Marshall In Plain Talk To Governors
Secretary of State Marshall told governors the U S has reached a turning point in European relations and urged bipartisan support for an economic rehabilitation plan. He warned that without aid Europe could drift toward a non democratic orbit and outlined steps being discussed with 16 western nations.
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Henry
Salt Lay City
Marshall
United States
Europe
America
Washington
Russia
Moscow
Congress
Greek turmoil rises as communism pressure grows
The analysis portrays Greece as the globe's danger point amid a Red revolt backed by Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Western powers fear Balkan escalation could threaten world peace while Britain and the United States weigh steps including possible aid shipments and limited involvement.
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Greece
United States
Russia
Britain
Athens
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
United Nations Balkan _ investigating commission
Moscow
Enver Hoxha
Truman
Tirana
Security Council of the
United Nations
Balkan
London
Scurees
America
Dwight Griswold
Ameri*n
Washington
Ada Rodeo to Feature Its Own Quarterhorse Racing
Ada Rodeo will run its own quarterhorse racing this year under rodeo management instead of the State Quarterhorse Association. The Ada Rodeo ticket office opens Monday at J. E. Thompson Store on South Broadway, with events leading to the August 13 opening. Five sponsored trophies will go to winners in bronco riding bull riding calf roping steer roping and steer wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
State Q Quarterhorse Association
J. E. Thompson
South Broadway
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Queen Elizabeth In Eye Cinder Delays Royal Train
In Edinburgh Scotland on July 15 Queen Elizabeth endured a cinder in her eye. The royal train carrying the queen and Lt. Philip Mountbatten made three emergency stops to receive treatment from five doctors and eye specialists. The queen later told Edinburgh’s mayor it seems all right now and alighted from the train.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
London
Marshall
Robert Falconer
Eva Peron to Visit Paris Arriving July 21
The Argentine embassy announced that Senora Eva Peron wife of the president will arrive in Paris for a visit on July 21. She is currently in Italy and will travel to Portugal before Paris.
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Senora Peron
Paris
Senora Eva Peron
Italy
Portugal
Aris
Russian Press Sees Sad Fate For Some
Moscow dispatch reports the Soviet press hints European nations receiving American aid face difficulties. Tass notes U S demand for Italy’s seat in the new order. Izvestia warns Britain in a “Dollar Trap,” pressed to buy U S food or face belt tightening.
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Moscow
Paris
Tass
United States
Italy
Izvestia
Britain
U. S
Dutch seek interim United States of Indonesia rule
Governor General Hubertus J. Van Mook demanded that the Indonesian republic accept all Dutch proposals for an interim government. The Indonesians accepted four of five principal Dutch proposals but want internal policing within Republican sectors handled by Republican agencies. The Netherlands proposed a force of Indonesians and Dutch.
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Batavia
Java
Hubertus J. van Mook
Netherlands
United States
Indonesia
East Central To Represented At Peabody Workshop
East Central college educator Ben Morrison will chair a 12 member workshop at Peabody College Nashville from July 17 to August 22. The group drawn from East Central Ada Southeastern Weatherford Edmond Anadarko and education divisions aims to develop curriculum and teacher training in Oklahoma.
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Ben Morrison
East Central College
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Oklahoma
State Department of Education
Morrison
East Central
Ada
Southeastern College
Durant
Southwestern College
Weatherford
Edmond City
Anadarko City
Board of Education
Henry Harne
Peay
National Board of General Education
Jake Smart
I. D
Edmond
Alva
O, U
A and M
Ada Lions hear Oklahoma industrial tour report
Keith Marshall describes how eastern businessmen boarded the Oklahoma Industrial Tour train and reacted to Oklahoma's industrial potential. He notes stark contrasts in attitudes, cites labor and economic conditions, and mentions the tour's July 22 Ada stop and guest District Governor Lyle Torbert of Miami.
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Marshall
Lions of Way
Oklahoma
Ada Lions Club
Keith Marshall
Ada
Chamber of Commerce
Lions
Sooners
O_lahoma
Rtune Magazine
Soonerland
Oklahoma City Douglas
Ponca City
Ohio
Lyle Torbert
Miami
Ada Club
U S Demands UN Prioritize Balkan Crisis in Council
U S delegate Herschel V. Johnson urged the United Nations Security Council to make the Balkan dispute the top priority, proposing sidetracking other matters and moving Balkan talks to the morning session. He cited Washington's urgent view and Greek pleas for expedited debate as the council resumed discussions on the global police force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Harrelson
United States
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Johnson
Washington
Oscar Lange
Poland
Council
Balkan
Lange
Colbert School Opens Enrollments for August 18
Colbert principal Oba Robertson announces enrollment for August 18 with a newly painted hall and classrooms. Summer work included cleanup and water system improvements while a state change allows six year olds by year end to start. The primary department gains readers and teaching aids with Miss Pearl Walker as instructor and 80 new library books. Reading tests will track progress.
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Colbert
Oba Robertson
Cain Sees Lobbying Surge Beyond Capitol Halls
Senator Harry P. Cain remarks that while 788 full time lobbyists are registered with Congress, additional lobbying activity likely occurs in nearby country clubs, suggesting broader influence outside official corridors.
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Congress
Capitol
Sen
Harry P. Cain
Washington
City adopts record $222 055 budget for new fiscal year
A Monday night vote set the city budget at a historic 222 055 dollars, up from 143 901 last year. The plan covers most departments with gains, adds 2090 for negro recreational facilities, and cites higher income from water, police, and meters as key drivers.
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Acta City Council
Negro Recreation
Fire
Police
Program Taken To Vets In Hospital
A group of hospital workers from the American Legion auxiliary presented a program for patients at the Veterans hospital in Sulphur. Mrs. Robert Ferguson chairs the hospital committee with Mrs. Shi Cash as program chair. Also assisting were Mrs. W. H. Mundy and Miss Neva Kennon. Performing were Miss Betty Orebaugh Charles Boiles Estellee Worsham Kennon Mundy Dorothy Benson and Florence Lee. The auxiliary seeks local talent in music dance or expression to offer future performances and asks interested persons to call 2836 or 1440.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Sulphur
Robert Ferguson
Shi Cash
W. H. Mundy
Neva Kennon
Betty Orebaugh
Charles Boiles
Estellee Worsham
Kennon Mundy
Dorothy Benson
Florence Lee
Plane crash near Marietta kills father and son
In Marietta Oklahoma a light aircraft carrying Ira King 35 and his 10 year old son Billy King of Gainesville Texas crashed near Turner Falls while attempting an emergency landing after engine trouble. Both occupants died at the scene as the plane struck an oak tree.
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Marietta
Okla
Turner Falls
Ira King
Gainesville
Tex
Billy
Wind-Tossed Blimp Spills 11 Occupants Into Sea
Navy blimp K-99 was driven into a down draft off Cape Mendocino, eight Navy crew and three fisheries biologists rescued after 11 men escaped in rafts and the craft regained control and landed near Eureka California.
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Eureka
Calif
Navy
Here
D. E. W. Devaney
San Jose
California Bureau of Marine Fisheries
Devaney
B. A. Goetze
Minneapolis
Cape Mendocino
Coast Guard
Bureau of Fisheries
William Riply
Palo Alto
Don Fry
Paul Bonnet
San Francisco
Reunion at last after 49 years for Vegher family on Fourth
Mrs Ida Vegher of Coalgate celebrated a long awaited family reunion. After 49 years apart, she met sisters Nazarene Martin and Eleanor Covey and brother John Bacca, with relatives from Pennsylvania New Mexico and Pennsylvanian towns joining a July 4 dinner. The gathering included niece Anna Morton and extended family. They plan to not wait decades again.
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Ida Vegher
Coalgate
Vegher
Tyrol
Austria
U. S
John Bacca
New Mexico
Nazarene Martin
Pennsylvania
Elanor Covey
R.'n
N. M
Martin
Covey
Anna Morton
Minersville
Penn
Roger Fair
M. Bacca
Raton
Upside-Down Education Comes to VA Hospitals
The Veterans Administration has begun ceiling projections of microfilmed textbooks for bedridden patients, flashing pages via bedside projectors. Thirty-two titles cover grammar civics physics photography radio engineering and small business management, provided by veterans groups and charities.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Potato introduction in England disputed by Raleigh and Hawkins
In historical note a claim that Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the potato to England is challenged by the assertion that Sir John Hawkins did so in 1563, indicating a contested early history of the crop in English cuisine.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
England
John Hawkins
Europeans Agree on Plans for Marshall Aid Recovery
The 16 nation European conference approved a cooperative plan to speed recovery under the Marshall proposal. Britain France Italy Norway and the Netherlands were named to a key executive committee with four subcommittees on food and agriculture iron and steel transport and coal and energy.
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Paris
Britain
France
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
U. S
George C. Marshall
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Benelux
Luxembourg
Bevin
Spaak
Truman Veto Message To Go This Week
The White House said President Truman will send his veto message on the $4 000 000 000 income tax reduction bill to Congress this week probably Friday. Officials noted the veto will follow the vetoed bill and that overriding the veto now seems unlikely after a 60 to 32 Senate vote.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Senate
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Switzerland
Millikin
R-Cole
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Morse
Oregon
Langer
North Dakota
Britain to Send Dam Busters Lincoln Bombers to U S Visit
Sixteen four engine RAF Lancaster bombers of No 617 Squadron, known as Dam Busters, will arrive at Andrews Field on July 28. They will join Air Force Day celebrations on August 1 then conduct a goodwill tour of six U S bases including Selfridge Smoky Hill Mather March Fort Worth and Maxwell Field.
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Washington
Royal Air Force
Mich
Smoky Hill Army Air Base
Salina
Kas
Mather Field
Sacramento
Calif
March Field
Riverside
Fort Worth
Tex
Army Air Base
The
Air University
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Noehne
Eder Reservoir
State Adds Five Water Purifiers For Emergencies
Five gas driven water purifiers donated by the American Red Cross will aid Oklahoma communities after disasters. Each unit purifies 15 gallons per minute using alum soda and chlorine with sand filtration. They will be kept at the State Department of Health for emergency use and disposal left to health officials.
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Oklahoma
State Department of Health
G. F. Mathews
American National Red Cross
Kenneth Neiswander
American Red Cross
Navy Expedition Heads North To Arctic Weather Stations
A three-vessel task force led by Capt. Robert S. Quackenbush Jr. sails from Boston to supply Arctic weather stations. The Edisto, Wyandot, and Whitewood will reach Ellesmere Island in Eureka Sound and later set up a second weather station near Winter Harbor on Melville Island.
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Washington
Navy
Arctic
Boston
Robert S. Quackenbush
South Pole
Edisto
Wyandot
Whitewood
Ellesmere Island
Eureka Sound
Winter Harbor
Melville Island
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U.S
U.N
Colbert School
Legion Auxiliary
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