Deepest Well Reaches 17823 Feet Near Fort Cobb
The Superior Oil Company drill rigged a wildcat at five miles north of Fort Cobb Oklahoma reaching 17823 feet, the deepest hole yet. They test perforating casing at 15000 feet to gauge oil or gas potential while temperatures at the bottom may exceed 325F.
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Fort Cobb
Okla
Here
Caddo County
Superior Oil Company of California
Pacific Western Oil Company
Lost Hills
Bakersfield
Calif
Phillips Petroleum Co
Brazos County
Texas
Wildcat
Layman Celey
President Unveils Memorial To Walter Johnson
President Truman unveiled a granite memorial at Griffith Stadium honoring Walter Johnson known as The Big Train. The ceremony drew 5 000 to 6 000 fans and featured remarks by Truman and displays of Johnson’s baseball legacy. Family members and baseball dignitaries attended as Truman watched the Washington-St Louis game from a box.
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Washington
Truman
Griffith Stadium
Walter Johnson
Johnson
United States
Senators
William Harridge
American League
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
White House
Eddie
Walter
Robert
Caroline
Barbara
Leslie
John Haney Wins Writing Prize in OU Contest
John A Haney of Norman won first place in the Robert Whitehand memorial writing contest for students in OU’s professional writing short course. His story The Blonde in the Bottle earned top honors with second and third places awarded to Ger ry Griffith of Oklahoma City for The Cameraman and the Corpse and Mr and Mrs John Hanlin of Norman for Love was on her Lips. Haney, born in Ada, is the son of Mrs Joe Walker of Ada and plans a writing career.
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John A Haney
Adan
Norman
Robert Whitehand
University of Oklahoma
Haney
Ada
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Steve Payne
Saturday Evening Post
Harlan Mendenhall
NBC
Gerry Griffith
Oklahoma City
John Hanlin
Joe Walker
Mr. Walker
John
Lehigh Man Improves After Work Illness in Stockton
Word reaches that George Milan of Lehigh became overheated while unloading at a Stockton feed store in California. He fell from a truck but is reported improving and expected to return to work soon.
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George Milan, Lehig
Stockton
Calif
Date Set for Only Full Scale Summer Play At College
East Central schedules the sole full scale summer production Love Your Neighbor for July 10 directed by D. J. Nabors. Rehearsals begin within a week, with a four day break for the Fourth of July. The three act comedy follows Tessy Vashki torn between Oswald Frederick and Johnny, amid candy business and small town life.
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East Central Due
D. J. Nabors
Tessy Vashki
Summerville
Iowa
Oswald Frederick
Tessy
Oswald
Johnny
Wingy Vashki
Dale Stone
Dora Vashki
Doris Faye Hargett
Flora Vashki
Ida Swinney
Emil Vashki
Ben Hill
Anna Vashki
Marie J
Biddy Brady
Vashki’s
Gussie Marlin
Mrs. Jones
Doris Vandever
Illie Lurber
Luke Watson
Vashkis
Ellis Kendall
Frederick John Absher
Johnny Jones
John Clayton
Frederick
Iva Lee Nelson
Bixby
Berlvene Miller
Maxey
Joane Newcombe
Margaret Bennett
Dixie Jones
Margaret Mitchell
Increase in Home Ownerships in Pontotoc County 1946 to 1947
County assessor records show homestead exemption filings rose from 1946 to 1947 with 5 009 filed countywide and Ada city reporting 2 466. Growth tied to land annexations expanding city limits from 1946 onward, while Allen town fluctuated from 257 in 1944 to 208 in 1945 and up in 1946 before dropping in 1947.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Allen
Girl Waited Year Weds Him After All
Richard C. Augsberger 23 of Middletown Ohio married Ardena Mae Fouts 23 in a Veterans Administration hospital chapel in Detroit. He sat in a wheelchair after a paralyzing motorcycle crash four days before his planned wedding. His brother Robert, also injured, attended as best man. Richard served in Europe and the South Pacific and spent 11 months strapped to a board before recently sitting up in a wheelchair.
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Detroit
Richard C. Augsberger
Middletown O
Augsberger
Ardena Mae Fouts
Middletown
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albert S. Zinger
Robert
Richard
Combat Engineers
Europe
South Pacific
Universal Training Legislation Delayed to Next Year
Members of the house armed services committee said the drive to cash GI terminal leave bonds will sidetrack universal military training legislation until next year. The comments came in Washington on June 21.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Special Commission
Republican House
Rep. Arends
Illinois
House
Congress
Arends
William F. Arbogast
GOP
High Command
Rees
R-Kas
House Postoffice Committee
Rules Committee
Post Office Committee
Misled Greeks Sending Food Parcels to U S
New York dispatch reports thousands of parcels from Greece sent to supposedly starving American relatives. Authorities estimate 100000 to 160000 pounds of meat bearing on a possible cruel scheme or political propaganda. The item ties to customs inquiry and unspecified motives behind the shipments.
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New York
The
New York Times
Mediterranean
United States
Customs House
Greece
the Times
America
Scattered Showers Forecast Across Oklahoma
The Associated Press reports scattered thundershowers and mostly cloudy skies with cooler highs from about 70 in the panhandle to 90 in the southeast. Wheat harvesting in western counties halted or delayed by rain, with rainfall Saturday night totaling up to 3.80 inches in Muskogee and other reports including Lawton 1 inch Alva .37 and Chickasha and Guthrie .28.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Red Weather Bureau
Oklah City
Panhandle
Extension Service of
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Muskogee
Lawton
Alva
Chickasha
Guthrie
Rev Charles Myers To Denmark Meeting
Rev Charles Myers pastor of the First Baptist church Sulphur will attend the seventh Baptist World congress in Copenhagen Denmark from July 27 to August 4 He has a six week leave of absence and will be one of fifty Oklahoma delegates Sailing from New York on the Queen Elizabeth July 17 and returning September 2 His itinerary includes London Amsterdam Brussels Luxembourg Venice Rome Genoa and Paris.
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Charles Myers
First Baptist Church
Copenhagen
Denmark
Oklahoma
Texas
Myers
New York
London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Uxembourg
Venice
Rome
Genoa
Paris
Austria Gains U S Funds Boost for Occupation Economy
Vienna reports the U S Army will buy Austrian schillings with dollars to cover occupation costs starting July 1, creating about 20 million dollars yearly foreign exchange. The plan shifts expense from Austria to U S funds, reduces requisitioned property losses, and may raise living costs for American troops.
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Vienna
Austria
U. S
Leopold Figl
Jesse Balmer
Oklahoma urged to build roads for Texoma Park access
James V. Lloyd of the National Park Service pressed Oklahoma officials to provide roads to open 8 planned Texoma recreation areas across four counties. He cited 21 miles of new routes needed and warned without roads concessionaires will refuse sites, with Park Service funds already spent and more planned.
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Oklahoma
Texoma Park
Gene Potes Madill
Lake Texoma
James V. Lloyd
Denison
Texas
National Park Service
Publc
Lloyd
Highway Commission
Bryan
Love
Marshall
Johnston
Don’t wash strawberries until they are to be used
Instructions advise washing berries only right before use and removing green caps only after washing to keep them fresh.
Golfer Expresses Thoughts On The Tee
A golfer is described as a man who truly knows how to express his thoughts to a tee, highlighting a witty blend of sport and communication.
Potatoes Dominate London Talk Amid Shortage
London on June 21 centers on a potato shortage with ration queues forming as citizens blame the labor government. Minister of Food John Strachey appeals for patience while ships are hurried from Ireland and Scotland carrying cargoes of old potatoes and hopes for more new stock.
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London
John Strachey
Ireland
Scotland
Final Tiny Tots Contest Entries for June Show at College
Final Tiny Tots entry list lists dozens of contestants from local shops and schools for the June 26 27 show at the college auditorium. The Atomic Minstrels sponsored by American Legion and Auxiliary will perform. Votes for the Tiny Tot contest are posted daily at Penney s and in The Ada News.
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College Auditorium
Atomic Minstrels
American Legion and Auxiliary
Junior Legion
Penney'’s
Ada
Jeanne Auld
Yarbro
Pamela Badgwell
Smart Shop
Dona Frances Baker
Belew’s
Variety
Paula Kay Barnes
East Central
Judy Ebey
Bayless Drug
Nancy English
Lucy Jill Eller
Rollow Hardware
Connie Guest
Brooks Food Mart
Sheridan Moreland
Hensler Drug
Jancie Carole Bot
Jancie Carole Bot Rts, Cough’ ‘ McDonald Drug
Anna Lee Smith
Brown’s Infant Shop
Leslie Gail Smyth
Aldridge Coffee Shop
Linda Beth Swann
Copeland Bakery
Carolyn Jo van Bebber
Branscome Grocery Market
Capt Eisenhower and bride visit kin in Iowa
Captain John Eisenhower and his eleven day wife visited his aunt Miss Edna Carlson and uncle Joel Carlson in Boone Iowa before planned departure for Manhattan Kansas and Fort Benning Georgia to report for duty.
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Capt. Eisenhower
Iowa
Hevea Tree Rubber Maturation Timeline Noted
A hevea tree reaches full rubber production about 12 years after planting, indicating long-term cultivation requires patience and planning for harvest potential.
Clayton Flies To London For European Recovery Plan Talks
Undersecretary William Clayton travels to London amid British French efforts to win Soviet involvement in the Marshall plan. U S officials say aid would be limited and complemented by European self help while Moscow's reaction remains uncertain and cautious about Soviet participation.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
William Clayton
London
Cooper ‘Ier
Marshall
Clayton
High State Department
Europe
Fu ‘Ean
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Merican Pollico-Makers
Ada school district to vote on 5 mill building levy
The Ada School District 19 plans a Tuesday vote on a 5 mill building levy to fund space for expanding schools. Polls open at 6 am and close at unspecified time at Convention Hall, Ada, after two years of similar levies building a fund to avoid future bonds and interest costs.
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Convention Hall
Ada
Romania Bounded in Part by Russia Among Balkans
A historical note states Romania is the only Balkan nation partly bordered by Russia, highlighting its unique geographic boundary among neighboring states.
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Rumania
Balkan Countries
Russia
Texas City Count Rehearses Mass Funeral For 63
Texas City prepares for a mass funeral as 63 unknown victims will be buried in a one acre Memorial cemetery plot four miles north of the April waterfront disaster site. 240 pallbearers. three faiths officiate. identifications continue as 135 bodies are already identified by personal effects.
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Max B. Skelton
Texas City
Tex
Ree
South Texas
Vic Landig
Houston
Camp Wallace
Galveston Island
J. Hanamette
Texas State Department of Public Safety
Ada Represented On Industrial Tour To North
Ada joins a special four coach train tour promoting Oklahoma's decentralizing program for industry. Secretary Keith Marshall and Ada Chamber of Commerce members travel to St Louis Chicago Detroit and other stops to display fuel mineral labor and marketing resources to industry decision makers.
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Alahoma
Ada
Keith Marshall
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Boston
New York
Piladelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Rains Stop Harvest Across Western Oklahoma
The Oklahoma A and M extension reports rain halted or slowed wheat harvest in much of western Oklahoma. Counties affected include Harmon, Grant, Greer, Beckham, Kiowa, Caddo, Woodward, Beaver, and others. Some areas suspend cutting until early next week as combines are in demand amid labor and trucking shortages.
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Ater
Okla
Extension Service
Oklahoma A
M. College
Oklahoma
Harmon
Grant
Greer
Beckham
Kiowa
Comanche
Canadian
Plaine
Alfalfa
Texas
Major
Caddo
Woodward
Harver
Dewey
Garfield
Harvier
Beaver
Beaver County
Asis
Happy home life aids dating and marriage says professor
Dr Abel Hill of Iowa State College told the first national high school YMCA YWCA conference at Grinnell College that a happy home life and a close relationship with others are the best preparation for dating and marriage.
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Grinnell
Aiben Hill
Iowa State College
Grinnell College
Dark Woolcare Tip for Pressing Garments
For pressing dark wool clothes use a piece of dark wool beside the fabric and a dampened cotton cloth on top to protect the surface and reduce shine.
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John Haney
O. U
Lehigh
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Far
Sabour
Copenhagen Baptist World Congress
By G. K. Hodenfield
Turner Seys
Roy J Turner
H. E. Bailey
Clarence Burch
State Planning and Resources Board
Big Lake
Romania
Barlad
Soviet Russia
Red Cross
Bobbie Bates
Dero
Jerry Eugene Baugh
Baugh
Johnny Braly
Katz
Billy Bundy
Knott's
Gary Paul Clinton
Dotson
Mitchell Dew Vre Coffey
Liberty Cafe
Bill Cillion, III
Dillion
Teddy Granger
Scott
John Keltner
Halverson Shoe
Terry Granger
Corner Drug
Charles Dale Mavhue
American News
Mire McBride
Pendercrafts Cafe
Johnny Terle
Standard
Ronnie Platt
U. S. Wents
New Loens
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