Ferdinand On Travels Ada Roundup Goes To Texas Rodeo
Ferdinand the advertising steer for Ada Rodeo heads to Texas for a four day Mt Pleasant appearance while Ada Roundup Quadrille travels as a contract act. The steer, rebuilt with Hereford body lines, will tour six states and return to Ada for the late summer show withQuadrille members and caller Louie Jaller.
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Ferdinand
Ada
Texas
Mt. Pleasant
Ferdinand Becase
Hereford
Ferdinand Much Etter
Muskogee
Betty Sue Kinsey
Julia Mar Smith
Marion Ray
Ruby Kutchel
Edward Halverson
Mary Reeves
Ruby Lowe
Bill Lowe
Escar Meyers
Jo Ann Kite
Pete Neighbors
George Parrish
Wylie
Pap" Jeter
Roy Floyd
Shirley Floyd
Howard Mathis
Ginger Mathis
Maxine Scott
Estelle Curtis
Ernie Kaiffin
Bill Curtis
Louie Aller
High Octane Dreams Slow as Engines Aim for More MPG
Auto engineers show how high compression engines could push 30 plus miles per gallon but mass production hinges on 100 octane gasoline at every station. Detroit blames oil industry while garage crews note in between models already offer up to 40 percent better mileage with higher octane fuel. Refiners say octane will rise gradually. airports already offer 109 octane. Expensive new equipment and cost concerns delay wide rollout despite potential mileage gains.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Detroit
Himen
Bing
Tate
Big Guns To Invade This Area During Week
State and national candidates campaigned daily as big guns plan events in the county. Democrat Governor hopefuls Johnston Murray and William O Coe schedule speeches in Atoka Coalgate Stonewall Ada Sulphur Wilson Madill Tishomingo and Coalgate. U S Senator hopeful Elmer Thomas appears in Seminole Konawa Ada Purcell Sulphur Pauls Valley with rivals active elsewhere.
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Pontotoc County
Francis
Rofs
Ion Townsend
Main Street
Adam Gubernatorial
U. S
Johnston Murray
Atoka
Coalgate
Stonewall
Ada
Sulphur
Wilson
Bank teller robs bank for dance hall hostess love
In VAN NUYS California a 23 year old Sacramento bookkeeper Donald P Bookwalter was jailed on robbery suspicions after a bank heist. a dance hall hostess Margaret Sweet 20 who knew him led police to his surrender. He bought a palomino horse and riding outfit for the hostess then gave a telling tale at the station.
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VAN_NUYS
Calif
Donald P. Bookwriter
Sacramento
Amera
Besheh
Lee A. Proper
Margaret Sweet
Bookwalter
County Voters Tread Lightly as July Election Approaches
A quiet Pontotoc county campaign unfolds with officials split on a court house purge. Voters weigh choices as officeholders ramp up outreach, letters and handshakes flood communities, and July fourth turnout looms amid intensified campaigning for district judge and county attorney races.
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Pontotoc
Tujay
Seme Terebly
First Infantry in New Beach Landing at Omaha Beach
On the sixth anniversary of D-Day the United States First Infantry Division returned to Omaha Beach in Normandy to honor fallen comrades. Maj. John Finke led a wreath-laying at the memorial statue listing about 500 names, then the party visited the American military cemetery where 9,221 service members rest. Local French officials held services at Utah Beach and Sainte Mere Eglise as First Division veterans, some not storming on that day, joined the ceremony.
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Omaha Beach
France
United States First Infantry Division
Siam
Normandy
John Finke
New York City
American Military Cemetery
Armen
Cne
Utah Beach
Sainte Mere Leglise
Sainte Marie
Max HK Weir
South Erie Street
Wirkita
Rasne
State Supreme Court Opinions Oklahoma City June 6 4 and M
Oklahoma Supreme Court opinions include cases: OKLAHOMA CITY June 6. The court affirms or reverses various matters touching Robby Jo Shannon, the State Insurance Fund, State Industrial Commission, Waiser, Rey Mantoth, and police in Hominy Osage county, with directives and orders. Also notes on agricultural methods comparing Chinese hand harvesting to American machinery.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
M. Baking Company
State Insurance Fund
Robby Jo Shannon
State Industrial Commission
Award $i Slane
Mle Hendrix
A D. Ward
JH. Gore
Oklahoma
Waiser
Rey Mantoth
Hominy
Osage County
Bem Seavens
H. M. McDaniel
Mo McDaniel and Company
Joe L. Barthel
Tufa County
Miss Ann to Return as Nurse at Camp Adaka
Fannie Ann Fields of Ada will again serve as nurse for Camp Adaka starting June 17. The veteran Camp Fire counselor, nicknamed Miss Ann, will oversee a seven bed infirmary and supervise camp health and salutation. Fields, a registered nurse from the Oklahoma School of Nursing, brings extensive camping and child care experience. She will inspect cabins each morning and award clean cabin banners, as the staff moves in June 16 to ready for campers.
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Ada Camp Fire Council
Fannie Ann Fields
Ada
Camp
Adake
Lake Murray
Miss Ann
Iss Ann
Oklahoma School of Nursing
Miss Fields
Adaka
Bandits Worsted in Greenwich Village
New York police fought a running gun battle in Greenwich Village early today against three holdup men at the Little Casino cafe. One bandit was killed, two bandits and a bystander wounded. A fleeing car crashed near a construction derrick by Washington Square. a bandit fled into Salle Des Champagnes and was shot dead by two officers.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Little Casino
Washington Square
Salle Des Champagnes
Ploc
Mate
Osage County Posts Population Drop in Decade
Osage County Oklahoma, the district's largest in area, shows a population fall from 41,502 in 1949 to about 32,994 in the past decade, per preliminary census figures released by Area Census Director E. Nichols. Officials say full county totals and city-by-city figures are under official review at Washington.
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Tulsa
Okla
Osage County
Oklahoma
E. Nichols
Washington
Osage
Nichols
Pawnet
Isa
Avant
Barnsdall
Burpank
Fairtex
Foraker
Gravida
Hominy
Nelagoney
Osage City
Pavhuska
Pershing
Shidier
Skiatook
Webb City
Vernona
Iscx
Aty
Michael Strange 15 Out Of Hospital In New York
Michael Strange, second wife of Tate actor Johnny Barrymore, discharged from Memotis hospital after four weeks for cancer and a heart disease. Daughter Tiana Barrymore says the mother’s condition is much improved. nature of illness not disclosed.
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New York
Michael Strange
Tate
Johnny Barrymore
Memotis Hospital
Tiana Barryrmore
Complicated Cattle Rings May Be Broken
A Shawnee butcher’s tip unlocked a chain of cattle thefts spanning Oklahoma and Kansas leading to the recovery of J G Cearley’s stolen cow and calf. Suspects include Lawrence Chastain and his sons Kenneth and Manuel, plus J H McCallie and Dale McCallie, all held on larceny charges after a two state roundup led by Hugh county officials.
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J. G. Dearley
Ada
Walker Hisle
Cearley
Hisle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dearley
Lawrence Chastain
Kenneth
Manuel
Holdenville
J. H. McCallie
Kan
Dale
Calvin
Hughs County
Marvin Baugh
Baugh
Hugh
Emmett Petete
Jess Lee
State Crime Bureau
Brother
Henryetta
Wetumka
Manuels
Chastain
Léa
Wilbur Neese
McCallie
Liberal
Lea
Wellington
Sumner
McCallies
Allen
Cearley’s Cow Fit the One Supplied By “McCallie, Cearley Was Taken To Wettimka
Gunmen Fire At Fairfield Pair Wounds Ally Deeply
In Fairfield Illinois gunmen ambushed the car of Little Earl Shelton and his associate Dellas Wylie. Wylie was shot three times in the back and died. Shelton escaped unharmed. The attack occurred near a garage on Highway 45 two miles west of town as the men chatted. Sheriff Ebner Brown said shots came from across the highway about 75 yards away amid high brush and trees. shell fragments were found in the grass.
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Fairfield, III
Little Earl Shelton
Dellas Wylie
Florv
Wyle
Little Earl
Highway 45
Here
Earl
Ebner Brown
Wylie
Ol Brown
Brown
Fen
State 4H Round-Up showcased Pontotoc county delegates
The twenty-ninth annual State 4H Club Round-Up featured Pontotoc county delegates like Billy Lucas and Noland Hester. They attended short courses on breeds, market classes, parasites control, and tours of a new dairy unit and poultry operations. The delegates gained experience, formed friendships, and anticipate meeting peers at future 4-H events. Contracts paid included two dairy contracts in full for 1947 Milking Shorthorn and Holstein projects with partial payment on another Milking Shorthorn.
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H. Hailey
Lester F. Smith
Pontotoc
Southwest
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Billy Lucas
Noland Hester
Fitzhugh
Charles Chandler
Michael Canada
Cedar Grove
R. H. Johnston
Lula
Bobby Langley
Stonewall
Dean Stephens
Carrel Bryant
Jerry Murphy
Alten
Garvin Glover
Lotta
Herbert Sherrell
Byng
Charles Price
Pantatoe County
4-H Clube
Beesie
General Assembly
Earl Gandy
Young Folks
Isl
Dr. Overton
Billy Thompson
Melish
C. BR. Anthony Company
J . Ray Young
Guy Looper
Floyd Lowe
Tri-State Fire Insurance Company
Bill Short Seeks Oklahoma Corporation Commission Seat
Bill Short submits his candidacy for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission subject to Democratic primaries. Born 1887 in Sugden Indian Territory, he lives in Davis and has farmed and raised stock. He has 17 years of experience as Oil and Gas Conservation Officer and promises sound conservation and fair utility rates if elected.
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Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
Indian Territory
Sugden
Davis
Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission
Short appeals for honest corporation commission
The speaker appeals to voters to elect a Corporation Commissioner based on integrity and independence. He emphasizes training in the field, freedom from campaign finance obligations, and serving the people without pressure from special interest groups while running in the upcoming race.
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Clean Corporation Commission
W. W
Bill
Earth rotation slows over long run from ancient eclipses
Astronomers using records of eclipses from Babylonian times show the earth's rotation gradually decelerates in the long term. A stray garbled line mentions shaping a veil and damp cloth tips, then a fragment about truffles as a crop in France and Italy.
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Barbers
Garbare
Igi Ares
Air Force
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Bazallon Air Force Base
New Beach Landing
Storm
Qmoke Beach
State Supreme Court
Ann
Camp Adaka
Ada Camp
Enda
Younger Shelton
Flany
Briel Tannic
Bill Short
Chance
Italy
William
Coe
Monroney
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