Canning Center At Allen Upgraded For New Season
A district vocational agriculture convention at the Allen Canning Center outlined goals to train supervisors and teachers in construction and operation policies. The center recently retooled with new equipment including washing and blanching vats, retorts, sealers, cookers, and a track system. First users of the new setup are Mrs. Loyd R. Watson and Mrs. Hubert Pegg, with Buford Comstock directing vocational agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canning Center
Byrle Killian
Superbs
Alien
Allen Canning Center
Loyd R. Watson
Hubert Pegg
Buford Comstock
Allen
Life as Pilgrimage Guided East Central Seniors
Rev. Robert D. Swanson urged 35 East Central State College seniors and Horace Mann High School graduates to view life as a pilgrimage. He stressed reliance on God, comparing vows of early Covenant with life’s journey, amidst Convocation Week opening and upcoming commencement address by Supt. John G. Mitchell. City pastors shared in the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Swanson
Second Presbyterian Church
Tulsa
East Central State College
Horace Mann High School
College
Ike
Swanson
England
America
God
John G. Mitchell
Seminole City Schools System
Mitchell S. Epperson
Presbyterian Church
Carl Wilhelm
First Christian Church
W. A. Pendleton
Trinity Baptist Church
Oklahoma Mourns Death of Dr William Bizzell
Norman Oklahoma May 15 leaders in education paid tribute to Dr William Bennett Bizzell president emeritus of the University of Oklahoma who died Saturday midnight Dr M L Wardell assistant to Bizzell said he was held in high esteem as an adviser and friend Education in Oklahoma Texas and the southwest benefited from his work Chancellor M A Nash called him a gentleman and scholar Dean John B Cheadle praised his humane approach to education
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
M. A. Nash
State Board of Regents For Higher Education
Doctor Bizzell
John B. Cheadle
Bizzell Remembered For Personal Influence On Oklahoma Education
Dr Claude Chambers and other Oklahoma educators mourn the loss of Dr. Bizzell calling him a man of refinement and broad educational experience. Lloyd Noble W R Wallace and acting president Dr George Cross praised his standards and stabilizing influence.
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Doctor Bizzell
Claude Chambers
Seminole
Board of Regents
Oklahoma
W. R. Wallace
Oklahoma City
Lloyd Noble
Ardmore
Bizzell
George L. Cross
Kerr Looked Over as Keynoter for Demo Convention
Washington May 15 Governor Robert S Kerr is listed as a potential keynote speaker for the Democratic National Convention. He enjoys Roosevelt administration friendship and has strong ties with Democratic officials. Kerr guided Midwest factions at a national meeting, partnered with Southern governors, and helped Oklahoma’s 2nd district race drawing national attention with Senate Majority Leader Barkley backing Kerr’s initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Roosevelt
Kerr
White House
Robert Hannegan
Hannegan
Oklahoma
Senate
Barkley
Oklahoma Wildlife Being Preserved in University Museum
Norman Oklahoma May 15 Specimens of Oklahoma wild life are preserved in the University of Oklahoma zoology museum for study by present and future generations. Professor A I Ortenburger museum director aims to collect at least one specimen of every animal and bird common to the state. The collection started with the university opening 52 years ago and now numbers over 150000 specimens including 85000 fish 12000 reptiles and 6500 crawfish. Insects skins of mammals and birds are included with expert taxidermists preparing them in rooms on the third floor and pickled specimens in basement rooms. Some stuffed specimens exceed regional range including Kodiak bears mountain sheep Alaskan moose and an American bald eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Zoology Museum
A. I. Ortenburger
Writer of Famous Letter Honored
A 2200 ton super-destroyer named for late Commander John J. Shea will slide down the ways at Bethlehem Steel Staten Island shipyard on May 20. Mrs. Shea will sponsor the ship and Jackie Shea, six, will attend. Shea, killed in action aboard the USS Wasp on Sept. 15, 1942, wrote a letter to his son urging him to be a good boy, a leader, and a protector for his mother if he does not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Shea
Jackie
Bethlehem Steel Company
Staten Island
Arlington
Mass
John Richard
Jackie” Shea
U. S. S. Wasp
Pacific
Urge Care For Boy and Girl Farm Workers
Childrens Bureau of the Labor Department urges parents to limit youth farm work to ages 14 to 16 with safeguards. Medical checks and training on conditions are advised, along with six eight hour workdays, transportation, first aid, medical services, and no cost insurance. The piece also notes crop price pressures and repair issues affecting everyday goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
War Production Board
Oklahoma Wins Safety Award for 1943 Highway Record
Gov Kerr announces Oklahoma's 1943 best in the Southern Division for fewer accidents fatalities and property damage. Patrol leadership under Bud Gentry cited, plus praise for peace officers and citizens. He warns that 265 traffic fatalities in 1943 remain tragic and urges greater care. Ed Gallagher quotes remind drivers to stay careful. Commencement notes celebrate Oklahoma students graduating from Roswell Military Academy and local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxley
National Safety Council
Chicago
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Bud Gentry
Gallagher
Ed Gallagher
Oklahoma A
M. College
Bob
Military Academy
Roswell
New Mexico
Breene
Oklahoma City
British Pay Disney With Puddings
Hollywood reports Walt Disney served with the Red Cross at a Paris area base hospital in 1918. He baked a custard pudding, left it to cool, and returned to find British fliers polishing the last pieces. Wing Commander Harcourt and Dr. St Joseph visited with three puddings on a platter inscribed From the Royal Air Force in payment from World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Red Cross Ambulance Corps
Paris
Disney
L. V. Harcourt
RAF
J. K. S. St. Joseph
Air Ministry
New England Yankees and Misleading Comparisons
A brief note contrasts the idea that ashes of magnesium are heavier than the metal, defines the laughing jackass as a bird rather than an animal, and states that only New England natives are Yankees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackass
New England States
Four Accused In Gambling Charges
Four men were arrested early Saturday at 1314 West Twelfth and charged with gambling. Each posted a $5 appearance bond and were released. The arrests bring May total to 29 versus 35 in April. Those arrested include George Johnson John Williams Cecil Battist and Reese Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Twelfth
George Johnson
John Williams
Cecil Battist
Reese Ward
Nation Paused For Honor to Mothers
The nation paused to honor mothers of service members with ceremonies in Indianapolis Chicago and a Blue network Mothers for Victory broadcast. Esther McCabe of Lilly Pennsylvania named American mother with the most sons in the service. Air heroes Don Gentile Richard Bong and Robert A Johnson praised by their mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Esther McCabe
Lilly
Indianapolis
Blue
Patsy Gentile
Piqua, O
Don Gentile
Dora Bong
Poplar
Wis
Richard Bong
L. B. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Robert A. Johnson
Europe
Maj. Bong
Deaths of Infants in New London Hospital Accidental
Norwich report states five infants died at Lawrence and Memorial hospital from boric acid mistaken for dextrose. Coroner G McKay found no criminal negligence. several other infants were ill in April after boric acid powder was placed in a jar used for dextrose in formula prep. The person who placed the acid could not be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
New London
G. McKay
Tony
Communists back Roosevelt as war-allied candidate
State Chairman Israel Amter told the New York Communist convention that communists would support Roosevelt for reelection as the best path to unite forces for victory in the war. He condemned Governor Dewey as morally unfit and intellectually inadequate for president.
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New York
Israel Amter
Roosevelt
New York State
Amter
Thomas E. Dewey
Wells Wouldn't Kill Hitler Says Hitler Must Not Die
Historian H G Wells in his memoir notes that even after the war there should be no killing of Hitler. He argues it would boost German morale for the Nazi regime and suggests certifying him and confining him in a not too luxurious asylum for criminal lunatics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Hitler
London
H. G. Wells
Spiris
Germany
Bee keeper uses windows to boost honey yield
A California apiarist reports he cut windows in the bottoms of his beehives to reflect sunlight onto brood combs, increasing honey production.
Civilians Must Restrict Use To Essentials
Civilians face strict gasoline limits as war demands drive restrictions. The piece outlines how civilian fuel allotments compete with military needs, cites peacetime production, and notes SKF in Sweden and Ball addressing Philadelphia plants about wartime output.
Military to Force Final Decision Of Neutral Nations
United States and Axis agents clash over Sweden ball bearing shipments to Germany but neither side can force a conclusion. Anglo American and Allied forces surround Hitler’s fortress while decisive actions near the front may come soon. Finland may seek armistice with Britain and Russia. Spain’s tungsten shipments face Allied land routes. Hungary Bulgaria and Romania expected to quit aiding Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Sweden
Germany
Hitler
Finland
Britain
Russia
Spain
France
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
OPA Sets Prices On Radio Tubes
The Office of Price Administration issued wholesale and retail price ceilings for new standard radio tubes. Effective May 20, ceilings apply to portable, table, console, and auto radios with specified ranges and testing charges to shops. Retail limits tie to March 1942 manufacturer prices and vary by model.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Bill Would Make WASPS Officers
Washington May 15 or a corps of more than 4500 men who entered flight training in 1942 may win commissions as air force officers if the Costello bill passes. WASPS would be made army officers by the bill and an amendment to Rep Brooks would direct commissioning of qualified pilots from the abandoned Civilian Pilot Training Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Burton Heath
NER
Tulsa
Okla
Washington
Air Force
Army
Women’s Auxiliary Service
WASPS
House
Brooks
D-La
Civil Are Novatics Authority
House Military Committee
Two P. W.'s Escape From Alva Camp
Two German prisoners of war, Max Wolff and Franz Helm, escaped last night from the Alva Oklahoma camp. They are believed to be driving a 1939 Mercury sedan with Texas license A93451, stolen in Alva. D. R. Morley, FBI Dallas special agent, reports the fugitives are light complexioned and tall, Wolff 5 feet 7 inches and 162 pounds, Helm 5 feet 9 inches and 140 pounds.
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Dallas
Alva
Okla
Texas
D. R. Morley
FBI
Morley
Max Wolff
Franz Helm
Wolf
Helm
Lucky Soldier in Massachusetts Connects with Mother
Jack Hammond, an Ada Council of Jewish Women beneficiary and USC Club drawing winner, called his mother in Lawrence Massachusetts on Mother's Day. He had not seen her for two and a half years, and the joyful call bridged the distance from near Boston.
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Avn
Jack Hammond
Lawrence
Mass
Ada Council of Jewish Womens
USC Club
Jack
Boston
Hammond
Harry Hammond
Heavier Air Raids Target Jap New Guinea Bases
Allied air forces report the heaviest bombing since Hollandia as six assaults aim to cripple remaining Japanese air power in New Guinea. Liberators and Mitchells dropped 334 tons on Wake Island and Maffin Bay to Sarmi, with 200 tons on the Wake runway. Ground actions near Hollandia-Aitape kill 78 more Japanese and take 23 prisoners, totaling 1,794 dead and 387 captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asahel Bush
New Guinea
Hollandia
Wake Island
Maffin Bay
Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Wake
Philippines
Schoutens
Dauntless
Airacobra
Rabaul
New Britain
Hollandia-Aitape
War Correspondent Max Brand Faust Killed in Italy
Frederick Faust, known as Max Brand and creator of Dr Kildare stories, was killed in action on the lower Garigliano sector during the opening night of the Fifth Army offensive. His widow Dorothy Dilling survives. Faust is remembered as a prolific action thriller and western writer with 85 books and a 99 year output estimated at about 25.99 million words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Naples
Frederick Faust
Harper's Magazine
Max Brand
Garigliano
Faust
Johnston to visit Russia to inspect Soviet industry
U S Chamber of Commerce president Eric Johnston plans a brief trip to Russia at Premier Stalin s invitation to review postwar trade effects on American business. He will be accompanied by W L White editor Joyce O Hera Johnston s assistant and travel aide. the party aims to assess economic prospects and industrial conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jcehndan
Russia
Washington
Eric Johnston
U. S
Chamber of Commers
Mlans
Johnston
Stalin
W. L. White
Emnoria
Eas.) Gazette
Joyce O’hera
Chamber
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Rev. Swanson
HAM
John Shea
Pearl
SKF Ballbearing
SKF
Philadelphia
William L. Ball
American Skf Industries
WPB
United Nations
OPA
Bill
P. W
Alva Camp
Massachusetts
Jap New Guinea
Italy
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