Puerto Rico offers 200000 man pool to aid U S in shortages
San Juan reports Puerto Rico’s emergency office estimates a potential 200000 workers ready to be mobilized for U S production on short notice. Many are skilled or in training, with a large unemployed base and a mobile manpower pool already proven by this summer’s civilian airlift of over 5000 workers to U S seasonal jobs.
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Get on Fire Plea From Cordell Hull on Liberty
Cordell Hull, 79, urges the non communist world to get on fire with the spirit of liberty in a birthday statement. He praises the United Nations for countering Red aggression in Korea yet cautions grave dangers remain on all sides. Hull notes six years since leaving the State Department after illness and resignation in November 1944.
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Cordell Hull
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Korea
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State Department
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Tulsan Arrested For Impersonation
Charles H. Sleeman a Tulsa building contractor was arrested on charges of impersonating a federal officer. He posed as Capt. A B Wright executive of the procurement division of atomic research area No 6 and arranged shipment of plaster board to Sedan Kansas to profit. Lee Boateman FBI agent said the ruse spurred Sedan residents to believe a war plant was being built. Sleeman posted a 1500 dollar bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner E Lawton Bragg.
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Charles H. Sleeman
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Kas
Lee Boatéman
FBI
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Sleeman
A. B. Wright
Stomic Research Area No
Russian Orthodox church gains Ethiopian congregation
In Addis Ababa a new Russian Orthodox church has about 40 families, nearly all of the local White Russian community. Officials say it will affiliate with European Russian Orthodox churches but not with the Moscow patriarchate. Addis Ababa also hosts a Red Russian colony connected to the embassy. Relations between the two groups are cool, and Red Russians have yet to attend the new church.
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Ada Junior Highschool Weekly chapel speaker and attendance report
Rex O Morrison superintendent of city schools spoke at the weekly chapel hour last Tuesday sharing life guidance. Home Room 214 led by Miss Laurice Core posted 100 percent attendance, school average was 73.34 percent last Friday. The program featured Gail Willoughby reading a poem titled Prairie Friend, a novelty duet by Betty Bailey and Marva Dann Northcytt, piano solo by Kennon Mundy, and other acts. Administrative updates note Byng withdrew from the conference and list remaining towns. The ninth grade shop class under Lawrence Reynolds builds tables and racks, while eighth grade girls craft towel holders and study basic foods with a new refrigerator in Homemaking Fight and Nine taught by Mrs. Pauline Whitsett.
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Marva Dann Northcytt
Kennon Mundy
Phil Hart
Tom Yarbro
Tommy Lancaster
Ruth Ann Canterbury
Dixon Roseberry
Jimmy Sheppard
Clifford Macias
Don Morrow
John Pegram
Leslie Howard
Magie Butler
Lawrence, Reynolds
Pauline Whitsett
Fran Chelle Snow
Terrell
Texas
Dorothy Short
Stratford
Home Room 200 Elects Officers in Sponsored Program
Home Room 200 sponsored by Mrs. Bill Winn elects officers with Sue Lindsey as president and Odie Lee Roberts as secretary. Dorothy Johnson Ann Kerr and Mercedes Davidson form the program committee. Officers preside in Mrs Winns classes include 5th grade speech Don Loman secretary Shirley Dodson. 8th grade speech Period 6 chairman Rowena Cales secretary Jim Bullock. 8th grade literature chairman Jimmy Jones secretary Bob Jones. Students enjoy assembly, another fine program.
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Sue Lindsey
Odie Lee Roberts
Dorothy Johnson
Ann Kerr
Mercedes Davidson
Ninth Grade Election Holds the Limelight
A ninth grade rally preceded a Thursday primary producing run offs for president Ray Brotton and Shirley Dodson, vice president Roy Gene Blake and Marian Meaders, secretary Joyce Ann Vaughn and Edwinna Hunter, girl yell leaders Ann Stegall and Pat McKnight, boy yell leaders Harold Hawthorne and Art Pokorney, song leaders Betty Bailey Caro lyn Cantrell and Frances King, Ken Mundy and Marion Massey.
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Ann’ Stegall
Pat McKnight
Harold Hawthorne
Art Pokor
Gifford Named As New Ambassador
Washington Sept 27 The White House announces Walter S. Gifford former AT&T chairman will be ambassador to London succeeding Lewis W. Douglas. Douglas resigns for health reasons and will finish duties November 1 after British approval. Gifford 65, Republican, has wartime production experience and may bolster bipartisan foreign policy support.
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Bank official presumed dead after drowning at Lake Clare
Claremore Oklahoma September 27 Ted Parrott 45 vice president of First National Bank drowned yesterday in Lake Clare. A volunteer group led by Lake Superintendent Jim Burnett recovered his body early today after Parrott was last seen fishing alone. His jacket was found floating prompting the search. Parrott's home is nearby.
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Army Reopens Old Divisions For Veterans and Reservists
The U S Army announces enlistment of veterans and reserve personnel into five famed divisions including the 2nd, 7th, 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions and the 1st Cavalry (infantry). Enlistments run 3 to 6 years with assignments open to veterans who served with these units in World War II and earlier. Interested personnel should contact S/Sgt Charles B. Hodge at the Ada Army recruiting post for details.
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Southwest Bell Plans $83 Million Oklahoma Expansion
Oklahoma City October report shows Southwestern Bell proposing an $83 million postwar expansion over four years if approved by the corporation commission. Roy C. Echols, Bell Oklahoma general manager, cites rising operating costs and postwar price levels. expansion accompanies growth from 280,000 telephones at war end to about 480,090 today. The company recently received a $5.75 million permanent rate increase from the state supreme court, with further requests still tied up in court.
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Oklahoma Cityan Takes Interest in Ada Drug Firm
Clifton H. Smith formerly a druggist in Oklahoma City has purchased a partnership in Bayless Drug Co and moved to Ada. Smith, once with Veazey Drug Stores and owner of Skirvin Drug, joins Ada Rat Club and First Christian Church members. The couple reside at 805 East 13th.
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Prolonging Rubber Slaves With Wash Routine
A brief note outlines washing rubber slaves in warm soapy water with a maintained routine. It recommends towel drying inside and out followed by sprinkling with powder to extend their life.
Two Storms Being Watched Closely
Weather observers tracked two disturbances today one a hurricane near Bermuda and the other a Gulf of Mexico storm. The Atlantic hurricane center near Bermuda showed winds up to 100 mph with gales outward two to 1250 miles while the Gulf storm carried 40 to 50 mph with 350 mile squalls. slow movement toward the northwest and potential strengthening were predicted, and small craft along the Louisiana coast were told to stay in port.
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Deborah Class Party At Sulphur Baptist Church
The Deborah Class of Sulphur Baptist Church entertained honorary members at a party hosted at a member’s home. A business meeting preceded the social hour. Officer elections were held with Oscar Huffins as president and several vice presidents, a secretary and treasurer also chosen.
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Photo Souvenir Tales From New York Nightlife
Cal Tinney recalls a New York trip with a crowd chasing memories at night clubs. a show girl photo and a sneaksnap vendor provoke laughs and caution about wife, work and flirtations, while strangers hustle scalped tickets and a failed theater outing ends with a joke about a club photo as a future church dance souvenir.
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Barbs by Hal Cochran on speaking up and home ties
A collection of quirky observations on patience with talking, vacation storytelling, returning home before work, and a Maine poet writing verses to a can. The piece notes humor in miscommunications and dated phrases like foot candle as a light measure.
Books Added To Ada Public Library Shelves
Ada Public Library announces new acquisitions across genres and topics. The list includes works on drama, humor, history, art, science, and travel by authors such as Hartley, Taylor, Gombrich, Hemingway, Chandler, Fowler, and Heyerdahl, among many others. The diverse collection features biographies, novels, reference guides, and instructional texts, reflecting broad reader interests.
Film to Show Williamsburg History and Taverns Tour
Williamsburg Virginia prepares a documentary on Colonial life with authentic reconstructions. About 300 residents in period costume participate, staging scenes in restored structures including the Josiah Chowning tavern where actors and visitors share tables and meals.
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Josiah Chowning
Ocean grows oyster beds reshape Long Island land lore
Colonial era property doctrine on ocean floor land in New York remains one of the few places where ownership extends underwater. A home tied storage tip offers a novel modular jars system using old font tops and jar lids to organize nails screws nuts and washers in a workroom.
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