Tax Cut Bill Cleared for Floor Debate in Congress
The House Rules Committee kept the income tax reduction bill on its timetable and sent it to the floor for two hours of debate with expected passage tomorrow. The measure cuts rates 10.5 to 30 percent starting January 1, 1948, identical to Truman’s vetoed bill save for the date. The Ways and Means Committee seeks minor clarifications amid GOP plans to override a veto. Senate action could follow by weekend. Knutson pressed to limit amendments and signaled January action on a separate property bill to preempt hasty passage.
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House Rules Committee
House
Truman
Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Senate
Knutson
R-Minn
Rules
Congress
Rep
Cos
D-Ga
Mde
Byrd
D-Va
Four More Deaths In State Accidents
Four more fatalities during the Independence Day holiday bring Oklahoma totals to 13. Victims include Clarence E. Tabor in a three car crash near Atoka, toddler John Charles Wolaver drowned in Tulsa, Troy Lee Brown in a Tulsa plane crash, and J. W. Steddum who fell from a pole in Enid. Earlier deaths covered traffic, drowning, plane crash, fall, and a log blow.
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Oklahoma
Clarence E. Tabor
Tyler
John Charles Wolaver
Tulsa
Troy Lee Brown
J. W. Steddum
Aid
Tabor
Atoka
Wolaver
Walter H. Wolaver
Brown
Steddum
Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Co
Enid
Rains and Heat Hit Oklahoma Panhandle and Statewide
Rain measured up to 1.60 inches fell in Boise City and the Panhandle with Beaver 1.53 inches and Guymon 0.26. Other precipitation included McAlester 0.03, Ada 0.02 and Elk City trace. Altus reached 110 degrees, Frederick 100, Lawton and Guthrie 97, with McAlester at 84.
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Boise City
Panhandle
Beaver
Te Weather Bureau
Guymon
McAlester
Ada
Elk City
Altus
Frederick
Lawton
Guthrie
Meat Prices Continue Climb Easing Buyer Confusion
Shoppers confront rising meat costs with limited certainty, while retailers report steady soil and supply conditions. Analysts note price increases across beef pork and poultry, urging careful budgeting as households face higher grocery bills.
Six Nations Accepting Bid To Join Marshal Aid
Paris reports six nations Belgium Italy Portugal Eire Greece and Turkey accepted the Anglo French invitation to cooperate on continental economic reconstruction under the Marshall plan. unofficial in principle acceptances from Holland Luxembourg Austria Denmark Iceland Norway Sweden and Switzerland. Finland opposed. Czechoslovakia undecided amid Moscow talks. Italian Communists set conditions while French Socialist party backs Ramaudier on anti inflation policy.
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Joseph Dynan
Paris
Belgium
Italy
Portugal
Eire
Greece
Turkey
Holland
Luxembourg
Austria
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Finland
Meanwile
National Council
French Socialist Party
Paul Ramadier
Lupescu Past Crisis as Romania's Ex-King Ruthlessly Waits
DIO DE JANERIO Brazil July 7 Mme Ernesto Andreanu wife of the secretary of former King Carol of Romania reports Elena Lupescu has passed the crisis of her grave illness and shows signs of improvement after four transfusions. She is conscious but very weak and remains seriously ill and hopeful for recovery.
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Dio DE Janerio
Brazil
Mme
Ernesto Andreanu
Carol of
Romania
Elena Lupescu
Russians In China File To Go Home
In Shanghai 2000 families quota for repatriation to Soviet Russia by end of 1947 was filled in a day and a half. Brisk sign ups continued in Peiping Tientsin and Tsingtao with a combined quota of 1000 families. Estimated 7000 Russians in Shanghai sought return, contrary to foreign observers expectations.
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Shanghai
Russia
Peiping
Tientsin
Tsingtao
French Paper Claims New American Atomic Bomb Test
L Intransigeant quoted Paris military circles alleging a new American atomic bomb tested in New Mexico could destroy Paris or Moscow. The article said the device blasted a 2700 foot deep by 11 mile wide hole and consumed 14 000 tons of silver in the test.
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Paris
Moscow
New Mexico
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
American Science and Technology
Common Cause
Committee For A World Charter
L’transigeant
Senator Gurney Predicts Large Savings From Unification
Senator Gurney announces "astonishingly large" savings from unifying the army navy and air forces as the Senate debates a plan to place all services under one cabinet officer. He argues current structure is uneconomical and urges swift approval amid fears of rapid modern warfare advances.
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Washington
Gurney
R-Sd
Army
Navy
Senate
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Dewey Silent On Party Reports In Sapulpa
Gov Thomas E Dewey assayed without comment on reports from midwestern and southwestern Republican leaders that delegates likely to back him for the 1948 GOP nomination. Oklahoma's 20 votes are expected for Dewey at the convention. Dewey and family visited relatives, with a public reception planned at the Elks Club. The tour moves to Kansas City then Salt Lake City for the governors conference.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma
New York
Lew Wentz
Dewey
Middlewestern
Northwestern
Rocky Mountain
Riotous Motorcycle Weekend Shatters Hollister Calm
A disorderly mob of pleasure seekers in Hollister California disrupted the town over the weekend. Police jailed more than 50 offenders and fined the crowd over 2000 dollars as injuries mounted and San Benito street lay littered with debris.
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Hollister
Calif
California
San Benito
Laws Of Eyesight May Be Tied Up In Sauceflurry
New York July 7 A journalist suggests the flying saucer reports across the country arise from sight laws. Objects near the limit of vision appear round especially in reflected light, with sizes matching distant reflections. Observations over Long Island match light from airplanes that alter course and vanish, while movements resemble ordinary aircraft maneuvers.
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New York
Long Island Sauna
Enid Receives Saucer Reports From Local Observer
Enid Oklahoma logs a flying saucer sighting as Ed Herbig from Tulsa reports a pancake shaped object at 10 000 to 12 000 feet over Enid moving south at high speed. Oklahoma City observer W E Marshall also reports a bright aluminum saucer darting over Pucyme field at 515 p m Sunday.
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Enid
Okla
Ed Herbig
Tulsa
Here
Herbig
Oklahoma City
W. E. Marshall
Pucyme Field
Sunay
No Coping Apples Yonkers Edict Sets Fees for Merchandize
Yonkers police are ordered to pay for all merchandise and drinks including fruit stands under a new edict announced by deputy commissioner William J. Comey. The directive follows a public safety measure tying police responsibility to purchases while on duty.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Public Safety
William J. Comey
Mississippi River Flooding Levels Off at Grand Tower
In Grand Tower Illinois the Mississippi neared its peak after flooding 650 residents from 1 000 as water covered tents and two schoolhouses. Officials said drainage would take about two weeks if declines continue, with St Louis meteorologists predicting further drops downstream and levees still deemed critical along the river.
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St. Louis
Cairo
Jesse Grammer
Harry F. Wahlgren
U. S
Cape Girardeau
U. S. Army
Perry County
Missouri
Preston
McClure
Illinois
Dupo
Delmar E. Valine
Dupe
Prairie du Pont
Gorham
Garvin County Fair Dates Set with Enlarged Exhibits
Free Fair board in Pauls Valley announces September 11 12 and 13 for the Garvin county fair. A H Shi president says plans include three district fairs at Elmore City Lindsay and Wynnewood. Garvin fair will add poultry saddle horses flower and soil conservation divisions.
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Garvin County Fair
Free Fair Board
Pauls Valley
A. H. Shi
Elmore City
Lindsay
Wynnewood
Garvin County
Cherokee countymen boost purebred stock from Arkansas sale
A Hereford tour by Cherokee county livestock men led to more purebred livestock arriving in the county. Participants Lee Strauss Bryce McCurry John Washington and Clarence Bynum visited a Mayesville Arkansas sale. Wilson Washington bought six cows two heifer calves and one bull calf. Strauss returned with two cows and two heifer calves.
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Cherokee County
Lee Strauss
Bryce McCurry
John Washington
Clarence Bynum
Mayesville
Ark
Wilson Washington
Boll weevils surge in Oklahoma cotton fields
Extension entomologist C F Stiles reports large over winter survival of boll weevils in central and eastern Oklahoma. Contrary to hopes, severe winter did not reduce numbers and nearly all old cotton fields show heavy adult infestations.
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Oklahoma
C. F. Stiles
Jap Straggler on Guam Ends Death Leap
A Japanese army straggler on Guam leaped from a cliff to his death while another wounded man was hunted. Police and Marines found 100 pounds of nuts and five pounds of dried fish in his hideout as the navy estimated about 50 stragglers still hid on the island. Six stragglers have been killed in the past year.
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Guam
U. S
Navy
Ice Blocks Cascade From Truck On Hill At Norwich
More than 100 blocks of ice weighing 300 pounds each spilled from a large truck as it ascended a hill in Norwich. Traffic was rerouted for over an hour due to icy conditions despite warm 82 degree weather.
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Norwich
Conn
Flying Saucers Seen Across States Unexplained
Reports from coast to coast describe disc like flying saucers over 38 states and Canada. Aerial patrol misses sighting. pilots try for pictures as authorities deny connection and scientists debate causes. Casey Baird, P-38 pilot, reports evading discs near Bozeman while a photographer attempted a shot.
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Army
Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
Army Air Forces
Washington
AAF
Hagerstown
Bozeman
Mont
Casey Baird
United States Geodetic Survey
Baird
Cotton acreage in U S up this year
The Agriculture Department reports July 1 cotton in cultivation at 21,389,000 acres, up 17.6 percent from last year. It forecasts about 10,495,000 bales if recent averages hold, with American Egyptian cotton at 1,300 acres versus 3,100 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lightning Strikes Crowd At Colorado Race
In Colorado Springs a bolt hit about 2,000 holiday spectators at a jalopy race near the city. Fifty people on a hill were knocked down, twenty were shocked, and five hospitalized as the main event unfolded. Respondents recovered from shock and burns.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Two Young Tulsans Wounded In Doorway Incident
In Tulsa Oklahoma a 74 year old man was questioned after two 19 year old youths were shot with buckshot through the front door of his house. Wally Smith and Natalie Whitaker were injured and hospitalized with Smith in critical condition. The shooter was identified as G W Anders. Police and sheriffs investigated after the picnic party members reported the incident and described the group near the haunted house.
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Okla
Isa
Wally Smith
Natalie Whitaker
Smith
George Blai
G. W. Anders
Miss Whitaker
Sapulpa
Joe Lane
W. F. Southern
Sheriff’s Office
Blaine
Sanders
Sheriff's Office
Pilc
Nancy Jo Canary
Betty Searle
Bill Green
Lawton
Bo Winniger
Guthrie
Jeannie Lawso
Philadelphia
Six Decorations For Woman At Atoka
The Silver Star Purple Heart Good Conduct Medal and three other minor decorations posthumously awarded to Private First Class Seth A. Cockrell will be presented to Mrs. Rebekah Cockrell in a semi military ceremony at the Atoka grade school auditorium at 8 p.m. July 16 1947. Major Edward F. Moran will present with help from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts of Atoka and a detachment from Company H 180th Infantry. The Atoka high school band will provide music. The program will be short and fitting as a memorial to Pfc Cockrell. all former servicemen and families are urged to attend.
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Seth A. Cockrell
Rebekah Cockrell
Atoka
Edward F. Moran
U. S. Army
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
180Th Infantry
Oklahoma
Pfc
Cockrell
China Marks Tenth War Anniversary Amid Civil War Strife
Shanghai reports China marking ten years since the war with Japan while facing a civil conflict with Chinese communists. Manchuria fights quiet after the Szepingkai battle. in Shantung province the communists push bridgeheads across the Yellow River.
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Shanghi
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Szepingkai
Shantung Province
Yellow River
Oklahoma Farm Youths Boost State’s Agricultural Future
Earnest farm youths in Oklahoma showcase confidence in the industry during field day at Turner Ranch. The event draws national attention via a coast to coast radio broadcast and highlights 4 H clubs Future Farmers and Future Home Makers. Oklahoma’s industrial tour notes strong farm product appeal to processors and potential plants in the state amid favorable tax conditions and abundant resources.
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Oklahoma
Turner Ranch
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
U S Policy Hinges On Chiang Reforms In China
In Shanghai and Nanking diplomats say U S policy depends on Chiang Kai-Shek’s willingness to purge corruption and reform his coalition government. Western officials, led by Ambassador Stuart, press for an overhaul while Chiang weighs risks of alienating allies. Marshall will likely discuss the issue with Butterworth when he arrives in Washington.
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Spencer Moosa
Shanghai
America
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Chiang
Generaliss Mo
Marshall
Walton Butterworth
Butterworth
Washington
State Department
Candy thief breaks into shop near Hamilton Field
Mrs. Lottie Vieman reports a break in at her store near Hamilton Field in California. Two bars of candy are missing and the window was broken. a five dollar bill lay by the candy case as the morning opened.
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Calif
Lottie Vieman
Little Nations
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