Colleges Must Adapt Teaching For Returning Service Men
University of Oklahoma President G L Cross says postwar students will include ex service men and women disabled veterans and delayed graduates. He calls for smaller classes accelerated programs practical applied studies and expanded counseling to help veterans adjust to civilian life.
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Norman
G. L. Cross
University of Alahoma
Fayette Copeland
Copeland
Veterans Administration
University of Oklahoma Alumni Association
McCarran Leads Pittman in Nevada Primary Vote Test
Nevada returns show Pat McCarran with an 853 vote edge over Lt. Gov. Vail Pittman as 249 of 283 precincts counted in the Democratic renomination contest. George W. Malone leads Republican senatorial race. Kenneth F. Johnson and Kendrick A. Johnson trail. Dewey plans a national campaign swing with fellow governors backing him.
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Pat McCarran
Nevada
Vail Pittman
McCarran
Pittman
Kenneth F. Johnson
Kendrick A. Johnson
Thomas E. Dewey
Former Ada Man D. A. Kelly Killed in Auto Crash
D A Kelly formerly of Ada killed in a Monday car accident near Gallup New Mexico. Others in the vehicle were seriously injured. His daughter in law Mrs A J Roberts and her children were en route from New York City to Los Angeles. Patsy Roberts in critical condition. Kelly was a Pontotoc County rancher who grew up near Wapanucka.
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D. A. Kelly
Ada
Gallup
New Mexico
Mr. Kelly
B. H. Todd
Kelly
A. J. Roberts
Michael
Tony
Patsy
New York City
Los Angeles
Calif
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News Classified Ads report higher yields for invested amounts in the latest listings. Readers are urged to compare rates offered by local lenders and brokers to maximize returns on savings and funds.
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Ada News
Resume Making of Bearings For B-29s
Production of bearings for B 29 superfortresses and other war equipment resumed at two Cleveland Graphite Bronze plants after the War department seized facilities. An army spokesman said virtually all Mechanics Educational Society of America members reported for work, ending a six day walkout sparked by the discharge of a worker. About 7 000 are employed at the two plants.
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Leveland
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company
War Department
Roosevelt
Army
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Vanoss School Prepares For County Fair
Exhibits for the Vanoss school fair arrive ahead of the event. The fair opens Thursday morning at the county school with 4-H adult farmers F F A and home economics students competing for cash or merchandise prizes. Livestock and crops open to all. judging starts about 10 a.m. with county and state judges.
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Vanoss
Mrs Clifton Reenters Nurse Training Overseas Husband
Mrs Clifton, formerly Miss Sue Ann Wilbourn of Ada, has re entered Army Cadet Nurses Corps training at Muskogee General Hospital. Her husband Sgt Lloyd T Clifton, a B 24 crew member, is overseas. She took three months leave to be with him. he was in the first aircrew cadets stationed at East Central College.
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Lloyd T. Clifton
Sue Ann Wilbourn
Army Cadet Nurses Corps
Muskogee General Hospital
Sgt
Clifton
Harry Wilbourn
Ada
East Central College
Ada Ministerial Alliance Plans Board and Faith Events
The Ada Ministerial Alliance met with Rev. Virgil Alexander presiding. Rev. F. R. McConnell joined from Gary Indiana as pastor of Glen Park Nazarene. Plans include a union prayer meeting for V day and world wide communion on the first Sunday in October with Laymen’s Sunday October 22. A Christian Mission is planned for early 1945 under Evangelism or Federated Council auspices with E Stanley Jones involvement.
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Ada Ministerial Alliance
Mconday
Virgil Alexander
F. R. McConnell
Church of the Nazarene
Gary
Ind
Glen Park Nazarene
Department of Evangelism
Federated Council of Churches
E. Stanley Jones
Ada
Army Directed To Seize Two Plants In Texas
President Roosevelt ordered the army to seize and operate Hughes Tool Co plants in Houston Texas to avert a threatened work stoppage involving 5000 workers from the CIO United Steelworkers. The order follows a labor board directive disputing union representation and contract terms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hughes Tool Company
Houston
Texas
Aircraft Strut Company
War Labor Board
White House
CIO
United Steel Workers
Labor Board
Chamber of Commerce Reopens Meetings Speaker to Address Peace
The Chamber resumes meetings after a summer pause with Dr A Linscheid of East Central College to speak on When Peace Comes Again. The noon gathering at Aldridge hotel dining hall marks the first session since last Thursday in June. Reports on summer activities will be presented.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. Linscheid
East Central College
Aldridge Hotel
Ada Firms Enroll in Blue Cross Plan for War Years
Several Ada firms and county residents joined the Blue Cross hospital plan with Edith Heard at the Chamber of Commerce. Farmers enroll via the Farm Security Administration in the post office building while larger firms hesitate. The piece also discusses U S war mobilization priorities and a furlough rotation proposal for veterans.
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Ada
Blue Cross
Navy Secretary Forrestal warns of stronger Japanese air power ahead
Forrestal said Japan can mass air power in a smaller theater spanning the Philippines China and Japan proper after neutralizing about 50 bases. He warned of a long hard fight ahead as Japan saves planes and makes technical improvements amid expectations of greater naval air strength in the Pacific after Europe.
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Washington
P. Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Philippines
China
Japan
United States Navy
Germany
Europe
Piano Classes Begin at Horace Mann School
The first candidate for the bachelor of music degree with a major in piano will teach piano at Horace Mann. The program offers instruction to students seeking foundational piano study and performance guidance under a qualified instructor.
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Horace Mann School
Horace Mann to Offer Piano and Violin Classes This Fall
Horace Mann school will start piano and violin instruction this fall with Miss Julia Tolbert as piano teacher and Mrs. Dorothy Stubbs supervising. Classes meet after 3 p m two half hour lessons weekly, cost two dollars per month, for grades and for junior and senior high. Violin classes led by Mrs. Helen Harman follow similar rules, while a required music course for freshmen and sophomores includes voice, sight reading and daily life applications.
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Horace Mann
Julia Tolbert
Dorothy Stubbs
Tolbert
Hawkinson
T. K. Treadwell
Helen Harman
Nazis Quit Will End Production Controls After Germany Falls
Washington reports a plan to remove most war production controls after Germany's defeat, leaving only essentials to beat Japan. Manufactures could resume civilian output using idle plants and materials, with government help to maintain employment and allocate scarce items.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Japan
Germany
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Louis Brooks Tops Rodeo Competition
Louis Brooks of Sweetwater Texas leads the 1943 NA rodeo circuit with 2 315 points. Ike Tucker of Killen Texas sits second with 1 364, 21 points ahead of Ken Roberts of Strong City Kansas in third. Brooks also leads bareback bronc riding with 902 points and saddle bronc riding with 1 234, while Roberts tops bull riding with 918. Clyde Burk from Comanche Oklahoma leads calf roping with 918 and Dub Phillips of San Angelo Texas leads steer wrestling with 763.
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Tex
Louis Brooks
Sweetwater
National Rodeo Association
Ike Tucker
Killen
Ken Roberts
Strong City
Kans
Brooks
Roberts
Clyde Burk
Comanche
Okla
Roper
Dub Phillips
Phillips
San Angelo
Ruling on Soldiers Living at Ft Sill
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Attorney General Randall S Cobb ruled Ft Sill soldiers who have lived on the reservation for at least one year may vote if they intend Oklahoma as their permanent residence. The ruling notes intent is key since residency may not be gained by mere stationing, contrasting earlier limits on electors on federal reservations.
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Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Randell S. Cobb
Comanche County
Ralph H. Cline
Cobb
Norman
Goat's decoy trips farmer as goat swallows wallet
Walhalla South Carolina report says J. S. Barrett found three one dollar bills while feeding goats. His wallet vanished as the goat swallowed the billfold behind him, leaving Barrett surprised and puzzled.
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Walhalla
S. C
J. S. Barrett
Manuscript Found in Central Asia Believed 1200 Years Old
A manuscript written in the Sog diam language on Chinese paper was discovered in Central Asia and is believed to date back at least 1200 years. The find highlights ancient cross cultural contact and linguistic history.
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Central Asia
War Department Offers Plans for Limited Start at Demobilizing Huge Army
The War Department outlined a cautious first step toward demobilizing Americas vast army based on GI input. With Japan’s war ongoing, troop releases will be slow and prioritized by length of service overseas time combat credit and dependents. Most strength will shift to the Pacific.
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War Department
William Frye
Washington
America
Japan
Pacific
Europe
Navy to Stay Active Until Japan Is Defeated
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced there will be no demobilization of the navy while Germany is defeated. He said the navy will expand and continue to grow until Japan is defeated, keeping forces active under the overall war effort.
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Pacific
House
Senate
May
D.ky
Navy
Japan
Jean A. Brunner
Veterans of Foreign Warrs
White House
Smith
R.wis
War Department
Europe
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Washington
Forrestal
Germany
Specialty steak products receive price relief limited sales
Persons who made and sold specialty steak products before price control may apply for maximum prices for certain limited sales. Specialty steak items include chip steaks frosted steaks sandwich steaks French steaks and tender-ready steaks. They are made from lean muscle cuts and are tenderized. The action aims to ease the squeeze on sellers who dealt in these products prior to control.
Nine German Officers Flee Frontier From Thrace
Nine German officers and 200 men were reported to have fled over the Turkish frontier from Greek Thrace after Greek guerrillas seized the area. They were disarmed and interned upon crossing into Turkey.
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Istanbul
Thrace
War Agencies Find Workers Changing Hands
Washington reports a rush of federal workers seeking transfers from war agencies to civil service as the war nears end. Representatives Priest and Ramspeck describe many Army Service Forces staff seeking shorter weeks and Washington-based postings, noting rules on duration of war payrolls and civil service status.
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Washington
Priest
D.tenn
Ramspeck
Army Service Forces
New York
Philadelphia
Last Word In Grave Humor Epitaph Scrapbook Bits
A scrapbook of epitaphs compiled by Mrs. Edmond D. Lyon offers humorous last words from various towns. From Enosburg Vermont Anna: done to death by a banana, not the fruit but the skin. From Medway Massachusetts Uncle Peter Daniels lies, taken in May, scorning winter flames. Chicago: dead by the kick of a cow, well done, thou good and faithful servant. Sheffield England: opened life's world had an opening for me and it did.
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Cincinnati
Edmond D. Lyon
Enosburg
Anna
Medway
Mass
Peter Daniels
Chicago
Sheffield
Eng
Workers In Germany Told To Hide And Aid Allies
Allied war information issued a second broadcast instructing foreign workers in Germany to go into hiding and assist Allied troops. They should gather information and, if escape is impossible, prevent destruction of facilities vital to Allied armies.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Office of War Information
Feast With a Purpose Potlatch traditions among northwest tribes
The American Indian of the northwest held potlatches a large feasts to gain status pay debts settle marriages or rival ranks and announce nearing death and to distribute property to beneficiaries.
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Northwest
Kerr to Address Soil Conservation Meeting
Oklahoma City September 5 Gov Robert S Kerr attended a brief session with the State School Land Commission then left to address a soil conservation meeting He will return to his office tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
State School Land Commission
Robert S. Kerr
War Bond Sales Share for Auto Industry Workers
War Bond sales to workers in the automotive industry average 9.5 percent of the industry's total payroll.
Farm Surpluses May Go To Poor Nations At Cut-Rate Prices
Secretary Wickard proposed postwar international deals to sell world farm surpluses to poorer nations at cut rate prices in addition to normal market shares. He urged full domestic employment, expanded world trade, and lower export price supports for surplus crops. He urged a broader program including school lunches, aid to families below 1500 dollars, expanded research, shifts in production, and crop insurance expansion.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Special House
Wickerd
Puerto Rico World Journal becomes English text for Central High School
The Puerto Rico World Journal, the island’s only English language daily, is converted into an English text for Central High School students by Education Commissioner Jose M. Gallardo. Shipping delays and textbook shortages prompted the change, while student interest spurred a special weekly page created by the students themselves.
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San Juan
P. R
Puerto Rico World Journal
Central High School
Jose M. Gallardo
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