Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The present and future prospects for Oklahoma City's Main street are visualized by an artist sugessting a face-lifting of the city's downtown store fronts. The downtown Merchants association is offering $14,000 in prizes for best store front remodeling jobs. An artist for Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. took a picture of the city's present Main street and sketched possible achetectural renovation. The picture at top shows present buildings on the south side of Main east of the Robinson corner. At bottom is the artists's vision of the remodeled first story of the section and $5,000 grand prize, will emphasize firt floor remodeling. A committee of the city's Architecture league headed by Lee Sorey, will advise store owners and lessees on possible treatment of new fronts. Copies or contest rules have gone out to 250 stores in the contest area, and competition applications now are being accepted by Sorey and J. J. Boxeberg, associate secretary."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "On his way out to the Douglas plant Friday morning to address the employes, Leo Carrillo, film actor, stopped off at the Variety club Health Center to make a purchase of Christmas seals from Mrs. Anna Lee McFall, president of the Oklahoma City Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. John N. Willys. of New York City, Oyster Bay of Toledo, wife of John N. Wills, president of the Willys-Overland Company, in her presentation gown, worn when she was presented to the king and queen of England, at Buckingham Palace, on June 12th."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bill Waters"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the finest high school backs last season was Basil Sharp of Pawnee, who is running these days with the Univ. of Oklahoma Sooners, as they warm up for their Big Six title defense. Sought by all three of the big Oklahoma colleges, he attended summer school at Tulsa Univ., then just showed up in Norman when football practice opened, explaining "I just changed my mind."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When they don't get out of the way for Basil Sharp, the big Oklahoma fullback bumps them aside. The Sooners meet Texas Christian at Taft Stadium Saturday night, and the freshman from Pawnee earned his starting spot after the Sooners' 68-0 rout of Kansas State last week."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bishop W. Angie Smith and family"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Memorial-Will Rogers-claremore, okla."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Serices will be announced by Guardian Funeral Home for Miss Lelah Popplewell, 81, of 215 NW 10, veteran Oklahoma City mathematics teacher who died Tuesday in Polyclinic Hospital."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Red cross enthusiasm was on the rampage Wednesday when Judge Clarence M. Mills, left, induced Lt. Col. Don A. Starry, air corps liaison officer between the Red Cross and army emergency relief of the Midwest area, and H. F. Keisker, former manager of the Oklahoma county Red Cross chapter and now manager of the Midwestern area of the National American Red Cross to assist Mrs. D. H. O'Donohue, lieutenant in the Red Cross motor corps, in solicitations."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "John Murray - Pres. of the YMCA Jr. baseball program"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lieut. Billy J. Massey, City, U. S. Army Air Corps"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gustavo Rivas Larralde - Rep. of Venezuelan / Dept. of Agriculture."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Romantic lead in RKO Radio's post-war drama, "The Master Race," goes to Nancy Gates, who is from Dallas, Tex., and HAS to make good in this , the "big break", because Ginger Rogers, Anne Sheridan, Joan Blondell and Brenda Marshall also came from there !"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Four promotions for city fire fighters who have been in the fire department 16 years or longer were announced Wednesday by G. R. McAlpine, fire chief."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The namesake of "My Friend Flicka" of film and literary fame, the pretty red 4-year-old "Flicka" belonging to Dick Hadley, northwest of the city, has a colt, and like the movie and the book, the young'un has been named Thunderhead."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Doyle W. Hastie - U. S. Army Air Crops"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.