Income Tax Exemptions For 1947 Returns
Washington reports on exemptions for the 1947 income tax return. Each exemption is $500 or $800 for married couples on separate returns, with rules for dependents, service members, and spouses. Readers are guided to list exemptions on Form W 2 and Form 1040, with no arithmetic needed on the return, and to file if income exceeds thresholds.
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Janes Marrow
Washington
Amid
Mes Marlow
Harting
Bere
Dei
Bower Fall
Gore
Lmt
EA &Ul
Internal Revenue Collector
Retired Masters Association Opens Tulsa Convention
More than 250 members of the Retired Masters Association gather in Tulsa for their twelfth annual convention opening Friday. Ray E. Thomason of Oklahoma City serves as state president. Mayor Lee Price delivers the address.
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Tulsa
Oia
Retiona
Twro- Gay
Ray E. Thomasen
Oklahoma City
Andreas
Wilcerie
Lee Price
Ada Hereford Baseball Club Holds Out Players
Ada Hereford manager Clanton announced a short spring training camp before leaving for Pine Bluff to join the St Louis Browns minor league system. Several players have unsigned contracts or have sent notes declining terms, led by outfielder Oreville Willis and star Paul Deters, with Glanders seeking more pay. The club has yet to receive a contract from the St Louis parent club and staff are taking steps to address the holdouts.
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Wear Clanton
Ada Hereford
Herefords
Schoel
Pine Bluff
St Louis Brows
Ada
Cna
Uitla Orevilte Wii
Don Glandeys
Picker
Hursfords
Glanders
St Louis
Adu
Wetumka Rodeo Set For May 14-16 In OK
Wetumka Round Up Club announced Wetumka’s fourth annual RCA approved rodeo will be May 14 to 16 with expanded arena seating and two extra bucking horses. The event plans all major rodeo events and first steer roping contest in Oklahoma this year. Prizes include $1800 in purse money, a $200 saddle from the Wetumka Chamber of Commerce, and other local prizes. Clown Buddy Rogers will perform, with Ben and Virginia Wilcox and Clem McSpadden among the acts and Wal Rogers’ nephew serving as announcer.
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Wetumka
Wetumka Round Up Club
Prank Autry
RCA
Woturka Rodeo
Tow Rodios
Wetumke
Oklahoma
Promolec
Wetumka Chamber of Commerce
Buddy Rogers
Woodward
Oklshoma
Ben
Virginia Wilcox
Tulsa
Clem McSpadden
Wal Rogers
Unhappy Over Situation in China and War News
The writer describes poverty and ignorance in parts of China seen from an Am army tram stationed in Ebina. He notes UN RRA aid and road machinery theft harming goods, questions if American money helps the masses, and wonders about communist threats and future coverage of spring events.
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Ebina
Black Macket
UNRRA
Eye of Hope bulletin image sparks aid request
A Virginia Minnesota church bulletin page showing a girl with eyes raised to heaven is found in Bremen Germany. A Bremen resident writes Rex seeking aid citing the photo as a symbol of hope and sends the bulletin along with 41 pounds of clothing and boxes.
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Virgin
Minn
Virginia Methodist Church Bulletin
Bremen
Germany
Atl Aes
Rex
Christiane
Young Scottish Lad Will Get Outfit From Oklahoma
An Oklahoma cowboy outfit will be sent to Charles McXinivy a ten year old lad in Anadarko. The letter to Johnny Youngheim is from a boy in Anadarko asking for cowboy gear, six shooters, and a note about enjoying cowboy films. Johnny, in a Texas-style rush, will forward the package via his father’s clothing store.
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Anadareg
Ofc
Toroly
Jack
Oklahoma
Charles McXinivy
U. S.A
Gary Cowboy
Anadarke
Johnny Yowngheim
Johning
Mexico
Big Folly
Mir
Lam
Johnny
Emphoyes
Charles & Sinkplele
Caddo-vounty Co Orpanention
Jury Finds Meesler Guilty of Murder in Tulsa
In Tulsa on February 28, a jury convicted 23 year old Meesler of murder in a case tied to a former sweetheart. The panel deliberated from late night until shortly after 11:00 a.m. and the defendant faced the death penalty.
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Meesler
Tulsa
Okla
Uty
Louis Giooler
Meeister
Sax
TM Okstek
Ladaes
Es Ammm
Miernight
Moeller
Projects News: County Home and Qymatutratios Work
Martha Mote reports on county home projects and related agency activities. The feature outlines ongoing efforts, key milestones, and the roles of local agencies in advancing community infrastructure and service delivery.
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Martha Mote
County Home
Qymatutratios
County 4-H Club Week Celebrates Rural Youth
National Home Demonstration Week honors 4-H members in Pontetse County for leadership in agriculture, conservation, and civic duties. Extension staff Martha Moty and Juanita Floyd organize training, with plans for a Dress Revue and May events. County council met in Ada February 23 to review activities and set goals.
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Martha Moty
Juanifa Floyd
Mareika
Pontetse
Ooir
Hese &H
Extension
Dairymam
John Boehr
Dairymac
Borhy
Byng
Keader
Alice Curluan
Landew
Marely
Ada
Raz Thunpoon
Eva Mac Richards
Ard Mars
Grace Stephenson
Allen
Colbert
Happy Land
Hart
Horner
Gaer Corner
Fitzhugh
Jesse
Pecan Grows
Pickett
Union Valley
Waness
Lemna Melomey
Southeast District
Martha Bhote
Luanita Floyd
Exanbeth Wouns
Jews Wally
L. Newluna
Mian
Nettie Omenby
Union Valley Club
Ed. Stephens
Edgar A. Guest
Rose Falter
Rae Thompson
Nellie Dew
Juanita Floyd
Tne
Martha Mots
George
Martha Washington
Happy Amt
Forty Flus Club Revived in Frisco San Francisco
A revived Forty Flus Club in Frisco backs a cooperative theme Boost Each Other as employers increasingly decline to interview or hire applicants over age 40 The reorganization aims to aid older workers amid age discrimination and economic shifts.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Mar. Ft
Wrosp
Rich Owens Oklahoma Executioner Dies After Cancer Battle
Bealeaster Oklahoma February 23 Rich Owens once the official executioner of Oklahoma died of cancer at the prison. He killed 73 men in his six years on duty including six in the electric chair and one by hanging. Four times he faced murder charges and four times was acquitted. Known for his hardiness he survived a 1937 prison attack when inmates tried to kidnap him. He accepted his fate and arranged for his wife to receive his execution check before his death.
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Becalester
Okla
Rich Owens
Oklahoma
Wees
Rich
Pat
Rich Rich
Hein
Choc
Aline
Choa
Theas
Too Many Deer and No Solution Found
Sacramento report describes Catalina Island deer multiplying since 1926. Alvin B. Brown cites 50 descendants eating plant leaves and stepping to eat potted plants at the Wrigley home. Santa Catalina Island Co owner, with 43,438 acres, seeks a plan before feeding limits endanger wildlife. commission will study the issue.
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Sacramento
Calif
stokemAn Catalina Island
William Wrigley Kona
Alvin B.brown
Los Angeles
Istete Fish and Gomur
Brown
Santa Catalina Island Co
Jana
Commissiom
Candidates Filed for Sulphur Posts
Sulphur filings show three candidates for mayor A W Goar ex Pottawatomie official W P Colley longtime funeral home worker Dayton Burnside and incumbent mayor Wal Briarson non running In Ward 1 Huck Green sole candidate Ward 2 Oscar Young and John Sorad Hing potential candidates Ward 3 Zuma Carr outgoing incumbent did not run Runoff primary set for March
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Ter
A. W. Goar
Tomumnustomer
Pottawatomie County
Forimer
Freunsel
W. P Colley
Danner and Colley Funeral Home
Dayton Burn
Ineal Outener
Maror
Wal Briarson
Fo Rom
Huck & Green
Osear Young
John Sorad- Hing
Zuma Carr
Masaryk Dead Benes May Yet Inspire Czechs For Freedom
Dewnit Mackenzie reflects on Czech history and the fading Masaryk era while urging belief in Edvard Benes as a continued source of inspiration. He notes Benes led resistance, shaped Czechoslovakia, and could spark renewed drive for freedom despite current communist pressure.
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Benes
Dewnit MacKenzie
Czechoslovakie
Czechostovak
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Ald
Jim
Spuprieye
Charles University
Prague
Dir
Challes
Bemes
Thomas Masaryk
Austria-Hummaty
Reblic
Peter
Republic
Masary
Switzerland
Ax Wntercover
Masuryls
Yugoslav Father Disowns Daughter Over Russian Marriage
CLAIRTON Pa Feb 25 A Yugoslav father disowned his blonde daughter Annabelle who left her embassy job and married a Russian singer in Moscow. He will not recognize her and condemns her move as leaving the country. He notes only one letter from her since 1846 and cites pride and money concerns in his stance. The piece ends with a tangential remark about human speech powering power.
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Clairton
Annabelle
Russia
Bucar
Moscow
University of Pittsburgh
Humman
Red Cross Local Affairs Guided by Directors Board
Local Red Cross operations are steered by a Board of Directors and an Executive Committee. The Mantatee county chapter bylaws set terms and attendance rules, with vacancies filled by appointment. Current officers and members are listed with term endings in 1943 through 1950, including J A Richardson as chairman and Geeyden Rogers as secretary treasurer.
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Tocal Red Cross
Pehtotee County
Central Committee of the
Americam Red Cross
Beard
Pantatec County
Aemendynett
Aumenstet
Seasion
Mantatee County
Vine
Geeyden Rogers
George Dale
Francis
D. Duke
Stonewall
Phil McLach~lan
Fitzhugh
Bill Ghackman
Jack Green
Joyce Miter
R. J. Lotlar
Aca
Fritz Johmstein
Allen
Marion Muncrief
Byng
Homer
Sulphur of C Launches County Poultry Improvement Plan
Sulphur Oklahoma special committee of the Sulphur Chamber of Commerce led by Homer McGehee and others announces a county wide poultry improvement program starting March 8. The chamber will distribute 5,000 chicks to 4-H and FFA members who must exhibit two cockerels for each 50 chicks at the county poultry show in June, with a return of eight cockerels per 50 chicks. Youths and parents countersign contracts and chambers oversee compliance and facilities must be approved. A range of major breed strains is to be tested, each with proven performance.
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Sulphur
Te Poultry
Sulphur Chamber of Commerce
Homer McGehee
Denman
Mace Wiliams
James Howe
Otis Corley
Bill Morwood
C. M. Reynolds
O. D. Owens
Charles Phelps
Chamber of Commerce
Club
FRA
Slayer of Sale Patrolman Found in California
Oklahoma City February 23 A WPA man serving a life sentence in California has been identified as Ernest Tyree the convict whom investigators say killed State Highway Patrolman James A Long in July 1943. Tyree was identified after interviews at Calntdown Prison. Long was shot while responding to an attack on a work crew at Winans Park.
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Oklahoma City
Alcoteaz Peaen
California
Icke Sims
Sims
Ernest Tyree
Calnt- Dunk
Mane
Jams A
Long
Long Form Tax Return Guide For 1947 Income
A detailed walkthrough of completing the long form tax return for 1947 incomes, using example totals and step by step lines. It covers exemptions for a family of five, with wage and dividend income, deductions, and the calculation of taxable income and tax due, including withholding and estimated payments.
Mayor O'Dwyer Recovering from Heart Issue
Mayor William O'Dwyer remains without permanent heart damage and will resume mayoral duties after a six week convalescence. He was admitted to Bellevue Hospital on February 20 for observation and is expected to be released soon. The report notes his condition is improving and lists ongoing health evaluations.
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Odwyer
Wiliam O'Dwyer
Bellevue Haspital
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