Texas Doctor Held For Slaying Four From One Family
A 42 year old San Antonio physician Dr Lloyd I L Ross is jailed in New Braunfels charged with killing Willard York 36 his wife Gertrude 43 their son John 9 and York's mother Mary 67 on a Comal county road. Ann York 13 survivor said he talked calmly about the case. FBI related charges against York involved insolvent operations and securities pledges.
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New Braunfels
Tex
San Antonio
Comal
W. A. School
Lloyd IL. Ross
Willard H. York
Scholl
Ann York
York
Comal County
Ann
Gertrude O. York
John
Mary York
Ross
Joe Hester
U. S. District Court
Securities and Exchange Commission
Willard York Company
Ben H. Rice, Jr
Dr. Ross
Uit
Subsidies for Minerals Blocked by House Rules Committee
Legislation to extend federal subsidies aiding strategic minerals faces a snag in the House Rules Committee. The price support plan, dating to 1942 to ensure wartime copper, lead, and zinc, awaits action on a Russell bill creating a Natural Resources division in the Interior Department. The plan’s fate hinges on committee action before authority expires next month.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Russell R
House Public Lands Committee
Rules Committee
Thomas H. Miller
Bureau of Mines
Senate Natural Resources Subcommittee
Interior Department
Senate
C. O. Mittendorf
Office of Temporary Controls
New Poison Halting Mormon Crickets
A new poison halted Mormon crickets in eastern Oregon near Ordnance. The assistant county agent said half the insects reaching a poison trap miles west were killed and many others were groggy or aging. Chlordane was spread by plane and truck as millions moved toward wheatland within three miles of the hamlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Here
Wheatland
Hog farmer Hartsfield adopts new practices in Coal County
Curtis Floyd reports on Bill Hartsfield south of Clarita who main tains eighteen acres of bur clover for his hog operation. He treats pigs with sodium fluoride to control worms and uses self feeders with separate grain and supplement. He breeds Ducor Jerseys and runs 11 to 12 sows while pushing more cotton and peanuts for guaranteed parity prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hartsfield
Clarita
Hartsfield
Conservation Pool in Pontotoc County Sets Name
In 1927 T. B. Slick opened the Conservation pool in northern Pontotoc county. Over the years small oil developments arose with names such as Northeast Byng and Byng North. A nomenclature committee ruled the proper designation should be Conservation, noting the old pool as Oklahoma’s first unitized development.
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T. B. Slick
Wildcatter
Pontotoc County
Northeast
Byng
Byng North
Oklahoma
Army recruiter finds disinterested prospect in aging 63
Sgt. Michael Gallagher of the Army Recruiting Station in St. Paul continues to seek recruits while William Butler does not appear on Gallagher’s list. Gallagher has written Butler about army life in more than twenty letters. Butler visited the station but said he has no plan for an army career at age 63.
Enrollment at East Central Sees Mixed Reactions to Summer Session
Enrollment began at East Central on Monday with long lines, especially from veterans carrying Official Records. Instructor M. B. Pop Molloy notes more red tape than a decade ago as he recalls 1915 and earlier when college work mixed with teaching duties and student labor. Enrollment runs through Tuesday for juniors and sophomores, with freshmen and seniors starting Monday and classes beginning Wednesday.
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East Central
East Central Journal
Veteran’s Administration
Pop” Molloy
Molloy
Sun R School
Banquet Ends In Electric Blaze At Baltimore
In Baltimore on May 27 the Wine and Food Society hosted a Creole banquet by Edward T. Waldo. The climax dessert, cherries on vanilla ice cream with cognac, failed to ignite as 50 epicures lit matches in a darkened room, ending the feast in a blaze of electric lights.
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Baltimore
Wine and Food Society of
Edward T. Waldo
la Societe Des Gourmets
New Orleans
Waldo
Oklahoma Traffic Fatalities Rise in Warm Weather
Associated Press reports Oklahoma 1947 traffic deaths rising as warm weather returns motorists to state highways. May deaths reach 35, eight more than May 1946’s first 25 days. Year total still below 1946-162 since January 1. Notable deaths include P H Atlee 67 Oklahoma City dairyman and teenagers David Syfrett Jr 17 Braggs Colleen Doty 24 Muskogee.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
P. H
Dick) Atlee
Oklahoma City
Atlee
England
David T. Syfrett, Jr
Braggs
Colleen Anna Doty
Muskogee
Annabelle Poppie
Gilman
Claremore
Stonewall Clinic Set For Thursday
A school building in Stonewall will host a public health clinic on Thursday May 29 starting at 10 a m. Miss Jessie Davis public health nurse will administer necessary immunizations and vaccines for diphtheria typhoid smallpox and whooping cough.
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Stonewall
Jessie Davis
Poland's First Postwar International Fair Draws 363000
In Poznan Poland the first postwar international fair ran for a week drawing 363 000 visitors. Visitors saw representation from a dozen European countries and a wide range of exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poznan
Poland
Regents Seek Operating Needs For Oklahoma Colleges
Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education urged college and university heads to detail operating needs for the next fiscal year. The body presides over a lump sum appropriation of 9,741,575 dollars for the coming year, about 28 percent above the current record. The proposed budget was 11,851,000 dollars, trimmed by the legislature, with final allocations expected late tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
State Regents For Higher Education
Oklahoma Colleges and Universities
Tomee
Sexton
Malone Family in Ada on Friday Business
Allen Vems and Mr and Mrs A E Malone with family were in Ada on business Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Malone
Ada
Ada shoppers and local movements noted in Ada
Mrs. C. C. Shreve was among Allen people shopping in Ada. Jimmie Kytle has returned to Wilson where he is employed after visiting his mother Mrs. B. Kytle. Mrs. Kenneth Stunz shopped in Ada Friday as did Mrs. Bert Palmer.
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C. C. Shreve
Allen
Ada
Jimmie Kytle
Wilson
Mrs. B. Kytle
Kenneth Stunz
Bert Palmer
Miss Jimmie Nell Roark Returns Home
Miss Jimmie Nell Roark returns from Tulsa where she attended an Apostolic college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Nell Roark
Tulsa
Apostolic College
Miss Virginia Morris Enters Summer School at East Central
Miss Virginia Morris begins summer school at East Central Ada on Monday. Mr and Mrs A E Malone visited his Stratford parents Sunday as his father remains ill.
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Virginia Morris
East Central
Ada
A. E Malone
Stratford
Roysden Family Attends Service in Chickasha
Mr and Mrs Robert Roysden and their daughter of Chickasha attended services at the First Baptist church Sunday. They have been visiting relatives of Mrs Roysden at Steedman. Mr Roysden is a singing evangelist.
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Robert Roysden
Chickasha
First Baptist
Roysden
Steedman
Pipkins Visit Farm Near Ada After Storm Blows House Away
Mr and Mrs A G Pipkins visited their Ada area farm Sunday following a recent storm that blew a house off the property though it was unoccupied at the time.
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A. G. Pipkins
Ada
Five Alarm Fire Disrupts Democratic Dinner in Brooklyn
Fire Commissioner Frank Quayle and other officials fled a Brooklyn five alarm blaze that forced an expensive democratic state committee dinner to end early. The catered event cost about $100 a plate and was interrupted as flames spread through the venue.
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New York
U?p
Frank Quayle
Brooklyn
Democratic State Committee
Clark accuses Soviets of not aiding Austria recovery
General Mark Clark returning to duty in the Sixth Army says Soviet occupation in Austria worsened hunger by diverting farm products, livestock, and surpluses. He alleges extra food and higher wages for Austrian Communists fueled their influence, and criticizes seizures of industries and Danube facilities as against Potsdam terms. Clark defends firm U.S. posture to avert war.
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New York
Pgen
Mark Clark
Europe
Sixth Army
Clark
Austria
CBS
Communist Party
Sia
France
Britain
UNRRA
Danube
Home Lighting Program Starts in Atoka County
The Atoka home demonstration agent Mrs Lula Hodges led a May training in Home Management and Home Lighting at Durant with Miss Verne Ann McDuffie from Stillwater presenting a lamp rewiring demo. The session offered home management tips and remodeling assistance for farm women. The Sunshine club, first organized in 1936, has reorganized for Atoka rural and farm women with meetings set for the second Friday monthly and officers led by Mrs C B Menninger.
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Lula H. Hodges
Durant
Verne Ann McDuffie
Stillwater
Sunshine Club
Atoka
Earnest Hodges
Okla
C. B. Menninger
O. E. McAnulty
W. V. Akers
C. H. Pruitt
Route 5
Field Day at Coalgate Promotes Lime and Phosphate Pasture Boost
At the Coal gate Experiment Station field day on May 14, 154 farmers and business men from Atoka county observed lime and phosphate improve pastures. The mix of lime and phosphate yielded stronger returns than single minerals, Bermuda grass as the base, with big yellow hop and ledina as prominent legumes on uplands.
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Atoka County
Coalgate Experiment Station
Spring Burglary List Sees Lawn Goods Stolen
In Chicago this spring thieves took two sacks of grass seed ten lengths of garden hose eight lawn mowers two tons of hay and a canoe.
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Chicago
Striking Chinese Students Reflect Real Concerns Not Just Jinks
AP report surveys student unrest at Ginling College and Yenching University in Nanking and Peiping, noting hunger, health problems, and political motives behind waves of demonstrations. It cites government influence, anti-American and anti-Russian protests, and calls for higher living allowances and end to civil war amid broader political tensions.
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United Service
China
Ginling College
Nanking
Yenching University
Peiping
Government
Kuomintang
John Roderick
Japan
Certificates To 213 Attending Food Handlers' Course
Among 330 enrolled for the five day Food Handlers course, 213 attended at least four sessions and will receive certificates. Lectures covered food storage, bacteria, poisoning and disease by Dr. W H Hayes and Bert Poe. Names of establishments with workers receiving certificates are listed. 18 unemployed attendees noted.
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W. H. Hayes
State Health Department
Bert Poe
Martha Mote
Frank Barrett
Pendergraft’s
Aldridge Coffee
Mexican Food
Kit Kat
Don's Steak House
Pallas
McSwain News
Lee
Valley View Hospital
College Lunch
Special Speech Marks Morrison On Ada Graduates
Supt Rex O Morrison told Ada high school graduates that the class he spoke to Thursday night has grown with the district. He recalled arriving as high school principal 12 years ago and becoming superintendent four years later as the group started ninth grade.
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Rex O. Morrison
Ada High School
Ada
Diabetes More Common in Women Than Men
The article notes that diabetes prevalence is higher among women compared to men. It mentions a linguistic origin for cocoa, tracing the term to the Aztec word Cacahoatl.
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Congress
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Coal County
College Stations
Waco
Nomenclature Committee
Pop
Royal Portrait
Paul I
Greece
Frederika
Athens
George II
Stonewall Clinic
Phillips University
Enid
Oklo
Scheels
U. S
Rus
Soviet Union
Fiure
Gulf Oil Company
H. D
Coalgate
Rio
Studen
James D. White
AP Foreign Affairs
Milwaukee
Wis
Silver Dollar
Juanita’s
Scotty’s
Cliffs Place
McSwain
Dee's
Eldridge
Mitchell
Frankie's
Town Tavern
Stockton Recreation
Argo Burger Grill
Gwin Drug
Coody Dairy Store
Lillian’s
Threlkeld Pickle Co
Dixie Coffee
Harris Pharmacy
Woolworth Fountain
C. & M. Drug
Jim
Lass Was
Supt. Morrison
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