Oklahoma House approves tax cut bill moving forward
The Oklahoma House Revenue and Taxation Committee unanimously backed Gov. Turner's plan to cut state income taxes by one third. Rep. Wilson Wallace said the bill is in the bag and will be pushed for final passage, with Rhys Evans backing quick action. The measure promises a net ~4 million annual savings while adjusting brackets and exemptions for individuals and dependents.
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Oklahoma City
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Roy J. Turner
Wilson Wallace
Ardmore
Wallace
Rhys Evans
House
General Fund
Ernest Black
New Tax Commission
L. D. Melton
Tulsa
State Senate
Oklahoma
Ross Warner
Oklahoma Cpa
State Tax Commission
Oklahoma House Honors W. H. Ebey For Services to State
Oklahoma House passes a resolution honoring W. H. Ebey of Pontotoc County who died January 19 1947 in Brownsville Texas. Ebey served as Ada chief clerk after statehood and three terms in the house, described as a sturdy 89er and builder of the state. Resolution directs sending a copy to his widow and son.
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W. H. Ebey
Ada
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
State
T. P. Holt
H. P. Sugg
Pontotoc County
Ebey
House
Brownsville
Texas
W. H
State of
United States District Court
Oklahoma City
Henry “.W. Scott
C. R. Board
FBI Holds Three In Kansas Bank Burglary Case
The FBI continues questioning three men held after a Friday night break in at a Benton Kansas bank. Jack Purdome Robert Lee Hinton and Billy Boyd Riley were arrested Saturday in an Emporia hotel. Purdome and Hinton face additional probes for a Ra mona Kansas bank burglary and Purdome has prior charges from a 1946 Glencoe Oklahoma bank robbery linked to a fatal officer confrontation.
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Wichita
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Benton, Kansas
Emporia
Dwight Brantley
Kansas City
Jack Purdome
Robert Lee Hinton
Shreveport
Billy Boyd Riley
Baton Rouge
Brantley
Purdome
Hinton
Ramona, Kansas
Glencoe
Okla
Ralph Davis
Riley
Ada Delegation Attends Fourth District American Legion Auxiliary Meet
Six members from Howard Maxey Post No. 72 attended the Fourth District Convention in Chandler. The Ada unit reported active quarter outputs including rehabilitation items for Sulphur hospital and gifts for Sulphur Preventorium children. Attendees included Mrs. J. A. Lea, Mrs. Robert Ferguson, and other Ada members.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Howard Maxey
Chandler
Legion
John Brett
Oklahoma City
Ada
E. H. Schroeder
Sulphur Hospital
Legionnaire
Bert Dorsey
Dorsey
Gold Star
Rehab
Harold Constant
Virgil Hurley
Robert Ferguson
J. A. Lea
Shi Cash
Eddie Vanbebber
Schroeder
Chickasha Rodeo Club Announces 1947 Event Dates
The Chickasha rodeo club announces the annual Chickasha rodeo will be held August 26 through August 29, 1947, at the local arena with activities planned for four days.
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Chickasha
Petroleum growth since 1859 reshapes American consumption
The article notes that since the birth of the petroleum industry in 1859, the per capita use of petroleum products has risen dramatically, describing a 141,000 fold increase in consumption across the United States.
Long Rancher Keith Underhill Dies After Illness
Keith Underhill a 56 year old rancher near Pontotoc in Johnston county died Sunday in an Ada hospital after an extended illness. Born in Pecan Gap Texas June 3 1890 he came to Oklahoma with his parents and settled near Pontotoc. He was a noted steer roper and cattleman who helped produce many rodeos. Services were held at Pontotoc school per his request with Rev. Mitchell S Epperson and Dr C C Morris officiating burial followed in Pontotoc cemetery. Surviving are his widow Georgia, a daughter Mrs Dick Truitt of Stonewall two sons Cole of Jesse and Floyd K Underhill of Ada five sisters and two brothers.
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Keith Underhill
Pontotoc
Johnston County
Ada
Pecan Gap
Tex
Underhill
Daniel M. Underhill
Oklahoma
Pontotoc School
Mitchell S. Epperson
C. C. Morris
Pontotoc Cemetery
Georgia Underhill
Dixie Jeane Truitt
Lucijean Underhill
Oklahoma eleemosynary funding eyed for next biennium
Oklahoma City January 28 legislative appropriations committees may add about 1.5 million dollars to eleemosynary institutions bills, pushing totals beyond 19 million for the next two years. The bills now total 17.53 million versus 11.17 million current, with institutions requesting over 24 million. Officials from Northern Oklahoma hospital Enid Eastern Oklahoma hospital Winita Pauls Valley State hospital and Taft consolidate negro institutions testified for more funds. The panel finished mental hospital appropriations and will review corrective institutions next.
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Oklahoma City
Legislative Appropriations
Senate Appropriations
Raymond Gary
Joint Appropriations
Gary
Roger Phelps
Joint
Northern Oklahoma Hospital
Enid
Eastern Oklahoma Hospital
Winita
Pauls Valley State Hospital
Consolidated Negro Institutitions
Taft
Two Youths Die in Plane Crash Near Tipton
P Roy Gene Jones aged 17 and Junior Nunley aged 18, both of Tipton, were killed when their small airplane crashed Sunday afternoon near Tipton Oklahoma. Jones was the pilot. the craft owned by the Tipton flying club crashed into a drainage ditch after the engine stalled.
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Tipton
Okla
Roy Gene Jones
Junior Nunley
Here
Jones
Tipton Flying Club
Harvard's Mechanical Brain Calculating Machine
The world's largest calculating machine described as the mechanical brain at Harvard features a steel and bakelite frame with over a million feet of wiring.
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Harvard
U S Rubber Announces Company Wide Wages Deal
Cincinnati January 27 announcement of a company wide contract covering about 30000 U S Rubber Co employees in 16 plants the first such contract in the rubber industry and a CIO union milestone. The agreement provides one week vacation after one year and two weeks after five years severance pay for long service and equal pay for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U. S. Rubber Co
Cio-United Rubber Workers
CIO
L. S. Buckmaster
URW
E. F. Cushing
E. F. Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire and Ruber Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
U. S
Philippine leader vows to preserve ties with United States
Manila predicts U S will withdraw all military forces while maintaining bases under a reduced plan. President Manuel Roxas says Philippine congress backed keeping bases and vows new legations in London and Nanking and more consulates. He eyes a Philippine free port to become Asia hub for trade and transit. A line on tractor steel adds a technical note.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippine Congress
United States
Philippines
London
Nanking
Roxas
Asia
Australia
Orient
Nance to Speak on Oklahoma Senate Program
Purcell businessman James C. Nance will discuss the twenty first legislature program at a Tulsa Chamber of Commerce forum. He is president pro tempore of the State senate and will address members at noon Thursday.
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Oklahoma City
James C. Nance
Purcell
State Senate
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Coffee at a Nickel Stays in Ada Cafes
A survey of Ada restaurants shows coffee barely covers costs. Cream and sugar raise per cup cost, while daily overhead and washing add to expenses. Owners say seven cents or a dime would not profit, so Ada keeps nickel coffee despite no real margin.
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Ada
Aldridge
Mother Dies But Saves One Child
Boston report says a mother died in a six family apartment fire while saving her infant daughter Pearl. Rose Myers 32 and her children Lee 5 and Eugene 2 perished. Bertram Myers 30 and Pearl survived with the infant held safe by the mother’s blanket as firemen pulled them from the crib. The dog lay dead near the children.
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Boston
Rose Myers
Lee
Eugene
Pearl
Bertram Myers
City Hospital
Frank Chapman
William Sparrow
Myers
Margaret Sullivan
Feed sack accident claims life of Muskogee man
Samuel R. Randle, 41, was killed at a feed store where he worked when heavy sacks toppled and fractured his skull. He lived at Fort Gibson.
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Muskogee
Samuel R. Randle
Fort Gibson
Not Bread But Wiring Comes Back
A Pentecostal Holiness preacher L G Chilcoat and his wife assisted others in Tennessee with leftover electrical wiring from campaigns. Returning later they received a donation of about 50 feet of cable from a California acquaintance, just enough for their construction needs at Fittstown.
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L. G. Chilcoat
Fittstown
Tennessee
Chilcoat
Chilcoats
California
Short Ballot Bill Being Prepared By Holdenville Man
Oklahoma City January 27. Holdenville official Paul Ballinger proposes a short ballot to elect five top state executives the governor lieutenant governor attorney general and corporation commission ers while others would be appointed Ballinger notes it would reduce costs and speed returns while allowing voter input on top offices the measure would still require voter approval to become law and could be amended to broaden legislative appointment powers if needed
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Oklahoma City
Paul Ballinger
Holdenville
House
Ballinger
Supreme Court
Senate
Schreiber Luck Is Still Holding Despite Weekend Burglary
Fred Schreiber owner of a cleaning business in the area faced two burglaries over the weekend. Thieves entered 1329 South Cherry home and stole Christmas gifts, while the Schreiber shop was broken into. only $1.65 was found at the business. Insurance coverage pending confirmation.
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Fred Schreiber
Prowlers
Schreibers
South Cherry
Fred
Schreiber
Tey
Higher Rent Measure Aims to Speed Housing Recovery
Senate Republicans proposes extending rent control through 1947 with a 15 percent ceiling rise. The plan excludes newly built or recently leased housing, encouraging private builders to open vacant units. Industry leaders forecast a turn to a buyers market as the shortage eases and 1,000,000 homes may be built in 1947.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Hawkes
GOP
colleagcCarty
Wis
Cain
Wash
Malone
Nev
Raynond M. Foley
Frank R. Creedon
Pesennens
Herbert A. Nelson
National Association of Real Estate Boards
W. Wadsworth Wood
The
Home Builders Research Institute
Joseph Meyerhoff
National
Cmeaielion
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Nanking Press Seek Open Coverage Under Constitutional Move
Foreign correspondents in Nanking critique the long standing secrecy policy of the Kuomintang and hope the new constitution may allow direct access to sessions. They note officials release only controlled handouts and suggest practice elsewhere like Washington shows possible fuller coverage.
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Nanking
Congress
Truman
Kesman
Washington
Kuomintang
National Party
National Assembly
Nankin
National Defense Council
Four Children Hurt When Auto Swerves to Miss Collision
At about 8 am Monday four schoolchildren were injured but not seriously as a car driven by Eva Gibson swerved to avoid a second auto and struck the group at a bus corner. The Abbott and Mays children were treated and sent home.
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Lawanda Abbott
Monroe Abbott
Virginia Ruth Mays
Mary Mays
Johnie Mays
Ruthe Mays
Mays
Abbott
Eva Gibson
East Fourth
Tom Eller
West
Johnston
Union coercion condemned by Senator Ball
Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota denounces compulsion of workers to join a union as an illiberal labor practice. He argues employees should not have to choose between union membership and employment.
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Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota
Top Military Men Urging Universal Military Training
Washington January 27 universal military training backed by air force and navy as basic defense needs for the United States. Three top military leaders spoke at the 21st women’s patriotic defense conference urging a strong force and full funding for the current budget. Vice Admiral Blandy and General Kenney warned of future mass attacks with atomic and incendiary weapons and the need for an intercepting air force to safeguard sea lanes.
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Washington
United States
Women's Patriotic Conference On National Defense
Patterson
George C. Kenney
Hitler
Kenney
Strategic Air Command
Andrews Field
W. H. P. Blandy
Second Task Fleet
Navy
Muskogee Doctor J T Nichols Dies After Illness
Dr J T Nichols a 72 year old Muskogee physician who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last week died Sunday in a local hospital He practiced here for 30 years He is survived by his widow a son and a daughter.
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Muskogee
Okla
J. T. Nichols
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