Votemobile Opens Get-Out-The-Vote Tour in Oklahoma
Governor Johnston Murray launches the Votemobile campaign sponsored by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau to promote registration and voting. The mobile unit will tour all counties with county farm bureaus hosting receptions and urging all adults to vote. The program stresses nonpartisan participation and civic service by farmers and citizens alike.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Organization
Allen Street
Farm Bureau
John S. Taylor
OFB
Prayers for Rain Bring Thunderstorm to Waco Texas
In Waco Texas a thunderstorm followed church led rain prayer sessions. Cloud seeding by professionals preceded interdenominational meetings at First Baptist Church where citizens prayed for rain. A storm lasting about an hour drenched North Waco with rain in streets and gutters.
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Waco
Texas
First Baptist Church
Forrest C. Feezer
Southern Baptist Convention
Music Seeds Sown Across Midwest By Frances Fishett Clark
Camden NJ report profiles 92 year old Frances Fishett Clark director emerita of RCA Victor as a pioneer of music education. From 1909 she toured to promote phonograph records in schools and later built a national program. She founded the Music Educators National Conference in Keokuk IA and spoke to its 6000 delegates in Philadelphia.
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Frances Fishett Clark
Emerita
RCA Victor
West
Young Company
Clark
Salt Lake City
Music Educators’ National
Keokuk
Iowa
Philadelphia
Disabled Veteran Refuses Disability Checks in Suffolk
SUFFOLK Va A disabled veteran who learned a trade at government expense notified authorities he would accept no more disability checks. He returned the last two checks sent him and refused to allow his name to be used for fear readers would think he was grandstanding.
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Suffolk
Modest Halifax Newlyweds Seek Practical Home
In Halifax Nova Scotia a newlywed couple advertised in the Mail Star seeking a modest home. They want space enough to keep the bride from going home to her mother and small enough to deter visits from the mother.
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Halifax
Mail Star
The Yeggs By Lytle W. Robinson
Joe Brummitt drives with Marie Pennington as she finally rejects their four year courtship. Marie calls him unimaginative and slow while she longs for excitement, leaving Joe to confront Marie’s decision without pressure or persuasion.
Joe and Marie Foil Robbers With Patrol Costume
In a tense night on Sunrise Heights Joe and Marie confront masked robbers. Joe uses a radio trick to call cars and scare them off, while Marie plays along with the ruse. The duo celebrate as the Adams brothers are outsmarted and dubbed "good veggs."
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Marie
Joe
Buddye
Border Patrol
Adams Brothers
Cooler Ice Bags Boost Sweet Corn Shipping Across Regions
A new ice bag program extends corn markets by packing harvested ears with ice to 35 50 degrees, slowing sugar to starch conversion and preserving color. Trials in Ohio Indiana Illinois New York and Massachusetts show iced corn ships farther with less quality loss, expanding producer reach for 1952.
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New York
Massachusetts
Static electricity and cat fur
A comparison explains how rubbing fur against a surface produces a shocking static effect, similar to using a comb to attract paper bits after combing hair.
Farm Lobbies Not Largest Washington Influence
A 1950 tally shows farm groups the Farm Bureau and Farmer's Union spent about 300 000 dollars lobbying, while the Association of American Railroads spent 237 000 and the Atlantic Union Committee 158 000. The article notes many related agricultural lobby groups may reflect farmer interests.
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Congress
Farm Bureau
The
Farmer's Union
Association of American Railroads
Atlantic Union Committee
Protective Garden Hose and Wire Defense Plan Described
A plan suggests wrapping a split garden hose around a tree trunk and spiraling it with barbed wire nailed to the hose interior to deter animals and keep cats away. The hose need not extend to branches. A mobilization note claims railroads would need 25 percent more freight capacity than 1951 levels.
Counterfeit Buck Passes Around a Shipboard Crew
On a naval ship Private Dale and Corporal Blake gamble with a counterfeit one dollar bill that circulates through Sergeant Mullins Lieutenant Hanson and Captain Salter. Each paying debts and exchanging favors until Dale discovers the bill is fake and tears it in two, leaving the question who lost in the end.
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Corp
Corporal Blake
Sergeant Mullins
Sarge
Bataan
Corporal Brown
Hanson
Mullins
Cap'n
Private Dale
Captain Salter
Dale
Salter
Grain Harvest in Amboy Community Yields Unreported
The Amboy area reports oats being cut with combines, but no yield figures available. Local families share visits and events from Tuesday through Sunday, including farming tasks, birthdays, and social gatherings as area residents observe a busy week.
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Amboy
Diane
Amuoy
Max Bales
Harold
Bill Roberts
Carmen
Karen
Ronnie Coon
Sistern Family Moves Into Brown Property
Brighton July 9 Mr and Mrs Merle Sistern and family have moved from the Hoskins tenant house to the former Nellie Brown property now owned by Adolph and Mrs. Kasten. Loren McNeese returns from Mt Pleasant visit. Robb sister patient in Memorial hospital. Roy Newton daughter born at Jefferson county hospital Fairfield. Zickerfoos attend funeral of Isaac Neff. George Sweitzer and D J Paul visit. I V Moxley dies suddenly at 77 in Mid Meton Missouri. Tony Meath Rex Widmer and Lee Emery present.
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Brighton
Merle Sistern
Ora Hoskins
Nellie Brown
Adolph Kasten
Loren McNeese
Harold Robb
Mt. Pleasant
Robb
Memorial Hospital
Omar Hoskins
Madrid
Roy Newton
Anchorage
Alaska
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Newton
Ernie Zickerfoo
Zickerfoos
Isaac Neff
Cottonwood — Church
Wayland
George Sweitzer
Hedrick
D. J. Paul
I. V. Moxley
Mid- Meton
Tony Meath
Rex Widmer
Lee Emery
Handy to Have Around Elephant Hauls Car Back to Highway
An automobile towing truck ended up overturned in a ditch near Bismarck South Dakota. The owner hired an elephant from a nearby circus to pull the vehicle back onto the highway.
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Bismarck
S.D
Funerals and visits noted in local notices
The column lists a funeral held Monday and several brief updates. Mr. and Mrs. Moxley spent winter with their son and daughter in law in Princeville Illinois, while Ora Hoskins plans to visit relatives in Princeton Missouri. Gale Pringle and son Terry moved to Fort Worth Texas with Mrs Pringle sailing from Washington, and Lulu Smith returned from Canton Illinois to visit family.
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George Stout
Mildred
Louise
Bill
Stout Jr
Cedar Malle
Cedar Rapids
Livingston
Everette Roberts
Clark Pfeifer
Duane White
Duane Redlinger
Nancy
Reatlinger
Charles Twinam
Crawfordsville
George Colthurat
Hillie Prome
Cherie Roberts I
Jo Lab
Louise Stout
Janet
Joe White
Ainsworth
Sandra Simmering
John J. Simmering
Sandra
John Frame
Carl Zieglowsky
Jorjean Colthurst
Roger Colthurst
George Colthurst
Jorjean
Cherie
Howard Pearson
Lake McBride
Iowa City
McBride
Gale Pringle
Terry
Ft. Worth
Texas
Bicycle tire mileage tips for youngsters and longevity
A Bicycle Institute of America note explains front tires wear about 10 000 miles and rear tires about 6 000 miles. It urges regular tire interchange to maximize mileage and extend bicycle life for families giving bikes this Christmas.
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Bicycle Institute of America
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