Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 34, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1942 Page: 2 of 4
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SOONER STATE PRESS
SOONER STATE PRESS
Tr Charles H Brown Editor''
Published weekly January 5 to August 7
September 12 to December 24 by the School
of Journalism of the University of Oklahoma
in the interests of the newspaper editors and
publishers of the state to whom it is sent free
of charge Printed at Norman Oklahoma by
the University of Oklahoma Press publishing
division of the university
Entered as second class matter at the post-
office at Norman Oklahoma and accepted for
mailing at the special rate of postage provided
for in section 1103 Act of October 3 1917 and
authorized August 22 1918 ‘
Yarbrough Is Witness
OF U S Naval Attack
On Japanese Islands
Tom Yarbrough former state news-
man who has been under fire in London
and at Honolulu has been sent by the
Associated Press to anothet center of
the war
This week the Associated Press car-
ried dispatches written by Yarbrough
describing the recent engagement be-
tween United States naval and air arms
and Japanese bombers in the Japanese
mandate islands Yarbrough was aboard
an American destroyer under terrific
bombardment from Japanese planes
Yarbrough a member of the Associ-
ated Press staff since 1935 was in Lon-
don during the two years of the heaviest
air raids by the Nazis on England Last
December after a brief vacation in this
country he was en route on an assign-
ment to Cairo Egypt when the Japa-
nese attacked Pearl Harbor The attack
began shortly after the boat on which
Yarbrough was a passenger entered the
harbor
After being put in charge of AP cov-
erage of news in Honolulu Yarbrough
has been given a new assignment — to go
to Australia where the next Japanese
attack is expected
Death Takes Ruth Fatheree
Former Columnist at Erick
Miss Ruth Fatheree former column-
ist for the Beckham County Democrat
Erick died March 4 at her home after
a long illness In 1933 and 1934 she con-
tributed a column “Our Corner —
Ladies” to the Democrat under the pen
name of “Happy Hannah”
Miss Fatheree was born December 28
1912 at Fate Tex She attended school
at Davis Tishomingo Wapanucka and
Erick and was graduated from high
school at Erick in 1930
Surviving relatives include her par-
ents Mr and Mrs D G Fatheree of
Erick and two sisters Miss Willemma
Fatheree of Fort Worth Tex and Mrs
Lacy Alberts of Erick
Pvt J Leland Gourley former staff
member of the Oklahoma City Associ-
ated Press bureau and previously re-
Corter on the Seminole Producer has
een assigned to special duty in the pub-
lic relations office at Camp Roberts CaL
Gourley was inducted in the army last
January 16 and has been in the field
artillery clerks specialist training bat-
tery since being sent to Camp Roberts
Begins New Papers
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RICHARD ELAM
An expected business and industrial
boom in northeastern Oklahoma as
the result of government defense proj-
ects has led Richard Elam publisher
of papers in Pontotoc and Hughes
counties to shift his newspaper inter-
ests to that area Elam will move to
Chouteau near the government's
smokeless powder plant He will pub-
lish papers at Poteau Salina Inola
and Locust Grove
Journalism Graduate
To Fly British Planes
Miss Grace Stevenson Holdenville
girl whose newspaper ambitions were
shunted aside by her interest in aviation
left this week for Montreal Canada to
take severals days' training before going
to England to join the British transport
service auxiliary
Miss Stevenson studied journalism at
the University of Oklahoma but after
receiving her degree continued with her
flying instead of working on a news-
paper She later served as an instructor
for the Spartan School of Aeronautics
at Tulsa — one of the few women in the
country to hold down such a job
In Canada Miss Stevenson will be
given special instruction by Royal Air
Force instructors preparatory to enter-
ing the trans-Atlantic ferrying service
Three Weeklies Are Leased
By O’Bleness for One Year
Leasing for a period of one year of
papers which he owns at Glencoe Dav-
enport and Kendrick was announced this
week by M L O’Bleness All three
of the papers will be published in the
plant of the Davenport Dispatch
Mrs Rial Lee has been named local
editor for the Glencoe paper the Glen-
coe Mirror and Mrs R E Tidrow will
fill the same position for the Kendrick
paper the Kendrick News
SHOP TALK
"Robert Miiler city editor of the We-
woka Times-Democrat recently entered
the United States army as a draftee
The Hugo Daily News published by
W E Schooler observed its 34th an-
niversary with the issue of February
27 Schooler has published the paper
for the past 19 years
Miss Elvaree Holloway composing
machine operator for the Altus Times-
Democrat and M L Wildman oper-
ator for the Tipton Tribune were mar-
ried February 21 in Lawton
Miss Jennie May Sapulpa high
school journalism student has been
named society editor of the Sapulpa
Democrat News succeeding Miss Mer-
edith Rieman resigned
Stewart Harral director o‘ press re-
lations at the University of Oklahoma
will be one of the principal speakers at
the annual convention of the Nebraska
Press association March 20 at Lincoln
N G Henthorne jr son of the edi-
tor of the Tulsa World enlisted in the
navy at Tulsa March 7 Henthorne is a
former student in the University of
Oklahoma school of journalism and has
been employed as a reporter on the
Worldisince 1936
Miss Betty Baughman reporter and
photographer on the Oklahoma City
Times returned to the staff of the paper
this week after spending six months
in Miami Fla as fashion editor and
photographer for the Steve Hannagan
publicity organization
Eugene Dodson reporter on the Daily
Oklahoman since 1934 this week was
called for active service in the army
Dodson is a second lieutenant in the
Officers Reserve corps having been
commissioned upon completion of ad-
vanced ROTC work at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma in 1933
Forrest Lewis circulation manager of
the Pa whuska Daily Journal-Capital
for the past two and one-half years has
resigned to move to Wellston where he
will serve as pastor of the Assembly of
God church Besides working for the
Pawhuska paper Lewis was pastor of
the Nelagoney Assembly of God church
Dahl M Duff former reporter on the
Oklahoma City Times now a first lieu-
- tenant in the army has been transferred
from the 77th field artillery at Fort D
A Russell Tex to Fort Sill where he
is serving as instructor in gunnery in
the field artillery officers' candidate
school Duff was called for active service
in the army December 20 1940
a Miss Lucile Davison Kiowa Univer-
sity of Oklahoma school of journalism
student last semester and Robert Kirk-
patrick Chickasha are authors of ar-
ticles published recently in national
publications Miss Davison contributed
an article to Capper’s Farmer and Kirk-
patrick an article to the “Wonders of
Science” page of the Christian Science
Monitor
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