Ada Schools Sweep Drama Honors in East Central District
Ada high school won Class A play and Horace Mann took Class B in district drama contests at Ada. Winners include Lillard Hill and Wanda Jean Graham for Horace Mann in Class A debate with state finals qualification. several acts earned superior or excellent ratings across categories.
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Ada
Horace Mann
Ada High School
Mary Ann Edwards
Okmul
Edmond Horace Mann High School
Edmod
Lillard Hill
Wanda Jean Graham
Laddie Porter
Mozelle Gunter
Mary Rushing
Classes High School
Lillard
Wanda Jean
Durant
Superior
Oklahoma City
Submerged
Shawnee
Holdenville
Anna
Floyd Johnson
Singapore
Eufaula
Wetumka
Davidson
Gloria Mundi
Asher
Dorothy McCleary
Jean Lowry
Don Hagan
Sammy Grant
Walter Woods
Mary Lee Wharton
Classen
Marilyn Millard
Wynnwood
Kathryn Pierce
Hickory
Marie Toler
Marjorie Grant
Lowell Brandle
Cushing
Bonnie Jean Smith
Dean Emery
Eugene Netherton
Horace Ann
Hazel Mulder
Katherine Giotts
Marie Wynne
Diane Gordon
Mary Lou Wharton
Sidney Upsher
Ann Moves In and Faces Landlord and Suitors
Ann Brown arrives at a new rooming house and meets landlady Mrs. Follet who warns about rules. Clara Brooks introduces Ann to fellow tenants including flirtatious neighbors Teddy, Neddy Jones, Myrtle Follet, and the aloof Florabelle who offers help and promises. Ann braces for city life and a possible movie with Paul Hayden.
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Ann
Mrs. Follet
Ann Brown
Clara
Ann Makes Clear She Won't Marry Paul Hayden
Ann refuses marriage to Paul Hayden and plans a movie date as she arrives at Clara's, then explores a cluttered living room with shabby decor. She meets Sam Little, and Flora Belle shows off a luxurious apartment, hinting at using men for status while Ann contemplates her own finances and future.
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Ann
Her
Clara
Sam
Sport
Sam Little
More Shelterbelt Trees Surviving
Washington reports improved shelterbelt plant survival with higher establishment rates for trees and shrubs. Researchers indicate favorable conditions and ongoing tests to assess long term growth and weather resilience locally and regionally.
Oldest U S lifer nearing end of long sentence
William Thompson, a prisoner in Michigan, nears death as health declines in the state prison hospital. Believed oldest lifer in the nation at 103, Thompson was jailed in 1918 after his housekeeper's death, with a son 75 confirming his century-long life and decades of prison service.
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Jackson, Mich
NEA
William Thompson
Michigan State Prison
Thompson
Tommy
Tates
Cheygan
Grand River Dam Gates Closed In Oklahoma Fitness
Gates of the Grand River dam were closed overnight causing the 52000 acre reservoir to back up water at a rate of a foot per hour. Oklahoma Governor Phillips, leading a state rights push, eyed further action while GRDA and PWA dispute jurisdiction and damages tied to a $20 million hydro project and a separate $350000 Grove bridge.
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Oklahoma City
Grand River
PWA
Oklahoma
Grand River Dam Authority
Public Works Administration
National Guard
Phillips
GRDA
Vinita Federal Court
U. S
Grove
Gallogly Extradition Returns Texas Justice for Slaying Case
Fugitive Richard Gallogly, aged 30 and linked to a Georgia family, leaves Dallas County Jail in chains as two Georgia officers prepare to transport him back to stand trial for complicity in a slaying. He vows the fight returns in Georgia while Vera Gallogly pleads with Gov. O Daniel.
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Dallas
Tex
Richard Gray Gallogly
Georgia
Texas
Vera Gallogly
No extension for buying auto tags in Oklahoma City
Hopes of motorists for an extension of the April 1 auto tag deadline were dashed today by J Carmichael, chairman of the state tax commission. In a letter to tag agents, Carmichael said the commission was without authority to extend the deadline and advised agents to start collecting the 5 cent a day penalty April 1.
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Oklahoma City
J Carmichael
State Tax Commission
Carmichael
Promoter Mintz Posts Bail for Youth in Easter Release
Pittsburgh fight promoter Jake Mintz posted a $1,000 bail for a youth charged with attempting to rob him. Mintz said no hard feelings and he promised the boy’s mother he would secure his release for Easter, hoping the youth might become a capable light heavyweight.
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Pittsburgh
Jake Mintz
Reliefer's New Suit and Unwed Bride Mixup at License Clerk
A 43 year old relief recipient arrived with a new suit and a marriage license bought with a relief check for himself and a 23 year old woman. He claimed he would not marry and asked to refund or change the name, but the clerk refused and advised keeping the unsigned license during the 30 day period.
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Della Bedford
States Varying In Collections Of Income Tax Sums
State by state comparisons show income tax collections in the first twenty days of March varying from an 81 percent rise in Michigan to small declines in Texas, Maine and Oklahoma. The national average gain is 31 percent with total installments this year at 621 million versus 473 million last year. Major increases were reported in Michigan Rhode Island Delaware Ohio and Indiana while Oklahoma posted a modest drop.
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New York State
California
Missouri
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Washington
Michigan
Texas
Maine
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Laware
Ohio
Indiana
Ice-Pick Slaying Suspect Captured in Friend's Apartment
Denzel Davis, 23, was caught at a friend's Seattle apartment after a tip led sheriff’s deputy O K Bodin to he found hiding on a closet shelf. He confessed to killing his mother Harriet Arnold, 45, last Tuesday with an ice pick, citing abuse of his wife. Davis was charged with first degree murder.
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Seattle
Denzel Davis
O. K. Bodin
Harriet Arnold
Bodia
Davis
Lawton
Okla
June Davis
Carol
East Central to Hold Senior Day March 29
East Central College welcomes high school seniors for Senior Day on March 29 with a program for about 1 590 guests. Activities include campus tours, swimming and gym access, a band concert, a Dr A Linscheid address, a noon luncheon, a play by the junior class, flying field demonstrations, and an intra team football game at Norris Field. Sponsored by the school and Ada Chamber of Commerce.
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East Central College
Ada Chamber of Commerce
A. Linscheid
East Central
Norris Field
C. J. Powell
Fate Far Into Red Says Carter
State Auditor Frank Carter reports the general revenue fund is 4.01 million dollars in the red with over three months left in the fiscal year. Warrants totaling 5.044 million have been issued, 1.034 million redeemed, and 3.5 million may be drawn next week for payroll and secondary school aid.
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Oklahoma City
Frank Carter
State Supreme Court
Carter
Fur Lined Glove Chick Hatchery Mascot for Selma Taxi Firm
In Selma Alabama a taxi driver found a stray egg left by a shopper. He placed it in a fur lined glove in the taxi dash and kept it as the company mascot after the egg hatched. The day old black chick was adopted as the taxi firm’s mascot highlighting the warmth of a continually running motor.
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Selma
Ala
Machine Ag
Buddy Kyard
Th Taxi Company
Bridge Sideswiped By Truck Triggers Repairs Near Shawnee
March report from Shawnee Oklahoma notes highway workers repairing a narrow North Canadian River bridge after a heavily loaded truck sideswiped it, causing the span to be deemed unsafe and traffic in the area to be diverted for repairs.
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Shawnee
Okla
Shawne
Oklahoma City WPA Plans Public Aviation Mural Project
Bo Stephens state WPA administrator announced a plan to paint the names of 673 Oklahoma towns on prominent buildings to aid aviators. The WPA and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety will jointly finance the $40,000 project through the states aviation control unit.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahom
Bo Stephens
WPA
Oklahom Department of Public Safety
Stephens
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Louise Gamble
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Rowena Snoddy
Eloise Norton
Mary Shipman
Stonewall
BY Louise Holmes
Paul Hayden
Chapter
Clara Brooks
Paul
Mr. Hayden
Nation Counter
Mrs. Pringle
NEA Service, Inc
Teddy
Neddy Jones
Myrtle Follet
Mc Follet
Myrtle
Florabelle
Neddy
Louise Holmes
Pete
United States
Yahoo
L. & L. Oil Company
No. 1 McCool
Francis
Forest Service
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Tot
Patricia Faylene
Here
Wayne R. Dupree
Dupree
Grand River Dam
Sam Rose
Vinita
I. N. Towne
McNaughton
Massman Company
Gallogly
Worth E. Yankey, Sr
Mrs. Yankey, Jr
Reliefer
Friend
Ada News
Duro
F.O.B
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