Opposition Looms To Universal Military Training
President Truman named a science advisory commission to study universal training as two Democratic senators Elbert D. Thomas and Edwin C. Johnson condemned the plan as outdated. The group met with Dr. Vannevar Bush and War Department reps behind closed doors at the White House and will reconvene January 3, aiming to finish findings in March.
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Was.ington
Truman
Advisory
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Edwin C. Johnson
D.colo
Congress
White House
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
War Department
Watch Repair Man C. O. Goddard Retires After 41 Years
C. O. Goddard of 507 West Sixteenth retires from full time watch repair after 41 years. He began as a boy on a Texas farm earning a dime for a repaired watch, later moving through Hillsboro and Whitney with T. M. Yarbro, then Ada and finally this city in 1924. He notes wrist watches changed the field, as their parts are less sturdy than pocket watches.
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C. O. Goddard
West Sixteenth
Goddard
Texas
C. O
Hillsboro
Tex
Whitney
T. M. Yarbro
Yarbro
Ada
Oklahoma 2 Cent Gas Tax Expires As New Year Arrives
Oklahoma City December 28 The 2-cent gas tax enacted in 1945 will automatically expire New Year’s Eve. The levy raised about 7.5 million for road building, split between state highways and farm to market roads. Its end sparks debate on replacing revenue with road earmarks and Farm to Market funding.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Joint Legislative Tax Committee
Storm injures several in Glenwood Arkansas
A Glenwood Arkansas storm struck late in the afternoon injuring several people. John Golden president of the Bank of Glenwood suffered a severe head cut and Emma Jean Martin a guest was trapped in the wreckage of the Golden home as multiple homes and buildings were smashed and structures damaged by high winds and heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Ark
Here
John Golden
Bank of Glenwood
Emma Jean Martin
Ada News Want Ads Report Vested Amount Returns
Classified note lists greater returns for amount in vested terms and triggers interest in Ada News Want Ads. Readers sought guidance on investment options and payout timelines.
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Ada News
Ade
Robes Recall Romantic Era By Odette Barsa in 18th Century Gowns
New York designer Odette Barsa draws current boudoir fashions from 18th century portraits by Gainsborough Reynolds Hopner and Lawrence. Silk satin Swiss net English lace and Venice lace highlight the line with portrait inspired coats gowns and negligees. A bridal white Ensemble echoes Romney and a nylon lace negligee previews future fabrics and washability.
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Epsie Kinard
NEA
NEW York
Odette Barsa
Gainsborough
Reynolds
Hoppner
Lawrence
Miss Barsa
Tury
Venice
Pinkie
Romney
Davenport
Mrs. Emmons To Be Missed Most By Youngsters
Mrs. Orville Emmons who taught the First Presbyterian church beginners for 20 years left Irving Illinois for Bryan Texas to make their home Mr Emmons will work at College Station The couple married 22 years ago and have a son John remaining to attend East Central State college through the spring semester The Emmons are active in PTA Red Cross and church work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Mireland
Orville Emmons
First Presbyterian Church
Emmons
Bryan
Texas
College Station
PTA
Red Cross
Irving
Illinois
Pawhuska
John
East Central State College
Two crew members killed in Michigan City plane crash
An American Airlines extra section en route from Buffalo to Chicago crashed near Michigan City Indiana, killing pilot Frank Mates Kamm Jr and co pilot Harmon Edwin Ring. Stewardess Helen Friel and nurse Helen Bass were among the injured who aided others until aid arrived.
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Michigan
City
Ind
American Airlines
Here
Airlines
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Scenic International Friendship Gardens
Frank Mates Kamm, Jr
Bridgeport
Conn
Harmon’ Edwin Ring
Muscatine
Helen Friel
South Lastonderry
Michigan City
Miss Friel
Six Treated After Auto Collision Near Ada
Six people were treated at a local hospital after a two car crash five and a half miles north of Ada. Capt. Dale Hayden on terminal leave sustained a broken knee, and Charles Procter and others received bruises and possible injuries. Drexel Sales, driver of the other car, was cited in Bourland justice court for traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Tinker Field
Dale Hayden
Alma Procter
Charles Procter
Valley View Hospital
Claude Procter
Drexel Sales
Bourland Justice Court
Arizona Desert Holds Over 100 Cactus Species
A study notes Arizona’s vast desert holds more than 100 cactus species across its arid regions. Researchers document diverse genera adapting to harsh climates and isolation across varied habitats.
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Arizona
Senate War Committee Approves Bilbo Criticism Report
Senator Ferguson announced that a majority of the senate war investigating committee approved a report harshly criticizing Senator Bilbo for dealings with war contractors. The nine member panel plans to file the report next week with the senate secretariat, with no recommendations and Bilbo denying any wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, T
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Senate War Investiging Committee
Bilbo
D.-Miss
Senate
Brewster
Maine
Ball
Minnesota
Knowad
Calif
Mitchell
D.-Wish
Jack the Clipper Strikes Again in Daring Haircuts
A roaming squad of plainclothes detectives hunted a suspect nicknamed Jack the Clipper after three reports of hair clipping on streetcars. Two more cases followed as girls described a neat, dark haired young man in a good dress, possibly the barber. Police Superintendent Harvey G. Callahan led the hunt using token and transfer clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davis
Washington
Jack the Clipper
Harvey G. Callahan
Army unveils X3-35 Flying Wing bomber engine setup
The X3-35 Flying Wing bomber uses four large engines each about 3000 horsepower. Shafts from the engines drive two four-bladed contra-rotating props inside the wing.
AFL Linked Paper Attacks CIO Over Portal Pay Suits
The AFL connected Labor weekly accuses the CIO of using portal pay suits to boost union power. Claims in recent filings total over 1.16 billion dollars for walk time under the wage hour act. The Chamber of Commerce plans four amendments and a full study of the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Washington
AFL
CIO
Portal
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Labor
Supreme Court
Chamber
Railroad Union
Body of Slaying Suspect Found in Missouri Ditch
The body of James W. Lutz, 23, of Fayette Missouri, found in a roadside ditch near Moberly, ending a three day search after he was suspected in the slaying of Louis Pogue, a Boonville taxi driver. A .32 caliber revolver lay beside him, coroner said he died by suicide. Pogue's body was found near Marshall a day earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moberly
James W. Lutz
Fayette, Mo
Louis Pogue
Boonville
Pogue
Marshall
Here
R. H. Williams
Lutz
Estill Pollard
Pollard
Talmadge Rival Row Over Georgia Governorship
Associates of Herman Talmadge claim his election as Georgia governor when the state legislature convenes January 13, with 155 of 257 lawmakers pledged to support the heir to Gene Talmadge. Lieutenant Governor elect M. E. Thompson counters, promising a fight to uphold the will of the people. Public polling tally shows 110 responses with 47 for Thompson, 32 for Talmadge, 28 noncommittal, and three seeking a special election.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Gene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
House
Senate
Herman
M. E. Thompson
General Assembly
Associated Press
Thompson
Hitch-Hiker Stabs Driver Then Forces Transfusion
George Dosiat from Manorville was stabbed in the back while driving to the coast near Sebastian Florida. A hitch-hiker he picked up in New Jersey offered his blood for a transfusion and walked into the sheriff’s office to surrender. Cop John Treacy of Brooklyn was held for further investigation.
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Vero Beach
Fla
George Dosiat
L. B. Osteen
Dosiat
Manorville
Long Island
New Jersey
Sebastian
Dossat
John Treacy
Brooklyn
County
Jaiena
Tug Over Korea Stalls All Unification Plans
State department officials said the battle between the United States and Russia over Korea has nearly stalled any early unification. They described a bitter struggle where Russia holds some advantage. NBC broadcast notes Africa aims in Korea face a critical juncture with possible complete defeat unless food and rehabilitation arrive promptly in the American zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
State Department
United States
Russia
Korea
Hhe
NBC
Electron microscope in Hollywood reveals germs at 50000x
In a Hollywood setting at Memorial hospital, scientists use an electron microscope to photograph bacteria at 50 000 times magnification. The device uses invisible electron rays, operates in a vacuum, and requires special slides to view viruses and capsules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Memorial Hospital
Southern California Hospital
White Memorial Hospital
Nutty business pays woman well in Washington
Mrs. Cliff Rice runs a seed company 10 miles north of SATSOP, Washington, dealing in pine nuts spruce and other conifer seeds. The enterprise, the only one of its kind in the nation, bought 7 000 sacks this season from pickers who harvest cones while squirrels guard caches. She expects larger orders, mentions being the squirrels No 1 villain, and recalls a squirrel squatter named Al Capone who gathered with 13 others to claim seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satsop
Cliff Rice
Shawnee Names Pawhuska Manager Elbin E. Jones
Elbin E. Jones of Pawhuska was appointed Shawnee city manager by the commission. Jones has served as Pawhuska city manager since 1942 and will take office January 16, replacing Robert C. Hutchinson whose employment was terminated by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Elbin E. Jones
Pawhuska
Shaw
City Commission
Jones
Robert C. Hutchinson
Forecaster warns beware of 1947 bad year ahead
Government chief weather forecaster I R Tannehill warned that 1947 would likely be problematic after a mild 1946. He cited freak weather events in 1946 and noted the world remains storm torn with 16 million thunderstorms annually and 250000 storms expected in 1947, with floods droughts blizzards and fires always possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
Washington
I. R. Tannehill
Tannehill
Pembina
N. D
San Antonio
Duluth
Denver
U. S
Transfer of Prison Inmates Aimed At Gambling and Narcotics
Virgil Browne, chairman of the state board of affairs, announces a transfer of about 100 hardened criminals from McAlester penitentiary to Granite reform school to curb gambling narcotics smuggling and guard tipping. He outlines new token limits cell work in one place, a pardon board notice after one third of sentence, and a warden change to improve discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Virgil Browne
State Board of Affairs
McAlester Penitentiary
State Reformatory
Granite
Browne
Board of Affairs
Claude Newton
Pardon and Parole Board
McAlester
Opposition to Exporting Gas From Southwest
Wichita chamber of commerce questions whether southwest states can afford to export gas while coal is scarce locally. The Wichita Magazine cites 144 trillion cubic feet of national gas reserves with 124 trillion in seven states and notes fields like Hugo ton and Panhandle. It warns reserves will last about 35 years at current use and discusses pipelines and limited export policy amid free enterprise concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Eas
Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Southwest
Northeast
Wichita Magazine
Dain
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mississippi
Arkansas
Hugoton
Kas
Oklahoma Pahandle
Panhadle
E. DeGolyer
Dallas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Citizenship participation fuels democracy says Lilienthal
David E. Lilienthal, chairman of Atomic Energy Co, stresses that active citizen involvement sustains a healthy democratic system. He urges engagement across institutions and communities to ensure informed public oversight and robust governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Co
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Presbyterian Church
Indiana
Saturady
Friel
Helen Bass
New York City
M. J. Lobel
Afl-Connected
Gene
Vic
Boston
American Association For the Advancement of Science
David I. Macht
Sinai Hospital
Baltimore
By Patt Watts
State Penitentiary
Wichita C of C
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