Marshall On Way to Paris in Nuclear Cold War Pause
Washington Oct 21 Secretary of State Marshall heads back for Paris today hopeful that his weekend work with President Truman averted a major American setback in the cold war with Russia. He was expected to depart mid day framing the Vinson mission to Moscow and presenting an undivided U S foreign policy. GOP criticism of the president’s role remained sharp while Governor Thomas E Dewey and Senator Arthur Vandenberg urged a united bipartisan stance amid Berlin and UN tensions.
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Joan M. Bigatower
Washington
Marshall
Paris
Truman
Russia
Vinson
Moscow
United States
Bowen
Tromin
United Nations
Wesecal
Berlin
Thomas E. Dewey
Trufan
M. Winsom
Marshall Dewey
Albany
Bewry
New York
Dewey
Arthur 4. Vandenber
Michigan
Mme
Lst
Vandenberts
Elwipman
State Forencelations Committee
United Sues
County Court Jury Term Under Judge Mckeown
County court jury term ongoing with Judge Tom D. McKeown presiding. Docket read, several defendants pled to liquor possession charges. Annis Byrd and Fred Phillips fined and sentenced to 30 days. Philips began 90 day sentence after paying fine. Gay Loyd Bomber pled guilty with Friday sentencing by the judge. Only four cases remained from an original 17.
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Tom D. McKeown
Annis Byrd
Fred Phillips
Gay Loyd
MclKenna
Philips
VEW Calls for Facts in Lisa Koch Case
The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Council demands a full public statement of facts on the reduction of Lisa Koch's life sentence. They urge disclosure of the Hebbial conviction details, the military government review board actions, and a congressional investigation if the Army resists releasing information.
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Kansas City
Oct
CFL
National Council of
Veterans of Persigma + Wars
Arty
Tse Koch
Ucherward
Department of the Army
Frau Rach
Congress
Apan
Rats Rampage Across Assam Frighting Border Regions
Forty thousand Assamese tribesmen report a rat invasion along the Burma border driven by bamboo flowering every 25 years. Rats devastate standing crops and overrun granaries in Calcutta area and adjacent zones. Officials note unusual rodent plague and related food security concerns.
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Calcutta
India
Burma
Two Gins In County Now Cotton Crop Beginning to Move
In Pontotoc county the cotton industry has narrowed to two gins, with gin operation and buying centered at them. Purchasers judge fiber by staple length and grade under U S Department of Agriculture standards, while growers note a shift over 20 years as land has been repurposed and production consolidated. Weather has favored harvest, with about 15 more days expected and prices around 30 to 60 dollars per hundred for 3/16 staple cotton under government support.
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New York
U.S. Department of Articulture
Gulton
Pontotnd
Broadway
Big Hall
Choctaw Cotton, Oil Company
Montay
Allen
Pontotoc County
Important NCAA Rating Changes From Accrediting Board
Ada High School principal Trice Broadick reported changes from the North Central Accrediting Association meeting at McAlester. New rules limit credit for private lessons and require two of last three high school writs to be taken in the issuing school. Military service after 1948 bars GED eligibility for a diploma. Additional points were discussed but the listed items were key.
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North Central Accrediting Association
Trice Broudick
Adatosh
Braodritk
McAlester
Standifar Kees
Esief
NCAA
Ada High
Willyarr Letter
Poe
Ploma
Four Deaths Added To Highway Total
Four people died in a highway crash near Idabel Oklahoma when a car left U S 70 west of Idabel, overturned, and burned. Lorene Doth 38 and another victim 29 from Broken Bow perished, with two bodies burned beyond recognition. State patrol identified the incident as the latest year end toll update.
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Associated
Prose
Oklahoma
Lorene
U.S
Idabel
Man Admits Fatal Fire Attack On Estranged Wife
State police said Harvey Rorie, 45, confessed to a serious incident at his estranged wife Gertrude Rocia's home near England Stir in which he struck her with a hammer, set the house on fire, and killed the two children who were asleep. Authorities reported a hammer, bloodstained garment found at his home as possible evidence. He was jailed in Jefferson County pending charges after questioning.
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Little Rock
H. KR
Peterson
Harvey Rborit
Gertrude Rocia
Anc
Kig Lewig Maugin
Foyete
Dean Maupin
Fonte St Tains
England
Stite Salvalman
F. Sebastian
Wilcox
Ravi
Jefferson County
Shecit
Pink Booker
Jefferson
Ner T
Put
Borie
Rorie
Tug
Two Former Jap Officers to Die
YORABAMA Oct 14 first American trial court today sentenced two former Japanese navy officers to be hanged and six others to hard labor for murders and brutalities against allied prisoners of war. An Eight Army commission ordered execution of Warrant Officer Kakuro Da commander Ofuna Interrogation center and Captain Jiro Akita chief of Yokosuka medical unit. Da was convicted of contributing to deaths of five Americans and one Mongolian by neglecting humane medical care and ordering torture. Also found to have aided the deaths of prisoners through neglect and cruelty. Other sentences ranged up to 32 years for related wartime abuses and deaths including Ernest F Peschan.
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Yorabama
Acericam
Eighth Song
Kakuro [da
Hifkrious Ofuna
Jiro Akita
Yokosuka Medical Unis
Kite
Norman Inch
Forgan
Olda
Arf
Richard Hunt
Kansas City
Mes. Y
Mitsumari Yatraguchi
Marines Transfer Sergeant to McAlester Depot
Sgt Skinner, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Skinner of Adz Okla, has been transferred to the Marne Bar Racks Naval Ammunition Depot McAlester for duty. He enlisted Feb 1945, served with BY Co 6th Marines 1st Marine Division and graduated Sulphur High in 1947. In Bartlesville teachers receive monthly salary raise retroactive to October 1. John Brown of Havenes Ranch elected senior class president at Oklahoma Baptist.
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Houston T. Sxirmer
Wsme
Tom Skinner
East Ninth St
Adz
Okla
Marne Barracks
Naval Ammunition Depot
McAlester
Skinner
Marine Corps
6Th Marines
1St
Mariog
The
Sulphur High School
Montgomery Seen As Great War Leader By Ike Says He May Guide West
Dwight Eisenhower’s praise casts Marshal Montgomery as a premier commander fit to head the western European military zone spanning Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg amid debate over his handling of land air and sea units. Observers note his morale boosting leadership and religious restraint alongside questions about France hosting command centers and broader Allied strategy.
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Sy Dewffe MacKenzie
England
France
Sam
Ope
Mount Bormery
Ameriga
Dwight Eisenhower
Montgomery
Morate
Maystal
Acm
Africa
Morste
Monty
Ba Mer
Rommel
Rommell
Rossgamerys
Maorale
Shin
Unis
Winston
Churchill
Mortigormery
Cramsvell
Bwrogeor
Aim
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Communist Party
Italy
Ake
Berlin
United Nations Security
Russia
Bid of Blind Vet Wins Home at Public Sale
Jersey City Oct 14 a blind war veteran with a seeing eye dog named Jamie Masciale attended a city hall public housing sale. About 108 bidders crowded the upstairs sale where Deputy City Collector William P. Risch started a six room frame house at 2500 dollars. Masciale bid first, others held fire. the hammer fell and the home went to the veteran.
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Jersey City
Maseiale
Mondev
Northwest Oklahoma FFA elects new district president
In Woodward Oklahoma on October 14 delegates from 13 chapters elected Junior Cummings as the new president of the northwest Oklahoma district Future Farmers of America. Bartlesville’s R. Macon Bartlesville was named president of the Washington County Bar Association in Barlesville.
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Bartlesvtl
The
Washington County Bar Association
R. & Macon
Bartlesville
Red Led French Strikes Cramp Marshall Plan, Moscow Stalls
A chaotic dispatch notes French strikes crippling postwar recovery measures and the Soviet Union stalling on mediation. It argues cominform actions threaten Western Europe’s economic and military defenses, with Paris and London urging Berlin diplomacy while Moscow applies pressure.
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Moscow
Dewit
MacKenzie Phe
Ulyseven
Entedor
Jules Moch
Cominform
Comintern
General Staff
Seine Aries
Mpheaval
Premeh
Western
Europe
France
Britain
Berlin
Life and War Shortage Report With German Civil Strife
Counts of rationed goods show 507 pounds to an individual, 144000 tons delivered daily by airlift, and 900 tons to a family. German health remains surprisingly good despite blockades, with drug availability aiding resilience. Transportation remains crippled, forcing rationing, limited private car use, and forced population shifts toward OMGS headquarters as logistics strain persists.
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Enous
Bancock
Templehot
Oil Men Clean Up Pollution Causes in Pantatec Area
State game rangers warn and press cleaning up polluted streams from oil field operations in Pantatec area. Charges filed against two firms. judges allow fines but warn higher penalties for repeats. Rangers cite large operators as major violators. improvements underway after years of damage.
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Ares
Pantatec Courty
Grive
Tom HW. McKeown
Jees Charves
Heavier Pines
McKeown
Bob Hamer
Game Rangers
Pontates
Johnston
Pontotac County
Seecoms
Vel Can Now Get Extension Courses
Dr. Charles B. Spencer, acting president at East Central State College, announced that the Veterans Administration will pay a portion of GI subsistence for extension courses. A G I with one dependent, working, could receive about $30 monthly by taking a three hour course, with more funds possible for additional hours. The college will organize extension classes in Ada and nearby East Central district as demand exists.
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Charles B. Spencer
East Central State College
Veterans Administration
G. I
Ada
East Central
Spencer
Great Plains field tour draws 3000 from five states
More than 3,000 people from Kansas Colorado New Mexico west Texas and Oklahoma arrived at Woodward Oklahoma for the annual field tour of the Great Plains Agricultural Experiment Station. Ranchers gathered to inspect the latest agricultural practices and research results showcased by the station team.
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Wany
Great Plains
Seation Woodward
Great Plains Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
West Texas
Oklahoma
State Payroll Details Reveal 17,991 Employees by Type
The budget office reports 17,991 regular, temporary, and part time state employees. Of these, 12,385 are peg ula, with 1,488 paid from federal funds, 2,908 temporary workers, and 1,250 student workers. Departments span general government, education, public health, welfare, safety, highways, and regulatory services.
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Pega
Boards of Regents
State University
Medical School
University Hospital
Geological Survey
Teachers’ Colleges
College For Women
Gehod
School For
State Board of Education
Vocational Education Department
Petroleum Experiment Station
School Band Commission
Fustecieal Society, Library Commission
State Brary
Wal Rogers Memorial Commissicm
State Heath Department
Employment Security Commission
State Department
Istate Welfare Board
Public Safety and Defense
Department of Public Safety
War Veterans Commission
Penitentiary,reformatory, and
Veterans. i Hospital State Highway Department
Corporator Commission
Department of Agriculture, Game and Fish Commission
Planing and Resources Board
Sal Conservation Board
Slow Down at Sundown Patrol Urges Caution This Winter
Oklahoma highway patrol promotes a traffic safety campaign focusing on reduced speeds at dusk and during long winter nights. Officials note most accidents occur in darkness and stress careful driving as days shorten. Public Safety Commissioner Paul Reed calls for increased motorist and pedestrian care and longer hours for traffic enforcement between dusk and dawn.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Commissioners of Public Safety
Paul W. Reed
UN Jeep Fired On By Egyptians Near Negev
TEL AVE Oct 3 Two United Nations observers report their jeep was fired on by Egyptian artillery and automatic weapons on the Negev road near the Jewish settlement of Negha. Capt Sullivan of the US Army and Capt Le Jacquet of the French army said their jeep carried three US flags and none of their American jeep drives were injured while they were on duty with fighting Jewish and Revntian forces in the southern Negev area.
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Tel Ave
United Nations
Negev
Negha
Sullivan
United States
le Jacquet
Vegev
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