Deputies Withdrawn From Farm After Eviction Fight
LAPEER Mich July 12 Sheriff Clark Gregory withdrew his armed deputies from the 80 acre farm scene of Lapeer County s latest eviction battle. The sheriff said there is no indication of further trouble as tenant Robert Newman moves in with two friends staying. Mrs Elizabeth Stevens widow whose family fought assessments tied to an insurance collapse had two sons jailed for obstructing justice. A circuit court hearing was set for Tuesday and Governor Williams pushed for a grand jury probe into the insurance affair.
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Lapeer
Mich
Clark Gregory
Lapeer County
Elizabeth Stevens
West Berlin Motorist Wounded After Border Crossing
Soviet border guards fired at engineer Ludwig Vetter 70 yards inside the Russian zone near Marienfelde in West Berlin. He was hit in the right leg as authorities carried him away after refusing aid from a West Berlin doctor who was kept from helping. The incident marked the first shooting on the 90 mile border that weekend following three earlier shootings.
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Vetter
West Berlin
Urban Highway At Ponca City Opens After Inspection
Ponca City's urban highway on U S 66 and 77 has been inspected, accepted, and opened to traffic. The project cost 1 833 659 dollars, dates back to 1947 with the 2 127 foot bridge completing the link replacing an old flood prone structure. Barriers removed and no opening ceremony planned.
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Oklahoma City
Ponca City
State
Patrol Arrests 2 837 In June
Oklahoma City July 12. State Highway patrolmen made 2 837 arrests during June with 50 percent of the drivers convicted. Half of the other cases were dismissed or acquitted and the remainder pending. Troopers assisted 16 313 motorists and issued courtesy warnings to 12 403 drivers. Fifty five persons were killed and 622 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Dixie Gilmer
Game Rangers Arrest 139 in Oklahoma City
State game rangers arrested 139 people for violating game and fish laws in June. Fines of 2090 dollars were paid by 114 defendants. Two people were jailed and 19 charges were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Late Planting Tips For Pontotoc County Crops
County agents Hailey and Smith note extended dry heat harming corn hay and pastures in Pontotoc. They advise late planting if rainfall allows with July 15 as a workable cutoff for corn hybrids and sorghums including Redland kafir and Martin milo. Recommended forage varieties Sumac 1712 Atlas with 3 to 5 pounds per acre in wide rows for grain or silage.
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Pontotoc County
Redlan Kafir
Martin Milo
Sumac 1712
Atlas
Sudan Grass Promoted for Summer Pasture Planting
Farmers are advised to plant Sudan grass for summer pasture using 30 pounds of seed per acre if drilled or 35 to 40 pounds if broadcast. Land previously harvested for vetch is ideal, and preparation can be done by disking or shallow plowing.
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Sudan
Mungobeans cultivation guidance and seed strains
The text advises planting Strain 12 for commercial seed production and gives seeding rates of 8 pounds per acre in wide rows or 15 to 20 pounds per acre in 14 or 16 inch rows. For hay use the Golden mungbean for larger yields.
Dozens Sick With Food Poisoning At Boilermaker Picnic
A Portland Oregon boilermakers union picnic drew several thousand people on July 12 when food poisoning struck. Within hours about 70 were hospitalized with no anticipated deaths. Ambulances cleared the scene as police set roadblocks and chaos ensued.
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Boilermaker
Portland
Ore
Boilermakers’ Union
Secret Armistice Talks Recessed At Panmunjom
Secret armistice talks in Korea recessed today amid deadlock over prisoner exchange. Reds requested a two day break before the 11th secret session at Panmunjom. no reason given. Two letters from Communists protested Red prisoner deaths and demanded accounting of 4391 Reds listed by the Red Cross but not on the U N Command list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Red
Panmunjom
U. N
Reds
South Korea
International Committee For the Red Cross
Fall Planting and Seed Bed Preparation Advice
Due to a seed shortage, fall planting of vetch ryegrass and winter small grains for pasture is crucial. Prepare a firm moist seed bed with late June or early July plowing. Use a disk or cultivator for surface tillage in summer and early fall to control weeds and maintain water absorption.
Budenz Claims Soviet Gains in U S Over Six Years
Minot North Dakota July 12 Former Communist Louis Budenz says Russia has made greater gains in the United States in the past six years than anywhere else in the world. He warns that Soviet communism is a Frankenstein marching across and will bring an era of slavery unlike any seen before.
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Minot
N. D
Louis Budenz
Russia
U. S
Eed
Budenz
Azores Population Origins Highlight Portuguese Ties
The Azores, home to about half a million residents in the Atlantic Ocean, are predominantly of Portuguese origin, reflecting strong cultural and historical ties to Portugal.
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Azores
Atlantic Ocean
Death Takes Mrs. Sparks in Ada After Stroke
Nettie Sparks 76 longtime Ada resident and former city clerk died at a hospital Friday night after a stroke the prior week. Born Nettie Kitchens in Texas, she moved to Ada in 1916 from Coalgate, married in 1892, and was active in First Baptist church and WCTU. She leaves four children, two grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 4 at First Baptist with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Nettie Sparks
Ada
First Baptist Church
Rosedale
Ms. Sparks
Nettie Kitchens
Milam County
Tex
Oklahoma
WCTU
Virgie Sparks
Eva Sparks Bobbitt
Alyce Hessler
Claude Sparks
Doug Poe
Walker Buchanan
Walter Jr
Phyllis Ann
Sue
Betty Buchanan
Lula School to Open July 21 With Summer Enrollment
Lula announces summer term enrollment begins July 18 and regular classes start July 21. Principal C. D. Whelchel returns. new staff includes Mrs Bailey as commerce and home economics teacher. Bus drivers are Chester Treas and Jim Williams. cooks are Mrs Lois Lillard and Odie Mae Sweatt. About 120 students expected. board president is B Whisenhunt.
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Lula
Thos. P. Daniel
Daniel
C. D. Whelchel
Winifred Emerson
Effie Burns
Clah Michael
Bailey
Chester Treas
Jim Williams
Lois Lillard
Odie Mae Sweatt
B. Whisenhunt
H. G. Gore
W. B. Misenheimer
Thomas Fortner
Royal household to cut costs in sweeping economy drive
The Reynolds News reports the Duke of Edinburgh has ordered a drastic royal belt tightening at Queen Elizabeths request. Officials will streamline staff and abolish old duties, with plans to end free meals at the palace and remove nightly whiskey bottles from the royal bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reynolds News
Duke of Edinburgh
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth
Communism Fails to Curb Pilfering on Soviet Collectives
Moscow reports warn of theft within collective farms as Bolshevik magazine notes workers’ private ownership tendencies and officials abusing status. Over 300 seizures of public lands were recorded with losses exceeding 100000 dollars due to underpriced sale of farm produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Communist Party
Bolshevik
Boshevik
Eisenhower Resigns From Army in 1948 Move
General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns from the Army after announcing he would do so if he won the Republican presidential nomination. His formal letter requests rapid processing and notes a deep sense of regret as he ends a 40 year military career that began at West Point in 1912.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Frank Pace
Washington, D. C
War Department
Eisenhower
West Point
Crash Survivors In Yukon Ferried Out
ANCHORAGE Alaska July 12 A seriously burned crewman one of seven survivors of the crash of a U S Air Force search plane near the Alaska Yukon border reached the Air Force hospital here today He was the first survivor of yesterday s B17 crash ferried from the rugged mountain scene near Snag Yukon Territory via helicopter and C47 transport plane The Air Force here said one of the eight man crew was killed Three helicopters and paramedic crews from Elmendorf Air Force Base here were at the wreck scene They reported two other survivors were less seriously injured than the crewman brought here
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Anchorage
Alaska
U. S. Air Force
Alaska-Yukon
Air Force Hospital
Snag
Yukon Territory
Air Force
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Wyrick Elected Atoka Lions President
Brown Wyrick was elected president of the Atoka Lions club and installed Thursday night at Ben Mungle home during a Ladies Night event. Other officers included Joe Dickey first vice president Albert Farr second vice president Ben Craig third vice president Roy W Slater secretary treasurer F G Houghlin tail twister O W Busby Lion tamer Directors include F K Carney Fouster Lovelace Edison Struct and Paul Mungle.
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Atoka
Brown Wyrick
Lions Club
Ben Mungle
Joe Dickey
Albert Farr
Ben Craig
Roy W. Slater
F. G. Houghlin
O. W. Busby
F. K. Carney
Fouster Lovelace
Edison Struct
Paul Mungle
United States Racing to New York In Westward Trip
The United States liner surges toward New York on its maiden Atlantic crossing seeking to beat the Queen Mary’s record. The 53,000-ton ship left New York July 4 and covered 938 miles in 3 days 10 hours 40 minutes at 35.59 knots, while fog slowed the return voyage to 33.95 knots. The vessel aims to reach Ambrose Light late today ahead of the Queen Mary’s 1938 east-to-west record as crowds prepare a grand harbor welcome and Broadway ticker tape parade for Commodore Harry Manning and crew.
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S. S. United States
United States
U. S
Europe
New York
Ambrose Light
Harry Manning
Manning
Houston Swelters But Street Is Icy
In Houston on Westheimer Avenue a street iced over after more than 6 000 pounds of ice spilled when an ice truck chain broke blocking traffic for 15 minutes. The day’s heat helped clear the ice and traffic resumed.
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Houston
Tex
Westheimer Avenue
Boll Weevils In Dangerous Number Across Oklahoma
Infestation of boll weevils has risen to a dangerous level across central and eastern Oklahoma, with 1952 brood emerging in Stillwater. Weevil levels exceed 10 percent in Pittsburg County at 65 percent and Okmulgee County at 46 percent, while western counties Tillman Caddo and Cotton report rising damage. A general rain is badly needed as some field progress occurred last week.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A. & M. College Agricultural Extension Service
Pittsburg
Okmulgee County
Tillman
Caddo
Cotton
Oklahoma Native Davis Born Man Becomes Brigadier General
Brigadier general star pinned on Col Samuel Kennerly Bird of Davis Oklahoma now head of Marine Corps disbursement branch. Bird a 1924 University of Oklahoma graduate receives kinship praise from Maj Gen William P T H Quartermaster general of the Marines who notes two Oklahoma boys made good.
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Washington
Samuel Kennerly Bird
Davis
Okla
Marine Corps
Bird
University of Oklahoma
William P. T. H
The
Marines
University of Oklaoma
Oklahoma
Seeking Cause of Expensive Blast
In Martinez California Union Oil officials probe a blast and fire that damaged two tankers and a pier. The $3 million blaze likely began at a leaking connection between tanker Victor H. Kelly and the pier. Captain Eugene Fulton died directing crew to abandon ship. Two crewmen, R N Yarger and W A Liggins, are missing and presumed dead.
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Martinez
Calif
Union Oil Company
Victor H. Kelly
Eugene Fulton
Los Angeles
Kelly
R. N. Yarger
W. A. Liggins
Napa
Tulsa Builder Plans Leukemia Fund For Research
Tulsan Charles E. Skaistis plans the Eddie Skaistis Leukemia Fund to back leukemia research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City. He says doctors told him his case is incurable while he continues to oversee house projects and resists sympathy or flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Charles E
Eddie) Skaistis
Skaistis
Tulsa Home Builders Association
Eddie Skaistis
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City
Jampol Wins Providence Stakes at Narragansett Park
Pawtucket owned Jampol carried 123 pounds to win the $28,059 Providence Stakes by three quarters of a length over Eddie Shavo’s Royal Marvel from Providence. Grover B finished more than a length back, ahead of Handsome Teddy, in the $28,059 feature at Narragansett Park.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Max Kahlbaum
Eddie Shavo
Royal Marvel
Providence
Narragansett Park
T. P. Morgan
Grover B
H. 5
Smith
Teddy
Recruiter staffs to be reduced across services
The Navy Army and Air Force announce sharp cuts in recruiting staffs. The Navy plans to cut about half of its 1,700 field recruiters. The Army also reduces field recruiters and will assign fewer personnel to the program, though exact numbers were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Army
Air Force
Industrialist Killed in Train Crash Near Lapeer Michigan
General Motors Vice President Arnold W. Lenz 64 and his wife Amelia died in a railroad collision at an unprotected grade crossing near Lapeer Michigan. Lenz and wife were from Grand Blanc Michigan. Lenz had 34 years of service with GM and held the post of general manager of the Pontiac Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapeer
Mich
General Motors
Arnold W. Lenz
Genear
Pontiac
Amelia
Michigan Central
Lenz
Grand Blanc
U S Population Surpasses 156 Million in 1952 Outlook
The April 1 1952 population estimate places the United States over 156 million, highlighting a broad farmer's market size and potential demand across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
AdaGas Field In News In Louisiana A Warm Look Back
A Louisiana feature traces the AdaGas Field history from early 1900s probes near Ada Oklahoma to its discovery in 1912 with a 4,000,000 cubic feet daily output. It notes eight years of Prospecting between Minden and Monroe, 12 producing sands, and major gas pressure at depth.
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Ada
Link
Carter Oil Co
Adan
Louisiana
Carter
Minden
Monroe
Adames
Pontotoc County
Roff
Fitzhugh
Colbert
Steedman
Lightning Ridge
Francis
Badger Co
Ada Oil and Gas Company
Ada Homes
Mac- Thwaite
Southwest Gas
American Oil and Refining
W. G. Skelly
Tulsa Millionaire
Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
Allen Oil Field
Bebee
Fitts
Jesse
Jesse School Gets Much Improvement
Jesse School undergoes major upgrades including new flooring gym roof and heating system with suspension heaters and thermostats. A four room teacherage was added after a $3 000 bond was approved, funded by surplus funds and insurance money. Principal Cole Underhill primary teacher Mrs Euceba Howell and board members Van Harlin and Tom Winton are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Cole Underhill
Euceba Howell
van Harlin
Tom Winton
Aggie Official to Post In Ethiopia
Luther Brannon vice director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Extension Division at Oklahoma A and M College has been named president of the Ethiopian Agricultural College under the U S Point Four Program He was sworn in at Washington and will start duties in August with an annual salary around 10000 The two year appointment will be followed by four other A M staff members who will accompany him as the Ethiopian project begins
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Oklahoma
Coalgate
Guy Arnold
National Commission Company
Ralph O. Wright
The
Livestock Exchange
F. D. O'Neil
Armour and Company
Bermuda
Pontotoc County
Rae Thompson
Stonewall
Jimmie Thomas
Ada
Harold Davis
Roff
Dick Stroud
B. D. Denton
Kenneth Hardin
Fittstown
J. L. Delaplane
Hardin City
George Matthews
Stillwater
Okla
Luther Brannon
Oklahoma Agricultural Extension Division
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Ethiopian Agricultural College
Branon
Washington
Canned Apple Sauce Promoted for Quick Desserts and Meals
Canned apple sauce is described as a ready pantry item for kitchen emergencies and quick desserts. It is recommended as a versatile accompaniment to meats and poultry and useful in cookies, cakes, and quick breads.
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G. Mennen Williams
James E. O'Neill
Saginaw
West
C. H. Hailey
Lester F. Smith
Death
Mrs. Sparks
Supt
Daniels
By Eddy Gilmore
Yukon
Wyrick
Atoka Lions
S. 5
Warrens Watch
Earl Warren
California
Mrs. Warren
Dorothy
Virginia
Nina
Warren
International Soundphoto
Samuel Kennerly
Bird Heads Marine Disbursement
Tulsan
Jampol
AdaGas Field
News
Aggie
Ethiopia
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