Dairymen Plan Dairy Herd Improvement Group in Pontotoc
Ten county dairymen met with wa H Stinnett extension dairy man in Pontotoc county to form a Dairy Herd Improvement association. Dewey Higdon was named temporary chairman as members would contact others about county support and set Aug 2 for a permanent organization. H M Phillips was approved to do official testing, with monthly herd tests and recommendations if the group forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa. H. Stinnett
Pontotoc County
Dewey Higdon
Stinnett
Phillips
H. M. Phillips
Extension Dairy Department
Bohlen Nominated State Department Counsellor in Russia Focus
Charles E. Chip Bohlen, a Russia expert and longtime Marshall adviser, is nominated by President Truman to be state department counsellor. John Carter Vincent is nominated as minister to Switzerland. Bohlen, 42, served as Roosevelt and Truman Moscow interpreter and adviser and would bypass a four year home tour due to a new career diplomat exception.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Charles E. “Chip” Bohlen
State Department
John Carter Vincent
Georgia
Switzerland
Bohlen
Marshall
Russia
Benjamin“.V. Cohen
Benjamin V. Cohen
Department
Cohen
Thomas
Tommy the Cork
Corcoran
White House
Senate
Roosevelt
Yalta
Forsdam
Clayton
N. Y
Harvard
Mrs Lawson Dies in Garden at 56
Laura N. Lawson aged 56 wife of C. E. Lawson of Route 2 Egypt community died about 8 a m Tuesday while working in her garden. Funeral arrangements will be announced after arrival of children from California. She attended church only Monday night and her passing came with sudden ness.
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Laura N. Lawson
C. E. Lawson
Route 2
Egypt
California
Pendleton Awards Mangum Power Survey Contract
W A Pendleton of Oklahoma City won a contract to survey Mangum’s electric distribution system and recommend changes for modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mangum
W. A. Pendleton
Oklahoma City
Dutch Say Resistance Is Less Than Expected In Java
Indonesian sources report heavy fighting as Dutch Marines landed on Java’s north and east coasts. Dutch casualties were listed at 150 dead and wounded, while reports claim ongoing operations to isolate the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Soekarno
Sutan Sjahrir
East Java
East Indies
Republic
Soerabaja
Buitenzorg
Soviet Representative Seen as Spy by Kravchenko Testimony
Victor Kravchenko told the House Un American Activities Committee that every responsible Soviet representative in the United States may be regarded as a spy. He cited Sedov as a key figure in the Communist Party's U S operations while he broke with the Soviet government and published I Chose Freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor Kravchenko
Congress
United States
Kravchenko
Soviet Purchasing Commission
New York
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Sedov
Purchasing Commission
Communist Party
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
United Nations
Central Committee
Robert E. Stripling
Vladimir Gsovski
Foreign Law Section
Library of Congress
Rep. Mundt
R-Nd
Temperature Dips To 64 In Night
Reading shows a cool spell with 93 by Sunday, 72 overnight, 82 Monday day, and 64 Monday night. A light shower around 3:20 Tuesday morning produced only traces, while residents enjoy milder, seashore like air.
Galileo Scorned Science as Schoolboy Says Historian
A historian notes Galileo Galilei once disliked studying science during his schoolboy years, contrasting later fame with early aversion to inquiry.
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Galileo
U S Trustee Takes Control of Pacific Islands
Washington July 19 U S moves to trusteeship of Central Pacific Islands captured from Japan under UN mandate. President Truman signs legislation to implement the Marianas Marshalls and Carolines trusteeship. Admiral Louis E Denfeld named high commissioner and interim administrator to establish civil rule as military government ends.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Central Pacific Islands
Japan
Truman
Marianas
Marshalls
Carolines
Louis E. Denfeld
U.S
Denfield
Pacific Fleet
Peach tree pruners work on stilts at Palisade
Pruning crews in Palisade Colorado use stilts to reach high peach trees. Workers balance on elevated platforms while trimming branches to prepare the orchards for the harvest season.
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Palisade
Colo
House Passes Bill Providing Indian Rights To Citizenship
The House unanimously passes a bill allowing Indians to apply for local writs of competency to gain citizenship rights, with certificates issued at age 21 for those born after enactment. Osage Indians in Oklahoma gain loan access and a new rule on competency for those under half-Indian blood, subject to guardian control of property and head rights restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
D’ewart
Rmont
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
House
Oklahoma
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
House Public Lands Committee
Jewelry and film tax relief passes House
The House unanimously approved a bill exempting jewelry under 25 dollars from a 20 percent excise tax and extended exemptions to musical instruments for religious and non profit education use. The measure also cuts camera and film excise to 10 percent and removes the 25 percent tax on lenses and gear for still and motion pictures. Senate action unclear as weekend adjournment nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
One Arrested After Knife Is Wielded
A woman wounded in a Saturday night fight is in a local hospital in good condition. Weldon Bruner was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and later released on bond. Cecil Smith, police chief, said Bruner allegedly used a knife during the trouble with the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Bruner
Cecil Smith
Bruner
Funeral Held For Widow Of Pioneer Minister
Funeral service was conducted at First Methodist Church for Mrs. Katie Littletun Blackwell 83 widow of pioneer minister and editor R Y Blackwell. She died Saturday at her daughter Mrs Mary A Roach's home in Oklahoma City area. Survivors include son Robert G Blackwell postmaster at Calvin and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Katie Littleton Blackwell
Mary A. Roach
East Ninth
R. Y. Blackwell
Oklahoma
Blackwell
State Capitol
Calvin
Roach
Truman Persuades Official To Stay
President Truman urged Robert M. Littlejohn to remain as war assets administrator after reports of chaos at WAA. A laudatory letter praised his 12 month record, noting $2.8 billion in surplus sales turned over to the treasury. House committee challenged the figures and questioned veracity of Littlejohn’s year’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert M. Littlejohn
Truman
House Committee
WAA
Littlejohn
Treasury
Capitol
Ploeser
R-Mo
House
Small Business Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Hitler Escape Believed Foiled by Faulty English Fuse
London reports quote Dr. Otto John that Adolf Hitler narrowly escaped assassination in March 1943 when an English made fuse failed to detonate a bomb on his private plane. The device used two coca bottles and was carried by a pilot who boarded Berlin bound aircraft. The abortive plot, uncovered later, showed Hitler survived to 1945 amid scattered German resistance but no unified move formed.
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London
Otto John
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
John
Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Munich Beer Hall
County Roads Added to State Farm to Market System
Pontotoc County gains 10.3 miles in the farm to market system at the request of county commissioners. Estimated construction cost is $117,000. One road runs 7.3 miles from State Highway 13 south of Beebe northward and west to the SW corner of Sec. 7. TSN R5E. Another road starts on State 12 near Ada and runs north three miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
State Highway Commission
Roy Grace
State Highway Department
Ada
Grace
Beebe
State 12
H. E. Bailey
IPA Counsel Says Coal Interests Won
IPAA general counsel says coal interests won a temporary victory after a Senate committee postponed house bills that would bar the FPC from regulating gas gathering production and final use. Brown warns the move could leave gas supply unsatisfied as producers fear FPC classification and rising regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
a.Russell Brown
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Senate
House
Power Commission
Rep
Rizley
Rokla
Moore
R-Okla
FPC
Brown
B. A. Hartley
IPAA
VFW Post 1327 to Build Recreation Hall in Sulphur
Local VFW Post 1327 has leveled ground north of Sulphur Civic Center and will begin constructing a recreation hall from a barracks bought at a surplus sale at Ardmore Army Air Base. Ernest Barry commands the post. Bruce Frazier is post quartermaster.
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1327
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Civic Center
Sulphur
Ardmore Army Air Base
Ernest Barry
Bruce Frazier
Tide Rises Drowning Nine Girl Guides at Arcachon
A rising tide drowned nine French girl guides aged 13 to 17 during a bathing outing on a sandbar at Arcachon, near Bordeaux. The drowning occurred while the group camped at Arcachon beach.
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Bordeaux
France
Arcachon
Here
Girl Guides
Rock Gardens as Summer Health Class Classroom
East Central professor Miss Anna Weaver Jones uses the campus Rock Gardens as a living classroom for health education this summer. Students study authorities from American Journal and Hygeia Magazine while learning about digestion, fatigue, and the effects of over eating in sunny outdoor lessons. Landscape architect Roy Harris is credited for creating the gardens that attract Ada residents on Sundays and quiet weekdays.
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Anna Weaver Jones
East Central
East Central Rock Gardens
Rock Garden
Roy “Pop” Harris
Pop
Miss Jones
American Journal
Kenneth Murphy
James Johnson
George Walker
Keller-Blake
Object Sighting Near Ada Sparks Saucer Talk
Ada residents reported a lighted object flitting across the northwest sky Friday night. Observers described stability followed by rapid movement, with some attributing the light to reflections from an airport beacon near Pauls Valley shining through thin clouds.
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Ada
Ross Repass
North Beard
Highway 12
North Broadway
Ross
Science
Pauls Valley
Rural Carriers Rename Group At Oklahoma Convention
Oklahoma Rural Mail Carriers association renamed itself Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers and elected officers in Muskogee. Officers include L. A. Wise as president and H. L. Neal as vice president with John Moren secretary and Clyde Bowlby treasurer. Ladies auxiliary re elected their officers led by Mrs. J Warren Smith as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma Rural Mail Carriers’ Association
Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers
L. A. Wise
Stroud
H. L. Neal
Wagoner
John Moren
Howe
Clyde Bowlby
Lawton
W. D. Tedford
Orlando
Ladies Auxiliary
J. Warren Smith
Cherokee
John J. Conn
Chickasha
John Banks
Kellyville
Shelby McNutt
Ringwood
W. A. Woodward
Tahlequah
Knife Vicim Taken To Hospital Here
An ambulance was called to Fifth and Broadway just before midnight. Police reported a negro woman was wounded in an affray and was rushed to Valley View hospital. Extent of her injuries was not known at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth and
Broadway
Valley View Hospital
Youth Held After Slain Farmer at Skintook Farm
A 15 year old Floyd Nichols is held by Bartlesville police in the fatal shooting of George C. Deshazer, 50, at his Brock farm northwest of Skintook. Nichols was arrested at a friend’s home west of Dewey after officers found three firearms and Deshazer’s truck at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Oklo
Floyd Nichols
George C. DeShazer
Skintook
Nichols
Dewey
Deshazer
Maney Roberts
Osage County
Washington County
Crude Oil Output Gained Past Week
The Oil & Gas Journal reports U S crude oil production averaged 5,058,420 barrels daily for the week ended July 19, up 14,250 from the prior week. Gains occurred in Kansas Illinois Michigan while Mississippi and the eastern area declined and California dropped. Texas remained unchanged.
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Tulsa
Okla
The
Oil & Gas Journal
Kansas
Illinois
Michigan
Mississippi
California
Texas
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