Cotton Export Limits May Be Eased If Supply Permits
Washington October 17 The government promised potential easing of export restrictions on cotton if supply allows. Secretary Brannan defended a current cap of 2,000,000 bales for eight months ending March 31, while signaling possible sooner increases. The move comes as growers and southern lawmakers criticized the policy, arguing it depresses prices despite a short crop.
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Washington
Brannan
Department
United States
Latta Social Notes Highlight Visits and School Outings
Latta news item compiles local visits among families in Shawnee Konawa and Latta plus two school events. Residents include Sylvia Bantley, Phyllis, Joe Shamblin Wanda, Oleta Dew, Orville Maxey Betty Carol, Vivian Morgan, Norleen Andrews, and others. Senior class outing at Sulphur with lunch and movie. juniors host first social of year with refreshments. eighth graders viewed The Hasty Heart.
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Sylvia Btantley
George Friday
Shawnee
Phyllis
Louis Shirley
Konawa
J. G. Lovelace
Joe Shamblin
Wanda
Calvin Grace
Oleta Dew
Sam Skaggs
Orville Maxey
Betty
Nancy
Ralph Mayberry
Latta High
Junior Green
Jimmie Stewart
Lavora Roberts
June Choate
Janet Taylor
Emalene Gipson
Holdis
Bob Bivins
Kenneth Corley
Joe Parker
Lloyd Martin
Royce Fulton
Hazel Busch
Man Hoping to Enter Hospital Receives Fast Ada Aid
A young man with lung cancer tried to drive to University Hospital in Oklahoma City with his wife and four children. Lacking funds for gas and admission plans, they stopped at the Ada Salvation Army for food and help. Mrs. Captain Short arranged welfare contact, linking with the man’s hometown case worker, and the state hospital admitted him for treatment. The family receives food and ongoing care while agencies cooperate to assist them. The Ada Salvation Army notes nearly 500 transient aid requests in the past year, stressing individualized aid with spiritual and material support. The Ada Community hosts support their efforts.
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Oklahoma City
University Hospital
Salvation Army
Ada
George Short
Ada Salvation Army
Ronay
Physician Chases Woman From 13th Floor Window
Detroit October report says Dr Harold T Raynor chased Mrs Jean Cogley 41 for 15 minutes to stop her from leaping from a 13th floor window. She fell to a fifth floor ledge and died on hospital arrival. She feared an incurable disease and threatened self harm. The doctor treated her for six months and said she offered no further signs of danger before rushing the window.
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Detroit
Jean Cogley
Harold T. Raynor
Funeral Held for Pioneer of Area
Funeral services were held last Saturday at Apache Methodist Church for James N. Carter 89 former resident of Pontotoc and Coal counties Burial was at Apache Carter born in Green county Tennessee in 1862 moved to Hawkins county then in 1804 to Pontotoc Indian Territory The following year he moved to Burrow and later bought a farm at Kite Coal county where he and Mrs Carter reared their family He was a veterinarian stockman and farmer for many years Surviving are daughters Mrs C H Kite Ada Mrs Trippe Stecker Mrs Cled Thompson Fort Worth and Mrs G W Powers Oklahoma City sons B B Clarita W H FL Smith Ark and Clyde K Carter Fort Worth 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren
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Apache Methodist Church
James N. Carter
Pontotoc
Coal Counties
Apache
Carter
Green County
Tennessee
Hawkins County
Indian Territory
Burrow
Kite
Coal County
Clyde K. Carter
Fort Worth
Cedar Grove Home Demonstration Club Studies Food
Cedar Grove Home Demonstration Club met in October with nine members and four guests for a session led by president Velma Chandler. Discussions covered storing food to preserve value and preparing food to prevent loss, plus a talk on Food the Health Builder and the Basic Seven diet. Birthdays were acknowledged and next meeting set at Mrs Kenneth Jones's home.
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Dink Scroggins
Cedar Grove’ Home Demonstration Club
Nettie Chandler
Velma Chandler
Lavern Scroggins
Clara Summers
Bryant
Summers
Cedar Grove Community Singing Draws 3000 at School Building
Cedar Grove semiannual singing drew over 3000 attendees at the small school building on Saturday night. Quartets from distant areas performed as the event continued late, with a vote held to decide the quitting time. Charles Shockey served as master of ceremonies.
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Cedar Grove
Charles Shockiey
Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice for Young Cooks
Julia Kiene offers a child friendly recipe book for youngsters and new cooks. The guide includes hand washing, proper attire, choosing recipes, and clean up. It features simple terms, measuring tips, and recipes for muffins cookies cakes puddings and easy meat dishes. A sample peanut butter cookies recipe and cocoa with marshmallows appear, plus a quick meal idea and a note about ordering from Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
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Julia Kiene
P.O
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Mansfield
Ohio
Yania
A5th Tonight Sponsors Weekly Camp Polk Square Dance
Camp Polk Louisiana hosts a weekly square dance with newbies classes for soldiers. Lt Don F. Smith from the University of Oklahoma leads talent into a 45th Division glee club and upcoming Pass In Review musical comedy. Capt Kenneth Gibson, Tulsa athlete, becomes athletic officer. Sgt Richard L Smith, paralyzed from the waist, remains in Brooke General Hospital after a Sunday auto crash.
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Camp Polk
Thunderbirds
Smearby DeRidder
Leesville
Don F. Smith
University of Oklahoma
University Glee Club
Barber Shop
Smith
jThunderbird
Camp Folk
Kenneth Gibson
University of Tulsa Athete
279Th Infantry
Gibson
Tulsa
Tulsa Will Rogers High School
Richard L. Smith
Duncan
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
153Th Artillery
Second Train Car Crash Victim Dies in Oklahoma
William Bell Barger age 67 of Muskogee died from injuries sustained in a two car crash on the east edge of Okay in Wagoner county. His sister, Kate Hoover, also of Muskogee, was killed. Earlier, J H Fenno, 47, of Oklahoma City, died in a two car collision on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. Bernard Haywood 40 of St Paul Minnesota survived with severe head injuries.
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Muskogee
William Bell Barger
Okay
Wagoner County
Kate Hoover
Reno
Oklahoma City
J. H Fenno
Bernard Haywood
St. Paul
Minn
Haywood
Two Governors At US 70 Ceremony
BROKEN BOW Okla Oct 17 The governors of Oklahoma and Arkansas opened U S Highway 70 linking their states. Gov Turner noted $8,000,000 spent on U S 70 in Oklahoma Arkansas Gov McMath urged greater state road building effort and responsibility. Turner backed candidate Johnston Murray and urged defeat of two highway amendments in November.
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Broken Bow
Okla
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Roy J. Turner
Robert S. Kerr
Sid McMath
Here
Turner
Johnston Murray
W. E. Pitt: Ada business dean after 37 years in town
W. E. Pitt, long time Ada flower business operator of the Ada Greenhouse, recalls choosing Ada in 1913 over Coal Gate and Roff. He has since become a fixture as a U. S. weather observer and Kiwanis member, shaping local commerce for decades.
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Ada
W. E
Pitt
Coalgate
Roff
Dallas
U. S
Weather Observer
Ada Kiwanis Club
Okie Can't Mail Ship His Medicine
Federal Judge W R Wallace barred self styled miracle medicine man Tom Sanders from shipping his product in interstate commerce by mail or messenger. Sanders, Wanette Oklahoma, is accused of violating the pure foods drug and cosmetic law for not revealing ingredients. An analysis allegedly found ingredients including roundup corn ground beef hooves ground cow horns a nitrate milk and water. Sanders denied the ingredients and refused to disclose contents. Kansas reports more tornadoes than any state per National Geographic Society.
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Oklahoma City
W. R. Wallace
Tom Sanders
Wanette
Okla
Bevan
U. S
Robert Shelton
Sanders
Oklahoma Draft Call Shrinks in December Report
Oklahoma announces December draft call at 288 men, down from 612 last month. State Selective Service Director Col. Clive Murray disclosed the figures as part of a national call of 70,000 for November, with Oklahoma lawmakers protesting a perceived heavier burden from reserve calls and mobilizations.
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Oklahoma City
Selective Service
Clive Murray
Oklahoma
Geologist Mining Group To Meet In Ada Oklahoma
A newly expanded gathering will bring geologists and mining engineers from twenty states and several foreign countries to Ada Oklahoma for a two day meeting Tuesday and Wednesday. The group will arrive Wednesday night after touring the Arbuckle area and will be hosted by the Ada Chamber of Commerce at the Aldridge Hotel for an informal session following a full day tour.
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Norman
American Institute of Mining and Metalurgy Engineers
Oklahoma
Chicago
New York City
Ada
Arbuckle
Aldridge Hotel
Ini St
River valley faces flood threat from gentle slope
The Red River of the North valley is repeatedly threatened by floods due to its slight floor incline. The Encyclopedia Americana notes that in 1949 one tenth of Florida’s total orange crop was processed into concentrated frozen juice.
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Red River
Florida
Encyclopedia Americana
Swift Inquiry Into Blockade Running Story
A senate subcommittee promised a swift inquiry into how the government has acted since the Korean War to halt shipments of strategic materials to communist China. The probe will question state and commerce officials and broaden beyond the Flying Cloud case to cover all shipments to Red China, seeking to plug loopholes and assess government action.
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Washington
Senate
China
O'Conor
D-Md
State and Commerce Department
Red China
Korea
Commerce
Flying Cloud
Isbrandtsen Line
Japan
F_ H. Rylander
Bonowitz
Kobe
U. S
Rylander
North China
Pfe. Allen Off Wounded List In Serious Condition
Pfc James R Allen son of Mrs Lloyd Bennett 220 South Cherry has moved from seriously ill to better status reports from Red Cross. Station hospital in Yokohama Japan says he is in good spirits and hopes to recover enough to visit relatives in the United States. He was liberated from North Korea about two weeks ago and had suffered severe malnutrition and an abdominal wound.
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James R. Allen
Lloyd Bennett
South Cherry
Acc Ae
Dorothy Driskill
Pontotoc
Red Cross
128Th Station Hospital
Yokohama
Japan
Pfc. Allen
Bae iStation Hospital
United States
Pfc
Allen
128Th Station
Ape Ada Red Cross
Bennett
Holdenville
Dramatic Split: Home Accidents Rise in Kitchen and Yard Areas
The text notes the kitchen accounts for the largest share of fatal home incidents at 16 percent, interior stairways 7 percent, and outside areas including porch and steps totaling 18 percent, and adds a line about starch as a basic food for humans and animals.
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