Neutral check on Koje argued by Johnson Chadwick
A proposal to invite neutral military leaders to observe the treatment of Communist prisoners on Koje Island drew mixed reactions in Congress. President Truman endorsed sending observers from five nations to Korea to verify conditions and counter propaganda. Senators supported and criticized the idea, with some fearing it could show weakness or be unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rose Island
Congress
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Truman
Defense Lovett
Korea
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
Koje Island
Lovett
Sweden
Switzerland
India
Inistan
Indonesia
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Fulbright
D-Ark
Moody
D-Mick
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate approves short term wage and price controls extension
The Senate passed a one year extension of wage price and rent controls to Feb 28 1953 and June 30 for credit control. The measure retains WSB with limited powers and urges Truman to invoke Taft Hartley in the steel strike. House awaits action as 58 to 18 vote approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
House
House Banking Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Federal Mediation Service
Eisenhower Opposed German Division and Berlin Isolation
New York reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower stating he opposed dividing Germany into zones and resisting Berlin’s isolation. He said he did not participate in Yalta or Potsdam decisions and that his advice was not accepted. He blamed the European Advisory Commission and politicians for zone lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Berlin
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Yalta
Potsdam
European Advisory Commission
London
Leipzig
U S Army Huey pilots win Distinguished Flying Cross
Four U S Army helicopter pilots who flew evacuation missions for wounded infantrymen near Heartbreak Ridge in eastern Korea last fall were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in flight. The missions occurred near Satae west of the ridge during the closing days of October. Capt. Douglas M Moody of 1915 Arlington Ave Lawton Okla is among the recipients.
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Tokyo
Heartbreak Ridge
Korea
Satae
Douglas M. Moody
Arlington Ave
Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma Weather Outlook Turns Fair With Scattered Thunderstorms
Generally fair conditions prevail this afternoon and tonight across Oklahoma with a few widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible in the western portion. Temperatures show little change with tonight's lows in the 70s and tomorrow's highs between 95 and 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
City Announces Summer Water Rate Change
City Manager John Hammon says the summer water rate starts June 15 and ends September 15. The minimum charge rises to one dollar, covering 4,000 gallons, after which the rate remains the same.
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John Hammon
Eisenhower backs 40 billion tax cut and budget cuts
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower told New York Republican delegates he favors a 40 billion tax cut over two to three years and a government reorganization to end deficit spending. He argued for drastic budget reductions to curb inflation and avoid threats from Russia and a possible world war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Hoover Commission
Eisenhower
Truman
Russia
Rhee Friends Demand Assembly Be Dissolved
More than 10 000 supporters of President Rhee gathered in Pusan to demand the Korean National Assembly be dissolved. They denounced the Assembly as corrupt and traitorous and dependent on foreign influence. The crowd stayed orderly while factions sought a compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Rhee
Korean National Assembly
Assembly
Hereford Heaven Stampede Nears Final Show In Sulphur
About 5,000 attended the second Hereford Heaven Stampede in Sulphur to see top cowboys perform. Calf roping saw Jess Goodspeed win day money with 12.0 seconds, while others posted strong times in steer roping pole bending and steer wrestling as the three day rodeo nears its final performance tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford Heaven
Jess Goodspeed
Wetumka
Goodspeed
Junior Turner
Comanche
Hardy Tadlock
Ft. Worth
Tex
Mike Ward
Jiggs Burke
Springer
George Wilderspin
Everett Shaw
Stonewall
Shaw
Peggy Gaither
Healdton
Gertrude Burnside
Wayne Lawrance
Vernon Bannon
Cambridge
Kas
Wild Bill” Elliott
Tommy Steiner
Ponder Quads Leave Hospital For New Murfreesboro Home
Four newborns known as the Ponder guarduplets return home to Murfreesboro Arkansas after five months in hospital care. The quads born January 14 were welcomed by parents Leonard and Mrs Ponder and six siblings as a Lions Club funded six room house awaits them in Nashville. Leonard Ponder has since found work with the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murfreesboro
Ark
Howard County Memorial Hospital
Ponder
Nashville
State Highway Department
South Korea bans Voice of America broadcasts
South Korea suspended Voice of America programs on its government network accusing the broadcasts of bitterly anti government and insulting remarks. The VOA had aired editorial excerpts from U S and other papers criticizing President Syngman Rhee and recent moves. Rhee’s government demanded restraint and threatened to bar use of the network unless assurances were given that VOA would not use facilities improperly. More than 10 000 Rhee supporters gathered to demand the assembly be dissolved amid tensions over presidential selection and martial law arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Voice of America
Government
the Voice
U. S
Syngman Rhee
U. S. State Department Broadcasting Agency
Soutorean
Clarence Ryee
Office of Public Information
Ryee
ROK
Republic of Korea
United States
Voice
Washington
National Assembly
United Nations
Rhee
Assembly
Red Shoot-to-Kill Orders Extended to Berlin Border
The Soviet Zone government in Berlin extends shoot-to-kill security measures to the Berlin border and frontier with West Germany. Walter Ulbricht signed the order directing state security police to extend the measures to deter diversionists spies and terrorists. Violators face sentences of at least two years and possible higher penalties under other regulations, with the death penalty already provided for major violators under the protection of the peace law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Germany
Walter Ulbricht
German Democratic Republic
Missing Anti Red POWs Face Claims Of Deaths At Camp
U S troops hunt for missing anti Red POWs from 399 of 4 800 marching prisoners of war at United Nations camp in Koje Island Korea. Breakaway followed an orderly evacuation as death toll rises with 39 reported dead and 150 injured in Compound 76. Authorities consider evacuating Compound 66 under mixed British and Canadian guards with U S 38th Regiment expected to supervise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Tuckman
Koje Island
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Haydon L. Boatner
Boamer
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Britain
Royal Canadian Regiment
J. E. Dunn Taken By Death Thursday
Jack Edward Dunn 79 longtime Lightning Ridge resident died at home Route 1 Thursday morning at 2 funeral Friday 3 Lightning Ridge church burial Lightning Ridge cemetery He was born 1873 in Edgeton Wisconsin worked as brick mason and helped install brick plants in Oklahoma and Texas He married Alma Wagnon in 1900 They moved to Ada 1905 later to Vanoss and Lightning Ridge for 36 years Surviving are four daughters Mrs Mamie Soloman Mrs Shelby Stanfield Mrs Earl Stewart Mrs Leslie Crawford two sons John Charley, a brother Charles Dunn, a niece Mrs Lorena Latham 13 grandchildren seven great grandchildren
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Jack Edward Dunn
Lightning Ridge
Mr. Dunn
Edgeton
Wis
Oklahoma
Texas
Alma Wagnon
Thurber
Tex
Retired Tycoon Advises Job Search In Chuckle
The old man tells his grandson to seek work, recalling earning three dollars a week and owning a store after five years. The grandson counters by noting modern cash registers. Lone Star Safety News.
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Lone Star Safety News
Ada Chamber Forum Hails Civic Pride and Industrial Growth
Dr. John R. Abernathy lauded the Ada Chamber of Commerce as the guardian of public interests at the monthly Ada forum. He praised Ada Industrial Development Corporation, urged civic investment, and urged citizens to believe in the chamber as a unifying force for all community development.
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John R. Abernathy
Oklahoma City
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Abernathy
Oklahoma
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
Ada
FBI Bitter Over Hoax on Veteran
Oklahoma City report says a man promised unlimited funds for a crippled veteran’s treatment and posed as a General Motors executive. The Better Business Bureau calls him a notorious confidence man and a heartless imposter. The hoax harmed the veteran’s mother who waited for help that never arrived. The FBI notes no money was taken, leaving it powerless to act.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Bureau of Investigation Today
Better Business Bureau
Geraldine Harry
Generals Motors Corp
Ralston
Duke University Hospital
Durham
N. C
Harry
FBI
Ola Waymon Scott Named Ketchum School Superintendent
Waymon Scott, 44, of St. Louis Oklahoma has been named superintendent of the Ketchum school for the 1952 53 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchum, Ola
Waymon Scott
St. Louis
Okla
Ketchum School
House panel rejects Truman seizure plan for steel mills
A House Banking Committee vote 15 to 10 defeats a proposal giving President Truman authority to seize and operate the struck steel mills. The move mirrored earlier Senate opposition as lawmakers debate new wage controls to replace the current law expiring June 30.
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House
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
CIO
House Banking Committee
Rep
Bolling
D-Mo
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
House Committee
Allies Stepping Up Pace of Korean War
Milo Farnetti reports from Seoul that Allied infantry and tanks on the Western Front seized a hill on Thursday amid some of the hottest fighting of the Korean War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Farnetti
Seoul
Chorwon
U.N
U.S. Fifth Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
U.S. Eighth Army
Soldier Receives Death Sentence for Killing German Civilians
Pvt. Richard A. Hagelberger 19, of Chula Vista California, was sentenced to death by a U S Army court martial for the carbine slaying of two German civilians near Neustadt last April. Pvt. John F. Vigneault of Goffs Falls New Hampshire had already been sentenced to death for his role in the same killings. The case may be reviewed by higher authorities this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Germany
Richard A. Hagelberger
Hagelberger
Chula Vista
Calif
John F. Vigneault
Goffs Falls
N. H
Neustad
Vigneault
Grand Jury Favors Ousting Sheriff in Oklahoma
A grand jury in Madill Oklahoma recommends ousting Marshall County Sheriff W C Jester over alleged illegal disposal of confiscated whisky. The counts accuse willful maladministration and neglect of duty, citing a 1949 act requiring custody of seized liquor until court disposal.
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Madill
Okla
Marshall County
W. C. Jester
C. O. Barnes
IPAA Consolidates Departments in Tulsa
The Independent Petroleum Association of America announces consolidation of its magazine editing advertising and information services into one department in Tulsa. Frank B. Taylor becomes editorial manager and will also continue as editor of the Independent Petroleum Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Frank B. Taylor
Independent Petroleum Monthly
Pessimist Comic Lines From a Stage Rutters Letter
A humorous tirade mocks a slow aging tongue and a motorist’s impatience at red lights and a moving van. The speaker notes age slows nothing but the tongue and laughs at the sap-headed driver behind.
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John Chadwick
Bridges
Lke
Rhee Friends Demand Assembly
Ponder Quads
Bob Glass
Waukomis
Oklo
Joe Richert
Walter
Enid
South Korea
Guards Harbor
J. E. Dunn
Pontotoc County
Dr. Abernathy
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Maybank
Senate Labor Committee
IPAA
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