Break-Up of Cattle Thefts Ties Oklahoma Wide
Oklahoma sheriffs with nine counties and two state reps dismantle a cattle rustling ring. A Ponotoc jail suspect connected to eight stolen cattle, identified by a Hobart cattleman, faces further inquiry after 14 head located near Ada and 12 more unaccounted. Officers from ten counties plus Texas and Kansas assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Gaar
Ernest Miers
Elmer Young
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Brand
Southwest Cattle Raisers Association
Coy Rosenthal
Antlers
John Russell
Atoka
Rosenthal
Ada
Hobart
Texas
Kansas
Jackson
Washita
Kiowa
Roger Mills
Comanche
Ellis
Greer
Harmon
Wood
Cotton
Ellie Miller
Waurika
Lee Welch
Peniton
Tex
Gaar
Banks Study Earnings and Tax Effects on Banks
Banks assess how taxation impacts capital structures as the Federal Reserve surveys 1,600 banks to gauge effects on earning capacity and capital formation. Bankers say excess profits tax chills new capital, noting utilities and railroads count normal earnings differently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance
The
American Bankers Association
Model Boy Hacks Mother to Death
A 16 year old in Oakland confessed to hacking his mother Evelyn Hutchins to death and burning her body to avoid discovery. Police stated Samuel Hutchins admitted the crime and planned to sign a transcript. he was held without charge as inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Merle Longnecker
Samuel Hutchins
Sam
Grass Valley
Evelyn S. Hutchins
Ralph Hutchins
Kerr to Defense of Higher Taxes
U S Senator Robert S Kerr predicts Americans will have higher take home pay in two Truman terms than under all Republican administrations and argues tax receipts fund World War II and defense. He spoke at a Montana Democratic rally defending tax policy against Chamber of Commerce criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Truman
Kerr
Montana
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Hoover
Coolidge
Native Konawan in Higher Bank Post
Frank R. Swan, native Konawan, becomes vice president in charge of correspondent bank relations at City National Bank and Trust in Oklahoma City. A University of Oklahoma graduate and WWII veteran, he rose from messenger in 1940 to this executive post, following early banking work with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Swan
Oklahoma City Institution
Konawa
Frank R. Swan
Konawan
City National Bank and Trust Company
Oklahoma City
Frank P. Swan
First National Bank of
Kanawa
Swan
Seminole County
City National
Oklahoma City Bank
University of Oklahoma
Notorious FBI Wanted Gunman Surrenders in Manhattan
New York date one of the nation s 10 most wanted men Giachino Anthony Bacolla described as ready to kill without provocation walked into a Broadway office building and surrendered to FBI agents. Bacolla had been sought since June for the Detroit witness slaying in a federal theft case and on the most wanted list since August 20. He a former boxer had prior prison time for armed robbery and bail jumping in 1950. He cooperated during arrest and is held in the Federal Detention House as J Edgar Hoover noted he had resided in a Manhattan rooming house for the past month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Broadway
Giachino Anthony Bacolla
Baccolla
Sing Sing Prison
N. Y
Corpus Christi
Texas
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Manhattan
West Side
Speeding Truck Driver Fined After Ada Traffic Stop
John Julia Selby appeared before peace justice C. W. Floyd and was fined $14 for speeding in a truck. State trooper Aubrey Mitchell picked him up Wednesday eight miles south of Ada on SH 99 for traveling more than 50 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Julia Selby
C. W. Floyd
Peace Justice
Selby
Ada
SH 99
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Sheffield to start 1000 foot coal shaft at McAlester
Sheffield Steel Corp moves toward drilling a 1000 foot coal shaft at McAlester after an 85 percent tax writeoff on a 4 million coal property expansion. Negotiations over three years, 2000 tons daily output, 300 miners, coal to fuel Houston steel plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Sheffield Steel Corporation
Sheffield
Houston
Texas
Eight-Year-Old Solves First Case Freeing Robbery Suspect
In LA CANADA California eight year old Jimmy Jones aided by Sheriff officers nabbed James Monroe Rudolph thirty four of Placerville wounded while fleeing a holdup. Capt. Vic England credits Jimmy for alerting deputies and says Rudolph, the Green Scarf Bandit, is linked to prior jobs in Reno Las Vegas LA Sacramento and beyond. Rudolph wore a green scarf over part of his face when entering Jimmy's home and forcing his parents to drive him to the nearby super market. Jimmy feigned sleep, alerted the sheriff, and officers arrived as Rudolph fled. Rudolph was wounded, captured, and faces investigation on the attempted robbery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Canada
Calif
Jimmy Jones
Jimmy
James Monroe
Rudolph
Placerville
Vic England
Montrose
England
Reno
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Sacramento
B. G. Jones
Super-Mart
Jones
Proves Santa Cannot Use Chimney
Eight year old Jimy Kirk tried to fit down a Melrose Park chimney to prove Santa cannot, but got stuck with only his head showing. A nearby house painter pulled him out, saving the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Santa Claus
John F. Kirks
Melrose Park
Jimy Kirk
Santa
Jimmy
Peter Rosinsky
Peter
Dulles Returns to Tokyo on goodwill visit
John Foster Dulles arrived in Tokyo for a goodwill visit denying ties to peace talks or post occupation security force plans. He noted the U S ambassador played a key role in drafting the Japanese treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulles
Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Ada City Budget Faces Shortfall and Needs Modernization
Ada city manager John Hamman spoke at the Ada Kiwanis Club on municipal finances. He cited Ada’s 285 000 dollar budget with 302 000 dollar projected expenses, a heavy reliance on salaries and fees, and described needs for a new east side police substation, street program expansion, and rebuilt public facilities. He noted Oklahoma’s growing city burden and the province’s small share of operating funds compared to Texas, urging modernization and basic service expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamman
Ada
Ada Kiwanis Club
Oklahoma
Texas
Health Department
Hamman
Polio Strikes Six Of Eight De Mars Children
In Van Nuys California Mrs Donald F De Mars reports six of her eight children contracted polio last August. Four have returned home and 4 year old Dickie may leave hospital by New Year’s, possibly Christmas. Ten year old Donald remains in an iron lung 12 hours daily. Dickie’s twin Robert and 11 year old Carole were not infected. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis paid the bills and the family plans to back the March of Dimes campaign in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Nuys
Calif
Donald F. de Mars
Dickie
Donald
Patricia
Audrey
Shirley
David
Robert
Carole
Over Half Million Owed Government By Million Taxpayers
The Internal Revenue Bureau reported about 1 million taxpayers owed the government 632.363 million dollars as of Oct 31, with 505 million delinquent income taxes. Delinquency was rising but not alarming, and 96 million was withheld by employers but not remitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Bureau
Banker Talks to Schoolmaster Club
M L Stegall presided over a Byng Latin school meeting of the Pontotoc County Schoolmasters with 43 attendees. Wewoka banker T W Burch was principal speaker on The Teacher and His Place in Society, after a meal by the Byng home demonstration club and a student music program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byng
M. L. Stegall
Pontotoc County
Byng Home Demonstration Club
Mooniene Perry
Ona Lou Wall
Dodie Ester Myers
Irregular Labor Claims Charged in Wagoner County
State Examiner and Inspector's Office alleges more than 2500 in labor claims were irregularly paid by former Wagoner County superintendent Ona Drake. Deputy Inspector Wendall G. Brawley cites audit findings showing claims in the name of James Wynn signed improperly and deposited to Drake's personal account. Drake calls the charges a scare and says she aided Wynn while Wynn denies signing the warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Wagoner County
Wendall G. Brawley
Ona Drake
Drake
Chester King
Joe Edison
James Wynn
Ona A. Drake
Brawley
Wynn
Half Century of Radio On Records
Washington marks the fiftieth anniversary of intercontinental radio 50 years after Marconi sent the first signal. The FCC notes 700000 licensed operators, U.S. reach to 82 foreign nations plus territories, and 88 countries by radio telephone. It lists 4700 broadcast stations, 33000 marine, 32000 nautical, 11000 industrial, 5200 land transport, 800 common carrier, 400 experimental, and nearly 100000 amateur stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guglielmo Marconi
Atlantic Ocean
Federal Communications Commission
United States
State wage and salary course opens at A and M
Stillwater Oklahoma December 11 state executives opened a two day short course on wage and salary administration at Oklahoma A and M college. The program is the fourth in a series designed to aid state executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Kerr Sees Enemy Subs Off Coasts
Sen. Robert Kerr warned at a Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association meeting that enemy submarines have surfaced near U S shores to test fortifications and seek details on America’s productive capacity and missiles. He praised American ruggedness and cited soil conservation and water reclamation as vital wartime and peacetime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
America
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
Four Homes Burn In Two Months
Picher Oklahoma miner Herschel Ellis fears entering any house after four homes burned in two months. The first blaze began October 17, destroying the Ellis family’s first rebuilt home in Cardin, then two more fires struck while they lived with relatives and at his mother’s house. The cause remains unknown to firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picher
Okla
Herschel Ellis
Cardin
Ellis
Postman Urges Leashed Dogs to Ease Christmas Route
Shawnee Oklahoma December 12 The Oklahoma Association of Letter Carriers asks dog owners to keep pets from nipping mailmen during the Christmas rush A line suggests the best gift is to put the family dog on a leash permanently to protect postal workers and ensure smooth deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma Association of Letter Carriers
Association
Quail Need Food as Snow and Sleet Arrive
Oklahoma wildlife specialist F M Baumgartner warns quail will face hunger during snow and sleet. Farmers and hunters should drop grain in sheltered crannies and brushy spots to help survival. snow bound birds may die in a week to ten days. Lake Carl Blackwell studies show quail drops from 350 to 109 in snowy wet weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
F. M. Baumgartner
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Baumgartner
Lake Carl Blackwell
Junior Chamber sponsors rat poisoning a major success
Dr. James Green reports a successful rat poison campaign in Ada with 259 residences and the business district checked by Mills Garrison and Max Wilcomb. Many baits were consumed, hundreds of dead rats observed, and no fresh activity in poisoned areas, though further sanitation work and more garbage containers are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
James Green
Mills Garrison
Max Wilcomb
State Health Department
Garrison
Ada
Joe Gifford
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kaesong Now an Armed Camp Near Panmunjon
Kaesong, long the site of Korean truce talks, has become an armed camp with Chinese troops vastly outnumbering North Koreans. Red forces ring the Panmunjon area, manning sentry boxes along highways and massing in hills just outside the 1000 yard neutral zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaesong
Korea
U. N
Panmunjon
Big Expansion For Base At McAlester
A $19 million expansion program is slated to begin early next year at the McAlester naval ammunition depot in Oklahoma. Senator Mike Monroney reports the Navy informed him the project will add 83 high explosive magazines 211 smokeless powder magazines 34 inert store houses 28 fuse and detonator magazines along with road rail waterline and fire alarm upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAlester
Okla
Naval Ammunition Depot
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Navy
Remodel Cell For Escaper Whitlock
Ruby Whitlock, a prisoner at the State Penitentiary, will receive tempered steel bars in her cell after her latest escape from the women’s section. Warden Jerome J. Waters Jr. stated the remodel follows her second escape in four months while serving time for burglary in McAlester Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Ruby Whitlock
State Penitentiary
Ruby
Jerome J. Waters Jr
Aggie Veep to Be Ride In Pakistan
Randall Klemme Oklahoma A and M College vice president will leave January 15 to serve as a temporary consultant for the Pakistan government. He will assist in converting agricultural and mineral raw materials into industrial use. Vice Director William Abbott will act as vice president during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Randall Klemme
Oklahoma A
M. College
Pakistan
Asia
Klemme
William Abbott
Ada Council Sets Paying Bids For Sewage and Paving
Ada City Council approved $23,000 in material claims tied to the new sewage program and issued bids for paving District 57 on North Constant. The body also authorized parallel parking on sections of 13th Street and East Townsend, and approved $5,000 for automatic chlorination and metering gear for water facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
J. R. Hamman
North Constant
Ninth Street
East 12Th
North Beard
Sixth and Hope
13Th Street
Courthouse Block
Townsend
South Rennie
Main Street
MIG-15 Too Good For Our Comfort
Gen George C Kenney warns MIG-15 fighters are standing up in combat too well for U S comfort while visiting Tulsa for a National Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation fundraiser. He praises American youths as top combat aviators and urges supplying them with the best weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Russia
George C. Kenney
U. S
Far East
National
Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation
America
Nine Die As Fire Destroys Sumterville Frame Home
In Sumerville South Carolina a fire killed nine people including two mothers and seven children in a five room frame house a mile south of town. Fireman Ted Limehouse said the house was fully involved when he arrived at 5 am in light rain. The grandparents survived with minor injuries while both fathers had left for work at a sawmill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
S. C
Ted Limehouse
Lewis Cook
Ruby Ann
Linda
Mary
John
Evelyn Still
Susan
Ogretta
Barbara Ann Still
William Henry Still
Dorchester Hospital
Bingo Playing Women Threaten To Toss Chief
In Moundsville West Virginia fifteen women bingo players demanded Chief Raymond C Gillespie quit enforcement after he shut down their games The group rallied at a city council meeting threatening to throw the chief into the Ohio River as mayor Wilbert Minor said the police order did not cover bingo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
Raymond C. Gillespie
Ohio River
Wilbert Minor
Minor
Gillespie
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Hobert
Sheffield Company
Hamman Pictures
Hubert
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Banker
Wagoner
State Office
Marconi
Atlantic
Whitlock
Aggie Veep
Council
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