Ike Eisenhower Nominee Tops Republican Convention
The Republican convention crowned Dwight D. Eisenhower as the party’s nominee after a long build up by rivals like Senator Taft. The General’s unlikely rise from military hero to presidential candidate raises questions about how he will secure key votes in November against the Democrats.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Willkie
Dewey
White House
Ike
Hitler
Mussolini
Columbia University
Europe
United States
Truman
Ada Weekly News history and publication details
The Ada Weekly News established 1901 in Ada Oklahoma served Thursday issues and merged with The Ada Weekly Democrat in 1910 and with Pontotoc County Enterprise and Ada Star Democrat later. the Ada Evening News ran by Corner in Ada. Various annual subscription rates and office contact details are listed.
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THE
ADA Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc County Enterprise
Ada Star-Democrat
Ada Evening News
Ada Weekly
Merited Tribute: Elmo Roper Poll on Nonpartisan Groups
Elmo Roper reports survey results listing groups not tied to parties and their perceived candor with public office. The American Legion leads, followed by church officials and the League of Women Voters, with notable cross-group backing and broad respect across towns, business, labor, and white-collar sectors.
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Elmo Roper
American Legion
League of Women Voters
AFL
CIO
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
National Association of Manufacturers
Roper
Legion
America
the Legion
Younger Leaders Dominate Republican Convention Support
Observers say the youth wing of the party carried the Eisenhower nomination while older figures backed Taft. The piece notes a delicate balance of wisdom and enthusiasm, hints at Chicago deliberations, and suggests Democratic Old Guard comparisons without stating firm outcomes.
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Eisenhower
Dewey
Lodge
Taft
Chicago
Truman
Democratic Party
Bitter split at Chicago Republican convention predicts rough race
Democrats celebrate a fierce GOP division recalling the 1924 convention when McAdoo and Smith failed to unite and John W. Davis faltered against Calvin Coolidge. The piece warns that a divided Republican Party may repeat history and struggle similarly this year.
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Chicago
William Gibbs McAdoo
al Smith
John W. Davis
Davis
Calvin Coolidge
Congress Cuts Appropriations Amid Debate on Allocations
The article notes Congress reducing appropriations by several billion dollars with the exact total undetermined. It urges holding lines without adding new funding while in session and questions spending efficiency given the large sums. It contrasts war fatalities in Korea with highway deaths at home and reflects on political timing and public nerves in heat.
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Congress
Truman
Winter Food Shortage Warns Of Steel Strike Impact
A steel strike threatens can production causing a shortage of canned vegetables and fruits. Delays in processing may lead to losses of perishable produce and worsen winter food availability.
What is Communism a Confusing World View
The piece argues common misconceptions of communism, asserting it is state domination of individuals, akin to medieval divine-right rule. It claims the state head, whether called emperor or dictator, controls land and property as kings once did, and that communism is an old idea wearing a new name.
Unusual Desires and City Warmth in a Wandering Note
The piece notes Margaret Mitchell's disputed manuscripts after her death and hints her husband may have destroyed them. It reports Mitchell's brother as an executor saying she didn't want people living in her Peachtree Street home after his plans to tear it down and sell the lot this year. It then covers Oklahoma Tech's radiant heating cooling method using pipes in walls and ceilings with hot and cold water circulation. It ends by contrasting city attractions and reflecting on honor among workers, lawful and otherwise.
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Margaret Mitchell
John R. Marsh
Miss Mitchell
Mr. Marsh
Margaret
Peachtree Street
Mitchell
Oklahoma Institute of Technology
Building Owned By Racketeer Blown Up
Fairfield Illinois reports a violent explosion at 1 25 a m leveled a two story brick building owned by Big Earl Shelton in the public square. No injuries. Property damage estimated at 50 000. The blast shattered nearby windows including at Brown Hotel and hurt none. Shelton, a former Southern Illinois gang leader, had left Fairfield 18 months earlier and was believed in Indiana.
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Fairfield
Ill
Big Earl Shelton
Shelton
Southern Illinois
Big Earl’s
Brown Hotel
Fairfield National Bank
Wayne County
Elmer Brown
Brown
Illinois
Big Earl
Indiana
Rail Conductors Talk of Striking Over Wage Boost
CHICAGO The Order of Railway Conductors threatened to strike against the Pullman Company on July 29 unless a wage increase of about 1 cent per hour is granted. Union officials said the move could halt service on major railroads if the firm does not meet the demand. The company has offered 11.07 cents per hour, the union stated.
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Chicago
Pullman
Navy Big Enough For Some Risks
Admiral William M Fechteler, chief of naval operations, says the Navy is large enough to take calculated risks until full mobilization. He spoke before leaving for Tokyo and Korea and said the Navy is prepared to go to Southeast Asia if needed and plans no carrier redeployments from Atlantic to Pacific under present conditions.
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Pearl Harbor
William M. Fechteler
U. S. Navy
Tokyo
Korea
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Fechteler
Atlantic
Census Shows 31 Million Moved Homes in Year End April 1951
The Census Bureau reports 31 million Americans changed residence in the 12 months ending April 1951, an increase of about four million from the previous year. This reflects wider population shifts and housing mobility across the nation.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Religion interest grows among college students says Iowa monk
HAL BOYLE reports at the University of Iowa that college students show rising religious interest. Dr. M Willard Lampe credits the Iowa plan for tax supported schools and diverse faculty with expanding study in religion and promoting religious tolerance.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
M. Willard Lampe
America
Lampe
Iowa University
School of Religion
College of Liberal Arts
Iowa
American College
Hold Woman After Shooting of Youth in Arkansas
Police in Fort Smith Arkansas hold Geneva Harper about 40 in connection with the shotgun slaying of 19 year old James W Edwards of Muldrow Oklahoma. Edwards was shot through a window on the Harper home porch. the weapon a 16 gauge shotgun found inside the house with no prints.
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FT. Smith
Ark
Oklahoma
Bill Rodgers
Geneva Harper
James W. Edwards
Muldrow
Okla
Rodgers
Harper
Edwards
Rodger
Draft Quotas Hit State Hard In Oklahoma
Oklahoma's selective service director Col. Clive E. Murray said the state will struggle to meet the new quotas as the September target is set at 600 men ages 20 to 25. Since the draft revival 2,559 men in that age group have been sent to the armed forces.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Selective Service
Clive E. Murray
Murray
FBI Convictions Rise in 1952 Despite Fiscal Year
The Justice Department reported 97.2 percent of FBI trial defendants convicted in fiscal 1952 with 9,036 convictions, up from 8,408 the prior year. Hoover said FBI returns to taxpayers totaled $61,918,535, an increase of over $22 million, and 11,100 fugitives located with 12,310 automobiles recovered in FBI cases.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Strip Teaser Fined and Jailed for Indecent Exposure
Dorothy Harlinger known as Ginger Lee testified she did not intend to expose a breast during a club act a pin gouged her shoulder forcing a bra adjustment. Judge Nita S Hinman fined 50 and sentenced 60 days but jail time waived if she left the county.
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Upper Marlboro
Dorothy Harlinger
Baltimore
Ginger Lee
Nita S. Hinman
Ginger
Photos Prove Planes Didn't Bomb PW Camp
U N command released aerial photographs showing that U N war planes did not bomb a camp housing Allied prisoners of war in Pyongyang during Friday’s raid. Communist negotiators at Panmunjom claimed Allied bombs killed 13 South Korean prisoners in Camp No 9, wounded 72 and left 23 missing.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
U. N
Pyongyang
Panmunjom
Engineers Tackle Task of Getting Control of River
Tulsa engineers begin a river stabilization project on the Arkansas to curb erosion. Using crushed rock and piling, the work aims to protect Bruce Island and Moffett Bottoms, with a $1 million appropriation but a $6.8 million estimated total cost.
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Arkansas
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
U. S. Army
Oklahoma-Arkansas Line
Bruce Island
Moffett Bottoms
Russell Seeks Middle Ground Civil Rights Plank
Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell called for a Democratic civil rights plank that would satisfy both moderate and liberal wings. He predicted a Chicago platform all can stand on and outlined views on Kefauver Barkley Harriman and the nomination odds. Russell expected about 300 first ballot votes, trailing Kefauver in early AP tallies as he heads to Chicago after Washington.
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New York
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Chicago
Russell
Columbia Broadcasting System
Ese
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Alben Barkley
Mutual Security
Averell Harriman
Kefauver
Associated Press
Kefauve
Political candidates listed for Pontotoc 1952 primaries
The document lists candidates for county and state offices in Pontotoc County for the Democratic primary on July 22, 1952. Sheriff candidates J D Garr and Ray Goodwin appear alongside state posts including Corporation Commissioner Ray C Jones and Representative No 2 George R Collins and I Jake Blevins.
Kerr Confident He'll Win Top Democratic Nomination
Oklahoma Senator Robert Kerr predicted a first ballot vote of 150 and said he would win the Democratic nomination. He weighed Truman endorsement, planned to seek Missouri and Illinois support, and noted the Republican platform omitted housing social security and defense area health measures.
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Chicago
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
NBC
Truman
Kerr
Associated Press
Washington
St. Louis
Missouri
Jacob Arvey
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
They Say The House In The Dell Poem Recital
A nostalgic verse depicts a small gray house in a dell where an old man lives unhurried and undisturbed by city life. The tone lauds simple living and tranquil retirement.
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Dell
the Dell
Children Break Train Tracks in Berkeley Incident
In Berkeley California two boys aged seven and six piled stones on railroad tracks causing a San Francisco Berkeley inter urban train to derail and chew up about 150 feet of right of way. No injuries were reported. The boys told their parents they did not mean any harm and police took them home after the derailment. Workmen spent five hours realigning the track to restore service.
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Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
Weekend Polio Cases Rise Across Oklahoma
Seventeen new polio cases were reported in Oklahoma for the 48 hours ending today, raising the year total to 156 from 91 last year. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis lists 129 patients hospitalized with 81 in the acute stage, and five deaths this year versus three at the same time last year. New admissions include three at Crippled Children's Hospital Oklahoma City, five at St. John’s Tulsa, six at Hillcrest Tulsa, and three at Comanche County Memorial Lawton.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Crippled Children’s Hosital
Oklahoma City
St. John’s
Tulsa
Lawson Charged in Ada Area Hit-and-Run
Charges of leaving the scene of an accident were lodged in peace justice court Monday against Charles A. Lawson of 12 West Thirteenth. The incident occurred Friday night when a car driven by T Edwards of Whittier California was struck by Lawson’s car nine miles southwest of Ada, according to highway patrolman H D Van Arsdell.
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Peace Justice Court
Charles A. Lawson
West Thirteenth
T. Edwards
Whittier
Calif
Lawson
Ada
H. D. van Arsdell
Cat or Rabbit Mystery Baffles Oklahoma Man
Nelson Anderson owns an animal named Bobo that may be a cat or a rabbit or a hybrid. The creature supposedly arrived from Minnesota while hunting with Chippewa sources and defies classification by appearance behavior and even veterinary assessment.
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Oklahoma City
Nelson Anderson
Anderson
Bobo
Minnesota
Newspaper advertising climbs 5.6 percent in 1950
Advertising in newspapers rose 5.6 percent in 1950 compared with 1949 across 52 large U.S. cities, indicating broader newspaper business growth.
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U. S
Eva Peron Condition Unchanged For 24 Hours
Buenos Aires Argentina The condition of Eva Peron wife of Argentina's president remained unchanged during the last 24 hours a bulletin from the under secretary of information said today A similar report was issued Friday The official report Thursday said her condition was unsatisfactory A South American source in Rome said an Argentine physician had arrived in Italy to consult a Viennese cancer specialist about Mrs Peron There was no confirmation of the report The president's wife underwent a major operation last November but it has not been announced that she is suffering from cancer.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Rome
Italy
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