House Debates Two Term Limit for U S Presidency
The House advances a GOP led constitutional amendment to limit presidents to two terms amid Democratic objections. Senator Wiley backs a similar Senate measure aligning with the House effort. President Truman reiterates a request to revise the line of succession, while Ada college seeks funds for a student memorial building with pledges near fifty thousand dollars and a goal of fifteen thousand more.
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Washington
House
Rep
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Rayrm
Senate Judiciary
Wiley
Roosevelt
Truman
Martin
R-Mass
Vandenberg
Mich
Ada
Max Gardner Dies Suddenly Before London Ambassador Post
Max Gardner 64 former North Carolina governor and ex undersecretary of the treasury died suddenly at the St Regis Hotel New York of coronary thrombosis. He failed to board the liner America for London where he was to become the U S ambassador to Great Britain as President Truman mourned a loyal friend and noted career in diplomacy. Gardner had arrived in New York the day before and was honored at a Waldorf luncheon. arrangements planned to ship the body to Shelby North Carolina.
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New York
O. Max Gardner
St. Regis
America
London
United States
Great Britain
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Gardner
the Treasury
North Carolina
Ralph
Fred Morrison
Morrison
Treasury
Byrnes
Carolina
Spartanburg
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Locomotive Crash Kills Engineer Near Scullin
Frank Murley a 51 year old Sherman Texas railroad engineer for Frisco died when his locomotive overturned and pinned him in the cab about two miles south of Scullin. Fireman James Potts of Sherman suffered second degree burns and shock and remained in Valley View hospital.
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Frank Murley
Sherman, Tex
Frisco
Scullin
James Potts
Sherman
Valley View Hospital
Potts
Colonel Held Over Diamonds Seizure Shakes Pacific War Ties
Colonel Edward J. Murray of Palo Alto, a veteran of Pacific campaigns, was placed in technical arrest as customs and the army investigate seizure of $210,000 in Japanese diamonds found on his person and in a deposit box. He arrived on the Westminster Victory and faces a Tokyo inquiry while authorities say the diamonds were cut and vary from a fifth of a carat to 10 carats.
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San Francisco
Army
Tokyo
Murray
Leake
Bank of Japan
Clovis E. Byers
Eighth Army
Washington
Yokohama
Eisler Refuses Oath Before House Committee
Gerhard Eisler, accused chief communist agent, refuses to swear to tell the truth before the House American Activities Committee. He is cited for contempt and escorted from the room. Hoover’s FBI briefing tied Eisler to International Communist leadership and alleged espionage links.
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Washington
Gerhard Eisler
United States
House
American Activity Committee
Thomas
R-Nj
Eisler
Louis F. Budenz
The
Daily Worker
Budenz
Justice Department
Ellis Island
Robert Stripling
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Immigration Service
Hoover
Moscow
Edward
Communist International
Hans Berger
Julius Eisman
Refugee Committee
New York
Predatory Horned Owls Oust Eagles From Nests
In a rare note, horned owls drive American eagles from their nests, feed on the eaglets, then occupy the nest themselves. The behavior highlights unusual interspecies interactions observed in local wildlife reports.
Weather Outlook for Oklahoma Fair and Colder This Week
Fair and colder conditions dominated this afternoon and tonight with strong northerly winds. Lows tonight range from 20 to 25 in the north and 25 to 30 in the south. Friday will stay chilly with continued northerly flow.
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Oklahoma
New Cabinet Plan Now for Palestine
London reports British leaders met Jewish agency representatives in an unscheduled conference to unveil Cabinet plans for Palestine. Two options were discussed: immediate partition into Jewish and Arab states or modified Morrison style semi autonomous provinces. A compromise was sought with Bevin pressing a strict Jewish immigration cap and a possible transfer of the mandate to the United Nations if rejected.
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London
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Holy Land
Ernest Bevin
Whitehall
Arthur Creech Jones
Bevin
Morrison
Creech Jones
Palestine Police Force
Cyrankiewicz Named Poland Premier After Reelection
Poland's newly reelected president Boleslaw Bierut chose socialist Josef Cyrankiewicz as premier and asked him to form a new government. Cyrankiewicz will report to parliament on Saturday.
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Warsaw
Boleslaw Bierut
Poland
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Cyrankiewicz
No Coroner Rules In Madill Schoolroom Shootings
Marshall County Sheriff Joe Everett said no coroner's inquest was needed and a verdict of murder and suicide was returned in the double shooting at Camrose elementary School. Mrs. Jessie Laird 40 and Ellis Laird 62 died after a classroom incident witnessed by several first graders.
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Madill
Okla
U.P
Joe Everett
Marshall County
Jessie Laird
Ellis Laird
Bristow Youth Fatally Injured in Highway Crash
Clifford Ray Stanbrough 19 of Bristow died after a light pickup overturned on U S Highway 66 one mile north of Bristow. He and three companions were returning from Tulsa. others were not seriously injured. Stanbrough worked for a pipeline firm and was the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Stanbrough. He died in a hospital about two hours after the wreck.
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Bristow
Okla
Clifford Ray Stanbrough
U. S. Highway 66
Here
William Southern
Floyd Snyder
Stanbrough
Tulsa
Claude Stanbrough
Oklahoma Eleemosynary Bill Set for Senate Action
Oklahoma City February 6 Efforts will be made in the senate next week to pass the eleemosynary institutions appropriations bill for nearly 20 million dollars in the next two years stated Appropriations Chairman Raymond Gary. Joint committees completed hearings and the senate committee will meet Monday night for final action. The bill may rise above 19 million with most increases for mental hospitals. The committees will next tackle the departmental appropriations bill budgeting about 3.5 million dollars annually for the next biennium.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Appropriations
Raymond Gary
House
Sonny Wisecarver seeks job to wed teenage sweetheart
18 year old Ellsworth Sonny Wisecarver, tied to repeated romances with married women since age 14, seeks work to marry a 16 year old high school girl. He previously eloped at 16 with a 25 year old mother of two, was placed in a California youth camp, escaped, and gained freedom via habeas corpus in Ely Nevada. The girl’s identity is not disclosed.
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Sonny
Las Vegas
Ellsworth
Sonny) Wisecarver
Wisecarver
California State Youth Authority
Redding
Ely
Nev
Yuma
Ariz
Bond buyers edge redemptions for first time in year
Americans bought 534.989 million in series E war bonds in January while cashing in 342.344 million, leaving the treasury with a 192.645 million edge. Official records released in Washington show the shift after a year of higher redemptions.
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Washington
Treasury
Newsmen renew visit request to Soviet zone of Germany
American correspondents in Berlin formally renewed a request to Russian authorities for permission to visit the Soviet zone of Germany. Western allied nation reporters last visited the zone in mid September to observe local elections.
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Berlin
Germany
Engel Leads Tax Policy Revolt In House GOP Ranks
Rep. Engel fronts a GOP rift over tax cuts with opposition to Knutson's plan for a sweeping income tax reduction. He argues relief must favor small incomes and urges raising the $500 personal exemption to lift millions from taxation. House debate centers on wartime and budget items as Truman seeks no broad cuts this year.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
Rep
Bender
Ohio
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
House
Taft
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means
Engel
Martin
R-Mass
Army Truce Teams Ordered to Return to Base at Once
U S army forces ordered seven truce teams in China to return to base immediately. The first group of six officers from Changchun has arrived in Peiping, and a total of about 2,000 personnel will sail from Tangku. Ambassador Stuart told the government and Communists the U S would aid until March 5 for the return to accessible Communist areas of key headquarters staff and about 150 Communist officials from Nanking Shanghai and Chungking offices.
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John Roderick Peiping
U. S. Army
China
Changchun
Peiping
Tangku
Nanking
U. S
J. Leighton Stuart
United States
Shanghai
Chungking
Alan Ladd’s wife Sue Carol gives birth to a son
Hollywood reports Sue Carol wife of actor Alan Ladd welcomed a baby boy yesterday. The couple already has a daughter named Alana who is 3%2 years old.
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Hollywood
Alan Ladds
Sue Carol
Tough Guy
Alana
OPA Revises Sugar Ration and Stamp Validation
The OPA will issue a 10 pound sugar stamp for April 1, covering canning and home use, replacing the previous five pound allotment. Stamp 53, now five pounds, expires March 31 instead of April 30. Future stamps will be worth 10 pounds and the change saves about $1.5 million in new ration books.
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Washington
OPA
Anderson
Fines Set on Union Over Interference at Oklahoma City Plant
Federal Judge Edgar Vaught fined Teamsters Local 886 AFL and three officials ten thousand dollars each jointly for contempt of court over interference with Quick Charge Inc. plant operations in Oklahoma City during reorganization under federal law. The court previously held James E. Hamilton and organizers Maurice E. Mitchell and H. L. Crawford in contempt for picketing and disrupting carrier service after bankruptcy filing. Hamilton said the union would appeal.
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Oklahoma City
Edgar
Vaught
Teamsters Union Local 886
AFL
Quick Charge, Inc
Union
James E. Hamilton
Maurice E. Mitchell
H. L. Crawford
Quick Charge
Hamilton
Rent Case Filed In Oklahoma City
The office of temporary controls filed in federal district court a suit against Peter D. Gibson over rent charged to a couple expecting a baby. Gibson allegedly required three occupants and a signed statement for three, though the child was due in about 90 days. The two person ceiling was 55 dollars, yet 62.50 was paid for three. Gibson declined comment.
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Oklahoma City
Office of Temporary Controls
Federal District Court
Peter D. Gibson
Gibson
Japanese Lt General Tani Denies Nanking Atrocity Charge
Lt Gen Hisao Tani, 61, rejects responsibility for the Nanking rape case at his war crimes trial. Prosecutors say Japanese troops killed and mistreated about 400,000 civilians and soldiers over eight days after the capital fell on December 12, 1937.
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Nanking
Hisao Tani
The Pessimist on Home Conditions and Marriage
An old dialect note explains that the interior of a house begins to show itself by the state of the garage and back porch. The piece contrasts people who remain single with those who marry, observing social choices in a compact, reflective voice.
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East Central State College
U.S
George C. Marshall
Congress
East Central District
Max Gardner
Loco Hospital
Merritt Watson
O. L. Saylors
Roff
W. A. Hubbard
Calhoun
McAlester
Holdenville
Katy
Miller
Ft. Worth
Pamela Miller
Kent
England
GOP
Bob Blanks
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