Baccalaureate Services Unite East Central and Horace Mann Seniors
Joint baccalaureate services were held Sunday evening in the college auditorium for East Central and Horace Mann seniors. The East Central Symphony Orchestra accompanied the processional and recessional while Albert Sweet delivered invocation and benediction. Rev Chester Mason and Rev Virgil Alexander gave the Scripture reading and sermon addressing world confusion and the power of human character.
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East Central
Horace Mann
East Central Symphony Orchestra
E. Paul Enix
Albert Sweet
Ada Church of Christ
East Central Concert Singers
Helen Finnell
Chester Mason
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Ada
Virgil Alexander
Ada First
Edison
Labor Bill May Be Finished This Week
Republican Senators Taft of Ohio and Ball of Minnesota said Senate House conferees may finish work on a compromise labor bill this week. Senator George of Georgia predicted the result won’t be as drastic as the Case bill and that President Truman will find it difficult to veto. He noted organized labor attacks but believed the Senate measure does not unduly restrict union activities. George, not on the 10 member conference team, spoke as Taft and Ball expected completion this week.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minn
Senate-House
George
Truman
Senate
House
Georgia
Capitol Hill
Special College Awards To Be Presented At East Central
East Central college will honor students Thursday at commencement. Claudell Overton receives the Yarbro Award for athlete of the year with top basketball and baseball marks. Margaret Michael wins the Blue Lantern Award for music excellence. Barbara Hansard and Thelma Hokey share the Extraordinary Student Award for scholarship and extracurriculars. Oril Richeson named most useful student. Ada Evening News and O Neal Awards await final grades after summer session.
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East Central College
Claudell Overton
Physical Education
Yarbro
Overton
McAlester
Margaret Michael
East Central Concert Singers
East Central
Hansard and Hokey East Central
Barbara Hansard
Thelma Hokey
East Central State College
Oklahoma
Oril Richeson
Oril E. Richeson
O'Neal
Ada Evening News
O’neal
Calaveras Frogs In Jumping Crisis
In Angels Camp California Mer lin Fisher a 16 year old high school student said he would eat a frog leg rather than a chicken wing after his frog Twa leaped 14 feet 4 inches in hot 95 degree weather during the annual jumping jubilee. Fisher noted the event is tied to Mark Twain lore and reported his Mag gie out of competition this year holds a record for three leaps adding experience as his winning reason as many hops go to the frying pan.
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Angels Camp
Calif
Calaveras
Merlin Fisher
Twa
Mark Twain
Fisher
Maggie
Colter’s Hell Named After Yellowstone Explorer
The article notes John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, discovering the Yellowstone area in 1807. The north western Wyoming region was long known as Colter’s Hell, highlighting its early exploration history and naming origins.
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Colter
Hell
John Colter
Yellowstone National Park Area
Wyoming
Quote on civic training by Judge Anna M. Kross
Judge Anna M. Kross of New York decries spending on war readiness while neglecting instruction in living for the country praising balanced civic education and patriotism.
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Anna M. Kross
New York
Graduation Week Highlights at Ada Area Schools
Ada High School holds its final and awards assembly Tuesday at 10 20 in the high school auditorium. Horace Mann College hosts its commencement Wednesday at 10 am with T. K. Treadwell presiding. East Central graduation follows Thursday in the college auditorium led by Oliver Hodge. Ada High School caps the week Thursday night at 8 15 in the junior high auditorium under Rex O. Morrison.
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Ada High School
Horace Mann
College
T. K. Treadwell
East Central
Oliver Hodge
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rex O. Morrison
Ada
European Recovery Struggles Deepening Says Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall warns that Europe's recovery is slower than expected. Disintegrating forces grow evident as the patient sinks, and doctors refuse compromise while exhaustion risks victory.
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Europe
Secretary of State
Marshall
Soon sonny will go swimming without permission
A terse warning hints at a child defying parental rules and a satin slipper awaiting as a consequence, reflecting a domestic discipline motif typical of the era.
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Sonny
Ada High Seniors Celebrate Special Day Amid Exams
Ada high school seniors enjoy a day of coffee a movie and an Aloha outing as other classes prepare for final exams and fees. The day features the final assembly awards program and a senior sermon with a theme on choosing the way of Christ over life’s confusion.
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Ada
Ada High
Aloha
Junior High
Ada Junior High
Ada High School
Arthur Harrison
W. A. Hargis
Ada First Methodist Church
Trice L. Broadrick
Bobbie Patterson
Bobbie Logsdon
Estellee Worsham
James O. Michael
Ada First Christian Church
Christ
Five Year Old Roberta Gilmore Hurt In Bicycle Accident
Roberta Gilmore, five, of Allen, suffered a severe toe injury while riding with Lowell Ross when a toe caught in a bicycle chain. She was taken to Valley View hospital where doctors taped the toe and hoped for healing without amputation.
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Roberta Gilmore
Bob Gilmore
Allen
Lowell Ross
Roberta
Valley View Hospital
Woodward Residents Seek Shelter As High Winds Persist
Residents in Woodward hurry to cellars as strong winds and rising rivers threaten the town. Forecasters report rivers beginning to fall later today and urge continued caution. Local authorities coordinate evacuations and sheltering measures for affected neighborhoods.
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Woodward
Three Defendants In Lynch Trial Freed
Circuit Judge J. Robert Martin Jr directed verdicts of acquittal on three of 31 defendants in the South Carolina lynching case and gave limited acquittal on some counts to seven others. He ordered statements by 26 defendants admitted only against the makers and granted outright acquittal to three who refused to talk to police.
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Greenville
3. C
J. Robert Martin, Jr
South Carolina
Martin
Earle Martin
Vardry McBee Norris
Ernest Stokes
Stokes
Willie Earle
Thousand Flee As Lahore Riots Flare
Lahore grapples with weekend riots as Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh mobs clash. Police and troops patrol under a 24 hour curfew for Lahore’s fiftieth day of unrest. Casualty counts vary by source with several deaths and dozens wounded reported. Authorities levy collective fines totaling 300,000 rupees on Muslim and Hindu districts for failing to curb violence.
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Lahore
India
Punjab
J. C. W. Eustace
Police car falls into open manhole in Forest Park
In St Louis on May 19, Sgt John E Rooney and Patrolman John V Cunniff followed a radio order to inspect an open manhole at Grand and Jefferson Drives in Forest Park. The patrol car wheel caught in the hole, causing the accident.
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ST. Louis
John E. Rooney
John V. Cunniff
Grand and Jefferson Drives
Forest Park
Sugar Cane Processing Hidden From Malay Fields
Most native coolies in tropical Malaya never see the finished sugar because the raw material is exported for refinement, leaving workers familiar with cane but not the final product.
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Malaysia
Ada Police Busy During Weekend
Ada police arrested 16 people over the weekend including eight speeding violations. One reckless driving arrest paid a $20 fine, eight speeders paid $80 total, seven were jailed for drunkenness, and one was booked for a fight.
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Ada
Lazy D dispersal sale draws strong early bidding
At the Lazy D ranch a dispersion sale of W. A. Delaney Jr's registered Hereford herd opened with high turnout. Early consignments included Del Zento 20th bought for 3525 dollars, while notes highlighted Del Zento Ist's 51000 sale last year and Beau Zento 54th as a top sire. Delaney signaled continued Hereford involvement as buyers from several days looked over champions and kin. Sale paused earlier due to snow and cold, with Jack Smith managing and Delaney owning the ranch.
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George Rodanz
Canada
Delaney
Hereford Heaven
Beau Zento
del Zento Ist
del Zento
W. A. Delaney, Jr
Jack Smith
Captain McDaniel Completes Five Day Guard Course at Fort Sill
Captain Marion E. McDaniel of Pardersburg West Virginia with the 4403 ASU Instruction Detachment completed a five day National Guard course at the Artillery School Fort Sill Oklahoma The refresher covered latest artillery techniques and field problems demonstrations and a briefing on light aviation administration.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Marion E. McDaniel
Pardersburg
West Virginia
ASU
National Guard
War Department
Air Training Department
Bright Windows With Clear Water Cleaning Tip
The secret of bright sparkling windows is clear water. Spray or wipe on with a chamois then dry with a lintless cloth. If very dirty add four tablespoons of dilute ammonia per gallon of water.
Saudi Arabia's Vast Scale and Sparse Population
Saudi Arabia spans about 1,000,000 square miles roughly a third of the United States in area while hosting around 4.5 million people. The data highlight a low population density despite vast desert and desert-adjacent regions.
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Saudi Arabia
United States
Truman Asks For National Health Insurance Program
A navy plane from Lambert field crashed during an air show into a Burlington playground killing the pilot Lieut (j g) John Peeler and two schoolboys Roland Hagemeier and Richard Grant. Fourteen children played nearby as debris and wreckage injured six others and damaged homes. An investigation by Commander J D Taylor began to determine cause.
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Burlington
Lambert Field
St. Louis
J. D. Taylor
Roland Hagemeier
Richard Charles Grant
Bart Slattery
J. G
John Peeler
Ethel Peeler
Cort Klein
Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette
Perkins
Klein
Taylor
Tulsa Voters Seek Three Decisions In Local Election
Tulsa voters will elect two new school board members and decide on a 15 mill school levy and a $75 000 bond for the convention hall. Labor and independent candidates contest the board races amid active campaigning. The bond funds would upgrade the hall and largest auditorium in Tulsa City. A separate note mentions a 40 day quarantine in Marseilles for health reasons.
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Tulsa
Okla
Perry C. Shryock
A. W. Mitchell
Cleo C. Ingle
Mitchell
Claude S. Kirkpatrick
Shryock
Tulgy
Truman Urges Federal Health Insurance Now
President Truman asked Congress to enact a national health and disability insurance program as essential to welfare. He urged expanded public health services and more hospitals and doctors, arguing sickness coverage is the missing element in social insurance and should be optional with state administration under national standards.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Travel Unit Names Woodward as 1948 Meeting Site
The Grand Council of United Commercial Travelers chose Woodward Oklahoma as the 1948 meeting location after voting to donate 100 dollars to Woodward relief. O R Wilson of Woodward was named grand counselor and Dick Barns of Woodward was named junior grand counselor. Other officers include L A Maphet Enid past grand counselor and Dewey Chaden Oklahoma City grand secretary.
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Enid
Okla
Lpi
Grand Council
United Commercial Travelers
Woodward
Woodward Relief Fund
O. R. Wilson
Wooward
Dick Barns
L. A. Maphet
Dewey Chaden
Oklahoma City
K. I. Hodges
Clinton
J. M. Parks
Tulsa
L. N. Mitchell
Grand Page
J. W. Banes
Grand Sentinel
R. R. Gregory
H. R. Shine
Ardmore
R. B. Hoover
Muskogee
W. E. Beath
Boy 15 Fractured in Street Post Collapse
In Oklahoma City on May 19 Paul Carter Burns, 15, leaned against a light post when a short circuit melted anchor bolts and toppled the metal post into the street. He fainted, later waking at the hospital and insisting he was waiting for a bus and did not cause the accident.
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Oklahoma City
Paul Carter Burns
Paul
Navajo hogans in Arizona built with east-facing entrances
Navajo hogans are traditionally constructed with the entrance facing east. This orientation is linked to cultural beliefs about sunrise and renewal observed in Arizona communities.
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Arizona
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