45th Training in Mud with Real Bullets Whistling
A cor poral from Alabama is the only casualty so far in rugged training by the 45th Oklahoma National Guard Division on Hokkaido. A flour sack bomb hit 210-pound Cpl. Ray Mitchell of Scottsboro, Alabama, in the leg. He was carried about half a mile to safety as bombs were dummies but bullets real. The Thunderbirds train through mud and bamboo thickets, learning battalion sized attacks amid a rugged Japanese landscape as squad leaders gain real battlefield responsibilities.
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Toxyo
Alabama
45Th
Oklahoma National Guard
Hokkaido
Japan
Ray Mitchell
Scottsboro
Ala
Hokkeido
Thunderbirds
Korea
Bristow
Okla
Jail Ex Convict in Dope Selling Case
Oklahoma City police and narcotics agents jailed Roland Joe Fitch a 28 year old former convict on charges of selling morphine to informers over the past 10 days The doctor supplied tablets to ease his mother s suffering and Fitch reportedly sold six tablets for eight dollars The 50 tablet supply was procured legally for under two dollars Also note Nashville Tennessee chosen for the 1952 National Federation of the Blind convention with officers to be named next year
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Oklahoma City
Police
Treasure Department
Roland Joe Fitch
Walt Acord
Fitc
Acord
Fitch
Faye Fitch
National Federation of the Blind
Nashville
Tenn
Summer Due Brings Rain Across the Midwest
CHICAGO June 21 Official summer begins with heavy rain sweeping the central plains lower Mississippi valley and parts of the northern Rockies and Nevada. Kansas stations report over an inch of rain in six hours as the system moves east to reach the eastern north central states tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures run summerlike and the solstice at 12 25 a m BST marks the longest days of the year.
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Chicago
Middle West
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Nevada
Severs
Kansas
North Central States
Senate Banking Committee Approves Wage Price Control Bill
The Senate Banking Committee backed a wage price control bill 12 to 1, limiting rollbacks to the average for Jan 25 to Feb 24 and blocking broad new powers. Maybank said the measure heads to the Senate with debate to start Monday. Moody vows to oppose rollback limits.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Dirksen
R-Ill
Senate
Moody
D-Mich
Maybark
Douglas
D-Ii
Michael V. DiSalle
Tornado Strikes Ames with No Fatalities
A tornado hit Ames Oklahoma and nearby areas around 11 p.m. causing farm building damage, barns and granaries demolished, a brick front grocery torn, telephone and power lines wrecked, and trees blown down. No deaths were reported in the twister that moved from north of Ames through the town center and into southern farms.
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Ames
Okla
Enid
Roundup of Party's Second Team Goes On by FBI Agents
New York June 21 A government roundup of the party as second team widened with 17 members seized in New York 16 arrested in Pittsburgh and 4 still sought Bureau and court actions followed Supreme Court affirmations of eleven top communist leaders convictions The 22 charged with criminal conspiracy face bail totals up to 191000 with removal and jail delays noted and U S Attorney Seypol signaling further prosecutions
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New York
FBI
Pittsburgh
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
U. S
Irving H. Seypol
Justice Jackson Details Communist Pressure On Court
Justice Robert H. Jackson told a Senate subcommittee that communist groups frequently pressure the Supreme Court. He showed telegrams calling the judiciary into question and described them as morning “crap.” He noted a bid by 11 top leaders to stay out of jail pending the court’s decision on their case, with potential prison starting July 1 if no stay is granted.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Senate
Jackson
Labor
Kom Bas Record Book Ponca City Debut
Ponca City records show a KOM league record live in publish five year history. Bob Dellinger, sports editor of the Ponca City News, compiled it and Bill Platt of radio station WBBZ published it.
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Ponca City
Bob Dellinger
Bill Platt
Radio Staion
WBBZ
U.N. Patrols Extend Range as Reds Suspected in Korea
U N patrols pushed deep into western Korea as officers warned of a limited offensive by Monday marking the first anniversary of the Korean War. Entries into Kaesong and near Pyongyang outlined a widening front while Chinese outposts appeared north of Prong Rare. Rain limited air actions with 188 sorties reported by Fifth Air Force and allied aircraft losses including a Sabre jet.
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Toxyo
Atrola
Ines
United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
Pyongyang
North Korea
U. N
Pyonggang
Prong Rare
Iron Triangle
Prongyang
U.N
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
Pa: East Air Forces
EAF
Interest High in Styron Well at Coal Oil and Gas Co
Water shows at No. 1 Styron well in Coal county with 21 barrels per hour of fluid, 6 percent water, through an eighth inch choke. East Oconee area draws high speculation as Mid Continent Pipe Line Co. hauls tanks nearby and other wells probe the region for oil and gas potential amid ongoing drilling in nearby fields.
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Coal Oil and Gas Company
Styron
Swse
Coal County
East Oconee
Mid Continent
Pise Line Corp
Styron East
W. A Delane
Lada
Norris Oil Co
Baker
Trucker Killed Near Atoka After Freight Train Crash
Al Edge of Atoka was killed when his truck collided with an Oklahoma-Ada-Atoka freight train on the north edge of Atoka. He hauled hogs and his cab caught fire after the crash. A brakeman on the train, Durbin, waved a lantern from atop the cars and suffered minor injuries. The death is Oklahoma's 28th this year, up from 21 this time last year.
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Amecizio
Prem Leamon Nickels
Springfield
Atosa
Okla
Neckels
Highway Patrol
W. H. Salley
A. A. Durbin
Denison
Tex
Durbis
Oklahoma
Slaying of Atoka Woman Is a Local Mystery
In Atoka Oklahoma a 44 year old woman, Ollie Alice Rings, was found dead in unclear circumstances. A coroner's jury ruled death by person or person unknown. County Judge J B Staxey, acting coroner, cited a small round wound as the cause found by a 15 year old daughter Moling Mae.
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Atoka
Oxis
Ollie Alice Rings
J. B. Staxey
Molng Mae
Bradley Says Korea Gave Free World A Precious Year
General Omar Bradley told kin of fallen Army members that Korea’s grim battles granted the free world at least one precious year to prepare for future threats. He cited valor of fallen servicemen and noted the North Korean invasion breached the 38th parallel, challenging the United Nations and prompting renewed resolve.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Korea
Kores
Bradley
Ow Nalion
Red Plan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
38Th Parallel
Republic of Korea
United Nations
San Francisco
United States
North Korea
Red China
Japan Plans National Police Force Amid Postwar Debates
A U S occupation official and Prime Minister Yoshida described Japan's plan to expand its national police. Yoshida indicated a larger force before the occupation ends, while debates persist on whether the size will be 701,000 or 500,000. He stressed preference for American troops to stay several more years and acknowledged potential need for air, land, and naval forces for Japan’s defense.
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Toxyo
Japan
U. S
Shigeru Yoshino
Yoshida
Akesman
Matthew B. Ride
Pate Somentt Chins Radio
Iping
Disglee
Roosevelt Died As He Was on That Trip
Washington June 21. Patrick J Hurley told senators Roosevelt on his deathbed ordered him to soften the Yalta terms. Hurley said Roosevelt asked him to see Churchill in London to amend the pact and then go to Moscow to press Stalin. Hurley claimed the state department later stood “irrevocably committed” to Yalta.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Roosevelt
Yalta
Senate
MacArthey
Hurley
London
Churchill
Moscow
Stalin
Harley
Ilandedl
Tehran
Hussey
China
State Department
Britain
Russia
Tiwan
Manchuria
Japan
Urley
Truman Says Inter American Relations on Best Plane Now
Central Airlines executives spoke at Ada meetings with the Ada Chamber of Commerce aviation committee and the board to promote CA services. Bob England and Ian Lenox outlined industry regulations while Hal Jones noted six daily Ada flights offering passenger air express and air freight with new DC-3 planes. England urged Ada to supply about 200 passengers monthly to boost revenue, stressing CA aims to attract Ada and surrounding residents to use the service.
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Truman
Central Airline
Feprestra Jtiver
Ada
Central Airlines
Boar! CA
England
Central Airliness
Adans
Eah
Central
Ada Ahdaret
Ecuador Leader Visits Washington Praises U S Ties
President Truman welcomed Ecuadorian President Galo Plaza for a ten day state visit and voiced stronger inter American relations. A joint communique on economic assistance is discussed amid talks of broader accords with Ecuador. Plaza and his wife will visit New York and San Francisco before returning via Mexico and Venezuela.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Plaza
President Plaza
Russia
New York
San Francisco
Ecuador
Mexico
Venezuela
Nabors Charged With Possession of Intoxicants
Sheriffs force arrest Nabors mid Wednesday afternoon on a charge of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor in county court. He was found with three pints, 20 and one half pints, a quart of liquor and gin, plus a fifth of wine. Bond set at 3300. arraignment scheduled in county court.
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Sheriffs Force
Irrestad Nolen Nabors
Nabors
Jin County Court
Matthews Will Be Envoy to Ireland
Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews plans to accept appointment as ambassador to Ireland. Officials say his name has been submitted to Dublin and a Truman announcement is anticipated. Matthews long expressed hope to represent the United States in Ireland.
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Washington
Francis P. Matthews
Ireland
Matthews
Dublin
Truman
U. S
Cope Urged to Serve as Special Attorney in Securities Case
Gov. Murray says he will ask Mr. Cope to act as special attorney in the Commission’s effort to cancel Selected Investments Corp’s permit to sell securities in Oklahoma City. The case, on appeal from a February 1950 bank commission order, is before a district court. Cope resigned recently as assistant bank commissioner but told Bank Commissioner Moth he could not represent the case.
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Cope
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Commission
Selected Investments Corporation
Tria
Cape
O. B. Moth
Iran Premier Mossadegh wins 91 to 0 confidence vote
Tehran reports Premier Mohammad Mossadegh secures a unanimous 91 to 0 confidence vote amid protests against the Anglo Iranian Oil Co. Demonstrators tear down signs and replace them with Iran National Oil Co. banners as Mossadegh pledges no compromise and seeks to take control of the oil industry. The British embassy protests police inaction.
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Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Mossadegh
Oi! Co
Anglo-Iranian
AIOC
Iran National Oil Co
Pardament
Degh
Majlis
Government Criticizes Military Buying Practices
Washington reports accuse the government of overbuying coffee pepper wool and other military supplies impacting civilians. Chairman Bonner (D NC) cites defense stockpiles as of April 27 1981 totaling 143 971 000 pounds of coffee. London reports note Ida Moggridge’s divorce ruling citing extramarital affairs with her first husband.
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Jonner
Washington
Bonner
D-Nc
House
Defense
Fragmentary The Pessimist and a Scattered Playmate
An unreadable OCR fragment hints at a social scene or column with names and quotes. The readable bits mention a person nicknamed Wheeler and a playmate, but most details are garbled. The piece preserves no clear event, date, or location.
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NEA
Alexander Trachenberg
Simon W. Gerson
New York State
Communist Party
FHI
NBA
Seth Cody Horn
Ohays Price
Justice Jackson
Save
Coal Co
al Edge
FDR
Stillwater
iPi
Alahoma A. Cal
Oxasre
Wien
Sheriff's Fora
Nolen
Ckishoma Familes
Iran
AIGE
Ida Moggridge
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