Arkansas Tornado Toll Rises Over Devastated Region
A powerful tornado carved a 20 mile path south of Pine Bluff Arkansas killing 37 people and injuring hundreds. About 15 are missing as searchers resume dawn efforts amid destroyed farms, homes and bayous. The Red Cross and national guard aid victims while dynamite is planned to recover bodies.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Here
Davis Hospital
George Steed
National Guard
Knights of Columbus
Lakeside Methodist Church
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Red Cross
E. D. du Pree
Arkansas River
Pine Bluff Country Club
Army Aviation
Little Rock
Steed
Union
Ladd
Fairfield
Watson’s Chapel
John Walker
Race won fairly at Indianapolis 500 concludes probe claims
Col A W Herrington, contest board chair of the AAA, said last Friday's 500 mile race at the Indianapolis speedway was run fairly and won fairly and there is no basis for an investigation of the finish. He spoke after Bill Holland of Bridgeport Conn charged signals from the pit crew directed by owner Lou Moore cost him victory. Holland did not protest to the contest board.
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Indianapolis
Col
A. W. Herrington
American Automobile Association
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Col. Herrington
Bill Holland
Bridegport
Conn
Lou Moore
Holland
Plane Fall Kills Two Veterans Near Wichita
Two 26 year old war veterans William J. Clayton and Frank R. Bush were killed when their training plane crashed 10 miles northwest of Wichita Kansas. Bush was giving Clayton flight instruction. Bush's parents live in Tonkawa Oklahoma.
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Wichita, Kas
Here
William J. Clayton
Frank R. Bush
Wichita
Bush
Tonkawa
Okla
Clayton
Fines Imposed in Soviet Zone for German Food Shortages
Reports from Thuringia in the Soviet zone say peasants face fines for failing to meet fixed meat quotas. Eisenach district officials note the area as worst for food delivery. by May 20 pork deliveries stood at 9.17 percent. About 65 farmers faced charges totaling 31,800 reichsmarks. More trials planned.
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Berlin
Thuringia
Germany
Weimar
U.S
Marshall Act On Hungarian Situation
Secretary of State Marshall ordered suspension of half of a 30,000,000 credit to Hungary after a pro communist regime with Soviet support took power. He praised Italy’s new non communist government under Alcide De Gasperi and said the United States would aid the Italian people, while offering no timetable. A mission from the Export-Import Bank is in Italy assessing a possible 100,000,000 loan.
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Washington
Marshall
Hungary
United States
Alcide de Gasper
Department
Italy
Export-Import Bank
Congress urged to fund bookmobiles in rural areas
The American Library Association asks Congress to allocate 2.5 million dollars to create a nationwide bookmobile program. The plan would provide free library service to about 35 million Americans, mostly farmers, through state matched funds. Proponents cite stories from Louisiana and Alabama illustrating social and practical benefits of traveling libraries.
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Douglas Larsen
NBA
Washington
NEA
Louisiana
Alabama
American Library Association
Congress
U. S
Paul Howard
Auto Mishaps Lead Holiday Death Toll
A Memorial Day weekend report by The Associated Press records 214 traffic fatalities, part of a nationwide total of 480 deaths from all causes. New York led states with 68 fatalities, including 42 from a La Guardia plane crash. Maryland had 60, Arkansas 37 from a tornado, and California 31 highway deaths.
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National Safety Council
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New York
la Guardia Field
New York City
Maryland
California
Conner Appointed to Guard Norman Britain Beer Image
In the 11th century William the Conqueror appointed a royal taster known as a conner to protect the reputation of British beer and ale.
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William the Conqueror
Giant cactus roots spread wide to store rain
The sahuaro or giant cactus has a shallow root system reaching up to 50 feet from the trunk. Rainfall is quickly absorbed and stored in the cactus interior, aiding its water supply.
Desert calories show transfer from 3100 to 4900 in arc
In the desert heat 92 degrees soldiers averaged 3100 calories daily while in the Arctic at 30 below they averaged 4900 calories daily.
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Desert
Arctic
KO G & Has Big Bonfire Near Atwood After Derailment
A KO G train of gasoline and oil cars derailed north of Atwood Sunday at 9 10. Heavy rain washed out track support and the engine 300 yards ahead halted safely as the water car broke through. Fire and explosions followed after a gasoline car ignited, with two non fuel cars containing beef and potatoes also caught in the blaze.
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Atwood
Ko&g
Deluge Opens June After May's Rains
Weatherman W E Pitt notes May 1946 had been surpassed by May 1947 with 8.89 inches of rain in Pontotoc County. A heavy Saturday night downpour added 1.89 inches, part of a year that has seen record wet months yet trails last year in total rainfall for January through May. Roads, bridges and farms suffered as Ada streets flooded and county roads washed away, hindering crop work and prompting substantial damage estimates to be gathered.
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W. E. Pitt
Pontotoc County
Ada
Indians Battle Over Oil Lands Sale Amid 8.5 Million Offer
At Ada district court a Choctaw Chickasaw Confederation meeting debated selling coal and asphalt rights on 370000 acres in southeastern Oklahoma. A price of 8500000 was approved by tribal officials but awaits tribal roll approval and potential congressional action. Members argued for delaying to secure more money, while some urged accepting now to aid older full bloods. A delegation may return to Washington to seek higher compensation.
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Choctaw-Chickasaw Indian Confederation
Ada
United States
Oklahoma
Choctaws
U. S. Department of Interior
Jerry Fulsom
Pontotoc County
T. Confederation
Jess J. Humes
Cedar Grove
Washington, D. C
Washington
Confederation
Oklahoma City
Floyd Martubby
Ben Dwight
Bill
Congress
Fulsom
Joe Hayes
Government Indian Service
Anadarko
Hayes
J. W. Short
Davis
Short
Eli P. Goforth
Gov
Maytubby
CC Nation
Reduction in Tire and Tube Prices Announced
Akron Ohio May 31 A general reduction in the retail list of prices for passenger car tires and tubes made by the B F Goodrich Co was announced by vice president James J Newman. The new price for a 600 16 Silvertown will be 14 40 down from 16 10 exclusive of tax.
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Akron, CO
B. F. Goodrich Co
James J. Newman
Rubber Company
Goodrich Tires
Newman
Three Entertain At Sulphur Bridge
Mrs. C. M. Mays, Mrs. W. D. Biggerstaff and Mrs. Albert Cape hosted a bridge gathering in the auxiliary room of the American Legion hall. W. L. Scott Jr. won high score, J. A. Wrenn was second, and Bryan Lattmore took third as a dessert course preceded the games.
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C. M. Mays
W. D. Biggerstaff
Albert Cape
Bridge
American Legion Hall
W. L. Scott, Jr
J. A. Wrenn
Bryan Lattmore
J. A. Ballinger
J. W. Blackard
John Powell
George Powell
Womack Scott
Claude Rennie
Paul John
Waite Kerr
Maude Miller
T. C. Miller
Billie Lewis
Jo Jennings
Earle McElwee
Clifford Girod
J. O. Carter
George Slover
J. E. Ury
Coal Strike Looms May Mean Signing Of New Labor Bill
Washington June 2 Congress may have to cut its summer vacation if a coal strike develops and the labor disputes bill passes this week. Sen Ellender says a strike after June 30 could be blocked only by a new law allowing government intervention via an injunction.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Ellender
D-La
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Anthony Contest Winners Announced
Winners in C. R. Anthony's $500 cash prize contest have been announced. First place to Mrs. Jess Garvin of McAlester, then Louise Wilkinson of Amarillo, Texas, and Walter J. Eitel of Salina, Kansas, in third. A list of twenty recipients, each earning $25, follows, with names and hometowns across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas.
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C. R. Anthony
Anthony’s
Jess Garvin
McAlester
Louise Wilkinson
Amarillo
Tex
Walter J. Eitel
Salina
Kas
Beth Miesse
Zavier Quintero
Brownsville
George Murpy
Liberal
H. C. Gardner
Duncan
W. E. Wood
Mission
Garland Carey
Breckenridge
R. L. Percy
Oklahoma City
L. P. Asher
Hobbs
N. Mex
Wyatt Dennis
Tucumcari
Edna Myers
Woodward
Robin Cook
Rt. 2
Weslaco
Global food demand outpaces current production
The statement says world needs twice as much food as produced with 50 percent more cereals 90 percent more meat 125 percent more milk and dairy products 125 percent more vegetable oils and 300 percent more vegetables to meet demand.
Funeral services set for Mrs Charles E Pond former Oklahoma artist
Spokane June 2 Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Mrs Charles E Pond widow of Charles E Pond formerly a Oklahoma painter and art instructor She taught art to the Kiowa Indians at Anadarko from 1922 27 and was secretary treasurer of the Oklahoma Art Association Survivors include her mother Mrs Robert J Baze a son a daughter and a sister
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Spokane
Wash
Charles E. Pond
Oklahoma
Pond
Robert J. Baze
Chickasha
Okla
Anadarko
Oklahoma Art Association
Defendants in 81 Fraud Cases Report
Defendants in 81 vote fraud indictments returned by a county grand jury were summoned for trial today in Kansas City. Prosecutor James G. Kimbrell said no delay was announced despite theft of ballots poll books and tally sheets from 32 precincts. Indictments name 71 individuals and judges plan only to hold jury trials this week as summer court sessions run without juries.
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Kansas City
James G. Kimbrell
City Election Board
Grand Jury
Fever Claim Took One Tenth Of Philadelphia In 1793
Historical note records a yellow fever outbreak in 1793 that killed about one tenth of Philadelphia's population. The event reshaped the city and prompted public health responses of the era.
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Philadelphia
Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council marks first anniversary
Four members chat before luncheon in Ada at the council’s Ada meeting last week. Attendees include Holdenville residents Ramsey and Lyons, Hugo Daily News publisher Schooler, and local officials such as Hutchinson of Okmulgee Board of Education. The event featured a Taxpayers Barbecue at Lazy D Ranch hosted by W. S. Delaney Jr. and drew about 306 attendees at East Central College.
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Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council
Ada
Ramsey
Lyons
Holdenville
Schooler
Oklahoma Mecil
Hutchinson
Okmulgee
East Central College
Ade
W. S. Delaney, Jr
Oklahoma Public Exenditures Council
Weity
Bartlesville
Reid
Oklahoma City
Fawks
Claremore
Darrough
Carter Oil Co
Oklahoma Council
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W. E. Schooler
Jonn
Mr. Young
Eldon Hutchinson
W. J. Otsen, Jr
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Tom Reid
C. H. Fawks, Jr
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