Tornadoes Claim Lives of 4 or More in Several States
Rescue workers counted at least four dead and many injured as tornadoes swept three southern and one mid western state. Minden and Arcadia in Louisiana reported dozens injured, with Magnolia and Saline in Arkansas also struck. Red Cross and state agencies rushed to aid stricken communities.
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Shreveport
Miceiasippi
Minden
Webster
Arcadia
Bienville Parish
Magnolia
Ark
Salim
Missouri State Line
Minis
Red Cross
Tornado Harms West Plains Region in Missouri Arkansas Border
A tornado near the Missouri Arkansas line southeast of West Plains yesterday killed two and injured at least 30. It crossed near Koshkonong and Salem Arkansas, destroying at least 14 homes and injuring several in critical condition. Ed Cain died near Salem and Mrs Ratliss was among the injured as the Ratliss family suffers prior losses from a kerosene lamp explosion.
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West Plains
Missouri-Arkansas Line
Eas
Koshkonong
Salem
Ark
Missouri
Ed Cain
Ratliss
Virgil Ratliss
Laura
Ratlisse
Heavy Gain In Onl Production From East Texas Reopening
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a surge in U S daily crude production to over 500000 barrels per day following East Texas reopening. Texas total rose to 1233461 barrels daily while Oklahoma gained to 420225 barrels. Other states showed varied changes with California down slightly and Rocky Mountain up.
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Tulsa
East Texas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Journal Private
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Kansas
Eastern
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma City
State
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Louis
Arkansas
Rocky Moun
Wagoner Oklahoma light plant legal fight nears ruling
The Wagoner municipal light plant case advances as Fairbanks Morse and city officials clash over a receiver appointed during a long legal battle. Judge Williams may issue a decision soon after final briefs, with the matter stirring local elections and governance debates for six years.
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Wagoner
Oklahoma
United States District Court
Muskogee
R. L. Williams
Williams
Fairbanks-Morse Company
St. Louis
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Public Service Company
Fairbanks-Morse
United States District
T. C. Harrill
State Conservation Commissioner
Harrill
E. D. Lord
Lord
C. J. Gilmore
Fairbanks- Morse
Hitler Seizes Trade Unions in Germany
In Herlin May 2 7 Chan Berlin Nazi storm troopers occupied the Free Trade unions headquarters across Germany arresting leaders including Theodor Leipart Peter Grassman and Rudolf Wissell as the regime moves to reshape labor into a state controlled body. The Metal Workers union building was seized and the unions left without effective leadership as socialist opposition dims.
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Germany
Leipart
Graseman
Worker
Hitler
Herlin
Berlin
Metal Workers’ Union
Theodor Leipart
Peter Grassman
Rudolf Wissell
Labor
Grassman
Social Democratic Party
Wets Lose Round in Texas House
In Austin on May 2 the Texas house failed to gain the required 100 votes to submit repeal of the prohibition section of the state constitution. The tally stood 85 ayes to 49 noes. Sponsors said they would reintroduce the resolution later.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
House of Representatives
Ada High Grads Rank High Among Aggie Students
Five Ada high school graduates appear on the Oklahoma A and M dean's list for the first semester. Woodrow Erwin M D Timberlake Herbert Turner from engineering fields join Florence Corley and Allen Hensley as distinguished students among 2286 Aggie enrollees. Corley earned straight A's. Phi Kappa Phi honors include Woodrow Erwin among 24 graduating seniors and two faculty members.
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Ada High School
Oklahoma A
M. College
Woodrow Erwin
M. D. Timberlake
Herbert Turner
Florence Corley
Allen Hensley
Corley
Agsie
Phi Kappa Phi
National Scholastic Fraternity
Ada
Highlights of Railroad Bill
A Roosevelt push to create a federal coordinator of transportation with power to suspend anti trust and interstate commerce laws for one year during an emergency. The plan would divide U S railroads into eastern southern and western groups with railroad chosen committees of five for each region.
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New York
Washington Dispatch
New York Times
Roosevelt
Congress
Association of
Railway Labor Executives
the Times
Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mrs Buck resigns missionary post amid orthodox critique
New York May 2 Mrs Pearl S Buck author resigns as Presbyterian missionary to China. The board accepts the resignation with regret while Buck plans to return to China next month with husband J Lossing Buck. She advocates creedless faith and criticizes past missionary efforts.
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New York
Pearl S. Buck
China
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
University of Nanking
Buck
J. Gresham Machen
Westminster Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
President Roosevelt gains broad powers in supply bill
The house was briefed on a $535,568,883 operating and modernization package for 1954 that cuts veteran outlays and grants the president authority to modify contracts, retire long-serving civil servants, adjust charges, and control military pay and dispatch.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Veterans Administration
Hoover
Army
Marine Corps
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Oklahoma Confederate pension ages vary among widows
W B Cantwell of Ada reports ages of Oklahoma pensioners range from 46 to 104 among widows. He notes 31 widows under 46 in spring rolls and details monthly amounts for groups by age, plus reductions for pensions outside Ardmore and inside the Confederate home. Senior widows include Mrs Martha Hill Duke, Mrs Martha Walker Chateau at 104, and Mrs M C Hill of Albion.
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W. B. Cantwell
Ada
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Times
John Allen
Davis
Ray
Allen
Cantwell
Ardmore
Rose Wv. Lay of
Keota
Central State Hospital
Norian
Martha Hill
Duke
Martha Walker
Chateau
M. C. Hill
Albion
Ada High School Honors and Awards Night
Graduation exercises at Ada High School capped an eight month year with 100 seniors receiving diplomas. Frank Hughes led the ceremony as class president. James Glass won the top scholastic award, Marjorie Sage earned the business women’s club prize, and Mary Jack received the DAR prize for American history. Essay winners were Jean Rose and Cleo Sugg. 123 students earned perfect attendance. 63 joined the State High School Honor Society.
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Ada Hich
Frank Hughes
James Glass
Dennis Williams
Grigsby, Orr & Allet
Marjorie Sage
Business and Professional Women's Club
Meet
Ada High School
Mary Jack
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joe Strauss
Jean Rose
Cleo Sugg
Jean
Cleo
Two men plead guilty to burglary after bored reply at hearing
Two men charged with burglary pleaded guilty after a justice of the peace read the complaint. One inmate quipped No use lyin' around in jail, and admitted guilt. The other followed, saying Whatever he says, referring to his companion.
Foreclosure Case Raises Oil Royalty Question
In a district court foreclosure suit over land producing oil the court debated how to handle oil rights. The well yields eight barrels daily at 46 cents per barrel, giving a royalty of 3.68 dollars a day, while one royalty owner holds one fourth of the royalty.
Oil pipe dispute prompts county contemplation of possession
County officials weigh steps to seize a pipe reportedly in one party’s hole of a well belonging to another. The aim is to place the pipe with the claimant party for use elsewhere without harming the second party’s property. Contemplation by officers centers on legal and procedural routes.
Carpenters and Burnett Planned for New Quarters by June
Carpenter and Burnett expect to move into more spacious quarters with a drug store at Corner location. The site is being dressed up under the supervision of E. L. Hart and will be up to date drug and soda dispensary when completed.
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Carpenter
Burnett
E. L. Hart
Boys with airguns disrupt birds during vacation hours
Local youths with airguns and slingshots are targeting birds of varying species during vacation. Some show little concern for sparrows, robins, or mockingbirds, while others express amusement or indifference to the birds' fate.
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Melody
Presbyterian leader sees Pearl Buck resignation ending controversy
Tulsa May 2 4 Rev Dr W Kerr moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the USA said the resignation of Pearl Buck as Presbyterian missionary to China will end the whole controversy over her theological views. He doubted the matter would be raised at the Columbus assembly May 25.
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Tulsa
Dc. W. Kerr
Presbyterian Church In
U.S.A
Pearl Buck
China
Kerr
Columbus
Seminole Nation to Meet for Claims on Indian Fund Dividends
The national council of the Seminole nation will meet at Mekusu key mission near Seminole on May 3 to draft resolutions for John Collier head of the Indian Bureau. The aims include asserting claims to holdings in Seminole and increasing per capita payments from funds held by the United States government.
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National Council of the Seminoles Nation
Mekusukey Mission
John Collier
Indian Bureau
United States
Bledsoe Named Successor After Storey Resigns at Santa Fe
William B Storey resigns as president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway at the board meeting in New York. Samuel T Bledsoe named as his successor, a 58 year Santa Fe veteran and former general counsel. Storey served over 50 years with the company and led during its peak growth.
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Storey
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Bledsoe
Clinton County
Kentucky
Southern Normal School and Business College
Bowling Green
University of Texas
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Santa Fe System
Ardmore
Oklo
Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Congress
E. E. MelInnis
Charles H. Woods
Chicago
New York
William B. Storey
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Samuel T. Bledsoe
Pioneer Ter
Ada Bar Backs McKeown for U S District Judge
The Ada bar unanimously endorses Hon. Tom D. McKeown for United States district judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, conditionally if R L Williams advances to the Circuit Court of Appeals. The resolution cites McKeown’s six years as district judge, honesty and ability, urging appointment to fill the vacancy.
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Ada Bar
Tom D. McKeown
U. S
R. L. Williams
Cirecuit
Ada
Pontotoc
United States
District of
Oklahoma
Circuit Court of Appeals
Former Ada Boy Marries In California
Ada community learns of the marriage of Wal lace Caruthers and Beulah Derrick in Oakland California. The Easter Sunday ceremony took place at the First Baptist Church in Oakland. The couple will reside in Brawley Imperial Valley California where Caruthers has worked in a drug store for five years.
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Ada
Wallace Caruthers
Beulah Derrick
Oakland
California
First Baptist Chuarch
Caruthers
Brawley
Imperial Valley
Anti beer forces organize for fight in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City April 2 anti beer group completes setup for a vigorous campaign against legalization of the six percent beverage. Rev A M Jayne Oklahoma City chosen state chairman with Richard Lloyd Jones Tulsa Tribune vice chairman. Preparations include campaigning in precincts ahead of a July 11 referendum if funds are raised.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
A. M. Jayne
Drys
Prohibition
Richard Lloyd Jones
The
Tulsa Tribune
George Calvert
F. C. Morey
Chickasha
Norman
Bartlesville
Nowata
Okmulgee
Blackwell
Woodward
Ei Keno
Stroud
Holdenville Indian baseball chief leads eastern tour
Pi-Jim Thorpe, a famed Indian athlete now past 40, signs as skipper of the Holdenville Indians baseball club. The team, backed by Henry Harjo, a wealthy tribesman, will tour the East to remind white audiences of the athletic prowess of the red race.
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Holdenville
Jim Thorpe
Five Farmers Arrested in Bradley Abduction Case
Five men named Kunkel Ernest Reints Sokoloskie Sherman were arrested near Le Mars under martial law amid a military probe into the abduction of Judge C C Bradley. They are held at the armory with possible court martial or civil trial. Iowa figures Gross and White deny union involvement.
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LE Mars
Iowa
C. C. Bradley
Iowa National Guardsmen
John Kunkel
T. K. Ernest
Henry Reints
John Sokoloskie
Lawrence Sherman
Bradley
H. R. Gross
Des Moines
Tom White
Indianola
Iowa Farmers’ Union
Farm Holiday Association
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