Army seeks more funds for germ warfare research
Washington April 5 The Army plans to receive increased congressional budgets to study bacteriological warfare and defenses. House appropriations official Sikes said the program focuses on protecting lives crops and livestock and could enable offensive action if needed. Military leaders described laboratory expansion as urgent though large scale production is not planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Washington
Congress
Sikes
D-Fla
House Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Subcommittee
E. T. Bulkene
Chemical Corps
Allen to Host Red Cross Bloodmobile Visit
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Allen at the American Legion Hall as blood donors are accepted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The operation aims to collect 900 pints across six Pontotoc County visits this year with 150 donors targeted on this trip. Tom Tiernan leads the Allen installation, aided by Bobby Thompson and 30 Ada volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Red Cross
Ada
Pontotoc County
American Legion Hall
Tom Tiernan
Sunray
Bobby Thompson
O. E. Parker
Harriet Schroeder
Non-Whites Plan Big Demonstration in South Africa
Armed police stood by as non white groups unite to plan a large protest against Prime Minister Adrien F. Malan's racial laws. Leaders forecast tens of thousands for "People's Protest Day" on April 6 marking 300 years of white settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Union
Adrien F. Malan
Mohandas Gandhi
Compressed Air Use Expands in Modern Coal Mines
The article notes compressed air supplants explosive methods in several coal mines. It discusses safety, efficiency gains, and implementation challenges as crews adopt pneumatic systems for drilling and cutting tasks.
British Pilot Thanks Ada for Hospitality and Warm Welcome
Geoffrey Holton, Premier airlines pilot and former Royal Air Force officer, stayed as a guest at 1320 South StocktonAda for weeks and praised Ada in a farewell letter dated April 5 1952. He thanked the Ada community for hospitality and said he hopes to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Geoffrey Holton
Premier Airlines
Howard Fleet
Stockton
Worchestershire
England
Royal Air Force
Captain Holton
Ada Folk
Only Son of Gen Van Fleet Missing On Bomb Mission
In Korea on April 5, 1951, Lt. James A. Van Fleet Jr. 26, missing in action on his third night bombing mission near Sunchong. His crew included Lt. John A. McAllister and Pfc. Ralph L. Phelps. A Foreign press report notes the general's vow to persevere and a message from the son praising his civilian crew and families awaiting return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Fleet
Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet Jr
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Young van Fleet
Sunchong
John A. McAllister
Portland
Ore
Ralph L. Phelps
Memidji
Minn
Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
France
Bernard
Hanoi
Air Force
Jim
God
America
United States
Senators Favor Foreign Aid Plan But Expect Cuts
Two Foreign Relations Committee members, George and Sparkman, said the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill makes a strong case but will face cuts. They noted testimony supports the measure yet anticipate reductions, with Western Europe receiving most of the funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. George
D-Ga
Len Sparkman
Ala
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Sparkman
Truman
Capitol Hill
Defense Build Up Far Too Slow Is Senator's Charge
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson warns the United States is lagging in defense buildup due to waste mismanagement and inefficiency. He says Russia may outproduce the U S in aircraft and that 1948 funding cuts harmed plane development. Johnson cites intelligence showing Russian fighters and bombers advancing while jet production remains slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Russia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Johnson
U. S. News and World Report
Congress
U. S
Leftover meat loaf casserole with spaghetti layers
Cut meat loaf into squares and layer between spaghetti and tomato sauce in a casserole. Sprinkle grated cheese on top and bake in a moderate oven until piping hot. Serve with a large salad and crunchy bread sticks.
Sulphur Rotary Elects Officers for 1952 53
Sulphur Rotarians elected officers for 1952 53 with C W Purtle as president and Ray Goodwin as vice president. Three new board members are Robert Butler Raymond Danner and Paul Thompson. Retiring president John Williams presided. Rev Don Rainbolt spoke briefly. Visitors Joe Curtis and Leon Tripp attended from Pauls Valley. Student Rotarians were Dixie Stumpff and Beth Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Williams
C. W. Purtle
Ray Goodwin
Robert Butler
Raymond Danner
Paul Thompson
Don Rainbolt
Joe Curtis
Leon Tripp
Pauls Valley
Dixie Stumpff
Beth Ward
Senators Propose Newsprint Easing Reform Report
A Senate subcommittee proposes easing the newsprint shortage by discouraging extravagant advertising via changes to taxes and postal rates. The report notes subsidies and tax rules often boost unnecessary ads and mentions no details. Earlier drafts suggested higher newspaper rates, but that was dropped amid protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
Senate
County Reaches Red Cross 22 Quota With $12 000 Total
Pontotoc County again meets its 1952 Red Cross fund drive quota, the first time since the chapter formed. S. C. Boswell and Harriet Schroeder praised organizers and volunteers. Ada residents raised 2273 toward the residential and rural drives. 19 chairmen led 125 volunteers under Mrs. Floyd Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
S. C. Boswell
Harriet Schroeder
Floyd Haynes
Ada
Norman C. Mitchell
Haynes
W. O. Smith
Claude Marcum
John Norris
Ben Katz
L. W. Cheek
Carlos Wadlington
Hiram Collins
Emmett Marshall
Earl Ackley
Mildred Burris
T. H. Granger
Harvey Faust
Hugh Click
J. W. Huff
B. D. Denton
M. J. Henry
Bertha Tisdale
P. L. Dittemore
E. H. Slaton
Pontotoc County Tax Payers Near 94 Percent Paid
Pontotoc County residents had paid 93.92 percent of the 1951 ad valorem taxes by a report from Virgil Hunt the county treasurer. The second half deadline was April 1 with penalties starting April 16. Early payments keep warrants from accumulating interest since January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Virgil Hunt
Hunt
Egypt pressures Britain over Suez and Sudan claims
Cairo papers report multiple ultimatums from the Egyptian government seeking British withdrawal from the Suez Zone and recognition of sovereignty over the Sudan. British and U S diplomats met with Prime Minister Hilaly Pasha and Foreign Minister Hassouna Pasha to discuss the exchange of views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Ralph Stevenson
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Abdel Khaled Hassouna Pasha
Stevenson
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
U. S
Jefferson Caffery
Hilaly
Hassouna
Akher Sahza
Suez
Colonel Denies Wise to Blame
In Casablanca French Morocco on April 5 Lt Col Leonard L Haseman defends himself and his wife Violet over a housing mixup at Nousseur Air Base. He states the 50 foot spacing was the correct standard and denies causing added cost from the space adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casablanca
French Morocco
Leonard L. Haseman
US. Corps of Engineers
Nousseur Air Base
Senate
Violet
U.S
Haseman
Use a timer for exact minutes when boiling vegetables
A pressure saucepan cooking vegetables should be timed with a clock or timer to ensure the exact minutes required for each vegetable.
First Radio Network Formation in 1926
A historical note marks 1926 as the year the first radio network was formed, a milestone in broadcasting. The brief highlights the emergence of coordinated transmission across stations, shaping the early reach of radio communications.
Rain Grounds UN Jets and Woes for Front Line
Rain and clouds across Korea grounded U.N. warplanes with only weather reconnaissance flights. On Sunday U.S. Sabre pilots claimed four MiG-15s destroyed, two probably downed, eight damaged across three fights near the Yalu. Capt. Iven Kincheloe of Cassopolis Michigan earned his tenth jet victory with his fifth MIG in a 40 minute battle. The front saw light skirmishes as mud slowed advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassopolis
Mich
America
Probe Crash In Queens Section
New York officials moved to host safety conferences after a cargo plane crash in Queens killed five people. CAB investigators continued the probe of the Saturday explosion that destroyed a block of residential area off Jamaica. The pilot and co-pilot died along with three residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queens
Civil Aeronautics Board Cab
Jamaica
Edward E. Slattery Jr
CAB Director of Public Information
Idlewild
Highway Film Moves Lions to Back Modern Road Plan
Ada Lions sponsor a noon meeting at Aldridge hotel to view General Motors public service film titled Let's Get Out of the Muddle. The documentary argues for a nationwide highway system and urges public support for targeted spending to relieve critical bottlenecks with John Daly presenting and narrating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Aldridge Hotel
Ada Lions
General Motors
Chevrolet Co
John Daly
Eden Sees War Danger Receding in Europe
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the nation by radio that the danger of war in Europe has certainly receded. He cited increasing Western strength and growing confidence as factors that may lower tension across the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
Europe
Savory Cream Sauce for Vegetables Adds Sharp Flavors
A simple cream sauce for vegetables blends dry mustard paprika Worcester sauce and celery salt to build a rich savory base. The mix delivers peppery tang with a hint of umami to elevate greens carrots and other vegetables.
Sulphur Man Dies In Pond
Sulphur authorities report Ney Jacobs an elderly resident found Sunday in Bristow Pond after apparently suffocating in mud. The World War I veteran had been missing since Friday. no foul play suspected. survivor is widow and son Ney Jacobs Jr. of Dallas. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ney Jacobs
Tom Vaughn
Seventeenth
Wynnewood
Bristow Pond
Jacobs
Red Henderson
Sixteenth
Henderson
Mendersons
Vaughn
West Eighteenth
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Ney Jacobs Jr
Dallas
Phelps Ordered to Pay Child Support and Custody Battle
William B. Phelps must pay 60 dollars per month for child support and a restraining order against Charline E. Phelps was dissolved in district court. He had sought custody of the seven-year-old girl Monte Sidney Phelps and was granted reasonable visitation after Charline was awarded custody in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Phelps
Charline E. Phelps
Edwards
Phelps
Monte Sidney Phelps
South America
John Boyce McKeel
How to form cup shaped lettuce leaves for salads
Cut out the core of the head with a sharp knife. Run cold water into the opening to separate the leaves into cup shaped portions. Dry thoroughly on a towel before chilling and using.
Meningitis Strikes Spunky Girl Who Had Been Crippled
Minnie Rose Webb a 19 year old from Covington Tennessee and a former crippled patient of an appendectomy now lies in John Gason hospital Memphis with meningitis. The sick girl who once cheered train crews on her farm porch received widespread aid from Illinois Central workers who bought her a wheelchair and sent her to a crippled children’s hospital in St. Louis. Her condition worsened after a marble playing session and she has been unconscious since. Her mother Mrs. Webb who is partly paralyzed herself from a cancer operation last May and her father Jake Webb are keeping vigil with cold cloths as temperatures rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Minnie Rose Webb
Webb
Covington
Minnie Rose
John Gason
Illinois Central
St. Louis
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Jake Webb
Pistol Found in Brooklyn Parking Lot Ties to Schuster Slaying
A pistol found five blocks from Arnold Schuster's home spurs new leads in the March 8 slaying linked to bank robber Willie Sutton. Police, led by Inspector Hammill, questioned several men as they attempted to match the weapon to the crime. The revolver may have been stolen from a Brooklyn pier and bound for Japan, pending confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Arnold Schuster
Willie
Bronx
Conrad Rothengast
Schuster
Rothengast
Japan
Sutton
Queens
Soph Admits He Slew His Father
Lloyd Knutson a 16 year old high school sophomore admitted slaying his grave digger father. He sits in his jail cell awaiting a judge request that he be pre p ex cuted for murder. His mother Mrs Earl Knutson tearfully reunited with him Saturday night after his arrest Wednesday. Juvenile Court Judge S M Keefod deemed him a delinquent and ordered county attorney Herbert E Olson to seek a grand jury indictment for first degree murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
Minn
Lloyd Knutson
Earl Knutson
S. M. Keefod
Herbert E. Olson
Lone Star Steel Closes McAlester Mines Amid Strike Threat
Lone Star Steel Co. shuts two coal mines in southeastern Oklahoma to brace for a nation wide steel strike. 236 miners at Carbon Mine and 180 at McCurtain Mine are idled, with 40 000 tons monthly shipments halted to the Daingerfield mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Lone Star Steel Co
Oklahoma
Daingerfield
Tex
Carbon Mine
Here
McCurtain
Sheffield Steel Co
Man Shot Trying to Steal Piggy Bank in Los Angeles
Police say 28 year old Alphine Callahan died after attempting to steal a child's piggy bank containing 17 dollars. He fled from a home on Whitinger Street as officers arrived. Whitin ger's wife alerted police after seeing him exit a window from the grandson's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Alphine Callahan
L. T. Whitinger
Whitinger
Callahan
Stonewall's Rodeo Ends With Big Benefit Crowd
About 1,600 attendees watched Stonewall Firemen's benefit rodeo featuring top cowboys. Everett Shaw edged Jim Snively in calf and steer roping while Dick Truitt and H D Binns battled in bulldogging. Proceeds fund fire department equipment and a downtown siren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Shaw
Jim Snively
Pawhuska
Snively
Shaw
Dick Truitt
Stonewall
H. D. Binns
Truitt
Binns
Wayne Truitt
Sheriff J. D. Gaar
Floyd Watts
Tulsa
Cecil Sanders
Sheris Owen
Chester Minton
Jess Goodspeed
Wetumka
Tom Nesmith
Bethel
Jack Green
Ada
Nesmith
Green
Monty Nelson
Ben Wyrick
Bobby Burgess
Billy Hughes
Jack Allen
Max Kenyon
Ken Lance
Mort Hunt
Norman Allen
Bob McGuire
Charles Champion
Ben Brown
Junior Eskew
Billy Halverson
Mac Nesmith
Johnny Vance
Hugh Posey
Marvin Barnes
Doc Watkins
Tell McMillian
McAlester Penitentiary
Reward of Buffalo Is Rail Warning
DENISON Texas train crews were ordered to beware of buffalo on the Denison to Wichita Falls run after fireman P E Kennemer halted near Ringgold to clear cattle. The herd belonged to rancher L B Stone and the warning remained in place until fences could be repaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Tex
Missouri- Kansas-Texas
Wichita Falls
P. E. Kennemer
Ringgold
Kennemer
L. B. Stone
Stone
Christmas Homecoming Delights Navy Family
Navy Lt. James W. Jagelski returned home after missing last year's Christmas at sea aboard a tanker in the Atlantic. His wife Sally and son James III welcomed him with a tree, mistletoe, and cards. The homecoming included gifts from around the world including toy ships from the family, china from Japan, bracelets from Trieste, a camera from Germany, music boxes from Naples, and tapestry from Casablanca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Navy
James W. Jagelski
Atlantic
Sally
James III
Jagelski
Japan
Trieste
Germany
Naples
Casablanca
Ship Sits Higher in Salt Water Than Fresh Water
A vessel shows greater buoyancy in seawater than in freshwater, riding higher on the waves due to saltier density and the resulting buoyant force. This difference affects draft, stability, and performance in varying aquatic environments.
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Bloodmobile
South Afica
Evening News
Geofrey Holton
Sulphur Rotary
County
Pontotoc
Wise
Texas
Ft. Hood
82Nd Airborne Division
Eden
Aisa
Soph
Lone Star Steel
Stonewall Firemen’s
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