Browsings of a Bookworm Reviews Akutagawa and Dunnington
This column surveys Rashomon and other Akutagawa stories, praising In A Grove and a later historical tale while noting Akutagawa’s venom and vivid character portraits. It contrasts KEYS TO RID HER LIVING with sermons from First Methodist Iowa City, highlighting Brilliance erudition and hope, and ends with a Bangs quotation about resilience and light in adversity.
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Liveright Publishing Company
Nagasaki
O’henry
Ebon
Akutagawa
First Methodist Church
Iowa City
Bethlehem
John Kendrick Bangs
Holiday Over Students Return to School in Lawton Area
Comanche county schools reopen after holidays with thousands resuming classes from elementary to college. Cameron college and Fort Sill Indian School campuses resume activity as Lawton public schools prepare for next week’s semester exams ending January 16. March of Dimes drive details urge student contributions by Wednesday. Lawton High events include a speech tournament January 9 and 10 in Oklahoma City and a Future Teachers of America initiation on January 12.
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Comanche County
Yale
Cameron College
Fort Sill
Lawton
Lawton Histories: Ten, Twenty, Thirty Years Ago Highlights
Lawton records show a 65 percent rise in bank deposits and a 25 percent drop in loans over the past year. Sheriff Geor ge Myers takes office, replacing John Tomiinaon. Lt Ervin Ethell, Lawton Army pilot, downed four enemy planes in North Africa. Undersheriff I. W. Manley refuses to wear a hat, hasn’t worn one in 13 years. Thirty years ago a plan to convert Lawton Refining into a road paving brick and asphalt plant. Three state Legion posts to build huts in Medicine Park. Page and Meadows oil operators set to drill near Hulen. Twenty years ago Mrs. A F Korthaus fatally injured in car-train crash. Former President Calvin Coolidge dies. Over 63 cents of every tax dollar funds interest or sinking fund on bonds. Phil Gafford, Folger Coffeeposition salesman, earns fourth award in eight years.
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Lawton Bank
George Myers
LL. Tomiinaon
Ervin Ethell
Lawton
North
Africa
I. W. Manley
Lawton Refining Company
Medicine Park
Page and Meadows
Hulen
A. F. Korthaus
Comanche County
Calvin Coolidge
Phil Gafford
Folger Coffee
New 5 Man Board To Check Vincent
Washington reports a five man board will reexamine diplomat John Carter Vincent to decide if he should remain in the foreign service. President Truman ordered the inquiry after Secretary Acheson and the Loyalty Review Board raised doubts about Vincent amid McCarthy era accusations. Vincent defended his loyalty, and the new panel is the third to review his case.
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Washington
John Carter Vincent
Foreign Service
Truman
State Acheson
Vincent
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Acheson
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Snow Flown From Mt Washington For Puerto Rico Snowball Fight
Two tons of New England snow were loaded into an Eastern Airlines plane at Idlewild and flown to San Juan Puerto Rico. The snow was trucked from Mt Washington Massachusetts and kept at 15 degrees for a 64 hour flight to celebrate a holiday with children.
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New York
New England
Puerto Rico
Mt. Washington
Pittsfield
Mass
Eastern Airlines
Idlewild
San Juan
Barkley Says Veep May Lecture For Private Life
Washington after 40 years in public service Vice President Alben Barkley says he may retire to private life but asserts he won t be truly private. In a CBS See It Now interview he 75 discusses possible lecturing writing and business ventures for his post political career and offers Nixon guidance on senate rules and idiosyncrasies of colleagues.
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Washington
Alben Barket Ahad
Lfe
Veep
Cbs-Tv
Richard Nixon
Senate
Barkley
U S Tops Reds In A Bomb Race Solon Declares
Washington reports that the United States leads the Soviet Union in the atomic arms race. Rep. W Sterlin Cole says the military should decide on using atomic weapons in Korea and notes each weapon used reduces stockpiles for deterrence. He finds unavoidable waste but no corruption evidence.
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Washington
United States
Russia
House
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Rep
W. Sterlin Cole
Congress
Korea
Tower Constructed at Bell Oil and Gas Refinery
Kenneth Pace superintendent said a 60 foot fractioning tower is being built to enlarge plant capacity and improve products. Two 55,000 barrel storage tanks have just been completed and are in use at the facility in Grandfield.
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Grandfield
Bell Oil and Gas
Kenneth Pace
Pace
Wickersham introduces 23 bills after Congress convenes
Rep. Wickersham of Oklahoma quickly filed twenty three new measures on opening day. Proposals include authorizing Interior to start Washita Basin reclamation with reservoirs near Foss and Ft Cobb, a five million dollar flood prevention fund for Oklahoma, raising 1953 cotton price support to 40 cents per pound with grade adjustments, peanut support at 90 percent parity, and expanding Agriculture Department authority to include vegetative and structural flood control in watershed programs with sands and loams considerations.
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Washington
Rep. Wickersham
D-Okla
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Washita Basin
Oklahoma
Foss
Washita River
Ft. Cobb
Ponda
Cobb) Creek
Okla
Washita
Secretary of Agriculture
Pan-American College Research Grants in Western Oklahoma
Soil experiment station in Western Oklahoma and a fish hatchery authorize research work at Pan American College Goodwell. The program covers wheat control grass culture and soil fertility maintenance as part of ongoing agricultural studies.
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Oklahoma
Pan— A. & M. College
Goodwell, A
Spellman Arrives in Formosa En Route Home from Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman reaches Formosa on his return trip from Korea landing on the Chinese Nationalist island. He travels by air with no details on schedule or destination. The report notes his arrival today on the island administered by the Nationalist government.
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Taipei
Formosa
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Korea
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