Behind Bilbo Outbursts A South Nonfiction Analysis
The article analyzes Senator Bilbo's racist rhetoric, arguing fear and economic shifts drive white supremacy in the South and across America. It cites industrialism, religion, and democracy as forces shaping changing Negro status, urges understanding and gradual change, and condemns agitators while urging housing action to ease national shortages. It notes rising highway deaths and urges safer driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Bilbo
Ghisoge
West Africa
South
Deep South
Bilho
America
Brotherhood of Man
Influence of Christian Homes and Civic Thoughts
A reflective column on how Christian and Jewish home life shapes individuals, citing Lydia's household and the Dorchester Four Chaplains tragedy. It weighs wealth and poverty on character, debates farming byproducts in wartime economy, and predicts postwar agricultural shifts including butter prices and producer subsidies. It questions wealth's effect on youth and praises American households, workers, and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Gilroy
Scotland
Robert Burns
Cotter
Lydia
Paul
Jesus Christ
Dorchester
Greenland
Clark V. Poling
Dan Poling
George L. Fox
John P. Washington
Alexander D. Goodeewish
Ada News Front Page Flags and War Loan Quota Update
Ada News highlights on a front page flag raising photo with an army veteran noting his brother among soldiers at the Munich beer hall scene and a retrIBUTION for Old Glory image at Trumagdwa Airfield near Tokyo. It also covers Sgt. Freethias Rice of Ada, loan quotas for the Seventh War Loan, and Pontotoc County’s strong past performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Munich
Trumagdwa
Tokyo
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Freethias Rice
Sgt. Rice
Japan
Ada High School
Numerous County Schools Busy With Improvements
A countywide check shows Nor man C Mitchell reports ongoing and planned upgrades across Pontotoc schools despite wartime and early peace. Improvements include butane heating at Oakman Homer Lovelady Egypt Union Hill Worstell Rofs gym Ahloso Law rence Conway Wilson, new water systems at Worstell Ahloso Pickett, repainting and interior work at many campuses, and Center School's $3800 interior rebuild with a new roof and a newly drilled well. Summer lunch room at Ahlosan boat added.
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Pontetoc
Norman C. Mitchell
Oakman
Homer
Lovelady
Egypt
Union Hill
Worstell
Lightning Ridge
Rofs Gymnasium
Ahloso
Lawrence
Conway
Wilson
Pickett
Ahlosanboat
Time to Plan for Taking Part in U. S. Victory Loan
Pontotoc county citizens will soon participate in the Victory Loan drive starting October 29 and ending December 9. The national quota is 11 billion dollars for Series E bonds, with Pontotoc County tasked for 846,000 dollars according to a Tulsa state office announcement.
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Pontotoc County
Huddleston
Victory Loan
House
U. S
Pontotoc
Tulsa
War Funds Drive Pushed In Ada and County
Ada launches a county War Fund drive with a $19,600 quota. Howard P. Rice and local committees urge downtown canvassing and bank contributions at First National Bank. Reachable by phone for collectors, funds largely support overseas USO troop entertainment. nine days remain until Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Pontatoc County
Howard P. Rice
Glenwood
Munich
War Fund
John Lindsay
Glenwood School
USO
United States
Navy
Rice
Welcome for Tennessee and California in Singapore visit
Singapore welcomed the battleships Tennessee and California as they led a U. S. naval squadron into port. About 6,000 American sailors were to visit ashore during a three to seven day stay as Singapore prepared an elaborate reception after Japan's surrender.
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Singapore
Unm
Tennessee
California
Old Well Rejuvenation Boosts Output At Seminole And Coal Counties
A winter 1940 drilled well, Delaney No. 1 Haro, produced 322 barrels of oil in one hour after an acidizing treatment, with lines upgraded by pipeline reps. The well in SE NW of 30-8-7 Seminole County near Bowlegs now targets 50 to 60 barrels per hour from Hunton lime. Nearby Delaney No.1 Wands in Coal County yielded 55 barrels per hour before capacity constraints limit to around 300 barrels daily. Ashland Oil and Refining plans an east offset near NW SW SE of 18-18. Delaney No.2 Jack Bruner and Kendall No.4 are drilling, while Huckleberry No.1 and Chowman No.1 progress deeper.
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W. A
Gus” Delaney, Jr
Seminole County
Bowlegs
Hunton
Jesse Field
Coal County
Ashland Oil and Refining
Delaney
Jack Bruner
Kendall
NW SE
Huckleberry
Drivers Licenses Move Some Faster
The local tag office began issuing operators and chauffeurs licenses and has received 1 412 applications, with over half from residents outside Ada. Tag agent K Thornton says about 6 000 people live within two miles of the office and will buy licenses before January 1 1946. Under the new law, processing takes longer. 175 to 200 applications can be handled daily if applicants are prepared, with an examiner in the office every Tuesday.
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Ada
K. Thornton
Tulsa Area Could Build Textile Industry Says Officials
Tulsa area can produce textiles worth millions with local spinning weaving and manufacture. Qhren Smuliza of Froug's store told the Oklahoma industrial conference that raw materials power and labor are available nearby. C C Bee noted freight rate equality would lure industries to Oklahoma once achieved. Stillwater report describes a school assembly with teachers in plaid shirts jeans and sweaters.
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Tulsa
New England
Qhren Smuliza
Froug's
Oklahoma
Smulian
C. C. Bee
State Corporation Commission
Hotel Elevator Strike Ties Up Chicago Loop Patrons
Patrons at the Palmer House and other Loop hotels faced nine hours of disruption as elevator operators led a walkout joined by cooks, maids, busboys, porters, bartenders, and barbers. The stoppage ended after a mid day conference led to a wage scale raising operators’ pay from 104 to 126.50 monthly to 127.50 to 145.
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Chicago
Loop Palmer House
AFL Elevator Operators and Starters Union
Stilwell Road to Be Abandoned Soon
U S Army announces Stilwell road across Burma built to funnel war supplies to China will be abandoned November 1 as a white element. Completed after 14 months of engineering struggle it cannot be maintained economically in Peardline. Command recommends declaring the road along with a parallel pine line and telephone line surplus property after Nov 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
China
U. S. Army
Peardline
U. S
India-Burma
War Department
Twelve areas where joblessness is heavy in US
The United States employment service lists 12 labor market areas with a large volume of joblessness in its first peacetime classification covering 135 areas. Michigan shows five cities in this category including Detroit and Flint, with others in California Indiana Kansas New York Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Michigan
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Muskegon
Mich
San Diego
Calif
Evansville
South Bend
Ind
Wichite, Kas
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
N. Y
Tulsa, Okla
Scranton- Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Chinese Police Arrest 200 Collaborators in Occupied North China
Chinese sources report the first large roundup of suspected collaborators in the puppet North China seat of government. About 200 more are ordered seized by Gen Sun Tien Chung from a blacklist of over 2. High officials and officers of the secret police are in custody awaiting war crime trials. Typhoon wrecks 184 vessels at Okinawa. 70 percent may be salvaged in six weeks.
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Peping
Japan
North China
Sun Tien-chung
Tthe
Special Service
Weed Og
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Fleet Headquarters
German POWs Caught After Escape Near Camp Ober
Three German prisoners of war who escaped from Camp Ober Friday were captured in the nearby mountains. Identified as Ferdinand Vogt 23 Eduard Theisinger 20 and Weeser Hans 21, they were seized by Camp Grutier officers. Tax Review Court to Meet Dec 4-5 in Oklahoma City. The state court will hear protests against tax levies across several counties with 24 counties having filed budgets. protest period ends November 26.
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Oklahoma City
State Court of Tax Review
Florence Mills
J. Goins
Marietta
James T. Shipman
Bartlesville
Fist Fights at Paramount Studio Amid Picket Clash
Hollywood reports a brief clash between movie pickets and non strikers at Paramount Studio. A group attempted to breach the mass line toward gates, injuring at least one picket who was hospitalized. Studios again sought court action to curb mass picketing.
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Hollywood
Paramount Studio
Western Oklahoma Methodists Vote Mission Pay Raise
Western Oklahoma Methodist conference voted to raise minister salaries across brackets from 1100 to 1300, 1000 to 1200, and 900 to 107. An extra 50 per year per dependent child was approved for lower brackets. A 5200 surplus from the board of missions fund was moved to the general fund. Bishop W Angie Smith presided. Eugene B Hawks of SMU spoke on postwar church school plans. Sam Yancey and Dr James Chubb were noted as speakers.
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Oklahoma City
West Oklahoma Methodist Conference
Wission
Board of Missions
Joan
General Fund
Eugene B. Hawks
Dallas
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Church School
Churth
Sam Yancey
Methodist Assembly
Fayetteville
James Chubb
Nashville
W. Angie Smith
Elk Dead After Fatal Struggle In Saginaw Zoo
Elmer the Elk, a 700 pound leader of the Saginaw zoo, is dead after a broken neck in a clash with a truck driver and four police officers who tried to help zookeeper John H. Pierce. Elsie, his mate, watched from the far pen as the elk attacked. Pierce was injured, and a passerby had previously been harmed by Elmer’s antlers.
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Saginaw, Mich
Elmer
Saginaw Zoo
Elsie
John H. Pierce
Pierce
George Arndt
Brother Ellis
the Benevolent and Protective Order
Catskill
N. Y
Funeral Held for Lloyd Hokit Nine From Wilburton Attend
Wilburton Oklahoma October 24 194? Schoolmates Ti Nelahbora and others gathered at Centerpoint Community Church to mourn Lloyd Neal Hokit 9 who died from exposure after getting lost in the Kiamichi mountains. Rites followed by burial at the church cemetery. Two soldiers found him exhausted under a hillside bush after a 43 hour ordeal beginning when he separated from an uncle during a Sunday hunt. Social officials and servicemen led a long search as cold rain moved through the area.
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Wilburton
Okla
Ti—Nelahbora
Centerpoint
Here
Lloyd Neal Hokit
Kiamichi
D. Richardson
Csin
Basa Prairie
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Arkansas Wiley
Stillwarten
Glen Tonkinson
Panwater
Stilwell
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Saigon
Indo-China
Allied
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Cere
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Fimer
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Lad
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Robertsom
Standard Fou Ce
Diana
Grester
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