Enumerators Named for Pontotoc County Census Work
Enumerators in Pontotoc County begin training for four weeks starting Saturday. Rural crews include Kathryn Corvin and Beulah Griffith with urban workers such as Denita W. Harris and Kathryn McKay among the listed names. Supervisor Paul Henderson oversees 360 staff across the Fourth District.
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Pontotoc County
Paul Henderson
Henderson
Mra
Kathryn Corvin
Fannie Lafollette
Gladys Elkins
Billy Nolen
Beulah Griffith
Kenneth Skidmore
Fred Stalcup
Beuna Reed
Billy Roberts
Gwen Blay
Jeoraldean Revels
Cico Once
Chester Treas
Carleton Bebee
Kit Thomru
Cecil Canada
Edith Higdon
Ruth Davis
Gene Treas
Cleon Powell
Gene Lang
Clara Thompson
Denita W. Harris
Kathryn McKay
Mia
Francis Wheeler
Oran Wheeler
Neatha Hurst
Imogene LeMonier
Benjamin Roberson
Reeder Hanks
Marion Castleberry
Ruth Cotver
Ann Huber
Mary Steed
Evelyn Braselton
Hettie Garner
Carolyn English
Joanna, Preston
Nancy Ballard
Naomi Arnett
Allen and McLish Red Cross Drives Donor Total Given
Allen and McLish communities report strong Red Cross fundraising with Allen contributing 336.53 and McLish 265.59, totaling 9 218 77 for Adan county Red Cross, reaching quota. Levi Ackley led McLish drive. Allen drive was chaired by G C Mayhue Jr with district leaders Fleming and A K Kimbrough.
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Allen Red Cross
G. C. Mayhus
Pontatoc County
Siid
Allen
R. G. Fening
Allen High School
Fleming
A. K. Kimbrough
Hal Merchant
Arnold Bryant
Jack Hammonds
Leon Jones
A. M. Vandergriff
Willard Wright
Levi Jumper
Stewart
Turner
Aylen B. Trammell
Allen and
McLish
Red Cross
Adan
Moybue
Pontotoc Countian Loses Appeals in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City the state criminal court of appeals denied three appeal cases. Ovid Franklin Carter of Oklahoma County challenged a 10 year burglary sentence. Belford D. Griffen of Washita County sought 3 years from a five year burglary term. Annie Ryn of Pontotoc County appealed a 30 day jail term and a $30 fine for liquor possession.
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Oklahoma City
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Ovid Franklin Carter
Oklahoma County
Blueford D. Griffen
Washita
Annie Ryn
Pontatoc
Malicious Mischief Charged to Two in County Court
Two men face malicious mischief charges filed Wednesday in county court. Garner Morris allegedly drove his car into a dose on North Broad Way and broke a door, while Wilourn Fisher is charged with breaking a front door and an upstairs light at a building on West Main.
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Garner Morris
North Broadway
Wilourn Fisher
West Main
Weather Outlook Oklahoma Cleared Clouds and Warmth
A forecast notes increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions tonight and Friday. Lows are expected near 35 to 40 degrees tonight with highs on Friday climbing.
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Oklahoma
Phone Cable Breaks Fixed in Oklahoma City Area
Telephone crews from Oklahoma City and Shawnee returned home Thursday after over four hours of work on three cuts in a 1200 line cable on East Twelfth. By noon Thursday most phones were restored and about 600 lines checked. Checks were to continue with three extra workers to finish. Valley View hospital moved back to normal service and few problems remained in 1212 tests. Crews aimed to complete last splice by mid Thursday afternoon with repaired sections sealed for protection.
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Telephone Company
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
East Twelfth
Valley View Hospital
Marmling
Wildcat No.1 Busby Plugged in Pontotoc County
A Barnsdall Gil wildcat near Steedman in Pontotoc County failed to produce and has been plugged after reaching 5810 feet depth. The well in 12-4n-63 McLish base tested Trenton and Viola sections with mud returns and oil traces. operators may drill another well or pursue tests while deeming immediate production unlikely.
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Barnsdall Gil
Pontotoc County
Steedman
Busby
Hunton
Chimney Hill
Trenton
Viola
Bebee
Nurse charged in cattle rustling case in Oakland
PA nurse 23 charged with grand theft of five calves and four cows. Calves found at ox slaughterhouse valued at 135 dollars, cows previously sold in Sacramento for 535 dollars. Mrs Band, 3 juvenile defendants, deputy Peterson weighed 185 pounds, shown lifting to demonstrate handling cattle. Band claims Wyoming and Boston training.
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Oakland
Calif
Firth Band
Stanley Eterson
Peterson
Sacramento
Band
Wyoming
Boston
City housing project stalled by utility funding delays
Lawton Oklahoma reports a proposed 52000 Negro housing project is temporarily stalled as housing corporation owners cannot finance water and sewer lines and street construction due to lack of funds. Mayor R Glens notes the utilities installation is the immediate obstacle.
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Lawton
Okla
Afar Jo
R. ¥. Glens
Housing Corporation
Class A Highschool Speech Meet Opens at College
Eight of thirty one county districts reported votes on the excess mill levy for county schools and a school board race. Voter turnout reached 335 as Norman Mitchell noted higher than usual participation. Alien votes counted, and several incumbents were re elected including Roy D. Jarrett, W. E. Coburn, C. Madden, C. W. Watkins, and T. R. Choate with other names listed among the results. Mitchell anticipated full returns by Saturday.
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Norman Mitchell
Roy D. Jarrett
Board of Education
Francis
W. E. Coburn
Happyland
C. C. Madden
Lula
C. B. Whisenhunt
MecLish
C. W. Watkins
Worstell
T. R. Choate
Red Oak
Thomas Knighten
Summers Chapel
E. H. Light
Mitchell
Three Days Of Plays At East Central Forensic Meet
Three Day East Central Class A Forensic meet draws about 20 schools from across the state. Thursday events include public address, story telling, humorous literature, book review, and poetry interpretation. One act play festival starts at 3 p.m. with four plays entered. Finals for events set for 7 and 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday schedule includes debate rounds and a Saturday finale.
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East Central
Dorothy Summers
Seminole
Capitol Hill
Classen
Q. C
Ardmore
Miss Summers
Big Mo Captain In Plea of Guilty
Captain William D. Brown pleads guilty to negligence and neglect of duty over the Missouri grounding. He accepts sole responsibility and apologizes for failing to secure clear leadership on the bridge amid salvage efforts and mental strain.
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Big Mo
Norruun
Marca
William D. Brown
Missouri
Brown
Taxes Due In Full By Saturday Urges Taxpayers
If you paid only half of your ad valorem taxes by year’s start, the second half becomes delinquent Saturday. Virgil Hans, county treasurer, urges all Bel County taxpayers to come in Friday or Saturday to avoid penalties. Mr. Bunt notes many have overpaid or mispaid and seeks attention to correctness.
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Virgil Hans
Baby Sitter Saves Four From Fire In Oklahoma City
A teenage babysitter Norma Lee Cook, 13, rescued four children from a blaze started by four year old Ray Tate in a frame house. Fire destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs Tate, with about $2000 in damage and the family left with no clothes or furniture.
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Oklahoma City
Mar. W
Norma Lee Cook
Ray Tate
Paul Tate
Norma
Anna Paulette
Leland Ray
Loretta
Paul Jr
American Troops Reenlist in Japan Surpass Two-Thirds
Tokyo report shows more than 1,000 men reenlisted and 26,600 extended tours last year in the Far East command. The adjutant general's office released figures indicating two out of every three servicemen with time up extended their tours, reflecting a high persistence among American troops in Japan.
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Tokyo
Adjutant General’s
Far East Command
U N Refuses To Take Over Trust Areas
In Geneva on March 30 the UN trusteeship council defeated a proposal to hoist the UN flag over trust territories. The vote failed 5 to 5 in both morning and afternoon sessions with the United States voting for and the Soviet Union absent. Argentina abstained and others opposed, as local conditions and governance responsibilities were cited.
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Geneva
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Trust Islands
Western Pacific
Iraq
China
Dominican Republic
Philippines
Australia
Belgium
France
New Zealand
United Kingdom
McCarthy vows papers on Lattimore as Soviet agent
Senator McCarthy says he will present documents proving Johns Hopkins professor Owen Lattimore is a Soviet agent and has been a Communist party member. Lattimore rejects the charge as moonshine while returning from a United Nations mission and set to answer at a Senate hearing next Tuesday.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Ssor
Communist Party
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
United States
United Nations
Afghanistan
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Orphans' Mother Dies at Tulsa Home
Ora Edith McDonald 73, longtime head matron at the Sand Springs home for children, died in Tulsa after retirement with declining health. Funeral rites will be held at George Curzon’s home. she was known as the children’s mother to many at the Oklahoma institution.
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Land Springs
Ohio
Ora Edith McDonald
Oklahoma
Senate approves natural gas bill amid House delay
Washington reports a Senate approved bill to curb federal control of gas prices, despite House objections. The House must act on Senate changes before sending the measure to President Truman. Senators Kerr Duglas Wiley clashed over the proposal, while Kerr touted benefits to American households and criticized opponents.
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Washington
Mar
House
Senate
Truman
Rep
Harris
D Ark
Kerr
D-Ohls
Federal Power Commission
Duglas
D-T
Wiley
R- Wise
Barber Kills Mayor Then Shoots Self in Stillwater
In Stillwater Oklahoma barber Dixon shot Mayor A B Alcott at his desk and then killed himself. Alcott in serious condition but expected to live. Police say Dixon is about 65 to 70 and had prior suicide attempts. coroner’s jury called. City workers were about to lunch when the shooting occurred.
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Stillwater
Mayor
Self
Okla
A. B. Alcott
Alcott
Oklahoma College
Glenn Shirley
Chris
Shirey
Dixon
Shirley
Sylvia Buntin
Arthur
Wayor
Fee Een
Omega Man Dies In Highway Crash
The death of a year old Omega man Wednesday raised Oklahoma's highway toll for the year to 1094, up from 119 for the same period last year. Max Harry Parham died in a Kingfisher hospital from injuries after his car overturned Sunday. Another person was killed and four injured in the U.S. Highway 21 crash.
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Omega
Oklahoma
Max Harry Parham
Kingfisher
Plan grain elevator at Duke to aid wheat harvest
Farmer Union Cooperative plans a 125000 bushel grain elevator at Duke Oklahoma to support the wheat harvest. Tor Willis, manager of the current elevator, said stock sales of about 15000 dollars have started to fund the project.
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Duke
Okla
Farmer Union Cooperative
Tor Willis
Unon
Enrollment for Blue Cross plan set in Pontotac county
Dates April 3 to April 7 for Pontotac county enrollment in the Blue Cross pre-Raid hospital plan sponsored by Pontotac County Medical Auxiliary. Enrollment available in Ada at banks after hours, Dicus Grocery and Lee Company, with centers in Stonewall Burnett's Drug Store and Roff Brown's Market, and Allen Civic Club handling Allen. Benefits and rates up April 1 include longer hospital care, higher private room and drug coverage, broader laboratory services, and new doctor call coverage. Monthly member rates rise to 1.40 for Blue Cross and 1.10 for Blue Shield with family rates adjusted accordingly.
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Pontotac County
Blue Cross
Pontotac County Medical Auxiliary
Ada
Dicus Grocery and
Lee Company
Stonewall
Burnett's
Roff
Brown's
Allen Civic Club
Allen
Lawton Man Found Guilty of Murder in Slaying
Afton H. Farish, 36, was convicted by a district court jury of murder in the pistol slaying of James T. Downen, 45, Fort Sill employment chief, with punishment set at life in prison. Downen was killed at his home on November 10 after a dispute over Farish’s dismissal. Farish claimed insanity but did not testify. jury deliberated four and a half hours amid death-penalty considerations.
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Lawton
Okla
UPA District Court
Gilmen Rhoads
Whitney Tells of His Action In Loyalty Probe
Washington Mar 107 senators investigating Michael J. Lee a Commerce Department official heard Undersecretary Whitney say Secretary Sawyer decided no security restrictions should be placed on Lee. Whitney testified Sawyer made the ruling after a loyalty board review and again in February found no reason to reverse.
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Washington Mar
Michael J. Lee
Commerce Department
Sawyer
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Whitney
Truman
Lee
Department
Departments
Office of International Trade
Malone
Duxting Lee
Senate Commerce
Weather Turning Warmer in State
The forecast calls for fair and warmer weather across the state with no rain. Ada reached 58 degrees high and 31 at night, while Guyrrion reported 23 for the low. Oklahoma City and Hobart posted the day’s highs at 41 and 66, respectively, as sixies were expected later.
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Ada
Associated Press
Guyrrion
Oklahoma City
Hobart
Weather Bureau
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Gal Rustler
Randle
Iris Davenport
Norma Srumbaugh
Farm and Ranch and Agriculturist
Norma Brambaugh
Knight Hall
Clas
D. J. Nabors
Capt. Brown
Harry Nash
Japan
U.N
George Curzon
Madison Adminutelion
Douglas
Xerr
Pioneer West
Omega Man
Blueshield
Oragon
Commerce Secretary
Bee Liam
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