Local Red Cross Linked to 125 Military Family Cases
Local Red Cross reports 125 cases involving service men and their families in Pontotoc county since September. Field directors at Fort Ord California and others coordinate revolving funds to aid families, report home conditions for dependency discharges, and extend support through county agencies as enlistments rise. Ada leads with 75 cases followed by Allen 18 Roff 19 and Stonewall 12.
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Red Cross
The
Pontotoc County
Fort Ord
Calif
Ada
Allen
Roff
Stonewall
Trias
4 H Clubs Organize Meetings Across County in 1942 Schedule
Officials announce a 1942 4-H club organization with dates and local meeting sites. Sessions run November 3 to 7 at locations including Laxton Fitzhugh Vaness Hart Owl Creek Lula Francis Cedar Grove Homer Oakman Lovelady Con Way Pickett Center Galey Maxwell Union Valley Pecan Grove Allen and times from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. including several noon slots.
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Laxton
Fitzhugh
Vaness
Hart
Owl Creek
Lula
Francis
Cedar Grove
Homer
Oakman
Lovelady
Con- Way
Pickett
Center
Galey
Maxwell
Five Die in Oklahoma Weekend Traffic Crashes
Five persons died on Oklahoma highways over the weekend. A multi-vehicle crash near Oklahoma City claimed three lives including Leonard and Esther Kuhlman and Esther’s mother Mrs. Pishny. Nearby, Otto Pishny and Andy Perry died in separate incidents while Joe Pittman perished after a Durant collision. Several others were hospitalized with injuries.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Leonard B. Kuhlman
Esther Kuhlman
Tulsa
Otto J. Pishny
Andy Frank Perry
Atoka
Joe Pittman
Durant
Kuhlman
Pishny
Meredith Pishny
Cora Davis
Miss Pishny
Pishnys
Miss Davis
Leon C. O’guinn
Perry
Alow
Ada
Pittman
Calera
Bryan County
Wintry Winds Hit Oklahoma City and Ada
A cold snap dropped to 47 degrees with gusty winds in Ada as warm Sunday highs gave way to frost and snow further north. Flood levels along the North Canadian River receded, rainfall totals varied across eastern Oklahoma, and gas mains in Woodward were repaired after a rupture.
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Ada
Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania Avenue
Reno
W’donga
Wahlgren
Michigan
Great Lakes
Kansas
Colorado
Leadville
Colo
Dakotas
Minnesota
Woodward
Oklahoma
Chickasha
Frederick
Lawton
Waurika
Elk City
Guthrie
Guymon
Waynoka
Chandler
Muskogee
Okmulgee
Ponca City
Pryor
Sallisaw
Shawnee
Tulsa
Vinita
Antlers
Ardmore
Durant
Idabel
McAlester
Pauls Valley
Big Families Drive Farm Strain Across States
From the Agriculture Department report, the United States sees large families concentrated in the Cotton States, southern Appalachians, southern North Dakota, and Idaho Utah valleys. The rise in youth amid limited living standards and education signals economic and migratory pressures, with the South likely supplying future in-migration to rebalance aging populations.
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United States
Cotton States
Appalachian Mountains
North Dakota
Idaho
Utah
Russia
Japan
Roff Sends Large Roster to Army for Defense Call
Roff answered the national defense call nearly in full with 185 men from a 770 population entering Uncle Sam's armed services. The town’s historic battery, 168 volunteers, formed a substantial Army contingent while about 10 to 12 served in the Navy and six in the Marine Corps.
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Roff
National Defense
Armed Services Championship
Uncle Sam’s Armed Services
Army
National Battery
Navy
Marines
Marine Corps
Cottonseed Oil Price Studied By U S Officials
Washington October 25. A federal loan or direct purchase program to support 14 cents a pound for crude cottonseed oil is under study by the agriculture department. Senator Bankhead says officials are considering the idea to allow cottonseed mills to pay farmers about 55 dollars a ton for cottonseed, with prices having fallen to 37 dollars. Bleachable oil for December delivery was quoted at 12.55 cents a pound on the New York market. The plan would be handled by the surplus market administration and supervised by the commodity credit corporation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Oey
New York
Commodity Credit Corporation
Southern
Rat Control Vital In County As Winter Comes
With cold weather rats and especially mice seek shelter in farm buildings where grain is stored. County agent C H Hailey says each full grown rat wastes and destroys at least $2 worth of food per season. Control methods include rat proofing new buildings, poisoned gas using cyanogas, and various baits such as Red Squill and barium carbonate.
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C. H. Hailey
Army guarantees Thanksgiving turkey supply this year
Army officials say 1.5 million pounds of dressed turkeys will be bought for Thanksgiving by 29 quartermaster market offices. A. R. Hackett of Chicago oversees poultry, egg, butter and cheese purchases as senior marketing specialist. Coroner reports identify four youths killed in Alabama bus crash near Union Springs. driver Alton Yates among the injured.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Army
A. R. Hackett
Chicago
Hackett
Quartermaster Corps Market Service
Esir Albon
Texas Poultry, Erg and Butter Association
Fifteen Die When Bus Crashes Burns Near Alabama Road
A Montgomery to Birmingham passenger bus exploded in a gasoline spray over a crowd in Clanton Alabama killing at least 15 persons and wounding seven others. Driver W P Alton of Birmingham died of burns, and several passengers suffered critical injuries as rescue operations continued.
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Clanton
Ala
Montgomery-Birmingham
W. P. Alton
Birmingham
Tulsan Killed When Struck by Trailer
Wayman B. Rhodes aged 38 of Tulsa Oklahoma died early today after stepping from his parked truck into the path of a passing truck and trailer near Buda Texas. State patrols said the accident was unavoidable and that driver Carl Samples of Smiley was blameless. Rhodes truck was transporting bananas from Laredo to Tulsa and had been flooded by rain.
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Austin, Tex
Wayman B. Rhodes
Tulsa
Okla
Buda
Carl Samples
Smiley
Rhodes
Laredo
Samples
Oklahoma farmers urged to extend machinery life in defense era
Oklahoma agricultural experts warn farm gear must endure longer due to defense material needs. Lubrication, seasonal painting, and shelter usage are advised. The piece also highlights a record pumpkin at fairs, profitable Austrian winter peas, and grain and hay show entries from M W Hendrix.
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Oklahoma
Lippert S. Ellis
Agricultural Experiment Station
England’s Western Front Hope Amid Military Limits
London observers say Britain cannot land more than six divisions in France. German strength, air and sea power, and limited American help constrain a full Western Front. RAF raids complement land and naval efforts but cannot by themselves win the war.
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Whitehall
Dunkirk
England
France
Britain
R.A.F
Germany
Luftwafe
London
Berlin
U. S
Royal Air Force
Lisbon
Payroll Allotment Plan Grows at Oklahoma Firms
Oklahoma City Oct. 25. Defense savings official Jonas Touchstone predicts 80 percent of defense wings bond sales will come through payroll allotment plans. He notes tens of thousands of employers adopting the voluntary program, citing Phillips Petroleum with 12,000 workers as nationwide leader at 100 percent participation.
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Oklahoma City
Jonas S. Touchstone
Treasury Department
H. C. Jones
Defense Savings Program
Touchstone
Oklahoma
Phillips Petroleum Company
Rev Virgil Alexander Named Pastor of Ada First Methodist
At Shawnee annual conference Rev. Virgil Alexander was named pastor of the Ada First Methodist Church succeeding Rev. W. L. Blackburn. Transfers included Rev. Blackburn to Muskogee, Rev. Harvey Human to Ada Asbury, and multiple assignments across Francis circuit and surrounding churches.
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Virgil Alexander
St. Pauls Methodist Church
Muskogee
First Methodist Church of
Ada
W. L. Blackburn
Shawnee
Blackburn
Harvey Human
Fittstown
Asbury Methodist Church
Durwood Clay
Allen
L. E. Shackleford
Tishomingo-Ravia
J. C. Curry
First Methodist Church
Seminole
Bonner Teeter
East Central College
Francis
South Methodist University
Dalas
Anders
Fred Tucker
Centrahoma-Tupelo
Elvin White
Coalgate
Argus
Hamilton
J. H. Rice
Roff
B. C. Perry
Stonewall
L. J. Bowles
Konawa
S. G. Rogers
Allen-Atwood
Wilford
Jones
Pickett
T. M. Robinson
District officers named for East Central Oklahoma teachers group
Oklahoma East Central district selects officers for the coming year leading sections including administrative classroom and various specialty groups. Cecil Oakes of Okemah heads the district association with Carl Kniffin Sulphur as vice president and W P Hopper Ada as secretary.
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East Central
Oklahoma Education Association
Cecil Oakes
Okemah
Carl Kniffin
W. P. Hopper
Ada
Ernest Baker
Purcell
Harold Northcott
Coalgate
W. E. Brians
Okmulgee
Bill Cape
Seminole
Bonnie Crabb
Shawnee
Victor Jenkins
Bethel
Hildred Woolsey
Frances Mildred Dixon
Tecumseh
W. Alva Wells
Department of Elementary
D. W. Adair
Finis Morrison
East Central Alumni Association
Grady Simmons
Holdenville
George Williams
T. K. Treadwell
Freda Guilliams
Lorra Zola Coe
Davis
Jane Robinson
Vaness
A. R. Wallace
E. A. Higbee
Wewoka
Hu Warren
Bertha Teague
Byng
Eda Ne!son
Hill
Reign Quage
Cunnin Wewoka
Lois Heathman
Ona
H. B. Mitchell
Muskogee Men Die in Tire Plant Explosion
Two Muskogee men were killed and about a dozen injured in an explosion at the H. B. Eagan Tire Patch and Inner Tube Manufacturing plant in Muskogee. George Pettit and Robert Berger, both of Muskogee, died in the blast.
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H. B. Egan Manufacturing Co
Muskogee
H. B. Eaan
George Pettit
Robert Barger
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