College Honors Award Winners Highlight Harrison and Others
Harrison named Most Valuable, selected by faculty for standout year. Mrs Crownover earns Blue Lantern for leadership and service to music. Bud Bett named Verszine Athlete of the Year for cross country through 1947. Oscar activities include student council roles and Senior Day leadership, with plans for teaching next year.
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Irs
Bist
Hurrenn
Alfred By & and & Clothiers
Harpisom
East Central Offers Health Education Production Workshop
East Central State College hosts a production workshop in health and physical education for area teachers. The program, limited to 300 participants, offers five hours of credit and is sponsored by the college, the Hellog Foundation, and the State Department of Education. It aims to create a classroom guide with activities and materials drawn from community needs and teacher input.
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East Central
East Central State College
Eivides
Taety
W. XK. Hellog
Gulde
God
State
Department of Education
Stlf
Ben L. Mortisin
John RB. Shkander
John W. Zimmerman
Victor Hyks
EH Nelson
Pey
Lberty
Rudy Lowr
Ageneas Tarryish Songultantas
Ortlege
Garden plot plan for Germans and Americans in occupied Verden
Verden Oklahoma May 22. Verden’s senior class leader returns from a trip to Russell Springs Arkansas through eastern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri. Officials discuss a plan to grow vegetables on requisitioned land with Americans supplying seed and fertilizer through PX and Germans providing labor. Legal staff say directives do not bar such a garden under MG policy against selling output. The plan envisions fifty fifty yields while occupying authorities oversee the venture in the territory.
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Monteh
Murray Dy van Wagoner
Verden, Okla
Uh— Verden’s
Rurska Springs
Okkesoma
Missouri
Comic Book Pilots In Spin Reach Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City youths Ronnie Peterson and Jimmy Bobard flew a borrowed plane 120 miles from the downtown airpark. Parents juvenile officials and attorney David Morrison met with the boys and authorities. case to be considered by Judge Blinn. Plane damage occurred after landing in a field near Cheyerime.
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Oklahoma City
Co Ulin
Ronnie Peterson
Jimmy Bobard
John Zwick
Roc Hamilton
David Morrison
Blinn
Cheyerime
Odeha
Skaene
Tishomingo Seniors Open Final Week With Sermon Today
The Tishomingo senior class opens final week with a sermon in the high school auditorium. Evans of OCW will deliver the message. Commencement exercises are scheduled for Wednesday May 28 at 8 p m in the central state college address.
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Tishonah High
Thedr Bromantie
Ee Tie Hes High School
Evans
OCW
Wednnesday
Br. John
T Chandler
Eget Central State College
Ipa
Simrtive Ruth Moore
Mary Lou Armstrong
Leving Namre
Sabwatorian
Mary Low Armstrong
Oklahoma Asac M
Charles Thamruson
Oisigham
Charline Burton
Wen
Jimmie Ruth Moore
Istpes Tyylor
Use of Smoke Dams to Hold Oil in Place Planned
Tulsa Oklahoma May report outlines a plan using smoke particle dams to trap oil and gas in underground sands. Models from Bartlesville Bureau of Mines show smoke dams to slow driving forces, with pressurized water and gas driving oil toward neighboring wells.
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Roward W
ERC Has Chance Al Extended Duty
Extended active duty for metro bers of the ERC. The Fourth Army has been authorized to call 2503 enlisted reservists to extended active duty for periods not more than six to twelve months. Selected applicants retain their discharge grade and may be promoted on active duty. Pay matches regular army. Assignment will be within the zone of interior and Army area. Enlisted reservists interested in recruiting duty who are qualified typists, medical technicians, or the race...
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Metro Bers
ERC
Fourth Army
Maine
Zone of Interior
Lula High Honors Student Hofawar Fortner
Hofawar Fortner, 17, named Honor Student of Lula High School. He plans to attend East Central State College in Ada next fall, while remaining a straight A student, with no absences or tardies in two years. He served as assistant editor and editor of the school paper, led junior and senior classes, starred on the basketball team, and is valedictorian. He has been a state Honor Society member for two years.
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Zette Stanford
Itn
Crownover
Horace Mann Training School
Marguerite Hawkinson
B. Badgett
East Conweal
Yarbro Jewelers
Badinety
Hahagi
Durant
Navy
Quonset Point Fliers
Jim
Aetiytica
Hofawar Fortner
Lula High School
East Central State College
Ada
Air Force Navy clash over plans for giant carrier
Washington May 22 The air force and navy clash over a proposed 55 000 ton, multi deck super carrier with a big air wing. The air force argues the mission should be strategic warfare destroying enemy production while the navy seeks naval combat support.
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Elton
Fay Washington
Navy
Trufat
Forrestal
Air Force
High Command
Forrastak
Key West
Fla
Uime
Sae
Jet Chiefs of Staff
Farmy-Navy-Air Force
Paving Bids For Two Projects To Be Taken Monday
Ada city will receive bids Monday at 2 p m for two paving districts one on West Sixth Street between Townsend and Stockton avenues and the other on Twenty Third Street from Oak Avenue west. The council also authorized plans for paving blocks on North Townsend and West Twenty second Street. H M Moore paving company is moving west on East Sixth toward Valley View hospital area. ARKANSAS: GITY Kas May MEK T McNily of McPherson Kans suffers heart attack en route home from Tulsa. CHICKASHA Okla May 23 Paula Jean Dickey and Ronald Funit awarded sweaters for best all around girl at Chickasha Senior High graduation.
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West Soxteemth St
Townsend
Stocleton
Oak Avenue
Amet Imchuien
Thirteenth
Stockton
Charry Avenues
Workmentor H. 3
Moore Pavime Company
Arkansas
Gity
Kas
May Mek
T. McNily
Ottman of
McPherson
Ster
Tulsa
Okla
Chickasha, Ok la
Paula Jean Dickey
Donald Funit
Chickaaha
IO Meat Handler Strike Ends For Most of Plants
Chicago reports say the United Packinghouse Workers strike ended at most plants, boosting meat supplies planned for restocking next week. Prices may ease as demand remains strong, but full market impact hinges on consumer buying and seasonal trends. The strike’s end spread to Swift Armour Cudahy and Wilson plants, with workers accepting a nine cent hourly raise.
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Chicago
Wotsom
CHO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
Wilson and Co
Kingar and Company
Indianapolis
Jim Rogers Dies Veteran Intaw Enforcement Officer
Jim Rogers 83 a longtime law enforcement veteran died at home at 3 50 pm Thursday after a heart attack. He lived most of his life in the county and left the sheriff department last Sept 17 following a heart attack. Rogers served as deputy under Sheriff Clyde Kais, later joining the sheriff’s force and earlier spent about 20 years on the city police force. Services at Central Church of Christ Sunday at 2 pm with burial at Memorial Park cemetery. Survivors include wife two sons Marvin Koters and Buford Howard a daughter Mrs File Audter two sisters and five grandchildren.
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Sherriff's Department
Rogers
Clyde Kaletr
Chyrde Kaiser
Central Church of Chast
Memorial Park Cemetery
Song
Marvin Koters
Bufford Howard
File Audter
Sniper Wounds U.S. Official in Jerusalem Clash
United States consul general in Jerusalem, Thomas C Wasson, was gravely wounded by sniper fire while seeking a truce between Arabs and Jews during the battle for the holy city. He and a staff member were hit as he walked from a meeting at the French consulate toward the American consulate. An armored ambulance transported him to Hadassah English Mission Hospital where doctors reported some improvement after initial treatment.
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Thomas C Wasson
United States
Jerusalem
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Holy City
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Palestine
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Puntire
State Department
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Fetter
Takem Im
Navy Man Wounded in Palestine Shootings Near Consulate
Navy chief engineer Herbert M. Walker, 27, of Mounainsburg Arkansas, serving with a 69 member radio unit near Jerusalem, was hit by machine gun bullets near the consulate. A second man, Thomas Gannon, guard, survived a back wound from May 14. The incident underscores U.S. concern about Palestinian fighting and may influence UN action.
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Navy
Herbert M. Walker
Tyren Jerusalem
Washington
Diopethhes
Walker
Mouxainsburg Ark
Win Ag
L. &. Walker
Dallas
Fexts
Comsulate
Thomas Gannon
Ada Opens New Whiteway Street Lighting Wednesday
Ada unveils a new whiteway street lighting system with 95 standards, raising lumen output from 147,500 to 200,000. OG&E controls the project owned by the city, with installation starting March 30 and completion expected by Wednesday night. Mayor Charlen P Spencer and Chamber president Harvey Lambert attend alongside Emil Wyatt and Lt. EL Bomous.
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Main
Broadway
Emil Wyatt
Og&e
Oxcar Parker
Charlen P. Spencer
Harvey Lambert
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Wyatt
EL Bomous
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Ada
KL. Farmer
Ogdee
Earineer
Eleetics Engineering Institute
Oklahoma
OGRE
Cemetery Damage Prompted by Flower Picking by Children
City Manager James Flint requested parents keep their children out of Rosedale Cemetery due to ongoing flower picking and minor damage. He reported daily incidents of children removing items from graves and gravestones, prompting concern over safety and preservation of the site.
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James Flint
Rosedale Cemetery
An ‘Agai
Chhldren
Ten Ads Arranged For Play Day at Coalgate Tuesday
Coalgate Chamber of Commerce plans Play Day Tuesday night with four sets and diverse acts. Rex Marrizom, famous for Magic is Fun, appears solo. Howard White accordion solos, Victory Voices, Ken Mundy hippo face act, Monte Bell and Kiamichi Valley Boys perform. Mrs EHM Green sings Ada portion. Admission benefits a local hospital fund.
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Victory Voices
Ken ‘Mundy
Monte Bell Ant
Kiamichi Valley
Coghgate
E. HM. Green
Courthouse Trades Day Draws Atoka County Residents
Several hundred people gathered on the courthouse lawn in Atoka for the weekly trades day with music by the Durbar High School Band directed by Mr Thramg. Awards were given to local citizens by merchants. Sam Moyle announced that Atoka homes would be sprayed for malaria free of charge under a county health program with crews from Caney Bryan and Farris districts. The Atoka County Chamber of Commerce pledges support to Hoyle and workers.
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Durbar High School
Thramg
Fenita Allen
Attia
Esther Lee Henderson
Bentley
Hig Livestock
Sam Moyle
State ‘Health Department
Atoka County
J . Hoyle
Hoyle
Caney
Bryan County
Farris
Stringtown
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