Pawhuska Hosts International Roundup Cavalcade Jamboree
Pawhuska Oklahoma prepares July 25 to 27 for the International Roundup Cavalcade a mass gathering of riding and roping clubs from across the nation. Visitors bring camp gear and receive free water lights and firewood. Ticket prices are 366 for adults and 150 for children with mail orders to Tulsa. Miss Pat Payne hosts as Ada’s Francis Smith competes for queen.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage
Oklahoma
Pawhuska Fairgrounds
Tulsa
Pat Payne
Francis Smith
Ada
W. G. Skelly
Skelly Oil Co
Man
Brooks
Lub
Miss Payne
Glenn Payne
Osage County
Pools Earn Doctor Approval After County Checkup
Dr J C Canada new director of the county health unit gave Glenwood Park pools a thorough checkup and approved their condition and maintenance. He praised operation and upkeep this summer and noted a rule banning anyone with open wounds from entering the pools. Regular water changes scrubbing sterilization with Sterilex and clean dressing rooms keep the facilities sanitary and attractive.
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J. C. Canada
County Health Unit
Glenwood Park
UMT Bill Advances From Subcommittee On Universal Training
A House Armed Services subcommittee recommended compulsory military training for all American males at 18 or after high school graduation. The bill, aligned with Truman's universal training plan, heads to the full committee with broad support but faces uncertain action before adjournment. Educators churchmen and labor groups oppose as undemocratic while backing comes from the Truman administration and veterans groups.
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Washington
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Full Armed Services Committee
Truman
Advisory Commission
Congress
Senate
Army
Navy
United States
Plastic film boosts paint adhesion on metal says chemists
A thin plastic film less than a thousandth of an inch thick is reported by chemists to improve how paints cling to metal surfaces. The finding suggests a simple coating could enhance durability and finish quality in industrial applications.
Two Bound Over to Trial in Beer Theft Case
Vernon Faulkenberry and T. R. Tudor Jr. were bound over for trial on a beer theft charge in district court after a preliminary hearing in Ada. They posted $1,000 bonds each. The case involves 430 cases of beer stolen from an Oklahoma Distributing warehouse on July 5 with Jock, a Pickett-area farmer, as the key witness.
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Vernon Faulkenberry
Faulkenberry
Franklin Bourland
The
Ace
Faulkenrry
T. R. Tudor, Jr
Oklahoma Distributing Company
Ada
Jock
Pickett
Bullock
Lester Faulkenberry
Lester
Defendent
Tudor
Paul Faulkenberry
Ada Hosts Pepsi Cola Tennis Tourney This Summer
The Ada Pepsi-Cola Tennis Tournament set for August 1 2 3 at Mayhue Courts will attract top players from Durant and Shawnee. Sponsored by Mr and Mrs Joyce Miller and Ada Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co entries due by midnight July 4 with fees 1.50 singles 2.00 per doubles team.
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Ada
Mayhue Courts
Durant
Shawnee
Joyce Miller
Ada Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
P. O
Wounded Man Falls During Wild West Rehearsal
In Billings a rehearsal for a western celebration ended with Fred Glockhamer crashing to the ground and injuring a shoulder. A naked intruder stole sound gear from a street dance site in view of the police station.
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Billings
Mont
Fred Glockhamer
Badman
Group of Swimming Students Placed in 9 A. M. Class
A Pontotoc county Red Cross swimming course at Glenwood Park pools reports a 9 A. M. class for beginners advancing to intermediate. Students listed include Janelle Adair Dorothy Barnes James Carson Cynthia Cochran and others. Tests require 15 yard swims dives and treading water with turns.
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Red Cross
Glenwood Park
Janelle Adair
Tucky Archer
Dorothy Barnes
James Carson
Cynthia Cochran
Glen Cochran
Farrel Donaghey
Dorothy Elam
Ann Eubanks
Don Eubanks
Don Heaton
William Henry
Bobby Holland
Ted Hudson
Charles Irwin
David Leonard
Gilmer Long
Lonnie Long
Curtis Martin
Herman Matthews
Loren McKeown
Clive Rigsby
Beverly Ann Smith
Oral Smith
Billy Fae Walker
Lavelle Roberts
R. C
June Hatchett
Camp Adaka
Elizabeth Lasarsky
Roberts
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Red Cross Chapter Has Placed A Red Cross
Glenwood Pool
Lindsay Davidson
Fees In The Colleges By A. Linscheid
The last session of the legislature authorized the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to fix fees in all state institutions. Regents set per semester rates for non residents and residents, plus per semester hour fees for extension instruction. East Central State College pledges to assist students who cannot pay.
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A. Linscheid
Oklahoma State Regents For Higher Education
University
M. College
M. Colege
Oklahoma
Regents
Ada
Denton State Teachers College
Texas
Commerce
Greeley
Colorado
Warrensburg
Missouri
Emporia
Kansas
Conway
Arkansas
Cape Girardeau
Silver City
New Mexico
Rence
East Cena
Federal Office of Education
East Central State College
United States
Federal
Office of Education
East Central
American Association of Teachers Colleges
Charles W. Hunt
Regents For Higher Education
Gilley Amerada Employe Dies In Suicide At Harden City
Louis C. Gilley a 46 year old pumper for Amerada Oil at Harden City died from a self inflicted gunshot wound Saturday morning witnesses say. A coroner's jury impaneled by Justice Percy Armstrong has not yet returned a verdict but witnesses indicate death by own action. Gilley had discussed suicide and inquired about life insurance effects. Surviving are his widow and several children, plus a sister and a brother.
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Louis C. Gilley
Amerada Oil Company
Harden City
Percy Armstrong
Armstrong
Gilley
California
Gr 2Y
Otis
Oklahoma City
Wanda Lou
Nelda
Ruth Ann
Norman
Carl Dean
Franklin
LaVerna
Earl
Lloyd James
Clara Bell
Mary Mackowska
Westwood
Calif
Ray Gilley
Salina
Kan
Australian veterans to receive war gratuity
Prime Minister Joseph Chifley announced a monthly war gratuity for Australian forces in service after Pearl Harbor. The benefits would cover natives of New Guinea and Papua and include personnel in the auxiliary services.
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Canberra
Australia
New Guinea
Papua
Joseph B. Chifley
Pearl Harbor
Two Men Held in Abduction of Chickasha Taxi Driver
A Chickasha taxi driver named Robert V. Thomas was abducted at gunpoint by two men who forced him to ride for six hours ending in Harrah. They were arrested at a tavern and will be turned over to Grady County officers.
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Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Grady County
Noah Richmond
Robert V. Thomas
Harrah
State Highway Director names equipment supervisor
H E Bailey today announced the appointment of W J Hoover of Perry as equipment supervisor for the state highway department.
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Oklahoma City
H. E. Bailey
W. J. Hoover
Perry
State Highway Department
Thressa Dean Smith named sponsor girl for Madison Square Garden rodeo
Thressa Dean Smith of Ada Oklahoma was chosen as one of Coleburn's Glamour Girls for the Madison Square Garden Rodeo September 24 to October 26. She will ride with five other beauties from Texas California and Utah as part of 53 performances, then go to Boston for 18 shows. She has past rodeo honors including Ada Round-Up Queen 1944 and is designing costumes by Florence Randolph.
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Thressa Dean Smith
Julia Mae Smith
East Seventeenth
Coleburn
Madison Square Garden
Frank Moore
Miss Smith
Texas
California
Utah
Boston
New York
Florence Randolph
Ardmore
Miss Randolph
United States
Omy Brothers
Ft. Worth
Tex
Ad Lucas Ranch
Thressa Dean
Ada
Azine
Clu
Bove
Madison Square Rodeo
Ada Rodeo Tickets On Sale As Ada Rodeo Nears
Tickets for the Ada Rodeo go on sale Monday at J. E. Thompson store 123 South Broadway. Concrete grandstand tickets pending arrival, box seats selling fast as local companies buy blocks. Cowboy Larson adds rodeo buzz with storefront window art while quarterhorse racing joins the event, entries coming from Arizona and Oklahoma.
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Southwest
J. E. Thompson
South Broadway
Ada
Cowboy Larson
Ada Rodeo
Arizona
Oklahoma
War Vet Fatally Shot Near Super War Vet Fatally Shot Near Super
Choctaw county officers investigated the fatal shooting of Stanley Holder a war veteran near SUPER Okla. Clark Holder surrendered to Peace Justice E. J. Norwood after reporting his brother's body found about 200 yards from home. He said they exchanged gunshots yesterday after Stanley threatened him and family.
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Super
Okla
Choctaw County
Here
Stanley Holder
E. J. Norwood
Holder
Clark
Norwood
Clark Holder
Stanley
Elk calf killed by park horses in Yellowstone pasture
An elk calf wandered into a pasture used by Yellowstone National Park pack horses. The horses attacked the wild calf, kicking and biting it. The mother elk drove the horses away and stood guard for hours before realizing the calf had died.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Park
Universal training urged for healthy U S generation
The President's Advisory Commission calls for universal training to boost health and education for America's future. It cites high infant mortality, limited medical care for mothers, shortages of doctors, mental illness needs, and widespread educational gaps as reasons to adopt universal training and early remediation during youth.
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Douglas Larsen
Washington
NEA
United States
America
U. S
Plot to Kill Hitler Fueled Brutal Aftermath in Germany
British Admiralty cites German documents showing over 4,980 people killed or tortured after the July 20 1944 assassination attempt. The revolt, led by Col Gen Ludwick Beck and allies including Von Moltke Goerdeler and Canaris, began in 1938 and ended August 8 with leaders tried for treason.
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Richard Tompkins
London
Adolf Hitler
Admiralty
Hitler
Himmler
Gestapo
Ludwick Beck
Czechoslovak
Beck
Count von Moltke
Karl Goerdeler
Leipzig
Friedrich Werner von der Sc
Economic warning from Krug on depression risks
Secretary J A Krug warns that another deep economic downturn and rising unemployment could spur more Americans into communism than persuasive arguments by Stalin, Marx, and the Comintern. He stresses the nation's power to prevent such a mood.
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Comintern
J. A. Krug
Interior
House Passes Unification Bill for Army and Navy
The House approved a plan to unify the Army and Navy and to coordinate U S diplomatic military policy. It would create a single secretary of defense and a new air department, with a defense council, and retain Navy air power including anti submarine warfare.
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Washington
House
Army
Navy
Senate
War and Navy
Secretary of Defense
Defense Council
Department of Air
Asa Wilson
D-Tex
Latham
R-Ny
Steals Car To Go Back To Prison
Troy Franklin Moore, 28, Sapulpa, admitted stealing a car to become eligible for return to the federal prison at Springfield Missouri. He will be sent back to the prison hospital after his warrants are prepared. He previously left Western Oklahoma hospital at Clinton and Sapulpa while ill with tuberculosis.
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Tulsa
Okla
Troy Franklin Moore
Sapulpa
Springa Mo
Moore
Western Oklahoma
Clinton
Regal bookbinder Henry III and his skull motif
Henry III of England, renowned bookbinder, spent hours daily on the craft. His books bore a large skull and bones on the covers, signaling his remorse for the loss of his beloved.
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Henry III
England
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William F. Arbogast
Pepsi- Cola
Amerada Employe
Autralian
Larson
Commission
U.S
Sapulpan
Regal Bookbinder
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