May Day 1947 Mild Despite World Tensions
James D. White notes May Day 1947 was relatively calm amid postwar blocs. The Moscow parade emphasized civilian activity, Stalin attended, Bulganin announced restraint, and Soviet media mostly praised the Moscow conference while Ilya Ehrenburg criticized U.S. Greece Turkey policy. Moscow also announced a 50 percent increase in consumer goods spending for 1947.
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James D. White
Moscow
Trieste
Sicily
Orient
Marshal Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
Red Press
Ilya Ehrenburg
Pravda
Greece
Turkey
America
Ehrenburg
Ada Delivers Growth as April Building Permits Rise
April 1947 Ada permitting shows total value of 47900 led by 29200 for business construction. Julia M. Smith builds a 16000 warehouse at 326 East Twelfth. two beauty places rise on West Twelfth. C W Miller and J R Goodwin start beauty parlor and beauty school respectively. Howard Thompson firm plans four small homes on Norris Gin site at Cherry and Tenth using salvaged lumber. rental decisions hinge on cost and future low cost housing plans. Field notes indicate broader building activity ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. King
Julia M. Smith
East Twelfth
C. W. Miller
J. R. Goodwin
West Twelfth
Howard-Thompson Real Estate and Insurance Company
Norris Gin
Cherry and Tenth
Thompson
Knights of Pythias Raise $1831 for Woodward Relief
Tulsa May 3 The Woodward relief fund received a boost with Oklahoma Knights of Pythias totaling 1831 to aid the needy. T H McCay said 831 came from individuals and 500 from both Grand Lodge and Supreme Lodge relief funds. He will travel to Woodward Sunday to organize disbursement and an additional 1000 is hoped.
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Tulsa
Okla
Woodward Relief Fund
Oklahoma Knights of Pythias
T. H. McCay
Grand Lodge Relief Fund
Supreme Lodge Relief Fund
McCay
Woodward
Crowded housing in Decatur chickens nest with cats and hens
In Decatur Illinois the housing shortage is acute even in a chicken house behind Fred J. Pierce’s home. A cat and a litter of kittens share a nest with two hens in the cramped space.
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Decatur
Ill
Fred J. Pierce
Taft Voices on Party Principles and Courage in Action
Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio argues a political party must back its principles and show courage energy and ability to translate them into legislative and executive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Mary Jo Keatley to Lead Ada Camp Fire Camp
Mary Jo Keatley will head the Ada Camp Fire Camp this summer. Two seven day periods are planned at Camp Adaka with activities including swimming horse back riding craft and nature study. The camp will be divided into Blue Bird Camp Fire and Horizon units each with its own lodge and schedule.
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Mary Jo Keatley
Ada
Adaka
Blue Bird
Camp Fire
Horizon
Lake Murray
Woodward Relief Fund Growing With Ada Contributions
Ada's donations push the Woodward relief and rebuilding fund toward 1000 dollars with Saturday’s total at 978.23 dollars. Station KADA has sent 153.65 to the rehabilitation fund. Donations include John Roy Harris Sr 10 W F Brown 5 Mr and Mrs M F Bayless 25 Terry Thomas 5 W A Hubbard 10 and Oak Avenue Baptist church 106.23. A Woodward benefit show next Thursday night is expected to boost funds. The Ada News and Mc Swain theater sponsor a 11 o’clock Wednesday night showing of It Happened in Brooklyn tickets 50 cents starting Monday.
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Ada
Woodward Relief
KADA
John Roy Harris, Sr
W. F. Brown
M. F. Bayless
Terry Thomas
W. A. Hubbard
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Woodward
Ada News
McSwain Theater
Brooklyn
Oklahoma
NFTW Opposes Illinois Bell Strike Settlement
The National Federation of Telephone Workers opposes an Illinois Bell settlement granting a $4 weekly raise. NFTW urged members to vote no, despite the agreement reached Friday and pending member ratification with results expected late Sunday. A beefsteak mushroom note follows unrelated content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Federation of Telephone Workers
NFTW
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Bell
Illinois
Edwin R. Hackett
Tonawandas youth sports curb delinquency in war boom era
The Tonawandas twin Niagara frontier cities report a low juvenile delinquency rate despite crowded housing and scarce doctors. Strong sports participation and active recreation clubs correlate with fewer youth offenses, guiding state and city efforts to expand youth programs beyond curfews, with examples from Milwaukee Cortland and Pittsburgh showing promising results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Burton Heather
New York
NEA
Tonawandas
Niagara Frontier
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Eldredge Bicycle Club
Twin Cities
North Tonawanda
Satan
Tonawanda
New York State
Youth Commission
Cortland
Upstate
YMCA
Milwaukee
Police Athletic League
Atlantic City
Russia US Split Over Jewish Representation in Palestine Debate
In New York on May 3 the United States and Russia clashed over Jewish representation in the UN Palestine debate. The issue, unresolved after a four hour session, centered on whether the official Jewish agency could attend plenary meetings, with the US backing a steering committee plan and Russia supporting a Polish resolution. Warren R. Austin opposed inviting Jews, saying it would amend the world charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Parris, JR
New York
United States
Russia
United Nations Palestine
General Assembly
Assembly
Oswaldo Aranha
Holy Land
W. R. Hodgson
Sterring
Poland
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Silver Haired Woman Donates to Ada Salvation Army Drive
A silver haired woman walked eleven blocks to the Ada Salvation Army office to donate five dollars toward a new building fund. Adjutant Henry Van Dee noted sustained interest since 24 years ago in Canada. An 84 year old donor gave one hundred dollars, supporting the drive to provide a chapel and separate quarters. The Salvation Army aims to offer spiritual sustenance and aid to restore recipients to good citizenship, with Sunday services and youth training at headquarters.
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Salvation Army
Henry van Dee
van Dee
Ada
William Booth
Philadelphia
West Twelfth
College Professor Regains Vision After 28 Years of Blindness
Dean Arthur J. Hoare of Wichita Kansas, emeritus of mathematics at the University of Wichita, reports 10 percent vision recovery following operations and new glasses. A former student Dr. Victor Rambo facilitated the treatment, noting surprising changes in appearance of colleagues and campus growth since 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kas
Arthur J. Hoare
University of Wichita
Old Fairmount College
Wichita U
Dean Hoare
Victor Rambo
Rambo
India
Army Officers Accused as Red Parade Sparks Action
Rep J Parnell Thomas charges army officers and men joined a Communist May Day parade in New York. He seeks court martial or ouster for those in uniform while Gen Courtney Hodges investigates and clarifies current army membership. Photographs and detailed reports are offered for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Thomas
Hodges
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Rep
J. Parnell Thomas
New York
House Committee On
Patterson
Communist Party
Flodges
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Army
Organized Reserve
Thomas
Communist Party of the United States
Army of the
United States
Second Winter For Arctic Training
The United States plans a second Arctic training season in Alaska starting November 1. Elements of an infantry division and troop carrier aircraft will take part in joint exercises as military focus sharpens on potential invasion routes over the Polar Cap. General Jacob L. Devers says last winter’s maneuvers showed the need for air transportable ground forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Polar Cap
Army
Alaska
Jacob L. Devers
Oklahoma Sees 90s as Warmer Weekend Forecast Repeats
The Associated Press reports maximum temperatures around 90 degrees across Oklahoma on Saturday with similar conditions expected Sunday and partly cloudy skies. Gage led the state at 94 degrees, the year's high so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Weatherman
Gage
Scholar Prods Against Old Maidism in Teaching
Professor Isabel Stephens of Wellesley College argues it is essential to dispel the lingering notion of old maidism in the teaching profession. She urges modern standards and broader opportunities for women in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Stephens
Wellesley College
Campaign kickoff for 1947 Boy Scout drive at Aldridge hotel
The 1947 Boy Scout campaign in the Pontotoc area begins with a May 5 breakfast at the Aldridge hotel led by Homer Belew. About 150 volunteers, including campaign leaders Guy Thrash and Jack Dillon, will attend as part of a ten district Ar buckle Area Council budget drive of 29,500 dollars.
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Aldridge Hotel
Homer Belew
Guy Thrash
Jack Dillon
Pontotoc
Arbuckle
E. S. Halverson
T. C. Wilson
D. L. Morelock
A. A. Sturn
Roy Harp
Milton Yarbro
Bill Farrell
G. C. Mayhue, Jr
Doug Hall
Lowell Adams
Frank Orebaugh
C. C. Scott
Ed Gwin
Ed H. McDonald
Skeet Meaders
L. C. Longpine
Jack Clawson
Mack Braly
C. S. Wooten
Guy
Morey Teague
Clifford J. Smith
Glynn Boley
J. D. Graham
Guy Looper
N. L. Groves
A. N. Burleson
Gene Gulick
Sam Whittle
Jack Farr
J. A. Bowman
Oklahoma Professor to address Northeastern graduates
Dr. M. L. Wardell chair of the University of Oklahoma history department will speak to the 65 graduates of Northeastern Oklahoma A and M College in Miami. The address, announced by Northeastern president Bryce G. Carter, will be given on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Okla
M. L. Wardell
University of Oklahoma
Northeastern Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Bryce G. Carter
Northeastern
Pineapple Company Uses 100,000-Gallon Tank in Honolulu
A Hawaiian pineapple firm operates a 100,000-gallon water tank shaped like a pineapple on its Honolulu plantation, demonstrating a novelty water storage feature tied to the crop production site.
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Honolulu
Shawnee Theaters Plan Sunday Openings in 1927
Shawnee theater owners in 1927 announced Sunday openings with a pledge that all pictures shown would be high class attractions. The Shawnee News-Star recalls the move in its Twenty Years Ago column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Shawnee News-Star
Kernel Corn Carbohydrate Content Report
Dry corn kernel contains about 80 percent carbohydrate, indicating a high energy value. This fact highlights the grain's use in human and animal diets where starch is a primary energy source.
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New Haven
Pittsburgh
Alleghany County
Cincinnati
Hell’s Kitchen
Children’s Aid Society
Canary
Vancouver, B. C
U. N. Assembly
Campus
Arcic Training
Hal Boyle
Boy Scout
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
University
Vivian Bolinger
George
University Stadium
Vivian
Curley
Gary
Indianapolis
Pamela
Nelson
Walter
Joe
Gingers
Bolingers
Wardell
Ferguson's Corners
N. Y
Doe
Dykeman Farm
Dykeman
Lee Fake
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