Oil and Gas Operations Boom in Oklahoma With Two Hot Spots
Oklahoma oil fields show heavy activity with many rigs active and six more moving. Two hot sites are Bert Paine’s near Center school north of Pontotoc county and a tight-hold operation west of Coalgate in Coal county. Both Paine and J A Roberson run wildcat wells. Paine seeks pumping gear to lower liquid levels hoping for a flow.
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Oklahoma
Bert Paine
Center School
Pontotoc County
Coalgate
Coal County
Paine
J. A. Roberson
Two Weeks To End Street Job On West Main
Weather permitting state highway crews expect to finish repair and asphalt work on West Main and South Mississippi in about two weeks. Superintendent C. L. Wirtz explains the tack coat, level and surface coats, and rolling will be completed with 2,500 tons of asphalt laid over cracked pavement from Frisco tracks west of Main to south on Mississippi. Concrete patching used 2,000 cubic yards for a block and a half of 30 foot paving.
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West Main
South Mississippi
C. L. Wirtz
Trafic
Frisco Tracks
Main
Mississippi
City Wins Title to Strip of Land Sells It to Local Men
Voters are reminded of deadlines for registration ahead of the upcoming July 4 election. The final day to register is Friday June 23 for that vote. Transfers within the county can be made up to election day, with earlier changes often easier, and the June 26 start marks the registration period for the July 25 primary run-off.
Ada sells land set aside for unbuilt spur
Three Frisco railroad border strips in Ada were sold after court action returned the land to the city. The spur was never constructed though the rail line once controlled the property. Transactions include Kendall paying $5 per lineal foot for 209.33 feet and Ada Milling Co buying east land totaling 383.40 feet for $1,912 with funds going to the city general fund.
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Frisco Railroad
Ada
O. C. A. and A. Railroad
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Townsend Avenue
Ada Milling Company
E. G. Kendall
C. G
Kendall
Martin and
Lenora Clark
Broadway
How to Become Rich in 107 Years
In St Petersburg a penny story traces a ten dollar deposit made December 1, 1842 in Worcester Savings Bank. The account grew with eight percent interest to 590 dollars, then passed to Oliver’s daughter, Mrs. Mabel Oliver Ross. She now plans to cash it for “good purposes.” The tale records the account’s changing value through decades, noting shifts from 211.5 to 676.29 during the early 20th century amid inflation and wars.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Charles D. Oliver
Worcester County Institution For Savings
Worcester
Maxs
Oliver
Mabel Oliver Ross
St Petersburg
Oklahoma Weather Forecast Passes Through Night and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Lows reach 70 to 75 degrees tonight, and highs Friday are expected in the 90s to near 95.
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Oklahoma
Lightning Claims Life At Riverview Fishing Camp
A storm near the Little Manatee River yesterday killed 67 year old Charles Sappal. A year earlier lightning knocked two soda bottles from his hands at the same spot where the fatal strike occurred.
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Riverview
Fin
Charles Sappal
Litde
Manatee River
Sappal
Alabama Legislature Avows It Will Keep School Segregation
Congress voted a 15 day extension of the draft law to July 9 to allow time to work on longer changes. The House sent a resolution to President Truman after Senate approval. Senate leader Lucas urged action to avoid missing the deadline while discussions continue on a three year extension and permanent defense integration.
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Alabama
Washington
Congress
House
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Winds
Tacas
America
Alabama Legislature Defies Supreme Court Rulings
In Montgomery on June 22, with no dissent, the Alabama legislature passed two resolutions denouncing recent Supreme Court rulings against segregation. One demands recognition of local laws and self governance to maintain racial separation. The other urges federal courts to exercise caution to avoid racial conflict and urges Congress to protect states’ rights against federal encroachment. Senator Clearge Quarles introduced the measures. The court recently ordered integration at Oklahoma and in railroad dining cars and ordered Texas to admit a Black law student.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
South
Congress
Clearge Quarles
Dallas
Supreme Court
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas
Red Cross Swim Classes Underway Across Ages
Red Cross begins swimming sessions with over 250 participants aged 8 to 40 by noon Wednesday. Beginners and youngsters meet at 11, adults at 24 in the first day. Director Bob DeMoss reports 225 total enrollments and a new station system called the St mosystem to tailor instruction.
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Red Cross
Dass
Monay
Bob DeMoss
DeMoss
Knifing Suspects Plead Not Guilty in Wounding Case
Laura Flynn and J. Flynn pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon in a Wednesday hearing before Justice J. D. Willoughby. Bond set at 1000 each. Preliminary set for July 6. Reubin Orphan wounded and hospitalized after a Sunday night incident. deputies say an argument preceded the attack.
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Laura Flynn
J. &. Flynn
J. D. Willoughby
Reubin Orphan
Darvin Cummings
Cass
Orphas
Fiynms
Service Says Tried to Head Off Red Drive
Senate investigators released a document from the Amerasia raids referencing top secret wartime messages from Roosevelt to Chiang Kai-shek based on information from diplomat John S. Service. Service denied aiding communism and testified publicly, noting he resisted Chinese communist influence while serving in China.
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Service Says
Red
Washington
Senate
Amerasia
John S. Service
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Hickenlooper
R-Town
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarty
R-Wis
Service
FBI
New York
Justice Department
State’ Department
China
McCarthy
Service Jean
Three Wounded by Gunfire at Enka Plant Fight
In Morristown Tennessee on June 22 three men were wounded by gunfire at the American Enka Corporation during a shift change. A second volley shattered windows, with 60 to 75 workers at the gate and 70 patrol officers mobilized. No additional injuries reported.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enka Corporation
Rayon Producing
CIO Textile Workers
Loval 1054
State Highway Patrol
Plead Not Guilty Of Grand Larceny
Two people Eli Nelson and Deoia White pleaded not guilty before Justice Percy Armstrong to charges of grand larceny. Bond set at $1000 each with preliminary hearing scheduled for June 27. The pair allegedly took a wheel tire and fan from a car trunk belonging to BR. Cordell of Ardmore, after a city police pursuit along East Main Street.
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Percy Armstrong
Eli Nelson
Deoia White
BR. C. Cordell
Ardmore
Blaine Gibreath
East Main Be °Ree
Wake Island veteran decries radar neglect in Pearl Harbor era talk
Brig. Gen. James P. Devereux, candidate for Maryland’s second district, told a Maryland Volunte er Air Force Reserve audience that wake Island defense suffered from misprioritized needs. He cited radar misplacement and slow radar deployment as key failures before the 1941 Japanese attack, recounting the island’s defense and his internment until war’s end.
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Baltimore
James P
Devereux
Wake Island
Wake
Maryland
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Langton Bank Bandit Tracked After Shootout
Police pursued a bank bandit from Langton Ontario after he killed two pursuers and fled with $23,000 from the Imperial Bank of Canada. Authorities believe he is trapped about 10 miles southwest of Langton, with descriptions of a 26 year old man wearing a pith helmet and dark glasses.
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Langton
Ont
St. Thomas
Arthur de Vierman
William Goddyn
Imperial Bank of Canada
Wilbur Butler Burned In Gasoline Fire
Wilbur Butler aged 19 remained in critical condition after a gasoline fire at the Southwest Natural Gas office on West Thirteenth. fellow worker Bobby Hobbs aged 17 had unchanged condition, while hospital officials described his as good. The incident began when gasoline used for cleaning materials ignited. Butler suffered first and second degree burns to hands face and legs. Hobbs received second and third degree burns. Both boys were trapped and fled through flames to escape the blaze.
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Wilbur Butler
Bobby Hobbs
Southwest Natural Gas Company
West Thirtenth
Butler
Hobbs
Used to Holdups Know What to Do
Detroit police report a 75 year old woman Herms Barrow resisted two armed robbers who attacked her and her husband Joseph Barrow at their store. A shot misfired and the gun jammed. the thieves fled as officers arrived. The couple notes multiple prior attempts with little loss.
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Detroit
Inj Dhe
Joseph
Herma Barrow
Soriuda
Jouph
Pontotoc County ADC Aid Supports 245 Families in Need
A Pontotoc County welfare study shows 245 families participate in the Aid to Dependent Children program with 355 children in care, receiving 39,677 dollars total. Average payment per family is 35.50 dollars, below the Oklahoma state average, and the program runs at 89 percent funding due to available money.
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Pontotoc County
Pontowe
Portotec
Oklanoma
Paul
Ing EL Mayes
ADC
Cy Damilies
Panto
Hughes County
Pontotoc
Oklahoma
Switchmen in Opening Move Across Nation
Chicago June 22 A switchmen union set Sunday as a strike date against five lines. Two other unions gain legal strike freedom July 15. Rock Island and Western Pacific threaten to halt trains if workers walk out. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors reject a presidential board wage plan. Union leaders defend actions as a fight for fair settlement. Railroads operate thousands of miles across the west and faces a 40 hour work week debate.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Western Pacific
AFL Switchmen's Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Mauic
Emergency Board
Railway Labor Taw
F. H. Nemitz
W. P. Kennedy
California
Nevada
Utah
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of Western Railroads
West
Glover
Jaycees Plan Activities for Ada and County Events
Ada Jaycees discuss planned activities including a safety-lane paint project with city officials, a statewide airplane model contest on July 15 promising a Pontotoc County spy a Detroit trip, a family picnic on August 6, and a Wintersmith Park beautification project under consideration.
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Ada Jaycees
Pontotoc County
Detroit
Jaycees
Wintersmith Park
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