Vestle Smith of Centrahoma Takes Own Life Saturday
Centrahoma man Vestle Smith about 32 was found dead in his car by the highway late Saturday night from a pistol wound. A note on the steering wheel said he planned to end his life. He had been in ill health and saw no future. He worked in his father Tom Smith’s store and as a bus agent in Centrahoma. A brother visiting from California found the car after seeing it with lights on. Family members were gathered in Centrahoma. one sister was en route from California.
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Centrahoma
Smith
Tom Smith
Centraloma
California
Tupelo
President Truman Aims To Keep Cabinet Intact In 1947
Washington sources say President Truman plans to keep his cabinet intact for the year ahead while nine top posts remain vacant. The delays involve Byrnes’ foreign policy tasks and the atomic energy commission chairmanship, with Lilienthal as leading candidate but reluctant to leave the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Washington
Truman
Byrnes
London
W. Averell Harriman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
New York
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Communications
Atomic Energy
Domestic Control
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilienthal
FCC
Porter
Leopard Men Terrorize Africa Jungle Tribes
Reports say over 200 mutilated bodies linked to Nigeria’s leopard men or Anyoto secret society terrorizing tribes from Mozambique to the Congo. Members wear leopard skins, use iron claw bracelets, and perform gruesome rituals including jaw and throat killings, blood rites, and brutal initiation punishments.
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R. F. Dewdney
Hal Boyle
Johannesburg
South Africa
Nigeria
Anyotos
Mozambique
Congo
Anyoto
Laki
Unions Called On To Explain Political Activities
The campaign expenditures committee summoned four AFL unions the American Federation of Musicians the Teamsters the United International Workers of Laundry Workers and the United Garment Workers to testify on their political activities or face contempt. The AFL parent group answered questions while counsel defended silence arguing acts exceeded reasonable bounds and authority. Contempt could be sought if they refused to answer.
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House
AFL
American Federation of Musicians
The
Teamsters Union
United International Union of Laundry Workers
United Garment Workers
Joseph Padway
Padway
Priest
D-Tenn
Lowry N. Coe
World Food Plan Begins Conference At United Nations
Experts from 16 nations gathered in Washington to draft a long range world food program. The plan, sponsored by the FAO, aims to protect consumers from shortages and costs and shield farmers from unmarketable surpluses. It envisions a world food board and an ever normal granary with low income country sales.
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Washington
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
John Boyd Orr
Britain
World Food Board
Oklahoma Plans $142 Million Public Works Pipeline
Federal works agency reports Oklahoma has $142.86 million in public projects ready or in planning. $10.88 million can start now, with $131.98 million still in design. Projects span sewer water schools highways bridges and parks, using federal aid and state funds.
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Oklahoma
Federal Works Agency
FWA
Parks and Nape
Rogge vows to expose fascist methods across the nation
Rogge says he will continue to reveal Nazi influence and fascist threats to democracy after being ousted from the attorney general's office. He plans a Pacific coast to eastern speaking tour and will discuss George Viereck’s links to U.S. lawmakers and former officials.
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O. John Rogge
Attorney General’s Department
Swarthmore
Pacific Coast
Midwest
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Clark
Justice Department
United States
Portland
Ore
Congress
George Sylvester Viereck
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Ernest Lundeen
Minnesota
Hamilton Fish
New York
Stephen A. Day
Illinois
Aged Active Negro Doctor Nathan Mossell Dies at 90
Dr. Nathan Francis Mossell aged 90, long active physician and founder of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and training school, dies in Philadelphia. Uncle of singer Paul Robeson, Mossell helped establish the Philadelphia NAACP branch and co founded the Philadelphia Academy of Medicine and Allied Sciences.
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Nathan Francis Mossell
Associates
Paul Robeson
Mossell
Hamilton
Canada
United States
Frederick Douglas Memorial Hospital and Training School
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
Philadelphia Academy of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Idabel Banker Bernie Herstein Dies in Hot Springs
Bernie Herstein 66 president of the Idabel Oklahoma National Bank died after an operation in Hot Springs Arkansas. He had directed banks at Valliant and Broken Bow and had been in poor health five years. Funeral services will be in Idabel with burial in Denison Texas.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Idabel, Okla
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Bernie Herstein
Herstein
McCurtain County
Valliant
Broken Bow
Idabel
Denison
Tex
Ham Lard and Bacon Returning to Midwest Butcher Counters
Packinghouse officials report near capacity slaughter and ample hog shipments two weeks after OPA ceilings were lifted. Hams lard and bacon are being cured as volumes allow, with lard accumulating at some plants and prices expected to ease for housewives.
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Kansas City
Midwest
OPA
Greater returns for amount in vested
Ada News Want Ads reports a notice of higher payback for amounts invested. Details cover investment terms and expected yields, with emphasis on benefits for long term investors and safety considerations.
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Ada News
OPA Raises Ceilings On Some Imported Leather Shoes
The Office of Price Administration lifts ceilings on shoes made from imported leathers, adding about 30 million dollars to annual footwear costs. Increases stem from higher costs for kangaroo, wallaby, jack buck, and cabretta hides, with retail boosts from 10 to 16 percent.
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Washington
OPA
Time To Consider Greatest Killer Heart Ailments
Health commissioner notes rise of heart disease as leading killer with 1944 575000 deaths and 426000 known cases in 1945. American Heart Association launches nationwide program to educate public about heart ailments and their burden on society.
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G. F. Mathews
M. D
United States
American Heart Association
Truman Urges Immediate Jewish Immigration to Palestine
President Truman reiterates support for immediate entry of at least 100000 Jewish refugees into Palestine and urges broader admission including other lands and possible special legislation. He responded to Ibn Saud defending U S policy against Jewish violence and confirming no aggression is contemplated by Jewish leaders.
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Washington
Truman
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
White House
Attlee
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Congress
Nylon Stag Party Sets Men Shopping Break
DU QUOIN Oct 28 department store tests nylon sale pattern with men only. Manager says it is to give husbands a break on early Christmas shopping for their wives.
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DU Quoin
Notable early New England agriculture and anatomy note
The text records two distinct facts: skull thickness ranges from under one eighth to nearly a half inch, and rye cultivation occurred in New England as early as 1648. These points reflect historical measurements and agricultural timeline.
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New England
Priceless Papers On Washingtons Death Discovered
Four original documents related to George Washingtons death were found in a Capitol storeroom. The items include Martha Washingtons consent to entombment in a Capitol vault and an Adams body announcement to Congress. The discovery raises questions about 1814 fire losses.
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Washington
George Washington
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate
Martha Washington
Capitol
Biffle
Tobias Lear
Mount Vernon
John Adams
Adams
Congress
Congressional
Artha Washington
Martha
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