Pre-Chest Drive Grows Organization of division heads
The Community Chest reports progress as division head chairs are named and advance gifts chair S C Boswell says pledges reach 15200, about 40 percent of the 35000 campaign goal. A public solicitation date will be set, employees are urged to contribute, and a take home pay method guides payroll calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Dillon Jr
Community Chest
S. C. Boswell
Advance Gifts Committee
Advance Gifts Group
Oear L. Parker
Muriel Davis
Paul Rice
Casper Duffer
John Webb
Charles Thompson
Jack Chapman
Hugh Norris
East Central College
Rex QO. Morrison
State Won't Wait On Congress to Clean Basement
Oklahoma City Gov. Johnston Murray's reorganization committee moves to dispose of federal relief records stored in the capitol basement to free space for offices. They seek authority from Congress but will proceed with scrap sale if not granted before January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Conne
Jess Larson
General Services Administrator
Washington
Larson
Congress
Paul Ballinger
Holdenville
Capitol
Blakely Murphy
Small Girl in Polio Ward at Valley View Hospital
A two year old Negro girl Joyce Ann Finley was admitted at 12 30 p m Saturday to the polio ward at Valley View hospital increasing the patient count by one The child is daughter of Simone Finley Milburn The region reports the first Negro case in the area The patient was described as fair while the X ray technician Bob Burch aged 24 was ill with polio and in good condition Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley View Hospital
Joyce Ann Finley
Simone Finley
Milburn
Bob Burch
Finley
High Schools to Be Checked Soon in Pontotoc County
Geney V. Williams, assistant director of Secondary Education, will visit Pontotoc county Monday to check high schools and review building and facilities surveys with county and school officials. He will also spend Thursday with County Superintendent Norman C. Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geney V. Williams
State Department of Education
Pontotoc County
Hiho Als E
Norman C. Mitchell
Conservation Day Highlighted in Goodwell Oklahoma
Goodwell Oklahoma Panhandle residents will celebrate Conservation Day with local events and activities in the town honoring natural resources and sustainable practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwell
Okla
Oklahoma’s Panhandle
Truman blasts Eisenhower as danger to US in Montana stop
President Truman assails Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for advising on Russia as grave blunders while in Havre Montana. He contrasts Adlai Stevenson warnings from 1945 46 with Eisenhower contact in Europe and GOP handling of Korea and communism. Stevenson campaigns on anti communism amid a broad party clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
Havre
Mont
Eisenhower
United States
Trumar
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Gov. Stevenson
Korea
Driver Unhurt After Turnover Denies Liquid Cargo
Adolph Giles Bristow of Hartshorne escaped injury when his 1949 Chevrolet rolled on a county road seven miles west of Ada. He denied carrying whiskey and alleged he dumped liquid from the vehicle. Reckless driving charges were filed, Bristow paid 19 dollars in fine and costs, and the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Giles Bristow
Hartsorne
Ada
Bristow
Atlacement Plant
Aubrey A. Mitchell
Walker Hisle
Hartshorne
Peace Justice Court
C. W. Floyd
Floyd
Firing of Morris Seen as Self-Serving Probe Misstep
A House subcommittee report portrays the dismissal of Newbold Morris as a bungling attempt by the Truman administration to shield itself from a damaging inquiry. It says Morris’ graft cleanups were meant to halt an investigation about to expose misconduct. McGrath dismissed Morris and was himself fired by President Truman the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
House
Justice Department
Newbold Morris
Judiciary Group
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
Morris
Truman
New York
Abraham Lincoln
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
A. A. Caldwell to Be 82 Tuesday
A. A. Caldwell of Allen will celebrate his 82nd birthday Tuesday. A former county commissioner he plans no celebration. Mrs Caldwell, 79, is not well. Caldwell grew up in Mississippi and moved to Allen in 1902, marking 25 years there. He says he has voted Democratic for 61 years and expects to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Caldwell
Allen
Tax Conference Set For Tuesday
On Tuesday September 30 tax supervisors and consultants of county property owning corporations will meet at the County Superintendent Norman C Mitchell offices. Budget Maker J Huff will discuss with county school superintendents and district budget consultants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman C. Mitchell
J. Huff
Birds Taste and Feeding Like Bills as Sensory Tools
Birds lack strong taste sense and rely on bill sense to locate food. Their bills are highly sensitive to touch, guiding foraging and food detection.
PMA Votes Set for October 4 in Pon totoc County
Henry Little announces county PMA committee elections to be held October 4 across nine designated communities. Eligible voters include farmer-owners operators tenants and sharecroppers. Each community will elect three regular committeemen two alternates and a county convention delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Henry Little
PMA
Pope
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Little
Oil Production Dips During July
Oil and Gas Journal estimates crude oil production in the non-Communist world fell by 204000 barrels daily in July. U S output declined about 107000 barrels daily. Canada and Kuwait were up, with Canada reaching a July record of 192000 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
United States
Canada
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Nation Reverts to Standard Time Across 22 States
The nation returns to standard time with clocks set back one hour last night in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Daylight saving time ends, making up the hour lost when clocks advanced last April 26, with official change at 2 a.m. local time.
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States
District of Columbia
Ike Will Reveal His Finances Too
New York Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters said he will publish his entire financial situation. The Republican candidate follows Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson who yesterday released his income and tax payments for ten years. A spokesman did not indicate when the general’s statement would come or if yearly tax returns would be included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Columbia
S. C
Mme Chiang Kai-shek In Hospital For Skin Disorder
Mme Chiang Kai-shek remains in Franklin Hospital San Francisco for a skin condition with little improvement. She has been hospitalized since August 16 as spokesman K W Yu reports she reacted badly to Acth, the so called miracle drug, and doctors have gradually withdrawn it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Chiang
San Francisco
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Franklin Hospital
K. W. Yu
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada NEWS Want Ads highlights that vested investments bring higher returns. The notice urges readers to consider long term commitments and compares potential gains with shorter options offered by local financial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Three Men Jailed After Stigler Fire Damages Offices
In Stigler Oklahoma three men were jailed without charge after a Sunday morning fire gutted one of the city's two main office buildings. The blaze damaged a dentist and doctor offices, three attorneys, a photographer studio and a cleaning business. County Attorney Nat Henderson cited arson as a possibility and noted threats against a divorce attorney. The trio, said to have been drinking and driving hours earlier, were on the building's top floor when firefighters arrived. The fire reportedly started near the attorney handling the divorce case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stigler
Okla
Nat Henderson
Haskell
Henderson
Puff of Smoke Then Death of British Speed Ace Cobb on Loch Ness
On Loch Ness the jet propelled speedboat Crusader exploded at about 200 mph killing John Rhodes Cobb, famed British hydroplane racer. Witnesses described a puff of smoke before the craft vanished, leaving only wreckage and Cobb's death at age 52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Loch Ness
Scotland
Crusader
John Rhodes Cobb
G. E. Nicholson
Bailey Leaves For Washington And CA Hearing
Ron Bailey secretary manager of the Ada Chamber of Commerce departs for Dallas then flies to Washington to press Ada’s case for Central Airlines permanent routes. He will visit New York and Boston to lure plants to the southwest before joining the Oklahoma industrial tour from Oklahoma City, with Dr. A. R. Sugg of the Oklahoma Medical Association. The two week tour heads north central across several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Bailey
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Washington
Ada
Central Airlines
Bailey
New York
Boston
Southwest
St. Louis
Registration to Open Saturday for Oklahoma General Election
Registration for the November 4 general election opens Saturday October 4 and runs through October 23. Transfers between county precincts are allowed anytime through election day. Applicants must be 21, domiciled in Oklahoma a year, in the county six months and in the precinct 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Hunt
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Hunt
Highway Roller Crushes Worker West of Asher
Opal L. Whitaker 44 of Wanette died when he fell from a heavy highway roller at a road project west of Asher Oklahoma. A fellow worker heard him scream and watched the machine pass over his body after he reportedly lost balance on the moving machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher
Okla
Opal L. Whitaker
Wanette
Here
Robert Houston
Highway Patrol
Whitaker
Surrendered NK officer reports Russians in Korea in 1951
North Korean Lt. Lee Dong Yup said he saw about 20 Russians in Chinese uniforms at an airfield in Sinuiju in June 1951 while marching from Manchuria. He claimed Soviet troops installed anti aircraft guns but may have left before he fled on September 5 after serving at Panmunjom talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Northwest Korea
Lee Dong Yup
Sinuiju
Manchuria
Lee
Panmunjom
Form Young Men In Government Clubs
Tulsa attorney Charles A. Rothe named Oklahoma state chairman of a new bi partisan committee for young men in government. He plans to form local chapters nationwide and the group endorses Republican vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Charles A. Rothe
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Clifford D. Cooper
Kothe
Richard Nixon
Ike Compromising Says Monroney
Detroit report quotes Sen. Mike Monroney accusing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower of compromising his principles by backing re election bids of Senators Jenner and McCarthy. Monroney argued the candidate speaks differently now than at his nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Democratic
Monroney
Eisenhower
William Jenner
Indiana
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
CIA Chief Warns of Communist Penetration Across Agencies
Gen Walter Bedell Smith told a deposition hearing that Communists have infiltrated every U S security agency including the CIA. He warned that enemies are as clever and will succeed periodically, while defending Marshall and disputing McCarthy claims about the Marshall Plan and U S loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munist
Washington
Columbia
S. C
Eisenhower
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
Arthur Summerfield
GOP
Clare Boothe Luce
Isenhower
New York
James F. Byrnes
Cleveland
Stevenson
Ohio
Truman
Montana
White House
Robert A. Taft
Johnson City
Tenn
John J. Sparkman
New York State
Jack Rutledge
America
N. Smith
Gen. Smith
Sen
Benton
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
George C. Marshall
Lt. Hudson of Coalgate Wounded in Korea
Coalgate report that Lt. W. Hudson of the U S Marine Corps was wounded in Korea on Wednesday September 24 His telegram from Lt Gen G C Thomas notes forthcoming details He joined service in 1944 after high school then attended the University of Oklahoma and rejoined the service in 1951 He has spent three months in Korea and three weeks on the front line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalgate
W. H. Hudson
W. Hudson
U. S. Marine Corps
Korea
G. C. Thomas
St. Hudson
University of Oklahoma
Hudson
State Tax Bill Called High
Oklahoma City opinion debate centers on a proposed three percent state sales tax raising total state tax to about 37 percent of annual income for residents. Proponents argue current tax burden is too high while opponents question necessity and fairness of higher levies on welfare and elderly pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Steve Stahl
Public Expenditures Council
Ora J. Fox
Tax Commission
Glenn Twist
Tulea Independent Public Accountant
Twist
Stahl
Fox
Governor Refuses Charge on Political Funds in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray rejected allegations of unethical political fund contributions. He offered to circulate a grand jury petition if evidence is provided, replying to Waldo Stephens’s radio broadcast urging scrutiny of state money. Stephens, a 1950 Democratic candidate, urged exposure of favors linked to state contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Waldo Stephens
Stephens
National Political Fund
Persistent Thief Breaks into Winston-Salem Laundry
A persistent thief broke into a Winston-Salem laundry for the fourth time in two weeks. Each visit he stole clean clothes from bundles set for early delivery and left behind the dirty outfits from prior thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
New Oil Area Near Byng Spurs Historic County Wells
Oil development six miles north of Byng stirs memories of a famed county well. Bruce Billingsley of Houston has five producing wells on Norris land in section 28 5 1, with initial outputs 200 300 barrels daily from the Thurman sand. The old Slick well of 1927 yielded over a million barrels before tapering. New fields east of the wells via the Thurman sand produce about 200 barrels daily at depths around 1650 feet. Lee Evans and others report York No 1 in 3-4-6 flowing 150 barrels daily, with Senora sand showing 13 barrels per hour. In Homer area, Kiles Oil Cantrell et al completed several gas wells in sections 13 and 24 46 with 12 20 million cubic feet daily. Additional oil wells from the Gilcrease sand at 1600 feet report 30 60 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Billingsley
Houston
Exas
Norris
B. Pine
Thurman
Lee Evans
York
Don Clawson
Homer
Kiles Oil Company
Pete Cantrell
Et al
Cantrell
Roadhouse
K&s Drilling Co
Gilcrease
Oklahoma Supreme Court Opinions Daily Decisions
The Oklahoma Supreme Court issues today affirmations and reversals across counties including Grady Kay Carter Garfield and Noble. Cases include Odeneal versus Halley affirmed Thompson trustee affirmed Cole insured reversed Lankford backed by Lankford Good reversed Nichols others sustained Baker will affirmed Strickland versus Howard reversed with directions and Mid-Continent Pipeline Company tax review affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Dorothy K. Odeneal
Harry L
Halley
Wagoner County
Roy Wood
Frank A. Thompson
St. Louis, San Francisco Railway Co
Grady County
Great Northern Life Insurance Company
Letha G. Cole
Oklahoma County
Ruth Truett Oliver
Wallace Leslie
General American Life Insurance Company
Bula Lankford
Carter County
Mid - Continent Pipeline Company
Creek County
Army tightens rules for tourist dependents in Germany
In Heidelberg Germany the U S Army announces a new order effective tomorrow that limits emergency medical care and post exchange privileges for tourist dependents to 90 days with no extensions. They will not receive special ration or station allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Ada Auto Dealers Elect New Ada Association Leaders
George MacRobert is named president of the Ada Automobile Dealers Association replacing Bob Cason. Skeet Meaders becomes vice president and Spec Young secretary as 12 dealers are in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MacRobert
Ada Automobile Dealers Association
Bob Cason
Skeet Meaders
Spec Young
Ada
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George Marshall
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