First Central Airlines Flight Marks Ada Start
Josh Lee of CAB hailed the inaugural Central Airlines flight to Ada as a real start and praised service for the community. The Thursday run carried mail and passengers from Fort Worth to Dallas and Oklahoma City with a new feeder route, marking Ada’s first such air service in over a decade.
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Separate Housing For Negroes at U 0 U
Norman, Sept 18. Regents directed George L. Cross to set up segregated housing on the south campus for Negro students within two or three days after Julious Caesar Hill, 40, of Tulsa, demanded housing. Hill said he was admitted to the university but denied dormitory entry. Cross to study costs and revenue for permanent dormitories for at least 50 Negro men and 0 Negro women as Oklahoma maintains segregation while complying with Supreme Court orders.
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Norman
Okla
Regents
George L. Cross
Cross
Julious Caesar Hili
Tulsa
Hill
Oklahoma
Longston
Big Pecan Crop Forecast For Oklahoma This Year
Oklahoma City reports the United States Department of Agriculture forecast that Oklahoma will produce 29,500,000 pounds of pecans this year, more than double 1948’s 14,090,000 pounds. National output is estimated at 136,872,0907 pounds, about three fourths of the record 177,697,000 pounds set in 1948.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
United States Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma Weather Tonight and Friday Forecast
Partly cloudy conditions across Oklahoma with a mild cooling trend tonight and warmer weather Friday. Northwest winds ease, low temperatures range from 9 to 55 degrees, while Friday highs reach the middle seventies.
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Oklahoma
Northwest
Trial set for Medford soldier in death of Burney Carney
Oblt Clarence Volk 26 a World War II veteran faces murder charges in the death of Burney W. Carney found with a fatal head wound beside a Renfrew grocery store nine miles north of Medford. District Judge Tara R. Blaine has 40 jurors summoned. no death penalty sought. Frankie Myers Volfs associate testified to an after hours altercation at the Renfrew tavern, then driving Carney to near the Renfrew depot where he was left. Volk denies striking Carney.
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Medford
Clarence Volk
John M. Amick
Tara R. Blaine
York
Burney W. Car
Carney
Volk
Renfrew Railroad
Myers
William O' Card
Grant County
Oklahoma
Inlinois
Polio Claims Life Of Erick Boy In Oklahoma
Five day old Erick boy Gerald Arnett died at Crippled Children’s Hospital after being rushed from home Monday night. He was the son of Lula Mae Arnett. A New York hotel on the top floor features a roll back roof restaurant for hot weather.
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Associaed
Oklahoma
Gerald Arnett
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Lula Mae Arnett
New York
Several Hurl In Accidents On Thursday
Three East Central students including two Ada high school graduates were injured in a car crash on South Broadway Thursday near noon. Walter Gray and Don Summers, former Cougars stars, along with Paul Box, suffered injuries and were treated. Summers and Box were released after office care. James West drove the turtle-back car with other occupants uninjured. A second crash near Akroso Y left several hurt with hospital treatment pending as cars collided while turning into a filling station. passengers sustained various injuries and Mrs. Couch and Elmo Couch were among those later treated.
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Walter Gray
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Ads High School
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
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Tiny Bonham Dead at 38 Pirate Pitcher Dies in Hospital
Erny Tiny Bonham, veteran Pirates pitcher, died at 38 in Presbyerian Hospital after an appendectomy. He had been in an oxygen tent as his condition grew critical after surgery on September 14. Bonham, famed for his six foot two inch frame and colorful nickname, debuted with the Yankees in 1940, later starred for New York and Pittsburgh, with World Series appearances and a notable 1941 performance.
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Tiny) Bonham
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Manly
Plane Crash Kills Two Paratroopers Near Cimarron River
Wreckage of a USAF training plane found seven miles from Warnock, Oklahoma after disappearing last Thursday in murky weather. Victims J. W. McBraver of White Deer, Texas, and William B. Cline of Amarillo, Texas, were returning from Cleveland when the crash occurred. Paratroopers and air rescue units faced rugged terrain and wet ground to recover the bodies on a difficult stretch of highway. Local editor Aaron Fischer reported the plane appeared to strike a hill and roll over, with recovery hampered by the wreckage and terrain.
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Bloodhound Dan Wins Quietly at State Dog Show
Oklahoma City September 15 The humor around bloodhound Dan faded after he proved his scenting skill in a dog show. He trained at the state penitentiary then returned home, where jokes about hearing were replaced by a blue ribbon as best of breed and a Class A citation for the silent hounds.
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Aedlester State Penitentary
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Henryettan Pleads Guilty in Shooting
Henryettan Tommy Simpson, a 7 year veteran, pleaded guilty to shooting his wife Norma Ruts at a cafe where she worked as a carhop. He was sentenced to five years in McAlester penitentiary and will begin serving immediately. Simpson had been held on a charge of goult with intent to kil and underwent sanity tests at Vinita State hospital before return to court. The wife remains bedfast from the injuries.
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Vinita State Hospital
Peace Justice Coast
Lewis Says Cleveland Company Can Force Royalty Payments
Washington reports John T. Lewis claims the Cleveland Trust can compel Island Creek coal to pay miners welfare fund royalties. Freiberger replies the bank holds only limited stock in Island Creek and Pond Creek Pocahontas, not control. Southern firms led by Francis with Pocahontas Fuel and Tierney groups withhold July payments, risking $500,000 to $1,000,000 in the fund. Negotiations between United Mine Workers and the Southern Coal Producers Association resumed.
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John T. Lewis
Agai
Cleveland Trust Company
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Miners’ Welfare Fund
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Cleveland Trust Board
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Island Creek Coal Company
James Francis Lewis
Roy
Holden Astate
Sland Creek Coal Company
Oday
James D. Francis
Southern
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Island Creek
Pond Creek Pocahontas Con
Libery E. Holden
J. F. Freiberger
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
O. L. Alexander
New York
Tierney
Laurence E. Tierney
Lewis C. Tierney
Bluefield
Southern Coal Producers Association
Second Monthly Foodhandlers School Planned September 21
Mills Garrison, county sanitation official, announced a second monthly foodhandlers school for September 21 at Convention Hall. The first session drew 163 attendees, far exceeding the expected 50, with visitors from Valley View Hospital and staff from Knight Hall cafeteria at East Central College. About 250 permits for foodhandlers have been issued since the new sanitation ordinance, prompting additional sessions.
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Drunkenness Blamed in 1947 Stigler Shooting Trial
In Stigler Oklahoma on September 15 1947 prosecutors said drunkenness prompted a downtown shooting that left five men wounded two years earlier. Marine veteran Kirby Stevens 26 faces an assault with intent to kill charge as a jury is drawn. Testimony shows Stevens was intoxicated during the August 4 1947 incident that wounded his father Jim Stevens and his brother Frank plus former Police Chief Olin Smith and others. Prosecutors and defense dispute whether combat nerves caused temporary instability.
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Kelly Brown
Stevens
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Frank
Olin Smith
Howard Young
J. D. Heflin
Young
Baker Wall
Saltisaw
Clyde Foresell
Smith
Rainy Wednesday Leaves City Totals At 2.36 Inches
A soaking rain Tuesday night into Wednesday pushed the local total to 2.36 inches, the largest since early summer. The day stayed cool with a high near 60 and a low around 54, while eastern Oklahoma saw the heaviest rainfall including Tulsa 2.11 and Muskogee 1.91 inches. Beavers Panhandle area reported 15 degrees, with Beavers’ low at 41 degrees.
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Ardmore
Ada
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Murray in Charges Strike Is Sought
President Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers accuses United States Steel Corp of deliberately seeking a strike. He urges acceptance of Truman board recommendations to settle steel labor disputes and notes the industry should finance pension plans on a contributory basis rather than wage increases.
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Ad for last-female pet skunk in McAlester
An advertising column in the McAlester News Capital shows a notice offering a $3 reward for a last-female pet skunk named Daisy. The ad describes the skunk as odorless and gentle and wearing a collar with the name Daisy Mat on white.
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Four Minco Teens Die In Auto Truck Crash
A head on collision killed four Minco youths and a pedestrian in Ardmore added to Oklahoma’s traffic toll. Victims named Billy Arthur Thomas 17 Bobby Lee Wall 17 Charles Daniel Ridge 18 Donald Carl Bush 18. Survivors include Lowell Eadan 21 and Bill Dooley. Traffic snarled as wreckers freed vehicles. Officers cited red light violation and speeding by the truck driver.
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Concerts Member Drive Pushes on
After a rainy morning Ada Community Concerts Association reports strong momentum in membership drive for the 1949 50 season. Campaign leaders plan a finish drive Friday and Saturday with plans to select three Saturday night artists besides the St Louis Sinfonietta. Local and out of town captains listed including Capglgate Fred Stalder and many residents across the region.
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Misa
Betty Lou Jumper
Sulphur
Myrtle Martin
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J.C. Cobb
Francis
George Dale
Seminole
Foy Dacus
Roff
L. EB
Fairchild
Sesakwa
bBira
Otto Doner
Wewoka
Howard Coleman
Exhibits Abound At Pontotoc County Fair The Largest Yet
Exhibits are many and very good at the Pontotoc County fair with a record number of entries and new clubs in the home demonstration department. County agents praise the heavy participation and early planning as 4-H members and schools boost fair preparation, forecasting a continued rise in entries this year.
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C.H. Hailey
Jevery Club
Lester Smith
Nawaka Sory
Threay Smith
Fone Tchec County
Adhol
Crommelin Won't Be Disciplined
President Truman approved the Navy's stance not to discipline Captain John C. Crommelin after his public rebuke of military leadership. Secretary Matthews will handle the matter, with Crommelin reassigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. the exact duties were not disclosed. Chattanooga superintendent has been named head of the Comanche Sabnas ters club.
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