Ringling Circus to Exhibit Here September 24
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus will perform in Ada on Sunday September 24 with a headline pageant When Dreams Come True a sprawling procession featuring nearly 2000 performers and an extensive animal act lineup led by Himalayan and Russian bear troupes and a spectacular aerial display through Seville Old Vienna Jungle Drums and a giant menagerie headlined by Gargantua the Great and Toto with countless clowns and performers from around the world.
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Bette Jon
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ada
A. J. Clarke
B. T. Barnum
Seville
Spain
Bear
Albert Rix
Baptiste Schreiber
Leon de Rousseau
Widis
Atlas
Lilo
Rodsinhos
Thy Realles
Miss Loni
Unus
Francis
Brunn
Jupiter
Geraldes
Alzanas
Harold Atuzans
Attonus
Antoinette Concello
Peterson
Dots
la Norma
Cucciola
Centaur
Matgas
Franken
Astrid
Gull
Charles Moraski
Gene Lipowska
Sorillas
Gargantua
Mile
Toto
West Africa
Circus Girls Health Rules Highlight Ada Show
The Ringling Bros and Samurai Bailey Circus arrives in Ada Sunday with a roster of performers including girls horses clowns and elephants. Female performers must stay healthy facing weather travel and long routines as they prepare for a dazzling finale and varied acts.
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Ringling Bros
Samuray & Bailey Circus
Ada
Tulsa artist passes army test with perfect score
In Tulsa on September 12 1921 Charles AL Kubilos a 20 year old artist scored a perfect slate on a military aptitude test. He likened the test to a university entrance exam and said it was easier than expected. Richard L Geiger administers the exam noting Kubilos was one of three men to achieve a perfect result.
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Tulsa
Gktis
Charles AL Kubilos
Richard L. Geiger
Grid Rubies
Iver
Amvets Re-Elect Handress War Vet
Amvets re elect Handress veteran Harold Russell, 38, noted for two Os peting marks in the post election. The Cleveland post votes to endorse his leadership and support national wartime efforts amid postwar security and veteran aid discussions.
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Cleveland
Harold Russell
Amero
Tod Himelf
Onverton
Aydasvent
Sar Aatiin
Pickets Block School House Strike at Onward Walton
Pickets near Onward schoolhouse resist the Tipton township high school plan in Walton and threaten police escort. Township trustee Virgil Turner insists on using Walton schoolhouse for high school and Onward as a township grade school. Olin Mays leads Onward pickets and says residents oppose adding Wilton pupils. Cass County School Superintendent Raymond Julian backs Turner and warns prosecutions may follow.
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Logansport
Ind
Coward
Waites
Onward
Tipton Township
Walton
Virgil Turner
Tn Walton
Turner
Tate
Te Olin Mays
Wilton
Raymond Julian
Cass County
Fourth Member of Fields Family Vanished Again
Berlin reports a fourth Field family member has disappeared, the latest being Mrs. Robert Wallach adopted daughter of Noel H. Field, a former State Department employee. The case began in May 1949 when Noel Field vanished in Czechoslovakia. The State Department has urged Poland Czechoslovakia and Hungary for information with little result.
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Berlin
Field
U. S
Robert Wallach
Noel H. Field
State Department
Wallach
Paris
Noel
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Gome
Budapest
Herta
Hermann
Cleveland, D
W v
Herman
Erta
U. S. State Department
Poland
Hungary
East Germany
Frontielain
Nort Field
Noel Field
Push Countians Awaiting Orders Push Countians Awaiting Orders
Enlisted reserves from Antlers and nearby areas who have been processed physically and await travel orders include Louis Trent Calvin Berry Vincent Schillings Sam Lee Dewey McMahan Leonard Watton Elias Parrish Rufus Lathan Nora G Gree. They were processed at Fort Sill last week and a reconnaissance unit at Perrin Air Force Base near Sherman Texas includes George Lempera Albert M Brown Douglas Turney all of Antlers Harold Rames of Caddo Paul Pitts of Durant. The unit is to be federalized Monday September 13. The Oklahoma City draft board will send 23 men this week to Oklahoma City for physicals and assignment to Camp逢 Humor, two previous calls in August. Community Chest campaign in Oklahoma City aims to raise 694 726 dollars, with budget committee reporting tentative totals totalling 782 178.
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Antlers
Louis Trent
Calvin Berry
Vincent Schillings
Sam Lee
Dewey McMahan
Leonard Watton
Elias Parrish
Rufus Lathan
Nora G. Gree
Fort Sill
Perrin Air Forcs
Sherman
Tex
George Lempera
Albert M. Brown
Douglas Turney
Antiers
Harold Rames
Caddo
Paul Pitts
Durant
ORC
Ant- Marine
Navy
McAllister
Camp Pendeton
Oceanvide
Calif
Vertus Looney
John Weddington
Liston Coffey
Frank Davis
Air Force
Feve
Draft Board of
Oklahoma City
Mber
Camp Funrant
Your Garden- When Landscaping Consider Sturdy Oak
Homeowners seek replacement trees after Dutch elm disease. Oaks, maples offer protection. red and Texas red oaks grow fast with space needs. Note on questions: Henry Pree answers reader queries on washing-machine water, Japanese Yew, bent grass, and strawberries. recommendations emphasize soil, drainage, and plant vigor.
Grading Americans for Atom Bomb Shelter Places
Professor Clarke Goodman of MIT argues for selective admission to atom bomb shelters based on individuals' importance to the United States. The piece recalls a World War I sub incident about saving men first, notes the difficulty of concrete criteria, and urges civic service and contributing to general welfare as rights and responsibilities in wartime.
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Clarke Goodman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Mediterranean
France
Goodman
Fem
Miss America Yolande Berbeze Reigns In Atlantic City
Yolande Berbeze of Mobile Alabama was crowned Miss America 1951 in Atlantic City on September 11. She plans to enjoy the title for a year with potential earnings around fifty thousand dollars from stage modeling and TV work, then pursue a career in musical comedy or opera aided by a five thousand dollar scholarship. The pageant winner, 5 feet 5 and a half inches, 119 pounds, 35 24 35½ measurements, did not drink or smoke and lives with her widowed mother, Mrs Ethele Meyer Estbeze.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Yolande Berbeze
Mobile
Ala
Betheze Tshe
Miss Berbeze
Ethele Meyer Estbeze
How Method Found For Flushing Reds
U S Second Division reports a new Flush em out and let em have a system in Korea. Fighter planes locate enemy concentrations and drive them from fox holes with machine gun and bomb fire. Ground artillery mortar and small arms then finish the job. Spokesman says about 1000 Reds uprooted in one sector and 2900 in another.
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U. S
Korea
Jmortar
Gibson Banking Leader Is Dead
Boston dispatch reports the death of Harvey N. Gibson a 63 year old internationally known New York banker. He served as president of the Manufacturers Trust Co New York since 1911. Gibson began as an employee of the American Express company and rose to prominence guiding numerous large corporations.
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Boston
Harvey
New York
New England Baptist Hospital
Unusual Imports From Portugal For the Home
Portugal crafts enter the American home scene with Madden wicker work in natural color. Sunroom sets include a love seat two chairs and a table with a Magazine rack. Hand made Altentino furniture pieces add color for informal rooms and children's corners.
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Sue Gardner
Portugal
Madden
Altentijo
California
Visiting Girl Drowns After Boat Accident at Willow Springs
An 17 year old Seagoville girl Juanita Wood drowned Sunday at Willow Springs resort lake 15 miles east of Durant Oklahoma after a motor boat lurch threw her into 40 feet of water state game rangers and highway patrolmen could not locate the body despite diving efforts The boat was driven by Ray Hutchinson of Dallas
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Durant
Oklo
Seagoville
Tex
Willow Springs
Juanita Wood
U. S
Mass Wood
Ray Hutchinson
Dallas
Sheell
Here
Hutchinson
South Korean Marines Seize Strategic Island Outposts
South Korean marines and naval units occupy about 20 islands along the west and southern coasts to cut enemy supply lines and support UN offensive plans. Islands such as Taeyonpyond Takchok Sosjak and Taebu in Inchon and Kunsan areas secure naval access, threaten Pyongyang, and reinforce positions near Haeju Bay and Chinhae Bay with aims to recapture ports like Mokpo Chin Island and Koje.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Haeju Bay
Taeyonpyond
Haeju
Pyongyang
Takchok
Tonz~hung
Sosjak
Taebu Islands
Inchong
Inchon
Kunsan
Anmyun
Mokpo
Imja
Chin Igland
Korea
Yellow Sea
Korean Straits
Songyong
Kosong
Koje
Chinhae Bay
Pusan
Koja
Masan
South Korea
Industrial Leaders Relieved After President's Speech
New York business leaders express relief at a presidential directive outlining early defense program roles. The plan emphasizes voluntary controls on inventories and scarce raw materials with self regulation for war order priorities, plus an official stamp to ease supplier-customer tensions. Industry officials and Commerce Department staff will coordinate a steel distribution plan and inventory controls as production expands.
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New York
Sept
Department of Commerce
New Nations
Eight Fishermen Drown in Lagoon Near Kodiak Alaska
Eight fishermen drowned when their boat capsized in Chigniki Lagoon off the Alaska Peninsula near Kodiak. Two crewmen swam to shore. Victims listed as Robert Magnnyen, Koxtiak. Martin Martin. Nick Olsen. Favl Orhupas. Set Shanigam. Frank Yagie of Chignil. Max Cristen and Al Crisler from Washington.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Chignike Lagoon
Kodiak Fisheries
Chignix
Alaska Peninsula
Fisheries Company
Robert Magnnyen
Koxtiak
Martin Martin
Nick Olsen
Favl Orhupas
Set Shanigam
Frank Yagie
Chignil
Max Cristen
al Crisler
Washington State
Oklahoma Marine Reported Killed In Action In War Casualty List
Washington dispatch lists KIA Marine Pfc John Lester Cavender son of Seminole. Also wounded Pvt Benton C Alexander Sec Lt Gerald N Alexander and several others from Oklahoma including Hay Donley Roy Donley Jr and Azel Jackson. Missing in action Pfc Cecil Dotson Pfc L C Holmes Jr and Sgt Loyd Smothers. Wounded also Coy G Brown Tulsa and Walter A Dodge Tulsa.
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Washington
Defense Department
Tulsa
John Lester Cavender
Lee Cavender
Benton C. Alexander
Helen Chappell Alexander
Macomb
Gerald N. Alexander
Helen Francis Alexander
South Chicka"Bier
Local Ada Speech Teachers Invited to Oklahoma Meet
Four Ada teachers from ECSC and local schools are invited to participate in the Oklahoma Speech Association Mid-Century Planning Conference at the University of Oklahoma north campus September 21 to 23. The event aims to shape state speech programs, teacher certification, and elementary and special education for speech with more than 300 attendees.
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The
Oklahoma Speech Pssociation
German Communists In Attack on Cops
West German memorial day protests saw hundreds of German communists clash with police in Berlin Frankfurt and Darmstadt. Police arrested 37 in Berlin 10 in Frankfurt and 2 in Darmstadt with 27 released soon after. Demonstrators hurled stones and ignored bans on parades and demonstrations. In East Berlin a 25 000 strong rally denounced U S military actions and Western rearmament.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Darmstadt
West Berlin
East Berlin
Korea
Imperiangia
Western
Germany
North Korean Staff Chief Killed Amid Confusion
A garbled report from Tokyo cites North Korea claiming the chief of staff was killed, with unclear details about the attacker and motives. The US Navy indicates a ship remains in position, while radio broadcasts dispute the account and offer conflicting fragments.
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Tokyo
Kang Sow Frieces
Red
Kin Sung
Poograng Brosdcam Board
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