Marjorie Grant A Navy Trainee Tours New York on Shore Leave
Marjorie Grant a WAVE trainee at Hunter College writes of a weekend in New York City during shore leave. She and fellow trainees visit Rockefeller Center Radio Music Hall St Patrick Cathedral and the Whitelaw Reid Mansion and see a Ginger Rogers fashion show. She notes many men in the city and praises the Hunter marching band parade.
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Marjorie Grant
Hunter College
New York City
Marjorie
U. S. Navy
Hunter
Broadway
Riverside Drive
52Nd Street
Rockefeller Center
Radio Music Hall
Dr. Fosdick
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Whitelaw-Reid
Oklahoma
Riverside Baptist Church
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Central Park
Waldorf Astoria
Roosevelt Hotel
Ginger Rogers
U.S.O
Black Rock School Leads War Effort With Red Cross Quota
Black Rock School District tops drives with a $38.25 student and family effort plus outside donations. Teacher Mrs. Riley W. Cozad organized a social hour after a quick clean up. January and February totals show boys and girls winning respective drives as the district raises war stamps and bonds.
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Black Rock
Red Cross
Riley W. Cozad
Jennie Manual
Tom Hammitt
Cliff Russell
Buck Hawkins
Clifford Martin
Riley Cozad
Roy Bowen
Clarence Baulch
Homer Crawford
John Hawkins
Jess Edwards
A. F. Sanders
Jim Casenberry
Jim Phelps
Lee Nichols
First Eye Witness Account Of Engebi Island Invasion
Engebi island atoll in the Marshalls falls to American forces as the 22nd Marine Regiment clears pockets of Japanese resistance. Naval gunfire blasts the island before the Marines land, leaving the shore a tangled, ruined landscape in a pivotal advance toward Tokyo.
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Engebi Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Chester W. Nimitz
Atoll
Alva Copking
Engebi
Battle of
Coral
Tokyo
22Nd Marine Regiment
Swipe Car Escapes From State Prison
McALESTER Feb 26 Two convicts escaped from the state penitentiary by stealing the chief engineer’s car. Frank Brumley serving life for a 1923 slaying and Ray Lee Auten convicted of embezzlement were missing about 10 am. They drove from an unguarded east gate toward Calvin with the car owned by Charles Beler. Auten had eight months left on a two year sentence.
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Mcalester
State Penitentiary
Raymond Sharp
Frank Brumley
Paul McCarthy
Oklahoma
Ray Lee Auten
Cleeland County
Charles Beler
Brumley
Sharp
Auten
Highway Patrol
Calvin
Two Former Taxi Drivers Sentenced 25 Years Each
Lawton Oklahoma February 26 two former Altus taxi drivers Clarence Carpenter 23 and Warren Hazel 25 were sentenced to 25 years in prison by District Judge Toby Morris after pleading guilty to the robbery and beating of Luther Cannon 70 on a county road two miles southwest of Lawton. Carpenter allegedly displayed an empty pistol and Hazel struck Cannon in the face twice. The men said they had been drinking and had come from Altus to drive taxicabs. A separate count notes two girls and two men in their cab faced misdemeanor charges.
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Lawton
Altus
Toby Morris
Clarence Carpenter
Warren Hazel
Luther Cannon
Carpenter
Cannon
Hazel
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News classified ads
The Ada News highlights higher value from vested investments in its classified section. Readers are urged to compare rates and terms offered by local brokers. The piece frames a favorable outlook for readers seeking efficient returns from mature holdings.
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Ada News
Civilians Banned From East Central State College Campus After 6:30 P.M.
East Central State College announces a new rule barring civilians from the campus and buildings after 6 30 p m to protect student and Air Crew Detachment interests. Civilians may borrow books overnight or obtain a dean signed permit for essential campus duties. The order, made by the college welfare committee and approved by the president, emphasizes campus as a military post and urges parental support for daughters to stay off campus after 6 30 p.m.
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East Central State College
A. Linscheid
East Central
Ada
C. O
Yanks Hold Beachhead in Italy Amid Fog and Fire
A war diary notes amphibious landing near a fog bound Italian coast. Ada soldiers board an American LST, sleep in tight bunks, watch Focke Wulfs bomb the beach, and set up a reserve during the beachhead operation.
Certified seed growing interest in Pontotoc county
County Agent C. H. Hailey reports farmers in Pontotoc county seek better seed due to seed shortages and high prices. Dick Stroud of Rofs neighborhood plans six acres of registered foundation seed corn. J. G. Mahan of Union Hill will buy registered methane cotton seed this year.
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Pontotoc County
Dick Stroud
Rofs
J. G. Mahan
Union Hill
Seed varieties and wartime diary notes mixed in report
Farmers discuss seed varieties suited to the region including corn oats sorghum and soybeans with specific cultivars listed. The text shifts to a wartime diary recounting air raids fighting in a German front area, captured planes, a milk return after seven months and postwar departures.
Kiwanis Seed Corn Project Supports Ada 4-H Clubbers
The Ada Kiwanis club with the county agent's office provides registered seed corn to each county 4 H club boy in a corn production project. Each boy gets seed to plant at least one acre and will return 30 ears to Kiwanis to fund further seed. Reids Yellow Dent and Oklahoma Silvermine varieties certified by the Oklahoma Crop Improvement association. Names listed include Allen R Blackhawk Pete Evett Billy Gibson Billy Taylor and many others.
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Ada Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Reids Yellow Dent
Oklahoma
Local Notables Listed Among Community Members
A roster of individuals including Fitzhugh Roy Cooper Jimmy Johnson W Lane Billy Joe Lucas Thomas Lance James Sykes Don Standridge James Williams W A Anderson Anderson Farrell W A Odom Jr Steve Williams Cecil Anderson Raymond Beaver Eugene Peters Pleasant Hill Carrol Brantley Charles Blankenship Elbert Gates Evert Spears Gilbert Wheelock James Leonard Napier Johnie Nolen Clark Harold Carter Olen Cook Carl Stephens Gus Thompson Jonewall Herman Holland J D Sanders Bill Tolbert and others appears in the community notice.
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Fitzhugh Roy Cooper
Jimmy Johnson
W. Lane
Billy Joe Lucas
Thomas Lance
James Sykes
Don Standridge
James Williams
W. A. Anderson
Anderson Farrell
W. A. Odom Jr
Steve Williams
Cecil Anderson
Raymond Beaver
Eugene Peters
Pleasant Hill
Carrol Brantley
Charles Blankenship
Elbert Gates
Evert Spears
Gilbert Wheelock
James Leonard
Napier Johnie Nolen
Clark
Harold Carter
Olen Cook
Carl Stephens
Gus Thompson
Jonewall Herman Holland
J. D. Sanders
Bill Tolbert
Must Act Quickly Plea From Trice At Tulsa
A W Trice Ada president of the Oklahoma bar association urged Tulsa bar association to act quickly to preserve constitutional government. He warned that fortunes and lives of the common man have been eroded as government erodes constitutional limits and urged immediate persuasion to protect liberty under the Constitution.
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Tulsa
A. W. Trice
Ada
Oklahoma Bar Association
Tulsa Bar Association
Marines Clean Up Atolls In Pacific Campaigns
The issue was never in doubt as U.S. marines, famed for past Tara Wa and Kwajalein actions, systematically mopped up the enemy in ongoing Pacific atoll fighting.
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U. S
Atoll
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Four Steps to Timely Pasture Prep This Spring
Four steps for pasture readiness this spring include applying phosphate and lime now to prep for lespedeza drilling or broadcasting this late March. Procure inoculation materials for lespedeza seed and follow directions. For oats in an old lespedeza stand, fertilize and disk phosphate lightly now to prep for later drilling. Plant oats and barley together on fertile land for a quick spring pasture.
Corral and chutes planned for Sunshine vat at Underhill ranch
Arrangements are complete to build a cattle corral and chutes for the Sunshine vat on the Underhill ranch. The vat will serve many beef and dairy herds in the county area and cattle from Buxton Sr and others will be dipped, with several thousand head expected.
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Underhill
Buxton, Sr
Dale Stanford
H Underhill
Holida Myers
T. Soberts
Local Farmers Buy Limespreaders For Cooperative Use
Otis Coffey, Shelby Stanfield, and Ben Ownsbey of Lightnin Ridge and Hart neighborhoods purchased a limespreading machine for applying lime, superphosphate, and commercial fertilizer. The group plans to share the device and urges other county farmers to contact local hardware dealers about stocking limespreaders.
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Otis Coffey
Shelby Stanfield
Ben Ownsbey
Lightnin Ridge
Hart
Pat Burnett
Cen
Agricultural Limestone Demand Reported by J. W. Spear
J. W. Spear, manager of a carbon plant and Stonewall farmer, is seeking to purchase a carload of agricultural limestone for his farmland. Soil analysis in the county shows a need for lime.
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J. W. Spear
Stonewall
Terrace and pond building school held at Murray College
Pontotoc county farmers H M Phillips Philip Bradley Ben Ownsbey Henry Little and Leslie Crawford attended a three day terracing and pond dam training at Murray College on February 23 to 25. Sturdivant and Ford Mercer from Stillwater led the sessions and project goals indicate a countywide increase in these practices this year.
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Pontotoc County
Murray College
H. M. Phillip
Phillip Bradley
Ben Ownsbey
Henry Little
Leslie Crawford
Sturdivant
Ford Mercer
Stillwater
Home Acre Orchard Plans in Gaar Neighborhood
A. S. Graham of the Gaar neighborhood reports plans for a small orchard on his farm this spring. He will plant both trees and small fruits on land that is already terraced, a precaution against erosion. Farmers in parts of the county are including fruit trees in their farm program this year.
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A. S. Graham
Gaar
Herefords to Kansas City Roundup sale
Lazy D Ranch consigns 12 outstanding Hereford bulls to the American Hereford Association Roundup sale in Kansas City on February 28 and 29.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma Draft Deferments Could Affect 88100 Men
The Daily Oklahoman estimated 88,100 men deferred for farm and industrial work would be affected by Washington orders to review all occupational deferments. About 3,300 unmarried, 5,800 married without children, 34,000 fathers, and 45,000 unclassified in 3-A were included in the tally. Col. Clive E. Murray said women under 22 may get 2-A or 2-B classifications unless directed by higher authorities, with deferments based on each registrant’s production needs rather than age groups.
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Oklahoma City
Daily
Oklahoman
Washington
Clive E. Murray
National Selective Service
Murray
Country Show Set for December 5-6
OKLAHOMA CITY February 26 The Oklahoma Poultry Federation will hold its annual show December 5 and 6 Directors announced a 50 per cent rise in birds for the 1944 show Thirty six states entered four thousand birds last year A pecan grove improvement plan from the Oklahoma Experiment Station horticulturists aims to boost yield and quality of native groves while keeping production steady during the period Freezing suitability is among the standards as station vegetable researchers test new varieties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Poultry Federation
Joe C. Scott
State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Sixty Tooth Paste Tubes Contain Tin for Plane Solder
Sixty toothpaste tubes are reported to contain enough tin to solder the electrical connections of one Army training plane, highlighting an unlikely material source for military kit.
Paul Hughes Wins New Literary Honor For Retreat From Rostov
Ada journalist Paul Hughes, now in Phoenix, Ariz, won the Friends of American Writers annual prize with $750 for Retreat from Rostov published by Random House. The work, praised nationwide, follows 34 days of siege of Rostov and the fate of ordinary fighters.
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Paul Hughes
Ada
Phoenix
Ariz
Hughes
Arline Hughes
Friends of Americans Writers
Rostov
Random House
Friends of American Writers
Chicago
Publishers Review
Mid-West
Paul Engle
Marcus Goodrich
Elgin Groseclose
Vogue
Fertilizer Use Rises as Ada Farmers Seek Boosts
County farmers and gardeners increasingly embrace commercial fertilizer citing higher yields and earlier maturity. Dealers tout products containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash with the O-14-7 formula recommended to replace older grades. Typical application ranges from 100 to 400 pounds per acre, and Ada offers all fertilizer types.
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Ada
Magician Turns Malaria Pill Gaffe into Self Mystery
George Barvinchak, a former magician now with a Special Service unit, swallowed a malaria pill under a mess sergeant’s observation. He allegedly swallowed it repeatedly, causing confusion over whether he actually took the pill as regulations require.
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Camp Campbell
George Barvinchak
Taxis Decline From 80900 to 50000 in United States
Report shows 80 900 taxis operating in the United States last year and 50 000 now. Projections indicate 40 to 45 percent may be scrapped by August according to recent figures.
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United States
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