Campaign AIDC fundraising surges toward minimum goal
Ada progress group for the Ada Industrial Development Corporation reports pledges rising from 56 800 to 76 850 after a Monday hotel meeting. Leaders Foster McSwain Bernard Howard George MacRobert and Ron Bailey note other potential contributors and the urgency to finalize legal matters before a prospective industrialist visit.
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Roup
Ada
Progressive Ad
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
Foster McSwain
Chamber of Commerce
Bernard Howard
George MacRobert
Ron Bailey
April Police Report Details Broad Arrests Citywide
City police report for April notes 105 arrests, 18 sent to Pontotoc, 3 to other counties, 11 released. Municipal court took 470 dollars in fines. meals cost 81.70. Vehicle incidents include 32 accidents with no fatalities. Key charges include drunkenness 52, investigation 12, disturbance 8, fighting 4, drunk driving 8, reckless driving 6, and other offenses.
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Pontotoc
No Pre-Induction Physicals in June
Oklahoma City May 1 UP I state draft boards have been told not to issue orders for pre induction physical exams for the June selective service call Col Clive E Murray state draft director says he has not renewed a state quota for June induction and a call if any will be light Local boards already have enough men in class 1 A to fill any quota An unrelated note states it is illegal to sleep in a hotel restaurant kitchen or dining room in North Dakota
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Clive E. Murray
North
Dakea
Oklahoma
Miith
Office of Price Stabilization
Washington
White House
Wheather Donald
Dawson
Senate
Joseph Short
Weather outlook for multiple states May 1 forecast
Partly cloudy tonight through Wednesday with cooler east portions. Temperatures will run near normal to 5 degrees above for the period, with Nebraska values 40 to 44 at night and 47 to 70 by day. Kansas Missouri Oklahoma expected to reach 70 to 75. Rain chances are wide, with showers and thunderstorms possible through the period especially in eastern areas.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
East Missouri
VFW Forms Burial Team to Honor Local Veterans
The VFW post plans a 16 man burial team to render military honors at funerals for ex service members. Twenty five volunteers will be secured from firms and Ada High School is asked to provide a bugler. The effort aims to cover future services amid ongoing veteran deaths and Korean War era commitments.
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W. D. Blanchard
F. W
Paul Ryan
D. B. Miller
Ada
Y. FW
Pontatoc
Post
American Legion
Lions Club Into Election Campaign
The Ada Lions Club held the first ballot of its annual election at Tuesday’s luncheon. Surviving the first ballot for president are James Thompson and Frank Dicus. Casper Dutfer had no opposition for first vice president. Next week's vote will determine officers for the year beginning July 1.
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Ada Lions Club
Tueshey
James Thompson
Frank Dicus
Casper Dutfer
Marines and British Save U N Forces at Korea Front
In Tokyo on May 1 American Marines and British Commonwealth troops saved United Nations forces from disaster as Reds launched a big spring offensive. Leathernecks plugged a central front hole and repulsed waves of Chinese infantry, after a South Korean division collapse exposed the Marine flank on April 22. The U N Eighth Army disclosed the action and the role had been kept secret by censorship.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Leathernecks
U. S. Eighth Army
Oklahoma City Tornado Wrecks Homes Injures One
A tornado ripped through central Oklahoma City injuring one person and causing extensive damage to homes and businesses. Power lines were down and the Oklahoma Sash and Door building suffered major losses as sheet metal and debris littered streets. A bedroom was hit by lightning earlier that day causing further destruction.
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O. C
Oklahoma City
Russell Krone
Oklahoma Sash and Door
Congressman Brehm Guilty on Political Contribution Convictions
Congressman Walter Bramh of Ohio, a five term Republican, was found guilty by a federal jury on five counts for accepting $1,000 in unlawful campaign contributions from Emma Craven who worked for him in 1948. Penalties could reach 15 years and $25,000, though rare in multi count cases.
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Washington
Walter FE. Branm
Ohio
Congress
Obhinan
Emma S. Craven
Brehm
Brehmi
Leo A. Rover
Bad Manners Is Charged to Army
In Fort Smith Arkansas on May 1 P The United Daughters of the Confederacy mutter over their tea cups as the XV Army Corps takes over Camp Chaffee Arkansas headquarters of the Fifth Armored Division. Mrs R F Manley president of the UDC chapter vows to wire Senators McClellan and Fulbright in protest citing exceedingly bad manners on the part of the army.
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Fort Smith
Ark
United Daughters of the Confederacy
XV .Army Corps
Chaffes
Fifth Armored Division
AV Corps
William T. Sherman
Georgia
R. F. Manley
UDC
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Fulbright
Family of Five in Mishap Leaves Roadside Hospital
A family of five including a mother and four children were injured when their car failed to negotiate a sharp turn and went off an embankment near Route 4pm Monday. The driver Billy Z Lay of Sikeston Missouri and several passengers were treated and hospitalized with varying injuries.
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Rolfrout
Billy Z. Lay
Sikeston
Lilly Ley
Billy E
Dontie
Lonnie
Delores Lay
Bills
Valley View Hospital
H.ighway
Don Wiens
Bob" Fussell
Eunice
Sally” Dollar
Vacal Hill
Leta Rose
Sandy Bridge
Ada
Reds Stage Central Korea River Cutoff and May Day Tactics
Communists in central Korea cut off the Han river to hinder UN crossing routes as allied artillery and air power disrupt Red concentrations along the Chunchon to Kongchon invasion corridor. May Day plans faltered amid sparse targets and cautious Red withdrawals.
Grand jury to probe Burbank schools in Hominy area
An Osage county grand jury will convene May 22 to investigate the Eurosak school district. District Judge Hugh Jones ordered the probe after a petition with 145 signatures from Eubank residents. Earlier complaints cited irregularities in the district.
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Hominy
Okio
Osage County
Eurosak School
Instrict
Hugh Jones
Eubank
County Court Moves Through Docket in Ada District
The Ada County Court, led by Judge Tom D. McKeown, disposed of fifteen criminal cases and several civil matters. Back rent judgments were given in two civil actions, and multiple defendants faced fines for drunken driving and unlawful possession. Several cases were continued or passed due to illness or absence.
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Tom D. McKeown
Frieda
Sheriwood
Cuy Mahoney
Magnolia Pet. Co
Corp
Carl Simington
Progress O11 Co
3 Corp
Virgil ‘Panahan
Vic
Caie M. Lane
State of Oklahoma
Jodie Rix Ellard
Ellard
Milly Faul Sellers
Coxs
Burshell Robertz
Roberts
State of
Oklahoma
Leonard Leon Ryfes
Helet Tot
Probers Charge O'Dwyer Failed Anti-Crime Action as Mayor
Senate crime investigators accuse Ambassador William O'Dwyer of aiding organized crime in New York while he was mayor and later as district attorney of Kings County. The Kefauver panel says he and his appointees did not act against major gambling, narcotics, and rackets and cites friends of Costello and Adonis in high offices. The report urges laws to curb crime profits and illegal interstate activities, noting money as key to power in the underworld.
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Washington
Senate
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Frank Costello
O'Dwyer
New York
Truman
Mexico
Kings County
Brooke
Butch
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Costello
Joe Adonis
Congress
Wedemeyer Warned of Soviet Threat to Korea in 1947
Washington dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer warned President Truman nearly four years ago that Korea faced a Soviet controlled invasion from the North. The top secret 1947 memo, released by the Senate Armed Services Committee, cautioned against removing U S forces from Korea and noted Russian influence over North Korean Communists.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Truman
Korea
Wedemeyer
Senate Armed Services Committee
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
U. S
War Bonds Matured May 1941 Series E Offer Cash or Exchange
About 112 million dollars of Series E bonds bought in May 1941 mature today. The government offers two options: keep the matured E bonds with no paperwork and earn 2.12 to 2.75 percent simple interest for up to ten more years, or exchange them for Series G bonds with 2.44 percent simple interest for 12 years. Treasury checks for interest will arrive semiannually. The move aims to limit inflation while preserving investment. An estimated 1 billion dollars in Series E bonds bought after May 1941 will mature in 195.
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Washington
Treasury
Coverage Aided In Crime Probe
The senate crime committee praised newspaper and television coverage for focusing public attention on the spectacular inquiry into the underworld. Magazines, radio and news reels were also cited as contributing to the wide public interest in the hearings and reports.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Vast Post Office Fraud Uncovered in Boston
Boston postal inspectors target about 300 municipal workers amid a multi million dollar fraud probe. officials say workers may have collected post office pay for nonattendance while co conspirators punched time cards and some held two jobs. investigators focus on those who defrauded the government rather than mere dual employment.
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Boston
South
PESSIMIST On People Using Everything Except Their Own
A garbled OCR note discusses people using nearly all resources but excludes personal transportation. It references unrelated social habits and hints at moral judgments without clear names or dates.
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J. A. Richardson
Detroit
VFW
Lions Club
U.N
Pontotoc County
Morris Poe
West Third
Vail
Poe
Sifax
Kamemon
Roxsayy
Rabiong
Am Chon
Seogom
Inchem
Toledo
Belfast
Aleng
NEA
United States
Seoul
Han
Hwachondar
Puxhan
Nate Polowetzky
Chunchon- Kongchon
Dée
Polanetaky
Redheld Chunchon
Hongchon
U.S. First Marine Division
Hwachon Reservoir
Stan Carter
Western Front
U. N
Reda
George MacArthur
Ee Grand Jury
Burbank
Stone
Hassell Stone Tikless
Ott
Wedemyer
Gotrtorme
Bed Basti
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