Grass Looks Green But Burns Readily Warns Fire Chief
Fire Chief Haley warns residents to take precautions as trash and grass fires rise with arid conditions. He notes grass burns like powder and crews handle 15 to 20 fires daily, with recent calls including a grass blaze on Highway 19 West and a barn fire at Pickett that was stopped before spreading. Damages described as light and officials urge more citizen care to save property and lives.
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Haley
Highway 19
Pickett
51 Crusade For Freedom Is Set
OKLAHOMA CITY September 1 The states 1951 crusade for freedom campaign will start September 17 former Gov Roy J Turner state chairman announced today Joe W McBride Anadarke publisher and president of the Oklahoma Press Association will serve as co chairman E K Gaylord editor and publisher of the Daily Oklahoman and Times will be Oklahoma City chairman Norris G Henthorn editor of the Tulsa World has been asked to serve as Tulsa Chairman The statewide goal is 40000 and 275000 signatures on freedom pledges Last year Oklahomans contributed nearly 20000 to help finance the construction and operation of radio free Europe and the independent station in Frankfurt Germany which is on the air with a full schedule of programs designed to combat communist aggressors behind the iron curtain
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Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
Turner
Joe W. McBride
Anadarke
Oklahoma Press Association
E. K. Gaylord
Daily
Oklahoman and Times
Norris G. Henthorne
Tulsa World
Tulsa
Radio, Free Europe
Frankfurt
Germany
Latta News Roundup of Social and Community Events
Mr and Mrs Ste Andrews hosted the CP Pioneer group with a party at home then watched wrestling on TV. Refreshments were served to a long list of locals including Casady Bettis Nelson Andrews and others. Birth announcements: Robert Hawkins Aug 27 to Bob Mayberry and wife and another son to Billye Bellow at Valley View Hospital. Joz Bunch becomes grandparent. Various visits, missionary auxiliary meeting at CP church with delegates named and event dates Sept 4 and 5 at Marlow. Ongoing notes include Lassie routine, a 21 day furlough for Hershel Bettis in San Diego, and Latta HD club plans for Sept 4 with fair exhibits.
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Ste Andrews
CP Pioneer
College Casady
Hazel Bettis
Dub
Tom George
Charles Maxey
Lolita
Nowiatha Nelson
Jeanette Baker
Sandra Brown
Bill Nelson
Norleen
Eddie
Stanton Andrews
Bob Mayberry
Robert Hawkins
Billye Bellow
Valley View Hospital
Joz Bunch
CP Church
Troy LaFeyers
Calvin Grace
Marlow
Westley Brantley
Jed Mission Study
W. M. Nelson
Lee Andrews
B. C. Rogers
Jon Lovelace
F. H. LaFollette
Renzo Cooper
Herbert Cooper
Gus Graham
Russia's Taking Ways Belgrade Cartoon Satirizes Soviets
A Yugoslav satirical cartoon mocks Soviet “taking ways” by showing a swimmer naked on a beach after his bathing suit is stolen. His astonished friend asks where the suit is, and the swimmer blurts that the Hottentots took it, then corrects himself for fear of provoking Russians.
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Belgrade
Thns
Veice
Even Birds Fly by Plane by Richard Kleiner
A NEA feature notes World Airways transports a wide array of animals between North and South America. Beavers, monkeys, birds, bulls, horses, and even a parrot named Larita travel on passenger flights, with zoos and transit hubs receiving diverse shipments as wildlife trades expand.
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Richard Kleiner
NEA
New York
Argentina
Par
World Airways
Latin America
South America
North America
Mimi
Panama
Miami
Havana
Larita
San Salvador
Seven Counties Receive Polio Aid Funds in Oklahoma
Seven Oklahoma counties received 39031 dollars from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis emergency fund to aid polio patients. Tulsa led with 8100 dollars, followed by Okmulgee 5100, Osage 1200, Rogers 1250, Haskell 6590, Delaware 8950, and Sequoyah 750. The total aid to Oklahoma from the fund reaches 100325 dollars with prior grants to Creek, Tulsa, Bryan, Muskogee, Adair, Washington, Craig, Roger Mills, Payne and Nowata. Bill Epperson notes March of Dimes funds cover family hardship costs and support research, education, and emergency aid once local funds are exhausted.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
National Foundation For
Tulsa
Okmulgee
Osage
Rogfers
Haskell
Delaware
Sequoyah
Creek
Bryan
Muskogee
Adair
Washington
Craig
Roger Mills
Payne
National Foundation
Bill Epperson
Foundation
Tinker AFB to hire 77a skilled workers in September
Oklahoma City September 1 Maj. Gen. F. S. Borum announces Tinker Air Force Base will hire 77a highly skilled workers during September to raise total civilian staff to a record 28,863. The commanding general confirmed the plan today.
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Oklahoma
City
Tinker Air Force Base
Ger. F. 5
Borum
Parrot Saga Turns Sudden Spanish In Lorita’s Tale
Lorita offered a drink to a parrot, but the bird remained ungrateful and splashed out with more Spanish. The translator notes that Lorita was cussing, uttering choice Spanish phrases.
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Lorita
Spanisa Naths
Spiced Bars and Apple Cookies for Holiday Treats
Edith Barber outlines easy holiday cookies and bars including tar bar recipes and apple drop cookies. She suggests planning for weekend desserts, keeping bars moist, and baking in stages when using multiple racks. The article emphasizes quick icebox and drop cookies with apple juice as the liquid base.
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Edith
Spiced Bae Bars and Apple Cookies Recipe Notes
Recipes for Spiced Bae Bars and Apple Cookies outline ingredients and methods. Spiced Bae Bars use flour, baking powder, salt, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, shortening, brown sugar, molasses, eggs, milk, vanilla, nuts with a 350 F bake for 30 minutes yielding 36 bars. Apple Cookies mix flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, sugar, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla, and apples then bake about 15 minutes for five dozen cookies. Copyright 1951, General Features Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichtard
General Features Corp
Crazy Fools Blamed for Record Toll
Chicago reports Labor Day weekend’s deadly toll blamed on a minority of drivers. Ned H Dearborn of the National Safety Council said many victims were innocent, while a few reckless drivers drank, sped, and passed on hills and curves. He called for drastic steps to rid highways of dangerous motorists.
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Chicago
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearson
Franklin D Davis Promoted to Corporal in Air Force
Franklin D Davis has been promoted to corporal. Son of Mrs Royle Ellis of 62 West Eighth he enlisted December 13 1950 and is stationed at an Air Force base in Colorado Springs Colorado as a distribution clerk. He is a Horace Mann High School alumnus and previously worked at Union Bus Station. He celebrated his 16th birthday on July 22 1951. Friends may write him at 25718266 AFC HQ 5Q ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Franklin D. Davis
Royle Ellis
West Eighth
Davis
Armed Services
Airforce Base
Colorado Springs
Colo
Horace Mann High School
Armed Service
Union
Cole Franklin D. Davis
Colo Ia
Firemen Douse Barn at Pickett
Pickett fire department responded to a barn blaze on September 1. A trash fire ignited the structure but women firefighters, led by assistant Ere neha, quickly quenched the flames before significant damage occurred.
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Pickett
Ed Younts
Ereneha
Roses Need Plenty of Water in Hot Weather
In hot dry periods roses require ample water and regular care to sustain bloom and growth. Dr. B C Allen notes water boosts energy and color, while deep soaking prevents fungal wetting of foliage. A drip soak to 16 inches and mulching with organic material reduces weeds and keeps soil moist and cool.
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B.C. Allen
The
American Roserty
Note on Questions for Reader Inquisitions and Horticulture
The guide advises answering the most interesting questions in readers columns while keeping tone light. It warns deep cultivation may harm hairlike roots and explains roses need extra nutrients in the growing season. It recommends complete plant food and organic fertilizer like well-rotted manure to replenish beds.
Plant Care Advice From The Garden Column
The note advises keeping plants healthy with regular feeding and protection. If organic fertilizer is unavailable, apply a heaping tablespoon of a good commercial fertilizer around each plant every four weeks. Regular dusting or spraying every ten days helps prevent fungus and insect damage, with care to cover both leaf sides and reapply after heavy rain.
Quizzing the Gardener on Lawn Care and Plant Health
A reader asks about close mowing Kentucky bluegrass harming lawn life and drought risk. Advice notes avoid removing browning lily of the valley foliage before flowering, spread fertilizer, and water after cleaning up the garden to protect next year’s blooms. Hollyhocks suffer rust. remove dead leaves and apply fine sulfur to under leaves in early spring plus prune.
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L. O
Rutgers reports spring and summer jobs surge for students
New Brunswick New Jersey Rutgers University reports a sharp rise in student placements. Part time and summer jobs have outnumbered applicants this season as engineering majors like those in the class of 1952 secured positions, with lucrative posts filling first. The student placement bureau notes strong demand for technically trained men.
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New Brunswick
N. Z
Rutgers University
Rutgers
Year Round Anti Tuberculosis Program Launched in Pontotoc County
Miss Neil Cromer of Pine Bluff Ark named executive director for a new year round Pontotoc County Tuberculosis Association program starting Sept 1. Ada office planned with Cromer serving Pontotawatomie and Seminole counties. The effort, funded by Christmas Seal funds, focuses on health education and county tailored actions to eradicate TB through school and adult programs.
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Pontotoc County
Neil Cromer
Pine Bluff
Ark
F. Joyce Miller
Arkadelphia
University of Oklahoma School of Public Health
Oklahoma City
Miss Cromer
Zeta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
B 47 Stratojets Crash Together Over Wichita
Two Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers on a formation test flight crashed northeast of Wichita Kansas. Four experienced pilots were feared dead. Eyewitnesses reported one plane climbing into the tail of the other, causing a fiery crash. Boeing officials identified pilots as Doug Heimburger and Steve Gatti of Wichita in one plane and Chester Colthorp and Eric Oppenheimer in the other. Colthorp and Oppenheimer had recently transferred from Seattle.
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Wichita
Kas
Boeing Airplane Company
Boeing
Doug Heimburger
Steve Gatti
Wichits
Chester Colthorp
Eric Oppenheimer
Colthorp
Openheimer
Com Sesttle
Canadian County names safety council director
El Reno Oklahoma September 4 7 Canadian County Attorney Elyph Myers Jr has been named director of the newly organized county safety council. Mr Katmi Alaska showered dust 900 miles away when it rested in 1812.
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EL Reno
Okla
Eilph Myers, Jr
County Safety Council
Katmi
Alaska
Test Drug May Stop Polio Paralysis in Utah Trial
In Provo Utah on September 4 a polio study began enrolling 5000 children aged three to eight. Half receive gamma globulin and half a harmless blood substitute to test if this treatment prevents paralysis. Doctor Roy Hammond and epidemiologist Dr William McDowell Hammond lead the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis sponsored trial with 40 medical staff across five Utah centers.
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Provo
Utah
Kristine Hammond
Utah County Medical Society
Roy Hammond
William McDowell Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
National Foundation For
Lay Reader At St. Luke's Today Morning Prayer
St Luke's Episcopal Church at Seventeenth Broadway announces a 10 o'clock Morning Prayer service today with lay reader H. O. McIntosh in charge. Madrid is Spain's largest city and its transit hub.
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St. Luke’s
St. Luke's Aepiscopal Church
Seventeenth Broadway
H. O. McIntosh
Madrid
Spain
Boat capsizes off Montauk. possible 35 dead
A 45 foot fishing boat Pelican with 54 tourists capsized about a mile off Montauk Point during a storm. One fifteen AM EST death toll feared at 35 with 19 survivors known as crews and rescue craft to shore. Coast guard planes helicopters and boats scoured the area through the night under searchlights.
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Montauk
N. Y
Mantau Point
Long Island
New York City
Coast Guard
Ada air Medal recipient in Korea earns Bronze Star
Corporal Norman R. LaFleche of Ada Oklahoma 46 39th Field Artillery Battalion received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Korea while with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery The award covered service from January 1951 to June 26 1951 and he has been rotated back to the United States. his wife Mia Maria LaFleche lives on Route 4 Ada
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Korea
Norman R. LaFleche
Ada
Okla
Mia
Maria LaFleche
Route 4
United States
39Th Field Artillery Battalion
Arrests in purse robbery case
Billy Pickins, 23, an Indian youth, is held for questioning after a purse snatching Sunday night August 19 near Wilburton. Deputy Sheriff Estaiers identified him, while Oscar Pettigrew faces first degree robbery charges filed Friday. Bond set at $4000. preliminary hearing at 2 p.m. September 6. Mrs. Alva Bell reports a coin purse with $2.00 taken after leaving church. Two men in a car allegedly accosted her.
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Billy Pickins
Pickins
Estaiers
Wilburton
Oscar Pettigrew
Alva Bell
A D Moore Dies At Stratford
Stratford special report says A D Moore, 72, longtime local businessman, suffered a heart attack and died Saturday afternoon after being stricken at his grocery store where he also ran a meat market. Funeral arrangements pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Survived by widow, son Ardra Moore of Oswego Kansas, and a grandson.
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Stratford
A.D. Moore
Criswell Funeral Home
Ardra Moore
Oswego
Kas
Ada Skating Rink Operator Injured In Fall
Mrs Theta Nathal an Ada skating rink operator on North Broadway was thrown from a horse Friday afternoon suffering a scalp wound a bruised hand and minor injuries She was released from Valley View hospital Saturday after overnight observation Des Moines reports mention a new red fall wheat variety Vigo grown on two Iowa farms causing local farmer interest
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Theta Nathal
Ada
North Broadway
Valley View Hospital
Peink
Des Moines
Ndiama
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