City Council Reports Broad City Accomplishments
City Manager W. E. Hansen presented a six month summary of Ada city improvements under council management. Highlights include $42,792.92 in expenditures, $24.63 from sale of junk, 444 police cases and arrests, $5,319.36 in fines, 672 curb miles cleaned, 3,000 gallons road oil used in December 1946, and the reduction of bonded debt by $21,000. Additional staff, street, utility, and library repairs, plus new drain tiles and pavement work, reflect broad city efficiency gains and cooperative department efforts.
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Aca
Ada
Forth
Povernament
W. E. Hansen
Flneg Lgnsen
Poice
Polic
Seventh Street
Beard
Mississippi
City Garage
Rapipeys
Eaty
Uni
Hansen
Rannot
Babe Ruth Suffers Restless Night After Neck Operation
New York report says Babe Ruth spent a restless night with some pain after a two hour neck operation at French hospital. Director Harry Kiely noted the condition is largely unchanged from yesterday with temperature and pulse normal and his status described as satisfactory.
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New York
Jan. C
Babe Ruth
Harry Kiely
French Hospital
Ruth
Weather Outlook for Oklahoma and Panhandle Regions
Partly cloudy south and fair north this afternoon. Tonight and Friday bring a slight temperature rise. Expect warmer conditions in the Panhandle as afternoon clears.
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Oklahoma
Fair North
Panhandle
Ada Scouters Attend Council Meet At Tishomingo
Ada area Scout leaders from the Arbuckle Council plan the annual dinner at Murray State College Tishomingo with about 500 attendees from nine counties. D R Pike notes 3600 members across 145 units after one full year of operation, urging more boys to join as the council prepares to elect officers and hear OU's Stewart Harval speak.
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Arbuckle
Murray State College
Tishomingo
Ada
Denes
D. R. Pike
Ares
Bill Would Junk All Rent Control
President Truman urged extending rent control but faces a Senate bill to end all controls by February 1. Senator O’Daniel leads the push to decontrol with support from Republican peers while some lawmakers want rent limits to continue with modest increases. Senate Banking Chair Tobey reserves judgment as hearings approach.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
O'Daniel
Texas
Wherry
Nob
Moore
Okla
Bushfield
Office of Temporary Controls
Herbert A. Nelson
National Association of Rent Catnte Boards
OPA
Deuers Trinity
Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Banking Committee
Buck
R-Del
Ikanh
Senator Scoffs At Army Clothing Woes
Senator Elmer Thomas criticizes U S army recruiting dress and says misfit and unwelcoming uniforms at Fort Sill Oklahoma hinder soldiers from socializing with civilians. He cites complaints about harsh uniforms creating embarrassment and driving soldiers to venues with poor influences. The article notes a Department of Agriculture seal showing a left handed plow.
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Washington
Jan
Elmer Thomas
D-Olla
Thomas
Fort Sill
Okla
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ada woman named county judge pro tem in Pontotoc County
Miss Fred Andrews of Ada, a lawyer since 1934 and the only woman attorney in Pontotoc county, was chosen by the Pontotoc County Bar Association to serve as county judge pro tem after W. G. Long resigned. Tom D. McKeown was appointed to fill the unexpired term while Andrews will maintain her law practice, with her first hearing set for Thursday morning.
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Fred Andrews
Ada
Pantonic County Bar Association
W. G. Long
Ofice
Tom D. McKeown
Moss Wimbish
Mckeown
D.C
Washington
D. C
County Bar Association
Andrews
First National Bank
Grigsby and
Pontotoc County
Miss Andrews
Blood donors sought for patient at Vatley View Hospital
A plea for blood donors with type 2A is issued to aid J. A. Coody who is seriously ill at Vatley View hospital. Those with this blood type should contact the hospital or call Mrs. Charles Coody at 226.
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J. A. Coody
Vatley View Hospital
Charles Coody
Prisoners Turn In Cash and Coupons at State Pen
Virgil Browne, chairman of the state board of affairs, reports prisoners at McAlester State Penitentiary have surrendered about $10,000 in cash and coupon books under a new order reducing money in prisoners hands. The crackdown targets gambling, narcotics trafficking, and guard tipping, aided by moving hardened criminals to Granite reformatory. Legislation seeks to reverse the transfer and restore Granite to its former status.
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Mcalester
Okla
Virgil Browne
State Board of Affairs
Browne
Brazil Posts Record National Deficit in Treasury Figures
Brazil closed 1046 with a deficit of almost one hundred million dollars, the largest ever recorded in national finances, according to treasury figures from Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Oklahoma House Unanimously Approves Turner Highway Plan
The Oklahoma House passed Roy J. Turner’s highway reorganization measure 106 to 0 with no dissent, sending it to the Senate. The plan creates an eight member board from congressional districts plus an executive director at 12000 dollars yearly, replacing the current three man commission as Turner nears the governorship. The Senate Roads and Highways Committee was drafting a similar bill and action awaited Tuesday. The measure is billed as the administration’s top item and was introduced as the first bill of the 21st legislature.
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Oklahoma City
Jan
House of Representatives
Roy J. Turner
Senate
House
Turner
Senate Roads and Highways Committee
Highway Commission
Holt And Dillard Introduce Bill In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City January 9 A joint bill by Thomas P Holt of Ada and James M Bullard of Duncan asks county officers such as superintendent of instruction county commissioners and county treasurer to begin their terms in the first week of January after the November election rather than the following July
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
Thomas P. Holt
Ada
James M. Bullard
Duncan
Early Stat Of Hearings On Labor Laws
Washington January 9 Rep Francis Case introduced legislation to authorize government injunctions against strikes endangering public welfare and to make workers and employers liable to unfair labor charges The bill aims to let labor and management live together and hearings on new labor law measures are set for January 20 The proposal expands on prior bills and outlines unfair labor practices and union powers with safeguards for the right to strike and peaceful picketing The fragment touches on economics and a stray note about fish scales used to manufacture artificial pearls.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Francis Case
R-Sd
Case
Senate
House
Ball
Rminn
Taff
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Backing for Marshall Signals Unified Foreign Policy
Washington dispatch says Senate confirmation of George C Marshall shows bipartisan support for a continuous foreign policy from wartime unity into peacetime. The article notes plans for Marshall to address Congress before the Moscow ministerial meeting and to seek allied consensus on Germany and Russia, with Vandenberg and Connally potentially joining him.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
Congress
Senate
George C. Marshall
James F. Byrnes
Marshall
Byrnes
Con- Bess
Counyl
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Connaly
Snow
Britain
France
John Davis Former Teacher Hero Dead in Dodge City
John Davis 80, longtime East Central State College instructor, died Tuesday in Dodge City Kansas. Funeral at Memorial Park graveside Friday at 2 p.m. Survived by daughter Mrs Arnon Williams of Dodge City son Arthur Davis of McPherson sister Mrs Jessie Erickson of Winfield. Davis taught at East Central from 1923 to spring 194? and was active in the Presbyterian church Ada Kiwanis and garden work on local church grounds.
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Joe
Davis
East Central State College
Dodge City
Kansas
Memorial Park
East Central
Presbyterian Church
Ada Kiwanis
Hirst Presbyterian Church
Ada
BBC
Arnon Williams
Arthur Davis
McPherson
Kan
Jessie Erickson
Winfield
Four Youths Sentenced for Armed Robberies in Oklahoma
Four youths involved in a string of armed robberies across Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri were sentenced to a total of four to fifteen years in McAlester penitentiary. David Waller 19 Pendley 15 Davis 20 and Alfred Quest 18 pleaded guilty to robbery with firearms of two Oklahoma grocery stores on November 9 and 30. The group had been captured after travels from Tulsa to Kansas City before their Dec 1 arrest near El Dorado Kansas.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Kansas City
el Dorado
Kas
McAlester Penitentiary
Lewis R. Morris
Dwight Brown
ABC
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
David’ R. Waller
William James Pendley
Richard Leroy Davis
Alfred Lee Quest
Drone bomber to demonstrate capital bombing method
The Army Air Forces will show how a crewless B-17 drone could bomb a distant target. A drone will depart from Eglin Field Florida, drop a dummy bomb at sea, fly over Washington and return, guided by a mother B-17 within 50 miles. A pilot and co-pilot ride the drone in case of control issues.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Eglin Field
Fla
Congressional Republicans clash over defense spending
Washington January 9 Republicans debate military outlays with Rep Taber proposing drastic cuts to Army Navy funding while Sen Taft urges restraint. Senators Bridges and Plumley foresee possible savings in procurement and naval budgets if Truman sets total federal outlays near 37 billion. Taxing and appropriating committees will assess income and spending under a new reorganizational law. Wyoming note follows about fewer ranches and farms than a decade ago.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Rep
Taber
Taft
Ohio
New House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Congress
Senate Gop
Senate
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Plumley
R-Vi
Army
Navy
House
Millikin
Millikin(r-Colo
George
Knutson
R-Minn
Daughton
DNC
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Wyoming
Christmas Spirit Fades Into Rowdy Aftermath
Post Christmas mood shifts to tension as neighbors vent and clash, with tempers flaring and coarse language rising. The scene hints at lingering goodwill giving way to friction, signaling a rough start to the new year.
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Holt and Dillard
Ada Evening News
Ada, Oklahoma
Pontotote, Hughes, Seminole, Coal, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Johnston, Atoka and
Pottawatomie Counties
B. L. Shriever
University of Oklahoma
Denison, Texas
Judd Sampson
Denison
Ansel Charlenner
NEA. Phato
John Davis
Hero
Bob Plemke
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