Clay Demands German Action to Halt Farm Hoarding
In Stuttgart on October 8, P Lt Gen Lucius D. Clay deputy military governor pressed the German provisional government to curb farmers hoarding food supplies. He urged stronger denazification enforcement and criticized lax grain collection, warning that U S imports require German effort while noting potential shifts if enforcement falters.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
United States
U. S
Clay
Council of the Ministersm
International Military Tribunal
Sprachkammern
Lions Learn of Disabled Training Program in Oklahoma
Ada Lions heard Fred A. Henderson outline Oklahoma’s Vocational Rehabilitation Division efforts to aid disabled citizens. The program provides medical exams, aptitude tests, vocational counseling, and employer training, with up to 90 days hospitalization and six months treatment funded. The division assists those 16 and older deemed capable of becoming employable.
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Oklahoma
State Board of Vocational Education
Ada Lions Club
Fred A. Henderson
Durant
Downpours Spare Wheat Pasture Across Texas Panhandle
Torrential rains drenched four days of rain across the Texas Panhandle and nearby areas flooding low-lying cropland while promising winter wheat pasture for livestock. Oklahoma reports soil moisture at its best since 1944 as waters rise in Forgan Turpin and Woodward. Kansas Liberal records 2.85 inches and Amarillo totals reach 2.93 inches.
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Amarillo
Tex
South Plains
Panhandle
West Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
Forgan
Turpin
Woodward
Liberal, Kas
Von Papen Faces Treason Trials If He Stays in U S Zone
In Nuernberg reports, Franz Von Papen and Hjalmar Schacht stalled in custody as German officials pledged denazification trials. Meier said Papen would face treason charges if he remains in the American zone, while clemency appeals loom before the Allied council.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Reinhold Meier
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Stuttgarte
Franz von Papan
Wuerttemberg - Baden
International Military Tribunal
Hjalmar Schach
Stuttgart
Richard Schmid
Wuert
Schacht
Wurtttemberg
Allied Control Council For Germany
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Meier
von Papen
Fritsche
Frederick Teich
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
Palmer Accused of Reckless Driving
Palmer is charged with operating a vehicle without due regard for traffic after a highway incident on State Highway No. 12. Glenn Clark, the state patrolman, says Palmer swerved and forced other cars off the road while being overtaken. The officer stopped Palmer on the shoulder near Ada.
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Gibson Palmer
Glenn Clark
Percy Armstrong
Clark
Palmer
Ada
Hurricane Weakens In Force as It Crosses Florida
A weakened hurricane crossed the Florida peninsula and moved inland toward Georgia and South Carolina. Winds up to 45 mph were felt in Jacksonville, with central winds once near 125 mph. No damage reported in Sarasota area. Tampa Bay centers reported no damage as warnings ease.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Georgia
South Carolina
Atlantic City
Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
Florida
Charleston
Atlantic
Jackson
E. A. Garner
Sarasota
Bradenton
Punta Gorda
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Soviet Ambassador Objects to Treatment at New York Customs
The Soviet ambassador Nikolai Novikov filed a protest over alleged discourtesy by customs inspectors at La Guardia last Friday after arriving from the Paris Peace Conference. Undersecretary Acheson said the note of protest will be investigated and a reply sent after collecting statements from involved officials. Novikov said he was detained for about an hour while inspectors pressed him to sign a statement that his baggage contained nothing illegal. In Cairo the Arab League announced Syria protested President Truman’s support of further Jewish immigration into Palestine, with Prime Minister Saadallah El Jabri Bey saying Arab states stand behind Palestine and will resist additional Jewish immigration.
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Washington
State Department
Nikolai Novikov
New York
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Paris
Novikov
la Guardia Field
Cairo
The
Arab League
United States
Truman
Palestine
League
Saadallah el Jabri Bey
Syria
Jabri Bey
Cordell Hull's Lincolnesque Rise to World Peacemaking
Cordell Hull born October 2 1871 in Overton County Tennessee rises from mountain log cabin to Senate and serves 12 years as Secretary of State He champions diplomacy and reciprocal trade treaties earning the title real father of the United Nations and guiding postwar peace efforts until 1944.
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Lincolnesque
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Overton County
Hull
Montevideo
United States
London
Montvale College
Celina
Tenn
Cumberland University
Tennessee Law School
Cuba
House of Representatives
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
Roosevelt
United Nations Organization
Oklahoma Hosts Over Two Million Beef Cattle On Range
Oklahoma stockmen hold more than 2,000,000 beef cattle due to low ceiling prices, says Joe C. Scott president of the state board of agriculture. He notes the herd tops pre war levels, most are grass-fed and destined for northern feeders, with slaughter unlikely while ceilings remain. He urged Secretary Clinton Anderson to lift controls to stabilize prices.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Joe C. Scott
Oklahoma Board of Agriculture
Scott
Clinton Anderson
Red Cross Shifts Annual Meeting Date to October
Pontotoc county Red Cross executive committee met at the chapter office with R A Richardson presiding. Members discussed new community services and the chapter budget and approved by law changes moving the annual meeting from June to October with October 28, 1946 set as the next date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
American Red Cross
R. A. Richardson
Bill Little
G. M. Rogers
Joyce Miller
Vollnteer Special Services
O. E. Parker
Dorothy Driskill
L. F. Bailey
Red Cross
Oil Industry Sees Small Shift From War to Peace
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports the oil industry barely felt the switch from wartime to peacetime as civilian demand rebounds quickly. 1946 production is estimated to vastly exceed 1941 levels, signaling a strong postwar recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Natural Resources Department
The
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Dewey Defends Nürnberg Trials Against Taft Split
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Senator Robert A. Taft clashed over the Nazi war crimes verdicts as Democrats seized on Taft’s criticisms. Dewey defended the trials as fair and condemned Nazi leaders, while GOP leadership tensions surfaced in New York.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Dewey
Taft and Dewey Clash Over Nuernberg Verdicts
Taft denounces the Nuernberg executions as a miscarriage of justice and a violation of due process while Dewey and Irving Ive defend the German war criminals as having had a fair trial. Taft says he will study the matter further before commenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Taft
Dewey
Irving N. Ive
GOP
U. S
New York
Detroit
Northwest Oklahoma Sees Drier Conditions After Heavy Rains
Northwest Oklahoma regions including the Panhandle towns of Forgan and Turpin reported all roads open and water receding after heavy rains. The highway patrol noted most northwest counties ended rainfall though lingering clouds remain.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Forgan
Turpin
Northwest
Former County Oil Lease Dealer Dead
George T. Blankenship 54 of Oklahoma City died of a heart attack Monday. A Francis and Ada native, he helped build the Old Francis Refinery and was involved in lease and royalty deals locally. He later joined the Trapp and Blankenship Oil Co with ex governor M. E. Trapp and owned a ranch near Ardmore. His brother Frank, once his partner in Francis, reportedly moved to the Rio Grande Valley near Mexico.
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George T. Blankenship
Francis
Adaman
Oklahoma City
Blankenship
Oklahoma
M. E. Trapp
Trapp
Frank
Rio Grande Valley
Old Mexico
Notre Dame President Cavanaugh Addresses Student Veterans
Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, president of Notre Dame University, notes that student veterans are eager to use life well. They study seriously yet know how to enjoy their time on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Cavanaugh
Notre Dame University
China aims for most favored nation treatment in trade pacts
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Shi-chich says Beijing seeks reciprocal advantage in commerce, offering most favored nation status to countries it negotiates with, with reciprocity as the sole condition for enjoyment of the treaty benefits.
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Wang Shi-chich
Postwar military build to ensure world respect
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national director of Selective Service, urged immediate measures to construct a postwar military establishment capable of guaranteeing confidence in the United States and earning respect from nations worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Bricker Urges Isolation to Protect United States
John W. Bricker pledges to keep other nations out of American affairs and preserve the republic as he runs as the Republican nominee for the Ohio Senate. He frames his stance as essential to maintaining American strength and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bricker
Ohio
miners oppose op a price controls and wage policy
The United Mine Workers condemn OPA price fixing and bureaucratic control as uneconomic and faulty. They argue every formula by OPA and lawmakers worsens failure and claim OPA powerless to fix its own deficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
OPA
Aquarium Menace Water Tiger Bites and Drains Vicitm
The water tiger with pincers is described as a major threat to tropical aquarium fish, capable of biting and sucking the blood of its victims. This pest ranks among the worst enemies for hobbyists maintaining tropical species.
Judge Rice Delivers Rulings in Eleven Oklahoma Civil Cases
U S district judge Eugene Rice presiding in the Eastern District of Oklahoma heard and ruled on eleven civil cases on Monday the first day of court. Rulings included judgment for the plaintiff in Paul A Porter vs E C Marianelli refund of 120 dollars plus costs and various orders to quiet title partition and appoint commissioners. Civil cases continue this week with criminal cases set for next week.
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Eugene Rice
U. S. District Court
District of
Oklahoma
Paul A. Porter
E. C. Marianelli
Rice
James Brown
Lucinda Cullynee Taylor
Superior Oil Company
L. R. Bradshaw
Sallie Wallow
John H. Jones
Admr
Wilma B. Sewell
Louisa Tiger
Williea Tiger
Dutchman Visits Adans He Knew in Sumatra Years Ago
Dutch-born Olie Henskens, formerly held in a Sumatra concentration camp, visits Thurman Milam and wife in Tulsa after years apart. He explains war imprisonment affected his vision, now needing thick reading lenses and glasses always. Henskens worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey in Sumatra and plans to return after a refresher course.
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Holland
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Henskens
Tulsa
Sumatra
Milam
Dutch East Indies
Two Women Killed During Snowstorm
In North Dakota a blinding snowstorm left four to seven inches of snow across the north and west. Mrs. H. H. Walker of Helena Montana and Mrs. E. J. Fontaine of Dubuque Iowa were killed when their auto collided with a truck near Dickinson. Airlines halted flights into the state while railroads and buses operated with slight delays.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
U. S
Dickinson
Midcontinent Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Tinker Field to Trim Jobs Less than Expected
Brig. Gen. F. S. Borum said the Oklahoma City air material area will reduce staff much less than the 175 percent figure cited. Tinker field now employs over 13,000, with a peak above 18,000 during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
F. S. Borum
Tinker Army Air Field
Tinker Field
Copper name origin tied to cyprium island Cyprus
The metal copper derives its name from Cyprus where it was first found and called cyprium later cyprum and finally copper.
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Cyprus
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Albert Speer
Baldur von Schirach
Cardinals
Whitey Kurowski
del Rice
Harry Brecheen
Red Sox
Cumberland U
Democratic National Committee
Spanish-American War Company
Edward R. Stettinius
State
Demos
George Blankenship
John L. Lewis
Federal District Court
T. G. Hedley
Adans
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