Court to Hear Lewis Appeal on Coal Strike Conviction
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a ten point appeal by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers against their contempt conviction and 3.51 million dollars in fines tied to the 17 day coal strike. Arguments are scheduled for January 14.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
High Tribunal
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Union
U. S
Goldsborough
Valentine Dies.Riots and Crime Fighter Led NYPD
Lewis J. Valentine 64 former New York police commissioner died at Long Island College Hospital after a long illness. A Brooklyn native, he joined the force in 1903 and rose through the ranks to lead the 18,000 officers from 1934 to 1945. He battled slot machines gambling rings white slavers and corrupt politicians with Fiorello LaGuardia and Thomas E. Dewey.
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New York
Lewis J. Valentine
Brooklyn
Long Island College Hospital
Valentine
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Tammany Hall
Brookyn
Fiorello LaGuardia
New Yorks
LaGuardia
Thomas E. Dewey
Sunray Improves Allen Refinery Desalting Units
Sunray Oil Corp announces four 3,000 barrel Petreco desalting units at its Allen refinery to remove salt content from crude oil before processing. V P refining F F Martin says the system will cut maintenance costs from salt corrosion and improve operations versus chemical removal. A similar four-unit upgrade was completed at Sunray’s Santa Maria refinery in California.
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Sunray Oil Corporation
Petreco
Allen
F. F. Martin
Sunray
Santa Maria
Calif
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News Want Ads reports that investors see higher value from vested assets and improved yields for funds committed over time. Clear financial emphasis notes enduring gains and confidence in long term returns with steady growth expectations.
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Ada News
Brighter Day Forecast as Inventors Promise Wonders
New York’s HAL BOYLE reports a buoyant mood as progress ideas pop up. Heated sidewalks to spare shoppers slush, free Havana trips for millionaires, white carbon black tires, and witty future gadgets spark optimism for a lighter world.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rembrandt
Gran Casino Nacional
Havana
Miami
America
Florida
Moe
Robberies Reported on North Broadway
Three robberies on North Broadway investigated by Ra Pa City police. Chief Quinton Blake said a drunk suspect entered three locations. Hickey's service station at 1000 North Broadway lost cigarettes shotgun shells and cigars. Hollis Big company office also entered with cash missing. A nearby house was entered.
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North Broadway
Quinton Blake
Sooner State league approves eight thousand plans and seats
Ardmore hosts a key meeting as Lawton gains sixth franchise replacing Okmulgee. Plans include a Shaughnessy playoff format, a $1 opening day, and a $1 800 salary cap for Class D players with a $500 fine for breaches. Lawton backs league with community groups and a park project.
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Sooner State Baseball League
Ardmore
Lawton
Okmulgee
Ada
Seminole
McAlester
Duncan
Dick Ward
Hershel Passon
Ward
American Legion
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Lawton Bank
Shaughnessy
Jack Mealey
National Association of Minor Leagues
Los Angeles
Calif
KOM
Mealey
Tokyo to curb vast army of rats after bomb ruins
Tokyo's 25 million rats, thriving amid war ruins, face a US Army drive to exterminate them. Army units receive anti rat ammunition 6000 traps and 200000 packages of poison effective within 12 hours.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Fatal Auto Crash South of Idabel Claims Young Man
The highway patrol reports Thomas Pugh age 22 of Idabel died from injuries after an automobile accident south of Idabel near the Texas border Sunday afternoon. Fog was not a factor. This marks the thirteenth highway fatality this month and 483 for the year.
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Associated Press
Highway Patrol
Thomas Pugh
Idabel
Texas
Pugh
Oklahoma
City considers fireworks sale ban and gun discharge ban
Ada city council to discuss an ordinance prohibiting fireworks sales after January 31 and discharging firearms within city limits. Meeting opens at 7:30 with invites to residents to share views and influence city governance.
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Ada
Easy Kill Deer Hits Truck Driver in Ill. Highway
Joseph Woltering of Effingham, Illinois, bagged a 275 pound four point deer without firing when the animal ran into his truck on a highway in Olive Illinois. The unusual accident occurred December 16.
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Olive, Ill
Joseph Woltering
Effingham
Ill
Laboring Men Vote Republican After Democratic Fatigue
Henry A. Wallace notes that many laboring men voted Republican on November 5 due to fatigue from Democratic presence. The quote reflects a political shift tied to ongoing party dynamics and voter sentiment.
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Henry A. Wallace
Army and Navy Expect Budget Cuts to Defense Funds
Army and Navy request a larger share of the national budget but brace for deep defense cuts next fiscal year. Officials expect reductions of up to 40 percent in war and navy funds and forecasts of combined expenditures dropping from 13 billion to as low as 8 billion.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Army
Navy
Truman
Congress
War Department
Jacob L. Devers
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
White House
War
Navy Department
Strawberry farming heats up in Adair County Oklahoma
Small landowners in Adair County show rising interest in strawberries led by Henry Buckner who leased five years of rough hill land for 5 dollars total and planted nine acres earning about 1000 dollars per acre this season on marginal ground. Artificial defoliation of cotton proves profitable on the E Wal lis farm near Bixby with higher yields. Modern defoliation methods and boll weevil control were applied by airplane on the Watkins farm.
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Associated Press
Adair County
Henry Buckner
Buckner
Rough Hill
E. Wallis
Bixby
Oklahoma
Watkins
Watkins Farm
Farmer Raleigh Watkins Sees Steady Dairy and Poultry Output
Raleigh Watkins, a county farmer, reports eight good milk cows yielding about 75 dollars weekly for several months. He also keeps 75 laying hens with production consistently above fifty percent.
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Raleigh Watkins
Ee County
Cattlemen Report Dip Program Cuts Grubs This Fall
Rancher W. L. Pittman of Major county notes cattle grub control costs only a little and yields $5 to $8 per cow in savings. He installed a dipping vat and finds far fewer grubs this fall than last season, praising the range dipping program’s continued effectiveness.
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W. L. Pittman
Pittman
Cotton boll weevil control lauded by Edington in Cumberlain
J S Edington in the Cumberlain community praises hand dusting for boll weevil control. He says 10 acres treated by the sifting method last season, compared with 15 acres treated three years ago with the same method yielded more cotton. C W Hall near Leedy Oklahoma operates a dipping vat and processed 1000 head of cattle this year. Neighbors traded him work for dipping their cattle and the service benefited the community.
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Marshall County
J. S. Edington
Cumberlain
Edington
C. W. Hall
Leedy
Oklahoma
Hall
Crow Bombing Cries Up 20000 Crows In Kansas Raid
In Pratt Kansas on December 16 the year's first crow bombing killed about 20000 crows. Game director Davy Leahy estimated that 350 bombs released 2500 pounds of No 7 steel shot in a roost six miles northwest of Byers in Stafford county. Farmers requested the operation to protect crops.
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Pratt
Kas
Kansas
Davy Leahy
Byers
Stafford County
Connally on Disarmament and Inspection Measures
Senator Tom Connally of Texas argues that real disarmament requires adequate inspection to ensure effective enforcement. The remark emphasizes verification as essential to limiting armaments and upholding compliance.
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Tom Connally
Texas
Pessimism Around Council and U N Meetings Eases to Hope
After ten months of deep pessimism at the U N and allied councils the mood shifts as Russia shows signs of softening. The turn includes willingness to discuss disarmament, demobilize troops, and ease tensions over Azerbaijan and Danube issues while debates over safeguards and inspection loom at the atomic commission.
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Council
U.N
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations
Russia
Britain
Paris
New York
Trieste
Danube
Europe
U. N
Spain
Iran
Azerbaijan
Tehran
General Assembly
Security Council
United States
Atomic Commission
Old Jumping Rope Reissued as Christmas Gift Sale
A prior item is offered again as a Christmas gift, inviting interest. Those not interested may skip the sale.
Vanoss FFA Chapter reports on work of organization
Vanoss FFA members raise barrows for Ada and Tulsa shows next March. Boys listed include Bobby Hunter, John McDonald, Neffin Sharber, and others. Club members feed three steers and various cattle, with gifts totaling twenty for breeding or sale.
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Vanoss Ffa
Ada
Tulsa
Bobby Hunter
John McDonald
Neffin Sharber
Horace Cothers
Huston Evans
Tommy Hooser
Gilbert Gallup
Bobby Cook
Ray Woods
Thurman Holland
M. E. Mercer
Preston Payne
Ed Roundtree
E. J. Romba
Francis Wheelock
Doyle Cox
Paul Duncan
Jimmy Gentry
Homer Mercer
John MacDonald
Jackie Davis
Chester
Harvey Newberry
Horace Cothern
Bill Austell
Duroe Son
Vaness Ffa Boys
Konawa Boys
Burglaries in Ada and Atoka Likely Linked
Ada police and Atoka authorities investigate three burglaries Monday morning. Green Spray and Dotson's markets on East Main were entered between midnight and 3 a.m. Ada burglars used roof access then ventilator entry with no items taken. Rexall drug store in Atoka condemned 300 morphine tablets missing.
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Ada City
Atoka
Ada
Dotson
East Main Street
Quinton Blake
Blake
Rexall
Miss Virginia Blais Moves Into Curry Courthouse Cupola
In Gold Beach Oregon Miss Virginia Blais settles housing by using the Curry courthouse Cupola as an eight walled apartment five stories up. Water was piped in and furniture installed as she begins housekeeping after planning resignation over housing.
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Gold Beach
Ore
Virginia Blais
Australian survivor testifies at Tokyo war crimes trial
Colin Fleming Brien, 23, from Sydney, describes a Japanese officer beheading attempt and grave burial in 1942 near Singapore. He recounts escaping the grave and surviving to the war’s end. Australia’s prosecutor names Hideki Tojo and 11 others as responsible for atrocities against POWs and internees.
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Tokyo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Colin Fleming Brien
Sidney
Brien
Singaco
Singapore
Australia
Alan James Mansfield
Queensland
Hideki Tojo
Two Students Run East Central Book Exchange
Pete Craver and Neil Gressett, East Central students, will run a semester long book exchange in the administration building. Each book left at the desk lists a sale price, and after sale the price is paid to the seller with 10 percent handling fee. The program starts second semester and runs through January 2, the first such exchange at East Central in some time.
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East Central
Pete Craver
Neil Gressett
Exchange
Lowell Green Heads Coal County Teachers Association
Lowell Green, football coach at Coalgate high school, elected head of the Coal County Teachers association for next year at Cottonwood school. Curtis Cheek of Tupelo system named vice president and Ann Mee Laughlin reelected secretary. Casper Duffer of East Central spoke. about 80 teachers attended from Coal county schools.
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Lowell Green
Coalgate High School
Coal County Teachers Association
Cottonwood
Curtis Cheek
Tupelo
Ann MeeLaughlin
Casper Duffer
East Central
Coal County
Two Skiers Killed In Truck Crash
In Idaho Springs Colorado a Denver teenager Guy Clifford Cowan 18 and his fiancee Helen Fouse 18 died when an open-body truck fell 40 feet into Clear Creek injuring 13 other skiers returning from a Sunday outing John Cummings 14 of Denver remained in critical condition at Colorado General Hospital Denver State patrol men sent plasma and oxygen from Denver to the mining town after the accident.
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Idaho Springs
Colo
Denver
Clearcreek
Guy Clifford Cowan
Helen Fouse
Colorado General Hospital
John Cummings
Rockies
Wanted: housekeeper ad seeks strict, traditional candidate
Oliver Brooks of Brooksburg Indiana places a classified note in the Madison Courier seeking a housekeeper who must not smoke or drink or attend shows. He wants a well dressed, religious, good cook who will live with him and keep house.
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Madison
Ind
Oliver Brooks
Brooksburg
Madison Courier
First All-Woman Jury Sworn in Sangamon County
In Springfield Illinois on December 16 the first all-woman circuit court jury in Sangamon County history was sworn to hear an automobile damage suit. The twelve women argued through the night but could not reach a verdict and the case was dismissed.
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Springfield. IL
Sangamon County
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George Raft
Tough Guy
Betty Doss
Hollywood Race Track
Edward Raiden
Raft
Miss Doss
NEA Telephoto
J. M. Roberts, Jr
AP Foreign Affairs
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Coal County Teachers Group
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