Haifa Blast Kills Four in Citywide Attack
A bomb exploded outside Haifa police headquarters injuring 142 and killing four policemen two British and two Arab constables. The six story building was leveled and the blast disrupted the harbor area as security measures doubled citywide. A Urgun Zvai Leumi radio denial followed and Arab leaders hinted at reprisals.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Crtifew
Palestine
Mount Carmel
British First Infantry
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Stern Boys
Stern Gang
Palestine Arab Higher Executive Committee
London
Farm News Over Oklahoma Farm News Over Oklahoma
Sub-zero weather will not greatly reduce insect damage in gardens and fields this year says Dr. A. Fenton entomologist at Oklahoma A&M Tests show severe freezes reduce boll weevil numbers but little effect on overall infestation Therefore regular precautions should be taken this spring per Fenton warning.
Dairyman Advises Warm Water For Milk Yield
Oklahoma A. & M. College dairyman H. W. Cave says warming dairy cows water boosts milk production. He recommends a drinking water temperature between 45 and 50 degrees to maintain peak output.
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H.W. Cave
Oklahoma
A. & M. College
Cave
Mooreland students build trailer sprayer unit
Vocational agriculture students at Mooreland High school assemble a two wheeled trailer to mount a power sprayer. The sprayer owned by the Future Farmers of America chapter has already been used to treat more than 8 000 head of cattle.
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Mooreland High School
Future Farmers of American
Oklahoma Gardners Pick Potatoes For Early Planting
Oklahoma gardeners prepare for potato planting in February and March. Triumph remains a standard variety with Warba as the main competitor. Oklahoma experiment station tests advise selecting certified seed of an early maturing variety.
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Oklahoma
Triumph
Potawatomi County Sees Rise in Blackberries and Peanuts
In Pottawatomie County blackberry and peanut crops are increasing while farmers near Tecumseh report active cultivation of these plants.
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Pottawatomie County
Tecumseh
Future Farmers Club Buys 1943 Ambulance for Field Trips
The Collinsville Future Farmers chapter acquired a surplus 1943 model ambulance seating 16 for chapter field trips. Members funded the purchase by spraying 9,000 dairy cattle and 110 dairy barns last summer to earn money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
Noted Chemist Warns on Atomic Threats and Tech Dangers
Professor Milton Burton of Dame University warns that control of atomic enemies is essential to aid against dangers from the atomic bomb and other products of modern technological skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Burton
U. of
Not
Soviet Troops Move Steadily Out of West Back to Homes
Describes demobilization seen in Moscow with daily arrivals from the west. Troops of varying ages express eagerness to return home and resume peacetime work, while the focus shifts to production and spring sowing under the five year plan.
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Moscow
Russia
Eral
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Oklahoma Senate Debates Reorganizing Tax Commission
Gov. Roy J. Turner backs a bill to reorganize the Oklahoma tax commission into three nonremovable members with staggered terms. Salaries proposed range from 7 500 to 10 000 annually, provoking debate over attracting qualified officials versus higher taxes. Turner plans a new panel after bill passage.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Roy J. Turner
Guthrie
Tom Anglin
Holdenville
Senate
Turner
Boyd Cowden
Chandler
Commission
A. E. Anderson
Elk City
Tax Commission
Anderson
Bill Logan
Lawton
Fire again destroys J. C. McCuen home in Oklahoma City
For the second time in a year the J. C. McCuen family lost a home by fire. The Sunday blaze destroyed their 2 room frame house and contents except a mattress while Mr. and Mrs. McCuen and their two children were at church.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. McCuens
McCuen
Hollywood Couples Tie Knot and Split Quickly
The article notes a pattern of quick marriages and rapid divorces among Hollywood pairs, suggesting many couples rush to wed before fully knowing each other. It highlights the social climate of celebrity unions and the unsettled pace of romance in the industry.
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Hollywood
Survivors From Flight Downed In China Reach Manila
Thirty six survivors of the Far Eastern Airlines crash arrived in Manila aboard the Gen. E. T. Collins after 17 hours adrift in rubber lifeboats. Six missing were presumed dead, all Chinese from Shanghai. Survivors credited three schoolboys and two others for lifting morale during the ordeal.
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Manila
Far Eastern Airlines
Tse Foong-Lo
Chungking
Tse
J. Dickson Heidelberg
Carnegie
Richard Park
Venice
Calif
Roy
Fred Braddock
Shanghai
Perth
Australia
Jeremy Spikins
Yorkshire
England
Thomas Henderson
London
Housing eviction costs rise 50 percent in Chicago
Al Horan, chief bailiff of the municipal court, announced higher eviction fees. Ousting a tenant from a first floor flat now costs 6 dollars instead of 4, with a 6 dollar increase for each additional flight. He cited housing shortages that force families to double up and leave more furniture to be moved.
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Chicago
al Horan
Municipal Court
Horan
Smuts on Equality and Inequality Across Nations
South Africa Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts argues that true equality does not exist in any country and may be unchangeable due to nature's design. He contends disparities are natural and widespread across the globe.
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God
South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Elective Officials Sworn Into Office After Gov Turner
Gov Roy J Turner swore in elective Oklahoma state officials including James E Berry Wilburn Cartwright A S J Shaw Mac Williamson John D Conner Charles G Morris Jim Hughes Buck Cook Donald F Dickey Joe C Scott John M Mallow Ben Arnold N S Corn Thomas L Gibson John Brett Sam C Wells John Moore Joe Jackson and Joe Hob son. Trails of terms and succession noted as part of the new administration.
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Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
James E. Berry
Wilburn Cartwright
Katherine Manton
Cgy
A. Ss. J. Shaw
C. C. Childers
Mac Q. Williamson
John D. Conner
Shaw
Charles G. Morris
Jim Hughes
W. A. Pat Murphy
Charities
Corrections
Buck Cook
Mabel Bassett
Donald F. Dickey
State Board of Agriculture
Joe C. Scott
John M. Mallow
Robert H. Brown
Supreme Court
Ben Arnold
N. S. Corn
Thomas L. Gibson
Criminal Court of Appeals
John Brett
Thomas H. Doyle
Sam C. Wells
John Moore
Joe Jackson
Joe Hobson
J A Coody Dies After Illness At 64 In Ada
J A Coody 64 a longtime local dairyman died Monday morning at 4 30 in a local hospital after a two week heart condition illness. He moved to Ada in 1929 and founded Coody's Dairy later passing leadership to his son Charles. Surviving are his wife five grandchildren four sisters and a daughter Mrs Stiles of Houston. Funeral arrangements by Smith Funeral Home to be announced.
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J. A. Coody
Smith Funeral Home
Mr. Coody
Alabama
Ynnewood
Ada
Coody’s Dairy
Charles Coody
Houston
Tex
Stiles
Blue Cross Enrollment Lag Report From Stonewall
Stonewall groups enroll strongly in Blue Cross hospitalization plan but overall enrollment is slow. Wednesday is the final day to enroll, and officials warn the town that not reaching the required percentage will block implementation for applicants. Teachers are at 100 percent, Mid Continent’s small group at 100 percent, Magnolia group at 50 percent, with enrollment at Ryan Drug Store run by volunteers.
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Stonewall
Blue Cross
Mid- Continent
M. E. Markley
Magnolia Group
Ryan Drug Store
Turkeys Survive Thanksgiving May Skip Eating Until New Year
A humorous or reflective line suggests turkeys that survived Thanksgiving would refrain from eating from now until the start of the new year, implying a seasonal restraint or festivity context.
Mayon Volcano Erupts with Dramatic Plumes and Fire
Eyewitness aboard a U S weather plane reports Mayon volcano erupting about every three hours. Fire red boulders shoot from the summit while yellow and white clouds rise above the cone. Nearby towns evacuate Libog while Gaspi and Tabaco monitor the scene.
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Philippine
Mayon
Bikini
U. S. Army
Luzon
Robert A. Harris
Dayton
Ohio
Edward L. Benson
Des Moines
Albay Gulf
Byrd Ships Winning Way in Ross Sea
The central group led by the Mt. Olympus pushes through 8 to 10 foot ice floes toward Little America in the Ross sea while the eastern group heads toward Billinghausen sea and the western group resumes photographic work near Balleny Islands. Six convalescents aboard Pine Island receive radio congratulations from Rear Adm. Cruzen.
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MT. Olympus
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Ross Sea
Little America
Pine Island
Richard H. Cruzen
Cruzen
Admiral Byrd
Billinghausen Sea
Cape Horn
Balleny Islands
U S Appeals Court Affirms Curley Conviction
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the 6 to 18 month jail term and 1000 dollar fine for James M Curley Boston mayor and former congressman along with two co defendants in a mail fraud case connected to Engineers Group Inc The court rejected claims of a second trial and errors in the prior proceedings highlighting Curleys defense of innocence and his public service roles.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
James M. Curley
Boston
Ember
Congress
Curley
Engineers Group, Inc
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Engineers Group
James G. Fuller
Smith
Massachusetts
Appeals Court
William S. Leahy
Leahy
Concern
William A. Gallagher
Man shoots mule that attacked boy in Ada county area
Sam Parish, seven miles west of Ada, shot and killed his mule after it repeatedly attacked Leonard Archer Jr. 11, biting and mauling him. Archer was treated by a local physician and sent home. Parish had tried to restrain the animal but the mule held the boy with its teeth until the fatal shot.
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Sam Parish
Ada
Leonard Archer
Parish
Arcer
Archer
Adans With Turner's Staff Named
Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner reveals the staff as of January 14 including H. W. McNeil personal adviser without salary Leon Shipp personal attorney Forrest McIntire executive secretary T. T. Johnson press secretary Mrs Alice McElroy personal secretary Ben Light assistant secretary M H Shephard assistant secretary John Carruthers assistant secretary Mrs Lou Lindsay chief clerk Miss Roba Holt Ada clerk Mrs Fras Spivey PBX operator and typist Mrs Betty Appleton stenographer Miss Peggy Boles stenographer Miss Shirley Brasel stenographer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
H. W. McNeil
Turner
Leon Shipp
Assi ‘Nt
Forrest McIntire
Durant
State Board of Agriculture
T. T. Johnson
Oklahoma
Mrs. C. E. Smith Dies in Oklahoma City at 67
Mrs. C. E. Smith mother of Gene and Russell Smith of Ada died Sunday in Oklahoma City. Funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. from Seventh Day Adventist church. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs. Marion Moore of Oklahoma City, two sons Gene and Russell Smith of Ada, two grandchildren including Beverly Smith of Ada.
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C. E. Smith
Gene
Russell Smith
Ada
Oklahoma City
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Smith
Smith Funeral
Mr. Smith
Marion Moore
Beverly Smith
Retail Merchants Form Advisory Committee
The Retail Merchants association created an advisory committee to set policies on store hours and holidays, pass on memberships, donations and advertising, and decide on association policies. Seven men were named representing six business groups plus a member at large J Hugh Biles.
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Retail Merchants Association
Orville Spann
Floyd Haynes
Guy Shipe
J. Graham
Charles E. Thompson
Harvey Lambert
Charles Copeland
J. Hugh Biles
Turner’s Own Message Summary
Oklahoma City January 135 Governor Roy J Turner outlines his legislative agenda for the 21st legislature. He seeks tax reductions and exemptions, a state budget law, highway department reorganization, education reforms, centralized purchasing, and expanded vocational education. He calls for veteran protections, old age assistance funding efficiency, mental hospital improvements, and a revised insurance law with state control of the insurance department.
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Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
Negi
Finnish Christmas card reaches Oklahoma family
Mrs. I. L. Robison and her 7 year old daughter Oneta cannot read a Finnish Christmas card sent through the Red Cross. The greeting came from Kai Saja Antti Keski Trosi.
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Gilmore
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China Sea
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Lt. Gov. Berry
James Schuffert
Dolores Lowman
New Resington
Pennsylvania
James
Nea Telephoto
Cumulus
Legaspi
Tabaco
Libog
George R. Cawthon
Cawthon
Byrd
Texas
Los Angeles
MacArthur Park
Southern California
Truman
Warren
California
NEA
Mule
Boy
U. S. Appeals Court
Animal
Lad
Holt
Brazel Stone
Betty Appleton
Ardmore
Peggy Boles
Shirley Brasel
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