Goering Cheats Gallows in Nazi Executions
MUERNBERG Oct 16 AP Hermann Goering used cyanide to commit suicide in his cell hours before the 10 other Nazi leaders were hanged for war crimes. Ribbentrop first to die followed by Seyss-Inquart and others including Keitel Kaltenbrunner Rosenberg Frank Frick. Goering’s body was later symbolically executed in the chamber.
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Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Poland
Wilhelm Frick
Bohemia and
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Julius Streicher
Fritz Sauckel
Alfred Jodl
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Nuernberg
Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Inge
Apparent Low Bidders for Two Paying Projects on S H 13
Pontotoc County bids announced for two paying S H 13 projects with apparent low bidders. Berlin reaction to Goering death dominates radio reports with public denouncements and mixed comments from workers and residents.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Ada
Moran
Buckner and Lyles
Muskogee
Standard Paving Co
Tulsa
Adair County
Barren Fork Creek
Baron
Moore Brothers, Inc
Atoka County
U. S. 69
Caney
Tushka
Sealed Vans Dash Off with Bodies From Nuernberg
News reports say two sealed vans left Nuernberg prison at 5 30 am under armed escort carrying the bodies of Hermann Goering and ten hangers. The destination remains secret as military police and a brigadier general observed the unusual departure.
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Hermann Goering
Samuel Binder
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Henryetta Pioneer Dies in Tulsa Hospital
Henryetta resident D. W. Forbus, 79, died yesterday in a Tulsa hospital. Funeral services will be held here. The item also notes the University of Havana’s founding in 1738 and Massachusetts cranberry exports, with Canada hosting about 500 fairs annually.
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D. W. Forbus
Tulsa
University of Havana
Massachusetts
Canada
Byrnes Predicts Yugoslav Signatory to Peace Treaty
Secretary of State Byrnes, en route home from Paris, said he expected Yugoslavia to sign the 21 nation peace treaty with Italy after the conference. He noted no change in U S foreign policy and planned a Friday night radio report on developments. The 11 week talks in Paris addressed Italy Bulgaria Hungary Romania and Finland with Yugoslav delegates absent from the final session.
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Romania
Finland
Safer Taxi Driving Ordered Citywide Crackdown
City Manager W F E Hansen ordered police to crack down on taxi companies to ensure safer operation by drivers. He said reckless driving and speeding will stop with no exceptions and directed action after discussions with cab owners. He urged stop of taxis transporting injured persons without proper authority, citing ambulance services.
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Three Reckless Driving Charged In County Court
County Attorney Tom D. McKeown filed three reckless driving charges. Orville C. Hensley and Lewis J. Fleming were found guilty and paid $10 fines with costs by Justice of the Peace Franklin Bourland. Taylor N. Thomas pleaded guilty and paid $10 fine and costs.
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Tom D. McKeown
Franklin Bourland
Orville C. Hensley
Lewis J. Fleming
Taylor N. Thomas
Percy Armstrong
We Have More Super-Bombers Now Than When War II Ended
A Washington report notes the United States Air Forces count over 3 000 very heavy bombardment aircraft, mainly B-29s, with 2 865 on hand at war end. Many are reserves while B-17s and B-24s decline due to scrapping and repurposing.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Army Air Forces
AAF
VHB
Government Reported Drafting Order to Speed Junking of Pay Controls
Meat supplies remain tight nationwide as controls lift. Prices soar above former ceilings with live hogs hitting all time highs in Richmond and Omaha. Omaha cattle top at 30 per hundred pounds. Kansas City grocers report no meat. major packers vow no deliveries before 15 days.
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New York City
Clyde F. House
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New York
Richmond
Omaha
Virgnia
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
Kansas City
Four More Enlist In Regular Army
The following have been accepted for service with the Regular Army and sent to Perrin Field for processing and assignment. Preston G. McCurtain, 17, Route 2, Maysville: three years, Army Engineer Corps. Oscar E. Davis, 21, Madill: three years. Davis was enlisted under a recent ruling allowing former service men to hold grades up to and including tech sergeant, he went back to his old grade of staff sergeant. Raymond M. Whisenhunt, 18, Vaness: 18 months, unassigned. Joe L. Fields, 24, Maysville: three years as corporal, his war time rating. Fields served with the engineers during the war.
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Route 2
Maysville
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Madill
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Raymond M. Whisenhunt
Vaness
Vanoss FFA Pigs Sold at Ada After Tulsa Muskogee Fairs
Vanoss FFA members sold two pigs in Ada after entries at Tulsa and Muskogee state fairs. Corky Snipes own first prize Duroc bought by Ada Frozen Foods for 63.75 dollars. Elmer Kenison bought a Chester White for 40 dollars. The club earned cash premiums and sold several calves or pigs at the fairs.
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Ada
Tulsa
Muskogee
Corky Snipes
Ada Frozen Foods
Elmer Kenison
Chester
Goering Could Not Face Gallows, Jackson Says
Supreme Court Justice Jackson stated Goering’s suicide destroyed the Nazi martyr myth. The former chief U S prosecutor at Nurnberg said the death by his own hand underlined Germany’s reaction and that Goering lacked character, while his satellites died more bravely.
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Supreme Court
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Former Konawa Woman Is Dead
Mrs. Lon Gordon aged 67 died in Donna Texas after moving from Konawa with her husband. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 p.m. at the Konawa Baptist church with burial in Konawa cemetery. Surviving are Mr Gordon a daughter Mildred Starlin and a son Joe Bailey Gordon of Texas.
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Ancient Chinese Bamboo Pipelines Carried Gas for Heat and Light
Historic records recount how bamboo pipelines in ancient China transported natural gas to fuel lamps and heaters. The simple yet effective system supplied energy across households and public spaces in early urban centers.
Cattle and Hogs Flood Kansas City Markets
Kansas City witnesses a livestock rush as meat producers rush cattle and hogs to market to exploit rising prices. Police direct traffic in the crowded livestock district while unloadings occur at three docks. Truckers report thousands of cattle and hogs arriving from Missouri Kansas and Iowa with a few from Oklahoma.
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Clathe
Kas
Herschel Winfrey
Sweet Springs
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Oklahoma
Judge Rice Moves Through Crimel Docket in Oklahoma
U S District Court in the Eastern District of Oklahoma completed a second week of criminal hearings under Judge Eugene Rice. Eight cases were heard Monday with all dispositions, and Tuesday saw one exception as several defendants faced internal revenue law charges leading to multiple guilty pleas and sentences including suspended terms.
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Eastern District of
Oklahoma
Eugene Rice
Worley
Harve Worley
Internal Revenue
William C. Hartline
Buford J. James
Riser Bill Bradford
Jim Johnson
James C
Chasm G. Edwards
Royce Townsend, Jr
Clara Townsend
Royce Townsend
Edwards
Ted Hart
Ovie M. Stone
Earnest Bruner
Charley Ellison
Napoleon Newton
Willie B. Ellison
Charley H. Ellison
Seminole County
Newton
Bruner
Food Decontrol Moves Seen From OPA and Agriculture
Washington reports an order to speed wage controls removal and a joint study by OPA and the Agriculture Department to drop price ceilings on food items under control. Officials foresee early abolition of most price controls, with meat decontrol already signaled by President Truman. Decisions on remaining food ceilings and the dairy sector loom as a reconversion board reviews the pace of wage and price decontrol.
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OPA
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Truman
United States
White House
Recovversion Advisory Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Eben Ayers
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
T. _tt Cashen
Railway Labor Executives Association
Goering Wife Breaks Down Over Husband's Suicide Claim
NBC reporter Ed Haaker says Mrs. Hermann Goering sobbed when told her husband avoided the gallows by swallowing poison. She denied smuggling the capsule to him during her last prison visit, according to Nuernberg broadcast.
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Emmy Goering
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Ed Haaker
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Moe and Joe Rival Rats In Diet Experiment
In Detroit a Red Cross dieticians exhibit features Moe and Joe two rats. Moe, underfed, gained weight ounce for ounce like Joe. A young girl worker admitted secretly feeding Moe to ease her sympathy.
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