Lightning Ridge and Colbert Home Demonstration Club Reports
Lightning Ridge club plans a community party and seeks larger membership as members from Lightning Ridge to Hart share a slogan about rain delays. Colbert club reports ten members, 14 members total, eight meetings, health and sewing clinics, food production data, and community activities with $2.50 dues to county council.
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Lightning Ridge Home Demonstration Club
E. E. McWhirter
A. L. Griffith
Aoe
Aneary
Lightning Ridge
Hart
Colbert Club
Colbert Home
Ethel Balthrop
W. L. Newland
Raymond Verbles
Harvey Luther
Frank Miller
Joe Lynch
Nora Lee Williamson
Bertha Sanders
Morgan
Distinguished Flying Cross Award to Lt E D Halpin
The Air Force announces the Distinguished Flying Cross for 1st Lt. Edward D. Halpin, co pilot of a B 24 Liberator. Col. Clif ford J Heflin presents the award. Halpin also earns the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious flight over enemy territory. He is the son of Mrs Roxie A Halpin and is a former student of East Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distinguished Flying Cross
E. Halpin
Edward D. Halpin
Clifford J. Heflin
Halpin
Occupie
Europe
Roxie A. Halpin
East Central
Army
Spec Youngs Garage
Pontotoc County Plans Continued Pecan Planting Program
Pontotoc County farmers plan a million pecan trees planting drive in November and December with schools 4 H clubs and garden groups joining. Reports show over half a million pecans were planted previously making Pontotoc a leading pecan county. Farmers urged weed and soil management to improve nut crops and ease harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okma
Pontotoc County
Kerr
Pontetoc County
C. H. Hailey
Southern Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association
Cultivate Pecan Orchard It Pays
Oklahoma A. and M. College horticulturists note pecan trees store growth in summer and produce kernels mainly in fall. The article urges providing soil, plant food, and moisture from spring through harvest to maximize pecan yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma A
M. College
Plant Sprouting Onions For Green Bulbs Advice
Horticulturalists at Oklahoma A&M urge planting sprouting onion bulbs to salvage them as green onions. Plant deep with tops level to ground, cover sprout, and water if dry. Onions are hardy and can provide winter greens with protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma A
M. College
Questionnaires to Families by Children in Ada Area Survey
Junior Chamber of Commerce plans distribute questionnaires via schoolchildren for Ada area survey. Forms will be filled by about 3 000 families and returned promptly. Some 50 completed forms came from Fitzhugh with teacher and student cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Schilren
Jaycee
Jaycees
Ada
Fitzhugh
One Variety Cotton Improvement Effort Expands in Oklahoma
County agents report a cooperative program across 30 central Oklahoma counties with six county cotton associations and over 50 gin communities. Allen and Stonewall pilot crews plant Stoneville 2-B and Deltapine 14 seed, aided by War Food Administration payments and free government loan classification and market news. Pontotoc county focuses on preserving cotton grade amid rains, with best practices for dry picking, trash removal, and modern ginning. Five 4-H boys named as state fair delegates through home project achievements. Pasture and native grasses recommendations urged, including seeding methods, lime and phosphate use, and Rye varieties for winter grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hailey
Oklahoma
Allen
Stonewall
Grady Miller
A. M. Pharr
War Food Administration
Pontotoc County
Former Rome Official Lynched by Mob During Caruso Trial Delay
A large crowd overran Rome's Palace of Justice after the Allied authorities postponed the trial of Pietro Caruso, Rome police chief. Donato Caretta, slated to testify about ordered executions at Ardeatina Caves, was seized beaten and drowned while authorities struggled to restore order.
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Romit
Caretta
Pietro Caruso
Rome
Carutto
Carotta
Tiber
Caruso
Donato Carretta
Ardeatina
Arman SS
Palace of Justice
Col
J. R. Polléck
Carretta
Four Former Adans Graduate From Oklahoma University Medical School
Four Ada residents part of the Oklahoma University School of Medicine wartime class received degrees in Oklahoma City. Ben Rutledge Art Rutledge Harry McGee Sam Hardy earned commissions in the army or navy with internships set at Gorgas Hospital and U S naval hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Art Rutledge
Harry McGee
Sam Hardy
M.d.’S
Ada
Oklahoma University School of Medicine
Oklahoma City University
Ben Allen Rutledge
J. A. Rutledge
Rutledge
Oklahoma City
East Central
Denison
Tex
R. E. Cowling
Sam I. Hardy
Norman
Medicine
Nursing
Chauncey
D. Leake
University of Texas
Tom Lowry
G. L. Cross
Army
Navy
Ben Rutledge
Adan
Rutledges
Ada High School
Tiger Grid
Gorgas Hospital
Government Hospital
Panama Canal Zone
U. S. Naval Hospital
Maryland
McGee
Dottor Hardy
Five German POWs Escape Oklahoma Camps
The FBI said five German prisoners of war have escaped from Oklahoma compounds. Heinz Schultz, 23, and Paul Jahn, 29, fled from the Alva camp during the night. Erech Wulf, who escaped Chickasha, and two others remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stila
Oklahoma City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Heinz Schultz
Paul Jahn
Alva
Erech Wulf
Chickasha
Oklahoma
FBI
Owens Order Stands in Tulsa Divorce Case
The Supreme Court refused to vacate an order denying leave for O. O. Owens of Tulsa to file a second petition for rehearing in his divorce case against District Judge Leslie Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
O. O. Owens
Tulsa
Leslie Webb
Military and civilian trucks output for six months in 1944
Production of civilian and military motor trucks for the first half of 1944 reached 344 434 units, up from 320 298 in the same period of 1943. A garbled lighting system description mentions flashing at 40 cycles per minute.
Traffic Counters Record Heavy City Traffic In Ada
Ada traffic counters report heavy movement with about 400 vehicles per hour at Twelth and Townsend and about 900 per hour at Main and Broadway. R. E. Patterson from Oklahoma City leads field work as crews avoid weekends to chart normal traffic for future street and highway planning.
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Ada
Twelth and
Townsend
Main
Broadway
R. E. Patterson
Oklahoma City
Local airman earns four engine bomber pilot qualification
Lt. Bob E. Baublits son of Mr and Mrs Scott M Baublits of King's Road completed 15 weeks of intensive four engine bomber pilot training at Liberal Kansas army airfield and is now qualified as an airplane commander to lead a Liberator bomber crew.
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Bob E. Baublits
Scott M. Baublits
King’s Road
Liberal
Kans
Baublits
Kansas
Senate nominees span broad cross section of America
A roster of 83 candidates for 36 Senate seats in the November 7 election shows Governors, former governors, cabinet members, lawyers, bankers, business executives, a shipyard worker known as the "singing cowboy," and other diverse figures. Several House members seek seats, while 15 minor party nominees appear on ballots in various states.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Senate
House
Eusee
Masachusetts
New Jersey
Oregon
Indiana
SSIVE
National Senate
Schricker
Moses
North Dakota
Johnson
South Carolina
Bottolfsen
Idaho
Donnell
Missouri
Nickenlooper
Iowa
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Fulbright
Arkansas
Wemeen
Kansas
L. B. Dodds
Prohibition Party
Arthur G. Bill
Baal
Baal E Nagle
le Ana T. B. Williams
Bulldozers Invasion Tactics On Anguar Island Assault
U S assault forces advance on Anguar Palau as bulldozers clear roads through jungle to aid tanks. American units push northward to Saipan area while small groups move through dense vegetation and behind beachhead traffic surges. Japanese snipers, hidden in pillboxes, are being neutralized with light casualties reported.
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Elmont
U. S
Anguar
Palau Islands
81St
Palau
Saipan
James C. Short
Short
Géd
Paul J. Mueller
Noble Howell
Fort Worth
Tex
Rush On At Postoffice For Overseas Christmas Packages
The post office reports a high volume of overseas gift parcels as the United States begins a 30 day mailing period from September 15 to October 15. About 70.6 million gifts are expected to be processed for U S fighting forces worldwide. After October 15 overseas mail requires a service member request and four packages per sender per four week period limits apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Chas
Mary West
Lt Price Visits Major Leroy Young in London
Lt. Jackie Price, a fighter pilot, reports visiting Major Leroy Young in London. Ada's former post office worker, Young appears well and content, staying the night with Price and sharing memories of Ada and the 45th division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lt. Price
Leroy Young
Ada
Jackie Prices
Young
London
Price
C. D. Price
Jackie
Mary West
Joe Cathey
Ward Manager Is Being Transferred to Columbia
Palmer Madison, Montgomery Ward manager in Ada for 12 months, will move to Columbia Missouri to oversee a larger store. He reports by Wednesday morning and came to Ada from Ranger Texas. He helped civic life through the Junior Chamber of Commerce. A transfer of Mr Mehan from Topeka Kansas was also announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Madison
Montgomery Ward
Ada
Columbia
Madison
Ward
Ranger
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Mehan
Topeka
Kans
Call to German Workers for Uprising Broadcast From Moscow
The Free German committee in Moscow urged German workers to rise against Hitler with the watchword every man against Hitler. The broadcast warned of planned Nazi mass murder on an unheard of scale as a ditch measure.
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London
Free German Committee
Moscow
Hiter
Hitler
Two Girls Escape Injury After Running Into Autos
Two schoolgirls, Dorothy Hill about 14 and Connie Ronald six or seven, ran into cars near Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets in separate incidents. Both drivers Ed Geovns and J M Canoy took the injured children home. police say both were not hurt. Ambulances responded and drivers urged to exercise care around children near schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Thomas
Fourteenth and
Johnston
Dorothy Hill
Ed Geovns
Sixteenth and
German-born woman accused in multi‑victim marriage swindle
Assistant Postal Inspector M. L. Goldsmith said a German-born middle aged woman used multiple aliases to swindle at least 10 men out of 50 000 by posing as a German wife or companion. Victims placed cash in safe deposit vaults before she absconded, with more potential victims likely. The indicted suspect is Margaret Wagner with names Friedl Hilda Erne Margaret Lilly and surnames Bauman Haas Hammer Henning Kaufman Killer Miehler.
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Chicago
M. L. Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Post Office Department
Midwest
Margot Wagner
U. S
George Kelly
Fried3
Hilda
Erne
Margaret
Lilly
Bauman
Haas
Hammer
Henning
Kaufman
Killer
Miehler
Not enough readable material for a full news item
The provided text appears to be a fragment with an informal remark comparing Japanese behavior to women visiting a drug store. The phrase lacks clear events, people, or places to form a factual news summary.
Possible Ways to Bypass a Security Barrier
A reader asks about methods to bypass a barrier, exploring safety implications and practical limits. The inquiry focuses on risk awareness, not instructions, and highlights the need for responsible handling of security systems.
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Italy
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Toscanini
Montreal
Gene Martin Lunes
Jock Griffith
Bill Lillard Hunt
Vaness
Billy Hugh Thompson
McLish
Jerry Young
Falt Pastures
Bermuda
Othé
Lespedera
Aigty
Police
Tibet
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O. U. Medical School
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