New Books Added To Shelves Of Ada Library
The Ada Public Library lists new acquisitions for December and January across Adult Fiction Non Fiction Juvenile Fiction and Juvenile Non Fiction. Notable titles include Mister Roberts Anna Zenger Lydia Bailey Lincoln's War Cabinet The Roosevelt I Knew It Runs in the Family Abe Lincoln Frontier Boy and Costa Rica among others.
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Ada Library
Ada Public Library
Mister Roberts
Thomas Heggen
Anna Zenger
Kent Cooper
Lydia Bailey
Kenneth Roberts
Walter Hamghurst
Odell Shepard
Pierre Andrezel
Mr. Blanding
Peter Field
C. W. Dodge
Charles Jackson
Eric Baume
Barnaby Dogbolt
Psyche
Gardiner
Robert Mallow
M. G. Eberhart
J. S. Pollack
Grace Livingston Hill
Walls of Jericho
P. F. Wellman
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Nelms Black
Lincoln
B. F. Hendrick
Stefan Zweig
Elliott Roosevelt
C. A. Peters
J. E. Johnson
A. C. Baird
Tennessee
Donald Davidson
Edward Wagenknecht
J. T. Adams
Derounian
Great Globe
W. C. Bullitt
Gretchen Finletter
Papa
Congress
Kenneth Horan
President
Merriman Smith
F. S. C. Northrop
Texas Republic
W. R. Hogan
Lincoln Library of Essential Information
H. E. Fosdick
Paine Fite
J. L. Ellenwood
God
L. D. Weatherhead
W. L. Phelps
J. K. Cross
Jumper
Kalashnikoff
Sid Con
Patrick
Ruth Sawyer
Dr. Sam Johnson
de la Torre
Clement Hurd
L. B. Williams
C. H. Mallon
Johnny and the Monarch
Margaret Friskey
P. D. Dodge
Phyllis Cote
Danny Ifer
M. H. Bloch
Ned Andrews
Abe Lincoln
Augusta Stevenson
Juan D. Pease
D’aulaire
W. S. Bronson
Costa Rica
Lois Donaldson
Newfoundland
Guiana
Paraguay
Uruguay
Salvador
Nicaragua
Colombia
Paris Wage Earners Balance Inflation With 5 Percent Price Cut
Paris households face a 70 percent inflation gap despite a five percent price decrease and government family allowances. The Gateau family shows how waiter Rene and homemaker Germaine struggle on $113 monthly income including an allowance for three children, with rent, utilities, and food consuming most funds as rationing and shortages persist.
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Paris
NEA
Germaine Gateau
Gateau
Rene
Gateaus
Man leap from Empire State Building kills self
David H. Gordon Jr. 28 leaped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building and struck pedestrian Mrs. Mervin S. Cooper 51 of Ames Iowa on the sidewalk. Cooper was in critical condition with neck and arm injuries. Police said Gordon announced his intent and guards failed to intervene. Max Furman stated Gordon was his nephew and had been low in spirits since medical army discharge.
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New York
David H. Gordon, Jr
Empire State Building
Mervin S. Cooper
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Gordon
James Lambert
Lambert
Max Furman
Gorcon
She Has Oklahoma Kin
Florence Coover is injured after a man jumped from the Empire State Building. She is sister to Ernest V. Potter a Tulsa oil company attorney and former Blackwell resident. Her sister is Mrs. Phil McMullen wife of the Blackwell Journal Tribune publisher.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Florence Coover
New York City
Empire State Building
Ernest V. Potter
Tulsa Oil Company
Blackwell, Okla
Phil McMullen
Blackwell-Journal-Tribune
Harvard mechanical brain transfers sixty numbers a second
A four sequence mechanism developed at Harvard enables the mechanical brain to handle pass on or transfer 60 numbers per second. The system uses parallel sequences to boost throughput and reliability for rapid data processing.
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Harvard
Burma Gains Independence Path With Interim Government
London reports the British government reached a Burma independence accord. An interim government will oversee affairs during a transitory period for 262 000 square miles and 17 million people. A constituent assembly of Burmese nationals will be elected next April.
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London
Burma
Lord Pethick Lawrence
India
Japan
Lord Pethick-Lawrence
House of Lords
Attlee
House of Commons
New Flurry Over Atom Control Divides U S and Russia
The United States and Russia remain firm in divergent attitudes on atomic control. Washington insists on UN backed control with no veto for punishments, while Moscow backs a treaty with inspections and veto power retained on punishments. Baruch remains influential though retired, and next week’s talks in Washington may test underlying positions.
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U.S
Russia
United Nations
United States
UN Security Council
U. S
Austin
Lake Success
Security Council
Atomic Authority
Baruch
Bernard Baruch
South Carolina
Mr. Austin
General Marshall
Washington
Speaker assails SPA power plans in Oklahoma club talk
Arthur Clough of OG&E attacks the Southwest Power Administration plan to replicate lines and enter generation. He questions congressional intent and cites TVA overspending, asserting higher eventual costs and loss of private utility taxes, with GRDA flood control as example of public power outcomes.
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Arthur Clough
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Southern Oklahoma
da Lions Club Today
Southwestern Power Administration
Congress
Clough
Interior Department
Og&e
TVA
Grand River
Mickey Rooneys Are To Live Apart
Mrs. E. M. Rase confirms Mickey Rooney and his wife have agreed to live apart. Rooney Jr. is 15 months old and Timothy was born three weeks ago in Birmingham. No legal action yet. property settlement talks are under way.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. M. Rase
Mickey Rooney
Rase
Mickey, Jr
Timothy
Rose
Rooney
Atlantic City
Camp Sibert
U S Commercial Canning Industry Began in 1819
The article notes the commercial canning industry in the United States originated in 1819, marking the start of organized canning operations and related manufacturing developments in American food preservation.
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U. S
Pontotoc County Schools Per Pupil Cost Lowest In East Central
Norman C. Mitchell, county superintendent, reports Pontotoc County in the 11 county East Central district has the lowest cost per pupil. State aid for 1945 46 totaled 277 645 of 665 466 in warrants with teachers salaries standard and schools accredited.
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Oklahoma State Board of Education
Norman C. Mitchell
East Central
Pontotoc County
Okmulgee
Pontotoc
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Hughes
Murray
Coal
McClain
Okfusi
Johnston
Garvin
Mitchell
Congressman Bender Proposes 25 Percent Cut in Normal Government Spending
Rep. Bender of Ohio urged a 25 percent reduction in normal government outlays from the 1932 level. He said savings could come from administrative streamlining while preserving defense veterans debt service and social security funds. He would abolish nonessential bureaus, arguing Republicans must act on economy.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Bender
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Lisbon Contrasts of Luxury and Poverty Under Salazar
In Lisbon the wealthy abundance of goods sits beside widespread hunger among workers and beggars. Patience is urged by Salazar supporters as public tranquility, while censorship, scarce medical facilities, and a strong state restrain dissent. Barefoot beggars persist despite decrees and a few clog-wearing fisherwomen evade enforcement.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio Salazar
Europe
Salazar
East Tenth Street Paving Costs Outlined by Chamber
The East Tenth Street Chamber of Commerce street committee states price caps for 50-foot and corner lots for 6-inch reinforced concrete paving. Center block lots up to 350 dollars, corner lots up to 450 dollars, intermediate lots up to 400 dollars, with paved intersections limited to 350 dollars per 50-foot lot.
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East Tenth Street
Chamber of Commerce Street Committee
Tenth and
Mississippi
Ada
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Oklahoma
Sooner Aggie game guests invited for dinner
Senate president pro tem James C. Nance said Oklahoma legislators were invited by University of Oklahoma officials to attend a dinner and the Sooner Aggie basketball game as guests tomorrow night. A number of house and senate members plan to attend.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Sooner- Aggie
Senate
James C. Nance
Nance
House
Jap Navy Officers Are Convicted Of War Crimes
An American military commission in Manila convict ed three Japanese naval officers for beheading four U S airmen who bailed out of a B 24 over Celebes on June 25, 1945. Capt Minorou Toyama and lieutenants Yoshiyuki Nakamura Toyuki Inagaki received life terms and 25 year sentences respectively. base commander earlier got life. Survivors named are Gerald Carson Durant Eugene Farthing Wayne Geetz Richard Peyton. Prosecutor Thomas J O Connor led evidence gathering.
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Manila
America
U. S
Gerald D. Carson
Durant
Okla
Eugene L. Farthing
Oklahoma City
Wayne J. Geetz
Keokuk
Richard S. Peyton
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas J. O’connor
Bronx
N. Y
Mustached Man Sought as Lawton Women Protest Police
Lawton Oklahoma January 29 a coalition of two score women from Parent Teacher Associations churches and women s clubs delivered a resolution to the city council asserting women and children lack proper police protection The group cited a mustached man who allegedly offered money to young girls but police have not located him Mrs James Black was named temporary chairperson of the group which plans a permanent organization to press for stronger law enforcement.
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Lawton
Okla
James Black
Recent Freeze Wrecks Shrubs Since Early 1930s
Ada gardeners report a severe early January freeze in 1947 damaged Abelias crepe myrtles and evergreen plants, with roses and butterfly bush frozen to ground. Experts advise not cutting back frozen shrubs yet and outline planting tips for bulbs seeds and various annuals for spring.
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Roy Hart
East Central
Harris
Amur
Ada
Tulsa Teachers Get Pay Boost for 1947-48 Year
Tulsa's 600 plus public school teachers receive salary increases totaling about 650000 for 1947-48. New scales set minimums 1900 for women and 2200 for men with maximums 3300 for women and 3600 for men. Board also approves 150000 for other staff and 200000 annual cost to reduce loads and equalize duties.
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Tulsa
Okla
City Board of Education
Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association
National Education Association
World’s Oldest Map Found Near Babylon Ex cavations
Archaeologists report a tablet believed to be the oldest world map uncovered about 200 miles north of Babylon. It was buried under 20 feet of earth and appears to show a wealthy estate’s layout with probable land divisions.
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Babylon
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Rosette Hargrove
BASSE
J. M. Roberts, Jr
AP Foreign Affairs
Mickey Rooneys
Alfama
East Tenth
C of C
Jap Navy
Airforce
Joe Marsh
Slim’s Cows
Slim Hines
Leafgreen
Slim
Andy Botkin
Garden Tavern
Andy
Brewers
Andy’s
U. S. Brewers Foundation
Oklahoma Committee
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