Woodward Relief Drive Passes $1,023 With Benefit Show
Ada residents plus Oak Avenue Baptist W M U Egypt Sunday school and local clubs push Woodward relief fund past $1,000 as 11 PM benefit film It Happened in Brooklyn at the McSwain Theater raises further donations. Tickets 50 cents, proceeds to Woodward fund. Harold Graham and his swing band will perform. Oklahoma City legislature races overtime as session nears adjournment with many bills remaining.
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Ada
Woodward Relief and Rebuilding Fund
McSwain Theater
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Egypt Sunday School
L. B. Holbird
Daisy Unit
Ada Garden Clubs
McSwain
Ada High Pontahoma
Brooklyn
Kathryn Grayson
Jimmy Durante
Frank Sinatra
Peter Lawford
Woodward Fund
Ada News
Harold Graham
Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Sine Dhe
Foes of tougher labor bill win key point in Senate
In Washington on May 8 opponents of a tougher labor bill celebrated a 44 to 43 defeat of a bargaining restriction. Senator Taft predicted now to drop the measure but pushed two new amendments aimed at union health funds dues check off and worker suits against unions, while Oklahoma City lawmakers approved a prison system study with a 10 member interim committee and $2500 funding amid graft claims at McAlester.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Truman
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Pat Watkins
Muskogee
McAlester
Plowboy Edwards
Edwards
John Levergood
Shawnee
House Committee On Penal Institutions
Legislative Council
Churchill Calls For War Debt Revision
London May 8 Winston Churchill and Chancellor of the Exchequer Eugh Dalton urged a downward revision of Britain's war debts. He asked why Britain should bear the burden while those aided and conquered go forward debt free.
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London
Winston Churchill
Eugh Dalton
Great Britain
Britain
Oklahoma Weather Forecast With Scattered Thunder Showers
Mostly cloudy conditions sweep across Oklahoma with scattered thunder showers concentrated in the extreme south this afternoon and continuing tonight into Friday. Overnight temperatures hover near 60 degrees as the state stays unsettled.
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Oklahoma
Attlee Backs World Government Idea at U N Meeting
Prime Minister Attlee endorsed in principle a world government to prevent another global war. He urged a closer bond among nations akin to Britain’s links between people and Parliament and warned that fear alone should not drive peace efforts. He noted the League of Nations failed not in ideas but in implementation, and called on renewed effort.
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London
Attlee
United Nations Assn
U. N
Great Britain
League of Nations
Four Die in Plane Crash Off Florida Coast
A seven man Army Air Proving Ground Command plane crashed five miles off shore near Eglin Field Florida during a routine training mission. Four men are missing after three were rescued as crash boats helicopters and surface craft searched the area.
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Eglin Field
Fla
Army Air Proving Ground Command
The
Gulf
East Central music programs mark end of term
Oklahoma City reports a dramatic senate floor shooting as Rep. Jimmy Scott admits firing after Anglin allegedly threatened him. Anglin denies firing. both men from Holdenville, with Scott in jail on assault with intent to kill charges and a $5,000 bond set.
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Oklahoma City
State Senate
Jimie Scott
Tom Anglin
Senate
Holdenville
Anglin
W. N. Mounger
W. A. Carlile
Oklahoma
Scott
W. R. Wallace, Jr
David Shapard
Clarence Mills
Mounger
University Hospital
Oklahoma Battleship Begins Last Voyage Toward Scrap
The battleship Oklahoma, first casualty of Pearl Harbor, will leave Pearl Harbor on Saturday for a 20 day tow to the west coast to be scrapped. Tugs Monarch and Hercules arrived from Seattle for the tow and the ship had been raised after sinking at Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma
Monarch
Hercules
Seattle
Ore Drydock Co
Oakland
al If
Geologists Begin Three Day Tulsa Society Tour
More than 200 geologists in Ada joined a three day road trip sponsored by the Tulsa Geological Society. The group will travel through the Ouachita mountains visiting key sites and returning to McAlester and Hartshorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Tulsa Geological Society
Ouachita Mountains
T. A. Hendricks
U. S. Geological Society
Aldridge Hotel
Atoka
Coal Basin
Oklahoma
McAlester
Pittsburg
Hendricks
Hartshorne
Aleman Returns to Mexico City After U S Visit
President Miguel Aleman lands in Mexico City with his son and cabinet members after a nine day U S trip and Truman visit. A crowd estimated at 300 000 to 400 000 greets him with cheers. He praises a new era of friendship and cooperation between Mexico and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
United States
Truman
Mexico
Old City
Aleman
Miguelito
Fernando Casas Aleman
Federal
Missouri Passes Bill Aimed at Future Utility Strikes
The Missouri legislature sent to Gov. Phil M. Donnelly a bill to curb future utility strikes. It passes 21 to 11 in the Senate with penalties for strikers and unions, fines for the utility and officials, and potential seizure of a plant if mediation fails. The measure would take effect 90 days after summer break and applies to future actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
Phil M. Donnelly
Senate
Oklahoma Bankers Convening Today
Tulsa hosts the 50th anniversary Oklahoma Bankers Association convention with principal speakers J. L. Robertson and Lawrence Clayton. Tulsa's M. M. Lawelling elected president of the Oklahoma Trust Companies Association, with officers including J. W. Hockman Howard Bozarth Eugene Gunn and John H. Miller. George M. Reeves named chairman of the OBA executive committee with Gunn as secretary and Gertrude Corbitt as assistant. Oklahoma City chosen as the 1948 convention site.
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Tulsa
Okla
J. L. Robertson
Washington
D. C
Lawrence Clayton
Federal Reserve System
Oklahoma Bankers Association
M. M. Lawelling
Oklahoma Trust Companies Association
J. W. Hockman
Muskogee
Howard J. Bozarth
Oklahoma City
Eugene P. Gunn
John H. Miller
George M. Reeves
Vinita
OBA
Gunn
Gertrude Corbitt
Student Pilot Dies In Sharon Plane Crash
Gene McDonald, a GI flight training student at Woodward airport, was killed when the plane he piloted crashed near Sharon, Oklahoma, about 12 miles south of Woodward. The student rented the aircraft to fly to Sharon. his parents lived there.
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Woodward
Okla
Gene McDonald
Sharon
Here
McDonald
Woodward Airport
Jack Welsch
Clifford Carrier
Jewish Agency Makes U N Appearance in Palestine Debate
Lake Success May 8 The Jewish Agency for Palestine entered the U N proceedings for the first time to present its case to the general assembly committee. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland will speak once allowed floor time. The Arab Higher Committee seeks equal testifying status amid boycotts and broader invitations. A Palestine Communist Party demand for a full hearing was also received by the U N secretariat.
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College Symphony Orchestra
Concert Singers
Margaret Wheat
James Air
Gordon Jacob
P. J. Wilhovsky
Vanka
Eir
Mozart
Paul Enix
East Central Music Department
Lake Success
1. Y
Jewish Agency For Palestine
United Nations
Abba Hillel Silver
Cleveland
Jewish Agency Executive
Arab Higher Committee of Palestine
Jewish Agency
Cairo
Haj Amin Effendi el Husseini
U. N
Arab Higher Committee
New York
U.N
Palestine Communist Party Central Committee
Dr. Gray Advocates Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Dr. J. P. Gray dean of the Oklahoma School of Medicine spoke at East Central College as part of a series on the forthcoming Oklahoma Research Foundation. He urged creation of a state medical research foundation, noting Oklahoma already has agricultural and petroleum engineering research.
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Oklahoma Research Foundation
East Central
J. P. Gray
Oklahoma School of Medicine
C. F. Needham
Pontotoc County Medical Association
Gray
Lyman C. Duryea
New York
Aldridge
The
County Medical Association
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Long Distance Strike Ends With Pay Boost Pact
Pay boost for long distance operators settled after talks in Washington and New York. Increase ranges from 2 to 4 dollars weekly, with some Buffalo and Boston workers receiving 5 dollars if the agreement is ratified. NFTW and government officials foresee quick broader settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
Washington
John J. Moran
American Union of Telephone Workers
New York
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Steel
Auto
Buffalo
Boston
NFTW
Moran
Federation Executive Board
Salvation Army building fund progress and Phillips University schedule
The Salvation Army reports a building fund goal of 15000 with 9772.43 raised and 5227.57 still needed in Enid. Phillips University ends spring semester May 30 and holds commencement May 25 26 plus homecoming, concluding its 39th year.
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Salvation Army
Enid
Phillips University
Two Drownings Reported at Lake Okmulgee
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on May 8 two youths, Bucky Wayne Stephens 22 and Wanda Lucille Adams 17, drowned at Lake Okmulgee near Lions Point after a rowboat with six youths capsized. Survivors include Junior E Crow Mason John Gillis 21 Okemah Jean Scott 18 Okemah and Helen Marler 18 Mason. Bodies recovered by morning after police and divers searched the lake.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Bucky Wayne Stephens
Wanda Lucille Adams
Okemah
Lake Okmulgee
Lions Point
Junior E. Crow Mason
John Gillis
Jean Scott
Helen Marler
Mason
Stephens
Dee Stephens
Miss Adams
L. R. Adams
Mason High School
Crow
Miss Marler
Brazilian cat frog climbs tree to lay eggs in leaf nest
A Brazilian cat frog ascends a tree and deposits eggs inside a nest formed by gluing leaves together. This unusual nesting behavior highlights adaptation to arboreal breeding environments.
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France
Paul Ram
Felix Gouin
P. H. Teitgen
Jules Moch
Yvclore
Ramadier
Paris
NEA
Adier
Theon Delbos
Marcel Ro
Churchill
E. Paul Enix
Enix
Johann Sebastian Bach
Nathan DeRobertis
Amparito Roca
Texidor
Dublin
Buchtel
Martin Gould
Gould
Irene Tucker
U. S
Committee of Assembly
Dr. Gray
John W. Gibson
Edgar L. Warren
U. S. Conciliation Service
Bell Associated Companies
A. T. and
Bell System
L. D. Strategic Union
Bell
Joseph A. Beirne
George S. Dring
Long Lines Department
Lake
Anie
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