Ada Motorize Veterans Convention Transport Corps Mobilized
The Citizens Motor Transportation Corps forms in Ada to haul peace time workers and veterans for the state region POW-wow on July 27 28 and 29 under Claude E. McLean. Ada McLean says cars will escort veterans to Convention Hall base and to lodging after registration and will assist at events in the city baseball park with Hop in vets posters.
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Citizens Motor Transportation Corps
Ada
Claude E. McLean
Norman Howard Post
American Legion
Ada McLean
Automobile Corps
Southwest Tennis Players to Vie in Tulsa Meet
Tulsa officials announce the Annual Arkansas Valley tournament will be held at the Tulsa Y M C A with singles and doubles starting August 5. Players from 21 parts of Missouri Texas Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas compete in one of the largest entry lists in the event. Fort Worth’s William F Luther has held the singles cup for two years and could claim permanent ownership again.
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Tulsa
theTulsa Y. M. C. A. Tennis Club
Ideal Association
Missouri
Texas
Southwest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
William F. Luther
Fort Worth
Princess Sells Art Treasures Auction Next Month
London report notes the Princess Royal has ordered about 40 pictures to be auctioned next month, including several old master works, as she joins others turning treasures into cash.
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London
Princess Royal
Arthur of Connaught
North Carolina Visitor Honored By Ada Social Event
Mrs. I. K. Stearns of Bryson North Carolina guest of her sister Mrs. Hugh Biles for several weeks inspired many social functions during her stay in Ada. A dinner party at the Harris Coffee Shop Tuesday evening hosted by Miss Ida Hoover and Miss Annie Weaver Jones included Mr and Mrs. Hugh Biles and the Stearns party.
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North Carolina
I. K. Stearns
Bryson
N. C
Hugh Biles
Ada
Harris Coffee Shop
Ida Hoover
Annie Weaver Jones
Stearns
County resort appeal draws Ada residents to outdoor fun
In Pontotoc County Ada families enjoy warm weather by Byrd's Mill Kiwanis Park and Sulphur, with streams and shaded nooks hosting picnics and swimming. The county features scattered pools as Ada learns to play and socialize outdoors this week.
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Ada
Byrd
Mrs. J. H. Biles Hosts Bridge for Visiting Sister
Mrs. J. H. Biles of 213 East Thirteenth Street entertained Wednesday afternoon with a bridge party honoring her sister Mrs. I. K. Stearns of Bryson North Carolina. Seven tables competed for high honors won by Mrs. E. C. Hunter. low score went to Mrs. S. Jackson.
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J. H. Biles
East Thirteenth Street
Bridge
I. K. Stearns
Bryson
N. C
E. C. Hunter
S. Jackson
Biles
Geo. Thompson
Harriman
Shawnee
W. K. Chaney
Wesley Chaney
W. D. Little
M. A. Waits
Pink Case
Sam Becker
Sam Huser
Harry Hagar
J. C. Gowing
J. M. Duncan
I. L. Cummings
Henry Wells
Roy Givens
Elmer Stenson
Tom Roff
John McKinley
Visiting guests honored with garden party at Harris home
The Harris residence on South Broadway hosted a Ferden party and porch dance Thursday evening in honor of house guests Mrs Walter Dilworth and daughter Ruth, Ada Shelberg, Mex Rodman from Oklahoma City. Attendees included Ruth and Lois Burton, Marvine Brydia, Neva Payne, Bettie Carp, and many others from Ardmore and Oklahoma City with refreshments of juice and cake.
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South Broadway
John R. Harris
Tom
Walter Dilworth
Ruth Dilworth
Ardmore
Ada Shelberg
Mex ‘Rodman
Oklahoma City
Ferden
Misses Ruth
Lois Burton
Marvine Brydia
Neva Payne
Bettie Carp
Marjorie Norris
Marjorie Jackson
Marcle Hunter
Frances Case
Dick Simpson
Meaders Jones
Lowery Harrell
Marshall Harris
Boys Bible School Praised In Interviews In Ada
Business and professional Ada leaders and Scout councils back a Boys Bible School starting Monday at the high school. Ministers say the program will mould boys and benefit the city, with free classes and broad support from the American Legion and local officials.
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Ada
Scout Councils
Boys Bible School
Ministerial Alliance of
A. Lincheid
Teachers College
Bible School
Jimmy
M. C. Wilson
Ed Gwin
J. E. Hickman
Mny
L. T. Walters
Board of Education
Becaus
J. C. Hynds
Baptist Men’s Bible
L.A. Ellison
M. F. Manville
Ada High School
Ross White
Portland Cement Co
Vinger Tips Used To Interpret for Blind of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City July 11. Blind readers use Braille in five hundred volumes at the state library commission to read the Bible and other works. The domino-like code letters form raised dots enabling reading and the collection is expanding toward top state commission status under secretary Mrs. J C Dale.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
State Library Commission
J. C. Dale
Mysterious Palolo Fish Appears Briefly at Dawn
A tiny palolo fish off New Zealand shores can only be caught at dawn on one specific day each year when they rise to the surface for two hours, making the timing crucial for harvesters.
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New Zealand
Ada Woman Is Elected Second Vice President At Auxiliary Meet
At Sapulpa district convention of the American Legion Auxiliary Ada unit delegate Mrs. Austin Bailey was elected second vice president. Other officers named include Mrs. Mable Graham Drumright president and Mrs. H. W. Wallace Shawnee first vice president. The unit plans full attendance at the state convention.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Sapulpa
Austin Bailey
Ada
Mable Graham
Drumright
H. W. Wallace
Shawnee
Smith
Bristow
Forged Royal Letters Used by Woman in Swindle Case
At Baden State Opera a singer’s wife was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for swindling after forging letters from royalty and celebrities including General Hindenburg and the Pope. Four hundred illiterate letters claiming fame and charity support were shown, revealing she authored them all and kept donations.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Airplanes Sow Grass Seed in Miami Experiment
A Miami test shows seed sowing from aircraft may transform agriculture. Six hundred forty acres of carpet grass were broadcast in 20 minutes, a task that would have required two men with hand seeders 30 days.
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Miami
Fla
Memorial for Jockeys to Rise at Berlin Course
A memorial will be erected at the Karlhorst race course near Berlin honoring 21 professional jockeys and 111 gentlemen riders killed in the war.
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Berlin
Karlhorst
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