Paine Well at Center Shows Well on Test
After 36 hours shut in the Bert D. Paine No. 1 Myrick near Center flowed 155 barrels in 45 minutes through a 3 quarter inch choke. Tanks were emptied as a first complete test began Thursday afternoon. Oil must be hauled due to no pipelines locally. Two rigs operate in the new field with other wells in test or drilling phases nearby.
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Bert D. Paine
Myrick
Yingling Oil Company
A. Floyd
Yingling
Thompson Brothers No
Thompson
Jesse
Delaney No
McCarty
Delaney
E Delaney
Coal County
Coalgate
Coal Oil and Gas Company
Pope
CNE
Coal Oil and Gas Company No. 1
Patrick
Glenwood Oil Compan No. 1
Laas
CNE SE
Ada
Byng
Jim Igo Appears For Preliminary Hearing
Jim Igo charged with the April 21 murder of his wife Pearl Igo appeared for a preliminary hearing before Ira Ingram, Coal County justice of the peace. He has been jailed since his arrest by Sheriff Thea Bonner. The Igos previously lived in Wichita Kansas before moving to Coalgate where Igo ran a scrap metal business.
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Coalgate
Jim Igo
Pearl Igo
Ira Ingram
Justice of the Peace
Coal County
Thea Bonner
Igo
Wichita
Kas
Barry Funeral Held Thursday
Services for A. R. Barry father of Mrs. Albert Cape were held Thursday morning in the Roesch chapel Shawnee. Mr and Mrs Cape and daughter Mary Louise were called to Shawnee early Tuesday by Barrys sudden illness. he died early Wednesday. A Shawnee resident for several years he and his wife moved there from Missouri. Surviving besides Mrs Cape are the wife and one son.
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A. R. Barry
Albert Cape
East Vinita
Roesch Chapel
Shawnee
Oklahoma Weather Outlook for Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy skies give way to scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening into Friday east and southeast. Temperatures remain steady with lows about 50 to 60 and highs around the upper 70s to 80.
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Oklahoma
Tornadoes Hit Northwestern Oklahoma Farm, Lawton Hail
Tornadoes touched ground near Alva and Freedom ripping a barn and causing farm damage. Lawton experienced golf ball sized hail and heavy rain along with disruptions to windows and signs. Other towns including Cache Chatanooga Waurika Clinton Walters Cushing saw rain and hail as storms moved eastward.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Alva
Freedom
James Selman
Selma
Harper County
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Fort Sill
Cache
Chatanooga
Highway Patrol
Waurika
Clinton
Walters
Cushing
Fitzhugh Is 4-H Winner In Round-Up
In the annual 4-H club round-up Fitzhugh rated highest in the high school division Vanoss led the grade school division and Pickett topped the rural school division Demonstrations timely speech and dress revue formed the judging basis Attractive plaques funded by Bever Grimes Hardware Adagrede school Gluckman’s Department store and S Q Clothiers were awarded The total scores list multiple junior participants across divisions
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Vanoss Tops
Pickett
Fitzhugh
Vanoss
Bever-Grimes Hardware
Adagrede School
Gluckman’s Department Store
S. & Q. Clothiers
Pontotoc 4-H Land Judging Team Heads to National Contest
Pontotoc county 4-H boys led by Lester F. Smith depart for Oklahoma City for the National Land Judging Contest on May 2. Team members William Carter Byng Don Blankenship Robert Reed Francis scored highly at the Pontotoc county land judging school and will attend a state instructional session before the national event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
William Carter
Byng
Don Blankenship
McLish
Robert Reed
Francis
Lester F. Smith
Oklahoma City
Women keep secrets as well as men in Pipe Line joke
A line from The Pipe Line notes that women can maintain secrets just as well as men but require more of them to do so, delivering a light humorous observation.
Midwest Spring Heat Wave Persists Across Regions
A persistent warm spell grips the Midwest with forecasted warmth spreading eastward. Temperatures drop below freezing in northern Maine while the West stays cool. new daily records emerge in several Midwest cities. Minneapolis hits 91 while Madison and Rochester, Wis., register near zero. showers move from Texas through the plains to the Dakotas and the Rockies to the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Maine
Minneapolis
Madison
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Texas
Plains States
South Dakota
Central Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Steelworkers Get Home Work Done Amid Strike
In Pittsburgh during the third nation wide steel strike since World War I end, workers attend to home chores as wives spur husbands to chores with milder weather. Michael Keskanic, 42, of Munhall begins painting porch furniture while his wife Delon comments on the strike with wary optimism.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Keskanic
Munhall
Delon
Congressman Reid Murray Dies in Bethesda at 64
Rep. Reid F. Murray of Wisconsin's Seventh District died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 64 while serving his seventh term. He entered the hospital on April 16.
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Washington
Reid F. Murray
Wis
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Wisconsin
Murray
Oil Strike Enters Second Day Amid Gasoline Shortages
A nationwide oil strike reaches its second day with gasoline shortages reported in Gary Hammond East Chicago and the Midwest. Union officials claim talks with Shell Oil show progress and wage demands reduced from 25 to 22 cents an hour amid opposition from strikers.
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Denver
Gary
Hammond
Chicago
Ind
Midwest
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Federal Mediation Service
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Sugar Creek, Mo
CIO Union
Ching
Donors Contribute 116 Pints of Blood
Red Cross bloodmobile visit yielded 116 pints of blood, short of the 150 pint county quota. Ada donors were joined by Fitznugh and Allen. Three-fourths of donors were repeaters from November. Nurses doctors and volunteers worked seven hours in uniforms.
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Red Cross
Ada
Fitznugh and Allen
Government Again Has Steel Industry Strike Continuing
Impeachment talk grows louder as Congress weighs power to halt strikes by injunctions. The House plans anti strike hearings, while the judiciary committee delays a vote on impeachment steps. The Smith proposal would let Congress authorize injunctions for 80 days with receivership if no agreement is reached.
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Wiliam F. Arbogast
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Truman
Supreme Court
House Armed Services Committee
House Judiciary Committee
House
Rep
Smith
D-Va
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Riots Erupt In Tokyo As Communist Reds Clash With Police
In Tokyo tens of thousands of rioters linked to communism clashed with 1,000 police in front of the Imperial Palace. American property was damaged for the first time in postwar Japan. Dozens of officers were injured, with one reported dead by gunfire as tear gas and guns drove back the crowds. Kyoto also saw clashes as 3,000 Koreans stormed city offices and protests spread.
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Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Japan
Kyoto
U. S
U N Forces Hit Reds Hard In Korea On May Day
U N forces target North Korean positions with artillery planes and ships in a May Day push. Allied air forces claim 41 MIG 15 jets shot down or damaged, with heavy gunfire along the Western Front and naval exchanges near Munsan. The Fifth Air Force totals include 38 planes lost, while rail, truck and gun position damage are reported. Eighth Army logs 2 116 casualties April 22 to 28.
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William C. Barnard
Seoul
Korea
United N Tions
U.S. Eighth Army
Two Roff Men File For New Campaign
County filing Thursday morning was brief with two candidates entering the race. Tom Medlock filed for justice of the peace at Roff and Ennis H. Hudson filed for constable at Roff.
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Tom Medlock
Justice of the Peace
Roff
Ennis H. Hudson
Mississippi White Republicans win delegates at taft eisenhower clash
In Jackson Mississippi the Lily White faction of White Republicans elected five delegates to the national GOP convention while the Black and Tan faction of Negro supporters led by Taft observers held silence. The fight centers on party control with Eisenhower backers seeking dominance over Taft allies.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Eisenhower
Taft
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Black and Tan
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
National Republican Party
Republican Party
Blevins Resigns Early to Campaign for State Post
Jake Blevins, candidate for Democratic Place No 2 state representative, moves up resignation from assistant county attorney to May 1 to begin campaign. He seeks the post now held by George R. Collins.
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Jake Blevins
Blevins
George R. Collins
Wreckage Found From Pan American Stratocruiser
A Pan American World Airways luxury stratocruiser sighted near Carolina Brazil with 50 aboard, 19 Americans, indicating the craft split and burned. The missing Buenos Aires to New York flight disappeared April 29. wreckage found by a PAA C-46 near Carolina, about 400 miles southeast of Belem, with no survivors expected.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Carolina
Brazil
PAA
Belem
Buenos Aires
New York
Ada Chamber Directors Vote to Request End of Price Controls
With one dissenting vote the Ada Chamber of Commerce directors adopt a resolution asking Congress to do away with all price controls and forward it to Oklahoma senators and representatives. Opponents say complete elimination is unlikely and remedial legislation may be better. The meeting outlined a membership drive led by Martin Clark starting May 8 at the forum. Clark announced team captains Oscar Parker Charles Thompson Harvey Lambert and George MacRobert. Friday two key committees will meet the national affairs at 7 15 a m and the retail committee at 10 a m.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Oklahoma
Washington
Martin Clark
Chamber
Clark
Oscar Parker
Charles Thompson
Harvey Lambert
George MacRobert
California man builds miniature wagons with horses
Long Beach, California resident William E. Jeffreys, a Texas Panhandle born 62 year old, spent six years crafting wagon and stagecoach models from his youth. He added miniature horses to his dioramas after realizing the missing element was animal figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Texas Panhandle
William E. Jeffreys
Jeffreys
Court lets government set steel wages amid seizure
The U S Court of Appeals by a 5 to 4 vote refused to bar the government from raising wages of steel workers while mills remain seized. The decision mirrors last night’s ruling that returned control of the plants to the government. Secretary Sawyer indicated he would not take precipitate wage actions.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
U.S. Court of Appeals
Truman
Philip B. Perlman
Appeals Court
David A. Pine
District Court of Appeals
Pine
Supreme Court
Pine Opinon
U. S. Court of Appeals
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Monkey in Los Angeles Stages Own Pet Riot
A Java monkey named George escaped his cage and caused chaos at a local pet shop. He freed a horned owl and guinea pigs, damaged cages, toppled flower pots, and ate tropical fish worth 25 dollars before handlers Ralph Heifer and Irvin Freeman recaptured him. They noted the boa constrictor Cleo remained secured.
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Los Angeles
George
Canaries
Ralph Heifer
Irvin Freeman
Cleo
PESSIMIST SIGHTED IN WIDE MARKET GOSSIP
A local observer labels the mood as pessimistic amid market chatter about a rival seller. The note hints at broader concern about commerce and community confidence without naming individuals or places.
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White House
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Joan Kerr
Latta
Tom George
Lalla
Sidon Kyan
Molisa
G.ge Welch
Bob Moore
Donald mcNinch
Vaness
Homer Bryant
Allen
Michael Lucas
James Grauth
Donnie Sweat
Lula
Max Milner
Gene Phillips
Bobby Stanford
Jerry Miller
Jerry Pipes
Eadre Cartwright
Phil Fairchild
Rott
Meredith Potts
Robert Lee
Terry West
Darrell Brantley
Billy Alford
Bobby Byrd
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Umon Hal
Jesse Happyland
Oakman
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Reds
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Homer Capehart
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
William F. Knowland
California
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
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