Truman Signs Homes-Goal Housing Bill
President Truman signs a multi billion dollar housing bill expanding federal loans and guarantees for low and moderate income families. The measure drops the coop provision and shifts control of 160 war built projects to local authorities with about 43 000 units. It adds 2 500 000 000 FHA insurance and extends veteran home loan repayment to 30 years.
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House
Tme
Lochl
Public Housing Administration
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Federal National Mortgage Association
All White Jury Awards Negro in Civil Rights Suit
An all white jury in Spokane deliberated five hours and awarded damages to Hazel Scott in a racial discrimination suit against former Pasco restaurant owners. Scott, wife of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, claimed she was not served Feb 11 1949 because she is colored. Defendants testified she was noisy and demanded service first, admitting the restaurant did not serve Negroes as policy but that has since changed. The case was brought under a 1904 state civil rights law prohibiting racial service discrimination at public accommodations.
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Spokane
Wash
Pianis
Hazel Scott
Pasco
Miss Scott
Adam Clayton Powphur
Order of the Fused Service
Harry Utz
All-Negro Court Set Up by Miami
Miami establishes a municipal court run along racial lines, believed to be the first in the South. Lawson E Thomas, a one year cold Negro attorney, is named judge. The move aims to let Negroes govern themselves and could lead to harsher sentences for Black defendants. about 50,000 Negroes live in the Miami area.
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Miami
Miame. Flasien
Lawson E Thomas
Thomas
Weather Outlook For Oklahoma Tonight To Friday
A brief warm spell continues in Oklahoma with mild tonight and Friday. Lows near the 40s. Temperatures rise to the mid 60s by Friday afternoon.
Annual Interscholastic Meet Draws Many to E. C. Campus
Government witnesses testified in John Maragon's perjury trial that he was paid 1268 dollars for representing Allied Molasses Co in a dispute with the agriculture department. The defense suggested 900 dollars was a political contribution from a Milwaukee Republican to Missouri Democrats. The case risks access to confidential FEL and agriculture files as the judge weighs disclosure.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Agriculture Department
Milwaukee
Missouri
Maragon
Senate
Allied Molasses Co
Perth Ambon
Allied Molasses
Jennings Bailey
FEL and Agriculture Department
Bailey
Milton R. Pollard
Polland
Harold Ross
Molasses
Harry Vaughan
Vaughan
Poland
Testi
Interscholastic events fill Mayhue courts this week
Mayhue tennis courts at East Central college host the 34th annual interscholastic meet featuring 41 schools in the net division. Curricular contests split into two classes A and B with medals for top three in each class and one trophy each for art and home economics. Saturday track events promise a strong field at Nereis Stadium.
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Mayhue
East Central College
East Central Disttrict
Nereis
O Neal funeral set for Friday Ada man dies at 62
The funeral of W. W. O Neal a 62 year old Ada businessman who died Wednesday morning will be held Friday at 2 30 from Oak Avenue Baptist church with burial in Rosedale cemetery. He came to Ada in 1918 as a feather worker for Lee Nettles later for Evans Hardware and then started O Neal Saddlery at 18 North Broadway. He was active in Oak Avenue church and survived by widow Abrs Ols EL O Neal a daughter and several relatives.
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W. W. O'Neal
Ada
Oak Avenue
Rosedale Cemetery
Stigher
Fort Smith
Ark
Lee Nettles
Evans Hardware
O'Neal's Saddlery
North Broadway
Courthouse Quartet Sings During Coffee Break
In Pontotoc county the courthouse quieted for a spring moment when three men sang a quartet from the south windows during a coffee break. A fourth man arrived to complete the baritone line, and the impromptu concert continued briefly before ending as coffee time ended.
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Mami
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Court House
Kirkley Faces Charges to Be Brought Back
Charles C. Kirkley will be brought back to Ada to face charges of wife and child abandonment. County attorney W. G. Long said Kirkley’s charges were filed months ago and that he was located in Tulsa after a telegraph. Sheriff’s deputies Darwin Cummins and the Tulsa county sheriff’s office arranged to return him.
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Foe
Mutories
Charles C. Kirkley
Ada
W. G. Long
Long
Rete
Kirkley
Texas
Georgia
Alabama
Okem
Kirkwise Long
Tul ‘Sa
Tulse
Leng
Darwin Cummits
Tulsa
Kickley
Ada Herefords Welcomed Ahead of Sooner State Debut
Ada Oklahoma hosts a welcome for the Ada Herefords from Pine Pluff Arkansas, as the team arrives Friday at 3 20 p m and plans a civic tour and radio appearance on KADA 2 45 to 4 00 p m. Jack Ray joins the squad, with local Adans traveling to McAlester for previews amid season prep. Eagle Picker Mining hikes wages three cents an hour to align with zinc ore prices.
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Pine Pluff
Ark
Ada
Okla
Ada Herefords
Chamber of Commerce
Herefords
Jaycers
Taivtte
Adan
McAlester
Jack Ray
Adans
Hereford
Miami
Eagle-Picker Mining and Smelting Co
Budenz Tells Of Lattimore Railroad Strike Set April 26
A nationwide strike called by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen targets four major rail systems on April 26 at 6 am local time. About 18,000 members are expected to walk out, potentially idling 50,000 railroad workers and slowing all rail movement.
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Budenz
Lattimore
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Pas
David B. Robertson
Daniel B. Loomis
Association of Western Railways
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Southern Railway
New York Central
Buffalo
Michigan Central
Detroit River
Big Four
Ohio Central
Robertson
Brotherhood
Af Robertson
Nationalists Fight Red Invaders on Hainan Island
Nationalists rushed reinforcements to Hainan as bitter fighting raged for a fourth day. Red forces under Gen Lin Ringo and Gen Hsueh Yueh faced heavy nationalist air and sea support, with reports of disrupted Red beachheads and ongoing reserves moving to the front amid optimistic dispatches from Hainan.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
Lin Ringo
Hsueh Yueh
South China
Luichow Peninsula
Hainan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Great Campaign of Truth and Zoo Leopard Escape
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Truman discusses planning for a Great Campaign of Truth. A zoo incident ends with Tom Gardner injured by a leopard after slipping near the animal’s cage. The male and female leopards have a history of escapes and the pit is being remodeled for a new escape-proof facility.
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Oklahoma City
Tom Gardner
Nar Sage
Gardner
Truman plans a great campaign of truth for world
President Truman announced a great campaign of truth to show the world the United States fights only for freedom. He urged strengthened information work via Secretary Acheson, calling on American newspapers to spread facts and counter Soviet deceit. He praised editors as pivotal in the cold war effort.
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Washington
Truman
United States
American Society of Newspaper Editors
State Acheson
Zalich
Henaerse
City Revenues Above 1949 Levels Despite Three Months Left
City of Aus treasurer's report shows general fund revenues $4 171.18 over 1949 nine month total with two months remaining. General fund tax receipts reached $795 862.94 while bond and cash performance bond returns added $01 014.51. Expenditures from March to April totalled $2961.28 for freight materials and services. unspent balance April 4 stood at $369 273.20.
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Aus
Ofus
Budenz Names Lattimore in Senate Red Cell Claim
Washington April 20 Budenz testifies that Johns Hopkins professor Owen Lattimore was a member of a communist cell and conspired to reveal China to the Soviets. He later says he did not mean Lattimore was a communist. The hearing, led by Senator McCarthy, probes State Department ties to communists.
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Washington
Louis F. Budenz
Owen Lattimore
China
Senate
Sudenz
Ttimore
Edward Morgan
Lattimore
Budenz
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
Stalin
Red
Budene
Henry A. Wallace
Filing Time Opens For State And County Races
The filing period for state and county officers runs Monday to Friday, April 28, ending at 5 p.m. Blank forms are available from Julius Hanson, secretary of the county election board, at Shannon Feed Store. Several candidates have announced plans to run, with decisions to be made during the five day window.
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Julius Hanson
Pessimist's Bank Desk Mind-Reader Gag
A fragmented cartoonish line depicts a scene where a bank teller on one side of a desk rejects customers on the opposite side, while a mind-reader is asked to read a mind with stray trash.
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