Temperature Drops to 2 Degrees as Cold Persists
The region endures a harsh cold spell with temperatures near zero and some readings below. Snow is expected to spread across the state with light flurries late tonight and tomorrow as cloud cover increases. Highs reach near 28 tomorrow, while several towns report subzero to single digit readings tonight. Continuous cold wind eases slightly but no precipitation is noted in the 24 hours ending today.
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Oklahoma
Associated Press
Gage
Nankandie
Ponca City
Hobart
Waynoka
Guyman
Tulse
McAlester
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Sill
Universities For UMT and Service For 18-Year Olds
In Columbia Missouri the Association of American Universities unanimously backed universal military training for all 18-year-olds. Dr Frederick Middlebush Missouri president announced the resolution, urging a 10 year selective service extension and longer active service with a 27 month period, plus reserve transfers. The body cited a high tension period ahead and a needed U S armed force of 2 5 to 3 5 million men. The proposal was adopted in New York City with 23 of 33 member institutions present.
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Columbia
Association of American Universities
United States
Frederick 4. Middleush
University of Missouri
Association
New York City
Middlebush
Thought Rolsber Was Just Joking
In Richmond Indiana Mrs Bertha Hercules reports a man entered her roofing office, pointed a gun, and demanded money. She told him to take whatever he could find, believing he joked. police think the threat was real as the gunman left.
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Richmond
Ind
Bertha Hercules
Guoman
Weather update for Oklahoma with cloud cover spread
Forecast shows increasing cloudiness from the north tonight spreading across the state through Friday. Lows tonight range from 30 to 35 degrees with the best conditions inland and near Oklahomapanhandle areas, while temperatures rise modestly Friday.
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Oklatoma
Qanhandie
Oklahoma City Tulsa Turnpike May Benefit State And Traffic
J Wiley Richardson, Ada Chamber of Commerce speaker and Oklahoma City Turnpike Authority president, outlined benefits of the planned 68 mile toll road. He said it would unify the state, attract out of state motorists to fund it, save travel time and fuel, and improve safety while freeing safe highway funds for other counties. Construction is ready to start, with two years required and six crossings on the route from Oklahoma City to Tulsa.
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Oklahoma City
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Richardson
East
Ciklahoma City
Tulsa
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Schoolmasters to Meet At Lawrence
Pontotoc County Schoolmasters club to hold its December meeting Monday at the Lawrence school at 7 with a meal by the Lawrence home demonstration club and entertainment from the school. State Sen Raymond Gary of Madill to speak. Reservations with Morman C Mitchell, county superintendent.
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Dee
Pontotoc
Ada and Roff GIs Arrange Rides Home For Christmas
At Camp Polk Louisiana 45th Infantry division soldiers from Ada and Roff plan trips home for Christmas. Many will ride in private cars as a special November pay and a December partial payment help cover gifts and travel. Some units have opened a post exchange Toy Land with toys valued around 20000 dollars.
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Camp Polk
Oklahoma
45Th Infantry Division
U. 5
Ted
Ted Creager
Ada
Elizabeth
Billy Lloyd
Billy Don
N. Stockton
1St Artillery
Topkick Creager
Toland
Creager
Thunderbird
45Th Division
Aca
Roft
Leeves
Thunderbird Division
Mrs Salter Dies in Home Fire at 100
Emma G. Salter, aged 100, died from burns suffered when her nightdress ignited from an open stove at her son’s home. Jack Smith, who stayed there, was hospitalized with burns to his hands. Funeral held at Byars cemetery with burial at the home of Dr. J. M. Salter. survivors include Julia Lambert Prescott Ark J R Grimes Denver Califer? Beil Ada and Hugh J D Salter Chickasha.
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Emma G. Salter
J. M Salter
East Seventh
Byars
The Lemonade Operas Bring Summer Opera to New York
The Lemonade Operers offer seasonal opera for New Yorkers featuring light, refreshing contrasts to the day’s heat. Aimed at daytime audiences, the program blends accessible arias with brief interludes, inviting broader public attendance.
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Lemonade Opers
Allied Troops Brace Along New Korea Front
Allied forces guard a new defense line and evacuate Wonsan as tensions rise in Korea. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky condemned U.S. intervention and demanded withdrawal of Chinese troops while U.N. delegates argued over six-power talks and strategic priorities amid the stalled committee session.
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Wayro Hadu
Czechoslovakia
U.N
Adn
Korea
Vichinsky
Fari
Khoury
Syria
China
el Khoury
Vishinsky
Karch
Ehauvel
Gitter
Russia
Formosa
Winter Storms Batter Wide Region With Snow and Cold
A broad winter storm dumped snow rain and frigid temperatures across much of the nation. Midwest sees heavy accumulations while the upper Mississippi Valley reports several inches and Duluth Minnesota charts up to 29 inches. West and east coasts endure gale warnings with winds 40 to 55 mph and widespread travel disruptions. About 75 Memphis schools closed and many Tennessee highways impassable as officials warn of continued severe weather across several states.
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Nature
Tedas
Sac
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Duluth
Minn
Weather Bureau
New York
Washington
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Marylane
Virginia
New Jersey
Memphis
Tennessee
Fayetteville
Ark
Arkan
Gulf Coast
Florida
Tralfe
Ciesla
Schoo
Marines Arrive After 22 Mile Fight at Kote
First elements of the Marine column reached Kote after a 22 mile combat from Yudam amid zero weather and snow. Col Homer Lidgeenburg of the Seventh Marines reported a rough night with moderate casualties while Hagari and other units joined from Hagarmi to reinforce the advance.
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Kote
Yehidta
Threseh
Yudam
U.S. Seventh Division
Koto
Homer Lidgeenburg
Washington, D. C
First Marine Division
Pearl Harbor memory fuels nine-year reflection
Ada residents recall Pearl Harbor’s shock on its ninth anniversary, while elder statesman Cordell Hull urges a more vigilant United States. He warns the UN faces crises and calls for forceful world leadership as he reflects on past betrayals and the need to deter aggressors.
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Washingion
Pearl Harbor
Masheie Tennessetan
Pearl Sarboy
Washington
Hull
Mysterious Inquiry About Bill Fisher Across County
A garbled notice refers to Bill Fisher, formerly of Route 3 Ada, urgently needed by Pontot County draft authorities for December. The fragment mentions notices sent to Mrs Deerey Dewey Cox, Route 1 Ada, and references a convict and church history dating to 1508, with unclear rest.
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Bill Fisher
Ada
Pontot Cowrty
Ballie Alatec
Deerey Dewey
Cox
Ata
Reward Offered For White Cat In Dockie Bite Case
A $25 reward is offered for a white cat linked to a bite on six year old Van Laughlin. The Laughlins urge quick recovery or the cat must be found and sent to Oklahoma City for rabies testing, with the doctor reluctant about shots for Jackie. Call 3287-W or report to 721 West Fourth.
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Dockie van Laughlin
BE East Tenth
Jackie
Houston Laughlin
Tuck
Laughlins
Oklahoma City
Eskad
Laughlin Acme
West Fourth
Oklahoma Keeps 6 Percent Gasoline Tax For Roads
Oklahoma officials announced the retention of the present 6 percent state gasoline tax for road construction. The roads and highways committee voted to hold the one cent of the tax, now part of the 6 percent, with the tax due to expire May 31, 1951. A proposal by State Highway Director H E Bailey for 36.9 million dollars more in the next war fiscal year was rejected, as it would require higher taxes. The panel referred Bailey’s request to the revenue and taxation committee for a separate session.
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Oklahoma City
Legislative Council
H. E. Bailey
J. A. Rine- Aart
Bailey
Revenue
Two Rhodes Scholars Selected From Oklahoma
Oklahoma City December 7 Aldon Duene Beil twenty Fer Tyten Texas and Edward Wm end nineteen Stillwater named in national Rhodes selection. They join seven other candidates and will compete in New Orleans for Rhodes Scholarships. Winners receive four year stipends for study at University of Oxford.
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Oklahoma City
Fer- Tyten
Tex
Edward W.mend
Stillwater
Orlean
Rhoodea Echoler
Okishonss A
B. J. Amer
Salem
Hiss Conviction Upheld by Appeals Court
The U S Court of Appeals unanimously upheld Alger Hiss's perjury conviction. The court affirmed the five year sentence and noted Chambers testimony as sufficiently substantiated by other evidence. Hiss, a former state department official, had argued the case centered on a Soviet spy ring.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
U. S. Eveny Court of Appeals
Hiss
Tinker Chambers
Court of Appeals
Harrie B. Chast
Augustus Hand
Thomas B. Swan
Chambers
Apy
Maryland
Bie Poovelods
Don’t Scoff At This Knife Thrower
In San Francisco a hallway encounter with a self-declared greatest knife thrower in Mexico ends when the thrower’s blade fatally wounds John Lilly, age 60, who dies after the knife is pulled from his neck. The assailant, who vanished, is described as the unknown exhibitor. Separately in Anadarko, Frye Manufacturing plans to quit due to aluminum and steel supply cuts. the president offers to move the plant and assets for 2000 dollars as metals needed for airplane parts dry up.
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San Francisco
Mexco
Mexico
John Hamer
Carl Strong
Raitte Lilly
Arrivde
Hamer
Lily
Lilly
Wuld
Anadarko
Okla
Frye Manufacturing Company
C. G
Frye
Taking Stand On Hill Line
Allied troops brace on a new defense hill line 25 miles south of Tall? on Pyongyang to stand against a vastly larger Chinese Red expeditionary force. The Eighth Army fights a defensive retreat, outnumbered but united, as Marines and doughboys push through blizzards near the Changjin reservoir. Wonsan pull-out is covered by destroyers and shore fire as South Korean marines move to secure the port after earlier capture.
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Tokyo
Talle
Pyongyang
Korea
Yellow Sea
U.S. Eighth Army
U. N
Manchuria
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Changjin Reservoir
United Nations
Reservoir
Wonsan
Changjin
Hamhung
Tibet Appeals to U.N. Over Chinese Invasion
New Delhi December dispatches say Tibet sent a second appeal to the United Nations seeking help against Chinese Communist invasion. The Tibetan cabinet in Lhasa lamented U.N. delay on the original appeal and warned of ongoing Red activity across Tibet. A three man delegation travels to plead Tibet’s case before the U.N. while a mission to Lhasa is invited for on site investigation.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
United Nations
Lhasa
U. N
Gangtok
Sikkim
Wife faces over her husband in a changing relation
A compact oral history fragment contrasts a wife who tries to rewrite her ex husband with one facing her own spouse rule and power. The text hints at shifting gender dynamics and personal agency within marriage.
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