Mrs Buxton Dies After Stroke in Ada Funeral Monday
Mrs C C Buxton 62 died at a local hospital Saturday afternoon after a stroke. Funeral at 4 p.m. Monday from Hahn Funeral Home Oklahoma City with burial in Roselawn Mausoleum. She moved to Ada four years ago with her husband C C Buxton and their sons. One son Jim Buxton was killed in a plane crash last year in southeastern Oklahoma. Mrs Buxton was Oklahoma City born, first white child there in 1889, later educated at Liberty Ladies College and Northwestern University.
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C. C. Buxton
Hahn Funeral Home
Oklahoma City
Roselawn Mausoleum
Ada
Aldridge Hotel
Wheat Harvest Of State Moves Along Rapidly Past Week
Oklahoma's wheat harvest progresses quickly with good weather in the southwest grain belt. County agents report varied completion levels from 8 to 50 percent across Tillman Comanche Jackson and other counties. Peak harvest in Jackson is set for June 8 with early varieties ripening elsewhere.
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Oklahoma
Shawnnee Brown
Oklahoma A
M. College Extension Service
Brown
S. E. Lewis
Tillman County
Ted Krisher
Lawton
Comanche County
Centon County
Carl Neumann
D. R. Vaniman
Jackson County
Altus
Vaniman
Thomas Cunningham
Hollis
Tom Morrin
Hobart
Stoner K Bicelland Named Oklahoma Highway Chief
McLelland named chief highway engineer of the State Highway Department by H E Bailey. McLelland to be paid 8000 dollars annually. G H Bittle continues as assistant chief with raise to 6600. Leo Brooks becomes division engineer in Muskogee at 450 monthly. Ed ODell named Buffalo district manager succeeding W M Trotter. ODell has 20 years in the department.
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Oklahoma City
Stoner K. BicLelland
State Highway Department
H. E. Bailey
McLelland
Bailey
G. H. Bittle
Leo Brooks
Muskogee
Brooks
J. D.jenkins
Ed O'Dell
Highway Department
Buffalo
W. M. Trotter
O'Dell
Navy uses wood models to study 600 mph speeds
Navy researchers employ four-tenths scale wooden models without pilots or engines. The planes are carried aloft and reach high speeds by diving, helping to study impact and aerodynamics at extreme velocities.
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Navy
Ada Merchants Back Be Kind to Taxpayers Week with 2 Percent Discount
Ada merchants announce a two percent Thursday discount to honor Be Kind to Taxpayers Week. Other city actions include Monday parking meters not collecting coins, free Tuesday marriage licenses, and free Wednesday building permits and inspections. The nationwide movement spreads from 36 states with coverage in Detroit New York and New Jersey papers, as Ada leads with local tax-free measures.
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Ada
Detroit Daily News
New York
New Jerseyaxpayers Association
Andy Anderson
Oklahoma City Sportsman and Rancher
Tan
Anderson
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Texas
Runaway Team Disrupts Coalgate alley scene
R L Fisher of Phillips escaped serious harm after a wagon was struck by a runaway team near Hudson's Store in Coalgate. Two small children in the wagon were frightened but unharmed. John W Miller of Tulsa, president of the U S 75 Highway Association, visited Coalgate and spoke of a national meeting in Sioux City in August.
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R. L. Fisher
Phillips
Mr. Fisher
Hudson’s Store
Hudson’s
First Baptist Church
John W. Miller
Tulsa
Idabel and Hugo businessmen visit Cairo Experiment Station
About forty to fifty Idabel and Hugo businessmen and others visited the Cairo Experiment Station on June 6. A luncheon was served in the Community Building at Coal Gate.
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Idabel
Hugo
Cairo Experiment Station
Coalgate
Doctor Briggs to Attend Atlantic City Medical Meeting
Dr. T H Briggs will leave Friday for Atlantic City New Jersey to attend the American Railway Medical and Surgical Association. The American Medical Association also meets in Atlantic City at the same time. Mrs Lillian Briggs of Coalgate accompanies the doctor on the trip.
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Atoka Indian Citizen-Democrat
T. H. Briggs
Atlantic City
N. J
American Railway Medical and Surgical Association
American Medical Association
Lillian Briggs
Coalgate
Farmer subdues swarm of bees with keg in Holdenville
Holdenville Oklahoma June 7 police called a bee expert after a driver was swarmed. Farmer Cy Wiggs arrived with a keg and by tapping its bottom coaxed the entire swarm into the container.
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Holdenville
Okla
Jimmie Owen
Cy Wiggs
Early Trilobite: Ancient King of the Animal World
The undisputed ruler of life on Earth for over 100 million years was a trilobite, a lazy shell-covered crab-like scavenger. It dominated ancient oceans before modern life diversified.
Truman Weighs Union Curbs Bill Amid Veto Prospects
The White House cadre is split over signing the union curbs bill versus vetoing it. President Truman plans to study analyses after a Canada trip and will not decide until midweek return. Reports also say he is likely to veto the GOP backed income tax cut bill, depending on final review.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Canada
Charles G. Ross
Kansas City
Killer Slays Two Babies in Hospital Nursery
Massillon Ohio reports a mysterious killer entered City hospital fourth floor Pediatrics unit during a thunderstorm and murdered two infant girls Diane Brand eight weeks old and Rosemary Morton nine weeks old. Police Chief Switzer said no clues or weapons were found and suicide or escape details remain unclear.
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Massillon
City Hospital
Stanley Switter
Diane J. Brand
Leo Brand
Rosemary Morton
Harry E. Morton
Maine weed control project targets nuisance plants in berries
Maine undertakes a weed control project addressing northern nut grass horseradish and trees deemed weeds when invading blueberry fields. The program focuses on preventing crop losses by clearing these plants from berry operations and surrounding land.
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State of
Maine
Marshall urges broad aid to Europe to curb Communism
AP analysis notes Secretary of State Marshall framed the Truman doctrine as economic aid to halt Europe’s chaos. He argued U.S. assistance should be joint with European nations and continue for several years to restore economic health, warning against exploiting misery for political gain. Communists respond by opposing aid.
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Marshall
Harvard Alumni Association
Congress
Europe
Asia
United States
America
President Truman Leads WWI Comrades in Kansas City Parade
President Truman marched part of the route with his 35th Division veterans in Kansas City. A bank robbery at Downtown Commerce Trust Bank on 10th and Walnut netted $1,525. Eisenhower's brother Arthur is a bank vice president. Truman later visited his mother at Grandview before addressing the postwar memorial of the 35th Division at Liberty Memorial Hall. He will depart Sunday from Fairfax Airport for Washington aboard the Sacred Cow.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Kansas City
Truman
Commerce Trust Company
10Th and
Walnut Streets
Dwight Eisenhower
Arthur
Liberty Memorial Hall
Grandview
France
Martha E. Truman
Fairfax
Kansas
Washington
Ken Braddy Opens New Ada Car Firm with Open House
Ken Braddy Motor Company opened Saturday at 11 with 14 new Mercurys and one Lincoln on display. The showroom at 114-120 North Constant was redecorated and air conditioning planned. Braddy and staff welcomed visitors until 9 pm and highlighted updated service equipment and Ford parts availability.
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Fello Ada Automobile
Ken Braddy Motor Company
North Constant
Lincoln
Buddy Nease
Bob Wilker
Ken Braddy
Richardson- Belt Company
Service Department
Allen
Ford
Mercury
Braddy
Ada
Social Lobby Is Not Registered
Washington June 9 Senator Cain of Washington says 788 registered full time lobbyists exist but social lobbying through cocktail parties junkets and elite events is the real informal influence in Congress. He notes many invitations and heavy propaganda but says no vicious or corrupt lobbying activity is observed and most groups are above board.
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Washington
Cain
Wash
Congress
Capitol
Ardmore Plans New Separate School In County Bond Issue
Carter county board of commissioners approves preparing plans for a new separate Ardmore school to be included in a county wide bond issue.
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Ardmore
Carter County Board of Commissioners
Burglars Enter Bank Then Escape With No Loot
Two burglars entered the Oklahoma National Bank of Capitol Hill early today but fled without stealing. Night watchman William Luther Kirland alerted officers, who found the back door open and desks ransacked but the vault untouched and no money missing.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma National Bank of
Capitol Hill
William Luther Kirland
Kirland
Ada Public Library Story Hour draws larger crowd
The Ada Public Library began its Story Hour on Saturday at 10 a m with 32 children present. It will repeat next Saturday and then run Tuesdays at 10 a m for the summer. Miss Hazel Whaley notes the program ties to the Treasure Seekers reading club and uses a Treasure Map guiding ages three to nine to varied topics such as Biography Bay and Sport Diamond.
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Ada Public Library
Hazel Whaley
Miss Whaley
Children’s Book Club
Treasure Seekers
Biography Bay
Fairy Gate
Career Center
Sport Diamond
Vacation swap brings two families together in Polk
Polk Nebraska June 9 1950 arrangement of vacation housing is a direct swap between Mr and Mrs Carl Steelquist of Polk and Mr and Mrs Otis Anderson of Caldwell Idaho. The Steelquists vacation in Caldwell living in the Anderson home while the Andersons vacation in Polk living in the Steelquist home. Mrs Anderson and Mrs Steelquist are sisters. A home sewing tip adds that ready made curtains hang better when the selvage edge is trimmed and replaced with a narrow hem.
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Polk, Neb
Carl Steelquist
Polk
Otis Anderson
Caldwell
Idaho
Steelquists
Anderson
Andersons
Steelquest
Mrs
June Weddings Return With Many Trappings
New York May 31 Brides will embrace traditional white gowns in record numbers this June as formal weddings surge postwar. Industry sources cite cheaper ready made gowns, more bridesmaids, and bigger party plans boosting the bridal market with gowns priced around 50 to 98 dollars and fabrics like nylon tulle expanding choices.
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New York
Bureau of Census
Bride's Magazine
Jack Young
Murray Hamburger
Hamburger
Bride’s Magazine
Reich Takes Control of Wilson Bank in Oklahoma
H P Reich, longtime associate of Oklahoma State Bank, has bought control of the Bank of Wilson in Wilson Oklahoma and taken charge. The bank lists roughly 750000 in assets with 25000 in capital stock plus larger reserves and profits. Reich plans Wilson as home and mentions his wife Mrs Reich will join him this week.
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H. P. Reich
Oklahoma State Bank
Bank of
John Barrymore Titled Ya Han by Chinese Fans
Chinese movie fans dubbed John Barrymore Ya Han as a playful nickname reflecting his star status. The tribute surfaced amid fan gatherings and press notices from Beijing and Shanghai cinemas.
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John Barrymore
Ya Han
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