Ada celebrates Cat Brecheen homecoming in Ada
About 2 000 residents packed Main and Broadway to welcome St Louis Cardinals pitcher Harry Brecheen known as The Cat. The event featured a parade led by Ada High School band, remarks by Mayor Frank Spencer, presentation by Pepper Martin, and Brecheen’s thanks amid a festive radio program.
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Harry
Ada High School
Contnahoma
Brecheen
Vera
John “Pepper
Martin
Frank Spencer
Trice Broadrick
Ada
Pontotoc County
Spencer
United States
St. Louis Cardinals
Harry Brecheen
Oklahoma
Cardinal
Boston Red Sox
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Mealey
Galveston
Pepper
Wiley “Pap
Jeter
Rupert the $38,000 bull faces ultimatum to sire or go to market
In Sulphur Oklahoma Roy J Turner, a rancher and gubernatorial candidate, orders Rupert the $38,000 Hereford bull to sire calves or be sold. Des Moines feedman Wayne E Fox reports promising progress from new treatments focusing on diet. Observers joke about Iowa corn as the calf possibility grows.
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Francis E. Barden
Okla
Rupert
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Turner
Wayne E. Fox
Des Moines
Fox
T. Royal
Charles Pettit
Flat Top Ranch
Walnut Springs
Tex
Gladacre Farm
Dallas
Texas
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kas
Hereford Heaven
Okmulgee Adds Three Platted Lands to City Limits
Walter Wheatley commissioner of public works said three tracts of platted land in the southeast section of Okmulgee are being added to the city corporate limits.
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Okmulgee
Walter Wheatley
Commissioner of Public Works
Soybean output in 1945 hits 200 000 008 bushels in U S
Within two decades of its introduction soybean farming expanded rapidly and by 1945 the United States produced about 200 000 008 bushels signaling a major growth in crop adoption and scale.
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United States
Red Cross Sends Relief Garments from Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc county Red Cross reports a latest shipment of 132 garments for foreign war relief. They began traveling to the St. Louis office for distribution to needy persons in other lands. Mrs. W. W. Sledge serves as production chairman for the county organization.
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Pontotoc County
Salvation Army Aids West Family on Route to Wichita
J O West formerly of Waco Texas and his wife with seven children faced car trouble and poverty while en route to Wichita. In Ada the Salvation Army supplied two meals clothing two flats repaired fuel and oil totaling 11 02. Adj Henry Van Dee notes relief work requires funds and the family later relied on public assistance after losing furniture to overdue rent.
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J. O. West
Waco
Tex
Ada
Wichita
Kan
West
Salvation Army
Wests
Adj
Henry van Dee
Red
Drowned toddler Leonard Braly mourned by family
Leonard Allen Braly two year old son of Mr and Mrs Mack Braly 723 South Center drowned in a neighbor's fishpond late Monday. Funeral set for Wednesday at 10 30 AM from First Baptist with Dr C C Morris officiating burial at Rosedale.
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Leonard Allen Braly
Mack Braly
South Center
First Baptist Church
C. C. Morris
Rosedale
Claudia Braly
Leonard Allen
Alice Fleet
Bralys
Europe
J. A. Braly
Emma Muratet
Ada
Lottie Braly
George Moore
John Moore
Oklahoma City
South Dakota
Officers twice as likely to commit suicide in WWII study
An army institute report on 1179 personal crisis reports and 656 homicides by army personnel finds officers die by own action at twice the rate of enlisted men. Doctors and nurses show higher suicide proportions with age effects and access to poisons noted.
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Ruth Cowan Washington
Army Institute of Pathology
Normal Zamcheck
Harvard Medical School
Murray A. Geisler
U S Rebuffed By Bulgaria in Free Elections Plan
The United States rejected by Bulgaria over an American plan to guarantee free elections. Moscow called the plan improper while Washington vows to watch Bulgaria’s October 7 elections and withhold recognition until election freedoms are assured.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Moscow
Sergei Biryusov
State Department
United States
Tate Byrnes
Paris
Byrnes
Bulgarian Council Control Commission
Kimon Georgiev
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Georgiev
United States Will Not Force Credits on Any Nation
Secretary Byrnes stated the United States will not extend loans to counties that might view credits as economic enslavement. He outlined loan preferences for nations needing aid and those friendly to the U.S., in response to a charge of “dollar diplomacy” tied to Eastern Europe.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
State Department
Patrolman Checks On School Buses Across Garvin County
Patrolman Glenn Clark based in Ada inspected 38 school buses from 12 Garvin county schools in Pauls Valley on Monday. This was the first of inspections in three county areas with records filed for each bus. Next week Pontotoc county buses and the following week Johnston county buses will be inspected by Troopers Kenneth Will and O. O. Campbell respectively.
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Glenn Clark
Ada
Garvin County
Clark
O.K
Pauls Valley
Pontotoc County
Johnston County
Kenneth Will
O. O. Campbell
Rogge Talks Nazi Plan to Use Lewis Against FDR
In Swarthmore Rogge described a Nazi backed scheme to derail Roosevelt’s 1940 bid by mobilizing John L. Lewis. He named Goering, Joachi Hertsler, and William R. Davis as conspirators. Davis died in 1941.
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Swarthmore
P.O
John Rogge
U. S
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UFL
Swarthmore College
Rogge
Hermann Goering
Joachi Hertsler
William R. Davis
Washington
Lewis
Davis
Goering
Justice Department
Foreign Office
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Landon
Willkie
Dewey
Topeka
Kas
GI Bill Applies To New Enlistments
The article explains that all men enlisting in the Regular Army are eligible for the Servicemen's Act GI Bill benefits from enlistment until Congress ends the war or discharge occurs. A new recruit receives one year of educational or vocational training plus one month per service month, with full benefits if the war continues. See Sergeant Howell in Ada Oklahoma for details.
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Congress
Howell
Ada
Oklahoma
Five Guard Units Gain Federal Recognition
Oklahoma City October 23 Adjutant General George A Davis announced five more units of the 45th Infantry Division Oklahoma National Guard earned federal recognition in the past week Headquarters Company 179th Infantry Edmond Service Company 179th Infantry Oklahoma City Headquarters Special Troops Atoka medical detachment for division and the 45th Division Band received approval from National Guard Headquarters in Washington based on unit strength and company records
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Oklahoma City
George A. Davis
45Th Infantry Division
Oklahoma National Guard
Davis
National Guard
Washington
179Th Infantry
Edmond
Atoka
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New York City
R. F. Monckton
J. B. Hulburd
NEA Telephoto
Red Cross
L. A
Mack Bralys
Pioneer County
Selves
U.S
Alex H. Singleton
Balkans
Joe Marsh
the Clarion
Mel Bate
Mel
Larg
U. S. Brewers Foundation
Koma
KTOK
KVOO
KTUL
KOME
KCAC
KBIX
KHBG
KGFF
KVSO
WBBZ
KGGF
KRRV
Democratic State Central
America
American Tron and Steel Institute
Fifth Avenue, New York
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