U S May Build Up Super Speed Ships For War Cargo
Federal maritime officials study a plan to produce unescorted fast cargo ships capable of outrunning submarines and dodging torpedoes. Vice Admiral Edward Cochran leads the effort, seeking ships with optional defense features such as a deck helicopter to scout for submarines and depth bombs.
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U.S
Washington
Sept
Maritime Administration
Edward L. Cochrane
Cochrane
Oklahoma May Get Relief From Draft Drain Soon
Oklahoma lawmakers told by Selective Service chief Maj. Gen. Louis Hershey that the state may receive relief from manpower drain caused by mobilization. Representatives Steed and Wilson said Hershey would consult the state selection head to see if relief is possible and under what law. They described Oklahoma’s situation as severe due to guard mobilization, reservist recalls, and many volunteers, predicting per capita induction would exceed the national average.
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Washington
Louis
Hershey
Selective Service
Oklahoma
Tom Steed
George Howard Wilson
Hernhey
Clive Murray
Steed
Wilson
Oklahoma National Guard
Forty-Fifth Infantry Div sends 45 men for training leaders
At Camp Polk Louisiana on September 21, forty five members of the 45th Infantry Division reported to training schools for courses beginning tomorrow. Four hundred twenty will join an infantry leaders course at Fort Riley Kansas for eight weeks, while three attend an armored leaders school at Fort Knox Kentucky. Names listed include Pfc Joan E. Brazin and Sgts John B. McAlester, William Schmeling Jr, John Marrs, John Nick, Melvin Pennington, Ray Wilson, Leonard Wing, Bill Garnet, Clyde Kidd, Richard Miller, Leonard Nickles, Percy Townsend, Earl Vaughn, Roy Torres Jr, George Field, Henry Hendrickson, Paul Mattingly, William Newsberry, Richard Boren, David Clarke, Jack Genv, Lowell McGee, Robert Haney, Clarence Wilson, Kenneth Brenly, Richard Beck, Russell Lone, Norris Price, Don Vaughn, Join Simpson, Tommy Blakemore, Michael Beall, Charles Rivier, Roy Carpenter, James Yount, Stephen Grove, Robert Wolf.
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Camp Polk
45Th Infantry Division
Fort Riley
Kas
Fort Knox
245Th
Billy J. Brundige
John B. McAlester
John G. Nick
Wetumika
Melvin K. Pennington
Shawned
de Ray E. Wilson
Broken Arrow
Leonard D. Wing
Tulsa
Bill Garnet
Pateau
Clyde Kidd
Ada
Richard L. Miller
McAlester
Clifton Nickles
Percy N. Townsend
Konaws
Earl FE. Vaughn
Hartshorne
Roy H. Torres, Jr
Ponen City
George BE. Field
Chilocen
Henry C. Hendrickson
Chiloceo
Paul L. Mattingly
Muskogee
William B. Newsberry
Stillwater
SL. Conener
Apes O. Nelson
Richard L. Boren
Pauls Yating
David B. Clarke
Oklahoma City
Jack E. Genv
Reno
Lowell R. McGee
Norman
Robert C. Haney
Walters
Clarence A. Wilson
Frederick
Kenneth G. Brenly
Perry
Richard F. Beck
Kingfisher
Russell T. Lone
Eufants
Norris A. Price
Bufaula
Don G. Vaughn
Join W. Simpson
Saputna
Tommy D. Blakemore
Stillwell
Michael H. Beall
Healdton
Roartis
Ardmore
Charles Rivier
Watonga
Pic
Roy W. Carpenter
Shawnee
James RK. Yount
Allen
Pet
Stehen G. Grove
Enid
Pvt
Robert K. Wolf
Borgs
Movie House Robbery In Detroit Leaves Money Stolen
Safe crackers slipped into a Detroit cinema early today. The marquee advertised a showing of T Stole Noon. The thieves stole $500.
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Detroit
Oklahoma Weather Forecast Sees Cooler Pleases East and Southeast
Fair to partly cloudy conditions in eastern Oklahoma with substantial cloudiness in the west. Cooler tonight with lows around 47 and a southeast portion Friday. Friday highs around 65 with southeast winds.
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Oklahoma
Ex-Conway Folk Reunion Sunday at Wintersmith Park
Former residents of the Con way community are notified of a picnic reunion at Wintersmith Park in Ada on Sunday, September 24. People may come anytime in the morning with basket dinners for a communal meal. those notified or told by word of mouth are urged to spread the word. Wesley Shattuck of Stonewall oversees arrangements. The picnic proceeds as announced unless it rains.
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Conway
Wintersmith Park
Ada
Wesley Shattuck
Stonewall
Ada Air Reserve Unit Meets at Elks Club
M/Sgt. Darel J. Shelby of Oklahoma City will meet with the Ada Volunteer Air Reserve flight tonight at 7 30 at the Elks club. Lt. Col. Roy Young invites interested ex servicemen to join the Ada unit. Shelby will outline expansion plans and next fiscal year training program.
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Darel J. Shelby
Volunteer Air Reserve
Oklahoma City
Ada Volunteer Air Reserve
Elks Club
Roy Young
Inca
Ada
Sat
Shelby
Ballard injured when jack overturns loading truck
W A Ballard sustained a scalp laceration around 4 13 p m when a tipping jack toppled on him while helping load a truck for Super Transpo He received emergency care at Valley View hospital and was released afterward Also included is a separate note about a Texan fined for non taxed cigarettes in Boise City and a clipped Oklahoma report.
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Wy. A. Ballard
Uh Super Transpo
Ballard
Valley View Hospital
TEXAN
Boise City
LE. Ain
L. F. McGee
Amarillao
Oklahoma
Cimarron Co Rey
Bob
Permits and Licenses Rise in Ada Fiscal Year 1949 50
Ada issued building permits totaling 867337 for 1949 50. Residential permits covered 127 homes with estimated value 623185, ten store buildings 72054.90, repairs 15100, churches two at 18000, Willard grade school 129000.
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Ada
Willard
Permits and Licenses Filed. City Collected 5934 Dollars
City clerk J N King issued 1650 permits and licenses in the past year across 14 kinds. Permits include electrical 288 and plumbing 271 with various inspections and health department approvals, totaling 5934.17 dollars in revenue for the year ending June 30, 1950.
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J. N. King
F Sapere Electric
Drumright Man In Story of Atrocity
Drumright Oklahoma native Pfc Harold Uptegraft writes from Tokyo hospital about a North Korean atrocity at Miryang occurring 38 days after he left the United States. He recalls lining up in a bean patch, an officer ordering two men shot, torture, and injuries to his legs and back. He expects to be sent home soon.
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Drumright
Army
Mir- Yang
United States
Tokyo
Mumps Invades 45th Division Report From Hugo Scene
Sanp Polk Se Sept 21 The mumps outbreak hits the Smith brothers of Hugo Olda with two dawn and three to go Two brothers Joe W and Ernest W joined Company F 186th Infantry 45th Division for the station hospital They are swollen Lt Col James Hood 45th Division surgeon strains to cope with the spread as other Oishomans face uncertain outcomes
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Sanp Polk
Smith Brothers
Hugo
Olda
Joe W
Ernest W
186Th Infantry
Billy Glendon
Ria
James ©. Hood
45Th Division
Smith Rothers
Seven Marooned On Glacier To Descend
Six men and a girl stranded seven days atop a 6000 foot glacier after an Icelandic airline skymaster crashed. A US Army ski plane to rescue survivors crashed during takeoff. no injuries. Ground party ascended to guide them down with skis and jeeps. two day descent.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Skymaster
Vstnakoell Glacier
Luxembourg
Candy and novelty foods banned in Oklahoma City schools
Oklahoma City school board banned sale of carbonated drinks candy and novelty packaged foods in elementary school lunchrooms. Food service director Mrs Huth Heckles said children are tempted to spend lunch money on such items instead of nutritious foods, prompting the policy shift to prevent waste and protect health.
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D. C
Oklahoma City
Huth Heckles
Food Service
Acheson Plan Starts United Action for Peace Agenda
Secretary of State Dean Acheson wins a green light for full U N consideration of his four point plan called United action for peace. The plan includes a world peace patrol and stand by forces to back UN decisions. The steering committee also voted to air four controversial questions including nationalist China's charges against the Soviet Union and Russian war prisoner accounting. Russia’s veto attempts on Greece and Spain faced opposition with abstentions.
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New York
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Assembly
Ld-nation
Acheson
United Action For Peace
U. N
U.N
China
Soviet Union
Russia
Czechoslovakia
India
Spain
Truman Moves Toward Veto Of Subversives Bill
A top congressional source says President Truman plans to veto the subversives control bill approved by Congress while backers pledge votes to override. Senate 51 to 7 and House 312 to 20 favored the measure, which would register communists and restrict them from government or defense work, with stricter penalties for spies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Fruman
Senate
House
Yanks Fight Through Yongdongpo in Seoul Push
American marines battled north of Seoul to seize Yongdongpo, hacking through with bayonets as airmen set the area ablaze. Reinforcements moved from Inchon while Reds defend the Han River approaches. Marines aimed to cut the main railroad south from Seoul amid uncertain reports of a northern tank column. The UN commander, General MacArthur, visited a sector near Seoul before returning to Tokyo.
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U. S. 24Th Division
Naktong River
Waerwan
United Nations
Korea
Seoul
U. S
NEA
Ed Hoffman
Tokyo
Yongdongpo
Tom Lambert
Yongdungpo
Inchon
Tenth Corps
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Yellow Sea
Tito backs Korea line while denying religious persecution
A U S congressional delegation quoted Marshal Tito as urging fight to the 38th parallel in Korea then seeking a country wide plebiscite. Tito, in a Belgrade villa chat, defended Yugoslavia's independence and approved UN action, while denying religious persecution and reviewing the religious situation.
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Belgrade
Marshall Tito
United States
Korea
38Th
South Korea
North Korea
Sen
Pepper
Tito
Wila
Tte
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Communists Try Cutting Power and Borders in Berlin Flop
In Berlin on September 21 Soviet and East German forces attempted to disrupt West Berlin by cutting power, moving border barriers, and pressuring barge traffic. Police dispersed a staged protest, arrests occurred, and talks were planned. East Berlin warned firms to evacuate while German authorities sought to ease tensions.
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Berlin
Hasti
Germany
West Berlin
Lannex
Ami
Tommy
West Germany
East Berlin
Marine Helicopters Open New Chapter in War History
Marine Corps helicopters, under Gen Lemuel C Shephard Jr, mark a first general use in combat by the Fleet Marine Force Pacific. Once viewed with doubt, these versatile copters now perform reconnaissance, security patrol movement, air sea rescue, and other duties, reflecting decades of military experimentation since 1945.
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Marine Corps
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Fleet Marine Force
Pacific
North Korean Chief of Staff Surrenders in Korea
Senior Colonel Lee Hak Ku, 30, chief of staff of North Korea’s 13th division, surrendered to the U S First Cavalry Division near Southeast Korea. He said years of study of democracy led him to surrender as the best path to life.
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U.S. First Army Corps
Southeast Korea
API
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Lee Hak Ku
Lee
Unscheduled Performer Takes Over Fair Booth
An unscheduled performer appeared at a Los Angeles county fair exhibit stall in Pomona. The leather goods booth owner departed as a trunk took over. The Sarge fire department was summoned but said the incident was out of its jurisdiction. The skunk entered the booth under the flooring and was reported by the carpentry department as declined.
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Pomona
Calif
Los Angeles County Fairgrounds
Sarge Fire Department
Tha Botor
Marshall Becomes Defense Secretary and Attends Chiefs Meeting
General George C. Marshall is sworn in as the nation’s defense secretary and meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. President Truman notes Marshall’s earlier China mission and testimony to Congress while clarifying policy attributions.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marhhall
Pentagon
Marshall
China
Truman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Theenate
Defense
State Department
He Himsell
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Truman
Ching
James F. Byrnes
Highway bids total over three million dollars announced
Oklahoma City report says more than 3 million dollars in highway projects will be offered for bids. Highway Director H E Bailey announces the plan and details.
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Oklahoma City
H. E. Bailey
Pessimists and Winter Worries Split Households
In a terse, humorous note the speaker describes a father spending winter in summer clothes while his wife asks for her id and relies on relatives. The piece hints at a family feud over finances and climate, linking humor with domestic strain as winter deepens.
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