Comic Art Gallery Lifts 400 Boys at Children's Village
A gallery of top comic characters will brighten the Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry New York where 400 delinquent and neglected boys live. On May 27 cartoonists will contribute drawings as students build frames and prepare the mural. Harold Strong, the village’s executive director, says the project boosts self confidence and shows that people care about the boys. The private academy has 250 acre campus with 20 homes and reports high post graduation court-absence rates.
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Kay Sherwood
NEA
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Charlie
Ada
Hoople
Red Ryder
Boots
Harold Strong
Echo Hills
Jindson River
Strong
Kidnaping Case Charged In Oklahoma Arraignment Next Week
Kiowa county attorney Carpenter Hughes said Lloyd Foster Sheehan 23 of Oklahoma City would be arraigned early next week on kidnapping charges for abducting a Texas couple. Victims Henry Houston Stevenson 40 of Vernon and Mrs J M Hilton of Burkburnett were forced to ride in a car toward Lawton after being picked up on a highway near Wichita Falls Texas. They were stopped near Lawton by highway patrol. Mrs Sheehan held without charge pending further investigation.
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Hobart
Okla
Carpenter Hughes
Kiowa
Lloyd Foster Sheehan
Oklahoma City
Texas
Sheehan
Henry Houston Stevenson
Vernon
Tex
J. M. Hilton
Burkburnett
Stevenson
Mary Catherine
Wichita Falls
Bananas Labeled Fruit of Knowledge by Ancient China
An ancient Chinese description over three thousand years ago calls bananas the fruit of knowledge, reflecting historical perception of the edible fruit.
Here We Go Again Soft Coal Talks Collapse
Washington May 31. The threat of a nationwide soft coal strike grew as contract talks between John L. Lewis and 75 percent of operators collapsed over a 35 cent per hour wage increase demand.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Charles O'Neill
North-West
Sulphur Flower Show: Garden Club Hosts Annual Display
Sulphur's Flower Garden club stages its big annual show and sale amid Cottonseed Crushers convention at the Artesian hotel. Members arrange lilies roses and gladioli with local wildflowers to fund civic beautification projects. Committee: Mrs. J A Wrenn Mrs. Ameen Hassen Mrs. John Seeton.
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Sulphur Flower Garden Club
Cottonseed Crushers Association
Artesian Hotel
Flower Garden Club
J. A. Wrenn
Ameen Hassen
John Seeton
Tornado Rips Leedey Oklahoma Causing Heavy Damage
A Savage tornado struck Leedey Oklahoma tonight leveling about three quarters of the town. Six bodies reported with many injured as rescue teams worked from the Leedey schoolhouse morgue and the Methodist church basement for treatment.
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Leedy
Okla
Oklahoma
Jack Sapp
Higgins
Tex
Texas
Arnett
Gage
Woodward
Sapp
Leedey
D. B. Abbott
A. A. Butler
A. J. Albritton
Kitchen
E. E. McFarland
McFarland
Sousa Leads Marine Band and Legacy in Family Ties
John Philip Sousa known as the "March King" led the United States Marine Band for 12 years. His father Antonio Sousa also served as a trombone player in the same band, marking a family musical lineage.
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John Philip Sousa
March King
United States Marine Band
Antonio Sousa
Sunbath Periods Advise Dawn to Nine A.M. and Evening
The best periods for sunbathing are from dawn to 9 a m and from 4 p m to sundown, according to guidelines. These intervals avoid peak heat and reduce exposure while still offering sufficient sunlight.
Early Re elected President Of Oklahoma Federation Clerks
E Jack Early of Ada was reelected president of the Oklahoma Federation of Postoffice Clerks at its annual convention in Muskogee Oklahoma Gene Jennings of Bartlesville was chosen secretary treasurer Regional vice presidents named were J W Hite Enid for the northwestern district Tom Ward Oklahoma City for the southwestern Monty Grazer Tulsa for the northeastern and M T Easley McAlester for the southeastern district
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Muskogee
Okla
E. Jack Early
Ada
Oklahoma Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Gene Jennings
Bartlesville
J. W. Hite
Enid
Tom Ward
Oklahoma City
Monty Grazer
Tulsa
M. T. Easley
McAlester
Human error blamed for majority of train wrecks in ICC study
Investigators found 57 of 89 accidents in 13 months were caused by railroad workers including engineers and switchmen. Failures to obey signals, misreads, and unsafe switching led to 149 deaths and 2,448 injuries, with rolling stock faults far less common.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Naperville
Red Arrow
Jersey Central
Broadway Limited
Liberty Limited
Long Island
New Haven
Readville
Mass
Reading
JCC
Memorial Day violent death toll reaches 299 in three days
The Associated Press reports at least 299 fatalities in a three day Memorial Day period. Highway crashes led with 125 deaths as airplane crashes in New York and Maryland claimed 94 lives. Drownings reached 38 and other causes 40, with California posting the heaviest toll at 19, and Indiana Michigan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin at eight.
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Associated Press
New York
Maryland
National Safety Council
California
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Atoka Rotarians Set Charter Presentation Night
Atoka’s new Rotary club sponsored by the Ada club will receive its charter Tuesday night. Ada Rotarians plan to attend by bus, meeting at the Denco terminal by 6 p.m., with large delegations from McAlester Hartshorne Durant Tishomingo Hugo Madill and Sulphur.
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Atoka
Ada Club
Ada
Denco
McAlester
Hartshorne
Durant
Tishomingo
Hugo
Madill
Sulphur
Michigan State College
Truman Signs Foreign Relief Bill and Drops Alaska Trip
President Truman signs a 350 million foreign relief bill and cancels plans for an Alaska trip. He will visit Kansas City to reunite with 35th Division veterans and travel to Ottawa to address the Canadian Parliament. He also plans a train trip to Canada June 9 to 12. defense and wartime controls are scaled back.
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Truman
Canada
Washington
Missouri
Charles G. Ross
Alaska
Kansas City
Ottawa
Martha E. Truman
Grandview
Parachutist Lands In Back Yard After Times Square Jump
Leonard D Attolico 26 of Brooklyn bailed from a two seater over Long Island and parachuted into a 44th Street yard near Broadway. He claimed 17 army jumps and said he wanted bird eye shots of the city. He was arrested for endangering public safety.
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New York
Times Square
44Th Street
Broadway
Leonard D’attolico
Broklyn
503Rd
Union Engineering Company
Hoboken
N. J
D’attolico
Amityville
Long Island
Empire State Building
Lee Corbissiano
Corbissiano
Floyd Bennett Field
D’attolicio
Pott Farmer Wins W G Skelly Award for Dairy Farm
Harry Ross of Pottawatomie County and his five member family will receive the W G Skelly award for superior achievement in agriculture. The award includes a $100 savings bond a scroll and lapel buttons. The Ross dairy farm of 600 acres near Shawnee is cited as modern and efficient with dairy products valued at 13650 and cattle 4000 plus poultry eggs 838 and pork 3487. Harvests last year included 1200 bushels of corn 2500 bushels of oats and 120 acres of sorghum feed crops.
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Chicago
Harry Ross
Pottawatomie County
W. G. Skelly
Lloyd Burlingham
U. S
Skelly Oil Co
Ross
Shawnee
Preacher and Cow Reach Talihina in Oklahoma
The Rev. Lawrence Layman arrived by box car in Talihina Oklahoma after four days travel from Fort Wayne Indiana with Fidelis a heifer given by friends His wife and two children travel by car Layman resigning from a Church of Christ pastorate to work as a missionary among Southeastern Oklahoma Indians will occupy a four room house 15 miles south and hold services in two small churches and brush arbor meetings to reach the country he calls the country God forgot He sought the assignment after reading an advertisement asking are you in the country God forgot and says he likes the people and plans to stay long term
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Talihina
Okla
Lawrence Layman
Fort Wayne
Ind
Layman
Church of Christ
Oklahoma
LeFlore
Brush Arbor
Poor eyesight linked to headaches and stomach complaints
Health note outlines that poor eyesight can cause headaches nervousness and stomach issues. The statement emphasizes recognizing vision problems as contributing factors to physical discomfort.
Blame Of 1941 Strike Right on Reds
Washington reports the House labor committee accuses communists of steering the 1941 Allis-Chalmers strike in Wisconsin. It cites fired CIO-UAW Milwaukee leader Robert Buse and Harold Christoffel, says testimony was false, and urges Justice Department action.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Allis- Chalmers
Wisconsin
Robert Buse
Cio-Uaw
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Company
Buse
Harold Christoffel
Christoffel
Tere
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Department of Justice
Communist Party
Allis-Chalmers
Cornell findings on rain reducing hay feed value
Researchers at Cornell University report that a heavy shower can cut hay feed value by up to 38 percent due to leaching of soluble sugars, proteins, and minerals.
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Cornell U. Find
Rammed Earth Buildings Explained in Oldest Construction Method
Rammed earth structures use a damp mix of sand silt clay and gravel tamped into wall forms. This ancient technique creates sturdy walls through repeated compaction and natural materials.
Poultry Production Tops Six Hundred Forty Seven Million Birds in 1946
The 1946 report shows chicken output exceeding 647 million birds across farms. This surge reflects growing demand and expansion in farming operations during the period.
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Butchie) Shurtz
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