Plane Crash Fatal for 44 Passengers on KLM Juliana
Frankfurt dispatch reports KLM DC4 flight Juliana crashed near Rhine Main Airport during instrument approach in rain and fog. Fourteen aboard died, four survived initially. one Egyptian died later. Survivors include Dutch stewardess A J Gautier and two men, a German and an Egyptian. The flight carried 37 passengers and 10 crew. Queen Juliana's state visit to the U S had scheduled departure April 2.
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Don Dorne
Frankfurt
Germany
KLM
Juliana
U. S
Girgis Fouad
Johannesburg
Amsterdam
Rhine-Main
A. J. Gautier
U.S. Air Force
Netherlands
Washington
Royal Dutch Airline
L. E. J. Poutsma
Rome
John Bickford
Senate poised to raise pay for all services
Senate leaders discuss military pay bills amid a looming increase for Army Navy Air Force and Marines. The House proposed a 10 percent base pay rise with higher boosts for lower ranks. the Senate would cap top brass gains while granting a 3 percent base raise overall and greater relief for lower ranks with dependents.
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Washington
Everbody
Congress
Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
McFarland
Dariz
Senate
House
Ada Chamber of Commerce names seven new directors
Seven new directors were elected Saturday by Ada Chamber of Commerce members to serve two years starting April. The slate includes S. M. Baubluts Martin Clark Ed Halverson W D Little John C Norris Oscar L Park and Charles Thompson many have prior board experience and their duties remain the same.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
S. M. Baubluts
Martin Clark
Ed Halverson
W. D. Little
John C. Norris
Oscar L. Park
Charles Thompson
Judge names trustee for Hester Steel Corp in reorganization
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught appointed oilman James B. Kite as trustee to manage Hester Steel Corp during bankruptcy reorganization. The order follows the firm's petition declaring it in need of court supervision.
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Oklahoma City
Edgar S. Vaught
James B. Kite
Hester Steel Corp
Kite
Oklahoma City Steel Firm
Japan may move more police reserve divisions to Hokkaido
On Camp Obihiro in Hokkaido Japan’s National Police Reserve could dispatch two more divisions here, bringing nearly half the 110 000 strong force to the island near Soviet Russia. The force trains with American advisers uses U S Army equipment and adopts military ranks and procedures.
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Camp Obihiro
Hokkaido
Japan
Nippon
Soviet Russia
Fusakichi Fueda
U. S
Blood donor drive adds 100 typings at Perry Main window
A blood typing clinic at 210 East Main sponsored by the National Secretaries Association of the Valley View Hospital auxiliary collected 100 new typings Friday, boosting total typed to about 400. Physicians Dr. Carl Osborn Dr. C M Gullatt Dr. Jerry Gwin and others assisted along with lab techs John Pendergraff and Joe Longoria.
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Perry-McGee Furniture Store
East Main
National Secretaries Association
Valley View Hospital Auxiliary
Carl Osborn
C. M. Gullatt
Jerry Gwin
I. J. Haugen
William G. Peterson
Orange Welborn
David C. Ramsay
John Pendergraff
Joe Longoria
Atoka Chamber elects new officers and directors
The Atoka Chamber of Commerce board elected a new officer slate for the coming year led by Clyde Cooper as president and Albert Furr as vice president. New directors were chosen for two year terms including Albert Furr Huey Long O W Busby Wilson Bidwell Wilson McDonald Charles Castee Wyly Keith and J W Boone.
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Wilson Bidwell
Wilson McDonald
Charles Castee
Wyly Keith
J. W. Boone
Clyde Cooper
C. C. Stephens
Paul Mungie
Bob Cates
Brown Wyrick
Andrew Phillips
W. R. Holland
Divorced mother admits to fatal infant death in Oklahoma
Shawnee officials report a 30 year old divorced mother admitted killing her newborn daughter who was strangled with cloth and found in a cardboard box at the city dump. County Attorney Almon Hanson said the mother was arrested and held. charges to be filed Monday. Her four older children were unaware of the crime.
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Shawnee
Okla
Almon Hanson
Hanson
Jap Girls Dance Anti Tax Ballet in Tokyo Streets
On March 23 in Tokyo, Japanese dancers performed an anti tax ballet on the streets. Western style ballet skirts blended with bright kimonos as they waved placards calling to lower the 100 percent tax on art dances. Miss Yaoko Kaitani, Japan’s premier Western style ballerina, said the tax is wrong equating ballets to strip shows.
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Tokyo
Yaoko Kaitani
Japan
League Program At Sulphur Church
A special temperance program will be presented Sunday night at 7 30 in the First Free Will Baptist church of Sulphur. The event features the motion picture The Pay Off and includes brief departmental meetings beforehand. Ray Howeth is general director of the League.
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First Free Will Baptist Church of
Pvt Lewis Jordan Reported Killed In Action In Korea
Department of Defense reports Pvt Lewis P Jordan killed in Korea during 1950 after being missing since July 20. He had lived with the Lynns of Fitzhugh and Floyds of Roff. attended Roff and Fitzhugh schools. 10th grade. brother in Kansas. sister Barbara. father in California.
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Lewis P. Jordan
Department of Defense
Korea
Luther Lynn
Fitzhugh
Jordan
Tokyo
Dean
Buddy
Oklahoma
Floyd
Roff
Jess DeShazo
Lynns
Fitzhugh High School
Kansas
Barbara
California
Norman
The
Reds
Schoolroom shortage nears national catastrophe says McGrath
Federal Education Commissioner Earl J. McGrath warned Congress and the President that the schoolroom shortage is rapidly approaching a national catastrophe. He estimated the nation will need 130000 more teachers annually and 600000 new classrooms by 1957.
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W. Jaynes Macfarlan
Washington
Earl J. McGrath
Congress
McGrath
Keep Chickens and Dogs From Garden
Police report ongoing complaints about dogs and chickens in neighbors gardens. Chief Cecil Smith urges owners to keep pets out of yards to avoid calls and corrections under city ordinances.
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Cecil Smith
Ada Pioneer Mrs. R. W. Allen Dies at 86
Mrs. R. W. Allen an Ada pioneer dies at 86 after a long life of service to the Christian church. Funeral at First Christian church Monday at 2 with burial in Rosedale cemetery. She was born Leean Morgan June 15 1865 in Jackson County Tennessee and lived in Ada since 1901. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. J. H. Shaw and Mrs. Lola Dean, three sons E. A. Allen Dewey Allen Harral Allen, and numerous grandchildren.
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R. W. Allen
Ada
First Christian Church
Rosedale
Leean Morgan
Jackson County
Tennessee
Cookesville
East Sixteenth
Christian Church
J. H. Shaw
Lola Dean
Cleburne
Texas
E. A. Allen
Yakima
Washington
Dewey Allen
Harral Allen
Dewey Allen Jr
Seminole
Leeida Hickey
Portland
Oregon
James Allen Shaw
Amarillo
Tommy
Jerry Allen
Dewey Allen III
Ada CCA Announces Stellar 1952-53 Concert Series
Local leaders revealed the Ada Community Concerts Association seven year sell-out plan featuring Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in November De Paul Infantry Chorus in January Cellist Edmund Kurtz in February and Pianist Eugene List in April. Noted stars Kurtz List praised for virtuosity and international performance.
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Ada Community Concerts Association
CCA
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Ada
de Paul Infantry
Edmund Kurtz
Eugene List
Ballet Russe
U. S
Kurtz
Toscanini
Koussevitsky
List
Potsdam
New York Philharmonic
Plastic Tape Saves Newark Water Supply
Newark Ohio faced a six foot drop in reservoir level and two pipe breaks after back pressure in a 30 inch line. The city of 35 000 avoided total water loss by wrapping four inch plastic tape around the breaks for under a day, restoring service within 24 hours.
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Newark
Quiz Ex-Convict In Carter Bank Job
Federal agents quizzed ex convict Donald Wells Hall about a Carter Oklahoma bank burglary on January 2 that yielded 92 000 in bonds and 3318 in cash. Authorities found 84275 in negotiable bonds behind his car back seat along with burglary tools and guns. Hall faces a murder trial in Odessa Monday. two other suspects are being sought.
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Lubbock
Tex
Donald Wells Hall
Carter
Okla
Hall
Odessa
First National Bank
Beckham County
Tie Back Draperies Lower Window for Balanced Look
If your window seems very high tie draperies back a little below the sash line to break a too long look. You can buy ready made tie backs or make them yourself.
Lincoln Park Zoo Site Declared Perfect for Ada Plan
Julian Frazier superintendent of Lincoln Park Zoo at Oklahoma City and Turner Van Nort visited Wintersmith Park in Ada to view a proposed zoo site with the Ada Jaycees. They praised the lake area for fencing waterfowl and noted nearby utilities and access to recreation sites as vital for a long term plan. The Jaycees and Sportsmen’s Club will map the site and cage locations for a master development plan to be shown to the City Council.
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Julian Frazier
Lincoln Park Zoo
Oklahoma City
Wintersmith Park
Turner van Nort
Ada
Ada Jaycees
Oklahoma
Jaycees
Oklahoma Citions
Time Is Deposit In Bank Of God And Make Most Of It
A devotional meditation on time as a divine trust. It urges readers to tell time by God not clocks, to value each moment, and to use time wisely amid modern gadgets, urban pace, and world conflict. It blends scripture, personal reflection, and calls to purposeful living.
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Bank of God
Saint Paul
Burge Family Visit Precedes New Work Assignments
Ada residents Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burge visited his mother on Sunday morning before traveling to Anadarko for new employment. In Holdenville, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Eaton and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Eaton attended, and Virgil Eaton bought a Buick.
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Jack Burge
Ada
Anadarko
Foster Eaton
Virgil Eaton
Holdenville
Eaton Family Spends Sunday in Antlers Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Eaton and her father J. R. Connor spent Sunday in Antlers visiting relatives.
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Virgil Eaton
J. R. Connor
Antlers
Mrs. Clara Oliver and others visit Mrs. Dawson at Lightning Ridge
Mrs. Clara Oliver, Nancy Belle Choate and Mrs. Mary Scott visited Mrs. Dawson at Lightning Ridge recently, sharing a social call and catching up on family news in the community gathering.
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Clara Oliver
Nancy Belle Choate
Mary Scott
Mrs. Dawson
Lightning Ridge
Shaw Bride Gwen Evans Marries Truxton King
Mrs May Morgan formerly Shaw Friday attends daughter's wedding as Gwen Morgan becomes Gwen Evans bride of Truxton King. The ceremony unites two families with Mrs Morgan present as mother of the bride.
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May Morgan
Shawnee
Gwen Evans
Truxton King
Gwen Morgan
Dee Campbell Admitted After Heart Attacks at Veterans Hospital
Dee Campbell suffered two heart attacks one Saturday night and another Wednesday night. He was admitted to the Veterans hospital in Sulphur Thursday.
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Dee Campbell
Veterans Hospital
Gipson Daughter Receives Cap and Pin in Tulsa Graduation
Mr and Mrs Elmo Gipson attended Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa on Thursday for graduation exercises where their daughter Elmalene earned her cap and pin.
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Elmo Gipson
Tulsa
Hillcrest Hospital
Elmalene
Uncle Bob Stevens Rescued From Tree After Tornado
In DIERKS Arkansas, 80-year-old Uncle Bob Stevens was blown from his smashed home into a tree. Rescuers removed his shoes to free him, leaving him dangling head down, and he was treated for head injuries in good condition. His wife, also 80, suffered a broken nose and abrasions.
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Dierks
Ark
Uncle Bob
Stevens
Bob
A. V. Harrison
Ada Purcell Lead Big East Central Interscholastic Meet
Ada high school won the Class A curricular division with 138 points as Purcell took Class B with 45 points. Winners across curricular, tennis, track and field were crowned Friday with notable finishes by Shawnee, Okemah, and Seminole among others in the 36th East Central interscholastic meet.
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Ada
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Okemah
Horace Mann
Maysville
Lindsay
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Bowlegs
Tishomingo
Coalgate
Wetumka
Weleetka
Elmore City
Woodland
Spaulding
Davis
Byng
Meansville
Mason
Stratford
Wanette
Seminole
Ada High
Okmulgee
Asiatic Statesman Senanayake Dies After Riding Accident
Colombo March 22 Prime Minister Don Stephen Senanayake 67 known as the father of the Ceylonese nation died of brain injuries from a fall while riding in a Colombo Park. The veteran leader held defense and foreign affairs posts and was a staunch British ally.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Don Stephen Senanayake
Jumma Khan
Karachi
London
Senanayake
Colombo Park
Hugh Cairns
Cairns
Truck Auto Crash Fatal for Webbers Falls Woman
A truck on the U S 64 Arkansas River bridge north of Webbers Falls swerved and struck an auto killing Katie Lee Combs 58 a Webbers Falls resident. The crash also involved Nathaniel Combs 27 a McIntosh County teacher and son of the deceased. Driver Jack Crain 23 Marble City Oklahoma remained unnamed. Earlier Walter C Conyers 74 Watonga died six hours after a separate crash.
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Associated Press
U. S. 64
Arkansas River Bridge
Webbers Falls
Katie Lee Combs
Nathaniel Combs
McIntosh County
Walter C. Conyers
Watonga
District Camporee Set For April 18 19
Burke Standridge and Leon Landrity announce the Pontotoc District Boy Scouts annual District Camporee April 18-19 at Wintersmith Park near Ada. Scouts prepare for the Council Camporee in Sulphur May 9-10 with rope work fire building Morse signaling CPR compass course and distance readings.
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Burke Standridge
Leon Landrity
Pontotoc
Wintersmith Park
Ada
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