Wondrosoap saga reshapes Kay and Ted on park bench deal
Kay Donovan inherits a factory and a stock in a failing all purpose cleaner Wondrosoap after meeting Ted Andrews. Lawyers arrange a corporate rescue with Kay as president holding 51 shares while Ted gains 25 and partners hold 24. They plan to hire a chemist to test and relaunch the product under a new name.
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Kay Donovan
Ted Andrews
MacLeod, Goldberg
Flynn
Hans Stadt
Texas
Kay
Andrews
Mary Marshall
Mike
Tim
Ted
MacLeod
Goldberg
Man
Hey
Tim Donovan
OE Benton
Joe Benton
Benton
Miss Donovan
Wondrosoap Company
The
State University
Mr. Andrews
Wondrosoap venture spurs explosive lab test and hires chemist
Kay Donovan inherits a vast cleaner called Wondrosoap and teams with attorney friends to relaunch it. Joe Benton joins as analytical chemist after a lab blast reveals the product’s powerful, unknown chemistry. The group probes the formula while seeking Hans Stadt for clues.
Ada County Red Cross ships 667 garments to Jersey City
The county Red Cross sent 667 garments to the Jersey City warehouse for wartime aid. Mrs. W. W. Sledge commends volunteers and notes steady gains in knitting and sewing. Ada juniors and several Roff Francis and Allen volunteers contributed many garments, with a Junior Red Cross box of muffs sweaters and beanies included. The total shirts and garments exceed 5,000 with an estimated value over $6,000, and ongoing sewing is urged through December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Red Cross
Jersey City
W. W. Sledge
Joe Robnett
Roff
Nora Fitch
Walter Givens
A. Goetter
Francis
Elam
Allen
Colbert Women’s Club
Junior Red Cross
Ada
Red
Red Cross
J Pierpont Morgan Celebrates 74th Birthday
J Pierpont Morgan marked his 74th birthday with a quiet Sunday routine in Glen Cove New York. The financier drove alone in an open car to St John’s Episcopal Church Locust Valley where he serves as senior warden and helped collect during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
N. Y
J . Pierpont Morgan
Episcopal Church of
World record tire change set at Indianapolis Speedway
The world record for changing a tire is eight and four fifths seconds set during an exhibition at the Indianapolis Speedway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Speedway
Farmers Urged To War Speed
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard declares 1942 must see unprecedented farm production to win the war and write the peace. The agriculture department outlines a program to build a stockpile of food to feed the United States Britain and occupied Europe while preventing price slumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickard
Washington
Agriculture Department
San Francisco
Hitler
United States
Britain
Europe
Ada Schools Face Budget Strains Amid Uncertainties
Superintendent C Dan Procter spoke to Ada Kiwanis outlining a $15,000 revenue loss and a likely budget drop from $145,000 to about $135,000 for next year. He urged civic club cooperation to study system needs and ease fiscal pressure while stressing higher education benefits for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
C. Dan Procter
Ada Kiwanis Club
Procter
W. T. Melton
Civic Club
Kiwanis
Construction Set To Begin On Ada Cheese Plant
Construction work may start within 30 days on the $15,000 Cudahy Packin company cheese and poultry plant in Ada. Secretary Milton Keating of the Ada Chamber of Commerce said plans are being drawn and a contract will follow once approved. The building should be finished in 40 to 60 days after award, machinery has been ordered, and local businessmen will rent the building rent free for three years with a future purchase option of $11,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Keatin
Missouri
H. S. Moore
Ada
Keating
Cudahy Company
East Central College staff member John Davis Better recovering at home
John Davis Better, longtime East Central State college staff member and former chemistry professor, is recovering at his daughter Ruth Williams’s home in Dodge City Kansas after illness last summer. He spent 35 years in Oklahoma state schools and taught at Central State and East Central from 1923 to 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis
East Central State College
Ruth Williams
Dodge City
Kas
Central State College
Davis
R L Hennigan Passes Friday in Pontotoc County
Obituary notes death of R L Hennigan 73 at his Roff home from a heart attack after rising Friday morning. Funeral at Lightning Ridge cemetery Saturday afternoon with Rev C B Holland officiating. Surviving include daughter Mrs E L Young of Roff, sisters Mrs C L Franklin and Mrs B V Dawson, and brothers Tobe Hennigan and Van Hennigan. Hennigan moved from Texas 48 years ago to settle Indian Territory.
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Pontotoc County
Robert L. Hennigan
Rafriday
Jeff Duncan
Dallas
Texas
Duncan
Bob Duncan
Hennigan
Lightning Ridge
van Hennigan
Ada
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Cowboys Win Rodeo Money at Woodward Elks Show
In the 13th Woodward Elks Rodeo Oklahoma cowboys won three championships and a large portion of a $7,000 purse. Snooks Jones of Bartlesville claimed steer roping, Jess Goodspeed of Wetumka took calf roping, and Bruce Ross of Sayre won steer bulldogging.
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Woodward
Sooner State Cowboys
Woodward Elks
Snooks Jones
Bartlesville
Jess Goodspeed
Wetumka
Bruce Ross
Sayre
Andy Curtis
el Reno
Hoyt Hefner
Wichita Falls
Tex
Jones
Ross
Goodspeed
Wmor Ind
Bill Teer
Secon Wilkenson
Cheyenne
Wye
Dick Truitt
Stonewall
Okla
Bob Haverty
Alta Vista
Kas
Tootsele
Big Spring
Texas
Buc Goodspeed
Irving Mundy
Shamrock
Death of President Roosevelt Mother Shocks Nation
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt died at Hyde Park ending a long, close bond with Franklin D. Roosevelt. The president postponed a major radio address to mourn with family and prepare for a funeral limited to relatives and friends at St. James Episcopal Church.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Sara Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Enrollment In Schools Drops Across District
Only the junior high shows any increase in enrollment while five ward schools report light declines. Washington 309 Irving 355 Willard 169 Hayes 242 Glenwood 281. Tuesday full class schedules begin with high school cards issued and short schedules in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Procter
Washington
Irving
Willard
Hayes
Glenwood
Fire Problem Is Vital
County Agent Hailey warns of roadside pasture and woodland fires this season and urges care to prevent damage. He notes fires start from various causes, stresses the need to extinguish found fires, and promotes volunteer fire suppression groups using shovel pail and sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hailey
Guthrie
SPS
U.S. Department Forecasts 1930 Cotton Crop At 10.71 Million Bales
The agriculture department projects this year’s cotton crop at 10 710 000 bales based on Sept 1 conditions down from a month earlier 10 817 000. The Sept 1 crop condition is 65 percent of normal yielding 226.8 pounds per acre versus 72 percent last month and 224.4 pounds. Ginnings to Sept 1 total 504 125 running bales with Oklahoma and Texas acreage and yields detailed. Texas leads with 7 922 000 acres and 70 yield 175 per acre and 2 888 000 production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas
census_ bureau
German Sub Taken In Atlantic Ocean
A German submarine was captured in the Atlantic after being damaged by an air attack and forced to surface. British warships reached the scene as air cover held the sea area, and the vessel was brought into harbor. The London communiqué did not confirm a link to the Greer incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
Admiralty
Air Ministry
U. S
Greer
Canadian PM King Sees Nazi Defeat Only via United Free Effort
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King returning from Britain with firm conviction that the defeat of nazi barbarism and Prussian militarism will come through the committed and united efforts of all free nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
W L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Britain
Captain Adair Sees Army Life and Bullfights
Captain Roy E. Adair, former head of Pontotoc county Home Defense, now on active duty at Fort Bliss as assistant quartermaster, notes the post’s diverse units a flying field and anti aircraft guns. He recalls crossing to Juarez to witness a bullfight but criticizes the cruelty to horses and the fighters' treatment of the bulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Adair
Pontotoc County
Ada
Fort Bliss
Texas
el Paso
Juarez
Quota Raised to 20 For Civilian Pilot Training in East Central
East Central State college announces the Civilian Pilot Training quota increased to 20 for the sixth general session beginning around September 20. Applications should be filed soon. The program requires U.S. citizenship, age 19 to 25 by September 1, 1941, parental consent if under 21, college status or two years of college work, no prior CPT disqualification, and physical fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
Ed. Nilson
CPT Region 4
Ada
United States
Ponca City Baby Beauty Titles Awarded at Lew Wentz Show
Five year old Betty Gayle Fleming won Baby Ponca and Marilon Joyce Milbourn named Miss Ponca City at the Lew Wentz bathing beauty revue. They represent Ponca City as daughters of local residents and competed against about 1,300 contestants. Second and third in Baby Ponca were Carla Mae Grissom of Shidler and Carla Lou Cave of Ponca City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Betty Gayle Fleming
Two Fugitives Recaptured After Granite Breakout
Two 17 year old youths who escaped from Granite reformatory were recaptured near Mangum Oklahoma after a posse of 40 men hunted river bottoms across three counties. Guard Claude Moore fired once before the duo surrendered in a Mangum lunch room. The youths had driven a car stolen in Kiowa county.
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Granite
Okla
Mangum
Granite Reformatory
Reformatory
Ere
Claude Moore
Tom Owen
Greer County
Kiowa
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