E H Moore Key Figure in Fitts Oil Field Conservation
Ed Moore emerged as a major operator in the Fitts oil field guiding its growth from early Hunton oil to a pioneering conservation regime. He led a pivotal meeting at the Aldridge hotel that shifted the field to conservation, shaping the region’s production strategy and later sold his Fitts holdings to longtime associates.
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E. H. Moore
Fitts Oil Field
Rides
Fitts
H. Moore
Mr. Moore
Moore
Ed Moore
Aldridge
State Conservation Commission
Fitts Area
Gra
Oklahoma inventor flies 188 miles on 63 cents
Landruty L. Hughes of Oklahoma City claims a fuel trick using a butane adapter to feed butane from a rear tank into a conventional carburetor. He flew 198 miles to Dallas at about 63 cents for fuel, noting butane’s lower cost and lighter weight, with patents sought and a Civil Aeronautics Authority certificate granted.
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NEA
Oklahoma City
Okla
Landruty L. Hughes
Dallas
Tex
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hughes
Autumn homemaker guide to desks and storage furniture
A midcentury style home guidance article urges homemakers to invest in durable desks and versatile furniture. It highlights desk and extension table combos, compact sideboards, chest-of-drawers, and informal serving tables shaped by television influenced designs for small spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amall
Milo Han Fas
Heavy Duty Road Planned on SH 7 Sulphur to Davis
Highway project on state route 7 between Davis and Sulphur aims to convert the sever mite distance into a heavy duty road costing about 55 thousand dollars. Bids will be opened September 12, with concrete paving inside cities and rock asphalt in rural sections. The plan includes 41 by 42 foot paving in Davis and Sulphur, seven-foot shoulders, and a 208-foot bridge over Guy Sandy creek with two 64-foot spans and one 80-foot span.
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Davis
H. E. Bailey
State Highway Commission
Guy Sandy Creek
Sooner Barnstorm Tour Develops Oklahoma City Series
Oklahoma City Sept 2. A baseball barnstorm tour for early October to November will feature major and minor league players from Oklahoma teams. Eddie Miller lists a partial lineup including Allie Reynolds Dale Mitchell Ray Murray Bobby Morgan Lou Kelllow and Al Benton among others. A game at Brooklyn Row on Oct 22 and a split event at the next day are planned with Oklahoma City hosting Oct 14-15 for charity. Stops include Woodward Oct 17 and several other sites, with more games sought to complete the schedule.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Eddie Miller
Professional Baseball Players Association of Oklahoma
Allie Reyno
New York Yankee
Dale Mitchell
Cleveland
Ray Murray
Bobby Morgan
Brooklyn
Lou Kretlow
Chicago White Sox
Land al Benton
Cot Deal
Calvin McLish
LeRoy Jarvis
Gary Snyder
Tommy Studio
Frank Kellert
Miller
Broklin Row
Iiabel
Woodward
Surprise marriage ends Cretan worry in Athens
In Athens a Cretan beauty Tassaula Petracogeorgi wed Constantine Costa Kephaloyannis after a 12 day kidnapping. The couple sought a blessing from Archbishop Spyridon as police eyes tracked Costa’s possible arrest on a kidnaping warrant.
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Athens
Greece
Tassaula Petracogeorgi
Constantine
Costa” Kephaloyannis
Costa
Spyridon
Crete
Mount Ida
Conoco Starts Big Ponca City Lab Building
Conoco breaks ground for a new laboratory in Ponca City Oklahoma marking the firm’s 75th anniversary. President L F McCollum inaugurates a nationwide celebratory program with employee events and a barbecue following the groundbreaking.
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Conoco
Ponca City
Okla
L. F. McCollum
New York and Oklahoma mingle in Cal Tinney’s muses
Cal Tinney reflects with humor on New York City habits and dangers amid wartime anxieties, comparing atom bomb fears to ordinary loud noises. He recalls Oklahoma roots, the subway, and the city’s diverse voices, ending with a sly jab at postwar politics and common clichés.
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CAL
New York
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma
Three Oakes
Michigan
Odessa
Texas
Grant
Liberty
Bil O'Dwyer
New York City
U.S
Mexico
Papa
Ada
Deere
Delancey Street
Coalgate Studies Butane Storage Ordinance
Coalgate city council discussed an ordinance restricting butane and propane trucks within city limits to reduce an excessive fire hazard. The plan would ban refilling bottles and small tanks and prohibit storing trucks in town, while allowing private property fills.
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Coalgate
Robert Lacy
Sai
Lacy
Wildlife Exhibit Stops Here Briefly
A Mobile Wildlife Exhibit from the Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission stopped in for refueling and a brief public display. About 860 spectators viewed the trailer exhibit, which travels with 106 live native species and aims to promote conservation awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insde
Oklahoma State Game and Fish Commission
Bill Jenni
Odell Orr
Oklahoma Game and Fisk Commission
Oklahoma
Tite
Ada
Laboratory pest test estimates mutation value
A laboratory study reports three in ches of wed to show a mutation value greater than 17 inches of common bruv or 2 inches of concrete, suggesting a significant impact on material behavior.
Colonel Cathey Leads 45th Division Artillery in Oklahoma
Col Joe Cathey, a 24 year Army and guard veteran, has risen from private to full colonel and now serves as division artillery executive officer. He tours Oklahoma units addressing major and minor issues and will command an advance detail to Camp Polk, Louisiana, this Sunday after arriving in Ada Saturday.
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Joe Cathey
Army
National Guard
Reserves
Guard
Hal L. Muldrow
45Th Division
171St Field Artillery
Italy
Col. Cathey
Oklahoma
Camp Polk
Ada
Two Adans Enlist In U. S. Air Force
Robert Atkinson and Bayless, juniors at East Central State College, enlisted in the U S Air Force last week. After passing tests in Oklahoma City they were sent to San Antonio for training. Atkinson, Ada High School graduate, is headed for Officer Candidate School. Bayless, also an Ada High School graduate, is an aviation cadet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Bob) Atkinson
Bayless
East Central State College
U. S. Air Forces
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
I Atkinson
D. E. Atkinson
Hilledale
Ada
Norman Bayless
South Townsend
Noble FFA Youth Run Over by Car
Lonnie Harmon, Noble FFA Youth, was run over by a car while sleeping on the Cleveland county fair grounds near the Berkshire hog pen. He and another youth were awakened by the driver, Donald Lee, a 17 year old Moore resident, as the route vehicle passed over his face. Hospital reports said his condition was not serious.
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Norman
Okla
Cleveland
Lonnie Harman
Noble Ffa
Bern
Berkshire
Vkcay
Ospital Attendante
Lonnie
Wedding Shower Honors Mrs. T Copeland in Home Event
A wedding shower for Mrs. Terry Copeland was hosted at 808 East Seventeenth by Mrs. Sem Whittle. Guests and helpers wore yellow and white gladioli and dahlias, with refreshments and punch served. many attendees listed by name.
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Terry Copeland
Sem ‘Whittle
East Seventeenth
Jim Bow
Sam Farster
Jim Butler
Roy Young
Virgil Stanfield
Claude Griffith
Eric Watt
Delores Stanfield
Robert Meaders
Kerbie Crostie
W. A. Hubbard
C. B. Copeland
E K. Crosbie
R. A. Meadoes
Jack Clawson
Herward G. Howard
Lyon Langaard
Phyllis Keitner
Paul L. Rice
W. S. Furlong
Wayne Widenlock
L. B. Adams
Harold Constant
B.D. Gatton
Glyn Roley
Glynest Ruley
Harvey J. Lambert
Ben Theimer
George MacRobert
Joyce Miller
Wid. Alston
M. B. Yarbro
E. M. Gullatt
Mary E. Turner
Suiss
Donna Tynn
Canada
J.C. Canada
Jess Bundley
Fanny Fields
J T. Grove
B. F. Alletag
Velma Perkins
John J Rinard
Daisy L. Moore
C. C. Granger
Joe Hart
Misa
Donna Hart
G. Willum l
O. H. Miller
Wirwil Stanfield
John Roy Harns
W. H. Mundy
Lovee Dunlap
Cartnut Kite
Mise
Jo Ann Kite
Jeane Lollar
Roy J. Lollar
Sidney _Kat
Byron Eppler
Preston O'Neal
Scott Bayblits
Morrin Bayless
Mise Jan Bayless
Jawjel Dyer
Guy Meadars
C. F. Needham
Tony Floyd l
S. G. Lasovsky
Mal Marcum
Gene [Ford
Janet Ford
Misa Susie McCormick
John Keltner
W. P. Hopper
J. C. Brewer
T. Haley
Lester Cummings
Ervin Hovis
H. L. Dutfer
E. 8
Halverson
W. J. Dillon, Jr
W. B. Morrison
M. W
Luther
Edge
Mae Lotlar
Lewis Long
John Skinner
F. L. Finley
C. L. Bolles
F.l Pokorny
Edrity Pokorny
Jack Moore
Cortright English
Bonnie Allen
Otis Wilfong
Joe Roper
W. Emerson
Lenile Prince
E. T. Cason
Jack Conn
H. J. Huddleston
W. A. Faust
F. E B. Orebaugh
Jesg Young
Ed Drummond
Craig McBroom
MF. Haynes
HH. Hensler
Glen C. Pendergrait
Bert Roberts
George Little
Betty Evans
D. Padberg
L. W. Cheek
Shirley Young
Jess LaSalle
Two Oklahomans Killed In Action In Korea
Washington reports the U S Defense Department lists two Oklahoma soldiers killed in the Korean fighting Army Cpl J B Carter Pawnee and Marine Pfc Eugene Gene Fire from Tyler Star area plus other wounded and injured from Oklahoma including Paul D Cumpton Seminole Arm Amizon 38 Aaron Jones Jr and Jerry Joe Jenkins with Lt Kenneth Ingram Oklahoma City among the wounded recap of casualty list No 83
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
J. B. Carter
George N. Carter
Pawnee
Marine Pie
Carrel
Eugene
Eugene C. Fine
Tyna
Axroy
Paul D. Cumpton
Florence Cumpton
Ammizon
Impeon
Emma Impeon
McAlester
Pfe
Thomas W. Jones, Jr
Pansy Jones
Carnegie
Marine
Jerry Joe Jenkinson
Harvey
Kina
Bethany
Kenneth Ingram
Fane Jinerain
Oklahom City
Where's Your Six-Shooter Mother Dear
Cynthia Lowry critiques Westerns and mystery stories for shaping notions of American womanhood. She argues heroines reflect stereotypes from old-time films, from gun-toting ranch daughters to scheming molls and pampered rich girls, with a wary note on how women are portrayed.
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Cynthia Lowry
AP News
Jahe
Moll
Corge
George
Jhe
Hijie
G God
Few Cotton Pickers Needed This Year
The Oklahoma State Employment Service reports a poor cotton crop will reduce part time farm labor needs in the state. The farm labor bulletin notes very few workers will be needed from outside cotton growing areas due to insects and bad weather lowering production to the lowest since 1883.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Oklahoma
Service
Farm Labor Bulletin
Sand Springs Cop Shakeup Sparks City Turmoil
In Sand Springs Oklahoma the county attorney and Tulsa officials announce another police shakeup. Police Chief Jett D Guthrie is out after resignations and an ongoing investigation. Mayor Rubye DeBolt dismissed Guthrie claiming a night patrolman tied to earlier staff prompted the removal amid further district court assault and battery charges against a former chief.
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Sand Springs
Okla
Sree
Wee
Tulsa
Elmer Adan
Jett D. Guthrie
Adams
Guthrie
Rubye DeBolt
Joe Byrnes
Je Byrnes
Lawrence Barnes
el Ir
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