Nation wage fight as NFTW eyes April strike
The National Federation of Telegraph Workers threats a countrywide strike around April 7 unless wage demands, including $12 weekly boosts, are met. NFTW president Joseph Beirne lobbies Senate for exemptions on industry wide bargaining and opposes bans. He criticizes closed shop bans as weakening union strength.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Senate
Far Committee
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Beirne
NFTW
Edward G. Wilms
Indeagree 9
New Jersey
Communist Party
Wilms
Congress
Oppemes
Safe Stolen From Bus Terminal Here
Ada Union Bus Terminal manager Johnny Badgwell reports a green safe was stolen Wednesday night between 9 30 and 12 30 after the rear door was removed. The safe weighed four to five hundred pounds and contained 600 to 700 dollars in company money plus vital papers including Badgwell’s discharge document. Police seek the safe or any information, hoping it was abandoned with the papers along a country road.
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Johnny Badgwell
Ada Union
Tenth and Broadway
Tenth Street
Badgwell
Oklahoma Weather Forecast
Fair southeast with clearing west and north. Colder tonight with lows near 20, 15 in the northwest. Friday remains fair with the northwest not as strong in the afternoon.
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Oklahoma
East Central College to Host High School Speech Students
East Central College will host about 200 students from roughly 25 schools for the annual East Central high school speech tournament. Events run Friday morning February 21 through Saturday afternoon with a second meet March 2 and 22 featuring dramatic declamation humorous declamation oral interpretation and a one act play festival.
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East Central
Wewoka
Enid
Purcell
Calera
Comanche
Sulphur
Konawa
Bristow
Chickasha
Northeastern
Oklahoma City
Capitol Hill
Shawnee
Classen
Henryetta
Durant
Putnam City
Entral
Ada
Seminole
Cobb
D. J. Nabors
Oklahoma House Okays 26.5 Million For School Aid
Oklahoma City report says the house approved a 26.5 million dollar common school aid bill for next year and sent it to the senate. Gov. Roy J. Turner opposes the figure, favoring 18 million, with Rep. Rhys Evans insisting on a lower amount and warning revenue gaps. Senate leader Raymond Gary cautions funding may drop to 18 million or less.
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Oklahoma City
House
Oklahoma
Senate
Roy J. Turner
Rhys Evans
Ardmore
Turner
Evans
Raymond Gary, Madill
Appropriations Committee
Oklahoma Education Association
Oklahoma Parks Bill Clears Senate and Moves to House
Oklahoma measures to create a major park program and reorganize the game and fish commission pass the Senate 33 to 1 and go to the House. The park bill would authorize a 1 million dollar bond plan for a 10 year upgrade, with land and facility acquisitions and hotel provisions blocked unless pre leased. The game and fish bill sets up an eight member commission from districts with eight year terms and an executive director to replace the game warden.
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Oklahoma City
Game and Fish Commission
Senate
House
State Planning and Resources Board
Bill for Hospital Buildings Prepared
Oklahoma City February 20 A senate bill prepared by Representative Raymond Gary would provide 387000 for new buildings and equipment at Northern Oklahoma hospital in Enid. The measure allocates 250000 to complete the infirmary 90000 for equipment 47000 to finish the sewage disposal plant plus 35600 for Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium Clinton repairs and staff housing and 10000 for equipment at Central State Hospital Norman.
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Oklahoma City
Northern Oklahoma Hospital
Enid
Senate
Raymond Gary
Madill
Enid Institution
Emergency Appropriations Fund
Western Oklahoma
Clinton
Central State Hospital
Norman
Mountbatten Named Viceroy of India
Secretary of State Marshall was told by Lord Inverchapel the British ambassador that Lord Louis Mountbatten has been named viceroy to India. He succeeds Lord Wavell, who was summoned to London from New Delhi. Inverchapel discussed affairs in India and the Mountbatten appointment with Marshall.
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Washington
Marshall
Lord Inverchapel
Louis Mountbatten
India
Mountbatten
Burma-India
Lord Wavell
London
New Delhi
Richard Soutee's Dairy Show Success in Ada Program
Richard Soutee, a 4-H member in Ada, received his first Jersey heifer in 1945 and won grand champion at the Central Oklahoma Dairy show. The heifer produced 4673 pounds of milk and 224 pounds of butterfat, and the county fair 1945 win followed by 1946 placings. He later acquired more heifers, with herds aims to build his own dairy operation.
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Richard Soutee
Ada Chamber of Commerce
L. B. Holbird
Ed Granger
Ada
Soutee
Central Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Enid
Bob Morgan Motor Company
Heisenberg Invited to Argentina for Atomic Research
Nobel laureate Dr. Werner Heisenberg said he had been invited by Buenos Aires University to visit Argentina but cannot travel yet due to British zone exit permission. He stressed he does not intend to join military atomic research and favors peaceful atomic energy work. Heisenberg teaches at Göttingen University.
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Kassel
Germany
Werner Heisenberg
Argentina
Heisenberg
Coettingen University
Buenos Aires University
Home Owners Urged to File Homestead Exemption by March 15
County Assessor Charley Rushing warns homeowners to submit homestead exemption applications by March 15 to avoid penalties of 10 percent and a $1 fee. After April 15 penalties rise to 20 percent. Businessmen must file personally at the county assessor’s office and county valuation is expected to rise from 18 million to 20 million dollars.
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Charley Rushing
Rushing
Oklahoma Sees End To Dry Spell As Clouds Move Out
Moisture-laden clouds drifted from Oklahoma ending a four week dry spell with scattered traces overnight. Ardmore recorded .32 inch, while Guyman reached 50 at the high and 23 at the low in a 24 hour period. Cold weather settles across the state with 15 to 20 degree nights in the north and 20 to 25 in the south. Weather outlook favors colder conditions except in the Panhandle.
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Oklahoma
Ardmore
Panhandle
Guyman
L A Blast Kills At Least 30 Injures Over 300
A massive explosion in Los Angeles destroyed a two story brick building and adjacent structures. Police estimate 30 dead and 300 plus injured as hospitals overflow and emergency crews mobilize city wide. The blast area spans four blocks with widespread damage and many cars demolished.
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Los Angeles
Eleven Admit Part In Killing Willie Earle
Sheriff Bearden announced eleven men admitted taking part in the lynch slaying of Willie Earle a 25 year old black man near Greenville South Carolina. A manhunt continued for the trigger man as authorities held fourteen suspects in custody and searched for warrants.
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Greenville
S. C
R. H. Bearden
Willie Earle
Here
Bearden
Earle
Pickens County
Box Car Shortage Seen as Serious Threat
President Truman said the administration is doing all it can to alleviate a serious shortage of railroad box cars. He spoke at a news conference after businessmen testified the shortage threatens near collapse of industry, with grain operators in the Midwest demanding relief.
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Washington
Truman
Oday
Senate
Midwest
Game at Allen Called Off After Pegg Death
A scheduled Allen game was canceled due to the death of John W. Pegg, a pioneer resident and merchant, triggering official notices and program changes.
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Allen
John W. Pegg
Britain Sets Date To Turn India to Indians
House Republicans push to cut 6.0 billion from President Truman budget amid GOP tactics. Vote 229 to 173 on a rule barring amendments. Truman signals stance on OPA future as debate extends to April. Senate considering a 4.5 billion reduction led by Millikin.
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Britain
India
Washington
House
Truman
G.O.P
Congress
Senate
House Budget Committee
Oklahoma Law Seeks To Ban Sale Of Babies In Adoption
A bill by Rep Walter Billingsley of Seminole with 22 co authors would outlaw permanent custody transfers without a court order, require petitions for adoption and public hearings, and impose up to 1000 fine and one year in jail for violations. It bans compensation for placing a child and prohibits maternity facilities from advertising babies for adoption inducements.
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Oklahoma City
Walter Billingsley
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Confederate veteran Cantwell ill at home near Ada
W. B. Cantwell the last surviving Confederate veteran in Pontotoc County is ill at his home 811 West Eighth Ada. He would turn 100 on April 4 and was able to sit in his car downtown for an hour Monday though weakened. Cantwell, once a state Confederate commissioner, has lived in Ada for many years.
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W. B. Cantwell
Pontotoc County
West Eighth
Mr. Cantwell
Ada
U.S. and Russia Differ on Three Points on Control
At Lake Success on February 20 delegates from the United States and Soviet Russia clashed over three key issues in the atomic control debate. Disputes over veto rights, a timely prohibition on atomic weapons, and the scope of constructive work in a control system dominated discussions. The United States seeks to exclude veto on atomic matters and to bind all controls in a single treaty with safeguards, while Russia wants veto parity and Security Council framing. Inspections alignment exists, but the third point highlights differing aims between policing and peaceful development. The U.S. plan mirrors the atomic energy commission report backing full research and development oversight.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United States
United Nations Security Council
U.S
Security Council
Assia
Atomic Energy Commission
Council
Attlee Plans Indian Power Transfer by June 1948
Premier Attlee announced Britain would hand over power to responsible Indian hands by June 1948 with Lord Mountbatten to succeed Wavell as viceroy. He warned that paramountcy would end and urged a fully representative assembly to draft a constitution, while noting Wavell’s recall and title upgrade. Mountbatten to depart for India by March.
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London
Attlee
India
Lord Wavell
Victoy
Lord Mountbatten
Wavell
Winston Churchill
Indiana
Hyderabad
Mysore
Redente Baroda
Gwalior
House of Commons
Britain
Subcontinent
Congress Party
British India
Mountbatten
PFC Robert Hammond Home on Emergency Leave
PFC Robert Hammond of the 11th Airborne division in Japan is home on emergency furlough. He says Japanese army camps offer more recreational activities than stateside camps and notes his home in Vanes t is his address. He enlisted last September at the Ada recruiting station.
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Robert Hammond
Japan
11Th Airborne Division
Hammond
Hammonds
Vaness
Ada
Pessimist expects answers, not more questions in town
Mrs Newt Lark notes her husband vanished weeks ago and laments the town lacks problem solvers. She says Washington representatives know questions but need those who know some answers.
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Newt Lark
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Nick
Millikin
R-Cole
Billingsley
U. N. Council
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