Averell Harriman as aloof but effective diplomat and aide
Washington reports portrait Averell Harriman as a reserved, icy yet capable figure similar to Dean Acheson. He is praised for strong international work from London to Moscow, yet criticized for public speaking and warmth. His career includes leadership roles, a luxury home, and a reputation for high standards.
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Averell Harriman
Acheson
Washington
Neai
Dean Acheson
Harriman
J. Acheson
Congress
Alger Hiss
Herriman
Harrimans
Foxhall Road
Gwendolyn Cat Tits
Wil
Truman
Navy tests rugged new thermostats for ships
Navy tests for thermos tats attached to eel plates three feet square and a half inch thick. A 400 pound weight is dropped to simulate battle conditions while thermos tats must keep working. Grasse in southern France is noted for scent extraction factories and called the Detroit of Perfume.
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New York
Navy
Navy Gate
Grasse
France
Detroit of Pertume
Willis Dixon Auctioning Offer at West Central State College
Willis A Dixon, chairman of the student council and licensed auctioneer, offers services for community projects this year. He can assist with pie suppers and fundraisers for the school Red Cross community chest Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Camp Fire Girls churches and other public supported enterprises. Write or call Mr Dixon to hire his services.
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Willis A. Dixon
West Central State College
Dixon
Rec Cross
Community Chest
Boy Scout
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire
Mr. Dixon
Ada father jailed for non support in divorce case
John Boyce McKeel district judge ordered T. D. Rothell jailed for contempt until he pays 100 dollars for back child support. A separate charge of child abandonment was filed against Tom McIntire in Percy Armstrong’s justice court, signed by Rosie McIntire. The couple has one minor child, Hulan Thomas McIntire, 11. In the golden age of whaling a century earlier, America had up to 675 ships at sea searching for the great orean mamtral.
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John Boyce McKeel
T. D. Rothell
Tom McIntire
Percy Armstorng
Justice of Peace Court
Moscow reshapes Czechoslovak regime under Moscow pressure
In Prague the Red regime reroutes leadership as Kerol Bacilekto is named minister of state control and Rudolf Slansky is ousted as general secretary to become vice premier. The upheaval aims to force higher industrial output to meet Moscow dictated quotas amid stalled expansion.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Kerol Bacilek
Russia
Bacilek
Moscow
Rudolf Slansky
Kremlin
Communist Party
Prague Red
Nab Fugitive Hulah Contractor Nab Fugitive Hulah Contractor
Oren J. Lewis, 35, a fugitive Hulah Jam contractor, charged with embezzlement and disposal of mortgaged property, was jailed in Ozark Arkansas awaiting November trial after skipping a Bartlesville Oklahoma project with $19,500 from a government payroll check. He claimed memory loss after cashing the check and was apprehended in Bakersfield California. The Mt Katmai crater in Alaska is described.
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Ozark
Ark
Oren J. Lewis
Hulah Jam
Bartlesville
Okla
Lewis
Bakersfield
Calif
President Truman Pleased With San Francisco Peace Conference
Independence Missouri dispatch reports President Truman expressed satisfaction with the San Francisco conference where the Japanese peace treaty was signed. He viewed the event at Independence and met briefly with student nurses, White House aides, and cousins Ethel and Nellie Noland before planning to fly out at 2 p.m. the next day.
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Independence
Truman
San Francisco
Whie House
Carolyn Jones
Mildred Ishikawa
Independence Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing
White House
Ethel
Nellie Noland
Rorrow
Eabeat City Municipal Airpor
Two Women Shaken Up in Collision on Fifth Street
Norma Walden and Mrs. Jessie House were treated for shock at Valley View hospital after a two car crash on Fra avenue at Fifth. Kenneth Coventon admitted his 1930 Pit mouth crossed Fifth, striking the 1948 Dodge driven by Mrs. House causing minor damage. Mrs. Walden, a passenger, escaped injury. no charges were filed.
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Norma Walden
Jessie House
Valley View Hospital
Fra Avenue
Fifth
Kenneth Coventon
Fifth Street
Chandler in Visit with Mother and Family Listed
Phc Chandler visited his mother Virpie Chandler at Francis. It was his first home visit since enlisting in January. After 12 weeks of training he will be stationed at Keesler base as radar instructor. Several relatives from Comanche Lindsay Tulsa Sherman Darla Sue and Gary attended, including Coy Chandler and son Charles.
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Nandier
Bese
Virpie Chandler
Francis
Keesler Base
James
Chester Tigert
Jimmie
Larry
Comanche
Ina C. Jones
Wilburton
Otalene Rainbolt
Sand Springs
H. V. Smith
Sheron
Sherman
Tex
Mary Bryant
Lindsay
Reuben Chandler
Tulsa
Cecil Canada
Ael
Darla Sue
Gary
Nettie Chandler
Effie Crews
Tham Lee
Janet Phillips
Coy Chandler
Charles
Reinterpretation of Weaker Sex Sparks Wedding Scene
In Raymond New Hampshire a radical reinterpretation of the term weaker sex occurred at a wedding. As Sumner Dodge was about to address the ceremony, Shirley Holt fainted bringing Sumner to assist and fainting himself. The best man, Richard Holt, also passed out but Shirley revived and the ceremony continued. The couple began their honeymoon.
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Raymond
N. H
Marriages and volcanic eruptions in Alaska in June 2012
Weldon Brumsey 19 and Carolyn Johnson 37 wed in Ada Ray Lee Bullard 21 joining Bernice McGowan 18 and Esline Neely 21 with Geraldine Wailzer 33 at Bryart Mt Katmat. Alaskan volcanoes erupted in June 2012.
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Weldon A. Brumsey
Carolyn Johnson
Ada Ray Lee Bullard
Coal Te
Bernice McGowan
Esline Neely
Dale
Geraldine Wailzer
Bryart
Mt. Katmat
Alaskan
Pipe Laying Speeded Up In Ada Sewer Upgrade
Crews moved sewer pipe laying forward last week from the deep ditch area to a shallower line toward Jockton Avenue between Seventh and Eighth Streets, advancing more than five blocks. The main line will replace the overloaded section, with dig work at 14 feet deep now reduced as the ditcher proceeds. Next, bids will open Tuesday night for a new larger sewage disposal plant near the airport’s southeast corner, distant from downtown.
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Townsend
Jockton Avenue
Seventh
Eighth Streets
Ada
Murray Appeals Oklahoma Bar for State Leadership Help
Gov. Johnston Murray urged the Oklahoma Bar Association to supply leaders for legislative and judicial posts and to promote good government. Speaking at Lake Murray during the association’s regional institute, he called for decentralization to local levels, criticized centralized governance, and asked lawyers to back candidates with integrity to cut top heavy government.
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Ardmore
Okla
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma Bar Association
Murray
Lake Murray
Sam Rayburn
U. S. House of Representatives
Oklahoma
T 9
Xaxx
Mossadegh Plans Ultimatum Despite Opposition
In Tehran Premier Mossadegh vows to send Britain an ultimatum to reopen talks on oil, despite a boycotted Majlis and only 68 MPs present. He warns Britain against pressuring Iran, saying a larger power waits if Iran is forced to its knees.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Oner Ise
Mossadegt
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Hossein Fatimi
Causes of Australian extinction linked to European predators
About a dozen Australian ani Thala have become extinct as they could not cope with foxes cats and rabbits, per the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Tibet's largest monastery housed more than 30 monks.
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Tibet
Condensation fixes for chilly walls and damp rooms
Readers seek help for moisture problems in a tiled third floor apartment, a crawl space kitchen, and an upstairs bathroom. Solutions include improved insulation and ventilation, crawl-space drainage, moisture barriers, and a moisture trap under the toilet tank. Also tips on repairing chipped enamel with layered white enamel.
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Mr. Fix
Fix-It
Fix
Fixforum
Mumps Risk Higher for Adults, Doctor Warns
Edwin P. Jordan notes mumps is more common in children but dangerous for adults. Complications include kidney and brain issues, with gland swelling and potential effect on sexual glands after maturity. First symptoms appear about eight days post exposure, and contagion decreases after swelling subsides.
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Edwin P. Jordan
M. D
NRA
Quadruple Amputee Married on Sunday
Pvt. Hubert Reeves, a 19 year old quadruple amputee from the Korean War, wed Beverly Jean Hall in Joliet at the First Baptist church. The ceremony drew hundreds of well wishers and gifts include $10,000 from Joliet residents, a television from Eddie Cantor, and $4,000 in gifts.
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Joliet
Hubert Reeves
First Baptist Church
Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
Wilmington
Eddie Cantor
Ralph Jatt
Counle
Korea
Valley Forge State Hospital
Phoenica
Close Spacing No Guarantee of More Recovery of Oil
A report from the Interstate Oil Compact Commission notes that oil recovery from a reservoir depends more on factors beyond well density. Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas chaired the opening session as four governors attended, with Arkansan Sid McMath due to arrive. The committee's final findings, based on Bartram and Kaveler inputs, state that well density does not significantly determine total oil recovery.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Texas
Allan Shivers
Sid McMath
Arkansas
Shivers
Edwin L. Merriem
New Mexico
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Edward Bar Kansas
Tas
John G. Bartram
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company
Tulsa
C. W. Tomlinson
Ardmore
Okla
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Grand River II Flooding Report From Tulsa Stations
The Tulsa river station reported the Neosho Grand River about seven and a half feet above flood stage at Erie Kar and estimated similar levels at Chanute. Flood stage at both points is 29 feet. Hydrologists forecast the Verdigris River to reach bankfull stage and foresee renewed flooding unless rainfall remains light in its drainage area.
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Tulsa
Okla
Neosho Grand
Erie Kar
Chanute
Erie
Oklahoma
Grand Lake
SPC Young Heads For Overseas Duty
SFC Billy Joe Young, 22, of Lawrence will report at Seattle on Sept 20 to begin a Far East tour. He volunteered Dec 19, 1948, trained at Camp Chaffee, Fort Bliss, Fort Beyttte, and Fort Tilden. A Fitzhugh high school graduate, he married Debra Green. wife and son stay here during overseas assignment.
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SFC
Billy Joe Young
Lawrence
Seattle
Wash
Far East
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Fort Bliss
Tex
Fort Beyttte Mass
Fort Tilden
Fitzhugh High School
Debra Green
Barbs by Hal Cochran on poultry farms and fashion quirks
A fragmentary column lampooning a poultry farm owner and small turkeys versus hash, while musings drift to the dollar’s value and counterfeits. The piece riffs on grace and dignity from a fashion expert, and hints at four months until a new year for girls to lockdown fashion.
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Hal Cochran
Wes
Last of Delaware Princesses Dies in Oklahoma
Tulsa Oklahoma September 10 Mrs Ida W Nolen 67 the last Delaware Indian royalty member who made the tribal trek from Ohio to Oklahoma died yesterday She was the last in line of Delaware princesses Funeral services will be held today at a relative's home with tribal ceremonies at the Dewey Indian cemetery
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Tulsa
Okla
Ida W. Nolen
Ohio
Oklahoma
Nolen
Dewey
Dewey Indian
Senate panel rejects Truman cap on price controls debate
The Senate banking committee voted 8 to 5 against President Truman's demand to repeal Capehart's price control amendment. The panel argued over a compromise and whether to hold public hearings, with Maybank noting the absence of Robertson and Ear did not reflect their positions on the repeal. The group recessed to continue a quick showdown at 12:30 p.m. CST.
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Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Moody
D-Mich
Capehart
Rind
Maybank
D-Sc
Majors Sparkman
Dala
Douglas
D-Il
Benton
D-Conhn
Ives
R-Ny
Fulbright
Ark
Robertson
D-V2
Frear DePel
Bricker
Rohio
Schoeppel
R-Kas
Dirksen
R-Nl
Ear
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