Long distance strike settlement talks advance
Harold W. Ward reports that officials from the company and union met to initial a proposed settlement of long distance line phases of the nationwide telephone strike. They reviewed a draft before presenting it to NFTW bodies. arbitration on four national wage issues and local settlement on other items are planned.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
Long Lines
National Federation of Telephone Workers
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
John J. Moran
Long Lines Workers’ Organization
Moran
NFTW
G. S. Dring
A. T. & T. Long Lines Department
Long Lines Progress
American Union of Telephone Workers
Long Lines Department
A. T. & T. Company
Judge Delays Ruling On UMW Fine Refund
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough postponed for two weeks a decision on refunding 2.8 million of the 3.5 million fine imposed on the United Mine Workers for contempt. He cited lack of good faith by UMW leaders and noted potential impact of current mine safety stoppages. The court kept April 24 as a later date, with the $10,000 individual fine paid in court.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Lewis
UMW
Goldsborough
Saar Detachment to France Favored by U.S. and Britain
The United States and Britain backed French demands to detach the Saar from Germany and align it economically with France. Marshall and Bevin opposed Ruhr detachment and any international control of German resources, while Bidault urged coal and iron transfer to the Allied nations and a separate Ruhr regime under Security Council safeguards. Molotov remained silent as the council considered immediate action.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Saar
Germany
France
U. S
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Bevin
Ruhr
Georges Bidault
The
Council
Ruh
United Nations
Security Council
Bidault
Rhineland
Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Tornado Devastates Woodward Oklahoma Strikes City
Ninety minutes of destruction leave 85 dead and about 1 000 injured in Woodward Oklahoma as rescuers comb debris. Hospitals jammed and aid stretched with trains planes and emergency teams ferrying victims and supplies.
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Noland Norgaard Woodward
Okla
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tornado Leaves Woodward Hardest Hit
A devastating tornado ripped a 100 mile path through Texas and Oklahoma causing extensive destruction. Woodward suffered the heaviest losses with about 100 killed and 800 to 1,000 injured as other towns like Higgins Shattuck Glazier and Gage faced dozens of fatalities and widespread ruin. Rescue workers and military aid moved into the area as power and communications failed.
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Woodward
Highland Park
Oklahoma City
Okla
Texas State Highway Patrol
Red Cross
Shattuck
Higgins
Tex
Glazier
Gage
White Deer
Amarillo
Wichita
Kas
Jewell L. Wilson
Woodward Memorial Hospital
Tinker Field
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Irwin Walker
Texas Panhandle
Howard Baxwell
Bank and Pat
Shaw Completes Oil-Gas Producer in Oklahoma Wells
J. L. Shaw reports completion of No. 1 Johnson gas-oil producer NW of Ada with daily output about 1,500,000 cubic feet of gas and 10 barrels of oil. The well reached 2,480 feet then plugged back to 1,457-76 feet with 550 psi rock pressure.
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J. L. Shaw
Johnson
Ada
Shaw
Skirvin
Logsdon
Baseball Tournament Start Delayed in Ada
Marvin Stokes announced the Ada Invitational baseball tourney postponement due to wet grounds. First round games shift to Saturday, quarter finals Monday, and semi finals Tuesday. Coalgate traveled to Ada with rain only reaching Stonewall and the schedule may move games to Ada High or Hereford Park if needed.
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East Central
Konawa
Bowlegs
Purcell
Lindsay
Pauls Valley
Ada High
Ada Junior High
Seminole
Holdenville
Duncan
Henryetta
Wewoka
Stonewall
Paul Enix
Norris Field
Enix
Ada
Marvin Stokes
Coalgate
Lowell Green
Stokes
Hereford Park
Oklahoma Weather: Showers West Then East Thursday
The west will see showers with the east experiencing showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. A cooler trend follows with winds shifting to strong northerly this afternoon. Clearing tonight brings cooler, diminishing winds. Friday looks fair and warmer in the afternoon.
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Oklahoma
Army total reaches over eleven million in wartime service
The War Department released a final personnel report showing 11,367,989 men and women served from November 1940 to July 1946. It notes 1,799,102 were on July 31, 1946 and 9,568,887 had been discharged. New York led with 1,157,000 men and 24,741 women. Nevada had the fewest with 11,000 men and 317 women.
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Washington
War Department
New York
Nevada
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wind storm destroys homes in White Horse area
Dewey Randall undersheriff said a wind storm hit White Horse near Alva last night around 10 p.m. Several homes were destroyed and there were injuries, though no fatalities were reported.
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Alva
Okla
Dewey Randall
Woods County
White Horse
Here
Randall
Highway Patrol
Deluge Dumps 1.25 Inches Rain In Ada
Ada residents faced brief downpour with 1.25 inches of rain that fell before 8 a.m. Onlookers noted street flooding and overwhelmed storm sewers while nearby reports spoke of tornado damage in the Texas Oklahoma panhandle. April rainfall exceeds 2.5 inches in Ada.
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Ada
Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle
Mail Carrier Receives Commendation for Fire Rescue
Clyde Williams, a Tulsa mail carrier, halted a boy's burning clothes by catching him and extinguishing the fire from a flare pot. Williams sustained minor burns while saving Leslie Abbott, who suffered third degree burns on his legs and back. Postmaster George L. Watkins praised Williams with a formal commendation.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Post
Clyde Williams
Leslie Abbott
W. L. Abbott
George L. Watkins
Watkins
Williams
Red Cross Mobilizes Aid After Oklahoma Texas Tornadoes
Washington reports the Red Cross is sending disaster workers 1000 cots and 5000 blankets to the tornado hit area of Oklahoma and Texas. Mobile feeding canteens depart from Amarillo Oklahoma City Enid and Wichita. Eleven medical staff and four representatives move toward Amarillo as eight disaster specialists head to St Louis for reassignment.
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R. A. Bosch
Bosch
Red Cross
Washington
Oklahoma
Texas
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wichita
Kas
Enid
Transworld Airlines
Army
St. Louis
Oklahoma Officials Take Charge After Woodward Tornado
Gov Roy J Turner directed Paul W Reed state safety commissioner to assume control of all operations in the Woodward Oklahoma tornado area. Reed left for Woodward as the highway patrol deployed 40 troopers and aid arrived from Oklahoma City Wichita Kansas and Santa Fe Railroad moved 100 injured to Alva for treatment. The state agriculture board dispatched 12 army ambulances to the area through surplus property disposal.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Alva
Oklo
Woodward
Oklahoma City
University Hospital
Roy J. Turner
Paul W. Reed
Okla
Reed
Highway Patrol
Wichita
Kas
State Board of Agriculture
Antlers recalls deadly 1945 tornado as new reports surface
Antlers residents relive the 12 April 1945 Woodward Oklahoma tornado tragedy as reports of a recent event echo the past. The town still bears the scars of that disaster after two years of rebuilding, with memories of 80 killed resurfacing.
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Antlers
Woodward
Okla
Oklahoma
Wichita medical team flies to Gage for Red Cross emergency
Nine Wichita doctors and seven nurses departed aboard a TWA aircraft released for Red Cross emergency use bound for Gage Oklahoma for disaster relief.
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Wichita
Kas
TWA
The
Red Cross
Gage
Okla
Sharp Earthquake Shakes Southern California Regions
A sharp long rolling quake lasting almost a minute struck southern California at 9 39 am CST. No loss of life or serious damage reported. Bank window broken in Glendale and minor damage in Laguna Beach. Felt lightly in Santa Barbara and San Bernardino. Owens Valley water supply disrupted by prior quake.
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Los Angeles
California
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Santa Barbara
el Centro
Glendale
Laguna Beach
San Bernardino
Caltech
Owens Valley
Th' Pessimist as the Blue Ribbon Optimist
A humorous saying contrasts thrift with optimism, noting the optimist believes money can outpace a family’s spending and a psychiatrist’s bill reveals hidden nuttiness while leaving one wiser about costs and sanity.
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Th’ Blue Ribbon
Th’ Feller
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Greenfield Village
Henry Ford
NEA Telephoto
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U. 5
Guthrie
Santa Fe
Pampa
Miami
Canadian
Coburn
John Bittle
Mounds
Simpson
Salvation Army
P.O
Ada, Oklahoma
Areca
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