Montreal Gazette claims communist spy ring in Montreal
The Montreal Gazette reports a foreign Communist spy ring, formed three years ago, operating in Montreal. Two informants allege Red agents near defense industries received orders from cipher departments tied to Iron Curtain consulates. Names are kept secret to protect relatives behind the Iron Curtain. The ring includes four immigrants from Czechoslovakia Poland and Ukraine.
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Montreal
Canada
The
Montreal Gazette
the Gazette
Red
Germany
Defense Industries
Iron Curtain
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Ukraine
Pace Reports Army Progress To Legion Across Korea War
Secretary Pace told the American Legion National Convention that the Army has made substantial and heartening progress since the Korean War began. He cited growth from 593000 to over 1550000 soldiers and praised training, leadership, and improving weapons including future guided missiles and artillery.
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New York
Pace
Europe
American Legion
Husband abducts baby after shooting incident in California
In 4Sadena California a man fled with his infant after two shots were fired at him by his wife. Police quoted Mrs. Vermillion who said she tried to shoot him as he returned home. She was treated for injuries and booked on assault charges but released. Vermillion did not sign a complaint.
Locust Swarm Darkens New Delhi Skies
A massive locust swarm spanning about 60,000 square miles moved from Pakistan toward India as American spray planes dispatched to combat the pest threatening crops around New Delhi.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Oklahoma Weather Updates with Thunder Showers Adjusting Temps
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with thunder showers likely in the west and south. Temperatures shift with lows in the 60s for the north and 60s for the south, highs Friday from the 90s in the north to 100 to 105 in the south.
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Oklaho
Businessmen urge vote turnout with varied nonpartisan drives
National campaign backed by the American Heritage Foundation sees firms from Quaker Oats to Kellogg, Bristol Myers and Standard Oil promoting registration. Companies use packaging, ads, posters, comic strips, contests, and employee outreach to engage all ages especially youth. About 100 Ohio firms send nonpartisan letters. Advertising Council reports 1,100 newspapers ordered 10,843 ads. Have you registered.
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Sam Dawson
New York
American Heritage Foundation
Register
Quaker Oats Co
Peoria
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Ike
Adlai
Buck Rogers
Captain Video
Lone Ranger
Bristol Myers
Continental Baking
Hiram Walker
National Foreman’‘s Institute
Allis Chalmers
Carrier Corp
Syracuse
N. Y
Doeskin Products, Inc
Ohio
Arthur Witty
Witty Brothers
Witty
Osborne Co
Advertising Council
President to hand budget as goodbye gift to Congress
Truman will deliver a budget to Congress as his farewell gift. The 15 day requirement follows a 1950 law, with the 83rd Congress to convene January 3 and the budget due January 17. The sprawling document includes hundreds of thousands of items tied to continuing appropriations.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
83Rd
Capitol
Budget Bureau
White House
Clever Thief Steals Diamond Ring From Gem Credit Jewelers
A small brunette woman about 27 used a substitution trick to steal a $250 engagement ring from Gem Credit Jewelers Thursday morning. An accomplice waited outside while the thief lured the clerk with more sets and a later phone call aimed to cover her tracks. police traced the call to Gluckman's Department Store, but the suspect fled.
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Gem Credit Jewelers
Marjorie Hutchinson
Mrs. Hutchinson
Phone Operators End Protest Over Cooling Plans
Norman Oklahoma telephone operators at Duncan Chickasha and Norman canceled a planned protest meeting after Southwestern Bell promised to install cooling equipment by next Wednesday. Workers faced 102 degree heat and some fell ill or fainted on the job. Josie Belden said refrigerated units would be installed if possible or water cooling temporarily.
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Norman
Okla
Duncan
Chickasha
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Josie Belden
Pasture Meeting Tonight at East Central State College
Tonight at 8 a farmer rancher meeting discusses fall and winter pastures. The event will be held in the student union building at East Central State College with Dr. Horace J. Harper of Ardmore as principal speaker.
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East Central State College
Horace J. Harper
Ardmore
Noble Foundation
Woman Accused of Swindling Bank Over 450000
A 47 year old businesswoman Mrs Lillian B Robinson is charged with second degree robbery and accused of swindling more than 450 600 from a local bank by falsifying home loan applications She is treasurer of Ideal Aluminum Inc with plants at Roslyn and East Williston Nassau County NY.
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Mineola
N. Y
Lillian B. Robinson
Philip Huntington
Nassau County
Polio Sets New Weekly Record Across States
U S Public Health Service reports 3503 new infantile paralysis cases in one week tying the record set in 1949. Michigan leads with 300 new cases, Illinois 272, Vermont reports none, nine northern states rise about 400 total. Red Cross calls for nurses for polio areas, especially Chicago area Minneapolis and Des Moines.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Michigan
Illinois
Vermont
American Red Cross
Chicago
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Ada City Schools See Enrollment Down From Last Year
Enrollment totals across Ada district show declines in several grades and schools. Overall high schools and junior high report fewer students than the previous year while elementary numbers edge up. first graders push total to 285 and class commencements set for next Tuesday.
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Ada
Alahi
Traizin
Ore
Ird
Glen Uc -4
Hayes
Irving
Washingto
Willard
Glenwood
Washington
Wecesday
Ada High
Junior High
Margaret Truman in Paris on European tour
Margaret Truman arrived in Paris by train from Oslo to attend a luncheon with Mrs. Perle Mesta, U S ambassador to Luxembourg. She plans to board the liner United States at Le Havre this afternoon for her return to the United States.
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Margaret
Paris
Europe
Margaret Truman
Oslo
Norway
Perle Mesta
U. S
Luxembourg
The
Bee
Uni
Harve
Bombers Rain Destruction on Supply Centers Near Pyongyang
U S Air Force bombers and Navy carriers hit supply centers around Pyongyang and Chosen Sohung Chunghwa and Sopo with waves of strikes across 155 miles of front. Air losses to date total 1 572 U S planes against 642 confirmed Communist losses with many more damaged.
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William C. Barnard
Seoul
Korea
P—U. S
Pyongyang
North Korea
U. S. Navy
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Eighth Army
Navy
Boxer
Essex
Princeton
Chosen
Kojo
Chongjin
Sohung
Sopo
Chinnampo
Chunghwa
U. N. Command
Tokyo
Air Force
E Navy
Six B17 crewmen Missing After Gulf Downing Off Florida
At Eglin Air Force Base Florida a search continues for six missing B17 crew members after a stake in the Gulf of Mexico downed a plane with a new F76 jet fighter. Two crew members S Saint Charle D Jones of Meridian Mississippi and Airman 2C Peter D Rosing of Ing Ill were rescued after 24 hours adrift on a life raft.
Big Hunt for one of FBI's Most Wanted fugitives
Pacific Missouri officers broadened a large manhunt for William Merle Martin 42 an FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive. He is sought in the slaying of Deputy Sheriff William Carver near Olathe Kansas last June 23 after a high speed chase in eastern Missouri. State patrols tracked a car believed to be his then he fled on foot west of St. Louis. The vehicle bore a plate matching a car stolen report from Birmingham Missouri last Monday.
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Pacific
William Merle Martin
FBI
Martin
Missouri
William Carver
Olathe
Kas
Joplin
Birmingham
St. Louis
Lewis Howard
Missouri Highway Patrol
Murray May Turn Bohannon Bid Back to Board
Gov. Johnston Murray said he may return Julius Bohannon’s six month trial leave recommendation to the State Pardon and Ford’s for board review. The board, in a three to two vote, urged the leave to see if Bohannon remains trouble free and eligible for potential parole if successful.
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Murray
Bohannon
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Ford
Julius Bohannon
Two Beat Jailer in County Jail Break Near Ada
Zumbro and Bolin, both ex convicts held on burglary charges, escaped from Pontotoc County jail after using a blackjack to beat Jailer Carl Solomon. They fled the jail and were recaptured about three hours later on Broadway by Ed Atkinson and officers. Solomon was hospitalized with head injuries. no bones were broken.
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Pontotoc
Carl Solomon
Ralph E. Zumbro
James Bolin
Cecil Smith
Solomon
Zumbro
Bolin
Smith
J. D. Gaar
Valley View Hospital
Oklahoma
Ed Atkinson
Atkinson
Ott Ray
Gordon Maloy
Broadway
Main
Twelfth
Walker Hisle
Court House
Hisle
Ada
Ralph Zumbro
Air Force extends aid to pilgrims. Mecca airlift grows
In Beirut the U S Air Force extended its deadline for evacuating Muslim pilgrims to Mecca to 6 a m tomorrow. C 54 transports have carried over 3 000 pilgrims 800 miles from Beirut to Jidda since emergency service began Tuesday. Leaders of Islam and Middle East press praised the gesture as unselfish aid funded by existing Air Force training funds.
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Lebanon
U. S. Air Force
Mecca
Air Force
Legation
Here
Red Sea
Jidda
U. S
Middle East
One Day Job Leads to 25 000 Estate for Driver
Ronald W Becker aged 40 inherits 25 000 from Mrs Edith H. O. who died aged 79 after Becker drove her car for a day. He had kept the job for 22 years after an earlier automotive agency layoff and received 300 in bonds plus the 1950 car she had been driving.
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Ronald W Becker
Ecker
Edith H. O
Is Hall
Zorin Named Soviet Delegate to United Nations
The Soviet Union designates Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin as its chief UN delegate, replacing Jacob Malik who returns to Moscow for rest and reassignment. Malik, longtime expert on the Far East, has suffered heart trouble and announced plans to depart. Zorin arrives by September 15.
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N. Y
Russia
Valerian Z. Zorin
Czechoslovakia
Jacob A. Malik
U. N
International Organization
Zorin
General Assembly
Malik
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Red
China
Chou En-lai
Germany
Far East
Singapore
Japan
Europe
Byng School to Enroll Friday Ambitious Enroll Week
Byng school will enroll all of this week and begin classwork for the new year. Supt. J. E. Teague reminds parents that buses will run their regular schedules as enrollment wraps up Friday and classes start Monday.
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Byng School
Supt
J. E. Teague
Jim Walsh Dies at Bedford Virginia
James Walsh a longtime Ada resident died at the National Elks Home in Bedford Virginia. Funeral arrangements will be announced after the body arrives here. He earlier ran a East Main grocery in Ada and later served as Elks Lodge custodian and Harris Pharmacy worker. He was over 80 and had lived in Bedford since 1942.
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James
Jim) Walsh
Ada
National Elks Home
Bedford
Walsh
East Main
Elks Lodge
Leonard Zoeller
Harris Pharmacy
Adan
Lucas Hill
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Legion of Army Progress
Francis J. Kelly
Polio
William Martin
U.N
Jim Walsh
Bedford, Virginia
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