Snow Closes Schools and Delays Travel in Ada Area
Two inches of fresh snow plus sleet raised total ground cover to about three and a half inches in Ada. Traffic eased but chains used. bus and taxi services delayed. Schools cancelled for the rest of the week including Pickett Oakmen Latta Fitzaugh Vaness Shnéwail. Ada-Wewoka game postponed. Officials report significant snow removal efforts on Main Street and widespread travel disruption.
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Nore
Pickett
Qakmen
Latta
Main Street
Legislature Has Routine Day With Some Voting Done
Oklahoma City February 15 legislators spent a routine day approving back pay for four lawmakers who left posts for military duty last autumn. The senate sent a bill to the governor granting payments to Rep. W L Card, Rep. Dwain Box, Rep. John W Russell, and Rep. W R Wallace Jr. Also approved were measures for temporary commercial truck licenses during harvest season and a plan extending temporary permits to state truck owners. House bills aiding military drivers and a resolution preserving member costs were adopted. A bill to allow hunting and fishing for those 45 and older without a license was approved and sent to the senate.
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Oklahoma City
Mee Q. Williamson
W L. Card
Medford
Dwain Box
John W. Russell
Okmulgee
W. R. Wallace, Jr
Senate
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
House
Lower Chamber
Young Demos Meet Tuesday Elect Officers and Plan
Pontotoc county Young Democratic League chapter will meet in the district court room Tuesday February 20 at 730 PM to elect officers and plan attendance at the state convention in Shawnee February 23 and 24. Weather and road issues forced postponement of the state meeting initially. A revolver engraved with from Adolf Hitler to General Rommel was found by police in Beirut Lebanon during a routine arms search. Local Arab Ahmed Eljardi was detained as police confiscated the revolver after he ordered about 1000 to retrieve it.
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Pontotoc County
The
Young Democratic League
Shawnee
Adolf Bitler
Beirut
Lebanon
Oklahoma Weather Update Mostly Cloudy with Light Wintry Mix
Mostly cloudy weather with light sleet or snow likely in central areas, and sleet or rain extending to the far east this afternoon through Friday. Temperatures slowly rise Friday with tonight's lows 15 to 23 west and 25 to 32 east, highs Friday 33 to 45 west and near 32 east.
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Oklahoma
North Central
Bell
Weather slows state as snow drifts halt life
Two days of freezing drizzle and heavy snow slowed Oklahoma to a near standstill. Roads blocked and five highway deaths blamed on the storm. Schools closed statewide. six towns cut off from long distance service. trains off schedule. Tulsa airport iced in. Snow totals up to five inches with lows near 18. Forecast calls for gradual warming with mixed precipitation. Wireless outages and 800 wire breaks reported in southeastern Oklahoma as Bell lines fail.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma
Durant
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Gage
Hobart
Waynoka
McAlester
Norman Doctor's Car and Patient Located in Ada
A 1950 Oldsmobile owned by Dr. Orville Woodson of Norman was recovered in Ada after being driven by a Norman state hospital patient, Jathine Bohanon. Walker Hisle and Ernest Myers of the sheriff's force aided the recovery. The car contained the doctor’s medical bag with a large amount of dope. The vehicle and patient are to be held in Ada until Norman officials arrive to take custody.
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Orville Woodson
Norman
Ada
Walker Hisle
Ernest Myers
State Mental Hospital
Jathine Bohanon
Court Ruling Grants Officers a Break in Arrests
The criminal court of appeals upheld a six month jail term and $300 fine for Bill Edwards of Tulsa county convicted of unlawful possession of fist cases of liquor. Deputies saw whisky cases unloaded from Edwards' car and arrested him, ruling the officers acted in their presence. The court also reversed a five year manslaughter conviction for Claude Adams Osage county due to trial judge instructions and dismissed Jack William McMichael Jr.’s appeal after a $100 fine and 30 day jail sentence for reckless driving in Tulsa county.
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Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Bill Edwards
Tulsa County
Edwards
Claude Adams
Osage County
Jack William McMichael Jr
Girl of 15 Becomes Mother of Twins in Los Angeles
A 15 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Brennen, gave birth to premature twins at Jaywood hospital. The twins weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces and 4 pounds 7 ounces and were placed in incubators. Both mother and babies were reported in good condition.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Solomon
Les Brennen
Jaywood Hospital
No More Liquor For Frozen Woman
Chicago news reports Dorothy Stevens, a 23 year old Black woman found frozen in a South Side gangway, will not require major amputations. Doctors at Michael Reese Hospital said bandages were removed from her legs, noting excellent condition with no gangrene. Her chances are excellent, and doctors expect no further digits hands or arms to be removed. Police say she had been drinking.
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Chicago
Dorothy Stevens
Michael Reese Hospital
Stevens
Ne- Ero
South Fide
U. S. Plans For Europe Are Listed
Secretary of Defense Marshall outlined U S plans to send 106000 more troops to Europe, boosting U S ground forces to about 197000 and total Western European forces to around 250000 including air and sea units. He indicated a possible ten year postwar stay and discussed congressional approval and strategic implications with senators.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Ane
Europe
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Mediterranean
Ax Tong
Congress
Morse
R-Cre
Nether
Russia
Western Europe
United State
Odd Fellows Plan Benefit Dinner at American Legion Hall
The Odd Fellows building fund benefit dinner is set for February 2 at 7 30 p m at the American Legion. Frank Streetman, mayor of Savakwa, will be master of ceremonies and a full evening of entertainment is planned with Varnon Im Wor Me, noble grand, participating.
Woman returns found ring to store owner in Ontario
Mrs Arthur Wishey found a diamond ring while shopping in Erie Ontario. She unwrapped the gift at two local stores and returned the ring to the proprietor, declining any reward as she believed it was her duty to return found property.
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Yort Erie
Arthur Wishey
UMTS Bill Clears Senate Committee In Military Draft Debate
Washington reports the Senate armed services committee approved the Universal Military Training and Service bill by 13 to 0, with no date set for floor debate. The House study group plans analysis and patterns for its own bill while seeking more testimony from Defense officials and aiming to finish next month. The Senate measure would authorize induction of 11 year olds after draft-board readiness, extend service to 24 months exclusive of leave, and could reach 24 months and five days with accumulated leave.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Bone Armed Services
Senate
Senate Armed Services
House
Department of Defense
Department
Glenn McCarthy's Daughter in Oil Business Shocker
Glenn McCarthy's daughter Glenna Lee McCarthy works for Humble Oil Refining Co in Houston. She carried messages office to office and to workers in waiting rooms. She married Chey Pontikes, a former football player, by a justice of the peace on December 2, eluding public notice for weeks.
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Houston Ailionaire
Glenn McCarthy
Humble Oil Refining Co
Gienna Lee
George Pontikes
Chey
Glenna
Pontikes
Rice
Wee
Where's Mao Is Question Where's Mao Is Question
Hong Kong reports note Mao Tse-tung did not attend three major functions in days past. Speculation from Taipei suggested Mao might travel to Moscow to confer with Premier Stalin on the Korean War and other Asiatic issues, though this was not taken seriously at the time. Mao's last public appearance in Peking was January 1 during Indian National Day celebrations.
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Georgers
China
Red China
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Mao
Moscow
Tomer
Stalin
Taipei
Peking
Hoover says China’s democracy would fail due to administration limits
In Collier’s magazine Hoover argues China cannot have a truly representative government because of 90 percent illiteracy and low living standards. He notes the educated class can be swayed by new ideologies, and that China’s long history lacks universal ballot elections. Frank Ryan at Yale is mentioned as a research psychologist.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
China
Collier's Magazine
Hoover
Unusual kittens spotted near Jesse spark local mystery
Report of two young cats found near Jesse, later brought to Ada for examination. Dr Harvey Price says they are not house cats or alley cats due to build and markings. Hunters observed traits of wild cats, with one weighing about pounds. Age estimated from months. No violence reported. residents plan to trap a second cat when weather improves.
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Jesse
Ada
Harvey Price
Cate
Sueda
Whittington Sad Ton Winton
Emory Manuel Sad
Roup
D Grasa
Marvel
Ada Banter
Was &Leep Orange Co
Murray to address legislators on his legislative program
Governor Johnston Murray outlined his legislative program to the legislature including increases to old age assistance from current revenue, a common school financing plan, reorganization to cut overlapping boards, the Gary merit system for state workers, and about 200 public forums statewide. He aims to complete a first draft of the social message this weekend and urged preserving the $4.5 million old age fund balance to cover emergencies.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Gary
Murray
Joe B. Thompson
Ardmore
No Quickie Tax Rise This Spring Dropped
Washington reports that the prospect of a quick tax increase this spring vanished as the House Ways and Means Committee, after a closed session, announced it would hear revenue-raising proposals from Secretary Snyder before deciding on one or two tax bills. Chairman Doughton said hearings would cover Truman’s plan and related ideas, with actions expected only after completing the review.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
Mr. Truman
Reed
R-Ny
Relief Drive Smashes at Chipyong in Korea Warfront
Chinese forces launched a major drive to crack the central front but American French units held the Chipyong anchor. After eight hours of fighting the relief column broke through to the perimeter at 5 30 p m. local time. Casualties on the front neared ten thousand on Wednesday, with broader losses approaching one hundred thousand since January.
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Chipyong
Uhia
NEA
Edd Hoffmann
Tokyo
Seoul
Wong Ju
Hunter
Thorium Key to U S Readiness on India Wheat Policy
Washington report reveals India holds about three quarters of global thorium, a mineral in monazite sands crucial to future atomic energy and possibly weapon use. U S policy avoids risking thorium supply, citing India’s rich deposits in Travancore and beach sands in Brazil and parts of the United States.
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Soviet Union
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Sec
Brazil
South Carolina
Idaho
Travancore
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