Truman Warned of Uphill Battle to Capture Colorado
President Truman warned of an uphill fight in Colorado as he campaigned for the state’s six electoral votes. He told crowds in Rifle that the campaign will continue and accused Eisenhower of a terrible Republican record. Democrats say his presence aims to energize party organization and frame the issues for Colorado voters.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Truman
Colorado
Rifle
Grand Junction
Colo
Denver
Glenwood Springs
Color
Colorado River
White House
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Utah
Helper
Eisenhower
Oklahoma City man inducted into the army during late visit
Mr and Mrs Glen Cox of Oklahoma City visited Mrs Coxs sister and family Mr and Mrs Elmer Hoehman and sons Sunday through Wednesday. Glen Cox was inducted into the army in Oklahoma City Wednesday morning while Mrs Cox traveled to Terral to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Cox
Oklahoma City
Mr. Cox
Elmer Hoehman
Mrs. Hoehman
Mrs. Cox
Glen
Laxtons Return After Oklahoma Visit
Mr and Mrs Vernon Laxton arrived home on Thursday ending a two week trip in Western Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Vernon Laxton
Oklahoma
Gipson Family News At Tulsa Hospitals
Miss Elmalene Gipson a student nurse returned to Hillcrest Memorial hospital Tulsa Monday after visiting parents Mr and Mrs Elmo Gipson and family Mrs Elmo Gipson who had major surgery Friday at Valley View hospital is progressing nicely
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Elmalene Gipson
Hillcrest Memorial Hospital
Tulsa
Elmo Gipson
Valley View Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles Bigham Move Into New Home
Mr and Mrs Charles Bigham moved into their new home on Monday. The couple are listed as the residents in the local society section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Charles Bigham
Monay
Henry Family Visits Brother in Clovis NM
Mr and Mrs Lee Henry and children plus Millard Henry visited their brother Jess Henry and Mrs Henry in Clovis New Mexico over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Henry
Millard Henry
Jess
Mrs. Henry
Clovis, N. M
Danleys Visit Davenport Family Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs James Danley of Davenport spent Sunday visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Brady and family.
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James Danley
Davenport
Mrs. Brady
Northcutt Family Attends Atoka Singing Convention
Betty Northcutt and Mr and Mrs George Simpkins with children attended the singing convention in Atoka along with Mr and Mrs Everett Northcutt and their children.
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Atoka
Betty Northcutt
George Simpkins
Everett Northcutt
Northcutt Couple Spends Sunday Visiting Carnegie Relatives
Mr and Mrs Earl Northcutt spent Sunday visiting relatives in Carnegie. The brief item notes a family visit without further details or events.
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Mrs. Earl Northcutt
Carnegie
Blake Family Visit Reaches Oklahoma City
Mr and Mrs Monroe Blake visit his sister Mrs C L Medis and her children in Oklahoma City during a family trip. Roseann and Linda accompany them as part of the extended Blake family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Blake
Roseann
Linda
C. L. Medis
Oklahoma City
Sewing Circle Meeting Hosted by Mrs Louis Hazelwood
Mrs Louis Hazelwood entertained the Sewing Circle on Thursday evening with twelve members present at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hazelwood
Sewing Circle
Roasting and Games Night At Latta Home
A Latta gathering at the home of Doc and Elnora Tracy featured Johnny Fidler Jack Pryor Patsy Van degriff Euna and Robert Dicker son Bonnie and Bob Tracy Sue Boiter Mary Natlock Dough Hut chings Shirley Hice and Bill and Don Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc
Elnora Tracy
Latta
Johnny Fidler
Jack Pryor
Patsy Vandegriff
Euna
Robert Dickerson
Bonnie
Bob Tracy
Sue Boiter
Mary Natlock
Dough Hutchings
Shirley Hice
Bill
Don Stephens
Roff
Cow Delays Final Trip With Wild Stockyards Escape
A four year old cow escaped at the Oklahoma City stockyards delaying a slaughter truck. The animal ran through traffic, chased two women into a store, rattled a storefront plate glass, damaged a garden, and disrupted a gos sip session before being loaded again. Officer W A Miller was kicked in the seat of the pants as the cow departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Critr
W. A. Miller
Korean Waif Becomes WVU Freshman Guided by Soldier
Skippy Kwak once a rain soaked waif in Korea is now a West Virginia University freshman. Adopted by Sgt. Gus Farr of Hinton he learned English and was guided toward a medical career. Farr was killed last month while serving in Korea.
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Morgantown
W.va
Farr
Skippy
Hinton
Gus
Sgt
Gus Farr
Oklahoma aims to buy hay from north under federal aid
In Chickasha Oklahoma politicians expect a federal ruling to allow drought hit farmers and stockmen to buy hay from northern states at 28 to 36 dollars a ton. Sen. Kerr and Rep. Wickersham spoke with Raymond Foley who was to recommend to President Truman that Oklahoma be declared eligible for the aid. Oklahoma is already a drought disaster area.
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Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Victor Wickersham
Raymond Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Foley
Truman
Local Juncture Sees Three Ada Marriages Reported
Three marriages recorded in Ada include James Cecil Leonard aged 18 from Ada wed to Barbara Ann Pruitt aged 15 also of Ada. Clay H Williams 23 from Enid weds Retha Noland 18 of Ada. William W Turner 23 from Durant marries Charlene Edwards 26 of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cecil Leonard
Ada
Barbara Ann Pruitt
Clay H. Williams
Enid
Retha Noland
William W. Turner
Durant
Charlene Edwards
Burges Come to Aid Mother In Law Hospital Visit
Cimoun Burge and wife from Medicine Lodge Kansas along with Jack Burge and his wife from Okmulgee Oklahoma arrived Friday night to be with their mother in Valley View hospital. Her condition is much improved. Cimoun and wife left Sunday evening while Jack and Ruth will stay until Monday before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimoun Burge
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Jack Burge
Okmulgee
Marvin Laughlin
Valley View Hospital
Cimoun
Mrs. Burge
Jack
Ruth
Local Couples Host Weekend Visits in Coalgate
Mr and Mrs Woodrow Phillips of Coalgate visited the Calvin Grace home Friday. The Graces hosted Mr and Mrs Albert James and other friends in Coalgate Saturday.
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Mrs
Woodrow Phillips
Coalgate
Calvin Grace
Albert James
Cozelgate
Social Visit Roundup From Wynnewood and Oklahoma City
Mrs. Monroe Bettis and Mrs. Calvin Grace visited a friend in Wynnewood hospital on Sunday. Cletus Grissom Patsy Maurice Junior Aubrey Presley Audrey June and spouses spent Sunday in Oklahoma City visiting Dennis Waller and Paul Urman families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Bettis
Calvin Grace
Wynnewood Hospital
Cletus Grissom
Patsy
Maurice
Junior
Aubrey Presley
Audrey June
Oklahoma City
Dennis Waller
Paul Urman
Fall Revival At Lovelady Mission Begins Friday
The Lovelady Baptist Mission hosts a fall revival from October 10 to 19 led by Tom Parish pastor of First Baptist Church of Fittstown. Evening services start at 7 30 p m Monday October 13 through Friday October 17 with 10 am morning sessions led by Parish for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovelady Mission
Lovelady Baptist Mission
Tom Parish
First Baptist Church of
Two Countians to National Home Demonstration Meet
Martha Mote the county home demonstration agent says Pontotoc county will have two representatives at the National Home Demonstration Council meeting in Raleigh North Carolina October 24 24 Mrs R L Hale county council president and Mrs A L Griffith of the Hart club will attend They will be among 35 Oklahoma HD club members leaving Oklahoma City October 21 by chartered bus for Raleigh and the national parley.
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Pontotoc County
National Home Demonstration Council
Raleigh
N. C
Martha Mote
R. L. Hale
A. L. Griffith
Hart Club
Oklahoma HD Club
Oklahoma City
Ancient Roman Villa Unearthed Near Petronell Austria
Austrian scientists uncover a 30 yard wide two story Roman villa near Petronell on the Vienna Budapest route. The site is tied to Carnuntum fort system and suggests a buried city connected to Roman ruins investigated before World War I.
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Vienna
Petronell
Budapest
Vienn
Carnuntum
Lincoln Gordon Arrives as U S Aid Chief in Britain
Lincoln Gordon, new chief of the United States foreign aid program in Britain, arrived today on the French liner Liberte at Plymouth England marking a formal start to his post and duties with the aid mission in the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
England
Lincoln Gordon
United States
Britain
UN Probes Passportless Man Stranded on Ferry
The U N high commissioner for refugees in Hong Kong said the office is trying to determine the nationality of M P O Brien a man without a passport trapped on the Hong Kong Macau ferry Jamieson said O Brien born to Irish immigrants in Tacoma Wa 57 years ago went to Shanghai in the early 1930s has a wife and child there US State Department calls him Hungarian with no citizenship claim He left Shanghai in June on an International Red Cross document Macau allowed entry with promise to depart Hong Kong refused admission leaving him stranded on the crossing
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Hong Kong
United Nations Today
M. P. O’brien
Hong Kong - Macau
Thomas Jamieson
U. N
O'Brien
O’brien
Macau
Jamieson
Tacoma
Wash
Shanghai
U. S. State Department
Red Cross
China
Master of Faithful Dog Found in Shawnee
Police in Shawnee Oklahoma found the master of a dog that guarded a parked car for three days refusing to leave or eat. The owner said the vehicle had motor trouble on a trip to a funeral and he and a friend continued their journey. Officers impounded the car and the dog went home with an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
State Highway Patrol
Highway P O Bus Burns At Muskogee
A highway postoffice bus on the Oklahoma City Muskogee run caught fire and burned here last night. Witnesses said the converted transcontinental bus appeared to be a total loss though no damage estimate was given by Post Office officials. A short circuit in the motor was blamed for the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeker
Okla
Wendy Barrie Sues Ex Husband for Slander
Actress Wendy Barrie files in Federal Court seeking 250000 against David L. Meyer alleging he claimed she lived immorally with a man named Cappy Smith and supported him. Barrie denies the accusations and identifies Smith as a mere acquaintance. Meyer, a textile manufacturer, was her husband from 1946 to 1950. The suit cites Palm Beach Shores Florida as Meyer's address.
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New York
Wendy Barrie
Miss Barrie
David L. Meyer
Florida
Tulsa Fair Spot Highlights FFA and 4-H Judging
Tulsa youths competed as FFA and 4-H steer judging began at the Tulsa State Fair with grand champion awards to How ard Mosley Sayre for sheep and Denton Eggers Garber for swine. Sunbeam Farms owner Sam Fullerton of Miami showed the grand champion bull at a cattle show with Simon Angus Farms Madison Kansas taking reserve honors.
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Tulsa
Okla
Holiness Group Outing At Lea's Park Near Fitts Town
A Holiness denomination student group from East Central College held an informal picnic at Lea's Park near Fitts Town after departing the Memorial Student Union at 6:30 PM. Attendees included Peggy and Norris Hensley Wanda King Don Ramsey Charles Foster Charles Roach Joann Iker June Hardin Peggy Foster Virginia Sparkman Janette Acree Imogene Leonard Wanda Sutton Thelma Murray Bob Bolen Wanda Rancier Dorothy Bolen. Ramsey and Foster served as president alternates and Iker was secretary treasurer with King as song leader.
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Lea’s Park
Fittstown
Memorial Student Union
East Central College
Peggy
Norris Hensley
Wanda King
Don Ramsey
Charles Foster
Charles Roach
Joann Iker
June Hardin
Peggy Foster
Virginia Sparkman
Janette Acree
Imogene Leonard
el Wanda Sutton
Thelma Murray
Bob Bolen
Wisconsin watchmakers hold one day state convention with dance
The Wisconsin Watchmakers Association held a one day state convention on a recent Sunday. They elected officers heard technical talks watched watch movies and enjoyed a dance. A Swiss exhibit, said to be twenty times the size of an ordinary watch, was a feature attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Watchmakers Association
French to Oppose UN Tunisia Morocco Discussion
Paris reports the French cabinet will oppose any United Nations debate on Tunisia or Morocco at the General Assembly opening in New York next week. A spokesman said these protectorate questions fall under France’s national competence, despite rising nationalist demands and past unrest.
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Paris
Tunisia
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Morocco
France
U. N
Oklahoma Democrats warn Nov 4 vote is not in the bag
Oklahoma Democratic leaders launched 2000 letters urging voters to support the party. Chairman Smith Hester asks recipients to copy and send to six friends and to identify six unregistered residents to register for the November 4 election. He claims Republicans back by wealth and media power, while Democrats ally with the People of Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Hester
Parole Board Sets Review for 14 Prisoner Applications
The Oklahoma Parole and Probation Board will study parole requests from fourteen inmates at the state penitentiary and reformatories during its October 27 and 28 monthly meeting. If recommended, paroles go to Governor Murray for final action. The list includes Bryan County James E. Smith and Tulsa County Richard Carr among others with sentences ranging from two to seven years for offenses such as burglary theft robbery and larceny.
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Oklahoma City
State Penitentiary and Reformatory
Pardon and Parole Board
Johnston Murray
Bryan County
James E. Smith
Comanche County
Samuel Rogers Jr
Cotton County
Lonnie Barber
Coal County
Andy Riley
Creek County
Donnie Armstrong
LeFlore
Charley Nail
Stephens
Wesley Webb
Bill Ragland
Tulsa
Richard Carr
Okmulgee
Wilson Stanley
Armor Vest Proves Its Value With First Marine Division Korea
In Korea the armor vest worn by front line Marines passed a new combat test. A Communist white phosphorus shell landed near Pfc. Robert F. Schredt of Des Moines. The burning substance burned through his jacket and the vest but went out, causing only a minor burn. A Navy doctor noted the protection prevented a worse injury.
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U. S. First Marine Division
Korea
Robert F. Schredt
Des Moines
Schredt
Navy
Judge Orders Abernathy Draft Induction After Reversal
District Judge Edgar S. Vaught of Oklahoma City signed a new order mandating Earl Edward Abernathy a Jackson County farmer to submit to the draft. The reversal followed the Denver Court of Appeals ruling that Vaught lacked jurisdiction after an earlier restraining order.
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Oklahoma City
Edgar S. Vaught
Earl Edward Abernathy
Jackson County
Vaught
Abernathy
U. S. Court of Appeals
Denver
Nixon Accuses Truman of Cheap Dirty Politics in New England Tour
Senator Richard M. Nixon, GOP vice presidential candidate, staged a three state whistle stop, accusing President Truman of mudslinging. He blasted Truman in Boston Common and Brockton and urged removal of Dean Acheson while praising Eisenhower as the capable leader to meet America’s challenge.
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Providence
R. I.P
Richard M. Nixon
New England
Truman
New York
California
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Boston
Nixon
Boston Common
Eisenhower
Brockton
Rocky Marciano
Crescent Park
R. I
Dean Acheson
Truman-Stevenson
Dwight Fisenhower
America
Nahas Steps Down as Wafdist Leader in Cairo
Former premier Mustafa El Nahas relinquishes active leadership of the Wafdist Party after 25 years. Party chiefs, tearful, vote him honorary president for life while agreeing to seek government directives to purge and present new platforms to the interior ministry under Premier Jaj Gen Mohammed Naguib.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mustapha el Nahas
Party For Life
Jaj
Mohammed Naguib
Ministry of Interior
Nahas
State Supreme Court Opinions Oklahoma City
Supreme Court today affirmed most cases including Stiers against Mayhall Blaine County and Wilson against Oklahoma Railway in Oklahoma County. Meeks v Har mon in Carter County reversed. Spence v Park in Tulsa County affirmed. Estate case Davis v Hill in Oklahoma County modified and affirmed. Multiple other affirmations in Carter Muskogee and Okmulgee counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
George M. Stiers
Amis Construction Co
Edgar Mayhall
Elton Mayhall
Blaine County
Felix Wilson
Floyd Wilson
Oklahoma Railway Company
Oklahoma County
Fern Parkes
Frank Parkes
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Texas County
Ardil C. Meeks
Carl E. Harmon
Carter County
Ira Dunshee
Elizabeth E. Ritthaler
Noble County
Affirmed
Bernie Lewis Spence
Agnes Park
Tulsa County
William Wallace
Joshua Mart Davis
Gladys Berger
Frank Hill
Pearl Scrivner
Will Scrivner
Midland Valley Railroad Co
Emmett Lowery
Frank Hornett
Muskogee County
A. R. E. Manufacturing Company
George A. Hales
A. L. Rutledge
Okmulgee Producers and Manufacturers Gas Company
Okmulgee
William P. Morton
Woodward Co-Operative Elevator Association
Doyle Johnson
R. H. Lieurance
Dale Lieurance
Woodward County
Teacher cited for expired license after bus trip to court
Alan Baldwin, a McKinley school teacher in Redwood City, paid a $10 fine after a judge in Municipal Court in San Carlos found his driver's license expired. He had loaded 39 fifth and sixth graders onto a bus to demonstrate justice and must return for a hearing next Wednesday.
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Redwood City
Calif
Alan Baldwin
McKinley School
San Carlos
Baldwin
C-47 Crash Near Philadelphia Kills Three
An Air Force C-47 crashed in a swamp near Northeast Philadelphia Airport early today. Three crew members were killed and three others injured. identities of the crew were not released.
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Philadelphia
Ada News Want Ad Seeks Greater Returns on Investment
Classified notice states investors seek higher yields for vested amounts. Indicates plan to reallocate funds into higher return opportunities as part of financial strategy announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Eisenhower Draws Read on HST Over Water Power
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower travels across Washington and Oregon on a 28 state tour railing at Truman and the Fair Deal. He endorses private-public resource development and rejects a federal Columbia Valley authority while proposing a new interstate body to coordinate navigation and flood control. He accuses Fair Deal advocates of blocking local initiative.
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Don Whitehead
Eisenhower
Dwight DR. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Pacific Northwest
GOP
Washington
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
Centralia
Vancouver
Wash
Salem
Albany
Eugene
Seattle
Civic
Columbia Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
Valley Authority
Washington, D. C
Brannan
Potomac
Lover Boy In Reform School Thelma Jailed For 60 Days
In New Braunfels Texas Thelma Henderson a 27 year old mother of three is jailed for 60 days and Lover Boy a teen is sent to Gatesville State School for Boys after court orders to stop seeing each other. Horace Henderson seeks divorce and custody of Berthie Betty and a ten month old son. Thelma says she will use the 60 day sentence to think over her marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Braunfels
Tex
Lover Boy
Thelma
Horace Henderson
Gatesville State School
Horace
Berthie
Betty
J. T. Fuches
Vamoosa Services Held For Merrell
Services were held at 2 30 P M Monday in the Vamoosa school auditorium for Oscar H Merrell 53 who died Saturday at his home east of Konawa Born December 17 1898 in Nashville Ark Merrell moved to the Konawa community in 1919 and farmed nearby He was a member of the IOOF lodge and the First Baptist church Survivors include his wife three sons Denver Jack and John all at home five daughters Bobbie Lola Linda Lavenubble of Los Angeles and Norma Merrell of Dallas two brothers Ottie Merrell of Konawa and Lou Merrell of Coolidge Ariz two sisters Mrs Rachel Scroggin and Mrs Dall Hughes both of Konawa and two grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Vamoosa
Oscar H. Merrell
Nashville
Ark
Merrell
Ioof Lodge
First Baptist Church
Denver
Jack
John
Bobbie
Lola
Linda
Laven Ubble
Los Angeles
Norma Merrell
Dallas
Ottie Merrell
Lou Merrell
Coolidge
Ariz
Rs. Rachel Scroggin
Dall Hughes
Start Heart Stops Then Rebeats Patient Dies in Cleveland
Demetrius L. Morgan, a 2 year old, stopped beating for at least 10 minutes after choking on orange peel. Doctors at St Luke's Hospital performed two operations but he died early today after being brought in by his father Lonnie. Five physicians worked to revive him.
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Cleveland
St. Luke’s Hospital
Demetrius L. Morgan
Demetrius
Lonnie
Jet Crashes But Pilot Walks Away at Field
Lt. Francis M. Shine of Sumter South Carolina reported an F 80 jet from Tinker Air Force Base belly landed at the east firing range near Fort Sill Oklahoma after skidding through shell holes and striking a target tank. The plane broke in half and rolled into a crater, but the pilot walked away with only minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Sill
Okla
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Francis M. Shine
Sumter
S. C
Tinker
Cherokee Nation law limits wives and duties in 1824
On September 24 1824 the Cherokee National Committee and Council passed a law restricting white men living in the Cherokee Nation to one wife. It also required consent to use a wife’s property and mandated damages if a husband abandoned her.
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Oklahoma Historical Society
Cherokee National Committee and Council
Two Injured in Traffic Mishaps
Nancy Riddle 18 of Fort Bliss Texas suffered a fractured pelvis after being pinned under a truck that overturned near Wapanucka. Her husband Joe Riddle drove the truck and both were injured. she was listed in satisfactory condition and admitted to Valley View hospital. Lynnwood Cantwell 18 of Roff Route 1 sustained a fractured collarbone in a separate highway crash and was also listed in satisfactory condition. No details of the wrecks were released.
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Nancy Riddle
Fort Bliss
Tex
Wapanucka
Joe Riddle
Riddle
Valley View Hospital
Lynnwood Cantwell
Roff
Route 1
Ray Cantwell
Wapanucka Plans Lake Expansion and Debt Plan
Wapanucka officials and citizens approve a project to enlarge Lake Wapanucka by raising the dam four feet and removing sediment. The Farmers State Bank of Allen commits to lend 5000 dollars, repaid by residents as water prices rise about 1.5 dollars monthly until the debt is cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapanucka
S. C. Boswell
Ernest Hodges
Farmers State Bank of Allen
Train Whistle Signals Home for Reading Railroader
Retired railroader Harry Reber, 83, recalls blowing a train whistle to signal his wife that dinner was ready. He played Home Sweet Home with a single string, noting the whistle could carry about 20 miles on clear nights. A supervisor once commented on his single-string performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Harry Reber
Home Sweet Home
Divorce Granted for Eleanor Cramphin Walker from Henry J Walker
Eleanor Cramphin Walker is granted a divorce from Henry James Walker. The plaintiff’s former name is restored as Eleanor Cramphin. court records show the surname in the records as Cramphim.
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Eleanor Cramphin Walker
Henry James Walker
Eleanor Cramphin
Cramphin
Cramphim
What to Do With Diseased Hogs Up to State Now
Oklahoma City faces 5500 diseased hogs valued at 140000 with disposal in doubt. City Manager Ross Taylor says city funds cannot cover losses and Gov Murray has left disposal to the city. The federal government offers half the liquidation cost, but state and city have yet to commit. Interstate sales remain blocked in Oklahoma County due to quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ross Taylor
Johnston Murray
Taylor
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma Regents Consider New Hospital Administrator
Oklahoma City businessmen recommended to hire an administrator to relieve the medical school dean of hospital budget duties. The proposal argues the medical school and hospitals are treated as a stepchild by the Board of Regents, who focus on general education. A reform plan suggests a board of governors to supervise hospitals and a administrator answerable to the regents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Medical School
Carl K. Stuart
Governor’s Hospital
University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Regents
James Nance
Purcell
House of Representatives
Glen E. Leslie
Tulsa
John Rogers
Transfer Of Students Due Test On Transfer Of Students
Fathers of Connerville high school students file for a writ of certiorari with the state supreme court to decide if their sons may transfer to the Tishomingo district. The case involves districts Connerville Pontotoc and Tishomingo and potential loss of state aid for Pontotoc if transfers are approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo
Connerville
State Supreme Court
James Duncan
James Duncan Jr
Valley Eaves
Jerry Eaves
County
Arthur Askew
Pontotoc
William Monroe
Eaves
Duncan
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Lands opened to homesteaders in Indian Territory in 1891
On September 22 1891 the Oklahoma Historical Society calendar notes 868414 acres opened for homesteading including Shawnee Pottawatomie Sac and Fox and Iowa reservations. This land opening formed Potawatomi and Lincoln counties and expanded Logan Payne and Cleveland counties in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Historical Society
Iowa
Pottawatomie
Lincoln
Logan
Oklahoma
Payne
Cleveland
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W. Virginia
U.N
P. O
Muskogee
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