Heavy Rain Triggers Flooding and Road Closures Across Region
A night of heavy rain caused widespread damage with washed-out roads and flooded stores. Rainfall peaked near 1.94 inches in Ada as water overwhelmed storm sewers, closing US 7 near Rock Creek and Highway 9 near Whitefield and Haskell. Temperatures stayed mild, fog slowed traffic, and crews began assessing damaged rural roads and a new bridge project.
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Plante d’ Ada
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Guyman
Ardmore
McAlester
Uainens
Whitefield
Posipan
Rock Creek
Broken Bow
Four Drift Bits Lead to Arrest in West County
Four drift bits valued at 512 were traced to a drilling site seven miles north of Vallejo. Land, an oilfield worker, was arrested and held for MacClan county authorities after police found the bits in a local tourist court closet.
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Ispes Han
MacClan
Pauts Valles
Galy
Land
Five Injured In Route 66 Crash Near Waynoka Oklahoma
Five people were injured when a pickup truck and a car collided outside Waynora Oklahoma last night. Among the injured are Rose Marie Yardley 18 Glen Blackwell 37 McCray 34 Frank Franco 22 and Francis Cast 32. All were taken to Alva hospital. State patrolmen described the crash and said the Harris car was driven into the path of a truck driven by Orville Brown 3. The other driver Billy Row Ferguson 48 sustained injuries too.
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Waynora
Okla
Rose Marie Yardley
Glen Blackwell
Our McCray
Frank Franco
Francis Cast
Alva
Bor Harris
Oklahoma Weather Forecast Brief Update
Oklahoma forecast calls for occasional showers tonight and Friday. Temperatures vary by region with lows around 28 to 40 degrees and highs 50 to 60 degrees, strongest Friday.
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Oklahoma
Fowest
Untrained Sergeants Fly 1700 Miles Across Andes
Two sergeants Hazel Woods and Theodore Stravens attempted an unauthorized 1700 mile flight from Caracas to Trinidad and onward, claiming prior war experience but lacking clearance. They landed in Caracas with one injured plane, facing custody for lacking proper documents and property issues.
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Andes
Glen D. Woods
Mun‘ein
Indi
Theodore S. Stravens
Washington, N
U. S
Fiat Pigot
Caracas
Venezuela
Gul‘yparos
Woods
Europe
Havens
New Guinga
Phlois
Wallaw Field
Trinidad
Etcticka
Palstons
Statine Todt
Wooes
Caréohean
Ander Mutta
Famdes
Lestat Linvas
Ching
Laren
Nike
Play Contests Are Launched At East Central
Off hours were spent in the college auditorium as East Central hosts forensics contests. Class A plays open Thursday with B schools to follow, and public attendance invited. Friday brings individual contests and Friday night debates, with weather delays noted and over 400 students anticipated.
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East Central
Quéstein
Unesco
Poacu
Ter Avis T
EOD
Knight Mall
Dorothy Summers
Vuross
Maud
Sulphur
Bolderville
Okemahama Puccett
Nabors
Hwadt
Pathandle
Oklishoma City
Syhbols
Mrs C H Guest Dies in California
Mrs. C. H. Guest died Tuesday in a California hospital after weeks of illness. The Ada family had lived here for years and left for an indefinite stay in California. Survivors include the husband, three daughters, one son Charles of Alameda, a sister Mrs. Dock Umpheies of Oz Center, and three brothers. Services and burial were held in Alameda.
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C. H. Guest
Alanietl
Ada
California
H. Guest
Kenneth Fike
Dane
Jimmy Tuest
Charles
Alameda
Dock Umpheies
Oz Center
Jah Lamar
Chanule
C. le Ane Dub Lamaur
Aida
Ome
Jet aircraft sets 560.624 mph speed record in Britain
London February 4 The Vickers-Armstrong aircraft company announced a jet propelled Supermarine military plane named Attack ex piloted by M J Lithgow set a new speed record of 560.624 miles per hour over a 100 kilometer closed circuit at Winchester The previous record of 342.90 miles per hour was held by a Gloster Meteor IV Both U S and British jet planes have exceeded 600 miles per hour in straightaway tests and tests.
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London
Vickers Avoowtrang Aircraft Co
Winchester
M. J. Lithgow
Cource
U. S
Palestine in Chaos If UN Acts Too Slow Says Lie
Trygve Lie warned at Lake Success that Palestine will descend into chaos when the British leave unless the United Nations acts swiftly. He said full UN responsibility begins when Britain exits, as Britain plans to end its mandate by May 1 and withdraw by August 1. Lie cautioned that failure to enforce partition could erode UN prestige and global confidence in its ability to resolve issues.
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Trygve Lie
Palestine
U.N
Max Harrelson
Upy
United States
Security Council
to _ Beales
U. N
General Assembly
Lie
U. TM
Ida
Cik
Arabs Warn Will Cancel Oil Deals
Cairo reports the Arab League warned all Arab states may cancel oil concessions to the United States if Washington pushes partition in Palestine and blocks U N security actions. The note was sent after Cairo deliberations and targets U N policy. Saudi Arabia, home to the Arabian American Oil Co, is cited as a major U S oil supplier.
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Cairo
Arab League
United States
U.S
Pausi
Washington
U. S
Unitend Nations
Palestine
Seven-National League
Saudi Arabia
Man Arrested Over Effort to Get Sum By Mailed Threat
Robert Virnomhagy Mecuire, 23, is held by city police for federal authorities after attempting to obtain money by mailed threat. He wrote a letter to J. Z. Holman demanding 23 dollars, signed with an alias, and intended to deliver cash through a post office route. McGuire was arrested after police intercepted the threatening letter and a post office search. He appeared in Percy Armstrong justice court and was bound over to district court on burglary charges.
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Robert Virnomhagy
Weesare
Holmam
McGuire
Burg
Coust
Mat
Virginia Governor Pushes Constitutional Reform for 1948 Election
Richmond Va February 26 Governor William M Tuck urged a special session of the assembly to enact a registration plan he said would not bar President Truman from the next election. He proposed changes to eleven Blaine laws to remove party names from the ballot and to give the governor power to shape the slate. He warned southern states may withhold electoral votes unless their grievances are addressed. The speech signals a bid to reshape party lines and ballots, invoking fears and hopes of Dixie and the 1948 vote.
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Richmond
Pele
Willian M. Tuck
Truman
Geliverent
Sdutis Vee Snich
Prtoyiedny
Siairyitous M'Bsences
Woml Rive
Sime Yerina
Newtinee
Tuck
Wallace
Dixie
Turk
Virginia
Weil
President Relaxes At Vacation Spat
President Truman enjoys a vacation in Key West as southern Democratic leaders protest his civil rights program. Proposals include poll tax repeal anti lynching legislation and desegregation measures. campaign plans for 1948 are noted.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
D‘riers
Stillwater Clinic for High School Newspapers Held
Stillwater February 26. The second annual Clinic for high school newspapers at Oklahoma A and M College discussed topics for 1946. The event noted various celestial events and a scheduling note about eclipse visibility from the year ahead.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Western powers condemn Czech coup as disguised dictatorship
The United States France and Great Britain warned that the Czechoslovak upheaval is a disguised dictatorship of a single party, staged through artificial crisis. They condemned the seizure of power as deliberate, threatening liberty and democratic institutions in Czechoslovakia and risking broader regional repercussions.
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Washington
Vprau
Bussia
France
State Department
Thyaga
Hungary
Cacehaslowskis
Joink Derio
United States
Crcat Briain
Czechoslovakia
Iga
National Union
80-Year-Old Camps: Veteran Pole Climber Still Active
Maramec Oklahoma February report profiles an 80 year old telephone line worker, a pioneer in Oklahoma’s early radio and telephone system era since 1908. He jokes about old age while recounting decades of maintenance, lifting, and installing lines, and notes his long-time assistant operator. He emphasizes continued work and says climbing poles remains his best exercise.
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Okla
Oklahoma
British Cruiser On to Honduras
The British cruiser Sheffield has sailed from Colombia for British Honduras amid claims of possible incidents fostered by elements in Guatemala. A foreign office spokesman cited renewed tensions over British interests and disputed Guatemalan claims to parts of the Falkland Islands, noting Britain has urged Guatemala to drop claims to an international court.
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London
Admiralty
Sheffield
Colombia
British Honduras
Guatemela
Foreign Office
Guatemelan
Argentina
Chile
Falkland Islands
Guatemala
Chaims
International Art of Justice
Durant Girl Finds Live Time Bomb
An eight year old girl in Durant, Judy Bryant, found a device described as a live Japanese time bomb and brought it to show friends. Officials said the shell was obsolete and set to explode mid air after being fired, with a time fuse that could have detonated if triggered.
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Durant
Okio
Judy Bryant
Ettis Reich Matiomiat
Way Clear for Czech Republic To Enter Red Era
Prague February 28 The Czech lands are under Communist control as Premier Gottwald pledges a purge of minority parties and consolidation of power. The press is tightly controlled and a propaganda offensive is underway. Police dispersed thousands of students at Palace Square after a rally and counter demonstration.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Republic
United States
Russia
Sion
Klement Gottswald
Cersumunists
Communist Party
Hrdeans
Eduard Benes
Palace Squar
Cher University i
Palace Square
Four B 29 Crew Killed in Crash Near Fort Worth
Meridan Tex Feb 26 77 four members of a B 29 bomber crew were killed when the plane crashed after taxying from Carswell Air Base Fort Worth. The eight other crew survived including Lt Col Harry E Goldsworth of Spokane Washington, who parachuted to safety. The plane was part of a 20 aircraft mission bound for the west coast. it broke up and burned as it fell in rain and fog.
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Meridian
Tex
Wm Bkemaary J
Cat
Alen D. Clark
Great Wort Tex
Tth
West Coast
Carswell
Fort Worth
Tex Glark
Barksdale
Harry E Goldsworth
Spokane
Clark
Orus So
Rich Owen State Executioner Dies in McAlester
Rich Owen known as the state executioner at McAlester Prison died today at 67 after three decades of service. He ran the switch for 67 executions and, off duty, led prison work gangs. Funeral services incomplete. Pittsburg County Fair funds approved to revive the deactivated war camp prison and related fair precincts with 15,000 for site repairs and 5,000 for restrooms.
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Mcalester
Okla
Fab
Rich Owen
McAlester State
Owen
McAlwater
Ouen
Weeden Clareice
Pittsburg
Sioners
Lam
Here
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Furrey
Klement Gottwald
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Honduras
Durant Girl
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