Farm Prices Boom Despite Warning Of Collapse And Ruin
The Agriculture Department reports a two percent rise in country wide farm real estate values for four months ending July 1, with values 10 percent higher than a year earlier and 95 percent above the 1935-39 pre war average. Government warnings from a Truman era conference urge caution and tighter loan policies as inflated prices fuel a record volume of farm sales and rising bank involvement.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Truman
Department
Peaceful Macedonia boom amid Yugoslav stability
In Bitoli Yugoslavia Macedonian republic enjoys political tranquility and economic growth near Greece. The region emphasizes road building, schools, farming, and malaria control with little sign of mobilization or revolt. Local engineers praise bricklayer Velo Belovski as a notable development.
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Daniel DE Luce
Bitoli
Yugoslavia
Greece
ABC
B. I. Sanders
Walter Welbit
American Air Corps
Yugoslav
Macedonia
United Nations Balkan Border Commission
Albania
Bulgaria
U. N
Tn Bitoli
Monastir
Velo Belovski
Belovski
Heat slows Detroit car production as plants halt work
About 5,600 Briggs Manufacturing workers were sent home and Packard paused final assembly after mass absenteeism. Conner Avenue and Mack Avenue plants closed. heat around 85 to 88 degrees blamed for reduced output. Ford lines laid off 55,000 hourly workers amid Murray Corp strike linked to Taft Harley immunity fight.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Packard Motor Car Co
Briggs
Conner Avenue
Mack Avenue
Conner
Packard
Chrysler Corp
Lynch Road
de Soto Division
Ford
Lincoln
July sales tax surge lifts Oklahoma revenues to new high
Oklahoma City reports July sales tax collections rose 15.46 percent from July 1946, pushing total state revenue to 9,125,712 for the first month of the new fiscal year. Overall tax receipts rose 13.08 percent, with sales tax at 2,519,204. Corporate license tax and tobacco tax fell, and gasoline tax dropped due to lower per gallon rates. In Tokyo, the American chairman of the four power allied council refused to provide detailed data on Japan's trade and production prospects to the Russian member, marking the first such denial.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Tax Commission
Tokyo
Four Power Allied Council
United States
George Atcheson, Jr
Oklahoma forecast shows scattered showers north this afternoon
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers expected in the north this afternoon or tonight and east Friday morning. Temperature likely to remain steady with little change.
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Oklahoma
Death of Ada grocer Harry Deering after long illness
Harry E. Deering, longtime Ada area grocer and son of pioneer N H Deering, died Wednesday night at 8 after a ten month illness due to cancer. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Rev M E McGlamery and John Roy Harris assisting, burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Survived by widow Nettie, daughter Leontine Long and Rodney Lee Long, six sisters, two brothers, and several in‑laws and nephews.
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Harry E. Deering
Ada
First Baptist Church
M. E. McGlamery
Dallas
Tex
John Roy Harris
Buri
Rosedale
Deering
Sherman
N. H. Deering
Texas
Harry
The
Santa Fe
Wells Fargo
215 West Main
Shawnee
Ft. Sumner
N. M
Army Air Forces
Tucumcari
Clovis
First Baptist Church Sunday School
Masonic Lodge
Nettie Deering
Leontine Long
Rodney Lee Long
Irene Ashabranner
Norma Jo Deering
Vernon Parker
Man Drowned Year Ago Reopened Investigation
In Miami Oklahoma on August 7 Sheriff James A Alleman renewed inquiry into a body found in Grand Lake nearly a year ago. J A Pordome of Kansas City prompted the search while investigating a separate disappearance. The body was recovered August 27 with a $1842 money belt but remained unidentified despite dental records.
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Miami
Okla
James A. Alleman
Grand Lake
J. A. Pordome
Kansasity
Pordome
Not the Same Ira Parker Clarifies Ada Bar Brawl
The Ada police arrested an Ira Parker on June 28 for fighting at a beer tavern at 115 South Stockton. A second man was injured, with skull fracture, and a Mrs. Ira Parker of 511 North Highland called to dispute the identity, noting her husband’s Sun Drilling job and residence near Oil Center.
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Ada Police Department
Ira Parker
South Stockton
Valley View Hospital
North Highland
Ira
Bigger And Better A-Bombs Board Isn't Saying Now
U S officials state we can manufacture atomic bombs and continue military uses and R D on improved weapons. Lilienthal says aims include maintaining U S leadership until global atomic control is agreed, with no details on bigger bombs or other weapons. Hutchins says Hiroshima Nagasaki bombs are obsolete and a larger stockpile could destroy major cities.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Washington
Hiroshima
United States
David E. Lilienthal
America
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Lilenthal
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Hutchins
Committee To
Attlee Faces Opposition On Two Sides
Britain faces cross pressure as Churchill moves to defeat the labor government's emergency powers plan. Conservatives and left wingers oppose the program saying it moves too fast and lacks detail while Attlee warns of sacrifice and tighter controls ahead.
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Attlee
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Great Britain
Ernest Bevin
Turnpike Board to Meet With Turner Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s four new members Paul Wilson J Wiley Richardson Joe R Jarboe and P Matthews planned a meeting with Gov Roy J Turner for organizational purposes. They will select a New York consulting firm to begin a traffic survey for a four lane toll road from Oklahoma City to Isa. A later meeting with bankers and others will discuss bond financing for the project.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Roy J. Turner
Paul Wilson
Stroud
J. Wiley Richardson
Joe R. Jarboe
Tulsa
P. Matthews
Sapulpa
New York
Isa
Heat Wave Eases as Thundershowers Cut Midwest Heat
Thunderstorms and cooling breezes broke the worst Midwest heat wave of the year. Death toll from four days of 100 degree heat rose to at least 80, with Chicago and several states reporting numerous fatalities including drownings. Highs reached 113 in Yuma and 112 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Midwest
Chicago
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Ohio
Iowa
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisville
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Four Die As Plane Crashes Into Chimney in Everett
A chartered plane wrecked into a Beacon Oil Plant gas fuel chimney in Everett Massachusetts killing Thomas Mandell 46 his two daughters Anne 22 and Harriet 19 and the pilot Nelson Pell. Police said the engine stalled over the vent causing a fiery plunge. Mandell was an official of the Carrier Mandell Air Conditioning Corp and the son of George S Mandell former Boston Transcript publisher.
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Everett
Mass
Thomas Mandell
Carrier-Mandell Air Conditioning Corporation
Beacon Oil Plant
Mandell
George S. Mandell
Old Boston Transcript
Anne
Harriet
Nelson Pell
Seventeen B 29s Reach Anchorage After Nonstop Flight
Seventeen B-29 Superfortress planes landed at Elmendorf Field in Anchorage after a non stop flight from Fort Worth Texas. Col Allen W Clark commanding officer of the Seventh bombing group called the mission routine. About 380 men and officers will stay five to seven days.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Elmendorff Field
Fort Worth
Tex
Allen W. Clark
Seventh
Forecast Of Farm Prices And Supplies For Coming Months
Agriculture department forecasts a mixed outlook with declines in meat and livestock but steady to higher prices for feed grains and dairy. Wheat and fruits show varied trends with a larger crop yet higher state prices overall, while eggs and fats and oils rise modestly. Weather tempers the outlook with scattered showers and cooler air expected across Oklahoma.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hughes Denies Charges In Fierce Senate Hearing
In a heated session Senator Ferguson accuses Howard Hughes of trying to discredit the committee investigating warplane contracts. Hughes calls Brewster’s denial a pack of lies while challenging the hostess accusation and presenting an affidavit from Harriet Applewick supporting his position.
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Ferguson
Hughes
Senate
Pack of
Brewster
Washington
R-Mich
Howard Hughes
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
R-Me
Airlines
United States Senate
Pepper
D-Flo
Maine
Huches
Carl Byoir
Censel
Brewster’s
Weashbreton
Senator Bricker
R-Oho
Columbus
Ohio
TWA
Harriet Applewick
Murder charges filed in Carnegie woman's death
Assistant County Attorney Anita Ellerbee filed murder charges against Elf Key and James C. Battiest in the death of Thelma Hummingbird. The Carnegie woman reportedly jumped from a truck. arraignment to follow after a conference with Key’s Lawton attorney. Belgium population and area noted.
Correction to Auction Sale Address in Today’s News
A correction notes the sale address listed on page 5 is in error. The correct location is 699 West.
Williamson Wants Graf
Oklahoma City August 7 Attorney General Mac Williamson says he asked Governor Turner to convene state officials to discuss evidence on alleged irregularities at McAlester Penitentiary. He named Buck Cook Jake Sims W Russell Bergman and Sam Lattimore for the meeting. Bergman Sims and Cook are set to testify at the interim committee on penal reform.
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Oklahoma City
Mac Q. Williamson
Roy J. Turner
McAlester
Williamson
Turner
Buck Cook
Charities and Corrections
Jake Sims
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
W. Russell Bergman
State Board of Affairs
Sam Lattimore
Bergman
Sims
Cook
Joint Legislative Interim Committee On Penal Reform
TH' PESSIMIST TH' PESSIMIST
Column by Bob Blanks humorously critiques taxation and marriage views. The narrator notes people complain about income tax and questions whether happiness would rise without it. He reflects on long marriages and shared domestic perspectives.
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