Railroads' Peacetime Safety Record Worst Since 1929
NEA correspondent S Burton Heath reports a sharp rise in peacetime rail accidents. About 40 mishaps daily in 1946, with 15,566 total, including 29 passenger deaths and 770 injuries in January–February of the current year, despite famed premium trains like the Super Chief and Broadway Limited.
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S. Burton Heath
NFA
Washington
NEA
Interstate Commission
Naperville
Pennsylvania
Bennington Curve
Altoona
Guthrie
Ohio
Union Pacific
Transcon
Oro Grande
Calif
American
Huntingdon
Burlington
Zephyr
Super Chief
St. Louisan
Powhatan Arrow
Broadway Limited
Havana
Tennessean
Orange Blossoms Special
Rocket
Gotham Limited
Manhattan Limited
Toans
Federal aid to education should preserve state rights
Willard E. Givens, executive secretary of the National Educational Association, argues that federal aid to education must come without infringing on states' authority to determine how to educate their children.
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Willard E. Givens
National Educational Association
Argentina Develops Straw Pulp Paper Variety
Argentina is advancing a new range of paper products made from straw pulp. The initiative aims to diversify paper supplies and reduce reliance on wood fibers, signaling potential changes in local industry and sustainability strategies.
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Argentina
Dress Revue star Miss Shirley Wall to represent Pontotoc at 4-H roundup
Miss Shirley Wall of Vaness 4-H will represent Pontotoc county at the 26th annual 4-H club round-up in Stillwater June 2 to 6 where champions from 77 Oklahoma counties will model dresses or suits. She sewed a blue and white jerseyette with white accessories including a strap purse and hat. A pantry note urges home canning to save money with steps for proper canning and pruning tips for ornamentals. All 4-H girls who received chicks through the Ada Chamber of Commerce poultry program will exhibit 15 broilers at the Broiler show on June 5.
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Shirley Wall
Vaness
Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Shirley
Oklahoma
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Cudahyoo Company
Woman Mayor Fires Marshal in Soap Lake Standoff
Soap Lake Mayor Maggie Waltho dismissed Marshal James Rigas and took his station wagon, declaring a woman can run the town. She will serve as marshal while seeking a replacement, noting her pay and avoiding dual salaries, and joking about carrying a shillelagh if needed.
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Soap Lake
Wash
Maggie Waltho
Maggie
James Rigas
Rigas
Survived on Rain Water and Bananas
Survivors of a U.S. Army flying fortress crash in a Nicaraguan jungle stated they lived on rain water and bananas while awaiting rescue. Nine of the 15 airmen who parachuted from the fortress after it caught fire have been brought back to base, with five others unaccounted due to comms issues. Rescue planes reported sighting all 15 chutes within a 50 square mile area near the Prinza polea River.
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Balboa
C. Z
Prinzapolea River
Navy Chaplain Hester Tours World Spanning 175000 Miles
Lieutenant Commander James Hester, a Navy chaplain and Dustin High School graduate, recently visited Idabel with family. He logged about 175000 miles in five years, including a goodwill World tour aboard USS Helena, through the Suez Canal and to the China station. He aided 420 wounded Marines from Iwo Jima to Pearl Harbor and held posts at multiple ships and bases before taking leave to move to Long Beach, California.
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James Hester
Navy
Idabel
Hester
Dustin
East Central State College
Ada
Eastern Baptist Seminary
Philadelphia
Slatington
Rofs
Okla
Second Baptist Church
Helena
Suez Canal
China Station
Massachusetts
Boston
Naples
Westover Field
Springfield
Mass
France
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Pearl Harbor
South Weymouth
Trict
Weymouth
Long Beach
Calif
California
Patricia
Dwight
Pamela
Rev
S. Hester
E. A. Hester
Cellulose Made From Wood Pulp And Cotton Linters
The material is derived from wood pulp and cotton linters the short fibers left on cotton seeds after longer fibers are removed at ginning.
Decree Shapes Timber Rules in Elizabethan England
In 1558 Queen Elizabeth I signed a decree limiting timber use for shoe making causing hardship on the iron works nationwide which then relied on charcoal.
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Elizabeth
England
Electrocardiograph Instrument Measures Heart Waves
An electrocardiograph records the electrical waves from heart contractions as signals travel to the wrists and ankles, providing a tool for monitoring heart activity.
Cream Topped Cupcakes with Peanut Brittle Icing
A dessert idea uses whipped cream sweetened with crushed peanut brittle as a sugarless icing for cupcakes. The mix provides a light, crunchy topping without added sugar.
Sicily native sweet pea plant noted
A brief note identifies the sweet pea as a native plant of Sicily, highlighting its geographic origin and botanical significance.
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Sicily
Pecan Spraying Timetable and Ada Broiler Show Announced
Pontotoc county farmers are urged to spray pecans from May 21 to June 7 to combat the pecan casebearer with a mix of lead arsenate lime and summer spray oil prepared for 100 gallons of water. Ada hosts a noon June 5 broiler show with 50 youths entering 15 cockerels each. The Central Oklahoma Dairy Show will be held in Ada on June 23 and 24 with junior and adult classes and judging by four official judges.
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C. H. Hailey
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Stillwater
State Department of Agriculture
Cudahy Packing Company
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Central Oklahoma
Ada
E. R. Berousek
Dairy Husbandry Department
A. and M. College
Guernsey
Jersey
County 4-H Delegates To Make Roundup In Stillwater
The Pontotoc county 4-H group sends ten delegates five boys and five girls to the state Roundup at Oklahoma State University June 2 to 6. Delegates include Billy Thompson Milton Voyles Gene Lang Garvin Glover Wilburn Jaques with entries in team demonstration timely topic appropriate dress and health contests. Dairy program noted as the state’s largest farm youth dairy effort with show in Ada June 23 24 and care tips for heifers and herd management emphasized.
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Stillwater
A. and M. College
Pontotoc County
Billy Thompson
Milton Voyles
McLish
Babcock
Gene Lang
Stonewall
Garvin Glover
Latta
Wilburn Jaques
Pickett
Ada
FFA
Oklahoma
America
Central Oklahoma
Willie the seven tentacled octopus sparks septimus question
In San Francisco on June 2, Steinhart aquarium keeper Willie prompts debate after California Academy of Sciences biologist Robert Dempster notes the octopus has seven tentacles with no stump of a missing arm. The oddity raises the question of whether he is a septimus.
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Septimus
San Francisco
Steinhart Aquarium
Willie
Robert Dempster
California Academy of Sciences
Americans Spend Millions on Antiques in England
Americans flock to England to buy antiques, chasing properly aged ware amid higher U.S. prices and limited local supply. Dealers note strong demand for collectibles, furniture, and historical pieces fueling cross Atlantic trade.
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England
Three Staff Members For Camp Simpson
The young men shown above will serve as staff at Camp Simpson Bromide from June 8 to July 26. The camp serves all Boy Scout troops of the nine county Arbuckle Area Council Fields Hathorn of Tishomingo Clifton Farris of Port Arthur Texas and Artie Spencer Jr of Ardmore are named as staff.
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Simpson
Bromide
Arbuckle Area
Fields Hathorn
Tishomingo
Murray College
Oklahoma A
M. College
Clifton Farris
Port Arthur
Texas
Artie Spencer, Jr
Ardmore
Phillips University
Enid
Hungary names pro communist premier amid Soviet influence
In Budapest on May 31 the cabinet announced Dinnyes as prime minister replacing Ferenc Nagy. A terrified official warned the move invites Soviet involvement in Hungary's military training and equipment. Officials said elections would be held in September, likely under leftist favorable laws, ensuring communist gains.
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Budapest
Lajos Dinnyes
Ferenc Nagy
Communist Party
Hungary
MTI
Dinnyes
V. P. Sviridov
Imre Oltvany
Oltvanyi
Small Landholders
Nagy
Zoltan Tildy
Identification Difficult For Relatives of 53 Who Died
Hushed relatives from the south and east visited an improvised morgue in Port Deposit Maryland to identify the 53 victims of a deadly Eastern Airlines DC 4 crash. The disaster left no survivor as the airliner was shattered on impact.
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Port Deposit
America
Eastern Airlines
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Navy
Newark
Miami
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
CAB
Naval Base
l/c
Frank Welch
Tonawanda
N. Y
Welch
Atoka County Field Day Planned For June Sixth
Agricultural leaders and farmers in Atoka county plan an annual field day and dinner on June 6 to showcase county farming improvements and better methods. A 9:30 a.m. county tour will stop at several farms to display pasture, soil, timber, livestock, fertilizer and lime results, with dinner at the Cooksey farm at noon.
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Atoka County
Ada Library Schedules Changes and New Summer Reading Titles
Story Hour shifts to 10 a m on June 7 and 14 due to Bible school. Treasure Seekers Registration on June 2 at 2 p m. Ada Public Library hours 9 a m–7 30 p m weekdays and 8 30 a m–1 p m Saturday starting June 2. New children books on shelves include many titles such as Secret Passage, Flying Ebony, Pinocchio, The Golden Goose, and Treasure lists.
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Treasure Seekers Reading Club
Ada Public Library
Betty Cavanna
Nancy Taylor
Elizabeth Lansing
Nellie
Charlotte Baker
Uncle Wiggley
H. R. Garis
Bob Feller
Margery Evernden
Daniel Boone
E. L. Meadowcroft
Eric Lucas
M. G. Bonner
Freida Freidman
Freddie
the Owl
Guy Andros
M. W. Brown
Dandy
Emily Keech
Benjamin West
Marguerite Henry
Taffy and
Joe
E. L. Burton
Augustus
LeGrand
Anne
Maryke
Alice Fores
Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi
Hal “Goodwin
Partners of
Powder Hole
Robert Davis
Marion Renick
Meadow Brook Farm
K. S. Keeler
Elizabeth Ritter
Porpy
Betty Ryan
Fetch Coatsworth
Ada Garden Club Council Regular Meeting Notice
A regular Ada Garden club council meeting is scheduled Tuesday afternoon at the Ada Public Library. All officers are urged to attend.
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The
Ada Garden Club
Ada Public Library
U S to Act Against Hungary Grab Officials predict action
Officials predicted strong political measures to condemn Hungary's Soviet backed move and potential economic steps. Britain will be consulted on armistice violations while the US weighs charges of political freedoms violations as Secretary Marshall and President Truman decide timing. The Export-Import Bank had extended a $7 million cotton credit to Nagy’s ousted administration that may be cancelled.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Hungary
Europe
Britain
Marshall
Truman
Ferenc Nagy
Texas City to bury 60 unidentified explosion victims
Mayor J C Trahan announced burial services for 60 unidentified dead from the Texas City explosion set for 8 30 am Sunday June 8 at the Memorial cemetery. The Texa City Ministerial Alliance will conduct the service and inter the bodies in identical caskets with matching floral offerings.
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Houston
Tex
Texas City
J. C. Traha
Texa City Ministerial Alliance
Maye Trahan
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Rumania
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S. K. Farrington
Franklin Roosevelt
Ann Weil
United Nations
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R. P. Coffman
Henry Clay
H. A. Mansell
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E. E. Morton
Dean Humphreys
Mable Pyne
Beatrice Alexander
Laura Harris
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