Southern mine owners complain of brushoff from Lewis
In Washington a 24 hour delay in signing a northern coal peace pact followed southern operators claiming John L. Lewis gave a complete brushoff. The Taft Hartley issue shapes the terms as 150000 northern miners may return to work Tuesday while southern groups demand terms and warn they will not participate in a Lewis led agreement.
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Hitch
Lewis
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Tuly
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern Association
Northern
Andy Russell Sues Over Contract with Corporate Entity
Los Angeles July 5 Andy Russell files suit against Andy Russell Inc and Samuel E Stiefel claiming he is not reimbursed for services as singer actor and entertainer He says upon formation March 24 1945 he agreed to exclusive services for seven years for 1000 a week and a share of income but has not received the full 1000 weekly and has been paid only for work He cites about 100000 earnings and seeks accounting and voiding of the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Former King Carol Marries Lupescu In Deathbed Ceremony
In Rio de Janeiro on July 5 a deathbed ceremony united exiled Romanian King Carol and his gravely ill companion Elena Lupescu under Brazilian extremis marriage rules. The action faces potential validity issues due to prior divorces and differing national laws, with a possible Rome or Brazilian supreme court route noted.
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Hoyt Ware
Carol of
Romania
Carol
Hotel Copacabana
Mme. Lupescu
Mme
Ernesto Adreanu
Lupescu
Brazilian Supreme Court
Planning Survey Of Undersea Mountain
National Geographic Society announced an expedition to survey a section of the Mid Atlantic ridge, an undersea mountain range extending from Iceland to near Antarctica. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor said the two month study will depart July 15, exploring waters about 1200 miles east of Bermuda. The ridge rises about two miles above the sea floor with peaks occasionally forming islands like the Azores and Ascension. The geological structure remains largely unknown, with a theory that the ridge is a fragment from the break between the Americas and Europe Africa.
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Washington
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Iceland
Antartica
National Geographic Society
Gilbert Grosvenor
Bermuda
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Ascencion
North
South America
Europe
Africa
Young Pilot Claims Plane Theft Incident Near Dewey Copan
A 15 year old student pilot Richard Dominguez of Bartlesville took a small airplane from a local airport hangar near Dewey and landed in a field at Copan. Patrolman P W Phillips said Dominguez had about four hours of flight instruction and the plane was found undamaged by an oil field worker.
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Bartlesville
Okla
P. W. Phillips
Richard Dominguez
Shangar
Dewey
Copan
Dominguez
Turner Appoints Liquified Gas Board
OKLAHOMA CITY July 5 Roy J. Turner announces the governor has appointed a three member liquefied petroleum gas board established by the 21st legislature. Members are Ralph M. Lillard Shawnee Dewey Wood Ardmore and Logan D. Hyder Chattanooga Comanche County. The board will operate with the state fire marshal to set safety standards for handling liquified gases.
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Oklahoma City
Til Johnson
Roy J. Turner
Ralph M. Lillard
Shawnee
Dewey Wood Ardmore
Logan D. Hyder
Chattanooga
Comanche County
Johnson
Red Cross swimming course attracts large turnout at Glenwood pools
The first week of Red Cross swimming school operation at Glenwood pools drew high attendance with about 120 enrollments on Monday. Over 90 percent attended two classes, 80 beginners and 40 intermediate swimmers. Classes run in three shifts, with free instruction in the afternoons for those seeking extra guidance led by Miss Hatchett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Glenwood Pools
Miss Hatchett
Convention Proves Deaf Are Capable
At the eleventh triennial convention of the deaf in Sulphur Oklahoma School for the Deaf, about 300 educated deaf attendees from Oklahoma Kansas and Texas share ideas and celebrate self sufficiency. Notable figures include Luther Donathan a Chicago electrical firm employee and aviator who met his hearing wife during a restaurant robbery incident. Other graduates from Gallaudet include Guard S. Price OSC instructor and Edith Hayes long time Oklahoma school staffer who will attend the national convention in Los Angeles July 15-17.
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Oklahoma School For Deaf
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Luther Donathan
Chicago
Purcell
Donathan
Gallaudet
Washington, D. C
State's Holiday Toll Reaches Nine
John Berry Blakemore a 64 year old Canute farmer was killed when struck by a car while crossing US Highway 66 and Main Street in Canute Oklahoma. Wilford E Johnson 30 Farwell Texas drove the automobile. Blakemore died in Elk City hospital increasing the extended Fourth of July holiday toll to nine with four highway deaths since 6 p m Thursday two drownings one plane crash death and another fatal fall from a hotel window
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Associated Press
John Berry Blakemore
Canute Farmer
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Blakemore
Main Street
Canute
Wilford E. Johnson
Farwell
Texas
Elk City
Belgian pays tribute to James Whiteley Baltimore consul general
The Belgian foreign affairs ministry mourns James Whiteley of Baltimore, longtime envoy to Belgium who died June 16. The American served 43 years for Belgium and its colony before becoming Belgium’s consul general in Baltimore, after previously holding the post for the Free State of the Congo.
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Brussels
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
James Whiteley
Baltimore
Belgium
Whiteley
Free State of the Coneo
Three Changes In County Family In Two Year Terms
County officials begin two year terms elected last November with swearing in at the courthouse Monday. Rae Thompson and Norman C. Mitchell start new terms as district three commissioner and county school superintendent. Virgil Hunt becomes county treasurer. David Gray takes District One commissioner, Bob Austell takes District Two, replacing long serving members. Swearing in with simple ceremony.
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Rae Thompson
Norman C. Mitchell
Virgil Hunt
Sam
Ofice
David Gray
Earl Parker
Bob Austell
Offe
George Collins
Former Oklahoma inmate dies after police shooting in Missouri
Bennie Peart Adamson 47, ex convict from Joplin, fatally shot by police near Racine Mo after a spree including kidnapping a Coffeyville woman and robbing a farm family. Det. Chief Laster says Adamson identified by fingerprints and died at a hospital.
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Joplin
Bennie Peart Adamson
South Coffeyville
Kas
Racine
Luther Laster
Adamson
Seneca
Laster
T. E. Thomas
Pistol Point
Luther
Ralph Thomas
Gene Copeland
Walter Gamble
Copeland
Thomas
Ada Citizens Urge Action On Wintersmith Park Road
In a letter to the editor N. B. Stall complains Wintersmith Park and the surrounding road have deteriorated since state and CCC involvement, noting rock and mud filled drainage and deep ruts. He questions civic pride and asks readers to experience the drive and form their own opinion.
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Wintersmith Park
Ada
CCC
Chamber of Commerce
N. B. Stall
Quiet Fourth in Ada Sees Few Arrests and Park Fun
Ada marked a quiet Fourth of July with limited fireworks and several dozen families at Wintersmith park. Police warned about 30 people that shooting fireworks is unlawful. four arrests occurred. A separate Friday crash near Allen left Harlen Kerr and James Walker injured. Kerr’s condition listed as fair.
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Ada
Cecil Smith
Wintersmith Park
Kenneth Will
Allen
Harlen A. Kerr
James C. Walker
Valley View Hospital
Walker
Kerr
Glenn Park
Clark
Tag Taken in Ada Car in Seminole Driver in Tulsa
Roma James Hipp, 20, of Allen, was arrested in Tulsa by Jack Smith Jr of the Tulsa auto recovery department and charged with driving a stolen automobile. He drove a 1946 car with a 1946 Plymouth tag from Ed Travitt of Allen. the car was stolen in Seminole and the tag from Ada. Hipp had several blank titles signed by J. H. Pryor, some not originals, all tied to the thefts. He will be returned Monday to Seminole for questioning.
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Roma James Hipp
Allen
Tulsa
Jack Smith, Jr
Auto Recovery Department
Ed Travitt
Smith
Hipp
Seminole
Ada
Cecil Smith
J. H. Pryor
Pryor
Deadline Extended for Combat Wounded Enlistment
Major Edward F Moran announced the War Department extended the enlistment deadline for combat wounded World War II veterans to December 31 1941. Eligible veterans who pass regular army physicals despite disabilities and can perform required duties may enlist, with commissioned officers entering in first grade. Interested individuals should visit a recruiting station for details.
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Edward F. Moran
U. S. Army
War Department
Major Moran
Moran
No Memoirs From Garner
Former Vice President John N. Garner refused all offers to write memoirs and burned letters and data from his nearly 40 years in Washington. Dispatches say only a few items survived at the University of Texas. The bonfire reportedly consumed steel files detailing his dealings from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Washington
John N. Garner
Bascom N. Timmons
Washington Star
Timmons
Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Dispatch
University of Texas
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin DD. Roosevelt
President Truman Relaxed On Virginia Estate Visit
President Truman spent a restful day at the 210 acre Woodward estate Colle Bounds in Virginia listening to mockingbirds and strolling the woods. He plans to return to Washington tomorrow to tackle office matters including naming a General Counsel and two new National Labor Relations Board members under Taft Hartley.
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Charlotte Esville
Truman
Virginia
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Stanley Woodward
State Department
Missouri
Woodward
Colle
Ada Tish Mail Route Restored Supports Four Year Contract
The Capital-Democrat reports the Ada to Tishomingo mail route is reinstated and a new four year contract will be let. An east Johnston county to Atoka route is also restored. Ada and Tishomingo chamber networks aided the effort to restore service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Tishomingo
Capital-Democrat
Johnston County
Atoka
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Tish Chamber of Commerce
Coalgate Named in CAA Airport Approval List
The Civil Aeronautics Administration notified ten Oklahoma cities including Coalgate they may proceed with airport construction. District Engineer W O Karpenko said towns Chandler Chickasha Guthrie Hominy Newkirk Okeene Pond Creek Poteau Sapulpa and Coalgate may issue bonds for their share and submit layout plans for final CAA approval. Fragments of early silk material were found in Gobi desert burial sites.
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Oklahoma City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Oklahoma Cities
W. O. Karpenko
CAA
Chandler
Chickasha
Guthrie
Hominy
Newkirk
Okeene
Pond Creek
Poteau
Sapulva
Coalgate
Ada Rodeo Expands Seating for August Event
The Ada Rodeo adds bleacher seating boosting capacity to about 13 500. Missouri sourced framework and sea legs will wrap around the arena while entries grow for steer roping with a $1 150 starter and at least 17 entries of 150 each. Kiowa Indians return amid new stunts and preparations begin with painting and dressing up chutes for August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
E. E. McKendree
Bill Murray Keeps Out of A Political Arena
Oklahoma figure Bill Murray says he will stay on the sidelines next year and not participate in the 1948 senate race or presidential campaign. He plans to devote time to publishing his books and will speak at McAlester on July 17 to discuss a cheaper insurance plan for officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
William H
Murray
Oklahoma
Oklaha
Tulsa World
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Sapulpa
Kerr
Coe
Gomer Smith
Oklahoma Peace Officers’ Association
McAlester
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Weather Glides Through July Fourth With Light Rain
A mild shower dropped .81 inches recently, cooling the area and easing conditions for the Ada Ardmore game. The week brought an 86 degree high on Thursday and 87 degrees on Friday, with a low near 68 Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Ardmore
Garlic and Onions Belong to the Lily Family
The article notes that garlic and onions are part of the lily family, outlining their botanical relationship and shared characteristics. It emphasizes classification rather than culinary use, mentioning common naming and plant groupings within Liliaceae.
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Crooner Russell Charges Corporation
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Helena
Exle
Ion Antonescu
Iron Guard
Brazil
Rome
Russia
Gre
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Mme Lupescu
Turner
Liquified Gas Board
Junior Barton
Fitzhugh
C. H. Hailey
Young Barton
Janelle Adair
Ann Archer
Billy Barrett
Harriette Boiles
Charles Burnside
James Carson
Farrell Donaghey
Ann Eubanks
Glen Fain
Tom Ford
Earnest Frantz
Douglas Heaton
William Henry
George Hill
Bobby Holland
Jimmy Howell
Ted _.adson
David Leonard
Gilmer Long
Douglas McCord
Herman Matthews
Robert Mitchell
Clyde Moore, Jr
Betty Parker
Johnny Penisten
Donald Richmond
Clive Rigsby
Glen Sanders
Lindell Skinner
Wilma Stegall
Meleena Wallace
Tackie Archer
Carl Browall
Sam Browall
Donna Budd
Rodney Lee Campbell
Larry Cannon
Edwin Canterbury
Ruth
Ann Canterbury
Carolyn Sue Carson
Quinton Cobb
Mecordes Davidson
Don Eubanks
Donnie Heaton
Kay Higginbotham
Kenneth Holloman
Mary Jane Leonard
Sue Lindsey
Mary Ann McKeown
Loren McKeown
Curtis Martin
Jan Nabors
Jon Nabors
Jerry Pritchard
Jo Anna Pritchard
Marv Ranvier
Wanda Rancier
Don Ray Reed
Patsy Santino
Gala Joy Scrivner
Leta Jane Scrivner
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Billie Fae Walker
Billie Wiggins
Mack Young
Turkey
Tigris Kapu
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Jersey
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Gobi Desert
Central Asia
Rodeo
Bill Murray
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