Kerr Ends Oklahoma Debttage With Cash Surplus Stated
Oklahoma City January 7 1947 outgoing Gov Robert S Kerr told the 21st legislature that Oklahoma will soon be debt free with a cash surplus of about 40 to 45 million dollars. He cited a $14 million general revenue fund $14 million unspent highway funds $8 million welfare funds $6 million building funds and $3 million in excess bond interest as the surplus, noting the debt will be paid when bonds mature in 1956. He urged cooperation with incoming Gov Roy J Turner and highlighted increases in teacher salaries welfare aid highway work and state pensions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
General Revenue Fund
Welfare Commission
Turner
Roy J. Turner
School Land Commission
Public Roads Administration
Monty Outlines Assault Tactics for Modern War in Moscow
Field Marshal Montgomery spoke at the Soviet General Staff Academy with Translator in attendance. He emphasized the human equation in directing a fighting army and was hosted by Marshal Vasilevsky. He was scheduled to attend Bolshoi theater ballet that evening.
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Moscow
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Montgomery
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Vasilevsky
Bolshoi Theater Ballet
Plane Search Fails To Find Fliers On Antarctic Coasts
Aboard the USS Mt Olympus a Martin Mariner seaplane searched 11,100 square miles off Bleak Ellsworth Land for nine missing fliers from the Antarctic expedition. Weather halted a second search as the Northwind lead ships pressed toward Little America 600 miles away. Penguins and whales watched the procession as ice hazards and a near collision with the Merrick marked the voyage.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
MT. Olympus
Bleak Ellsworth Land
Navy
Pine Island
Dart
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sea
Northwind
Richard E. Cruzen
Little America
Merrick
Nothwind
Nance and Board Lead Oklahoma Legislature Opening
Oklahoma City January 7 James C Nance Purcell named president pro tempore of the senate and C R Board Boise City speaker of the house at the 21st legislative session opening Both were chosen unanimously With Board as speaker Claud Thompson Antlers named pro tempore Nance pledged support for a 4 750 000 annual tax cut plan and backedTurner reshuffle measures for the highway commission.
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Oklahoma City
James C. Nance
Purcell
Senate
C. R. Board
Boise City
House
Oklahoma
Nance
Board
Claud Ompson
Antlers
Thompson
Dick Jones
Criminal Court, of Appeals
Thomas L. Gibson
State Supreme Court
Beard
Joint
Turner
James A. Rinehart
Senate Roads Committee
Highway Commission
Streeter Speakman
House Roads Committee
Raymond Gary
Madill
Gary
Senate Appropriations Committee
Judge Connell Warns On Whisky Liquor Teaching Children
Cleveland jurist Judge James C. Connell notes that telling Johnny to attend Sunday school loses impact if a whisky bottle is in hand, stressing the need for sober conduct to guide youth.
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Johnny
James C. Connell
Cleveland
Truman Plans 37 Billion Budget Amid Tax Cut Clash
President Truman prepared to send a 37 billion dollar budget to Congress while opposing tax cuts. Republican leaders Taber and Knutson counter with 29.5 billion and a 20 percent cut proposal for incomes up to 300000, signaling a major clash over spending and taxes in the new Congress.
Republicans Complacent on Truman Programs
In Washington Republicans in Congress assess President Truman’s proposals as partly meeting their aims. House leaders praise labor expansion and budget balance cooperation but push to extend or broaden tax relief and consider merging the army and navy, signaling mixed party alignment on wartime controls and economic policy.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congress
Truman
GOP
House
Halleck
Ind
White House
Army
Navy
Freeman Named Temporary County Attorney Assistant
Local attorney Freeman is appointed by County Attorney W G Long as temporary assistant county attorney for up to 60 days to allow him to continue his law practice. Freeman expects to serve no more than two months before handing the role to successor Wayne Lewis, and will maintain his office in the American building.
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Si Freeman
W. G. Long
Freeman
Long
Naval Service
Wayne Lewis
American
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News Want Ads reports an emphasis on higher value returns for vested funds. The item notes improved efficiency in investments and potential benefits for customers seeking long term gains.
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Ada News
GOP Congress Moves To Curb Labor And Cut Taxes
President Truman prepares a state of the union as Republicans in Congress plan early action on labor curbs and tax cuts. The House and Senate will study social security coverage, tax reductions, and wartime excise rollbacks as they push toward balancing the budget.
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Truman
Congress
Washington
Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
House
Joseph Martin, Jr
NEA
GOP
Jack Bell
Capitol
Mr. Truman
Kin
Colo
Republican Conference
Demos
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Bilbo
New Orleans
Storm Routs East as Planes Go Down in Snow
Five people die and 21 are injured in three crashes during a fierce east coast snowstorm. A Air Transport Service flight crashed near Carmel New Jersey killing two passengers and a co pilot while another private plane from Mt Pleasant Michigan to Florida killed its two occupants in Scott County Virginia. At Jones Beach a DC 3 crash landing spared 14 of 16 aboard with only minor injuries.
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Associated Press
Carmel
N. J
Nationwide Air Transport Service, Inc
Esa
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Florida
Scott County
Jones Beach
New York
American Airlines
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Gulf Oil Company
Miami
Storm Fades Into Arctic Storm Passes Across Pacific
Douglas Lovelace reports in Honolulu that Palmyra Atoll, home to 123 Americans, saw seas recede after a South Pacific storm. Three rescue planes landed on Cooper Island airstrip. no injuries or major damage reported. No casualties confirmed in Alaska or Hawaii as the system moved toward the Arctic.
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Honolulu
Mid- Pacific
Palmyra
Navy
Cooper Island
Menge Island
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hawaii
Alaska
Arctic
Pacific
Alaskan Department
Anchorage
Aleutians
Nome
Army
Hoover Bay
Woolworth Chain Founder Is Dead
Charles Sumner Woolworth founder of the Woolworth five and dime stores died at his home in Scranton at age 90 after illness. He opened the first store 65 years ago and later formed the F W Woolworth company with his brother Frank W Woolworth and Fred M Kirby of Wilkes Barre.
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Scranton
Charles Sumner Woolworth
Woolworth
Oolworth
F. W. Woolworth Een
Frank W. Woolworth
Fred M. Kirby
Wilkes- Barre
Discovery Well in Bigham Field Signals Oklahoma Gas Boom
In Okemah Oklahoma Ralph Fillmore Jr tests the No. 1 Palmer Barnett in the Bigham field showing Cromwell sand at 3310 38 feet and a daily output of 1 100 000 cubic feet of gas and 30 to 35 barrels of oil. The field opened last November at No. 1 Palmer. The region also reports commercial extraction of salt iodine bromine magnesium chloride and magnesium hydroxide from the ocean.
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Okemah
Okla
Pi Oklahoma
Ralph Fillmore, Jr
Bigham
Palmer- Barnett
Fillmore
Palmer
Pearl Culture Pioneer Mikimoto Survives Tidal Crisis
On Tokatu Island Kokichi Mikimoto, age 88, faces a tidal wave crisis that washed away some pearl beds yet may boost postwar demand. He expects orders from U S Army exchanges for 50 000 strands this year, double his prewar peak, and aims to double again as America reopens. He keeps 225 000 oysters in cultivation and notes women customers drive sales.
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Russell Brines
Tatoku Island
Kokichi Mikimoto
Ise Peninsula
Japan
U. S. Army
America
Mikimoto
Ture
Government seeks drastic cuts in crop insurance costs
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson urged farmers and lawmakers to back drastic changes to the crop insurance program to reduce taxpayer costs. He cited about 70 million dollars in underwriting losses since 1938 and criticized local AAA farmer committeemen for soliciting business and adjusting losses.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Hope
House Agriculture Committee
Anderson
Congress
AAA
Broyles Fate Is Up to Kerr's Board
Oklahoma City January 7 An attorney general ruling fixes responsibility for the death sentence of Arlan Broyles with the pardon and parole board under Governor Kerr. The ruling allows present board members to continue duties until successors are named and acts remain valid. Broyles clemency petition will be acted upon January 20, as Roy Turner prepares to assume the governorship.
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Oklahoma City
Ing
Arlan Broyles
Pardon and Parole Board
Robert S. Kerr
Mac Q. Williamson
A. B. Rivers
Ryles
Roy J. Turner
Broyles
Eric Nicholson
Seminole
Kerr
Alaska Shoreline Comparison Highlights Vast Coasts
Alaska covers an area about twice Texas and possesses 15,132 miles of shoreline, exceeding the United States total of 12,877 miles. The figures emphasize Alaska's expansive coast.
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Alaska
Texas
United States
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Monty
London
Antarctic
Nance and Board
Binns
H. D. Binns
Coalgate
Senate Committee On Public Printing
State Highway Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Taber
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Michigan
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Wallace Ace
Maine
Oor
By Douglas Lovelace
Woolworth Chain
Bigham Field
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