College Sets Summer Term Enrollment Plans At East Central
East Central prepares for summer term with enrollment for freshmen on Monday morning at 8 and second day enrollment for sophomores and juniors. Registrar Harvey Faust expects 1000 to 1200 students, slightly below last term. Faculty changes include replacements in French, home economics, violin and music education. New shop building ready. lyceum program set with performers and a July 24 commencement.
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East Central
Harvey Faust
Faust
Hugh Transon
Leach
Holdenville
Elizabeth Kloos
Mayne Veach
Francis Hanks
Paul Enix
Marguerite Hawkinson
East Central Music Department
New York
Kioos
Oklahoma _ university
Transon
Peabody College
Nashville
Miss Hanks
Columbia University
T. K. Treadwell
Hugh Norris
William Wright
Robert
D. J. Nabors
Oklahoma School for Deaf Holds 1947 Graduation
Rev. H L Gunn preached the baccalaureate at the Oklahoma School for Deaf in Sulphur. Commencement speaker is Rev. B L Williams. Margie Lee Johnson Walters is valedictorian and Billie Parman Elk City is salutatorian. Class officers are Miss Johnson president and Billie secretary treasurer. The 1947 graduates include Anna June Allen Bokchito Kitty Lou Bawcom Manitou lita Fern Edgar Terrion Melba Jean East Miami Paul Edward Cray Tulsa Charles Ray Hays tingwood Le Roy Francis Hoelker Clinton Robert Dean Jones Oklahoma City Billy Roy Martin Davis A D Oliver Ardmore ton Robert Queen Williams Oklahoma City Raymond George Kolander Shattuck.
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H. L. Gunn
First Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma School For Deaf
B. L. Williams
East Oklahoma Methodist Conference
Okmulgee County
Margie Lee Johnson
Walters
Billie Parman
Elk City
Miss Johnson
Billie
Jack Bertram
Coalgate
Anna June Allen
Bokchito
Kitty Lou Bawcom
Fern Edgar
Burial Customs Tie Books To Luck In Yunnan Province
In Yunnan China locals honor the dead by burying them with favorite books believed to bring luck and distraction on the journey to the afterlife.
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Yunnan
China
Final Accord With Argentina Expected Within Weeks
Washington May 24. A final accord to end the long U S Argentina dispute and clear the way for an inter American defense conference is expected in Washington within weeks. Ambassador Messersmith may retire and Spruille Braden resigns as assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs amid a bitter split over policy.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Buenos Aires
George S. Messersmith
Spruille Braden
Latin America
Juan Bramusglia
Juan D. Peron
Messersmith
State Department
Linscheid Honored With Speech Trophy At Southeastern
Dr. A Linscheid longtime president of East Central State College was praised as the greatest exponent of the spoken word by Lt General Ira C Baker who established the Linscheid speech trophy at Southeastern. Baker cited Linscheid's influence on debaters of 1917 and lauded his teaching as a model. General Eaker praised the honoree and Southeastern President T T Montgomery accepted the trophy, a bronze plaque awarded by classmates Elizabeth McKinney and Marion Severance.
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A. Linscheid
East Central State College
Ira Eaker
Southeastern
Pres. T. T. Montgomery
Gen. Baker
Durant
Ira C. Baker
U. S. Army Air Forces
Linscheid
College
William Scott Nobles
Sussey
Gerald Sanders
Tyler
Dr. Linscheid
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
T. T. Montgomery
Ecker
Southeastern State
Eaker
Elizabeth McKinney
Marion Severance
Gen. Eaker
Bill Witcher Ada Masonic Leader Dies at 66
William J. Witcher 66 a Pontotoc County resident and longtime Ada Mason, died Saturday at 6 30 am in a local hospital after a heart attack. Funeral 3 30 pm today at First Methodist with burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survived by widow Lucille two daughters and two sons, plus two brothers.
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William J. “Bill” Witcher
Pontotoc County
Latta
First Methodist Church
W. A. Hargis
C. C. Morris
Rosedale
Mr. Witcher
Red Boiling Springs
Tenn
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Witcher
Ada Lodge No. 119
A. F
A. M
Royal Arch
Council
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lucille Witcher
W. L. Compere
Milwaukee
Wis
O. D. Smith
Fairfax
Sgt
C. C. Russell
Hawaii
L. G. Witcher
Homer
W. C. and
J. E. Rose
Ada
Rooster Warning Noted by Mobile Letter Carrier
A Mobile letter carrier, wary of aggressive dogs, finds a housewife has added a warning in her mailbox. The note says to leave packages in the shed and use a stick if the rooster approaches.
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Ala
Pictures Wanted By Ada C of C
Ada Chamber of Commerce seeks photos of homes large and small in Ada Oklahoma to illustrate living conditions. Images may not be returned and will form an album for a touring display with downtown business district shots. Ada and colleagues will travel with several business people to promote Oklahoma industries.
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Wendell Thomas
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Oklahoma
Flagstad Flies to London for Operatic Tour
Kirsten Flagstad the Wagnerian soprano left New York for London on an operatic tour after completing a concert circuit of 10 cities. The star, who spent World War II years in Nazi occupied Norway, was once a leading Metropolitan Opera performer.
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New York
Kirsten Flagstad
Norway
London
Miss Flagstad
Metropolitan Opera Company
Canada Buys Autos At A Rate Of Eight Point One Per Person
A Canadian survey shows one automobile for every 8.1 inhabitants with distribution patterns across provinces. The finding highlights rising vehicle ownership and mobility trends in the country.
No Place for Henry Wallace Declared by Texas Governor
Governor Beauford H. Jester told Oklahoma Democrats at the Jefferson Day dinner that Henry Wallace has no place in the democratic party or in any potential third party. He praised Truman's Greek Turkish aid policy and argued Wallace seeks to form a third party, predicting the American people will strike him out.
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Oklahoma City
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Henry Wallace
Oklahoma
Truman
America
Wallace
Jester
Mrs Smith Named To Cavalcade Board
Mrs. Julia Mae Smith was appointed to the advisory board by the executive committee of the International Roundup Cavalcade. The event, scheduled for July 25 26 and 27, will host roundup and riding clubs in Pawhuska Osage country.
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Julia Mae Smith
Pawhuska
Osage
Italy's population grows as births exceed deaths in 1946
Official statistics show 1,022,231 births and 541,629 deaths in 1946, with 413,083 marriages. The postwar year marked a population rise of about half a million, suggesting Italy could hit 50 million within ten years if trends continued.
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Rome
Italy
Wilson HD Club Elects Officers At Second Meeting
The Wilson home demonstration club in Atoka organized April 2 elected officers including Alma Lee Jones president Ella Roberts vice president Dorothy Cook secretary treasurer and reporter Ada Shepard exhibit committee chair Alma Jones program committee chair Eunice Baxter song leader and Minnie Deskins devotional leader The club will meet first Wednesday each month at 2 pm in the school cook shack and plans topics for June July and an upcoming year with three main objectives.
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Wilson Home
Atoka
Alma Lee Jones
Ella Roberts
Dorothy Cook
Ada Shepard
Alma_ Jones
Eunice Baxter
Minnie Deskin
Vera Hammersley
Gracie Brumley
Lillie Howell
Keel
Cleo Underwood
Wilson Club
Della Hicks
Christine Pritchard
Minnie Deskins
Sybil James
Alma Jones
Weather Man Survives Lightning Strike at Forecast Site
Frederick, Md reports a bolt of lightning knocked out teletypes and wires. Victor Palmer watched a wall switch burst into fire two feet away. he was shaken but uninjured. He recalls early locomotives burning wood to haul coal cars.
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Frederick, Md
India Taut Leaders Blame for No Unity Prospect
The piece argues Hindu Muslim strife endangers independence as leaders risk blame if upheaval occurs. It cites Sumner Welles on communism spreading, contemplates a divided India into Hindu and Muslim states Hindustan and Pakistan, and notes prince states seeking dominion or independence amidst federalism debates.
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India
Dewitt MacKenzie
England
New Delhi
Delhi
Red
Sumner Welles
WOL Mutual
All India Congress
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Crash of a Crap Game Nabs No One
Sheriff’s force broke up a craps game near the safe barn west of the city limits last week but made no arrests as players scattered when officers arrived. They spotted a man wanted by a warrant, approached the old shack, but runners vanished. A gambling table was confiscated.
Mexico Dollars Favored in China and Rome Beauty Apple Harvest
The Chinese government has minted Mexican dollars and kept the inscription "Republica de Mexico" on them for years. In 1946 Rome Beauty apples yielded over eight million bushels, up 83 percent from 1945 and 23 percent from 1944.
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China
Republica de Mexico
Rome
Osages Return Celebration Reveals Oils Riches and Pride
In St Paul Kansas a four day centennial celebration recalls the Osage migration from 1865 to present, highlighting oil wealth from Cherokee lands. Chief Lookout praises Jesuit mission training while Osage dancers entertain and protest treaty arrears seeking 750,000 plus interest.
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ST. Paul
Kas
Ton Sas
U. S
Pahuska
Oklahoma
Kansas
America
Katy
Parsons
Lookout
Pawhuska
Franklin Shaw
Pendleton
Oregon
Shaw
Uncle Sam
No Early Strike End for Dierks
Mill workers in four Arkansas and Oklahoma Dierks Lumber mills walk out after the company offers an eight cent raise to a 68 cent base rate. The union seeks 90 cents an hour, arguing lumber prices have risen 182 percent since 1939. Three Arkansas mills, including Dierks and Mountain Pine, and two Oklahoma mills are affected.
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Tearkana
Ark
International Woodworkers of America
CIP
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Dierks Lumber and Coal Company
Virgil Burtz
Burtz
Dierks
Mountain Pine
Retirement pay of a federal civil service employee
The statement notes that retirement pay earned by a federal civil service employee is subject to income tax. It clarifies tax rules affecting federal retirees and outlines taxation implications for pension income.
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