West Berlin Parade Shows Readiness Amid Red Threats
Berlin May 29 The so called battle for Berlin was a large communist parade not a putsch. West Berlin showed it could resist Soviet pressure while East Germany staged a half million youths to honor Soviet Russia. Police and marching youths formed a disciplined sea as thousands chanted hymns praising Moscow and denouncing the West.
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Berlin
West
East
East Germany
Soviet Russia
Farst
Wilhelmstrasse
Hitler
Reich
Unter den Linden
Kaiser
Russia
Stern
Wehrmacht
Paralyzed Husband Plunged From Sixth Floor by Wife
New York May 29 A paralyzed waiter Fred Bornholdt 64 fell to his death from a sixth floor window after his wife Anna a hotel chambermaid claimed she must drop him She pleaded to be spared but authorities say she killed him and will be examined at Bellevue Hospital after a hearing planned for Wednesday Neighbors describe mounting strain and talk of devils and prowling cats around the apartment
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New York
Fred Bornheldt
Strand
Bellevue Hospital
Bornholdt
Anna
Fred
Sid
Two Killed on Late Highways
Oklahoma’s 1950 death toll stood at 84 today. Two people died in separate highway accidents yesterday. Jackw Richie, 27, of Games burned to death after his truck left Up oS Hiatawnery 69, struck a pole and culvert. James Russell Smith, 24, Norman, died five miles southwest of Norman when his car overturned and he was thrown 36 feet.
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Oklahoma
Jackw Richie
Irc
Os Hiatawnery 69
McAlester
James Russell Smith
Norman
Death of Harry Blackstock Recalls Fitts Field Drilling Days
Memorial recalls the life of Harry L. Blackstock 62 Oklahoma oil driller noted for pioneering work in the Fitts field. He began drilling in 1910 and by 1934 he operated numerous rigs while the field expanded. He drilled the first 10,000 foot well in Oklahoma in Cement in 1930 and later partnered with D H Rowland before selling his rigs last year.
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Harry Blackstock
Tulsa
Harry L. Blackstock
Oklahoma
Fitts
Blackstock
B Jackstock
Lewis
Hunton
Graben
Gilcrease
North Fitts
Cromwell
Viola
Wilcox
Delaney-Loyal
Shaffer and Crosbie
Bonham
Tex
Petrolia
Oklahomay City
Cement
D. H. Rowland
Lidice Memorial In Joliet Reaches Its End
Joliet officials and residents recount the downfall of the Lidice monument amid doubts about its past. The Czech promoted project, tied to a housing scheme in 1842, is questioned by Miss Mahoney and Adolf Kacer as unused funds and moved lights vanish. The community doubts Lidice ever existed as a village.
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Czechoslovakia
Wendel Willkie
Stern Park Gardens
Lidwe
Helen Mahoney
Jolet
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Kacer
Czech African National Alliance
Ane Sul
Uh3
Miss Mahoney
Jodei
Hne
Joliet
Israel Accepts U.N. Control For Jerusalem Shrines
Lake Success May 29. Israel acknowledged United Nations authority over holy sites in Jerusalem while opposing full international rule. A compromise offering U.N. complete control of shrines and related religious matters was presented to UN trusteeship council president Roger Garreau. The plan keeps Jerusalem under partial Israeli sovereignty with a limited international regime focused on the shrines within the walled city.
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Israel
United Nations
Jerusalem
U.N Assembly
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U.N. Trusteeship Council
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C.N
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Jordan
Jordant
USN
Russia
America
Tof
U.S
Britain
Garreau
Wall City
Openings in swimming classes at Fast Central State college
Three summer swimming programs remain open with enrollment ending Tuesday. Nine weeks of lessons run daily starting Monday June 5, totaling 45 lessons. Advanced swimmers meet 8 am, intermediates 3 pm, beginners 6 pm. Contact Dorothy Higginbotham at 13040 to enroll. The rebuilt pool features tire temperature control and safety safeguards.
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Fast Central State College
Frank Cricer
Dorothy Higginbotham
Delbert Marshall to Receive A and M BS Degree
Delbert Marshall son of Mr and Mrs W H Marshall 618 West Simeonth will on Monday receive a BS degree from Oklahoma A and M college. He finished Ada high school in 1946 and attended East Central College. His major is meteorology with a minor in earth science. He worked as a messenger for Weston Union for two years.
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Delbert Marshall
W. H. Marshal
West Simeenth
Oklahoma A
M. College
Slater Delbert
Ada High School
East Central College
Weston Union
Old Belief On Quakes Tied to Poseidon
Ancient Greeks attributed earthquakes to Poseidon, the sea god, who was thought to shake the earth to topple land gods. The belief is noted in a fragmentary encyclopedia entry referencing Poseidon as the cause of tremors and coastal upheaval.
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Poseidox
Theft Case Limitations Expires in Kansas City
In Kansas City the three year old vault theft case ends for federal charges as the statute of limitations expired yesterday though a possible suspension if suspects remain outside Missouri exists. The 1947 theft involved blasted courthouse vaults and sealed ballots later used in a grand jury probe of 1946 primary vote fraud, with Enos Axtell and Roger Slaughter figures tied to the controversy.
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Kansas City
Mar
Missouri
Nice
Enos Axtell
Truman
Axtell
Rop
Roger Slaughter
Slaughter
Albert Reeves, Jr
Slam
Mary Bond
Turners
Manila Holds Four U S Vets Over Check Boosting
Manila police held four American veterans described as key figures in an international ring that boosted U S treasury checks. The men, named Charles Clarence James Hanley Walter Ff Mason and Carlos Moore Turner, were charged with falsification of official documents and attempted settlement. One check, from a blacklist, was raised from 1.37 to 1374.44 dollars. Investigators seek the ring leader operating across the United States Philippines Hong Kong Guam and Hawaii.
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Manila
U. S. Treasury
Philippines
Charles Clarence
San Francisco
James Hanley
Akron
Walter Ff. Mason
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Carlos Moore ‘Turner
Florida
Clarence
Hanley
U. S
U.S
Hong Kong
Guam
Hawaii
Lt Col Turner Attend LOGEX-59 at Fort Belvoir
Lt Col Herbert N Turner son of Mrs F L Finley Ada Okla attends LOGEX 59 the army logistics exercise at Fort Belvoir Va through May 28 over 2300 participants 22 agencies engaged in movement supply and evacuation planning The officer born 1913 in Sweetwater Texas is a Ada High School and Oklahoma A and M College graduate and has served in North Africa and Tunisia campaigns holding Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.
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F. L. Finley
East 17Th Street
Ada
Fort Belvoir
Turner
Sweetwater
Texas
Oklahoma A and MS
Stillwater
47Th Infantry Regiment
Dreen
Sybil
Kae
Form Belvoir Dixing Bia
Exchineer School
Forced Freedom Pressure Shifts Egypt to Independence
The Feypims nexus pressured Britain to declare Egypt an independent state on February 28, 1922, while London retained safeguards for Suez and Egypt’s defense. The move marks a pivotal shift in imperial policy with sovereignty granted amid strategic safeguards.
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Feypims
Britain
Egypt
Suez
Six Ada Girls to Camp Adaka As Counselors-in-Training
Six Ada Girls selected as Counselors-in-Training for Camp Adaksa. The CIT program, started three years ago, builds leadership through assisting regular counselors and guiding younger campers. Summer camp runs June 17 to June 29 with training spanning three years.
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Camp
Adaka
Adaksa
Ada Gamp Fire Council
Zech Cit
Blue Birds
Ater
As the Barnyard Gate By Curtis Floyd County Agent
With rising livestock numbers and meat dairy demand the editor urges farmers to plant grain sorghums as a substitute feed. Corn and small grains are late but hay and grain are needed. High feed costs justify growing more own feed and a strong pasture program alongside cattle improvement efforts in Southern Oklahoma.
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Catte Improvement
Oklahoma
Start in the cattle business with 400 pound heifers
The article advises new entrants to buy 400 pound heifers at about 100 to 325 per head for grass land cattle. It explains growth to 1100 to 2400 pounds and notes cows can drop in price by half, making calves more costly overall.
Fertilizer Demonstrations Boost Corn and Cotton Yields
The county launches fertilizer demonstrations on corn, cotton, and peanuts to test potash value and profitable fertilizer quantities. Two plots per crop will show side dressing with ammonium nitrate, with tours planned later. Estimates suggest 50 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre adds 4 to 6 bushels of corn. 100 pounds yields about 8 bushels.
Boll Weevil Control Advice For Early Cotton Stages
The article stresses early boll weevil detection as cotton emerges. If one or more weevils per hundred feet are found, dusting before they lay larvae is advised, labeled Pre-square Poisoning. Texas reports large populations, with plan to apply early treatment to curb spread.
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Texas
Toll roads seen as self funded highways in editorial
An editorial in Construction magazine argues that toll roads shift costs from taxpayers to users, citing the Pennsylvania Turnpike as proof that high quality routes can exist without general taxes. It notes Oklahoma leads in toll road plans and predicts growing acceptance after Turnpike experience.
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Construction
Manufacturers Record Publishing Co
Baltimore
Maryland
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
America
Oklahoma
Okahoma
Tha ‘Iluke
County Narrowly Missed by Weekend 62-Inch Rainfall
Pontotoc county was soaked over the weekend by heavy showers that were unanticipated. Early Sunday rain began, with readings around 0.02 inches after morning totals. Cool conditions followed a 55 degree Saturday night low and 76 degree Sunday high, then a 64 degree Sunday night low. By Monday morning clouds lingered but sun returned by mid morning.
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Pontotoc County
Population decline hits Okfuskee County in ten years
Okfuskee County Oklahoma reports a drop from 26,279 residents in 1940 to 17,712 in the latest count, a loss of 8,507. Officials cite nearly 5,000 fewer school age children, with figures for Okemah and Wewoka withheld pending release.
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Okemah
Okla
Okfuskee
Oxemah
Weeleetha
Raising Chickens Wasn't Enough
Twelve-year-old Patsy Ruth Ratcliffe ran away from Gravette Arkansas to see Hollywood. She hitchhiked out in ten days with four five dollar bills. A cafe owner reported she could not pay for her pie and root beer. She is in juvenile shelter awaiting her parents.
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Patsy Ruth Ratcliffe
Gravette
Ark
Hollyswood
Patsy
Arkansas
Insecticide Mix Promised For Cotton Pest Control
The proposal outlines using 3-40 dust or 20 percent Toxaphene to combat boll weevil fleahopper and other cotton insects. It claims the insecticide will protect cotton yields while offering profit, though the mix includes Benzene Hexachloride DDT and Sulphur.
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