Parris Mitchell Faces Tragedies and Mental Health Study
Orphan Parris Mitchell endures a string of losses including her father separation from Renee and the deaths of Madame von Elna and Dr. Tower. She confronts mental illness through contacts with Lucy Carr and Benny Singer while pursuing medical study in Vienna and navigating complex friendships with Drake McHugh and Louise Gordon as Randy Monaghan reappears.
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Parris Mitchell
Renee
Madame von Elna
Dr. Tower
Parris
Cassandra Tower
Tower
Ren
Lucy Carr
Benny Singer
Kings Rew
Drake McHugh
Cvlde
Gordon
Louise Gordon
Drake
Sowertheart
Vienna
Randy Monaghan
Station
Drake Dreams and a Meeting with Benny Singer
Tom Carr announces a trip and asks Colonel Skeffington to help Benny Singer find work. Carr then encounters Drake McHugh returning toward town with a girl named Randy Monaghan, after noting his own preparations for leaving.
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Drake
Benny Singer
Singer
Benny
Ipom Carr
Federal Street
Macintosh
Drake McHugh
Mr. Carr
Randy Monaghan
Tom
Parris
Kings Row prospects for hillside land sale and housing
Drake explains land around the creek bend near Parris old place is for sale dirt cheap. Peyton Graves and the speaker plan to buy and develop a big house on terraces with green lawns by the creek while selling to rich buyers later.
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Parris
Peyton Graves
Kings Row
Thurston and
Macmillan St. George
Land schemes and social divides in small town romance
Drake drums up a plan to buy bottom land cheap and resell in tiny lots while Randy worries about class barriers between uptown wealth and downtown workers. They debate money, social status, and future hopes as they ride home. The scene ends with a tease that their story continues.
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Drake
Kings Row
Peyton
Randy
Union Street
Louise Gordon
Parris
Europe
Island Beach Showdown Between Talcott and Tomas
In a Caribbean island dispute Bill Talcott averts a crisis on a worker Tomas while June Paterson and detective MacDowell arrive with Halsey. June confronts fear as Tomas quells, then Talcott is framed as hero and MacDowell confronts him with a pistol.
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Bill Talcott
Halsey
Dereh Island
Caribbean
Jane Paterson
Bill
MacDowell
June
Leonard Halsey
June Paterson
Tomas
Talcott
Bill Talecet
Sebastien
Mise Paterson
To Rally Or Not to Rally In Pontotoc County
Pontotoc candidates convene Monday at 10 in the district courtroom to decide whether to continue or drop political rallies and pie suppers amid WWI era shortages. The Democratic central committee urged limiting rallies to key communities while incumbents push to attend every meeting.
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Pontotoc County
Democratic Central Committee
Allen
Stonewall
Roff
Francis
Ada
Allied plane sinks another Japanese sub
Australia reports Allied forces destroyed a Japanese submarine. General MacArthur's headquarters announced the action on Sunday, June 7, detailing a successful strike against the enemy vessel.
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Japa
Australia
rAn
General MacArthur
Garden Dug yields ever richer finds in Grand Island
Grand Island Nebraska June 6 reports Mrs Alma Workman continues digging her garden hoping for treasure. In ten years she found a $10 gold piece, then another $10 piece, and last year a $5 piece. She notes greater returns for the amount invested. Ada News Classified Ads.
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Grand Island
Alma Workman
Nothme
Ada News
Absentee Voting Procedure Outlined By County Officials
County election officials detailed the absentee voting process on Saturday noting long steps may prevent distant soldiers from voting. Requests should go to Joe Beck, secretary of the county election board, with the voter's precinct number. Ballots are sent from the precinct, marked, sealed with an affidavit, and delivered to a local voter who serves as the ballot custodian on election day.
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Joe Beck
County Election Board
Beck
Tire Thieves Strike Again At Ada Area Ranches
Thieves took five tires and wheels from a pickup at Carlton Corbin’s Stoneybroke ranch 16 miles south of Ada, and previously took five tires from the Ebey ranch five miles south of Ada. Corbin, caring for 1,700 cattle across county grass land, notes it’s hard to get around without modern transport after the loss.
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Carlton Corbin
Stoneybroke Ranch
Ada
Ebey Ranch
Corbin
Johnston
Murray
Crop cultivation push in Switzerland reduces livestock
Agriculture needs in Switzerland drive a shift from livestock to crop cultivation. Farmers adapt to ensure food production while conserving resources and supporting changing economic conditions. The move reflects broader agricultural reform and shifting market demands.
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Switzerland
Want More Youths In Summer's PT Training Course
East Central college seeks extra applicants aged 18 to 20 for Civilian Pilot Training in the summer session starting around June 15. Oscar Parker says the accelerated eight week course may lead to assignment to the army or navy air corps, while a 16 week extracurricular class is also planned.
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East Central College
Oscar Parker
Parker
Army
Navy Air Corps
Oklahoma Prison Industries Offered For War Use
Oklahoma's prison industries were offered to the government for war supply production. Bell, chair of the state board, sent a letter to the War Production Board outlining a garment factory output of 125 dozen shirts 100 dozen pants 35 dozen unionalls 25 jackets and 40 dozen miscellaneous items daily plus canning plants with a 10 000 cans per day capacity. He noted some plants halted due to material shortages and cited legal approval for interstate purchase of prison goods.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Jack Bell
State Board of Affairs
Dan W. Furner
Prison Industries
War Production Board
Bell
Turner
McAlester
War Bond and Stamp Booth Boosts Ada Sales
Seven weeks into operation at the Woolworth store in Ada, a war bond and stamp booth run by women from six local churches has raised 2655.55 dollars, with weekly totals rising from 107.30 to 616.20. Volunteers from St Josephs Catholic First Methodist Presbyterian Oak Avenue Baptists First Christian and First Baptists staff the booth on assigned weekdays to support the war effort and future bond interest.
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Woolworth
Ada
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
First Methodist Church
Presbyterians
Oak Avenue Baptists
First Christian Church
First Baptists
H. L. Belew
Manazer
Farmers Warned Of Coming Scarcity
Pontotoc county farmers were told by the County USDA War Board that repair parts and tires for farm cars and trucks will be scarce in coming months. They urged immediate conservation measures such as share-your-car and neighbor pooling, warning that tire rationing and parts will be exhausted.
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Pontotoc County
Usda War Board
David Gray
War Board
Wadlington Withdraws From County Attorney Race
Wadlington withdrew from the county attorney race leaving only Val Crawford opposing incumbent Wayne Lewis who seeks reelection. He cited war service prospects and the withdrawal period ending as the reasons, thanking supporters.
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Carless Wadlington Tusday
Val Crawford
Wayne Lewis
Wadlington
Autograph Bomb Offer At War Bond Event
Report from Baltimore on June 10 describes a military exhibition where buyers of defense stamps may autograph a bomb destined for Berlin. The ceremony will deliver the weapon to Berlin via U S ordnance, with a note to Hitler enclosed in a bomb bound for Berlin.
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Baltimore
Hitler
U. S. Ordnance Department
Berlin
Ada Took Big Step 35 Years Ago to Second Class
The article notes Ada's historical move from third to second class post office status, quoting the June 1907 Ada News. It details salary raises to 2000 dollars, clerk hire increases, and Ada’s growing commercial standing with May receipts near 900 dollars. It mentions infrastructure needs like sidewalks and free delivery prospects.
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Ada
P. D
J. R. Young
Mr. Young
Young
Indian Territory
Department
Forty Five State Races Settled by Default
OKLAHOMA CITY June 10 Forty five of the 208 political contests on the state ballot have been settled by default. The 45 winning public offices without opposition reflect war induced voter distraction from the July 14 primary. Many major offices show only two candidates and 22 percent of races are uncontested. Three state officials have no opponents. There are 17 unopposed district judges, two state senators, and 23 house members. Attorney General Williamson Insurance Commissioner Read and Corporation Commissioner Bond each have one Democratic opponent.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Legislative House
House
Mac Q. Williamson
Jess G. Read
Reford Bond
Escaped RAFers to Join AVG in China
Chungking June 10 Part of the RAF personnel who escaped into China from Burma remain to take ground jobs with the American Volunteer Group the Flying Tigers. They will be absorbed into the United States Army Air Corps July 4 as other AVG members depart. New American planes recently flown in do not indicate U S air corps units arriving. the machines join the Chinese air force for operation through July 4 with the AVG.
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Chungking
RAF
China
Burma
T.e
United States Army Air Corps
AVG
Flying Tigers
U. S. Air Corps
Reuters
Moderate Rises In Tobacco Tax Ahead
Washington reporters say members of the house ways and means committee expect moderate increases in excise taxes on cigars cigarettes and tobacco. State members ready to oppose but concede likely loss after earlier hikes on liquor beer and wines. Treasury had sought a 236 million dollar tobacco tax rise and proposed gasoline tax changes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
British Radio Hails U S Victory at Midway
The BBC commentator broadcast by CBS praised the United States Navy for a decisive Midway victory over Japan, calling it one of the war’s greatest sea wins and noting the world’s gratitude and London’s congratulations.
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New York
United States Navy
Midway
BBC
CBS
London
Forty-Three Back from Ada Draft List Rejected
Forty three of eighty nine selectees who left Ada Monday were back home Wednesday rejected for immediate service. Draft board officials say the rejections stem from a score of reasons and note local exams, which include a blood test, were less exact than the army's Oklahoma City evaluation.
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Ada
Army
Draft Board
Oklahoma City
Pi Men Learn Heads Up in Wells Unit at Camp Shelby
At Camp Shelby Mississippi on June 16 Major James B Wells commands infantry drilled under simulated fire. He rides a scout car and uses a slingshot to drop pebbles on exposed heads to drill discipline while wearing tin hats. The 32 year old commander emphasizes learning the lesson with minimal pain yet clear impact.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
James B. Wells
Wells
Confetti Substitution Marks Wedding in Wartime London
In wartime London a creative wedding moment features Sgt. F Chapman and Miss Dorothy Greenslade after friends recycle butter box chips as festive confetti. The improvised celebration reflects the era's salvage ethic and unpatriotic stance toward wasteful traditions.
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London
Sgt. F. Chapman
Dorothy Greenslade
State Supreme Court Awards $25,000 in Insanity Resulting from Auto Crash
Hartford report states the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled a youth who became insane after a car accident is entitled to $25,000 in damages. The court described the injury as extremely serious and worse than death.
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Hartford
Conn
State Supreme Court
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