Military Secrecy Debunked Says There Is No Such Thing
HAL BOYLE argues secrecy in war is a fragile illusion. He notes many know the secrets through careless talk and shows how agents and officers alike reveal plans, while stressing that decisive victories come from having the right resources at the right time.
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Eisenhower
Normandy
Sicily
Casablanca
WAC
Salerno
Norway
War Department
Mediterranean
North Africa
Washington
Berlin
Patton
4-H Record Workshop and Farm and Home Week Plans
4-H Record Workshop to help members prepare or improve their record books. It is set for July 22 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church Ada South entrance. Also details Farm and Home Week August 4–7 at Stillwater with delegates Mrs. T. E. Jones and Mrs. J. C. Wall and a program on rural community development and related topics. Plus instructions for making sulphured apples storage using sulphur fumes and steps for preparing and storing in jars or crock.
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Margaret Baade
Ass’t
First Baptist Church
Ada
Pontotoc County
U.S. P
Mrs Vincent Pound Cake Recipe Shared At Club
Mrs E N Vincent of Allen shared a pound cake recipe and cake was served at the club. The recipe uses butter sugar eggs flour and baking at 325 degrees with no preheating. Home Demonstration schedule lists July 23 and July 24 meetings at local homes.
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Pickett
E. N. Jones
Union Valley
Gladys Thompson
Nicaraguan Volcano Erupts With Wide Ash Spread
From Managua, reports say Cerro Negro volcano is erupting sending sandy ash across a 45 kilometer diameter area. No casualties yet but cattle deaths from sand and pasture loss raise crop fears. Daytime smoke is visible 125 kilometers away and flames reflect at night.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Mexico City
Cerro Negro
Submarine Periscopes Made of Stainless Steel
Submarine periscopes use stainless steel for strength and resistance to salt water corrosion, ensuring durability in harsh marine conditions.
Col Johnson Leads ROTC Camp At Lowry Field Colorado
Col Milton W. Johnson AC instructor and PMS S&T at University of North Dakota commands cadets at the Air ROTC Summer Camp at Lowry Field Colorado. He brings 17 UND students and is a decorated war veteran with the Silver Star Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross and other honors.
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Air Summer Camp
Lowry Field
Colorado
Milton W. Johnson
University of North Dakota
North Dakota
Col. Johnson
Oklahoma _ A. & M. college
Southwest Pacific
Roff
W. C. Johnson
University
Chandlers Plan Summer Visit to California
Mr and Mrs Elmer Chandler of Francis will leave Monday to spend the summer in California visiting their son Clyde Chandler and daughter Mrs Ray Adkins in Oxnard about fifty miles north of Los Angeles. Elmer jokes there is no California fever for him as Canada river bottom farm stays best. Scientists say southern sugar cane wax may at some time replace carnauba wax in shoe polish and other products.
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Elmer Chandler
Francis
California
Clyde Chandler
Ray Adkins
Oxnard
Los Angeles
Elmer
Scie ‘Sts
Marshall Plan for the Far East urged by McNutt
Ex governor Paul V. McNutt proposes a Far East Marshall plan focusing on Asia and the Pacific for raw materials and trade development. He urges more U.S. trade representation in the Orient and criticizes the Europe-first diplomat approach while cautioning against massive aid without practical trade avenues. He urges cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek’s government and calls for reform in Chinese and Japanese economic policy.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Far East
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
McNutt
New York
War Manpower Commission
U. S
Philippines
Orient
Australia
China
Japan
Siam
India
Iraq
Iran
Egypt
Europe
United States
Asia
Pacific Islands
Rome
U. S. State Department
Harold Stassen
U.S
Henry Wallace
Fortune Magazine
Pacific
Paris
Indo-China
Indonesia
Chiang
Marshall
Gov. McNutt
Hiroshima Observers Mark A-Bomb Anniversary Peace Festival
Hiroshima residents prepare a three day observance starting August 5 to mark the second anniversary of the atomic blast. A 8 15 a m minute of silence will honor victims as city reconstruction slowly continues. Mayor Shinso Na mai calls for mankind to forsake war as survivors reflect on the tragedy.
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Hiroshima
Oapan
Shinso Namai
Japan
Hamai
Yoshima
Nippon
Nagasaki
Red Cross Offers First Aid Training Across County
Lindsay Davidson urges Red Cross first aid and accident prevention to reduce annual injuries. Qualified Pontotoc county instructors stand ready to teach classes for groups. contact the Red Cross office at 2402 for arrangements. Courses cover home and farm accident subjects.
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Lindsay Davidson
Red Cross County
Red Cross
Pontotoc County
Oakie and Horne Engaged to Wed in Hollywood
Film comic Jack Oakie and actress Victoria Horne are engaged and likely to marry within months. The 27 year old actress has joined Oakie, 43, in Calgary where he is on location with a film company after his 1945 divorce from Venita Vardon noted as a Ziegfeld Follies girl.
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Hollywood
Jack Oakie
Victoria Horne
Oakie
Calgary
Canada
Venita Vardon
Bull Snake Reaches Storm Cellar Ahead of Storm
An ominous storm loomed as Mrs. C. L. Jones and her mother fled to the storm cellar in Altus. They returned minutes later to find a large bull snake had reached the cellar before them, storm or no storm.
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Altus
Allen News: Man Burned Servicing Car Radiator
Don Olivo suffered second degree burns on his left arm when steam and hot water burst from a car radiator cap during service. Rev. G. R. Naylor of Ada preached at Allen First Baptist. Rev. George McDow led the closing revival at Fitzhugh.
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Don Olivo
G. R. Naylor
Ada
Allen First Baptist
George McDow
Fitzhugh
Taylor party in Holdenville visits kin after travel mishap
R D Taylor returns from Tracy California where he met sons Gerald and R C in Sequoia Park and sister Mrs Gilford Hickey in Riverbank. A car blowout caused a wreck near Tucumcari New Mexico killing one woman and sending three to hospital. Taylor and a Dallas soldier were uninjured. Mrs H D Harbeson recuperates from a severe cold. The Taylors and sons Ferrell and Billy Dale visited Miss Jenny Lee Morrison in Holdenville. N S Olive and Ada visitors, Roy Plunk and Odie Plunk on business.
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R. D. Taylor
Tracy
Calif
Gerald
R. C
Sequoia National Park
Gilford Hickey
Riverbank
Tucumcari
N. Mex
Taylor
Dallas
Ferrell
Billy Dale
Holdenville
Jenny Lee Morrison
Wetumka
St. Francis
Tayor
Simmons Family Visit Noted in Local Page
Mr and Mrs P H Simmons visit his aunt and uncle Floyd Simmons and family as Floyd Simmons hosts the gathering with their children Floyd Elsie and Jeff Stillwell present.
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P. H. Simmons
Floyd, Elsie
Jeff Stillwell
Floyd Simmons
Fanny
Malone Family Visits Relatives Across Town
Mr and Mrs Walter Malone and son Ronnie of Lindsay visited his brother A E Jone and family Sunday. Margaret and June Malone accompanied them back to Lindsay for a visit. J R McKenzie of Los Angeles arrived Saturday for a visit with relatives.
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Walter Malone
Ronnie of
Lindsay
A. E. Jone
Margaret
June Malone
J. R. McKenzie
Los Angeles
Calif
Platt Park Checks To Host 14th Annual Tournament
Platt Park will hold its 14th annual checker tournament starting Tuesday, August 5 at 10 am. Entrants come from Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and elsewhere with many Ada players expected. Last year Ivan Cromer defeated T L Kerley of Ada to win the championship. Dr L G Brannon of Ada also played. J H Hutchin of Davis, president of the club, hopes for a full Ada turnout.
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Platt Park
Ada
Witness Claims Communists Run U S Schools For Propaganda
Walter S Steele testifies before the House committee that Dr Frank Oppenheimer and Dr Lewis Balamuth taught at communist schools in San Francisco and New York. He says several schools, including those in Hollywood and Boston, promote agitation and that 5 million Americans are linked to communist groups. He estimates many officers are party members and praises countermeasures by the War Department.
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Washington
Walter S. Steele
House
An American Activities Committee
Frank Oppenheimer
Lewis Balamuth
Steele
National Security Committee
American Coalition of
Oppenheim
California
San Francisco
Oppenheimer
Minnesota
United States
Hollywood
Boston
Cleveland
New York
G. I
Communist Party
Communist
War Department
Army E
Soviet Union
Deputy Sheriff Appointed Crimin al Investigator in Okmulgee County
Deputy Sheriff John Dewitt Martin has been named Okmulgee county criminal investigator at $200 monthly. The post was created by the 21st legislature. Glycerin is used in making printing inks.
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Muskogee
John Dewitt Martin
Okmulgee County
Highway Patrol Reports Three Weekend Mishaps
Ada patrol investigated three weekend accidents with three people charged. Jesse W. Harrist paid a $14 fine after pleading guilty to a road charge related to a Sandy Bridge crash that damaged Tom Hamilton’s car. Two workers, Robert Wyrick and Judson Simmons, were injured when Joe Casey’s car blinded by lights struck them on Lucas Hill. Wyrick suffered a compound leg fracture. Ralph Evans and Clifton Winters faced charges after a rear end collision on the highway.
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Highway Patrol
Ada
Jesse W. Harrist
Rt. 1
Bloomberg
Tex
Harrist
Sandy Bridge
Tom Hamilton
Norman
O. O. Campbell
Hamilton
Joe A. Casey
Robert L. Wyrick
Stonewall
Judson E. Simmons
Sulphur
Casey
Valley View Hospital
Simmons
Wyrick
Valley View
Ralph B. Evans
Clifton O. Winters
Lucas Hill
Campbell
Evans
Eighteenth Street
Winters
Tishomingo Votes Bond Issue For School Building
Tishomingo citizens approved a $25,000 bond by 99 to 4 to replace the unsafe North Ward grade building. Plans call for a six classroom structure northeast of the current facility, with construction hoped to start this fall for occupancy in 1948.
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Tishomingo
North Ward
Senora Peron Cancels England Visit
A British foreign office spokesman announced that Senora Eva Peron, wife of the Argentine president, has definitively cancelled plans for a visit to England during her European tour. The Argentine ministry notified the British embassy in Buenos Aires of the change.
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London
Foreign Office
Senora Eva Peron
England
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Buenos Aires
Senora Peron
Ardmore Plans 60th Anniversary Celebration Monday
Ardmore marks six decades since its corporate founding with a July 28 celebration. Gov. Roy J. Turner will attend as chamber plans the event at the directors meeting tonight.
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Ardmore
Roy J. Turner
Chamber of Commerce
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Oklahoma
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Sisemore
Sarah Butler
Rowena Long
Earl Cagle
Jerry Cagle
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Oakie, Horne
Allen News
H. D. Harbeson
Mrs. N. S. Olive
Roy Plunk
Odie
Checker
Ivan Cromer
Civil Service Commission
Department
Joe Marsh
Ess Foundation
U. S. Brewers Foundation
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