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Oklahoma farmers plan breeder readiness and baby chick time with hatcheries setting eggs for spring. Heavy breeds expected between Feb 15 and Apr 1 and light breeds between Feb 15 and Apr 15. Sayre Future Farmers of America market 550 fryers. Muskogee hosts a garden and orchard clinic on Jan 24. Grant County Hereford Breeders to hold first annual sale Feb 22 at Pond Hereford cattle sale.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Sayre Future Farmers of America
Buddy Passmore
Herschel Watson
Harold Stringer
James Moore
Don Setliff
Floyd Hardin
Joe Summers
Jerry Johnson
Paul Putnam
Benny West
T. J. Bailey
Muskogee
Ira Holler
Grant County Hereford Breeders Association
Planting Time Near for Fencepost Trees in Oklahoma
Time for planting fencepost trees in Oklahoma is flexible from now to mid spring depending on soil conditions. Forester Dr. Michel Afanasiev of Oklahoma A and M recommends catalpa bois d arc red cedar mulberry and black locust as suitable species for fenceposts.
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Oklahoma
Michel Afanasiev
Oklahoma A. & M. College Forester
Arapaho Farmers Organize Community Farm Shop at High School
The Arapaho farmers in Custer County organized a community farm shop located at the high school. Lacking operating funds, they voted to charge members monthly dues of 1 dollar and an hourly fee of 35 cents for use of the shop facilities.
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Custer County
Korean lespedeza grows on Wagoner farms, reports agent
County agent A A Sewell notes rapid growth of Korean lespedeza on 1200 Wagoner county farms after a dry summer. The crop provided cow pasture during dry days and farmers will feed lespedeza this spring as time and phosphate increase production on about 700 farms.
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Wagoner
A. A. Sewell
Crouth
Sewell
Severe freeze damages reported in Marshall County crops
Dale Ozment, county agent, says small grains seeded last fall produced lush pasture until the freeze. He notes heavy damage in many fields but full effects are undetermined. Oklahoma Experiment Station tests show sweet clover raised wheat yields to 20.2 bushels per acre versus 4.1 bushels where wheat grew continuously for 12 years.
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Marshall County
Dale Ozment
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Austin and Marshall to discuss U N atomic energy control
Warren R. Austin, U S chief delegate to the United Nations, will begin talks with Secretary of State George C. Marshall early next week on American plans for atomic energy control and world disarmament. They aim to lay groundwork for a basic U S policy on worldwide arms reduction as the U N security council approved postponing disarmament conferences to February 4.
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John A. Parris
Lake Success
N. Y
Warren R. Austin
U. S
United Nations
George C. Marshall
U.N. Security Council
Warren
State Department
Austin and
Marshall
Pauls Valley Man Dies at 60 in Oklahoma City
Harry G. Hunt, 60, assistant manager of a Pauls Valley hotel and former state representative from Osage county, died Sunday in a city hospital of a heart ailment. Born in Arkansas, he graduated from the University of Arkansas and the University of Missouri. He and his father operated a mercantile business in Pawhuska for several years.
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Oklahoma City
Harry G. Hunt
Pauls Valley
Osage County
Hunt
Arkansas
University of Arkansas
University of Missouri
Pawhuska
Airplane Wing of Glass Fiber Resin Passes Strength Tests
A glass fiber reinforced resin airplane wing has completed strength testing and met all required criteria. The results indicate the wing design meets the safety and performance standards set by the testing authorities.
Austria Under Occupation in Postwar Peace Talks
The London Big Four discuss withdrawal of allied occupation troops from Austria within ninety days of the Austrian Peace treaty. General Mark Clark signals hope for withdrawal by autumn 1946, citing Austria’s financial strain from military occupation. Moscow favors keeping Austria within its security sphere, complicating future treaties and sovereignty.
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London
Austria
United States
Britain
Hitler
Reich
Mark
Germany
Sam
Mark Clark
Ausstria
U. S
Vienna
Russia
Clark
America
France
Moscow
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Allied Council
Segregation Plan for Mental Patients Outlined
Oklahoma Senate committee endorses segregation of mental patients by illness type. Proposed moves would transfer senile patients to Kingston Annex Central State and to Chickasha General. feeble minded to Northern Oklahoma Hospital Enid. epileptics to Pauls Valley State Hospital. Transfers require title to Lexington and Chickasha hospitals. Committee to visit Borden General Friday. calls for higher salaries, eight hour shifts, and a dedicated director to implement reforms.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Oklahoma
Norman
Vinita
Kington
Central State Hospital
One General Hospital
Chickasha
Yale River Bed Claim Disputed
The U S Supreme Court will review Oklahoma’s claim to a section of the Arkansas river bed where Champlin Refining leased oil and gas rights in 1942. The Pawnee and Otoe Indians, via trusteeship, challenge the state’s title and interest in Osage county land about 50 miles long with production and a value exceeding one million dollars.
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Oklahoma
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State School Land Commission
Camplin Refining Company
U. S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma City
Denver
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Champlin
High Tribunal
Arkansas River
Osage Counly
Purcell Man Sues for Overtime and Attorney Fees
P A C Ross of Purcell files in federal court seeking 25 557 10 for overtime worked at Purcell Cotton Gin from 1927 to 1928 plus 3 000 in attorney fees. The defendant company denies all claims in its answer.
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Oklahoma City
P—A. C. Ross
Purcell
Fliers Saved From Icy Waters Near Little America
Captain George Felt and pilot were rescued uninjured after their helicopter crashed into the sea near Pine Island seaplane tender in the Antarctic. Admiral Cruzen gave few details, noting only the pilot and a passenger escaped injury and life preservers were found. The crash follows another in three weeks, a PBM flying boat accident that killed three of nine crew.
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Alton W. Blakeslee
Little America
George Felt
Richard Cruzen
Dufek
Cruzen
Pine Island
Surplus Autos Go On Sale Soon
Tulsa regional office of the War Assets Administration announces 121 surplus vehicles may be inspected January 27 at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Pryor. Nine passenger cars and three station wagons are included. sale site changed from local warehouses.
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Tulsa
Okla
The
War Assets Administration Today
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Pryor
WAA
Byrd presses $32 billion budget cut target
Senator Byrd of Virginia topped GOP economy demands, arguing government spending could be reduced to 32 billion dollars next year. He favored rigid economy and efficient administration, including a possible 1 million fewer federal workers without hampering defense, and said at least 15 Senate Democrats would back reasonable cuts.
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Ohio
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Separate Regents For State Schools Urged on Turner
A representative of the American Association of Teachers Colleges urged Oklahoma to form a separate board of regents for state colleges. Dr. W. P. Morgan cited Weatherford's Southwestern Institute of Technology and Northwestern State College at Alva on probation due to short presidencies. He proposed either a separate board or reorganizing the state board of education with long staggered terms.
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Oklahoma City
Board of Regents
Oklahoma State Colleges
University of Oklahoma
Articultural Colleges
Roy J. Turner
American Association of Teachers Colleges
W. P. Morgan
Macomb
Southwestern Institute of Technology
Weatherford
Northwestern State College
Alva
Poland Falls Under Soviet Influence and Next Nations Guess
The article reports Poland's likely election result favoring the communist bloc amid alleged voter intimidation. It notes Poland's placement in the Soviet sphere, outlines a historical pattern of Soviet expansion, and questions which nation might be next to fall under Moscow influence.
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Poland
Stanislaw Mikolajczeyk
Polish Peasant Party
Europe
Larry Allen
Warsaw
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Britain
Russia
Ussr
Hitler
Moscow
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Finland
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Lithuania
Kremlin
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Albania
Mongolia
Korea
Stettin
Baltic
Austria
Sanacey
Adriatic
Dardanelles
Turkey
Greece
Oklahoma Vet Groups Seek Lottery Power Amendment
A bill sponsored by Paul Washington Oklahoma county seeks to amend the states anti lottery statute to let veterans organizations chartered by Congress conduct lotteries or raffles. The measure would extend the current exemption for bona fide merchants acting with chambers of commerce to include veterans groups.
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Oklahoma City
Paul Washington
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Congress
Bow and Arrow Used Against Japanese Patrols
The bow and arrow, among the oldest weapons, proved effective against patrols in a setting where silence mattered for stealth and success.
Plan Bills to Pay Legislators More
A three member senate committee led by Sen. Robert Burns will draft bills for constitutional amendments to raise legislator salaries and create interim legislative committees with technical expert staff. Bill Logan of Lawton and Phil H. Lowery of Loco join the panel, which invites the house to form a joint committee. Burns’ bill sets pay at 3000 annually as a starting point and could shrink senate and house memberships.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Robert Burns
Bill Logan
Lawton
Phil H. Lowery
Loco
House
Burns
Free Gas With Blasts For Good Measure In Ballston
Ballston residents are pumping free gasoline from backyard wells as a mystery leak from an unknown pipeline or storage tank fills cellars with fumes and dampness. Some residents have fallen ill while the threat of explosion looms. Local official seeks help from the U S Bureau of Standards to locate the leak.
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Ballston
Rudolph Thompson
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Telephone Company Moves Ada Office to New Location
Southwestern Bell Telephone plans to move its Ada business office from 203% East Main to 117 South Broadway after remodeling, with a definite date to be announced. The change aims to better serve customers and free Main Street space for growth, as Ada’s telephone system expands with over 4,400 telephones now in use and more than 95 operators handling about 29,000 local calls daily.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Ada
South Broadway
E. L. Roberts
Roberts
East Main
Ada Exchange
Andrew Volstead dies at 87 in Granite Falls Minnesota
Andrew J. Volstead longtime foe of liquor policy and author of the Volstead Act died at his Granite Falls home after retirement since 1933. He served 20 years in Congress and chaired the House Judiciary Committee during the 1918 enactment. He drew up the act and later advised prohibition enforcement in St Paul. His daughter Mrs Carl Lomen survives.
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Minn
Andrew J. Volstead
United States
Minnesota
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House Judiciary Committee
Volstead
Wilson
St. Paul, Minn
London
Farmers’ Cooperative Act
Carl Lomen
Coalgate Cage Tourney Drawn With Eight Teams
An invitational basketball tournament opens Thursday at Coalgate featuring eight teams including Fitzhugh and Antlers. In girls action Coalgate faces Antlers at 9 p.m. and Clarita plays Fitzhugh at 7 p.m. Boys games Thursday night include Olney versus Coalgate at 10 p.m. and Tupelo against Fitzhugh at 8 p.m. Final rounds and trophies come Saturday night.
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Coalgate
Fitzhugh
Antlers
Clarita
Centrahoma
Olney
Gerty
Tupelo
Limestone Gap
Ada Jaycees to Lead Trail to Citizenship Ticket Sales
Ada Jaycees led by Leland Newton and Joe Broadrick organized a dinner with 23 units to promote the Trail to Citizenship merit badge show in Ada Convention Hall on Monday February 10. Each unit targets a four-ticket quota with 20 percent commission and offers prizes including a First Aid kit and an official Scout Compass for top sellers.
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Pontotoc
Camp Simpson
Aeee
Reon Ae
John Logsdon
Jerry Folsom
Forest Spoons
Woyd Smith
Sular
Gene Noble
Otis Hi
Andy Cargill
Noelan Wade
Pauls Valley
Neil Cleaver
Ahloso
Jearl Blanshir
J. C. Treas
J. A. Peniston Jr
J. A. Peniston Sr
Dibrell Phillips
Roy Young
Harold Kidd
Orval Spann
Roland Wheeler
Skeet Meaders
Ronnie Belew
Homer Belew
Worstell
Harold Love
Theron Simpson
Latta
W. P. George, Jr
M L. Stegall
Lloyd Roberts
M. L. Im
Tupelo
Omer Rayh
Omer Finch
Lloyd Wayne Goss
Saint
Gene Whittington
Charles Longpine
Donald Dyer
A. L. Shirley
Jack
Russell Jones
E. O. Alton
Paul Hanson
Julius Hanson
Stonewall
James Greenlee
Scout Equipment Abundant At S and Q Store
Ray Rowton district committee man and store manager announced last night that his store has plentiful scout and cub equipment this week and promised more gear would come. Scouts, let’s dress up for Boy Scout Week.
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Ray Rowton
Outstanding Young Men Named by U S Junior Chamber
Ten individuals from ages 21 to 35 were selected by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce for outstanding achievement across fields from boxing to atomic physics. The honorees include Joe Louis, Philip Morrison, John F Kennedy, Arthur Schlesinger Jr and others to be feted at a Chicago banquet.
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Chicago
U. S
Joseph A. Beirne
Washington
D. Ca
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Charles G. Ite
New York
American Veterans’ Committee
Dan Duke
Fairburn
Georgia
John F. Kennedy
Oston
Joe Louis
Detroit
Bill Mauldin
Phoenix Ariz
Philip Morrison
Cornell University
John A. Patton
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Harvard University
Harry M. Wismer
Ypsilanti, Mich
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