Oklahoma Taxpayers Week proposed with nation wide scope
Ada Oklahoma advocates a national Taxpayers Week urged by Andy Anderson to push Congress to cut federal spending and curb debts. The Ada drive cites rising costs, urges citizens to contact lawmakers, and echoes congressional support including praise from Speaker Joseph Martin.
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Public Expenditures Council
Andy Anderson
Oklahoma City
Detroit Times
Detroit
Michigan
Ada
Okla
Congress
The
United
Anderson
America
Oklahoma
Joseph Martin
House of Representatives
United States
Andy
Hoover still active at seventy one shaping world affairs
The narrator notes former president Herbert Hoover, age 71, remains living and effective in international affairs. He is no longer seeking political honors and dedicates his time to improving conditions globally, with the public recognizing him as a capable statesman despite past criticism tied to the Great Depression.
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White House
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Queen Watches Cricket
Reports note uneven business activity with some sectors slowing while others pace. Ada ranks tenth in April retail sales among Oklahoma cities, with gains over 1946 for most areas and concerns over future volume as prices adjust. Inventors pursue frost protection for fruit crops, aiming to prevent future losses and boost production.
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Ada
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Ardmore
Enid
Ponca City
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Seminole
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Norman
Chickasha
Okmulgee
Stillwater
McAlester
Duncan
Idabel
Be Specific About Graft and Real Government Service
The text urges voters to avoid broad accusations of political graft. It argues for identifying specific illicit gains and evaluating actual inefficiency. It cautions against labeling every official a politician and calls for focused scrutiny of government performance.
Wartime Army Punishments Declared Fair by Board
An independent clemency board found the War Department fair in 28 717 cases over two years ending 1946. It upheld no general amnesty, noting 84 000 sentences by general courts martial and 42 000 restored or eligible for honorable discharge. As of April 30 this year 14 228 were in federal prisons or disciplinary facilities.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Britain Seeks Clarification On Hungary Crisis
The British ambassador to Moscow is to obtain clarification of Soviet policy toward Hungary. The government says it is premature to judge the Hung ary developments though it hopes parliamentary democracy remains intact. Britain has also sent comments to Washington on a draft note proposing a joint U S Russian British inquiry into Hungary.
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London
Moscow
Hungary
House of Commons
Hector McNeil
Maurice D. Peterson
Foreign Office
Britain
Washington
U. S. State Department
Russia
Cantors celebrate 33rd wedding anniversary
Eddie Cantor and his wife Ida mark their 33rd anniversary today. They wed in New York City in 1914 and, besides cutting and distributing a large cake, planned no additional observance.
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Hollywood
Eddie Cantor
Ida
New York City
Truman Delays Tax and Labor Bills to Next Week
President Truman will withhold action on the income tax reduction and labor bills until his return from Canada next Friday. Secretary Ross says thousands of letters flood the White House, urging vetoes on the labor bill while tax action must occur by Monday. The tax measure would cut income taxes 10.5 to 30 percent. if unsigned by Monday, it becomes law without his signature. The labor bill has yet to reach the White House.
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Washington
Truman
Canada
Charles G. Ross
White House
Ross
Kansas
Agriculture and Interior Department
Republican Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Reed
R-Kas
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriatens Group
Uniontown
Congress
Pennsylvania
Fayette
Greene
Washington Counties
William Hynes
Union Mine Worker District 4
Hynes
UMW
U. S. Steel Corp
Weirton Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Republic Steel
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
Andrew S. Rayner
Supreme Court
Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel
Rayner
Drilling Returns to Healdton Oil Field Activity Rises
In Healdton Oklahoma drilling is revived with six wells nearing completion and two new locations. C W Tomlinson completed No 12 Apple Franklin in Healdton zone yielding a 15 barrel pump at depths 849 to 1107 feet. Amerada Petroleum drills at 3275 feet No 1 Apala wildcat in Jefferson county. Shamblin and partners rigging for 4000 foot No 1 Fulsom wildcat in Bristow district.
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Healdton
Okla
C. W. Tomlinson
Apple-Franklin
Amerada Petroleum Company
Jefferson County
Shamblin
Bristow
Fulsom
Mundt Stresses Clear American Policies to World Public
Rep Karl E Mundt of South Dakota urges that American policies methods purposes and principles be understood by common people worldwide on both sides of the iron curtain.
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Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Week End Tornadoes and Flood Toll Mounts Across Regions
Disaster reports show at least 24 killed as tornadoes and floods hit Mississippi valley and midwest. Des Moines flood damages rise while Alexandria Missouri and Sharon Pennsylvania report heavy losses and evacuations amid rising temperatures and continuing rains.
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Mississippi River
Ottumwa
Iowa
Des Moines
Hershel Loveless
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Alexandria
Warsaw
Hannibal
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
U.S
Plane Crashes into Pond. One Boy Killed
A small private plane flying low over a gravel pit waterway near Owosso Michigan struck into the water, killing 14 year old James Evans who was swimming with friends. The two pilots, Harold Ferrell 19 and Lamont Fisher 21, survived. both held without charge pending a coroner's inquest.
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Owosso
Mich
Harold Ferrell
Flint
Giand
Lamont Fisher
Durant
James Evans
Guymon Sees 100 Degree Sunday in Oklahoma Heat
Temperatures climbed into the triple digits across Oklahoma on Sunday with Guymon posting a top reading of 100 degrees the state’s highest. Shawnee tied for the cooler end at 83 while Chickasha and Okmulgee reached 88 degrees and Altus 98.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma Cities
Guymon
Shawnee
Chicaksha
Okumulgee
Altus
Average miner productivity in coal mining timeline
An average miner will produce about 180 tons of coal every six weeks.
Two Killed and Others Injured in Sunday Highways
A Sunday crash spree in Oklahoma left two dead and several injured. Edgar Glenn Powell, 30, of Carter County, died when a truck overturned and crushed him atop a lumber load four miles north of Ardmore. Donald Lee Baumgardner, 13, of Braman, Kay County, was killed after being thrown from a motorcycle near Jackwell on U S 177. Euene Murray, 24, of Dayton Ohio, sustained a skull fracture and remained critically injured in a Tulsa hospital after a two car collision near Sapulpa.
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Oklahoma
Edgar Glenn Powell
Carter County
Donald Lee Baumgardner
Braman
Kay County
Powell
Ardmore
Baumgardner
Jackwell
U. S. 177
Sapulpa
Euene Murray
Dayton
Ohio
Tulsa
Mrs Ward Merrick completes No 1 Fee well in old Graham field
In Ardmore Oklahoma on June 9 Mrs Ward Merrick finished drilling No 1 Fee oil well in the SW SW SE of section 21 2S 2W. The Kirk Oil company originally drilled to 2683 feet, Merrick deepened to 3948 feet with 7 inch casing set at 3700 feet and coal into a sand zone from 2690 to 3630 feet. The gun perforated interval used 775 shots and the well pumped 35 barrels of 35 gravity.
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Ardmore
Okla
Ward Merrick
Graham Field
Kirk Oil Company
Lawton approves $147000 conduit expansion plan
Lawton city council unanimously approves a $147,000 Southwestern Bell Telephone underground conduit expansion set to begin soon. The project aims to improve local telecommunications infrastructure in Lawton.
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Lawton
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Discontentment and Self-Contentment Reflections
A compact meditation contrasts being content with remaining dissatisfied. The piece urges self-scrutiny and deliberate choice to pursue inner growth rather than complacency.
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