TWA Pilots Strike Strands Passengers Grounded Planes
About 1,400 AFL pilots at Trans World Airlines walked out for higher pay grounding all U S and transatlantic planes. Over 90 flights were canceled, roughly 25 tons of mail diverted, and roughly 1,187 dollars monthly pay sought for first pilots. The strike halted 24 hours with no beyond plans disclosed.
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Washington
AFL
Trans World Airlines
United States
TWA
U. S
Kansas City
AFL Airlines Pilots Association
David L. Behncke
Thomas Bell
Jack Frye
Frye
Behncke
Os Wald Ryan
Civil Aeronautics Board
Gav
National
Fitzhugh School Opening Delayed One Week
Fitzhugh schools postpone opening for one week per Superintendent Ray E. Harrell. Fall classes will start Monday October 28 after originally planned opening tomorrow. Principal Thos P. Daniel and Harrell are noted in this first year of service. The article also briefly mentions the grebe bird’s leg-folding behavior.
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Fitzhugh
Ray E. Harrell
Harrell
Thos P. Daniel
More Bombings In Germany Expected Says Army Official
In Stuttgart area investigations into triple bombings continue as German arms caches are seized across southern Germany. An unnamed American officer warns of further attacks in protest against denazification, while Schacht denounces his detention and calls the moves a revival of Hitlerism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. O'Regan
Struttgart
Germany
Donauthal
Ulm
Bavaria
Berlin
U. S
Denazification Board
Hjalmar Schacht
Nuernberg
Schacht
Stuttgart
Mannheim
Here
Hitler
Reichsbank
New Device Lets Readers See Spoken Words on Belt or Screen
A new electronic device displays speech sounds as visible patterns on a moving belt or CRT screen. Trained interpreters can reproduce the words aloud from the patterns, offering a visual method to capture spoken language.
Rev Alexander Assigned in East Oklahoma M E Appointments
Tulsa Oct. 21 More than 350 pastor and district official appointments were announced at the East Oklahoma conference closing session. Dr W A Hargis moves from Tulsa district to Ada First. Virgil Alexander succeeds him. New postings include Ada First W A Hargis and Ada Asbury A A Puckett along with numerous assignments across McAlester Durant Fittstown Konawa Maud St Louis Muskogee and other towns.
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Tulsa
Okla
East Oklahoma
Ada First
W. A. Hargis
Ada
Asbury
A .A. Puckett
Allen
Atwood
W. G. Beasley
Antlers
Littleton Fowler
West Oklahoma
Bennington
R. T. Blackburn
Supply
Broken Bow
F. L. Einsel
Coalgate
Centrahoma
J. J. Land
J. G. Patterson
Durant Wesley
A. W. Oliver
Fittstown
H. L. Crawford
Kingston
Konawa
Keith Kelly
Pickett
Cecil Bolding
Maud
W. S. Dabney
Roff
Raymond Cooley
Sasakwa
T. J. Durham
Fort Gibson-Okay
Stonewall
Franklin Simmons
Cameron
Rhimo Wallace M. Crutchield
McAlester
Calvin Stuart
J. W. Quaid
St. Louis
Heavener
L. E. Shackleford
First Methodist Church
Tishomingo
Hugh H. Harrison
Calvin
Muskogee
Boynton-Council Hill
W. E. Jared
Haskell
A. D. Gregory
Westville
Harvey Human
Coweta-Porter
Two U S Marines Missing Taken By Armed Chinese
An Oct 21 report says two U S Marines from a nine man hunting party were captured by Chinese patrols near Tangku and remain missing. A separate clash saw three U S Sailors and 50 Chinese in a gun battle near Tangku Harbor with no injuries to the sailors.
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Pieping
United States
Marine Headquarters
U. S
Tangku Harbor
Tangku
Tientsin
Capitol of the World in Two Buildings at Lake Success
A NEA feature describes the Capitol of the World complex at Lake Success as two connected buildings near Flushing Meadows and Great Neck, housing major UN bodies. It details layout, staff, facilities, and costs including $2 million for Sperry offices and $1 million each for landscaping and remodeling.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Capitol of the World
Sperrys
United Nations
New York City
Flushing Meadow
General Assembly
Sperry
U. S. Army
Westchester - Connecticut
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
Atomic Energy Committee
Trusteeship Council
Secretariat
Change in Women's Clothes After War Time Limits
New York reports gradual fashion shifts as CPA wartime restrictions ease. Makers forecast fuller skirts for youngsters and juniors and more latitude in evening wear before winter ends. Changes may come in afternoon dresses with possible inch or two lengthenings for spring. Spring lines near completion limit revisions next season.
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New York
CPA
Maurice Rentner
Adler & Adler
Rentner
National Council of
Samuel L. Deitsch
Federal Recognition For 93 National Guard Units
The War Department announces federal recognition for 93 National Guard units as a first step in reorganizing the postwar force. It includes portions of four infantry division headquarters and 55 air guard units including 14 fighter squadrons, with Miltenberger noting rapid recruiting gains and plans for fuller staffing within two years.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
National Guard
Minute Man
War Department
Air National Guard
Butler B. Miltenberger
National Guard Bureau
45Th Infantry
Oklahoma
51St
Florida
Minnesota
Miltenberger
Missouri to Expand National Guard With New Generals
Army boards approve an undisclosed number of Guard generals to command divisions or top posts as the National Guard grows to two and a half times its pre Pearl Harbor size. Seven initial appointments will be announced soon with more as units receive federal acceptance. Ground units include Oklahoma Headquarters 45th Infantry Division elements while air units cover Kansas 127th Fighter Squadron and 131st Fighter Group Missouri units include 180th Light Bomb Squadron and related detachments.
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Missouri
Army
Air Kansas
240Th Air Service Group
127Th Weather Station
Sith Wing
131St
226Th Air Service Group
Keiser Wins Knoxville Golf Tourney at Holston Mills
Herman Keiser captured the $2,000 top prize at the Knoxville invitation golf tournament in Knoxville Tennessee with a 291 total three over par for 72 holes. Chick Harbert finished one stroke back at 292, while Jim Ferrier and E. J. Harrison tied for third at 293. Keiser moves to fourth place on the year’s money list with 16,975.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Herman Keiser
Chick Harbert
Farmington
Mich
Harbert
Jim Ferrier
E. J
Dutch) Harrison
Chicago
Shelton Wildcat Drills At 1 200 Feet In Lula Area
Drilling has begun on the W T Shelton and Central Pipeline wildcat test filed as No 1 Foster in the NE NE SW of 33 3n 8e in Lula area. By Monday morning the well was reported at 1200 feet. NUERNBERG Oct 21 Col B C Andus said Rudolf Hess, no longer in gallows shadow, has recovered memory loss and is in good humor with keen memory.
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W. T. Shelton and Central Pipeline Company
Lula
Foster
Nuernberg
Col
B. C. Andus
U. S
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Fuehrer
Andrus
Hess
Queen Elizabeth Docks In New York
The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth, after six wartime years, arrived in New York on her maiden peacetime voyage as the world’s largest luxury liner. About 2,314 passengers, including Foreign Minister Molotov and Senator Connally, lined the decks as crowds watched fireboats spray water in welcome.
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New York
Cunard
Queen Elizabeth
United Nations General Assembly
W. M. Molotov
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
Mexican Cattle To Start Into U S
About 300 head of Mexican cattle are expected to enter the United States from El Paso. This marks the first movement since Washington lifted the quarantine last Friday. Rancher Charles Miller plans 200 head from Perkman Wyoming and cattle broker San Francisco Blanco from Juarez plans 100. The cattle will be sent to ranges in east Texas Kansas and Oklahoma for fattening.
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EL Paso
Texas
United States
Washington
Charles Miller
Perkman
Wyo
San Francisco Blanco
Juarez
Mex
Kansas
Oklahoma
Former Lawton School Superintendent Dies at 54
Lawton Oklahoma October 21 B C Swinney 54 longtime superintendent of Lawton schools for 19 years died yesterday at his home after a heart attack authorities said Swinney led the district through major growth and modernization during his tenure
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Lawton Schools
Lawton
Okla
B. C. Swinney
Croupiers at Monte Carlo Strike Demands 35 Percent Raise
In Monte Carlo on October 21 croupiers and dealers continued their sitdown strike at the fashionable casino. The management offered arbitration but the workers rejected it, demanding a 35 percent salary increase. They now receive about four dollars per day in guaranteed wages.
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Monte Carlo
Papen Refused Entry to British Occupation Zone
An American spokesman said Britain denied Franz von Papen a permit to enter the British occupation zone. Von Papen has been in Nuernberg jail where 10 associates were executed last week after an international tribunal acquitted him of war crimes.
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Berlin
Franz von Papen
von Papen
Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Kiwanians Debate Youth Delinquency Causes and Remedies
Kiwanis members discuss juvenile delinquency with Police Chief Quinton Blake naming two main causes home conditions and lack of activities. He favors reform school as a last resort and proposes a boys farm for youths whose environment and idleness lead to trouble. Rev F R McConnell and others weigh causes and solutions as the committee on boys and girls offers aid to authorities.
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Kiwanis
Quinton Blake
Reform School
F. R. McConnell
Committee On Boys and Girls
Horner State Field Head of Foundation
J Horner of Tulsa named Oklahoma Field Director of the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation for infantile paralysis. Kate Smith and Bing Crosby announced the appointment and a permanent Oklahoma chapter is being organized with goals to fund nurses training, physician demos, indigent patient care, and an Oklahoma clinic. The 1944 Kenny fund campaign runs November 18 to December 7.
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Hollywood
J. ¥. Horner
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Sister Elizabeth
Kate Smith
Bing Crosby
Sister Kenny Foundation
Minneapolis
Kenny Organization
Horner
Dr. Mayes Resigns Public Health Work Moves to Private Practice
Dr R H Hayes former head of the Pontotee county health unit visited Ada to see family after resigning to enter private medicine. He will relocate his family to Lindsay when a house is found and will not assist Garvin county unit part time as previously reported.
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R. H. Hayes
Pontotee County
Ada
Lindsay
Garvin County
Two Die In Weekend Traffic Accidents
The Associated Press reports two fatalities in Oklahoma traffic crashes over the weekend. Dr. Harold Jedlicka, a 49 year old Midwest City dentist, died from injuries after a collision near Oklahoma City. Albert Myers, 68, of Oklahoma City, was struck and killed by a car in the city on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Harold Charles Jedlicka
Midwest City
Oklahoma City
Albert Gus Myers
Ada High Band Triumphs At Norman Band Day
Shawnee High School wins class A at University of Oklahoma band day with Ardmore runner up. Pauls Valley takes class B, Norman, Drumright, Seminole, Ada follow. Kinefisher leads class C, with Fox, Kingston and Bowlegs next. Winning bands invited to play at homecoming game November 16.
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Norman
Okla
Shawnee
Ardmore
University of Oklahoma
University
Pauls Valley
Drumright
Seminole
Ada
Chickasha
Hobart
Anadarko
Madill
Kinefisher
Fox
Kingston
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Robert Raymond
PF. Reilly
Timothy J. Healy
Iver Manhattan
NEA Telephoto
Alexander
M. E
Leonard Cronin
Talihina
Western Oklahoma Conference
Bonner Teeter
Perkins School of Theology
Kibitzer
L. I
Security Council Chamber
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
White House
Wiley Rutledge
Frank Murphy
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo S. Black
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Stanley F. Reed
William O. Douglas
Harold H. Burton
59Th Wing
Colorado
57Th Wing
45Th Infantry Division
45Th Infantry Division Artillery
Shelton Wildcat
Queen Elizabeth Docks
U.S
Horner State
Mayes
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