Ada Weekly News Consolidations and Postal Rates
Snapshot shows consolidations among Ada publications from 1912 to 1919 with The Ada Evening News joining forces with The Ada Weekly News and The Ada Weekly Democrat. Includes reference to postal mailing rates per trade territory and office details for The Ada Evening News.
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Oklahoma
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Bert
Igie
Pontotce County Enterprise
Stare At
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly
ADA
Mol
Teertory
Pe Voor
Ameettrannen
Mollevita
Adv. Dela
Secoarais Master
Refreshing public life views and thoughts from Oklahoma
The column muses on public affairs in Oklahoma and across the nation, praising improvements in city governance and contractor conduct. It references Boston and New York City cases of reform and fraud, then shifts to Oklahoma topics including Polly Wallace’s football interests, aging, politics with Raymond Fields, and stray reflections on fortune, nature, and virtues.
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Oklahoma
Boston
The
Christian Science Monitor
John B. Hynes
Boston Finance Commission
Curley
New York City
Painters’ Union
Polly Wallace
Polly
East Central
Intra party rifts among Republicans noted
The passage contrasts broad unity in some parties with deep splits in the Republicans. It lists Hoover, Vandenberg, Dewey, Dulles, Austin, Lodge, Morse, Ives, Smith as prominent, then points to Gabrielson and McCarthy, describing a near iron curtain between these factions.
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Herbert Hoover
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Warren Austin
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wayne Morse
Irving M. Ives
Margaret Chase Smith
Guy G. Gabrielson
Senator McCarthy
Oklahoma political notes and water concerns in Ada
The piece surveys Democratic and Republican primary prospects, Tulsa politics, and state trends, noting likely little change in party balance, a turnpike project between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and reactions to Trieste and Senator Douglas. It covers water woes in Enid and Ada, rural redistricting issues, and reflections on reading on fishing trips.
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Tulsa
Congress
United States
Moscow Sees Military Show Amid May Day Parade
Moscow flaunted a grand peacetime air show on Red Square with Stalin and over a million marchers. Lt. Gen. Vassily Stalin led the air parade as four engined bombers and jet planes dazzled under a blue sky. Stalin addressed the crowd from Lenin's tomb while Shtemenko warned war mongers of Soviet readiness to repel aggressors.
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Moscow
Red Square
Stalin
Lenin
Generatissimo Stalin
Kremlin
M. Shtemenko
Army
Shtemenko
May Day clashes in divided Berlin reveal tense unity
Berlin on May Day saw rival parades with 590000 on each side and heavy policing. East zone forces staged a six hour Moscow style parade near Brandenburg Gate while West Berlin speakers blasted Russia. Minor stone throwing and scuffles occurred but authorities kept rioting at bay.
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Berlin
Reds
Brandenburg Gate
Unter den, Linden
Hitler
Russia
East Zone
Trike
Sur
Pleads Guilty to Disturbing Peace at Local Cafe
Tom C. Mathis pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace before Justice J. Dughby. He was fined 42 dollars and committed to the county jail. Police say Mathis was picked up near the cafe at Fritas’ mache by cafe owner.
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Tom C. Mathis
J. Dughby
Mathis
Fritas' Mache
BP Cafe
Allen
Anet
U S Sweeps 21 000 Mexicans Back Across Border in April
Los Angeles reports a record 21 000 Mexican nationals returned across the California border in April as immigration agents intensified 24 hour patrols by air, jeep and horseback. The article notes prior months with 16 000, describes border drive raids, and quotes officials and a deportee who speaks of future crossings and harsh desert routes.
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U.S
Los Angeles
California
Immigration Serce
el Centro
Chula Vista
Immigration Service
Arizona
Pacific Ocean
New Mexico
Texas
Alambristas
Company Tour Aims To Shape Labor Talks In Wichita
Wichita firm Coleman Company uses a two week 3500 mile tour through 16 similar plants to study wages hours job classifications and working conditions. The travel team, funded by the company, seeks bargaining insights and closer labor management bonds. Union leaders say the program reduces negotiations and supports strike free history.
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Wichita, Kans
NEA
Wichita
Coleman Company
Coleman
Sam Keetes
Independent Union
W. C. Coleman
Sad Likes Movies So Just Moves in Corning N Y
An 11 year old boy Ralph Ballinger disappeared after dinner on a Saturday night and was later found in the Palace theater. Police and searching parties scoured fields and streams while candy machine thefts at the theater continued.
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Corning
Ralph Ballinger
Robert Ballinger
Palace Theater
Ralph
Moscow Idaho May Day Show of Democracy
In Moscow Idaho on May Day 1949 local scouts and Chamber of Commerce members stage a counter celebration. Booths line Main Street as youths distribute badges declaring support for democracy. The town of 10 000 marks its first May Day event contrasting with Soviet parades in Moscow Russia.
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Moscow
Ida
Idaho
Russia
Ussr
Stalin
Lenin
Politburo
USA
Chamber of Commerce
Don F. Wilso
America
Local Red Cross Aids Holdenville
Fifteen boxes of clothes linens and food were collected Saturday afternoon by Owen B Hall service officer of the American Legion for distribution to tornado victims in Holdenville. Hall took the boxes to Haidenvill Saturday afternoon and they were distributed through the Haidenville Civic center. He said the people in Haldenville badly needed the supplies and were grateful to the people of Ada for the help that they gave.
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Owen B. Hall
American Legion
Holdenville
Hall
Haidenvill
Haidenville
Haldenville
Ada
More Children In Aptitude Tests In Ada Schools
Musical aptitude tests continue among fourth to sixth graders in Ada public schools. Names of qualified youngsters announced by Austin Kidwell include Nan ty Upton Paul Pendleton C J Pickering in fourth grade and many in fifth grade such as Tommy Allen Gloria Austin Nancy Carter Lenora Sawyer Saundra Smith Carol Jo Tilley Ray Beth Fowler Sharon Montgomery Carol Ann Lawson Sally Lou Caventon Clyde Freeman Hayes Louis Maxberry Ann Louise Party Sharon Ogden Dale Holman Tommy Wilson Rae Nell Nelms Ed Gwin John Allen Glance Linda Barnes Mary Kate Denny Johnny Stevens James Garrett Wolfe Larry Hulman David Kent Lee Martha June Cooper Rassie Alcorn Nancy Jean Robinson Vernon Edwards Barbara June Henry.
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Ada
Austin Kidwell
Willard
Nanty Upton
Paul Pendleton
C. J. Pickering
Tommy Allen
Gloria Austin
Nancy Carter
Lenora Sawyer
Saundra Smith
Carol Jo Tilley
Ray Beth Fowler
Sharon Montgomery
Carol Ann Lawson
Sally Lou Caventon
Clyde Freeman
Hayes
Louis Maxberry
Ann Louise Party
Sharon Ogden
Dale Holman
Tommy Wilson
Rae Nell Nelms
Ed Gwin
John Allen Glance
Linda Barnes
Mary Kate Denny
Johnny Stevens
James Garrett Walfe
Larry Hulman
David Kent Lee
Martha June Cooper
Rassie Alcorn
Nancy Jean Robinson
Vernon Edwards
Barbara June Henry
Barbs by Wal Cochran Losing sleep over odds of Who's Who
Barbs by Wal Cochran discuss the anxieties of fame with odds of ten to one against appearing in Who's Who in America. The piece notes social quirks and suggests that a ban on hitchhiking would bar visitors from a grinning era, leaving only women to wag fingers. An Oregon man abandons his wife over a quilt made from his cravats. The column touches on domestic friction and the social fabric of home life.
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Denver
Wal Cochran
Ammerica
Oregon
Political Announcements for Local Offices in District and County
The News announces candidate slates for district and county offices. Names listed include John McKeel Hoyt, Tribbill Thomas Kolt, W. G. Long, Jake Bleving, Clyde Kaiser, Abe Hollowat, Della Bedford, A. Mowny Elwood Kemp, and James L. Matrong, with offices such as district seats, court clerk, county attorney, and judgeships. Nominating pending party primaries and election dates.
Club 21 honors 21 seniors at OSD Banquet
The Oklahoma State School for the Deaf held a Friday night Junior-Senior Banquet in the club room. The event featured a Club 21 motif with 21 tables, 21 centered decorations, and a microphone shaped like 21. Performers included a quartet, entertainers, and a cigarette girl. Seniors listed include Denna Barnett, Nadine Davis, Dovie McGaugh, and Gena Steinman among others.
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Oklahoma State School For the Deaf
Tub
LeRoy Elliot
Kenneth Southwell
James Allen
Don Midler
Albert Huffman
Robert Southwell
Kenneth Coleman
Raymond Danner
Adrenne Hill
Minta
Johnnie Low
Dale Coleman
James Kirkpatrick
W. T. Griffing
Club 2
le Roy Hall
OSD
Club
R. T. Youngers
L. B. Peak
Anneece Hessen
Herschel Johnson
Denna Barnett
Chickasha
Ivan Boylddie
Carnegie
James Crabtree
Fairfax
Nadine Davis
Tulsa
Robert Delno
Goodwater
Eddie Ellis
Webber Falls
Donald Frye
Wetumka
Dendy Harga
Cromwell
Gerry Jo Jackson
Vinita
Alice Lewis
Asher
Katherine Matheson
Oklahoma City
Dovie McGaugh
Sulphur
Henry Miller
Owasso
Ivan Millwee
Fort Cobb
Keith Renshex
Hennessey
Dorohta Scott
Enid
Bernice Sheddeck
Yukon
Gena Steinman
Bristow
Almen Trobaugh
Hickory
County Candidate List Still Grows
Pontotoc county filing continues until Friday at 5 p.m. The News lists several offices including county judge Tom D. McKeown and James L. Armatrong, county superintendent B. Mitchusson, J.P. John Lunsford, Ada Place Parks, and others. Names appear amid a murky OCR, with scattered districts and titles such as district judge and county attorney.
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Pontotoc County
Tom D. McKeown
James L. Armatrong
B. Mitchusson
J.P
John Lunsford
Ada Place
Hermit of Cold River Converses With Census Taker
In Saranac Lake New York on May 1 census taker Mrs. Robert Kimpton encountered Noah Rondeau, the hermit living along Cold River. He claimed his occupation as the hermit business and stated his age as over 64. The piece notes average barber strokes per day and asks how many words are in the report.
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Saranac Lake
MW. Y
Noan Rondeau
Cold River
Adirondack Woods
Rondeau
Cold_river
Robert Kimpton
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