Air Force Losing Combat Power Says Symington
W Stuart Symington retiring secretary of the air force said the force has weakened in the last six months due to cuts in numbers though remaining units have higher efficiency. He backed a 70 group air force and warned economic disaster could defeat the nation, endorsing Truman's 48 group plan while acknowledging budget limits.
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Washington
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
Symington
Armed Services
Johnson
United States
Gurpant
National Security Resources Board
Congress
Xald
Truman
Fittstown News Highlights Local Visits and Births
Local residents report weekend travels to California New Orleans and Dallas. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Whitwell News of funerals includes Mrs Rae Thompson's mother group from Fittstown Attendees from McLish High traveled by bus to Dallas. Also mentions hospital flu cases and social visits among residents.
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Mra
Oren Cherry
Rebra
California
A. Mra
C. W. Watkins
Charles
Dorothy Dooley
Dorot
Pa ‘Olliman
Arvin Cox
Davis
Fittstown
Charles Whitwell
Saturay
Rae Thompson
Ant Latta
Kent
Eaton
McKeel
Skrith
Joy Sue Snell
Wanda Townsend
Stonewall
Bob Welhousen
New Orleans
McLish
Sherman Chambers
Walter Graper
Cumberland Cove
Luther Wilson
Pawnee
Don Barrick
Cedar Grove
Home Building Spurs Broader Employment Gains
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports industrial and commercial employment rose by 636000 from mid-February to mid-March, with half from coal strike settlements, and notes ongoing improvements since the start of the year. March employment reached 42,323,000, still about 800000 below March last year, as construction activity boosts demand for furniture, appliances, and building materials.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Negro Scout Drowns While Outing at Claremore Lake
April 22 in Claremore Oklahoma a year old Negro boy Leon White drowned at Lake Claremore during a troop outing. Parents Mr and Mrs Ernest White from Bartlesville were notified and Park Superintendent James Burnett dived several times to recover the body from a mossy bank.
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Claremore
Oklo
Leon White
Claremmone
Here Toay
Ernest White
Bartlesville
James Burnett
Dutch Founda tion of Labor promises peace plan
American labor experts study the Dutch Foundation of Labor, an wartime collaboration of unions and management. It cut time lost to strikes to about one sixteenth of U S levels in 1947 48, largely by non Communist unions working with industry councils and a government conciliators board. The plan faces questions about wartime wage controls and peacetime adoption.
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Washington
NEAI
Netherlands
U.S
Foundation of Labor
Clarence E. Hunter
U. S
Hunter
New York Trust Co
U. S. National Industrial Conference Board
United States
Foundation
Dutch Foundation of Labor
Board of Cosciliators
Labor Re Foundation
WEE Soctereos
Who Caught That Falling Baby in New York?
A two year old Judith Meyer was saved from a fifth story fall by a pair of men, Foschino claiming the rescue while Diamond also asserts credit. Police say no laws were broken and records remain as filed.
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New York
Judith Meyer
Aljfred Foschino
Morris Diamond
Foschio
Diamond
William
Ruth Meyer
Foschino
Harris Declines Run for Fifth District Congress
Oklahoma City attorney Carmen Harris announced he will not seek the Republican nomination for the fifth district seat. Harris failed in two previous bids against Democrat Mike Monroney and says he cannot leave his law practice to campaign full time.
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Oklahoma City
Carmen Harris
Harris
Mike Monroney
U. S
Three More Possible Clues to Missing U S Plane
Sweden reports three additional clues in the search for the missing U S bomber. A punctured raft with bullets, a damaged radio book, and a stamped wood piece were found on a Baltic coast beach near Sweden.
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U.S
Stockholm
Sweden
Unciussing
Baltic
United States
Woman Killed In Stolen Car Crash
A 17 year old Wichita wife was killed when a stolen car crashed 12 miles north of Perry Oklahoma. Her husband, the driver, and a 13 year old girl were injured. McCarson death noted near Eufaula in a separate incident. A voice magnifier system is described and unrelated notes follow.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kas
Oklahoma
Mary Irene Wise
Highway Patrol
Perry
Robert Edward Wise
Judy Barbara Moore
Eufaula
Hannahs
Steelworkers Seek Federal Help to Reopen Cars Plant
In Pittsburgh on April 24, about 500 furloughed steelworkers urged the federal government to underwrite freight car orders to restore jobs at the Presstd Steel Car plant in McKees Rocks, shut since last August. A total of 2,200 workers were furloughed. District director John Murray proposed aid, while Representative Robert Corbett expressed skepticism about local piecemeal federal relief.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Soghogen
Cl1o-Uni Steelworkers
Presstd Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
John Murray
Robert Corbett
R-Pa
Rattlesnake Bite Valued At 499.99 In Tennessee Suit
Amos Bowers sues Royal Crown Shows in Nashville claiming a rattlesnake bite in the carnival reptile pit caused arm swelling and hospital treatment. He alleges the snakes were not poisonous and that he entered the pit voluntarily. Circuit court pending. general sessions cannot hear claims of 500 or more.
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Nashville
Tenn
Amos Bowers
Royal Crown
General Sessions
Bowers
Ed Young
Carnival
Oklahoma City Telegraph Union Strike Fails To Materialize
April 24 in western Oklahoma saw no strike by Western Electric Co. telephone equipment installers. FE. A. Riley, president of the Western half state installers union, said strike orders were not received.
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Oklahoa City
Western Electric Co
Westrh Oklahoma
FE. A. Riley
Installers
Lapras
Firemen’s Union
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Southern
Thair
Presidential
Roosevelt
Provident Truwen
Adventurers Seek Return of Vessel From Communists
Skipper Gordon Ross and two crew members sail from Hong Kong to Fort Bayard, China to recover the yacht Validor seized during their voyage. Ross, former Yakima accountant, claims the port was French territory when he entered it in February, but it was returned to China in 1945 and then captured by Reds last December.
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Hong Kong
Gordon Ross
China
Ross
Yakima
Sasta Moni+ ea
Calif
Fort Bayard
Kwangchowwan
Red
Validor
FY. K. Valentine
Los Angeles
Manila
Wil Ham, II
Thomas W. Gay
Ponca City
Okla
Fairview
U.S. 3Th Air Force
Hoss
Peanut removed from boy's lung in Tokyo to San Francisco
Three-year-old Randy Hollyfield was flown from Tokyo to Frisco for surgery to extract a peanut from his left lung. The operation at Letterman General Hospital was successful and he was returned to his mother at 11 am. Sgt. George E. Hollyfield, his father, plans to travel back to the United States on furlough and then they will head to Derry Valley Arkansas.
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San Francisco
Randy Holfold
Tokyo
Letterman General Hospital
Randy
Hollyfield
George E. Hollyfield
U.S
Hollyfields
Derry Valley
Ark
Beavers Sell Shupe to Oklahoma City
Pacific Coast league manager William Mulligan announced the sale of first baseman outfielder Vincent Shupe to Oklahoma City of the Texas league. Mulligan did not disclose the sale price.
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Oakland
Calif
William
Bill) Mulligan
Portland Beavers
Vincent Shupe
Oklahoma City
Mulligan
Topeka
Kas
Buzz Barton
Chickasha
Oklah
Wayne Selser
Omaha
Jimmy Reece
Seminale
Wewoka
Heldonville
Ross pursued progressive liberal colony plan after voyage
Ross stated the Reds questioned him but did not mistreat his group. He said his aim was to sail a yacht to Mexico or Central America to form a cooperative colony of progressive liberals. He claimed he intended to go to Hong Kong to refit when he encountered Red China by chance.
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Ross
Reds
Mexico
Central America
Hong Kong
China
New Flood Threat For Minnesota City
CROOKSTON Minnesota April 44 Northwestern Minnesota city of about 0 000 faced a new flood threat from the Red Lake river after the Ottertail dam breach and a power dam break at Red Lake Falls. Engineers warned the crest could reach Crookston today as 300 residents were moved to higher ground following the earlier ice jam flood that damaged 75 blocks.
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Crookston
Minn
Minnesota
Red Lake River
Ottertau
Red Lake Falls
Miley
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Peter Edson
NEA
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Sese
Foewally
Ea Eee
Broadcom
Furteighed Group
Governmaat
Ponca
Commies
William R. Moore
Frisco
Brazil
Minnesota City
Dewan Centre
Johnston Tne E
Ole Ree Tai
Rankveda
Paanoertia
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