Ada Weekly News and Ada Evening Howls
Folio of historic Ada Oklahoma weeklies notes mergers and name changes from 1913 to 1918. Publication details list editor BD Little and consolidation with The Ada Weekly Democrat and The Ada Star Democrat. Carrier and mail rates are shown, with trade territory and pricing across the Ada area.
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Ade
Oxleromery
Heews Publishing and Printing Co
Consolidated
Democrat
Pontotoe Bounry Ierree
Ade Starmocrat
Ada
Culture Comes To Us From The Fine Arts Boom
Ada's cultural scene grows through Community Concerts Ada Knife and Folk Club and Civic Drama Festival. Professionals bring grand opera, classics, drama, and dance to the public, supported by women’s clubs and community funding. Culture broadens life and challenges viewers to think, see, and feel beyond entertainment.
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Ada Knife and Folk Club
Ada
Boris Godunov
Tupelo soil program inspires farmers and townspeople
T-Bone McDonald, state soil conservation missionary, praises Tupelo's land use. He notes a thousand strong city town and farm group, widespread family ownership, a major milk plant, and local poultry growth. Farms average 53 acres, with cotton and corn on bottom land and permanent pasture uplands. Erosion nearly eliminated. most industry funded locally. The talk emphasizes practical progress and local pride.
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T-Bone McDonald
Tupelo
Miss
T-Bone
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers and Fayetteville
Ark
McDonald
Tunelo
Fair Reflets Progress At County Fair
The county fair shows progress across farming and ranching in this part of the state. Improvements include better cattle breeds, farm homes with modern utilities, warmer school transportation, reliable water for livestock, soil conservation, and higher corn yields, reflecting broader gains in productivity and living standards despite some famer losses.
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Jersey
Guernsey
Crusade for Freedom Rally Promotes Radio and Balloons
A state headquarters message touts the Crusade for Freedom as a global effort against Communism. It details using Radio Free Europe and freedom balloons to spread truth behind the Curtain, aiding prisoner nations including Poland and Hungary, and invites donations at Home Federal Savings and Loan offices.
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Radio Free Europe
Moscow
Kremlin
Crusade For Freedom
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Albania
Federal Savings and Loan Offices
South Broadway
Paul Alderson
Elizabeth Ross
Fire tests life values and reveals inner thoughts
A humorous, rambling reminiscence on panics during house fires. The narrator cites cousins, neighbors, and households to show how fears surface, fromCanasta cards to forgotten insurance premiums, highlighting what people prioritize when danger looms.
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Tulsa
Okia
Canasta
Pania
Felier
Wet weaving and Panama hat production method
The weaving of Panama hats is not done underwater but requires the fiber and fingers to stay moist. Thus work occurs mainly at night or early morning. Holland now produces large quantities of a skimmed millet substitute used in place of wool.
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Holland
Gabrielson Faces GOP Leadership Challenge Over RFC Ties
Washington report says Guy G. Gabrielson near losing support as GOP chair after senate scrutiny of his role in Carthage Hydrocar and RFC loan extensions. Senators Williams Ferguson and Nixon demand explanations, while Taft backers view Boyle allegations as politically damaging. Gabrielson defends by denying ownership in Carthage Hydrocar and urging RFC file reviews with public disclosure.
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Washington
Guy G. Gabrielson
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
GOP
Gabrielson
Williams
Delaware
Ferguson
Michigan
Nixon
California
Taft
Ohio
William M. Boyle
Eratic
Demn
Boyle
Fire Boyle
St Lows Post Dispatch
American Lithofold Corp
St. Louis
RFC
Carthage Hydrocol, Inc
Texas
Hoey
D-Nc
Carthage Hydrocar
W Stuart Symingon
Carthage
District 18 Bonds Approved in Oklahoma Counties
The attorney general approved three bond issues in Pittsburg and Pontotoc counties. Kiowa town gets a 15000 water works issue, Pontotoc County’s District 18 receives 2590 for building and repair, and a 2850 repair and furnishings issue for the district’s dependents.
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Oklahoma City
Attorney General Today
Pittsburg
Pontotoc Counties
Kiowa
Pontotoc County
Watermelon gift to North Dakota governor from Oklahoma oil men
A deliveryman brought a 100 pound Oklahoma watermelon to Gov Norman Brunsdale in Bismarck. The gift, from Oklahoma oil interests, carried an inscription claiming it as Cleveland County product and marked the state capital visit with novelty. The event reflected cross state hospitality in the early autumn.
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Biswarck
N. D
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Norman Brunsdale
Cleveland County
Future of American Japanese Trade Still a Question Mark
American and Japanese firms rush to expand ties with thirty Japanese firms opening U S offices this year and U S buyers seeking Japan as an investment destination. Trade balance hinges on rising Japanese exports and U S demand, with shifts since prewar patterns including silk and canned goods. Major questions remain on China trade, export controls, and assurances for American investors.
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Feter Edson
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
United States
U. S
Japan
Adam V. Espinshade
U.S. Department of Commerce
America
U.S
China
Manchuria
Korea
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Shegiru Yoshida
San Francisco
Department of Commerce
Yoshida
Ai China
Spire
East China
Jorean
Growing pains may mask rheumatic fever warns doctors
A letter and medical guidance discuss how growing pains in children can be misinterpreted as harmless. It notes rare but serious links to rheumatic fever and heart damage, urging cautious evaluation by physicians when pains accompany fever or persistent leg aches. Parents should seek professional advice if concerns arise.
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R. 0
Major Fires Slow Some in Northwest
Nearly a dozen major fires in parched Pacific Northwest forests slowed their advance as cloudless smoke-dark skies limited spread. Lack of rain and low humidity kept winds as a threat, with about 75 000 acres burned across northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Firefighters held lines against multi million dollar blazes, while several towns faced extinction threats only if winds revive. Washington led in damage with 35 000 acres burned, and Forks Washington faced spot fires around its outskirts threatening the logging town.
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Pacific Northwest
California
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Northwest
Olympic Peninsula
Forks
Adolph Menjou Loses Signature Moustache For Film
Hollywood reports Adolph Menjou sold his iconic moustache to producer Stanley Kramer for 10000 dollars to be clean shaven for an upcoming film. Barber Carl Salaban performed the shave after two weeks of resistance. Menjou will wear makeup each morning to paste on a prosthetic moustache for the duration of the project.
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Hollywood
Adolph Menjou
Menjou
Stanley Kramer
Kramer
Carl Salaban
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Aca Okia
Buetpem
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Gulf
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Kansas
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Rockies
Foundation
Bridge of Sighs
Cal Tinney
Noady
Mamma
Immamma
Papa
General Features Corel
Smith
Bard
Edwin F. Jordan
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