Taft Eisenhower Ruckus Signals Long Convention in Chicago
Taft and Eisenhower supporters faced off over disputed delegates at the Republican national convention in Chicago. Officials set aside roughly six hours for arguments on Texas and Louisiana, with a 30 minute share for other states, signaling a lengthy convention battle.
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Morte Appel
Washington
Taft’s
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Conrad Hilton
D. 2
Chicago
Guy George Gabrielson
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Ralph Gates
Republican Party
Bill Mylander
Texas
Louisiana
State DP Board Delivers Final Report Oklahoma City
The State DP Board released its final three year report to Governor Murray detailing total expenses of 1,264 dollars per DP aided, with no admin or transport salaries, and costs borne by refugees or sponsors. Chairman Roy A. Dillon noted the program’s unprecedented scope and the challenges of orientation and integration.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Roy A. Dillon
Dillon
Ukraine
America
Kerr rules out draft at Democratic national convention
Senator Robert S. Kerr from Oklahoma says the Democratic party will not draft a candidate at the upcoming convention. Kerr, a candidate himself, believes President Truman may influence the nominee selection but will not choose a nominee. He seeks Arkansas delegation support as Fulbright’s favorite son backing shifts away.
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Little Rock
Ark
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Oklahoma
Truman
Arkansas
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Aldridge Elected President of Den Flyway Council
Aldrich assistant game and fish director for Oklahoma was elected president of the Den Flyway Council in Bismarck North Dakota. H R Morgan North Dakota game and fish commissioner and Dodgen Texas game and fish director will represent the council on the National Waterfowl Council. The Central Flyway Council includes nine states and two Canadian provinces and meets annually to discuss waterfowl hunting regulations and problems.
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Aldridge
Bismarck
N. D
A. D. Aldrich
Game and Fish
Oklahoma
den— Flyway Council
Yesteray
H. R. Morgan
North Dakota
Ame
Dodgen
Texas Game and Fish
Flyway Council
Thee
National Waterfowl Council
Central Flyway Council
Antarctic Continent Nearly as Large as South America
A historical note compares the Antarctic continent's size to South America noting it is almost as large, highlighting the vast scale of Earth's southern landmass.
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Antarctic Continent
South America
McCarthy to Speak at National GOP Convention in Chicago
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin will headline the GOP National Convention in Chicago with Gen. Douglas MacArthur as the keynote speaker. Others include Herbert Hoover and Gov. John Fine. Taft and Eisenhower have weighed in on McCarthy, with differing views on his re election.
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Chicago
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Herbert Hoover
John Fine
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
McCarthy
State Department
Taft
Beloit
Wis
Department
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Mother Debates Annulment Over 11-Year-Old Bride
In Durant Oklahoma the mother of 11 year old Mary Kendrick weighs annulment as her daughter’s 21 year old airman husband Sergio Maldonado Tristan returns to base in Sherman Texas. Authorities say the licensee and priest saw she appeared 17. Mary says she loves him and told him not to trust her mother.
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Durant
Okla
Mary Kendrick
Sergio Maldonado Tristan
San Antonio
Sherman
Tex
Cleo Kendrick
Mary
Kendrick
Tristan
Death of OU dean E D Meacham at age 64
Norman Oklahoma June 28 1946 Dr E D Meacham University of Oklahoma dean of arts and sciences died today after a six day illness He was 64 Meacham dean since 1941 died at Ellison Infirmary after a heart attack He came to the university as student in 1911 played football later served as faculty and deputy dean Survivors include widow son daughter and two grandsons
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Norman
Okla
Meacham
University of Oklahoma
Ellison
Grasshoppers On Move Into State
A horde of New Mexico grasshoppers spreads into Oklahoma and Colorado range land. They threaten 250 000 acres in Northwestern New Mexico. Agent W F Zimmerman says the insects are small but have stripped grass in several areas. Ranchers and state and federal governments plan aerial spraying around July 7. 110 000 acres have signed to receive dessert control.
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Clayton, N. M
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado Range
Union County
W. F Zimmerman
Shotgun Slayer Sentenced to 15 Years in Oklahoma Penitentiary
El Reno Oklahoma June 28 district Judge Baker H Malone sentenced Bert Ridinger aged 52 to 15 years in the state penitentiary for the March 15 shotgun slaying of his roommate Henry B Keith 42. Ridinger guilty of first degree manslaughter. Attorneys filed notice of appeal after denial of motion for a new trial.
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EL Reno
Okla
Baker H. Malone
Bert Ridinger
State Penitentiary
Ridinger
Henry B. Keith
Left Handedness Higher in Mental Institution Inmates
The text notes that while left handedness runs four to eight percent in the general population, it is considerably more common among inmates of mental institutions, suggesting a link between handedness and institutionalized mental health.
U.S. Army Trial of Camel Transport in New Mexico
In 1855 the U S Army tested camel transport in New Mexico but rocky terrain damaged the animals feet, hindering their suitability for regional use.
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New Mexico
U. S. Army
Murray Sets Dinner Meeting for Solon Candidates
Oklahoma City June 28 Democratic leader Governor Murray announced a July 9 dinner meeting for state House hopefuls and a July 28 caucus to pick a speaker. Murray backs James C. Nance of Purcell for speaker, aims to unite supporters among House nominees, and notes Republicans face slim odds. Other candidates include Reps. J. D. McCarty W. H. Langley Charles Ozman and Frank Grayson.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Murray
James C. Nance
Purcell
State Capitol
House
Nance
W. C. Doenges
J. D. McCarty
W. H. Langley
Stilwell
Charles Ozman
Lawton
Frank Grayson
Holdenville
Jim Nance
Five Year Term For Mrs. Michaud
Jeanne d Arc Michaud 36 was sentenced to five years in prison by Federal Judge Roger Foley for the Redfield burglary. She may serve at Alderson reformatory with parole eligibility after 20 months. Leona Mae Girdano 40 received a year and a day for transporting 11000 across state lines. Benton Henry Robinson 63 drew four years after pleading guilty. Three others Andreis Young John Tribiegi and Frank Sorrenten await trial.
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Carson City
Nev.p
Jeanne d’Arc Michaud
Redfield
Roger Foley
Michaud
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Foley
Tho Field
Reno
Leona Mae Girdano
Benton Henry Robinson
Underworld
Andreis Young
John Tribiegi
Frank Sorrenten
Milwaukee
Wis
Marine Corps Granted Official Status and Grow Plan
President Truman signed a bill authorizing a permanent Marine Corps structure of three divisions three air wings and supporting units up to 400000 personnel while keeping the corps within the Navy This ends the long limit of 20 percent of peacetime Navy strength and envisions a larger organized force.
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Washington
Truman
Marine Corps
Navy
Boys Held After House Burglarized Near Lovelady
Three boys aged 12 to 14 were ordered to appear before County Judge Tal Crawford to answer charges of breaking into a dwelling and taking 10 dollars in cash and tools. Deputies Walker Hisle and Ernest Miers traced the spree from the Bob Kniseley home to a nearby tool house and found most stolen items and fishing gear at the boys residence. Nine dollars was recovered. the youths were kept with their parents until Monday’s court appearance.
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Tal Crawford
Walker Hisle
Ernest Miers
Bob Kniseley
Lovelady
Elk City Hexbar Sand Pool Enlargement Approved
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission approved extending the Elk City Hexbar Sand pool by adding 201 wells and tracts. The order also reduces the gas-oil ratio for the unit and wells outside the unit and becomes effective when signed pending 3 percent approval from operators and royalty owners.
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Oklahoma City
The
Corporation Commission Today
Elk City Hexbar
An Orchid For The Teacher An Orchid For The Teacher
Dr Ada Dawson Stephens associate professor of education at Toledo University writes Providing Developmental Experiences for Young Children a study published by Teachers College Columbia University. She says the school is a busy workshop where children learn independence self initiative and responsible group living through guided first hand experiences.
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Ada Awson Stephens
Stephens
Toledoniversity
Bureau of Publications of Teachers College
Columbia University
Frank
Susan
Douglas
Operation Allows Baby Girl to Eat
Indianapolis reports a five week old baby girl named Kathy Sue Danz born May 23 at Methodist Hospital was unable to eat due to no nasal throat opening. Surgeons cut through her neck to place a breathing tube enabling feeding and future growth. The baby weighs 7 pounds 13 ounces and will stay hospitalized until weaned from the bottle.
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Indianapolis
Kathy Sue Danz
Methodist Hospital
Kathy
Clyde Danz
Senate Passes GI School Bill
The Senate approved a GI education bill for veterans since Korea, matching World War II housing benefits and adding unemployment compensation. The program costs about 815 million dollars annually, with monthly stipends up to 80 dollars for single veterans, 105 with one dependent, 130 with multiple dependents, and up to 360 dollars yearly for tuition and fees.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower Barnstorm Starts On Way to Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower begins a barnstorming train tour to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. He and his wife travel on the Victory Special making platform appearances in McCook Hastings Lincoln Boone Ames and Chicago while Texas delegation seating disputes loom at the Denver start.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Eisenhower
Nebraska
Lincoln
Frank Carlson
Texas
Burlington Railroad
McCook and
Hastings
Neb
Capitol
Boone
Senate Debates Rearmament Price and Defense Bill
Washington June 28 The Senate opened debate on a massive rearmament bill amid fears of Soviet atomic strength. Sen Johnson cited Joint Chiefs of Staff promises to produce a 143 wing Air Force by mid 1954 if funded, while Sen Ferguson challenged the feasibility. The measure calls for about 45.7 billion dollars for 12 months, with limited debate time to reach a Monday vote. the House bills exceed this by roughly 0.5 billion.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Pentagon
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Air Force
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Johnson
Appropriations
House
Women Pilots Meet For Annual Race
Fifty women pilots fly 85 crewed in the All Woman Transcontinental Air Race from Santa Ana to Teterboro. The 2700 mile route includes stops and a 1750 dollar purse plus trophies and leg prizes. Anne Rambeau says the race advances aviation for women and keeps pilots connected with flying via reserve status.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
California
Capistrano
Santa Ana
Calif
Teterboro
N. J
Anne Rambeau
Sepulveda
Woma
Air Force
South Africa Cracks Down on Nonwhite Protesters in Conspiracy Trials
South African authorities filed conspiracy charges against 103 non whites for curfew and segregation violations in a nationwide civil disobedience campaign. Leaders Yussif A. Cachalia and Nelson Mandela were jailed, while others faced bail and remand in Johannesburg and Boksburg as authorities aimed to curb resistance to racial segregation. A 60 piece silver service from the USS Oklahoma, sunk at Pearl Harbor, is shown at the Oklahoma Historical Society museum.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Yussif A. Cachalia
Nelson Mandela
Boksburg
Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma Historical Society Museum
Former DeQueen Banker Is Killed
Two people died when a truck crossed the center line and struck two cars three miles south of Cove Arkansas on Highway 71. Louis D. McCown 66 a former DeQueen mayor and banker and Bryan Purifoy 16 Sand Springs Oklahoma were killed. Driver V S Page 31 Shreveport La was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Cove Polk County lies about 15 miles south of MENA Arkansas.
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Mena
Ark
Cove
Travis Ward
Louis D. McCown
DeQueen
Bryan Purifoy
Sand Springs
Okla
Ward
V. S. Page
Shreveport
McCown
Viola Ward
Page
Polk County
Here
Moscow Sees Record Heat 91.4 Degrees On June 28
Radio Moscow reported a record maximum of 91.4 degrees in the Soviet capital on June 28. The reading marked Moscow's hottest June day yet, coming within 3.6 degrees of the 1901 June high of 95.
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London
Moscow
Radio Moscow
Carrie Nation Once Lived at Seiling Oklahoma
Carrie Nation the famed temperance crusader is recorded to have resided in Seiling Oklahoma highlighting the small town link to her historical persona and movement.
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Carrie Nation
Seiling
Oklahoma
Pauls Valley Races to Add Water Supply
Pauls Valley Oklahoma will get a temporary water supply next week as piping from Rush Creek is rushed to a filters in an unused softener plant to relieve a severe drought driven shortage.
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Pauls Valley
Okla
Rush Creek
More Wildcat Wells Busy Throughout Rocky Mt. Lands
More wildcat wells sprang up across Rocky Mountain oil fields last week. Six new wells in Colorado, four in the Denver Julesburg Basin, five in North Dakota’s Williston Basin, plus a central Montana test at the Texas No. 1 Z1 Grebe near Rosebud County. Companies include Shell, La Gloria Corp, Blackwood and Nichols, Roden, Darden, McRae, and Plaid Oil.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Denver- Julesburg
Williston
North Dakota
Petroleum Information
Montana
Grebe
Sumatra
Ragged Point
Rosebud
Julesburg Basin
Shell
la Gloria Corp
Blackwood and Nichols
Sterling Area
Roden, Darden and McRae
Adams County
Jackson County
Placid Oil
John
Archuleta County
Robert L. Maddox
Boone Creek
Williston Basin
General Tioga
Lamoure
Youngblood and
Youngblood
Oklahoma City
New Concord Development
Stanolind Oil and Gas
Champlin Refining
Union Oil
British Magazine Attacks U S Airmen in UK
London based Picture Post reports 50 000 U S airmen in Britain live a featherbed life hindering war readiness. Writer Robert Raymond says their freedom affects British towns, yet U S jets ease RAF defense and fuel dollars, prompting debate over asset versus liability.
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London
U. S
United Kingdom
America
Picture Post
England
Main
Robert Raymond
Britain
RAF
Europe
Raymond
Angry mob holds Korean Assembly captive for hours
In Pusan on June 29, about 600 local officials besieged the Korean National Assembly, seizing and assaulting members including one congressman. Police under Home Minister Lee Bum Suk eventually freed 80 detained lawmakers after more than five hours, signaling a deep political crisis.
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Pusan
Korean National Assembly
Lee Bum Suk
Korean Congress
Lee
Syngman Rhee
Congress
Korean Assembly
Crude Production Gains Past Week
U S crude oil and condensate output rose by 4 560 barrels to 6 164 325 barrels for the week ending June 28 as per Oil and Gas Journal Michigan led gains with 5 000 barrels to 34 900 Wyoming added 4 000 to 189 000 Colorado up 1 100 to 81 500 Indiana up 1 000 to 33 700 Kentucky and Nebraska each up 400 Alabama 50 Arkansas 300 New Mexico 100 Utah 100 Illinois and Oklahoma fell 3 400 and 2 100 respectively Louisiana 950 Kansas 600 Mississippi 550 Montana 200 declines also noted.
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Tulsa
Okla.p
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Michigan
Wyoming
Colorado
Indiana
Kentucky
Nebraska
Alabama
Arkansas
New Mexico
Utah
Illinois
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Kansas
Misssissippi
Montana
Libby Says Reds Must Be Hurt in Korea
Retiring U N armistice talks delegate Rear Admiral Ruthven E Libby told Pacific Stars and Stripes that Communists will holler uncle only after the Allies hurt them militarily. He departs aboard the USS Anderson for reassignment in Washington.
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Tokyo
Ruthven E. Libby
U. N
Korea
Libby
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Anderson
Washington
Fair official marks 25 years as Texas State Fair secretary
Dallas veteran Bowen Cox, 72, recently celebrated his 25th year as secretary of the State Fair of Texas. From small beginnings the fair has grown into an all year event with trade shows, sports, music and permanent exhibits. Cox joined as chief clerk to the secretary and looks forward to another quarter century. Cox’s parents lived to 95 and 96.
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Dallas
Bowen Cox
State Fair of Texas
Cox
Organizaionan
Seciety
Large field set for Washita Valley Golf Tour in Chickasha
Chickasha Oklahoma hosts the Washita Valley Golf Tour tournament on July 46 drawing a large field of entrants. Local organizers expect strong participation from regional players and clubs.
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Chickasha
Okla
Washita Valley
Professor to Publish Ballads from Ohio Folk Songs
Cleveland, Ohio Prof. Harry Lee Ridenour longtime head of Baldwin Wallace College English Department retires after 30 years. He developed a student folk song course and has recorded about 400 Ohio ballads for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harry Lee Ridenour
Baldwin-Wallace College
Ohio
Ridenour
Americans Use About 135 Pounds Wheat Flour Per Capita
A historical note states that Americans consume roughly 135 pounds of wheat flour per person annually, reflecting broad dietary patterns of the era and agricultural production.
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Demos
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E.D. Meacham
O. U
Shotgun Slayer
Solon
Caucus
Nance Ned
Mrs
Bob Knnseley
Elk City
David Taylor
Marke
President Truman
White House
Jerry K. Crump
Forest City
N. C
Ronald E. Rosser
Crooksville
International Soundphoto
Rocky Mt. Lands
William J. Jorden
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