Strike Threatens Three Railroads Idle 130000 Rail and Steel Workers
Rail and steel workers threaten to idle over 130000 workers as unions press strike plans over unresolved claims totaling about 5090000. Interplant lines serving U S Steel plants in Pittsburgh and Monongahela connections are set for Saturday and Tuesday actions, with Washington mediation efforts said to have collapsed.
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Prtishureh
Rail Brotherhood
Ustry
Rai
Washington
Frank Douglas
Mediation Board
Missouri Pacific
The
Road
St. Louis
Locomo
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Brotherhood of Railroad
Monongahela
C&t
Union Scad
Inter-Plant
US. Steel
Pisteburgh
Monongahel Tones & Lavettin Steel Corporation
Sburgt
Alicuippa
Central Airlines Plans Ada Flight Opener Date
Central Airlines announces a first flight date in Ada for the Oklahoma City to Fort Worth route. Officials report plans to deploy all planes on the new service. Airmail service inauguration and a commemorative stamp are being prepared. Further schedule details will be issued prior to the launch.
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Central Airlines Air
Ada
Airlines
Ade
Oklahoma City-Ft. Worth
Center Airlines
Enrollments Surge at East Central College in First Semester
East Central College reports first semester enrollment around 1225 with Saturday enrollments expected and several more late additions pushing total toward 3349. Registrar Harvey Faust notes gains over 2023 and cites postwar figures while remodels at Lim eheid Library cause some class shifts and confusion among students. Dean Morrison says students and teachers are adjusting as the new term settles in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central College
Harvey Faust
Faust
Fa Central
Limeheid
W. B. Morrison
Fire damages plant in Beloit Wisconsin
Fire swept through the main Tay lor Freezer Corp ice cream plant in Beloit last night destroying the two story brick building near downtown and causing estimated damage of 69000 dollars, according to a company official.
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Beloit
Wis
Taylor Freezer Corp
Oklahoma Weather Outlook Narrow Rain Chance
Cloudy tonight and Friday with occasional showers mainly in the west and south. Temperatures little changed, lows near 40 in the northwest and mid 60s in the southeast. Friday highs expected in the mid 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
General Repairs Start Today for Pontotoc Fair Preparations
County commissioners order repairs on fairground barns and replacement of worn equipment as Pontotoc county plans a larger entry list for the upcoming 1949 fair. C K Hailey and Lester Smith begin assembling a county dairy improvement exhibit praised by state officials and slated for display at state, Tulsa, and Muskogee fairs.
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C.K. Hailey
Pontotoc County
Hailey
Lester Smith
Tulsa and
Muskogee
County 4-H Girls Shine at Enid State Dairy Show
Pontolor county 4-H club girls excel at Enid in Oklahoma State Dairy Show. Janet Taylor Latta 4-H wins second in individual demonstrations for "Making Ice Clean." Wilma Jean and Ida Selle Neely Latta 4-H win fourth with "Maxing Cheese Bread." Taylor improved from ninth last year. Floyd notes strong progress. Flore acompañed the team.
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Pontolor County
Enid
Oklahoma
Janet Taylor
Latta
Pentatoc
Neely
Wilma Jean
Ida Selle Neely
Maxine
Miss Taylor
Juanita Floyd
Miss Flore
Doughnut Swiping Sparks Jail Fight in Oklahoma
In Miami Oklahoma two of three county jail inmates were hospitalized after a fight over doughnut theft. Gary Donaldson 26 and Earl Maddox 34 both of Pitcher were involved. Maddox allegedly stabbed Donaldson with a sharpened spoon before other inmates beat Maddox. Donaldson awaits trial for robbing a Commerce taxi driver, Maddox for robbing and beating an elderly Pitcher man.
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Miami
Okla
Sept
Milt McCullough
McCullough
Gary Donaldson
Earl Maddox
Pitcher
Maddox
Donaldson
Joe Blair
Commerce
Idaho Territory Newspapers Since 1884
Twenty one newspapers existed in Idaho Territory before 1884, but only one of the originals remains in publication today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Territory
Death Valley shows fewer deaths per area than peers
Death Valley records fewer deaths than other U S regions of equal size due to its small population, highlighting how low population density affects casualty counts in vast arid regions.
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Death Valley
U. S
Behrman Dies in Dallas at 64. Ada ties noted
Mrs. G. A. Behrman daughter of Ada families, longtime Ada resident until 1949, died in Dallas Thursday at age 64. Funeral set for Friday at 10 at Morgan, Texas. She would have turned 65 on October 3 and had been ill, hospitalized two weeks. Survived by two sons J. R. Kitchel Ada and Rey Behrman Dallas, seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren including Kitchel children Julia, Georee, and Graham. Also listed are Mrs. Bo Bov a of Oklahoma City and AL J. T. Stone of Aliws.
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G. A Behrman
J. R. Kitchel
Ada
Dellas
Morgan
Texas
Behran
Rey
R. G. Behrman
Dallas
Galveston
Tax
Kitchel
Phila Julia, Pa
Georee Kitchel
Koama City
Graham Kitchel
Houston
Tex
Bo Bova
Oklahoma City
AL J. T. Stone
Aliws
Ball Game Postponed In Ada Pears Valley Tilt
The Ada Pears Valley baseball game scheduled for tonight at Hereford Pars was postponed and rescheduled for Saturday night by special agreement due to insufficient players. Bob Cason, winner of the Hereford Isle, cited the lack of players as the cause and noted the season will end Saturday night with Ada and Pears Valley. Friday’s game was set for 5 p.m. and Saturday’s for 6 p.m. Snowfall near Mount Rainier tied to 1928-17 winter conditions in Washington.
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Hereford
New Pool in Bebee Area Expansion Driven by South Flank Wells
Reports Thursday show an increase in activity at Bebee pool with the largest producer TOUENT TH. The McBride No. 3 Braty Eatstein SE, NW 4-5-est, expected to yield near 200 barrels per hour, aiding expansion on the pool's south flank. Drilling planned at 1-4 Wilburs in the S SE NE 4-4-5 with plugs to be set, while a new Hunton lime location is prepared to tap remaining pay.
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South Bebee
Braty Eatstein SE
No. T Vale Wate
W. A
Gus" Delaney
Bebce
Bebee
Delaney
Hunton
Reila
West End
Sheriff Asked to Resign Amid Liquor Probe
Jay Oklahoma September report states Delaware County Sheriff Mix Buchanan was urged to resign by county commissioners after an investigation tied to a Tulsa Tribune charge that he facilitated liquor shipments through the county. County Attorney Dem Denney said ouster action would follow if he does not quit. Buchanan, 40, is a first term sheriff formerly Grove city marshal and undersheriff. He denies the Tribune charge and says investigators have found nothing to justify removal.
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Jay
Okla
Mixe Buchbanan
Delaware
Dem Denner
Denney
Tulsa Tribune
Buchanan
Grove
Buchanar
Tribune
Densey
Pesta
Severe Hurricane Nearing Bermuda Headlines Sea Warning
Severe hurricane nears Bermuda with center expected east of the resort colony 600 miles off the Carolina coast. Fourth of the season, previously north of Puerto Rico, while heat records surge in California with two heat deaths and record highs in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Bermuda
California
Carolina
Puerto Rico
Parta
Mercury
Glendave
Los Angeles
Important VFW Meeting Tonight at East Tenth
Urgent notice to VFW members of the focal post of the FPOW to attend a meeting at Delock in the new Memorial Building on East Tenth tonight Thursday at 8 oclock. They warn that very important business will be discussed and urge all eligible VFW members to attend.
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Eg Nee
FPOW
Delock
New Memorial Building
East Tenth
Heavy rains drench areas causing flood damage across several counties
General rains soaked the region with strong overnight totals and widespread showers. Ada reported 1.05 inches with many locations exceeding an inch including Frederick 1.58 and Oklahoma City 1.22. Downtown Enid saw 1.63 inches with street flooding and property damage noted in Douglas where several homes were flooded.
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Nie
Associated Press
Cienega
Altus
Frederick
Hollis
Baid
Oklahoma City
Ponca City
McAlestir
Paula Valley
Garfield County
Douglas
Enid
Bert Page
Dry and Wet Campaign Push Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma dry and wet advocates clash as leaders rally labor figures to back the dry cause. Labor officials warn liquor harms workers while backers claim large bootleg profits tax loss. Campaigns span Lawton Lewton and four counties Comanche Cot Stephena Jefferson with speeches planned by Methodist Board of Temperance official Bishop Hammicker.
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Executive Secreta United Dry Association
Okahoma
Ugquor
Okahoma City
Holioman
Lawton
Leo T. Gibson
Oklahoma Economic Institutes
Special Action
Doys
Oklahoma
Lewton
Comanche
Cot Stephena
Jefferson
Wilbur E. Hammicker
Washington, D.C
Methodist Board of Temperance
Britain Says M-Plan Changes Urgent to Stop Dollar Drain
Washington reports a three power conference set a special committee to study Britain’s request for more freedom in spending ECA dollars abroad. Britain warned that without changes to Marshall Plan operations it will spend several hundred million more from dwindling reserves. Ministers also assigned groups on stockpiling commodities and on customs procedures to ease imports and boost dollar earnings.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Britain
United States
Hitchhiker Nearly Starves and Passes Out Near Walters
An emaciated elderly hitchhiker, Webster Jones, was found unconscious beside a highway near Walters Oklahoma. He told Sheriff Boyd Vantine he was en route to Norfolk Virginia to see his mother, Marguerite Starr Jones, and had disappeared for about a year after Navy discharge in 1945. He was taken to Walters Hospital for malnutrition and exposure.
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Ters
Okla
Cotton County
Boyd Vantine
Vantine
Webster Jones
Norfolk
Marguerite Starr Jones
Jones
Walters
Navy
California
Oklahoma tax collections rise in August and year to date
Oklahoma federal tax receipts increased by more than 1.6 million in August compared with a year earlier. For the first two months of the current fiscal year, revenues rose about 2.9 million over the same period in 1948, with August at 25.9 million versus 24.2 million last year.
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Ahoma City
Oklahoma
J. Even Hart
Internal Revenue
Mrs J F Andrews Former Ada Resident Dies
Mrs. J F Andrews mother of Miss Fred Andrews Ada attorney died in Pomona California at age 48 She had lived with another daughter Mrs W W Shropshire for two years Funeral services will be from the Presbyterian church at Cecil Ark a village where she had been a member for more than 60 years She had long lived in Ada with Miss Andrews and many friends here regret her death Miss Andrews learned of her mother’s death while vacationing in Chicago after attending the National Bar Association convention in St Louis Mo She left immediately for Ada.
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J. F. Andrews
Fred Andrews
Ada
Fomona
Calif
W. W. Shropshire
Presbyterian Church
Cecil
Ark
Andrews
Miss . Andrews
Miss Andrews
Chicago
National Bar Association
St. Louis
Mrs FDR Visits Warm Springs After Atlanta Speech
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt returned to Warm Springs Georgia after a speaking engagement in Atlanta. She toured the Warm Springs Foundation and reflected on the late President’s favorite retreat, noting the preservation of the Little White House as a national shrine.
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Atlanta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Little White House
Roosevelt
White House
Georgia
Richard Strauss Dies at 85 World Composer Passes Away
Renowned German composer Richard Strauss, age 85, died at his Garmisch home after a stomach ailment and chronic heart disease. A child prodigy who began composing at six, he shaped late Romantic and early modern tone poems, operas, and symphonic works, including Der Rosenkavalier and Salome. His innovations influenced modern music and his works, such as Till Eulenspiegels, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Elektra, and Tod und Verklaerung, remain widely performed. He died peacefully, according to daughter-in-law Alice Strauss. He was not related to Johann Strauss the Waltz King.
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Garmisch Partenkirch
Germany
Richard Strauss
Ius
Ihis
Strauss
Til Eulenpspiegel
America
Alice Strauss
Johann Strause
National safety specialists to gather in Norman for five
Public safety specialists from across the nation will meet in Norman for five days starting Monday. The event is the annual national workshop on driver improvement, sponsored by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators in cooperation with the University of Oklahoma Extension Division.
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Norman
Okla
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
University of Oklahoma Extension Division
PESSIMIST Reflections on Character and Perspective
A clipped remark weighs how a person’s neatness and merit appear from a narrow angle. The speaker muses on perception, using a playful metaphor of a postage stamp to hint at overlooked detail.
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M. P
Pege
Central Airlines
E.C
G. A. Behrman
Mather
J. BR. Kitchel
Ada-Pauls ‘Valley
Mount Rainier
VFW
Oliver Freaks
Ble Stafford Crops
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
John Snytter
Abbott
Lester B. Pearson
Home Wrong
Paul Hoffman
ECA
NEA
Canada
Stafford Cripps
Virginien
Adan
Mrs. Fdr
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