House Committee Names Notables Tied to Communist Front
The House Committee on Un-American Activities labeled the Southern Conference for Human Welfare a discredited Communist front and linked figures such as Henry Wallace Melvyn Douglas Mrs. Marshall Field Harold L. Ickes Joseph E. Davies Dorothy Parker and Pat Robeson to its activities. The report accuses the group of pro Soviet bias while noting some members repudiated the charges.
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Wallace, Ickes, Davies
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Ums
House Committee On UN- American Activities
House
Henry A. Wallace
Melvyn Douglas
Mrs. Marshall Field
Harold L. Ickes
Joseph E. Davies
Dorothy Parker
Pat Robeson
Henry Wallace
Truman
Zero Mostel
American Youth For Democracy
Young Colmunist League
Robert Ware Straus
Office of Emergency Management
Ruth McKenney
Comunist
The
Daily Worker
New Masses
Morris
Samuel Rodman
Metropolitan Broadcasting Co
Gifford Pinchot
Women’s International Democratic Federation
Paris
American Anti-Communist Association
Federal District Court
Association
UN- American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Soviet Union
America
Wallace
Douglas
Mrs. Field
Lso
Ickes
Davies
Miss Parker
Robeson
American Committee For Protection of
American Committee For Democracy and Intellectual Freedom
American Russian Institute
New York
Maytubby pushes sale of Indian coal lands to government
Maytubby the Chickasha governor outlines a proposed sale of 376000 acres of Choctaw Chickasha asphalt and coal lands to the U.S. government for 2 million to 8.5 million dollars. He says voting will be by mail among tribal roll members, with contract review by the Interior Department and congressional action planned next year. He urges full bloods and distant members to participate in upcoming meetings in Ardmore Cedar Grove and Muskogee.
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Floyd Maytubby
Martubby
U. S
Secretary of Interior
Congress
Maytubby
Muskogee
Ardmore
Chickasha
Cedar Grove
Carpenters Await Driver Tests Before Car Acceptance
Hastings Nebraska report details the Carpenter family finally receiving a new automobile after a three year wait. The dealer cannot deliver until the Carpenters renew their driver licenses, which require state patrolmen to return for driver tests, timing unknown.
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Hastings
Neb
Jim Carpenter
Carpenters
Carpenter
Underground rivers erode Kentucky limestone by dissolving rock
Research reveals water creates channels through solid limestone by dissolving stone, uncovering a maze of underground rivers in Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Broken Arrow Dads Threaten to Strike Over Demands
In Broken Arrow Oklahoma on June 14 a group of 20 fathers adopted a resolution listing five demands as a Father's Day protest. They threaten a strike tomorrow unless breakfast in bed is served and their requests are respected.
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Broken Arrow
Ckla
Health chief Dr. Winn resigns for Will Rogers residency
Lawton reports Dr. George Winn director of the county city health department will resign to pursue an internal medicine residency at Will Rogers Memorial hospital in Oklahoma City.
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Lawton
George Winn
Will Rogers Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
The stinkhorn fungus horn shaped with evil odor
The stinkhorn is described as a horn shaped fungus noted for its foul odor.
Flood Returns To Eddyville Town After Relentless Destruction
Des Moines river floodwaters climb back into Eddyville Iowa invading debris filled streets and mud. Boats anchor at a corner lamp post as residents retreat and earlier flood damage looms with water reaching second stories.
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Eddyville
Des Moines
River flood reaches new crest as Mississippi tops records
Mississippi river stages rise south of St Louis while a second flood moves toward Kansas City. Levees broken north of St Joseph. crests reported at Rule Nebraska and Jefferson City area roads shut as 183000 acres flooded on the Mississippi and 77645 acres after levee breaks. Officials warn residents to stay away until levels fall.
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ST. Louis
Keokuk
Louisiana
Des Moines
Missouri River
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Rule
Neb
Jefferson City
Missouri
Mississippi
U. S. Army Engineers
Iowa River
Wapello
Cairo
Coast Guard
Delegates Named To Girls Nation From Oklahoma
Ann Hicks of Edmond and Helen Mary Walker of Enid were named Oklahoma’s representatives to the National Girls Nation to be held August 5 12 in Washington D C. Doris Cohen Altus was named first alternate and Bonnie Sue Stidham Chickasha second alternate. James E. Berry appointed three conference counselors as honorary colonels.
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Chickasha
Okla
Ann Hicks
Edmond
Helen Mary Walker
Enid
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma College For Women
Doris Cohen
Altus
Miss Hicks
Miss Walker
Washington
Bonnie Sue Stidham
James E. Berry
Irl
Dan Procter
Julia Lee Hawkins
Lucille Terrell Chickasha
Night Return of Quiet Lower Atmosphere S
The upper air from 30 to 250 miles stays ionized by sunlight while lower layers darken when the sun is blocked and return to normal after nightfall, indicating a split in atmospheric behavior between altitudes.
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Earth
Ada Observes Be Kind Taxpayers Week with Free Perks
Ada launches Be Kind to Taxpayers Week highlighted by free parking free swims free marriage licenses and free building permits and inspections. Gov Roy J Turner and Bill Likins attended Hereford Heaven night at Hereford association event as a photo circulated on AP wires. Officials foresee possible future similar observances.
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Herefrd Park
Roy J. Turner
Bill Likins
Taxpayers
Turner
Likins
Ada Herefords
Hereford Heaven Association
Pontotoc County Faces School Reorganization Questions
Norman C. Mitchell says few difficulties with the reorganization law persist in Pontotoc County as residents weigh annexation, isolation, and future schooling. Parents worry about disorganization, travel distances, and child learning in larger schools, with July 1 rulings pending from the state board.
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Norman C. Mitchell
Pontotoc County
State Legislative Council Eyes Regional Law Plan
Oklahoma City June 14. Oklahoma lawmakers plan a regional law council with invited representatives from Nebraska Kansas New Mexico Texas Louisiana and Arkansas to meet June 23. Chairman James C Nance says regional cooperation will shape future laws and a full council may be formed like the national council of state governments. Governor Roy J Turner will keynote the meeting and members eye a fall drafting program ahead of the 1949 session.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
James C. Nance
Purcell
Nance
Oklahoma Senate
Council of State Governments
Nebrask
Kansas
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma Council
Legislative Council
Raymond Board
Boise City
Lands Classes Guide Farmers and Deadly Plane Crash
The piece notes land capability eight classes used by Soil Conservation Service with two farming meetings in Oklahoma on June 19. It then reports Capital Airlines Flight 4 crashed into a Blue Ridge mountainside near Leesburg Virginia killing 50 aboard, with President Truman and C A B chairman James Landis in discussions on aviation safety.
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Leesburg
Capital Airlines
Blue Ridge
Washington
Truman
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
White House
Sculter Allen
Charlestown
W. Va
Stone
Red Cross
Chicago
Dever
Blue Ridge Mountain
Horace Stark
Stark
Baltimore
la Guardia Field
Port Deposit
Truman Denounces Three Governments As Oppressors
President Truman denounced the communist regimes of Hungary Romania and Bulgaria as oppressors while praising Italy for rebuilding democracy under non communist leadership. He spoke as he signed peace treaties with Italy and the three Balkan states and urged UN led changes to treaty terms where needed.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Italy
Balkan
Senate
United States
United Nations
U. N
New Producer For Northeast Hobart Field in Kiowa County
Hobart Oklahoma June 14 A new producer enters the northeast Hobart field of Kiowa county. The Marvin Davenport No 2 Gibbs was brought in and tests slow about 100 barrels daily through a 10/64 inch choke from the Springer sand at 1760 to 1765 feet deep.
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Hobart
Okla
Marvin Davenport
Gibbs
Kiowa County
Muay Fly’s Brief Life Between Evening and Dawn
A Muay fly’s adult life spans from evening to dawn, a short window defined by nocturnal activity and rapid lifecycle. The sentence captures a concise natural observation about the fly’s clock and behavior.
Quadrille Practice Opens At Ada Roundup Today
Ada Roundup riders are invited to the barns this afternoon between 3 and 4 for quadrille practice and other riding contests. Mancel Brooks, president, says polo, flag bending, pole races and more will round out the event. Capt. Stefan Rybicki faces trial in Warsaw on charges tied to aiding Poles to flee with art objects, with past service in the French Foreign Legion and as a translator at SHAEF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mancel Brooks
Rybicki
Warsaw
Stefan Rybicki
Poland
I Polish
London
French Foreign Legion
Supreme Headquarters
United States Army
Europe
Easley Marks 50 Years With Ardmoreite Publisher
John F. Easley, publisher of the Daily Ardmoreite, observes his fiftieth year on the staff tomorrow. He joined on June 15, 1897, after leaving teaching to work in newspapers, and has held every role from reporter to publisher. He also writes a daily column titled The Rambling Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
John F. Easley
Ardmoreite
Easley
Cuch Reporter
Nurses' Class of 13 Graduates at Oklahoma Medical School
Nurses in training at the University of Oklahoma medical school are not superstitious. A class of 13 junior grade nurses became seniors May 26. Another class of 13 to be graduated in October, and a third class of 13 to be graduated in September 1948, are scheduled.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma Medical School
Paper Mills Output in 1946 Reaches 18 Million Tons
United States paper mills produced 18 million tons of paper in 1946, reflecting strong industry activity. The figure highlights postwar demand and capacity utilization across major producing regions.
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United Stat
Lachenmeyer Heads State Press Group
McAlester Oklahoma June 14 H Lachenmeyer publisher of the Cushing Daily Citizen was elected president of the Oklahoma Press Association at its 41st summer meeting here James Craddock Weathorf ord News named vice president and Fred E Tarman Norman Transcript re elected treasurer J C Hopkins Stilwell Democrat Journal Paul Miller Broken Arrow and Hiram Impson McAlester Democrat named to the board Tulsa chosen site for 42nd annual meeting next year Mid winter convention planned in Oklahoma City More than 100 representatives adopted a resolution urging state papers and newsprint plants to seek government aid for printer shortage Endorsed Be Kind to Taxpayers Week and urged training apprentices in all newspaper fields Editors visit Wilburton A and M College and Robbers Cave State Park fishing Co of Salt Lake City Notes car related non occupational accidents form a notable share.
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Mcalester
Okla
O. H. Lachenmeyer
Cushing Daily Citizen
Oklahoma Press Association
James Craddock
The
Weatherford News
Fred E. Tarman
Norman Transcript
J. C. Hopkins
Stilwell Democrat-Journal
Paul Miller
Broken Arrow
Hiram Impson
McAlester Democrat
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
State Press
Panrer
Oklahoma Expenditures Council
Eastern
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Wilburton
C. C. Dunlon
Robbers Cave
Hangar and Airport Work Planned At Chauncey North of Ada
Airport manager Jack Price says erection of an all steel hangar at Chauncey Airport will begin soon on the city field. Boundary lights are repaired and bids are sought for gasoline and oil service with revenue for the city. Major firms have been approached for supplies and war surplus items may provide a crash truck and control tower radio gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Airport
Ada
Jack Price
Price
CAA
U S Russian Split Threatens Stall On Peace Machinery
In Lake Success June 14 editors report fresh U S Soviet deadlock over UN atomic controls armament cuts and a global police force. Warren R Austin warns East West tension delays peace machinery while Palestine issues show limited agreement as the Arab Higher Committee boycotts the Holy Land inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
U. N. Holy Land Inquiry Commission
Palestine Commission
Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Trygve Lie
Holy Land Inquiry
June 14 4 An Son Priddy Named Superintendent
June 14 4 An Son Priddy of Mountain Oine has been named Superintendent of the Union Valley School near Walters. The announcement confirms his new post and location.
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Walters
Anson Priddy
Mountain Oine
Union Valley
Here
Arsenic Use in Wood Preservation Described
The article outlines arsenic as a preservative component in wood treatment. It notes health and environmental considerations while presenting its technical role in enhancing wood durability and resistance to decay.
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Nacogdoches
Barbara Jane
Mitchell
State Board of Education
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Pecan Grove
State Legislative Council
Curtis
Floyd County
Coal County
Department of Agriculture
Sim
Soil Conservation Service
Roy W. Ellsthorp
Clarita
Clarita School
Coalgate
Associated Press
West Virginia
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James W. Austin
Hayes Dever
Gordon Stone
Cub Reporter
Lachenmeyer
State Press Group
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