Ford Price Cut Wins Praise From Officials In Washington
Government officials hailed Ford’s price reductions as a practical start toward Truman’s call for broad cuts. Edwin Nourse called the move crucial to sustaining production and employment as lawmakers and business leaders urged further cuts to keep purchasing power high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Ford
Truman
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Congress
Economist
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
John R. Steelman
Myers
D-Pa
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Joint Committee
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Tobey
R-Nh
House
Senate Banking Committees
Economic Council
He’ll Be Back For Ada Rodeo
Fame of the Ada Rodeo reaches Jackson Tennessee as R D Lansden plans a return visit after seeing the event last fall. He loves the cowboy life and will take vacation from his railroad job to attend and relive the old days.
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Ada
Jackson
Tenn
R. D. Lansden
Lansden
G. W. Swink
Tennessee
Earl McKendree
Cold snap dips Oklahoma temps to near freezing
A cold wave pushed Oklahoma temperatures down to 28 degrees with Ada at 64 previously. Guymon logged 14 degrees and Woodward 19 with light snow. Ponca City saw an inch of snow and 24 degrees while several cities reported snow sleet and icy roads. Shippers warned of 10 to 24 degree lows over the next 24 to 36 hours across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Ada
Associated Press
Guymon
Woodward
Ponca City
Elk City
Bartlesville
Muskogee
Oklahoma_ City
Lawton
Clinton
Pauls Valley
Pawnee
McAlester
Highway Patrol
Enid
Fort Sill
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Turner to Enter Battle Over Deadlocked Highway Bill
Oklahoma Gov. Roy J. Turner will personally join the fight to resolve the deadlocked highway reorganization bill. The bill would create an eight member highway commission with a full time director at 12000 dollars annually, conflicting with the house version. House leaders oppose the senate changes and conference committee meets Monday to seek a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Barden
Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
House
Senate
Turner
J. D. McCarty
Oklahoma
McCarty
Highway Commission
Representatives
Rhys Evans
Ardmore
cCarty
Conference Committee
Auriol Elected French President at Versailles
Vincent Auriol, veteran socialist leader, elected president of the fourth French republic at Versailles Palace. unofficial count shows Auriol with 452 votes. Champétier De Ribes 242. Gasper 122. Clemenceau 60. Commits support for Auriol cited as national union aim.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Versailles Palace
Auriol
MRP
Auguste Champetier de Ribes
Jules Gasser
Radical Socialists
Michel Clemenceau
Tiger
France
PRL
London
London Truck Strike Ends After 11 Days
Heads of the transport and general workers union say the 11 day London truck strike ending mobilized at least 50 000 workers and the port of London will resume Saturday unofficially the strikers appear to have won a 44 hour week eight hour day and overtime pay gains from the road haulage association after a close delegates meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Transport and General Workers Union
Oklahoma Weather Outlook Tonight and Friday
Fair conditions continue tonight across Oklahoma. Eastern and southern areas grow colder with lows near 15 in Panhandle and 25 to 30 in the southeast. Friday brings warmer temperatures.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Fifteen Miners Die In Blast At Glen Alden Mine
Fifteen miners were killed and three injured in a blast at the Glen Alden Coal Co. Nottingham colliery in Plymouth Pennsylvania. About 22 men were trapped 850 feet below ground as rescue crews battled cave ins. seven were rescued after hours of digging. The cause remained undetermined.
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Plymouth
Glen Alden Coal Co
Edward Griffith
Nottingham
Griffith
Thomas Miles
State Repeal Bill Offered in Oklahoma House
A bill to put a constitutional repeal of prohibition to a public vote on March 25 was introduced in Oklahoma's House. Co authors Shipley and Ozman argued for either a wet or dry outcome, while Gov Turner opposed repeal as part of his program. The measure would allow liquor sales in package stores under legislative rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Bill Shipley
Morris
Charles Ozman
Lawton
Ozman
Shipley
State Supreme Court
Talmadge Seizes Georgia Governor Office In Coup
Governor Herman Talmadge seized Georgia's executive offices with National Guard backing. Ellis Arnall, blocked from the mansion, declared a military coup as Talmadge moved into the chamber and Arnall set up a rotunda office in the capitol. Mrs Talmadge and children admitted to the residence as the dispute widens.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
National Guard
Talmadge
Hiway
Eugene
Talm
Capitol
Newnan
Schacht Indicted in Stuttgart for Major Offender Charge
Jhalmar Schacht once head of the Reichsbank and Hitler’s financial adviser was indicted by German denazification authorities in Stuttgart. Detained in a Ludwigsburg hospital, he faces up to ten years if found guilty as a major offender, the harshest Nazi label.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Jhalmar Schacht
Hitler
Reichsbank
International Military Tribunal
Schacht
Ludwigsburg
Soviet promise on German reparations and industry rise
The Soviet dominated socialist unity party said Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky assured reductions in German reparations. He also promised a 200 to 300 percent rise in industrial production in the Soviet occupation zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Socialist Unity Party
Vassily - Sokolovsky
Germany
Flames Destroy Honeymooner Home
Tulsa January 16 an early morning fire destroyed a $30 000 residence owner Frank Wheatly an oil equipment official who was honeymooning in Mexico the house had just been finished Friday with carpet and drapes installed but no furniture inside fire origin not determined and loss covered by insurance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Frank Wheatly
Mexico
Japanese Army Captain Confesses to Mass Executions in Indochina
Tokyo report to the international war crimes tribunal states Captain Furukawa admitted to severely harming 37 French and Indochinese soldiers, fatally injuring two French officers and two women, and wounding another French woman. He said fear of a prisoner revolt led him to execute 40 soldiers at Hagiang in March 1945. three escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Furukawa
Hagiang
French Indochina
Hon Frances Ma Drummond Dies at 92 in London
London reports the death of Frances Ma Drummond once Queen Victoria’s maid of honor for 30 years. The longtime royal attendant passed away at age ninety two.
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London
Frances Ma Drummond
Victorial
Eleven Polio Fund Receives Aid For County Children In ’46
During the past year 11 polio cases in the county received 1838.50 from the local National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis with Sam Grant as treasurer. Seven boys and four girls benefited. hospital care braces and special shoes were among costs. The 1946 drive raised 3300, half to the national fund leaving about 1650 for local use, with surplus from prior years covering further needs. If epidemic funds run short, national grants are available. An additional 200 supported anti noso cleanup efforts. A March of Dimes booth operates Jan 15 to 31 at Main and Broadway, sponsored by the Jaycees and Con trahomas Ada High pep club.
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National Foundation For
Sam Grant
National Fund
National Foundation
Grant
Main
Broadway
Jaycees
Contrahomas
Ada High School
Smudgepots Fight Cold In Southern California Orchards
Citrus growers used smudge pots to heat groves as frost risk rose with temperatures near 25 degrees. The frost service warned of colder conditions tonight while citrus associations expected little damage to crops due to extensive smudging. Elsewhere lows hit 20 degrees in Daggett and sub zero readings marked Minnesota Nebraska and Idaho as weather widened.
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California
Federal Fruit Frost Service
Citrus
Mojave
Daggett
Minnesota
North Dakota
Idaho
Nevada
Bemidji
Minn
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Dubuque
Ohio Valley
North Atlantic Coast
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Florida
Gulf States
Fewer 1947 Spuds Wanted
Washington reports new potato acreage allotments for 1947 with 34 states authorized to plant more while 14 states reduce. Total acreage rises to 2,669,800 from 2,624,700, with projected output about 375,000,000 bushels versus last year's 474,000,000. Kansas gains, Oklahoma shrinks. 1946 and 1947 state figures listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
U S Marshals Challenge Pistol Shootout Between Districts
Western Oklahoma marshals led by Dave Hilles face Granville Norris and the eastern district team in a neutral range pistol match. Fifty rounds will be fired in five positions at five distances total time five minutes forty five seconds. Losers buy a steak dinner for all participants.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Oklahoma
Dave Hilles
Granville Norris
Spaatz’s Mother Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs. Anna Spatz, 80, mother of General Carl A. Spaatz, commander of the army air forces, died today after months of ill health. The widow of Charles B. Spatz of Boyertown, Pa., she had a long public life. General Spaatz was flying from Ft. Myer, Va., to attend the funeral.
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Philadelphia
Anna Spatz
Carl A. Spaatz
Army Air Forces
Charles B. Spatz
Boyertown
Spatz
Spaatz
Ft. Myer
Arnall Denied Mansion Entry. Patrolmen Threaten Force If Needed
Gov candidate Eis Arnall arrived for a luncheon at the Georgia governor’s mansion but four state troopers blocked his entry. Troopers said they would resort to force if Arnall attempted to use his personal key. Arnall questioned the order and pressed for the troopers’ names as he spoke with reporters.
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Atlanta
Eis Arnall
Arnall
Frank Jones
Highway Patrol
Sergeant Jones
Harp Leads For Gentry's Public Safety Post
Joe Harp of Anadarko appears to lead in the race to succeed J M Gentry as state commissioner of public safety. He is expected to be named this week or next. the job controls the highway patrol and pays 5400 annually. Next in line are J M Thaxton and Jake Sims of Seminole.
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Oklahoma City
Joe Harp
Caddo County
J. M. Gentry
Harp
J. M. Thaxton
Jake Sims
Seminole
A Grain of Truth About Moonshining in Ireland
Shortages of grain have disturbed the stilly nights of Irish moonshiners. The Eire Commissioner of Police reports only 35 prosecutions in 1945 for bootlegging versus 164 in 1941, attributed to scarce raw materials and rising supply difficulties.
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Dublin
Eire Commissioner of Police
Iowa Leads Nation in Domestic Food Production
Iowa produces more domestic food than any other state in the Union, highlighting the state's agricultural output and role in national supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State of
the Union
Worms Boost Crop Yields Through Soil Tunneling
Ten earthworms in a cubic foot of earth may raise crop output by up to 00 percent as they tunnel and enrich top soils with digested vegetable matter.
Reed Urges Lower Debt Payments to End War Taxes
Rep. Daniel Reed of New York argues debt payments should not be so large as to force ongoing wartime tax levels into peacetime, warning against burdening the public beyond necessity.
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Daniel Reed
New York
Th' Pessimist a Burglar's Worst Two Enemies
A concise line declares that light and time are a burglar's two greatest enemies, framing a rural proverb about security and vigilance. The quip suggests that exposure and delay undermine theft.
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S. California
Dakota
The
U.S. Marshals To
Gen. Spaatz
Gentry
Anke
Newt Lark
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