House Passes Bill For Allotments To Dependents Of GI
The House approved a compromise bill providing monthly allotments for dependents of servicemen, ranging from 65 to 155 dollars with deductions from pay and government matching funds. Estimated federal cost totals 300 million dollars for two time frames, as allies of the Korea conflict drive the measure forward. Maj General Hershey criticizes draft screening as too selective, noting about 60 percent of draftees rejected. Senate remains cautious and committees move universal military training to next year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Korea
Lewis EB. Hershey
Armed Services
Hershey
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Tromian
Scoeeelin
Allen Unit officers depart for Fort Benning training
Allen National Guard personnel prepare to leave for Camp Pal 2 in days. Lt. Lee West and Lt. Harold Wages have headed to Fort Benning Ga for officers training. West enters a five month communications officer course with the unit since 1 1948. Wages begins a three month motor officers course, with wife joining later. Both attached to Adlon company and to return after courses.
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ALLEN
Alien National Guard
Camp Pal 2
Fort Benning
Lee West
Harold Wages
West
Allen Company
Lt. Wages
Adlon
Teacher changes in Pontotoc County schools
Several new teachers will join Pontotoc County classrooms this year. Hutlines replaces Tucker at Yeager. Gorey adds Wayne Craiz and Mrs. Lela Duke at Center. Red Oak’s Charles Burnett leaves with the 45th division and is replaced by his wife at the school. Additional hires include West at Ahlose, Jackson at Lala, and Qui at Lightning Ridge along with three new tracers in the district.
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Pontotoc County
W. ©. Hutlines
M. R. Tucker
Yeager
Gorey
Wayne Craiz
Lela Duke
Center
Charles Burnett
Red Oak
Ahlose
Prentiss West
Troy Melton
Gertrude Jackson
Lala
Weather Summary for Oklahoma and Nearby Tonight and Friday
Oklahoma forecast shows fair conditions tonight with cooler temperatures inland then warmer Friday. Notable variations include slight changes across western to eastern regions with expected low to mid sixties and a light breeze.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma draft crackdown targets shirkers statewide
Oklahoma selective service officials announce a drive to identify men who dodge the army mental test and fail to report to local boards. Col Clive Murray warns delinquents face up to five years in prison and fines up to ten thousand dollars as the system seeks higher test passage rates. In a recent group of 55, 32 failed the mental, 13 failed the physical, and 10 failed both tests.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Murray
Selective Service
Draft Extension Considered for Married Men With Dependents
Washington officials indicate the draft may extend to married men with dependents. Chairman Vinson said the change could come “right away” and the allotment bill for GI families aims to support such calls. He urged lowering IQ requirements to widen inductions, while Hershey noted many draftees are rejected as unfit. A regulatory change could allow extensions without new legislation.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House
Selective Service
Jenny
Lewis B. Hershey
Australian Infantry Flies Into Japan
Tokyo dispatch reports the first contingent of Australian expeditionary infantry arrived in Japan, part of United Nations forces. A British Commonwealth occupation forces spokesman declined to comment on timing of future moves toward the battlefront.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Japan
Phippines
Fersta. Ane Brigade
Korea
Agen
Federal Induction and Training Schedule for Guardsmen
Federal induction and training details outline a three day program ending Thursday night focused on physical fitness. Friday to Tuesday feature entertainment and community events to support guardsmen. Infantry units lead with drills, rifles, radios, and other equipment while other units learn daily gear.
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Ford Light Campaig
Rugstz
Furleven
Camp Polk
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Organizations
Infantry
Unst
Hurricane Is Slowing After Reaching Land
A gulf hurricane swept inland near Mobile Alabama and weakened as it hit Panama City Florida with dock damage and 3500 evacuations. A tornado injured two in Apalachicola while another hurricane formed in the eastern Caribbean and a new offshore storm north of Bermuda drew watches. Winds of up to 98 mph were recorded on Santa Rosa Island with minimal damage reported.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Als
Panama City
Fla
Carl Gray
Florida
Red Cross
Wrecked & i
Apalachicola
Caribbean
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
West Indies
Atlantic
Bermuda
Gulf
Coast Guard
Santa Rosa Island
Pensacola
Coast
County Democratic Precincts to Meet in September Sessions
County precincts are called to meet Tuesday evening September 5 at 7 30 to elect precinct officers and delegates to the county convention. The county convention on Saturday September 9 at 2 pm will choose delegates to the state convention in Oklahoma City on September 2. Hamilton County chair Claude V Thompson and vice chair Marie Rodney Bailey urge precinct Democrats to organize and be ready for the fall campaign.
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Pontotec County
Claude V. Thompson
Marie Rodney Bailey
G. ©. Mayhue, Jr
Democratic Central Committee
Oklahoma City
Thompson
W C Paul Alford Promoted In 180th Infantry Unit
Warrant Officer Paul Alford of the 180th Infantry unit in Ada has been promoted to W-2 for duties in paper work. He will transfer to Regimental Headquarters in Holdenville as assistant to the adjutant. Alford previously led the Ada unit during the Fort Sill encampment and has seven years of military service including National Guard time.
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Paul Alford
180Th Infantry
45Th National Guard
Ada
Holdenville
WO Alford
Durne
Fort Tsh
Army
National Guard
Mislaid Lawsuit Revived at Tulsa
Tulsa district court revived a 21 year forgotten dispute by Aaron Belt and Nellie B Fulling seeking ownership of Florence Park now a major playground. City Attorney Widdows disclosed the city deed to the property is missing. Judge John Ladner set a pretrial hearing for September 9.
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Tulsa
Okla
Aaron Belt
Nellie B. Fulling
Florence Park
A. Ms. Widdows Added To the Confusion By Disclosing That the Gty
John Ladner
55 Dead In Trans World Airliner Crash Nile Delta
Cairo reports fifty five believed dead after a Star of Maryland crashed in the Nile delta forty miles north of Cairo en route from Bombay to Rome. Twenty three Americans were aboard including an embassy official’s son and a movie star. Crew members included a TWA pilot and a general sales officer. A search plane found the craft completely burned with no survivors.
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Cairo
Trans-World Airlines
Constellation
Star of Maryland
Bombay
Rome
Air Company
United Nations
Lake Success
William C. Gist
Justice Gist
U. S
Gist
Lake City
Iowa
TWA
Francis Poe
Helanita
Mary Louise
Paul F
William Schofield
Kuwait Oil Company
Camelia
Liban Coben
Grand Jury Adjourns In Hugo After Short Session
A Choctaw county grand jury in Hugo Oklahoma met for two and a half days and adjourned yesterday without returning indictments. It heard 20 witnesses and recommended replacing bedding and adding sanitities to the city jail and county jail.
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Hugo
Okla
Enrollment Gains Across Ada Public Schools
Enrollment rose overall to 1 581 from 1 559 as fourth grade led gains with 62 more students than the prior year. Sophomores ninth and fifth grades registered on enrollment day, while Ada Junior High fell 18 overall. First through third grades showed mixed shifts with notable increases in first and fourth grades and declines in the second and seventh grades.
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Act
Glenwood
Hayes
Irving
Ada Junior High
Ada High School
Mother of Allen Man Dies Sunday
Ada Harbeson aged 89 mother of H. D. Harbeson of Allen died Sunday evening at Sand Springs. Funeral and burial were held Tuesday in Sand Springs. The Harbeson family came to Oklahoma in 1903 by covered wagon and settled near Keifer. Surviving: daughters Holt Malcolm of Bixby and Jessie Jackson of Sand Springs. sons Rex of Fairfax and Harley Harbeson of Allen. four other children predeceased.
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Ada Harbeson
H. D. Harbeson
Allen
Sand Springs
Harbesons
Oklahoma
Keifer
Kansas
Holt Malcolm
Bixby
Jessie Jackson
Rex
Fairfax
Harley Harbeson
Ailen
Harbeson
Adans Find Louisiana Accommodations Good For 45th Army Unit
Joy Love and family arrive in Alexandria La where the 45th National Army unit will be stationed at Camp Polk. They secured an air conditioned apartment at a tourist court and settled in after moving from Ada. Lt Love and Lt Hereld report the camp is the best part of the facility as soldiers prepare for meals at the Armory.
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Adans
Louisiana
North Camp
Polk
St. Joy Love
Captain Love
Alexandria
Iis
Love
Ada
Mive
Atam
F. W. “Doc” Pendleton
Ch Arceil
Firich
Aga Lt
Harald
Leys
Lt Love
Lt Hereld
Pete Pallas
Lves
Mirs
Pendleton
Marshal
Faris
Tex
Hert
Ls Herold
Itwe Unite
Forecast Labor Day Highway Death Toll Record
The National Safety Council forecast a Labor Day weekend toll of 435 highway deaths during the 78 hours from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday as 36 million cars flood the streets. Last year’s holiday total was 410 with 550 deaths overall, including 53 drownings and 87 miscelleanous fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Counci
House OK for Defense Moves and Foreign Aid
The house approved immediate defense program spending under a $16.706 billion appropriation bill. A $4 billion foreign military aid program is highlighted, with a resolution allowing defense agencies to spend in anticipation of funding. Action now rests with Senate approval and committee review.
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Washington
House
Congress
Cannon
D-Mo
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Fenate
Race With Stork Proves Hot One
PAYALLUP Washington August 31 Mr and Mrs Stanley He Ran er won hat to th stork by 15 minutes yesterday. Hurrying to the hospital they deverted fire under the front neatoot their automobile eight miles from their destination. Ignoring it didn't work so they abandoned the car and hitchhiked to the hospital in another car. It was bay. Child and mother are home nicely. Damage to two car wan 25.
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Ma Stanley
North Korean assault pushes toward Pohang in Korea
AP describes a dawn offensive by North Korean forces against the US 24th and second Infantry Divisions on Korea's south and south-central fronts. Despite gains up to a half mile at 18 points, American lines held. Planes bombed the advance as engineers fought as infantry. heavy losses slowed the Reds near Pohang with minefields and barbed wire slowing their push.
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Tokyo
Xneme
Korea
Stan Swinton
Masan
Nakton
Swinton
Pohang
Red
United Nations
General MacArthur
Chinese Reds Say Border Violated
The Chinese communists accused the U S Air Force of violating Chinese borders again. A Peiping broadcast said American fighters on Tuesday killed five and wounded five on Chinese territory near the Korea border, and urged immediate withdrawal of U S forces from Korea.
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London
U. S
China
New China News Agency
Peiping
Orgen
China-Kores
Xaid Red
Chou En-Rai
Jakob Malik
Russia
United Nations
Security Coun
Chon
Catinell
Korea
U.S
Manchuria
Tokyo
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Port
Ate
Felier
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