Big Livestock Sales Begin Across Oklahoma in January
Oklahoma set for a busy livestock sales season starting January 4 with Hereford events at Ada led by the Hereford Heaven Breeders' association. The season peaks at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver January 12 through 19, as Garfield Garvin and Woodward 4-H clubs enter and Aberdeen-Angus sales begin February 4 in Miami.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ada
Denver
S. C. Fullerton
Hereford Heaven Breeders’ Association
Gus Delaney
Lazy D
C. C. Buxton
Horseshoe Ranch
Turner Ranch
Garfield, Garvin
Woodward County
4-H
Farmers of America
Lawton
Frederick
Assessing Blanks Sent to Business Firms Ahead of Rushing Rounds
County assessor Chas. Rushing explains business firms may hand in blanks to him when he visits to assess property. The forms, tied to 1941 legislation, request cash on hand, bank balances, receivables, and depreciation of furniture and fixtures and machinery. They also require year start and end inventories.
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Chas. Rushing
Rushing
Kerr Names Farmer Group for March March on Washington
Oklahoma Governor Robert S. Kerr names a five man state committee to represent Oklahoma farmers in a march on Washington to obtain surplus war equipment for soil conservation use. The delegation, led by A F Houston and including Clarence Reeds A P Atkins Claud Ingram and Dr Henry G Bennett, will travel to Washington January 15. Kerr will join from Omaha January 12 and other states are invited to send delegations. Hugh S Fullerton a famed baseball writer dies at Clearwater Florida.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
A. F. Houston
Grove
State Soil Conservation Board
Clarence Reeds
Norman
A. P. Atkins
Guyman
Claud Ingram
Hollis
Conservation Board
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Stillwater
Congress
Kerr
Omaha
Ship Blows Up At Texas Dock
Eight crew members of the Swedish ship Sveaborg are reported missing after an explosion and sinking at the Texas City dock. Sheriff Braggne said first mate G Engh reported twelve injured, two critically, from a boiler blast that occurred at 4 10 a m. The vessel has a 37 man crew.
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Galveston
Texas City
Frank L. Braggne
G. Engh
Engh
Planned Economy's Russia's Way in German Territory
Berlin dispatch describes Soviet style planned economy in Russian-occupied Germany with industry, farming, and mining under German provincial control aided by the Russian military government. Small German farmers show mixed reactions while Halle and Leipzig report doubts. Dr Erhardt Huebner, in Halle, says Russians leave enough for a modest population level.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Germany
Dresden
Halle
Leipzig
Saxony
Erhardt Huebner
Mother of County Men Dies At 85
Mrs. Mary A. McCauley died at her Olivet Kansas home on Wednesday December 26 at age 85. Born in Scotland she lived in Kansas most of life and visited Ada often. Funeral was held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with burial in Olivet cemetery. Survived by sons J I McCauley of Ada R A of Hartford B A of Chicago and N D McCauley of Vanoss plus her husband.
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Mary A. McCauley
J. I. McCauley
Ada
Olivet
Kansas
McCauley
Scotland
Mr. McCauley
R. A
Hartford, Kansas
B. A
Chicago
N. D. McCauley
Vanoss
Ada Nurse in Tulsa Hospital After Illness on Bus
An unconscious young woman removed from an intercity bus at Tulsa terminal identified herself as Virginia Patterson, a 22 year old nurse from Ada Oklahoma. Mercy hospital attendants took her to Mercy hospital where doctors investigated the cause of illness.
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Tulsa
Virginia Patterson
Ada
Mercy Hospital
Okla
Mercy
County Over Top In E Bond Purchases
Pontotoc county leads Victory Loan campaigns by surpassing the E bond quota. With 289 000 dollar target, residents invested 6 562 50 bringing the E total to 291 965 51 as buyers continued on Thursday. Overall county bonds reach 1 344 345 97 against an 846 000 goal. Leaders expression pride after weeks of worry.
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Pontotoc County
Job Training and Schooling Open to Vets in High School
Veterans who finished high school may pursue college prep and on the job training, with 180 state high schools in agreement. Dr. C W Robinson says postwar needs push educational readiness while non graduate veterans fear reintegrating with younger students. The VA and Milt Phillips coordinate the effort to place men in job training programs at high schools.
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Oklahoma City
Armed Services
C. W. Robinson
Veterans Administration
Robinson
Milt Phillips
Veterans Assistance
Capitol
Weather Turning Unpleasant Again
Unpleasant weather is expected to return to Oklahoma with north winds clouds light rains and fog. The statewide forecast calls for occasional light rains on the eastern side and fog in northern points. McAlester led rainfall at .07 inch while Ardmore Tulsa and Oklahoma City reported traces. Guymon logged the coldest temperature with 21, Ardmore reached 60 at yesterday afternoon.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Federal Weather Bureau
McAlester
Ardmore
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Guymon
Rescue Effort Continues For 30 To 50 Men Trapped
Rescuers battled a coal mine blast near Pineville Kentucky as flames were fought within 3 100 feet of the exit. Officials estimated 30 to 50 men entombed with most believed killed by explosion or carbon monoxide.
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Pineville
A. D. Sisk
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
Austin Hall
Kentucky Straight Creek Oil Company
Two Huge Strikes Threaten Nation's Light and Power
Nationwide labor action looms as CIO unions plan a 200000 member walkout in electrical plants of General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors potentially crippling power and telephone services. Government mediation faces a race against time as talks with GE and Westinghouse stall while Western Electric workers prepare for a New York New Jersey area walkout and possible Bell System pressure.
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Associated Press
Electrical and Telephone Company
CIO
New York
Western Electric Company
New York New Jersey
Westinghouse
General Electric
General Motors
United Electrical, Radio and the
Edgar L. Warren
Cio-Ue
Warren
Heayer
Western Electric
York
New Jersey
Mayer
Bell System
Promi
Western Electric Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
W. E
Chicago
Baltimore
Haverhill
Mass
West
Big Three foreign ministers reach accord on atomic issue
Secretary Byrnes in Moscow says the United States Soviet Union and Britain agreed on handling the atomic question and approved four power rule for Japan. A London informant says the ministers also favored trusteeship for a region and suggests independence after 1950. Details await a communique due tonight.
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Moscow
London
Byrnes
Japan
United States
Russia
Great Britain
China
Washington
C.S.T
Douglas MacArthur
Bombs in Jerusalem Cause Collapse and Lockdown
Seven bombs exploded and trapped people inside a structure in Jerusalem. Part of the building collapsed and all traffic halted. Troops rushed to emergency stations as armored cars patrolled while heavy gunfire echoed through the city.
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Jerusalem
Drivers Licenses Delinquent After Last Day of Month
Renewal must be completed before December 31, 1945 or licenses become delinquent. Fines of 18.75 apply for driving without a 1946 license or certificate. Applications may be filed at the local tag office. Ada handles new licenses forwarded to Oklahoma City for processing.
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Ada
Oklahoma City
A. H. Thornton
Allied commander plans tougher Java action to restore order
Lt. Gen. Sir Phil Christison told Indonesian leaders he planned more active measures and asked to place under his command any units needed to back the peace preservation effort. He pressed Premier Sjahrir and Amir Sjarifuddin during a Java meeting as fighting flared in Bandoeng and Surabaya amid reports of renewed shelling and attacks on British bases.
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Vern
Bandoeng
Java
Soerabaja
Semarang
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Altus-Lugert
Altus
Altus- Lugert
Bureau of Reclamation
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Mizutani Airfield
Hokkaido Island
Washington, D. C
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Kansas City
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Henry T. Myers
Myers
White House
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Grandview
UNO
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K. D. Blood
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Britisher
Sjahrir
Sjarifuddin
Christison
Willem Schermerhorn
Netherlands
Hubertus J. van Mook
Netherlands East Indies
Miniser Attlee
Attlee
Troo
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