Girl, 11, Spells Magazine With a Gift of Printing
Barbara Edgecombe, eleven, runs American Children's Magazine from Kalamiport Kalamazoo editorial office as a one girl publisher. She handles recipes, poems, cartoons, stories and articles with help from a 14 year old safety editor, earned by hand printing. Revenue comes mainly from circulation, with occasional sales and local ads, publishing monthly to readers in Michigan and nearby areas.
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Bert Goldrata
Barbara Say
Jan Tor
Barbers
Barbara
Barbara Gallup
Barbara Edgecombe
Bibby-Soxer
Kinbrazoo
Michigan
Red Satellites Redefine Schools For State Needs Not Children
An article contrasts Soviet and American education, arguing Russia tailors schooling to the state, while the U S focuses on children. It cites Barbas and Now talk aboutCurrents of propaganda, with a critique of Soviet aims in teaching about the USSR and aims to foster independent thought versus state allegiance.
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U.S
Ford
Barbag
Phas
Soviet Union
Geith
Iawacre
David Taylor Ture
Mary
United States
Russia
Paul Bunyen
Moby Dick
Sinbad the Sailor
Dave
Choosing a Kitchen Range to Fit Your Home
A shopper guide to selecting a range based on layout, burner arrangement, and features. Discusses center, corner, or dining-room-adjacent placements, divided tops, griddles, and ease of cleaning. Compares gas versus electric models and the value of essentials like automatic time controls and convertible units for family cooking habits.
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Colfort
Convenienses
Dees Well
Campive
Flood Threat at Houston as Rivers Rise and Homes Are Evacuated
Newsreel reports heavy rainfall near Houston causing severe flooding across Harris County. Many residents forced to evacuate as water rose in bayous and streets, with at least one fatality reported. Highways closed. San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou rising, prompting widespread disruption and crop damage after a hurricane and tornado impacts.
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Bouston
Tex
Houston
Harris
San Jecints
Harto
Feuston
Toniphi
U.S
Hauasan
Tha Sieem
Tony Lock
Stet Cele Bisel
Lynda Peak Queen A Sulphur Event
Lynda Peak Queen A Sulphur event highlights a Mexican Fiesta with Lynda Peek daughter of Rep and Mrs. L B Peas. funds totaling 12.5 cents went to the Muzic fund via the event, as musical numbers added Mexican atmosphere with support from Saphor schools coached by Mary Naom Stephens.
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Lynda Peek
Rep
L. B. Peas
Saphor
Mary Naom Stephens
Ada Mirror Plays at Steinway Hatt Rohest Face
Ada school musical notes from Ada seen as students and staff stage piano and vocal concerts. Students Tevet Rosina, Rebe Helen and others from Juilliard lineage contribute to lectures and performances. Oklahoma City CEA meeting and local teaching scene context mix with community reports.
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Steinway
Helen
Parce
Ie Aamed
Tevet
Rosina
Nanors
Julliard School
Rebe
Cherokees seek $14 million from land treaty claim
W I W Norvell of Tulsa and Early Hoyd Fierce of Muskogee told the U S Court of Claims that a 1917 provision promised a 14 million acre outlet in Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico for Cherokees moved from the east. They seek one dollar per acre and compensation for 74 000 000 acres in the southwest.
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Washington
W. E. Norvell
Tulsa
Hoyd Fierce
Muskogee
U. S. Court of Claims
Ind Ns Claims Commission
Arkansas
O&lahoms
Farm Accidents High in West Region
Ralph Parks an agricultural engineer at the University of California Davis warns farmers in the western states have a higher accident rate than other regions. He estimates about 40 injuries per 1000 farm people per year with falls causing the greatest number of accidents on farms.
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Davis
Calif
Gays Ralph Parks
Davis Gamsus
University of California
Ancient manicure set found in Hungary echoes modern tools
Excavation in Hungary uncovered a manicure set about 1,500 years old. The artifact bears striking similarity to contemporary kits, suggesting continuity in personal grooming practices across centuries. The find highlights historical craft and daily life among early medieval communities.
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Hungery
Yule Lighting Plan Shaping for Ada Christmas
Ada plans a festive Christmas 1949 with a downtown lights upgrade by the Chamber of Commerce. A parade featuring Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs characters and an home decorating contest, sponsored by the Ada Automobile Dealers Association, will debut when the lights go on the first night after Thanksgiving.
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Novemer
Seven Dwarfs
Ada Automobile Dealers Association
Chamber of Commerce
Ada Ministerial Alliance
Camp Fire Girls Blue Birds Gather At Willard Schools
Reports from Willard area Camp Fire groups detail meetings at Hayes and Willard schools. Officers elected include Hobbie Jean Hager president and Judy Ruble scribe for Third Grade Blue Birds, with plans and adjourning notes. Other units such as Wee Bonnie and Busy Blue Birds record officers, visitors, lantern craft, Christmas projects, and upcoming events including Halloween plans and a October 12 meeting.
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Blue Birds
Willard School
Hobbie Jean Hager
Winifred Lillard
Judy Ann Ruble
Dairy Queen
Scribe
Judy Ruble
Hayes School
Willis
Mary Beth Alexander
Ann Parry
Shareman
Lindy Ann Groves
Linda Ja Gibbons
Purse
Maney Stephens
Lovieta Miller
Mary Jane Bradford
Bonnie Blue Birds
Richmond Free Library Showcases Donor Built Collection
In Richmond Vermont the free library, named for its open access, hosts 5500 volumes donated by readers nationwide. Notable gifts include works from Mary Pickford, Mack Benny, Connie Mack and Gene Tunney. Over 300 volumes honored departed relatives through Mrs. Ethel M. Culver’s letters and appeal. Local donations funded remodeling and volunteer labor followed.
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Richmond
Richmond Free Library
Sol
Mary Pickford
Mack Benny
Connie Mack
Gene Tunney
Ethel M. Culver
Ada Lions Club Halloween Carnival Promises Big Night
The Ada Lions Club plans Ada Halloween festivities on Halloween night at Main and Broadway. A 7 PM start features a parade at two review points, game stands, and entertainment with proceeds funding the Crippled Children's Fund. Lions workers lead setup with Julius and Keith Marshall directing.
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Hallowe'en
Ada
Ada Lions Club
Ada Lions Chil
Main
Broadway
Lions
Julius
Lions Planning
Keith Marshall
Lions Crippled Children’s Fund
Hallowe’en
Freakish Weather Across Continent
Weather across Western Europe and the British Isles shows dramatic droughts and floods. A London reservoir runs dry while Dartmouth flooded areas report fish in flooded gutters. Italy suffers 20 to 30 deaths and 15,000,000 in damages as water power strains persist. Rhine cargoes drop to a third to avoid grounding. Britain endures 13 rainless days as rationing and factory shutdowns mount.
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London
Dartmouth
PS5
Italy
Rhine
Harges
Western Europe
British Isles
Britain
British Waterworks Ass Aviation
Baker brothers reunite at Antlers home after years apart
Four Baker brothers sons of J F Baker Soper mail carrier reunited at Bob H Bakers Antlers home last week. All four studied at Soper school and learned printing under Guy Crossett now retired. Bob handles printing operation machinist and manager of Antlers American Willard works in Dallas on Wall Street Journal Glenn in a Dallas shop Ellis Southeast Oklahoma foreman Hugo also works in printing. Dr Earl B Isbell Legion post commander called a special meeting to set new meeting nights due to veterans taking extension classes this term. Tuskehoma high school sponsored the third annual junior rodeo near Sardis west of Tuskehoma at E Blasingames ranch with stock for riding roping and wild cow milking contests.
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Glenn
Dallas
Ellis
Hugo
Tuskehoma High School
Sardis
Tuskehoma
Saturda
E. Blasingamé
Biggest Private Wheat Farm Sold
An Omaha attorney for the United States Wheat Corporation of Nebraska announced the purchase of what is described as the world’s biggest private wheat farm. Gordon Diesing said the $2,000,000 deal buys the Campbell Farming Corporation estate, an 85,000 acre ranch near the Big Horn mountains. Campbell will stay on as manager and retains 400,000 acres in Mexico.
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Omaha
United States Wheat Corporation of Nebraska
Gordon Diesing
Aspen
Campbell Farming Corporation
Amoere Campbell
D. Campbel
Diesing
Big Horn Mountains
Campbell
Mexico
Churchill
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