Truman Sends MacArthur Note On Policy And Commendation
President Truman sent General MacArthur a statement of American policy on Formosa and a commendation of his command in Korea. The move aims to clarify the general's understanding, ease the sting of a dispute, and bolster MacArthur's Far East prestige. Official comment was withheld by Secretary Ross as details were released.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
MacArthur
Far East
Charlie G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Ambassador Austin
Austin
Trygve
Aih
General Collings
Admiral Sherman
United Nations
Korea
Lie
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Tokyo
Formos
Tropical Storm Approaches Cuba Affects Yucatan
A tropical storm moves northwest toward Mexico after crossing the tip of Cuba. Government reports warn the system could generate gales if it sustains its current pace of about 15 miles per hour. Center winds are estimated near 30 miles per hour with stronger gusts possible, as it nears the Yucatan peninsula.
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Havana
Cubs
Aus
Mexico
Cuba
Iit
Yucatan Peninsula
Damae
Larger Oklahoma War Dads urge medical school expansion
The Oklahoma War Dads Association called on the legislature to expand the University of Oklahoma Medical School in a Sulphur convention. Delegates elected Paul V. Bock of Tulsa as president and named Ross Walker of Tulsa and Trenary as chaplains. Mrs. L. D. Lacy was elected president of the Auxiliary with officers listed.
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Okla
Oklahoma War Dads Association
University of Oklahoma Medical School
W. G. Crandall
Oklahoma State Veterans Hospital
Paul LV, Bock
Tulsa
Jack ‘Trenary
Lawton
Trenary
Ross Walker
EF. O. Muller
Oklahoma City
GU. Horn
O. D. G. Gelvin
War Dads’ Auxiliary
L. D. Lacy
Paul V. Beck
Benevolence to Be Floated Or Blasted
Navy salvage experts will decide whether the sunken hospital ship Benevolence should be refloated or dynamited to clear San Francisco harbor. The ship lies on its side in 75 feet of water two miles offshore after a collision during a test run with 18 dead and 42 missing. Rescue efforts saved 492 people as coast guard navy army craft and civilians acted. The salvage team from San Diego will report to Washington with the recommendation after days of evaluation.
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San Francisco
Navy
Korea
Mary Luckenbsch
Coast Guard
Army
Pacific
Beneysicnee
Viring
San Diego
Bureau of Ships
Washington
Army reserve to be posted to state posts on September first
A report from Tulsa Okin states that two army organized reserve men will be transferred to state posts on September first. Names given include Ralph son, with further details unclear due to damaged text.
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Tulsa
Okin
Ralph Son
Eisenhower to Deliver Major Talk at Labor Day Event
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower will speak at Labor Day ceremonies in Denver initiating the Crusade for Freedom. The address will be broadcast 10:15 to 10:30 p.m. EST on September 4 by four networks from Denver City Auditorium. The crusade, led by the National Committee for a Free Europe, aims to circulate scrolls and fund Radio Free Europe as a global network against communist influence.
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Denver
Aus
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Colorado
National Committee For A
The
Denver Post
Crusade
City Auditorium
Lauritz Melchior
Salso
Hoyt
Radio Free Europe
Germany
Radio Frere Europe
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
New York
Demos to Launch Grass Roots Drive in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Democrats announce a general election campaign to elect every Democratic nominee in the state. Chairman Jim Arrington will direct the effort as the central committee plans a statewide convention on September 23. A campaign tour for gubernatorial candidate Johnston Murray and Senate nominee Mike Monroe is set to begin around September 18.
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Oklahoma City
Democratic Party
Jim Arrington
Oklahoma
Arrington
Mortaty
Johnston Murray
Senate
Mike Monroapy
I Ston
I& Pre Ang
Court Test On Selling Booze In Homa County Sheriff Case
Court in Homa City will hear a test case on liquor sales on June 26. The sheriff seeks to stop a local dealer from selling 668 cases of liquor. The proceedings aim to decide whether whisky sales can be halted and enforce liquor sale restrictions in the county.
Wounded by lamp post bus ram South Pars
A fragmented report from a South Pars incident notes a bus collision with a lamp post leaving a person wounded. Details on injuries and exact location are unclear in the readable text.
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Ad Yi
Pars
Traffic Accidents Kill Four People in Oklahoma
A Sunday spate of Oklahoma crashes left four dead and many injured. Garner, 13, D. Jacks, 7, Warder, Love, and Purdin, 25, were named among those killed in separate strikes and crashes on US highways 70 77 and 5 near Sawyer Sapulpa and Marland. Creager escaped injury in one collision while Dr. Holcomb 73 was involved in another. Rainfall on Highway 33 contributed to the high wreck count with 49 cars involved and no additional fatalities reported.
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Evakhin D. Garner
Sawyer
D. Jacks
B. Love
Ponca City
Babb Purdia
Sapulpa
Garner
US 70
Oscar
Sit Sawyer
Ys Thoy
Honeytla
Checotah
Blackwell
U. S. 77
Marland
Purdin
Tulsa
Incla
Highway Patrol
H. J. Harmon
Hunters and trappers wanted over wolf infested ranches
A county area reports an increasing wolf presence near the east side and the 4-B ranch. Local residents, including Orel Busby, have seen wolves daily and fear they will target poultry and calves. They call for hunters or trappers to thin the population.
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Orel Busby
Busby
Mrs Ida Younts Injured In Route 2 Pickup Crash
Mrs Ida Younts of Route 2 south of Roff suffered severe injuries when the pickup they rode in with her husband Joe Younts overturned Sunday afternoon. The cab was crushed on the right side causing suspected spine fracture, lacerations, and multiple fractures to the right hand arm and shoulder with knee and hand cuts. Joe Younts was shaken but unhurt.
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Roff
Sperial
Ida Younts
Route 2
Joe Younts
Reih
Younte
Ramer Sent to Oklahoma County
Ramer, charged in Pen county with wife and child abandonment, has been sent to Oklahoma County. He faces a five year sentence for forgery advised by W. G. Long, county official.
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Ramer
Oklahoma County
T ‘“Raysmér
Pen County
W. G. Long
Beati Sixt
Antlers Soldier Killed in Action
A soldier from Antlers was killed in action according to a terse wartime field report. The casualty details are limited in the release and confirm a death in combat.
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Antlers
Swift Tax and Save Plan Urged to Curb Postwar Inflation
Washington dispatch reports the Economic Development committee urging a rapid tax and save program to blunt the inflationary impact of military spending. It projects defense outlays rising to 30 to 35 billion annually and calls for a five point plan including swift mobilization act passage, a large treasury savings drive by Thanksgiving, and cuts in non military spending. The plan favors non inflationary measures with pay as you go funding and proposes a watchdog to expose hoarding and price or wage speculation.
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Congress
Trwnan
Marion B. Folsom
Eastman Kodak Co
CED
Myer Kestnbaum
Hart, Schaffner and Mark
Chicago
Republic of Korea
Istatement
Enrollment Swings Into Faster Pace For Ada's Schools
Ada schools implement a staged enrollment schedule for upcoming year with classes meeting daily in the auditorium at 9 a.m. to receive enrollment instructions. Second through ninth graders are listed by day, with seniors and juniors joining later sessions. Transcripts must be sent to the superintendent's office. Officials fear how many upper grades will enroll compared with first grade turnout of 45, as they seek space for students.
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Ada
Ernest Williamson
Ada High School
Seven Oklahoma Soldiers Named In Casualty Lists
Defense department casualty lists issued Aug 28 report seven more Oklahomans killed in action. The notices list another death, 22 wounded, one injured, 19 missing, and one prisoner of war. Names include Curtis Fair Claremore Olen Sikes Enid Leroy Gillespie Fort Gibson James Buxton Enid and more with many others wounded or missing. The prisoner is Lieut Roger Hartman of Lawton. lists cover KIA, WIA, MIA and POW statuses.
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Washington
Defense Department
Curtis A. Fair
Grace Fair
Sallisaw
Harry ©. Leisure
Lendsey V. Leisure
Claremore
Olen J. Sikes
Catherine Sikes
Pfc
James Emmett Buxton
Arch Buxton
Enid
Marine
Pfe
Leroy Gillespie
V. Gillespie
Fort Gibson
Ben.eagle
Maggie Eagle
Bunch
Herbert R. McKenzie
George T. McKenzie
Mountain View
H. E. Holt
Mary H. Pruitt
Mangum
Johnny Walter Baker
John D. Baker
Purcell
Clarence F. Ball
E. A. Ball
Glen Pool
James F. Beebe
W. Beebe
Spiro
Pis
Frank Boon
Annie Dancy
Bristow
Raymond L. Cheadle
Oeins
Elnora Cheadle
Jack 'S
Margie
Evelyn Deckard
Wagoner
Wilson B. Faria
Hattie Harjo
Webetka
Raymond L. Jones
Walter Jones
Oklahoma City
Wayne T. Moore
Stella Moore
Star
Delbert Gene Rouse
Elva Rouse
Wynnewood
John Willam Russell
Dorothy A. Russell
Lawton
Floyd 5
Belvidie
Aboy A. Tarr
Depew
Pic
Harper Smith
Nellie Smith
Dustin
Edward M. Turk
Hazel L. Turk
Wewoka
Penn W. Cline
Muriel M. Cline
Tulsa
James D. Cofer
Husand
Pauline S. Cofer
Lolenville
Lester A. Duncan
Emma York
Atoka
Roger W. Hartman
Mary M. Hartman
Organizer Quits Over Red Stigma in Oklahoma City
Maurice Ogden, 26, resigns from the Oklahoma City iron workers union after saying a communist stigma harms the union movement. He cites his campus radical history at the University of Oklahoma as the reason. An internal probe by International Union general Charles L. Lyon found no link to the communist party.
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Selahoma City
Oklahoma City
Inca
Maurice Ogden
University of Oklahoma
Charles L. Lyon
St. Louis
International = 7
Ogden
Communist Party
Drowning Ends Two Oklahoma City Swimming Lesson
In Oklahoma City a swimming lesson for youths turned fatal when George Teddy, 18, and Truman Gaines, 19, drowned in a Southeast city pond. Buddy Parr, a companion, said Teddy coaxed Gaines from shallow water to teach him to swim, then both disappeared as Teddy struggled to stay afloat.
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Oklahoma City
Fevean
George Teddy
Truman G Ganes
Buddy Parr
Teddy
Gaines
Maj Hess One Man Air Force In Korea Grounded
Maj Dean Hess known as the one man air force in South Korea is grounded by official order until he can return to air someday soon. The 82 year old Marietta Ohio native heads the South Korean air force advisory group and flew 95 missions in under two months. Infantry praise his low level strafing saved American lives and earned respect among ground troops. The grounding aims to free him to train 66 South Korean cadets and others converting from AY-6 to F-3L fighters before he resumes leading them in combat.
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Stan Swinton Masan
Korea
Dean Hess
Ligial
Reda
Firman
Marietta
Hess
Sinn
MacIntosh
Tedais
Ohio State University
Air Force Advisory Group
Helpful Norman Grocer Robbed
Norman Oklahoma August 28 a Norman grocer manager roused by a man claiming his mother was hurt was bound by a robber who then robbed the Safeway store safe of about four thousand dollars and fled. The manager freed himself and alerted police but the bandit was not caught. the former manager had faced a similar robbery three years earlier.
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Norman
Okla
Managter
Garrell Bostick
Safeway
Indian Choctaw Chickasaw meeting set at Tuskahoma
Indian leader Jimmie Belvin announced the third annual Choctaw Chickasaw meeting will take place at the old Choctaw capitol near Tushkahoma on September 3 and 4. Sunday features religious services led by Chemlaws in dispute, while Monday offers talks by Indian Service officials from Muskogee and tribal officials. A free barbecue will be served on Monday.
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Renu
Canada Still in Grip of Strike
OTTAWA Aug 28 Railway disruption cripples Canada as talks collapse. Government plans emergency legislation and a special parliamentary session on Tuesday to end the week-old strike after union heads report failure. Prime Minister Louis St Laurent received the union briefing. Cabinet to decide course of action.
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Ottawa
Canada
Louis St Laurent
Qui
Allen Sergeant Gets Bronze Star
Two Oklahoma sergeants earned Bronze Star medals for outstanding action in Korean fighting. Albert W. Williams of Allen and Welter V. Hastey of Anadarko were cited for courage while serving in Korea.
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Army Headquarters
Korea
Oklahoma
Albert W. Willams
Allen, Okla
Welter V. Hastey
Anadarko
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