Milky Way Center Detected by Baade Telescope Claim
In San Francisco astronomers led by Dr. W Baade at Mt Wilson report photographing a dense stellar cloud around NGC 6522 in Sagittarius. The find suggests our galaxy has a raised center and a extending faint corona, aligning with prior Shapley distance estimates.
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San Francisco
W. Baade
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Baade
The
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Solar System
Galactic Center
Milky Way
Mt. Wilson
Sagittarius
United States
Harlow Shapley
Harvard University
Earth
Latta brief notes on church group and community
The Cumberland Presbyterian church in Latta reports about 30 young people attend the Young People's Christian Endeavor each Sunday evening led by Mrs. M. L. Stegall. Rev. D. C. Murphree preaches the first and third Sundays. New neighbors Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Rogers and son Stanley arrive. she is Betty Thompson of Stonewall. Hazel Bettis misses school due to illness. guests include Mr. and Mrs. Rae Thompson and Homer Stevenson.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Latta
M. L. Stegall
D. C. Murphree
W. M. Haines
B. C. Rogers
Stanley
Betty Thompson
Stonewall
Hazel Bettis
Herbert Cooper
Rae Thompson
Homer Stevenson
Frisco
Luther Thompson
Janell
Royal Jupiter to Exhibit at Ada Firestone event
The 1 380 pound International Grand Champion steer Royal Jupiter will tour Ada with a Firestone contingent on January 25. At 2 30 p m Joel Wright will discuss feeding and Grand Champion points. 4 H boys and dairy program participants from Latta Fitzhugh Latta and Roff join the event and a 14 490 Shorthorn is on the national tour.
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Pontotoc
Ada
King Sirloin
Royal Jupiter
Firestone
Oklahoma A
M. College
Chamber of Commerce
J. G. Lovelace, Jr
Latta
Jerry Young
Fitzhugh
Richard Soutee
Jerseys
Harold Krannig
Roff
Guernsey
4-H Record Book School and Livestock Notes
County 4-H holds a record book school on Wednesday January 22 led by Raiford Laker. The session will feature display books and stress that records measure progress for farming and state contests. Also notes dairy project calves, livestock visits, garden planning and fall plowing to improve soil and moisture.
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Lester F. Smith
Ot House
Raiford Laker
Milton Voyles
W. A. Odom
Jersey
Dean Young
Jerry Young
Secrets told to some women go right in one ear
A pithy remark notes how certain confidences pass quickly among women, slipping from ear to ear with ease and broad reach, suggesting social gossip and shared communication dynamics.
County Health Work Reported in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Health Dept reports 1946 clinic activity at Ada including 1 027 examinations or treatments 244 medical services 15 transfers to private physicians 11 transfers to clinic by private doctors 91 patients sent to Oklahoma Medical Center and 389 health officer visits on ER reports. The effort emphasizes public health education and cooperation with state and national health groups to stamp out venereal diseases.
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Sweden
United States
Ada
Pontotoc County
Fairgrounds Building
Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City
E. R
Oklahoma State Health Department
National Association of Health
Surprised to Find Girls Curious On How to Pick Hubby
A New York column notes Goodrich Akron office girls ask how to choose a husband. It argues men are buyers in a buyer's market, advises women to bait and trap them, and suggests pairing based on appetite and compatibility. The piece ends by asking if a wife can make him wear the bridle.
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New York
Goodrich Company
Akron
Sonny Boy
Darling
Coalgate Round-Up Club Sets June Rodeo Dates
The Coalgate Round-Up club met at city hall and set June 26 27 28 for the big summer rodeo to beat the heat and other events. The club now meets on the second Monday each month over the city hall.
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Coalgate
Coalgate Record Register
Use of Coal in Ground to Test Gas Pipeline Feasibility
An army incendiary bomb will be set off in a coal seam near the Gorgas mine in Alabama next week to study if by product gas can be piped from coal burning underground. Led by Milton H. Fies of Alabama Power, officials will watch as researchers assess underground gas production without piping gas yet. If successful, the method could unlock gas from thin or deep seams, reducing mining costs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gorgas
Alabama Power Co
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Milton H. Fies
Beauty expert urges stock ing under chin lines
A beauty expert says tying a stock ing under the chin can improve facial lines. The expert warns against using a sock on the jaw as an alternative.
Congress Takes Up Labor Laws In Early 1947 Week
Congress moves into its first full week on labor legislation. Senate and House labor committees prepare hearings on proposals from President Truman era plans to curb strikes and reshape labor relations while lawmakers debate Wagner act amendments and jurisdictional issues.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
House Labor Committee
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Rep. Landis
R-Ind
House
Landis
80Th Congress
McCarthy
Wis
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Democrats
James Murray Mont
Truman
Ball
R-Minn
New York Hijackers Gang Busted in Wide Stir
FBI said a gang using big business methods stole 30 truckloads worth about 500000 in a year. Twenty one men were arrested in New York and Miami Beach with leads and co-conspirators in custody. Authorities described the operation as centered in metropolitan New York and pledged more arrests to come.
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New York
Miami Beach
FBI
Bureau of Investigation
Alfred C. Coxe
U. S
U.S
Brooklyn
Miami
Edward Scheidt
New York City
Springfield boy tours Lincoln sites in Illinois visit
12 year old Jerry Eshing from St Louis tours Springfield with the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He visits Lincoln's tomb capitol building and Lincoln home and plans to return with his seventh grade class. He sings the America manuscript verse at Lincoln tomb and praises the trip as a once in a lifetime event.
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Springfield
Ill
Springfield Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Eshing
St. Louis
Jerry
Illinois
Nelson Howarth
Junior Chamber
Jimmy
New Salem
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln's
Capitol Building
America
Five Bakers Escape Serious Injury in Oklahoma Oven Blast
In Clinton Oklahoma on Sunday five bakers narrowly avoided serious harm when gas built up in an oven exploded after foreman Vernon Bates opened the door with a lighting torch. Bates suffered a minor hand burn as others escaped unharmed. The blast was blamed on a defective thermostat that allowed gas accumulation overnight. The piece also notes 1946 U S aluminum production near 36 million pounds.
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Clinton
Okla
Vernon Bates
Old Indian pledge trees near Charlevoix bend to keep peace
Council Trees planted over a century ago by Indian chiefs near Charlevoix Michigan were shaped to deter cutting. Nine trees remain alive today as a relic of a pledge that peace would last “so long as the trees bear leaves.” The remark oddly ties to a wartime-era sentiment.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Bowler Charles Dawn Dies at 52 After Operation
Milwaukee, Jan. 18 Charles Dawn a leading bowler died in a hospital last night four days after surgery for a stomach ailment He had been in poor health for years Dawn was world match bowling champion from 1927 to 1929 and won three American Bowling Congress titles during a long career.
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Milwaukee
Charles Dawn
Dawn
American Bowling Congress
Advertising Enters Period of Serious Test as Profession
Frederick B. Ryan of Ruthrauff & Ryan warned at the agency's thirty-fifth anniversary that advertising faces its most serious test yet. He urged hard-hitting believable copy and noted demand will outpace supply as the economy shifts from wartime scarcity to plenty. He cited advertising's role in mass production and job creation, and traced the firm from a one-room start in 1912 to a global presence with clients like Spry and American Airlines.
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New York
Frederick B. Ryan
Ruthrauff & Ryan
Ryan
Mr. Ryan
United States
Wilbur B. Rauthrauff
Rauthrauff
Rauthrauff & Ryan
Rauthrauff & Ryan, Inc
New York City
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Houston
Seattle
San Francisco
Hollywood
Toronto
Dodge
Baldwin Planos
American Air Lines
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ORAP
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C. H. Hailey
Department of Agriculture
L. T. Robertson
Pontotoc County Health Dept
Hal Boyle
Gal
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Air Safety Board
CAS
Senate Committee
House Group
By Max Hall
Margaret Brade
Ass’t. Home Agent County Council
County Home Demonstration Club Council
Lemna Maloney
Margaret Baade
Miss Maloney
W. W. Gibson
Homer Club
W. L. Newlund
Colbert Club
T. E. Jones
Gaar Corner Club
Jess Wall
J. O. Burris
Colbert
C. J. Richards
Pecan Grove
Gaar Corner Farm Women's Club
Bertha Barker
GBI
Jaycees
Byrd
Antarctic
Burton Island
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
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