Bricker Escapes Two Shots In Capitol Hill Gunfire
Senator Bricker of Ohio was shot at twice by William Kaiser a former Capitol police officer in a subway stairway area near the Capitol. Kaiser was arrested on charges of assault with intent to kill after the incident and the weapon was found to be a live .22 caliber target pistol.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Capitol Hill
Capitol
William L. Kaiser
Bricker
Kaiser
Columbus
Capitol Police
Senator Huffman
Metropolitian
Massachusetts Avenue
No. 1
Senate
Edward F. McGinnis
Ohioan
Albright
Senate Chamber
Senate Aids
Macomber
Truman Withdraws Biddle Nomination to UN Body
President Truman ends a five month stalemate by withdrawing Francis Biddle as U S representative to the United Nations economic and social council at Biddle’s request. He names Willard L Thorp for the post to serve concurrently with his state department duties if confirmed.
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Washington
Truman
Francis Biddle
U. S
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Biddle
Iddle
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Willard L. Thorp
Westport
Conn
Philadelphia
Motorcycle rider dies in Oklahoma traffic crash
Henryetta youth Ewell Freeman Kanady Jr., 20, died in a hospital after a motorcycle crash near Dewar in Okmulgee County. The highway patrol said his death raises Oklahoma’s traffic fatalities for the month to 19.
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Henryetta
Okla
Ewell Freeman Kanady, Jr
Dewar
Okmulgee County
Highway Patrol
Kanady
Oklahoma
Mrs Emma C Walker Dies in Ada At 67
Emma C Walker 67 of Ada south of the city died Friday at 7 15 pm in a local hospital from a heart attack. She was mother of Joseph A Walker and active in Eastern Star work serving as Electa chaplain and warder of Ada Chapter No 78. She held Third Hand Maid of Galilee Shrine No 13 and was a devoted church worker. Educated at Immaculate Heart convent Cincinnati she studied drama and traveled widely with a large circle of friends including Carrie Jacobs Bond John Steven McGority and Mrs Barney Oldfield. She and husband the late Chris Walker moved to Ada from California about ten years ago and they ran the Walker airport south of town. Survived by son Joseph A Walker and Dave Forman of Ada who lived with them since childhood. Funeral today at 2 pm in Criswell Chapel with an Eastern Star ceremony. Pallbearers are Eastern Star members Roy Lollar W G Massey Chester Sneed J E Thompson Aubrey Hubbard and W A Ryan.
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Emma C. Walker
Joseph A. Walker
Order of White Shrine of
Walker
Ada
California
The
Eastern Star
Roy Lollar
W. G. Massey
Chester Sneed
J.E. Thompson
Aubrey Hubbard
W. A. Ryan
Boat Bursts Into Flames Off Puget Sound
A 40 foot power boat burned in Puget Sound south of Seattle. Coast Guard said a rescue craft was on scene about a mile offshore and noted no casualties yet. The vessel tentatively identified as F. E. Weyerhaeuser may be a private yacht. 11 aboard, property of Ruth Young, home port unknown.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Coast Guard
F. E. Weyerhaeuser
Sheriff's Office
Ruth Young
Oklahoma Industrial Tour Returns To Tulsa
Members of the Oklahoma Industrial Tour arrived in Tulsa weary but confident the state has been well pictured to industrialists in 11 eastern cities. The train drew about 7,000 visitors during 16 days with 1,106 boarding in New York. Next week the exhibition will begin a month-long Oklahoma tour sponsored by the State Planning and Resources Board and the Tulsa and Oklahoma City Chambers of Commerce.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
New York
State Planning and Resources Board
Oklahoma City
Two ex sergeants accused in theft of A bomb papers
FBI arrests two former army sergeants Alexander von Der Luft, 23, and Earnest D. Wallis, 34, for removing and concealing atomic bomb materials. Evidence includes 200 handwritten notes marked secret from Los Alamos. Papers recovered from Princeton room, Chicago studio, and Pennsylvania wall safe.
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Walington
FBI
Los Alamos
N. M
Princeton University
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Alexander von der Luft
Mt. Lebanon
Earnest D. Wallis
Paul Stone-Raymore
North Michigan
Lou Nichols
Nichols
U. S
Santa Fe
van der Luft
von der Luft
Pittsburgh
Wallis
Justice Department
Tom C. Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
Luft
Manhattan Engineer District
Hoover
University
Atomic Energy Commission
Ernest D. Wallis
Army
Los Alanos
I Energy Commission
Manhaten
Seven Convicts Die in Hail of Bullets Escape Try
In Brunswick Georgia 27 prisoners rushed a high wire fence during an escape attempt. Warden Worthy said let them have it as guards fired. six were wounded and seven died, five instantly and two later in a hospital. An investigation by coroner J D Baldwin adjourned without a verdict pending grand jury review.
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C. W. Gilmore
Brunswick
W. G. Worthy
Here
Worthy
Russell B. Henderson
J. D. Baldwin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Baldwin
Glynn Superior Court
Willie H. Bell
Bell
Oklahoma City Lineman Killed After Ladder Fall
James Derwin Silvernail aged 48 of Oklahoma City, a lineman for OG&E, died after falling from a ladder today. Authorities investigated the incident and reported the fatal work accident in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
James Derwin Silvernail
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
East Central State college to honor General Eaker and Dr Cannon
Lt General Ira C Eaker and Dr Sherman Cannon will address East Central State college summer graduates. Dr Cannon will deliver the baccalaureate sermon July 20 in the college auditorium, and General Eaker will give the principal address July 24 at commencement. Eaker, oldest Oklahoma air pioneer, began in 1917 and later flew the first transcontinental mass formation. After commencement, he will travel to Oklahoma City for his portrait unveiling at the Oklahoma Historical Society.
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Ira C. Eaker
Sherman Cannon
East Central State College
A. Linscheid
Cannon
Church of Christ
Fr. Worth
Texas
Southwest
Eaker
General Eaker
Southeastern State College
Oklahoma
Southeastern
Thirty Years And Another Cullins Into Annapolis
Peter K. Cullins, son of Mrs. T. O. Cullins and the late C. Cullins, enters the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis after passing final exams. Capt. Cullins, once executive of the Battleship Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, recounts his service and health recovery amid a peripatetic Navy career.
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T. O. Cullins, Jr
T. O. Cullins
Cullins
Ada
U. S. Naval Academy
Peter K. Cullins
Navy School
Houston
Tex
Peter
Annapolis
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Naval Academy
Mediterranean
U. S
Weather Here Ends Mountain Sleeping Weather
Ada and vicinity enjoyed two weeks of mild nights with lows near 64 and pleasant days around 88 degrees. Saturday brought a sharp rise to 94 with the hottest reading since July 5 and a sudden end to the long stretch of ideal sleeping weather.
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Ada
Independence to fly to Greece on first official trip
President Truman’s new plane the Independence departs Washington at 11 30 a m for its first official flight to Athens carrying Dwight Griswold and about six Greek aid mission staff members. It also will transport back to Greece the body of Cimon Mantopoulos the late Greek ambassador to Washington. Rear Adm James H Foskett naval aide accompanies the body as the president's representative and the flight will stop in Frankfurt Germany to pick up Mrs Griswold before continuing to Athens.
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Washington
Truman
The
Independence
Dwight Griswold
Athens
Greece
Cimon P
Mantopoulos
James H. Foskett
Frankfort
Germany
Mrs. Griswold
Tulsa Photographer Captures Eight Saucers Over Tulsa
Tulsa freelance photographer Erio Gilmore reported seeing eight oval flying objects high above the city. He says the objects glistened in sunlight, moved quickly, and traveled westward at about 22 degrees elevation, with a two and a half second transit between landmarks.
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Tulsa
Okla
Erio Gilmore
Gilmore
Frisco
First National Bank of Tulsa
East Central honors top scholars from veterans cohort
East Central State College announced G L carry off all scholarship awards. John Gillespie Ada Birt Allison Krebs and Myron Davis Water Valley Miss earned top grades with Gillespie and Allison tied for the Ada News award for highest senior year average. Davis won the O Neal award.
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G. S
East Central State College
A. Linscheid
John Gillesie
Ada
Birt Allison
Krebs
Laud Myron Davis
Water Valley
Miss
Gillespie
Allison
Ada News
O'Neal
O’neal Jewelers
Claud Myron Davis
Mississippi
East Central
G. I. Bill
Oklahoma A and M College
East Central Journal
Simpson Walker Buys Large Wyckoff Ranch in Oklahoma
Mooreland Oklahoma July reports Simpson Walker becomes owner of the Wyckoff Ranch a 10000 acre property southeast of Freedom for 110000 Walker also owns 5000 adjacent acres establishing a major northwest Oklahoma landholding.
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Mooreland
Okla
Simpson Walker
Oklahoma
Wyckoff
Freedom
Walker
American Officials See Russia Playing a Losing Game
Washington reports that U S officials say Soviet Russia is failing to split Europe or derail the Marshall Plan. They stress the United States will support recovery plans, resist a showdown, and press on political and economic issues including Hungary and the Balkans while seeking cooperation across Europe.
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John Hightower
Washington
Russia
Europe
Thearshall
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
U. S
State Department
United Nations
Hungary
Balkans
Ada Rodeo Prepares 1947 Show With Fresh Acts
Ada rodeo launches August 13 17 with Ferdinand the Hereford promoting the event. The program includes Beeswax Moore Buff Brade Norma Holmes Dallas Mounted Quadrille Bob Crosby band and Kiowa Indians among a lineup aimed at drawing thousands from Oklahoma and surrounding states. Box seats nearly sold and tickets go on sale July 21 with fans urged to pick preferred seats now.
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Ferdinand
Oklahoma
Ada
Beeswax Moore
Buff Brade
Norma Holmes
Buff
Dallas
Bob Crosby
Crosby
Wilson
Ray Ramsey
Madison Square Garden
Rodeo Grounds
Open Air Revival Starts at Irving School Grounds
An open air revival begins tonight at Irving school grounds Fifth and Johnston sponsored by Oak Avenue Baptist Church closing July 27. Pastor Rev Chester L Mason evangelist with R M Chambers Oklahoma City singer. Booster Band song and fellowship daily at 7 45 p m for children 4 to 14. Evening services at 8 15. Comfortable seats and gospel preaching await attendees.
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Irving School
Fifth and Johnston
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Chester L. Mason
R. M. Chambers
Oklahoma City
Broadcast Polio Feature Monday
Pontotoc county polio committee chair Dr Ollie McBr ree arranges dramatication program over KADA Monday July 14 at 9 15 p m The special show stars Henry F Dale in You Have Seen Its Shadows with information of value to all parents Advertisers who heard the program call it effective dramaful.
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Pontotoc County
Ollie McBr
Kada
Henry F. da
Ad-ns
Peker Accuses Opposition of Coup Attempt in Turkey
Istanbul July 12 Premier Recep Peker accuses the opposition Democratic Party of seeking to incite a revolt and seize the government through a coup d etat. He frames the crisis as an internal dispute prompting rumors his cabinet could collapse.
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Istanbul
Recep Peker
Democratic Party Today
Peker
Jelal Bayar
Democratic Party
Five Indicted In Kansas City Voting Fraud Case
Five men face charges of conspiracy to defraud voters in Kansas City's tenth precinct. William D. Wilson John Melham Harry Burk Frank L. Holmes Morris Klein posted bonds to appear before Judge Albert A. Ridge. Indictment alleges falsification forgery and use of fictitious ballots in the 1946 primary.
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Kansas City
Albert A. Ridge
William D. Wilson
John Melham
Harry Burk
Jackson County
Frank L. Holmes
Morris Klein
Machine
Grand
Cecil Smith Named Chief of Police in Ada
Cecil Smith, previously assistant chief, is appointed chief succeeding Clinton Blake. Luther Davis becomes assistant and night chief. Smith, 36, born in Allen, joined Ada police in 1936 and served except for army time, once active in local boxing.
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Cecil Smith
Clinton Blake
Luther Davis
Smith
Allen
Ada
Tucker Auto Debuts At World Inventors Exposition
The Tucker car with three headlights and no gear shift arrived in Hollywood for its first public showing. Inventor Prestor Tucker announced plans to start production in Chicago by October aiming for 1000 cars daily by January.
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Hollywood
Tucker
Prestor Tucker
Chicago
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Gypsy Rose Lee
Erik Lee Kirkland
Duluth
Minn
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