Milking Shorthorns Backing Grows Among Pontotoc Cattle Breeders
In Pontotoc County area dairy breeders back Milking Shorthorns as a dual purpose solution. Local supporters include Chris Pederson of Vaness Floyd Hisan of Pleasant Hill and a group with George and Claude Thompson J Kent Smith and J C Norris Harold Criswell. Proponents cite high milk yields beef quality and cross breeding potential with Jerseys and Holsteins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Chris Pederson
Vaness
Floyd Hisan
Pleasant Hill
George
Claude Thompson
Jesse
J. Kent Smith
Center
J. C. Norris
Harold Criswell
Ada
M. S
Texas
Jersey
Ambassador Armour to Take Top State Dept Post
Ambassador Norman Armour, recalled from Buenos Aires, is to be offered a premier State Department position as director of the Office of American Republics Affairs. The move leaves Argentina without an ambassador and signals Washington’s strict stance toward the current Argentine regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norman Armour
Buenos Aires
State Department
Argentina
Department
Armour
Office of American Republics Affairs
State Hull
England Raided by Germany in 1915 First Time
Germany conducted its first raid on England on January 19 1915 striking Yarmouth and nearby towns in a notable World War I milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
Yarmouth
Poultry Work Guidance and Ada Show Recap
Suggested July poultry tasks include culling for egg production, worm treatment, plowing for wheat pasture and alfalfa, providing shade, green feed substitutes, and vaccinating pullets. A noon wet mash may boost laying hens. Ada Chamber hosts a 4-H poultry show with 92 entrants from 20 clubs. 113 youths received 50 chicks each in March, with 8 cockerels returned to cover show costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Chamber of Commerce
1943 4 H Livestock Team Leads Pontotoc Turner Field Days
Four H club boys formed livestock judging teams across Pontotoc county during the Turner field days. The 1943 Ada and Fitzhugh squads achieved the top score among groups, placing third overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Wesley Beasley
Fitzhugh
Willis Young
Barclay Martin
Oliver Taylor
Ada
Paul Heatley
Raymond Martin
Ben Sullivan
Junior Hatcher
James Lee Wingard
Latta
Carl Taylor
Joe Jared
Stonewall
Frank Jared
Edgar Madden
Raymond Isaacs
Konawa
George Smith
Roland Wilson
Fittstown
Clyde Wingard
Bobby Nance
Floyd Robbins
Bill Hunt
Vaness
Jerry Young
Gene Lang
Corky Wilson
Feeding of Lespedeza in Oklahoma In 1943
Analyses of lespedeza grown in 1943 in Oklahoma show Korean lespedeza higher in protein than sericea under local conditions. Sericea offers higher protein and minerals than many native forages, with mineral content stable across rainfall. Some samples had phosphorus levels below ideal for livestock. samples came from soil responsive to phosphorus fertilization.
T B TEST STARTS Pontotee County Farmers Cattle TB Test
Pontotee county farmers will begin a tuberculosis test in their cattle herds on July 1 conducted by the Bureau of Animal Industry. Farmers requesting the test include J C Wingard G L Morgan G R Lilley G M Pitt Orba Young Lee Elliott N A Wilson Milon Watkins B T Newton J W Berryman N D Felklins Leon Lance Jim Hightower W C Willis T F Sullivan Truitt Young J L Barton John V Crabtree Elmer Cochran J M Tilley Buck Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotee County
Bureau of Animal Industry
J. C. Wingard
G. L. Morgan
G. R. Lilley
G. M. Pitt
Orba Young
Lee Elliott
N. A. Wilson
Milon Watkins
B. T. Newton
J. W. Berryman
N. D
Controlling Bagworms Threaten County Evergreens
The article warns of extensive bagworm damage to county evergreens and advises spraying with arsenate of lead at four pounds per fifty gallons of water or four ounces per three gallons, repeating if insects persist. It also notes alfalfa hay at 3.50 per ton and shows liming yield benefits, stating limed soil produced 577 pounds more hay per acre over 13 years and cost less than 3.50 per ton in annual lime expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Three day terracing pond training school planned at Murray State
Officials in Murray State school of agriculture at Tishomingo announce a three day terracing and pond training school July 13 14 15 supervised by C T Sturdivant assistant extension agriculture engineer. Pon totoc county farmers and 4 H club boys may contact the office to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray State School of Agriculture
Tishomingo
C. T. Sturdivant
Pontotoc County
Farm Labor Problems Ease Yet Hay Baling Continues
Labor shortages persist in parts of the county with hay baling in full swing. Farmers help neighbors with crops and hay saving while some laborers are still needed. Requests for farm help are directed to the county agent's office farm labor committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Labor Committee
Wallace Returns Home After 12 Day China Visit
Vice President Henry A. Wallace leaves China aboard a transport to return to the United States concluding a 12 day diplomatic tour. He was en route today as LANCHOW reports his departure and plans for arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanchow
China
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Miners Push Autonomy Drive Within United Mine Workers
A group of about 80 miners demanded an end to appointive control in their union and began plans to push their autonomy program at the United Mine Workers convention with some 2700 delegates. Ray Edmundson led speakers asserting 98 percent of miners support the move, citing dissatisfaction with John L. Lewis and top officers for discouraging attendance and alleging a dual movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Ray Edmundson
UMW
John L. Lewis
Edmundson
Illinois
Lewis
Mississippi
West Virginia
International Executive Board
Slaughter Of Jews To Dreadful Totals
A Geneva dispatch cites the New York Times reporting 1,715,000 Jews killed in Auschwitz and Birkenau extermination camps in two years to April 15, 1944. Victims from multiple countries include Poland 900,000 and Hungary 120,000 among others. Crematoria and cyanide gas described with daily capacities and eyewitness details.
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New York
Geneva
New York Times Today
Upper Silesian
Auschwitz
Birkenau
International Church Movement Ecumenical Refuge Commission of
Zurish
Poland
Netherlands
Greece
France
Belgium
Germany
Yugoslavia
Italy
Norway
Bohemia
Moravia
Austra
Slovakia
Hungary
Upper Silesia
Times
Times Dispatch
Political Guns Roar In County As July 11 Primary Near
Campaigns accelerate as county and national races heat up. Sen. Elmer Thomas and Rep. Wesley Disney visited Ada for organization work and a downtown speech. Lyle Boren battles Park Wyatt for congress while Wyatt spoke in Ada. County candidates for commissioner seats, sheriff, treasurer, clerk, and attorney boost turnout prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Thomas
Ada
Wesley Disney
Tulsa
Thomas
Senate
Park Wyatt
Shawnee
Lyle Boren
Boren
Wyatt
Pontotoc County
Royal Princess Alexandra Makes Friends With U S Soldiers
At a southwest England hospital a U S Army group recounts meeting Queen Mother Mary and her seven year old daughter Princess Alexandra. Capt Stuart Safdi from Cincinnati recalls giving the princess gum which broke the ice and sparked friendly chatter among wounded Normandy veterans visiting the royal household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. General Hospital
England
Alexandra
Stuart A. Safdi
Cincinnati
Ohio
Capt. Safdi
Normandy
Queen Mother Mary
Duchess of Kent
Sarai
Two Deaths From Oklahoma Holiday Traffic Toll Rises
Oklahoma City reports 15 traffic accidents over the holiday period with nine injuries and two deaths. Jasper Joe O Neal, 16, died after being struck on Highway 79 near Waurika. Jack Sanders, 18, died when his truck overturned near Tulsa airport. Curtis Baker was lightly hurt. полиция
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Safety Department
Jasper Joe O'Neal
Waurika
Highway 79
Jefferson County
Melvin Goforth
O’neal
Byers
Tex
Texas
Jack Sanders
John William Sanders
Tulsa
Curtis Baker
Muskogee
Red Skelton Keeps Humor in Army Training
Hollywood reports from Camp Cooke California that Red Skelton the former film and radio comic is in Army training. He was asked to give a snow last Sunday and recalled being told to rise at 5 a.m. Monday to clean the auditorium after his show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Camp Cooke
Calif
Red Skelton
Skelton
Red
Miss Ruth Morrison Dies In California
Ruth Morrison aged about 27 died Thursday night in Van Nuys California. She suffered a 1936 bullet wound causing paralysis of her lower limbs and was treated at the Milton H Berry School for Paralysis. Burial is planned in Glendale with her brother Lt Homer Morrison stationed in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Morrison
van Nuys
Calif
Glendale
Homer Morrison
England
Miss Morrison
Milton H. Berry
Missing Lt Lallathin Reported Seen on Pacific Island
1st Lt Lawerence Lallathin reported missing since April 22, was indirectly contacted as believed by Captain Allen Shaw. Shaw wrote to Mrs James H Shaw that he saw Lallathin on a Pacific island and shared a surprised reunion with him in an officers club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawerce Lallathin
Allen Shaw
James H. Shaw
East Twelfth
Lallathin
Pacific
Laverne Lallathin
Capt. Shaw
Republicans Banking On Dewey On Radio Bricker In Crowds
Washington dispatch reports Republican strategists rely on Dewey's radio power and Bricker's crowd appeal to counter Roosevelt in next November's election. Alf Landon praises Dewey's radio technique as others note potential front porch campaigning, aimed at winning women voters.
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Dewey
Bricker
Francis J. Kelley
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Alf M. Lando
Chicago
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lancon
Wallace
Maine
Ralph Brewster
Landon
Mosquitoes Bite Messenger Boy Despite Moving Objects
A professor’s claim that mosquitoes avoid biting moving targets led to the discovery that a messenger boy remains itchy, explaining why he is consistently bitten while on the move.
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Leon Degrelle
Quisling
Brussels
Ambassador Armour
U. S
By John M. Hightower
C. H. Hailey
Pontetec County
Dave Dame
G. W. Bennett
I. C. Wells
W. H. J. Higgs
James H. Meyers
W. L. Newland
Sam Dew
B. Bownbey
Tommie Cooper
Walter Daniel York
L. Harper
G. W. Brown
Robert E. Riggins
T. L. Coley
Jim Hightower
R. O. Frederick
Earl Hathcox
Woodrow Coffey
Ada News
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Philippines
Army
California
Shaw
Sidney Hillman
Harry Bridges
Earl Browder and
Congressional Dist
Shawnee, Oklahoma
America
Hillman
Browder
Bridges
Foster
Hagues
Kelleys
Communist Party Sunday Worker
Sidney
Plebanor
CIO
National Democratic Committee
Lyle H. Boren
Hillmans
Browders
Marx
Lenin
Trotsky
Middle-West
Ism
Earl Stowder
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