. They buried three comrades, described iron resolve from Capt Caldwell and radioman James Robbins as they endured shock, food shortage, and improvised signaling efforts.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
U. S. S. MT. Olympus
White
Antarctica
William G. H. Warr
Reading
James Hadkins Robbins
San Diego Calif
Henry H. Caldwell
Caldwell
Pine Island
George Dufek
Dufek
Ihe
Discovery
Owen McCarty
Sonoma
Calif
Ens
Maxwell A. Lopez
Newport
R. L
Aviation
Wendell K. Henderson
Robbins
Warr
McCarty
Oil Men Use Bacteria Now
Dr. Claude E. ZoBell reports bacteria can aid oil recovery by releasing oil from calcareous materials and tar sands. Experiments show oil release from limestone, Athabaska tar sands, and Santa Maria shale with field tests ongoing and cooperation from the Pennsylvania grade crude oil association at Bradford.
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Los Angeles
Claude E. ZoBell
Athabaska
Santa Maria
California
Kipps Institute of Oceanography
University of California
American Petroleum Institute
ZoBell
Pennsylvania Grade
Bradford
Two Die in Oklahoma Highway Accidents
Two people died in separate traffic incidents in Oklahoma, raising the year’s highway fatalities to four. Charles Nathan White, 51, a Delaware farmer, died when his truck collided with a car near Camp Gruber in Muskogee county. James D. Odneal Jr., 18, of Oklahoma City, died after being thrown from his motorcycle at the city’s edge. White’s death is not charged against the state toll due to an accident on a military reservation.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Charles Nathan White
Delaware
Okla
James D. Odneal, Jr
Oklahoma City
White
Camp Gruber
Muskogee County
Odneal
State Highway Patrol
Being Boosted Up the Family Tree Opinion Piece
A short reflective column argues that relying on family status is a weak route to personal achievement, suggesting effort and merit matter more than pedigree in social advancement.
Mrs. Sarah Little Taken by Death
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Little 80 longtime resident died Tuesday at 1 15 PM at a son Henry Little s home Gaar Corner funeral was held Wednesday 3 PM from Smith Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park She was born Sarah Elizabeth Brown and married Jodie H Little in 1886 They had 59 years of marriage when he died June last year Survived by daughter Mrs Claude Roles Ada three sons Henry Gaar Corner John Ada and Ed Little Byng 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Six grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Sarah Elizabeth Little
Henry Little
Ada
Henry
Gaar Corner
John
Ed Little
Byng
Betty Odom Breaks Leg at Irving School Playground
Betty Odom a fifth grade pupil at Irving school fell from playground equipment about 8 30 Wednesday morning and broke one leg just above the knee. She is resting well after treatment. The daughter of Mr and Mrs W O Odom she was playing on a swing when she fell. Principal Mrs Bonnie Allen said the 10 year old had been playing there before entering school.
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Betty Odom
Irving School
W. O. Odom
Betty
Bonnie Allen
Driver Injured As Taking Driver Test
Muskogee Oklahoma January 15 Ernest Pingleton 18 undergoing a state drivers license test with examiner Dale M Jones was stopped after a two car collision at a street intersection. Pingleton suffered a bruised shoulder and his car was badly damaged. The other motorist faced reckless driving charges.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ernest Pingleton
Pingleton
Dale M. Jones
State Department of Public Safety
Jones
United States Ranked Second in Global Rice Production
The United States stands as the world’s second largest producer of rice, following major exporters. This position highlights U.S. agriculture capacity and the scale of domestic rice farming across multiple states.
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United States
Polish Court Sentences Three to Death for Treason
In Warsaw a Polish military tribunal sentenced Count Kawery Grochowski and two co-defendants to death for high treason amid a case linking an underground group Wir to state secrets. Waldenar Baczal and Captain Witold Kalicki were also named. Christina Kosiorek received ten years.
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Warsaw
Kawery Grochwiski
Def Ndarts
Poland
Wir
Col
Martin Bartma
Supreme Military Tribunal
Count Grochoski
Collabor
Reinstatement of World War II National Service Life Insurance
Gene Ford of the Ada VA Contact Office reports NSLI remains a major service for local veterans. About 200 Ada area veterans have reinstated over $1 million in coverage, with another 100 converting wartime policies to permanent plans from ordinary life to 20 year endowment. Veterans have until February 1 1947 to reinstate lapsed policies by paying two premiums with no medical exam, per Ford. He urges visits to room 301 in the postoffice building for help.
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National Service
Veterans Administration
Gene Ford
Ada
VA Ofce
Ford
NSLI
Ord
Postoffice Building
Army bomber clips fence at city airport in takeoff
Salt Lake City dispatch reports Army B 24 cliped the boundary fence during takeoff from the municipal airport. Joe Bergin, Utah aeronautical director, notes the control tower warned the plane about the ten yards of barbed wire wrapped around the landing gear and the pilot quipped, What do you expect me to do bring it back.
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Salt Lake City
Joe Bergin
Utah Aeronautical
Two Cars and Truck Stolen This Week
Police records show two automobiles and one truck stolen this week. The Ada Iron and Metal truck was stolen Monday at 6 am and recovered Tuesday at 8 am, found parked on North ak. One car stolen Monday at 1 pm was recovered by the highway patrol later that day. it belonged to M. P. Pullen. A 1933 Chevrolet owned by John D. Bolen of Route No. 2 Stonewall was stolen from East Tenth and has not been recovered.
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Ada Iron and Metal Company
Northak
Highway Patrol
M. P. Pullen
John D. Bolen
Coloradoan Appoints Lee Knous Governor of Colorado
Lee Knous of Montrose, a former Colorado chief justice, was sworn in as Colorado's 27th governor. He becomes the only Democrat to succeed a Republican chief executive, under a capitol dome ceremony. GOP leaders pledged cooperation with the new administration.
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Denver
P— Lee Knous
Colorado
Montrose
Colone
Johnson Named to House Veterans Affairs Committee
Congressman Glen D. Johnson of Oklahoma's Fourth District is appointed to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. He vows to press veteran interests this Congress focusing on hospitalization and medical care, then housing, and says he will act at the service of all veterans in his district and state.
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Glen D. Johnson
House Committee On Veteran Affairs
Johnson
Oklahoma
10 Steel Workers File Strike Notice
Pittsburgh reports 30 day strike notices filed with the NLRB wage stabilization board and the labor department affecting about 720000 workers at 700 plants whose contracts expire between February 15 and April 1. Major firms named include Carnegie, National Tube, Columbia Steel, American Steel and Wire, Railroad, Jones and Laughlin, Bethlehem Steel, and Republic Steel.
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Pittsburgh
P— Cio-United Steel Workers Today
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Department of Labor
Steel-Workers Union
U. S. Steel
Carne
National Tube
Columbia Steel
American Steel and Wire
Tennessee Coal Iron A
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Truman Says Peaceful Strength Deters Aggression
President Truman emphasizes that strength from peace loving nations remains the best deterrent to aggression, urging unity and resolve. The remark frames collective security as essential to preventing conflict and safeguarding global stability.
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President Truman
Complicated Peace Treaty for Germany May Take Years
The Big Four deputies in London begin outlining a postwar German settlement. Key issues include centralization versus loose state structure, control of industrial potential, Ruhr and Rhineland status, Saar question, denazification, and economic reforms. Multinational aims clash with German sovereignty and reparations, with lengthy study anticipated.
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London
Germany
Europe
England
United States
Russia
Ruhr
Rhineland
France
Danube
Road Bids Under State Estimates
Oklahoma City January 11 4 Low bids on eight highway projects fell 20 percent under the engineer's estimate in the Kerr administration. Bids totaled 405 927 on projects in Comanche Okmulgee and McClain counties, versus an estimate of 506 163. Apparent low bidders include Omanche County SH 17 Elgin to Sterling Tulsa Standard Paving. Okmulgee SH 75 C Okmulgee north to Port J J W Moorman and Son Muskogee. J and J Construction Co Oklahoma City. Stone and Falls Ada. McClain SH 74 Purcell northwest J W Moorman and Son. Smith Brothers Noble.
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Oklahoma City
Kerr
Comanche
Okmulgee
McClain
Highway Commission
H. E. Bailey
Kerr Administration
U. S. Public Roads Administration
Omanche County
SH 17
Elgin
Sterling
Standard Paving Company
Tulsa
Okmulgee County
SH 75
Okmulgee North
Rport
J. W. Moorman and Son
Muskogee
Stone & Falls
Ada
McClain County
SH 74
Purcell
J. W. Moorman & Son
Smith Brothers
Noble
Fircell
Moorman & Son
Plenty of Grub Left Aboard Gripsholm After Stormy Crossing
The Swedish liner Gripsholm faced heavy seas on an 11 day voyage from Goteborg. Chief physician Dr. Hans Ribbing reported 106000 seasickness pills dispensed as 1248 passengers sought sick bay at the storm’s peak, leaving ample grub onboard.
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New York
Gripsholm
Gotesburg
Hans Ribbing
Sick Bay
North Atlantic
County Health Work Reports Ada Sanitation Efforts
Pontotoc County Health Department reports sanitation progress under the Public Health Program in Ada. Inspections include 45 pasteurizing plant checks, 265 dairy farm inspections, 1900 plus milk tests, and 64 eating establishments.
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Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Ada
Army Enlistments Recorded in Ada 1947
Ada enlistment list from the Ada UW shows recruits for three years at the first two weeks of 1947. Names include W Mathews James R Robertson Bill L Patterson James R Armstrong Carl O Edwards Clayton E Sawyer Bobby R Reeves Jim L Ryan Gus L Thompson Calvin L Ford Billy B Thomas Julius Johnson Jr. and others with AAF and one 24th Division Airborne unit. Sgt. Bill Gray invites inquiries at in 304 Post Office Building office hours 8:30 to 5:15 weekdays, 12:30 Saturdays.
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Ada UW
W. Mathews
Ada
James R. Robertson
Stratford
Bill L. Patterson
Caddo
James R. Armstrong
Carl O. Edwards
Pauls Valley
Clayton E. Sawyer
Byars
Jim L. Ryan
Gus L. Thompson
Calvin L. Ford
Atoka
Billy B. Thomas
Centrahoma
Airborne
Julius Johnson, Jr
Colored
Army
Bill Gray
Annual U S commercial fishermen haul about 1300 tons
The annual haul by United States commercial fishermen totals around 1300 tons. The figure reflects the broad catch across ports and season, signaling the size of the fishing industry and its economic scale.
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U. S
Rev Hooks Indian Teacher in Early Days Here Dies
Milford Charles Hooks 82 retired minister and Indian teacher died at his Alhambra California home Friday January 3 funeral held the following Monday burial followed He taught in Tennessee Oklahoma and Ada Oklahoma then in Indian Territory schools for Chickasaw Indians He lived in California 23 years and Alhambra four years worked as a mail carrier on a star route serving Palmdale and Lancaster Married fifty years in 1937 planned sixtieth anniversary in Lancaster Survived by widow five daughters two sons a sister two brothers thirteen grandchildren three great grandchildren
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Milford Charles Hooks
Alhambra
Calif
Tobaccoport
Tennessee
Hooks
Oklahoma
Ada
Five Civilized Tribe
California
Palmdale
Lancaster
Lola Martin
Boron
Frances M. Kline
Dorothy H. Shead
Is Bronson
Marjorie G. Jones
Dahlgren
Charles Hooks
San Gelviel
Milford G. Hooks
Compton
Sally Harris
Tenn
W. H. Hooks
Ashland
H. P. Hooks
C Ky
Oklahoma Rodeo Men Win Money at National Western Show
Denver reports rodeo prize money awarded to cowboys including Jess Goodspeed of Oklahoma who earned 900 dollars for roping a calf and Charlie Colbert of Oklahoma who won 670 dollars for steer throwing. Roberts of Strong City Kansas escaped with minor injuries after a steer bucked and charged. Fletcher and Jesse Like posted times in a sweaty wrestling event, while a Colorado rider missed narrowly.
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Denver
Jess Goodspeed
Okla
Coke
Charlie Colbert
el Okla
Roberts
Kan
Colorado
Fletcher
Jesse Like
Kim
Colo
Chamber of Commerce to discuss Ada airport program
Harry Lundgaard will lead a Thursday noon gathering of the Chamber of Commerce. The aviation committee will present a program on Chauncey airport and planned city construction work. Luther Edge will be in Missouri and not participate. Wendell Thomas, new president, explains the discussion outlines.
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Harry Lundgaard
Chamber of Commerce
Aviation Committee
Luther Edge
Missouri
Wendell Thomas
Chauncey
Hairs Have Muscles Demonstrated in Fright Response
The article explains that every hair on the human or animal body is connected to a muscle. It notes the cat raises its back hairs when angry or excited due to this muscular action.
Oklahoma bill to require seating with every passenger ticket
State Rep. D. A. Comanche says he will introduce a bill in the Oklahoma House making it mandatory for all passenger carriers to provide a seat with every ticket sold in the state.
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Oklahoma City
D. A. Comanche
Oklahoma
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Busby
Harrell & Trice Attorneys
Everett H. Welborn
Roy F. Lewis
Oakman News
Antarctic
Pe Paul LeBlanc
Martinsville
William H. Kearns, Jr
Boston
LeBlanc
Navy
Newrt
R. I
Aximo Lopez
Frederick Warren Williams
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Huntington
James Williams
Aviation Radioman
1/c
Wilton
Wis
Walter S. Henderson
Sparta
Lillian
Portsmouth
Williams
Sarah Little
Son
Gaer Corner
Irving
Wesley Engquist
Fremont
Neb
Warm Springs
Engquist
Grocholski
By Larry Allen
Veteran Insurance
Knous
Glen Johnson
Veterans Committee
Says
J. M. Roberts, Jr
AP Foreign Affairs
Truman
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