Rancher Al Lyman Presents Angle of Big Cattle Ranches
Letters to R P Matthews in The Tulsa World debate the value of large money backed cattle ranches to the industry and state. Uel L Leach of Lyman Oklahoma argues ranches like Roy Turner’s train the next generation, showcase breeding stock, and serve as a living lab for Hereford beef production. He cites a Calvert ranch purchase of a bull calf for 1000 dollars and projects that one high quality sire could offset costs in five years through increased beef yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Matthews
Tulsa World
Matthews
Uel L. Leach
Lyman
Oklahoma
Roy Turner
Hereford Heaven
Ada
Leach
Tulsa
Leach Brothers
Orlando
Turner
Turner’s Ranch
Calvert
AFL Head Predicts Era of Prosperity
William Green of the American Federation of Labor forecast a postwar era of prosperity with labor management and government cooperation. He warned of temporary unemployment during reconversion and urged overcoming domestic labor enemies as 20 000 workers heard him at a Labor Day lunch near St. Johns River Shipbuilding. He noted U S workers have produced over 130 billion dollars with no equipment since July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
St. John’s River Shipbuilding Company
Green
Japan to Step Up Defenses At Home
The Tokyo radio said Japan will mobilize the National Reservists Organization to form home defense units nationwide. The movement, one of the most important since the Organisation’s founding, will begin with dawn ceremonies on September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Funeral director Jack Jones dies at 76
Oklahoma City obituary death notice reports Jack Jones a funeral director who moved to the city in 1905 died yesterday at age 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Jack Jones
New Device Rescues Men Down at Sea
The navy unveils a parachute like harness to be lowered from a hovering blimp for airmen in the sea. Rescue speed is vital as water immersion limits life expectancy to 30 minutes to three hours. The device, invented by Capt. Alexander McIntyre and Lt. Comdr. James C. Small, may allow blimps to save fliers without waiting for boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Navy
Naval Orcers
California
Alexander MccIntyre
New Jersey
Santa Ana
Calif
James C. Small
Tulsa
Okla
Move Toward Bipartisan Peace Planning Backs Strong
A southern Democrat and a midwestern Republican push bipartisan measures to keep Congress out of peace talks. The Hays Judd proposal would make all peace legislation joint between parties, praised by Fulbright and others as aligning with two party platform ideals, though some doubt its practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Johnson
Washington
Capitol Hill
House Foreign Effairs Committee
Rens. Hays
D-Ark
Judd
Rminn
Repp
Fulbright
Hull
Dulles
Thomas E Dewey
Hays-Judd
Bloom
D-N.y
House Committee
Mustn't Waver Now Warning to Germans
London dispatch reports Berlin radio urging Germans not to waver as American forces approach the front. The spokesman says weakness will invite enemy victory and that only continued labor can bring victory while Hitler plans a public appeal to fight to the last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
LCP
Berlin
Home Front
Adolf Hitler
Wispen
Sloan Describes Auto After War
CHICAGO Sept 4 UP Alfred P Sloan Jr chairman of the Board of General Motors Corporation describes the postwar automobile as lighter more attractive and more economical Prices may rise depending chiefly on labor and material price levels He said GM was ready to reconvert as soon as the government gives the go ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors Corporation
Sloan
General Motors
Pioneer Publisher Lou Allard Dies at 85 in Drumright
Lou S. Allard, pioneer publisher, died at his Drumright home at 85. He arrived in Oklahoma in 1901, founded the Shawnee News, moved in 1916 to Drumright to run the Derrick daily and weekly, the daily suspended during World War II. Funeral services set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drumright
Lou S. Allard
Oklahoma Territory
Shawnee News
Greater Returns for Amount in Estes Ada News Classifieds
Classified ad item notes greater returns for an invested amount in Ada, highlighting financial opportunities and potential earnings. Details include investors seeking higher yields and options described within the local classifieds section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada N .Ws
Oklahoma Soldiers Wounded Across Three Fronts
The War Department lists 31 Oklahoma servicemen wounded in action on three fronts. Names include Pfe. Joe Mc Farland, S/Sgt. Arnold Killmer, Pfc. David J. Heinrichs, Capt. Jimmie E. Anderson, S/Sgt. Arthur W. Clinton, Pfc. Edward F. House, and many others from towns such as Earlsboro, Apache, Blanchard, Shawnee, Tulsa, Ardmore, Claremore, and Drumright with family ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Oklahoma
Central Pacific
Pfe
Joe McFarland
Earlsboro
Gayle W. Kizer
Martin Grover Kizer
Ralph de Shazo
Robert de Shazo
Mountain Park
Dick Watson
Grace L. Johnson
Hardesty
Paul A. Brockwell, Jr
Sy Marguerite Brockwell
Arnold Killmer
Bertie Susan Killmer
Blanchard
Howard L. Lowrance
Annie Lowrance
Stuart
William O. Rich
Janie Rich, Tuttle
Leslie F. Howard
Minnie V. Howard
Shawnee
Pic
Iris N. Johnson
Lillie M. Johnson
Ardmore
Jimmie E. Anderson
Tip
Arthur W. Clinton
Wilson Clinton
Bristow
David J. Heinrichs
Mary K. Heinrichs
Tulsa
Woodie J. Herring
Effie E. Herring
Wewcka
Edward F. House
Myrtle House
Hastings
Charles L. Hubbard
Minnie Toney
Watts
Phillip T. James
Dona James
Claremore
J. T. Johnson
Genoa Johnson
Boehler
Robert F. Jones
Wilburton
Edward H. Lening
Hocker
Texas
Frank S. Lesser
Kenawa
George M. Roberts
Venia Roberts
Bixby
Tulsa County
Noel R. Sheets
Evalena R. Sheets
Roosevelt
Earl F. Watts
el Reno
Basil M. Wollard
Pearl Wollard
Drumright
Twenty One Oklahoma Servicemen Reported as POWs
The war department lists twenty-one Oklahomans as prisoners of war. Interned by Germany are Second Lt. Edwin E. Anderson T/Sgt. Robert T. Bashaw T/5 Tom Bear paw Second Lt. Joe H. Bishop Second Lt. Bert O. Baker S/Sgt. Bryan J. Cook S/Sgt. Grady F. Cope S/Sgt. Louis W. Dirickson First Lt. Clarence W. Ezzell First Lt. John H. Lane Jr. T/Sgt. Ralph W. Moore S/Sgt. John A. Northrup Sgt. Tom J. Phillips S/Sgt. Lloyd E. Powell S/Sgt. Jack E. Ross F/O Jesse L. Rowlett S/Sgt. Aubrey E. Teague Second Lt. Homer A. Weeks Sgt. James W. Wint Sgt. Dempsy W. Wolf Interned by Romania is First Lt. Ralph R. Ricky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Germany
Edwin E. Anderson
Elza L. Anderson
Blackwell
Robert T. Bashaw
Hominy
Tom Bearpaw
Lucille Manning
Tahlequah
Joe H. Bishop
Bert O. Baker
Muskogee
Bryan J. Cook
William A. Cook
Hartshorne
Grady F. Cope
Myrtle V. Cope
Route 2
Gould
Louis W. Dirickson
Rose B. Dirickson
Claremore
Clarence W. Ezzell
Annie Ezzell
Sapulpa
John H. Lané, Jr
Oklahoma City
Ralph W. Moore
Levena H. Moore
John A. Northrup
Faye W. Trueblood
Shawnee
Tom J. Phillips
Lillian D. Brinlee
Ada
Lloyd E. Powell
Marie W. Powell
Route 3
Vinita
Jack E. Ross
Amelia F. Ross
Alva
Jesse L. Rowlett
Claude M. Rowlett
Altus
Aubrey E. Teague
Anderson T. Teague
Kingston
Homer A. Weeks
Hattie Weeks
Norman
James W. Wint
Elgin
Dempsy W. Wolf
Tulsa
Romania
Ralph R. Ricky
Claudia L. Ricky
Naylor to Lead Enid First Church Oklahoma
Dr. R. E. Naylor, longtime pastor of the First Baptist church in Arkadelphia for seven years, accepts a call to the pulpit of Enid Oklahoma’s First Church. He is a Ada Oklahoma native with ties to Ouachita College and the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He serves as trustee of Ouachita and holds leadership roles in Arkansas Baptist circles. He will begin in Enid on October 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkadelphia
Ark
R. E. Naylor
Oklahoma
First Baptist Church
First
Enid
Okla
Naylor
G. R. Naylor
Ada
Ada High School
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Malvern
Nashville
Arkansas
Oelor
Ouachitalege Here
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary of
Fort Worth
Arkansas State Baptist Convention
Arkansas State Baptist Executive Committee
Laval’s Property Confiscated in France for the State
The Clermont-Ferrand region confiscates Pierre Laval property for the state. The Vichy castle overlooking Chatledon near Vichy and ownership of Chatledon mineral springs and Le Moniteur are noted in the action reported by FCC monitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pierre Laval
Clermont-Ferrand
France
Commissariat
Vichy
FCC
Laval
Clermont
Chatledon
le Moniteur
Polish Forces Leave Warsaw as Food and Weapons Run Out
Poles abandon the old city and Sadbga district west of the Vistula in Warsaw after 34 days of combat. Gen Bor says troops disperse with plans to reassemble outside the capital as an underground force. uprising amid conflict with the Russians and London government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Warsaw
Bor
Old City
Sadbga
Vistula
Red Army
Moscow
Italy
Russia
Bold Convict Bid For Freedom Spoiled In Daylight Escape
In Jefferson City Missouri three convicts attempted a daylight escape from the State Prison. Warden Paul Kaiser shot and wounded one man and led a chase that ended with the capture of the pair after they fled toward the prison entrance. Shoemate was wounded and Crendell was captured in a nearby basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Paul Kaiser
Chester Skiba
Hawk Point
Robert Shoemate
Texas
Russell Crendell
Cape Girardeau County
Kaiser
Shoemate
German Lieutenant As Wrong As One Man Could Be
In Arras a German lieutenant was taken by a 16 year old French maquis and paraded to a British field HQ near the Belgian frontier. He admitted being routed and noted the Allied advance with awe as dispatch riders supposedly liberated villages on the edge of the major push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arras
France
Belgium
Coyotes Reported Roaming Northwest Oklahoma Areas
Woodward reports indicate packs of coyotes near Tangier and surrounding northwest Oklahoma sections, raising fears of raids on poultry and small livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Tangier
Oklahoma
Troop Train Crash Near Norton Injures 29 Soldiers
A troop train and a Rock Island freight collided head on six miles east of Norton Kansas injuring 29 soldiers and three trainmen. One engineer and several crew members were hospitalized with serious conditions as investigations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Kans
Rock Island Main
Chicago
Denver
Rock Island
Here
R. H. Spicer
Spicer
Burlington
Harry Long
Goodland
Charles Peterson
Jerry Hallacy
Rome Mass Killings by German Forces Reported
The allied control commission says 800 to 1,000 Romans were killed or beaten to death and over 1,000 injured under German orders in Rome. It cites three officials likely to face swift trials and notes the Ardeatine caves massacre and the hostage seizure of Mario Bedoglio as examples of Nazi terror in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Allied Control Commission
Via Tasso
Ardeatine
Pietro Bedoglio
Mario
Berlin
Obersturmbannfeuhrer
Herbert Kappler
Col. Kappler
Italy
Karl Wolff
Verona
Robert J. Wilson
Columbus
Ohio
Palermo
Ada Schools See Net Enrollment Rise on Opening Day
Public schools report a total gain of 97 students compared with opening day last year. Supt. Rex O. Morrison notes increases across Ada schools with Irving down 14, Hayes up 24, Glenwood up 13, and Ada high rising 46 to 411. Teachers will adjust schedules as classes resume Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Public
Rex O. Morrison
Irving School
Willard
Irving
Hayes
Glenwood
Ada Junior High
Ada High School
French Free Lille Liberated by Interior Forces
French forces of the interior report the liberation of Lille, the industrial city in the northwest near the Belgian frontier, with radio confirmation from Toulouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Interior
Lille
France
Toulouse de
McAnally Gains Weight in Jap Prison Camp Letter
Winifred McAnally describes her husband, a Japanese POW since December 1941, who writes of faith, hope, and family. He notes he has gained ten pounds in three months and speaks of their son Jeff, who may be walking and talking soon. The wife and child are with his parents in Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred McAnally
Jeff
Mother
Dad
Sis
W. J. B. McAnally
Kathleen McAnally
Colorado Springs
Colo
Russian Armies Set Up Bridgeheads
The German army radio claimed Russian forces established bridgeheads on Bulgarian soil with Red armies poised along 150 miles of the Bulgarian frontier from the Black sea. Moscow warned Bulgaria against any alliance with Germany, while a northward Danube push could join Tito’s Yugoslavs toward Hungary. Red troops near Constanta are 46 miles from Varna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bulgaria
Red Army
Black Sea
Moscow
Sofia
Germany
Marshal Tito
Danube
Hungary
Constanta
Varna
Traffic Accident Costs Texan An Arm
Robert Keaton of Dallas was in favorable condition after a Friday afternoon collision about a half mile north of Coalgate. His left arm was severely injured and amputated after his Buick sideswiped a northbound coal truck on a bridge. Elmer Young of Roff drove the truck. the incident caused about 300 dollars in auto repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Keaton
Dallas
Tex
Coalgate
Keaton
Elmer Young
Roff
Cy Killian
Ewes
Saturay
Vichy Officials Sentenced to Death by Montpellier Tribunal
Radio France in Algiers report says a tribunal at Montpellier condemned the prefect of police and other high Vichy officials to death. Montpellier lies near the Mediterranean coast as French troops occupy the area en route to the Spanish border from the Riviera beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Radio France
Algiers
Interior
Montpellier
Mediterranean
France
Riviera
Notable Visitors To Ada For Labor Conventions
Notable visitors will attend Ada events for the Oklahoma Federation of Labor annual state convention September 13 with Lt. Gov. Jim Berry as banquet speaker. Gov. Kerr will attend part of the day, Bonnie Spencer's orchestra to play after the banquet, and visiting leaders include Lige Williams George Gooch Ed Hammer Bill Harris Senator Imer Thomas and William J. Otsen. The Oklahoma State Council of Carpenters meets September 11–12 with speaker G Ed Warren, Ben Kinch and Frank Thompson also attending. Sessions are at the Aldridge hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Berry
Robert S. Kerr
Bonnie Spencer
Lige Williams
Louisiana State Federation of Labor
George Gooch
Alabama State Federation
Ed Hammer
Dallas
Cement Lime and Cement Workers Union
Bill Harris
Dallas Trades and Labor Council
Aldridge Otel
Glover Wounded in Action in France During War
Mr and Mrs Edd Glover of Owl Creek received word from the War department that Tech 5 Bernard O Glover was missing in action while a letter from him said he was wounded He is hospitalized in England with four wounds after sailing overseas May 14 1944 He graduated Stonewall High School in 1941 and joined the Army October 26 1942 prior to training at Ft Sill and Camp Robinson Little Rock Ark
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edd Glover
Owl Creek
War Department
Tech
Bernard O. Glover
Glovers
Cpl. Glover
France
Mary
England
Stonewall High School
Army
Ft. Sill
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Cotton Picking Starts Slowly in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County reports early cotton opening with gins delaying bale processing. A single bale arrived in Ada last week but was unloaded and stored while local gins lag behind. County Agent C H Hailey notes rapid opening in some areas and a small premium drawing initial bales to smaller towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ada
C. H. Hailey
George W Norris Dies at 83 in Nebraska
Former Senator George W Norris 83 an liberal figure and 40 year veteran of Congress died at his McCook Nebraska home after a cerebral hemorrhage suffered August 29. He authored the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Lame Duck amendment. Mrs Norris and three daughters were at his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCook
Neb
George W. Norris
Congress
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
Laverne Chambers Serves Over German Territory in Italy
Cpl. Laverne L. Chambers, engineer and top turret gunner on a B 17, is stationed in Italy and operating over German occupied territory. He left the States August 1 and has seen action in the theater. A brother, Elmo Chambers, is stationed in the Aleutians. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Chambers are the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. Laverne L. Chambers
Italy
States
Cpl. Chambers
Ada
Elmo Chambers
Aleutians
S. R. Chambers
Cadet Joe H Bonar Arrives at Perrin Field for Training
Cadet Joe H. Bonar aged 19, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde L Bonar, has arrived at Perrin Field. He will begin a 10 week intensive training course at the base and is expected to graduate as a flying officer of the Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe H. Bonar
Clyde L. Bonar
Perrin Field
Army Airorces
Domestic air express shipments rise in first half 1944
Air express shipments totaled 811 850 in the first half of 1944, up from 721 176 in the same period of 1943, an increase of 12 5 percent.
Monkeys Inspect Fur for Salty Skin Secretions
Monkeys study a companion’s fur not for fleas but for a salty skin secretion they highly relish, suggesting a social grooming behavior with chemical appeal among the troop.
Montreal Notre Dame Church Seats Ten Thousand
The galleries and nave of the venerable Notre Dame church in Montreal can accommodate 10 000 worshipers at once. The structure is patterned after France's Notre Dame cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Church
Montreal
Canada
France
Notre Dame Cathedral
Furniture veteran charts steady course in stock market
The subject, with four years of experience in a furniture firm in youth, is now expanding into stock trading. He remains a known figure in the furniture business, adapting his background to market ventures.
Boll Weevil Monument Erected in Enterprise Alabama
A statue was erected in Enterprise Alabama to honor the boll weevil for teaching southern planters the value of diversifying crops and improving cotton varieties according to the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Ala
Windmill Wings Turned by Wind In Autogiro
Description of autogiro windmill wings showing they turn against the wind yet are powered only on the ground. The wind provides the motion that drives the wings when stationary the craft remains powered by ground forces.
Floating Rocks In Hawaii National Park Exhibit
A display shows volcanic rocks that float on water, others that can be heated and held safely, and some that resemble human hair. The exhibit highlights diverse rock properties and textures found in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii National Park
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Dudley Lester
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Holdenville
New Orleans
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Perrin
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