Truman Mourns Mother Martha Truman Dies at 94
Grandview Missouri July 26 Mrs Martha E Truman mother of President Truman died at 11 30 am CST four hours before the president arrived by private plane from Washington The president learned of her death in flight and did not speak to reporters The death followed a relapse after a February hip fracture burial planned at Forest Hill cemetery with private family services The president signed the unification bill on the plane and will be buried beside her husband John Truman
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Harry
President Truman
Martha E. Truman
Grandview
Truman
Washington
Mary Jane Truman
J. Vivian Truman
Joseph Greene
Associated Press
Mr. Truman
Charles G. Ross
Matthew Connelly
James H Foskett
Wallace H. Graham
Charles S. Murphy
Jack Ramezgna
White House
Ross
Independence
Bill
Cincinnati
Charles M. Mills
Grandview Secret Service
Civil Aeronautics Range Service
Greene
Mills
Connelly
General Graham
Graham
Mrs. Truman
J. C. Truman
Fred L. Truman
Harry A. Truman
Gilbert Truman
Ralph E. Truman
Kansas City
Murray T Colgan
Cod Liver Oil Supply and Sleepy Speeders
A Norwegian fishing operation provides about 1.5 million gallons of cod liver oil annually. Some automobile speeders fail to wake after being pinched, illustrating lax enforcement.
Oklahoma Public Interest Focuses on Highway Department
Governor notes the highway department as the most engaging public issue in the first six months of his term based on mail and press reaction. He cites enthusiasm for attracting motion picture production to Oklahoma with executives touring sites and sunlit landscapes signaling potential filming in the near future.
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Toll Turnpike
HighWay Department
Moving Picture
Oklahoma
Highway Accidents Kill Two Saturday in Oklahoma
Two people died in separate Oklahoma highway crashes on Saturday. Dick Brown 23 of Chillicothe Missouri burned to death when a wheat-carrying truck overturned and caught fire near Nash. The second fatality was S Sgt Byron Cone 27 of McAlester who died from injuries after a motorcycle crash near Dale. Cope’s companion Aubry Tice 19 of Huen was not seriously hurt.
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Oklahoma
Nash
Okla
Highway Patrol
Dick Brown
Chillicothe
Enid
Perryton
Tex
Frank Winterrodd
Walker
Byron Cone
McAlester
Tinker Field Army Hospital
Oklahoma City
Dale
Cope
Cpl
Aubry Tice
Huen
Bevin May Succeed Attlee To Furnish Leadership For Coal
The piece notes Britain's crisis under Prime Minister Attlee with low coal output hurting industrial production The possibility of Ernest Bevin succeeding Attlee is discussed as a leadership option Bevin is praised for union ties blunt but effective speaking ability and strong appeal to miners with a potential path to prime ministership
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Bevin
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Britain
England
Army horses to be auctioned at Fort Sill August 5
A group of 15 surplus army horses will be auctioned August 5 at Fort Sill. The batch includes 13 riding horses and two light draft horses, as announced by the War Assets Administration Regional Office in Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Okla
Fort Sill
The
War Assets Administration
Major Fire Near Denver Arsenal Sparks Chlorine Gas Fears
A Denver fire near Rocky Mountain Arsenal threatened chlorine gas tanks after a blaze in coal bunkers spread rapidly. Fire rangers estimated $50 000 damage to the powerhouse and adjacent buildings as containers were cooled to prevent explosion. Police and highway patrol aided traffic control amid Red Cross disaster alert.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Ollie Feldman
Army
F. J. Stegmaier
John P. Moran
Red Cross
Arsenal
Japan
The
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Senator Taylor Delivers Mock Filibuster Gag in Senate
In Washington on July 26 Senator Glenn Taylor of Idaho staged a joking filibuster setup. He sent a note to the press gallery declaring no speech but then posed with a lectern and heavy books, faking prep for a long address as Senator Taft urged restraint.
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Washington
Senator Taylor
Idaho
Senate
Taft
Glenn Taylor
Ohio
Taylor
Largest Russia and United States population ranking noted
A historical note states that Largest Russia has a European population of 200 900 000 making it the largest white state in the world, with the United States ranking second.
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Russia
United States
Farben Trust Economic Arm Weakened U. S. War Effort
NEA Service reports the Nuremberg indictment against Dr. Hermann Schmitz and 23 I G Farben executives for using an international cartel to weaken the United States war effort. It details alleged actions restricting magnesium, atabrine production, Buna rubber, and ammunition sales via partners like Alcoa, Dow, Winthrop, Standard Oil, and DuPont.
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New York
NEA
Nuremberg
Hermann Schmitz
I. G. Farbenindustrie
United States
Dr. Schmitz
U. S
Farben
Aluminum Company of America
Dow Chemical Company
Winthrop Chemical Company
Sterling Products, Inc
Sterling Drug, Inc
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
E. I. duPont de Nemours
Farben Leaders Face Trial as War Criminals at Nürnberg
Editor notes tentative Aug 1 trial at Nuremberg of 24 IG Farben leaders, the article arguing they pose dangers greater than Hitler, with author Howard W. Ambruster explaining why Farben executives are charged as war criminals.
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Nuremberg
Germany
I. G. Farben
Howard W. Ambruster
Farben
Hitler
Dr Schmitz and Farben linked to Nazi war effort
The piece outlines Dr. Schmitz as Farben’s central figure in a web of German American Swiss I G companies active across chemicals coal and steel. It details plans to send Farben relatives to the United States to direct subsidiaries and aid war aims, with leaders like von Schnitzler Signer Mann Hoerlein ter Meer Knieriem cited for espionage cartel and wartime crimes. It argues trial exposure would reveal Nazi horror fueled by top tier American business and government connections.
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Dr. Schmitz
Farben
I. G
Hitler
U. S
United States
Georg von Schnitzler
Max Signer
Wilhelm Rudolf Mann
Philipp Heinrich Hoerlein
Fritz Ter Meer
S. G
General Motors
Automobile
Germany
Johann August von Knieriem
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Europe
Senate
Ada woman known as the Blue Cross lady in Oklahoma
Betty Mayes of Ada promotes Blue Cross in southeastern Oklahoma after personal 1945 hospital experience. As sole Blue Cross representative here she travels weekly to enroll groups. Mother of two girls, she advertises by mail to Box 854 Ada.
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Betty Mayes
Ada
Blue Cross
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Physicians Service
Mayes
Draughon’s Business College
Oklahoma City
Carl Jean
Phyllis Ann
Visiting Patsy Martin in Davis
Patsy Martin visits Zuella Martin in Davis. Mr and Mrs Joe Frank Turner and their sons returned to Los Angeles California late last week. He is on the police force there.
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Patsy Martin
Zuella Martin
Davis
Joe Frank Turner and Sons
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr and Mrs Perry Fulton Visit Seminole Friends
Mrs Fred Blevens died at an Oklahoma City hospital during the weekend. Perry Fulton and his wife visited friends in Seminole as part of their travels.
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Mrs. Perry Fulton
Seminole
Fred Blevens
Oklahoma City
Shirley Guests From Oklahoma Arrive for Visit
Mr and Mrs A J Shirley host guests for several days Mrs Pettis and children from Oklahoma City Jack Shirley from Norman and Mrs D A Shirley from Tus.
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A. J. Shirley
Sevral
Pettis
Oklahoma City
Jack Shirley
Norman
D. A. Shirley
Tus
Oklahoma City visitor in Konawa. Axtons travel to Florida
Frank Streetman of Oklahoma City visited in Konawa Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Axton and children visited Mr and Mrs Boren Friday night and left Saturday for Florida where they are making their home.
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Frank Streetman
Oklahoma City
Konawa
John Axton
Boren
Florida
Walters Visit Doss Harris Family Sunday
Nes Raymond Walker and Mr and Mrs R D Farish visited Mr and Mrs Doss Harris and Mrs Press Harris of Cusakwa on Sunday afternoon, sharing time with the Harris family.
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Nes. Raymond Walker
R. D. Farish
Doss Harris
Press Harris
Cusakwa
Young Shawnee Preacher Plans Future at Aifene College
Ralph Edma of Shawnee preached at the Church of Christ Sunday. He is 18 years old and plans to attend Aifene College the next two years and will preach here next Sunday.
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Ralph Edma
Shawnee
Church of Christ
Aifene
Rhodes Visit Relatives In Meeker Area
Mr and Mrs Henry Rhodes of Meeker visited relatives Mr and Mrs Ira Hudson and Lois and Mrs William Rhodes Sunday in a family gathering reflecting local ties and extended kinship.
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Henry Rhodes
Meeker
Ira Hudson
Lois
William Rhodes
Mrs C C Rexrode Returns from Louisiana
Mrs C C Rexrode has returned from Louisiana. Mr and Mrs Robert Gardner hosted Sunday guests including his mother Mrs Gaiiner, a sister and a nephew of Ada.
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Mrs. C. C. Rexrode
Louisiana
Robert Gardner
Gaiiner
Ada
Truman Statement on World Health and Self-Help Salvation
Free nations voice support for U S aims to restore global health and enable peoples to pursue their own salvation through effort as President Truman calls for universal cooperation.
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United States
President Truman
English divorce court founded in 1858 with power of absolute divorce
In 1858 a law created the first English divorce court empowered to grant absolute divorces, marking a milestone in civil marriage law and the dissolution of relationships under formal judicial oversight.
Diary Note on Kaiser Plan as Senate Probe Opens
Washington July 23 A wartime official diary entry claims aircraft experts wanted to “undertake to eat all” Kaiser planes. Senate war investigating subcommittee opens hearings into $40 million Kaiser Hughes contracts and wartime aircraft plans with witnesses Merrill C Meigs Glenn L Martin and others.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Senate
Merrill C. Meigs
War Production Board
Aircraft Division
Ferguson
R-Mich
Kaiser
Howard Hughes
Armed Services
WPB
Meigs
Hughes
Donald Douglas
Glenn Martin
End of Sugar Rationing Approved by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department announced the end of sugar rationing at 11 a.m. EST due to lack of funds. Rationing ends for industrial and institutional users, with housewives already cut off two months earlier. Price controls remain and new inventory limits for industrial and institutional users are set.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Two Are Injured In Collision Series
EMID Oklahoma July 28 a series of road crashes on U S Highway 61 involved three trucks a bus and two automobiles. Two people Mr James Bryan Tatman and his wife of Fairview suffered severe head injuries and internal injuries. They were hospitalized.
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Emid
Okla
Here
U. S. Highway 61
James Bryan Tatman
Fairview
Tatman
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