Record Peacetime Industrial Output and Profits Reported
New York reports record peacetime industrial production and record all time corporate profits as the nation starts arming. Government notes show corporate capital at 73.8 billion, inventories up 1.2 billion, and retail food prices up 1.4 percent in late September. American Iron and Steel Institute cites a nine month steel output of 71.6 million tons, with capacity rising toward 110 million tons by year end 1952. industry warns manganese, iron ore, and scrap supply constraints loom while manganese from Russia is cut off and South American ore becomes crucial.
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New York
Korea
United States
America
American Iron and Steel Institute
Minnesota
Labrador
Venezuela
Russia
South America
Odd Fellows Plan Oct 26 Meeting in Ada
Ada lodge of Odd Fellows calls a special meeting for Thursday October 26 at the Youth Center Convention Hall. Charles DeLaughter of Oklahoma City will be installed as Grand Master and make his first official visitation. Public welcome.
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Ada Lodge of Odd Fellows
Charles DeLaughter
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Grand Lodge
Lawton
DeLaughter
Harry Evans
Ada
Peoples Coop to Meet October 23
Members of the Peoples Electric Cooperative will meet October 23 at 1 p.m. at the Ada armory for reports and voting on amendments. Proposals include dividing territory into seven districts with one trustee each and detailing trustee qualifications and duties. Another amendment outlines non-profit operation balance distribution to patrons.
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Peoples Electric Cooperative, Inc
REA
Ada Armory
Two Burned When Oil Well Ignites Near Ringwood
In Ringwood Oklahoma on October 14 two oil workers were burned when an oil well they were drilling blew in and caught fire. Robert Currier age 21 and John Black age 89, both Ringwood residents, sustained facial and arm burns. Fellow worker W. W. Buck escaped injury and rushed the injured men to an Enid hospital. The incident occurred at Hayes No 1, two miles south and one mile east of Ringwood.
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Ringwood
Okla
Robert Currier
John Black
Ring
Funeral brings wide circle of Ada area visitors
Out of town relatives and friends attended the funeral of J L Scott in Ada with numerous relatives from Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas and other nearby towns. Weekend guests at the Etchiesons included family members from Richmond California Sulphur and Ada. Local visits spanned Wynnewood Grand Prairie Medina and Oklahoma City as residents traveled for gatherings and hospital stays. The Roff Home Demonstration Club planned a meeting and a pre school clinic was announced for October 28 with Dr Canada and Ramona King in charge.
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J. L. Scott
Watson Hibbard
Tom Stansberry
H. Stansberry
George Scott
Oklahoma City
Mike Bradford
Tulsa
Pink Ray
W. S. Bronson
Paula Hastenings
Bonnie Ray
Dallas
Texas
B.C. Peay
Lawrence Greene
Allan Proctor
Bill, Glover
Vesta Scott
Delmar Scott
W. P. Scott
Bryan
Glen Scott
Eryin' Scott
Gordon Scott
Reed Killian
Clint Scott
Charles Scott
Bee Scott
Jerry Brewer
Carroll
Darrell Proctor
Carroll Thompson
Calla Lou Brewer
Warren Chant
Annette Childress
Ada
Paul Crowder
Pauls Valley
John Bradford
Fitzhugh
Rofs
Dr. Canada
Ramona King
Sealy
Fittstown News Highlights Local Visits and Fire
Local residents share Sunday and weekday visits among families in Me Alester Union Valley and Ada. Fire destroys the Red Schultz home east of Fittstown at 6 30 p m Wednesday. Attending church events at the Fittstown Assembly of God were members and guests with a noon lunch served by church ladies.
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Red Shultz
Fittstown
Assembly of God Church
Four RAF Planes In Two Crashes During Exercise Emperor
In London a collision involving three Royal Air Force planes and a Mosquito bomber, believed from the Belgium air force, killed at least seven airmen. The four aircraft were part of Exercise Emperor with US and Western European allies aiding Britain’s air defense tests.
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London
Royal Air Force
Belgium
United States
Europe
Britain
State Police Relent as Onward Sees Desks Stay
In Logansport Indiana state police withdrew after Governor Schricker halted a desk move amid 1500 opponents of the Onward Walton merger. Major O Neal told a crowd the order was rescinded and suggested the two schools remain separate until court settles the dispute. Citizens insist Onward High School, not a joint campus, is the goal despite alleged Walton delinquency concerns. Sheriff Berkshire warned that restraining orders could follow any future desk moves.
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Logansfort
Ind
Indiana
Onward
Henry F. Schricker
Virgil Turner
Walton
Robert O'Neal
O'Neal
O’neal
Claude Berkshire
Turner
Elmer Thomas declines to campaign for Dems or GOP
Oklahoma City October 14 up Sen Elmer Thomas refuses to campaign this fall for the democratic ticket delivering the stance to both Democratic and Republican headquarters through Duke Cullum his close ally in Washington he says he cannot campaign for either party or for Rep Monroney who beat him for the nomination Cullum notes Thomas favors Alexander agriculture plan and will vote Democratic this year but finds the state convention silent on hydroelectric power flood control and parity litigation making a campaign for party candidates impossible
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Oklahoma City
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Duke Cullum
Thomas
Washington
Rep
Monroney
Bill Alexander
Cullum
Alexander
U Miami Upsets Purdue Behind Fast Offense
In Lafayette on October 14, University of Miami from Florida defeated Purdue 20 to 14. Frank Smith scored twice after dazzling Tuns to key the win, while Joe Lygen added a 43 yard run. Purdue struggled with six interceptions by Miami and only one blocked punt for a score. Leo Martin and Date Samuel contributed on the exchange as the Hurricanes dominated the Purdue offense.
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Lafayette
Ind
Frank Smith
University of Miami
Florida
Purdue
Hurricanes
Notre Dame
Boilermakers
Miami
Joe Lygen
Leo Martin
Date Samuel’s
Samuels
Four Big Demo Guns At Pryor Rally Prompt Party Line
Pryor Oklahoma October rally drew about 1400 Democrats urged to vote along party lines in November. Speakers included Senator Robert Kerr gubernatorial candidate Johnston Murray and Congressman Dixie Ilmer. Kerr accused Republicans of noisy rhetoric while Monronty echoed the sentiment. Early Cape God cottages mentioned with a combined kitchen living dining room in one back area.
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Phyor
Okla
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monronty
Johnston Murray
Dixie Ilmer
Kerr
Cape God
Halt Visas Being Issued to Aliens
Washington orders an immediate temporary suspension of passport visas for aliens planning U.S. entry. State Department telegraphed embassies and consuls to recheck records under a new internal security law, which bans entry to anyone who was at any time a member of communist or totalitarian parties. The enforcement has detained several hundred visa holders, with over 200 held at Ellis Island as Germany and Italy protested.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Truman
Elis Island
N. Y
Germany
Italy
Den Mothers Training Course Announced in Pontotoc District
Burgess Steed announces a Den Mothers training course for Pontotoc District Boy Scouts. The first of seven meetings starts Wednesday afternoon October 18 in the First Presbyterian church basement, directed by Hob Calvert, Horace Mann School cubmaster. All den mothers urged to attend.
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Burgess Steed
Pontotoc
Boy Scouts
Hob Calvert
Pack
Horace Mann
Ponotote
Electric guitar mishap shocks cabaret performer
In London a West End cabaret saw Malcolm Mitchell suffer severe facial and hand burns when sparks leapt from a mic during a solo. Bystanders freed him, and he was rushed to a hospital after a short circuit caused the incident.
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Musician London
Malcolm Mitchell
Mitchell
The
Ilecibiciane
Wapanucka News Highlights Local Deaths and Moves
Samuel Marien French dies October 10 at Wapanucka after two weeks with a son, funeral at Teague Madill Christian church and Condon Grove cemetery near Milburn Horace McCurry suffers a light stroke and is ordered to bed. his wife reports numbness in limbs. A son Jimmie McCurry attends East Central College. Marcie Mills loses his home to a recent fire downtown and plans to rebuild. George Harris relocates dirt moving gear to Elk City under a six month contract. Mrs Harris and several local families move with him. Mrs Lou Conner and neighbor Treas head to Coolidge Arizona for winter work. Miss Buster Cox and Alma Parker’s daughter visit relatives in California.
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Samuel Marien French
Wapenucka
Fillmore
Texas
Winnie Dun
Teague
Madill Christian Church
Condon Grove Cemetery
Milburn
Horace. McCurry
Jimmie McCurry
Selina
East’ Central College, I
George Harris
Elk City
Hartis
Wapanucka
Roy Stairs
Halls
Town
Sherman
Lou Conner
Treas
Coolidge
Ariz
Bus Brown
Santa Paula
Calif
Buster. Cox
Oakland
Alma Parker
Left One At Altar Wed Another Left One At Altar
In Elkton Maryland a 19 year old Newark girl who left one fiancé at the altar obtained a license to marry another man then vanished with her chosen partner Bernice Kurdes and Roland Lauther after Bernice walked out on her Friday night wedding to Bob Wallman The two had conspired with the clerk Ralph Crothers to secure the license and disappeared into a town known for marrying parsons The story notes the era’s note about buttercups as well.
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Elkton
Newark
A. S
Elopers
Bernice Kurdes
Roland Lauther
Ralph Crothers
Parsons
Bernice
Bob Wallman
Lauther
Three Killed As Weekend Is Begun
Oklahoma road toll rose to 359 this weekend with a 47 year old Enid woman, Mrs. Queile Evans, among the dead after a two car crash six miles north of Enid on U S highway 81. Five others were injured. In Kansas, Gilbert Corzine, 14, and Eugene Corzine, 22, died after a truck skidded and flipped 14 miles east and south of Liberal.
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Oklahoma
Enid
Queile. Evans
I Enid
U. S. Highway 81
Kansas
Gilbert
Eugene Corzine
Liberal
Kas
Eugene
Greenough
Forgan
Painted Pine and Walnut Furnishings for the Home
The piece describes unpainted wood furniture options and the appeal of painting to create unique items. It notes sturdy construction as essential, lists pine, walnut, maple, and birch offerings, and covers furniture for children, bedrooms, and living areas with various styles and finishes.
Dewey Backs Eisenhower for 1952 Republican Ticket
New York on NBC Meet the Press Gov Thomas E Dewey urged that if he remains governor he would push the New York delegation to support Dwight D Eisenhower for president in 1952. He called Eisenhower a world figure and educator and said his philosophy could fit Dewey's plan.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight .D. Eisenhower
General Eisenhower
Dewey
Eisenhower
Columbia University
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